Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Hellsing's Knight Ranma ❯ Reavers ( Chapter 6 )

Hellsing's Knight Ranma

By Shinzuru

A Hellsing/Blade crossover.

Warning it's gonna be violent, bloody gory and damn funny as our hero is unleashed on the vampire population.

Lotsa swearing along with a fair amount of sexual references so be aware this is gonna be one hell of a ride.

Author's pre-notes:

Well I somehow managed to get this chapter done before I leave tomorrow. God knows how I managed to do it. Hope you enjoy it, catch you all in a few weeks time…this time no amount of coercing will get me to send out a teaser or any other chapters. ^_^

I wrote this fic to the tunes of Bodies by Drowning Pool and I will be heard by Hatebreed

[Telepathy]

`Thoughts'

I do not take credit for the Ranma 1/2 characters.
They are owned and created by Rumiko Takahashi.

Chapter 6: Reavers

Stepping through the barrier Ranma drew his Desert Eagle while calling forth his vampiric powers.

"Yan Valentine for your crimes against humanity you will die."

Answering from behind the throng of vampires Yan adjusted his bandana.

"You and what army traitor? It appears your men are a bit occupied."

Looking behind him Ranma watched the knights through the barrier as they engaged a group of vampires who had appeared down the hallway.

"You see traitor there's no way you can win. Without that pretty sword of yours you're going to die. There are only so many bullets you can hold in that canon of yours and when you run out we will capture you."

Smirking Ranma held his hand to the right as a swirling darkness appeared and disappeared to reveal the katana Blood had given him for mastering her school.

"*SHNINK*"

Lowering the katana Ranma entrenched a line across the ground while he began to gather his powers creating an aura of power that enveloped him like a cloak of darkness altering his clothes to his white Chinese hunting uniform.

"A little trick my master taught me."

Taking a step back Yan stared openly at the display of raw power Ranma gave. The katana itself was crackling with energy while Ranma's eyes had gone from having golden specs to being a vibrant gold that glowed with small arcs of dark lightning.

"How could this be? Your power wasn't calculated to be this developed."

`Master did not tell us his power would be this strong, I must capture him and use his powers for our goals.'

Although he wasn't holding the Sword of Truth its power and anger were flowing into him. The anger caused Ranma to attain new levels of cold rage that he could have only ever achieved after events like the supposed death of his master, which sent Ranma into a killing frenzy.

Dragging the katana across his arm Ranma caused a trickle of blood to appear, which he used to coat the katana's edge with.

"Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups."

Raising his hand Yan gestured towards Ranma.

"Seize him, $100,000 to the one who can bring me that man alive!"

Standing his ground Ranma grinned as the front ranks of the vampires on the ground dashed towards him while drawing knives and axes.

His smirk growing stronger as the first vampire attempted to cross the line he had engraved into the ground. Ranma held his position a malevolent smirk crossing his face.

As the vampire leapt at Ranma the line in the ground flared and sent a stream of energy upwards shearing the vampire in half and causing an arc of light spread and atomise the vampires who couldn't stop in time.

Stopping their charge at the demise of their comrades the other vampires began to circle Ranma, as he remained still with his head bowed down in concentration.

`Sword be true to me this day.'

After a few moments Ranma raised his head and stared directly into Yan's eyes with his.

"I like you Yan, that's why I'm going to kill you last."

Simmering at the confidence of Ranma Yan drew his machine gun sending a burst into the roof.

"I said seize him or else I will kill you myself!!!"

Literally jumping at Yan's bellow the circling vampires charged.

***

Outside the barrier…

"Corporal we got vampires on our six!!!"

Turning around from watching Ranma's face off with the vampires Andy saw another wave of vampires charging from out of a hidden trapdoor down the hallway.

"What the fuck are you waiting for? SHOOT!!!"

Within seconds the knights had opened fire with their weapons at the untrained vampires reducing the front ranks to dust while the surviving members took cover behind some debris of the knight's entrance.

Firing with his M-60 Smith began to cackle as the rounds bit into the debris reducing them to dust before the bullets tore into the hiding vampires.

"*Ratatatatat*!!!"

"Hahahaha!!! Like shooting fish in a barrel…"

"*THUMP*!!!"

