Crossover Fan Fiction / Devil Hunter Yohko Fan Fiction / Mermaid's Saga Fan Fiction / Ah My Goddess Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Ranma Crossing Over too the Wild Side ❯ Will this day never end? ( Chapter 6 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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.

Chapter 6: Will this day never end?


When Akane got home after having dinner with Ukyo, she noticed that they had company. So she went into the front room to meet them. Nodoka was sitting at the table having tea with an older man, two young women, one with a fine kimono, the other with thick, spiky cyan hair, and a girl with lots of spiky red hair.

"Oh, Tendo-san please come in." Nodoka welcomes her coldly. "I'd like you to meet my father, Masaki Katsuhito, father this was one of Ranma's fiancees, Tendo Akane, she is supposed to be the heir of the Tendo school of Anything Goes Martial Arts and the Tendo Dojo."

"Um, how do you do Akane-san." Katsuhito says a bit nervously, "I'm sorry to hear about what happened at your wedding. Nodoka-chan, why isn't she Ranma's fiancee anymore?"

"Well, she obviously meant to break off her engagement when she insulted my son's honor before striking him with her trusty mallet sending Ranma into the koi pond holding a cat. That started the whole Neko-Onna hunt into motion. How she can blame him for the wedding disaster, I can't understand. And that she can insult his honor after everything he has done for her is UNFORGIVABLE!"

Upon hearing Nodoka say this Akane goes white and runs up the stairs to her room while bursting into tears.

"Nodoka-san wasn't that a little harsh?" asks Ayeka.

"I'm afraid not Ayeka-hime, Ranma and Akane have been engaged for a year and a half, and have never stopped fighting. Ranma will tease her, or be critical of the talents, or even do nothing and she will get upset, and the insults will fly between them until Akane strikes him with her mallet. Ranma has never raised a hand against her, and she pounds on him daily. They had just gotten back from China, Akane had been kidnaped and Ranma rescued her at great risk, and killed Saffron to save her life. Yet she still has no faith or trust in Ranma, it could never work out, her temper controls her. I had such hope for her, she is a sweet girl, but she loses her temper with little or no reason. No, I'm afraid this was the last straw, and that the camel's back is broken. She hasn't even heard of the new fiancee, and that news will cause her to explode in hatred for Ranma, even though he didn't even know of the arrangement."

"It's no wonder that Ranma didn't come home tonight then, he might as well step into a rabid tiger's cage and start poking the beast." Ryoko replies.

"Yes, and Ranma must also be very upset, if they got into an argument tonight, they might level the house." Nodoka replies.

"Could they really do that much damage Nodoka-chan?" asks Katsuhito.

"Not Akane, she usually just hits Ranma with her damn Mallet-sama, smashing him through a wall, floor, or ceiling." Nodoka says, "Ranma, however can do ki attacks that have left 6 foot wide holes in the stone wall that's around the property."

"We're home!" Nabiki yells as she and Kasumi come in.

"Come join us in here girls, you haven’t met our guests." Nodoka calls back.

"Tendo Nabiki and Tendo Kasumi, I'd like to introduce you to my father Masaki Katsuhito, and his sister Masaki Ayeka, First Princess of the Juraii, and his friends Hakubi Washu the scientist, and Hakubi Ryoko."

"Oh my, royalty, it's very nice to meet you. I've never heard of the Juraii, is it one of those magic kingdoms?" Kasumi asks.

"Right, if it is then Ranma is a prince out to marry Akane just like Kirin and Touma. Mhu hahaha." jokes Nabiki.

"Ahem, the Empire of the Juraii is a group of star systems ruled by my father, Emperor Masaki Azusa." Ayeka replies a bit miffed.

"OK. So that makes you an alien princess looking for a husband then?" Nabiki asks sarcastically.

"Bingo! That's her alright. She's been trying to get my Tenchi, her own nephew." supplies Ryoko.

"He's my half-brother’s grandson that's far enough apart, you monster woman!" yells Ayeka.

"Oh my, that makes you Ranma-kun's Great Auntie Ayeka, and Tenchi-san is Ranma-kun's cousin, it's so nice that Ranma-kun has more family." Kasumi says sweetly.

"Well, Ayeka-hime, that means that Ranma-kun is Juraiian royalty and also distant enough to marry. So does this make you another of Akane's competition for Ranma-kun?" Nabiki asks.

"Not Akane-san's competition, Nabiki-chan, she would be your competition." Nodoka replies.

"Nani?! My competition!" yells Nabiki, shocked at being thrust into the dangerous position of Ranma's fiancee. "Oh no. . . . What's Akane done now?"

