This is the standard disclaimer that all fanfics get. The characters of Ranma ½ belong to Rumiko Takakashi. The characters of Sailor Moon belong to Naoko Takeuchi. Tenchi Muyo! Belongs to Kajishima Masaki. This is all for non-profit reasons, so please don't sue me. I don't have enough to make it worth while anyway. And now on with the story. Note: I know Ranma is acting out of character. The reasons why will be explained in memories and flashbacks throughout the story. Also, in this story I'm throwing all of the Inner Senshi into Juuban high. They are all the same age as Ranma, about 17. Tomas is 19, but has been out of school since his parents' death, about two years, so he is in the same grade as Ranma. I'm also making Hotaru 15 in this, but she goes to a different school. This is an alternate Sailor Moon universe, bet the changes are pretty much in age. In the Ranma Time-line it is about 14 months after the bombed wedding. For the Sailor Moon universe this is somewhere between Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon SS. For the Tenchi Universe this happens after the second movie. Washu has aged Mayuka to 14 years. This is NOT an SI fic. Words in <__> are thoughts. From Weird to Weirder A Ranma ½, Sailor Moon, and Tenchi Muyo! Crossover By: Tomas Megerson. Send C & C and flames to nighthawktm@yahoo.com Chapter 4 Part A Race to the Masaki Residence The sun had just set in the west. The sky held a faint tint of red but no more of the beautiful sunset that had just closed the day. In front of a long set of stairs a public bus came to a stop. After a few moments with the doors open a battered figure stepped off. A moment later a taller figure in an even worse state than the first got off. The two figures stood there even after the bus left. Finally the taller one spoke. "Well, looks like we made it. Think they were able to follow us here?" "No chance. There is no way they could have known what bus we got on or where we are going. We're finally safe." A third voice then interrupted them. "I hate to disappoint you boys, but you're not safe yet." Tomas and Ranma looked at each other. Neither of them could come up with something to say. Finally Ranma said what was on both their minds. "No way. No way in hell." The two slowly turned around and looked at who was behind them. There, in all their skimpy outfit glory where the Inner Senshi. The one in the middle spoke. "For hurting our friends and endangering civilians in your rampage, in the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Tomas blinked a couple of times before turning to Ranma. "Have you got anything left? I'm all out." Ranma shook his head ever so slightly. "Well, then I guess we have no choice." "None at all. Allow me the honor." Ranma and Tomas shifted into their respective stances. Then Ranma called out the move. "SAOTOME SCHOOL OF ANYTHING GOES MARTIAL ARTS FINAL TECHNIQUE: RUN AWAY!" With that the two young me turned and bolted into the woods at an incredible speed. It took the Senshi another minuet to realize what had happened and give chase. ************************************************************************************* All the way back in the Juuban district the Outer Senshi were resting in their home after their disastrous run in with the two martial artists. Hotaru, a.k.a. Sailor Saturn, had healed the majority of their wounds when she arrived at the scene of the fight, but the effort of it weakened her so much that she couldn't go with the other Senshi. She had just woken up from a deep sleep and went to join the others in the living room. "Hello Michiru-mama, Haruka-papa. Are you okay now?" The Senshi of Neptune and Uranus looked up at the sound of her voice and smiled at her. They could both hear the worry in her voice and wanted to reassure her that they were indeed all right. Haruka spoke up first. "We're just fine Hotaru. You healed us very well. Thank you." "Yes, we were more worried about you than about ourselves. It must have taken a lot to heal the three of us from those burns." Michiru gave another smile to Hotaru. "What happened on that roof? What hurt you so bad? Was I a youma?" "Not exactly, Hotaru-chan. There was a youma today, but we didn't fight it. Pluto detected two people who were disrupting the time stream. We went to stop them but they got the hand on us. When we tried to talk to them they attacked us. It caught us completely by surprise." Michiru gave Haruka a questioning glance but didn't say anything. It was returned with a 'play along' look. Hotaru missed them both. "They were both very injured, and didn't look like they would be able to even walk without each other's help. The taller of the two made a few smart remarks and created those flames under us." Michiru picked up the story. "I'm glad you weren't there Hotaru-chan. If you had been caught in those flames too, Usagi would have had to use the Imperial Crystal to cure us all, and then she wouldn't have been able to go with the others after them." Haruka looked at the clock and saw that it was getting close to dinnertime. She told Hotaru to go and get cleaned up for dinner while she and Michiru finished the cooking. After Hotaru left the room, she turned to talk to her lover. "I'm sure your wondering why I told her that." "Yes, I am. There was no reason to lie like that." Haruka sighed. "She is to young to understand why we did what we did. She would think of us as cold heartless people. This way, not only do we get her aid undisputed when we go after them again, but we don't have to worry about her having a moral crisis in the middle of a fight. What she doesn't know won't hurt her." Michiru was quiet for a few moments before finally speaking. "I don't like having to lie to her. It's not right. But I can see the point this time. Pluto did say that the threat to the time stream must be destroyed. We can't let her know what happened. She might rebel against us if we did, and that would break my heart. I'll go along with you on this." "Thanks, Michiru-chan." They were silent for a few minutes, and then Hotaru came back. They all sat down and enjoyed a quiet dinner. *************************************************************************************** Ranma and Tomas dodged through the trees. They knew that they wouldn't be able to get away from the girls chasing them. The fact that they were running from girls really hurt Ranma's overly large ego. He was sending silent curses to the Kami about how unfair life was when a reply was sent. It came in the form of Sailor Mercury. "SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" A stream of ice cold water slammed into Ranma's back, activating his curse and propelling her forward. She kept going up until he slammed into a tree. The force of the blast caused the tree to fall over. A