Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, but I'm not trying to
make any money off this so I guess it's OK then.
This is a Ranma continuation and multi-cross-over with Sailor Moon,
Tenchi Muyo!, Mermaid Saga, Ah Megami-sama and Mamono Hunter Yohko.
This is my first time writing a fan fiction, so please review and tell
me what you think.
Ranma Crossing Over to the Wild Side
By Paul Bennett aka Shadowbakasama
Chapter 8: Ami tags in for Akane
Mizuno Noriko was worried about her older brother, she had seen the news
about the wedding, so after she finally got off her shift at the
hospital she picked up her daughter Ami and they took a taxi to Nerima.
Her brother Tendo Soun and his family have such an exciting life, she
remembered the first time they visited a month after the Saotomes had
arrived.
-------- Flashback ---------
Noriko and Ami were going to spend a nice Sunday visiting her brother's
family in Nerima, and were about a block away from the dojo when they
heard a load scream of "RANMA NO BAKA!!" and saw a young woman with her
red hair in a pigtail, wearing a red chinese shirt and black kung-fu
pants come sailing over the wall and impact in the street about 10 feet
in front of them, landing on her side and rolling with the fall, bowling
over her daughter Ami and ending up with Ami laying on top of her.
"Oh man, did you get the number of the kawaiikune tomboy that hit me."
the red-head mutters as she opens her eyes and trys to get up. When she
sees Ami staring into her eyes she whispers "Kawaii." just loud enough
for then to hear and her faces gets all red. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't
see you there. Are you OK?" she asks as she helps Ami get up by putting
her hands on Ami's waist and lifting her to her feet as the red-head
sits up, in a casual display of strength.
"Uhm, shouldn't we be asking that of you?" Ami asks the young girl.
"After all you were the one that just took a short flight with a rough
landing."
"Oh, I'm fine. I'm tough." she tells Ami, then mutters. "If I wasn't
the damn tomboy would have killed me the night we met."
"Are you sure?" Noriko asks, while helping the girl to her feet "You
have some scrapes from skidding down the road."
"Kuso, these were my best pants and they're ruined!" she exclaims,
looking at the holes torn in the knees and seat of the pants ignoring
the bloody scrapes and bruises underneath.
Both Noriko and Ami stumble from a massive facefault, and the red haired
girl catches Ami by the arms since she was still a little unsteady on
her feet. Just then Akane comes out of the gate to look for her errant
fiance and comes running down the street as she spots them.
"RANMA NO HENTAI! get your hands off my cousin you baka!" Akane yells as
she comes running towards them.
"It's not like that! I was just keeping her from falling." Ranma-chan
yells back.
"SHUT UP!! DON'T even bother! Your always flirting with other girls you
HENTAI!" Akane yells as she reaches them and unleashes a right cross
into Ranma's cheek snapping her head around and leaving a large red
imprint on her face.
"KAWAIIKUNE!!" Ranma-chan screams back at her holding a hand to her
face, then dodges to the side of Akane's next punch, jumps over a leg
sweep, leans out of the way of a jab, hops back to clear a side kick,
then jumps 8 feet straight up to avoid Akane's reckless charge. "Kami,
you are slow, and I always get plenty of advance notice when you try
anything tricky like that bum rush." Then she takes off running back to
the Tendo-ke.
"Get back here and hold still so I can hit you! You BASTARD!" Akane
yells as she takes off running afer her, leaving Ami and Noriko standing
there staring after them.
"Umm Mom, isn't Ranma the name of Akane-san's fiance?" Ami asks Noriko.
"That's what Soun-oniisan said on the phone when I talked to him
yesterday. But I got the idea that Ranma was a boy." Noriko replies.
"Well, she acts like a boy, but I can only wish for a build like that.
I can't believe that she calls Akane a tomboy with the way she acts.
Did you see how flustered she got when I was on top of her?" Ami asks as
they start walking towards the gates.
"Well, maybe she likes girls. She did say that your cute, and that
shows her good taste."
