A Simple Wish Version 3.1.1 Final Copy by Shaun Garin Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi. Ranma 1/2 is owned by Rumiko Takahashi. Tenchi Muyo! is owned by Masaki Kajishima. Legend of Zelda : Orcania of Time is owned by Nintendo. Synops of the last one is quite spotty at best. Don’t try to even understand this series now since it’s becoming really warped. I’d advise you all to read this one from the beginning. For some stupid reason, after the sixth chapter was written, I started to flip out and wrote some really crazy stuff. Maybe I was writing while half asleep.... Or it could be due to the fact that I wrote while drinking several cans of ginger ale. Shaun Garin 2/10/99 A Simple Wish Version 3.1.1 Final Copy by Shaun Garin Chapter 8 : Crystal Destiny I fell. Really. I fell in a vortex of energy that appeared under my feet when the Shoganzord exploded. My first thought was, Whoa, psychedelic 60’s. Soon, the vortex opened below my flight path and soon, I dropped out into a pool of water. Damn. A slender hand reached out and pulled me out of the filthy water of what I now recognized as a public fountain. I looked up, blinking the water from my eyes. Above me stood a cute red head. I froze. “Hikaru?” She stared at me like I was the plague. “Who? I’m Ranma.” “Oh. Um, never mind. Thanks for helping me out of the fountain.” I stood up, a few inches higher than the famous Ranma Saotome. But I think that was due to the fact I stood in a raised fountain. “What’s the date?” “What? Well its November 22 1998. Why?” I cursed long, imaginatively and loud in English and any other dialect I could think of off hand. Ranma raised an eyebrow as I continued my tirade. “Uh, I think that’s enough,” he said, grinning. I laughed nervously and scratched the back of my head. “Um, sorry.” Ranma looked me over. “I think you need some dry clothes miss...?” “Uh...Zelda.” I kicked myself. Stupid Baka idiot moron! That’s not a real name! “Zelda? Not a bad name. Come on, you probably can find some clothing while those ones dry.” She grabbed my hand and hauled me along, drawing stares from the passerby’s. *** “Ranma!” Nadoka scolded. “You’re all wet again!” “Sorry mom but it was the old letch. He never gives up.” “And who is this?” the matriarch of the Saotome family asked me. “Um, I’m Zelda. Ranma here offered me something to wear while these ones dry.” I shrugged sheepishly. Nadoka on the other hand lit up at the prospect of a new girl around the house. That only, in her mind, accented his manliness. *** “Here, you can wear this.” Akane gave me a set of clothes, composing of a silver shirt, not unlike a plug suit, and jeans which were extra baggy. I blushed and said, “Um, if it isn’t a bother, I like wearing men’s clothing.” She gave me a accusing glare. “Uh, I sort of like looking like a guy. It’s sort of natural for me.” She doesn’t know HOW natural it is, I thought. “I guess I can find a men’s pair of slacks and dress shirt.” she paused at the door. “You still wear a bra, don’t you?” “On occasion.” Akane wasted no time and left. She soon returned with the clothing, handing me my dry boxers that I wore. “Thanks.” *** Nadoka eyed the girl with a critical eye. “Are you sure you like wearing men’s clothing?” she asked. “we do have a lot of clothes for young women.” I flinched slightly. “Well, I don’t really need it but I sort of like wearing this type of clothing. Besides, I like dress shirts and other things. And to top it all off, I’m a ways away from home.” “Where do you live?” Ranma asked, still a girl to try not to upset the newcomer. A little late for that. “Um, Canada. I was here for a while but I missed my flight. I’m staying with my girlfriend up near Nekomi Tech.” Jaws dropped. Shit, bad choice for words. “Um...I didn’t know you were like that,” Akane stammered, “I guess now we know.” A healthy blush crept up her face. Ranma leaned back, the concept of having someone like THAT, under the Tendo roof. Soun soon spoke up. “Well, since Nekomi Tech is a ways away, you can stay here for a while.” “Thank you sir,” I said. *** “Tell me again why I’m going to school with you guys?” Ranma grimaced. “I don’t like it either. But Mr. Tendo said we had to watch you for a few days until you have enough bus fare. Oh, by the way, sorry if I startled you about my real shape.” I grinned lopsidedly. “I guess it shocked me slightly.” As we reached Furinkian High, enter one eloquent poetry spouting idiot. “Hark!” But before he could continue, I raised my arm and he slammed into the wall, the bracer glowing with golden light. Akane and Ranma didn’t even had time to make fun of the swordsman. Kuno then peeled himself out of the hole and said, “Thine power is great demon. But thy cannot beat the agent of the gods!!!” He raised his bokotou but I raised my arm again and levitated him off his feet. “Listen, for one, I’m a girl. Number two, I crossdress. Number three, I have no interest with men, number four, my girlfriend is a real live goddess who can kick your ass. And number five, when Second Impact happens, I’m not letting you in the bunkers. Got it?” I flung my arm and he flew halfway to China, landing in the Chinese Sea with a gigantic splash. Ranma stared at me, trying to get a feel of my battle aura. Obviously, my magic isn’t that great yet. If only Thor or Urd saw that little stunt, they would probably berate me, putting me back through basic training for first level magic users. I shuddered. *** “Happo 50-yen satsu!” “Reflect!!!” The green tendrils of siphoning power started to weaken my shields. For all the people in the world, did I have to encounter Hinako-sensei? For all purposes I’d rather take place in Keiichi’s place on the test runs than have to deal with this hyperactive chi vampire. Hinako grew into her adult form, and I tried not to stare. Why in the world did Takahashi decide to create so many beautiful women in her series? Suddenly, a blur of red and black tackled Hinako and pressed her pressure points. I heaved a sigh of relief and dropped the shields. Even at full power, I could feel a bit of drain on my magic reservoir. Ranma stood up over the downed Hinako. “You okay?” he asked. I nodded. “Not a bad technique. Lemme guess, the old guy that came to the dojo and groped Akane?” He nodded, a scowl on his face. “Happosai.” Water then trickled down on Ranma, changing him to a busty red head and a lecherous voice rang out. “Ranma-chan! Please confort a old man in your bosom!!” Ranma slammed the shriveled old lecher on the ground. The old man laid there for a second but rose and launched towards me. I acked and dodged but he surprisingly stopped. He dropped to the ground, squinting at me. “Funny, my senses tell me you’re a girl but you’re clearly a guy. Oh well, old age must be catching up to me.” he walked away, smoking his pipe. When he was gone, Ranma blinked, looked at where he had left, and then looked at me, eyeing me carefully. “Hey, he’s right, you DO look like a guy from this angle.” ‘You don’t know the half of it.’ *** Juuban district. My next stop on the way towards Nekomi Tech was a small shrine on Cherry Hill. This was the Hikawa Shrine. I wanted to check on Rei. Not the same Rei but this Rei was a good friend. She was a great military strategist and kept the morale up with her training of a Shinto Priestess. Walking up the temple stairs, a blast of energy came from the top of the stairs. It wasn’t focused but I snapped to attention. I leapt up the stairs, the Falcon Blade already ignited in my hands. And I immediately regretted the action. A cry of “Shabon Spray!” Filled the air along with a viscous fog. As I prepared a clearing spell of my own, the Space Sword came down in front of my face. I screamed, after all, I still was a girl, and parried the magical sword with my gleaming silver blade. Uranus came out, seething. “No one, threatens the Princess, got it?” “Gee, and I thought I was just coming for a visit,” I said sarcastically as the weapons clashed again and again. The fog cleared and Uranus got a good look at her assailant. “Hmm, a guy. Nice challenge.” she swiped low and I leapt back, flipping backwards. I landed with a thump on my backside and Uranus raised her sword. I did the next best thing to firing a fireball. “ARISHA DIST!!!” I blazed a gout of light into her face and she stumbled back. I stood up, and a Crescent Beam cut my forearm. No biggie. Snatching up the weapon, I blocked the next few attacks. Then, from behind me, the words, “Silence Glaive...” “Shit! Silence WALL!!” “SURPRISE!!!” The enhanced slash came up as the shimmering purple wall blocked my rear. I noted absently then that I could mimic their attacks. But for now, my attention was focused on the other senshi, wearily grasping the weapon in my hands. Sailor Moon then stepped forward, blocked momentarily by Uranus and Neptune who had a look of distrust on their faces. She stepped up and asked, “Are you from Saturn?” “Um, lemme think. At last count, I can only mimic attacks for now save for my own.” Uranus growled and came up, and grabbed my collar. “Listen, whoever you are, you’re not getting anything from the princess.” Mars nodded her accent. “If you’re an enemy, you’re not welcome here.” I sighed as much as being lifted off the ground could allow me to. “If I deactivate the Falcon Blade, will you listen? And Venus? You can close your jaw now.” The blonde’s jaw snapped shut. With a flick of my wrist, the meter long blade retracted into the carved hilt. Sitting down on the stone courtyard, I straightened my collar. “You didn’t have to hold my collar so hard Uranus,” I grumbled while removing my jacket. “Aw geez! This is my favorite shirt!” My white shirt was cut across the chest, revealing my substantial figure. Uranus’s jaw dropped as with the rest of them. “Ara...” Ami said, blushing. “I think I’m in love,” Uranus said, her mouth kicking into action. She grunted as Neptune elbowed her in the gut. Jupiter looked up to the sky in disgust. “WHY ARE ALL THE GORGEOUS GUYS, GIRLS?!?!?!?!?!” I timidly raised my hand. “Um, I, uh, can you get me a cup of hot water?” Mars inched into the temple and soon returned with a hot cup of water. I thanked her and poured it over my head. Instant guy. Jaws dropped. “Well now, I’M in love,” Neptune said, nearly drooling. “NEPTUNE!” Uranus scolded. “She’s a HE!” “That doesn’t even cover the fact that he’s really good looking,” she replied absently. Uranus sighed in exasperation. Mercury came up and started running her computer over my body. “The change is complete. Atomatical, DNA, and also down to the Chromosome sequencing.” She stared at me. “What are you?” “Who am I? WHO AM I? HEY, I’m asking the questions here! For one, WHY IN THE HELL DID YOU ATTACK ME?!” Jupiter looked taken back. “HEY! YOU’RE THE ONE WITH THE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL ENERGY LEVEL!” “WELL AT LEAST WHEN YOU SAW ME IN THE FIRST TIMELINE, YOU WAITED BEFORE TOSSING ME ON THE BED!” Everyone looked at Jupiter who powered down while in shock. “MAKO-CHAN!!!” they shouted. She blushed and rapidly denied everything, only increasing the teasing. I had the gall to look sheepish. “Um, I don’t know but I might be fulfilling the Timeline actually.” Makoto glared daggers at me. “You’d better be wrong.” I gulped down a large lump. “Eh heh, don’t need to get mad at me Mako-chan.” *** “I don’t believe it,” Rei deadpanned. “There was no mention of a asteroid heading towards earth by this time.” I sighed. “Do we hafta go over this again? I said, and I quote : The Second Impact will occur, and I think that I need to find some support with you guys. Otherwise, Second Impact and the deaths totaling over five billion people will look like a sparkler.” Usagi paled. “Fi-Five Billion people?” she stammered out. “That m-many people died?” “And that was the shockwave alone. The flooding destroyed most of the coastal cities. Tokyo-3 will be built after the Second Impact and manking will build Evangelions to fight.” “Fight? Fight who?” I closed my eyes and concentrated. A light emitted from my forehead as a mental picture of the Angels in sequence appeared in front of them in all their gory splendor. Ami whipped out her computer to try and find out how I was doing it. Soon, the mental beam faded away and I collapsed, breathing heavily. Minako crawled up beside me, lifting my head on a pillow. “Thanks,” I croaked out. “What was that?” Hotaru asked curiously. “A mental projection. Was the first time I used