Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Project I: Zero Ranma ❯ Divide and Conquer ( Chapter 11 )

Ranma woke up with no thought projected in his head. Whatever Washu gave him was effective. He sat up and looked around. No one was with him and he saw that he was surrounded in white. He went stood, and saw a small machine in the opposite side of the room. Ranma walked towards the machine and pressed the big red button, and he disappeared.

Ranma found himself in Washu's lab, but she was not there. Who was there though, was Pluto, who was covered in a white plastic. In normal circumstances, Ranma would've licked his lips seeing the view of Pluto's shapes and sizes, but there she was, being healed, in a tank full of water, floating in the middle and a mask to let her breath.

Ranma found himself feeling sorry for her.

"So," said a voice behind him. "You're awake? Good."

Ranma turned and faced Washu.

-Omega X Present-

-Project: Zero Ranma-

-Chapter 11: Divide and Conquer-

"Hey Washu..." Ranma said, and had a compelling feeling to... "AAHHHGGG..." he said as he yawned. "Mornin'..."

"Good morning as well, Ranma," Washu greeted. Both looked at each in the eye before turning their attention to Setsuna.

"Um..." Ranma began to fidget nervously. "I didn't quite understand what you told me, about Pluto dieing."

"Her life force was dependant on her powers. Take it out, her life force moves away."

"R-right..." Ranma replied idiotically. Quantum Physics, he can understand, common sense, he can still understand. Magic? Forget it. And he wondered why Washu made such a along statement when she could've explained it in two sentences.

"Ranma, why don't you go out?" Washu said. "Meet the Sailor Senshi. You'll be surprised who they are. Ukyou was."

Ranma nodded and went out.

=Somewhere in Tendo Household=

"OH MY SON! SO DISHONOURLESS! DISAPPEARING AND RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS DUTIES!" shouted Genma.

"THE SCHOOLS WILL NEVER BE JOINED!" Sound kicked in as well.

Nabiki was in her room, trying to concentrate on counting money, thinking about Ranma, more money, more Ranma. (Cute...) was written in all her mind. Contrary to popular beief, she noticed boys very much, and meeting Ranma made her even sweat more.

Kasumi said her usual `Oh my,' and went on dreaming about how Tofu would be like if he wasn't as shy as Ranma.

Akane was on the dojo, punching a dummy which strangely had a pony tail with long hair.

Ever since Soun was drunk, he told them about the uniting of the schools. Akane got angry, Nabiki didn't seem to react, and Kasumi just said... Guess?!

=Back to Masaki household=

Ranma exited the broom closet, and walked out of the house, greeting Sasami in the kitchen. Ryoko and Ayeka were having a tug-of-war with Tenchi. Ranma sighed.

"Hey, Tenchi," Ranma called. "Have you seen the Sailor Senshi?"

"Did I ever..." Tenchi said, growling a bit. "Ayeka and Ryoko here were being very `hospitable'."

"We just don't want someone to steal my Tenchi away!" Ryoko defended.

"What do you mean `your' Tenchi?" Ayeka asked.

Ranma and Tenchi both groaned. Ranma, waving Tenchi good-bye, he continued walking to find the five Senshi. He walked in the Temple, and Ukyou met up with him.

"Oh Ranchan! You wouldn't believe this!" she said.

"What, Ucchan?" Ranma asked.

"Oh, you better see them for yourselves!" Ukyou replied. "I have to help Auntie now! Bye Ranchan!"

Ranma watched his dear sister walking, or maybe sashaying away. Ranma wondered if Ukyou was doing it on purpose. Sighing, he entered the Temple, and he was met by two jumping females away from him.

"What?" he asked innocently.

Haruka and Michiru were still looking white. Ranma ignored them, and faced Hotaru and his... classmates?

"I should've known..." Ranma sighed as he looked at Ami and the others.

"Known what?" asked Minako nervously.

"That you were the Sailor Senshi..." Ranma said. Before the question could pop out of Ami's mouth, Ranma answered it. "It's your eyes. You may look older with your Senshi form, and even have bigger breasts..." and Makoto blushed. "But your eyes still hold the key to your soul."

Everyone blushed at that comment.

"Although Hotaru was another story..." Ranma said, his eyes twinkling at the young girl. "Her aura in her Senshi and normal form were one of the same..." And his eyes traveled to Uranus and Neptune, who was still white.

"What the heck is wrong with them?" Ranma asked.

"Papa and mama think you are angry with them, Ranma..." Hotaru said quietly. "They think you'll hurt them..."

"Really?" Ranma asked in disbelief. He faced the two, approached them. They backed towards the wall. Ranma, smiling evilly now, dashed at them with unbelievable speed and shouted "BOO!"

"AAGGH!" both girls shouted, jumping up.

"Well, I'll be damned... You're right Hotaru!" Ranma smiled. "But... you said mama and papa... but they are both girls..."

