Ranma 1/2: A New Awakening Alternate Continuation (minor crossovers) By: Dani Yanega yanega@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~yanega/index.htm Co-author & Concept by: "Jerry" starfire@brainerd.net Chapter Twenty Six Kasumi walked into Ucchan's a small frown on her face. The pixies came to great her with happy chortles and giggles. She smiled at her friends and greeted them warmly. Kasumi did not see Ukyo but could hear her singing in the kitchen. Kasumi put her overnight bag down by the door and with a heavy sigh the eldest Tendo headed to the inner workings of Ucchan's, wanting to get this over with quickly. Kasumi watched as Ukyo prepared her kitchen for the time she thought she would be away. Kasumi's frown grew, she knew Ranko would want to see Ukyo as much as the young chef wanted to see her. She also knew however it would not be permitted not yet anyway. "Ukyo?" Kasumi quietly called to the young woman, Ukyo turned and smiled broadly at the elder Tendo. "Kasumi! I am almost ready to go. Did I get permission to come with you?" Ukyo's smile faded as she saw the frown on Kasumi's face. "No Ukyo the Queen refused for now, but she wanted me to tell you that Nodoka will be here tomorrow for a preliminary meeting with Cologne and when that was done she wanted to stop by and ask you something very important." Kasumi told her the frown deepening, and appearance out of place on Kasumi's face. "What did she want to ask me? Why can't I go?" Ukyo asked looking at the only link to her Ranchan that she had left, although she had felt twinges of the old connection. "I don't know on either question Ukyo, but I can't go against the Queen. I do know the visit from Nodoka has to do with Ranko." Ukyo slumped to a chair at the work table in her kitchen. She placed her head down on her arms as they rested on the table and began to cry. Kasumi sat next to her and draped her arm over Ukyo's shoulder. The okonomiyaki chef let herself be pulled into Kasumi's motherly embrace. She cried for several minutes until she could cry no more. She then straightened up, picking up her duffel bag she bowed to Kasumi then headed upstairs the little flute playing sprite close behind her. Kasumi watched her go, and as she got up to leave the other little pixies and sprites followed Ukyo up the stairs as well. Kasumi heaved a huge sigh as she wanted so badly to bring Ukyo to the wedding but she could not go against her queen. The Tendo matriarch closed the Ucchan's door behind her as she left. She slowly walked down the street heading for Nerima park. /*\*/*\ Akane was up to her neck in dinner, her concoction seemed to be growing. She picked up a wooden spoon and began to try to beat it back down into the pot. It cowered back into the pot some and she grabbed the lid and used it to force the yellow brown goop back into the pot. Nabiki entered the house and froze as she smelled the noxious fumes coming from the kitchen. She turned around prepared to leave again when her presence was noted. She cringed a promised herself a multitude of revenge. "Welcome home Nabiki!" Genma said loudly from the living room, he grinned sardonically at the middle Tendo. "Nabiki! You're just in time for dinner! Kasumi had to go visit a sick friend overnight she'll be back tomorrow. I just about got dinner ready as soon as I beat it into submission." The youngest Tendo disappeared back into the kitchen, leaving three shocked faces staring after her. Nabiki glared at Genma, who just smiled back at her with a '_if I gotta eat it, you're eating it!_' smile. She turned and stormed off to her bedroom, the slamming of her door rattling the windows. She plopped down on her bed and with her arms crossed over her chest she stared blankly at the ceiling. [I can't have a friend call, Akane would see through that!] Nabiki mused, her eyes not betraying the cold and calculating mind at work. [Man it is at times like this I wish I could jump from the windows like Ranma, hell if he was here I wouldn't have to eat her poison!] Nabiki rolled over and stared out the window, her mind wondering to other things. [I wonder what it is like living in the Faerie world?] Nabiki let her mind do something she very rarely, if ever indulged in. She let it fantasize about Ranma's new life as a Faerie. A single tear crept from her eye and plopped onto her bed, she never even noticed. /*\*/*\ Late into the night the Tendo neighborhood's quiet was interrupted by three loud groans. In the dining room of the house are three bodies slumped over the table. They all are deathly white with just a bit of green. They again groan loudly as they hold their stomachs. "HEY SHUT UP, DOWN THERE SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" Came an angry shout from the youngest Tendo daughter, the slamming of her bedroom door can be heard by the suffering trio. "_You_ will pay for this Mr. Saotome and you will pay dearly!" Nabiki growled at the fat balding man through clenched teeth. Genma cowered away from the middle Tendo, and for the first time glad for his new strange malady. Since it prevented him from eating too much of the garbage Akane called food. Nabiki slowly rose from the table and leaning on the furniture made her way to the stairs. With one last deadly look at Genma Saotome, she pulled herself up the stairs and to her bed room. She was to weak to slam the door but she tried anyway. It barely closed, she leaned against the door shutting it the rest of the way. Nabiki slid to the floor as another bout of nausea attacked her. She crawled slowly to