few seconds later and Tomas was there pulling him out of the tree and carrying him, now her, in a fireman's carry. As Ranma regained her senses, Tomas spied something ahead. He came to a quick decision and raced toward it. He quickly outlined his plan to Ranma, who was in too much pain at the moment to do anything but agree. Tomas, still carrying Ranma, stepped out of the woods and onto the shore of a lake. "Just remember, Ranma, act like someone totally different. If they ask you which way I went, tell them the truth. I'll try to double back in about five minuets. You had better have some traps set up. I don't want a fight right now." Before Ranma could respond, Tomas through her into the lake. He was back into the woods before Ranma hit the water. Under water, Ranma pulled off her shirt to try to keep the Senshi from recognizing her as the boy they had been chasing. Just as she brought her head up, the Senshi came out of the woods. Ranma let out a scream, and tried to cover her chest. "Perverts! Where did they go! I'll kill them for seeing me naked like that!" She preyed that the Sailor Senshi bought it. Large sweat drops formed over the Senshi's heads. After a quick look at the topless girl ranting in the water, Sailor Jupiter spoke up. "We're after those two, also. If you will shows us where they went, we promise to make them pay for this." Ranma looked up and acted like this was the first time he noticed them. After blinking a couple of times, she dropped back into the water. She then pointed in the general direction that Tomas went and told them so. They thanked her and took off back into the woods. After She was sure that they where gone, She pulled her shirt on and got out of the lake. All of a sudden a voice spoke behind him. "Maybe you want to tell me just what is going on, huh?" Ranma turned around and saw a very attractive girl with Cyan colored hair floating behind him. ************************************************************************************************* "Hmm, that's strange. Some massive powers just entered the Masaki grounds. I wonder what it could be. I think I had better find out. The five of them could cause trouble." Washu was in her sub-space lab when the sensors informed her of the intruders. There were five of them, all heading in the same direction and close to each other. Living at the Masaki house one learned not to take intruders lightly. Just then, as Ryouko floated through the wall of the lab, her sensors picked up two weaker power sources in front of the first five "Looks like those two are being chased, and headed right for the lake. This should be interesting." A new gleam entered her eyes. She couldn't wait to find out what the first two did to get the other five to chase them. "But I'll find out, because I am the greatest scientific genus in the universe. HAHAHAHAHA!!" Ryouko decided that this was a good time to butt in and made herself know. "Hey, Washu, dinner's ready. You going to join us or should I tell Sasami to make a plate for you?" "Ryouko just the demoness I wanted to see. There's a fun little chase going on out in the woods. Its heading straight for the lake. I want you to go and check it out. Try to get one of them to talk to you about it. It should be interesting." "Why should I do anything for you? What am I gonna get out of it?"" Ryouko saw the gleam in Washu's eyes and decided to get what ever she could out of it. "Fine, I promise not to experiment on you for two weeks. Is that good enough for you?" Ryouko thought for a moment and realized that this was the best deal that she would probably get, and agreed. After getting where the chase was heading, she teleported to the lake. She got there just in time to see Ranma land in the water and Tomas enter the woods. She watched the scene with the Senshi unfold. While Ranma was busy putting on a show, one thought was going through Ryouko's mind. After the girls in short skirts left, Ryouko decided to talk to the red head who was coming out of the water. She teleported to a spot behind her, and about eight feet in the air. "Maybe you want to tell me just what is going on, huh?" The young redhead turned around slowly and looked up at her. Ryouko could see the nervousness in the girl. "Well, I'm waiting." The girl's eyes were flickering around, most likely trying to find a way to escape. Ryouko got annoyed and chose to ruff the girl up a bit. She teleported down to the ground and picked the stranger up by the shirt. "You're going to answer me now, or else there are going to be problems." So saying, her energy blade appeared in her free hand. At that point Ranma's nerves broke and her words flowed in a rush. "Me and my friend are on the way to my grandfather's house. We were attacked and bolted into the woods. I'm tellin' you we didn't me to tress pass. Please, please you've got to put me down! Tomas will be back in a few minutes and I've got to get things set up! Let go of me!" At the grandfather comment Ryouko raised an eyebrow. "Alright, girl, whose your Grandfather? Tell me or else?" "Katsuhito Masaki! His name is Katsuhito Masaki! I'm Ranma Saotome." With those words Ryouko dropped Ranma and stared at her. After a moment she decides to speak up. "I'm Ryouko. I'm living at the Masaki home. I'll go let Katsuhito know you're here and get you some help. Stay in this area. This is where I'll lead everyone. Try not to get killed in the meantime." Ryouko then teleported to the dinning room. She materialized right above the table. Before anyone could say anything she quickly told them what she had learned. Tenchi's reaction was of surprise to say the least. "I have a cousin? Grandfather why didn't you ever tell me?" "Nodaka and I didn't part on the best of terms. That's not important right now, though. If it is Nodaka's child out there, then we must help. It is, after all, a family member." "Right. Aeka, Kiyone, Ryouko, lets go. We have to get there fast." Ryouko was the first to react. "I'll teleport ahead. Will head toward the house, so try to set up an ambush between the lake and here." So saying she immediately went back to the lake where a new figure was arguing with Ranma. ********************************************************************************************** "What do you mean there aren't any traps set up?! How the hell are we suppose to get them off our backs then?! I try to throw anything and I'll probably keel over." It was at that point Tomas saw Ranma pointing. He turned, expecting to see the Sailor brats. What he saw, instead, caused him to perform a nice looking facefault. Ranma took the opportunity to speak up. "We're supposed to get away from them with help like that. Are they coming, ah, um, I forgot your name." "Its Ryouko." She landed by them as Tomas finally picked himself off of the