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 or Visit my Mirror site at: http://www.ranko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Chapter Nineteen The throne room looks down at Bo and the little creature in a jumble mess. Even with the sadness and anguish Angela can not help but giggle at the sight much to the relief of her husband and daughter. "KOWL!" Bo shouts at the little flying fur ball. "COME QUICK THERE IS A STRANGE GIRL COVERED IN FIRE AND SHE IS DESTROYING THE KALCAR'S COMPLEX!" The group all stare dumb founded at the flying hybrid. "YOUR NUTS! NO ONE CAN DO THAT!" Bo shouts into Kowl's face. "Don't be so sure! LET'S GO BATTLECAT!" He-Man tells them as he mounts Battlecat's saddle and heads out. "Let's go Swiftwind Ranma and He-Man can't have all the fun!" She-Ra tells her flying unicorn as she climbs up on his back and follows her brother out. The rebels watch the two Eternians as they leave the castle heading toward the old Horde headquarters. They then look at each other with shock. Bo suddenly throws Kowl halfway across the room and runs out after the Grayskull warriors. "IF THERE'S A FIGHT I WANT A PART OF IT!" He shouts back at his friends. Bo mounts his horse weighting for him outside and takes off after the other two. The remaining rebels shrug their shoulders and take after their fleeing leaders. Angela rises and spreading her wings goes with them. Her husband and daughter following, each in the shuttle pods. The two skims over the trees following closely behind Angela and flanking her on each side as honor guards. The first to arrive is He-Man and She-Ra even though she is flying Swiftwind went at a speed Battlecat is able to maintain. They stand just inside the trees of Whispering Wood their eyes wide as they take in the devastation. The entire complex is burning and Ranma is fighting with the robots in and around pools of molten metal. A glint of metal catches the twins eyes and they see Ranma is using a very strange weapon. It looks like a sword but the blade is curved and comes to an angled point. Its silver blade glowing red in the fire. They turn when the others begin to arrive Bo nearly falls from his horse as he dismounts. He walks up next to She-Ra a low whistle escaping him. He watches Ranma fight the robots and marvels at her grace. He watches as she ducks an attempt to ensnare her in the grasp of a robot. She ducks to one side spinning and bring her sword through the metal man's midsection. Bo's eyes grow wider as the robot falls to the ground in two pieces. "Let's not let her have all the fun!" Comes a voice from behind. The three turn to see Frosta running from behind them. She races past them a stream of ice hitting a robot about to decapitate Ranma. That is all the invitation the rest needs and the rebels surge forward into battle. /*\*/*\ Ranma's anger slowly leaves her as she fights hand to hand with the metal men before her. She dodges, ducks and pivots to miss being hit by them or their weapons. Her cold smile would have frightened them if their programming contains any emotions. Ranma decides to up the anti, jumping high above three robots she pulls the Saotome Honor blade from her hyper storage. She unsheathes it and brings it to bare on neck of one of the three robots. It glints red with the burning fire from behind her. The blades sharp cutting edge slices through the unsuspecting robot. To protect the blades cutting edge and to enhance its sharpness. Ranma uses Ryoga's technique of applying chi to cloth, but instead she runs it through her mother's sword. Ranma kicks out hitting an oncoming robot in the chest sending it back into a few of its _friends_. She then ducks under a pair of metal arms that tries to pin her and keep her immobile. She next, pivots on her left foot and brings the chi strengthen sword through the middle of the robot, leaving it to fall into two pieces. Ranma bounces off to another group of robots happily destroying all of Maldar's reserves. She turns quickly when she feels a blast of cold behind her. Her momentary lapse of concentration costs her when a robot gives her an upper cut and sends her fly toward the top of the forest's trees. Ranma watches as her vision fades in and out, while the rebels hit the robots like a tidal wave. An errant thought passes through her mind when a pair of arms wrap around her and cradles her like a baby. [Damn that thing hits harder then Ryoga and Herb put together!] Ranma's head turns when she realizes she is no longer flying under the power of robot airways. She turns to see the intense blue eyes of Queen Angela. A small frown passes her lips as her vision goes black and stays there. Queen Angela looks down at the girl in