her bed having to pause part of the way to let the sick feeling in her stomach go away. When she got to her bed she pulled herself up and crawled into it. She tried to stretch out but it only made the queasiness in her stomach worse. She rolled over and into a tight ball, holding onto her abdomen. She stared into the darkness planning her revenge against the panda downstairs. When she decided as did everyone. [RANMA THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!] She was finally able to close her eyes and let sleep wash over her. /*\*/*\ The palace was alive with the bustle of the servants preparing for Nodoka and Seran's wedding. His mother and father came a day early to help prepare. Yiri and Aerial worked with Nodoka on her dress and bouquets while Mychol kept Seran out of the way and got acquainted with his new grandson. Corsan and Erin came with his father and mother, his wife and daughter refusing to come to the _farce_ they called a wedding. Ranko watched as the Faerie folk bustled round the throne room decorating it for the big event. With each passing minute her excitement grew as she anticipated finally having a real family. Micca landed behind his new sister as her attention was on the pixies stringing garland of roses around the ceiling. "Do you think everything will be ready for tomorrow?" Micca asked his sister, Ranko jumped as she didn't know he was there. "AARRRGGGG! _Don't_ do that *gasp*!" Ranko told her brother with a light punch to the arm as she turned to face him. "I believe so. I can hardly wait, after tomorrow we will finally have a real family. Momma says she is gonna ask Ukyo to become our sister when she goes to have her meeting with Cologne. Do you think Ukyo will want to be a part of our family Micca?" Ranko asked her brother with wide hopeful eyes. "You _BET_ I do!" He told her with a wide bright grin, something that was hardly ever seen on him before he crossed over, the grin suddenly turned mischievous. "TAG! Your it!" Micca took flight and headed out to the courtyard, his sister right behind him. "HEY! NO FAIR! I WASN'T READY!" Ranko shouted at her fleeing brother as she took off after him. Seran watched his children with a warm smile, his father rested a hand on his shoulder and watched the children with him. They noticed a fluttercorn and sapphire blue duck follow the _twins_ out. Seran relaxed when he saw Cerulean follow his bonded ones out, he knew then they would be safe. "I still can not get use to the fact that a blue dragon can change shapes!" Seran and Mychol turned to face King Oberon, they bowed deeply to him. "Yes it is a bit disconcerting, but at least with Cerulean's shape shifting he can remain here without causing any problems." Mychol countered as he looked to where his grandchildren vanished with their friends. "Well until someone makes the mistake of hurting Ranko or Micca. Uhm your highness what about the four elf women? I know their punishment is being planned but as long as they are in the palace, Cerulean will be out for revenge." Seran asked the King of Shadows and Light. "I have talked to Titiana about it, and we both had a long talk with the blue. He has agreed to not exact revenge as long as they behave. One slip against either of his bonded and I am afraid not even my and Titiana's combined powers could stop him." Oberon told the Sylph and his father, their attention was drawn to an open window where the laughter of the two young Aurora children filtered in. /*\*/*\ Ukyo had cried herself to sleep the pixies and sprites near by, they watched as Ukyo began to glow with a light of blue and green. They then marveled as the once sad Ukyo began to smile in her sleep. The little Faerie folk came closer to her and sensed a third person near her but they could not see anyone. They knew who it was but were trying to understand how she was doing it. Ukyo suddenly bolted up in her bed her eyes wide and empty, but the smile still on her face. She sat there for several minutes then collapsed back onto her pillow. She rolled over and pulled her spare pillow into a tight embrace. Her smile growing wider. The Faeries watched with confusion while Ukyo slept peacefully. /*\*/*\ Seran waited in front of the throne, his son Micca standing next to him. Raist and Cerulean standing next to them. He wore a navy tunic with black pants and leather boots his son Micca dressed the same. While Raist wore his gray robes and Cerulean in his human form wore the sapphire blue armor he always wore. The flutes denoted the arrival of his future wife. The first down the isle in a white satin kimono was Ranko the kimono was embroidered with a blue and silver dragon and a small fluttercorn. She also wore a lavender obi. With her red hair flowing like living fire around her. Following behind her was Lady Victoria wearing a gossamer silver dress with long flowing sleeves, the dress glittered in the sun that streamed through the palace windows. Her long silver hair flowing freely around her. Aerial was the next down the isle she also wore a white kimono, except hers was embroidered with two gray wolves and on the back was a floating island. The obi she wore was also different it was a soft pastel yellow her black hair braided with small orchids braided through her hair. All three of them carried a bouquet of white and pink orchids. Finally Nodoka started down the isle on the arm of her future father-in-law a small smile playing across her lips. Mychol wore the same colored tunic and pants as his son while Nodoka wore a white satin Kimono with a pink