"Well, I felt that Akane-san broke off her engagement when she insulted Ranma-kun's honor and assaulted him without cause at the wedding, and feel that her temper has made her an unacceptable match for my son." Nodoka replies. "And since I know that Kasumi-chan is seeing that nice young doctor. That/"

"That leaves me as Ranma-kun's fiancee." Nabiki interrupts, sounding really put out as she sits down to join them for tea.

"Oh dear, how did Akane take the news?" Kasumi asks, going to the kitchen for more cups.

"Not very well, she ran upstairs crying." Ayeka replies.

"Oh my, poor Akane." says Kasumi as she joins them at the table.

"Come on Kasumi, you know that this has been coming for a long time." Nabiki tells Kasumi, sounding a bit tired, like this is an old argument between them. "Akane has been insulting and hitting Ranma-kun since the day he arrived. At some point it would be too much or go too far, this did both. Ryouga-san got a trip to the hospital, and we had to track down Ranma-kun like a wild tiger on the loose."

"Yes, I know. She was just so jealous of Ranma-kun." says Kasumi sounding a bit defeated and sad.

"I'm sorry for her to Kasumi." Nabiki says, then to Nodoka, "I'm sorry Nodoka-dono, but I'll have to decline the engagement to Ranma-kun. Wait! Let me finish. I have my reasons. Several, in fact. I haven’t practiced martial arts for several years, and am already looking forward to a career in journalism. I do like Ranma-kun, but he's not my type, and if I was engaged to him, Akane would be jealous of me having him and it would split the family apart."

"I see your point Nabiki-chan." replies Nodoka, then after thinking for a few seconds. "In that case Ranma-kun can't live here anymore, and the goal of uniting the schools comes to nought."

"Oh dear, Otousan will be so disappointed." says Kasumi, becoming worried. "Isn't there some other way? Nabiki, what about cousin Ami?"

"Hmm, cousin Ami, now if Ranma-kun were to marry her, he would be our cousin and part of the Tendo clan, and could teach both styles in our Dojo." says Nabiki, deep in thought. "But I don't think Daddy will put up the Tendo Dojo for her dowery, maybe a contract to operate the Dojo as a partner."

"Oh, I remember her, Mizuno Ami, she is Noriko-sensei's daughter." Nodoka says, giving some thought to the match up. "I remember when I saw her here. She was so nervous for some reason. That must be it, you had to get her to pretend Ranma was Tendo Ranko and was her cousin as well. I always thought it was odd, every time I came over to visit Ranko would be in the koi pond with her pet panda, or she'd be at the table all wet from someone throwing water on her. She was always so happy to see Auntie Saotome but still a little sad and nervous to be hiding from me in plain sight. It's so funny to think about it now."

"Yes, it was terrifying and hilarious at the same time, Ranma-kun would risk his life to be near you, I think there was about a dozen times that he changed almost in front of you, and three where you actually did see it, but it happened to fast or you fainted and thought it was a dream." Nabiki replied.

"What are you talking about, how was Ranma-san risking his life?" Ayeka asks.

"Oh my, this story is going to take awhile, so I'm going to go up and check on Akane." Kasumi says getting up from the table.

"That's a good idea Oneechan." Nabiki says. "We'll tell the guests a few Ranma stories and keep them entertained."

"Ranma stories, I guess that's a good way of putting it." Nodoka says. "Ranma-kun has such an exciting life that we could make a fortune with the movie rights."

"I'm already looking into that Auntie." Nabiki says, excited about the idea of all that money. "I figured that letting too much of the truth get out would get even more trouble knocking on the door. But it looks like the cat is out of the bag now."

"Yes, we'll talk about you being his agent later." Nodoka says to Nabiki. "But, back to the story, Genma took Ranma on a 10-year long training voyage almost 12 years ago, but to convince me to let him take Ranma for such a long time he and Ranma signed a contract to commit seppuku if he didn't raise Ranma to be a man among men and after Jusenkyo he had stopped sending me letters and postcards, about six months ago I found them living here with the Tendos. But they hid in plain sight the whole time whenever I visited, using their cursed forms and pretending to be Ranko and her pet panda, telling me that Ranma and Genma had left on another training trip and would be back soon."

"Oh, he didn't even know if you were alive, Genma never talked about you on the road." Nabiki tells her. "He met you for the first time in that canal, and found out that you were his mother just before you showed up, Genma was trying to drag him out of the house, they ended up in the koi pond and Ranma-kun got loose and was right behind you when you told us about the contract, and that you carried the contract and the sword around hoping to meet your manly son, and he was standing not 6 feet away as a girl with the blood draining out of her face in horror and disappointment, and told you her name was Ranko and we claimed she was our cousin. Every time you came over we would quickly find Ranma-kun and his father and tell them, and they would be in the koi pond by the time you came to the yard. When he went to meet you in the park, he kept getting wet and when you were in that hot water spout he rescued you as a man, then when you woke up it had just started raining."