her arms a small tear escaping from her eyes. /*\*/*\ Queen Angela, King Micca (yes, yes this is where AnA go Micca for Mousse!) and Glimmer arrive in time to see a blast of ice hit a robot about to behead the Mystic Warrior. Micca and Glimmer break away and give air support to the rebels. Father and daughter do not see the small body fly from the fight and head behind them. Nor do they see their Queen surge towards that human missile. Angela flies quickly to intercept the on coming Ranma. She flies in front of airborne girl and grabs her into her embrace. The impact pushes Angela back more then hundred yards over Whispering Woods. She sees Ranma watching the battle as her eyes close and open trying to stay awake. When Angela has a good grip on the warrior before her she looks down to see the girl staring at her a frown on her face. Angela's eyes fill with tears as Ranma closes her eyes and finally lets blissful unconsciousness take her. The queen’s concentration on Ranma is so intense she does not see He-Man sending Battlecat after them. She does not see Battlecat hesitate at the edge of the battle as if not wanting to leave. Nor does she see He-Man’s instance for the big cat to follow her. /*\*/*\ The room is dark the only light in the room is the sparks from the consoles and the small fires coming from the different equipment around the room. The only working electronics is a large twenty five inch monitor, it hangs from the ceiling in front of a throne hidden by the darkness. A pair of eyes glimmer red from the fire that reflects in them, stares at the destruction of the old Horde base by a lone warrior. He leans slightly forward only his eyes visible in the dim light. They are ice blue surrounded by a dark tan skin. The ice blue eyes twinkle with sadistic glee as the screen closes in on the petite warrior with fire hair. He stands and steps into the light. His tongue snakes out and licks his upper lip running over his elongated canines the sadistic glee turns to sadistic lust as he watches the girl destroy the junk the Horde calls robots. He is tall 6' 10" tall, with wide shoulders and a very muscular. His eyes are ice blue and rest in a face as hard as chiseled granite of a dark tan color. Though he is handsome his ice blue eyes show his love of torture and sadistic glee. His hair is pure white and goes to mid back and is worn loose. His has canines hang from below his upper lip much like Ryoga's only they come down by about two inches. He wears a black cotton shirt and pants both loose fitting. Over his shirt is a tight black leather vest. He wears black leather boots and a blood red cape. On his brow is a ringlet of gold. It is in the shape of two snake like dragons. Their mouths opened on each side and holding a stone that rest against his forehead. One is black onyx and the other is a blood red ruby. The stones were cut in half at an angle. A red and black piece rejoined. Both sides pulse with a life of their own. An explosion goes off behind him and the screen goes black just as a pillar of ice hits a robot behind the fire hair warrior. His smile widens and his eyes narrow as he stares a few more moments at the blank screen. He then turns and walks behind the throne a beam of gold and white light surrounding him. When the light vanishes he is gone. Then the roof caves in destroying all in the old Horde complex. /*\*/*\ Kasumi walks into the house, to find her father sitting quietly at the family room table. She smiles as her life is finally coming together. She walks into the kitchen, under the watchful eye of her father. She returns a few moments later with a pot of tea and some cookies. She sits down in front of her father and serves him his tea. There are three cups on the tray, but Kasumi does not see Genma anywhere. Kasumi turns to face her father her smile falls from her lips. The man before her is stone faced his eyes hard. His hands are clenched into fists so tight his nails have cut into his palms causing them to bleed. Kasumi starts to rise to get the first aid kit when a bloody hand grabs her wrist and pulls her back to the table. "Where have you been daughter?" Soun feels guilt wash over him when the smile fell from Kasumi's face. The happiness on his daughters beautiful face has not been there since before her mother's death. Guilt washes through him when the smile fades. The happy twinkle that Soun has not seen since she was a small child fades at his question as to where she was. He blames only himself, his encounter with the Kuno lawyer has shown him the truth of what he and Saotome was doing to their children. Kasumi's demeanor brings it the rest of the way home. "I want the truth daughter! I need to know the truth!" Soun