it. Used by Goddesses a lot, especially my girlfriends sisters.” Rei backed up a foot. “A-Are you...” then quietly, “A God?” I shook my head slightly. “I’m just a boy who received a wish and was granted some magical powers that no one should have unless it’s a really good reason.” “That is correct.” “Pluto?” Usagi asked. I snickered. “Who else can make an entrance like that?” Pluto shot me a look. “You, are supposed to be here. That much is true Mr. Garin. But under the circumstances, you shouldn’t have told them about Second Impact.” I shot Pluto a deadly glare. “Look here Pu, I just came from a future where it was proceeding like it did in the original Neon Genesis Evangelion. Shinji was shot later in the timeline, Asuka was mindraped, not that I could have prevented that one since no one listened to the boss, Rei was killed in the next Eva battle, Gendo’ll shoot his son and Rei III, SEELE will attack and they’ll suffer unimaginable pain as the Third Impact happens and Shinji and Asuka become the new Adam and Eve, and everything is shot to hell, so I think I KNOW, what I’m doing oh high and mighty Guardian of the Time Gate. If Kami-sama didn’t give these powers to me and a second chance, I wouldn’t be here, warning you guys and asking for help!” Pu looked taken back. “Y-you....” she grasped my hand and started to prostrate herself. “I’m sorry!” she cried. “I never knew Kami-sama sent you, I really am!” Crying, I can handle. But when it comes to bowing, scraping and prostrating herself in front of me, I feel like shit. “Um, right just don’t let my girlfriend hear about this.” Mako looked REALLY disappointed now. “You have a girlfriend?” “One actual one and two self appointed. Kami-sama is getting me back for the practical joke I pulled on him a few weeks ago by sending enough lovestruck girls after me. I really hate him sometimes.” A deep rumble of thunder echoed over the skyline, and the words, I looked up disgustedly. “Since when did you zap me the first time?” “Right away Big Guy.” I stood and thanked my hosts for their hospitality. Rei looked positively frightened for she heard the words of GOD himself speak in her mind. *** Waiting for the bus, a soft footfall echoed behind me. I spun around, a nuteral look on my face. “Ranma,” I greeted. Ranma stared at me, a distrustful look on his face. “Zelda. Or are you Shaun?” “It’s Shaun.” I took a deep breath. “So what are you doing here, Ranma?” “I followed you. When you left, I felt the sharp increase of power from you. True you wern’t that powerful but now, those girls have increased your power somehow.” “Is that it?” I asked, annoyed. Ranma shook his head. “No. I heard the voice. The Masaki Shrine is where my cousin Tenchi lives. I’d like to see him again and help you in that crazy world saving scheme you have cooked up.” He stretched out his hand in a handshake position. I eyed it for a second and then grasped his hand. The palm on the forearm and his hand grasping my forearm. Makoto came up behind me. “I’m coming too. Grandfather lives there too.” “Mako-chan?” Ranma asked, surprised. “You’re here too?” She nodded. “I thought...” Makoto looked pained and Ranma dropped the subject. Soon, the bus came and we boarded in stony silence. *** “Masaki home,” I said. “The Shrine is up atop the hill.” “Since when did Tenchi move out here?” Ranma asked, surveying the surroundings with a critical eye. “It looks peaceful enough.” I burst out laughing. “If-If you only knew!” I choked out. Makoto shrugged and walked forward. Suddenly, Ranma’s keen senses perked up as the snap of a twig echoed in his ears. He lunged forward, tackling Makoto yelling, “Get down!!!” A yellow bolt of energy lanced through the space formerly occupied by Makoto’s head. I spun around, and slashed at the next forcebolt, knocking it back towards the origin with the Falcon Blade. Ryoko floated out of the bushes, a self satisfied smug look on her face. “So, you all have high power. Here to kill Tenchi again? I think NOT!!” With that, she lunged forward, and slashed with her energy sword. I leapt backwards, and parried as fast as I could. Just then, a bright blue bolt of raw ki slammed into Ryoko’s side. Ranma stood there, hands glowing. Makoto had already went in the bushes to transform. I could tell from the tang scent of ozone in the forest. Soon, a ripping bolt of lightning blazed from her location, sending shockwaves of electric death through Ryoko’s body. She screamed and pushed back with a yellow forcebolt. Ranma ran in, his hands pulled back for the Katchuu Tenshin Amaguriken. He was way past the stage of holding back. She had tried to kill them for some wacked out reason and he was charging, eyes full of hatred. “KATCHUU TENCHIN AMAGURIKEN!!” Several hundred blows landed on Ryoko but she shoved the pain aside and launched a full assault, complete with forcebolts and energy sword. The whistling of a weapon caught my ear and I whirled, shouting, “FALCON HIT!!!” The person in question happened to be Tenchi but I was way past the stopping break. I rose up, dove down with a enhanced Raywing, and assaulted his armor clad body with several hits. Then, I flipped backward, kicking him into the air and finally, my momentum shot me up into the air, creating a vacuum rising slash. When my sight had cleared after executing a Single Technique, I gasped and ran up to the badly injured Tenchi. “Ohmygod! What have I done?” Tenchi spat up some blood. “Whoever you are, I’m very sorry. I attacked, thinking one of Kagato’s old men was fighting.” “Don’t move, I’ll try and heal you.” I placed my hands on his injured chest. I closed my eyes, trying to feel the magic wells in this world. I noted that the closest one was Fuhano, the Holy Tree of Jurai. With that in mind, I concentrated and started to pull energy from the tree. The white glow flowed from my hands, and into his body. The healing started. *** Sasami came out, and looked across the valley at Fuhano who was blowing in an unseen wind. She gasped and dropped her cake batter. The triangle in her forehead changed to a bisected circle. Tsunami ran into Washu’s lab, shouting for her sister. Washu poked her head up from under a terminal. “What?” Washu then looked at her forehead. “Oh! Tsunami! What