cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex jwessels@cse.unl.edu Disclaimer - This crossover story is not for profit. All characters within are property of their respective owners. Please don't sue me, you won't get anything out of it since I'm but a poor college student. Background - I'm doing this just on a whim. It's my first fanfic, and with BFP close to being released with new characters, I thought I would give them personalities (well, what I thought they should have), and even give them something interesting to do. What could be more interesting than seeing these new characters from BFP, an imaginary character of my own, and the Ranma, Sailor Moon, Slayers and Project A-Ko crews mixing it up? ^_^ If you have any input you would like to add, proofreading skills, or corrections, feel free to email me at jwessels@cse.unl.edu. Now, on with the fanfic. ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1 - Disappearances ######## IN ANOTHER GALAXY, IN ANOTHER TIME ############## "Activate the generator. It's time to get this started." replied the computer. "Now to sit back and wait for our guests. Let's hope who ever arrives are strong enough to survive what I have planned." ######## FURINKAN HIGH SCHOOL ############ Ryoga - "Ranma! The day has finally arrived that you pay for what you have done to me! Akane will be free from your treachery." The lost boy stood in a ready pose, with his umbrella pointed at the pigtailed martial artist. A crater was in the ground between the two fighters, a signature of Ryoga's initial breaking point entrance against Ranma. Kuno, standing on the other side of the school grounds, makes his announcement. "Ranma, it is time to meet your doom. By suggestion of a wise elder, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High has joined forces with Ryoga to end your-" Ranma cuts in. "Cool it Kuno. Akane is not interested in your crazy poetry, and definitely not you." Ranma then thought to himself. 'Looks like this may be more difficult than I thought. I can take on one of them no problem, but both at the same time will be difficult. Who is the elder? I'm betting it would be that old goule, which means Akane may be in danger.' A scream rang through the air, and Ranma leaped to the top of the building in the direction of what sounded like Nabiki. Ryoga and Kuno somehow expected the scream and leaped after Ranma. Kuno, not being as good a leaper as the other two, slammed into the wall and made another perfect example of the 'Kuno body impression'. "Ranma! You won't escape me that easily!" "Stop coward and face the wrath of Kuno!" Ranma quickly made his way over to where the scream originated. When he arrived, Nabiki was out cold, face down in the dirt, a victim of Shampoo's bombari. Akane was trying her best to stay in one piece and backed up against a wall. Completely forgetting his pursuers, Ranma jumped down to the battle and laid two swift kicks to a surprised Shampoo, disarming her. "Ranma!" pronounced Shampoo after recovering, and proceeded to perform her signature attack, the Amazon Glump. Unfortunately, this brought about a mallet to crush both glumper and glumpee, creating a second crater. "I can't believe you Ranma! Even while I'm being attacked, you have nothing better to do than pursue... arggg. I'm just plain disgusted with you." Turning, she rushed to Nabiki's side. Ryoga then spoke up from the top of Furinkan High, surprised he hadn't gotten lost following the sound of the commotion. "How dare you upset Akane, Ranma. Prepare yourself!" At that, Ryoga began concentrating on what Ranma has done to his love, eminated a dark green aura. 'How dare he do this to Akane. He will pay!' Ranma, was up and knew what was about to happen. Shampoo on the other hand, was still head first in the dirt, and just starting to stir, having not much experience recovering from such types of mallet attacks. Ranma's battle aura began to glow in antipation of what was about to happen. Ryoga didn't notice Akane was behind him on the ground with Nabiki, and if this attack got through, all three girls would be done for. He had to stand his ground. "Take this Ranma! Shishi Hokodan!" "Moko Takabisha!" "Now face the wrath of Blue Thun-" The two ki blasts collided, with Kuno caught right at the collision point. It was during his usual mindless speeches where the mysterious lightening occurs. No lightening occurred, no explosion happened. Just a bright flash and electric sparked arms that reached out and touched all six present. As quickly as it occurred, it ended. Just a gentle breeze blowing through the empty back school yard to fill the void where Kuno, Nabiki, Ranma, Ryoga, Shampoo, and Akane once were. ######## OUTSIDE HARAD VILLAGE IN THE FOREST ######### Lina was even more determined to get rid of this group of bandits. Not only did they have a large group of golems, signaling they had a magic user among them, but with this much resistance being put up meant they had a good stash to guard. Bandits, with a large stash, no matter how strong they were, were not safe with Lina around. "Gourry! Hurry up with that group! I need some cover for a bit to finish off the main force." Grumbling under her breath, 'and hopefully that amateur wizard.' Lina was getting frustrated. The battle was taking longer than it should, and these golems were immune to fire spells - rendering useless her favorite selection of spells. Worst of all, they were very vulnerable to ice spells and Naga's laugh was getting worst minute by minute. Even that seemed to kill off a few of the golem, compounding the problem further. "OK. Coming!" He made two slashes, crumbling the four golems before him to dust. Taking a ready stance in front of Lina, he assessed the situation (or was he just confused where to go?), and charged the group in front of him. Lina shook her head, and then started the chanting to end the battle once and for all. "Darkness beyond all twilight. Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess." "DRAGON SLAVE!" At that, Gourry and Naga ran, flew, tripped, and ducked for cover away from the impact zone. Lina's attack screemed forward toward the golems, but nothing happened. Lina's mouth hung open in shock, this had never happened before. The calm didn't last much longer however. Where the initial impact should have occurred, light shot out in all directions. Each shaft of light that went out touched either a bandit, golem, wizard, sorceress, or swordsman. As each was touched, a sonic boom was heard where the air rushed in to fill the vacuum. What was left after the light show was a cave with treasure, and no one to claim it. ######## GRAVITON CITY ################### B-Ko stood by the front gate expecting her soon to be defeated archrival to appear. She wasn't disappointed. Letting out a sigh, A-Ko walked calmly up to B-Ko. C-Ko went over to a bush and investigated something glimmering. Shaking her head, A-Ko put her hand on her adversary's shoulder. "B-Ko, will you please give it up? We have been going at this for over a year and I'm not sure how long I can take it. It's getting to be rather annoying." B-Ko - "Ho ho ho! So A-Ko is starting to wear down. No matter though, I still believe even if you were at your best ten times over I would defeat you. Behold A-Ko, my greatest creation, Hyaksa Star 8000." A shimmer blinked in the sky. An object was seen descending at a rapid rate. It bore the same resemblance to B-Ko's other creations, egg shaped, blue paint, and a white head. It's four arms were about 15 feet long, each holding a weapon resembling something out of the medieval period. What caught A-Ko's eye was the center of the egg body - a glowing sphere crackling with energy. After jetting to stop, it heavily landed on the ground behind B-Ko, sending pavement pieces into the air around its feet. A-Ko - "OK. Move out of my way B-Ko, I want to get to class at least only 5 minutes late, instead of the usual 6. OK?" B-Ko ground her teeth at that rude comment. Her quest to reclaim C-Ko was not something to be taken lightly. "Very well then. Prepare yourself." Stepping aside, she called out. "Hyaksa Star 8000, attack!" To A-Ko's dismay, this robot actually reacted before she got a chance to run through it. The energy sphere flashed and the robot disappeared - only to reappear behind A-Ko. A-Ko, sensing the rush of air behind her, turned in time to grab the two weapons coming down. As she was grappling the unusually strong robot, B-Ko spoke. "Now you see what my creation can do. A crystal sample from a comet outside the solar system was discovered in one of the cracks of that spaceship. It has special energy properties, properties that will free C-Ko from your grasp!" In the middle of all this, Miss Ayumi had walked out with Mari. "Katibuki-san! What are you doing out here with B-Ko and A-Ko! Get back to claaa - WHAT IS THAT!" The energy sphere then began glowing. A-Ko's eyes grew large and knew this was going to hurt. She ripped the arms of the robot she was holding, and threw them to the side. A beam shot out from the sphere. A-Ko put her arms up in a cross block at the exact moment it hit. The resulting explosion grew, expanded, and after the dust settled there were four fewer students and one teacher present at Graviton High. ######## MASAKI HOUSE #################### "Tenchi... Ayeka started it... believe me?" Ryoko put on her best face. The dinner Sasami had prepared was all over the wall, and the young cook was looking like she about to cry. 'It doesn't look good', Ryoko thought. 'Tenchi doesn't mind if I pick on Ayeka, well, most of the time, but when her little sister was caught up in it, Tenchi's reaction was not as predictable.' "Ryoko! Ayeka! Clean up this mess! Sasami, Mihoshi, and I are going outside. When I get back, I expect this to be clean." "Yes Tenchi," said the two, looking as sorry and cute as possible. As soon as Tenchi left, the two turned toward each other and got into their fighting stances - as well as Ayeka could in her kamino. Ayeka summoned her logs around her and Ryoko quickly hovered to the ceiling, ready to dish out some energy blasts. Ayeka started, "You know, it would be much quieter around here if you would not keep pestering Lord Tenchi all the time. Seeing you draped all over him like that is simply unbearable. A space pirate like-" Ryoko broke in, "Can it prissy. Tenchi and I were destiny. This mess wouldn't have happened if you didn't run over us while we were just starting to get to know each other." "Why you!" The logs started to edge closer around Ryoko, who quickly phased in and around the house. Ayeka followed and attempted to capture the elusive pirate. Just as the fire works started with Ryoko slamming her energy sword against Ayeka's shield, Tenchi, Mihoshi, Sasami, and Washu walked in. Unlike previous occurrences of this same scene, the focal point of the two energy attacks started shooting out electric lightening bolts, being drawn closer to everyone in the room. Ayeka and Ryoko, being the closest, disappeared almost instantly, but the energy focus still existed, seeking out everyone. "Cover! It's a dimensional energy rift! It will pull you-" Washu was gone. The others didn't have time to react, with only a half second between Washu's and their disappearances. After Sasami was zapped into the rift, the focal point died out, and the house was quiet. "Meow?" Ryoki phased through the door just after the energy rift was gone. She knew something was wrong, but didn't know exactly what to do, and began to search the house. ######## CAPSULE CORP HEADQUARTERS ####### "That hit the spot Bulma! Thanks for having us over for dinner." Goku leaned back and let a large belch escape. "No problem Goku. It was the least I could do to thank you for helping Gramps with his project," replied Bulma. "Well, where else are you going to find a willing candidate that will wor-", just then Vegeta walked in grumbling something about saiyan pride. "Hi Vegeta!" "Quiet Kakarot! I don't need to hear a word from you, especially after I heard you willingly subjected yourself to a series of degrading tests." "Ahh, Vegeta. It's not so bad. Dr.Briefs needed a pure saiyan for his experiment, and since you blew up the lab the first time, he thought I would be safer to work with." After that answer, Goku noticed Vegeta was even more on edge, and feeling a little energetic himself, decided to gode him on. A little sparring practice would be just the thing right now for both of them. "Besides Vegeta, he needed the best to work with." This did the trick, and Vegeta's power level started to rapidly climb, soon, he was at almost at the point to go to super saiyajin. "Care to back that up Kakarot? I'll see you outside." With a grunt, Vegeta blew a hole in the wall and flew out. Goku quickly devoured the rest of the dinner, and teleported to a point above headquarters. "Those two... I should have remembered to call the building maintenance before inviting Goku. It never fails we lose some wall or ceiling when he and Vegeta go at it." Bulma then exhaled a deep sigh and walked to the videophone. Concerned for the area, Goku began to head off to a deserted area outside of town. Vegeta, having fought with Kakarot so many times before, knew what he was doing, and followed. Upon reaching the wasteland, Goku powered up to super saiyijin and landed on a bluff. Vegeta did the same, landing on a cliff slightly higher than the one his counterpart was on. Thinking to himself this seemed familiar, Vegeta powered up and shot a medium ki blast forward, not wanting the fight to end too soon. Goku expected the shot and fired off one of his own. The explosion cleared a large area of the desert, leaving the two combatants examining each other in the air. The peace didn't last much longer, and they closed in for some hand to hand fighting. Although the fight wasn't at their full power, the energy being released caused devastating damage to the surrounding area. It also caught the attention of a third parties. #### ANDROMEDA GALAXY #### "Very well, make the modification. It will be good to have a different type of attack energy in my army." Meanwhile, in a wasteland, two compatants disappeared, leaving a very concerned Namekian looking over the area. ######## JUUBAN DISTRICT ##################### "What is Amy up to? I need my sleep! And they wonder why it's so hard getting up in the morning," grumbled a blond with two hair pigtails resembling Italian food. "You would be just as difficult to get up even if we didn't have this meeting. Besides, Amy must have discovered something really important to call another meeting two hours after the last one," replied the cat walking next to her. "I know, Luna... but why does it have to be now!?" cried Usagi, not surprised by the fact the cat just talked. Any other bystander would be shocked, but this wasn't your ordinary person. As they approached the gates to Rei's shrine, they saw Makoto waiting for them. She looked up and waved at the two walking toward her to hurry up. Seeing Luna and Usagi start to run, she turned and ran up to the regular meeting place. Everyone sat down at the table, with Usagi wishing she hadn't eaten all the cookies at the meeting just hours before. Amy started off, "Sorry about this everyone. A new energy spike occurred about an hour ago, and is growing stronger." "Where is this energy spike, and what do you think the negaverse is doing with it?" asked Rei. "Actually, I have no idea if it is the negaverse. After looking closer at the energy spike, it looks like it is about one hundred smaller spikes glumped into one. It also is headed to what appears a different time and universe. The signatures when you look at them through a subspace filter, well, looks like human bodies." With that, Amy brought out her computer and showed a fuzzy image, with numbers wizzing by showing different energy readings. "Think they could be a new method of attack by the negaverse to gain life energy?" asked Rei. "That's what I thought too. That's why I called you all here. If we are to act on this, we would need to do so within 20 minutes. My calculations show they will be too far to retrieve after that time. When I say retrieve, that is my plan. I want to open a subspace rift, pull as many as we can out, and try to save these people. If they aren't friendly, I'll need your help to deal with the problem." "Let's do it." proclaimed Usagi. Everyone looked over to their leader. "I mean, it wouldn't hurt. We can probably pull one or two through, and if they are unfriendly, not get any more." Rei yelled out in Usagi's ear. "Amy just said that! You take credit for other people's ideas than your own." Sniffling, Usagi defended herself, "Bbb.. but I'm just trying to help." Amy shook her head, "I already made the calculations, I just need a bit of a power boost from Sailor Moon to open the portal. Everyone transform and let's get to work." The group got up and went through their respective transformations. Eighteen minutes later... "We're almost there! Mars, fire your attack at the portal! It may finally open it up. Venus! Prepare to send your chain through to grab whoever is there. We don't have much time left, and may only have one chance to pull this off." Amy was getting anxious. If those were innocent people, they couldn't afford to lose this chance to save them. "MARS FIRE IGNITE!" The fire stream hit the location where Sailor Moon was aiming her energy at, which as hitting something invisible. A dark portal slowly started to open. It's edges blurred with the rest of reality, with the inside having a red crystalline glow. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars stopped their attack. Sailor Venus then went into action. "VENUS LOVEME CHAIN!" Her magic chain spun into the portal, while the rest of the group hoped they were in time. Pulling back on the chain, three individuals were pulled out. The portal then snapped shut, with all hope of retrieving any other survivors lost. Smoke was coming off of their charred clothing, but they didn't have any scorch marks on their bodies. All were unconscious. The first individual had purple, long, spiky hair. Holding her hair together was a bow with a red crab on it, with the same crab decoration on a bracelet on her hand. The second survivor was a male with black hair and a pigtail. He wore a red shirt with a dragon on the back, and dark pants. The final person they had saved was a young girl with blond hair. She had on a blue, white, and red school uniform with a plastic flower decoration in her hair. The sailor scouts looked at the odd bunch, and proceeded to take them inside to rest. It was going to be interesting when the three woke up, the scouts muttered to each other. They had no idea how right that assumption was. ######## ANDROMEDA GALAXY ################ A long chamber lined with casket shaped tubes hummed. At the end of the chamber, the door opened and Queen Kyah walked through. She smiled. The experiment was a huge success, she hoped. Original projections calculated only four energy beings would be able to activate the warp field. Now, she was faced with close to a hundred. Sure, most looked like rocks and not too efficient, but surely one of these other beings could control them. Given enough time, she may be able to enhance this wizard's strength. Magic was rare in this day and age, but what ever did still exist had been enhanced by ki energy using the latest technology. Other lesser beings lined the hall that looked like pirates of some sort, but didn't concern her. It was the success over the other fifteen or so beings that let a chuckle escape her. They had good readings in several energy areas, including magic. In an hour the dawn of a grand new age would begin, with these as her puppets, and her to train them. That traitor Gothax will wish he never crossed her, especially on their wedding day. Her other enemies wouldn't be far behind either. As she left the room, she failed to notice movement from one of the tubes. Ryoko thought to herself, looks like this lady didn't expect the best space pirate in the universe to come dropping in. Time status fields didn't effect her, especially after dealing with them so many times at the Galaxy Police brig. "Hehe... let's get this party started." cHaOs Energy Times Infinity BFP/Ranma/Tenchi/DBZ/Project A-Ko/Sailor Moon/Slayers Crossover-Fusion By Afroplex (jwessels@cse.unl.edu) http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer: The characters within are property of their respective owners. I am but a poor otaku college student, please don't sue me. This story is meant to give the BFP chars life, but to also be very entertaining for the fans of the other anime. You do not need to have any background in the BFP Universe, since this story provides everything. However, if you don't know any of the other anime's involved, you may feel lost. Now, on with chapter two. ----- CHAPTER 2 - Scramble ------------- ##### TIME STASIS CHAMBER - ON BOARD KYAH'S SPACE STATION ############### Ryoko saw their kidnapper disappear behind the closing doors, and went into action. Phasing out of her tube, she appeared in the middle of the room. 'Now to find Tenchi. I'm sure they would be after his powers... but what's with these others? And how in the universe did they find out about him in the first place?' Ryoko thought. Moving to one end of the long chamber, about a 100 meters in length, she began to inspect each chamber. Power units hummed in the background, but that was the only sound. Tens of tubes were on either side of the hallway, with a foot of space separating each of them. In each tube, you could see the top half of their sleeping occupants through the green tinted windows. The first sixty tubes contained some sort of rock monster. 'Getting them out of the time status fields would be simple, just reach in and phase them through the glass. Those don't look so tough, probably wouldn't last through a small energy blast.' It then changed to what looked like some pirates. 'Interesting, it might be fun to get some of the gold ole' times in with these guys. Wonder if they are any good.... but first to find Tenchi.' Next was her now empty tube, and then a few interesting individuals. A short flat chested red head, some girls in school clothes, two guys with the with punk hair but amazingly no coloring. 'Those guys need to get some fashion sense. If you are going for the look, do it right.' Next in line... Ayeka. 'She looked peaceful in her tube, just wait till the little hussy wakes up and all hell will break loose.' "Hey!" came a whisper suddenly from behind the tube to the right of Ayeka's, which just so contained Tenchi. Ryoko brought her energy sword out, but not wanting to hurt the tube (time status tubes weren't the healthiest thing to be in when damaged), she got into a defensive position. "Who are you and what do you want with us?" Ryoko demanded, but not in her usual yelling manner. The stranger was whispering, and her pirate instincts told her this individual may be of some assistance. A person sneaking around and whispering without attacking probably wasn't one of the kidnappers. He also probably had a reason not to announce his presence to the world. All the more reason to be careful. "I'm here to help you escape. Queen Kyah kidnapped you to fight in her army against her enemies. I'm a rouge, and not affiliated with either side. I just want to protect the innocent. My name is Komosauro." "Why don't you just come out. I don't trust you in the dark, you may have some sort of weapon." "I can't. There are pressure alarms built into the floor. If I touch the floor, it will set the alarm. I also don't wish to fly out, risking the energy alarms to go off. I'm surprised your sword and your flying hasn't set them off. You must have a different energy signature than anything studied in this galaxy." "Enough with the small talk... all right though... what do you suggest we do?" "I saw you phase out of your tube. It will make our job much easier. I want you to phase out as many as you can, and carry them out without touching the floor." replied Komosauro. "If we set the alarms, I'll blast our way out to my ship. It's cloaked and attached to the outer wall of the level above us. I don't wish to harm the other tubes, so blasting my way out through the walls is out of the question." "OK." Ryoko knew exactly who she would pick. Tenchi was first. Reaching in through the stasis tube's walls, she pulled her love through the glass. Komosauro let out a slight gasp. Apparently he wasn't used to seeing people pulled through solids. Tenchi was unconscious, so she put him over her shoulder. Now who was next... Ryoko knew it wasn't going to be Ayeka, or maybe not any female. They might try and latch onto Tenchi too. The two spiky haired punks looked like strong fighters, so she pulled out the taller one, slung him over her shoulder, and then pulled out the other. Having her hands full, she knew she couldn't get anymore out, and she was also a little off balance. "Let's go. I see no other way to get out than to fight through to the lower level, blow up the wall, and get to my ship. I'd like to ask you to phase us through the walls, but you have your hands full. Go to the door and prepare to follow me. I'm fast when I want too, just try to keep up." With that, Komosauro watched Ryoko make her way to the door, trying to stay afloat. He commented to himself that while she may have some good abilities, she wasn't much compared to some of the enemies he's fought. The taller black haired individual in a orange gi shifted in his slumber, causing his transportation some balance problems. Then she touched the floor. A high pitched alarm went off, and warning lights flashed all around. An electronic female voice then called out over the loudspeaker. "Intruders detected in time chamber 21. All security staff to alert. Repeat all security staf-" Komosauro blasted the speaker. "Shit. Well, let's rumble." Jumping out into the middle of the room, and powered up. Ryoko watched, shocked. The air stirred around him, bringing the stale air in the room swirling around him like a tornado. His energy started to grow, further attracting the dust and swirling the air like static electricity. Crossing his arms, he started to let out low yell. While the energy grew, his hair started to stand on end. As the power peaked, he let out a great burst of light. The energy within him changed his appearance, making his hair change a bright gold. A golden aura also surrounded him. Ryoko was, still speechless. Aside from Tenchi, she never felt an energy so strong. While Tenchi brought out the power of Tsunami when in great danger, this individual brought out the power through his own will. The floor buckled under the strain slightly, but thankfully didn't harm the other tubes - which would have caused instant death for it's occupant. The powering up ended, but the golden aura still remained, flickering around Komosauro. "I'll explain later. First we must get out of here before -she- arrives. I may be strong, but not enough to fight her one-on-one. Even if you helped, we wouldn't stand a chance. Now, follow me. My ship is a short distance away." Lifting his arm straight up, with palm flat, he fired a blast through the roof. Flying through hole, lined with red molten metal, he beckoned Ryoko with her luggage to follow. He blew another whole through the wall revealing small storage room. Komosauro clicked a button on his watch and pointed it at the far wall of the storage room. "I thought we were going to fight our way to the ship," asked Ryoko. "Change of plans. My ship should be here in a few seconds. After we escape the station, I can explain everything that has happened to you and your friends - and what will happen to the others that are left behind." "Good. I don't take kindly to being kidnapped and want answers," sneered Ryoko. A ring of molten metal started to appear on the wall. Sparks flew out, and then stopped. The ten centimeter metal slab that was in the center fell forward, revealing behind it the emptiness of space and a small red moon far below. "Stealth, I like. You must be loaded to have these toys." "Not really. While in your universe it may be just fledgling technology, here, it's really quite common." Giving a slight bow and gesturing toward the door. "Ladies first." She stepped through the doorway. Instead of being suspended in space, the air lock of a ship appeared, with the inside hatch opening to the main corridor of the shuttle. "Down the hallway to your right is the medical station. Put your friends in there and join me in the cockpit. We're getting out of here before they start scanning for cloaking energy." A short while later, they were traveling well past the speed of light with the first leg of their adventure behind them. ###### JUUBAN - REI'S SHRINE ######################################### "Look! The spiky one's starting to wake up!" Rei got up and walked over to the one with the weird hair. Hopefully she is friendly, and if someone is there to greet her kindly when she wakes, she may stay that way. "Oh... I hate it when I'm pulled through those things. Dimensional rifts aren't made for comfort travel." She held her right hand to her head in the traditional 'feels like a major hangover' way, and held her upper body up with the other arm. Amy leaned forward at this information. 'This stranger apparently knows something about what happened, and has had past experience with whatever they pulled her out of. Perhaps they can rescue the others yet and gain a useful ally at the same time.' The stranger then sat up and looked at the group of girls. `They don't look to dangerous. I better check though, looks can be deceiving. First to get some privacy to check on where and who these girls are.` "Do you have a restroom?" said Washu in her cute voice, sending out every cute ray she could muster. The sailor scouts face vaulted. Amy recovered first and stood up. "Uh.. sure. Follow me." "Thank you! You can call me Little Washuuu!" In the bathroom with some degree of privacy and away from the eyes of the girls, Washu activated her computer panel. Having it grafted into her DNA structure made it very convenient during these situations. She starts by scanning the immediate area. "Hmm... that's odd. There are some energy readings coming from each of the girls, plus a few subspace pockets are in the area. Of course... they had to have some kind of power to open a rift - more than what a conventional nuclear reactor can produce. There also seams to be the same type of energy readings coming from the boy." Analyzing the readings further, a thought came up. "What if..." A few key presses later. "YES! I'm such a genius! My theory of dimensional universe key lines is true! Let's see..." Punching a few buttons further. "That explains these dual memories. Now to confront the group. They seem friendly, and these memories, if true should explain who they are." Washu opened the door, only to be welcomed by the yell of the young man. "What have you done with Akane!? Answer me!" Ranma didn't like these situations. One second he was fighting Ryoga, the next he was in the yard of a Shinto shrine. However these people did it, they had to be good. Maybe even a match for the Amazon ghoul in the area of tricks. "Please calm down. We can explain-" "Let ME explain," cut in Washu. Slowly she held out her hand to shake, and walked calmly toward the young man. Ranma observed very closely, still in a defensive stance. Her motions were deliberate, with no hint of a hidden attack. The muscles were relaxed in her legs and arms. The same for her neck muscles, one of the more involuntary muscle areas to give the warning of betrayal. Finally, the most important reason for his decision, she looked him in the eye with a smile - just like Akane when she was cuutt... Shaking his head, 'That tomboy? Never.' He walked up to the strange haired woman and shook her hand firmly. "Hi, my name is Ranma Saotome. Sorry about this. Mind explaining what is going on?" "No problem. You can call me LITTLE WASHU!" The rest of the group tear dropped. Ranma shrugged, "Uhh.. ok." "I can explain most of what has happened and get you up to speed," Washu said. "Yes, I too would like to know what happened. You seem to know a lot about what we pulled you out of," butted in Amy. "Gladly. Nothing that the greatest scientific mind the universe can't handle! Let's all have a seat." After gathering around the fire, with Ranma leaning against one of the shrine's pillars, Washu began. "Here is what I know. A dimensional energy rift was opened when two of my friends were fighting. Their energy attacks collided. Someone outside of my universe used that energy to initiate the pull. The energy grabs on to specific types of energy signatures - usually what is created by life or magical powers. We were then on our way to the perpetrator's universe when you pulled us through. The same thing probably happened to you, right Ranma?" "Yes. There was an energy collision in a battle I was in. When they collided, some sort of lightening grabbed us. That was the last I knew of before waking up here. Is there any way to get back?" "Yes, but I'll need the dimensional headings that we were on before we were pulled out. Then I can figure out where to or from we were going," Washu replied. Amy spoke up, "I might be able to help with that. My computer kept readings on where you were before you arrived. However, I don't understand them. Perhaps you'll know what the readings mean." "Perfect! I'll take you up on the offer here in a bit. Before we go further, I have to talk about you." Sweeping her arm out to all the other scouts. "I detected some energy readings around you all, plus some subspace pockets. Am I right in assuming you used this energy to pull us out? It has to be a great deal of energy and heat to open the portal. Also, one more thought crossed my mind - this isn't your true forms is it?" All of the scout's mouths were wide open. How in the world could their secret be detected so easily - and this stranger found out after less than half an hour. A thought then struck them - so that's what she did in the bathroom. "Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. Mind transforming for me?" Ranma didn't have any idea what they were talking about. Perhaps they were cursed too? "Here goes." The troop stood up and pulled out their henshin rods. Ranma dismissed it as a magic trick, or they knew a little about Moose's art. The next part however was different. "Mercury Star Power Makeup!" "Mars Star Power Makeup!" "Venus Star Power Makeup!" "Jupiter Star Power Makeup!" "Moon Crystal Power Makeup!" Ranma was speechless. A burning feeling then started in the back of his mind. It had been itching there since he woke up, but now it started to effect the conscious side of his brain. It grew into a pain, washing over his mind like a tidal wave, implanting memories that weren't there. He then fell to his knees, clenching his head, trying to contain himself. He couldn't even concentrate enough to yell. The rest of the group noticed and rushed to his side. He looked to be in incredible pain. Then, it ended. They saw Ranma collapse forward, and was unconscious. Luna, who was hiding in the rafters observing, jumped down to examine him. She also observed a symbol on his forehead - the symbol of the sun. "Mercury, what happened?" "I don't know... my computer shows he is perfectly healthy - better than anyone I've seen." "I know." Washu walked forward and laid a blanket over Ranma. "He just adjusted to this universe. It appears he gained some new memories, and his mind was having trouble adjusting to the strain. He'll be ok. Also, he appears to have picked up some abilities similar to what you have." A collective "WHAT!?" then sounded. ############################## OUTSIDE JUUBAN ################# A warp rift opened. Stepping through, Sakana breathed in the fresh air. "Ah, feels good to be back in natural air again. That space station was getting too stifling for me." Looking around, she floated down to the ground, 500 feet below. "Kyah doesn't realize how big a threat I am to her. I'm sure she knows I would gladly challenge her, but I can't directly. On this mission, hopefully I can steal her army for my own purposes, before she even sees them." She then slipped through the shadows toward the city. ====================================== cHaOs Energy Times Infinity BFP/Ranma/Tenchi/DBZ/Project A-Ko/Sailor Moon/Slayers Crossover-Fusion By Afroplex (jwessels@cse.unl.edu) http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer: The characters within are property of their respective owners. I am using without their permission. I am but a poor otaku college student, please don't sue me. ---------------- CHAPTER 3 - Revelations ------------ ######## JUUBAN - REI'S SHRINE ############################ Ranma was sleeping down the hall. Nothing seemed physically wrong with him. After insuring that Ranma and the other girl, who still hadn't awoken after being transported out of the dimensional rift, were safe, the scouts in their regular forms and Washu congregated around the fire. Although Rei knew that she could probably get some readings from the sacred fire on the matter at hand, getting it in plain Japanese made it much easier to decipher the meaning. "Miss Washu-" "No!! It's Little Washu!" Amy cleared her throat, "Little Washu, I'm interested in what you said about Ranma gaining skills similar to our own." "Hey, don't forget us Amy!" Usagi whined. "I want to know too! Does this mean a sailor scout can be a guy?" "I have no idea exactly a sailor scout is, or if Ranma is even one. If I remember, I left the moon kingdom before you showed up. All I know is he has power readings similar to what you have. Let me explain. My theory, which I now believe is true, and I'm never wrong, is that every universe has threads of power centered around a persons soul. As a person gains power and influences the future of their particular world, these power threads congregate around their soul. However, when they move from their universe, most of the power stays with their soul. Upon arriving in a different universe, these power threads intertwine with the new universe. The history is slightly changed to accommodate the new person. Finally, to explain the new powers Ranma has - and even me - the new universe gives some of its own power threads to the person's soul. Not just any power threads, but those that resemble most closely what their tier was in their own universe." Taking a deep breath, Washu brought her computer screen out. The screen enlarged to about 6 feet wide. Ami hid the Mercury computer away with it's puny screen. On it was a meter display with various readings beside it - the meaning of which no one but Washu could decipher. "Here, a visual display may help. At the top is the ultimate power rating, which is reserved for the gods and dimensional sentiences. Next is the power champions, which may or may not be good. Below that are the various strong fighters, thinkers, leaders of the universe. Finally, are the regular folk that are content to live their lives they way they are. I believe you scouts are in the power champions category, along with Ranma. You all play very important rolls in the worlds that have profound effects on the future." "What about you Little Washu? You said you also have some new powers." Minako asked. "I fit in the third power level - which I'm disappointed at, but can do nothing about. My new skills are it appears I was an advisor and scientist in the moon kingdom. In my own universe, I am the most brilliant genious in the universe! Here, it appears I have picked up this universe's equivalent of that roll." "You were in the moon kingdom?!" choked Usagi, spewing crumbs over everyone. Rei had brought out some extra rolls since they were having an extra long meeting. "Not directly. Before I came here, that history didn't exist. But, when I arrived, the history was altered to accept my power tier bindings. You wouldn't have noticed it since your memories would have been changed too." Artemis looked at the ground thinking. 