Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything Goes Duel Monsters ❯ Choices ( Chapter 1 )
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By: ironneko 
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 11.09.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 837 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 11.09.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 837 | Status: Completed
Anything Goes Duel Monsters
by Raziel
Taken from Nighthawk's page with permission.
Original idea by Doctor What.
' ' indicates thoughts.
" " indicates speech.
Disclaimer: read prologue.
Chapter one: Choices
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"...Umm, I'm Ranma Saotome. Sorry about that".
Yugi had mixed ideas about who the young man before him was. On one hand, he appeared harmless, maybe even kind of bashful. On the other hand, he had just survived a God-knows-how-big-a-fall, so he couldn't be precisely normal. The name Ranma Saotome was familiar to him though. Where had he heard it before? 'I seem to recall something... about him being a... martial artist? Wait that's it!'
"You're THE Ranma Saotome? The one who's got a dozen fiancees, turns into a girl when splashed by cold water, who defeated the Phoenix God Saffron and the mythical Orochi?" he asked.
"What? How did you know that? Are you some kind of psychic, or is this just one of your fighting styles' special techniques?" asked the pigtailed aquatransexual, getting into a defensive stance to respond to whatever attack this kid might send his way. 'Mmm... If this guy can read my mind I can't plan my moves ahead, I'm just going to have to go for a full-fledged instinctive battle'.
"But... aren't you just a manga character?" responded the duelist, sweatdropping after seeing the resulting facefault.
Ranma dragged himself back to his feet. "What do you mean a manga character?"
"From the series 'Ranma 1/2'. I've got a copy right here" replied Yugi, digging into his backpack and pulling out a small tome and showing it to the skeptical martial artist. "You see, here it shows you having a fight with this Ryouga guy, the one who turns into a piglet" Sure enough, the pictures showed the time when Ranma's bitter rival (well, one of them at least) had finally mastered the Bakusai Tenketsu and the battle in the mountains. Some of the details were wrong, like the fact that Genma never had fought with Cologne and Akane hadn't been surrounded by spears or anything of the sort.
'What is this.. Let's see, "printed by Nabiki Tendo Ltd." HUH?? WHAT THE HELL? NABIKI DID THIS??' It made sense, in a way. Nabiki was rarely part of the action, and had never been put in true danger. She hadn't been there when he and pig-boy had fought so she must have gotten the info second hand. That was the reason for the inaccuracies. Ranma was too busy cursing the gods for his rotten luck to notice this anyway.
Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba was watching the exchange from a distance. 'It seems Yugi's forgotten all about me. But I can turn this to my advantage. I think I've read some of this 'Ranma 1/2' thing and, if I'm not mistaken, this person should know nothing about Duel Monsters and I recall that he never backs down from a challenge' Most people had him pegged as a jerk but in truth, the creator of the duel disk system was just misunderstood. I mean, come on. How would you feel if some random kid just came along and stripped you of your place as number one duelist in the world? He was grateful to Yugi for saving him from Pegasus and restoring his soul, but a grudge was a grudge and until this was settled Kaiba couldn't accept friendly terms with the younger duelist.
"So Yugi... do you accept my challenge? Or are you too much of a coward who doesn't trust his skills?"
Yugi turned to face Kaiba. 'Oh...I'd forgotten about him, what do you think we should do Yami?'
'I think It's too good to be true, but he has yet to mention what would happen if WE lost' replied the spirit of the pharaoh, cautious about any deals regarding that particular duelist.
"What would happen if I lost?"
Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at the question. "You would, of course, have to accept that I am the better duelist and renounce your position as champion. You would also have to forfeit the rarest card in your and your trainee's deck to me, not counting my dragons, obviously"
"What's the use of having just one Blue eyes White dragon? Sure, it's powerful but you need all three for the Ultimate one"
"I never said I would be giving you one of my Blue eyes. I said I would give you my rarest card, and trust me, what I have is something the likes of which you have never seen" replied the confident teen.