"Oh, Haruka-papa just likes to be called that!" Hotaru said smiling after Ranma showed that he wouldn't hurt the two Outers.

"This flat chested tomboy?" Ranma asked, and Haruka turned crimson.

"WHO ARE YOU TO CALL ME TOMBOY?!" she bellowed.

Ranma chuckled. "At least se got her color back in her face..."

"Why you-" but she didn't finish as an explosion rocked the place.

"Oh, that," Ranma said, seeing their nervous faces. "You get used to it once you know them. You met my cousin?"

Ami grinned. "Yeah... you should've seen the girls' faces when we introduced ourselves. They were hanging all over him."

Ranma chuckled. "You'll never meet another guy with more girl problems than him..." and as he finished his sentence, he went to a coughing fit. "AH-CHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! Where did that come from?"

=Washu's lab=

Washu punched a few more buttons. It seems the energy signature which Washu renamed as Sigma was spreading. In China, concentrated on a very hard on a isolated zone.

(Near the Amazons...) Washu thought. (Yosho knows that place better than I do...)

There was also another buildup in the middle of the sea. Washu also looked at it closely.

(Shadowloo) Washu said to herself again, remembering her past encounter with one of their agents. They were looking for powerful beings, but they never got to recruit Washu.

There was also another buildup in Tokyo, exactly in the Tokyo Tower.

"Where to begin?" Washu said to no one in particular.

=China=

<WE ARE SUPERIOR TO THE AMAZONS! WE ARE SUPERIOR TO AL THOSE FEMALES!> said Lord Herb in Chinese to his new army, an army that Sigma improved with their new weapons.

<WE SHALL CONQUER THEM ALL!> they all said, bringing their guns up in the air.

<WE SHALL WIN!>

=Shadowloo=

"My Psycho Drive is powerful enough to do our purpose!" Bison shouted. "Let us all do our plan!"

"Yes sir!" said all the people around the terminals. They began to work.

"Soon, our name will be feared by all people!" Bison said as he watched the Statue in Thailand power up with energy. "Fire!"

The face of the statue cracked and you can see metal parts in it's face. It's eyes were beginning to glow yellow, then fired a very concentrated beam of laser upwards, where the Shadowloo satellite was waiting. It was angled and when the laser hit it, the laser was reflected back to Earth, destroying a small island.

Bison's face broke into a cruel smile. "WE SHALL RULE ALL!"

=Tokyo Tower=

Sigma built up more power, and he groaned as he felt weaker.

(But this has to be done!) Sigma thought and continued to send more of his energy. (I will be able to do this!)

A moment passed, and he sighed. (It's done... Now we wait for him...)

=Masaki Household=

"So, basically, there are three places where Sigma could be..." Ranma said.

"Yes..." Washu said. Everyone was in the living room, and Ranma was standing, walking around in a narrow bend. It was narrow because even the Sailor Senshi joined the meeting.

"What are these three places?" X asked.

"China, near the amazons..." Washu said, and Ranma and Katsuhito gasped.

"What?" everyone but Washu asked.

"I was there..." Ranma said.

"It's a place where I am acquainted," Katsuhito said.

"Ok, next is Shadowloo..." Washu said.

"What?" asked everyone.

"Shadowloo," Washu repeated. "It's a powerful organization. Currently, its leader is bison, one of the most psychotic people in earth. I should know," Washu added, seeing looks of questions in their faces. "He tried to recruit me..."

"Where is the third place?" Ami asked.

"Tokyo Tower," Washu said.

Ranma thought about it. It was like old times. Divide and conquer, and yet this is what Sigma said that Maverick hunters were famous for. Maybe he can use it against them...

(But if don't get those places we'll lose time... And Sigma could attack...) Ranma thought.

"Ranma?" asked Zero.

"I'm thinking..." Ranma said, and paused. "Okay... It seems we have to tackle these three places at once. I'll go to China. I know the area better."

Katsuhito also stood up. "I'm going to China as well. I'm acquainted to the Amazons..."

"Good," Ranma said. "Last time I went there, they tried to challenge me to a fight..."

Katsuhito raised his eyebrows. "Really?" and he laughed. "Don't worry about that, when you are with me."

"Can I go as well?" asked Tenchi.

Katsuhito looked at his grandson, and looked at his eye. He nodded.

"If Tenchi-sama is going, I'm going as well!" Ayeka said, standing up.

"I'm going as well..." Ryoko snorted, not even bothering in standing up. "Who knows how Tenchi will fare against armies of unknown power if he had a local brat around..."

"What did you call me?" Ayeka demanded, power building up.

"We shall have none of this..." Katsuhito said, voice calm, but enough to make the two bickering girls stop.

"I'm going with my son," Nodoka said.

"Mom..." Ranma began to protest, but he only got as far as that.

"No buts!" Nodoka said. "I want to come, I will!" and she grabbed her back for the family sword. It made Ranma really nervous.

"Okay, mom... really okay..."

"HOW ABOUT US?" asked Makoto. "I want to go with Ranma!"