"Your right, that is horrible and funny! How did you find out about the curse without him getting killed?" asks Ryoko.

"Yes, how did he prove himself manly enough, when he changes into a girl?" Katsuhito asks.

"Well, as a man there is no question that he is manly, but he proved it to me as a girl." replies Nodoka. "I was always trying to get Ranko-chan to be more of a proper young lady, she never wore a dress unless I forced her into it, and she acted like such the tomboy, always talking like a rude boy and fighting with Akane-san. But Ranma-kun was also very heroic, Ranko-chan went to get a family treasure that Genma stole from me and fought with him, and Ranma-kun ended up diving off a cliff after me when I had fallen. He caught me and stopped us from hitting the rocks by jamming my sword into the cliff and landing on it. But the sword came out of the scabbard and dropped us into the ocean, I was holding his hand trying to keep him from falling when we both went in and then I was holding Ranko-chan's hand in the water. So even as a girl, Ranma-kun is very heroic, brave, and manly, even if she is a bit too much of a rude tomboy."

"That's very strange Nodoka-chan, but I think strange is the norm here." says Katsuhito.

"Yes, I'm still getting used to it, but I think the Tendos have fallen into a strange routine and get nervous when there isn't at least one fight a day or a little property damage. I think Nabiki-chan here thrives on making money from the chaos, taking bets, selling information, keeping secrets, and taking pictures." says Nodoka, then addresses Nabiki. "I can see you with a bright future as an investigative journalist Nabiki-chan, as well as a bookie, and an agent."

"Can't blame a girl for trying to make a little cash." Nabiki says trying to excuse her actions.

"No, I suppose I can't." says Nodoka surprising Nabiki who didn't think she would be so forgiving of her taking advantage of Ranma. "Since you use the money to support your family, as you have since your mother died."

"How did you know?" Nabiki asks.

"Ranma-kun told me, when I found out about some of the pictures that you sold that Kuno boy." replies Nodoka. "I was upset until Ranma-kun told me that he lets you take those pictures, and that the scams you run on Kuno-baka keep the food on the table."

"Well, you might as well know that I've made a ton of money from the chaos today." Nabiki says, excited to be off the hook and back on the subject of money. "More than enough to fix the Dojo and pay for the wedding, Ranma-kun is getting a share of the profits from the news. I’m going to use some of it to start Kasumi in college to be a nurse. I'm trying for a scholarship, and should be able to support myself. But with all this publicity we should start classes in the Dojo after the repairs are done. So even if you take Ranma-kun with you, could you leave Genma here if he will teach classes. I want to get both of them working some of the time, instead of playing Shogi. If they don't go for that I'll make a deal with Natsume and Kurumi."


---------------- ------------------ -------------------


#Knock# #Knock#

"Who's there?"

"Kasumi."

"Kasumi who?"

"Imoutochan, are you alright, can we talk?" Kasumi asks as she comes in the door.

"Come on in." Akane replies from the bed, where she is crying over a picture of Ranma. "Oneechan, I really screwed up this time. #sob# What am I going to do? Waaaaah!"

"Oh Imoutochan, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you have lost him." Kasumi replies as she goes to hug Akane.

"I was so awful! #sob# I insulted him and hit him, #sob# and it was Shampoo and Ukyo fighting over him, #sniff# but I blamed Ranma. Waaaaah! Then I hit Neko-Ranma, #sob# I didn't even think, b-b-but I got Neko mad at me. #sniff# Ryouga got hurt, and Ukyo saved me. #sob#` But Neko ran off, Neko hates me now! Waaah! #sob# Ranma hates me now! Waaah! Where is he? #sob# Did anyone find him?"

"Yes, he's fine, a girl found him in Juuban after he killed that monster and took him home."

"I saw that on the news. #sniff# He just 'butchered' it. If Neko had wanted to, he could have killed us all. #sniff# He went easy on Ryouga, did you know that Neko used a head butt to KO Ryouga. Tofu-sensei said that because of us fiancees training Ranma that his head is much tougher than Ryouga's, and Ryouga smashed himself into boulders to become tough, but Ranma's training was worse. Waaaah!"