"I still don't think I can find anyone with no knowledge of the game"
Kaiba looked at the still cursing Ranma and said "What about him, I believe he doesn't know how to play. He should qualify, unless he doesn't have the guts for it"
"Hey, I'm not afraid of you" Ranma paused his ranting as he heard himself being adressed in such a manner. "I accept your challenge, and you should know, Ranma Saotome never loses"
'Ha, he is so gullible. I can't believe it was so simple to trick him into agreeing' He smirked again. "Fine then, six months Yugi. Then we'll decide who's the best and, take this" he said, throwing the duel disk he was wearing at Ranma, who caught it effortlessly. "You'll need it for the tournament" With those words he turned around and marched inside Kaiba Land, confident that he would easily beat this upstart, no matter how much he would practice.
"Yugi...right?" asked Ranma after a while.
"Yes?"
"What did I just agree to do?"
Yugi rubbed his head after finding out just how painful a facefault could be. "Just come with me, I'll explain on the way to Grampa's shop"
"Okay" Ranma followed him while he began explaining the rules of Duel Monsters and how the whole bet came to be.
***********
In a room with dim light seven figures could be seen. They all were dressed in purple cloaks with golden chains and seemed to be waiting for something. Six of them were seated before a golden throne, Egyptian in design, gazing at the seventh who was surrounded with a golden glow. It subsided after a while and the man seated there finally spoke.
"So, it seems Seto Kaiba is organizing a tournament in six months. Ha, that'll make our work much easier. I will finally be able to get the final Egyptian god card, Obelisk the Tormentor, and with it, the power of the Pharaoh" The rest of the Rare Hunters looked on, unfazed, while their leader laughed maniacally as he thought of what was to come.
***********
"What you're basically saying is that I just accepted a challenge against the world's former champion of Duel Monsters, a game that I don't know how to play and I've never even heard about. Am I right?"
Yugi fidgeted nervously at the question. "Well, when you put it that way... yes"
Ranma continued scratching his head nervously as he pondered over the details once again. "You're also saying that this is a card game and, by accepting, I've compromised your favourite one right? The Black Wizard thingie..."
"Dark Magician" replied Yugi, somewhat annoyed at the way Ranma adressed his rarest card.
After a few (actually a lot) more explanations, the pigtailed martial artist finally understood what he had gotten himself into, but still remained at a loss about what to do to get out of it. They kept walking towards the game shop while Yugi explained to him the most basic rules of the game.
"We're here" said the duelist as they stopped in front of a fairly large card game shop. The sign was set to "Closed" but as soon as they went inside, Yugi switched it to "open".
"Grampa, I'm home!" he called out while closing the door behind him after letting Ranma through. The old man standing behind the counter looked up from his inventory list and laid eyes on Yugi.
"Hello Yugi. I was wondering when you would return. What did Kaiba want to talk about?" The store owner finally noticed his grandson's companion and was surprised at him being with someone other than Joey or Tristan, or Tea. "And who is this young man?"
"Oh right, this is Ranma Saotome. He's going to be spending some time with us for the next six months or so... That reminds me, where are you going to stay?"
"... I hadn't really thought about that... I guess I'll just camp in some empty lot around here, if I can get my hands on some supplies."
"Nonsense, we have a spare room here, and it's been some time since we've had a houseguest. Besides Yugi's friends are always welcome here." He then slowly made his way towards the god slayer and extended his hand towards him. "I'm Solomon Motou, but you can just call me gramps."
Ranma stared at the offered hand for a second. He had known these people for less than an hour, and he had already been offered a place to stay. 'He barely knows me and already thinks of me as a friend.' he thought to himself. No one had ever treated him like that before. Every person he had met had tried to get something out of him. His father just used him as a meal ticket, there was Soun who merely wanted the schools to be united, then the fiancees... well they just saw him as a prize. Only Kasumi had treated him with genuine kindness and he had always regretted the fact that he couldn't help her as much as he wanted. The times he tried had always earned him a malleting from the tomboy. It was, as she called it, the 'rightful punishment for flirting with my sister, you pervert'. But this time it was different, he could tell.
"Really? Well... thanks Mr. Motou." he finally said, after shaking his hand.
Yugi smiled at the exchange between Ranma and his grandfather with a smile on his face. 'What do you think about all of this Yami?' he mentally asked the spirit of the pharaoh who dwelt inside the puzzle. 'I think things will get a lot more interesting around here.'
