Disclaimer: Characters used in this story are owned by Rumiko
Takahashi, Naoko Takeuchi, and co.
This story takes place after volume 38 of the Ranma manga. This
story draws ideas from the Ranma manga and anime and the Sailor Moon
anime.
C & C wanted. Flames not.
Sailor Moon R 1/2
by
Donny Cheng
Makoto wandered about the Furinken High premises. She and her
friends were visiting the school for the annual school Olympic games.
Since they were competing in different events, they decided to
separate and meet with each other later on in the day. She caught
sight of the judo competition she had signed up for. They were
already starting when she got there. She gaped at the arena. It
seemed the entire student body of Furinken was there. She may have
been wrong, but what she saw didn't look like a judo competition.
Many people were carrying an assortment of weapons: bokkens, katanas,
giant spatulas--GIANT SPATULAS?! Sure enough there was a beautiful
boy hefting a kick-ass spatula and some smaller spatulas across his
chest. What did we get ourselves into? "Hey! Isn't this supposed
to be judo only," she asked the nearest judge.
"Look, do you want to tell them that? I thought not. If you're
a part of the event, you're too late. It's already started. If you
came being prepared for only judo, I doubt you would have stood
chance anyway. The champion last year was that kendoist over there.
He goes by the name of Kuno "Blue Thunder" Tatewaki."
However, the handsome kendoist the judge pointed out was at the
moment being trampled by an unarmed pigtailed boy in Chinese clothes
using just judo. The judge then went towards the arena to declare
the pigtailed boy the winner. Makoto saw his face. Oh my god! He
looks just like my old boyfriend. Wait a minute here! He is an old
friend. Boy, he sure has grown into such a cutie. Smiling, she
quickly ran over to greet him.
Ranma was startled by someone who just glomped onto him. "Hey,
what do you think you're do--." He stopped as he stared at the face
of a long time friend before him. "Makoto? Mako-chan, it is you. I
can't believe it. After all these years."
"Ranma-kun, imagine seeing you here. I thought I would never
see you again after you left me." Their reunion was stopped short as
a short haired girl and the boy carrying the spatula suddenly
appeared behind them and they looked pissed.
"Yes, Ranma-kun, imagine seeing you here flirting with another
girl," they both yelled in unison. "Don't you have another event to
go to." Ranma was then punted in to LEO.
Makoto bigsweated. "What's the big deal? Ranma-kun is an old
friend of mine. It's natural for us to be excited."
"So you're not another fiancˇe of his?" The boy, who Makoto
just realized was a girl, asked suspiciously.
"No, I not another fian-- WHAT?! Another fiancˇe? Just how
many does he have?" Makoto stared at them.
"You're seeing two of them now. Here, let me explain," sighed
the short haired girl. Akane and Ukyo helped Makoto catch up on
Ranma's life.
* * * * *
Wow! They punted him in the right direction for his next match,
Ranma thought as he got out of the swimming pool. He was just in
time for the event too.
Principal Kuno cried when he saw Ranma appear. "Finally.
Quickly change into a girl and stand in line." The principal fully
expected to win many medals for Furiken with Ranma at his side.
Fortunately, Ranma was such a poor student, otherwise he wouldn't
have been able to bribe Ranma with a passing mark.
Everyone was at the starting blocks by the time she got there.
The shot sounded and everyone dove in swimming with all their power.
Ranma wanted to be fair, so she didn't use her chi to enhance her
strength. She could hear the crowd cheering for her and another two
girls who seemed to be in the lead with her. In the end it was a
close finish, with her first and the other two girls tied for second
amazingly enough. When she caught sight of who gave her such a hard
time, her heart stopped. They were both childhood friends she would
never forget. Ranma was about to call them when she noticed she was
in her girl form. She poured hot water over herself from a kettle
that just happened to be near by. "Ami-sensei! Michiru-san! It's
me Ranma."
They were both startled. They both looked to see a boy grinning
at them. Ami remembered only one person who called her sensei.
Michiru had vivid memories of a scruffy looking boy with a cute
smile.
"Ranma-kun?" Amy was startled at meeting her old best friend.
She had thought that he had left for good so long ago.
"Ranma-chan what are you doing here. I thought you were on some
training trip." Michiru was equally surprised at meeting Ranma.
