Standard disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fan fiction except for the idea
behind it and even that is mostly blatantly stolen from a multitude of
sources. And if you don’t like that, then SUE ME! Uhm, why are you all
staring at me like that? No, it was a joke! Really! No, don’t take my
computer, no, not my videogames, no, not my cat!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!! *Sounds
of a man being stripped of everything he own can be heard. * (Does anyone
know that sound effect BTW?) Timelines:
Everything in the canon Ranma ½ has happened in this fan fiction with the
exception of the Saffron incident. Only the Ranma ½ reference in this fan
fiction will use a modified timeline. Any other references will really
just use the characters without any complex plots and/or situations. Age rating: If you can understand all the crap I’m spouting then you are definitely old enough to read this fan fiction. |
Kenneth
Lönnberg aka Macross_VF1 proudly presents: Balance
of Chaos Chapter
1: Alpha and Omega ***
- - - - *** Ranma
Saotome was nervous. Almost scared actually, though he wouldn’t admit
that to anyone, not even to himself. The reason for his uneasiness? An
entire week of peace. Nothing serious had happened for a week except for
the normal pounding of Kuno and a few cases of ‘Proving that Humans can
fly even though they don’t have wings’ courtesy of Akane’s mallet.
At first Ranma had thought it was nice to have some peace and quiet for
once but as the days passed, he became more and more nervous. It’s
really quite easy to understand him. A normal week usually consisted of a
challenger, someone out for his blood or Genma’s, or a new suitor, or
even all three. Of course one shouldn’t forget all the malletings from
Akane, glomps from Shampoo, schemes from Nabiki, and attempts on his life
by Mousse, Kuno or Ryoga. Add a gender-changing curse to the mix, and the
usual weirdness that is part of Nerima, and hey presto! You got a normal
week in the life of Ranma Saotome. Now,
since an entire week of peace had passed, he just knew that something BIG
was waiting to happen. As he sat on the roof of the Tendo Dojo, he wished
that whatever was brewing could happened so he could get back to his
normal (?!) life. Of course since Murphy’s Law always seemed to apply to
Ranma, he should have remembered the saying “Be careful what you wish
for” since just as he made the wish a black portal appeared and
swallowed him without a trace. *** Nabiki
Tendo sat down on a couch and idly switched through the channels on TV.
The last week had been somewhat troublesome… Ranma had mysteriously
disappeared without telling anyone, and the side effects were very
interesting. Some people, like Kuno, Ryoga and Mousse, obviously
celebrated Ranma’s disappearance, while others, like Kodachi, Shampoo
and Ukyo searched for Ranma in the hope of finding him and convincing him
of just who he should choose as his wife. Of course the two groups met and
that started violence on a very big scale. Soun and Genma just had to add
to the craziness with their Operation Find The Groom and Happousai just
took the opportunity to steal more women’s underwear. The
result of all this? Riots. BIG riots. Even for Nerima it had been violent
and brutal. It had made it to worldwide-news (Courtesy of Nabiki, of
course), and the government had to call in the military, not that it
really helped. Nabiki
sighed as she stopped for a moment to watch a sighting of the Sailor
Senshi. Why couldn’t she find the secret identities of those girls? She
couldn’t help to daydream of all the money she could make as their
manager. Her thoughts turned sour when she thought of the riots. Sure she
had made a lot of money selling the scoop to a reporter she knew, but
almost all of it had been used to repair the house after the riots and
Akane’s temper. The riots had stopped but still, she really wanted Ranma
back, after all he was her best source of income (Or so she told herself). Just
as she was about to change channels, a big, white explosion filled the
entire Television screen. *** A
young man looked at a blood red horizon. One might have thought that the
sun was setting but it really was a city burning that caused the red
color.
He sighed as he checked his chronometer. Only four and a half minute left
until a full year since his arrival. He idly wondered what the next place
would be like. He hoped for some peace and quiet for once like when he had
lived with those marionettes, but he just knew that his wishes would be
ignored as so often before. It seemed like wherever he went, fighting
always followed. ‘Just my luck that I would be the personification of
Murphy’s Law.’ He thought wryly. A small smiled formed on his lips as
his memories of times long past surfaced. ‘I just know what Tuvok and
Seven of Nine would think of that thought though.’ “Oh
well. Time to brief the squad.” He said out loud. He turned and went
down some stairs. -
- - - “ATTENTION!”