"….hahahahahaha….huh?"

Stopping his shooting for a moment Smith looked down at his leg, which was bleeding profusely.

"Arghhhhh! Shit! I've been shot!"

Glaring at Smith Yoshida picked up his med kit and moved away from Bennet who was nursing a flesh wound to his arm.

"I don't fucking believe this. Will everyone please stop getting shot!!!"

Dropping the med kit Yoshida stepped into the hallways with his OICW primed to fire a HE round.

Seeing the knight pointing the gun with the extremely large barrel an anonymous vampire voiced the common thought.

"Shit the crazy fuck's gonna shoot that BFG at us!!! Ruuuun!!!!"

The vampires taking cover began to run towards the trapdoor ignoring the hail of bullets from the knights that cut more of their number down than the grenade would have done.

"*Chunk*…*BOOOOM*!!!"

"That'll teach the mother fuckers to shoot more than one of you fuckwits within a span of a minute."

Cheering at the retreat of their enemy the knights began to build barricades to fire from as the medics attended to the wounded.

Bending down Yoshida began to patch Smith's wound up.

"Hey man your butt ugly face scared them away."

Looking at the empty hallway Yoshida shrugged.

"They're a bunch of pussies….Smith you jerk you really are bad luck."

"*SMACK*!!!"

Watching Ranma face off against the vampires while the knights stood helpless by the side Yoshida whapped Smith on the head.

"Fuck you Yoshi…. I don't make things difficult. That's the way they get, all by themselves."

"OWE!!!"

"Oops slipped with the needle."

Standing back up Yoshida began to walk to the next man calling for a medic.

"Cocksucker..."

"Oh dear Smith that wound looks like it might need more stitches…"

"Fuck off."

"Ah ah ahh always listen to the good doctor."

"Someone help…. anyone help?"

"Hehehehehe."

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

***

Impaling a vampire on his sword Ranma flung the sparkling body away as he slowly approached Yan who was still standing behind a row of vampires holding machine guns.

Ducking a swipe from a machete Ranma punched the offending vampire in the face, leaving the vampire's head at a ninety-degree angle to his body.

"Take a break."

With a ringing of metal Ranma blocked the overhead strike of an axe that came close to splitting his skull.

Holding the axe at bay with his sword hand Ranma rammed his fist into the chest of the vampire ripping out his beating heart.

Squeezing the pulsing muscle Ranma let the blood trickle across his fingers before taking a lick, which revealed his enlarged canines.

"*SLURP*"

"I could grow to like this taste."

Eyes widening in terror the impaled vampire reached into his impromptu open-heart surgery cavity in disbelief before fading into dust.

Whipping his Desert Eagle out Ranma aimed it his left as another group began their kamikaze run.

"*BLAM*!!!….BOOOM!!!"

The group of vampires to Ranma's left exploded in a hail of body parts as the HE rounds pierced their bodies reducing them to chunks of meat in the resulting explosion.

Smile growing Ranma began to chuckle as he took aim at the group of vampires to his right as he addressed them in a dark and menacing tone.

"…. do you know what 'nemesis' means? A righteous infliction of retribution: Manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an'orrible cunt. Me."

Backing away from Ranma the vampires decided it was the better part of valour to hope that Yan would decide to shoot Ranma instead of tackling him with only hand-to-hand weapons.

`Shit looks like the bastard's got more skill then I thought, not to mention a fuck'in mean streak.'

Growling at Ranma Yan took aim with his rifle. His action caused multiple red dots to appear all over Ranma's body as the vampires with guns followed suit.

"You should have submitted traitor, now you're going to die."

"Been there, done that."

Holstering his gun Ranma flung the katana at Yan like a javelin. The katana pierced Yan's chest and pinned him to the opposite wall.

"Arghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"

"Stick around."

Looking Yan in the eye again Ranma smiled as he caused a surge of power to ripple from his body in waves of darkness; distorting the light and causing it to warp around his body, making it so that the vampires couldn't use their target lasers to shoot at Ranma.

Dashing forward Ranma summoned his claws and began to slice away at the vampires reducing them to shreds and clumps of dust.

"K…kill…HIM!!!! AHHHHH!!!!"

"*ZAAAAP*!!!"

