[Xover][Danfic] The Bet - Ranma Muyo - Part 1b
MetroAnime
a bet concept by Gregg, Metro...@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/greggsharp/index.html
char owned by Pioneer, R.Takahashi, etc.
WARNING:Xover is based on anime Ranma &
1st OAV series of Tenchi.
On the other hand, this is neither lemon nor dark,
at least so far.
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Ranma Muyo 1b
no need for Jusenkyo
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Genma and Soun were unhappy.
Ranma had left, seeking out his grandfather
Yosho's advice regarding a cure for his
Jusenkyo curse. When discovering that
the campsite had been abandoned, the two
had called a private brainstorming session
to develop a battleplan.
As one of the potential fiancees,
Nabiki felt every right to eavesdrop. With all
things considered, it was her life on the line.
The only two choices that Ranma could make
here were herself or Kasumi, or so Nabiki
assumed. In the first case, the potential
pluses and minuses of having an iinazuke.
In the second case, the thought of having
to endure what the Tendo household would
be like without Kasumi's presence. Having
to eat out on a regular basis to avoid Akane's
cooking was not a good thing.
Nabiki didn't have the money to
purchase expensive electronic surveillence
equipment, so she relied on more primitive
methods. In this case, a borrowed jelly jar.
"....the Masaki Shrine?"
"Yes, Tendo. My wife's family
comes from a little area over on Kyushu.
They maintain an ancient Shinto shrine
there, amid some mountains. That is
where he is heading."
"Okay, so we go up there and
retrieve the boy. No problem."
"Uhm. No, I don't think that
would be a good idea." Genma paused.
"You haven't met Yosho. He's good.
Very, very, good."
"An old priest? Against two
masters of the Anything Goes style? You
must be joking, Saotome. Honor demands
we retrieve your errant son."
"Even though he's a weapon
user, don't underestimate the Masaki
style of swordsmanship. About eight
years ago, I went up against Yosho."
"What, he caught you
pilfering?"
"Yes, but that's not what the
boy thinks. If I won, I got to keep the
scrolls I'd found hidden under a dresser.
If he won, he'd take over Ranma's training
until he felt that Ranma had the basics of
his mother's school down. Four years
later we were able to move on."
"Hmph. Should have cheated,
Saotome."
"I did, Tendo. I used every
trick and special technique I could. I lost."
Soun Tendo paused before
speaking. "If he's that good, then sneaking
in is also out. Direct confrontation isn't any
good. That leaves getting to Ranma before
he gets to the Shrine, or..."
"You have an idea?"
"Who says WE have to be the
ones to retrieve your wayward son?"
On the other side of the wall,
Nabiki winced and waited for the shoe to
drop.
"But none of your daughters
are interested in the marriage either, how
will you get them to go along with it?"
"They are my daughters and
they will abide my decision. They are not
as mule-headed as your son."
"It's...worth a try, I guess.
Camping trip?"
"No, visiting family in a very
rustic setting, I think."
"They've got a hot spring, I
think." There had been something about
a hot spring, anyway.
Nabiki involuntarily grinned.
A hot spring? She then spent a considerable
amount of time chastising herself for that
very reaction.
"It's a plan, then. Soun..."
"And Genma's..."
They chorused on the last
line. "Operation Hot Springs!"
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From train, to bus, to boat. Ranma
Saotome expected a panda to suddenly appear
and haul her away to another meeting with the
Tendos. They knew where she was going, though
as well as the fact that somewhere along the line,
some water would somehow find its way into
triggering the change to his cursed form.
There had been that one nasty point
where she had seen that Chinese girl from the
mountain village. Ranma thought she'd gotten away
unseen by the amazon, though. Good thing she
didn't know what she looked like in cursed form.
Currently in that cursed form, mainly
because it had gotten to be too much trouble
to switch back every time it happened.
Then from boat, to train, to bus,
to walking. It seemed a little strange to go
on a long hike without her father, but a quick
trip down memory lane was sufficient to bring
renewed pleasure at being alone.