A big man in the corner called out. Everyone inside the briefing room
stood up as the young man entered. “Man,
why does it seem that you undisciplined, filthy, worthless pieces of crap
always find a new way to aggravate me?” “’Cuz
you love us!” A tall woman proclaimed with a wide grin. The rest of the
assembled men and women chuckled. The
young man chuckled as well. “Yeah, that’s the problem” He instantly
turned serious. “And that’s why this seem so hard… In a little less
than one minute you will find out if the story I told you when we met is
true or not.” This
seemed to calm down the squad instantly. Many looked almost suspiciously
at the young man. “Yeah,
not one of you believed me when I showed up at first and I know for a fact
that most of you still don’t. Well, consider yourselves lucky. I’m
hereby giving you the last orders you’ll ever get from me as your
commanding officer. This war
is almost at an end. I’m authorizing a full-scale attack on the last
strongholds. Any and all reinforcements are to be called in. As a little
going away present I’m leaving my VR-052 to Major Black who will take
command when I leave. And believe me, if you fail I will personally come
back and kick your sorry carcasses so hard that your grandchildren will
feel it. What the heck, I’ll come back and kick you anyway!” “Yeah,
we love you to!” The tall woman from before yelled. Another round of
chuckles followed. “You
better believe it! Now go forth and Kick Ass!” “YES
SIR!” Came a massive response, before the world turned white. *** Five
minutes earlier, Juuban, Japan All
of the Sailor Senshi had gathered to defend against a massive attack of…
something. For days, big, blue, humanoid shaped beasts doing massive
property damage had attacked Juuban. The first attack consisted of only
one of the beasts, but for each attack the numbers doubled, and the beasts
got weapons and equipment that made them even harder to fight. The last
attack had consisted of 24 beasts and the Senshi had only barely defeated
the invaders. No
one really knew who the enemy was or what their purpose was. The only real
piece of information that had been gathered was the fact that these
creatures was not part of the Negaverse or any other old adversary. Not
even the infamous Time Gate had provided any clues, as it for some reason
did not show more than a thick mist. This
time however the Mercury Computer had picked up a large energy fluctuation,
presumed to be a portal of some sort. The Senshi had quickly gathered at
the indicated spot, only to find hundreds of the blue creatures emerging
from a big portal. “They
are so many!” Sailor Moon whined. “We
know that already, meatball head. Now shut up!” Sailor Mars said while
surveying the force from the rooftop that the Senshi had gathered on.
Inwardly she wanted to whine just as much Moon. It was just not possible
to take every single beast this time. The last attack had only been truly
suppressed by a good amount of luck i.e. Sailor Moon tripping at the right
moment. Or that was at least what Mars thought. She shook herself and
concentrated on the force again. It seemed that the stream of enemies was
stopping. That was when she noticed something else. “Hey!”
She called out to get the attention of the others. “Isn’t that another
type of creature?” “I
think so.” Mercury said while bringing up the Mercury Computer. She got
an image of a small and rather cute looking, brown creature. “Yes,
it’s most definitely another type and it seem to be leading the others.” “Well
what are we waiting for?” Sailor Jupiter said while cracking her
knuckles. “Let’s get it!” “Well
it seems like a plan.” Sailor Neptune said. “It’s not like we have a
chance against all those blue monsters.” “But
it’s so cute! Can’t we find another way?” Sailor Moon asked. She
only got glares for answers. Moon
sweat dropped under the combined glare. “I still think it’s cute
though.” Sailor Moon muttered to herself. “Oh well, everyone ready?”
She asked and glanced around. She got a nod in confirmation from each of
the Senshi. She turned and prepared to leap down.
*** At
the same time as the Sailors prepared to attack, the brown creature smiled
in anticipation. His bioengineered soldiers had proven successful. Sure
the first attacks had been put down but those were just test runs and the
data collected had been most useful. The defenders of this area had proven
to be formidable adversaries but they just had no hope against this many
soldiers. His home planet had been destroyed and but he and his people had
been able to escape since they were off planet on a scouting mission. The
last of the soldiers came out from the ship-surface teleporter, and he
started giving out orders. Soon, very soon, the attack would begin. *** Suddenly
a bright column of light shot down from the sky between the two forces,
followed by a loud boom as the light made contact with the ground.