Trying to remove the sword from his chest Yan grasped it only to be shocked as arcs of black lightning jumped from the blade and entered his body.

Rolling on the ground Ranma prepared to fire with his Desert Eagle only to get caught in the arm by a lucky round from the vampires who were relying on their less then adequate skills. None the less the round sent Ranma spinning back to the ground grasping his arm in pain.

Looking up from his position on the floor Ranma saw the beads of light slowly come over his body as his control over his power wavered and the distortion field dropped.

"I'll be back."

Feeling the first bullet impact with his chest one thought echoed in his mind as Ranma succumbed to the pain and beckoning darkness.

`Now this is going to hurt.'

"SARGE!!!!!!"

***

"SARGE!!!!"

Banging their fists against the barrier the knights screamed in anger as they watched the bullets from the vampires tear into Ranma staining his clothes a deep blood red.

The shear number of bullets caused Ranma's body to jerk around as if he was a marionette and a child was learning for the first time to control one.

As if adding insult to injury the vampires kept on firing at Ranma's body as his arms and legs were severed and a growing cavity in his chest was created, which sent spurts of blood into the air as the bullets hit the soft tissue and vital organs.

Amazingly Ranma's face stayed relatively unharmed in the conflagration of bullets. Eyes brimming which held back tears Andy saw the smirk that was forever on Ranma's face disappear as a vampire with a shot gun got creative and decapitated Ranma with a solid round shell.

Turning away from the bloodbath Andy saw the new wave of vampires emerging tentatively from the trapdoor.

Screaming in fury Andy picked up Smith's forgotten M-60 and charged forward blasting away at the vampires sending bodies flying into the air from the force and number of bullets coming from the gun.

"Die mother fuckers!!!! This is for the SARGE!!!!"

Joining Andy the rest of the knights picked up their respective weapons and began to march down the hallway sending a curtain of death to greet the vampires causing them to retreat back down the trapdoor.

In their rush they left it open, which the knights utilized by blasting off hands that attempted to reach up and close the door.

Yelling over his shoulder Smith limped onwards while gesturing to Riley to go back.

"Riley don't forget our goodbye present!!!"

Running back down to their previous position Riley went around to all the backpacks the knights left behind and activated an electronic receiver.

Returning to the trapdoor where the knights were positioned Riley saw the knights shove their barrels into the darkness and fire for a few moment before Yoshida rolled a grenade into it and waited for its detonation before entering with the rest of the knights.

Pumping his automatic shotgun, having given Smith back his M-60 after the man threatened to castrate him Andy turned to Riley before he jumped into the hole.

"Damn fuckers are gonna pay."

"Amen to that brother."

Glancing one last time at the barrier that saved their lives Riley saw the vampires still firing into Ranma's body as if his current state wasn't dead enough for the fuckers.

***

Jumping into the darkened corridor Andy heard Yoshida's distinctive voice bitching and Smith's deep baritone replying to his friends comment.

"I can't see a goddamn thing."

"Quit griping!"

"I like griping."

Shaking his head at their antics the smile left his face as Andy felt a pang of sadness for Ranma's demise.

As he activated his night vision Andy once again took charge of the situation.

"Yoshida turn on your night vision like everyone else. Remember knights we still have a mission to complete.

That is to exterminate all the vampires in this compound, since Sarge put up that barrier back there we're gonna have to go around it like the vampires did.

I want to do this quick and clean knights, killing as many of the fuckers as possible before we fall back and blow the shit out of this place."

"Umm corporal why don't we just blow the shit out this place in the first place."

"We have to ensure that Yan Valentine is dead, he is the objective of this mission. Since the sergeant…. failed in his mission we're going to have to accomplish his task before EVAC. Got that?"

"Yes Corporal!!!"

"Move out, INTEL said that there were sightings of those new vamps within the location of this night club so be prepared to waste the slack jawed fuckers."

***

Opening his eyes Ranma saw that he was adrift again in the familiar darkness of the void.

`That hurt…oh well where's the exit. Master always did say I'd grow used to dyeing…. but fuck it hurts.'

Floating towards the proverbial spec of light Ranma began to speed up until he ran smack dab into a solid object.

