Ranma 1/2: Ranma of Grayskull Crossover: Masters of the Universe By: Dani Yanega yanega@mindspring.com (please respond to this e-mail address) http://www.mindspring.com/~yanega/index.htm Mirror site: http://www.ranko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Chapter Twelve The scream coming from the pillar of fire is ear piercing, the four humans cover their ears with there hands. Evil Lyn loses concentration and her shield fails. The pillar has long ago quit attacking them. Battlecat tries to cover his ears as best he can. They stare in awe as the fire slowly begins to shrink, to them looking like it is being sucked into the Phoenix being reborn. Their mouths hang open when the last of the fire in three streams pours into a morphing Ranma. The fire enters her body through her eyes and mouth as her head tilts back in a silent scream. When the last of the fire is finally inside the girl she brings her head up and they gasp as her eyes glow with fire. Tendrils of flame surround the young warrior's eyes. Her hair where it was bright red before and just past her shoulders is now down past her knees and is now red and gold like a flame. Her hair surrounds her like a fiery halo. Strands of her fire hair caressing her and moving like living fire. The flapping of her wings is creating a small whirlwind of dirt and rocks as she stares in anger at the evil witch and her cohort. Ranma raises her hand and a large fireball the size of a beach ball appears in her hand. Her eyes narrow at the cowering minions of evil as she prepares to send them to a fiery death. "NO RANMA DON'T! THEY AREN'T WORTH IT!" He-Man shouts at the angry girl. She turns and faces her new friends and her cat eyes soften when they land on Battlecat. Battlecat steps closer to the fire incased girl a paw stretching towards her. She looks back to Evil Lyn and Beastman her rage returning. "You owe your life to He-Man! Though Skeletor will not be as forgiving, for you have awaken the power of the Phoenix in the Mystic Warrior!" She then turns her attention back to her friends. Her fire wings disappear and she falls from a height of sixty feet to land softly in front of them. Evil Lyn and Beastman watch in silent awe as Ranma falls to her hands and knees flames still engulfing her. Evil Lyn and Beastman watch a few moments more then a portal opens next to them. They both turn tail and run into the portal, when She-Ra and Swiftwind land near the burning martial artist. "He-Man!" Ranma gasps her breath becoming labored, she raises her head to look at her friend her eyes still on fire. "Help me, please *cough, cough, wheeze*!" He-Man runs up to the fallen girl and kneels next her he is soon joined by his sister She-Ra. Her hand glowing she reaches out to touch the martial artist. A strong hand grabs She-Ra's wrist she looks up anger flashes quickly in her bright blue eyes. He-Man has a tight hold on her arm. He looks at her a frown on his face while he shakes his head no. She-Ra roughly pulls her arm back braking from of her brother's grasp. "She must do this on her own She-Ra it is part of her destiny as this is a part of ours." He holds up his sword for his sister to see, she nods reluctantly. {Sorceress!} He-Man initiates a mind link with the guardian of Grayskull. {I am here He-Man! Ranma?} He-Man can hear the fear, worry and strain her mental voice. {We're not sure sorceress but we are bringing her back to Grayskull!} He-Nam knowing Ranma will not hurt him scoops the burning warrior into his arms he heads for Battlecat but She-Ra stops him. "It would be faster if we flew! Duncan you and Battlecat come to Grayskull in the rover." She tells them they look to He-Man and the wheezing girl then nod and head for the vehicle. He-Man waits for She-Ra to mount Swiftwind then he climbs onto the Unicorn's back. She-Ra nudges the steed who slowly turns and begins to build up speed, flapping his wings. The small dust cloud that raise around the flying animal is thick with dirt, dried leaves and pebbles. He finally begins to rise off the ground. She-Ra giving him gentle nudges all the way. Ranma sits between He-Man and She-Ra her legs hanging off the side of the flying steed. She is using her formidable will to keep the raging fires inside her as not to harm her friends. He-Man's one hand is supporting Ranma's back and wraps around her small waist. While his other goes over Ranma and wraps around the waist of his sister. He keeps his eyes on Ranma and watches the struggle she is having to keep the new power flowing through her from harming the three of them. He is grateful for her strength of will. He looks up briefly and sees in the distance and gray castle that is longer then it is wide and the front of it looking like a skull half buried into the ground. It is surrounded by a bottomless ravine. She-Ra lands on the piece of ground in front of the Jaw Bridge. Behind them a stone door frame. The heavy wood door opens spanning the gap to where He-Man, She-Ra and Swiftwind wait with Ranma. On the inside of the Jaw bridge door, at the outer edges is a row of spikes looking much like teeth. The heroes of Grayskull enter the castle with their precious cargo. They enter the throne room and see an agitated sorceress she spots them and runs toward them. He-Man stops her, she looks hurt then watches while he places Ranma on the stone floor in the center of the room. Ranma's head turns slowly to his friend