ground. "And no they're not coming. They're setting up an ambush up ahead. Come on, We don't want to disappoint them." She turned to head into the woods when Tomas grabbed her arm. "You and Ranma stay behind me. They'll think that your chasing me, too. Stop after a few meter and pretend to be out of breath. Let them go by you then follow from behind. We can then catch them on all four sides." "Sounds good. Just head straight that way." Tomas took off into the woods. A few seconds later Ranma and Ryouko went after him. After a minute of running through the woods both Ryouko and Ranma stopped, pretending to be out of breath. It didn't take long for the Senshi to catch up to them. Sailor Moon saw the two girls huffing and spoke to them. "Are you alright? They didn't hurt you did they?" She sounded concerned for them. As Ranma contemplated this Ryouko took the initiative. "No they didn't, (Huff….Puff) but we … we couldn't … keep up. Please say that … you will get them?" "Of course we will! We are the Sailor Senshi and have never loss. Don't worry we'll make them pay for whatever they did to you. Lets go girls!" The other Senshi, who had been using the time to catch their breath, took off with their leader. After they were gone Ranma looked at Ryouko. "Well, that was easy." "Lets just hope that the others are in place. Come on, I don't want to miss the fun!" The two of them followed the Senshi toward the ambush. Tomas raced through the woods. As the trees and bushes whipped by him, his eyes sought out the ambush. All of a sudden some movement caught his eye. As he stared a head he could make out a young man waving him forward. Guessing that this was one of the people Ryouko said would help, he sprinted a bit faster, eventually stopping behind the tree. Looking at the young man, who bore a resemblance to Ranma, Tomas opened his mouth. "So, you are?" "I'm Tenchi Masaki. I live here at the shrine. Who are you?" "The names Tomas. I'm Ranma's friend. Listen, these people are tough. I hope you know what your getting into." "I have the Tenchi-ken." Tenchi held up the hilt of Yousho's sword to show to Tomas. 'I'll be fine. The others are about ten meters away on either side of the path. We'll catch them in a cross fire and drive them off. Don't worry, what can go wrong." Tomas looked at him for a few seconds before turning back to the path. Moments later the sound of feet against hard packed dirt was ringing through the woods. Tomas grabbed Tenchi's arm and yanked him into view of the trail. "We've got to get them to stop. I want Ranma to have time to catch them from behind. You look enough like him that in the dark they might mistake you for him. Just keep that sword of yours loose." Tenchi looked at him questionably, but it was too late. The Senshi had arrived and started spitting speeches at the two of them. Tomas rolled his eyes and waited for them to stop, while Tenchi looked at them like they were nuts. When the long winded speeches were finally over Tomas spoke up again. "I have only one thing to say to you." Mars gave him one of her looks of death and asked him what it was. "Suckers." Then the fun started. Aeka, Kiyone, and Ryouko fired at them from the sides and the rear. Tenchi, Ranma, and Tomas moved in to start a general melee. Within the first two minutes of the "fight" Sailors Moon and Mercury were taken out, unconscious and battered. The remaining three Senshi decided that it was time to leave. As Mars moved to pick up Sailor Moon, she noticed that she had a clear shot at Aeka's back. She fired off one of her Mars Fire Bird attacks. Tomas, who had been catching a quick breather off to one side, noticed this, and placed himself between the attack and its intended target. At the sound of the explosion, Aeka turned around. Even before she had the time to back away from the intense heat, the raging fires condensed inward and disappeared. The only thing left was Tomas, who was smirking at the red Senshi's back. "Care to try that again, little girl." He mustered the most insulting tone that he could. At the sound of his voice, Sailor Mars turned looked over her shoulder and stopped. Not only was he unharmed, but he looked even better than before. " You do know that fire can't hurt a Phoenix, right?" Mars just took off after Jupiter, who was carrying Sailor Moon away from the fight. After she was gone, Tomas turned around to address the purple hair girl behind him. "Guess what, I lied." So saying he collapsed at Aeka's feet. This is the standard disclaimer that all fanfics get. The characters of Ranma ½ belong to Rumiko Takakashi. The characters of Sailor Moon belong to Naoko Takeuchi. Tenchi Muyo! Belongs to Kajishima Masaki. This is all for non-profit reasons, so please don't sue me. I don't have enough to make it worth while anyway. And now on with the story. Note: I know Ranma is acting out of character. The reasons why will be explained in memories and flashbacks throughout the story. Also, in this story I'm throwing all of the Inner Senshi into Juuban high. They are all the same age as Ranma, about 17. Tomas is 19, but has been out of school since his parents' death, about two years, so he is in the same grade as Ranma. I'm also making Hotaru 15 in this, but she goes to a different school. This is an alternate Sailor Moon universe, but the changes are pretty much in age. In the Ranma Time-line it is about 14 months after the bombed wedding. For the Sailor Moon universe this is somewhere between Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon SS. For the Tenchi Universe this happens after the second movie. Washu has aged Mayuka to 14 years. This is NOT an SI fic. Words in <__> are thoughts. From Weird to Weirder A Ranma ½, Sailor Moon, and Tenchi Muyo! Crossover By: Tomas Megerson. Send C & C and flames to nighthawktm@yahoo.com Chapter 4 Part B Questions but no Answers Hotaru lay in her bed, looking for all the world as if she was in a wonderful dreamscape where she only needed to believe to make her heart's deepest wish come true. She rested upon her back, her dark hair flayed on her pillow, and her chest rising and falling in the slow steady pattern of sleep. Her sheets were pulled up to her neck, while the bedspread was folded and resting upon the chair which accompanied her desk. The shining light of the full moon glowed on a paper which was fluttering as a gentle breeze blew through the room. Haruka smiled at the scene before her and, knowing that her daughter was safe, closed the door. Hotaru's eyes snapped open. A small sigh escaped her lips and she went back to all of the questions that had been raised to her eyes. Who were the two that hurt Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama? And what did happen? What her guardians told her and what she saw with her own eyes were