Looking up at the figure of a well-toned man wearing a golden cape with matching golden bracers. Ranma got into battle stance while instinctively reaching for the Sword of Truth, which wasn't strapped to his back.

[Who are you?]

[I am Richard Rahl warmage and Ruler of the D'Haran Empire…or was until a few millennia ago when I died and became a spirit.]

[Oh…. would you mind allowing me through I have to come back to life to kick some vampire ass.]

Attempting to float past the spirit Ranma once again came face to face with the imposing man.

[Stay a moment and learn.]

Hovering back a few paces Ranma crossed his arms and relaxed sensing the honesty of the spirit which had found him floating in the void of death.

[I am listening.]

Years of tutelage under Alucard and Integra had taught Ranma to listen before speaking; which had allowed Ranma to learn that sometimes information was ammunition in war.

[The purpose of my visit to you Ranma is that you must learn of the threat your world is under and your true meaning for existence.

Let me tell you a story of a battle eons ago when magic freely roamed one world. My grandfather Zed separated the known world into three lands: Westland, which was free of all magic; the Midlands, which had aspects of magic and D'Hara, which was dominated by a rival family of wizards who believed that those with magic had a divine right to rule over all.]

Conjuring an image Richard began to show a representation of a fertile world full of humans living in coexistence with dragons and other creatures of magic.

[Over time my true father Darken Rahl master of D'Hara removed these barriers and sought to rule the world through his perverse magic.

The forces of good rallied against Darken Rahl, which resulted in me taking his place as ruler of D'Hara, even though the battle was won the true war still waged on between the forces of the Keeper and the forces of light fighting on behalf of the Creator.

The Old World that was separated from the New World by the ancient wizards began its invasion through the Blood of the Fold with Emperor Jagang at its head.

I learned of Jagang's pack with the Keeper to bring all souls to his domain in return for control of the living world. The keeper seeks to enter your world because the souls that perish in your domain enter the Creator's light immediately.

The world of magic acts as a barrier preventing souls falling into darkness. Envious of this the Keeper seeks to bring death and destruction to the two worlds and fill his domain with the souls of the dammed.]

Changing the moving image Richard showed one world separating into two distinctive planets.

[Utilising the powers I had available to me I separated the influence of magic from your world into another dimension where those with magic could properly fight against the Keeper's minions and contain the Keeper's threat only to their world. In essence there are four plains of existence; the domain of the Creator's; the world of no magic Earth, the world of magic, which is the barrier and the Keeper's domain.

Over the eons magic has been returning to your world in the form of curses and minor spells. This has occurred because the barrier, which separated the two worlds, has been weakening because of the descendants of Jagang sending agents into your world through small gaps, which I could not block.

These agents used their magic to weaken the barrier from your side. Agents come in the shape of demons and monsters of all kinds or in the form of humans who were purely evil and sought the death of all life.]

Changing the image again Richard showed a battle being waged by vampires wearing a stylised R as an insignia over their heart combating demonic vampires dressed in human bones wearing human skin as clothes.

[Ranma I created Vampires as constructs of subtractive and constructive magic used to hunt these agents but the enemy side created vampires of their own to destroy the image of my hunters in the eyes of man, which resulted in their genocide until only a handful remained of the hundreds I sent to your world.

Vampires have the unique ability to enter and exit the void where souls wonder before either entering the darkness of the Keeper or light of the Creator. A truevampire can only ever truly die when his or her soul has been destroyed.

Your master Alucard is one of the original I sent into your domain after I created the two worlds. I did not send these agents blindly for I also sent members of my family to protect your world from the darkness and command the vampires through the bond my ancestor Panis Rahl created to protect his nation from the evil of the Keeper.]

Warping the image Richard displayed the image of Integra along with other vampire hunting allies Ranma had gained over his years of travel with Alucard.

[My descendents on your world come in the form of Integra Hellsing Wingates and the Vampire Hunting families throughout the world who hunt the Keeper's vampires and work with my vampires to hunt agents.

I know you are wondering why vampires need blood to survive; the truth is that every living being contains a portion of magic in their lifeblood. Vampires need this blood to support their existence in your world otherwise they would return to the world of magic; since there isn't enough ambient magic to support their presence on your world they need the magic in the lifeblood of humans.