'This woman was right. I remember someone like her in the moon kingdom. I don't recall what life was like without her there. The lead scientific advisor helped create some of the most powerful artifacts in the moon kingdom - including crafting the moon scepter. She was almost immortal, some supposed her age was over 20,000 years - which explained how she could amass so much knowledge. However, she disappeared before her final creations, the henshin rods, could be assigned to their owners. He then twitched his tail involuntarily. There were also those experiments she liked to perform on me. Being tied to those tables and being probed with who knows what. The probes that used energy were the most uncomfortable. Causing my fur to stand on end, tied to a table - I looked like a fur ball with straps around little stubs that peeked out.' "Little Washu, you aren't going to do any experimenting that may interfere with our work, are you?" asked the white cat nervously. A gleam appeared in Washu's eyes. 'Awe yes. Those experiments were always fun. Tenchi always like to act afraid of being in her lab. Artemis did too. However, I'm pretty sure they enjoyed being subjected to whatever I threw at them and wanted me to continue.' "Experiments... don't worry little one. I'll try to hold back, a little." Artemis cringed and took a step back. Luna spoke up to break the awkward silence. "I observed a symbol on Ranma's head before he passed out. It was of a yen-yang symbol with a star surrounding it. Now that I've seen it, my memories of it's owner are returning. If memory serves me right, there was the senshi of the sun had the star symbol, but I don't remember the yen-yang symbol being part of it." --- Ranma was waking up. "Oh... my head. Feels like I took Mallet Airlines twenty times in one minute. That was a interesting dream to say the least. All that stuff about sailor scouts and... C.c.c ats!" On the blue blanket he found himself in, there was a white piece of hair - his senses said it could only belong to a c-c-ca - them. Wide awake and in a battle stance, Ranma scanned the room. Who knows where they where at - lucky they didn't eat a piece of him while he was sleeping. Outside he heard voices - very familiar ones from his dream. Oh my. Almost fainting, Ranma braced himself. Here, a master of martial arts, the best of the best, and almost fainting. All off the dreams and memories he was seeing were true - but also they weren't. In his head were two memories - two lives. Was it something to do with coming through the dimensional warp gate? Another part of the memories then crossed through his consciousness. "I'm Sailor Sun." Feeling out, he tried to pull out the rod that his memories told him should be there. It wasn't. One part of his mind was relieved that it may not be true, the other was screaming that something was wrong if the rod wasn't there and must be dealt with. Walking out of the room, Ranma saw the scouts outside. With the memories and experiences of the past, he was able to use ki and magic abilities that he hadn't used before during his stay at the Tendos. Also, his experiences in this life opened up some of the powers of Sailor Sun without transforming. Another power was felt just beyond the scouts - one he didn't recognize. The emotions coming from the ki source weren't those of a killer, but did have a sort of malicious feel none the less. 'I better not give this individual the idea I'm on to them and try to act normal.' Correcting himself, 'Well, as normal as I can be being a martial artist with a Jusenkio curse that just walked through a dimensional warp gate and gained a set of memories from a life of a female super being that existed over a thousand years ago. Awe, the heck with it.' "Gotcha!" Ranma charged forward through the brick wall and attacked the person in the shadows. He also managed to find out there was a pond on the other side of the yard. ########################### ON BOARD THE SHIP "SHOGO IV" ################ "Where we headed? If you don't mind, let's try to avoid Jurian space." Ryoko leaned over Komosauro and examined the cockpit. It wasn't like anything she had ever seen. Cloaking, temporal weapons, black hole torpedoes, nano morph armor - this thing outclassed any ship she had seen. And every question she asked Komosauro was replied with it was normal and not out of the unusual. After about twenty minutes, Tenchi started to stir in the seat next to her. This guy may have saved them, but she wasn't about to let Tenchi out of sight. The other two were just bystanders and could stay in the medical bay for all she cared. Tenchi was clothed still in his regular work cloths, and even had a few dirt spots on his pants from working in the carrot fields. What surprised Ryoko is he had the sword still on him. He must have grabbed it after Sasami's stew was launched into the air and landed on its cook. --- IN THE MEDICAL BAY "Vegeta! Calm down! If we are on a ship, we don't want to end up out there!" Komosauro glanced at Ryoko. "Sounds like the rest of my guests have woken up." Nodding toward Tenchi. "You take care of him. I'm going to look after the two in the back." Pushing the autopilot switch and locking it in with the security pad, Komosauro walked back. "Hello my name is Komo-urk!" Vegeta held the man up off the floor and gave him a little squeeze. Not enough to seriously injure him, but enough to pass him out. Surprisingly, the man didn't and instead powered up, forcing Vegeta to let go of his hold. Without powering up himself, he would have been burnt slightly. "Now hold on there! I'm going to explain this ONLY once." "Good. I don't take kindly to being kidnapped, and won't spare your life if you refuse to explain. Make it short." "Now Vegeta, I'm willing to listen. My name's Goku. You are?" "Komosauro. This is the ship Shogo IV. I rescued you two and two others that are up front. I currently have the ship on autopilot, so let's go eat and we can discuss what is happening in the universe, and how you fit into it all. Follow me." Turning, his cape flew up and nearly snapped Vegeta in the face. Goku got a slight grin at this, glad Vegeta was getting a taste of his own medicine for once. Going down the hall, Komosauro peered his head through the cockpit door. "Hey you two-uh, uhm - Ryoko..." Although he was a warrior of unusual caliber, trained by the best dark martial arts masters - his personal life was lacking somewhat. He could act all smooth, but actually getting intimate was something else. Seeing Tenchi intertwined, trying to escape from Ryoko's intertwining, turned his face bright red. Tenchi noticed someone watching and his eyes grew large. "Ryoko! Someone's here! Let me go!" "Tenchi..." Taking her finger, she ran it in a circle on her victim's stomach, tickling Tenchi at the same time and keeping any escape attempts he was trying totally uncoordinated. "Despicable. You aren't telling me these two are the other warriors that were taken with me and Kakarott?" Ryoko noticed this and went from playtime mode to fight Ayeka mode. She floated up to Vegeta, stopped, put a red glow in her eyes, and phased through the three standing at the cockpit entrance. Without looking back, she growled, "I suppose you want to back that insult up?" Everyone but Tenchi were stunned. Although Komosauro had seen her phasing capabilities before, it was unnerving to see someone with daemonic eyes walk right through you. Being awake since the ship warped, Ryoko knew the ship a little better than her companion kidnapees. Leading the pack into the dining area, she was impressed with it's furnishings. While the rest of the ship was very barren and contained only the essentials needed for a cruiser, the dining area was very comfortable. A leather couch was on one side, which could seat about four and have room to spare. It wrapped around the corner, with a large view screen taking up most of the far wall. Fluff brown carpet covered the whole room, except for about a meter in from the door, where people were expected to remove their footware. Beside the door was the food station, but nothing resembling a refrigerator. It looked just like an inset counter. After removing their shoes (and after much persuasion by Goku to Vegeta) they sat down. "Being kind of new to this universe, you probably don't know how to operate the food generator. To get your food, just walk up to it, think what you want, and push the button. It uses a neural reader - which is also used in several government locations so be careful what you think when around those buildings. Fortunately, they are easy to detect since they irradiate a lot of ESP waves." Walking up to the counter, Komosauro pushed the button and materialized something that looked like stew, but with squid like meat. Goku was next, anxious to delve into the feast of his dreams. Rice balls, a monster cooked turkey, and a tower of other food appeared. The counter couldn't contain it all, resulting in much materializing in midair. Fortunately, Goku caught it all - eating some of it as it appeared above his head. He set it on the table, and commenced eating everything at an astonishing rate. Tenchi and Ryoko, being used to some of the dinner free for alls delved into Goku's feast. Vegeta just leaned against the wall across from the couch, grumbling and staring at the threesome that were enjoying themselves. Three trips to the regenerator later, the group was full and went started to get serious. "All right, now that we have taken care of our stomachs, we can discuss the matter at hand. I am a free knight. I have trained for about 300 years in the dark arts, and some of the light powers. I can sense that while you have come from a different dimension, Goku and Vegeta, you have extensive knowledge of the light powers that put my knowledge to shame. Raw power I may have, but don't have much technique in yielding it - hence I have to enhance the power with my dark powers but for good. Being a free knight, I do as I please, but do so to save others and insure the balance of power in this universe. Queen Kyah kidnapped you from your respective universes using energy you all generated. With you trapped, she would have manipulated your mind using the reverse of ESP waves. Instead of reading, she would write to your mind new memories that put you in her service willingly. After gathering enough forces, she would attack her former husband's fortress, Emperor Gothax. One of the two betrayed eachother, and he controls approximately a third of the galaxy as a result, but doesn't seem to be evil, nor good. I'm still trying to figure out his intentions." Gesturing toward Tenchi, "I know about the powers of everyone else, but you. I can't detect a single bit of unusual energy from you, nor have you shown an unusual ability. How did you end up here?" "Um.. Ryoko got in a little disagreement with Ayeka. I ended up in the middle of it." "Hahaha. Sounds like girl troubles to me. So Tenchi, you quite the ladies man I take it? How many have you swept off their feet?" "Hey!" Ryoko cut in. "Tenchi has eyes only for me. I'm just trying to convince him we were meant for each other. The other five free loaders just keep interrupting." At the word of five, plus Ryoko, all going for Tenchi's heart, Goku, Komosauro, and Vegeta face vaulted, shaking the ship. Up front, the computer had to make a course correction. "I'll have to find out what your secret is," Komosauro laughed while giving Tenchi a strong pat on the back - sending Tenchi flying forward and landing at Vegeta's feet. `I've got to keep an eye on Komosauro. He's acting just as carefree as Kakorot, strong, but not as naive. This could make him just as dangerous.` thought Vegeta. A beeping then chimed in, signaling to the captain of the ship to return to the cockpit. "Looks like we are approaching our destination. I have some contacts on the surface of the planet Telleo. We need to upgrade the ship's capabilities before returning to the station to rescue the others, and try to find a way to return you to your respective dimensions. Oh, and I'll need you to all get jobs to help pay for some of the expenses." Komosauro had backed off a way before saying this, expecting some sort of reaction - and wasn't disappointed. Ryoko and Vegeta both flared up sending out a wave energy that sprayed the remaining food all over the place, "What!?" Goku had a true look of terror on his face, something Vegeta wasn't used to seeing from his arch rival. Tenchi was the only one to give anything close to a normal reaction, before jumping up and trying to restrain Ryoko. Komosauro wasn't there, having hightailed it to the cockpit. cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - This crossover fanfic is not for profit. All characters within are property of their respective owners. Please don't sue me, you won't get anything out of it since I'm but a poor college student. If you have any input you would like to add, prefreading skills, or corrections, feel free to email me at jwessels@cse.unl.edu. ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4 - Necessary Struggles ############### SPACE STATION EMERGENCE ################ "PLEASE! MY QUEE-AAAAAHHHH-" "Now, you understand what I mean by never being able to fail me again." Addressing the dark guard to her right, "Take him away. You are now the security advisor for the station. Do not fail me, or you will join her." "Yes your highness." The dark clad guard stepped forward and swept the ashes into the trash. Calling into his communicator, "Get Officer Demetry up here to the throne room. We require a new guard. Oh, and assemble the rest of the security staff, we have some issues to take care of." With that, he bowed before the queen and left. "Curses. I have lost two of the more promising items in my army. With this leak, I must place my plan into action and train the rest on the go." Queen Kyah clenched the side of the ruby studded throne. "Gothax will pay. No doubt he was behind this." Pushing a button to the left. "Yes love?" "A little informal today, aren't we?" Grinning to herself. Although she was a warrior of superb quality, she was not without feeling. The scientist Kis Lubinah slowly found a place in her heart after Gothax's betrayal, and the feelings were returned. However, they still had to keep an air of formality around so the rest of the station didn't get comfortable. After all, they were at war. "You know I have sensors trained specifically on you. You just fried the ex-security officer and sent the guard out. Isn't that the fourth one this year? Hope you aren't getting too soft." "Well, I couldn't keep losing my staff at that rate." Breathing out a heavy sigh, "Are you done with the thought crowns? I would like to see some of the arrival's powers and begin subjecting them to our purpose. With the leak today, I will be pushing the plan into action tomorrow, so try to have them in free thought mode by then. That way they may train before their missions commence." After a brief pass, "I have already thought of that. I have five subjects under full control mode, and should be done with the rest in about five hours. By the end of tomorrow, the computer will have completed the free thought conversion. If my staff fails, they'll see some of the habits I've picked up from you - only in my own calculating fashion." "Send them to my chamber, and send five test pillars too. Don't work yourself too much, otherwise you won't have enough energy left for what I have planned for you tonight." Kyah could just imagine what was going through that hentai's mind. Being a scientist had left a void in his love life before meeting her. It also gave them some interesting nights with him coming up with some wonderful methods. "Very well. Bye love." Seven minutes later, several guards walked through. Half of the group levitated the ten foot tall, five ton, meter square stone pillars to the right side of the chamber. The other half escorted five of the new arrivals to the left side. On their heads were gems that sparkled, emanating waves of brain energy, controlling their every movement, and keeping their consciousness in a dream world. It did however allow enough consciousness to stay active to perform what was needed to attack. Unfortunately in this state, they could not learn new abilities or remember what was going on around them. They still kept their previous clothing, which was slightly burnt from the dimensional travels. After the guards had lined up behind their stone faced captives, Kyah walked up to the one on the left. He had a leopard skinned bandana and loose fitting clothes. His hair went every which way and the only attempt at keeping it under control was the bandana. With the thought crown on, everyone's mouth was open slightly. This individual sported a set of fangs. "Interesting. It's amazing how you can pick up the strangest people across dimensions. At least if they triggered the energy trap, which required a good portion of energy on par with high explosives, they would be sensible about when to use that power. They would most likely be dead by now if they didn't. If they did survive through the misuse of all that power, god must have a sick sense of humor. --- Elsewhere... --- "Hope you aren't catching cold sir." --- "That's all right Mister Popo. Seems to have subsided now." In a flat voice, Kyah asked, "What is your name?" "Ryoga Hibiki," which was answered just as flatly. Taking one step to his right, she ordered him. "Destroy one of those stone pillars." He leapt forward, reaching across twenty feet of empty space in that one leap. "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Without swinging a punch, or flinging an energy wave, Ryoga touched the pillar, sending chunks of rock and dust hurling into the air. Fortunately the energy barrier was activated, allowing living items to pass through both ways, but everything else was one way, and blocked. "Return to here." She pointed at the spot he was standing. He wouldn't have remembered where he was at with the mind crown. To her surprise, he started wandering the other way. "I SAID HERE!" One of the guards felt pity for the young man and escorted him to the spot. It wouldn't be good to have one of their prized fighters getting fried, just because the poor louse got lost. The next three fighters were sent at once to attack the pillars. The first of the three, named A-Ko Magami, used a brute force attack and pulverized the stone column. Next, Lina Inverse didn't move from her place, but fired what looked like a ki blast. Kyah didn't feel her power up, but knew it was magic - perhaps hearing her yell out "Fire ball!" helped with that assumption a little. The third of the three attackers was B-Ko Daitokuji. She was the obvious brains of the group - but definitely lacked any fashion sense. Her outfit looked like it came out of a bad movie. Looks weren't everything however, because with her attack, the rapid fire missiles packed more wallop than any of her troops' conventional weapons. Finally, she came to the last member of the team. Like Lina, he appeared to be a magic user, but not as strong. The thought crown also seemed to be using an unusual amount of energy to control him. "What is your name sorcerer?" "Diginux." "Strange name for a magic user. Attack the pillar." He did so, but unleashed an incredible amount of magical power into the attack. More than enough to break the hold the thought crown had on him. "FREE!!! AT LAST!! 17,000 years of bondage in that universe." His energy level skyrocketed, washing over his body in waves, totally hiding the transformation within. Shafts of light shot out, melting what they touched. Fortunately, the crowns on the other individuals allowed for self defense, and they bounded away to the other side of the room. The guards, on the other hand, weren't as swift. Their bodies exploded into a red mist, showering Kyah with the bits that didn't vaporize. The transformation subsided, revealing an entirely different person standing at the epicenter. He was covered in white armor, similar to those of the medieval past. The helmet sported a dark visor that came to a peak in front. On the forehead of the helmet was a golden point. Its peak was the only part that made contact with the suit, with it's two sides jutting out six centimeters. "Thank you for releasing me from the bondage my enemies tricked me into so long ago. For that, I will spare your life for now. With such a long time since I've traveled the universes, I must take a slight tour. Farewell." He then opened a portal, and stepped through. Kyah shook with fear. The powers she felt in the transformation tore at the fabric of space-time, and didn't show any glimmer of magic or ki use. Although he did show some magical knowledge, none of that particular energy signature shown through during the light show. "What have I unleashed?" ############## TELLEO GROUND SPACE PORT, DOCK 53A #################### "All right! Glad to be out of that recycled air and into the real thing." Komosauro did a stretch and cracked his knuckles. "Also good to move around again. This is it gang. I'm going over to area four of the port to talk to a mechanic friend of mine. He has some connections that can get us some really nice equipment." Leaning toward Ryoko. "Then I can really knock your socks off." Ryoko grew slightly red, and drew Tenchi closer to give Komosauro the right idea. Smirking, Komosauro continued. "To the east is the city of Harberg, the capital of this world. It's large, about six billion population, and should have enough opportunities for you to find a job. I don't care what you do, just as long as it's legal. We don't need to be attracting any unwanted attention." Leaning toward Ryoko again. "I'm sure you know what I mean, oh mighty ex-pirate one." "Now hold on there. That was in my universe. Here I'm just out to steal Tenchi's heart, then I'll worry about plundering." Tenchi was amazed. Usually after two taunts Ryoko was flenging energy blasts everywhere, putting a new look into the countryside that could put a gardener in a coma. This Komosauro guy knew just which buttons to push, and how hard. After splitting up, Komosauro boarded a hover shuttle to the other side of the port. "Time to give ole' Sledgehammer Jake a surprise." ------ Meanwhile, Ryoko was heading toward the police station. Usually, she would avoid them like the plague, but here, she was going to take advantage of her newfound innocence. Walking to the counter, she asked for every bounty available in the city. If she couldn't blow stuff up for her own riches, she'd blow it up legally and make some cash on the side. "That's a nice one... 40,000 neys. That's about what Komo said was a good rate." Her eyes grew red, and she put on her best feline hunting face. "Come out where ever you are - " looking at the sheet - " big ugly six eyed lizard." ------- In a completely different part of town, where even the law enforcement didn't tred, Vegeta strode forward. "Pathetic. The local peasants said this area was full of gangs looking for a fight. I have not found one worthy of breaking a sweat." The fourth group came out from the shadows. "Looky here. Mister Muscle, and with clean clothes too. Hand over the boots punk." Spitting to the side, "Come and get em." Vegeta didn't even get into a fighting stance. "Get'em boys! AAAAAHHHH!!" The group of fourteen gangsters, brandishing laser rifles, crowbars, wave axes, and shock chains charged valiantly forward. Five feet from Vegeta, who still hadn't shifted position, they hit an invisible barrier. Laser shots curved around it, melting nearby buildings, or turning their comrades into extra crispy. Weapons bounced off, and those that tried to struggle forward weren't making any headway. "What is up with this guy? I didn't detect any shielding!" "What's wrong with you? Call yourself a warrior? Now watch what someone of true saiyan blood can do." Vegeta raised his left hand, and vaporized half the group, careful to miss the leader. "I'm disgusted with you. I'll spare your life if you hand over all your money, and go find me someone worthy to fight. I'll be waiting right here." The white faced leader quickly emptied his pockets and ran off. "You wait right there! Bunksaw will deal with you, and you'll be missing both pairs of legs WITH your boots." Smirking, "Fine with me. Bring it on." ------ Goku and Tenchi stuck together, agreeing they may be more successful pooling their resources and cooperating. They just didn't expect to be pooling their resources in a hushsi restaurant. The food they served up looked like an octopus with horns, and it was still hungry. Apparently the locals considered it a treat, especially if it ate one of the cooks before it was served. Goku wasn't about to let that happen, rapidly overcooking several of the dishes with ki blasts. Tenchi felt the same, and served of jiggling,twitching, purple blobs most of the time. Somehow they all lost their legs after some light shows in the back. The owner didn't mind though. Finding anyone willing to cook in this restaurant was rare and he usually had to resort to slave traders. These two also had broken the previous record of remaining not part of the main course. Beaming, he yelled out into the kitchen where the smell of something burning bellowed out, "Keep it up boys! I might give you a raise tomorrow if you are still alive!" A combined Goku and Tenchi grown could be heard. ###################### JUUBAN ##################################### Ranma, having the benefit of surprise against his hidden foe, was shocked to find himself flying toward the koi pond. His opponent must either have the best reaction time he's ever seen, or just plain lucky. Inside, he prayed it was just luck. A female voice spoke inside his head, `Come on Ranma. When was the last time you got a break fighting a new opponent? That wasn't luck and this is going to be one heck of a fight.` Where did that voice come from? He must of thought it, but he doesn't remember recalling bringing that about himself. Six bright transformation shows later, the scouts were ready to fight. `Six? I don't recall a sixth senshi in the area,` thought Amy. Bringing her visor down, she scanned the area and discovered Sailor Pluto hiding behind the wall beside the gate. `Must be serious for her to show. First we must deal with this intruder.` Washu wasn't worried about Sailor Pluto. She fully expected the senshi of time to show, especially since the threes' arrival altered the time stream dramatically in this universe. Her instruments were concentrating on the fighter above them, firing blasts at the five inner senshi. Sailor Moon already had a scorch mark on her shoulder, courtesy of the first blast directed at the one giving a drawn out battle speech. Sakana was having the time of her life. The insects below her were scrambling every which way avoiding her blasts. The one to surprise attack her was put out of commission early, leaving the five and one other that didn't seem to have any attack skills. While the five oddly dressed girls did fling some powerful attacks, they were too slow and they always seemed to announce the attack. 'This is going to be too easy...' "Ha! Run my little red haired one!" 'Nice flip, let's see if she can do that again.' "HA!" 'Oh, there's another one hiding behind the wall, it'll be really humorous to see six scantily glad jumping beans. Let's give her a real scare.' "MOH GISH HA!" A large ki blast came down, vaporizing the wall Sailor Pluto was behind. She was sent realing backward into a truck on the other side of the street. Washu knew they were losing, badly. Something had to be done to assist the scouts' attacks. 'Wait, I created their attacks, I should be able to modify them, and I know just the thing. It worked once a few thousand years ago...' Ranma was starting to come out of it. She was in sitting in about six inches of water, with the warm feel of blood coming down her back. Must have hit that boulder a little hard. Her brain then registered she was holding something. Glancing down, she could make out the shape of the henshin rod given to her thousands of years ago, in this universe. Also, another feeling came about her - to her side were two "C-C-CAT!!!" The scream stopped all fighting for a second, but quickly resumed when Sakana flinged a blast at Sailor Venus who attempted to sneak a Venus Love-me Chain attack during the pause. Yelling the attack name didn't help. "Sorry Ranma, can't help you right now!" There, the last energy pole was up, now to link in and activate. Washu then decided to break out her best mad scientist laugh. "Muahahaha!" If Sakana had any idea who this woman was that was laughing, she would have jumped through three different universes in rapid succession. Unfortunately, she didn't. "Now girls! Fire!" The beams went up, and missed as before. However, Sakana wasn't watching what happened them behind her. All six attacks arched back around and cascaded into her back. Each one added to her velocity and slammed her into the street, creating a crater five feet deep, spanning the width of the street. "You are going to pay for that, no one gets that lucky with Sakana again." Grunting, she lifted up into the air and powered up to half strength. If they thought I was tough at ten percent my full strength, they don't stand a chance at this level. Meanwhile, Ranma felt the ki source growing, but was powerless to do anything about it. That hit must of hurt him internally worst than he thought, and he couldn't escape the c c ca - them. There was nowhere to go. The two talking demons in front of him had him cornered, there was nowhere to run. Then the world went white. "Hi there cutey." ####################################################################### cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu Disclaimer - This crossover fanfic is not for profit. All characters within are property of their respective owners. Please don't sue me, you won't get anything out of it since I'm but a poor college student. Thanks go to one (and currently my only) prereader James. He helped make some great suggestions for the battle in this chapter. ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5 - Clustering of Power ############### UNKNOWN VOID ############################### "Hi there!" Ranma was standing in a void of complete white. In front was the person he feared was true. The woman that was supposedly him from his past thousands of years ago. "Hello?" Waving her hand in front of his face. "Am I home?" Ranma jumped back, getting into a fighting stance. "Well aren't I just a little jumpy today? That isn't even your real body and you think you can fight yourself?" Ranma tensed up, and leapt forward, hoping to get in the first hit. "Get lost! KACHU TENSHIN AMGURIKEN!" To his dismay, the woman in front didn't move, and all his attacks passed right through her. "I've lost it. Enough fooling around. Did you think you could harm an image of yourself?" She then melded into the white void, disappearing completely. Jumping back, Ranma examined the situation. She was an exact image of his female side, only with the sailor fuku. It resembled the other outfits the other girls wore, but different coloring. It's trim was a bright red, with glittering orange at the edge. The large bow on the front was also the same orange color. On her head was a tiara. What distinguished her from the other scouts was the golden gauntlet on her hand. Jewels lined each of the fingers, each containing an intense heat. It wasn't bulky like those suits in museums, but was very tight and didn't appear to hamper Sailor Sun's movement. Along with her magic attacks, the gauntlet gave her the ability to form objects of pure plasma. `How did I know that?