Ranma got to a clear spot in the
road and stumbled to a halt. BIG was the
first impression. Two ships, hovering in
midair without any visible blades, jets, or
other means of locomotion. One looked
relatively tiny to the one that seemed to
dominate the valley.
Ranma blinked a couple of times
more as her mental processes finally got
everything together. She increased his pace
towards the Shrine, a grin cutting across her
face. Alien invasion! Bug eyed monsters
coming to mutilate the planet, enslave the
women, rape the farm animals. (or something
like that.) Just the sort of thing to take one's
mind off one's trouble.
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Shampoo froze and stared at
the way those things were hanging in the
air, exactly the way large hunks of wood
and metal are not supposed to do.
The picture of Ranma's cursed
form dropped from nerveless fingers as
she watched the sky rip itself open above
the two ships, and they vanished within it.
Shampoo continued to stare at
the sky for long minutes after that. She was
wishing that Aloe was here now instead of
reporting back to her Great Grandmother.
She wished her airen would stop walking.
She'd settle for a complete stranger that she
could grab by the collar, so long as somebody
gave her an explanation.
And there was her airen, loosening
some wooden sword in her backpack and
going directly into the area those ships had
just been in.
She was heartened somewhat by
the evident courage of her husband. On the
other hand, she would much rather that Ranma
would change back to male form and prove his
courage by some means that did not involve
skies being ripped open and mile long ships
hanging in midair.
An idea came to Shampoo. Yes,
she could just see it now: her airen surrounded
by alien invaders, when Shampoo arrives and
saves her airen (producing a hot water jug to
turn him back into a man), the lights go to soft
focus as she holds him in her arms...
Shampoo looked around. Her airen
had vanished. Cursing in a Tibetan dialect,
Shampoo ran in the direction her airen had
last been seen going.
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Okay, this is enough for the general direction
to be seen. Mind you, if the feedback indicates
i should start this elsewhere in the Tenchi timeline,
there's two other good starting points.
1) Beginning of the series. Tenchi has just been to
the cave, and hasn't met Ryoko the second time yet.
Being faced with Ranma's curse, he tells Ranma (not
his grandpa) about the mummy. When Ryoko attacks,
Shampoo sees this as the perfect time to rescue airen
and gain his gratitude. Who rescues whom, though?
2) End of 1st set of OAVs. Kagato has just been
vanquished, and during the "Night Before The Carnival"
episode, Ranma shows. Shampoo waits for a chance to
corner airen, and in the dark mistakes Tenchi for Ranma.
When the lights come on, Aeka and Ryoko aren't too
happy about someone else glomping Tenchi.
in any case, can we see scenes like:
//scene: Shampoo inspecting some odd gadget that
Washu has built, hits the wrong button and is put in
suspended animation, boxed, and Christmas wrapped
in seconds.//
Shampoo, amazon princess, is...intrigued by her
husband's family. Two ways she could take it, either
so intimidated by the scale and technology that she
leaves to go back to her rustic village; alternatively,
the purple haired wondergirl could find the whole
concept fascinating and want to stick around and
see alien things, people, and places.
//scene: Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane are sitting down.
Kasumi is covering her mouth, Nabiki is covering her
ears, and Akane is covering her eyes.//
The Tendos arrive. Kasumi, Akane, and
Nabiki quite openly. Ranma explains to Shampoo
that while they turned him down, these three
have a prior claim. Aeka chimes in that because
Ranma is descended from the Jurai Royal House,
he must marry TWO women, so she doesn't see
why it's a big deal. One can see Kasumi and
Sasami getting along fabulously. Akane vs Ryoko
round one. Nabiki falling for Tenchi, as the
apparent heir to the wealth of an advanced
planetary civilization. Kasumi likes the mature
Ranma, or will she be interested in Yosho?
//scene: Soun and Genma running down the
road, pursued by two "logs."//
Soun and Genma attempt to sneak
in, but Azaka and Kamedaki keep finding them.