"Oh, the training trip is on hold until I can take care of a few
problems. Uh..I'll talk to you later. I'm late for my next event."
Ranma had caught sight of an angry principal heading his way.
Ami and Michiru gaped at the boy running away from a man, who
seemed intent on shaving Ranma bald. Realization dawned on them,
"How do you know Ranma-kun?" They looked at each other, surprised.
They both began to explain their relative pasts to each other as they
left the pool. Ami didn't pay much attention as her thoughts were on
Ranma and how much he'd grown.
* * * * *
Ranma ran at top speed to the racetrack. When he got there, he
noticed a boy there that looked familiar. Sure enough, when he
looked closer it was another old friend. If his mind thought hard
enough, it would have thought it was weird that so many coincidences
seemed to be happening. "Haruka-kun! Do you remember me? It's me
Ranma." Ranma hugged his friend. It was then he noticed his old
friend was glowering at him and that his friend had an awfully big
chest for a boy. He looked down and lo and behold, breasts. Ranma
quickly let go with his hands in the famous Takahashi pose. "What?
How did you become a girl. Don't tell me you're a crossdresser like
Ukyo or you've been to Jusenkyo too."
Haruka sighed. She bopped Ranma on the head. "I've always been
a girl, you idiot." When she caught sight of him strolling across
the track with that idiotic, inane grin of his, she had been furious.
Didn't he know that she and him were rivals? She had always been
that fastest at any school she went to. That was until Ranma stepped
into her life. He beat her in every race, yet he always came over to
talk with her afterwards, acting like they were best friends. He had
left to go on a training trip before she could beat him. She had
been angry with him ever since. However, the fact that he thought
she was a boy though, caused her to lose the expression on her face.
"You were never the perceptive type. Didn't you ever wonder about my
name?" She then grinned at him, "So, you ready for a rematch."
Ranma smirked, "Any time." They got to the starting block as
the event began.
* * * * *
Usagi, Rei, Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis cheered as
Minako's volley ball team scored again. Minako and her team
dominated the game. They were just about to win the game and match
when the Furinken team suddenly called a time out. They were going
to make a line change. The new member immediately began to make a
difference. With this new addition, Furinken had turned the tide.
The new player was just too good. He was a blur on the court. Not
once had the ball touched the floor on Furinken's side since the
pig-tailed boy joined the team. As good as Minako's team was, the
lone player was over powering them. The game came to an end as the
boy drove in a spike.
Minako plopped on to the floor exhausted, but exhilarated. She
hadn't had to play such a tough game of volleyball in a while. The
new player reminded her of someone she couldn't quite place. She
noticed the player in question advancing towards her. "Minako?
Mina-chan is that you?"
"Ranma? Ranma-chan!" They were both suddenly jumping with joy
at seeing each other for the first time in many years. "How's life
been treating you?"
"Very well, today. I've met a lot of old friends including you.
Wow, you've grown up very well."
Minako blushed. Usagi and Rei joining them halted their
conversation. "Cousin Ranma? What're you doing here? I thought you
and Uncle Saotome are off on a decades long training trip."
"Usagi-chan? Funny, meeting you here. What you and Mina-chan
know each oth--" Ranma was suddenly cut off as Rei glomped on to
him, much to the annoyance of Minako.
"Ranma, do you remember me? I'm Rei from the temple."
The girls all vied for control of Ranma's attention as they
caught up with each other's lives. What a coincidence that we all
know Ranma, Usagi thought.
* * * * *
Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis hid behind the bleachers.
"What is it, Luna?" Hotaru looked at the guardian cat questioningly.
"Artemis and I are getting some strange vibes from that boy. We
think he might be from the moon kingdom or the negaverse. We want
you to help keep an eye on him, seeing as how the others are busy
falling over themselves with him."
Chibi-Usa nodded, "We will Luna, you can count on us."
The next moment saw Chibi-Usa and Hotaru taking turns getting a
shoulder ride from Ranma and giggling non-stop. Luna sighed, "Looks
like we'll have to take care of this ourselves Artemis.