"MOM!! I can't believe you, teasing me like that."
"There's nothing wrong with it Ami, and with a girl like that it'd be a
lot of fun."
"MOTHER! Your incorrigable, you know that I like boys. I'm just shy."
"I know dear, I was just joking. Now be careful around Akane-chan, she
has quite the temper and tends to jump to conclusions."
"*BIG* understatement there Okaasan. Huge, massive, gargantuan. And
did you see Ranma just take that hit as if it were nothing?! She wasn't
kidding when she said she was tough."
"Now Ami-chan, what was it you were saying about massive
understatements? Hmm?"
"Oh alright, you got me on that one. A hit like that would put us into
the hospital with a broken jaw. How can she be so tough?"
"Well dear, some powerful martial artists have almost supernatural
levels of strength, speed, endurance, and toughness. I would say that
young Ranma has at least a fifth dan black belt in at least one style of
martial arts, and she's tougher than your Uncle Soun was even in his
prime from what I just saw." Noriko says as they walk up to the front
door of the Tendo's house.
Nabiki opened the door just then and greeted her aunt and cousin.
"Hello, Auntie Noriko, Ami-chan, Akane said she saw you coming down the
street when she came in. And Auntie I would place Ranma-san at 10th dan
or higher in Kenpo with lower belts in Kenjutsu, Jujutsu, Mu Tau, Jeet
Kune Do, Hapkido, Goju Ryu, Pao Chuan, and T'ai Chi Chuan."
"Wow, all that and she can't be more than 16 years old. How is that
possible Nabiki-chan?" Ami asks her cousin.
"1000 yen" Nabiki says holding out her hand.
Noriko gives her a look then hands over a two 1000 yen bills, saying "I
want a the full story."
"Then give me three more, it's a long story." Nabiki replies. "That's
after figuring in your favorite aunt discount."
"Alright, but it better be worth it young lady." she says handing over
another 3000 yen. "Besides I'm your only aunt."
"Well, Ranma-san has been training since before he was taken from his
home at the age of 5 by his father Genma. For the last 11 years he has
been training almost non-stop, and some of his father's training methods
are cruel enough to cause USMC drill instructors to puke. Two of
Saotome-san's favorite sayings are *The life of a martial artist is
fraught with peril* and *That which does not kill you, only makes you
stronger*. Of course saying that it's surprizing that he hasn't killed
Ranma or driven him permanantly insane with some of the things he's done
to him in the name of training." Nabiki explains to them. "They have
been on the road up until a month ago, traveling thru Japan, Korea, and
China, training at dojos and training grounds. Ranma-san has spent very
little time in school or around other people except for his father and
the occasional sensei that they have stayed with, so he has little
common sense or manners, and is completely ignorant of somethings you
take for granted as common knowledge. He has acquired at least one
actual curse, a phobia of cats that can drive him out of his mind, and a
few determined people out for his head and slash or his hand."
"His head 'and *slash* or' his hand? What's that supposed to mean
Nabiki-chan?" Ami asks.
"Some people want too marry him or kill him depending on the state of
his curse. I'll have to give you a demonstration for you to
understand. Follow me." Nabiki says leading them through the house to
the back porch, picking up a glass of water and a tea kettle when she
detoured into the kitchen. Stepping out side she yells up at someone on
the roof. "Ranma! Come down here and meet my Auntie Noriko and my
cousin Ami-chan!"
"Alright, coming down!" He calls before jumping off the roof to land in
front of them.
"Auntie, Ami-chan this is my sister Akane's fiance, Saotome Ranma."
Nabiki says gesturing towards the young man standing there. "And this
is his curse." she says as she flings the water out of the glass into
his face.
"What'd you do that for!" yells the wet red haired girl standing there
in the same clothes that the young man was wearing.
Then everything fades to black as Noriko and Ami both faint.
