Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction ❯ Project II: Saiyan Ranma ❯ Festival ( Chapter 7 )

Juuban national park seemed to be lively as people can see the park filled with stands, and somewhere in the middle, you can see some rides which were being built three days ago. It was a day where it said that everyone will enjoy. All they had to do was pay the entrance fee, and the rides are free.

 

Everyone was eager to come in, but for different reasons. One, they wanted to enjoy themselves. Two, they were hunting for someone. Three, they were forced to come because they stupidly agree just to get away from an ice cream parlor. Guess who they are.

 

-| Omega X Present |-

 

-| Project II: Saiyan Ranma |-

 

-| Chapter 07: Festival |-

 

Belldandy and Keichii came in, wearing kimonos. Belldandy had a beautiful gold and white kimono which, although was not that showy as her goddess clothes, it gave her a form of grace and beauty which made other males look back at her. Keichii wore a male kimono, black with an embroidery of a tree in his back.

 

Skuld was wearing a kimono as well. She looked like a very cute young teen as her hair was braided nicely in her back, wearing a white kimono with blue linings. She was walking closely behind Belldandy and Keichii, watching them closely.

 

Urd and Mara, for the first time in Ranma's life, weren't staring daggers at each other. They excitedly looked around like young children, who looked like it was their first visit to a summer festival. Urd wore a very tight kimono which hugged her chest area like a plague, and her kimono boasted with light blue colors in a marble effect.

 

Mara wore something more revealing. Her kimono was custom made making a v-cut in her chest area, and her blonde hair tied in a ponytail. Her kimono spoke loud bold colors like red, orange and a bit of a blue; symbols of an open fire, saying to any man `I'll set you on fire'.

 

Ranma wore a simple but handsomely made kimono, which was a mixture of black, red-orange colors blended well, and embroidery in the back with a picture of a stallion. His tail was still in view, moving side to side with a bit of excitement. The girls were not fighting over him now, but he wished they'd let go of his arms. They were beginning to feel numb.

 

Paying some money to enter, Ranma felt something has gone right for today. Sure, the two females who glared at him were still in his mind but the sound of the festival was beginning to be a good idea. After all, it is a public place. No one would dare follow him right?

 

Wrong.

 

Unknown to him, a few minutes after they entered, came 9 girls and one young man. The young man wore a plain black kimono, but with his looks, it wasn't that plain anymore.

 

The nine young girls also had plain kimonos, except that they were all different colored. Usagi had a blue kimono, and her hair was still tied in a meatball fashion.

 

Rei had a red kimono and her hair was tied in a bun, which took a few hours to do.

 

Makoto wore a green one, and wore her hair loose now. Imagine a Makoto without a ponytail.

 

Minako wore an orange colored kimono and her hair was also loose. She and Makoto were wearing dazzling smiles, which they showed to all the boys they judged as cute. Go figure it.

 

Ami wore a light blue kimono, blushing a bit as she walked with her friends. All the boys gave her funny looks, and Ami knew it wasn't because there was something in her face. She knew that the boys were staring at her because she looked quite pretty in a kimono, although she'd never admit it.

 

Haruka wore a male kimono, which convinced most guys that she was a `he'. Haruka walked in a light brown kimono, face neutral. She was sizing herself if she met the saiyan inside.

 

Michiru was more relaxed, holding Hotaru's arm like a parent protecting her young teenage child. Michiru wore an aqua blue kimono, hair loose letting the curls fall down in her shoulders.

 

Hotaru wore a very nicely made purple kimono. She smiled a bit when she saw the same guys who pick on her find themselves speechless as they see her in a kimono.

 

Setsuna wore something a bit dazzling. Green kimono with a gold necklace around her, she wore her long green hair in two buns like the princess Leah of the original Star Wars.

 

Mamurou almost cried when the five Inners said they didn't have money to enter. He was saved by Setsuna who paid for all of them, and gave Mamurou a smile which said `you owe me'.

 

Entering, the group agreed to split up and search for the Saiyan. If they find him, they'd call, or supposed to call. Usagi grouped with Mamurou and her plan was to spend a lot of time with him, and would ignore the saiyan. Makoto and Minako teamed up, agreeing that they would share their booty and not call the others if they do find the saiyan. Ami and Rei teamed up, planning to stick with the plan.

 

Haruka and Michiru teamed up. Haruka planned to beat the crap out of the saiyan first before calling the others. Setsuna and Hotaru teamed up. Setsuna planned in observing the saiyan before calling the others.