tells his eldest still holding on to her wrist. "I..I!" Kasumi can not bring herself to hurt her father but she can not lie to him either. Kasumi chooses silence over hurting or lying to her father. She turns her head from him keeping it bowed so he can not see the tears forming in her eyes. She knows her dreams are about to be lost again, and she will forever be a prisoner of her family. "It is not that easy Kasumi tell me where you were!" Soun will not let her off the hook, even though she tries to hide her face he still sees what is there. The loneliness, the betrayal, the disappointment, but worst of all the look of the condemned on her face breaks his heart. Soun can see he has ruined his daughter's life by not being a man and taking care of his own family. He instead pushes that responsibility off on his two eldest daughters. "I was preparing my new apartment for when I go to college in two weeks." Kasumi tells him then tries to leave the room her tears flowing freely. "That is very good Kasumi and you will be studying what?" Kasumi looks up quickly shock on her face as she stares at her father. "I..I am studying to be a doctor father." Soun nods and smiles slightly the smile never reaches his sad and forlorn eyes. "I see and how are you paying for this education?" Kasumi takes a deep breath she doesn't want her family to know where the money is from. "I recently found out a trust fund has been set up for me by an anonymous benefactor." Kasumi only half lies, as she looks down at her hands. "I see, you have access to these funds?" Soun asks his mind going over how much it is going to cost to pay for Akane and Nabiki's lawyers. Kasumi stiffens and her hands clench into white knuckle fists. She looks up at her father who is not looking at her, but at two business cards. She sees they are both from lawyers and she begins to worry. She looks around but does not see her little sisters anywhere. She then looks to her father's hard cold face and her eyes harden as well. "No father I do not. The terms of the trust are that my college and room and board are paid for by the trust. The benefactor felt that if I had control of the money I would let others either blackmail me out of it or take if from me outright." Kasumi rises and heads for the stairs. "I am sorry father but what ever trouble Akane and Nabiki are in and I assume they are in trouble since they are not here yelling at me for leaving to go to college or finding a way to blackmail me. This is your family now father not mine. I have been told I have put my life on hold for too long and that you need to run _your_ family." Kasumi starts up the stairs but pauses then looks down at her father. He still sits at the table holding the cards now a crumple mess. His face a mask of rage. Kasumi watches as he turns his gaze to her, his eyes a light with the fires of rage. Kasumi does not even flinch she has the strength of her best friend and little brother behind her. He cares more about her then her own family. "I am moving out today father, and I recommend if you want the money to pay for the bills and the two lawyers you either make Mr. Saotome work or throw him out." She then turns and disappears into her room, the click of her door drifts down to the stunned Soun. /*\*/*\ Kasumi returns several hours later carrying some boxes and suitcases. Her eyes are red and swollen as she stands by the door waiting for the cab to arrive. She looks into the dinning room to see her father has not moved. His tears rolling down his cheeks like rivers. This is not his usual temper tantrum but the tears of a truly broken man. Kasumi walks into the room and slowly heads for her father. "STOP!" Kasumi stops as her father looks at her his broken heart showing in his eyes. "Father, I..!" She is cut of by the devastated voice of her father. "No Kasumi, I have kept you prisoner long enough. I have been sitting here thinking of our life since your mother died. I am ashamed of what I have done, to you and your sisters." Soun stares into the soft brown eyes of his eldest daughter. "I let my desire to join the schools blind me to Akane's dishonorable behavior toward her fiancé. I turned a blind eye to Nabiki's money handling ways because she kept the house financially solvent. My worst crime is the way I dumped my responsibility to raise my children on a child. Can you ever forgive a foolish old man daughter?" Kasumi runs to her father and does a perfect Amazon super glomp. Kasumi pulls back and looks into her father's eyes and she smiles. For there living in him again is the man she remembered before her mother left. They look toward the front door when they hear the honking of the cab. Soun gets up and pulls his daughter