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Ranma 1/2 - Fantasy Beyond
A pseudo Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons crossover
by DJGeek
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is not mine, and Dungeons and Dragons is
also not mine. If I said it was mine, I�d be
sued out of my wallet.
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PART 1
THE TALE AS IT BEGAN
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Ranma realized he was alone.
Even though he had Akane, the Tendo family, and his �best friend�,
it was still not enough. Although he lived in the Tendo dojo for
a long amount of time, he still did not actually know the rest
of the entire family, except for Kasumi. Even she had her own
dreams but was tied down due to her responsibilities. Ranma felt
so sorry for Kasumi and tried to take her responsiblity, but
nevertheless she had refused, explaining this was her chosen path.
Reluctantly, Ranma accepted it albeit it seemed wrong to him.
The young martial artist breathed a deep breath of the chilling
air of night and looked at his hands. he kept on remembering
about the fight with Saffron in China. For all these years,
he stuck down to the belief that a martial artist could not kill
out of cold blood, yet he shed blood out of hatred and desperation,
and for Akane. Luckily, he suceeded to bring his fiancee back to
life.
But that was not just the problem. He discovered that he had
immense skill and power, enough to alienate himself from anybody,
even other martial artists. Saffron was not just anybody; he was a
demigod, and demigods were extremely difficult to die. Yet, Ranma
was successful in destroying him. Ranma didn't just improve his
skills; he was THAT powerful. It also scared him. Many of his
peers began to be afraid of him and avoided any contact. Even the
whole Tendo family, with the exception of Akane, avoided him. His
fiancee remained herself.
Hiroshi and Daisuke seemed slightly distant to him. It was not just
of his intimidating stature, it was lack of communication. Sure
they talked the occasional small talk, but it wasn't that. He
didn't show any real friendship with them due to his pride and lack
of real knowledge of friendship. Heck, even though he thought
Ucchan was his best friend, he began questioning that ever since
she kept on chasing for his affections and ruined the wedding.
Akane. He said those three words when she came back to him, but he
realized those were just words of relief and desperation. After
the wedding, she became more angry at him and distant. not to
mention a driven desire to become better than him. Ranma had notice
the increase of Akane's skills, but every time he tried to have a
tender conversation with her, she would back off and question his
sanity. Therefore, the only words of tenderness was "Hi" and
"Wanna spar?"
His rivals and fiancees were no exception. Ryouga was still himself,
and Ranma's fiancees didn't learn anything when he told them he
didn't love them. Kodachi blamed Akane for his madness, and Shampoo
believed Akane did something to him. But the worst of all was that
Ucchan didn't listen to him. She kept on insisting that he was making
a wrong choice and threatened to break off his friendship. But being
the weak spine he was, Ranma still maintained her engagement.
Sometimes, he would curse himself for that.
Ranma didn't want to be alone anymore. He wanted friends, someone or
anybody he could call his compatriot, and it didn't matter if he or
she wasn't or isn't into martial arts. He realized friendship was one
of the main important parts, not martial arts. Martial Arts is a form
discipline and martial skills, and was not a form for anything that
dealt with the matters of the heart, which was something he desperately
craved for.
Although he knew he didn't know anybody in high school, but friendship
could start with the ones he knew somewhat, namely Daisuke and Hiroshi.
The lonesome boy sighed again and went off to Hiroshi's house, hoping
he could hang out there. It was getting too tense to still stay in the
Tendo residence.
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Five minutes ago...
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"Oh Ranma, its bedtime," called out Kasumi. She was wondering Ranma had
gone. She was worried that if he was still outside, he might catch a
cold.
But then, she noticed a note on the table in the dining room.
It said:
Gone to Hiroshi's house. I'll
be back sometime tomarrow.
Ranma
Kasumi smiled at the note. She was concerned about Ranma being alone.
Her family wasn't doing anything in making him feel accepted. NOw, she
was proud of him having the will to find true friendship.