 

Following the Senshi were four aliens. Ayeka, hearing what Ranma said earlier today that they were going to the festival, so she took the liberty to ask Tenchi out to the festival. Ryoko wouldn't let them alone, joined the fray as well. Ayeka didn't mind. She wasn't very confident in taking on a saiyan by herself. It would be suicide. Sasami joined them as well. Tsunami sent a message to her, telling Sasami that she felt a familiar presence. She needed to know if her guess was correct. The four aliens wore different kimonos as well. Ayeka wore a grand purple kimono with gold embroidery. Ryoko took a simpler but tighter kimono which was very good when hugging Tenchi. Sasami wore a very cute and simple kimono colored light blue. Tenchi took eh liberty of wearing a white kimono. They all had their hair as it is.

 

They owed their dress to Washu, although they had to convince that a kimono was not a mini-skirt. Ayeka didn't tell Washu about the saiyan she saw.

 

It was late afternoon, beginning to get dark. The stands began to light up Japanese orange lanterns with kanji symbols on it. Ranma noticed it first as he walked with two women on his arms. The boys were whistling, cursing their fate for not being lucky as Ranma.

 

Ranma would have been glad to trade his position. Belldandy and Keichii wanted to go another route and Skuld was caught by an ice cream vendor. Giving the young Norse goddess some money, they split and never crossed paths again.

 

“Hey! Cool!” Urd exclaimed, looking at a stand. Mara saw what Urd was pointing and did something unexpected. She was skipping.

 

“What is it?”

 

Ranma walked towards the booth with the two females arm to arm and saw that Urd pointed at the fishing booth. Goldfishes swam in one big aquarium which was sunken. Around the aquarium were empty spherical aquariums filled with water.

 

“Oh!” said a girl beside them. She moaned at the fact that her little net which was given to catch the fish broke.

 

“Mamurou, please!” the girl said. Ranma turned and gave the girl and her boyfriend a good look. It was the same guys from the parlor.

 

Ranma froze. It surely meant that the others were here as well!

 

“I'm sorry, Usagi, but that's all I have...” Mamurou replied.

 

Usagi's eyes watered and were on the verge of crying. Mamurou felt a pang of guilt go through him. Ranma felt a bit sorry for the blonde, and the guy.

 

“May I?” Ranma asked the two females in his arms.

 

Urd and Mara looked at Ranma, and nodded. The two let go of him and Ranma took a net. Taking a deep breath, his arms blurred.

 

Mamurou's eyes bugged out of their sockets. The eyes of the owner of the booth also bugged and his jaw dropped as they saw, the fishes from the big aquarium slowly vanished and fishes appeared on the smaller aquariums.

 

Ranma, his saiyan body and martial arts training gave him incredible speed and control. Using those aspects, he maneuvered his arm and the net which picked up the fish and brought them to other aquariums before the weak net could break.

 

When Ranma finished, the owner was now the one doing the crying; his business gone in one swoop. He didn't even survive one hour!

 

“I caught them, so that means they're free, right?” Ranma asked the owner. The owner could only nod as he began to count how much he lost. Ranma turned to Usagi. “Here, take one.”

 

Usagi looked at Ranma with sparkling eyes. “Really? You mean it?”

 

“Sure,” Ranma smiled. He gave Mamurou an understanding smile.

 

“Yay!” Usagi said. She hurried up and picked one and went back to Mamurou.

 

“Thanks...” Mamurou muttered as he was dragged away.

 

“Thank you!” Usagi said, waving.

 

Ranma smiled and turned back to his two companions. “Hey, you guys want one?”

 

Urd took the one with two goldfish. She felt one was female and the other was male. Mara, although not being very fond of pets, took one as well. It was a gift from Ranma after all. Why disappoint him?

 

Ranma nodded as his two friends took their picks. He turned to the owner, who was in the verge of fainting.

 

“Hey, that's all I need. Keep the rest...”

 

The owner was flabbergasted. “Oh, kind sir! Thank you very much for your kindness!!”

 

“No prob,” and he turned to the two females. “Shall we?”

 

The two figures nodded and went back to Ranma's arms once again, smiling now that they had a new gift from their target. Ranma was already used to them grabbing to him so he didn't mind them as he walked towards another part of the park.

 

Another part of the park, we can see two male-addicted Senshis, doing a very active lookout for the cute saiyan which they saw earlier in the ice cream parlor. No luck, they sighed. It was difficult to look around when they were distracted because of boys. And there was one boy who caught their eyes.

 

He looked cute, with his boyish smile and smooth skin. His black hair was done also on a pigtail and looked like a hunk in his kimono.