* * * * *
At the awards ceremony the rest the Usagi's friends and Ranma's
friends met up. They went through another round of the
introductions. Ryoga also happened to wander by and upon seeing him
with these girls promptly tried to smash him to the ground. Ranma
quickly explained they were just old friends of his. In fact, one of
them was his friend also. Ryoga blushed and stuttered as Michiru
appeared in front of him. After the ceremony, which had Ranma
winning almost all of the awards, they decided to go out and get
reacquainted with each other. Akane and Ukyo frowned at the prospect
of fighting with more girls for Ranma's affections, but were
delighted at the same time to learn more about Ranma's past. They
were soon joined by Shampoo as she came bearing lunch for her
victorious groom. Mousse followed not far behind. Kuno joined their
group, as he did not trust Ranma in the company of so many girls. As
usual, Shampoo glomped onto Ranma the moment she saw him. However,
the number of evil eyes that were being given to her by the various
girls, cowed even Shampoo. She reluctantly de-glomped Ranma. Since
Usagi's friends also brought lunch they decided to go out on a
picnic.
* * * * *
Ranma and Usagi were busy fighting off each other's hands as
they scarfed down the food at the picnic. Ranma's friends stared as
Usagi was holding her own against Ranma's attacks. Usagi's friends
stared as Ranma was holding his own against Usagi's voracious
appetite. Haruka smiled as she watched them. "So Ranma, tell me how
long have you been teaching Usagi how to fight?"
Usagi was startled. "Ranma's never taught me how to fight."
Akane then noticed the way Usagi was eating. "Ranma, Usagi's
using the Saotome Ryu style of eating."
Ranma nodded. "You noticed? Well I couldn't leave my favorite
cousin defenseless. When I lived with her family about four years
ago, I noticed that she was quite weak. She didn't like violence, so
I secretly taught her a few basic martial arts moves at dinner time."
Usagi stared at Ranma. She had wondered how she was able to
fight when she first became Sailor Moon by herself. She had thought
that the skills came with being Sailor Moon.
Haruka snorted, "A few martial arts moves? I doubt that I can
steal a piece of food from Usagi based on the moves she's using."
Ranma shrugged and started to gobble down all the food again,
seeing that Usagi was distracted. Usagi quickly followed suit.
Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo looked at each other and then at the
other girls. "How do you all know Ranma?" They all wanted to know
how Ranma knew so many cute girls.
* * * * *
They decided to tell their story based on the age Ranma was when
they met him. Usagi had known Ranma since they were babies. "We're
cousins on his father's side. Ranma and his family often visited
until his long journey. I had met up with Ranma again when he was
twelve. They lived with my family for a few weeks before they left
again."
**flashback**
During their stay together, Ranma protected Usagi from some
bullies. After awhile, Ranma started to ingrain martial arts
reflexes into Usagi at dinnertime. When Ranma had left, the bullies
tried to pick on Usagi again. Usagi had somehow become clumsier
around people. She stepped on the bullies' feet. Her arms
accidentally hit them in the face as she flailed them to regain her
balance. They didn't bother her after that.
**end flashback**
All the senshi stared at Usagi. So it really wasn't blind luck
that Usagi had when she dispatched all those youmas. Makoto
recovered from her shock and spoke next. "He had been so sad when I
met him. He told me that he had missed his best friend Uuchan and
his mother." Ukyo blushed at hearing this.
**flashback**
Chibi-Makoto had then hit Chibi-Ranma in the back and called him
a whiner. He got angry and attacked her. They roughed each other a
bit before they both laughed. He thanked her for helping him out of
his funk. That was when he noticed she was wearing a dress. He
quickly jumped off her and declared he couldn't hit girls. After
that, Makoto is seen attacking him whenever possible because of the
comments Ranma always made. They became good friends. Makoto is seen
crying as Ranma left.
**end flashback**
Next was Rei's turn. "I met Ranma at the age of seven. I met
Ranma when his father visited my grandfather. I think they were old
friends or something."
**flashback**
Rei stared at Ranma with hearts in her eyes as they walked
around the temple. One day, Rei heard that Ranma would leave soon.
They stood up late to talk with each other that night. Rei told
Ranma a fire reading of his future. She told him that he would meet
his future bride before he left. She would have long, black hair and
long legs. That night Rei was up all night building makeshift high
heels on her sandals. The following morning Rei saw Ranma off. She
was apparently taller than Ranma with the high heels on.