//scene: Cologne staring at something. You
see her eyes roll up and she passes out, but is
smiling.//
What's Cologne's reaction going
to be when she finds out the rough power
level of Ranma and Tenchi? Will she turn her
back on such "strong warriors" and decide
to drag Shampoo back to the village? Just
her reaction to the "lighthawk wings" could
be precious. Finding out that there is another
space adventure brewing, does she phone
home to some of the other husbandless
amazons seeing the opportunity for them to
meet some REALLY strong males?
//scene: Kuno walking up a mountain path,
obviously looking for something.//
Whither fair Akane Tendo? He's
obviously got the bucks to go looking for
her, and Nabs would prob get some extra
money selling him the address before she
finds out aliens and mad scientists are up
there. Kuno calls Ryoko a foul demon, Ryoko
takes exception to being called foul. What's
Kuno's reaction to the first sight of Tsunami?
//scene: a startled looking Kiyone points to
herself and gives a "who, me?" look.//
What of Kiyone? Will she show up,
after Mihoshi's little fairy tale, listed as KIA
in the Galactic Police's files? Will Seriyo return
to challenge Tenchi?
//scene: we see the gift wrapped box of Shampoo,
camera pans out and we see a similarly wrapped
box nearby.//
Will Nabiki try to find something she
can sell in Washu's lab? Will she succeed? Will
she find a way out of the box before Christmas or
is Ranma going to get a REAL surprise under the
tree? Is this going to be an out-of-season trick or is
this the treat?
//scene: camera moves to where two piles of clothing
can be seen, washed, pressed, and folded. Empty too.
A third box can also be seen nearby, this one marked
for Tenchi. Camera moves again to show Washu, who
has fallen off her chair and is still laughing.//
//scene: Ranma getting his @$$ kicked by a shadowy
figure with four arms.//
And for all those who would complain that
Ranma + Jurai connection = too powerful, too mature,
too much a "self insert" (one of the many charges
levelled against my writing, that sound you hear is
the author snickering over this one.) Go ahead and
think that, just stop e-mailing me as i'm deleting 'em
unread now as there's a few who don't even make
valid criticisms but want to vent for some reason...
Everyone who knows better: Ranma has a whole slew
of other opponents scheduled, with the big baddie
being scheduled - Lady Tokimi. Tenchi has a much
greater overall power level, though is a less capable
HTH fighter. I can also see a scene where there's a
problem and the MiB or Galaxy Police "recruit" a few
deputies...possibly mixing in a third or fourth series
for more crossing over. (Something like the Sherriff's
Posse we've got here in Arizona would work.)
//scene: Shampoo singing the theme from "Uchuu Senkan
Yamato" (or Star Blazers) as the Yagami takes off on yet
another adventure, Mihoshi chiming in a moment later,
drawing glares from everyone else onboard.//
//scene: Tenchi, Ranma, Shampoo, Akane, and Nabiki
in school uniforms, trudging off into the sunrise, while
Sasami and Kasumi wave from the Masaki-ke. Cut to
scene of Soun and Genma back at the Tendo-ke, surrounded
by mounds of empty Cup Ramen containers as they hatch
their newest plan to wed a Tendo & a Saotome.//
//scene: Happosai, face buried in a book titled "Interstellar
Navigation Made Easy"//
And what of Happosai? When he learns of
the vast universe out there with feminine undergarments
that have never been seen by human eyes, will he be
intimidated by the vast frontier before him?
//scene: a question mark, behind which several silhouttes
can be seen.//
Since the timeline divergence is that Yosho
DID have other children in his 700yr stay on Earth, and
aliens have been there before (in the Tenchi timeline)
what of the other children of Yosho? What of other
victims of "great grandma was an alien" syndrome?
Ryouga is an obvious choice, making him a human-oni
(UY) hybrid has all sorts of possibilities...
oh well, i'll wait a couple of days before sending this on
to FFML & RAAC, just in case.
ja ne,
gregg