are you doing here?” she asked, getting up from the floor. “Oneechan! Fuhano is feeding someone else power! I think Tenchi’s injured badly if someone’s tapping into the Holy Tree!” Tsunami’s eyes welled up with tears as she felt the power being drained to heal what she now knew as Tenchi’s body through a similar source. Washu jumped up and grabbed her sister, running out into the valley. She followed the scanner and soon, the view came into focus. Ryoko was crying over Tenchi who had a soft white glow around him from a dark haired boy, about 17 years old. Two others, a pigtailed boy, and a girl in a Sailor Fuku stood to the side, looking remorsed and saddened. Tsunami ran up and shouted, “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!” “Shhhh!” Ryoko hissed, “Tenchi’s being healed. Don’t worry.” “But this...this can’t be right!” Washu double checked her scanners. “This boy is drawing power from Fuhano itself to enhance his healing powers!” The pigtailed boy nodded. “Tenchi was injured by him. I’m Ranma, and this is Makoto. We’re Tenchi’s cousins. That lug who’s healing him is Shaun. I’m sorry but when the guy executes something called a Single Technique, he can’t stop once it’s in motion.” Washu’s face took on a look of rage as she bent down. She looked into the boys eyes and reeled. The face had a look of sorrow, like he could have prevented this and things to come. She shook out of her trance, taking out some scanning equipment. Soon, she sighed in relief. “Tenchi’ll be okay. Just give him a few minutes.” Makoto sighed in relief. “That’s good.” *** “YOU WANT WHAT?!” I knew she couldn’t take it after what I did to Tenchi. “I’m really sorry about Tenchi but we need as much support that I can get from everyone I can trust. We need Juraian support or else this whole world’ll become one big grabag for other space pirates and other unsavory types.” “How do you know about Jurai?” Tsunami asked, curious. “You don’t have any traces or records of Juraian interaction in the past.” “Uh...that’s a little hard to explain. Do you want the short or long version? And if you want the ‘start from the beginning’ part, I’m gonna be sarcastic throughout the whole thing.” “The beginning,” Ayeka intoned. “Okay. In the beginning, there was nothing. God came down and said, let there be light. And he said, It was...” I found a glowing energy sword at my throat. “If you continue, I’m gonna shove this up where the sun don’t shine.” she growled menacingly. “Hey, that’s part of the full story!” I protested. Washu gently lowered her daughters arm and the sword disappeared. “Okay, AHEM, where was I?” “Genesis 1:1.” Tenchi said, getting off the couch. “Okay. You all know the creation story? Well, Kami- sama has denied everything of sending huge aliens called Angels to blast apart this world. So far at least. Well, he only said that if this world fails, then two children, one Shinji Ikari, and one Soryu Asuka Langely will become the new Adam and Eve. Something about restarting all over again, was what he said if the world failed the test.” “And that says everything about why you know about us...how?” Ryoko asked, leaning back in her midair position. “Uhhhhhh, I think I told the wrong story.” Everyone facefaulted. “Um, lemme see,” I took out a video tape from out of storage space and plugged it into the VCR. “Gotta remember to return this soon,” I muttered. I fast-fowarded it through the opening and soon, the movie started. Jaws dropped as they themselves as an Anime appeared in the screen. “WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!” Ryoko screamed. “Tenchi Muyo! In Love, Movie number 1,” I answered without turning away from the screen. “One of the best Anime movies I’ve seen in my life next to Sailormoon Super the Movie, Ranma 1/2, Big Trouble In Nekonlon China and Nihao My Concubine.” It was Makoto and Ranma’s turn to stare. “There’s movies about us?” Makoto asked, perplexed at the concept of being a famous Anime character. I nodded. “Who did them?” Ranma asked. “Lemme see, um, Rumiko Takahashi was the creator of Ranma 1/2, Ursuei Yatsura, Inu-Yasha, Mermaid Trilogy and other such warped Anime. Naoko Takeuchi was the creator of Sailor Moon to Sailorstars, and I think Masaki Kajishima was the creator of Tenchi Muyo! But there’s some dispute about that somewhat. I never see the same credits in a row.” Ranma’s voice had a dangerous tone. “Show us these Anime.” I shrugged and popped the video out of the VCR. I pulled out some videos and started stacking them on Tenchi’s arms. “Lets see, Sailor Moon Super the Movie, Sailor Moon SuperS, the movie, Sailor Moon Sailorstars, Ranma 1/2, Mirror Mirror dubbed version, Smells like Evil Spirit, dubbed, Like Water for Ranma, dubbed, Ranma 1/2 Collectors edition, subtitled, Ranma 1/2, Big Trouble in Nekonlon China, subtitled and dubbed, Nihao My Concubine, subtitled, Tenchi Muyo! : Daughter of Darkness, dubbed, Tenchi Muyo! In Love dubbed, Slayers volumes one to eight, dubbed, Slayers the Motion Picture, dubbed, and other assorted Anime.” Tenchi was wobbling with the staggering weight and volume of the tapes. Ranma reached up and plucked it out of his cousins arms. He set it down and asked, “So, anyone up for an Anime fest?” *** “What the hell is wrong with our voices?” Ranma asked, indicating the dubbed voices. “The American’s has two girls doing your voice. Try speaking English.” “Hello...I Ranma, how you today?” he stuttered out. He suddenly clamped a hand over his mouth. I smirked. “From out of the mouth comes Sarah Strange’s voice,” I commented. “Is not very good English,” Makoto intoned in English, “Is slurred. We not speak well English.” “And from the mouth of Makoto comes Lita Kino’s voice.” Ryoko said with a laugh. “Wait until you guys hear YOU’RE voices when we watch Tenchi Muyo!” Ranma snapped. *** “Wow, not bad,” Tenchi commented. “It’s a English take on my voice.” “I like mine,” Ryoko commented. “And Ayeka’s suits her well.” “AND WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!” She shouted in her English voice. “I rest my case,” Ryoko said with a laugh. “’S no fair,” Ranma complained, “you guys got better dubbing.” “They ARE movies,” I pointed out. “The dubbing would be slightly better than the series