***************
Kaiba walked swiftly through the hallway towards his office. There was quite a lot of work to be done and he still needed to further enhance his deck, now that he would duel without his dragons. Besides, he still needed to create a new profile for Ranma. 'I can't wait to crush this amateur and prove to the world that I'm still the number one duelist.' he thought.
"Big brother!!!"
He cut his musings short as the energy ball that was his younger brother slammed into him. He was one of the few rays of sunshine he had in his life, having protected him since they were very young and stuck in an orphanage together. He was what made Kaiba strive to be the best. They had already suffered during their early childhood and he had vowed to himself that Mokuba would never go through that again.
"How'd the duel with Yugi go?" he asked, confident in Seto's skills as a duelist and sure that he had defeated his rival this time.
"Not as I'd expected" he replied, "but something good came out of it in the end."
"Huh? What do you mean Seto?"
The older boy smiled. "Let's just say that Yugi's going to have his hands full for the next six months."
"You told him about the tournament! But, I thought you wanted to keep it a secret."
"Trust me," he reassured him, "it's better this way. Now come with me. There's some work to be done... oh and remind me to delete Wheeler's file from the tournament and replace it with a blank one with the name 'Ranma Saotome', I've still got to get his deck information and rarest card." And, almost as an afterthought he said, "Also, give him a five star ranking."
"Whatever you say Seto" replied Mokuba as he rushed off to comply with his requests.
'Once I reclaim my title as champion there will be nothing to stop me from getting the other Egyptian god cards.' He looked at the blue deity contained within the card he held in his hand. 'And I'm not going to make the same mistake twice.'
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Author notes:
That's chapter one for you. I cut it off here because it would otherwise take too long to finish and people would kill me for not updating. Things will soon heat up as Ranma gets his own deck. And, just in case you're wondering, it won't have ALL the rarest cards in the world, that would just be boring and unrealistic. Keep in mind that he will have 3 Blue Eyes White Dragons...
Got any comments? E-mail me at ironneko@hotmail.com
Note: For the people reading this in ff.net, I revised the prologue (Mayor revision) but it didn't count as an update so just re read it.
by Raziel
Taken from Nighthawk's page with permission.
Original idea by Doctor What.
' ' indicates thoughts.
" " indicates speech.
Disclaimer: read prologue.
Chapter one: Choices
***********
"...Umm, I'm Ranma Saotome. Sorry about that".
Yugi had mixed ideas about who the young man before him was. On one hand, he appeared harmless, maybe even kind of bashful. On the other hand, he had just survived a God-knows-how-big-a-fall, so he couldn't be precisely normal. The name Ranma Saotome was familiar to him though. Where had he heard it before? 'I seem to recall something... about him being a... martial artist? Wait that's it!'
"You're THE Ranma Saotome? The one who's got a dozen fiancees, turns into a girl when splashed by cold water, who defeated the Phoenix God Saffron and the mythical Orochi?" he asked.
"What? How did you know that? Are you some kind of psychic, or is this just one of your fighting styles' special techniques?" asked the pigtailed aquatransexual, getting into a defensive stance to respond to whatever attack this kid might send his way. 'Mmm... If this guy can read my mind I can't plan my moves ahead, I'm just going to have to go for a full-fledged instinctive battle'.
"But... aren't you just a manga character?" responded the duelist, sweatdropping after seeing the resulting facefault.
Ranma dragged himself back to his feet. "What do you mean a manga character?"
"From the series 'Ranma 1/2'. I've got a copy right here" replied Yugi, digging into his backpack and pulling out a small tome and showing it to the skeptical martial artist. "You see, here it shows you having a fight with this Ryouga guy, the one who turns into a piglet" Sure enough, the pictures showed the time when Ranma's bitter rival (well, one of them at least) had finally mastered the Bakusai Tenketsu and the battle in the mountains. Some of the details were wrong, like the fact that Genma never had fought with Cologne and Akane hadn't been surrounded by spears or anything of the sort.