**end flashback**
Ranma looked at Rei curiously. "I think your fire reading was
wrong. I didn't see a single girl the whole day, except for yo--"
Ranma stopped talking as dark auras formed around each girl. It was
scary. It was safer to just go back to eating.
Rei suddenly developed an interest in watching grass grow. She
blushed as she avoided the gazes of the girls. Ami decided to help
her flustered friend out and told her story next. "Ranma was nine
when I first met him. When I first saw him, he had been trying to
steal the cookies my mother had baked for me."
**flashback**
Ami scolded Ranma as he looked at her in puzzlement. She asked
him if he knew what was right and wrong. She was in shock when she
learned Ranma didn't go to school and didn't know much about morals.
Genma's face was full of shame as the little girl was reprimanding
him. Ranma went to school the next day. Ami tutored him in learning
how to read and write. When she learned Ranma was going to leave
soon she made sure that Genma would continue to take Ranma to school
whenever possible. She waved goodbye to Ranma with a tear stained
face.
**end flashback**
It was Ami's turn to blush. However, the girls to smiled at
her. Who could get mad at such a touching story? Minako was the
next to spin her tale. "At the age of eleven, Ranma and his father
again stopped in Tokyo. I was being picked on by a horde of thugs
when Ranma came. After that, we were inseparable. He had tears in
his eyes when we parted with one last passionate kiss."
**flashback**
Ranma saved Minako from a few little brats. Ranma tried to pry
himself loose from Minako's grip. She visited him every day at the
place where he camped out. She was playing in the sand box when
Ranma the sand box when Ranma told her he was leaving. Sand got into
Ranma's eyes as Minako blew him a kiss goodbye.
**end flashback**
Minako cried in memory. Ranma's fiancees were now seething with
anger.
"...passionately..." Akane's aura flared.
"...kissed..." Ukyo's spatula bent under her hands.
"...her..." Shampoo developed a severe twitch.
Haruka actually felt pity for Ranma. Ranma was in for some
serious trouble if no one interrupted them. She quickly related to
them her past with Ranma. "I first saw him when he reached the age
of thirteen and first went to junior high. We had a rivalry of who
was the best runner and fighter in school. Of course, Ranma never
ever went full out and still beat me in every sport."
**flashback**
Ranma and Haruka are at another track meet. The gun signaled
the start. Ranma effortlessly ran at the same speed as Haruka. He
is talking conversationally with her as he kept up and then passed
her. They sat together in judo class. Ranma and Haruka fight. He
dodged all of her attacks and won by her being too tired to throw
another punch. It is obvious he doesn't know she is a girl. Ranma
slapped Haruka on the back and left to go on his way again. Haruka
was fuming as she glared at Ranma's retreating back.
**end flashback**
Ukyo and Makoto looked knowinglly and Haruka. If you weren't
wearing a dress, it was very likely that Ranma would mistake you for
a boy. Michiru laughed at the fuming Haruka as she spoke next.
"Ranma had enrolled at an all boy's school at fourteen years of age.
That was the first time I saw Ranma-chan. Ryoga and I were friends
since we were little children. I used to take Ryoga to school every
day as he had a bad sense of direction. When Ranma came, we took
turns taking Ryoga to places."
**flashback**
Ranma is playing in the park when he heard music. He stopped to
listen to a girl playing the violin. He clapped as Michiru finished.
She blushed at this and said she that was not very good. He would
have none of that and continued to clap. Ranma visited her every day
to listen to her play. Her, Ryoga, and Ranma were walking home from
Ranma's all boy school. Ryoga was furious at the closeness of Ranma
and Michiru. Ranma did not notice. Ryoga challenged Ranma to a
duel. Ranma couldn't wait for him to show up and told Michiru the he
was leaving for China. Michiru never saw either Ryoga or Ranma ever
again till today.
**end flashback**
Ryoga was angry. Hearing Michiru talk brought back painful
memories. He looked towards Mousse and Kuno. They too had heard
enough. Ranma would pay for his womanizing.
Akane was angry. She looked towards Ukyo and Shampoo. They too
had heard enough. Ranma would pay for his womanizing.