put together. Hell, the first Ranma movie was slightly better than the other ones. But not by much.” Ranma snorted. *** “You guys can have this room,” Nobiyuki pointed out. Ranma looked aghast. “I CAN’T SLEEP WITH A GIRL!” Makoto slapped him upside the head. “And what’s THAT supposed to mean?” she shouted. “Chill,” I soothed, “Ranma and I can sleep as girls. Is that okay?” Ranma slumped in defeat. “I guess so.” Makoto looked at him, curious, “and what’s wrong with being a girl?” she asked. He shrugged and trudged off towards the bathroom. Makoto looked at me. “What?” “Ranma’s got some issues about being a girl. He was raised to be a, ‘man among men’,” I said, curling my fingers in quotation marks, “you saw how he reacted when Nadoka appeared in the episode. Along with the fact that many perverts are out for his girl body, although I don’t blame them but that’s because Takahashi-sensei designed them that way, but in any case, he’s really sensitive about his sexuality. I think he might have been reaching a breaking point in his life.” Makoto nodded, assimilating more information. “I never knew his manhood is such a big issue,” she said softly. “It is,” I agreed, “you see, he was under a pact that his Baka of a father created when he was only able to do basic hand functions. He made baby Ranma sign a sempuku contract if he didn’t grow to become a man among men. After finding his mother for the first time, he had to hide as Ranko Tendo, Akane’s country cousin. Nadoka tried to change him into a full female, in personality, dress and manners. It didn’t work and soon, she found out by sheer accident. I think Takahashi meant it to happen.” “And?” “And he’s still slightly afraid of his mothers thoughts about him being half girl. I don’t blame her. Somehow, I was able to stay a girl the whole time there under the name of Zelda, when Nadoka asked me about him. I found out that night that in her eyes, Ranma was a truly manly man, even with several girls after him. Somehow, that accented his manliness.” Makoto nodded while spreading out her futon. “I guess he has had a rough life. But how about you? When did you get cursed?” “Um, lets see. A while back, about a few weeks ago, I was granted a wish by Skuld, Goddess of the Future. It was love at first sight and due to a machine that she built, we shifted into a different Ranma universe than this one. Right above Jusenkyo was where we appeared. After a brief, AHEM, disagreement, she malleted me into Nynniichuan. I cured the rest of the cursed people with the bottles of Nanniichuan and Nynniichuan. After a brief stint there, we jumped several places. I learned to cope with my female side soon and I’ve accepted it better than Ranma.” “Oh. Um, can you turn around or something?” she asked. “Sure.” Soon, Ranma returned with a cup of cold water. He handed the liquid to me and used his dose. Soon, we were in the futons. A few hours later, sleep was just about to come when the worst thing could happen. Feminine shrieks of anger echoed in the house as a chillingly dececript voice echoed in the halls. “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!!” Ranma and Makoto jerked awake. “What’s going on?” Makoto asked. I snarled and flung the sheets away, pulling on a pair of jeans and a shirt. “I know that voice. It’s the old letch.” Ranma and Makoto joined me in the hall as the shriveled old fart came down the hall, toting a huge bag of underwear. Apparently, Mihoshi and Kiyonne had come to stay while we were asleep cause Kiyonne was toting a huge blaster, intent on blowing the offending monkey into orbit. Ranma looked at the lecher. “You want trouble old man?” he yelled. “AH! MY DARLING RANMA-CHAN!!! COME TO GRANDPA HAPPOSAI!!” “Oh yeah? Come to THIS!” A bright green burst of energy blazed from my hand in a flash, shredding the bag of undergarments on the perverts back. Happosai stopped, looked at the garments, and received the beating of his life. I lowered my hand as white wisps of smoke trailed from it. I bit my lip to keep from screaming in pain. My palm was scorched from the backlash of casting a spell without the bracer. Ranma looked at my hand and turned it over, checking the damage. “How...how bad is it?” I asked, trying not to scream in pain and barely succeeding. “Mmmm, not good. A third degree burn. Without proper medical attention, you won’t be able to use your left hand again.” “What about the bracer?” Makoto asked, holding up the golden bracer. “this was the control factor. Maybe one could use it to heal you.” “No need for that,” Washu said, coming out of her lab. “Bring her in here, I’ll start treatment.” “Hey mom! What about the lecher?” Ryoko called. “Tie him up and keep him under supervision.” she called back before closing the door behind her. A cry of feminine pain echoed inside it as the girl lost control. *** “You’ve very lucky Shaun,” Washu said, removing the bandages from her arm, “the medical treatment went well. But if the backlash scorched the flesh a little more to the right, it would have cut several nerves and the vein.” “Well at least I stopped the old fart,” she commented, wincing from the rough bandage Washu had put on her hand. Ryoko then floated into the room. “How’s the old lech?” she asked. “The old lech is currently being reprimanded by Ayeka,” she responded. Then her smile turned evil. “Along with several dozen energy pulses sent into the forcefield with each syllable.” Ranma snorted. “The old fart deserves it.” “Who is he anyways?” Makoto asked. “Oh that’s right, you never saw Smells Like Evil Spirit. Well in simple terms, Happosai is a 300 year old shriveled pervert who gets his energy from girls bodies and underwear. He also has a incredible endurance which allows him to get to female things before croaking.” Shaun sighed in disgust. “At least the fart is trapped for now.” *** Suddenly, the outer wall exploded with a megaton force. Debrie flew everywhere as a furious Happosai stood there, a fuse bomb in each hand. I don’t know what was more unnerving, the fact that he broke out of Ayeka’s shield, the incredible battle aura, or the “NOW YOU WILL PAY!” he screamed before tossing the bomb. I reached out with my good hand, and spit on the fuse, extinguishing the sparks. Ranma