Ranma SI A Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon Crossover Chapter 3 Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story belong to me. All of the Ranma 1/2 characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi, and Shogokukan. All of the Sailor Moon characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation, and Kodansha. The only ones that I own are the youma that I make up. Ranma kept roof hopping, enjoying the feeling of the wind billowing through his hair as he leapt, ignoring the people pointing and talking about him below. He finally stopped and jumped off at a certain point, and just began walking. As he walked, he glanced to the side and noticed an okonomiaki restraunt. His stomach chose that moment to growl, and he stepped up, intending to get a bite to eat, then stopped when he noticed the price of the products. He sighed. "Man, I've really got to get a job." Ranma grumbled to himself as he walked on, kicking a small stone in his path as he trudged on. "But how am I going to get a job? I don't want anyone getting suspicious of me here." Ranma trudged on, feeling grumpy and hungry when he turned the corner, and noticed a Shinto temple on top of a hill. Ranma's eyes went to the sign. [Cherry Hill Temple] Ranma's eyes wandered back to the shrine, then remembered something that he learned from his father years ago... Ranma and his father walk up to a Shinto temple, his father setting down his backpack and taking off his shoes, then going inside. Ranma follows his father's actions exactly. "Dad, what we doing here?" Chibi-Ranma asks his father. "Well son, this is a Shinto temple. People come to pray here when some kind of misfortune happens to them, or to just pray for good luck." Genma said, kneeling down, clasping his hands in front of him. "So what are we gonna pray for?" Ranma asks back, kneeling as well. "Isn't it obvious?" Genma faces Ranma in what seems to be a dramatic moment. "We're going to pray for food and money!" Genma says, happy, as Chibi-Ranma sweatdrops. "Well anyway, maybe I should go up and just pay my respects to the shrine." Ranma began, walking up to the temple, hands behind his head. "And a little good luck can't hurt!" ##### Grandfather Hino was currently sweeping the porch outside of the temple, humming to himself. He was about to go inside to get some tea when he noticed a teenage boy walk up to the front of the temple and began looking around. He walked over to greet him, as they usually didn't get many visitors on weekdays except for Rei's friends. He silently hoped that he was here to ask Rei on a date or something. Or maybe even ask him for her hand in marriage. "Hello, young man! May I help you with something?" Ranma turned to the voice, looking startled. *He must have some martial arts training. I couldn't even sense him.* "Uh, yeah. I just came to pay my respects to the shrine here." "Oh, you mean the Hikawa Shrine?" He asked as Ranma nodded. "Well, its right this way." He replied, suprised that someone had come to pay respects, much less a young teenager such as himself. Hardly anyone who came here had the time for that, usually came thinking this as a tourist attraction. Ranma followed Grandfather Hino to the shrine, bowed in thanks, then took off his shoes and went in, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate as Grandfather Hino went to the temple to get some tea for his guest. Now, meditating was normally something that Ranma didn't believe in, having his father only praying when they needed money or food, also because he thought it was all superstitious nonsense, and also because he normally did not get any peace of mind with all the chaos that followed him everywhere he went. But now that he sat down and just went through some meditation exercises, ones that he had read were made to build up your chi, it relaxed him visibly. *You know, this isn't half bad.* Ranma thought, letting confident thoughts enter him, his aura growing. Grandfather Hino walked back to the temple about fifteen minutes later with a tray of tea and snacks. He was going to offer the young man something, until he saw his aura, an aura that nearly made him drop his tray. *Th... that boy! He's something else! He’s got some fantastic chi control! Hmmm… maybe I could get him to work here. He could be a very good Shinto priest if he gets some good training in…* He smiled as the idea formed in his head, and he stepped into the shrine, breaking Ranma's concentration. "Uh, hi." Ranma said, slightly embarrassed. "Nonsense, my boy, you didn't do anything. But I did want to ask you something..." Grandfather Hino began, setting down the tray and sitting in front of Ranma. ##### Rei sighed as she and her friends walked back to the temple to get some studying in. "And you're telling me that you met him today and all of you forgot to ask him everything?" "Well, yeah. But it's no big deal. We'll just ask him at school tomorrow." Makoto said, sighing hopefully. "But we may not get a chance. What if he decides not to come to school tomorrow?" Ami said, almost talking to herself. "I bet you want him to come to school tomorrow, Ms. 