` Ranma thought. "I know so you know! We are the same!" the voice echoed around him. "OH YA! If we're the same, why are we talk'n to each other?" "Do I - or should I say you - really need to answer that?" She morphed just a foot in front of Ranma and took his trembling hand. "There, that wasn't so bad was it?" "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Ranma almost slapped her with his free hand, but caught himself inches from her cheek. No matter how... how... why was he repulsed by her? Because she was the ultimate incarnation of his curse? Because she was what he was taught not to be? "Or because I'm the truth?" "NO! Get back!" Despite Ranma's words, he was slowly giving in, and didn't attempt to pull away from her. "Hey, don't blame me for thinking it, I am you after all. Say, wasn't there a battle going on before you came in?" "Yes, but where am I anyhow?" "Consider it the boundary between your consciousness and unconscious. When you went into the nekoken, we were able to communicate. As far as I know, with the two parts of your brain trying to comprehend me, you probably aren't active in the attack now." "How do I go back? Those girls won't stand a chance against that power." "Accept me. Complete the merge with the different memories. You exist here, and back home with Akane. Just give in. We, no I - know it must be done." Reaching her hand behind Ranma's head, she pulled him down and kissed him. ################### JUUBAN ################################################ "Luna, what happened to Ranma? He changed into a girl and was screaming about us. Then, he just stopped." Artemis jumped on Ranma's lap, which was below water, leaving the white cat standing in two inches of water. "He, or she, is just out of it." "I don't think it would be to healthy to be standing there if she wakes up. Ranma appears to be deathly afraid of us." Luna turned and went into the bush beside the pond. "We can't do anything until the battle is over, and we are too small to move Ranma away. Let's keep an eye on things from here." "Ok." ---- MEANWHILE, IN THE SKIES --- Sakana was deflecting the shots the scouts threw at her with ease. They were going to pay for the lucky hit. "Now, which one should it be..." She floated down to the roof of the shrine, only to jump back up to avoid an attack by a sharp object - a rose? "Halt demon! Attacking the love and beauty of the scouts is only - " "CAN IT PENGUIN BOY! Here! You can pay for what they did!" Reaching out with an invisible hand, she gripped Tuxedo Kamen's neck and gave it a squeeze. He struggled vainly, trying to get a gasp of air. Sailor Moon looked on with terror, and started flinging attacks at Sakana in a desperate attempt to save her destined love. After he passed out, Sakana telekinetically lifted him in the air approximately a kilometer. What happened next was something that will haunt Sailor Moon forever. Tuxedo Kamen began to accelerate toward the earth, assisted by gravity, and to a greater extent, Sakana's power. The infuriated warrior knew exactly where to aim his body. His clothing started to feel the effects of friction with the air, began to catch fire due to the extreme speed. He impacted the stone wall, destroying the top half of it. In his unconscious state, the magical powers protecting him were weakened, giving way to impact. Sailor Moon watched as time seemed to slow. First his back hit the wall, snapping with a crunch. As his body bent at unnatural angles, the stone tore into his body. Next, it went completely through, leaving the two halves tumbling on either side, with the face toward his love. Time then resumed, with Sailor Moon feeling her last barriers break. His face seemed so calm in his last moments. Saying a prayer, and thankful it ended for him painlessly in unconsciousness, Sailor Moon exploded in power. The moon scepter elongated into a staff, washing waves of magical power over and into Princess Serenity, but with a different look. She wore the royal armor of the Moon Kingdom that was last worn by the first Queen Serenity. It resembled the sailor fuku in size, and even the short skirt. However, it was all a lightweight metal that followed her curves perfectly. The skirt part was a flexible version of the metal substance, neither solid nor flowing as freely. On other side of the courtyard, a new senshi emerged. "Sun Galaxy Power! Make up!" Red plasma flames shimmered around the senshi of the sun, but didn't harm the vegetation near her feet. Raising her right arm she formed a sword in her gauntlet. Although lacking a solid hilt, or blade, Sailor Sun had no difficulty holding it. The plasma was hot enough to vaporize anything it came in contact with, and being a blade that could be mentally controlled, the attacker could perform finer cuts down to the atomic level. Floating into the air, she let out a battle cry and charged at Sakana, leaving a trail of ionized air. Sakana, expecting a tough fight, powered up to full strength and got into a midair combat stance. The power outline of Princess Serenity brightened, and she too rose up and rocketed toward Sakana, leaving behind a blue trail of cracking energies and tears. Needless to say, Washu and the other scouts were stunned. The powers being felt between the three warriors was greater than those experienced at the fall of the Moon Kingdom several times over. Sailor Sun reached Sakana first, attacking with a large right to left diagonal sword strike. Sakana sped away at the last moment, leaving an after image, only to be hit in the arm by the princess's staff where she reappeared. Blue energy rippled up and down her arm, triggering every muscle in her arm. Where the staff made contact, the cloth was completely burnt through, revealing a completely blackened and blistering skin. Blood was creeping out. Despite the pain, Sakana held it back, not wanting to give her attackers any chance to attack. Taking the offensive, she began sending tens of blasts out through her good arm. Most missed, but those that did make contact were either skillfully defected by Sailor Sun's sword, or harmlessly slammed against a spherical shield surrounding the princess. Those on the ground finally snapped out of their trance, and threw attacks into the sky at Sakana, guided to their target by Washu. However, in Sakana's fully powered state, she couldn't even feel them. It was the two before her that she was worried about. One on one, she stood a chance, but being double teamed was too much, especially after losing her left arm. Escape was also out the question since it took too long to open a portal. You also had to be powered down to transport through dimensional space, less you risk having your own power rip you apart. Seeing they made easier targets to deal with by staying close, Sailor Sun spun around Sakana, giving two widely spaced foes to fight. With only one hand, she could only fire her blasts at one target - which remained on Sailor Sun. Princess Serenity, seeing the open backside of Sakana, sped forward and dealt a devastating blow with the end of the staff. It continued forward through her shoulder, and came out the right side of the chest. Like before, energies ripped outward from the point of contact, scorching both the outside and internal organs - a hit that would have proved fatal had Sailor Sun not finished the battle. "KACHU TENSHIN AMGURIKEN REVISED!" Combining the powers of Sailor Sun with those of a world class martial artist, she used the sword in a modified chestnut fist - striking thousands of times in a few short seconds. Plasma vaporized flesh and bone instantly. After Sakana's death scream faded, and the energy arching between sword and staff was all to be heard, both combatants collapsed and returned to their normal forms. Their weapons disappearing with the detransformation. The shocked group below caught the two heroes before they hit the ground. C-Ko also stumbled out of the room she was sleeping in, wondering what just happened to the fireworks out her window. ############ HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE JUUBAN ##################### Diginux was impressed. Last time he traveled around, only one or two beings possessed these powers, and even then he only discovered those beings after two thousand years. Seeing the battle was finished, he captured the first pieces of the puzzle needed to destroy Washu. "No need for such power to go to waste." ################# SPACE STATION EMERGENCE ########################### "Stop! I command you-AIEEE!" Kyah dived out of the path of oncoming missiles, only to jump to avoid a set of bombari. "This is not supposed to happen!" Powering up, Kyah sent homing ki blasts at everyone, wanting just to knock everyone out to prevent anymore damage. Everyone of her shots hit a target, leaving only Nabiki, Ayeka and Sasami standing, protected by Ayeka's energy shield. "Good grief. HEY! You three! Help move them into their shuttles, I want all of you out of here before anyone wakes up. NOW!" A collective "Yes sir!" sounded. --- Twenty minutes earlier Before her, twenty-one soldiers bowed before her. Fifteen from the bunch she had pulled through the dimensions, with another two of her personal guard to help train, guide, and keep the group on track to their mission. They were separated into three groups. Their shuttles contained the best technology her group and scientists could muster, and could travel from one end of the universe to the other in less than a week. Going over the final roster, she checked personally to insure the mission was ready to depart. Shuttle one... Kuno, Nabiki, Mihoshi, Lina, Gourry, Captain Ras, and Lieutenant Esca. Target... Financial districts. This group looks good, a nice mix of brute strength, technology, and technique. Shuttle two... Akane, Ryoga, B-Ko, Mari, and Naga, Captain Faro, Lieutenant Gart. It was the strangest of the three, and would stand out like a sore thumb. Just with B-Ko's and Naga's outfits, it was a disturbing sight, but one to prove advantageous where this group was headed. They were to go into the capital city and round up the rebel forces, gangs, anything. Those groups had about the same kinky outfits, or buff women. Shuttle three... Ayumi, Ayeka, Sasami, Shampoo, and A-Ko. Although everyone's minds where implanted with memories, leading them to believe they were there to serve Queen Kyah, even till death, rivalries between individuals still persisted. Tests showed it wasn't a good idea to group A-Ko and B-Ko together, and Shampoo with Akane. This group had the youngest members, and even some royalty. Their mission was to work from the inside of the bureaucracy, and provide information to the other two groups. When the final attack takes place, they would provide the assassinations needed to edge the opposing side into further chaos. A-Ko, lined up in her group, was directly across from B-Ko. While Kyah's back was turned, she stuck out her toung to the blue haired girl. B-Ko, having a short fuse, charged at A-Ko, throwing her across the room and sending the first group flying like bowling pins. A-Ko recovered quickly and rebounded to ram her shoulder into her rival, resulting in the team behind B-Ko exploding in the same manner as the first. The middle team scrambled in every direction to avoid the same fate. "AKAGIYAMA MISSILES!" The resulting explosions traced a line behind A-Ko who was running perpendicular to the circular wall surrounding the docking bay. Shampoo decided to take advantage of the situation and proceeded to attack. "Pervert girl die!" "I don't think so!" A-Ko called out to her teammates that had taken shelter in their shuttle. "Hey you guys! A little help here!" "Right!" yelled out Ayeka. Several logs appeared in the air and formed a shield in front her teammate, causing the missiles to harmlessly impact. "No fair! A-Ko you coward. Let's see how you fair against my friends." Signaling toward Mari, Naga and Ryoga. "Get them!" Mari blindly attacked, and was sent head first into a wall by A-Ko. Ayeka jumped out of the way of Ryoga's breaking point attack, dropping the force field protecting her teammate. Naga, iced the floor, sending everyone sliding everywhere and forcing those in the other team to defend themselves from crossfire. Needless to say, it was complete chaos until Kyah took control. ############### TELLEO SPACE PORT - AREA 4 ######################## "Hey! This is a 'stricted area! You must leave -- Komo?" "This how you treat your old partner Sledge? Callin the guards and kicking him out? You know better than that - remember what happened last time." "Ya, you sent one through the wall and we both ended up in the cooler for the better part of a month." Komosauro walked up to the short bald man. A good two feet taller, Jake had to look up to make eye contact. Despite his small size, his strength was above average - allowing him to lift twenty ton space drives into place with one hand, leaving the other free to fasten them in place. Another skill that that worked to his advantage as a mechanic was his electronic eye. The dull green device let him see imperfections in metal, or to diagnose problems without pulling apart an engine. However, it wasn't these two skills Komosauro needed, yet. It was his connections to the underworld for specialty parts only special military ships had. "So what do you need this time? Hope you know what you're get'n into, with the war 'n all, demand has tripled, so my fee is tripled too. Last time you barely covered the cost." "Don't worry, I've got company to help cover the cost. The ole bird, Shogo IV, needs some upgrades. Ran into some problems with the big boys, and need to get back to finish up what we started." "The big ones eh? To get by them, I'll have to practically upgrade half your systems. Probably be about fifteen days for the work. Stop by tomorrow, and I'll have a list of stuff and my price. It's handy knowing the ship in and out - after all it was my ship." "And don't you forget it! After saving your butt from that pirate attack, you owed me big time. See ya later!" "See you. Nice do'n business with you." Although they were good friends, they had to keep their meetings short, else someone who might be spying would get suspicious. They'll get a chance to catch up on news when the rebuilding begins on the Shogo. Returning to the ship, Komosauro was looking forward to some sleep. Upon walking into his quarters, he was greeted by an exhausted Tenchi and Goku spawled on the couch and bed. `Oh well, looks like the cot for me tonight...` --------- In District 10 of Harberg, Planet Telleo ----- Vegeta was getting tire of playing with this overgrown pig. Although he was significantly stronger than the other weaklings, the lizard Bunksaw wasn't a challenge still. Four punches was all it took to knock the ugly out. "Now, you call that a challenge? And I thought I would have to defend my boots more than what you put up. Prepare to visit the next world." Extending his hand over the lizard, Vegeta prepared to deal the finishing blast when Ryoko teleported between. "WAIT! He's MY prey." Ryoko held the bounty poster up in Vegeta's face, and pointed to herself. "And I will get the reward. I've been hunting all day for this guy." "I don't care woman. Do what you will, but I get half of what you get for this lowlife. I did the fighting. You probably couldn't even handle him." "Why you!" An energy sword materialized in her free hand, and drew back to strike at Vegeta. Before she could, military sirens could be heard approaching. Her pirate instincts kicked in, telling her to hightail it out there. Grabbing on to big ugly, she phased through the walls heading toward the police station. Vegeta, not amused, blasted a hole and followed, not wanting to lose his prey - be it his "companion" or the lizard. Luckily for Ryoko, she made it to the police station first. Knowing the way helps when navigating a city over five hundred kilometers wide. She didn't want to stick around when Vegeta showed up, since she didn't want to share the bounty. Approximately twenty minutes later (and twenty minutes of blasting away at the local buildings), Vegeta had managed to attract the attention of every police and military vehicle in the city. Blasting him with lasers, plasma rifles, and everything else at their disposal, they had only managed to annoy the saiyan to the point of going super. After powering up, Vegeta expected the pests to flee, but instead it had the effect of stepping on an anthill. Till that point, Vegeta had barely kept his temper in check and didn't neutralize any of them. Swatting the flying ones out of the air first in fiery spirals gave Vegeta some satisfaction. The frustration of being zapped from your "home" were being brought to bare, and he didn't hold back on the flying items. The ground forces could do all they wanted unless they got in his face. After an hour of exercising, Vegeta decided to call it a night, not wanting to exhaust tomorrow night's source of fun all at once. Accelerating to full speed, he quickly outran any pursuit and confused orbiting satellites by delving into the lower reaches of the city. Powering down, he called a taxi and went back to the Shogo. =================== END CHAPTER 5 ==================== cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - This crossover fanfic is not for profit. All characters within are property of their respective owners. Please don't sue me, you won't get anything out of it since I'm but a poor otaku. With about six or more different groups running around, I'm now forced to break them up into alternating chapters. The ones you see in this chapter will show back up after the next chapter. There is a hint of lemon, but nothing more to put the fic in that category. ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6 - Opposing Forces ############# PLANET TIFOR - GOTHAX EMPIRE HOMEWORLD ############## "Any news on the individual reported on Telleo?" The officer bowed before his majesty Emperor Gothax. "Yes sire. The local officials have been unable to capture, or even injure him. He has great power, and only seems to be playing with us. Our intercept fleet, and two contingents of special operations have been dispatched." "Pull them back. We are fortunate that the only damage that has been done is to enforcer droids. I will not tolerate loss of life. This opponent is too powerful, I will have to deal with him myself. Prepare the royal guard and the Katana Fleet. In fifteen minutes we depart." Waiting for a minute, Gothax tried to think of what else was bothering him... ah yes.. the ships. "What is the status of those three ships detected departing from Kyah's stronghold?" "They escaped our detectors. They had the best equipment around, and outran our probes." "Very well. Send some troops to the planets where they mostly warped to. Oh, and we'll be making a short detour past the star system that exploded yesterday. Round up the science team and their shuttle to accompany the fleet." Thinking to himself, Gothax let a smile creep out. `It will give me a chance to dodge the dinner arrangement with the viceroy of Dandgo. Politics isn't my style, especially with every twink wanting to marry their daughter to me after the failed wedding...` his smile changed to a frown. `and Kyah will pay for that dearly.` The officer left in a hurry, not wanting to take the punishment of whoever got the majesty riled up. A good sign of Gothax's irritability is the twitching of the left ear, and it was twitching more than usual in the past four months after the failed ceremony. -- FLASHBACK -- "The day looks wonderful your majesty. You couldn't have picked a better location for the ceremony." Gothax's advisor was beaming. He had helped set up the upcoming ceremonies personally, and now it was falling into place perfectly. Gothax was in an equally good mood, after all, he was the groom. "Yes, Verina was my birthplace, and is just as beautiful as it was in my childhood." Closing his eyes, Gothax remembered flying through the air with his father, the previous emperor to this quadrant of the galaxy. The ocean water, with it's light green tint from the yellow skies, sparkled. Light clouds and a slight breeze, were the norm on the planet. No rain ever occurred, but yet the planet flourished with vegetation, fed by underground water not far from the surface. It was close enough to put moisture into the air, but not too much too cause discomfort. The absence of rain was because of the climate controllers, put in place hundreds of years ago by the settlers. Noticing the dual star system almost at the horizon, Gothax knew it was time. The final kiss was to take place at the last gleam of light gleaming over the couple. "Signal the proceedings to begin." The next five minutes were wonderful, with the bride coming down the aisle, with the four thousand attendees standing on either side. Kyah's gown was covered completely with crystals that absorbed the yellow light and reflecting it white. She carried her family staff, which the head of which would be placed on the grooms. This symbolized the merging of the two families, and their power was combined under the groom, who would become head of both families. Before stepping on the podium though, Kyah ended the wedding. Telekinetically reaching out, she pulled Gothax's staff toward her, surprising the groom. Snapping it over her knee, she broke it in two. Her family rose up, and attacked the house of Gothax. The ensuing battle ended when Gothax powered to full and destroyed the area, and everyone else. Kyah escaped however during the chaos. The dust created from the blast rose into the air, and still circles the planet to the day, destroying the climate of the planet, and smothering it in a nuclear winter that no amount of cleanup could fix. -- END FLASHBACK -- Rising from his seat, Gothax roared, "SHE WILL PAY!" The roar echoed through the corridors, hastening everyone's pace. The one hundred ship fleet, along with the royal guard fighter squadron and a science vessel, departed four minutes ahead of schedule. ############# JUUBAN ############################################## "I wish we could see a glimmer of that old personality from her. It's been three days." "I know Rei," sighed Minako. "I knew the shock would be great if something like this happened, but, never like this. She hasn't eaten anything, and I'm getting worried. Ranma doesn't seem to be doing so well either. After finding his powers, he is so quiet." "At least he is talking somewhat... Washu convinced him to transform as a guy, revealing that there is a male version of the senshi. He looked sharp in that cape." Falling back into silence, the two girls sat on a large boulder in the courtyard. C-Ko was busy talking with everyone that was willing, and trying her best to cheer the bunch up. It was the only thing that kept their heads above water, that, and the constant quest to stay away from her cooking. Ranma could stomach it barely, having admitted to worst, which surprised the rest of the bunch. Washu was amazed at the concoctions C-Ko came up with, muttering something about spontaneous combustion and the secret of DNA. When Washu wasn't studying Ranma or the deadly mixes, she was with Amy in the newest addition to the shrine. After the big battle, there were injuries to be tended, and not enough rooms to put everyone in. A spare closet was converted into a huge laboratory/medical bay. Supposedly, the two minds were creating the instrument to rescue their friends, and to get back at the organization responsible for Mamoru's death. Rei sat up on her elbows and look up at the sunset. "I have a guess as to why Ranma is so quiet. Usagi we understand, but he's another. It's either he misses, what was her name?" "Akane. I'm not convinced of that though. Remember how he was before transforming in his guy form? He looked like he lost his dignity. After the transformation, part of that looked to have returned, but not fully. I must be confusing, being someone from the far past, and not even being the same... you know." Rei only nodded, and watched the last gleams of light come over the horizon. Later that evening at the dinner table, Ranma got up the strength to speak with Usagi, who just stared at her food. "It's really good. Makato has cooked up a storm, and while it may not compare to Kasumi's cooking, it'll keep you-urk!" "What do you mean it will just do!" With that Ranma's foot in mouth disease ended him in the pond, the fourth time that day. Usagi, still just stared at her food, oblivious to the two girls fighting. She just couldn't get over it, he was gone. And she just watched it happen. Despite all of her attacks, the murderess didn't even flinch, and only after it happened, was she able to do anything to her. She had the power before, but not in time to save him. Grabbing a roll, she ran inside, and cried herself to sleep. The roll didn't go unnoticed, and Minako knew she was slowly recovering. Meanwhile, in the laboratory, Washu and Amy were just about finished with the gateway. All it needed was some fine tuning, and an energy source to open the way to the preset coordinates. "Ready? Let's go get Ranma to hook in and power the reactor. We haven't much time left. I detected a disturbance in the energy balance between universes. Something big just exploded, and it was related to something ripping through fabric of space-time itself. We must hurry!" "Ok. Be right back!" Washu stayed behind, and Amy opened the door, only to be blasted back. A shadowed figure stood in the door, with his arm out streched. Another blast flung forward and hit the dimensional equipment. The resulting explosion blew Washu back, but uninjured. The machine however, was totally demolished. Satisfied with his work, the figured swung around, letting his cape flare into the air before disappearing. Amy and Washu slowly got up, shaking the debree off themselves, and called the other scouts to inform them of the bad, and good news about their visitor. ############# TELLEO SPACE PORT ################################### "Sir! What are your orders tonight?" After saluting, Colonel Xunil patiently awaited the nights plans. With three nights of complete failures, enormous collateral damage - but luckily only one officer was killed due to falling debris. The golden haired brute seems to be concentrating on humiliating them and just having sport, not conquest. "We are bringing out the big guns tonight. The military has agreed to use the Tunsken Gunships to ambush him. We'll send out the drones, and they'll lead him into a trap... right here." The General pointed to a spot on the hologram map of the city, where a valley between the buildings carved into the landscape. Seven red dots blinked on the ridges, indicating where the gunships would be positioned. "I hope it works sir. Those things are the strongest non nuclear weapons we have. The whole valley will be turned into a molten pool of lava." "I know it won't work. The Stinger Snipers concentrated lasers directly on him, and it didn't even touch him. They just warped around his shielding, what ever he has. Comparing the firepower of the Gunships and the Snipers, the Snipers pack more power per concentrated area than the Gunships. So, I've put our last hope into effect. A sixty billion double ney bounty has been put on his head - dead or alive. It's the largest bounty ever known. If we can't beat him, we'll attract someone who can take him one on one." Letting a sigh out, General Sunil shuffled the growing pile of papers on his desk. This intruder was only half of his problem. The other half was a half billion refugees from the neighboring star system. Hitting his comm button, "What's the status of the emergency relief convoys coming in? The Dlavrot refugees are still coming in, and our regular supplies for the resident population can't last much longer. Already prices are skyrocketing, and the black market even starting to deal in food generator pods." "We are having difficulty getting confirmation on that sir. Two convoys didn't check in yesterday. They aren't declared missing for another two days, so we haven't sent out a search team." The voice on the other end knew this was a mistake just after speaking it. "WHAT! We have millions sitting out there, hungry, and you worry about protocol! GET A TEAM OUT THERE NOW!" Sunil slammed the button on the comm, and ran his fingers through his hair. "I really need a vacation..." --- Elsewhere in the city, Ryoko was cashing in on her latest catch. "Here you are miss. Five hundred neys." After handing the data card, the officer behind the desk continued. "Tell you the truth, I didn't expect anyone to go after a creep that just broke a window downtown. Hard up for cash eh?" "Ya. I've already cashed in on all the big ones. That was the last bounty in this district. You sure you don't have anymore?" At that moment, fate decided to have some fun. Above the desk was a television set, a screen showed a late breaking news flash. "Sixty billion double neys are being rewarded for the capture, dead or alive of this individual." To the right of the robotic newscaster was several close-up views of Vegeta. "He is wanted for the destruction of several buildings in area forty, and also for destroying 90% of police and military forces on the planet. Consider him extremely dangerous." The next few scenes showed him powering up into super saiyan form, and turning to slag a line of droids by flying through them. Ryoko cracked her knuckles and went out the door, "That bounty is as good as mine." She then proceeded to break out her best villain laugh. ---- In area forty, Tenchi and Goku were busy at their new job "Wonder what could have caused all this damage," Goku commented as he casually tossed a ten ton I-beam onto the demolition platform. Tenchi was attempting to control a power suit to do the same, but kept tripping over everything, and causing more damage. "I'll just stick around tonight and see if I can help. Someone could get hurt." "You help!?" Tenchi swallowed. He knew his friend was strong, and could fly, but to take on the thing that blew up this block had to be crazy. "Umm, you sure you want to do that? It would probably pound you into the ground." "Awe, I've seen worst. It'll be fun to cut loose. It's probably been about weeks since the last time, and that was with Vegeta when we were pulled through." "If you are going to stick around, I'll help. I'm not exactly defenseless when pushed." "All right!" Goku tossed two huge pieces of concrete and metal into the air in his enthusiasm, thinking he was aiming toward the platform. "It's settled then. We'll camp out on the roof of that building and catch whatever is causing this tonight." After completing his statement, the two pieces came down, knocking him on the head. Being Goku, it didn't seriously hurt him, but gave a good size bump and a few curses, while running around holding his head. Tenchi tear dropped and continued to try his futile attempts at walking in the power suit. ############# BATTLE CRUISER WILDFYRE ############################# If there was any time to relax before the storm, it was now. With the crews off with their orders to carry out, the whole operation was running on autopilot. Kyah had deployed her small, but effective, fleet to do hit and run attacks to divert Gothax's attention from the three special operations parties. Being on autopilot left Kyah nothing to do. Even when the convoys and space ports they were raiding came up with a surprise, her pilots knew well to pull back, and lead the enemy into a trap with the larger ships. Rolling over in her bed, she put her left arm over Kis's chest. His muscles tensed, signaling he was awake. "I see you've been working out mister..." Turning his head toward her, "Not really. Don't have the time after spending all my hours in the lab. To remedy my fitness problem, and to get the doc off my back, I created little nanobots and injected them into my system. They go through my cells and fix up old tissue, regenerate damaged cells, and strengthen the genetic makeup. That was about two years ago when I started the treatment. Only in the past two months has all the slow work done within started to show." Leaning toward her, he kissed her forehead. "Glad to see you liked." At the mention of his lab, she wondered what else he was working on. "What other projects you got going that I don't know about?" "Not much, after finishing up the three groups, I have only two projects for the staff. The new ship we encountered yesterday in the noon raid. For it's amazingly small size, it packs a wallop, superb speed, and amazing firepower. I'm trying to work out a handheld version of it's weapons and improve our ships' shielding. We're lucky we only had four to deal with, twenty of those could have wiped the fleet out. I suspect these may be some of Gothax's new models." "Don't mention his name please... besides, I have you." "Indeed." They then threw the sheets over their heads... --- Outside the ship --- The last of the fighters were returning to the carrier after a successful raid. Several tons of ore were stolen, and the auto detonate triggers set on the remaining convoy ships. As Kyah's fleet went to warp, nuclear fireworks lit up the area. ################################################################### End Chapter 6. Expect in the next chapter our three parties sent out by Kyah get their chance at the action in the universes. As before... "BAD MONKEY! NO HINTS FOR YOU!" ########### CHAPTER 7 - INFILTRATION ################################ cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - This crossover fanfic is not for profit. All characters within are property of their respective owners. Please don't sue me, you won't get anything out of it since I'm but a poor otaku. If you have any input you would like to add, proofreading skills, or corrections, feel free to email me at jwessels@cse.unl.edu. Now, on with the fanfic. ################### FEN SYSTEM - TRAINING ASTEROID ################ Captain Gart shouldn't have been surprised at the abilities of the group he was assigned too, but what he had seen on the trip to the base as astonishing. What really blew his mind, was they hadn't even gone through the training yet, which could improve their skills tenfold. B-Ko was the most excited of the group, and gladly showed off her skills in her most ridiculous outfit. In the back of the shuttle was a reinforced room to allow the group some exercise during the long trip. After demonstrating her missiles and strength of the suit, and when Lieutenant Faro explained they could be improved using the best technology in the universe, B-Ko set off a laugh that only one other in the group could match - Naga. If the two of them hadn't been in the sealed room, the computer likely would have blown a circuit. The ten hour ride ended up at the hidden training asteroid in the Fen System. There, the group would improve their skills, learn the art of covert operations, and learn to act as a team - something that was definitely needed. After arriving at the base, they decided to not waste any time and get right down to business. In the briefing room, the five warriors faced Captain Gart, Lieutenant Faro, and three other specialists. Being a secret base, this was the entire staff. "OK group. You can just call me Gart, I'm not to fond of formalities." Letting out a sigh, and making sure the group was paying attention, he continued. "Your mission for the next three weeks is to enhance your abilities before moving out complete your final objective. We have here a wide array of scientific and training facilities. If you have any questions, ask me or the other four here, no matter how ridiculous you think it may be. I want everyone to know exactly what is going on by the end of the three weeks. Here are three experts that can help you." B-Ko, was almost ready to jump out of her seat. Thinking to herself, `Yes, with the help of these, I can surely defeat A-Ko.` "Yes B-Ko?" Chuckling to himself, he knew exactly what she was going to ask, and gestured toward the woman in the white trench coat. "Where is your science facility?" "This way miss. I'm Arma Huama, but you can just call me 'Chief'. I hear you are quite the prodigy." She then gestured toward the right doorway. After the two left, Gart continued the briefing. "I kind of guessed she would want to get started with the Chief right away. The rest of you will be trained in the use of magic enhancers," pausing he noticed Naga straighten in her seat, "and ki enhanced martial arts with a rigorous training schedule. Shilo here is the best combat master I know, and will not let up till you reach your full potential." Akane and Ryoga both grew slight grins. 