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Hiroshi's house
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"Hey Hiroshi, got any beer!?" yelled out Diasuke. He needed some alcohol,
and it was not leet to not have beer.
"Yeah! it's in the fridge! Help yourself!" yelled Hiroshi from the
basement.
"Okay!" responded Diasuke. "Wierd," he thought. Why is Hiroshi in the
basement and what was he doing there? Ah, but those questions were better
left to sages or the Kami-sama. He went fill to himself with Ebisu
beer.
"Hey guys, I've brought my character and some dice!" yelled out a female
voice. The voice came from a mixed Japanese and Scottish girl with
reddish-brown hair, wearing a Metallica T-shirt and wornout jeans, and
carrying a Dungeons & Dragons player handbook and a bag of dice.
Katherine was an American foriegn exchange student and met Hiroshi
and Daisuke, while finding their love for gaming while also revealed her
own love for gaming. In fact, she was taking programming classes here in
Nerima so she could be on her way to her dream career: to be a computer
game designer.
"Cool!" Hiroshi yelled. "Just set it there on the table Katherine-san!
Katherine setted the handbook and dice on the table and proceeded to relax.
Diasuke went into the living room, holding a six-pack, chilled to perfection,
and handed a can out to the red-brown haired girl.
"Here you go Milady," said Daisuke in English. His speech and English skills
improved while hanging around with Hiroshi and Katherine.
"Cool," thanked Katherine as she recieved the gift from her fellow Jap.
She snapped the opening of the can and took a swig, while muttering,
"I killed you in Counter-Strike Dai."
"Hey! It was plain luck! I couldn't get my leet skills in time!"
"Right, SOME leet skills you got..."
"Hey, I SUPPOSE you don't remember who headshot you FIVE times in a row,
eh?"
Katherine winced at that bit of truth.
"Camper."
"AM NOT! You're just jealous."
Both friends laughed at the sillyness of trying to start an argument
about gaming. As much it was silly, it was just fun attempting to.
Katherine and Daisuke was wondering what took Hiroshi so long. Their
session was supposed to start soon.
"Hey Hiroshi! What's taking so long!" yelled both fellows.
"I'm almost done! Gimme a few seconds!"
After a brief period of time, Hiroshi came up, holding an item which
looked to be a chain-linked shirt, attached to a collar that had some
sort of fantasy influenced design. Kath and Dai's mouths were both on
the floor as they were amazed at the craftwork.
"Damn, you DID that!? That is so leet!" exclaimed Dai while chugging
his beer.
"Shit Hiro, that is awesome!" followed Katherine suit while downing
twice the beer than Daisuke.
"Does it fit?" both the amazed asked.
Hiroshi, needless to respond with words, just nodded.
Both quickly tried on the chainmail shirt only to find it fit them
perfectly, though it was a bit loose for Katherine. After being amazed
for thirty minutes at the Hiroshi's craftwork, The party setted up the
game, with the daily ale readied in their hands. But Daisuke insisted
on wearing the chainmail shirt for he said something about protection
against the evil darkness.
"So, what campaign are we playing?" asked Daisuke, eagerly anticipating
on trying out the new sword his paladin recieved from the last adventure.
"It's called, the Ruined Mirkwoods campaign. This time, this campaign
is really going to drive you crazy," answered Hiroshi, giving off an evil
grin with the promise of misery.
"Cool! We get to fight baddies with higher levels and stuff?" asked
Katherine, already pshyched into the game.
"You'll see."
After thirty minutes, the party found themselves surrounded by four drow
and their pet spiders.
"Damn!" yelled Daisuke(Alanon) as he missed the drow's head.
"Alanon! Look out!" warned Katherine(Ghaladria) as she casted bless on
the surrounded paladin.
"Alanon misses the drow while Katherine casts bless. You both have plus
two on attack roles and a bonus one on saving throw," explained Dungeon
Master Hiroshi. "The drow are furious that you've killed one of their
kin, and are beginning to advance. The spiders are near Alanon, and begin
to attack."