But since magic has been returning through the recombining of the two worlds a vampire will not require as much blood to maintain their presence. It is only the evil vampires who drain the masses, a life doesn't have to be taken in order for a vampire to survive; only a small portion of blood is needed to last a few days.

You are my descendent Ranma; in every essence Integra is your mother. Somehow when you formed the bond with Alucard and transferred blood the portion of my blood, which I infused into all of my hunters became active when it entered your body.

You are my descendent and have inherited both magics and you are the wielder of the Sword of Truth, which I sent to your world to be used to protect the barrier.

I burden you with the task of protecting your world from the forces of darkness; find the agents and destroy them before the barrier is brought down and our worlds reunite…. it would lead to the destruction of everything you know of. Against magic your people would be helpless against the hordes of the Old World; I am afraid should that happen the soldiers of the D'Haran Empire would only be able to protect a small portion of your population.

Find the agent Ranma and bring hope to your world, stop the reuniting. May the light of the creator shine on your battles. Farewell my great great great grandson my time with you is up and the good spirits beckon me to return to my place amongst them.]

Watching Richard fade away into motes of light Ranma reached out towards the man as his voice echoed in the void.

[You'll need these Ranma… good luck.]

Feeling a weight on his arms Ranma looked down and saw the bracers, which had adorned Richard's wrists before now encircled around his own.

[Protect your world at any cost….]

[With my life.]

With a steady resolve Ranma began his journey towards the spec of light, which was shining brighter than ever.

***

Trudging down the corridor the Andy waved his arm back and forth signalling a halt.

Coming from the end of the group Smith and Yoshida came up next to Andy.

"What's up Andy?"

Pointing down towards the end of the corridor Andy replied.

"I though I heard movement down there."

"What do ya think we should do?"

Raising his gun Andy took aim down the corridor as a smirk came to his features.

"Remember what the Sarge used to say: When in doubt shoot everybody."

"Amen to that."

"*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!!!*"

Sending a salvo of bullets into the darkness the knights grinned at each other as they heard the wails of dieing vampires.

"Hehehe gotta love it….ummm Nilson what's wrong?"

Turning from the whitening face of Andy to gaze down the corridor Smith saw a figure stepping out of the dust kicked up by the bullets.

"Fuck it's Luke Valentine, he wasn't supposed to be here."

Stopping in midstep the Valentine brother raised his arms into the air.

"Hahahaha now you will know why you are afraid of the dark. Now you learn why you fear the night. Kill them all my pets."

Heart pounding Smith watched in horror as the new type of vampires began to appear around the knights grabbing members and tearing them apart with their claws.

Firing blindly into the walls Hudson began to scream aloud.

"They're coming out of the walls! They're coming outta the goddamn walls!!!!"

Firing a burst at a charging vampire Andy tapped his headset to address the surrounded knights.

"Remember: short, controlled bursts."

Watching as Riley cut loose with his Vulcan as another knight was disembowelled Andy pumped his automatic shotgun.

"Your right fuck that!!!"

"*BAM BAM BAM!!!!"

Demonstrating the effectiveness of an automatic shotgun at close quarters Andy decimated the growling vampires decapitating heads with every sweep of the menacing weapon.

"Make sure you take these fuckers heads off otherwise they'll keep on coming."

Unleashing a burst from his M-60 Smith dropped into his firing stance and held his finger down while aiming at Luke gouging large chunk of flesh from the vampire.

"Hahahahaha!!! Do you think such petty weapons will stop a true vampire like me? Hahahaha."

Stopping his salvo Smith saw the vampire regenerate its wounds immediately while sending more of the new type of vampires forward from behind him.

"I think we're in some deep shit guys."

"*BLAM*!!!"

"No SHIT Smith!!!"

"Eat this!!!"

Rolling out of a swipe by a vampire Yoshida rammed the barrel of his OICW into the vampire's mouth and fired causing its face to explode like a pumpkin with a firecracker inside it.

Running out of ammunition Andy dropped his shotgun and drew his combat knife.

"Hahahaha you are all going to die down here."

"Never mother fucker!!!!!!"

Knife held high Andy charged at Luke Valentine, surprisingly he got past the vampires who ignored his charge.

"ANDY NOOOO!!!"