'At last,' thought Akane, 'I can be as good as Ranma.' "Oh, and you'll also learn covert operation procedures, with the latest in stealth technology." Mari joined the group of smiles at that comment. "Now, let's take a tour of the base before you start your basic training." As the group continued through the corridors, trying to pay attention to Gart's rambling and taking in the high tech wonder that was bored into the iron core of the asteroid, Ryoga and Akane failed to notice they had broken off from the group. "Where'd the rest of the group go?" "I don't know Ryoga, I was following you..." Akane then hung her head down at the realization of what she just said meant. "Ok, follow me. I don't want to end up in another dimension or in space." "Sounds good too me." As the two walked what seemed like miles, Akane didn't realize she was holding Ryoga's hand. Ryoga, on the other hand, was very aware of her hand and was almost to the point of unconsciousness. Thankfully, they came to a well lit round room. In the center was a pillar extending from the ceiling to the floor, and had computer panel facing the doorway. "Maybe it's a communicator. I'll give it a try." "Wait! Akane! We don't even know what it does yet." "Don't be silly. Should be easy as making pudding." Ryoga tear dropped, and braced for whatever was to happen next. He wasn't disappointed. Akane looked at the buttons, and spotted on labeled 'On'. With a "A HA!" she pushed the button down. The door slammed down, trapping the two. The pillar started to hum, making Ryoga rather edgy. "We better get out of here." Turning, he decided to use the breaking point on the door to escape. However, for doing so, he and Akane were pulled down to the floor by their own body weight. Akane was instantly on face down in front of the column, while Ryoga strained for a few seconds before succumbing to the pressure. "Help me. I'm stuck. What's happening?" Tears started to flow down her face, accelerated by the enhanced gravity. "Feels like some sort of gravity room." Out of the corner of his eyes, Ryoga spotted on the panel a large blinking '10'. "This is probably ten times normal gravity, if that's what the number on the panel means." Lying on her stomach was too hard to breath, so Akane struggled to flip herself over, and eventually succeeded. Turning her head, she examined Ryoga. He was trying to move toward the door, but was running out of energy quickly. Strangely, Akane noticed she wasn't having as hard a time moving, but still couldn't help. A sniffle escaped, which served to double Ryoga's effort, but he still failed to close the two meter gap to the door. "I've failed you Akane. I got us lost, and now we are stuck here. If someone doesn't find us soon, our hearts will probably give out under the stress. Akane? Akane!?" Meanwhile, she was lost in her thoughts. 'Where is Ranma when I need him? He may be a pervert and rude, but I know he cares in his heart.' The thoughts faded as the blood in her brain slowed, the stress on her heart being incredible. Ryoga was also suffering from the same effects. Flashbacks to the times when she had been nearly lost, but saved by her fiancee. The floating island, the tower with Kurin, Shampoo's numerous attempts, Kodachi... He wasn't here now, and another of her friends was in danger. Ryoga didn't know how much longer he could stay awake. Akane was already gone, and kept whispering Ranma's name. He stayed awake just long enough to see Akane stand up before blackness overtook him. .... Elsewhere in the base ... "And this is the weaponry. We have the best in military grade guns. The AK-4700, Gauss Rifle, Thermocaster, and my favorite, the Neutron Gun. The contact weapons like the Gyro Flail should be of interest you two..." Turning, Gart was greeted by two less than he was expecting. Naga and Mari just shrugged. "Where are they? Great, they couldn't have gotten far." Sirens then sounded, with alarm lights flashing around them. Naga, not being familiar with the technology, attacked and turned the corridor into a freezer. "STOP! Follow me! They are just lights." Racing through the corridors, and slipping on the ice a dozen times, the three ended up on the other side of the base, and were shocked. The lost couple were unconscious on the floor. In the center of the room, the gravity machine was a molten mess, missing roughly a third of its mass. On the opposite side of the room, a crater dominated the wall." "Wow," said the Mari and Naga in unison. "No kidding. Let's get them to the infirmary. I'm going to have a look at the security archive." ... A few hours later ... Akane slowly opened her eyes to the bright lights consistent with hospitals. "So, it was all a bad dream." Ryoga and Mari appeared to the left and right over her head. "Hello Akane! You're awake," cheerfully said in her high pitched voice. Akane, on the other hand screamed, causing Mari to jump up into the lights and getting electrocuted at the same time. She recovered quickly, hinting at her level of tolerance and at past pains. Gart peered in through the doorway, curious as to the commotion. Upon seeing the captain, Akane felt immediate hatred for the man. Whatever happened in the gravity room brought back the memories of being abducted and brainwashed to fight his war she didn't care for. If she wasn't as tired as she was, he would be feeling her wrath. Another idea struck her though, after getting the training, then she'll seek her revenge and save the others. "Hi Gart! What happened?" she asked in her cheerful voice, successfully hiding her true feelings. Gart's smile grew larger. "You have some new powers is what happened, but unfortunately we also learned you need some training on how to use the gravity room." "New powers? What do you mean?" Ryoga walked over to the far wall with a flat screen. Touching a few buttons, a video came up. It showed the two entering the room, and Akane pushing the button. When the two collapsed, the four couldn't help but shudder. A few minutes passed with the couple on the floor, struggling in vain. With no audio, no one could hear what was being said. Next, Akane stood up, with a blue aura glow around her. Akane's mouth dropped. Ranma always said she had a powerful aura, she just never had seen it before. What happened next shocked her the most. The girl on the screen raised her palm to the machine, and let a blast out similar to what Ranma had done many times before. It destroyed the gravity machine, and then the security camera. The screen then went blank. "I did that!?" Her only answer was a nod from a now beaming Gart. "Yup. It's been a day since you were out. The other members have progressed nicely. It might be nice to have a little sparring tournament to test your abilities. I am impressed. Very few people are given abilities in this universe. With so many people going through the dimensions, the power threads in this universe have almost all been used up, rendering it neutral. For you to get one is really rare, congratulations." "All right! Um... where are my clothes?" The group tear dropped. "You're wearing them. Your regular clothes probably won't stand the stress of the training, so everyone is now in body suits." Looking down, Akane noticed for the first time her clothing. It was feather light, which explained why she didn't notice them. It was a form fitting suit, similar to a diver's suit. Ryoga's was a brown, while her's was a light blue. Mari wore an extra extra large black version. On all three was the Queen's star insignia over the left breast. Cracking her knuckles, "When do we start?" "How about now. First let's get you something to eat." ######### COLONY 941A - FAR FAR AWAY FROM CIVILIZATION ####### "Now don't be scared Sasami. It's just like when we went to school on Jurai," Ayeka patted her younger sister on the back. Facing the four story school building, the two sisters took a deep breath before continuing forward. The blue sky with it's small clouds floating overhead calmed their nerves, and the scent of roses heightened their feelings. The Kieche Academic Center was one of the most extravagant schools Ayeka had ever seen, outside her home planet. Surrounding the complex as an enormous garden, dominated by white roses. Due to the year round warm climate the space colony provided, the buds grew to over six inches in diameter. The construction of the outside the building hinted at the wealth its students possessed. High quality marble columns proclaimed the entrance. For such valuable, and heavy material to be brought to such a distant colony added to the extravagance of the building. Mounting the stairway to the doors, the two princesses bowed to the sharply dressed guards. "Excuse me sir, could you please escort us to the registration offices?" Ayeka inquired in her most formal voice. "Of course miss. May I inquire as to your names before we proceed?" Ayeka changed faces immediately at this question, and crossed her arms in a pout. Turning her head away from the guards, she exclaimed, "The ruling princess of Jurai will only give her name when I chose to, not when demanded by a common guard. Now don't test my patience any further." The two guards nodded at each other. Inwardly, Ayeka grinned. 'Perfect.' The doors swung open, and the two were walked down the hallway. More regal looking than it's exterior, Sasami was amazed at how the crystal light fixtures seemed to hover in midair. "Now don't gawk Sasami. It's just antigravity pads holding them up. We don't want to blow our cover yet," her older sister whispered. In the registration office, "I'll be your registration officer. I'd like to ask you a few questions before you can be officially admitted. Is that ok with you?" "Yes kind sir," Ayeka answered. Bowing, the three took their seats in the office. "What are your names?" "Ayeka Jurai, eldest princess of the Jurai Empire, and Sasami, my younger sister." "ID cards please," the register reached forward. Ayeka fumbled through her pouch, and handed the credit card sized mini computer. Sasami did the same. He pushed it into the computer terminal slot, and checked to make sure everything was in order. He didn't doubt the existence of a Jurai Empire, there were hundreds of unregistered worlds in the universe. All that was needed now is the deposit. "The 500,000 ney deposit please to complete your enrollment." Five neoplatinium bars were placed on the desk. The register carefully put them into a safe beside him, and before returning to his seat, pulled out two plastic packets. "Congratulations, you are now enrolled. In these are your schedules. You start class after the lunch recess." Handing the two girls the packets. "Also contained in those is a digital pad you use for your reading and notes. It also has a map of the school. I suggest you learn the location of your classes in the spare time you have. You may be royalty, but so is everyone else here. We don't tolerate tardiness in the least, and be on your best behavior. We don't want any wars starting between kingdoms. Good luck." ... On the other side of the facility ... Two dark suited men sat across the table from a blue, clam shell haired woman. She wore a sharp, tan business suit. Up to this point, Ayumi had passed all their tests. They were especially impressed with her scores on "Weird Useless Facts," a popular subject among the students here. Only one question remained, a wrong answer would result in rejection, regardless of how well she did before this point. "Miss Ayumi, have you ever been 'activated'?" She expected this question, and answered perfectly. "Yes, and trained in the proper tools." With that, she saluted the two men. "I am ready to serve day or night." "PERFECT!" The right hand man let out a cheer. "You're Hired. Here is your access key to the weaponry all the city employee's use. Door fifty. Pick your vehicle and sidearm, I'm sure you know the procedure. We are short on instructors, so would you mind starting this afternoon? Hope this isn't a problem." "No. I'm ready. What class?" "You'll find the information you need in this data pad. Congratulations." Walking out of the room, Ayumi let out a sigh. 'I did it. The mission is proceeding nicely.' ... Two kilometers away, in an apartment ... "Why does the captain have to be so difficult?" groaned A-ko. "Don't know. Shampoo would rather be outside than sitting in here." The two girls where sparled on the furniture in the apartment. The video screen hadn't been activated, so they had been reduced to playing different variations of solitaire. "At least we get away from snobby girl." "You said it. I feel sorry for her little sister though. Ayeka's almost as bad as B-ko." As the hours drew on, the two got even more restless, till A-ko got an idea. Taking a pillow, she swung at Shampoo, and put a little much force into it. Pillow innards exploded everywhere. Shampoo, glad to let out a little energy, picked up two cushions and got into a fighting stance using the cushions in place of her bombari. "So you challenge amazon warrior in the art of pillow war? Don't underestimate Shampoo." With her declaration of war, she let out a yell and charged, "Aiyaa!!" The fight was furious. No furniture cushion or soft object was safe. Several exploded pillows later, Shampoo decided to pounce on her opponent and tickle her into submission and put to use some of the tickling "pressure points" her grandmother had shown her. In midair, A-Ko ducked and watched as Shampoo flew through the open window. Realizing her mistake, Shampoo prepared to land on her feet, only to see the pool approaching below. "Aiya!!! Water!" Just as A-ko peered out the window, she saw Shampoo do a painful belly flop in the pool, and to her surprise, see a pink and white cat swim to the edge. Battling space ships, B-ko's numerous monstrosities, and living with her super power endowed parents hadn't exposed her to something like this. So, she did the next best thing, she fainted. Back on the side of the pool, Shampoo crawled on to the cement, fussing as only a cat can do over getting wet. She heard a thump coming from the window she had just flown through. "A-ko must have seen me change. I was hoping to keep it a secret." Leaping up the tree, and then onto the second story ledge. Gifted with a cat's balance and a martial artist's grace, she leaped through the window to land to the right of A-ko's head. "Meow?" A-ko recovered quickly. "Shampoo, is that you?" Reaching over, she scratched behind the cat's ear. An involuntary purr escaped. "How do we get you back to normal?" The cat's ears perked up, and it bounded into the kitchen and slid headfirst into the oven when Shampoo encountered the tile floor. Jumping up to the counter, she meowed for A-ko to follow. Pushing herself off the floor and going into the kitchen, she saw the pink cat nudge a kettle toward the oven. "I think I got ya. Hold on a moment." Instead of heating the kettle, A-ko opened up the cupboard and grabbed the largest container. Turning to the sink, she turned the hot water on and filled it to the brink. "Ready?" The cat lept down onto the floor, and meowed up to A-ko. The girl poured the water on the cat, and quickly jumped back when a naked Shampoo was now before her, on all fours. Getting up, Shampoo rushed into her room and returned fully clothed. "A-ko, we talk." A-ko speechlessly nodded, wide eyed and still holding the empty water pitcher. ################## SPACE - UNKNOWN SYSTEM ########################### "Hold on! We're jumping again!" Captain Ras punched the lever, and the ship jerked to the right. "That wasn't what I was expecting. Crap! We must have taken a hit to the accelerators." He slammed his fist into the console, followed by several words in an unknown language. Nabiki spoke up in the back of the passenger compartment, "So is there anything we can do?" "We already tried fighting, and that didn't work. All we can do to escape those fighter craft is to ditch the ship on some planet..." Lieutenant Esca didn't finish his sentence, and flew into a frenzy at the controls. "We're in luck, there is a planet about twenty minutes from here. We might be able to put some distance between us and the jump point before those ships arrive." With the current crew on board, fate dictates that easy getaways are a rare occurrence. The sensor array flashed red at the border, indicating a near collision. Out the cockpit window, silver ships streaked by, and began to turn for attack. "Hang on everyone! Even if I blow the engines, we are going to get to that planet." Pushing the throttle to the maximum, and overriding safety catches, the black arrowhead shaped transport screamed toward the green covered planet. Lina was getting sick of the constant motion, but if they would be on the ground soon, she would stomach it. Four days in space, they had tried nearly everything to escape their pursuit. Now, low on fuel and heavily damaged, they were going to be lucky to even make it to the planet, and that's not considering what's shooting at them. According to Ras, these ships had never been seen before. Two blasts had destroyed their shield generators, and with their raw power also came excellent speed and agility. Also the fact that such small ships could jump through hyperspace, and without refueling was new. Then, to top it off, they didn't appear to come from any known civilization. "I think we are going to make it to the planet, but at a cost. We can't land. We only have a little fuel left to slow down, so you all will need to jump ship. Esca and I both need to stay on board to level it out and manually control the thrusters." Turning to Nabiki and Lina, Ras bowed, "I place the fat of our mission in your hands you two, Nabiki Tendo and Lina Inverse. Lina, be ready to catch everyone with your magic when the hatch blows. There is a colony about a hundred kilometers north of the spot we will drop you. Good luck." Waving to the rest of the group, Ras commanded, "Now everyone, get into the hatch quickly! We have about a minute to go!" After the group was in the hatch, he locked it. "Ready Esca?" "Yes sir, its been a pleasure serving with you." "It's been a long time. Now lets do this mission." Outside, the shuttle edges grew a bright red from the atmosphere. Pulling all the remaining energy into the reverse thrusters, it slowed. The fighters behind it continued to follow, suggesting it was not the smartest of computer AI controlling them. Slamming into the atmosphere broke them up easily without the benefit of an aerodynamic shape. When the shuttle was less than a thousand meters from the ground, and just under supersonic speed, Ras blew the hatch. Its occupants were sucked out, and caught by Lina's levitation spell. The shuttle careened out of control thanks to Newton's Law of Action and Reaction, and it's loss of a wing. Even if the two pilot could make it to the hatch with the extreme centrifugal forces at work, they wouldn't have enough time. Less than ten seconds after the group was ejected, it slammed into a mountain, sending up a fireball. Mihoshi, not used to floating in the air and the closest one to the fireball, fainted. As the group touched down, the group looked up at the wreck. Nothing could have survived that. Space age fuel burned hot enough to turn the rocks to puddles of lava. Any supplies that were in the ship were obliverated. "Let's get started, we need to find a place to sleep for the night," said Lina. "Kuno, why don't you carry Mihoshi. Ready Gourry? Just like old times." "Thou shalt not command the Blue Thunder of Furienkan High. I shall carry the golden maiden on my own accord," protested Kuno. He picked up Mihoshi and carried her on his back, so Lina didn't complain. Nabiki just shook her head. "Come on Kunobaby. You can save your complains for later." Later that evening near some large boulders, the group set up a fire. Gourry was on first watch, and also spotted their first piece of trouble on the planet. "Look! A dragon! Lina! Everyone! Wake up!" Mumbling about how things show up at the worst times of the night, Lina stood up. The rest of the group, this being their first dragon encounter, were wide awake and stumbling as quickly as they could. "Ok... here's the plan, Gourry. You attack, I nuke. Got it?" "Um... why do I always have to go first?" "BECAUSE I SAID SO!" Lina yelled. Gourry complied and charged, dodging fireball after fireball. "Now, it's my turn." "Darkness beyond all twilight. Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess." "DRAGON SLAVE!" Gourry, having had experience with the spell being thrown in his direction, was watching Lina's magic aura to guess when the spell would be thrown. Not an easy task when dodging a dragon, but he did guess the correct time and ran just beyond the blast radius, and was blown the rest of the distance away. Unlike last time when fighting the golum army, this spell had the desired results. A red and gold explosion left it's characteristic crater, with one less dragon. After searching for the rest of the group, and several congratulations for Lina, and Mihoshi giving Gourry a tight hug, they laid down to rest. Only Gourry and Lina got any sleep that night. ########### CHAPTER 8 - COMING TOGETHER ################################ cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - Same as previous chapters. If you have any input you would like to add, proofreading skills, or corrections, feel free to email me at jwessels@cse.unl.edu. Enjoy! ################### JUUBAN ####################################### "Usagi! He's alive! Mamoru is alive!" Amy cheered, running into the commons area, and nearly running over Rei in the process. Looking up from her plate of half eaten food, Usagi looked up at her blue haired friend. "That's not funny Amy. We just buried him two days ago, I was there you know." Getting down on her knees, Amy took Usagi's shoulders in her hands, and shook. "I'm not joking. Washu and I just saw him in the lab. I don't know how, but he's back." Tears streamed down both girls' faces. The rest of the group, sat in shocked silence. Washu walked out of the closet containing the lab, and came up behind Usagi. Bursting up, she looked into Washu's eyes, holding her hands tightly against her chest in anticipation, "Is it true? Can my Mamoru be back? He's alive?" Before waiting for an answer, she hugged Washu and started crying, crushing the scientist. After some time, the sobbing stopped, and Washu was able to get her breath back, and some color back to her now pale face. "Hold on there." Gently pushing the girl away, she raised a finger in front of her face. "Is that any way to treat the greatest mind in the universe? You almost choked me to death." Amy put a hand to her forehead, mumbling "Not that speech again." "I HEARD THAT! Anyhow, while Amy and I were just about finished with the dimensional universe portal, he came out of nowhere." Punching a few keystrokes on her transparent keyboard, "Here is a view that the Washu-Time-o-Matic-Cam, advanced thanks to an annoyance known as Mihoshi." On the screen, a white door shaped portal opened on the other side of the lab, out of view of the Washu and Amy working on their project. He jumped among the varying devices, while the camera view jumped around, struggling to keep up with his movements. Unfortunately, the camera couldn't make out any identifying features except for a cape with the dark lighting. At the top of a large computer overlooking the construction area the two unaware were at, he stopped. Looking up, the two jumped back when a ki blast was shot forward from the perpetrator's outstretched palm. Pausing the playback, Washu zoomed in on the face and enhanced the view. Against the green hue of the ki beam's energy, Mamoru's face was made apparent. His outfit was black, but wasn't the characteristic tuxedo, but closer to his appearance of Prince Edmonton. Also, circling his forehead was some kind of golden tiara. "I now present you, your recreated boyfriend." Washu directed her arms toward the video screen in the style of a game show assistants. "As you can see, he is not in his traditional tuxedo mask outfit. He appears to be under the control of some new powers too." Rei asked the next question, "What was that attack he did? It looked like a magic attack, but Amy's Mercury computer, and all of us would have detected it." Ranma broke in, "Perhaps I can help. It looks like a ki based attack." The only others in the group that were familiar with ki, Makoto and Rei, said "What?" Ranma continued, "It's something that only very experienced martial artists can use, especially attacks such as that. I've done them a few times. It's like your life force. The best way to bring it out is to base if off your emotions, which gives it a certain coloration, and can often tell what the person using the attack is feeling. Green is mainly associated with depression and sadness, the color of Mamoru's attack. Blue auras-" "Auras?" asked Amy. "An aura is the manifestation of a persons ki around them. You all have them, just to varying degrees. It takes a lot to see it though. Here, let me show you." Standing with his hands to his side, Ranma took at standing meditation stance. Latching on to the strongest feeling he could find, the loss of Akane, the shock of losing more of your manhood to a past you never had before, he summoned the depression that was stored within him to come out. Externally, the girls saw his muscles tighten in his arms, and an outline began to appear around him. Amy and Washu both had their computers out, taking as many readings as they could. Finally, the aura grew to about an inch around his body, a transparent field. Ranma opened his eyes and slowly tucked all the feelings inside of him away, feeling slightly down from the experience. The girls got over their initial shock, Washu said, "Interesting. I'll have to run some more tests on you later." Ranma groaned at that proclaimation, remembering the other girls mentioning that Washu and Artimis didn't get along too well because of it. Usagi took control, surprising the rest of the group, "Who is controlling him? The negaverse?" Anger levels climbed at this mention, and eyes turned back to the two brains of the group. Amy shook her head, "We don't think so, it seems from the initial examinations of the energy readings, the negaverse isn't involved. Whatever brought him back is using a more common type of energy, similar to what nuclear reactions. Just plain pure energy. The negaverse hasn't used this type of energy source at all, relying on other sources - maybe even the ki energy Ranma demonstrated." Usagi, still in a serious tone, and clinching her fist, "Who?" "We don't know. I suggest we rest of the night. Washu and I are going to try to figure out a plan to catch him and bring him back to the good side. Is it all right with you Ranma and C-Ko? It would be helpful to have Mamoru with us when we try to rescue your friends." Ranma agreed, and C-Ko, having grown bored of all the talk, had her head on the table with drool making a small puddle. Amy tear dropped. "Ok then... we'll call it a majority. Get your rest everyone, we're going to need you in top shape tomorrow." Having crashed at Rei's place for the past few days, watching over Ranma and C-ko, and Usagi's emotional health, they all headed back to their respective homes. The three dimensional travelers stayed. The next day, Ranma got up before everyone. Dreams the past few nights hadn't been the most pleasant, and he needed to work some of the feelings out of his system. Jogging around for an hour, he came to a park. Going to the top of a barren hill, he sat in meditation. Focusing on the movements of a perfect kata, he tried to force the thoughts of the past week out of his head. When his imagined movements in his head struck his opponent, he couldn't help but see himself as Sailor Sun. The raw power. This only served to pull him out of the mediation, more upset than before. Standing, he yelled, "I am not a girl!" Leaping straight into the air, he let loose with a barrage of the Anything Goes aerial attacks. When he reached the ground again, leapt forward and continued using a ferocious combo, twisting his body and only moved faster when his thoughts remembered the battle. Makoto, was hidden in the bushes, observing the attacking Ranma. She had seen him pass her window that morning, so she followed him to see if he was ok. After he finished a chestnut fist attack that lasted more than a minute, she was beyond impressed. Before that point, she knew he as an excellent martial artist, and marveled in all his previous assaults. Now, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Whoa." More intense attacks followed, and a red aura appeared around his body. Some of the trees, which were more than twenty feet from Ranma, where being stripped of their leaves, and splinters were flying out from the force of the attacks. A half hour of this ensued, never letting up. Sweating profusely, Ranma collapsed to his knees finally. Makoto felt the urge to jump up, but fought it. 'He needs to be left alone, besides, it's probably safer.' Ranma held his palms up to his face. "What am I? I have failed Akane, become more of a girl than a man, and a monster." Images of his fight with Ryoga, the energy rip that pulled Akane away, memories of his so called previous life in the Moon Kingdom, and the final battle with Queen Beryl at the end of that age. All the power he had, and he still couldn't keep Akane from being taken away. Standing, he yelled out, letting his aura flare, "I WILL FIND YOU!" Dust and rocks flew out from the epicenter. Makoto shielded her face, awed at the raw power being produced. Ranma placed his arms together on his right side, and took a crouching stance. She knew he was going to let it go, and braced for the outburst. Forcing his arms skyward, he let out a blast of energy, with blue lightening spiraling around the pure white core, climbing into the sky. Feeling all his emotions draining, hatred, love, sadness, depression - he let all the bent up feelings go in one. Collapsing, he fell unconscious on the grass, silence covering the area. Jumping up, Makoto rushed to his side, "Ranma, you ok?" See him unconscious, she put him on her back, and made her way back to the shrine. "No doubt everyone is waiting for us." Stumbling up the steps, she made it up and put Ranma gently down. Rei asked, "What happened?" Rushing over to Ranma, she put a blanket over him. "Not much, he just got a little too much exercise to let out some frustration." Thinking to herself, 'Not to far from the truth, but Ranma needs some privacy.' The group congregated around the table. Ranma was still asleep. C-ko was doing some cooking, much to everyone's dismay except Washu, who was running various tests on the concoctions that were produced. "Any ideas?" Usagi asked. Minako still couldn't believe the meatball head had grown up so much in the week. Now, she was taking it very seriously, and was in control. Washu brought a display of Mamoru's face, and pointed out the tiara. "This appears to be the device controlling him. It is similar to something I encountered from a rather annoying pest named Kefka. If we destroy this, he should be freed. Amy, would you fill them in on the plan?" "Our goal is to continue the portal, he seems bent on keeping us from rescuing the rest of the kidnapped individuals. If we set a trap in the lab, with everyone there we should be able to keep him from escaping. During the trap, it is everyone's goal to keep him there and destroy the brain crown. In the lab are some force fields to hold him, but they won't last long. You will have to be there when they do fail." Usagi nodded and stood up, "Lets do it." Holding her hand forward in the center of the group, "Together, in the name of love and friendship, we will triumph." Minako put her hand on top of Usagi's, "Together." Makoto, "Together." Washu, "Together." Rei, "Together." Amy, "Together." Ranma broke in, "Together. Now let's kick some ass." C-ko also decided to come in. "Anyone want some cookies?" The group face vaulted. "What did I say? Don't you like them..... hiccup... hiccup." "WHAAAAAAA!!!" The group quickly recovered. "No wait.... C-ko!" "Please don't cry, we didn't mean it!" "I'll try them..." ################## DEEP SPACE, ON THE BATTLE CRUISER WILDFYRE ############## Kyah sat impatiently in the large command chair her small fleet's flagship, and let out a frustrated sigh. Waiting for her teams to begin their dangerous missions on her behalf, was waning on her. There were some new silver ships that acted the group of ships, giving her some respite, but against the full firepower of her capital ships, those brief moments did not last long, especially with the crews as nervous as they were. The crew worked at optimum efficiency, knowing she would seek retribution without hesitation in her current state. Just as she was about to doze off, a video screen dropped down from the ceiling. "What is it commander?" Saluting, "My queen, as you instructed, we have been awaiting the teams' first contact communications. Teams two and three have arrived safely at their destinations, and are proceeding with their missions. Team one..." he hesitated and mumbled out, "has not responded." "What was that again commander?!" "Sorry my queen. We have not received confirmation that team one has arrived." "I know that!" Kyah was now sitting in her chair, hands clenching the armrests of her seat tightly. Thoughts of dread, which she didn't show to the rest of the crew in her stone facial features, raced through her head. 'Has Gothax discovered my plan? Has he captured them? A failure such as this could spell disaster for everything.' Growling at the video screen, "Great, first we have escapees from sort of vigilante, which will pay, we have this. How long since they haven't reported in?" "Uhh..." The commander's head disappeared to the right, paper shuffling could be heard. Returning, the commander's face was hidden behind several report forms, "Three days ago." "THREE DAYS! This is one of the most important aspects of our purpose, and you wait three days to tell ME!" Kyah's aura was flaring. The commander's face went pale. Gathering his wits, he had to say something to save his skin. "I apologize. My staff and I have been busy verifying this information, and pursuing all possible leads. It appears our enemies are not involved, but this can not be made certain." This had the desired effect of calming the queen, and her aura disappated. "Very well. Prepare to activate the backup plan - I'm going in. If this group can't complete the mission - which is a shame such talent was lost - I'll complete it personally. Set a course for the richest planet in the empire, I'll deal justice under my hand." The bridge crew was silenced at this news, and looked at their queen with horrified expressions. With an evil grin, she said the words that the commander feared the most. "If planet Telleo feeds the pockets of Gothax's empire, I will destroy the people there for serving his evil." The ships lined into a prearranged battle formation, and jumped out of the system, failing to detect the fleet of silver streaks arriving in the area they just vacated. ############################# ROYAL GUARD FLEET ####################### "Five minutes till we leave warp sir." "Good. As soon as the rest of the fleet arrives, order the ships to pull back behind the largest moon of the planet to standby. I'll be departing in my personal fighter to deal with the trouble. If, in the unlikely event something goes wrong, you have command." Turning, Gothax proceeded in the direction of the ship's hanger. "Dismissed, Admiral Ryuujin." One million kilometers from the planet Telleo, above its north polar region, the Katana and Royal Guard fleets came out of warp space. Anyone on the ground witnessed amazing aurora anomalies from the energy given off by such a large group of ships coming out of subspace. As the ships lumbered toward the largest of the planet's three moons, a lone one person fighter streaked toward the atmosphere. A tri-wing, dark blue, it was designed specifically for use by the emperor. It's user was capable of extraordinary physical stress, and so it's designers could take advantage of this. Turning abruptly, the ship plummeted toward the city. "Unidentified craft. You are in violation of Telleo airspace. Please proceed to an altitude of two hundred kilometers and file a proper flight plan. A no fly zone has been enacted over sector A-20. A dangerous entity is currently being dealt with there." Keying into the radio, Gothax answered, "I know. Instruct your men that his majesty is here to deal with the problem. Emperor Gothax out." Halting the ship, Gothax opened the canopy to the frigid air of the high altitude. Stepping out, he powered up and felt for any high power life signs. Sensing one, he sped down in the direction of the more extravagent towers regions of the capitol. ########################## DOWNTOWN ##################################### Vegeta felt the power emerge far above him, and knew what it was here for. He knew a good battle was going to occur, long before the ships attacking him cleared the area. "Finally. If Kakarot wants to become a common construction worker, fine with me. I will ascend and redeem the saiyan race." As the power approached the prince, Vegeta flared and concentrated on his rapidly approaching foe. So intent on this new enemy, he didn't notice Ryoko coming from behind. Ryoko slowly faded in out of the walls, gaining ground on Vegeta who just kept staring into the clear sky, fists clenched at waist level. 