* * * * *
The senshi could only stare in shock as three girls and three
boys were strangling Ranma. Nabiki smirked as she looked at Ranma's
old friends. The way they all stole glances at Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse
and even Kuno told her how much they all starved for love. She loved
it when she had new customers. All she had to do was help the girls
choose a target for their affections. She didn't know if Ryoga or
Mousse would retaliate if she sent some crazed girls after them, but
she did know Ranma wouldn't. That decided, she gave the girls a
tight-lipped smile. "Girls, I happen to have some information on
they boys you are interested in. I will sell you this information
for the low price of $5000 yen." She frowned as the girls
immediately pounced on her with the money. They're more love starved
then she had figured. She should have asked for more. "Well, you
see that bandana-clad boy. Well you all know by now that his name is
Ryoga. He has already fallen in love with two girls. My sister,
Akane, and a girl named Akari. He is quite devoted to them. It also
looks like he has a crush on you Michiru. The guy with the thick
glasses is Mousse. He has devoted his whole life to the Chinese
girl, Shampoo. The kendoist is Kuno. He is devoted to my sister,
Akane and a certain pig-tailed girl. The only one who is not in love
with another is Ranma. His engagement to Akane and Ukyo are arranged
and the one to Shampoo was an accident."
The inner-senshi talked amongst themselves: "Wow, he's got
three girls engaged to him." "He must be a great catch, because the
girls still want him even if he is leading them on." "If Ranma isn't
actively after someone, does that mean he's technically free?"
"Chibi-Usa, your too young for him." "Usagi, you've already got
Mamoru." "Yeah, let us have a chance." Ami and the outer senshi
bigsweated as they moved away from their friends. Maybe no one would
notice that they were together.
Nabiki smiled as she looked on. Oh well. At least she got
paid.
* * * * *
Setsuna shook her head as she looked at the group gathered
around Ranma. It amazed her to no end how one person could dominate
over the lives of so many people. She felt a disturbance in the air.
A youma materialized out of nowhere. It was one of the many
generals that were once under the control of Beryl. This particular
one had been smart. It had hidden away after Beryl's demise, slowly
gathering dark energy. The amount of energy it had now was enough to
almost rival Beryl. Setsuna looked at it impassively as it headed
towards Furinken. She could not interfere in this historical event.
* * * * *
"Aaaaahhh!" There came a loud scream from the school. Ranma
and his grouped turned to the source. There was giant of a man
destroying everything in its path.
The youma looked all around itself for the one who killed its
queen. It turned and saw Usagi. With an inhuman shriek, it ran at
her full speed.
Usagi looked at her fellow senshi in despair. They were out in
the open and thousands of students were around them. They could not
transform without being found out. The youma closed in on her.
There was no escape. Usagi closed her eyes and prayed. The attack
never came. She opened her eyes to see that Ranma was carrying her
off to safety. Her friends were right behind him. The monster was
at the moment being dealing with Ranma's friends. She and her
friends could only stare in amazement as the Nerima residents
attacked it. Ranma's friends were nearly as strong as they were in
their senshi form.
Ranma knew he could not outrun the youma for long. He had to do
something. He spotted a nearby tree. Quickly, he grabbed each girl
and threw her into the tree. They would be safe in there, while he
and his friends dealt with the youma. The monster shouldn't be too
hard to deal with. It wasn't like Ranma and the others haven't had
their fair share of battles with powerful people. Thunder sounded in
the sky. It started to rain.
* * * * *
Luna and Artemis watched as a lone red-haired girl fought the
beast. The battle was going bad. All the girl could do was dodge.
Luna was worried. "Artemis, what can we do? There are too many
people around. The girls can't transform.
"I don't know. Maybe the girls have a better idea. Let's join
up with them.
* * * * *
Ranma looked around the battlefield. All of her friends were
lying hurt on the ground. Many of them in their Jusenkyo cursed
forms. She then looked at the still body of the beast. She had
managed to use her hiryu shoten ha technique on it. The body
twitched slightly. Impossible. It stood up and did not look hurt at
all. What would it take to take for it to stay down? Ranma knew of
only one way to win now. The nekoken. However, Shampoo was
unconscious, so she couldn't be of any help. She frantically looked
for a cat. She turned and spotted a black cat with an odd tattoo on
its forehead. She suppressed to urge to shudder as he approached it.