--------- End Flashback -------------
These visits to Nerima were some of the best time that Ami got to spend
with her Mom. A couple of times a month Mom would take a Sunday off,
and they usually went to visit the Tendos. It was very entertaining
watching and hearing about the chaos that surrounded Ranma, but Ami felt
bad seeing her violent cousin Akane take out her frustrations on Ranma.
Like when Akane cooked something for her fiance, everyone knew how bad
Akane's cooking was, but she would force Ranma to try it or even eat the
whole thing, actually forcing it down his throat on one occasion, then
she would get mad that he got sick. That Ranma insulted her cooking
didn't help, he would get pounded and then forced to eat to Akane's
toxic creation anyway, and she would usually pound on him after was got
sick if he was still capable of standing up.
After watching them for a week of Sundays Ami had worked out the pattern.
#1 if Ranma had anything to do with a rival girl Akane would get mad.
This covered Shampoo, Kodachi, and later Ukyo, and sometimes included
her own sisters, her cousin Ami and even complete strangers.
#2 if Ranma criticized anything she did, she would get angry. This
included her cooking, her martial arts, her behavior, her sewing, and
her appearance, even if he wasn't being insulting Akane would take it
the wrong way.
#3 if Akane and Ranma got into any type of embarrassing situation it
became Ranma's fault somehow and Akane would get upset.
#4 if for some reason Akane became angry she would verbally abuse Ranma
and Ranma would return the insult instintively due to his course
upbringing and pride until Akane hit him.
#5 even if Ranma managed to apologize Akane would hold the offense
against him or not believe his excuse or explanation, and would often
get angry, see #4.
From talking to Kasumi and Nabiki she had worked out that Ranma got an
average of 3 beatings from Akane, 3 fights with his father, 2 fights
with Kuno Tatewaki, 1 bike landing and 2 glomps from Shampoo every day,
with an average of 3 fights with Hibiki Ryouga per week. Kodachi didn't
fit well into any patterns, and Ukyo rarely hit Ranma but did provoke a
number of the fights between Ranma and Akane. This added to the more
chaotic elements of Ranma's life, well using the metaphor with the
camel, Ami estimates a load of 30 metric tons of straw have been loaded
on it's back, and she has no idea how the camel has lasted this long.
It's no wonder Ami felt bad for him, and whenever they stopped by Ranma
would take time to talk to her, and she often got him too study [Ami's
favorite passtime.] with her, even though it often got him a beating
from Akane. With what they had heard of the wedding she was approaching
the Tendo-ke like it was a freeway accident, something horrible that you
just have too look at.
Thus they walked up too the Tendo's front door and knocked.
After a few seconds the door opens unleashing ... Nabiki. "Auntie
Noriko! Ami-chan! Speak of the devil and he shows up at your door, we
were just talking about you guys. Come on in and join us." Nabiki says
showing them to the den.
"So Nabiki-chan how is everyone taking this?" Noriko asks.
"Well, Father and Saotome-san are in the dojo feeling sorry for
themselves, Akane is crying on Kasumi's shoulder up in her room, Saotome
Nodoka-dono, Ranma-kun's mother is in here with her father and some of
his friends, I've been handling damage control and profiteering all day,
and Ranma is staying over at a friend's house tonight."
Nodoka get up to greet them. "Mizuno-sensei, Ami-chan, won't you join
us, you must be wondering at what has happened that didn't make it onto
the evening news. Let me introduce you. This is my father Masaki
Katsuhito, my distant aunt Masaki Ayeka, Hakubi Washu a scientist, and
Hakubi Ryoko adventuress. Everyone this is Dr. Mizuno Noriko Soun's
younger sister and her daughter Ami."
After a few minutes of polite small talk over tea and cakes they get
down to the aftermath of the wedding.
"Well, besides the obvious destruction and Ranma's Neko adventure today,
the union between the the Saotome and Tendo clans and school of martial
arts has been .. well, cast into doubt." Nodoka explains "You see I
revoked Akane-san's engagement to my son Ranma after her baseless
insults and assault against him today, and both Nabiki and Kasumi
refused the engagement on the grounds that it would drive the sisters
apart with Akane's jealousy added to other more personal reasons."