'He needs my help'" Minako replied, a smirk on her face, and her eyes narrowed sugsetfully, as Ami blushed. "Well, I... well..." Ami started, her blush deepening. "All I know is that he's got nothing on my Mamo-chan." Usagi put in, sighing, as they climbed up the steps to the temple. "Well, all that aside, we've got to get studying." Rei said as they came to the front door, opened it up and went in. They all rounded the corner and saw Grandfather Hino setting up some tea and snacks for the girls. He then looked up and smiled. "Oh, hello, Rei! I'm just leaving. By the way, we've got a new person to work for the shrine!" He said, smiling a bit more. "He's right out there, sweeping." He finished, pointing towards the door next to them and walking out, humming to himself. "Someone new? We haven't gotten someone new for a while." Rei said as she walked towards the door, all the others following out of interest, and opened the door. There was Ranma. To be more precise, it was Ranma in Shinto garb. They all looked at him, wide-eyed, then he turned around and saw them. "Oh, hello. You must be Rei. I'm Ranma." He said with a smile, and gave her a bow, then continued. "You're Grandfather just hired me this afternoon. Well, gotta get back to work!" He said as he continued sweeping, oblivious to their stunned expressions, whistling a small tune to himself as he did so. Rei slid the door closed, and as they all sat down, the talking began. "Rei, you lucky little... Ranma's gonna be here all the time now! So, you going to ask him if he's seeing someone, hmmm?" Makoto teased. "Didn't you say that we should ask him the next time that we saw him?" Minako asked Rei. "Oh, shut up!" Rei retorted, acting angry, but also hiding a blush. He was more handsome up close, she had to admit. ##### Setsuna, (who by the way was watching all of this from the gates of time,) had watched Grandfather Hino give Ranma the job and a place to stay, and made a mental note of where to find him from now on. She also watched as Ranma had shown off that large battle aura earlier. That was nothing that a normal human being could have done. She gave a dry laugh. She seemed to be thinking that a lot lately, from the glowing energy he shot, to those extremely fast punches, to forming that tornado. She doubted that even one of the Senshi could defeat him one-on-one. She could second that. Ranma now finished the work in ten minutes that normally took Rei about a half an hour, and he looked bored, so he changed out of the Shinto garb and back into his normal clothes, and was now doing some katas in the backyard. She noticed Haruka and Michiru leaving the house to visit the Inners, and silently hoped that no one would overreact about Ranma. ##### Across town, in a dark secluded alley, there is about a dozen alley cats eating the leftovers of some fish thrown out by a restraunt. Something abruptly rustles in the trash cans nearby, causing all the cats to run away except for a black, white, and orange one, who arches its back and hisses towards the cans. All was silent for a moment, then a black shadow sprang towards the cat, engulfing the hissing and spitting feline completely. ##### Haruka and Michiru were now taking a ride towards the Cherry Hill Temple, halfway to warn the Inners about what Setsuna had said about Ranma, and halfway just to meet with them again. Neither of them knew that they were all there, but it was a safe assumption considering that they were here almost everyday after school. They pulled up, and they both got out, of Haruka's red sports car, Michiru wearing a red blouse with a pink dress, and Haruka wearing a black shirt, tan pants, and a tan jacket. They both walked up to the temple, chatting to one another, and saw a young man sweeping the porch, about the Inners age. The boy looked up at them. "Uhhh... may I help you?" Ranma asked the couple. "Yes, we're just here to see Rei and her friends." Michiru replied, smiling at the boy. "Um, OK. Right this way." Ranma said as he lead them into the temple knocking on the door and speaking to them. "Um, Rei? There's some people here to see you." Ranma said as he lead them into the room and walked off, Haruka and Michiru taking seats. *I know that I've seen them somewhere...* "So, who's the new kid?" Michiru asked as Ranma walked off. "He was kind of cute." "Oh, he's our new classmate, Ranma Saotome!" Makoto said, hearts in her eyes. Haruka and Michiru were silent for a moment. "Uh, what was his name again?" Usagi spoke up. "His name is Ranma Saotome. He's the new kid in class." She said as she used this as an opportunity to reach down and grab another handful of cookies, as well as some dumplings that Makoto had brought, in turn making Rei turn around and yell at her, and soon there was a full blown fight between the two, with Rei insulting and Usagi insulting back.. "Why do you seem so suprised?" Ami asked as the two looked at each other, then back at the other girls. "Well, there's something that we've gotta tell you about this Ranma Saotome..." Haruka began, but was cut off by a muffled scream in the front, followed by a low laughter. (I.E., evil laugh.) "What was that?" Minako asked as everyone in the room stood up and ran out to the front of the temple. As they all peered out, they saw Grandfather Hino knocked unconscious and a large cat looking youma, who is back, white and orange, and also seven feet tall, standing over him. The youma started to clean himself off with his tongue, then began to look around. "Meow... Are there any others here, I wonder?" It said as it begins to sniff the air. The Senshi managed to duck back behind the corner, and go back to the study room, all of them pulling out their henshin sticks, all knowing to transform. "Jupiter Crystal Power, Make Up!" "Mercury Crystal Power, Make Up!" "Mars Crystal Power, Make Up!" "Venus Crystal Power, Make Up!" "Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!" "Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" "Moon Eternal! Make Up!" (Enter a very long transformation sequence here.) All of the Senshi now came out, fully transformed. The youma turned to the seven women, making a low hissing sound as did so. "So, I've got more chew toys!" "You monster! Using the form of a sweet, loving cat for you own evil ways! I can't forgive you! Agent of love and justice, pretty Sailor Senshi..." It was now that she made some hand motions in the air, "...Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" She finished, pointing in her own way, (once again, you know what I mean,) towards the youma. The youma seemed mad at that statement, and began rushing forward, hissing. "So, planning to defeat me? Well, not if I make a scratching post out of you first! Uranus raised her arm into the air, letting power collect as she called out her attack. "World Shaking!" As the ball of energy left her hand, streaking towards the youma. The blast knocked the youma back into a wall, stunning it. "Well, looks like I under... Meow?" It meowed in confusion as Ranma came running around the corner, now somehow back in his normal clothes, seemingly not noticing the youma. "Hey, what's happening here? I heard some crashing... Hey, it's you all again!" Ranma said, pointing to the Senshi. "What are you'll doin' here? And who are they?" He asked, pointing towards Neptune and Uranus. The youma, however, now looked pissed. "Hey, kid, what do you think you're doing? You're, meow, ruining my scene. Ranma's eyes turned slowly towards the youma, and he stared for a moment before acting. "CAT!!!" Ranma screamed, backing up towards the opposite wall, eyes widened in terror. The youma then got a suprisingly good idea, and darted across the yard, catching Ranma by the throat and hoisting him into the air, Ranma screaming in fear and screaming "Cat" over and over again. All of the Senshi moved to act, but it held up a clawed finger, waving it back and forth. "No no no. We don't want to see our friend get hurt, do we?" He asked, secretly relieved that he now had the upper hand in this battle. He then turned back to Ranma. "I wonder what human tastes like." It says, licking Ranma up one side of his face. Ranma suddenly quieted in its hand, going limp. All was quiet for a moment, then one piercing sound came from Ranma. "Meeeeeeeooooooowwwwwww..." Ranma suddenly jumped out of the suprised youma's hand, displaying impressive strength. He landed a few feet away on all fours, and was now walking towards the youma, hissing. "He's acting like Luna when she's really mad at something. He's even walking like she usually does!" Sailor Moon said as Ranma-Neko walked forward. The youma again looked suprised, almost scared, then smirked. "Nice trick. But now it's time to end this." It rushed forward, claws extended, ready to maim. What happened in the next sixty seconds could only be counted as a massacre. Ranma jumped over the youma, then used chi-claws to begin shredding it up pretty bad. The youma stumbled back and cursed. "Well, live to fight another day!" It said, then turned around to face seven Senshi. "Mommy." Was all it could say before it got really trashed. Finally, Sailor Moon stepped up, and used her final attack. "Starlight... Honeymoon... Therapy... Kiss!" The waves of healing energy washed over the youma, and finally the black shadow came out of the creature and evaporated, leaving only a small cat that ran away as it saw the Senshi. The Senshi looked up, expecting to talk to Ranma, but all they saw was Ranma clean himself off with his tongue, jump on the wall, and bound off. All the Senshi blinked. "Well, that was certainly different." Sailor Uranus said, everyone else nodding dumbly in agreement. ##### Setsuna stood at the gates of time, watching Ranma walk down the street, acting very much cat-like. She was about to go out there and try to help him, but then she saw something that made her fall over in suprise. As Ranma was walking under a building, a gutter suddenly burst open, pouring water over him. But the only problem was that he was a her, not a he now. Ranma-chan sputtered and looked around, then stood up, looking confused. He then began to trudge back to the Cherry Hill Temple, mumbling something about water and cats. She also had to admit, the deal with the cats had been impressive. She hadn't expected it at all. On sort of a whim, Setsuna checked the boy's past. Now, instead of nothing, it showed two images. A large valley full of pools and with bamboo sticks jutting out of them was the first, and a young Ranma falling into a pit that seemed filled with cats was the second. "Well, at least its something." She said, then got up. She needed to have another talk with young Mister Saotome. ##### Author's notes: Well, Chapter three is done. So far, I've been getting positive e-mail, and that is good. I will write more, and I am thinking of writing a Ranma 1/2/Urusei Yatsura Story soon. Just an idea that's been in my mind for a long time. Coming in Ranma SI, Chapter 4! Ranma has second thoughts about his job! Chibi-Usa doesn't appear! A new threat appears! This time its serious! More Senshi? As always, you may e-mail me at armadillo@elhazard.net with all C&C. Now that's entertainment!-Vlad The Impaler