'What is this.. Let's see, "printed by Nabiki Tendo Ltd." HUH?? WHAT THE HELL? NABIKI DID THIS??' It made sense, in a way. Nabiki was rarely part of the action, and had never been put in true danger. She hadn't been there when he and pig-boy had fought so she must have gotten the info second hand. That was the reason for the inaccuracies. Ranma was too busy cursing the gods for his rotten luck to notice this anyway.
Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba was watching the exchange from a distance. 'It seems Yugi's forgotten all about me. But I can turn this to my advantage. I think I've read some of this 'Ranma 1/2' thing and, if I'm not mistaken, this person should know nothing about Duel Monsters and I recall that he never backs down from a challenge' Most people had him pegged as a jerk but in truth, the creator of the duel disk system was just misunderstood. I mean, come on. How would you feel if some random kid just came along and stripped you of your place as number one duelist in the world? He was grateful to Yugi for saving him from Pegasus and restoring his soul, but a grudge was a grudge and until this was settled Kaiba couldn't accept friendly terms with the younger duelist.
"So Yugi... do you accept my challenge? Or are you too much of a coward who doesn't trust his skills?"
Yugi turned to face Kaiba. 'Oh...I'd forgotten about him, what do you think we should do Yami?'
'I think It's too good to be true, but he has yet to mention what would happen if WE lost' replied the spirit of the pharaoh, cautious about any deals regarding that particular duelist.
"What would happen if I lost?"
Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at the question. "You would, of course, have to accept that I am the better duelist and renounce your position as champion. You would also have to forfeit the rarest card in your and your trainee's deck to me, not counting my dragons, obviously"
"What's the use of having just one Blue eyes White dragon? Sure, it's powerful but you need all three for the Ultimate one"
"I never said I would be giving you one of my Blue eyes. I said I would give you my rarest card, and trust me, what I have is something the likes of which you have never seen" replied the confident teen.
"I still don't think I can find anyone with no knowledge of the game"
Kaiba looked at the still cursing Ranma and said "What about him, I believe he doesn't know how to play. He should qualify, unless he doesn't have the guts for it"
"Hey, I'm not afraid of you" Ranma paused his ranting as he heard himself being adressed in such a manner. "I accept your challenge, and you should know, Ranma Saotome never loses"
'Ha, he is so gullible. I can't believe it was so simple to trick him into agreeing' He smirked again. "Fine then, six months Yugi. Then we'll decide who's the best and, take this" he said, throwing the duel disk he was wearing at Ranma, who caught it effortlessly. "You'll need it for the tournament" With those words he turned around and marched inside Kaiba Land, confident that he would easily beat this upstart, no matter how much he would practice.
"Yugi...right?" asked Ranma after a while.
"Yes?"
"What did I just agree to do?"
Yugi rubbed his head after finding out just how painful a facefault could be. "Just come with me, I'll explain on the way to Grampa's shop"
"Okay" Ranma followed him while he began explaining the rules of Duel Monsters and how the whole bet came to be.
***********
In a room with dim light seven figures could be seen. They all were dressed in purple cloaks with golden chains and seemed to be waiting for something. Six of them were seated before a golden throne, Egyptian in design, gazing at the seventh who was surrounded with a golden glow. It subsided after a while and the man seated there finally spoke.
"So, it seems Seto Kaiba is organizing a tournament in six months. Ha, that'll make our work much easier. I will finally be able to get the final Egyptian god card, Obelisk the Tormentor, and with it, the power of the Pharaoh" The rest of the Rare Hunters looked on, unfazed, while their leader laughed maniacally as he thought of what was to come.
***********
"What you're basically saying is that I just accepted a challenge against the world's former champion of Duel Monsters, a game that I don't know how to play and I've never even heard about. Am I right?"
Yugi fidgeted nervously at the question. "Well, when you put it that way... yes"
Ranma continued scratching his head nervously as he pondered over the details once again. "You're also saying that this is a card game and, by accepting, I've compromised your favourite one right? The Black Wizard thingie..."
"Dark Magician" replied Yugi, somewhat annoyed at the way Ranma adressed his rarest card.
After a few (actually a lot) more explanations, the pigtailed martial artist finally understood what he had gotten himself into, but still remained at a loss about what to do to get out of it. They kept walking towards the game shop while Yugi explained to him the most basic rules of the game.