'Good, he's still off in la la land, sound make my job easier.' Transporting behind him, Ryoko prepared to put her energy bands around him. When she lunged forward, she hit an invisible barrier and was blown backward into a tower wall. Vegeta had transformed into a super saiyan, and was rocketing skyward at a steep angle. Ryoko tried to follow after recovering from the sudden introduction to space age tower construction, but couldn't match his superior speed. ######################## SPACE PORT DOCK ############################### Komosauro was busy installing the final restraining bolts on the shield generator cover to the Shogo. As he wiped his brow with a rag, alarms went off, startling the warrior. "Sheesh, would you quit it already Jake!? That's the third time and it's getting annoying!" He got a further jolt when Jake answered next to him, "Sorry, not me this time." Jake looked at him wide eyed, mouth open. Motioning toward the flashing lights, "You... didn't?" Jake shrugged. Reality finally dawned on the two, and they scrambled into the top hatch of the ship. Racing to the cockpit, Komo activated the sensor display. "Fuck. This is... bad. Plain and simple." Turning, Komo was startled again to see Jake's green eye staring at him inches away. "QUIT DOING THAT! This is serious. It appears we have both sides of this war in the area, and I can't have this planet sitting in ruins because of it." Jake nodded, "Ok. So what are we going to do?" Komo was changing into his fighting gi, consisting of a cape and loose fitting pants. "You can't be serious! Those power readings are going through the roof. It's suicide!" "And let all the people on the planet die because I wasn't there? No way. Get the rest of the equipment in the hold, and prep the ship for launch. When I get back, we are getting out of here. If the emperor and the queen are in the area, there has got to be some serious firepower up there. Oh, and try to get hold of the other four." Levitating out the hatch, he gave a quick wave to the short mechanic, and fly in the direction of least probable survival. ########### CHAPTER 9 - REAWAKENING MEMORIES ######################## cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi By Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - Same as previous chapters. ################## FEN SYSTEM - TRAINING ASTEROID ################### Akane stirred the food on the tray idly with her fork. Although she knew she would need the energy for her first official day of training, her mind was still in a daze from the fact she was kidnapped. Not only that, but her mind was tampered with. The others had no idea, and were talking about their new abilities, even laughing. Ryoga leaned over to her right. In a low voice, "What's wrong Akane? I figured you'd be happy to have your new strength, and anxious to try it out today." She didn't answer him. Thinking, 'I can't say anything that would let them suspect I'm free. I remember how loyal the fake memories made me to the queen. Ryoga probably wouldn't turn me over, but the others surely would.' Finally noticing Ryoga looking at her concerned, she put on a smile, "Don't worry about me. I'm just thinking about home." Ryoga and the others suddenly locked up for a second. A second later they continued about their business. Tapping the lost boy's shoulder, "You ok? You locked up for moment there." Giving Akane a confused look, "I did? Guess I didn't notice it." He then delved back into his food. 'Funny, he doesn't seem to even remember talking to me a moment ago...' Captain Faro stood up from the dining area and stretched his arms. Patting his stomach, "That was great! Now, to finish up some quick paperwork." Raising his voice so everyone would be sure to hear, "I'll see you all in the gym in fifteen minutes to do some tests." After the door slid down with a Star Trek shirk behind Faro, Akane burst up and dragged Ryoga to the door on the other side of the small cafeteria. "Come on Ryoga, lets warm up first. We have some stuff to discuss." Ryoga struggled to his feet and walked briskly behind her. Entering the training area, Akane was still awed at it's size. Roughly a two kilometers in diameter, the sphere shaped room as the core of the asteroid. The gravity machines in the base all centered their power on its center. At the walls, various markings were shown to give the gravity readings varying from dull metal colored normal gravity, to the bright red painted areas showing fifty times gravity. According to their briefing, in the center of the room, it is weightless, allowing those that can't fly to experience the feeling, and get some feel for fighting in midair. Those that could fly were given tags on their wrists, so the gravity machines could get a lock and exert a pull. Tapping some buttons on a panel near the door, Akane told the system to bring out some mats. Sitting down, Akane motioned to Ryoga. "Mind helping me do some stretches?" "Str-stretches?" the lost boy stammered out. 'I helped Akane train for the that Kodachi match, but that was with Ranma there. Now we're alone.... ARG! I shouldn't think things like that!' Feeling a warmth developing in his nose, he shook his head of thoughts and mechanically walked toward Akane and gently took her hands. Using the lightest of touches, he helped pull her arms back. While they were working on her upper body, Akane spoke up, "Ryoga, do you think its odd how we ended up here?" "Odd? What do you mean? Did Ranma do something again?!" "No. Not that, but how one minute we were in Tokyo, and then the next we were training to support a queen we never met." Ryoga thought for a moment, "No idea. Don't know why I thought of that before." He then froze up and his eyes glazed over. His grip loosed on Akane's arms and she turned around. 'Wow, this memory thing must really put them out of it.' Waving her hands in front of his face, she tried to snap him out of it. "Ryoga?" He finally came to. Blushing, he scratched the back of his head, "Hehe, sorry Akane, I must of dazed off there, what were we just talking about?" Before she could continue there conversation, Shilo floated up behind them and broke in. "You were discussing your training. Akane, after the performance evaluations today, I would like to speak with you. Don't worry, you're safe." Akane was wide eyed, while Ryoga missed the final comment. Shilo then winked behind his long black hair and smirked at her. The rest of the group came in shortly after. Gart and Fen were in the lead, followed by a chattering B-Ko and Naga, with Naga in the rear putting on her serious battle frown. Seeing everyone present, Fen got the attention of the group, "Listen up everyone! We are going to see what you are made of. You've gone through some basic routines these past couple of days, but we still don't know how you measure up against each other. So, we are going to have a little informal tournament. This room is your battleground. Don't worry about damaging the walls, as the gravity repulsers can turn the attacks away if needed. Also, the walls are special in that they can retract, unveiling water below. The rules are you win if you knockout your opponent, or knock the opponent into the water. No killing - is that clear?" The group nodded. Ryoga was starting to sweat slightly. Gart held up a clipboard he brought in. "These are the pairings. Since there are an odd number of people, Shilo will fill in the last spot. Don't worry, he will make you work for the victory, but will not go all out. The three winners of the first round will fight each other all at once." Looking down at the clipboard, he pointed B-Ko and Naga. "You two will go first. Next will be Mari and Akane, and finally Ryoga and Shilo. Pay close attention to the fights, as we will be using playbacks of these in the future to try and improve your techniques." Typing some commands into the command console, Fen raised two platforms out to the center of the spherical room. The some of the walls slid back to reveal the water. Ryoga started to fidget, which Shilo noticed and raised an eyebrow at. Gart shoved B-Ko and Naga upward. The gravity repulsers finished the job and pulled the two onto the two platforms. "Ok you two! The gravity will be mostly centered around the center, pulling you toward the platforms. However, the gravity at the edges will be less so keep that in mind when trying to fling the other into the water. Go!" B-Ko let a volley of Akagiyama missiles off, impacting at the spot where Naga stood a moment before. Her target leaped into the air and cast a raywing spell to keep her mobile. "Ho ho! You think that will stop Naga the Serpent? You underestimated me!" B-Ko growled and engaged the jet wings on her suit. These were more powerful, and had an unlimited energy supply with the enhancements the scientists made. "Ha! You only witnessed my earlier missile types. Try this on! ODORI TORPEDOES!" Energy balls came out, glowing a bright blue. The pull by the gravity on the pools cause the surface to be perfectly smooth, even a large stone thrown in would only cause a slight splash with no ripples. With the water in the spherical room, the glare was amplified and nearly blinded everyone. This wasn't the effect B-Ko desired, and she covered her eyes. The mental control link she had been exerting on the torpedoes to control their trajectory was lost, and they exploded harmlessly in one of the water pools. Naga recovered, and narrowed her eyes at B-Ko. 'I'll show her. She has no right to where such an outfit like mine.' Rearing her arm back, she cast out "BOMB DI WIND!" The tunnel of wind created blasted forward and hit B-Ko squarely unprepared in her back. She blew into one of the water ponds and did one of the most painful belly flops ever witnessed. Naga, being airborne herself, and without a strong foothold, was thrown backward and hit the platforms in the center of the room. Getting up, she felt a pain on her elbow and looked, then promptly fainted at the sight of a drop of crimson. Shilo flew up to Naga and shook his head in disgust. 'Really, this is just ridiculous.' He grasped Naga's slender wrist and floated down to a sputtering, fussy B-Ko. "Want some help?" "NO!" "Fine then. Oh, by the way, you both lost." He then shoved B-Ko's head under the water and flew off toward the rest of the trainees. Chuckling to himself, he thought, 'Heh, that'll rile her up. I always wanted to do that to a stuck-up bitch like her and get away with it. Kyah wouldn't have been the best to do that too.' Checking off the list off fighters, Fen motioned toward Akane. "Alright, you're up. Try not to beat Mari too bad eh?" Since neither could fly and felt threatened by anyone forcing something upon them, the two fighters gave everyone one of 'those' female looks meaning don't throw me up there or I will personally see to it you will be unable to able to bear offspring. Shilo did so anyhow. Ryoga leaned toward him and whispered, "You sure that was a good idea?" "I'll be alright. I'm a shape shifter, any physical damage they dish out, or cut off, is easily fixed. Painful, but repairable none the less." As Ryoga contemplated this, he looked up at the two fighters. They still hadn't moved ever since landing on the platforms. 'Mari looks strong, but I'm getting Akane would still give her a run for her money.' Cupping his hands over his mouth, he cheered, "Go get her Akane! You can do it!" Akane briefly looked over at Ryoga, and broke eye contact with Mari. Mari, seeing the opening, leaped forward and prepared her own one handed speed punch. Akane's new found power also gave her the ability to sense ki thankfully, and looked up in time to block the attack. Mari's one armed amaguriken attack, devised by herself while studying the arts with some monks, could only be blocked half the time by Akane. Akane's new speed and power she was given was still fresh and untrained, so she was hammered mercilessly. Ryoga tried to leap forward to assist her, but was held fast by Shilo's hand on the lost boy's shoulder. Ryoga looked up from the hand and observed the battle, only to be shocked. Akane was still standing, and didn't have a bruise on her. Both combatants were shocked at this. Mari had expected the fight to be over after sending over three hundred punches at the smaller girl. Akane was amazed she was only knocked around, but received no injuries. When reality finally set in, Akane got a smirk on her face and looked up. Shaking her finger in front of her face, she said, "Now now Mari, I don't think you should have done that." Mari, took a defensive stance, and prepared for the attack. Akane leaped forward, and struck. After several battles with A-Ko, Mari went off many times during the summer breaks to train in martial arts designed to use your opponents strength against them. This knowledge bore fruit when she sidestepped the attack and rotated in a powerful roundhouse kick. It connected with Akane's back, and gave her that extra momentum forward. Akane's mass compared to Mari was small, and she hadn't learned to use ki to control her movement, so the result was just like a baseball bat hitting a softball. She went headfirst into the water, a hundred meters from the platforms, and stayed under for a minute. Mari let out a cheer and held her arm high in triumph. Akane was glad that she was beat this time by a real girl. A big, high pitched voiced, muscular girl, but a girl none the less. Then, she remembered, she couldn't swim. Her arms were flailing around wildly in the water, desperately trying to keep her breath underwater. Again, like before in the fight, she was surprised. The ki within her gave needed energy to her cells, and prolonged to the need to inhale. 'Hopefully someone comes to help me out. I don't know how much longer I can stand!' As an answer to her thoughts, Shilo once again came to pull the defeated from the depths. On the way back, she looked up at his face. "Uh, Shilo?" "Yes?" he said, but kept his face straight ahead toward the rest of the group. "Thanks." "No problem. Remember, I need to talk with you after this is over." "Yes sir." Akane's head drooped. 'Great, he probably thinks I'm some sort of loser.' When they finally touched down, Shilo calmly walked over to Ryoga and held out his hand, "Please accept my apology Ryoga." The lost boy shook his hand, and in a confused tone, "What for?" "THIS!" Shilo, with his grip still on Ryoga, began to turn around in midair. After the fifth rapid rotation, he arched the rotation upward and let go. Ryoga, having been spun so fast was too dizzy to let out a yell. The velocity was high enough that the gravity couldn't slow him down enough to stop in the middle of the training area. Going through one of the platforms didn't stop his trajectory either. Only when hitting the water on the other side of the sphere did he stop. The group, except Shilo, wasn't prepared for the sight that beheld them. Instead of Ryoga coming to the surface, Ryoga's body suit and a bandana collared black piglet came up. Naga burst out laughing when she realized what happened, while the others stood in silence. Akane broke everyone out of their stupor when she thudded to the floor face first. When Akane finally woke up, she was lying on a couch in Shilo's personal living area. Ryoga was sitting across the room, looking down at the floor. Shilo peered in through the doorway to the kitchen area, "Ah, I thought I felt your ki perk up a little. You're finally awake, been out for nearly thirty minutes. I'll be right with you soon as I finish up these scrambled eggs for dinner. The permanent residents here get our own kitchen areas." He then quickly ducked back to flip some pancakes. Holding her head, Akane tried to recall the events that lead up to her blacking out. First there was the fights between Naga, B-Ko, Mari and her... then Ryoga hit the water and turned into P-Cha... "RYOGA!!! YOU PERVERT!" Ryoga looked up and turned pale with fear. Akane launched herself across the room and proceeded to give Ryoga the worst beating of his life. Grabbing his collar, she threw him into the ceiling. The action didn't stop there, when she grabbed hold both legs and pounded him into the wall, giving a nice view into the bathroom. When he hit the ground twin mallets in both hands pounded on him at an alarming rate of speed. During this, Akane yelled out at him. "Why didn't you tell me you were, were - P-CHAN!" A particularly strong blow accompanied the name of her former pet. "I told you all my secrets! You had to be in cahoots with Ranma. RYOGA NO BAKA!" Before her extra large sized mallet could finish the twitching lost boy, Shilo had hold of Akane's wrist. "That's enough young lady. I won't see any more damage done to my apartment, and I need you both alive to undo the damage Queen Kyah has done. I had to reveal Ryoga's secret to you now, else in the future you would have killed him, and nobody would have been able to stop you." Seeing the blue glow in Shilo's eyes, Akane put her weaponry away in their subspace pockets and shrank back to the couch. "I'm sorry." Pointing to Ryoga, she added, "BUT NOT TO THAT!" "Well then, I'll be finishing up dinner. You're lucky Ryoga is so tough, else there would be nothing but the guilt of murder on your hands." This comment shook Akane up especially. Holding her hands up to her face, she contemplated the meaning of what she might have done. "Murder?" She then rushed over to Ryoga and held him up, "What have I done, Ryoga? I'm so sorry." He tilted his head, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I loove -cough- you so," he blanked out and slept on Akane's lap, tears trickling down her face. "Dinner's ready!" Shilo walked over to Akane and Ryoga and tapped her on the shoulder. "He'll be alright. I have just the thing to fix him up. There's this nice little plant I found a few decades ago. Makes excellent chili, but one bean also cures you of all your physical injuries. Unfortunately, this is my last one, and I lost the coordinates of the planet long ago." Pulling a small capsule out of his pocket, he opened it to reveal a small, yellow-green bean. Whispering in Ryoga's ear, he said something that woke him from his sleep real quick. Seeing his wasn't in danger, Ryoga relaxed and looked up at the two. Shilo then put the bean in Ryoga's mouth, and encouraged him to chew. A moment later, Akane jumped back in amazement, seeing all of Ryoga's wounds heal. The bones mended, broken skin healed, strength returned. Getting up, Ryoga flexed his arm in awe. "Thanks! Dr.Tofu would love to get hold of those back home." Akane noticed his comment of back home and hugged him, "You're free!" Shilo smirked, "Of course. I kind of hoped that his transformation would destroy the memory chip in his mind, just like your powers overloaded the circuits in your mind. Come now, let's eat before getting down to business." "Alright!" Ryoga was starving from his rejuvenation. Akane didn't say anything, still remembering why she beat Ryoga up. The two guys ate at a good pace, but still nothing compared to Ranma or Genma. Letting out a belch, Shilo leaned back, "That hit the spot! If there is one thing my student Komosauro taught me, it was how to make a good breakfast for dinner." "Komosauro? Who's that?" Ryoga asked. "Oh, he's a student of mine in the dark arts." At the mention of dark arts, Akane and Ryoga raised their eyebrows. "Don't worry. It's not like it sounds. What it deals with is controlling ki of another, and drawing it in from your environment. With such good control, people that practice this art don't usually concentrate on their physical attack skills. Being a master of the art, I easily could detect your curse without seeing you transform. It leaves a 'special' signature in your ki." "Oh," the two listeners said in unison. "Now on to business. As you could probably figure out from me trying to free up your memory from Kyah's control, I'm not on her side. I'm trying to work from the inside to figure out how Kyah intends to complete her goal of vengeance against Emperor Gothax. Long ago, the two were to be married, but someone tricked their families, and the result was genocide on a horrible scale to an entire planet. With Komosauro working on the outside, and me on the inside, hopefully the damage done can be lessened." "Where does that leave us, how do we get home?" Akane asked. "Well, I would like you to help me get your friends back. If I remember, your sister Nabiki was also taken." Akane gasped. "As soon as we get them, then we can worry about getting back home. If you return now, there would be nothing you could do back the--" Shilo's eye's glazed over and he gripped the table, "Oh no." Akane then felt the power coming from far way, "What is that?" "The fight has begun, and I fear billions of lives are at stake." ################## COLONY 941A ########################################### --- Kieche Academic Center, courtyard during lunch ---- Sasami stepped out onto the grass, looking for someone to eat with. Most everyone was in groups of five, chattering in ways to make you thing they were at a tea party. Ayeka was fitting in nicely with the older crowd. In the corner, she spotted one of the guards. "Hello sir. What's your name?" "Pyrate." Sasami smiled up at him, "You seem bored, would you like some company?" "No. I'm busy now." Not one to be deterred, Sasami sat down on the bench next to him, and opened her lunch. He glanced over to her and commented, "You know, there are caterers here. That's what your parents paid for." "Na, I like to make my own lunches. It's healthier than eating that stuff, and I like to know what is in it." Pyrate's left eyebrow lifted, "That's odd. Never fancied anyone in this crowd would do that. Most think they are too important to do cook." Sasami let out a sigh, "I know, I like to make friends with everyone, but sometimes it's hard when the other person mean to everyone around them." Seeing she was making progress with the guard, Sasami moved a little closer. "Still don't want a taste?" Smirking, "Sure kid, I'll take a bite-GET DOWN!" Pyrate picked up Sasami and jumped into the air. A split second later, an explosion took out the bench they were sitting on. Hovering in the air with Sasami under his arm, Pyrate looked around for any attackers. To his dismay, on the other side of the compound, mini missiles were streaming in toward the older students. "Shit, I'm not going to make it in time." Looking down at his luggage, "I'm going to put you down over there by the pool. Try to stay down." He rocketed down to the pool and gently put her down, and took off toward what he believed would be a bloody scene. Arriving, he saw Ayeka being congratulated by the students and instructors. "What happened?" Pyrate demanded. Ayeka turned to see the guard, and fumed, "Oh, something that I had to take care of that obviously you guards couldn't do!" "Hey, I was on the other side. So lay off! I saved a little girl over there. So you should be laying into the other guards here, not me. Now explain what happened." "Some missiles came in, and I stopped them." "Uh? How?" "Like this," logs appeared around in the air, and gave off an energy shield. "Oh... well then, carry on. I'm going to investigate." Ayeka then stormed off into the administration office, intent on rolling a few heads. Throwing back the head regent's office door, she caught the woman unawares. "Miss, may I help you?" "Yes! As you probably heard, there was an attack on the students just a few minutes ago. Your paid guards, paid with our tuition, did nothing to prevent the attack. I had to defend most everyone myself!" Ayeka leaned over the desk, while the regent leaned back to get some space. "I would like to make an offer. You allow the me and the students to hire our own bodyguards, and have them on the grounds, and we don't sue you for every penny this institution owns." Lawsuits are the bain of any institution in charge of the welfare of people. Hospitals, schools, restaurants - all have a common enemy in the courts. Just one could spell disaster. Financially in fighting and paying off the people seeking action, but also in reputation. If something could be agreed upon outside of courts, before the media finds out, the opportunity to save face must be taken. So, her answer was simple. "Ok." "Thank you. I will enjoy the fine education your institution has to offer dear regent. Have a nice day," the door then slammed behind Ayeka. Outside the door, she did a little skip. "Yes! It worked!" After classes, the captain and lieutenant, with Ayeka and Sasami returned to the apartment where Shampoo and A-Ko where just finishing their discussion on the details of curses from Jusenkyo. "So your saying that back home there is this guy named Ranma that turns into a girl!?" Shampoo nodded. A-Ko burst out in laughter and collapsed on the couch. "That has got to be nuts! Now, don't tell me, some of the guys go after him too?" Again, Shampoo gave the affirmative. "Yes, Kuno is not right in head. I call him stick boy." A-Ko couldn't take it and rolled off the couch and started to hiccup. The door opened and the four from school came in to witness A-Ko keeling over on the floor, with all teardropping in the process. When A-Ko finally noticed the new arrivals, she quickly recovered and stood up. "Welcome back. How was class?" Captain Nugent answered, "Very well. Except for a rouge missile, the plan went well." Ayeka fumed at this and yelled in his right ear, "You call almost killing my little sister going well!?" While the captain recovered his hearing, Lieutenant Ewwn countered, "Ayeka, we already said we're sorry. The mission was accomplished though. We will be able to get Shampoo and A-Ko on campus as your bodyguards and not have to worry about them breaking our cover." Although A-Ko was relieved to get out of the apartment and do something in the future, she wasn't looking forward to doing it in school. Shampoo wasn't too thrilled either. "Well, at least Shampoo not be too bored tomorrow," Shampoo moaned out. A-Ko looked to her side at Shampoo, "Speak for yourself, I've been to school. The only thing I have be grateful for is I don't have to worry about someone's cooking killing me, or mecha to fight each morning." Shampoo blinked, "What? Now you have some explaining to do." "Alright, everyone have a seat." Everyone but Sasami and Captain Nugent found a spot, so they sat on the floor. After such a draining day, no one was in a hurry to get the real briefing underway. The rest of the night was still ahead of them. A-Ko cleared her throat and when she was about to speak, her mind drew a blank. "What the? What were we just talking about?" The captain and the lieutenant nodded toward each other. They knew exactly what was going on, but couldn't say anything about the real cause. Instead, Ewwn changed the subject, "Don't worry about it A-Ko, it'll come back to you eventually. I suppose we could talk about the mission tomorrow. As you all know, we are here to try and get support from the individuals there in the school. They could help us gain access to some of the higher political figures in this side of the galaxy. After that, we can put the final pieces of the plan into play. With you two there on campus, you can support Ayeka and Sasami by being free in your movements. Being able to move around campus, planting bugs and such will help learn some of the secrets. If need be, you can also provide the needed muscle to stand up to the other guards if they get in our way." Nugent continued the briefing, "One of you will be the girls at all times to provide the needed cover. The other will meet up with Ewwn and I, which will be the janitors on the campus, for the small missions around and to give us info on what is happening. Both of us has a cart we take around with our cleaning supplies. Don't talk to us directly, just leave notes in the cart, and pick up your missions by taking the green rag on the second shelf. If you see that rag, that means you have something to do." Shampoo nodded. Thinking, 'This is just the evidence I need to get rid of these goons for kidnapping me, I'll get the help of the guards. A-Ko is a good friend, and I must help her get free of these kidnappers. I'll make my move tomorrow.' ################# UNKNOWN PLANET, 5 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF COLONY ########## "Mihoshi! Be quiet!" "But I'm tired," the blond galaxy police detective whined. "We've been walking all day." Nabiki let out a frustrated sigh. For five days, the group has been trudging along to the north. They probably could have made better time, but Kuno, Mihoshi and Gourry would slow them down considerably. First Mihoshi complains about being tired. After about the third complaint, Kuno insists that the group stop to rest for her because a 'Fair maiden in such a high position as a first class detective should be given her rest to be ready for any criminals that get past the Blue Thunder of Furinken High.' Lina learned early from Nabiki a fireball could be easily lived through by the thickheaded kendoist, so she would let the fireworks begin. Mihoshi would try to tend to him, and get singed in the process. Gourry would then try to be the hero and lend any medical attention he could. He would then carry Mihoshi, while Lina and Nabiki tried to drag an unconscious Kuno behind them, letting his head hit the ground and rocks to keep him quiet. It was in this position they were ambushed. An energy net dropped on top of them, shocking the group when it came in contact. Before Lina blacked out, she saw a figure drop down from the trees holding blue tinted sword. When Lina awoke, they were gagged and tied down in a pit. She tried to use her magic, but found something was draining her mana reserves. The others in the group were in the same position, and had still to wake up. Leaning against the dirt wall, she struggled to her feet and hopped over to Gourry. 'Darn, they took his sword.' Glancing over to Kuno, she noticed he was missing his bokken. Mihoshi's blaster was also missing, with her cube. Dropping to her knees in front of Nabiki, she tried to nudge her awake, and was successful. Blinking, Nabiki slowly took in their situation and struggled with her rope bonds. Wriggling around, Lina was amazed to see her finally break free and drop the severed ropes that were around her hands on the ground. She quickly untied her gag and held up a razor blade to Lina. Whispering to the sorceress, "I've been in situations like this before. I keep a specially made one stashed in my watch just for occasions like this." Working quickly, she cut the bonds on Lina and her feet. The two then worked on the rest of the group, waking them in the process except Kuno. They didn't need that loud mouth spoiling the escape yet. "I figured you'd find a way out. Mind explaining who you are?" came a voice from above. Nabiki nearly jumped out of her skin, and looked up to the top of the pit to see a middle aged warrior. He had on black armored boots, with metal plating over the knees. On his back, were two swords. The rest of his outfit was a loose fitting gray, almost medieval. She was at a loss, having no information on who their captors were, except they could be colonists, what or who they wanted, and what she had that they didn't. Best course of action: make them think you know more than they do. "Now, I don't think that would be a good idea. Especially when it may be in your best interest to help us," Nabiki said, putting on her best stone face - her life rarely depended on these skills so her performance had to go off without a hitch. Their captor smirked, "Heh, I'll call your bluff. I think you have no clue what is going on here. I'm smarter than you think little girl." Her jaw muscles tightened shut. The man continued, "I know exactly when someone is lying to me. It's one of my many, gifts. NOW TELL ME WHO YOU ARE!" Lina decided to take over from there, if the guy was going to torture them, she'd rather get their faster. There may be an opening during their transportation - at least it would be better than sitting in a musty old hole. "We crashed on this planet trying to escape some craft that shot us down. We were fleeing for over three days in space, and now we traveled about a hundred kilometers from the south to this place. We ask for your help." The man nodded, "YOU are telling the truth." Turning his gaze to Nabiki, "YOU were not. It would be wise in the future to be more honest with me." Returning his attention to Lina, "My name is Ryuujin. I'm the leader of this colony. I would like to extend my apologies, but we are wary of outsiders." Tossing a rope ladder over the side, he held out his hand, "Come on up, I may have a deal for you to get off this planet." The group climbed up, and were amazed at the view they saw. The dirt hole for their prison hinted at what was above them before. Mounds of dirt consisted of the entire colony. Each one had a doorway of metal to an underground housing or complex. Ryuujin spread his right arm to take in the sight. "Welcome to Narafa Colony. We like to live in simplicity, but we aren't barbarians. We utilize technology, and still make voyages into space. It would have been easier to build above ground, but with so many enemies, living underground hides from sensors and the natural predators of this world. Dragons can make such a mess if you aren't careful." Gourry smelled food coming from one of the open doors, and slowly edged his way toward it. Ryuujin, still not totally trusting of his guests, noticed and called out, "Halt!" Gourry stiffened and turned around. "You will eat with me. I have business with all of you." When the swordsman returned to the group, Lina slapped him on the head. "What were you thinking!? I don't want to lose you on some weird world." Rethinking, she then rephrased, "Na forget that. Gourry, I would like to encourage you to run off as the first chance you get - and take Kuno and Mihoshi with you." This confused Gourry entirely, so as the group was going to the center mound of Ryuujin's residence, Lina was getting a splitting headache trying to keep calm. Not having access to her magic also was getting on her nerves. When entering the doorway, the atmosphere changed entirely. A modern living area with electricity, pictures, and numerous weapons as decoration. Kuno was interested especially in some of the swords, many very delicately embroidered in gems and gold, and some with writings on their blades. Nabiki just looked at the gems. Ryuujin and Lina had a difficult time trying to keep the other four - Kuno, Nabiki, Mihoshi, and Gourry - from going their separate ways. In the end, they did finally arrive at a large wooden table, with candle light. The feast before them was extravagant. When Mihoshi tried to dive in to the curry, an energy shield smashed into her face and bounced her back. "Oh... my face." she then started to sniffle a little bit. Ryuujin chuckled, thinking, 'Serves you right for being greedy.' He then turned the main group. "You have a decision to make. Up to this point I have been very lax with you. Now is a fork in the road." Opening a pouch, he drew five pills. "You can either eat this pill, and I will help you. Else, you will leave this colony and find other means of getting off this world." Nabiki blinked. Murmuring to herself, "This guy watches too many movies." Gourry snatched a pill out of his hands, "I'm in. That food looks great!" Lina made a grab at his hands to stop him, but was too late. The pill was swallowed up and on a tour of the digestive system. They waited for a few minutes to see if he would keel over, but nothing happened except for Gourry asking if he could eat now. Ryuujin nodded, and he jumped at the food, eating at his usual restaurant pace. Lina, not wanting to see everything devoured before her eyes, shrugged, "Why not? I'm a goner anyhow if I don't get off this rock." Passing their host, she picked up a pill, threw it in her mouth, and dug into the feast. Nabiki handed one to Mihoshi and Kuno, and the they joined in. Ryuujin grabbed a few drumsticks when he felt he wouldn't be in danger of Lina's and Gourry's assault. The feasting didn't last long, and was finished in less than ten minutes. When they all laid back in the chairs around the banquet table, they rested for a minute, and collapsed in a slumber. Ryuujin walked to each of the guests and put his hand on their heads. Energy seeped into their minds, and disabled the memory implants he had detected. "There, no one should have to be a slave. Their allegiance shall be to whoever they choose, but it should never be forced." Taking his seat, he waited for his guests to wake. Mihoshi did so first, "My head. Feels like I've been up for a week." Kuno was next, but wasn't so cooperative. "What is this? I have been foiled by sorcery to do the bidding of a queen I have no allegiance to!?" Turning toward Ryuujin, he pulled a bokken out of thin air. You must be a slave to this evil! Prepare to meet thy death at the