conflicting. She was told that the bad people had attacked first, but she was sure that she had scene the World Shaking and Deep Submerge attacks go off before the flames. Was there a melee fight before? If so, why were there no bruises on her guardians? Surely if the bad people could hurt them, they would have left marks. If the bad people had won, why didn't they stay? For that matter, how could two injured people defeat three of the Sailor Senshi? Another sigh escaped her lips. As her heavy eyes closed on their own accord, and sleep sought to claim her, one final question crossed her mind. ********************************************************************************* "AAAHHHHH! PERVERT!" Ranma had been sitting in the furo, relaxing his muscles from the day of fighting. His mind was drifting over the many events. He rose from the depths and headed to get his towel. He made it half way before Aeka walked in, her own towel wrapped arround her. The familer scream (at least to Ranma) filled the air followed closely by a bunch of logs. Ranma barely had time to contemplate the floating wood before he entered blissful unconsiousness. *********************************************************************************** Sasami carried a plate of food through the door to Washu's subspace lab. It had been almost seven hours since the fight in the woods, and the boy who had protected her sister was still unheard from. Even though it was now passed the midnight hour, no one in the Masaki household was asleep. Well, no one except the black-haired youth that Aeka electrocuted for sneaking into the bath. Ranma was still missing and until the black-hair boy woke up they wouldn't know where the girl was or what happened to her. Sasami sighed at the thought. Here she was, hoping to make some new friends and meet some new family, and one was missing and the other unconscious. She looked over at Tomas's inert body as she passed, noting that he was looking better. Sasami continued to head toward Washu, who was monitoring some displays. "Washu-san, I brought you a snack. If you're going to be up all night you should eat something." "Thanks Sasami. Say, this looks good!" The red-hair genius started to shovel the food into her mouth. As the food disappeared Washu turned her attention to the display clock in her lab. "What are you doing up at this hour, Sasami? Its after one. You should be in bed." "I couldn't sleep. With Tenchi-san's cousin missing and her friend severely injured, I was worried. No one else is asleep either. Even Mayuka is still awake. Ryouko and Kiyone are watching over that boy so they can find out where Ranma-neesan is. Everyone else is in the living room trying to figure out what happened." "Well, Sasami, I can put you at ease in one category for all this." She waved a hand at Tomas's body. "He is fine. In fact, I'm surprised that he isn't up yet. He should have been moving around over an hour ago." "And I would have been if someone hadn't taken my clothes. I don't care for giving free peep shows to children." The two aliens turned to look at Tomas who was now sitting up with his head in his hands. He was groaning and mumbling something about a headache. Sasami got her first good look at him. Well muscled, thin, with sandy blonde hair and striking blue eyes. She hoped that he would be her friend. With her sister and Ryouko always arguing over Tenchi-sama, she needed someone to talk to. Washu's thoughts were totally different. Her sensors were going balistic trying to read his power level. He was almost as strong as Lord Tenchi! Here was a prime test subject! Her mind was already going over all of the samples she'd get to take. Ryo-ohki, who was on top of Sasami's head as always, had one thought on her mind. She then proceded to introduce her self. "Miya!" That got Tomas's attention. He was familiar with the neko-ken from the journey, and didn't want to experience it again. His eyes darted around the room trying to find the feline. All that his eyes came across was a weird looking rabbit on the blue-hair girl's head. "You better get rid of the cat. If Ranma comes across it we're going to be in trouble. I don't want him to flip on me." Sasami stared at Ranma perplexed. "Why do you keep calling Ranma him? Ranma's a girl." "And you don't have to worry about her having a problem with cats because she's missing." That brought Tomas out of the cat problem fast. He stared at Washu for a few minuets before he finally got his head working. "Who are you two? And for that matter where am I? And where's Ranma? If anything happened to him…." Washu looked at him with a familiar gleem in her eyes. It is like she is looking at a new test subject (which she hopes she is). "I am Washu, the greatest scientific genus in the Universe! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Tomas took his time looking at her, and around the room. After a few moments of silence he waved his hand taking in everything around him. "You build all this?" "Why yes, I did. This is my lab. Had you gone anywhere else you probably would have died." "Well, I'll have to agree with you, Washu. I've never seen any place like this in my life." "Call me Washu-chan." "Err… yeah…sure." Tomas sweated as he looked at her. He could tell that there would be problems with her. He took a good look at the other girl. Her long blue hair was done up in two pony tails that flowed down her back. Her eyes caught his attention. He had never seen a shade quite that color before. "And you are?" "I'm Sasami. And this is Ryo-ohki." "Miya!" Hearing this, one of Tomas's eyebrows went up. "What kind of cat is that? It looks more like a rabbit." "Ryo-ohki's a cabbit, and she's my best friend!" Tomas recalled what she had said and the thought struck him. "I take it there aren't that many kids your age up here, huh." "No. Only the Masaki family lives up here." Tomas could see that she was starting to get depresses and tried to find a way to stop it. "Well, Sasami, uh, how would you like to be my friend?" "You mean it?" "Yeah. I don't have many friends either, so I'm always looking for new ones. In fact, Ranma is the only true friend I've got right now. Although Rei seems like she could become one." Washu was smiling at the touching scene. Not because of how emotional it was, but if he became Sasami's friend, then he would be around more. If he was around more, she could do more tests! At the mention of Ranma, however, a frown crossed her face. She quickly decided that it would be in the best interest to let Tomas know what had happened. "Speaking of which, you did get the part about Ranma missing, right?" Tomas blinked twice and then exploaded. "What the hell do you mean he's missing!? Where is he!?" "We don't know. She went to take a bath and when Aeka went to join her, she