"What training caused Ranma-kun to become so tough Imoutochan?"
#sniff# "Us fiancees have been making Ranma tougher #sob# by beating him everyday sometimes several times a day. Waaaah! Kodachi-san with her drugs, ribbon, and clubs, Ukyo with her spatula, Shampoo with her bike and bon-bori, and ME most of all with my fists, feet, and mallet! Waaah! Kuno-sempei can never hit Ranma, Mousse always misses even with everything he throws, Ryouga can sometimes get a lucky shot in. If all of them ambush Ranma, they can rough him up. Every time he comes home beat all to hell it was us 'fiancees' that did it. #sob# I have hit him over the head with my mallet #sob# so much that I have to hit him three or four times to get him to stay down, Waaah! and even then he gets up in a few minutes. Waaah! When he first showed up the table put him down for over an hour. #sob# Neko KOed Ryouga-kun with a flying head butt and wasn't even fazed, he didn't have to shake it off or anything. Waaah! The reason that Ranma's head is harder than a rock is because I pounded on him everyday! Waaah!"

"Oh dear, that would make Ranma-kun's head very tough."

"Where is he? #sniff# You said a girl found him. Is he coming home?"

"He is staying in Juuban tonight, with an old friend of his."

"Ranma has a friend in Juuban? #sniff# The girl that found him? That's the only way Neko would go with her isn't it? Who is she?"

"Hino Rei, she's the one who found Neko-Ranma after he escaped from the pit, he lived with them for two weeks before Genma found him. She would play with Ranma-kun and Neko-Ranma every day, until Genma took him away."

"NO! Please Kasumi, tell me SHE'S not another FIANCEE!!"

"Gomen/"

"NO!!! " screams Akane in the sound of Ultimate Suffering.

"Akane! Imoutochan! Calm down, Ranma-kun told me he's not going to get married for a year, you can make up with him."

"But Kasumi-oneechan, #sniff# Auntie Saotome, she says I'm not his fiancee anymore, #sob# she said I've gone too far. Is Nabiki his fiancee now?"

"No, Nabiki refused, she said it would tear us apart if she took Ranma. I think she's right. We can't take Ranma, but Cousin Ami can. They are going to discuss that later, Daddy will have to talk to Auntie Noriko."

"But Oneechan, how could I compete against Ami-chan, she's nice, sweet, and really smart. Waaah! What chance would I have."
"Now Akane-chan, Ami-chan is a bit of a bookworm, studying all the time, and going to cram school, she might not like Ranma-kun, he doesn't like school, is unmannered and rough, she might get scared off by the other girls."

"Right, Ami-chan and Rei-san live in Juuban, and Ranma lives here, they can't visit that often."

"There's more bad news Akane-chan. Auntie Saotome and Ranma-kun will be moving out. Her house is almost fixed."

"No, no, no . . . you were supposed to come in here and cheer me up Kasumi, but you keep on telling me bad news. Is there any more bad new Oneechan?"

"Ranma-kun considers Rei-san's engagement valid, and considering the dowery that Genma took she has a better claim than Ukyo-san, and since Daddy can't put up the house and Dojo for Ami-chan's dowery, she will have a lesser claim than Ukyo, just a partnership with Daddy to run the Dojo, and whatever else they can come up with."

"Oh no, what was Rei-san's dowery?" Akane asks sounding really worried.

"500,000 yen and some scrolls."

"What was on the scrolls Kasumi?"

"Ki techniques, the techniques that have let Ranma build up and control his ki, and develop his danger sense. The techniques that allowed him to build up enough ki to defeat Herb and Saffron." Kasumi tells her sounding a bit defeated, she hates, well at least doesn't enjoy giving out bad news, but there was no good news left.

"Kuso, he owes her, it wasn't just food, or money that he that never saw, it's a bunch of techniques he's been learning and using for the last nine years." says Akane, a bit shocked. "The whole deal of combining the schools is a joke, what techniques do we have that Ranma might want, I don't know of any, Daddy has never shown any of us anything that would impress Ranma-kun, except that stupid Demonhead to scare people."

"Hmm, yes, if Daddy could teach Ranma-kun some valuable techniques that would help our clan's engagement."

"Well, if you don't have any more bad news, I'd like to get some sleep."


-------------- -------------- ------------------


05-02-04 Minor changes only. I'll have to rewrite parts to mention the other extra fiancees later.

I'm sorry about treating Akane so harshly in this one, but Nodoka was not amused when Akane insulted Ranma's honor, she might not mind the malleting, but insulting his honor insults her clan's honor, and she hasn't seen him lying to Akane, if anything he was too honest, and what's wrong with being perverted, he's her fiancee, fiancees can do that, he's just being manly.Converting /tmp/phpUq47dp to /dev/stdout