hands of I, Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkun High!" Ryuujin disappeared, and then reappeared in front of Kuno. Again, Kuno's hard headedness saved him when Ryuujin's fist impacted, sending him across the room into a stone column unconscious for the fourth time that day. Clapping was heard. Turning to the sound, Ryuujin saw Lina and Nabiki giving the applause. Nabiki congratulated him. "Good job. That's a faster job that we've ever accomplished." Her voice then got down to business, "Thank you for helping us out with Kyah. Now I want to get even. Is this the help you were needing?" Ryuujin shook his head, "Nope. I need help getting supplies in from the outside world. Those ships you mentioned may be the cause of the problems. If you all help me track the source of the ships and destroy them, I will help you get transportation anywhere in the galaxy, with weapons and supplies. If that place means Kyah's home base, I'll see what I can do. However, I won't help fight her. There you are on your own. My people don't wish to get too involved in galactic struggles, and I will help them keep it that way. We only get involved enough to insure our own free survival." In stereo, the two girls nodded, "Agreed." ------------ END CHAPTER 9 ----------------- ########### CHAPTER 10 - A NEW QUEST ########################### cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels Disclaimer - Same as previous chapters. This chapter was a little long at the halfway point, so I decided to cut it off and leave chapter 10 at that. 11 will pick up on Telleo. I need to remember not to get so carried away. ########### JUUBAN - WASHU'S LAB ############################### The force field traps were set, and only needed a voice command to activate. With those set, Amy and Washu began to piece together the dimensional portal again, but at a much greater pace since the hard work of figuring out how to make one was done before. Along with those two in the lab, there was always one other senshi, in their transformed states, hiding in the lab to catch Mamoru. Ranma-chan had just gotten off her eight hour shift, and was tired of doing nothing, but still full of energy that wasn't being released. Five days had passed since the three traveler's arrival. Usagi and Ranma-chan sat on the steps to the Hiwaka shrine. It was starting to approach sundown. Usagi sniffed, "I used to watch the sundown with him." Ranma wasn't used to these emotional talks. Preferring to talk about taking action, or doing action was more her style. "We'll get them back. We already have a plan." "What if it isn't him? He was taken from me and we just laid him to rest," Usagi curled her knees to her chest. "I've been so close to loosing those around me, all I can do is try the best I can." Flexing her right arm, "After all, the best martial artist in the world wouldn't do less. And I am the best." Usagi looked over at the redhead and forced a grin. "Maybe you're right." "I am?" Nodding, Usagi continued, "Of course. It doesn't help to just mope around. It doesn't help." Standing, Usagi went a few steps down. Looking back up at her companion, "Come on, let's head to my place for dinner. I'm sure you don't want to hang around here all the time. Tonight is Haruka's shift, thanks to Setsuna bringing in the outers. It's too bad that her time powers couldn't see when he would come." Ranma stood, "Thanks. It'll be good to flex my legs after sitting in that lab." As the two went down the street, Ranma was on the fence in her usual pattern, Usagi glancing up at him. "I could never do that." Ranma was asked about as much about her fence walking as his curse, but didn't know what to say to this. "Uh, why not?" Looking down at her feet, Usagi grumbled, "I'm a total clutz. I stumble over my own feet just walking sometimes." Leaning down, Ranma held her hand out, "Want to try?" Usagi looked at the hand, then at Ranma's neutral face, then at the fence, and finally arrived at her feet again. "I don't feel like right now, thanks anyhow." Shrugging, Ranma hopped down and the two girls continued walking to toward Usagi's home. An idea popped up in Usagi's mind - one of her rarer moments. "Would you train me?" Showing the clutz to balance on the fence was one thing, but training her in martial arts and her power was something else. She was a girl, and he didn't want to hurt her. "You sure that's a good idea? I might, um..." "Yes?" "Uh, you might not be able to keep up..." "And?" "Um - I don't hit girls?" Usually at this point Ranma would be batted into LEO, but instead was hit with something he never had experience in this situation - Usagi's puppy dog look. Her eyes were side, and sparking. A strange halo of cuteness radiated around her head, and her mouth hinted at a sniffle that may escape if she wasn't helped. Ranma herself was only able to duplicate the effect to ice cream stops, and wasn't quite sure of it's power on herself till this moment - she gave in. "Ok." Raising her finger to emphasize the point, "but if it's too much for you, we're going to hold off for a while. Understood?" Pulling Ranma, she hugged him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Letting go, the red-haired girl fell face first off the fence and into the pavement. Usagi was jumping around in glee and didn't notice the twitching martial artist behind her. The sun had set about an hour before, and the park was mostly vacant. The two had found a corner to transform and cut loose into the sky without attracting too much attention. Sailor Sun stood in front of Sailor Moon, in her regular form. "Ok, the first thing we need to do is figure out how to get you back that power you used a few nights ago. While we are trying to that, I'm going to try to explore the finer points of this magic stuff." Nodding, Usagi asked, "Do you know how I can do that? It just happens." "Huh? Have you ever trained with your magic to figure out how it works?" "No." Sailor Sun face vaulted for the first time in a few thousand years. "You have got to be kidding me!?" The blond shook her head in a negative. Slumping her shoulders, Sailor Sun sighed out, "Ok. Lets start from the beginning. Take a seat. This may take a while." Under a large oak, the two got into a cross legged position, facing each other. "From what I understand from my," Sailor Sun made quote marks in the air, "Silver Millennium life," end quote, "the magic doesn't exist in the planets we are all linked to. It exists everywhere, and the planets only allow you to channel the power easier." Although they had just started, Sailor Moon was starting to loose interest. Sailor Sun gave her a quick plasma nick to wake her up. "Owie!" "Pay attention. From that, I think your power increased when you accessed that magic directly instead of through the moon." Sailor Moon's head hung low, "But I don't remember how I did it." "That's what we are here to figure out. Getting control over your current powers will help you learn new skills." Smirking, "That's how I learned martial arts, I become the best overnight you know." Sailor Sun then put her hands up in front of her, and formed a ki ball between them. "This is ki. I use this in my martial arts. It is kind of like magic, but instead of coming from the outside world, it comes from inside of you." Usagi was wide eyed, and bent over to look at the small glowing ball. She stuck her finger out, stopping just a few inches from the energy. "Can I touch it?" "Sure. This is calm energy and won't hurt you." Slowly moving her finger forward, she felt different as the energy flowed into her. It was warm, and she felt she could do this. Smirking, Sailor Sun commented, "It's easier to base ki off emotions. This is my confidence. I know a guy that uses depression." Taking her finger back, and putting her hands in the same position, Sailor Moon said, "I'm going to try this with my magic. I've never been able to use the magic like this before, but I'll try." Concentrating hard, beads of sweat began to form on her head. She resisted the urge to call out an attack name, and tried to find the magic flowing to her like her sensei said. She slowly started to glow, and a breeze flowed through the tree above them. Then she felt it - it was like all around her a different plane of existence could be felt by looking within her. It was vast, and streams of power flowed around the earth, trees, through her. Focusing the energy through her body, she willed it into a ball into this reality. Across from her, Sailor Sun was amazed at how the power in Sailor Moon was changing. Before, it was a simple transformation with no noticeable focus. It had then felt like her body was a well spring, soaking up the energy around her, and now she was like a lense and the irregular glob of rainbow light in her palms flowed into and out of her body in wisps. Finally, Sailor Moon opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw and the energy disappeared. "I did it!" "Congratulations. I think you may have taught me some things too when I watched you. Now it's my turn." Sailor Moon was excited over her success and wanted to see what her companion would reveal. Still sitting, Sailor Sun concentrated within her and sought to see what her student had learned. It came quickly, and with her previous experience in ki, her feeling of how to perceive this power proved very useful. Like Sailor Moon, the energy coursed around everything - then a strange spark interested her in this vastness. It as found in herself and had didn't seem like the rest of the free energy. Pulling on this strand, she felt her body feel warm. Sailor Moon gasped, and the Sailor Sun opened her eyes. Now, she was in his guy form. "Whoa. Now this is cool." Realization then came full brunt - "I FOUND THE CURSE! I CAN BE CURED!" After so long in searching, a freak accident through the dimensions may have given him the cure. "Let's take you back home. We can continue tomorrow." Changing back to their from their sailor states, Ranma reverted back disappointedly to her female form.. They walked back to Usagi's home. After training, the growing teenagers were only interested in eating. Dinner was eaten in silence, except for the usual small talk about school. Ranma was introduced to Usagi's parents and little brother as a visiting exchange student - which was part true. Shingo didn't let her off that easily, and kept teasing his older sister about how her boyfriend was doing. What surprised him though, was she didn't retort back and instead kept quiet. After the relatively quiet dinner, Ranma left to go back to the Hiwaka shrine. He was so caught up in thinking about the events of the tonight, he didn't notice taking a wrong turn. Only when he had reached Tokyo Tower a few hours later did he realize his mistake, and his communicator that Amy had fashioned for him went off. Flipping it out, he found a corner to talk. "What's up? Is he attacking?" Ranma whispered into the communicator. Being in his guy form, he didn't want to be caught dead in public holding something that girls used for makeup. Mercury's face showed up, "YES!" Static fizzed across the screen and cleared up. The view screen showed Amy had dropped the communicator and was unleashing her own bubble attack. As the water spray attack went out, it hit the screen and ended the video stream. Ranma jumped to the top of a three story office building, and pulled out his henshin rod. "Looks like it's time to show what the new me can do in this form." "Sun Galaxy Power Revised!" Like most attacks and skills that Ranma learned, he modified them to suit his needs, and adapted quickly. In the four days that he had been with the magic of the Silver Millennium from this universe, he experimented with it when out of site from the rest of the group. The night before, he was trying to modify the magic to work with his martial arts skills - they don't call it Anything Goes Martial Arts for nothing. Now, he focused on the magic energy covering his body and tried to change the outfit to something more fitting. The clothing changed from the odd tux to a loose fitting ninja outfit, but try as he might, the colors wouldn't go. It was still the white based of the fuku, and had the red trim on the seams, and glittering orange at the cuffs. The most important part of the outfit didn't change, the Sun Crystal Gauntlet. It remained the same with it's jewels and golden appearance. Calling on his vast reserves of power the transformation lent him, his feet left the roof of the office complex. Plasma thousands of degrees hotter than the air around him washed over his body, but leaving him unaffected and gently swaying his hair. The tar on the building started to bubble from the heat till Sailor Sun rapidly flew toward the direction the other scouts were. "If this guy is as changed as Washu says, they don't stand a chance without me." When he arrived in the air above the shrine, Sailor Moon made her entrance jumping over the wall. The two paired up and went into the shrine. Turning down the hallway, the went to the closet. Opening the door, they were greeted with the sounds of battle and Sailor Jupitor flying backward over their heads. She hit the wall behind, and slumped unconscious to the floor. "Take care of her Sailor Moon, I'm going to get this guy." Sailor Moon put her hand on Sailor Sun's shoulder, "Don't hurt him. Just get my Mamoru back." "I promise." Turning, he jumped through the doorway and jumped from pile of rubble to another, leaving after images. Finally, the scene changed to Tuxedo Kamen holding Washu in the air by her hair. His other hand was reared back like a spear to deal a finishing blow through her chest. Acting fast, Sailor Sun let a ball of searing heat from her glove and impacted the mound of rubble below the two. Tuxedo Kamen tossed Washu to the side to land on the other wounded scouts that had shown up - Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Mars. Tuxedo Kamen's eyes narrowed at his opponent. A growl came, "You." Sailor Sun relaxed into a ready stance, "I'm Ranma Saotome, formally known as Sailor Sun. I accept your challenge." Flashing toward each other, they met in the middle and traded rapid blows. Ranma concentrated on trying to get in some head blows to get the thought crown off of Tuxedo Kamen's head, but was having little luck. With the ki powerup he possessed, and his previous magic abilities, Tuxedo Kamen was on par with Ranma's abilities. The two separated and landed on opposite sides of the mostly demolished lab. Water from various tanks that had broken was on the floor. The one that Ranma stood in suddenly flash boiled as he powered up. Thinking, 'I can't kill him, so I got to keep this heat under control. However, if I can keep it focused enough, I can grab that crown." Sailor Moon arrived at the battle during this powerup. Unawares to what her battle partner was planning, she thought he was going to kill her love. This time, she was able to bring out more power than regularly, but not as much as during the battle where Tuxedo Kamen was initially lost. Her training that night was bearing fruit already. The powerups were being felt by a slowly wakening Washu. Holding her head, "I'm still alive." Looking up, her continued state of being alive was explained by the three powerful individuals facing off. Most of her lab was destroyed, with most of the force fields. A quick visual inventory showed there was only one still working, and the portal they were working on was blasted to bits again. "If I can use that force field, I may be able to give those to enough time to get that thought crown off." With this thought, she kept low to the ground and started to make her way around the perimeter of the fight to the other side of the lab. Ranma made his move first. Jumping high into the air, he summoned a lance with his glove. With the added reach, he may may be able to nick the crown. Now if only he can avoid slicing the guy's head off. Kamen, seeing the first of the two new arrivals jump, went toward the still standing girl and tried to put a punch to her chest. Instead, it was blocked with a magically reinforced shield. She had seen Saturn perform something similar, and Sailor Moon was rapidly relearning to use her magic. Sailor Mercury was gaining consciousness, and seeing what the three were doing, began to take readings. What she saw shocked her - another plain of existance was nearly perfectly in line with this one, and most of the alignment was coming from the three fighters. Ranma saw his chance and came down between the two. Kamen was put on the defensive and sent sharp ki missiles out to get some room to move. Realizing that the white ninja was the most offensive of the two, he changed targets. Fusing both magic and ki, he sent a home ki blast toward Ranma. The combined two passed through walls unaffected to Ranma's surprise and exploded when it collided with his back. Sailor Moon was free to attack now, and tried her Moon Healing Escalation attack toward both Kamen and Ranma. The other now conscious scouts were amazed further when she sent the attack out without muttering a word and getting both completely. Unfortunately, it did not negate the effects of the thought crown. The attack doesn't deal destructive damage, and Kamen was not knocked around in the least. He turned to Sailor Moon and threw his ki enhanced cane. Again her shield came up, and slowed the cane down. It still drove forward, trying to push through the barrier. Kamen mentally struggled to push it forward, while Sailor Moon called on more power to help free her love. Sailor Mercury registered four powers in the last three seconds of the battle. First, a now healed Ranma exploded from under the tons of debree that had collapsed on him from the homing blast. This distracted Kamen slightly from his struggle. Second, Sailor Moon synced perfectly with the energy plane Mercury was monitoring and the barrier shield expanded. With Kamen's lack of total concentration, the barrier pushed his attack back and slammed into his. Third, Washu activated the last remaining force field behind Kamen, who was then slammed into it. Finally, the thought crown broke on Kamen's head shattered from the extreme stress and she saw two life readings from him, where before she only saw one. Aside from from the bubbling puddle of molten rock at Ranma's feet, the lab was silent. Sailor Moon had collapsed from exhaustion, and Kamen was also out cold in the force field containment. Getting up, with her arm limp at her side, Sailor Mars trudged to Tuxedo Kamen. "He has changed so much. Is it really him?" He then started to wake, and let out a moan. Sailor Mars, to exhausted to risk a fight, stepped back. Ranma was more then ready for round two, and stood at the ready a short distance away. The magical transformation around him faded away, and he again was Mamoru Chiba. This relaxed them enough to detransform themselves. Ranma stayed powered up, wondering if he could stay that way permanently - especially sense he could keep his curse under control. He instead lowered the temperature around him to normal levels. Sailor Moon then woke up, and rushed to Mamoru's side. "Oh! Are you back?" "Yes, meat ball head. I've changed a little though - mind if we go someplace more comfortable to talk?" Tears gushing forth, Usagi detransformed and sobbed into his shoulder, and he tried to comfort her. Ranma, satisfied that everything was fine, relaxed totally and went out of the lab to put on his usual clothes they had found at the mall. The Sailor Sun clothing he changed to the rarest pair of boxers ever. Ami and Washu tended to everyone's injuries, while they waited for the rest of the scouts to arrive. Mamoru didn't wish to explain everything twice. He also was acting a little more uncomfortable around Usagi than before. Finally, Setsuna, Michiru and Hotaru arrived. Hotaru apologized for them, "Sorry we are late. Setsuna-mama said you were ok, and we didn't need to hurry." The entire Silver Millenium crew was present. Setsuna had brought a special sleeping green tea and knocked C-Ko out with it. Washu was banging her head on the wall cursing herself why she didn't think of that sooner, while Ranma surveyed the crowd from the corner. He hadn't been in the presence of everyone at once - and he had only seen Setsuna once. Also, being in a crowded room with unengaged females, and two cats somewhere on the property didn't make him feel too comfortable. Now that things had settled down, they might start to take an interest in him. Across the room... Makoto's and Minako's eyes were starting to wander toward a certain red shirted pigtailed martial artist. Setsuna, feeling the time stream altering slightly, coughed to get everyone's attention. "I need to ask Chiba what happened outside the time stream. I could not find him while he was gone, and I don't understand your current state with that woman that killed you." Washu was amazed at how fast she deduced that, the rest of the crew were clueless. "Let's let him explain everyone." Sitting up with the blanket around him, Usagi held his hand. "It's ok. You can tell us. We're behind you." "You promise?" Everyone nodded. "This is what I remember. A few days ago, Tuxedo Mask was fighting Sakana and was killed." "Sakana? Who's that?" asked Ranma. Haruka elbowed him, "That bitch you killed." "Oh. How do you know her name?" Ranma asked again. "Just getting to that Ranma. As I remember, Tuxedo Mask was killed. Rather painful. Then, I also remember what happened afterward - you two killing Sakana. After that, my memory is more muddled. Some guy used to call Master Diginux," Mamoru added a little disgust to his voice at the mention of the name. "He said he brought me back and combined me into a more well rounded toy. My mission was to bother Washu, or kill her. Either would do. After that, you know the story." Glancing over toward the senshi of time, "To answer your question, I was outside of this universe, so I was outside of the time stream that you are guardian of." Washu and Setsuna were nodding as if all their questions had been answered, but the rest of the group was still wondering what that all just meant. Ranma, more flustered than before, "But you didn't answer my question! How do you know her?" "That's because I am her." Everyone tensed up at this. "But I am also Mamoru. The entity known as Diginux combined me and her when we died. Our souls were put into this one body when he snatched them when they left this universe, and DNA from both our bodies was used to create this one body. I may look like Mamoru, but my body strength is Sakana's." Looking down, he lowered his voice. "I'm sorry for causing you all so much trouble and killing your boyfriend Usagi. After meeting Mamoru, I have changed so much." Washu was getting edgy, "Diginux... I remember some old scientist I lost on a chase long ago. If I remember, I tricked him into some technology defunct world where his powers were useless. If it is him, we must stop him, else all of the worlds - Ranma's, mine, yours, C-Ko's - are all doomed to disappear when he is tired of them." Setsuna began to sweat and her eyes narrowed, "Not good, a new threat and I can't even see when he may arrive. We must strike while he doesn't know we are on to him." "Yes. Mamoru, Sakana - what do I call you?" Washu shook her head in frustration. "Just call me Mamoru, it is his outside appearance." "Right. Can you open up that portal still if you separated?" "Well, Mamoru couldn't, but Sakana could since that is how she got here in the first place - wait. YOU MEAN WE CAN SEPARATE!?" His fists clenched. "Yes. I think I can clone you - it's just the moving Sakana's soul to the new body. After all, I am the greatest scientific mind in the universe." Two dolls came up on Washu's shoulders and proclaimed, "WASHU IS THE GREATEST!" "Thank you Washu!" Mamoru and Usagi hugged in happiness, only to have Washu tap on his shoulder. "What is it?" "But I won't do it unless you call me Little Washuuuu!" Outside, passersby on witnessed the Hiwaka shrine hill shake from a massive facefault. Everyone returned home to get their rest now that guarding the lab wasn't needed. Washu and Mamoru returned to a lab that was being miraculously restored by thousands of robots to work through the night. The next day they all planned to depart to save the rest of the kidnapped individuals with Sakana's help, while the outers stayed behind to watch for trouble that Diginux may stir up. According to Setsuna, there wasn't to be any trouble caused by this universe's villains for some time. As the first rays of light came over the eastern sunrise, Rei was woken by knocking at her window. It was a late night, and now was one of those occasions she hated being situated at the center of the senshi's meeting places. Ranma was greeted by a knocking on the guest door by Washu, but didn't wake up so easily. It took a levitating bucket of cold water cascading on him to jump him out of bed. However, he remained in his male form. "Clever. Didn't think you'd figure out how to change your curse that way," Washu slipped out before running down the hall, away from a shivering Ranma. A few minutes later, the rest of the group was there. Minako had brought Artimis, but kept the angry feline in a box, saying it was for Ranma's and the cat's protection. Usagi hadn't been so thoughtful, and when she barged in fifteen minutes late, Ranma ran through the lab door, that happened to have Mamoru standing there. "Usagi! Why didn't you think about Ranma!?" Rei yelled out. "I forgot!" Usagi then had a raspberry competition with the young shrine priest. The argument ended when they realized everyone had left them to go to the lab and witness the separation of Mamoru and Sakana. In front of them all were two, twenty foot tall blue semi-transparent tubes. In the right tube Mamoru stood as Tuxedo Kamen. The other was Sakana's motionless body, with her red gi and green scarf they had picked out during the night. Washu was at a large control panel, and everyone was in stands to the right like spectators. The two cats were put on baby-sitting duty with C-Ko playing in with them still in the shrine. Makoto and Minako were on either side of Ranma, and starting to slowly edge closer in. Ranma wasn't noticing just yet, but was shaking his head in why Washu was making this like some sort of sporting event. "Ok everyone, this is it!" Washu proclaimed. Raising her hand above her head, with her index finger extended, she swooped it down to push a large crab shaped button labeled 'GO'. Arcs of electricity sparked between the two tubes, while in the tube, smaller rings of energy danced up and down Mamoru's body. He didn't yell in pain, but stood as still as possible for the machine to work. After about a minute of the energy going up and down his body faster and faster, the same type of energy then began to appear on Sakana's body. Finally, the two bodies burned brightly and everyone shielded their eyes. When the light died down, Sakana and Mamoru were successfully separated. Washu then said the one thing nobody wanted to hear, "Oops." Looking closer at the two tubes, the girls' eyes all grew large, and Ranma looked up at the ceiling. During the reaction, Washu forgot that the final energy transfer would burn all of clothes off the tubes' occupants. After a quick change, the red faced Sakana and Mamoru sat around the table. Mamoru spoke up first, "Now, I realize that Sakana did kill me, but I have forgiven her. I would like to ask that you do so too. While we were together, she shared with me what her life was like, and we worked out how to turn her life around." Sakana looked down at her hands that were resting on her lap. "I used to serve one named Queen Kyah. She took me in after I was bounced from client to client. I was raised to be an assassin since age six." Amy gasped at this revelation, and leaned over to put her hand on Sakana's shoulder. "I'm so sorry. I hope that we can somehow help you." Still looking at her hands, Sakana sighed out, "Thanks. It's been a while since I've been with normal people." Ranma snickered at this, but no one paid attention. "Mamoru has agreed to take me in like a sister. He is very nice, and I hope I can do him all justice by letting me help you." Standing, Sakana started to go outside. "Follow me, we need to get to Kyah's before your friends are lost forever." The inner senshi, Ranma, Washu and C-Ko holding two cats in sealed boxes followed her into the shrine courtyard. Making sure no one else was around, Sakana put her arm forward and let a focused bit of energy out. Washu and Amy took careful readings, noting how she released such a small amount of energy to open the portal where in their portals they needed large amounts. "Everyone make sure you are as low of powerlevel as you can before we go in. The energy may tear you apart if you aren't when we go into the portal." Ranma, being the only one in a transformed state, did so. He reverted to a she, the last 'normal' state she was in before transforming into Sailor Sun. Grabbing hold of Mamoru's hand, she motioned for everyone else to do the same. "We need to stay together. If you wander off, who knows which universe you'll end up in. You may want to tie those boxes to something." The chain of individuals went into the portal, which then closed behind them. What they found before them was an empty void. The different multicolored universes were like blobs, about twenty feet in diameter at most. Sakana was in the lead and applied minute amounts of ki to fly toward her home universe where the others were taken. They also noticed almost totally transparent lines going between the blob they just emerged from to three other blobs in the far distance, which must have been the three traveler's homes. From the one Sakana was going toward, millions of these lines came out in every direction. When Amy tried to comment on these, it came out muted in the strange plane between worlds, but found no problems breathing in the air, so the trip was done in silence.cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Chapter 11 - Developing Relationships Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels ************* QUICK WRAP-UP OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ************** In the universe where the Sailor Scouts reside, five days passed since the arrival of Washu, Ranma, and C-Ko. After some in-between battles, the group was on their way to Sakana's place of origin to save the other kidnapped individuals - and to find out more of this Diginux character. In this place where the others were kidnapped, three weeks passed due to a time difference. They have started to settle into their new surroundings and discover more about each other. Finally, many of the major powers of the galaxy are colliding on a world known as Telleo. ************************************************************** ########### TELLEO - HIGH ABOVE CAPITOL ############################ The cold air rushed past Gothax's face, grinning in anticipation. Ahead, Vegeta was also anxious for the fight. Far below, Ryoko was playing catchup. She considered teleporting, but the time delay between her disappearing and reappearing was enough that the two combatants above would be able to cover enough distance to make it a waste of her energy. Chuckling under her breath, Ryoko knew this would be a no holds barred fight, and she could let loose all of her power. The blue and yellow ki trails met and the battle began. Ryoko halted her progress to observe the two and work out some sort of strategy. From the energy feeling she was picking up in the air, they were probably stronger than her and blindly going into battle wasn't the best way to win this fight. Meanwhile, Gothax and Vegeta were just getting warmed up. Vegeta was only at half his super saiyjin strength, and his opponent wasn't backing down. Punches weren't being pulled, but they weren't being wildly swung. Attacks were quickly put out and recovered from to keep defense up. Suddenly, Vegeta punched at Gothax's face in a clearly offensive move to tempt a hit at his now exposed midsection - which to Vegeta's surprise didn't come. After the punch went through the afterimage, his senses picked up that his opponent was behind him but not close enough to attack. Turning slowly, Vegeta faced the alien. "You could have attacked." Crossing his arms, Gothax smirked, "Yeah, but what fun would that be since you would have let me?" Vegeta put his left arm on his hip and tilted his head back in a laugh, "Ha ha ha!" His head then went back down in a serious scowl. "But I won't be so generous from now on. Introductions should be in order now before we get down to business." Gothax tapped his fingers in his crossed arms, "Of course. I am Emperor Gothax of the Golden Empire. My purpose with you is to destroy you for terrorizing this planet." Another laugh came from Vegeta. "You call that terrorizing!?" "Yes." Spreading his arm to encompass the planet below them, "If you call the trouble I caused to the planet down there terrorizing..." Vegeta's aura flared, "then you haven't seen what Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyjin Race can really do, prepare yourself Gothax." Power crackled between them as conflicting auras met. Vegeta began to call on his deep reserves of energy. Blood rushed into his muscles, bulging and rippling with anticipation under his skin. Gothax also was powering up, and was hunched over concentrating to bring out power he hadn't used for so long. Finally, the two reached their climax and their limbs stretched out and heads arched back in a yell, sending out a powerful shock wave. Ryoko held an arm over her eyes to keep from being blinded, "Shit." At that moment, she felt three more energies flare. One to the east and another to the south - both rapidly approaching. The third was directly below, but stayed still. With their strength fully revealed, the two attacked. Ryoko was still in midair. Her eyes were wide in amazement as the two disappeared and reappeared in numerous places above her. Shocks of power washed past her, further reinforcing the fact in her mind that her energy wouldn't last for the prolonged period those two were fighting. The first minute or less she -might- have been able to trade some blows and keep up, but after that these two would eat her for breakfast. Vegeta then paused some distance away from Gothax. They were both were breathing heavily, and some bruises were evident on their bodies. Spreading his arms and legs in a spread eagle, Vegeta then started to concentrate for an attack. Gothax saw this, and put his left hand up in a knife fist pointed just between his eyes. In this position, he concentrated and felt the fighting energy congregate in the limb, sparkling just at the tip of his index finger - ready to be unleashed at what Vegeta was planning. Vegeta moved his arms closer together, the power almost bursting to come out, "FINAL FLASH!" Gothax sensed the final restraints being lifted by Vegeta and let loose his own, "SPIRAL SCREW BEAM ATTACK!" The attacks met halfway between them, and met by a perpendicular third blue blast from the side. The resulting clash exploded and surprised Vegeta and Gothax, and they didn't pump anymore energy into the beam attacks. The two combatants and Ryoko looked in the direction of the new arrival, and clenched her teeth in anger. Gothax and Ryoko were especially tensed. Both muttered her name under their breaths, "Kyah." Vegeta didn't have a clue who this woman was, "Who are you woman! How dare you interfere in a fight between men!" Bending over, with her hands on her hips, Kyah responded to the prince in a hauty voice, "Oh, and what are you going to do about it?" Before Vegeta could yell some retort, she turned her attention to Gothax who resumed a defensive form. "It's been a while Gothax. How has your conscience been treating you since you killed my family?" Gothax tried to keep his cool, but somehow his irritation at seeing his once fiancé shown through his monotone voice. "I did what was necessary to stop what you started." A low growl escaped Kyah's throat, "How dare you. I was late to the wedding, delayed by one of YOUR," pointing her finger at Gothax to enphasise the point, "messengers. By the time I was returning to the wedding, you had killed everyone!" His eyes narrowed, "Why would I do such a horrible thing. You know I had nothing to gain, my only objective was peace in the empire." "To get full power in the galaxy for your own family!" "They were murdered on that planet by your family that day." Kyah's eyes flared, "You bastard, how dare you accuse their