The DM started to roll the dice while Dai was sweating bullets.
Then, there was knocking on the door.
"Great," sighed Hiroshi. "Wait guys, I'm gonna go get the door."
"cool."
The DM exited from the adventure and went to the entrance to answer the
door.
"Alright, who's there... Ranma!?"
There was Ranma, in front of the entrance. But there was something
different about him. He didn't wear his usual Chinese clothes, it was
just a T-shirt and pants, and although he had a confident look on his face,
his eyes were tired and pleading for acceptance.
"Uh, hi Hiroshi."
"Hey Ranma but, what're you doing here?"
"Hey, uh, can I hang around here? I just don't feel like being around in
the dojo. Things are getting too tense there."
"Akane, huh?"
"Something like that."
"Uh sure, you can come in," offered Hiroshi. Ranma gave a huge smile
and accepted his offer.
"Thanks man," thanked the fellow martial artist.
"No prob," kindly replied Hiroshi.
As they both entered the living room, Daisuke noticed the pigtailed boy.
"Yo Ranma! Lookin' large," greeted Dai as he slapped hands with Ranma.
"Hi! I believe we haven't met before," welcomed Katherine. She had
heard about Ranma from the duo, but she didn't know he was THAT
cute.
"Uh, hi," nervously replied the pigtailed boy. He noticed the papers,
illustrated maps, and dice littered all over the table, and noticed
Daisuke wearing some sort of chain suit while muttering about big swords
and evil darkness.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Ranma.
"We're playing a game Ranma," answered Hiroshi.
"That don't look like any game I've seen before."
"It's a kind of a different game Ranma."
"Do you wanna play?" tenderly asked Katherine. She wanted to get to know
Ranma as well as having another player.
"Uh..."
"So, you wanna play?" asked Daisuke. Even he was eager to let Ranma play.
He wanted to see what role his martial artist friend would take.
"Um..."
"Uh, so... you in?" joined the DM.
Ranma, knowing he had nothing to do in the evening except for doing katas,
which he did for a long time, decided to try it out. Maybe this'll get his
mind off of stress, plus he wanted to know more about his friends while
sharing his thoughts.
"Yeah. I'm in."
"YEAH!" yelled Alanon, as he was grateful in welcoming another member to
the party. Ghaladria was glad too.
And so started the Band Of Misfits.
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The pool of dimensions...
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Toltiir was busy looking at some of the dimensions of many Ranmas until
he saw something that caught his eye...
Ranma playing Dungeons & Dragons.
It was kind of wierd, Ranma, being a jock would playing something so
geeky like D&D...
It was really strange. Until he came up with this idea...
After thinking about the Lord Of The Ring movie he had seen during his
off-duty time, he now had an idea on which dimension to send Ranma in:
A Fantasy world of elves, dwarves, halflings and the like.
The World of Erithia.
Perfect.
"And now to plan the game," chuckled Toltiir.
But something else, Toltiir finally admitted he was a sucker for anything
fantasy like. He had a whole set of Lord of the Rings
books...
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some months passed...
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Ranma had never been so happy in his entire life. He had finally found
true friendship with his mates and a couple others. He also found he
felt better when he opened up alot more. He gained acceptance in the
entire Furinkan High, and he had more fun hanging out than actually trying
to prove himself of his skills. Unfortunately, this brought up alot of
attention from the girls and made Ranma nervous whenever a female tried to
approach him. He was a bit fearful that his "Fiancee troops" might take it
the wrong way and try to harrass her. But the only true female friends he
ever had was Sayuri and Katherine. He had told Sayuri, who was Akane's
friend, about what the pressure he was under and told her he didn't love
Akane anymore. Ranma was more honest about himself to many of his friends,
and so Sayuri became one of his dearing companions.