Seeing Andy's mad charge Yoshida and Smith began to fire suppressing rounds into the vampires while they too charged after Andy which in turn caused the fighting knights to dash forward while firing at the vampires surrounding them.

Ramming his knife into Luke's heart Andy glared into the vampire's eyes.

"Die motherfucker."

"Your life is mine."

Grasping Andy by the neck Luke began to choke the life out of Andy as his knife still protruded from his chest.

Holding Andy in the air Luke turned to the suddenly silent corridor as a deep and menacing voice reverberated down off its walls.

"I wouldn't suggest that."

***

10 minutes ago…

After numerous electrocutions Yan had managed to remove the accursed katana from his chest.

Standing over the decimated body of Ranma Yan began to prod the mess of blood and chunks of meat.

"I guess he isn't going to be coming back anytime soon…hahahaha."

Chuckling along with their leader the surrounding vampires lowered their weapons seeing no threat since the knights had evacuated the other side of the barrier.

"I wonder what his blood tastes like?"

Bending down Yan used his free hand to scoop a handful of Ranma's blood while taking a sip.

"Hmmmm he was right vampire blood doesn't taste so bad…. cough…urk."

A disembodied voice filled the room as the bloodied part of Ranma suddenly turned into blood and began to enter Yan's mouth in a stream of gore.

"Remember, Yan, when I promised to kill you last… I lied."

"Noooooo ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!…. gurgle."

A bulge suddenly appeared in Yan's chest, which was followed by successive impacts that eventually led to a gloved hand erupting from Yan's chest as his rib cage exploded showering the vampires in Yan's blood.

Falling over Yan's last sight was filled with a column of blood rising from his body, which exploded to reveal Ranma in his white Chinese outfit.

"Gasp…. how?"

Glaring down at the gasping vampire Ranma's smirk returned to his face.

"Heaven won't take me and hell's afraid I'll take over, so I got sent back."

Dissolving into motes of light Yan left Ranma standing in a pool of blood with Blood's katana in his hand.

"So who's next?"

Stepping away from Ranma the vampires began to back away while raising their weapons.

"What no volunteers….I guess I'll have to choose for myself."

Holding his free hand towards the imbedded Sword of Truth Ranma beckoned it with his power, calling it back to its master.

Ripping itself out of the ground the Sword flew into Ranma's hand dissipating the barrier.

With a sword in each hand Ranma could feel the blood rage, the call for death and vengeance.

Eyes gleaming gold Ranma summoned the lightning that arced across his body and wrapped around the two swords.

"I am the bringer of death."

Slashing at the rafters Ranma sent a wave of black energy which sent the vampires standing there crashing to the ground as the rafters exploded in a hail of splinters.

In an almost trance like state Ranma saw the slow motions of the vampires as they ever so slowly raised their weapons to fire. Heart pounding in his ear Ranma blurred out of existence to appear behind a group of vampires who immediately fell into chunks of meat.

`Nothing will stand in my way!!!'

Back flipping over a hale of bullets Ranma gave his rendition of a twister, only in this case the twister was filled with spinning blades. Tearing into the vampires sent shredded body parts into the air, which were soon followed by the sprays of blood.

If one could imagine what happens to a tomato after getting sucked into a turbine of a jet then one has the proper image of what happened to those unfortunate vampires.

Spinning to a stop Ranma surveyed his surroundings.

"This place got fucked up real fast."

Facing the frantic scrambling sound Ranma saw the last vampire attempting to crawl out of the room. Phasing into the shadows Ranma reappeared in front of the vampire who looked up at the hunter.

"I'm going to ask some questions, do you understand me."

Nodding his head frantically while gripping a shotgun to his chest the vampire suddenly realised what he was holding and flung it away as if it was holy water.

"Good cause if you hold back anything, I'll kill ya. If you bend the truth, or I think you're bending the truth, I'll kill ya. If you forget anything, I'll kill ya. In fact, you're going to have to work very hard to stay alive. Now do you understand everything I've said? Because if you don't, I'll kill ya!"

Wetting his pants the vampire nodded his head again.

`Oh shit I hope he doesn't realise it was me that blew his head off….'

"How did you know we were coming tonight."

"Yan left some false information at the gym."

Boring his eyes into that vampire's Ranma assessed the truth of his statement.