memories of such an atrocity. Because of that day I have been seeking vengeance-" "I know, I'm not blind to your activities." Continuing through the interruption, Kyah's voice rose, " and will rule this galaxy and destroy all that you have built to keep all slaves under your rule - even if it means killing them to set them free!" Her aura flared, "NOW DIE!" A spinning disc was thrown at Gothax, who moved around the area at a quickening pace. When he had the opportunity, he sent a swarm of energy shards out to envelope the area Vegeta and Kyah were. Kyah blocked with a blast into the swarm, absorbing those that were headed for her. Her concentration on the spinning disc was lost and it exploded behind Gothax. Vegeta avoided the blasts, moving between them and approached Gothax, intent on continuing their fight. One more opponent to fight would just add that more challenge. Ryoko was getting impatient, watching two exchange hand to hand blows for short periods before the free individual attacked with an energy blast. "Well, I may still only have one of my gems, but anything I summon should be attracted to the most active - them." Closing her eyes, she felt out in the planet around her. With so many people, life was abundant. But also, where there was life, there was death. Calling silently to the trapped and tortured demons of the land, she firmly commanded them to her. White wisps seeped out from the rubble below, and congregated together to form one demon. White pale semitransparent skin, with smaller black wisps washed over. Faces could be made out in the black, and moaned softly. The demon's shape was a three story monstrocity, outlining something like an ogre. When it sensed the three fighting above it, it roared toward them leaving some of the spirits it was composed of screaming in its wake. Ryoko quietly moved out of its path to watch the fireworks. She might lend some remote assistance to help her creation - given she wouldn't become its new target. As the demon was about a hundred meters from the main area of combat, Gothax raised his clenched his hands together above his head and appeared above Kyah, who was busy with Vegeta. Slamming them down, he caught her totally by surprise and rocketing down toward the new arrival. Opening her eyes after recovering from the initial shock, she tried to slow down before it had her, but it was too little to late. The demon seeped spirits into her skin and slowly drained power. Kicking at it was useless as it had no real form to hit, and the only things that made contact were what the demon wanted too. Ryoko was pleased with the results so far. The first two combatants didn't notice Kyah's distress and were content to fight amongst themselves. Just as she was about to send out a small energy powerup to the demon, it was hit by a dark ball of energy. The demon screamed in pain, and dispersed into the air. Kyah breathed heavily and looked to her rescue and recognized him as the invader that took her prisoners. Komosauro drifted over to Ryoko. "That wasn't very nice you know. Lucky for her I know how you did that, and how to reverse it." Before Kyah could seek revenge against Ryoko, her watch communicator beeped. Lifting it, she pushed a small button on the side. "What is it Kis? I'm kind of in the middle of a battle here." Static flickered in and out of the transmission, "We.....attacked by the silver....... What are....orders?" "Attack back!" ".....Roger...." Looking up into the star filled sky, Kyah tried to make out the ships she had brought, and paled. Bright flashes were seen, and the specks showing the ships was down to half what she expected. Spanning the horizon, she saw another fleet, only much larger than her own, in the same situation. Gothax's mighty hundred ship Katana fleet less in numbers, but looked to be withdrawing. A tear escaped her eye, "Kis.... please be ok." Turning toward Vegeta and Gothax, she roared in defiance, "I won't let your trickery take my last treasure and love!" With renewed strength, she went into the fray. The final power that was felt below them approached, the golden flare became more distinguished. Komosauro turned away from Ryoko and descended down to meet with Goku, now in his super saiyjin form. "Goku, where is Tenchi? I thought he was with you?" "He is," Glancing down, "but he can't fly yet." "Oh. Thanks for coming though. I will probably need your help to keep this planet in one piece. Vegeta is battling Kyah, the lady that I rescued you from, and Emperor Gothax." Goku nodded, "Ah.. that explains why Ryoko is trying to chase that lady around with that sword. I'll have to learn how she made that thing, could be useful." Komosauro only heard the first part, and turned around. Ryoko was putting forth all her power and was trying to catch Kyah, trying to avoid getting a fist through her chest. "NO!" Jerking his head back to Goku, Komosauro's voice was filled with urgency. "Goku! We have to do something NOW! She can't last long in their current states." Gritting his teeth, Goku nodded, "I know, but if I get involved, Vegeta will probably attack me to finish up that little bout we started before entering this dimension." Brows furrowed, Komosauro got an idea, "I got it. It may or may not work, and even if it does, I'm completely defenseless. Finally, with so many high powered bodies, my power will drain in seconds to nothing." "If it may work, let's do it - I've seen worse." "As mentioned earlier, I know some of the darker arts. It's how I got rid of that demon. Now, I'm going to try to control their body movements. You will need to take advantage of the two or three seconds I can hold them, and knock them out as hard as you can." "Ok." Fists clenched, Goku put channeled his power in an all out attack for speed and strength. He wasn't too concerned with endurance - after all he believed the attack _would_ work. "Ready." Komosauro put his fists on his stomach and violently threw them straight forward at the four combatants, just as Ryoko had gotten a lucky swipe and the energy sword was inches from Kyah's throat. "GO!" Goku's energy flashed behind him, covering over a mile in less than a second to the fight. His first hit landed on Gothax's lower jaw in an upper cut. He flashed out of vision again to Vegeta, the next closest fighter just as the sonic boom hit. Vegeta knew something was up when his kick didn't swing out, and seeing Goku's feet adequately answered his question. Goku's attack connected with the right side of Vegeta's head, and sent him flying at a slight angle to the horizon. Now two seconds after the strike began, Goku closed in on Kyah. He had considered taking out Ryoko next, but with that sword so close to dealing a lethal blow, it may slip that remaining distance if he hit her wrong. Coming up behind Kyah, Goku was starting to feel the drag of using too much energy in his last two ultra hits. Pulling back on her shoulders, his raised knee impacted the back of her head, fading her into unconsciousness. Ryoko he left, and avoided her swipe just as Komosauro let go. To the east, the Shogo approached, with a limp Vegeta in its tractor beam. As it approached, a laser came from above and impacted its shields. In space, it would have simply phased energy from the shields. In the atmosphere, however, the reaction between the two conflicting sources danced lightening between the hull of the ship and the shields. One engine flickered out. Komosauro looked up, and grew ghostly white. "What the hell?" There were numerous streaks of silver energy raining down. He had been so engrossed in the battle, the space attack wasn't even noticed. Looking down at the city, he saw one of the gigantic three hundred story business building crumble. Closing his eyes, he felt with the art and the fear of the planet's fifty billion inhabitants hit. Bile rose in his throat, and he had to quickly cut the connection to contain it. A beam streaked down between Ryoko, Goku and Komsosauro. Goku remembered Tenchi was right below them, "NO! Tenchi!" The beam neared the surface of the construction area they were working in the day before. Tenchi was tending to an unconscious Kyah that had fallen out of the sky. Danger pinged in his head, and the power of Tenchi-ken rose. Without turning around, he now knew exactly what was approaching and what was above him. Raising one arm calmly, he halted the energy stream into an irregular blob above him. Gothax, having raised higher from Goku's uppercut, was at the level of his ship. It hadn't been hit, thanks to its cloaking device. He had felt all of them get hit, and guessed that these new fighters wasn't there to win, but to stop it. Looking upon the area, his jaw dropped when a small blob of energy that was hovering above the ground, changed color and shot into five different directions upward, each at an equal distance to each other. Deep in space, the hexagonal ships rained spikes of chaos energy on the planet, Kyah's three remaining capital ships, and Gothax's heavily damaged retreating Katana fleet. When it made contact with matter or energy shields, the space time continum slightly was scrambled in the area of the blast. When Tenchi's five pronged attack converged among this concentration of chaos weaponry, the effects were amplified and condensed into a pinpoint singularity - a black hole. Gothax's personal shuttle's and the Shogo's sensors began blaring red alert sirens immediately. Those that were outside the ships knew something was terribly wrong when the blasts stopped raining down, and the atmosphere was violently sucked upward. Punching his ship downward, he opened the hatch. The air was growing thin, and roaring past, so vocal communications was impossible. Goku had retrieved Vegeta after the tractor beam lock was lost, and scrambled into the two only passenger seats of the craft. Before they were properly buckled in, Gothax hit the accelerator to escape the area before black hole increased in power from the extra matter being absorbed. Down below, Komosauro caught Tenchi before he was sucked into the void of space. Ryoko was having a difficult time just trying to move toward the Shogo, and didn't notice Komosauro coming behind her. Grabbing on to her wrist, her shoulder was dislocated in the shock. Komosauro felt something give in the grab, but kept his focus on the ship. Kyah was coming up to the ship from below. She was in a daze from the hit still, but had gained enough sense to notice the planet was doomed - seeing the young man tending to her being sucked up into the air kind of hinted at that too. On board the Shogo, Jake had put the ship on autopilot to stay as stationary as possible, and to engage the nuclear thrusters in the atmosphere if necessary - a little radiation on a doomed planet wouldn't matter. Instead of manning the cockpit, he was in the engine room, trying to fix the damaged drive. If they were going to leave, they needed very ounce of power his baby could give. When Komosauro entered the hatch, Kyah followed just behind them. They may be enemies, but weren't crazy enough to fight at a time like this. She closed the circular hatch and followed down into the main corridor. Ryoko was on the floor, leaning against the wall with her good shoulder. Tenchi was trying to tend to her. Seeing they were all right, Kyah went up to the cockpit and helped with the controls. As the ship made a sling shot around the planet, which now didn't have any atmosphere, Komosauro paled when he felt billions dieing below him. Those that were on the far side had a few minutes more, and thousands of ships were lifting off. He also felt sorry for many of them, as most didn't have the power to escape a raging class two black hole, with it quickly approaching class three that would make life within four light years impossible to remain. Now safely in deep space, Gothax put the ship on cruise for the other side of the galaxy - toward the second largest empire. Turning in his seat, he looked at Goku and Vegeta. "Well, looks like we made it. We're heading toward the Atlantis Empire for help." Goku was in his get down to business mood, "What happened?" "I'm not really sure. From what my ship's recorders got, we were attacked by an unknown fleet of extraordinary power. More than half of my space forces were destroyed, and only ten ships escaped the black hole. There at the end, a black hole appeared and finished the system off." Lowering his voice, "I'm afraid the losses will be around fifty billion deaths." Vegeta remained silent at this, Goku sucked in his breath and looked out the window to the blackness. "Kami help us." They traveled for several more hours in silence, till Vegeta spoke up. "Who was that woman that interfered in our fight." Gothax's grip on the controls tightened slightly, "That was Kyah. We were to be wed long ago, then she - or someone else - mass murdered everyone. I had to destroy the remaining attendees that were about ready to destroy the planet, call in their stellar forces, and cause intergalactic war." Goku added his input, "I think she may have been telling the truth about her being tricked. It could be worth looking into." Gothax nodded, "That's the other reason I'm going to see the home world of Atlantis. If anyone knows something, their intelligence agency is the best that I know of. This new force, or my past, answers may be found there." The Shogo was also a safe distance from the black hole, but not making as good of time. The pull from the extreme gravitational forces had stretched the armor plating, and some leaks had appeared. Komosauro was in a space suit outside the ship and was welding the cracks as best as he could, while Jake continued to work on the engines. Irregularities in the engine energy conduits were hinting at possible failure, and if not fixed soon, they would be stranded. Kyah was in the cockpit, trying to establish contact with her fleet. Some communications were picked up with the remainder of the Katana fleet that had escaped, but so far nothing had come up. Tenchi walked in at that moment, after insuring that Ryoko was resting. "Any luck?" "No. I've been at it for three hours. Nothing." Slumping in the command chair, "I've lost my love again." Tenchi didn't know what to say. Sure, he had some tough times before, but then those that were in trouble Washu or the others would have a plan to rescue them. Now, the damage may have been done. "It was a pretty tight escape. Look what it did to this ship. The communication equipment on his ship may be damaged or something." Kyah sat silently, with a blank stare on her face. Tenchi, getting kind of uncomfortable, decided to change the subject. Putting his hand behind his neck, "Mind if I ask why Ryoko and I were kidnapped?" The change of subject was welcomed, but the attitude changed to a more serious mood. "You were meant to fight against Gothax, the man that your friend Vegeta was fighting." "Oh. Where is everyone else?" "They were split into different groups to do different missions. I'm starting to think about pulling them back till I find out what is going on." "Will you?" Kyah looked up at the standing youth, "Rather gutsy asking me this aren't you?" Tenchi nervously laughed, and again had his hand behind his head, "Hehe, just trying to have a nice conversation. They are my friends and I am kind of worried about them." "Don't worry, they aren't in too much danger. The actual danger I had planned may not happen now with those ships that appeared." Looking up at Tenchi, she added, "You have a lover with them?" Now Tenchi was really nervous, and was waving his hands in front of him, "Nonono, the girls kind of have grown on me." The plurality of girls wasn't missed by Kyah. "Girls? You two timing?" Kyah's temper was starting to return to normalcy. Sitting down, Tenchi explained, "It's not like that. Let me explain. It started back home, my grandpa is priest at this shrine. There, a legend of a demon..." About an hour later. Kyah was on the floor heaving in laughter for the last twenty minutes. She barely was able to control herself before that. Tenchi was so red-faced during his explanation of some of Washu's experiments that he wasn't paying attention to his one person audience. Komosauro ducked his head in, with the space helmet under his arm. "Did I miss something?" Kyah straightened out quickly and sat back down. "Na, we were just going over Tenchi's girl troubles." Komosauro grunted, "Heh, lucky bastard." Kyah then made a declaration, "I've decided that I've been going about this the wrong way. Sure, I still want to get even with Gothax, but I can't take your love from you - no matter how wierd it is. So, I would like to try and retrieve everyone. They might also be help in getting back at these new ships." Komosauro raised his eyebrows, but kept his suspicions to himself about Kyah's sudden change in direction. "Ok. What are you going to do about Gothax?" "I'll deal with the traitor when the time comes." Tenchi had run back to Ryoko to tell her the good news about them going to find Ayeka. "So, where do we go first Kyah? They still at the base I took Tenchi from?" "No. They are in three different locations around the galaxy. We'll head for my homebase however. Perhaps Kis showed up there, and we can get repairs." Komosauro nodded, "Agreed. After we find Tenchi's friends, will be break the news to him that he may be responsible for ending countless lives. Only with their support he might be able keep his sanity." ############### FEN SYSTEM - TRAINING ASTEROID ##################### Shilo nearly dropped the glass he was holding. Akane was similarly disturbed, while Ryoga was just shocked looking at the expressions on their faces. "Guys? You're scaring me," Ryoga nervously looked between the two. Akane was kind of new to her expanded ki powers, and didn't know what to think. All she could feel was a different types of conflicting powers building a great distance away. "Shilo, what is that?" Closing his eyes, the master bowed his head low enough that his wild black hair covered his facial expression. "It's a battle. Far away, Gothax and one other power are fighting. They are extremely powerful." Ryoga was still clueless, "Would someone help explain what is going on?!" Still with his head bowed in concentration, "There is a battle going on far away. Akane and I can feel their ki." Silence dominated the dinner table for several minutes, no one wanting to break Shilo's concentration. Three other powers reached his senses, Akane in turn also felt it. "Now, I can feel three more powers. One of them is my student, Komosauro. The other is Kyah, the same that kidnapped you. The other I am unaware of. They feel to be fighting." About five minutes passed, Shilo gasped and stood. Akane and Ryoga froze, even Ryoga could feel this. It felt as if a great multitude of ripples were being ripped from the fabric of life force they were feeling these disturbances. Shilo gasped out, "Oh my. I fear something tragic has happened. Only something on the scale of billions being destroyed could feel like this." Walking to the door, he turned his head to the side, "Come, we are going to investigate. Both of you are coming with me." Going to the main briefing area they were introduced to when the team arrived, Shilo punched the communicator, activating the base's PA system. "Gart, Fen, Chief, I need you to come to the briefing room, NOW." Akane and Ryoga fidgeted in the back of the room, they had never heard their new sensei get -this- concerned. Not even when Ryoga was dying after Akane's brief outburst. A few minutes later, the two officers and the scientist came buffing. "What is it Shilo?" Fen gasped out. "I will be leaving with Akane and Ryoga to investigate a disturbance. I feel that possibly Kyah and other powers fought, and destroyed a planet in the process." Fen nodded, "If anyone else was involved, I would decline you taking those two. But with the queen involved, you'll need all the help you can get." Chief spoke up, "You can use the shuttle the group was brought in with. I made some minor changes to the training room. Now, you can send medium blasts into the wall and it will take it. I suggest training on the way there." Gart added, "Well, if you'll be taking off, and I think this is a special emergency, we'll activate the contingency plan. The rest of the fighters will be deployed to perform their mission - starting a grass roots rebellion." Nodding, Shilo saluted, and looked to Akane and Ryoga to do the same. "Thank you. We will be departing now." Gart called out before they left the briefing room, "May her majesty's power guide you in your speed." Under his breath, Shilo whispered, "You have no idea how true that is." The three entered the hanger. As they took their seats in the black cockpit, Shilo asked the two a question out of the blue, while flipping overhead launch switches, "Want to come back here after we are done?" Looking at each other, Akane and Ryoga shrugged. Akane answered, "No. Not really." Before, the ship was piloted by just the computer controls. Shilo preferred a more hands on approach, and pulled a flight yoke up through the floor. Pulling back on the stick, he continued the conversation. "Ok. What do you want to name the ship? It's just a number, but since we are kind of getting out of here, she needs a name." Akane didn't have a clue which name. Remembering the name P-Chan, she looked over to Ryoga and growled, "Have any ideas, P-Chan?" Ryoga drew back slightly, and tried to keep the subject from drifting to himself. "Uh.. how about..." The lost boy kept it up for another twenty minutes. Akane and Shilo sat in silence, watching the stars fly by. Getting a little edgy from the silence, other than the occasional mumble from Ryoga, Akane walked up beside Shilo. "So where are we going exactly sensei?" 'I kind of like the sound of that. I've only had one student, Komosauro. Wouldn't mind another two though.' Leaning over, Shilo activated a screen. It gave a top down representation of the spiral galaxy they were in. A little green dot blinked at the far fringes of one of the arms, with a yellow one farther in halfway through the spiral. Tapping the screen at the green dot, "This is where we are at." Dragging his finger on the screen to the yellow one. "And this is a small space colony. Just big enough to refuel, some shopping for supplies, and where I can get more pinpoint information on where the battle took place. We'll be there in about a day, so get some rest. In a few hours the three of us may do some training to kill the time." Before, the ship had a three seat cockpit that was open to the passenger seating. Behind the twenty capacity area, was the training room, then finally behind that the engine room and personal care facilities. The air lock was located above, which gave a slight bulge at the top of the arrowhead shaped craft. At the base asteroid, the passenger area was reduced to half its size for small fold down bunks, and storage overhead and in the expanded walls. Here, Ryoga and Akane found themselves on opposite sides of the walk way, failing miserably to ignore each other and get some sleep. Ryoga desperately was thinking of a way to break the ice. 'What do I say? I have to say something else she'll be mad at me forever. Probably serves me right though for what I did.' Akane was also in a similar situation, but a way did surface. Sitting up and putting her legs over the fold down bunk, "Let's train. We can maybe talk some there too." When Akane had sat up, Ryoga drew in a deep breath. When he found she wasn't going to pound him to death again, he exhaled and breathed normally. When they were walking toward the modified training room, he then realized that of all places, he would most likely be pounded in here. Unable to think of a way out, he hung his head down and accepted his fate. If Akane had looked around at this point, she would have seen a green aura begin to faze in and out about her former P-Chan. Akane's skill and power had grown considerably at the training asteroid - especially after the gravity room accident. Ryoga knew she could take as much punishment as he could, and was now stronger than him too. The training room wasn't too large, being in a space cruiser space was a precious commodity. It was a rectangle with about a third of the Tendo dojo's volume. Akane took one of her traditional Anything Goes stances, but this one was a good balance of defense and offense. Ryoga recognized the deviation from her usual all offense. Neither made a move, Akane was being held back by a twinge of guilt from nearly killing Ryoga once, and Ryoga by not wanting to hurt the girl he cared about so much. "What are you waiting for you baka!?" Akane taunted. Ryoga flinched at the insult that was normally directed at his life rival. "FINE THEN!" Akane's impatience shown through and she attacked. Ryoga leaped into the air and when he reached the low ceiling, pushed off toward the other side of the room. Akane may have better speed and strength, but Ryoga had the experience. While she was turning around, Ryoga was coming more to grips with the situation. Here, he was fighting someone he wanting nothing more than to protect. He had hurt her in a way that no amount of bandages could fix. Yet, he couldn't fight back still else he would only hurt her more. When Akane's eyes finally focused back on Ryoga, she now saw a full aura around Ryoga. It grew even brighter when Ryoga fell to his knees and looked at his hands. Listening closely, she could here him mutter, "What have I done? I'm no better than Ranma." Seeing Ryoga down, was more of a blow to Akane than what a shishi hokodan could do. Feelings of anger from being tricked, sadness of seeing a friend down, and... forgiveness? Shaking her head, Akane ran from the training room and into Shilo's arms. He was on his way back to the training room to see how they were doing. As soon as the door to the room closed, Ryoga let out one of his largest depression blasts. It wasn't directed at one particular target, just out from him. The newly installed ki absorbers were pushed to their limit, with nearly half of them melting from transferring so much energy at once to the engine's quantum reactors for later use. Shilo cradled Akane and mentally felt out for Ryoga. He felt an unconscious life force behind the door, and wasn't as concerned now for the lost boy. Walking forward to the bunks, he laid Akane down. After she cried herself to sleep, he went back and recovered Ryoga to put on the bunks. The boy had expended an enormous amount of energy at once, but was otherwise physically fine. Going back to the cockpit, he put some of that expended energy to use to speed their arrival to the space port. The trip was silent, with only the hum of the engines to indicate the ship was active. The trip was shortened down to fifteen hours, giving the two sleeping teens about twelve hours of rest. Ryoga was up first, and made his way around the ship, looking for the cockpit. By the time he ran across it, Akane was talking to Shilo, who nodded his head and ended the conversation. Ryoga, nervous from what the two may have been talking about, put his hand behind his head. "Uh... hi guys, er... people. Um..." "You can call us by our names Ryoga," Akane halfway snapped out. "Uh right..." Trying to get a grip on himself, Ryoga asked Shilo, "How long to the space station?" Shilo grinned, "About a minute away. That little energy burst you gave off gave us a little speed increase." Ryoga wasn't sure how to take it, that he had lost control and Shilo didn't mind, or that his outburst did something good. He was snapped out of the trance by a voice from the computer, it was the station control. "Calling unidentified ship in approach from the fourth quadrant. Please respond." Looking up at the other two, Shilo asked, "Well, have you decided on a name?" Akane was blank, but Ryoga came up with something he had been mulling in his head - something that would mean something to those that knew them and signify that he will not let what happen between him and Akane. "How about Jusenkyos Revenge?" Akane nodded her approval. Shilo keyed the name into the ship's transponder, and called back to the station. "Sorry about that control. We were having transponder problems, think we got it fixed now. This is Jusenkyos Revenge, and we would like to request a docking port for a day to resupply." "Request approved. You may dock at gate five. Enjoy your stay." They floated toward the docking platform. An extension came out and latched onto the top of the ship. Cutting the gravity to the ship, they floated up and into the extension. As gravity slowly took hold down the extension, Shilo gave instructions to Akane and Ryoga. "We'll be staying here for about eight hours or so. Ryoga, stay with Akane - I don't want you wandering off onto some slave trader's ship. Akane - don't beat on Ryoga too bad." Pulling out two plastic memory sticks, he handed them out. "This was the credits that were to be given to you two for your mission. Use them for whatever you want right now. I'll cover your expenses while you are with me. I'll transfer funds from my account to them to make sure you'll always have some emergency funds. There are about 100,000 neys on each. See you later - remember gate five!" Before the two could protest about being left alone on a strange space station, Shilo took off and blended into the crowd. Grabbing Ryoga's hand, causing him to blush, Akane made for the shopping district. "Come on Ryoga. We're getting something different than these training uniforms." As the two went from store to store, they realized this was the first time they were exposed to truely alien culture. Before, it was just training or being in Kyah's controlled bases. Not all of the citizens were humanoid, and various boutiques were around to appeal to them. After walking down the busy modern walkway a ways, Akane finally grew used to the sights. Getting back down to business, she targeted a women's clothing store - with Ryoga still in tow. Little did she realize he had passed out halfway through her dash in the lingerie section. Feeling that her company wasn't moving, she let go of his hand. She still didn't know he was out, face down on the floor - even with the thump she heard when Ryoga impacted. Going through the dresses, Akane found something she liked. With the nanotechnology, design didn't matter - you simply reprogrammed it. This dress was shorter than her usual, but not too short to give enough leg to give others back at Furinken renewed vigor to pursue her. Coming out of the changing room, she bent down to Ryoga and pulled him to his feet. "So, how do I look?" Ryoga regained his higher levels of thinking, and gazed at the young woman before him. The dress was currently a dark shade of blue. It was sleeveless, and flowed over her body just right - not too tight or too loose. Mouth hanging open, "Wow." Akane didn't say anything more and grabbed the lost boy before he could get lost, and had him carry her old training uniform. After paying for the outfit, they began to walk around. As they walked down the walkways of the space port, they neglected to notice their wanderings led into a the less policed zones. Each was lost in their own thoughts, and it didn't help matters when Ryoga was the one taking the lead. Both snapped out of their trance when a sharp blade was put to their backs. "What a nice dress, brand new even," the thug whispered into Akane's ear. "Perhaps you would like to share, and maybe a little something extra?" The two teens knew exactly what was going on. Back at the base, they were in training for their mission to deal with scum like this for the rebellion. Now however, they didn't feel like playing the tough diplomat. Akane and Ryoga fell like releasing some frustrations - violently. Ducking down, Ryoga swept the feet out from under his skinny opponent. On one hand, he completed the rotation by grabbed a sign post with the other hand. Ripping it out, he faced the other dozen members of the gang. Apparently, they weren't too sharp upstairs. One - they didn't seem to take note this guy had just ripped a titanium reinforced pole from solid the solid metal street. Two - he was emanating a strange light around him, chuckling and walking toward the group while brandishing the twelve foot metal sign pole like it weighed nothing. Akane was now on the other side of the group, effectively trapping them. When the knife was put to her back, her new speed came into effect. Her leg extended backward in a kick, disarming the attacker and launching him back into the rest of his goons. Ryoga by this time had most of the attention of the group, so she quickly ran around them. As the two moved in on either side, that's when the gang realized something was wrong. "How dare you do that to Akane! Ranm-" Ryoga corrected himself. "You! Prepare to die!" Ryoga opened gang hunting season with a wide sweep. Two were hit across the face, and on the return swipe three more were hit. With all that energy waiting to be released, Ryoga was disappointed to see that in less than a second he had taken care of his half of the group with ease. Akane jumped in and did a repeat performance of her high school mornings. This time however, the hits were much more powerful and several limbs were broken or dislocated. Seeing the threat dealt with, Ryoga threw the pole down between the badly injured, and walked over to Akane. "Are you all right Akane?" Still with the adrenaline pumping, Akane took the question the wrong way. "Of course I'm all right! I can take care of myself." "But, I was just.." "You think I'm weak! You and Ranma think just alike. Ryoga no baka!" Her mallet came into existence, and hammered Ryoga into the street. Somehow, even with her improved strength, the mallet wasn't ever lethal. It was just extremely painful. Huffing, she walked away from a confused and emotionally hurt Ryoga. They still had two hours to kill before they had to report to the Shilo. Ryoga then got an idea. "How about we go back to the shopping area? We might be able to find a weapons store specializing in hand weaponry. I would like to get a replacement outfit and something to replace my umbrella we left at the base." Akane kept silent and changed directions for the shopping district. Although Ryoga had gotten them lost earlier, the shopping area was in the center of the disc shaped station. Before reaching the nearest men's clothing store, a shudder hit the station, causing Akane to lose her balance. Tumbling into Ryoga, they fell over. Akane found herself on Ryoga's chest, and felt the strong heartbeat within. Blushing, Akane started to get up. Ryoga, on the other hand, didn't notice and was concerned with why everyone was running. Yellow and red alarms were set off above them, and a voice came over the PA system. "Attention. The station is under attack. Please evacuate to the escape pods in an orderly fashion. Follow the blue lights on the station ceiling." It then went into a recorded loop, probably to allow the station staff to escape. Picking Akane up, Ryoga ran with the crowd. As they came to the edge of the station, he saw everyone getting into the two seat escape pods. Jumping over about thirty heads, he landed in a pod just as the doors opened to accept occupants. Its sensors detected the load was reached, and promptly closed the door. Before the two could get seated, the pod ejected from the station to allow another to slide into its place. With over ten thousand to evacuate within a few minutes, speed and automated efficiency was put over comfort and a few bruises. Tumbling out into the void, Akane and Ryoga looked out of the small windows. Silver hexagonal craft were strafing the station, who's automated defense systems were being overwhelmed. The attackers were currently ignoring the escape pods for now, but that could change once the station was slag. No sign of the Shilo with the the Jusenkos Revenge, either docked or fighting the craft. Sitting back down, Akane and Ryoga tried to think of something different. They couldn't do anything to help with the fight outside. Only a few inches separated their knees, and now they were both in a situation where they couldn't avoid the other. Nor could they fight else they would risk causing damage to the walls that separated them from the cold vacuum of space. "So, what do you think those ships want?" Akane asked. "I don't know. Shilo might know who they are." Silence never seemed so loud. Ryoga started first this time. "I'm sorry Akane. I wanted to tell you, but I always had hope to find a cure. I always thought you would hate a freak like me." Akane stayed silent, making Ryoga even more desperate. "When you talked to me, I kept everything deep inside me. I never let others know what you thought, and my respect for you grew as time went on." Deep down, something touched Akane, and she her shell cracked slightly. "I don't hate you." Her head looked to the side, and studied the blank wall. Ryoga, who had been keeping his eyes focused on his white knuckles, looked up at the girl he wanted nothing more in the world to protect. Her face had a slight flush to it, but the expression was neutral. When she shifted in her seat, their knees touched briefly. As the emotional shell cracked, it crumbled even faster like a rock being removed from the bottom of a sand castle. To the occupants of this small escape pod, floating from the destruction outside, the next five minutes felt like an eternity. Thoughts of all the supposed private discussions she had with P-Chan. All those secrets Ryoga could have used to manipulate Ranma, her father, sisters, or even herself. He kept them all a secret. Her mind dwelled on these scenes, till they shifted to the times when Ryoga stood up for her when Ranma pursued those other fiancees'. Sure, they look like they threw themselves on him, but he had to let them do that - he was one of the best martial artists out there. A sob escaped, and she lunged forward into Ryoga, crying. "Why didn't I see it? Why Ryoga? If you trust me so much, why didn't you trust me enough to tell me?" Ryoga didn't know what to say, and hung his head in defeat, while holding the crying Akane in a hug. Before he could say the words, the pod shuddered, and the hatch opened to the pod. Akane and Ryoga quickly composed themselves, although Akane was slightly red eyed. Shilo peeked inside, "Hey you two! I pulled you into the hold after cloaking. Let's take off for planet Telleo. I have a feeling these ships that attacked may also have something to do with the planet blowing up." Ryoga nodded an affirmative, and stepped out, extending his hand to help Akane through the hatch. She took it, and held on as they went out of the air lock to the cockpit. END CHAPTER 11 cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Chapter 12 - Diginux' Game Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels ################### COLONY 941A ################################# --------- On the way to Kieche Academic Center ------------------ Ako, Shampoo, Ayeka and Samami walked as a group to school. Ayumi and their supervisors, the captain and the leiutenent took a different route so people wouldn't suspect something of their true objective - gaining favor with some of the political figures of the galaxy through their own children. If necessary, kidnappings would be used to set the empires against eachother. Already, Ayumi detailed two promising contacts that were dating. If both were gone, and their respective governments told of the posibility for them to join in the future, the reaction would be even stronger - which could be directed in any way they chose. Sasami, however, wasn't concerned with these. The older members of the group had agreed to keep her out of the struggle. She was too innocent and young to get involved in something like this. Up ahead, the young Jurian princess saw Pyrate making his way to the academic center. Running, she left Ayeka, Ako and Shampoo to observe. Sensing light footsteps rapidly approaching, Pyrate turned his head to see Sasami. "Hello." As Sasami started to try and break down Pyrate's cold exteror, the other three girls first thoughts on the man came to surface. Ako had hearts floating in her eyes. 