to her feet. He smiles as he puts his arm around her and walks her to the door. He picks up the two boxes, while Kasumi grabs some of the suitcases. He walks his daughter to the cab. He loads the boxes and turns to her before going for the last of the luggage. "Make me proud my daughter just like you always do." He hugs her then runs back to the house to return with the last of her suitcases. Soun stands and watches the cab disappear Kasumi's face in the back window waving to him. He waves to the retreating form of his daughter a single tear escaping his eye. He lowers his head after the cab vanishes in the distance. He turns and heads back into the house. He walks to the table, only to stop and stare his hands in tight balls. "So Tendo has Kasumi finally returned I am hungry. One of her wonderful meals will do wonders for the old strength factor." Genma looks up from the cup of tea he is drinking. He nearly drops the cup when his eyes meet the stony stare of his usually easy to manipulate friend. He backs away from the table when a dark red aura begins to glow around the Tendo patriarch. He scampers out the patio door when the aura reforms to a ball in the palm of Soun's hand and he pulls back his arm and throws it at the fat martial artist's backside. The ball of angry chi hits Genma knocking him into the wall of the Tendo yard. He hits face first then falls back to land unconscious on the ground an image of him still in the wall. Soun turns and walks up to his room his door closing gently. The sobs of a desperate man wafts down the stairs and out over the still form of Genma Saotome. /*\*/*\ Ranma's eyes slowly open, her head is facing sideways. When her eyes focus she is staring into a pair of golden cat eyes behind a red mask. Battlecat is once again honored with Ranma's ability to cling to the ceiling like a fly. "AAAARRRRGGG!" The scream escapes and as soon as it does Ranma regrets it. She releases her hold on the ceiling to grab her head. Since gravity still claims dominance over most worlds Ranma falls. A gasp from to doorway announces shocked presence as it watches Ranma fall. The martial artist falls some twenty feet from the ceiling back to her bed. The visitor gasps again as Ranma still clutching her hurting head flips and lands on the floor next Battlecat. She grabs her head with both hands and stumbles back to land on the bed with a *FLOP!*. "Aww, man did anybody get the number of that mountain!" Ranma lays on her back her arm over her eyes, the giggle at the door draws Ranma's attention. Ranma props herself up on her fore arms to see Angela standing at the door a nervous smile on her face. Ranma's eyes narrow, then a deep sigh escapes her and she flops back onto the bed. Angela walks into the room but stays at the door. Battlecat puts himself between the Queen of Bright Moon and the Mystic Warrior. "I will be leaving, as soon as He-Man and She-Ra arrives please tell them I am at the place where we came over." Ranma rolls to her side and slowly pushes herself off the bed with one arm. "Thank you for saving me, but I do not wish to be here any longer then I have to be." Ranma does not look at the woman as she looks around for her clothes. Ranma stands next to the bed clad only in her boxers and tee-shirt. She finds her clothes on a chair next to the bed and begins to put them on. Angela watches her, sadness filling her eyes. She takes a step toward the warrior to find her path being blocked by the large tiger. She stops and stares between the tiger and Ranma. "I am sorry for what happened Ranma but you must understand I am doing what is best for the child." Angela tells the girl with sincerity. "Yes I believe you do, but what if all of her family died in that village or the rest of her family don't want her. Then what?" Ranma asks as she spins to face the winged woman her eyes flashing quickly. "We will adopt her into a good home with a _mother and a father_!" Angela tells the girl gulping as the flames grow. "Why can I not adopt her?" Ranma asks her, her delicate hands clenching into fists. "You are but one person Ranma the child deserves both parents." Ranma looks down knowing she is right but she still doesn't care. "You raised Glimmer alone! Man at Arms raised Teela without a mother! Adora had no parents at all and turned out great! WHY WON'T YOU LET ME HAVE MY CHILD BACK!" The last Ranma was shouting at the blonde woman before her. "Ranma? She is not your child she is an Etherian citizen and will be raised by Etherian parents." Angela tells her, her blue eyes flashing red with growing anger. "*SIGH!