"Who is Yan's and Luke's master."

"I..I…don't know…but I do know he is coming here sooner or later."

"You better not be lying to me."

"I swear it, I swear it."

"Good enough…what are those new vampires."

"Yan calls them Reavers that's all I know asides from them being Luke's minions."

"Where is Luke right now."

Gulping the vampire began to sweat.

"Luke's downstairs with the Reavers killing your men."

Growling Ranma took out his Desert Eagle and aimed it at the vampire's head.

"Hey I cooperated you said you wouldn't kill me.."

Mimicking Alucard's smirk Ranma held his aim.

"So I did…this is for shooting me in the head. Don't worry I'm not going to shoot you between the eyes! I'm going to shoot you between the balls!"

Scrambling away the vampire saw the gun's aim drop to between his legs.

"*CLICK*"

"*Whimper*"

"*BLAM*"

Standing over the whimpering vampire Ranma picked him up and impaled him on a coat rack next to the door, above the knight's bags.

"Hang around for the fireworks."

***

Upon entering the darkened corridor Ranma immediately saw the bodies of Reavers laying next to fallen knights with the occasional pile of dust littering the floor.

`Damn…. I hope some of them survived further down the corridor.'

Walking further down Ranma came to the backs of some reavers apparently waiting their turn to charge at the knights whom he could hear firing at the attacking vampires.

Drawing the two katanas Ranma leapt into the fray of unsuspecting reavers decapitating and dismembering in a whirl of silent death.

Stepping over the now dead reavers Ranma saw the haunted looks of the rear guard warily holding their aim at Ranma as he approached.

***

Watching the silent approach of Ranma Bennet cocked his rifle aiming it at Ranma's chest.

"Hey, hey, it's me!"

Holding his arms up in a gesture of peace Ranma stopped in his tracks.

"Prove it."

"You're a dick."

Lowering his rifle Bennet gave Ranma a tight hug.

"Okay I believe ya…I've got to tell the guys you're alive Sarge."

"Go ahead."

Beginning to walk down the corridor Ranma heard the scream of Smith and Yoshida and their resounding hail of fire.

"ANDY NOOOOO!!!!"

***

Coming closer to the shooting Ranma saw Luke Valentine holding Andy in the air by his neck.

"Your life is mine."

Raising his Desert Eagle Ranma growled out loud.

"I wouldn't suggest that."

Staring shocked at Ranma's appearance Luke dropped Andy who rolled away under the covering fire of Smith and Yoshida who prevented the reavers from taking a hold of Andy.

"I thought you were dead!"

"Yeah, I get that a lot."

Pulling the reavers back Luke glared at Ranma.

"What did you do to Yan."

Shrugging his shoulders Ranma loaded a new magazine into the Desert Eagle.

"He couldn't contain himself."

"Bastard!!!"

"Who's your master."

"Over my dead body."

"*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!"

Blowing off Luke's left leg at the kneecap Ranma proceeded to fire repeatedly blowing off Luke's right arm and the rest of his left leg.

"If that's the way you want it."

Holding his intestines in while balancing on one leg Luke addressed the reavers.

"Wha…what are you waiting for kill him."

Rushing forward the remaining reavers ignored their limbs that were blown away by the knights in their rush to get to Ranma.

Swiping his hand in a wide arc Ranma caused a sparkling storm of lighting to spread towards the vampires reducing them to charcoal in the haze of electrically charged negative energy.

Calling the lightning storm to a stop Ranma approached the pale looking Luke as a pool of blood gathered around his feet.

"Why am I not regenerating?"

Bending close so that only Luke could hear him Ranma whispered into his ear.

"Because you're only an imitation vampire and those bullets I used have been infused with my power."

"Wha…wh…. what are you?"

"Your worst nightmare."

Driving the Sword of Truth into Luke's head Ranma sent a bolt of lighting down the blade, which vaporize Luke's head in a shower of bone and brain.

"Sarge you're alive."

"Glad to see you noticed that Andy, police the bodies of our men and get them out of here. Let's go home."

"We hear you Sarge."

***

Hanging from his position next to the doorway the vampire looked down as the bags as they gave off a loud synchronised beep.

"Mommy."