looked like he was a total idiot. “Aw man! Why didn’t I see that before?” he lamented. “Look for the simple things,” I said, handing the bomb to Washu who sent it into deep freeze in her super deluxe freezer. I noted that she had a ancient Mammoth inside the huge refrigerator. Happosai was now doubly mad as he leapt into the air, screaming, “FORBIDDEN ANYTHING GOES ATTACK : DUST OF APHRODITE!!” I coughed as the fine dust invaded my lungs. It felt like firewater rolling down my chest with seventeen cups of Sake. Across the way, Makoto, Tenchi and Ranma were also hit with the dust. Washu had grabbed a huge handheld fan and blew the dust and the pervert out of the home. But not before the insane cackle of Happosai, screaming, “ENJOY YOUR VIRGIN LIVES AS MUCH AS YOU CAN RANMA!!! YOU ALL WILL PAY!!!!!!!” I looked worried at the last words he spoke. Getting up I asked, “Can I use the phone?” *** “Hello? Yes...hi, Urd? This IS, Urd, right? Yeah....who am I? I’m Shaun....um, you don’t know me? Oh, its a time loop so don’t worry about it. Um, can you come to the Masaki Shrine? It’s really important....yeah, no trick....what? What about my familiarity with you guys? Oh, um, well it’s kind of hard to explain. Ask your father. Okay, you’ll be here in a minute? All right. Kay, buy.” She hung up the phone, distraught. Tenchi noted his distress. “Didn’t go too well, did it.” He nodded. “In this one, I never got the wish. Or I will but later in life. Anyways, put out some hot water, a mirror and turn on the TV.” Tenchi and Sasami obeyed and soon, the goddesses arrived. Urd had a scowl on her face and he nearly cowered at it. “You mortal, have some gall calling up us at 3 in the morning,” she snapped. “Urd!” Belldandy said reproachfully. Then she turned to the teen. “So, Mr. Garin, mind telling us why you have summoned us?” “Um, well, there’s two things. One, there must be a time loop or something cause in the original time line, I’ve already gotten a wish. That lead to the other stuff. And secondly, a old man called Happosai dusted the four of us,” he said, indicating the others, “with something called the Dust of Aphrodite. I wanna know what it is.” Urd went pale. She opened her bag and pulled out a love magic potion spell book from it. Flipping it to the index, she soon found the item in question. “Oh no,” she said, paling even more. She then looked up to the garden of confused faces. “How much did he use?” “About the whole bag that he carried,” Makoto answered. Urd looked positively frightened. “This is not good. The Dust of Aphrodite is only to be used in tiny pinches of two grains. If he used the whole bag, then you four are going to be experienced in the ways of the flesh within the next week.” A astonished chorus of “WHHHHHHAAAAATTT!!” rocked the house. Belldandy looked at the item and she shook her head. “Whoever used this powder is either stupid or really horny.” Everyone turned surprised looks at the serious Bell. She continued. “According to this, the Dust of Aphrodite is used as a powerful libido enhancer for anyone who inhales it. You know it was inhaled because it feels like fire going down your lungs.” The four in question paled. Ryoko spoke up. “I don’t believe this! You mean they’ll be doing the nasty for their whole lives?!” “Not quite,” Urd said, checking the effects, “This amount of dosage is very rare. You see, with this amount of powder, there will be several effects. It can be cured but only one way.” she looked up, a serious look on her face, “and that is to have sex with someone also affected within a week, or else they will go insane. I’m sorry but if it was only a pinch of powder was used, I could develop a potion to counter the effects.” Ranma looked crestfallen. “You mean, we’ll have to...you know, with another?” Urd nodded sadly. “If you don’t, the you’ll feel insanity setting in after a week. I checked the effects again and it has to be total intercourse. I can block the misconception ideal with some magic until this week is over. But I can only do this with you all willing.” “Wait a second,” Shaun protested, “Ranma and I are Jusenkyo cursed. We both turn into girls.” Urd’s face took on a shell-shocked look. Belldandy calmly pried the book from her hands and checked the effects. “Well,” she said, reading over the text, “you have to experience full pleasure in both forms to be fully cured.” “WHAT KIND OF SICK INDIVIDUAL CREATES SOMETHING LIKE THIS!” Makoto screamed. Urd timidly raised her hand. “I never knew where a bag of it went about three hundred years ago,” she confessed. Everyone facefaulted. *** A lone girl sat on the rooftop of the Masaki home, her cyan colored hair blowing in the chill November wind. A light footfall came from behind her. Ryoko didn’t turn around as she said, “I guess you want to talk, huh?” The purple haired girl nodded. “Yeah.” She seated herself on the edge of the roof and said, “I hate my life. Ever since that damned wish, my life has been hell. I’ve seen my family die in Second Impact, I saw half of the world die without any action to prevent it.” tears started to flow. “Damnit, I don’t have any control over my life!” Ryoko put a arm around the girl, “hey, it’s not your fault. If anyone is at fault, blame Kami-sama. He admitted to setting up everything to this point.” Shaun, no, Zelda, looked up and asked, “How can you say that?” she fell silent for a minute. “All my life, I was raised to be a Seventh Day Adventist, to wait until God came to bring the human race to heaven. And now, I find out that he is allowing Second Impact. I don’t know what’s with that guy sometimes.” Ryoko smiled sadly. “I know the feeling. Kagato changed me into a mindless unreasonable monster. I attacked Jurai without sentiment or emotion. He locked my mother away for hundreds of years. I know what its like not to have control, then have it and then have it wrenched from your hands.” Ryoko wiped up a tear from the younger girls eyes. “You know, if it wasn’t for the old lech, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now,” she smiled, not looking like the demon she was usually portrayed as. Zelda looked up, a smile coming to her face. “Thanks for listening Ryoko. I know how much Tenchi means to you.” “Hey, if the three