 

What they didn't know was the `boyish' smile was a smile of frustration; frustration because his two female friends were fighting over him again; the same two girls which were now dragging him around, glaring daggers at each other.

 

Ignoring those facts, the two Senshis decided to approach the boy, flirt a bit, and if they were lucky, get his phone number.

 

Rei and Ami were not doing well. They tried to look everywhere. The food station, rides, garbage cans, under the mattress and carpets, and even behind trees, they never saw the saiyan. They sighed. They hoped the others had more luck.

 

Haruka and Michiru were a bit luckier as they exited the Arcade Zone. After playing non-stop with the car-racing arcade in thirty minutes, Michiru was able to convince her lover to search for the saiyan. They had their chance when Haruka saw a machine which was supposed to test your strength in punching.

 

“Come on Michiru!” Haruka exclaimed. “Just one trial!”

 

“Oh fine!” Michiru replied. Haruka, being mature, didn't skip like the other younger Senshis. She just nodded and paid a man in a booth a few yen, and the man gave her a token.

 

Putting the token in the machine, its arm raised with a pad, and the screen flashed wit life. It showed a meteor.

 

`Destroy it in three punches!'

 

Haruka took a deep breath, and her fist blurred as she punched the target. The arm went down and there was a boom sound and the screen flashed on how much strength was behind Haruka's punch. `203 lb'

 

The man whistled. That was a pretty strong punch. Then, Haruka punched again.

 

`230 lb' and punched again `269 lb' and the picture of the meteor shattered to pieces.

 

Haruka `hmmped' in a very proud way and smirked, saying “That was easy.”

 

The crowd around them applauded. “Wow!” “Damn!” “He's strong!” “That was it?”

 

The last statement caught Haruka's attention. She whirled around and faced the boy who dared criticized her strength. Well, actually, it was more of speed than strength [Force= mass * acceleration].

 

She faced the boy and saw Ranma. She smiled.

 

Ranma looked at the girl. He expected her since he just ran into Usagi earlier. He just sighed. At least it wasn't one of those two psychos after his blood.

 

“Well, if you think that, why don't you try?” Haruka retorted.

 

Ranma shrugged, “Why should I? I don't show of unlike others.”

 

Haruka began to shake her closed fist. “You think I'm not good enough?”

 

“No, I don't think you're good enough. I know you are...”

 

“Well, alright wise guy! Why don't you try?” she was on the verge of shouting.

 

“Yeah, come on Ranma,” Urd said. “Show her.”

 

Mara shrugged. “Well, you decide Ranma.”

 

Ranma shrugged. “Sure.”

 

Taking a token and inserting it in the slot, the arm raised up again. Haruka smirked as she saw Ranma take a relaxed stance very near the target.

 

(Most he can give is about a hundred pounds with that length) Haruka thought.

 

Ranma raised his fist, and punched the target. The arm went down hard, so hard that it broke the machine. It cracked and sizzled and it sparked with fire. The owner panicked, took out a fire extinguisher and smothered the flame. Ranma scratched his head.

 

“Sorry `bout that!” Ranma said, and laughed nervously. Haruka's jaw dropped. Hers wasn't the only one. Others followed suit.

 

The owner cried a bit and gave Ranma his prize, a very large teddy bear with a note: `don't come back again, please!'

 

Ranma and the girls were already out of sight when the people around the place finally digested what they saw. “Wow!” “That was something else!” “He was cute!”

 

Haruka and Michiru also recovered, and remembered what they were supposed to do. But it was too late. When they finally tried to use their communicators, Ranma was out of sight.

 

Ranma and the two girls around him walked a few meters farther from where Ranma broke the machine.

 

“Wow, Ranma,” Mara began. “You're very strong.”

 

“Well, of course he is!” Urd said proudly. “He is my student after all.”

 

Ranma didn't bother to correct her that Urd's teaching was not the one that gave him such strength, even though she did help him around his powers and fighting style. Urd, being a Goddess of the Past knew much of the Kamesenn and taught him about it.

 

“IT'S NOT OVER YET!” was a female shout ahead of them. Ranma looked up and saw something which shocked him.

 

“GET AWAY FROM MY TENCHI!” Ryoko shouted as she gave a wild punch to the girl with brown hair. The nerve they had! She and her blonde companion had the nerve to approach Tenchi and began flirting with him. Ryoko and Makoto were having a rugged fight that their kimonos were already ripped and dusty.

 

“TAKE THIS!” SLAP! “TAKE THAT YOU BITCH!” SLAP!