Whimpering at the injustice the vampire was enveloped in the flames of the explosion that reduced the nightclub into a flaming ball resembling a small nuclear explosion.

***

The next day…

"Well done Sergeant, it appears you have put an end to the threat in the Nerima ward."

Standing next to the RAVEN Ranma looked down at the letters addressed to the families of the knights who had died in the past two days of fighting the reavers and Valentine brothers.

"No it wasn't a victory Captain Hiro, I lost too many good men. It was a costly lesson where I learned that men can die in war just as well as the vampires can."

"Sergeant war is hell. Here are your new orders: Your platoon will be stationed in the Nerima ward for the next few months. Sir Integra wants your men to be on the look out for the supposed Master of the Valentine brothers."

"What are we supposed to do sir until the Master arrives?"

"Tell the men to consider it a short holiday, two sections can be off duty while one has to be on duty at all times. I called back the reinforcements from the other two platoons since you already had the JSSDF and the support crew arriving there later on today. For now keep yourselves occupied."

"We'll do the best we can to keep ourselves occupied sir."

"Very well sergeant, carryon."

"Yes sir. Ranma out."

Sitting back down Ranma surveyed the letters in front of him.

"You did well last night sergeant."

Looking up Ranma saw Captain Shigeru standing over him.

"Yes but at what cost… I heard you lost some men yourself sir."

"That I did. I lost thirteen good men stopping those reavers from escaping. Unlike you I recognise their deaths as having purpose. They helped to save the lives of the people who otherwise would have been helpless against them."

Staring once again at the letters Ranma looked at them in a new light. As he finally understood that these men really did believe in what they fought for and were willing to die for it.

"I think I understand captain."

"That is all I wanted to hear sergeant."

Slumping into his chair Ranma gazed at the ceiling fans of the gym as Captain Shigeru went to the wounded section of the gym to look over the men.

"I need a vacation."

***

The End… for now

Author's notes:

Hope you enjoyed another episode of this ever-growing series. Concerning the match-ups it appears a lot of you changed your votes from just one character in favour of the Celes + Kasumi/Mara + Miyu + Kiima +Shampoo multiple pairing…. I guess this fic may turn out into a gigolo Ranma with a harem of women…. I wonder how I should approach it…. any hows I'll keep the poles open until I get back. ^_^

I've also made a poll on Delphi if anyone wants to easily vote instead of mailing me.

I'd also like to know how many people either want me to take the Sailor Senshi seriously or just pick on them.

On a final note like to send out a big thankyou to all you people who've been sending quotes, match-ups and ideas for the plot. I hope you saw your contribution to this fic in this chapter and the previous chapters.

Current Poll for Match-ups:

Celas - 13

Kasumi/Mara - 12

Miyu - 10

Kiima - 8

Shampoo - 7

Nabiki - 6

Ukyo - 6

Hinako - 3

Celes + Kasumi/Mara + Miyu- 33

Ranma girls (Minus Akane and Kodachi) - 5

Any others I forgot?

The following match-ups are for characters I haven't decided whether to write into the plot….yet.

All the Sailor Scouts - 8

Misato + Ritsuko + Maya - 5

Asuka + Rei - 3

Review away fanfic readers.

Readers' favourite quotes:

[From Chapter 1, Rifle range]

Andy: "Ranma you do not use an M-60 to shoot rabbits…have you ever heard of the word overkill?….. ummmm Ranma put the M-90 down…Ranma…RANMA!!!!"

[From Chapter 2 After Ranma and Blade had killed all the vampires]

Ranma: "By chance did you and master have the same tailor?"

Blade: "Huh?"

Ranma: "Well it's just that you two have matching outfits, come to think of it it's almost scary."

Blade: "…"

[From Chapter 2 Combat Training]

Smith: "Fuck Ranma you're only looking forward to it cause your gonna beat the shit out the whole company just for the shit's and giggles you'll get."

Ranma stopped his quick clean of his Hellsing Issue Desert Eagle to raise an eyebrow at Smith.

Ranma: "Aaaaand?"

Army of Darkness Quote:

[Ranma addressing Akane]

Ranma: "Alright, you primitive screwhead, listen up: THIS... is my BOOM STICK!"

Paalam

Shinzuru

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