was gone. There was a black hair boy instead. Aeka knocked him out." The releaf that crossed Tomas's face took Washu by surprise. She mentally chalked it up to the fact that they caught the pervert. "Ryouko and Kiyone are waiting for him to wake up so they can question him." For some strange reason a breeze blew her hair. "Do you know anyone who could have kidnapped her?" She looked up from the display she was going over to see that only her, Sasami, and Ryo-ohki were in the lab. The door was wide open leading into the Masaki home. ****************************************************************************************** Ranma's eyes slowly opened. He was on his back and his body was racked with pain. He groined as he pushed himself into a sitting position. "Kami-sama, I feel like I was struck by lightning." "That's because you were. And if you don't due as we say, then it will happen again." Ranma turned his head toward the cold voice. There he saw two young women, around his age, giving him the worst evil eye he had ever seen. His mind caught up to his eyes and relief flooded through him. He knew he wasn't in trouble now. "Ryouko, am I glad to see you! What happened to the psycho with the logs? She's not going to fry me again, is she?" Ranma kept up his babbling for another few minuets before Ryouko cut him off. "How the hell do you know me? I've never seen you before in my life until Aeka dragged you in here. Although your perceptions on her are pretty accurate." "What do you mean that you've never seen me before? Its me, Ranma. The guy you talked to at the lake and faught beside you in the woods. Don't tell me you for got." Kiyone took this moment to speak up. "I don't think so. Ranma's got red hair and is a girl..." "HEY, I AM A GUY!!!" Kiyone just ignored him and kept going. "Since you are most defenately male, that or you're the flattest girl I have ever seen..." "I TOLD YOU I AM A GUY!" "Which is why you are not Ranma." "I am Ranma, and I am a GUY! It's a curse, okay. You hit me with cold water and I turn into a red hair girl. Get me a glass of water and I'll prove it to you." Before Ryouko could reply to how stupid a lie that was, the door burst open and Tomas, still in the sheet from Washu's lab, rushed in. He looked around the room, saw Ranma all right, and collapsed. "Thank the Kami your alright. I was afraid that they would skin you before you could explain the curse. You are okay, right Ranma?" "Yeah, I'm fine, but how about you? You don't look to good." "Just really low in my ki levels. Give me a good day's rest, and a good meal or two, and I'll be fine." Ryouko looked from one to the other a few times before the sight finally got to her. "You mean that he" she pointed to Ranma "really is Ranma, and that the business about a curse was real!?" "Well, yeah, didn't he tell you already?" He turned and gave Ranma a despairing look. "I know you hate telling people about your curse, but do youwant to be in the same mess as last time? From what you told me the exact same thing happened." "Sorry, but this time I did remember to put up the occupied sign. That should count for something. It does, doesn't it?" Tomas simply grasped his head in his hands and groined. ************************************************************************************* Next: The true meeting between the Masaki Household and Ranma and Tomas. What will be the reactions to the different chaos in each others lives? Will Ryo-ohki activate the Neko-ken? And we'll see how the inner Senshi feel about all that has happened in the past forty-eight hours. This is the standard disclaimer that all fanfics get. The characters of Ranma ½ belong to Rumiko Takakashi. The characters of Sailor Moon belong to Naoko Takeuchi. Tenchi Muyo! Belongs to Kajishima Masaki. This is all for non-profit reasons, so please don't sue me. I don't have enough to make it worth while anyway. And now on with the story. Note: This is NOT an SI fic. Words in <__> are thoughts. From Weird to Weirder A Ranma ½, Sailor Moon, and Tenchi Muyo! Crossover By: Tomas Megerson. Send C & C and flames to nighthawktm@yahoo.com Chapter 5: Dissent and Aggravation A rarity was taking place on the dawn of this new morning. All of the Senshi were gathered together, even the elusive Setsuna. It was only five hours since the Inner Senshi returned from the disastrous fight in the woods against Ranma, Tomas, and their allies. School was canceled do to damage caused from the fight against the youma. Each Senshi was relaxing in Rei's temple, doing what they will. Makoto was in the kitchen cooking up a fury of breakfast for them all. Rei was in front of the sacred fire striving to learn something new about Tomas and Ranma. She was confused at how they could save Minako one moment and attack the Outer Senshi the next. The golden hair girl herself was currently sleeping on the couch, her white feline guardian curled up on the floor next to her. Ami was sitting at the kitchen table with Hotaru, helping her with her algebra homework. Michiru, Haruka, and Setsuna were trying to come up with a plan to get revenge on the two martial artists who defeated them the day before. Usagi, leader of the famed Sailor Senshi, was busy reading all of Rei's manga. "Breakfast is ready everyone!" Makoto finished laying out the food on the table. Usagi dropped the manga and dashed toward the table. Everyone else moved at a more normal pace. After everyone was seated and started eating, Luna started the conversation that this meeting was called for. "Sailor Pluto, why did you confront those two young men? What reason did they have to attack you?" Setsuana thought back to what she had seen in the time stream. She shuddered slightly at the remembrance. "Those two are surrounded by chaos. The time stream is bending and flexing at every single move they make. Uranus, Neptune, and I went to find out whether they were dangerous or not to the future. From their actions it is safe to assume that they are." "I don't believe that! The two of them saved my life! There is no way that they could be bad!" Pluto gazed sternly at Minako. She couldn't believe how naïve Venus was. The two boys had injured their princess. There was no excuse for that. They were enemies, by their own actions, and had to be dealt with. But before Pluto could express her thoughts on the subject, Rei spoke up. "Mina-chan, I had a bad feeling about the two of them the moment I saw them. There is something wrong with them. They may not be as bad as the Negaverse or Black Moon Family, but they are our enemies. We can't let them wonder around the city, destroying the time stream and the future we're trying to bring about." Setsuana took her turn once more. "Venus, these people are dangerous. They have attacked and injured us. We can not risk them totally