* I see now. It is not that I would be a single parent, it is that I am not from Etheria." Ranma stands straighter and walks past the queen not even waiting for a response. "RANMA! NO! WAIT!" Angela's eyes widen when the last comment sinks in. Her path is blocked by a snarling green and gold tiger. She takes a step back uncertain what to do. Battlecat slowly advances on the woman before him. The woman he thought of as friend. The one he felt will rule Etheria with equality for all. "Do not fear _Queen Angela_ Ranma will not allow your people to suffer. In spite of you she will help to save this world. I would however recommend you stay away from her." Battlecat turns and leaves the room following the Mystic Warrior. He finds her leaning against a wall near the doors to the outside. Battlecat comes beside her and nudges her slightly. Ranma opens her eyes and stares down at her friend with a smile. She places her hand on his head then climbs onto his saddle as she is still too weak to make it on her own. "I can feel her Battlecat! She is so close I can reach out and snatch her. I can take her back to Eternia and no one can stop me. Once I enter the Valley of the Mists I am untouchable." Ranma leans forward resting her head on the front of the saddle, while Battlecat slowly leaves the castle. "But you won't will you!" He tells her more then asks her. "You are correct my friend. I won't put her through that. Eventually someone will take her from me and that will be even harder on her and me." Ranma lets her eyes close as they travel in silence to the way back to Eternia. /*\*/*\ The sorceress looks down at the locket though the Amazons were helpful it was not enough. The sorceress can feel that Ranma's Jusenkyo destiny is near and she worries that the curse will not be unlocked in time. She rises and heads to the portal to Etheria as she feels the presence of Ranma on the other side. She is confused as it is only the Mystic Warrior and Battlecat that waits for her. She opens the portal and Battlecat carries the sleeping warrior through the door. "Battlecat were are She-Ra and He-Man? What happen to Ranma?" She asks helping the cat take the girl to her room. "They will be coming later. Lets get Ranma to bed and I will tell you what has happened." The sorceress and the tiger put the girl to bed the leave to discuss the chain of events. /*\*/*\ "That is horrible, King Randor is not going to want to help if that is the feelings of their rulers." The sorceress states her eyes narrow with rage. "No we must help! Ranma says this Maldar bragged to her that after Etheria, Eternia then earth will fall to his armies." The tiger tells her. "We just don't have to like it. Ranma will still help Etheria because she can not allow the innocent to suffer for the beliefs of a few." The sorceress nods at what Battlecat is telling her. "And what of the child?" She asks pain crossing her face as the memories of giving up her own child floods back in. ***Flashback*** Zoare dives again at the red skinned fish man with fanning fins on the side of his head. The red white and blue falcon screeching a warning as she latches onto his out stretched arm with her razor sharp talons. The fish man waves his arm roughly throwing the angry bird toward the side of the mountain he is trying to scale. The bird does not hit the hard unforgiving rock. She finds herself instead wrapped protectively in a pair of strong arms. Arms that belong to Duncan, the Kings Man at Arms. Zoare collapses as her mental cry for help was heard. Duncan looks as the minions of Skeletor continue to climb the mountain heading for Zoare's nest. He raises his arms, letting loose of the falcon and releasing the blasters hidden there. The king's chief inventor and head of his royal guard blasts the attackers away. Unable to see their attackers the lackey of Snake Mountain retreats. His exit is hastened along by a small rock slide which Duncan is creating with his lasers. The group of pirates tumbles down the mountain side and land in a heap of bodies, legs and arms. They quickly extricate themselves as more laser blasts hit the ground near them. Duncan then follows Zoare to her nest to find a small baby girl with wild red hair lying there. He reaches out and the little girl grasps his finger tightly a little giggle escaping from her as she tries to capture another finger. {Take her with you warrior! My daughter, Teela is not safe with me, nor is Grayskull safe if I am with her!} Duncan watches as tears flow from the birds sharp eyes. He picks up the baby then watches as Zoare flies away toward the castle she is protector of. Duncan looks down to find the baby girl sleeping peacefully in his arms. His finger still being held tightly. He climbs down and takes the child back to the castle with him to raise as his own child. ***End Flashback***