"No! I will go!"

"No, I'll..."

"Wow... my son is so manly..."

And everyone face faulted.

=Later, in the area near the Jusenkyo=

A beam of light went down exactly outside the entrance of the Jusenkyo Cursed Grounds, and when it hit the ground, five figures materialized. It was Ranma, Katsuhito, Tenchi, Nodoka, and Makoto.

"WOW! Let's do that AGAIN!" Makoto said.

"I think I'm going to be sick..." Tenchi and Nodoka said in complete Sync.

"You'll get used to it..." Ranma said. They transported directly from the Masaki grounds, so the trip was a bit of a blender [circling and circling around...]. Makoto, who never experienced long beam travel, was ecstatic. She wanted one more. Nodoka and Tenchi, neither experiencing even short distance transportation [Nodoka was unconscious when X transported them out], had a shock in their system. Ranma, who was used to it already [transporting from the Hunter HQ to different parts of the world when he was still a hunter] and Katsuhito looked a bit pale, but not as much as Tenchi and Nodoka.

Letting the two catch their breath, Ranma looked around, expanding his inner radar around. It seems that the Amazons that he felt before that were patrolling around were missing. It seemed strange to Ranma, but he felt that he would also get some answers later. He just hoped the others were doing okay.

=Somewhere in the mountain regions in a hidden part of the world=

Another beam of light came down at the foot of a tall mountain. When the beam disappeared, out materialized X, Ayeka and Ryoko, and Ami and Minako.

"Umph!" Ayeka said, covering her mouth, and ran towards a tree and retched.

"I knew it..." Ryoko said, shrugging. "Just a house-brought up brat."

Ami looked dizzy, and Minako already fell in the ground. "Are we here?" asked Ami.

"Yes..." X replied. "I can feel Sigma's energy signature inside the mountain..."

"So, what do we do?" Ayeka asked, looking much better now, glaring at Ryoko who was rolling on the floor laughing her head off.

X looked up the mountain. "We climb, I suppose..."

"WHAT?" asked Ami, Minako and Ayeka as they saw the mountain. It looked as high as Everest from the ground.

Ryoko looked at the mountain. "The base is inside, right?"

X looked at her. "Yes. Although we don't know where..."

"Do you think we can wait for a day?" Ryoko asked.

X looked confused. "Why?"

Ryoko shrugged. "Well, I can penetrate the base without detection... Look inside and see what we are looking for and where."

"You're going to climb that?" X asked.

Ryoko replied, "No..." and she walked towards the mountain and disappeared.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Minako shouted.

X and Ami looked excited. "Wow... I never knew someone could phase through matter by molecular manipulation..." X said.

Ami was typing something at her computer. "Wow... the power readings in her is enormous..."

Ayeka just grumbled.

=Tokyo Tower=

Another beam came down towards an empty alley about a block away from Tokyo Tower, and out came Zero, Hotaru, Usagi and Rei.

"Sigma..." Zero said. "He's energy is really here..."

Rei looked determinedly to the tower, Usagi shook a bit, but Hotaru shivered. "He's here?"

Zero looked at Hotaru. "If he is, we'll know... Don't worry," Zero added, looking at Hotaru's pale face. "If the shit hits..." and Hotaru frowned. "Sorry," Zero added. "Habit of mine... If the fat's on the fire, I'll do my bets to get us out of there... Let's go, people."

The four figures walked towards the tower, and found it strangely empty. Zero shrugged.

"Let's go..." and he approached the elevator, which was already on the ground. The four rode it up.

"You think he's here?" Usagi asked, voice shaking a bit.

"I think so..." Zero said. "The energy is getting more powerful..."

TING...

Zero looked confused. "I picked top floor..." he said as he saw that they only traveled three floors. HE stuck his head out and saw nothing. "Let's go by stairs, and watch your backs..."

=China=

Ranma looked at the entrance of the Amazon Village. It was heavily guarded; more towers were built around, showing female archers. He even sensed some more around them. He approached the village, and he was attacked. An Amazon came from view behind the trees and charged at him.

<YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THIS TIME!> said his attacker. It was the same girl from the tournament, the one with long purple hair and vivacious curves and cute... Oh crap. It's Shampoo!

Ranma, without armor, dodged the spear Shampoo is using to impale him, and he flipped in the air, landing 6 meters away in front of Shampoo. He cracked his knuckles.

Nodoka was about to interfere, but Katsuhito just put a hand on her shoulder and mouthed `No'. He looked at Tenchi and told him to watch.

Ranma smiled. (Oh, a warm up before battle!) he thought.

To be continued...

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Author's Note: I must be named as the fastest updater!

NEXT: Ranma versus Shampoo! What do you think Cologne will say when she finds out that Ranma is Katsuhito's grandson?

And X and group versus Shadowloo! X versus M. Bison!

Zero and group face Sigma and his lackeys! Zero versus the more powerful Sigma!

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