"Here kitty, kitty. Don't be afraid. Listen, I need your help.
I'm going to grab you now and no matter what I say or do, don't let
go of me." Ranma felt silly to explain things to a cat. Somehow the
cat seemed to understand.
Luna held on for dear life. She had thought it was weird when
the girl came and asked for her help. Something about her made Luna
what to trust her. The figure beneath her stopped moving. Luna
jumped off to see what was wrong. She stared in shock. The girl was
now meowing and on all fours. The girl meowed her thanks and
immediately turned to face the youma. Luna could only stare as the
girl shred it into nothingness.
* * * * *
Usagi and her friends watched in awe as the cat and duck
transformed back into Shampoo and Mousse. Unknown to everyone, Ryoga
had also transformed back into a boy and was with them as they
listened to Akane. She explained to them about Jusenkyo and Ranma's
nekoken training. "There are only two ways to help gain control of
himself. One is for us to transform her back into her boy form. The
other is for her to sleep on someone's lap. I seem to be the only
one that can do this, so I'll go to her." Akane blushed as she
walked to Ranma.
Ukyo stepped in her way. "Hey, how do you know you're the only
one that can do it? It seems to me that anyone who cares about him
can do it. I will go to him."
"Violent Akane and Spatula Girl no go near groom. Shampoo help
Ranma." Shampoo said as she blocked Akane and Ukyo.
Soon Usagi and her friends joined in. They too thought they had
what it took to bring Ranma back to reality. The boys looked on in
disgust as the girls gushed at Ranma.
Ranma-neko looked at the girls curiously. They all felt right.
It couldn't decide which one to go to. It walked up to each girl and
purred against her legs. It then spotted the black cat that helped
it earlier. Ranma-neko leapt at the cute kitty. It wrapped itself
around Luna and cat kissed her.
The girls had all been deliriously happy when Ranma walked up to
each of them. However, seeing that he did that to every girl and
then chose Luna made them all see red. Screams could be heard
throughout Nerima.
* * * * *
Ranma awoke to the smiling faces of his mother, Kasumi, Ami, and
the outer senshi. Usagi, the rest of her friends, and his fiancees
were all looking at anything but him. They alll looked shame faced.
Ryoga, Mousse, and Kuno glared at Ranma. Soun was crying his eyes
out. Genma was a panda. Ranma looked down at himself. He was again
in a full body cast. He looked up at the ceiling. This could not be
happening to him.
* * * * *
All is as it should be Setsuna thought to herself. And so the
First Knight of Neo-Tokyo met his queen. She smiled as she watched
Ranma sleeping with the girls watching over him. She absently rubbed
her round stomach. The baby was kicking her again. She didn't need
a doctor to tell her what the baby's gender would be. All of Ranma's
children were girls. This was her second baby and Ranma's
thirty-first. She felt a presence walk up to her. "You did well
Small Lady. You did not tell them of Ranma's future life."
"Puu, you promised that you would tell me how uncle Ranma can
live so long after I finally meet him in the past. I'm not in danger
of changing history with that information, anymore."
"Very well. You see Ranma has two very powerful sensei. They
both use their martial arts skills to prolong their lives to over
three hundred years. Ranma is their best pupil. His conditioning
allows him to live twice that amount. Also, Ranma spends half his
time in his never aging girl form. Theoretically, Ranma could live
well over a thousand years. Now, you have to understand that your
uncle is a bit of a narcissist. He had magic used on him to retain
in his youthful body. This makes him technically immortal."
"Now, I understand." Chibi-Usa smirked as she remembered
something. "So whose turn is it to get uncle Ranma now." Being
immortal meant for a very lonely life. Her mother had her father for
companionship. Michiru had Haruka. Everyone else had to keep each
other company. Ranma was the only immortal male on earth, other than
her father. So naturally each of the senshi wanted him. Her mother
had decreed that each girl had to take turns living with Ranma for a
month at a time.
"It's my turn I'm afraid. Now, I have to put up with his macho,
egotistical, sexist, attitude for a month." Setsuna tried to look
like she was annoyed with the prospect.
"But we wouldn't want him any other way." Chibi-Usa and Setsuna
shared a laugh.
* * * * *
The End. (maybe)
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