obi. Her kimono was embroidered with orchids and butterflies. She carried a bouquet of white orchids with one of pink, lavender and yellow, mixed in. She wore her hair braided and up with miniature orchids pinned in her hair. All watched the ceremony with tears of happiness and wondrous joy as the new Sylph married the son of a good clan. All were happy with the arrangement but one. Rohn stood off in a corner watching the wedding progress his eyes narrowed and a snarl on his lips. He couldn't understand the mixing of mongrel blood with the pure elf blood. "You know _son_ the fact you're half wood elf makes you a mongrel as well." Kajri told her son as she came up beside him. "I try to forget my father lowered himself to marry a wood elf!" Rohn glared at his mother, but the dig did not phase her as he had hoped. "To bad your father is a man of wonderful character and a good heart to bad he got _you_ as a son. Oh, well maybe we will have better luck with Jonta and Ordas, they seemed to have inherited their grandfathers love of all races." Kajri turned and stormed away leaving Rohn to stew in his own hatreds. /*\*/*\ Titiana stood as her husband pronounced Seran and Nodoka wed and the New Aurora clan four strong. She summoned a servant with four golden goblets, the king and queen each took one and the newlyweds each took the other. Queen Titiana raised her goblet in a toast to the new couple. "My husband and I have decided that the Aurora clan will not only herald in a new alliance with the mortal realm but a new and stronger alliance for the people of Illondra. We have decided to give to the Aurora clan as a wedding gift the Valley of Gray Mists." The murmurs of the people in the room suddenly stopped. "The Aurora clan will be our beacon of welcome to those of my husbands realm of shadows and my realm of light. We also had a coat of arms commissioned to hang in their home. Bring forth the Aurora Coat of Arms." Two Dwarves push a cart forward covered with a white sheet. Ranko looked around her mother's hip at the cart curiosity evident on her face. Micca with the same expression looked around the hip of his new father, wondering what the coat of arms looked like. The Dwarves pulled away the sheet, everyone in the room gasped. The coat of arms stood five feet tall and three feet at it's widest. It was oval shaped and had a frame of carved oak in the shape of oak leaves stained in a deep red brown. The background simulated the Aurora Borealis. In the center of the crest was a Tao symbol the left side in silver the right in gold both done in a filigree of orchids. On the left side of the Tao symbol was a silver dragon standing on its hind legs on the right was a blue in the same pose, both were facing the Tao symbol. At the bottom laying down was a fluttercorn. Underneath the fluttercorn was a crossed katana and long sword. At the top was a flower Nodoka had never seen, it had three blossoms of white with a fringe of pink around the outer edge under the flower was a strip of what looked like a ribbon and engraved on the ribbon was the families new motto. 'Our Differences make us Stronger!' Nodoka walked up to the crest and gently ran her fingers down its etched surface. She reached up and touched the flower her fingers tracing the three blossoms. She turned to face her husband when she felt his hand on her shoulder. With a small smile she turned back to the Aurora Coat of Arms. "It is beautiful, I love it. What is this flower I have never seen it before?" She said turning to face a smiling Queen. "It is a flower that grows in another realm but it suits your family perfectly. It is called the Invid Flower of Life." Titiana explained, as Ranko and Micca pushed past their parents to get a better look. The Aurora children stared in awe at the family crest and they like their mother reached out and gently touched its cool sculptured surface. The children turned as the palace began to shake. Palace servants came running into the throne room followed closely by several of the palace guards though they did not seem to upset. Two of the guards opened to doors to the throne room to allow what followed them to enter. /*\*/*\ Kasumi and her momma Janna watched the wedding both with tears as the bride was led down the isle on the arm of her soon to be father. Kasumi and Janna quietly named all the people in the room it was almost as if they were describing the scene to someone. Those around them got tired of trying to shush them, that and they were a little afraid of the older wood elf in the gossamer dress that switched color between blue and green. Kasumi wore a similar dress only hers was a lighter shade of the flashing blue and green. She also wore a wreath of white babies breath entwined with Alexandrite crystals on her head. As new people entered their field of vision Janna and Kasumi would name them and say what their function was in court if they had one or if they were just one of the guests. Janna and Kasumi watched as the new family stared at their coat of arms, they nearly tumbled from their seats when the palace began to shake. Janna and Kasumi watched in awe while the guards opened the doors to the throne room wide. The new guest entered the throne room and those around Janna and Kasumi heard the elder Tendo exclaim in shock. "OH, MY!" /*\*/*\ Cologne and Shampoo prepared the restaurant for their guest. She had her granddaughter scrub the main room from top to bottom. While Shampoo scrubbed the floors and walls Cologne polished all the counters and tables and the brass decorations in