destroying the time stream that needs to be formed." Minako looked very upset. Her normally shining blue eyes were dark. She looked around at her friends for any sort of support. The closest she found were Hotaru's eyes, which looked deeply troubled. All of the others had grim looks to them. Even Usagi was serious. She closed her eyes and came to a decision. Minako stood up and looked over her friends and fellow Senshi once more. "Fighting against youma is one thing, but fighting against other people, who could be completely innocent, is something else entirely. I will not fight this battle." She turned around and walked out the door. The other Senshi and the moon cats stared at her in shock as she walked away. ******************************************************** The Masaki home shook with the sound of explosions. Fearing that the demented girls in sailor suits were back, the normal residence of the Masaki household raced out side. What they saw was so different from what they had expected that they were too stunned to move. All except Sasami, who decided to go start breakfast after seeing that they weren't trying to kill each other. Tomas and Ranma were sparring again. This time, however, they weren't holding back. Flames tore from the ground, yellow balls of Chi slammed into trees, giant balls of fire dropped from the sky, and miniature tornado's devastated the ground. It seemed for all intents and purposes that they were trying to kill each other to anyone who wasn't paying close attention. The only thing that kept anyone from interfering was the conversation that the two were having as they fought. "I see that you finally figured out to control the Meteor Strike, Tomas. That would have been useful yesterday, huh." "So would have your Twister Blade, Ranma. Practice with it a few more times and you should have it down, no problem." "Yeah, I know. What can I say, though, I am the best! FLAMING CHI WAVE!" An arc of golden chi flew from Ranma's sweeping hands. Tomas threw up a shield built from mystic flames as he realized that he couldn't dodge the attack in time. Even as he let the shield fall, he saw that the attack was only a diversion. Ranma was inside his defenses before he could blink. "KATCHU TENSHIN ARMA..." "Breakfast is ready everyone!" Sasami didn't notice, but she had just saved Tomas from some rather painful bruises. Everyone in the extended Masaki family was surprised to see the fight instantly stop. They were also surprised to see both Tomas and Ranma jump over them and race into the house. Inside the house, Ranma, Tomas, and Sasami were sitting at the table waiting for the others to arrive. A giant breakfast was spread out on the table before them. Tenchi noticed, as he came in, that Sasami was seated next to Tomas, and that the two of them were having a deep conversation. "So, Sasami-chan, what do you say? How does that sound?' "I'd like that Tomas-oniisan. What do you think, Ryo-ohki?" "Miya!" It was at this point that Tenchi and the others (including Tomas) first witnessed the Saotome School of Anything Goes Ceiling Clinging Technique. It was also at this point that the Masaki family learned of Ranma's fear of cats. "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! C-cc-ccc-cca-CAT!!!" Ranma had been twitching nervously ever since he had sat down at the table. It was like a cat was near him, but he couldn't see one. The only thing that was close was the strange animal in Sasami's head. When it had spoke, the fear hit him. He was on the ceiling without a second thought. Ranma scrambled to get away, but found himself backed into a corner. Before Ranma's eyes flashed the shredding claws, the piercing teeth, and the yowl's of hundreds of cats. The fear grew in him. He could feel his sanity slowly drifting away. He fought to keep it, to push back the Neko-Ken. After all, a man wasn't afraid of cats. Darkness started to overcome him. He pushed harder and started to form mental walls to protect himself. It was at that moment, right as he felt he was winning, that Ryo-ohki spoke once more, and pushed him over the edge. Ranma-neko landed on the ground. Tomas, in the meantime, had been trying to get Ryo-ohki out of the room. "Look, she's activating the Neko-Ken! Just have her leave the room for a bit!" Aeka was angry. "How dare you talk to my sister like that! Who do you think you are?!" "I'm someone who's trying to keep his friend SANE! This is the Neko-Ken we're talking about! It's driving him crazy! Just get the fur ball out of hear! I don't want to deal with this again!" Ryo-ohki, who had been listening to the argument while trying to decide what to do, objected loudly to being called a fur ball. This caused Ranma to drop from the ceiling. Mayuka walked up to Ranma-neko, who was busy cleaning himself. She smiled and threw her arms around his neck and smiled. Ranma let out a soft meow. "Look, Daddy, we've got a pet kitty cat! Isn't he cute?" She started to scratch Ranma-neko down the spine. Everyone but Tomas and Mayuka was shocked when Ranma-neko started to purr. "He likes me, daddy! Can I keep him? Please?" Tenchi could only stare at his cousin. Ranma was currently rubbing his head against Mayuka's leg and purring quite loudly. He stared at the two for some time until he turned to Tomas. "How...huh...ahhh...what...I mean...um...why's...a.. Ranma..ah.." "Tomas sighed and shook his head. "He'll never live this one down." All of a sudden, Ranma-neko lept from Mayuka's side landing on the table. He then proceeded to devour Tomas's breakfast. Tomas's eyes narrowed in anger. He moved from where he was by Aeka and Sasami to in front of Ranma-neko. "What do you think you're doing! That's MY food! Go eat your own!" Ranma-neko simply drew back one of his "paws" in response. Tomas quickly backed down from the confrontation. Ryouko looked at Tomas and grinned. "Don't tell me you're afraid of that little display. There's no way he could even be a decent challenge like that." "I once saw him create a six foot crater in the middle of a concrete road, and then shred a four inch steel door like paper while in this state. I don't want to know what he can do to a human body." Mayuka, in the mean time, had moved to sit in Tomas's chair and started to scratch Ranma-neko again. Ranma-neko had finished both Tomas's and Sasami's breakfasts, and was finally working on his own. Everyone watched in fascination as he inhaled vast quantities in only a few minuets. Ranma-neko then went over to Mayuka and laid down in her lap. "No one disturb him!" Tomas felt relief flood his body. He knew that everything would be fine. There was someone who could calm Ranma from the Neko-ken. "Just let Ranma sleep. When he wakes up he'll be back to normal." Sasami looked at Tomas and walked over to him. "Tomas-oniisan, what