Chaos is drawn to avatars like a moth to the flame. Thus, a cycle is born. - The Ancient Walkers <><><> Magic Tech Productions Proudly Presents Tale of a Hedgehog A Ranma 1/2, Sonic the Hedgehog fusion Note, I’m using much of the Ranma timeline as I see fit. This does not have to follow both timelines correctly though. <><><> Bringing Ranma from the Mysterious Cat Country. - Genma Maximillian Tendo sighed as he adjusted his seat on the throne of the Kingdom of Nerima. He lowered the paper, clasped his hands while resting them on his knees. “Genma old friend, I do hope you know what you’re doing.” <><><> Somewhere just outside the forest, a pink blur raced along the road, and then screeched to a halt. The blur resolved into a pretty young pink colored hedgehog, wearing nothing but a pair of sneakers and a closed blue vest. She tapped her foot impaciently as a large human male trundled up the road and stopped, gasping for air. “About time ya got here pops,” she said a bit snidely. “Now where’s this Tendo guy I hafta meet?” The human sat down and took a sip of water. Oddly, it was dressed in an undersized gi. “Boy, pay some respects to King Tendo. And for your information, the Kingdom of Nerima is just down in those woods. Take the Great Oak Slide...” In a blast of compressed air, the girl had already dashed into the Slide and down into the forest groves. The human sighed in frustration before taking up the backpack and moving after the pink blur. <><><> “Dad, this is stupid,” Elias said, leaning on the throne. “I mean, having an arranged marriage for my sisters is WAY out of hand here.” Max sighed. “It can’t be helped Elias. I was shown this by the Source of All and this is the way it should be. Besides, this Ranma is supposed to be a powerful martial artist, and rather fast on his feet.” Just then, three mobian girls came into view. The first one was tall with red hair and dressed in a vest. The second had short cut hair in a bob and was dressed in tight shorts and a shoulderless tshirt. The third, oddly due to taking after her mother, had black hair that seemed to clash with her reddish brown fur. She was dressed in a martial arts gi and showed signs of practicing. The first one came up and asked, “Is Ranma here yet daddy?” Maximillian shook his head. “No Kasumi, maybe in a few minutes.” “So, what’s he like dad?” the second one asked. Max thought. “Well, from what I can gather, a blue hedgehog, and is a rather good martial artist. Though with Genma teaching him since he was six, I don’t think that he’s very good in the social skills Nabiki.” The last daughter made a sound. “Well, he’s probably like all those boys out there. Or worse, Dr. Kuno.” She did a full body shiver. “Come on Akane, he can’t be that bad,” Elias said. Just then, the door sounded with a series of knocks. “That must be him now. I’ll get it.” Opening the door, Elias was greeted by a pink hedgehog, rather cute and something of top heavy. “Hey, this King Tendo’s place?” Elias blinked. “Yeah, I’m Elias Tendo. You must be...” “Hedgehog. Ranma The Hedgehog.” Elias turned around, and bellowed, “DAD? WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM!” “That’s an understatement son,” Genma said, looming in the doorway. <><><> “So, with cold water, you become an Overlander, right?” Genma nodded. Max turned to Ranma. “And with cold water you become a girl, right?” “Not by choice.” “Ah, I see.” Inwardly, Max swore. ‘The Source of All never told me about this.’ Sitting in the middle of a reception room, Ranma sat. He was a blue hedgehog with rather long spikes, deep blue eyes and he wore the vest and sneakers with white stripes and buckles. Strangely, a few of his quills were tied in a pigtail of some sorts. To his left sat his father, Genma Hedgehog. He was a rather robust hedgehog with a patch of bare skin atop his head, his quills long since gone. He wore the clothes he first came in with which were now washed. A bandanna covered the bald spot on his head. Elias rolled his eyes and said, “This is something that I never thought possible. Perhaps we should send them to Dr. Tofu about this mess?” “He IS the best in medical and magical sources. Perhaps.” Tendo leaned back in his throne and said, “Genma old friend, perhaps we need to talk about your...prediciment.” As Genma stood and followed the King into the next room, Akane approached him and said, “Hi, so you’re Ranma, ne?” “Yeah. Sorry ‘bout coming like I did.” Akane nodded. “So you’re a martial artist? Wanna spar?” Ranma thought for a bit before nodding. “Sure.” <><><> “GENMA YOU IDIOT!” The fat Hedgehog wilted at Tendo’s shout. In all his years of friendship he had never seen or heard Max’s anger manifest itself like he was doing now. “I can’t belive you! Going to the Mysterious Cat Country! Are you out of your addled mind?!” “It was good training...” he replied meekly. Tendo threw up his hands in disgust. “I can’t believe you Genma. The Mysterious Cat Country is one of the most dangerous places here on Mobius. And you drag a teen there on some half insane quest to find a lost training ground? There’s a REASON why it’s lost!” “You’re not going to throw me out, are you Tendo?” Genma asked, fearing the worst. “I should. But there IS the promise. We’ll wait for a while and see what comes up. Mind you Genma, our relations with the Monarchy of the Mysterious Cat Country are strained at best. But come, have some food and we’ll discuss this at length.” <><><> Akane panted heavily. He was TOO fast! A blur, no more than a blur. Ranma could move at speeds that defied normalacy. She took the offered hand and said, “You’re good.” “Thanks. Not to be egotistical or anything, but Pops said that I’m the fastest thing alive.” Suddenly, the alarms of the Kingdom of Knothole wailed. Ranma winced and asked, “What’s that?” “We’re under attack!” Akane tightened her belt and ran out the door, Ranma right behind her. <><><> “MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! This is perfect! A full out raid on Knothole Kingdom. Sasuke!” A short, diminuitive man, dressed in slacks, boots and a blue shirt stepped forward. “Yes Uncle?” Dr. Tatewaki Kuno smiled evily. “Dispatch a full contingent of Swat bots to the ground below. Search and capture. But bring me Princess Akane alive and unharmed.” Sasuke sighed. “Yes sir.” <><><> Ranma screeched to a halt to see the metallic machines drop from the skies. He blinked in shock. “What in the world are those?” “You don’t know?” Akane said in shock. “Those are Swat Bots, Dr. Tatewaki Kuno’s footmen! We’ve got to help the citizens!” “Leave it to me in a sonic second.” Then, with a blur of speed, he was gone. <><><> “SEARCHING FOR LIFEFORMS, SEARCHING, SEARCHING....” “Yo, ugly! Can’t catch me!” Behind him, Ranma perfectly executed a full robot wedgie by running up his backside, the heat from his manuver melting the metal into a wedgie. Then he blasted off into the forest, in search of others. The Swat Bot tumbled to the ground, moaning as robots do. <><><> Soon, Ranma screeched to a halt amidst cheers and jubilation. He drank it all in with good cheer until Nabiki ran up towards him. “Ranma! Dr. Kuno has captured Akane!” <><><> “Okay Kuno you have me,” she said in disgust. “Now what are you going to do?” The evil doctor was a man dressed in a orange and red jumpsuit, with a yellow cape and bolts where his ears used to be. One arm was covered with metal and the other was still partially uncovered.