"We're here" said the duelist as they stopped in front of a fairly large card game shop. The sign was set to "Closed" but as soon as they went inside, Yugi switched it to "open".
"Grampa, I'm home!" he called out while closing the door behind him after letting Ranma through. The old man standing behind the counter looked up from his inventory list and laid eyes on Yugi.
"Hello Yugi. I was wondering when you would return. What did Kaiba want to talk about?" The store owner finally noticed his grandson's companion and was surprised at him being with someone other than Joey or Tristan, or Tea. "And who is this young man?"
"Oh right, this is Ranma Saotome. He's going to be spending some time with us for the next six months or so... That reminds me, where are you going to stay?"
"... I hadn't really thought about that... I guess I'll just camp in some empty lot around here, if I can get my hands on some supplies."
"Nonsense, we have a spare room here, and it's been some time since we've had a houseguest. Besides Yugi's friends are always welcome here." He then slowly made his way towards the god slayer and extended his hand towards him. "I'm Solomon Motou, but you can just call me gramps."
Ranma stared at the offered hand for a second. He had known these people for less than an hour, and he had already been offered a place to stay. 'He barely knows me and already thinks of me as a friend.' he thought to himself. No one had ever treated him like that before. Every person he had met had tried to get something out of him. His father just used him as a meal ticket, there was Soun who merely wanted the schools to be united, then the fiancees... well they just saw him as a prize. Only Kasumi had treated him with genuine kindness and he had always regretted the fact that he couldn't help her as much as he wanted. The times he tried had always earned him a malleting from the tomboy. It was, as she called it, the 'rightful punishment for flirting with my sister, you pervert'. But this time it was different, he could tell.
"Really? Well... thanks Mr. Motou." he finally said, after shaking his hand.
Yugi smiled at the exchange between Ranma and his grandfather with a smile on his face. 'What do you think about all of this Yami?' he mentally asked the spirit of the pharaoh who dwelt inside the puzzle. 'I think things will get a lot more interesting around here.'
***************
Kaiba walked swiftly through the hallway towards his office. There was quite a lot of work to be done and he still needed to further enhance his deck, now that he would duel without his dragons. Besides, he still needed to create a new profile for Ranma. 'I can't wait to crush this amateur and prove to the world that I'm still the number one duelist.' he thought.
"Big brother!!!"
He cut his musings short as the energy ball that was his younger brother slammed into him. He was one of the few rays of sunshine he had in his life, having protected him since they were very young and stuck in an orphanage together. He was what made Kaiba strive to be the best. They had already suffered during their early childhood and he had vowed to himself that Mokuba would never go through that again.
"How'd the duel with Yugi go?" he asked, confident in Seto's skills as a duelist and sure that he had defeated his rival this time.
"Not as I'd expected" he replied, "but something good came out of it in the end."
"Huh? What do you mean Seto?"
The older boy smiled. "Let's just say that Yugi's going to have his hands full for the next six months."
"You told him about the tournament! But, I thought you wanted to keep it a secret."
"Trust me," he reassured him, "it's better this way. Now come with me. There's some work to be done... oh and remind me to delete Wheeler's file from the tournament and replace it with a blank one with the name 'Ranma Saotome', I've still got to get his deck information and rarest card." And, almost as an afterthought he said, "Also, give him a five star ranking."
"Whatever you say Seto" replied Mokuba as he rushed off to comply with his requests.
'Once I reclaim my title as champion there will be nothing to stop me from getting the other Egyptian god cards.' He looked at the blue deity contained within the card he held in his hand. 'And I'm not going to make the same mistake twice.'
*****************
Author notes:
That's chapter one for you. I cut it off here because it would otherwise take too long to finish and people would kill me for not updating. Things will soon heat up as Ranma gets his own deck. And, just in case you're wondering, it won't have ALL the rarest cards in the world, that would just be boring and unrealistic. Keep in mind that he will have 3 Blue Eyes White Dragons...
Got any comments? E-mail me at ironneko@hotmail.com
Note: For the people reading this in ff.net, I revised the prologue (Mayor revision) but it didn't count as an update so just re read it.