the restaurant. A large round table was placed in the center of the room which she covered with a white table cloth. Cologne then set the table with tea cups and plates. She had gone out and brought an eight person china service for the occasion. The china was white with gold filigree trim in the center of the plates was hand painted a large cherry blossom tree. Then to denote the wind several of the blossoms where blowing around the plates. She also purchased ivory chopsticks to go with them. "Do you think Aire..Ranma will come too grandmother?" The warrior maid asked while she finished mopping the floor. "No not tomorrow child, _Ranko_ will be here the next day for the meeting with the Tendos. Tomorrow's meeting is to setup the alliance between the Amazons and the Faerie Realm." Cologne smiled as she thought how this will ensure the survival of her people for another two thousand years. "*SIGH!* Shampoo wish Mousse here, he need help with cleaning!" Shampoo said as she remembered the missing Amazon. "I agree child but since we don't know where he is we will just have to make do." Her great grandmother responded. "Shampoo teach him not to run off, when see again!" Shampoo grumbled under breath as she continued to scrub the wall to within an inch of its life. The regular customers walked by seeing the closed sign and with a slight sigh went to another restaurant to get something to eat. Some stopped and peered through the cracks in the shades and saw the two women scrubbing anything that didn't move. The watchers just shrugged and then moved on. /*\*/*\ The Takashi family sat around the living room no one wanting to discuss the changes in the eldest daughter of the clan. The evidence laid undisturbed on a small table near the stairs. They all read their various books and newspapers as they let their dinner settle. A knock on the door brought them out of their quiet contemplations as none of them were really concentrating on what they were _trying_ to read. Mirako excused herself, the family could hear her muffled voice and that of a male. Shortly Mirako returned with a small package, she handed it to her father. Keitaro looked at it and recognized the hand writing of his older daughter. He took the package and walked to the dining room table his family following. He tore opened the wrapping and found a short card inside the box. He lifted it and read: Father-san; Just place the crystal on a table and touch its center everything will be explained. Nodoka Keitaro handed the card to his wife who read it with some confusion. She looked up in time to see her husband pull a large flat crystal disk of three inches in diameter from the box. It was one inch thick, she watched as he placed it on the table. She noticed that at the center of the crystal was engraved a Tao symbol. She watched as Keitaro reached out and pressed the symbol. Everyone gasped when a 3D hologram of Nodoka hovered over the crystal. Taji reached out to the image of her daughter her tears flowing as her heart broke at how much she missed her eldest daughter. "Greetings Father-san, I am sure you are watching this with the rest of the family so I greet all of you as well. I am sure you know by now my life has taken many strange turns. The most important of which has freed me of Genma. When you receive this holocrystal I will have remarried a man who Genma is not even fit to look at. "I have lost Ranma! He is now dead to the world but in his place I have a wonder daughter. Ranko has a chance at being the happy child Ranma did not, and she does a great job. I have also just recently adopted a young Chinese boy who is now called Micca and if she will allow it I will be adopting another daughter. "I am finally happy and although I am sure you really don't care what I do any longer I just thought you would like to know. There is more but I am sure you would not believe me if I told you, although I guess a holocrystal would help to authenticate what I say." Nodoka paused and her wings began to shimmer into existence her sister and mother gasped even though they knew it, the shock of seeing the wings was hard to take. "Genma had sold our child to King Oberon of the Faerie people there is more to it then that but Ranko does not remember it. She has suppressed the most hennas part. She will have to remember soon though *sigh*. When they claimed him they forced Ranma's Jusenkyo curse to be her permanent body. They also decided that Ranko would need her mother after the crossover because they were going to make sure she had the childhood she should have had. "Queen Titiana made sure with magic when I crossed over that I would be an adult so that I could raise my child. She let Ranko crossover and although she has the body of a twenty year old as a Sylph she is still but a small child. My family is almost complete and soon it will be. I just wanted to let you know that I am finally happy. "Goodbye! I will not bother you again since I am no longer a Takashi, but I did want you to see that I have moved on and had corrected my mistake. This crystal will disappear and return to the Faerie Realm when this message has completed." Nodoka's image faded as her message to her old family ended. "NNNNOOOOO!" Taji cried as Nodoka's image finally vanished. The Takashi's stared at the crystal and with wide eyes watched as the Tao symbol began to glow. Taji tried to quickly snatch the crystal before it disappeared but was not fast enough as it faded from their view. Taji broke down into tears as her younger daughter sat next to her to comfort her.