The martial artist found himself liking Dungeons & Dragons and having an
interest for the fantasy genre. He liked playing a new role in a different
world, while using his own imagination to do unlimited actions in different
situations. Plus, he learned alot of English from Hiroshi, Daisuke and
Katherine during their adventures together, almost shocking English teacher
Hinako when she graded his papers. Plus, he didn't need to have godlike
powers; just his tactics.
His friends were the ones that encouraged him to be more open, to enjoy life
and find that life is more than just martial arts. Ranma discovered that he
liked gardening, going to movies, and found an interest to pick up a fantasy
book to read when he wanted peace and quiet to rest his weary mind. But
still, his future career was being a martial artist and having his own dojo.
Unfortunately, there are the bad parts. The bad but good part was that Kuno
was extremely jealous of the attention Ranma was getting, so he challenged
Ranma to a duel.
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Flashback...
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"I challenge you to a duel Ranma!"
"And," asked Ranma with a serious face. He didn't need this now.
"If I win, you shall reveal your own farce to your peers!" exclaimed Kuno.
"And if I win, I want to beg for your forgiveness for anything I have done
you wrong," replied the challenged.
Kuno was a bit taken back from this since he felt no sarcasm from Saotome,
just seriousness. Still, nothing good can come from Ranma...
"Prepare to be vanquished, cur!"
As Ranma brought himself to a defensive stance, Kuno charged with his bokken
at forward. But as he reached nearer, he found his opponent was not aiming
for offensive. He was just... standing there. The pseudo-samurai boy could
not stop his weapon on time and made contact.
CRACK!
The pigtailed boy staggered a bit in pain ashe reached for Kuno's hand and
shook it.
"Congradulations Kuno," said the injured opponent. "You've shown improvement
in your skill. The battle is yours."
Before Ranma started to leave, Kuno yelled out, "WAIT!"
"What is it, Kuno?"
"Why? Why have you left me victory when I knew you were not attacking?"
"Because Kuno, defeating you would still make you hate me more. I didn't want
you to hate me more."
"I...."
"Don't worry about it. Work on your skill, and you'll defeat me."
As Ranma left, Kuno was in thought. Ranma didn't show any sarcasm. He said it
with his heart, and the victor could feel the pigtailed boy's sadness within
and after the battle.
"Ranma... I guess I was wrong about you..."
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So, Kuno had become his friend and sparring partner, increasing his skill to
ten-fold with Ranma's sparring and training.
Akane was also jealous of Ranma's new outlook in life, and was angry that one
of her best friends was also one of her "fiancee's" best friends. In a fit of
rage, due to their discussion about Ranma, she cancelled contact with Sayuri
and told her she wasn't her friend anymore. Ranma came and convinced her to
bring back the friendship, telling her what she was doing is wrong. Akane was
even shocked about how she actually listened to Ranma for the first time.
But since then, the worst part of it all was Ryouga and the fiance troops,
Whom had some sort of idea that Ranma was having an affair with Katherine.
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Another flashback...
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"Ranohan, you are in a forest, surrounded by eight orcs, which all want a piece
of you. Alanon and Ghaladria are right behind those orcs, six spaces away.
What is your action," explain Hiroshi.
Ranma(Ranohan) the ranger was sweating in fear and nervousness. He was down to
the point of being moderately injured, ran out of charming creature spells, and
there was no way out. He had to do the only logical thing.
"I become the decoy. I'll attract their attention by throwing rocks at them,"
answered Ranma.
Hiroshi rolled the dice. "Success, you managed to get their attention and they
are now approaching you."
Thank goodness later, Alanon took the orcs by surprise and whacked the remaining
ones while Ghaladria healed Rahonan of his injuries.
"Rest time, I need a beer," exclaimed Ranma.
"Yeah, me too, that was one tough battle," agreed Daisuke.
"I'll get it," offered Ranma. As he went to the kitchen, he started to feel a
tremor.