stooges weren’t so adamant about incest, I think I’d let them cure each other soon.” “Gee, thanks for the sentiment,” she laughed sadly. *** Makoto opened the door, blushed, and walked back out. The sounds of moaning came from two sourses, a purple haired girl and a pigtailed martial artist. Leaning back on the door, Makoto sighed in relief. Tenchi then came up the stairs. “Hey Mako-chan, I thought you were going to sleep.” She blushed. “Well, I can’t really right now.” Tenchi pushed past her and peeked inside, only to get a shoe tossed at his face. “Get out!” Zelda shouted, “we’re almost done!!!” Tenchi withdrew his head, holding his nose closed to stop from hemorrhaging. Makoto had a grin on her face. “Told you I couldn’t sleep right now.” “I can’t believe it,” Tenchi said, still pinching his nose shut, “Zelda actually consented to be the girl. Didn’t she say she had bad experiences with something like that?” Makoto nodded as a particularly loud scream of ecstasy came from the room. “I think she’s gotten over it though.” Soon, the sounds stopped. Makoto slid the door open. “Are you two quite done yet?” “Geez Mako-chan,” Ranma said, still panting, “can’t you wait? Go sleep in Washu’s lab!” with that, he threw the other futon at the Sailor Senshi. Tenchi came in, blindfolded and holding a two cups of hot and cold water. “Here,” he said, pressing the items into their hands, “you might as well finished the curing process.” He stumbled out, Makoto following behind, only pausing to give a ironic glance at the two still on the double futon. Zelda shrugged. “Now where was I?” Seconds later, the distinctly female voice of Ranma floated into the hallway. *** “Have a good night?” Ryoko asked, floating in her position in the air and grinning like a cat. Ranma and Zelda blushed really red. Ayeka, Kiyonne and Mihoshi looked tired as with Tenchi and Makoto. “What we do in our spare time is not your guys business!” Ranma snapped. They sat themselves at the table, throwing jokes across the table. “So, Ayeka, didja get any sleep last night?” Ryoko asked, grinning. “Why no, there was this loud symphony of sounds that kept me awake all night,” she replied innocently. Or tried to with a straight face. “I agree, the noise pollution around this area is pretty bad. Someone should do something about the causes of the noise,” Kiyonne said, grinning. “Perhaps a muffler would do?” Tenchi asked, smiling. Zelda glared at him. “E’tu Tenchi?” *** “Damn idiots, don’t know when do lay off the jokes,” I grumbled, stalking along the rooftop. Looking out on the morning light of the valley, I could see the big shape of Fuhano across the way. I flexed my hand, feeling the newly healed skin and tissue move with my movements. The golden bracer sat there, in a small bracelet ring. Then, on impulse, I walked back, took a breath, expanded the bracelet to a bracer and ran for the roofs edge. Leaping off it, I yelled, “RAYWING!!!” As the ground rapidly approached, my fight plan leveled off and I soared back up into the sky. Soon, I flew at a leisurely pace, feeling the wind on my face as I flew. I noted that the strain on my magic reserves had lessened to a dull roar as the fight spell was maintained with ease. As I leaned back, flying aimlessly, Ryoko came up beside me. “Nice technique,” she commented. “Oh, hi Ryoko.” “So, how was your first time?” she pried. I blushed. Ryoko looked at me in disgust. “You had the most important thing of your life happen and you still blush about it?” “Ryoko!” I whined, “It was last night!” “Whatever. Hey, turn to the left, there’s a tall pine tree.” I swerved to avoid it and continued on my flight path. “I sort of like flying,” I said, starting to feel a pressure in my head. “But I think I’m running out of power.” “Wimp,” Ryoko teased. Soon, we settled down in the forest amongst the light winter snow and leaves. *** “Finally this week is over,” the purple haired princess groused, “I thought I’d never get a wink of sleep.” “Well, maybe Tenchi found this enlightening, eh Princess?” Ryoko said, grinning. “Why you arrogant space demon!” Ayeka snapped. I sighed as the two returned to their bickering. Some things never change. “So,” I said, turning to the others, “I have the support of all your groups?” Makoto nodded. “Usagi has given her consent to help with the defense of the system and the planet.” “Grandfather has spoken with the Juraian embassy, and they’ve agreed to help out. Besides, Azusa isn’t willing to loose both the first and second princes of Jurai.” “I think that the others won’t be so agreeable though,” Ranma pointed out, “you all know how jumpy the Nerima residents are like. Ryoga would probably use his breaking point technique to tunnel his way through our chosen weapons. Speaking of which, when are you going to meet the other leaders of the superhero groups?” “I don’t know. Somehow, I’ll have to speak with everyone. The Autobots, if they exist, can help with the defense of Earth. Oh, that reminds me, I don’t have a weapon to help fight. Last time, we dug up the Shogunzords from the mountains in Angel Grove. Perhaps this time, Second Impact can be prevented.” “Well here’s to hoping,” Tenchi said with a smile. The mirror then flared and out stepped the Goddess of the Present. “Your ride is here.” “Yeah. Well, I’ll come and visit in a couple of weeks. Perhaps Washu can hack into something to get the design specs of a series of more powerful battle mecha or something like that.” “Hey, I got something. What about if you hack into the Power Rangers Megaship? I’m sure they have some battle plans.” Ranma pointed out. “No good. If this was including the Power Rangers universe, they are either out of commission, or we would have been in space right now on Terra Venture. Still, a good idea. I know for a fact that the Shogunzord is in the mountains but maybe we can pattern the designs off the other zords.” Ranma shrugged. “Oh well, back to the drawing board.” Belldandy touched me on the shoulder. “It’s time to do. Designing of the Bases will come later. But father want’s to see you now.” I sighed. “I guess. Well see you guys later.” *** “I, just have one question. And that is, WHY THE HECK DON’T YOUR DAUGHTERS KNOW ABOUT ME?!” Kami-sama’s smile didn’t