[FFML] [Bet2][R.5 fusion] 1/2 Piece

This is a little something that I'm cooking up for The
Bet 2. It's an idea that I haven't really seen done
much and it's something I've wanted to see so I
figured why not kill two birds with one stone and all
that good stuff. I haven't really written much of
anything before so feel free to flame the hell outta
the newbie and his short little story. C&C is welcome
and encouraged. Flames will be used to light bags of
poo on doorsteps. Enjoy the fic and hopefully there
will be more where this came from.

-Steve Kanazaki-

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Ha, ha, dumb American. In our futuristic Japan-centric fantasy world, your global military hegemony is over and we can make you look like the bumbling xenophobic fools we secretly believe you are!

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[1/2 Piece]
A Ranma 1/2-Dragonball-One Piece fusion fanfic
Story by Steve Kanazaki.
Original Concepts by Takahashi Rumiko, Toriyama Akira and Eiichiro Oda.

***Chapter 00: Pre-breakfast Excursion***

Screams filled the cold morning air of the Nerima ward in Tokyo, Japan. These screams were followed by the angry roars of a beast in a murderous rage. The beast in question was a towering monstrosity that resembled a yeti riding a bull, holding a crane and eel. Such an odd combination of creatures was unusual to say the least; even in a place such as Nerima.

One Ranma Saotome stood at ground zero of the destruction caused by the rampaging beast, in what remained of the public bathhouse. To his left was a small wrinkled old man. Both were slightly battered and a little dirty, but that's to be expected considering a bathhouse had just exploded around them.

"Pantyhose you idiot! Why's you have to go an destroy the bathhouse?" Ranma yelled up at the monster. He immediately regretted giving his position away as the beast swung a mighty fist downward. The nimble Saotome barely managed to get out of its way in time.

"GRRRR! REND! TEAR! SMASH! POUND!" roared the monster known as Pantyhose Tarou. He began to move about in circles, trying to find his prey in the early morning light. Finding no one but frightened patrons of the bathhouse who were too foolish to have run away at the start of the fight, Tarou let out another mighty roar.

Ranma peered out from behind the overturned bathtub he was using for cover. Things had gone horribly wrong in this fight. Ranma looked around for his companion, the cause of all his misery. Most of his misery, Ranma corrected himself. Happousai was adept at hiding and running away; Ranma could expect no help from the aged pervert.

Once again, Ranma's brain had been incorrect it seemed.

"Pantyhose! Come and get me fool!" the old pervert yelled from somewhere in the ruined bathhouse turned battlefield. Ranma didn't have to be told to run at this point. The sounds of Happou Dai Karins exploding and Tarou's enraged roars told him that he'd best be on his way if he wanted to live to see another sunrise.

Utilizing the famed Saotome Secret Attack, Ranma put the pedal to the metal and hightailed it away from the monster and the perverted old master's bombs. Naturally, Ranma's bad luck easily caught up to him in the form of an airborne Tarou. Ranma barely managed a scream as the gargantuan beast landed only inches away from his terrified form.

"Holy shit!" Ranma blurted out, not caring that children may be reading this work of fiction. He looked up to see Happousai silhouetted by the rising sun. The old troll looked even more evil and demonic than Tarou did, Ranma thought to himself.

"Serves you right you ungrateful little coward." the old man cackled. "Next time I won't be so merciful." Happousai then bounded off yelling something about a quest for panties and pretty girls.

Ranma managed to get his heart rate back under control and in the process he managed to rope in a stray, and very lonely thought. He went over to one of the broken water faucets and tested its warmth. Satisfied with the temperature, he filled a bucket with the heated water and tossed it on the unconscious colossus. In an instant, the giant returned to his real form, that of an effeminate young Chinese man. Ranma jumped down into the Tarou crater and hauled the boy out. As he lifted him to safety, Ranma noticed a small box partly uncovered by the impact.

"What the hell is this?" Ranma put Tarou down and inspected the partially buried box. Using his hands, he managed to free it from the grip of the dry and very unyielding earth. Taking the box on his lap, Ranma forced open the lid and stared at the contents. In it was a small golden sphere with a single star trapped in it, and a carefully folded map. Ranma scratched his head, not quite understanding what it was he was looking at.

"I guess I should take this with me. No sense in wasting a perfectly good treasure. It might even buy me some food." Ranma rubbed his stomach at the pleasant thought of a large breakfast. Oh yeah, he thought. "Mmmmmmmmm."

Ranma closed up the box and tucked it under his arm. He then hefted Tarou over his shoulder and began the journey to the Tendou Dojo, and ultimately, the breakfast Kasumi surely had waiting for him.

***End Chapter 00***