"Uh... guys... you feel that?" asked Ranma.
"Uh, no... did you pissed someone off?" joked Hiroshi.
"No..."
"Guys, I feel it too," agreed Katherine as she began to feel something was wrong.
"Methinks it be evil zombies," chuckled Dai.
But suddenly, the floor was ripped open, and Ryouga was there, looking straight
at Ranma, with murder in his eyes.
"Ranma.... I found you..."
"Uh... hey Ryouga."
"Ranma, you shall pay for your crimes against Akane."
"Excuse me," defended Katherine. "I'm not affliated with Ranma in anyway..."
"Shut up you two-timing slut!"
"Hey! You don't come here and insult my friend!"
"Shut up, I heard from Akane! You went frolicking with this girl behind
Akane's back!"
"WHAT!?"
Suddenly, a Chinese boy named Mousse arrived at the scene.
"Mousse! You too?"
"No Ranma, not this time. I'm trying to warn you that..."
Suddenly, the roof ripped out. Out came the Fiance Troops, including the one
and only, Akane.
"M-My beautiful house!," cried Hiroshi.
"Ukyo, Shampoo, K-Kodachi? Akane, you too!?"
"Ranma! How dare you cheat on me with this bitch!" angrily hollered Akane.
"WHAT THE HELL!? You apologize right now..."
"Ranchan, I thought we loved each other!" exclaimed Ukyo.
"Ucchan, put the weapon down..."
"Or Ranma my love, let me strike down temptress so we can go back to our
lovemaking!"
"NO!"
"Come on girls, its time!"
"No! Shampoo, don't do it!" desperately yelled
Mousse.
The girls ignored his heed and went towards Katherine, brandishing their
weapons.
Katherine closed her eyes, while saying goodbye to all her dear friends and
family.
But nothing came.
Instead of being overwhelmed by the United Fiancees Attack, Ranma took the
brunt. She saw him bleeding from cuts.
For Ranma, it was ENOUGH.
"THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT!"
"Ranma blew his ki against his fiancees, and approached them with furious
intent.
"I thought of you as better Akane and UKYO! I thought you can trust me.
but NO! Even hanging around with friends isn't ENOUGH! And Ukyo, I
thought you were really my friend! FRIENDS DON'T ATTACK OTHER FRIENDS!
SHAMPOO, you can forget my friendship, BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST IT! AND
KODACHI! WORST OF ALL! I GAVE YOU FRIENDSHIP,AND YOU GAVE ME TRUST, BUT
NOW YOU'VE TORN IT ALL AWAY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STAND ME HAVING A FEMALE
FOR A FRIEND!"
"I'm telling you, I'VE HAD IT! NO MORE ENGAGEMENTS! FORGET THIS RANMA,
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS," loudly yelled Ranma while pounding where
his heart is to emphasize his point.
Ryouga decided that Ranma had enough speeches.
"Shut up Ranma! You die now!"
"Wait, Ryouga!" called Akane.
Ryouga charged at Ranma outside of the house, with Akane her fellow
fiancees pursuing the chase.
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As Ranma and Ryouga fought in the streets, they did not realize they
were in Nerima park and near the fountain. The distraught, pigtailed
boy was too busy dodging all of Ryouga's attacks to notice the fountain
behind him.
"Damn it Ryouga, didn't you hear me? It was the wrong truth; she's my
friend!" gasped Ranma, trying to put some sense into Ryouga.
"Shut up, Ranma! I had enough of your lies! You're always trying to
find some way to get out of the mess you've cause! YOU are the
reason for the hell you caused to me and Akane!" Ryouga yelled back
as he attacked Ranma only to meet the air.
They were getting REALLY close to the fountain.
But the worst part was that Akane and the fiancee troops were there,
viewing the fight.
"Now Ranma, you die."
The lost boy charged a ki attack using the basest of all of his
depressions.
"Ryouga, wait, you don't know what your doing..."