"My my, that does cause quite the problem with the wedding pledge
doesn't it." Noriko responds.
"Yes, the only option that we came up with to salvage the pledge was to
expand it to include all unwed female members of the Tendo clan."
Nodoka tells Noriko and Ami.
"Oh kami" says Ami to her mom "I guess that means me, unless your
interested in a YOUNGER man."
*Cough* *cough* "That's OK Ami, not that he isn't a fine young man, but
the age difference might be a problem. So if you don't have any
objections?" Noriko asks looking at her daughter. "None. OK, then I
guess my Ami-chan will be engaged to Ranma-kun, they seem to get along
well enough, but I won't force her into an early or unwanted wedding."
"That shouldn't be a problem Auntie." Nabiki responds "Ranma-kun feels
that a courtship should be of at least one year, and considering that
Ami-chan has rivals for Ranma's hand he is unlikely to push for an
unwanted wedding. However we have recently become aware of an option
for a polygamous wedding. So I hope that Ami-chan can share."
"Ahh, Nabiki-chan, tell me straight up, how many fiancees does Ranma-kun
have?" Ami asks.
"OK, brace yourself Ami-chan." Nabiki says "Including you, there are
... thirteen total. Five of them are amazons, so their engagements
aren't recognized by our customs, and only Shampoo is here, and another
four of the others have not come seeking Ranma-kun out, but Auntie
Nodoka will be trying to contact them. Now Akane may try to make up
with Ranma-kun and Auntie Nodoko, but I don't see Ranma wanting her back
after this, and Auntie Nodoka isn't as forgiving."
Ami just hangs her head muttering about thirteen wives.
"Yes, thirteen wives is too many, even for my son." Nodoka says. "We
will simply have too narrow down the field."
"Now Ami, I figure Ranma-kun will try to get rid of at least 4 of the
amazons, and Kodachi. And four of the others he doesn't even know about
yet, so I'm thinking there will be three to eight wives depending on how
things work out. But if you stick it out I'm sure that Ranma will marry
you. Mostly it depends on how many of the girls will be willing to
share. That and our matchmaking skills."
"That's a great idea Nabiki-chan." Nodoka exclaims, happy at the idea of
setting up girls with boyfriends. "Of course we will have to gather
some 'Manly' young men to distract some of them from my son. There is
that nice Kumon Ryu, and Moosse might be acceptable if wasn't blind and
fixated on Shampoo."
"Hmm, I'll see what can be done about Moosse, but how about setting up
Pantsu Taro with Perfume or Lotion, maybe even both of them if we can
manage it." Nabiki suggests.
"Nabiki-chan, could you set up Kuno Tatewaki with Ling-Ling and Lung-Lung?"
"I doubt it Auntie," replies Nabiki, "they have already beat up him and
the kendo team on their first visit, and they must have heard what a
fool he is from Shampoo. We might be able to get him to fixate on one
of the unknowns however, but I wouldn't count on using him for a
match-up."
"What other martial artists do we have to fix up with the amazons?"
"Well there is Konatsu, the ninja that works at Ucchan's."
"But isn't Konatsu a girl Nabiki-chan?"
"No Auntie, Konatsu is a crossdresser. He was raised as a kunochi by
his step-mother. Hmm, maybe we could set him up with Ling-Ling and
Lung-Lung by sending them after Ukyo."
"How about you Ami-chan. Do you know of any good martial artists in
Juuban?"
-------------------------
Note: Using GURPS Martial Arts to guesstimate Ranma's skill level, I
used Ranma's initial carving stunt on Kuno to figure a skill of 40 to
perform a five stroke kanji on Kuno's forehead, giving Ranma a 12th Dan
Black Belt. I've also seen a couple other fanfics recently that claimed
a 12th Dan in Kempo for Ranma at the start.
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