happened to him?" "The truth, Sasami, I don't know. All that Ranma told me was that his father put him through the Neko-ken training without reading the warnings. It left him with an intense fear of cats. When the fear gets too great, he starts to act like a cat to escape it. The fear is so deeply integrated in him that it can't be cured." The extended Masaki family looked upon Ranma compassionately. Tomas looked at the table and sighed. "The only thing we can do is let him sleep. In the mean time, however, I'm hungry and he ate my breakfast. I'm going to head into the city and eat. I also want to stop at home and let Ranma's mother know what happened and where we are. Sasami, do you want to come with me? We can do that shopping we were talking about earlier on the way home." "Okay, Tomas-oniisan. I'll go get ready." Tomas smiled at her. "No rush, I've go to take a quick shower first. Give me a half-hour." "I'll be ready." *********************************************************** Hotaru pushed herself back against a brick wall. She was breathing deeply after what for her was a long run. The fear that reflected in her eyes was like that of a deer faced with a pack of wolves. She knew that she had made a wrong turn, but there was nothing she could "Well, now, you witch. We're going to be dealing with you once and for all. You'll never be a threat to us again." Hotaru closed her eyes and waited for the end to come. *********************************************************** Ranma slowly came back into the land of the living. The first thing he noticed was that he was curled up in a tight ball. The second thing he noticed was a cat sitting in front of his face. "AHHHH!!! CAAAAT!!!" He once more sprang to the ceiling and held on for dear life. Moving quickly, Ranma headed toward the door while repeating 'cat' for all he was worth. He reached the door and dropped, so that he could race out, only to land on Aeka, who was racing to find out what the scream was. Aeka couldn't believe it. Once more Tenchi's cousin had performed a perverted act on her. Her first assumption of him was right! He had to have been waiting for her to walk into the baths for the sole purpose of peeping on her. Now he was faking fright so that he would get the chance to glomp her. She could deal with him, though. "PERVERT!" Once again she electrocuted Ranma. Tenchi raced into the room as Ryouko phased through the wall. Tenchi quickly took in the scene and turned toward the Jurian Princess. "Aeka what happened here? I heard Ranma scream and then you. Is everything all right?" "Oh, Lord Tenchi, I'm so glad you're here. Your cousin tried to grab me! I hope he learned his lesson this time. I don't want him doing that again!" Tenchi looked down at his fried cousin, at the fuming Aeka, and at his daughter Mayuka, who was busy giggling. He decided that he could best find out what happened by talking to his daughter. "Mayuka, what happened to Ranma? He was sound asleep." "Well, daddy, I was scratching him on his head when he screamed cat. He crawled across the ceiling again only to fall off and land on Aeka. Then Aeka screamed something and shot him with lightning. Then you came." Tenchi sighed at what happened. Yet another misunderstanding between Aeka and Ranma. Tenchi began to get a feeling that this sort of thing was common to his cousin. "Well, Aeka, next time find out what is happening before you hurt Ranma. I'll take him upstairs and put him in bed. I'm sure that he will apologize when he wakes up." Tenchi picked his cousin up and carried him up the stairs. Ryouko turned to Aeka who was still trying to decide whether Ranma was a pervert or not and spoke. "So, Princess, are you planning on killing him for accidents or just sending him into intensive care?" "How dare you say such a thing demon! I'll have you know..." And so, yet another fight between pirate and princess got underway. ********************************************************** The sound of bones breaking caused Hotaru to wince. She realized that she wasn't in any pain from it. The sounds of bones breaking continued, and moans of pain raised into the air. It was at the scared screams and sound of running feet that Hotaru came to the conclusion that the boys chasing her had left. She slowly opened her eyes to see how bad she was hurt, only to find herself looking into some of the deepest blue eyes that she had ever seen. ********************************************************** "Well, Sasami, what do you think of Ranma's mother?" "I like her, Tomas-oniisan. She reminds me of my mother in some ways. And she had all of those wonderful recipes to give me! I can't wait to get home and try them." The two were walking through a park in the Juuban district. They had left Ranma's home a short while ago, with Tomas carrying a large backpack that contained some spare clothes for himself and Ranma, and three books of recipes for Sasami. Nodoka had taken an immediate liking to the young alien princess. She was also happy to hear that her father had excepted Ranma even with all of his problems. She made them promise that they would let her father know that she wanted to see him. They were currently on their way to the store so they could pick up some groceries for the night's dinner. Tomas looked down at Sasami and smiled. "You know something, Sasa... oh great. Just what I needed." Sasami looked up at Tomas, who had suddenly become all serious. "What is it? Is their something wrong?" Tomas pointed down the path toward an alley between a couple of park buildings. Sasami saw a few boys run into the alley. "It looks, Sasami, like a gang just chased a girl into that alley. You wait here, I'm going to go take care of them. I hate people who go after girls." Tomas put down the backpack and sprinted toward the alley at top speed, leaving a slightly surprised Sasami watching him. Tomas raced toward the alley with the intent to do serious harm to the punks that where chasing the girl. Just as he entered he saw on of them raise a baseball bat to smash into her head. Tomas acted first and thought later. He jumped into the air and let a flying kick right into the bat wielder's arm, breaking it above the elbow. Tomas spun from where he landed and drove his fist into the mans ribs, breaking two of them. His third blow was an elbow smash to the head, knocking the punk into a forced sleep, incidentally shattering his jaw in the process. A side-kick slammed the next boy into one of the walls, taking him how of the fight. Tomas then dropped to one knee and rammed his fist into a third's hip, causing a fracture. The boy dropped to the ground screaming in pain. The fourth fell as Tomas sprang from his one knee crouch to deliver an uppercut that dropped the kid like lead. The last two kids saw the injuries