'What a hunk! He looks just like Ke-' The memory chip then kicked in and prevented Ako from thinking any more about home. Her thoughts still centered around Pyrate afterward. 'What a hunk!' Ayeka now realized this was the guard that saved her younger sister from that rouge missile. 'I really should thank him personally during lunch today, it's the least I can do.' Shampoo's mind was in battle mode. 'So, this is one of the guards. If he is friendly with Sasami, perhaps he could help me free her from Kyah's control.' As Pyrate and Sasami continued down the street, and with the school grounds in sight, Pyrate didn't have the heart to tell Sasami bye. Even though the conversation was entirely one sided, he couldn't directly tell the girl to go away. It was like she radiated an aura that prevented people from being rude to her. To even think about doing something that would hurt her feelings, felt, so - low. Thankfully, Pyrate was freed when Sasami went off to class once they walked in the door. Then his danger sense went off the charts. All the way since the four girls had met up with him, he was getting bad vibes from the redhead. She was giving him one of -those- looks. That was something he definitely needed to avoid. So, he jumped over the building. Ako and Ayeka were shocked. Shampoo yawned and went off to find the janitor's cart for her first mission. The eldest Jurian princess had thought he was just a regular bodyguard, but was proved wrong evidently. Not giving another thought, she shrugged it off and went in. Ako, on the other hand, still stood there drooling. Not only was this guy a hunk, he had abilities on par with her. Back in Graviton City, the only guy she knew with abilities was her dad, and he didn't count. Here was a find she couldn't afford to pass up. She also overheard his name from Sasami yelling out bye to him. 'Pyrate, tonight we are going out on a date. You are so mine.' Shampoo finally came across the green rag, and was running through the list of objectives to take care of. First, she had to let Pyrate in on the activities. Looking around, she spotted him by a tree in the courtyard looking over a crater where a bench was yesterday. Walking up to him, Shampoo made sure not to surprise the guard. "Pyrate?" "Yes?" He looked up. "I have some information about activities that you should be aware about here. They pertain to plans Kyah, a famed terrorist leader, has for students here. Want to go someplace private and talk?" "Sure." Ako was fuming when she saw the Amazon and -her- find go into a supply room. After she had regained her senses at the door, she went to play the bodyguard act outside the window of Ayeka's advanced politics class. She saw Shampoo approach him, so she snuck through the bushes to get a closer look. Her hearing picked up `-someplace private and talk? Sure.` A rock had found its way into her fist, and crumbled. "She and I are going to have a little talk when the rest of the school is in auditorium for the special presentation. She will not pull a BKo on me, and here I thought we were friends." Through the rest of the morning, Ako followed Shampoo around the campus, making sure she didn't make any more moves on Pyrate. Quickly, she realized that Shampoo was also spying on her. The special assembly was before lunch so the two didn't have to wait long to make the confrontation. The students filed into the auditorium while Ako and Shampoo stood on either side of the line, glaring lightening at each other. The tension was so high many students ducked under their glare to avoid being caught in the middle of it. As the final student went in, the doors shut. Both yelled at the same, "Why were you spying on me?!" Each waited for a response, till Ako gave in first. She didn't have many friends back in Graviton City, most of the people thought she would beat them up or Bko would if they got too friendly with her. "I thought you were making moves on Pyrate. I thought I was making it clear on the way here I was interested." It took a moment for the Amazon to realize the full meaning. A large smile spread across her face, "Shampoo think is great idea! Shampoo already have Ranma for husband, don't need another. When we get back home, have great grandmother make you and Pyrate part of Amazon tribe! You great friend and warrior!" This wasn't the response Ako was expecting, jumped on Shampoo in a great hug. "THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" "Ack...need....air....Ako." Feeling her friend start to twitch, she let up and stood back in embarressment. "Uh.. sorry. Don't seem to know my own strength." As Shampoo was catching her breath, she noticed a light coming out from under the auditorium door. "What-" The double doors blew off their henges and came at Shampoo. Thankfully, Ako jumped in the way and punched both away effortlessly. Standing straight, the two looked at each other and nodded. Walking through the empty doorway, they gasped at the sight before them. The blue light was coming from nearly a hundred crystals, each containing a student, faculty member, or bodyguard frozen in time. At the front, Ayeka was in a position guarding Sasami, but the crystal still caught them both. On the stage, Miss Ayumi in her full body pink mecha armor, with bazooka over the shoulder, was also frozen. When their gaze wandered to the ceiling, the cause was found. A man in white armor, and a golden arrow peak on the front. His red cape bellowed in a nonexistant breeze. "You! Free my friends at once!" Ako demanded, pointing up at the intruder. Folding his arms over his chest, the stranger quickly decended. Ako and Shampoo jumped back, and also at that moment, Pyrate went through the wall and through the space that the stranger once occupied. The man extended his arm and slammed Pyrate into the ground in front of Ako with unseen energy. "Now that all the parties are here, let me intruduce myself and the rules of a little game you are going to play." Pyrate groaned and got up to his feet, "Great, one of those types of villians. Why do I always get these? Oh well, have at it. I haven't lost one yet." Diginux let out a little chuckle, "This should be fun then. Stakes are a little higher than what you are used to though. My name is Diginux, once, and now returned master of chaos energy." Pyrate usually won by attacking the villian when they gave their speeches, so he let an energy blast up at Diginux. It was simply absorbed by the armor Diginux was wearing. "Now, now..." Diginux waved his index finger. "I didn't mean that type of game. You would lose before you even began. After all, chaos energy is the source of all other energy. And energy makes the basis for matter. So therefore, I control all that exists. Back to the game though. As you see, I have captured all these youngsters, which are heirs to this galaxy's empires. In taking them, I also have released to the media my version of the kidnapping - with you as the abductors. That makes you the number one wanted criminals in the galaxy, dead or alive. What your demands were is to meet them in exactly seven days, at the former location of planet Telleo to exchange them." Pyrate didn't like this, "Whats in it for you?" "I am the master of chaos. Chaos of course. The more, the more powerful I become. I don't intend to dominate, meerly mix it up. After I'm finished with this galaxy, I'll move on to another. I'm already a third done here, and I'm sending forces out to attack some of the homes of individuals that accompanied me to this universe. What you have to do in the game, is to prevent the empires from gathering this forces at planet Telleo. If they do, they will perish in a trap of mine. Imagine the chaos if all military and police forces in the galaxy suddenly disappeared! Or, you can only do part of the job and keep a few of the empires out - then you would cause a civil war most likely between the royal families. Again, I win there. So... you must do nothing except 100%. Have fun though... you'll have fun convincing them you are on their side when you supposedly kidnapped their children." Sighing, he centered his gaze on Ako. "Guess I may as well free you from Kyah's effects. If you wish to attack your former queen, all the more interesting twists to this little game." A small white blast hit Ako in the chest, knocking her out, but not injuring her. Laughing, Diginux opened large vortex and leviated the crystals into it. After they were all gone, he opened a separate one for himself. His laughter still echoed in the empty auditorium when all traces of the vortices disappeared. Pyrate grabbed the unconscious Ako's wrist, and Shampoos. Flying out the hole he made his entrance in, he made his way to his residence to pick up some of his gear. They didn't have much time, the military would be converging on them any minute. "Shit... this is going to be harder than I thought..." ---- end chapter 12 I'm going with short chapters now. Have classes, and it's faster to put out the short sections. That way you don't have to wait as long for the "completed" status of a section. If you would like me to go back to the long versions of the chapters, let me know. Thx! cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Chapter 13 - Taking the Offensive Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels ############ NARAFA COLONY UNDERGROUND HANGER #################### Ryuujin entered the hanger with Nabiki, Mihoshi, Kuno, Gourry and Lina in tow. The sight that beheld the group was astonishing. A huge underground metal hanger was lined with ten giant mecha about fifty feet tall. All but one were painted white with red markings on to give them a flashy look. The one was all black, with gold as the secondary color. Along with the ten mecha, two large rectangular shaped freighters the size of a football field were in the center of the hanger. Stepping onto a moving walkway, the gawking group rotated around the edge of the hanger toward the nearest mecha. After stepping off a literally at the foot of the mecha, Ryuujin turned around and grinned. "These are going to be your transports. And you are going to fly them." "WHAT!?" everyone but Gourry and Mihoshi yelled. They had a different explanation that got some nervous looks by the others but Ryuujin. "THIS IS SO COOL!" Lina nudged Ryuujin in the ribs while the rest of the group walked around the giant mecha. "You sure this is a good idea? Those two probably couldn't start them, let alone start. Besides, the rest of us aren't even trained in these things." Still grinning, Ryuujin looked up at the distant face of the mecha. "Don't worry. I have made special upgrades to these. Even a toddler fly these." Satisfied the group had done enough drooling, Ryuujin singled out Nabiki. "Nabiki Tendo! You are the leader of the group but me I suppose. So get up into the figher and start it up." The middle Tendo sister stepped back in surprise, "Uh. I don't know how to get in even. I can't start it." Now, it was Ryuujin's turn to be surprised and raised an eyebrow. Turning his head toward Lina, "You really weren't exagerating. Great." Cupping his hands, he yelled up at the engineer team busy above on the second level catwalk. "Hey guys! Mind helping Miss Tendo into the cockpit?" After a quick intro on how to get into the cockpit, Nabiki was strapped in. Surprisingly for a complicated machine such as this, the cockpit was simple. It only had a lever under the seat for ejection of the cockpit pod, while the rest were electric screens. "Great, what do they expect me to do now?" she grumbled. The screens flashed to life, and brought up various diagnostics. At first they had a language she didn't recognize, but they quickly reverted to Japanese. Stats on the sensors, ammo, shielding, fuel - and pilot brain patterns? The display above her head, which had been dormant till now then activated. "Hey! I'm your computer control for the Veritech Nova II. You think it, I do it." Nabiki was getting used to these surprises by now. "Kind of friendly for a computer aren't you?" "Well, I'm the personally the system chose to balance out decision making with this craft, and to suit your personally the best with your brain emination patterns." Nabiki now was annoyed. Thinking, 'Great, if the others find out I have a super friendly computer for a match, my ice queen image is shattered.' "I heard that Nab-chan. I read your thoughts to control the movement and operation of the ship, that way you don't have to go through too long period of training." Nabiki grumbled at being called Nab-chan, but tried to keep her thought vocabulary decent. "Alright then, start this thing up." "Alright! Let's get this party started!" Outside, the group could hear the engines start to come online. Ventalation systems attached to the engines activated and sucked the exhaust out of the hanger. The internal nuclear reactor also came online to provide full power to the other systems such as weapons, sensors, internal repair units, and most important of all - the space engines. Fuel was used for atmosphere flight and some thruster manuvuering in space, but nuclear fusion jets gave the main thrust when the computer detected it was safe to do so. Ryuujin nodded his head in satisfaction. "We are leaving now. We don't have time to get familiar with the systems, so you'll have to learn on the trip there. The computers in the fighters will help you. Getting back on the walkway, Ryuujin instructed the other engineers to strap the other members of his new fighter group in. Before Lina departed from the walkway for her own fighter, she asked, "Why us? I'm sure you have others in the colony that know more about these than we do." Ryuujin knew this was going to be asked sooner or later, either by his own people or these youngsters. "I don't want to involve them. If there is going to be death, and possibly huge political problems with being involved in the galactic scheme of things, I don't want this colony involved. You came at the perfect time, and you will help keep these people safe." The sorceress pointed out before turning her back, "But you can't be with them forever. Eventually they will have to learn when to fight on their own, and if you keep this up, they won't know how to fight when that time comes." Kuno put his bokken down beside the pilot's seat. Above, a redhead appeared on the display screen. "PIGTAILED GIRL!" In Mihoshi's Veritech, the computer finally got her attention with a slight electric jolt to her seat. "ATTEN-HUT! Mihoshi, Detective First Class you are to listen to my orders to the letter! Do I make myself AB-SO-LUTE-LY CLEAR?!" The blond's response was a short "eep". Gourry's Veritech decided to take a different approach. It picked the overly enthusiastic football coach AI. "Gourry, you have the fighting skills of tiger. A TIGER! You will dominate! Now are you a ready to rock and roll!?" Gourry let out a cheer and raised his hand over his head in a fist, "YES! Let's go get em!" The Veritech had just finished linking with his brain input, and in the hanger it also raised its arm in the same fashion. The entire engineering staff sweatdropped. Lina's Veritech was the most submissive of the group. "Uh... mam? Would you like to start? I think it would be really good to do so at this time. Please?" The pilot's jaw dropped, at the sight of a computer giving her the puppydog eyes complete with twinkles in the monitor display. "Uh... ok." Ryuujin's face appeared on the right display of the cockpits. "Everyone, we are leaving now. Just follow me." The hanger doors above slid open, and the mecha were elevated above. The AI detected they were about to take off, and responded by suggesting in the appropriate fashions to each pilot to change to fighter mode. After all transformed down to jet fighters, a runway was lowered up out of the ground. First Ryuujin, then the others followed and took off perfectly for the vacuum of space. As the group followed in a loose formation, Ryuujin gave secret instructions to the AI's of the fighters. He was going to have a quick "quiz" to prepare the group to fight, then it was off to where the transports were being attacked. Ejecting small mines, shaped like balls, Ryuujin quickly flew a good distance to little show. They weren't full power, but the laser blasts the balls shot would rattle their shields slightly. In the cockpits, the AI's informed the group the mines were had malfunctioned and were ejected from Ryuujin's craft. Ryuujin was trying to fix a problem on his craft, so they had to take care of the malfunctioning weapons. Kuno's and Gourry's AI's detected they perfered hand to hand combat with swords, so it recommended they change to battletech mode, and use their energy swords. When they did convert to battletech mode, the link between the ship and their brains completed, and they -became- the Veritech. Kuno could feel the hydrolics in his arms moving, the enhanced vision of the sensors, and could move with ease using the jets as if he were born with them. The two fighters flew forward and attacked as a team, expertly dodging some of the laser blasts, and even deflecting them with the green energy swords. Mihoshi's craft "ordered" the detective to go into guardian mode and get within medium range to use some of the short range vulcan cannons to engage the enemy. Instead of "merging" with the Veritech like Kuno and Gourry, it only partially mind melded. The arms below the ship held two large weapons, and aimed where Mihoshi's attention was and fired when she mentally thought she needed too. The ship moved in an erratic pattern whereever she wanted to go. Mihoshi's mind kept tracing back to her scramble through Kagato's ship the first time, and the AI made note of other tactics that would be successful in battle with its pilot. Nabiki remained in fighter mode and hovered out of range of the fighting. She would rather stay back and snipe at mines that the others missed, and that could threaten her teammates. Each time she shot, a powerful lasers on the wings of the craft would appear, melt through the targeted mine, and then die out just as quickly. She also realized that as the leader, she had to coordinate the fight. From her perspective from a distance she was able keep everyone from spreading out too much and attack in a someone organized fashion. Gourry and Kuno at the head, Mihoshi on cleanup, her on support - and finally - Lina on the finishing attack. Lina was used to dealing one shots at enemies to finish them. This was no exception. Staying back by Ryuujin to protect him from any rouge mines, which didn't come by for some reason, but to powerup her trump card. The technology of the Veritechs was stolen from another universe, but here it was modified. The Nova II class had the ability to use other energies provided by the pilot such as ki - or in this case - magic. A spell couldn't really be used by a Veritech so all it could do is use the energy to power systems, special beam weapons, and shielding. In front of Lina, it was being concentrated into a ball. Ryuujin was getting concerned when the magic energy in the ball grew to about ten feet in diameter - enough to completely wipe out a mountain. The hundred mines that were sent out were cut down to fifty by the time Nabiki ordered it to be fired. The three in the fighting area dispersed in the same fashion of running from the infamous dragon slave. The magically powered force field around the magic energy opened a hole on one side, which let the concentrated energy jet out. It swept over the combat zone, desimating the rest of the mines in short order. The rest of the energy was reabsorbed by the pilot, who was slightly tired. Her mana reserves were good, but not infinite. Also there was only so much mana she could channel from the emptyness of space. Saying Ryuujin was impressed, would be an understatement.. "Lets go. I now feel we can take these pirates on with no problem. The coordinates are in your computers. It will take us a few hours, so sit back and relax." The ships disappeared, and went off to face what they thought were common pirates. ------------ End chapter 13 cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Chapter 14 - Off the Deep End Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels ########### SPACE STATION EMERGENCE ######################### Sakana stepped through the red portal into the grand chamber of Kyah. Everything was on low power, and only the slight hum of power keeping the station habitable could be heard. Still holding on to Mamoru's hand, she pull him and the rest of the scouts through the portal. They crashed in a heap on top of him, with Ranma-chan ending up on top scrabling to avoid the two cat boxes carried by Cko. Rei felt something brush her thigh, and looking down (or up depending on your perspective), saw Ranma trying to get off the group "YOU PERVERT!" Ranma grimised, and felt the pile below him shudder then explode outward, spraying several girls outward. Rei punched Ranma into the ceiling and crawled out of the pile. Fortunately, she didn't hear the twitching form that fell to the floor mummer 'uncute tomboy'. Sakana chuckled and picked a crushed Mamoru up. Turning toward the chamber door, she paused to make sure the rest of the group was following. Turning into the metal corridor, she made her way toward the command center to turn on the main power. As they made their way, everyone but Sakana and Washu were gawking at the technology surrounding them. Ami had her Mecury computer out, scanning various things such as the layout of the station, energy sources, and metal compositions. Ranma, peered over Ami's shoulder. "What cha got there?" "It's my Mecury computer. I'm scanning the station. This place has some interesting technology." Ranma, always looking for info on martial arts, but not much else, didn't ask anything more about her scans. He was curious however about how Sakana opened that portal, it could be interesting to use to move from place to place or with the Saotome Special Technique. "Say, you wouldn't happen to know how Sakana opened that portal back there? Do you?" Ami shook her head, and then remembered what she saw back in the void. "No I don't, but I think I just remembered something important about the void we were in, but you probably wouldn't understand. It is important to you though, so I think I'll tell you first." "What's that?" "Did you notice the energy ribbons between the blobs?" "Yeah. It did seem wierd, but since I thought it was something normal." Ranma shrugged. "I don't think so. There were four coming from the blob - our universe - and going to others. One is the one we are in. The other three I think are your home, CKo's, and Washu's. My theory is when you entered our universe, the ribbons formed. I also noticed one last thing - they were moving slowly toward each other." Ami's brow furrowed in thought. "What does that mean?" Ranma questioned, her curiousity now showing. "Not sure, but there is one theory that has crossed my mind, which is why I think it is important to tell you first." Ami looked up from her computer. The two were a few yards back from the main group. "You want to hear this?" "I've been through enough. I can take one more surprise." "Alright. I think those ribbons are pulling our homes to be merged together. When the blobs touch, they will be merged into one." Ranma, not quite up to speed on what that meant. "So?" Thankfully, Ami's patience was fairly high after working with Usagi for so long. "I'm saying that when you go back home from this trip, all your stuff, home, friends you left behind, and the same with all the place and people I know will be in the same world." Ranma let out an "Oooohhhh...." and realization hit. "Oh man! Now I have to fight those youma things you were telling me about and my gazillion fiances at the same time." Ami sweat dropped at the response, and stepped up the pace to join the rest of the group that was just entering the control room, and to tell Washu her theory of the energy ribbons. As Sakana started hitting switches, the dim lights in the station brightened, and the screens surrounding them flashed to life. Washu delved in and did some tinkering of her own, which sped up the process - and activated the external defense system for good measure. Minako, tired she was doing nothing, leaned over and thought she spotted a cd player. Pushing what she thought was the play button, it shorted out and activated the now full powered defense systems. The screen in front of her showed a few of the weapons outside firing. "Eep." The fidgeting Senshi of Venus scooted to the center of the other scouts and tried to look as inconspicuous as possible. ----------- outside where hell just broke loose --------------------- Kyah crawled up from the floor of the cockpit. Komosauro was frantically manipulating the controls to avoid the random shots from -Kyah's- space station. The queen growled, "Whoever is pulling this stunt is going to pay! I'm quite certain that the station was put on standby in this remote corner of the galaxy with no one aboard to lower power usage." Komosauro flinched as a blast hit their left flank. Whispering under his breath, "Come on baby hold together." All of a sudden the firing stopped, and the internal docking bay opened. The Shogo IV limped in and landed roughly on the functioning four of its ten landing legs. They quickly crumpled under the weight, and the ship slammed into the floor of the bay to add more damage to the crippled ship. Cursing followed from Komosauro and Jake that could be heard through the ship's hull. Sakana ran into the now pressurized bay, with the rest of the group in tow. Cko was exhausted, and was being carried by Makato on her back. Ranma, not wanting to take any chances with whoever their guests were, called out, "Sun Galaxy Power! Make up!" Plasma flames washed over Ranma, and the golden gemmed gauntlet appeared, and her clothing was replaced by the red and gold sailor fuku. Looking herself over, Ranma concentrated and changed into her male form, then changed the outfit to a white shirt and pants with red and gold trim. "Not exactly what I had in mind, but it'll do." He then let the plasma ripple over his body, and he floated up to the ceiling to watch over the area should anything happen. Sakana looked up at the youth that had killed her earilier and shivered. Mamoru put his hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I forgive you. Just concentrate on the task at hand." Nodding, Sakana walked to the ship and jumped to the stop just as Komosauro opened the hatch. The black haired man smiled, and scratched the back of his head, "Heh heh. Hi. Would you mind if we got some repairs? Kyah down here is kind of upset too with you firing on us, so just giving you fair warning." Sakana tensed at hearing that Kyah was in the ship. Washu came up behind her and watched as the man came up and pulled up short, bald man up that had a green glow to one of his eyes. Next came a woman with white hair, and long ears. Washu guessed this was the queen Sakana told them about when Sakana's fists clenched behind her back. Then, it was Washu's turn to be surprised when Tenchi came through the hatch with a bandeged Ryoko. "Tenchi! Ryoko! You're ok - more or less - but ok," Washu exclaimed. The youth looked to the red haired scientist, and gave a nod. His quiet nature and the sad look in his eyes caught the age old scientist off guard. 'Something happened, I've never seen such hopelessness in his face.' Ranma watched the seen from above and frowned. Of all those present, he had the most experience in emotion based ki. The young man down there that was supporting a woman similar in features to Washu had the feel of depression all around him. Ryoga put this guy's aura to shame, but if this guy wasn't well trained in ki control, the outlook wouldn't be good for his mental state. The group talked, and Sakana kept her cover. The plan was to find out where the rest of the group was before dealing with the vegilante queen. Ranma floated down and joined the rest of the scouts, who had by now transformed into their respective guises. Sakana walked with Kyah in the lead, and made their way back to the thrown room to discuss what has been going on in the galaxy and the result of Sakana's mission. It was much faster getting around with the automatic walkways working. Just as they opened the doorway to the thrown room, an alarm went off. "What in the world is it this time!?" Kyah was getting very annoyed at this unexpected surprises. First Telleo, then a black hole, then getting fired upon by her own base, meeting up with an agent and several magical fighters she presumed were dead. Rushing to her throne, she pushed several buttons on the side to give a read out of the situation. Add one more surprise to the list - looks like someone just opened the reactor... "WHAT!?" Whirling around, Kyah rushed out the door toward the center of the base. Sakana, not liking being uninformed, leaned over the read out and paled. "Everyone! Follow me and Kyah! If we don't stop this, we all are going to be glowing green in a few minutes!" --- in front of the reactor --- Tenchi sighed and walked over to the edge of the plasma conduit, now exposed to the air. Ranma rushed forward to catch the boy and snagged his collar as he jumped. Ranma thought to himself, 'I knew something like this might happen. Pig boy is one thing, someone else with that condition probably wouldn't make it. Good thing I followed him.' As he pulled back, he was surprised to meet resistance. No longer in his grip was what the Nerima martial artist considered a wimp, but a being of emmense power. Tenchi floated above the conduit in full Jurian battle makeup, and and turned to face a shocked defender of the Silver Millenium. "Let me go, or I will be force to hurt you. I've hurt so many, I don't wish to repeat it. Please, let me go." The firmness in Tenchi's voice carried sorrow with it, and only made Ranma more firm in his stance to not let this guy go through with it. "I'm just a martial artist, well, kinda. But you can use your strength to protect others not to hurt." Tenchi lowered his eyes to the wrist holding his collar. "I've already killed billions." A shudder went through Ranma's spine, and he mouthed the word billions silently. Tenchi continued, "A few days ago I was fighting on a planet once known as Telleo. At first, all I could do was watch. Then when I was in danger, I lashed out with the power and destroyed the planet with over fifty billion innocent people. Their death was horrible as they were pulled into the black hole, the air sucked out of their lungs as the atmosphere was ripped into space." Tenchi's eyes traveled from the wrist to the plasma below. Kyah and the rest of the group then entered the room to see what looked like Ranma holding Tenchi over the pit. "I know this because I was there, and I heard Komosauro and Kyah talking about it on the trip here. I am nothing but a monster and the best thing I can do is to keep my power from killing any more." When the scouts tried to approach the two, Kyah head them back."Don't get any closer. The radiation from that pit of plasma would kill you in seconds if you got within ten feet of it. The shielding thankfully was activated when you turned on the station, so I don't think we have anything to worry about. It's how those two are still alive in there I'm amazed at. We can't bring down the shield to help them, and the shield also blocks Komosauro's powers. All we can do is watch." Tenchi, tired of waiting for Ranma to make a move, kicked forward into Ranma's face. Ranma dodged, but his grip on Tenchi's collar was loosened. The opportunity presented itself, and the prince of twisted himself free of the grip and plunged into the inferno. Ryoko, the last to arrive with her injuries saw Tenchi's body dissolve in the million degree ball of nuclear energies. Ranma and Ryoko cried out simultaineously, "NO!!!!" Ryoko tried to rush forward, but was caught by Komosauro and quickly knocked out with a blow to the head. Ryoko's last conscious thoughts before she fell into her slumber were, 'I've lost so much, why must I live this way.' Ranma fell to his knees, and stared as the doors to the reactor closed. "Why is it that I can never save those around me? All this power, and I couldn't save them." Ranma then felt the exertion of using so much power to keep him shielded from the effects of the radiation. He slumped over unconscious. Ami scanned both Ryoko and Ranma to make sure they were ok. "It looks like they will be ok physically. I'm surprised Ranma is ok - his powers must have protected him. Mentally though, we'll have to make sure they don't do anything like...." Ami trailed off not wanting to finish her comment after just witnessing Tenchi dive in. ======================================================================== End Chapter 14 cHaOs Energy Times Infinity Chapter 15 Crossover Bid For Power/Ranma/Sailor Moon/Slayers/ Project A-Ko/DBZ/Tenchi by Afroplex - jwessels@cse.unl.edu http://cse.unl.edu/~jwessels