and hostess. "Sorry about this!" The fire explodes from her body surrounding her in a brilliant aura of fire. Ranma's new aura slowly takes the shape of the Phoenix from which comes her new powers. The aura blazes so hot that the stone floor on which Ranma is laying begins to melt and crystallize. The aura blazes for more then an hour Ranma's friends worry her body can not sustain the heat being generated by the fiery aura around her. Duncan and Battlecat arrive then and stare in awe at the site of Ranma laying in a pool of melting slag with a raging Phoenix shape fire glowing around her. He begins to take readings and his brow furrows with worry. He looks to the martial artist who seems to be unconscious since she is barely moving but he sees her stare at Battlecat and smile. The aura slowly starts to recede leaving Ranma floating on the molten lava beneath her. The sorceress casts a spell and Ranma begins to float above the floor. The sorceress gently moves the girl's body towards her room Battlecat close behind them. He-Man, She-Ra and Duncan stare at the bubbling molten rock where Ranma was laying their eyes wide as the Phoenix shape pool slowly begins to cool. The colors of fire swirling in the cooling rock. They watch in amazement while the lava pool begins to crystallize all three knowing it should take longer for the pool to cool. When it finally cools a permanent memory of Ranma's transformation lays of the floor of Grayskull's throne room. A human size crystal Phoenix, with colors of red, yellow, blue and white swirling just below the surface, as if a fire is raging underneath the crystal crust. "Don't worry the spirit of Grayskull has cooled it you can touch it safely now." The three heroes look up to see a smiling sorceress, relief evident in her face. "So Grayskull has healed itself and what of Ranma?" Duncan asks still staring transfixed at the new addition to the castle. "She is resting her body temperature is returning to normal although I believe her new hair is here to stay. In a way Duncan, though because of the immense power that Ranma absorbed the spirit of Grayskull could not completely repair the damage. I however like it don't you?" She tells them, smiling at them as she points at the new floor decoration. "Now tell me what happen?" He-Man begins the tale as much as they know. Even though they were there for most of it. The sorceress' face grows pale when she hears how Ranma and the Phoenix were actually dead. Her brow furrows as her mind races through the possible explanations of Ranma's rebirth. She waves off the questions of the group in front of her as she turns and sits on the throne of Castle Grayskull. "I will need time to look into this, I believe I know what happened and why but I wish to check into it first." She tells them and they nod their agreement. The sorceress then looks to the two protectors of Grayskull and Eternia. Her smile widens with pride. She then looks toward the door of Ranma's room and can hear the soft sounds of snores coming from within. She shakes her head quietly then looks back to her friends. "Are you and Adam ready to visit Etheria?" The sorceress asks the princess of power. "I think we will wait sorceress we want to be sure Ranma is ok before we leave." The young warrior looks toward the room of the sleeping Mystic Warrior. "Very well you can stay and watch the first test of the present I have made for our guest. A communication link to her mother." The sorceress rises and heads toward a stone table to one side of the room. She picks up a small ivory flower none can identify. They watch as the sorceress opens the locket. They see a picture of a woman that looks remarkably like Ranma and a young man with black hair worn in a pig-tail. They gasp when they stare into the eyes of the young boy and know it is Ranma. "Yes this is Ranma's true form, the sorceress tells them as she proceeds to test the magically enhanced locket. /*\*/*\ Nodoka finishes given her statement to the investigators she tells them everything she knows, Ukyo sits next to her and hands them the pictures of an under age Ranma and Ranma-chan, in various poises and various states of undress. Nodoka agrees to press charges against all others but not against Ukyo as she feels the girl has suffered enough at the hands of her family. She walks the investigators to her front door Lily behind her an evil grin on her face. Ukyo stands and bows to the two woman then starts to leave. She stops at the door and turns a tear streaked face toward Ranma's mother. "I am sorry that I was part of the problem Mrs. Saotome, please forgive me." Ukyo turns to leave but a hand on her shoulder stops her, she turns and faces a smiling Nodoka. "You are also part of the solution, child. If you hadn't brought over those pictures we would not have the proof we needed. Not only that but making copies in case Nabiki has a few officials in her pocket was a very good idea." Nodoka tells her with a warm smile. "Your welcome Saotome-san, I will do what I can to help." Ukyo leaves her shoulders slumped and her head bowed. Nodoka watches her as she walks through the gate of the Saotome home a small frown on her face. Lily puts the pictures with the copies of the documents from the technicians from the company that debugged Nodoka's home then puts them back into weapon space. Nodoka and Lily sit down at the dinning room table. Lily pours the sad woman a cup of