 

Ayeka and Minako were having a row, bitch slapping each others faces. Ayeka didn't like the way Minako and her friend just came there in front of them, talking with her Tenchi. She'd rather share Tenchi with Ryoko than having Tenchi in the arms of the two bitches.

 

Tenchi pinched the bridge of his nose and groaned head down. The girls just had to pick another fight. Sure, they are not using their powers to blast the other poor girls to pieces, and Ryoko seemed to be holding her strength back, but this was embarrassing.

 

“Tenchi-neesan, what are they doing?” Sasami asked, pointing at the scene.

 

“Trust me Sasami, you wouldn't like to know.”

 

Ranma looked curiously at the fight, until Ayeka's face was slapped hard that her head turned to one side. She saw Ranma and her eyes narrowed, and her teeth began to grit. It was the saiyan again!

 

Ranma looked at the purple head glaring at him again. It was either his imagination or was her glare ten times worse than the ice cream store. She looked absolutely menacing. Absolutely... evil!

 

Ranma acted at once. She looked very angry at the saiyan, and she looked at him with loath that he didn't want anything happen to him. Quickly carrying the girls around him with both arms, he pivoted and dashed quickly out of there.

 

Ayeka, who saw the saiyan getting away, tried to escape, but Minako wouldn't let her, she slapped Ayeka again with a force enough to make her fall.

 

(How dare she?) grit Ayeka. Standing up again, she raised her palm and... SLAP!

 

In another part of the park, a young Norse goddess went down a ride, face with disappointment. She just rode `The Caterpillar' which was a simple ride which made a rider was sat in a box car, and when the ride was in motion, it would go around in circles, moving up and down at different heights of tracks.

 

“That was boring... it lacked speed,” she complained to no-one in particular.

 

“Really?” said a male voice beside her. “Well, I would love to improve it if someone could help me with the settings...”

 

Skuld turned around and faced a young man, in his late teens. He had tanned skin, friendly smile, and was a bit overweight.

 

“You don't know how to operate the ride?” Skuld asked.

 

“Well, I know,” he replied. “I just don't know what speed it needs to be... If you think you can help me, I would throw you a reserve seat for another ride with you're settings for free.”

 

“Really?” asked Skuld. “I'll help! Show me!”

 

The boy showed her the console, pointed the buttons and dials, explaining which is which. After a few minutes of head calculations and turns, Skuld gave the boy a thumb up. The boy gave her a seat and let few more people come in for the ride. One of them was Hotaru and Setsuna.

 

The boy started the machine, and everybody felt a change in speed after five seconds. The ride accelerated until the bumps were more of a roller coaster ride. It was good for everyone, and they thoroughly enjoyed it, except for one.

 

Once the ride stopped, everyone chattered about the ride. Skuld smiled. Her calculations were perfect as usual.

 

“Very good,” the boy said. “Just expected for the Goddess of the Future who I heard was good with machinery and mathematics.”

 

Skuld stopped to her tracks, and approached the boy. “What... what did you say?”

 

The boy smiled. “Don't worry, Skuld. You're secret is safe with me...”

 

Skuld was about to ask how the boy knew her, but was stopped by a barfing sound. Looks like one of the riders didn't agree with the ride.

 

“Setsuna-mama, are you okay?” Hotaru asked.

 

“Yeah... just throwing something which I shouldn't have eaten a few minutes ago...” Setsuna replied. She didn't like the feeling. She watched the ride a few minutes ago, while eating a hamburger. She thought it wouldn't be that fast. Whoever changed the settings will pay, that she assured.

 

The boy smiled. “Looks like the Senshi of Time got sick... First time in my life, really, to see her barf...”

 

“Who are you?” Skuld asked again.

 

“People know me as the `Omega X', but you may call me Buds,” the boy replied, giving another smile. “I know a lot of things. Don't bother you're pretty little head off. Well, off you go! Shoo!” Buds said friendlily. “You wouldn't want to miss the firework show...”

 

Skuld just nodded her head and walked away. Maybe someone from up in heaven knows who this `Omega X' is...

 

Buds just watched the young Norse Goddess disappear from site, and smiled. He was used to sending himself to his own stories like Me Against All Odds, Omega, and New Age Evangelion, but never did he insert himself in a Project.

 

Tap, tap...

 

Buds turned around, and faced Setsuna, who looked very menacing.

 

“Uh...” he said nervously. “Hi...?”

 

“Are you the one who operates the machine?” Setsuna asked.