"I know EXACTLY what I'm doing, which is trying to kill you!"
The over-depressed martial artist let loose his energy, aiming for
Ranma.
"Shi-shi, Houkoudan!"
A huge beam of ki when towards Ranma, but he was quick on his feet,
dodging the projectile. But something was wrong; Ranmahad noticed
the fountain, and the Houkoudan struck and broke it, releasing water
everywhere.
"NO!" cried out Ranma.
The pigtailed boy tried to get Ryouga out of the way but it was too
late. Both were engulfed by the water land on top of them. Ranma
had changed into a girl, and Ryouga a pig.
But what's worse is that Akane was witnessing the event. She was in
shock when she found out who P-Chan really is.
Ranma-onna carried the drenched piglet out of the water, and met up
with Akane, standing straight before her eyes. Then she realized
something. Her fiancee had seen Ryouga transform.
"Oh, shit." she fearfully thought.
"Ah, Akane, I can explain..."
"Ryouga, is that you? You're P-chan!?" asked Akane, totally and
trying not to believe this.
"Squeel," squealed Ryouga-pig as he looked in Akane's eyes. They
were so beautiful, yet so cold. Then he realized something.
"SQUEAL!"
"Ryouga-no-hentai!"
Ryouga-pig, embarrassed and shamed, ran away in tears while Ranma
looked at him as he left with sadness in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry Ryouga." apologized the now female Ranma, although
P-chan was nowhere in sight now.
"I...I'm sorry Ranma, I..."said Akane, hoping to gain her fiance's
forgiveness but was quickly cut off.
"I'm sorry too Akane, but it's over."
"W-what?"
"It's over. The truth is, I don't love you anymore."
"Is it because.."
"No, it's not Katherine. I'm not into that with her. She's my
best friend, and you made me lose respect of you when you tried to
attack her."
"But.."
"No buts Akane. I'm done with this. I can't do this everyday.
If no one trusts me nor tries to become my real friend, then forget
it. And it's not just you Akane, it's also Ukyo, and the other
girls."
"But, I love you..."
"Well, I don't. I'm sorry Akane."
And that said, Ranma left for Akane to figure it all out.
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After the whole fiasco, Ranma broke off contact from Ukyo until she
extremely apologized to him and Katherine, and discontinued the
marraige contract. Now they were back together as friends,
hanging around with the Band of Misfits.
Shampoo and Cologne, realizing that there was nothing that they can
do to capture Ranma anymore, returned to their tribe and wished him
the best of luck. The pig-tailed boy told Shampoo that although
he didn't love her, he could always be her friend. That said, he
gave her a bonquet of flowers he had specially grown to give a gift
of rememberance to all the good times they've had instead of the bad
ones.
The marraige contract between Genma's son and Soun's youngest daughter
was finally broken, and Ranma was not allowed anymore in the household,
including Genma. Ranma's father returned home after finding out that
Nodoka wasn't that serious about the seppuku contract. But she was
finally happy to meet her son, and agreed that he could stay in
Nerima.
As for Ranma and Mousse, they both became good friends and lived in
Hiroshi's house and rebuilding it, while introducing the Chinese boy
to D&D.
So far... it was okay...
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Six weeks later...
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Ryouga was happy.
He finally found a solution to all his problems with Ranma. It
came in the form of a rod that he stoled off from an old antique
store. The rod was a half-staff with a crystal orb attached
to the head. There was an engravement on the rod which had this
phrase: "Yeloem Ehl Portal". Ryouga didn't understand what that
meant, but he did understand that the rod had a useful purpose to his
own interests. He read the manual that came with the rod. The manual
was in Olde English, but being a well language-educated boy like Ryouga,
he could translate the manual.
Ye whom ever holds this rod of power,
Dost have power to send,
The chosen one doth desire the most,
To be sent to The Time Of End.