tea. She smiles weakly at the woman in front of her. She feels so alone she has lost her child again and her family seems not to care. When Ranma was taken from her again she tried calling but no one is returning her calls. Her tears flow as rivers down her face. As she remembers the day her father threw her out of the family because she had married Genma. ***Flashback*** "WHAT!" Screams Keitaro Takashi, his face red with anger, his wife standing next to him glaring angrily at her oldest daughter. "I WILL NOT HAVE IT! YOU WILL GET THE MARRIAGE ANULLED!" Her father continues to rant at the young redhead in front of him, she looks up to him tears streaming down her face. "I can not, I am with child!" A fifteen year old Nodoka stares up at her father and mother her eyes red and puffy. The color drains from the faces of her parents. Keitaro, the patriarch of the Takashi clan stumbles backwards into a chair. In the door way to the dojo her two brothers and one sister look on their face frozen in shock. Nodoka bows her head in shame. Her mother kneels next to her husband talking quietly to him. "Husband, she is our daughter and carries our first grandchild, please beloved lets stop this she needs us." Taji Takashi begs her husband with her words and eyes. "NO! SHE IS NO DAUGHTER OF MINE! LEAVE MY HOME GIRL, AND TAKE YOUR THEIVING, GLUTTONOUS HUSBAND WITH YOU!" Keitaro turns his back on his eldest daughter as she turns to leave her childhood home. "_Keitaro_! Please she is our daughter you can..!" Taji is cut off by the angry glare of her husband. "_We_ have only ONE daughter!" Keitaro storms from the room leaving a crying Taji, and Nodoka. "Mom! I..I am sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen!" Taji never turns to her daughter but follows her husband from the room in a run. Nodoka can not bare to look at the disappointment on the faces of her siblings and turns and walks out the front door. When she opens the door Genma quickly stands up as he was listening at the door. He then follows his new bride from her ancestral home. Keitaro Takashi standing in his office window, tears flowing down his face while he watches his beloved Kachan leave his house for good. In an upstairs bedroom window Taji watches the progression of her daughter, as she slowly walks down the street her head down and shoulders shaking with sobs. She watches her unwanted son-in-law try to comfort his new wife as he leads her away from the family that loves her. Taji collapses to her knees when Nodoka turns a corner and is gone from her sight. Her face is buried in hands and she cries uncontrollably for the loss of her baby. ***End flashback*** "Nodoka, Nodoka, NODOKA!" Lily screams at her newest daughter, Nodoka starts and looks at her Amazon mother with confusion. "Nodoka?" Nodoka looks around she can still hear someone call her name, Lily places a hand on her arm she turns to the woman who points to her locket from Ranma. "Nodoka?" Nodoka picks up the locket from her neck and hold it shakily in her hands. She looks to Lily who stares with wide eyed anticipation. There is blue light seeping from around the edges of the locket. With trembling fingers Nodoka opens the locket. Lily gets up and stands behind her looking over her shoulder. When the locket opens the blue light fills the room. The instant flash temporarily blinds the two women. The voice calling her changes to amusement. "Greetings Nodoka Saotome, and guest?" Comes a warm but wizen voice. Their eyes adjust and the two woman stare at the sapphire in the locket it glowing a dark sapphire blue. In the center of the stone is the face of a gajin woman with the headdress of a falcon on her head. The smile on her face denotes her pleasure at finally reaching the Saotome matriarch. "I am the sorceress of Castle Grayskull greetings." She tells them then waits for a response, Lily shakes a stunned Nodoka to get her moving. "Greetings I am Nodoka Saotome and this is my Amazon mother Lily. How do you know me." Nodoka asks her mind not comprehending that the woman is not speaking Japanese, a glowing amber stone pulses around her neck. "I have taken Ranma's locket and magically enhanced it so that she may speak with you." The sorceress tells them by way of an explanation. "RANMA! YOU HAVE MY SON! WHERE IS HE!" Nodoka screams at the image in front of her, Nodoka trembles in fear at the sadness that comes instantly to the woman's face. "NO! Please he isn't..!" Nodoka can not get the rest of her question out, the woman's eyes widen and she violently shakes her head no. "No _she_ is not dead. She is however no longer male." Nodoka pales she knew this happen when Ranma was taken but she was hoping the elders were wrong. "Can I speak to hi..her?" Nodoka asks anxiously her fear returning at the sadness coming again to her face. "She is _resting_! She has just under gone something very stressful, when she wakes I will give her the locket and she can contact you then." The sorceress tells the two women. "What happen to my child!" Nodoka growls angrily at the woman before her. "I will let Ranma tell you, child it is her right." The image begins to fade and Nodoka begins to panic. "NO DON'T GO! LET ME SPEAK TO RANMA! PLEASE!" She screams into the locket as the woman slowly disappears. "Ranma will talk to you tomorrow when she wakes after that to talk to your child just open the locket and call her name." The image is gone and Nodoka