 

“Yeah...” Buds said, crossing his fingers, praying that he might survive to write the next chapter of this Project.

 

“Good...” Setsuna said angrily. “I have a bone to pick with you...”

 

“Uh... hahaha! I mean... what? No! What are you...?”

 

POW!SLAM!BLAM!DEADSCREAM!OW!MYBALLS!SHIT!OW!CHRONOTRIGGER!HHHEEEE ELLLLLPPPP!BOOOOMMM!!!

 

Hotaru looked at the scene with a very big sweat drop, big enough fill a swimming pool.

 

Ranma carried Urd and Mara in each arm, trying to get away from Ayeka, found himself seeing another fight scene... or maybe more of a torture scene. A poor boy is being hammered by a very sexy looking female with green hair, and... a garnet rod which looked like a key? Ranma stopped in his tracks when he finally remembered the woman. It was the same woman who gave him an evil smile.

 

Setsuna took a break in hammering the boy down, and looked around. Hotaru gave her a look of curiosity. She must have been wondering what her Setsuna-mama was doing to the poor boy. Setsuna decided to tell her about not letting men walk away with their faults. It caused World War I and II.

 

She looked if others were watching as well. She saw Ranma.

 

Ranma froze as Setsuna and her evil smile rose to ten levels. He looked at the poor boy which was still in Setsuna's clutches and looked at Setsuna. If she could do that to a boy without smiling like that, what could she do to him with a smile like that? Ranma did what he always does when there was an angry female in front of him. He took Urd and Mara again in his arms and ran away.

 

Setsuna, still harboring feelings against the boy who made the ride faster, let him go. She had bigger fish to cry.

 

“Come on, Hotaru,” Setsuna said. “I found the one we were looking for...” and she walked towards where Ranma ran...

 

Ranma ran towards the north, where people gathered. He wanted to loose the girls in the crowd. Smart choice.

 

“Ranma, could you tell me what was that all about?” Urd asked.

 

“No...” Ranma replied; he didn't want to worry her. “It's nothing. I just remembered that the festival usually does something at the end...”

 

“Yeah, the fireworks show!” Mara began.

 

“How did you know?” Urd asked.

 

“I read the schedule before we entered. They guaranteed it would be fabulous!”

 

And it was. People lied down in the soft grass and relaxed as they watched the fireworks being lit up in the sky, and explode with different colors.

 

Keichii and Belldandy were somewhere in the crowd as well. They sat up, hand in hand as they watched each flower burst in colors in the skies. Belldandy leaned her head in Keichii's shoulders and they both shared a moment.

 

Ranma and the two girls were also sharing a moment. Lying down in the grass, they watched with awe as another firework was lit in the sky. Ranma leaned his head to Urd. He didn't know why, but felt right. He felt he didn't need to fear anything at that moment, he felt that they were alone. Mara didn't notice it.

 

But Setsuna did. She watched a few distances away, watching the Saiyan relax himself on the girls shoulder. She began to wonder if her worries were unjustified. Maybe the saiyan was a good person.

 

Not everyone enjoyed the firework show though. Ayeka, Ryoko, Tenchi, Sasami, Minako and Makoto were still in the same place, the four females still having a row.

 

Ami and Rei were still looking around for the saiyan as well. The last place was a movable bathroom, and they accidentally locked themselves in.

 

Mamurou wanted to enjoy the firework show, but a candy stand took Usagi's attention. There she goes again...

 

Haruka and Michiru were having a grand time, but not because of the firework show, although they could do one of their own. Making love in the closed ride `Caterpillar', they thought the boy who was unconscious in the ground near the ride wouldn't bother them. He did look a bit swollen, though, his body filled with black spots.

 

Ranma sighed, contented. Closing his eyes, he wondered if his good life would last... He also wondered why the hell those two girls were so angry at him.

 

To be continued...

 

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NEXT:

 

Skuld felt sleepy... the ice cream wouldn't let her stay awake, and around her was turning black. Kami-sama ordered her to fix the Yggdrasil. The self insertion of `Omega X' made a few bugs appear. After hunting them all, the Yggdrasil needed maintenance. It was supposed to be Urd's job, but her other job overruled that.

 

Silently, Skuld fell asleep, letting her ice cream fall and her head fall on the keyboard...

 

{Deleting File... complete!}

 

Setsuna gasped. One moment, Crystal Tokyo was there and alive, now it's gone! Setsuna grit her teeth. It must have been the saiyan's doing! She called the Senshi. They have a monkey to catch...

 

Ranma hunting season is now open! May the kamis bless his soul!

 

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