Thus To do this wretched deed,
Must focus upon thy enemy of most burden,
Chant the words, "Liebrem Verata Niktu",
And send him to his own fate to the end of time.
This was what attracted him to this artifact because IN other
words, Ryouga could focus this rod on Ranma, chant the words, and
send him to the burning depths of Hell. It was a brilliant plan.
There would be no more Ranma in his life, and his enemy would finally
face the pain that he had brought upon Ryouga.
"This is it Ranma. Finally you will pay for the crimes you have
committed against ME and Akane," promised Ryouga.
Then, he heard a whistling. It was Ranma.
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Ranma was whistling, enjoying the peace he never had for a long time,
while delivering Kasumi's groceries. Although he did not live in the
household anymore, he was still intent on helping out Kasumi. But
nevertheless, he was glad because he had no more fiancees to chase after
him, and no enemies trying to kill him yet. It was a beautiful day, the
sky was clear, the air was good, and it was quiet.
But then suddenly, he saw Ryouga, looking still mad as hell, but with a
strange grin on his face when he had his eyes set on him.
"Great, there's Ryouga. I hope he's calmed downed about last time. I
guess I should say how sorry I am. Hmm... why the heck is he smiling
for?" thought Ranma. He was worried when Akane found out who P-chan
really was. In any rate, he was expecting that Ryouga would soon come
and try to kill him. But when he was deciding that when Ryouga arrived,
he was going to restrain him first, and then talk some sense into him.
Then by some dumb luck, he managed to spot Ryouga.
"Uh, hey Ryouga! What's up," greeted Ranma.
Ryouga, knowing his expected reaction in the encounter, charged at Ranma.
"Ranma, prepare to PAY for your crimes!"
"Hey man, you're just who I wanted to see," gladly responded Ranma as he
dodged every blow Ryouga tried to dish out. "I want to talk to you."
"THERE'S NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT," angrily grunted Ryouga as he thrusted punch
after punch in hopes of making contact with his opponent.
Then Ranma managed to leap out of the way. "Ryouga, calm down man. I have
to talk to you about yesterday. It wasn't my fault," explained Ranma.
Too bad words can't reach to a guy like Ryouga Hibiki.
"That doesn't matter anyway! You're finally going to pay for all the pain
you've caused to me and Akane," yelled Ryouga.
"What's the matter with you," replied Ranma. Ryouga was SO irritating when
he wouldn't listen to reason.
"Forget it Ranma. This time, you're not getting out of this one," calmly
said Ryouga with a tone of menace in his voice. He then pulled out and
readied the rod on his right hand. "And this is the tool to finish my
revenge."
"Uh... Ryouga... WHAT are you going to do with that?"
Why is Ryouga carrying that stick?
"I'm going to send you to Hell Ranma. Then you're going to feel the pain
I've felt ever since you ruined my life," smirked Ryouga. He then pointed
the rod at Ranma, concentrating his hate upon the rod to Ranma.
"What the hell," thought Ranma as he backed away a bit. He could see that
the orb that was attached to the rod was glowing, and then seemed to be
charging. Then suddenly, he realized that he couldn't move his feet, no
matter how he tried.
"SHIT RYOUGA, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
"THAT'S JUST IT RANMA! I'M SENDING YOU BACK TO HELL!"
Then Ranma heard the words from Ryouga's lips.
"Liebrem Verata Niktu!"
And in a flash, he was gone.
Finally, he's gone," smiled Ryouga.
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Toltiir was now glad his plan was finally in action.
"Now the game begins," he purred.
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Six months later in the Kernsen Forests, located in Lotheria, the
northern continent of the world of Erethia...
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A ranger knows patience.
A ranger is also attuned to the ways of nature. Everywhere
around, it is nature that is his ally, his benefactor, and his
home. He is patient to everything even when situations become
dire. A ranger must become vigil to anything that dark that
seeks disguises it self from its true intentions, and even respect
nature itself because although there is beauty, there is her wrath.