waver, though I could tell he was about to burst out in laughter. “Well, your wish is supposed to come a little later in the future. But that off on the other hand, I have something for you.” “Ohhhhhhhh no,” I groaned, “you saw what happened with the LAST gift you gave me. This weapon is no good when I don’t have the bracer on. You saw what happened with my hand. I don’t think another gift can help with my predicament.” Kami-sama then roared with laughter as he pounded a switch on his desk. The floor hissed open as a stone raised up, and stuck in the stone was... “Oh my Lord in heaven,” I said, not thinking. Then I shot a apologetic look at him. He grinned. “Don’t worry, I get my kicks off things like that.” I walked up, running my hand across the blue hilt. “For pete’s sake, its the Master Sword! Wait a second, lemme guess, Urd, Belldandy and Skuld are Faiore, Din and Nayru, right?” Kami-sama nodded, still grinning. “Yeah. Urd is the goddess of Power, Belldandy the goddess of Wisdom, and Skuld the goddess of Courage. She’s connected to you so you’re the earth equivalent of Link.” “I can sort of guess who’s the equivalent of Zelda,” I deadpanned. “Actually only you can decide that one,” he said, dead serious. “your future is different from any other mortal. Your Zelda could be Skuld, Hikaru, Nuku Nuku or any other girl you care about. I can’t do a thing about it.” “That means, you CAN, but won’t, right?” He nodded. “I promised the girls that I wouldn’t screw around with other mortal lives.” “But you were able to screw around with mine, right?” I asked. “The wish was arranged but when you made the wish, it created a portal into any universe you wanted. In simple terms, all Anime, and nearly any other series you’ve seen are in this world. I’m very sorry but yes, to put your mind at ease, I will be coming soon but that’s totally up to Neo-Queen Serenity.” “Ah, Usagi, Oi.” He shrugged helplessly. “Well in any case, take the Master Sword. You will need it soon, trust me.” “You’re God, of course I trust you.” I took the sword, turned around and left. But not before saying, “Oh, by the way, I still hate your guts sometimes.” “ITS PAYBACK FOR THE WHOPPEE CUSHION JOKE!!” he roared after me. “HEY, YOU STARTED IT BIG GUY!!” I shouted back. “I WILL GET BACK! AND WHEN I DO, YOU’LL BE EITHER VERY LUCKY OR VERY TIRED OF LIVING!” “YOU AND WHAT UNIVERSE?” A pause. “UM, SCRATCH THAT! I’LL STILL GET YOU BACK SOON!” Echoes of laughter rang through the office as Kami- sama hit the floor, laughing his ass off. *** “Final preparations for the Zords are completed.” “I gotta hand it to the both of you, you’ve really captured the Power Rangers style.” Skuld smiled as she ran her hands over the armor of the Shogunzord. “We had to alter some design specs to accommodate several teams of pilots and improve the power ratio output. A final attack is guaranteed to destroy a Angel if necessary.” I nodded. “And what about the teams?” “AG-1 is commanded by Johnathan. AG-2 is run by Sailor Moon and her group. AG-3 to 12 are the X-Wing and other fighters. Some of the groups are a little touchy at fighting Angels right now since they’ve just encountered several things to worry about.” I nodded. “Washu? How long until Second Impact?” “150 days. Enough to get the shelters running. And Shaun? What about your home of Lacombe?” I sighed. “I had a special team build shields that are hopefully powerful enough to withstand the shock wave. I’m having other forcefields being erected around other cities. But our resources are limited so we can only handle a hundred cities at most.” “Well then I’ll just rig up a system to have the civilians to the shelters and the major cities. Are you sure that we can’t just blow Adam away?” Washu asked. “I’ve wanted to do it for a long time. I figure that I’ll send the new Astromegaship in orbit. It’ll take a few potshots at Adam. Hopefully, we can destroy him before it becomes a fetus again.” “So you’re trying to destroy him?” Skuld asked. “Either that or lessen the effects of the Second Impact. If we can’t kill him, we set plan B into motion before he keels over.” “And plan B would be?” Washu probed. “We erect a forceshield around the Antarctica with the remote generators. Then they will absorb the energy from the shockwave, channeling it into a uninhabited sector, creating a ministar that’ll burn out in a few years. The forceshield will hold the excess water in until it solidifies with the new machine that Skuld built.” I turned to her, a look on my face. “it IS tested, right?” She stepped aside to show a pervert, Ataru Moroboshi to be exact, frozen in a block of ice, a shocked look on his face. I burst out laughing. Washu reached up, rapping the ice. “Well, I guess its safe to say that the machine was tested.” *** “Its time.” “All right, activate the generators. Launch the Astro Megaship. prepare to activate the forcefields. Are the highways cleared of people?” Hikaru Shidou nodded. “All personnel are accounted for, and the cities are in the shelters. Do you want to activate the forcefields?” “Run a last scan. Garin to Astromegaship. Is the Angel in sight?” “Yes sir. Approaching at 1000 clicks. Do you want us to fire?” “Make every shot count J.T. Don’t go and kick its ass until you are practically firing with damage inflicted.” “It’s at 700, 500, firing now!” A few tense moments passed. Then, “Shaun? The target has been destroyed. Adam is no more. But debrie is falling, so you might want to keep the forceshields up. Alert the UN for any flooding on the coastal cities.” “Right. Raising worldwide shields now.” I pressed the button and all over the world, the maps lit up with red lights. “Good. Return to the hangar on AG Lunar Prime,” I ordered, “we’ll see you later.” “We did it,” Usagi said with a look of awe. “But what about NERV and the Evas? Will they be able to fight?” “I hope so Usagi, I hope so.” End Chapter 8. With the addition of the new sequence at the end of this one, I have to change the settings for the ninth and tenth chapter which were wrote before this one was finished. It might take some time for the next chapters. I don’t think that even with the amount of ideas I have, I can get Chapter 11 out before the end of the long weekend. But I’m hoping.