stares as the sapphire light fades as well. "She must be a very powerful sorceress to bridge the distance from where ever Grayskull is and here with only Ranma's locket as a guide." Lily tells Nodoka looking at the locket before her. "Ranma told me they are called the 'Flowers of Love'. You give one to each of the people you love the most. He gave me one and I assumed he would give one to one of his fiancées but evidently he kept the other for himself. They are suppose to keep you close to the person you love the most." Nodoka tells Lily looking down at the locket a tear falling on the center of the sapphire stone. "Do you think you can wait one more day to see your _daughter_!" Lily asks the crying woman in front of her. "Now that I know she is safe and I have access to her I can wait for ever if I have to." Nodoka looks up at the Amazon with a warm smile, Lily embraces her adopted daughter with a similar smile on her face. Neither woman sees the movement outside the dinning room doors to the back yard. The figure of a young girl moves away from the French doors. She heads back out the front gate in a mad run toward her meeting. A smile on her face. She had gotten to the Saotome woman's house a little to late to see the meeting with the unknown men as they were leaving when she arrived. This however will make up for it, and possibly get her a bonus. /*\*/*\ Mousse works around the Nekohanten his mind in a whirl. His dinner the other night with his grandmother and _aunt_ was left wanting. He knows Lily is up to something he just doesn't know what. Mousse sweeps the floor his mind a million miles away. Shampoo watches him her eyes narrowing as he has been ignoring her all day. Shampoo decides Mousse needs a lesson in how not to ignore a girl. Shampoo walks seductively up to the blind boy, a walk that is a waste as he is not watching. She drapes an arm over his shoulder and gently rubs a finger around the outside of his ear. Mousse stiffens, his eyes open wide and beads of sweat start to travel down his forehead. Shampoo leans forward and places her lips so they barely touch Mousse's ear. "Why stupid duck-boy no _talk_ Shampoo?" She whispers her hot breath brushing sweetly over his exposed ear. Mousse stands there his glasses fogging over as the daydreams crash in around him. His dreams have come true she loves him and is making her feelings known. His patience is now paying off. He turns quickly and wraps his arms around a shocked Shampoo. He then kisses her deeply forcing her sweet cherry lips apart and pushing his tongue deep into her warm, moist and waiting mouth. He pulls her tighter to him as she tries to pull away from the intrusion. Her body begins to respond on its own at the stimulus from this most unsuitable boy. Her knees begin to give out when Mousse's hand begins to gently massage her back. He is careful not to touch a part of her body that is not yet his to have. He pulls her to him, as he goes deeper in exploring her sweet mouth. A gasp escapes her lips when her hips hit a long hard bulge from below Mousse's pelvis. Shampoo's struggles begin a new, she is about to bit down hard the blind boys tongue when he releases her turns and walks away. Shampoo falls to the floor landing hard on her butt. The pain in her backside is the least of her worries. She reaches up and gently touches her lips, a trace of a smile there. She looks over to Mousse in time to see him disappear into the kitchen. She turns at the sound of a clearing throat, standing in the doorway to the Nekohanten is Nabiki Tendo a smile on her lips, one that says 'I have you now and this will cost you big!' Shampoo rises throwing her hair over her shoulder and putting her nose into the air she goes into the kitchen ignoring the evil smile on the face of Nabiki. Shampoo goes to freshen up and heads upstairs. She enters the bathroom and washes her face. She looks up into the mirror over the sink. She gently touches her lips and wonders about the feelings she was having when Mousse was kissing her. Her eyes glaze over as she remembers his lips pressing against hers and his tongue exploring her wanting mouth. Her body begins to tingle and it starts from her abdomen and expands out to the rest of her body. She turns and leaves the bathroom pushing those feeling deep inside her. /*\*/*\ Nabiki stands in the door of the restaurant and watches the scene before her. Shampoo being kissed by Mousse and from the looks of it a very enjoyable kiss. Her problems forgotten as a new money source begins to open before her. When Mousse unceremoniously drops the purple hair Amazon to the floor on her behind. Nabiki smiles she never knew the blind boy had it him. She watches while Shampoo rubs her lips, then looks to where Mousse is disappearing into the kitchen. Nabiki clears her throat, Shampoo's head snaps around to see Nabiki standing with the smile of the 'cat that just ate the canary'. It takes all of the middle Tendo's will power not to laugh, as Shampoo haughtily rises to her feet. The mercenary watches as Shampoo tries to persuade her she saw nothing of interest, by tossing a strand of purple hair over her shoulder and putting her nose up in the air. Nabiki nearly looses it but is glad when the Amazons heads to the kitchen. The Tendo girl takes a seat to wait for her operative, she can't afford to re-bug the Saotome home so she must resort to a less reliable way to find out what is going on.