But also, to be a ranger is to know the truth between what is good
and evil without prejudice based on emotion.
Ranohan was now utilizing his patience for it was required in
ambushing the orcish bandit group. He pulled tight the string of
his bow Silveindal and aimed his readied arrow, positioning his aim
at the at the head of an orc that seemed to be the leader. The
ranger was on top of the tree, hidden by the branches, waiting for
his target to be within his sight.
One of the things he learned as being as ranger under the tutelage
of Master Ranger Roarn was the way of the bow. He had learned that
patience, endurance, controlled strength and skill were the key
elements of the skill of fletchery.
Finally, the bandit group stopped, and seemed to have their backs
turned. Now was the time to strike.
Ranma fired his bow.
FWWWOOOSH!
As soon as the arrow struck the Orc bandit leader, The orcs without
their source of leadership were confused and panicked. Ranohan
leaped from the trees, and he then unsheathed his blade Windstrike
and sliced two more orcs. he flipped landed on the ground, giving a
look that promised pain. One orc fled except the ones who wanted to
show this human the fury of their might. He did a somersault to
manuever from the swings of the Orcs' blades and flip-kicked the orc
to the right. As another orc charged at him, he quickly crouched low
and simultaneously slashed low at the orc's gut, hearing his cry of
pain. the ranger then unsheathed his other sword Dragontail and
commenced a two-weapon form that was unpredictable for the orc to
parry, and injured him before he could strike again. After knocking
him out, it left the only one who dropped his axe, after seening his
injured and defeated warkin and knowing true defeat. He then dropped
to his knees, pleading mercy in rough orc language.
"Raliek Krahn!" cried the orc.
Ranma went up to the defeated orc, pointing both his swords at the orcs
throat. "Never ever come back to Hiemsdale again. If I see you
again, then I will kill you," replied Ranma in orc langauge. A ranger
was also merciful.
The orc, thankful for his enemy's mercy, fled from the scene.
"Hey Ranma!"
Ranohan, also known as Ranma, swerved his head to look for the one with
that voice. It was his best friend, a half-orc girl Giel' Kre, now a
first orc to be a ranger. But she was not like those other orcs; she
fought for justice, peace, and honor. But also, she fought to defend
the weak and her friends.
"How do you fare?" asked the Japanese ranger. But it was not in
Japanese anymore, but the Westron Common.
"My group managed to repel the bandit invasion," Giel' Kre proudly said
as she held her fist to her chest.
"How fare you," she asked.
"I'm successful," answered Ranohan as he wiped clean of his blades.
"Hey, come on, let us go give them a proper burial and head back to the
inn to enjoy our evening with a mug of Woodsberry ale. How's that sound?"
"Don't worry. You go ahead. I'll follow."
"You don't need help?"
"No. Besides, it was me who shed blood in the first
place."
"Okay," replied Giel' Kre as she went off, but also giving Ranma a
pleasurable smile. To Ranma, it nearly melted his heart.
As he gave the passed bandits a burial and proper prayer to his god
Anlokeen, the lord of warriors and lord of honor, he sighed and thought
back to his old life. He knew that he did not have a chance of returning
back to his own world, but at least could find friends here.
Looking at the sunset, Ranma, or Ranohan thought back to the first time
he came to this world.
END PART 1
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Author's note:
I was totally in serious thought today. I was talking
to Rob Barba about serious fic writing and we were
talking about MeToo fic writers. Looking back, I've
seen that my fic crossover Fantasy Beyond was almost
venturing to MeTooism, due to short, rushed plot, and
short details and bad characterization.
I HAD to improve it.
Now, you get Part One. Finally. It's the longest I've
ever written, and I'm proud of that. I didn't have the
will to actually write fanfiction, but thanks to Rob,
I've found it.
I'll be rewriting the entire chapters until I deem
them to be good.
Until then, have a spicy meatball.
DJGeek, out.
evening
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