inflicted upon their friends and ran from the alley screaming like the devil himself was after them. Tomas thought about blocking their escape with a Phoenix Fire Wall (and confirming that devil idea), but decided that they had probably learned their lesson and let them go. Tomas turned to the girl. He looked at her and noticed her eyes where closed. He knelt down in front of her and leaned forward to check her breathing. At that moment her eyes opened up. "Are you okay? They didn't hurt you, did they?" Tomas pulled himself back from Hotaru and looked at her with concerned eyes. She didn't seem to be hurt, just scared. "I'm not going to hurt you, so relax. I saw those punks chasing you and came to help." Hotaru looked at Tomas with eyes filled with awe. She was having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that this total stranger came out of no where to save her. "I-I'm okay. Thank..." At that point she caught sight of the damage that Tomas had done to the boys that where chasing her. Tomas saw what she was gazing at and realized that she had hid from the entire fight. "Guess I went a little overboard, but I don't like it when a gang goes after a cute girl like that." Tomas gently helped her to her feet. "Come on, a friend of mine is waiting for me to get back. I don't want to keep her waiting." Tomas led her out of the alley and to the tree that Sasami was waiting for him at. "Tomas-oniisan, are you okay?" Sasami asked in a concerned voice. A few moments after she watched Tomas enter the alley a pair of screaming young men ran out and took off. She had been worried until he had led a young girl out of the alley and approached her. "Yeah, I'm fine, Sasami. Those guys had less than no training. It wasn't even interesting. Anyway this is... Uh, we never did make introductions." Tomas looked at Hotaru and smiled. "I'm Tomas Megerson, and this is Sasami Masaki, my best friend's cousin." Hotaru fought to keep the surprise off her face when she heard that name. It was the same one that Rei-san had given for one of the two boys that attacked her guardians. The clothes that he was wearing were similar, too. Unfortunately, both Tomas and Sasami noticed that look on her face. "What's wrong. You look like you've just seen a ghost or something." Tomas started to get a funny feeling about her. It was hitting him in that point of his brain that said something was just not right. He looked at her closely. She didn't remind him of any one he knew, nor did she look like any of the fiancées that Ranma had mentioned. "I'm just surprised that someone so famous would rescue me." Hotaru was thinking fast. She knew that the fight between Tomas, the other boy, and the youma had be covered by the news. She decided that the best line of approach would be to act like a normal girl would, and sort out all of the conflicts inside of her later. "What do you mean, famous? I don't recall doing anything news worthy? What are you talking about?" "You didn't know? You and your friends' names were all over the news last night. How two high school students managed to defeat a youma by themselves before the Sailor Senshi could arrive. Didn't you see it?" Hotaru hoped that they would buy it. It was the only thing she could come up with. "Actually, no, I missed it. While Ranma, my friend, was dragging me to the hospital, these three psychos in really short skirts decided to jump us. Never did find out why they attacked us out of the blue like that. The fact that they called us demons didn't help matters either. Then another group of them showed up and started to chase us through out the city. Let me tell you, it wasn't fun. Oh, by the way, what's your name?" "Hotaru." "Well, come on, Hotaru, we'll walk you home so you don't have any repeat encounters." Tomas picked up and shouldered his backpack again. "Lead the way." As the three of them walked toward Hotaru's home they engaged in small talk. Hotaru's mind wasn't really on the conversation, however. She was trying to come up with how this person could be the same one who had attacked her guardians. Not only had this Tomas saved her, but he was out in the open with a girl who was younger than herself. No one who had incurred the wrath of the Sailor Senshi would be so bold as to walk in the open with an innocent girl, especially if that person had already shown to care for those who weren't Senshi. Hotaru was confused. If he had attacked the Senshi first, wouldn't he be taking precautions not to be caught out in the open by them like this? Was he really that brave, or did he not care? Perhaps Minako was right, And this was all a misunderstanding. By the time Hotaru got through asking herself all of these questions, she found herself in front of her home. Saying goodbye to the two of them she headed inside to try to sort through the questions she had come up with. ********************************************************** Ranma slowly opened his eyes. He looked around the room and noticed Tomas sitting in a chair grinning at him. As Ranma recalled what had happened to him he buried his head in his hands. "Why me? Why does this stuff always happen to me. It is turning out to being like it was back at the Tendo's." Tomas continued to smile. "If you look back, the whole problem started with your father. If he had never trained you in the Neko-ken, this wouldn't have happened. Of course, if your father wasn't an idiot, then you would have never had any problems to begin with." Ranma looked and was forced to agree. "So what am I going to do now? Aeka probably wants to kill me right now." "She doesn't. Mayuka explained that you were trying to get away from Ryo-Ohki because she was activating the Neko-Ken. She understands. I suggest that you stay off the ceiling for now, though. We can worry about it later. Come on, dinner's ready. I'll tell you about my adventure later." "What adventure?" "I said I'll explain later. Oh, and we're going home tomorrow night. We got class on Monday, and your mother is making us go." Ranma sighed as the two headed down the stairs toward the waiting meal. ************************************************************* Minako laid on her bed thinking about everything that had happened to her. Her friends were changing in a way that she didn't like. She saw it in their eyes that morning. They were all willing to go and kill two boys who had made no out right threatening gestures to them. ************************************************************* Author's Notes: Well, it's finally out. I had a bad case of writer's block early on, and that slowed me down. I hope it's worth it. Hopefully chapter six won't take so long. Let me know what you think of the story so far.do about it. The gang that had been chasing her since she took a walk in the park drew in for the kill.