Everyone in the vicinity was thrown back by the blast and most windows
nearby found it hard to stay in one piece. "Did
they just shoot at us?" wondered Sailor Venus out loud as she and the
other senshi gathered them selves and stood up after the blast. Turning to
the blast area they saw something they did not expect. The blast had torn a ten feet wide and one-foot deep crater into the concrete. In the middle a figure was kneeling. As the figure stood up it became very obvious that this was a man. A man in a very impressive black armor with red trim. Smooth and rounded armor plates covered the entire body. The man's face was covered with something that looked like a breathing mask while a shiny metal plate covered the forehead and a visor shadowed the eyes. The hair was black as night and some of the senshi got a dreamy look in their faces (Let's face it, the inner Senshi have way too much imagination when it comes to males). *** Freelance
reporter Ichiro Kaneda couldn't believe his luck. First he had spotted the
Sailor Senshi preparing to fight some unknown force and now this! He
hadn't had a break in ages and he was sure to capitalize on the
opportunity before him. Of course he conveniently forgot the scoop he had
only three days ago about the riots in Nerima. He had paid a lot to that
Tendo girl but it had been worth it. *** Sailor
Mercury was one of the few senshi that didn't either have fantasies of
pretty boys or a jaw firmly planted in the ground. Quickly she called
forth the Mercury Computer to scan this new person. Too bad it was hacked. *** The
man glanced around and pressed a few buttons located on his left wrist,
then suddenly things started to appear out of thin air. First was more
bulky and angular looking arm- and leg armor. Then something that looked
like a headset with an antenna by the right ear materialized. Followed by
that was a big gun with a long barrel on the left shoulder. Finally both
forearms got a curved blade that crackled with blue lightning as each hand
was filled by a mean looking pistol. He
turned to face the aliens as if daring them to move. An eerie silence
settled over the battlefield. "Lets
Rumble" was the only warning the aliens got. Immediately
one of the alien soldiers got its head blown off followed by two others
that were riddled with bullet holes. Each hit caused a small explosion
after penetration, which left quite gruesome holes in the aliens. Not a
pretty sight which left most people watching quite sick. "What
are you standing around like idiots for?" Screamed the alien leader.
"Destroy that puny human at once!!" The aliens seemed to snap out of a daze and began a headlong charge against this new threat. *** Ami
was greeted by a super deformed version of the armored man that appeared
to be sorting through the Mercury computers files. A big pile of files
littered the “floor” of the computer and it only grew bigger and
bigger as the SD-man threw them over his shoulder. All the time the man
could be heard muttering phrases like "Not interesting..." and
"not enough pictures..." Suddenly
the SD-man turned around and spoke to Ami: "Yo, sorry about this, but
your computer was the nearest one that I could link to. Nice piece of
hardware by the way. Now miss..." He paused as he held up a file.
"...Sailor Mercury? Oh well. I've seen stranger names... Could you please tell your
colleagues NOT to attack me when I'm finished? If your files are any
indication they probably thinks I'm quite a threat and I'm not in the mood
to defend myself from a group of vigilantes dressed like something from a
pervert's wet dream." Nodding dumbly Sailor Mercury prepared to go
over to inform the rest of the group.
*** The
man calmly dropped both pistols after having spent the ammo. Next the
shoulder gun’s barrel split in two and began crackling with barely
suppressed energy. When the aliens were only 10 feet away, the gun
released its payload in a howling roar that tore a 5 feet wide trench in
the concrete. Anything within 20 feet of the beam got instantly
incinerated and a house at the end of the street some 2 kilometers away
crumpled as the beam hit it.
*** A
scream of "Barbecue!!!" followed by an almost insane laugh could
be heard from the Mercury Computer.
*** Still
the aliens charged, as they were confident that their superior numbers
would tip the battle in their favor once close combat ensued. It should be
noted that mass-produced alien grunts are not known for their intelligence. The
armored man blurred as he rushed forward to meet the charging Aliens. His
arm blades crackled with power and neatly sliced through any enemy they
touched. The man cut a very bloody path through the alien grunts. *** Ichiro
Kaneda almost drooled at the violence in the fight. These pictures would
be worth a fortune! However, he didn’t know that he had accidentally
managed to set his transmitter on a wide broadcast frequency meaning that
a lot of people were watching this. He could literally kiss those
exclusive rights bye-bye.
*** The
alien leader chose this moment to interfere shooting fireballs into the
melee, not caring if some of his underlings got killed. Some of the aliens
armed with firearms followed their leaders example and started bombarding
the area with ranged attacks. The resulting explosion left a lot of dead
grunts and the man was thrown back into a store. Satisfied
that this nuisance was taken care of the alien leader ordered his
remaining soldiers to form up and attack the Senshi. Of course being a
standard generic bad guy he didn’t bother to check if the armored man
really was finished off. Big mistake. "Oh
well. No pain, no gain." Noone
could believe their eyes as the armored man walked out of the ruined store
seemingly unharmed, although the right breastplate had some cracks in it. By
now even the most stupid grunts had realized that discretion was the
better part of valor and the alien leader was the only one left. "Hold
it you unworthy worm" the alien screamed trying to look intimidating,
something that’s very hard to do when you look like a kawaii version of
ET. He tapped a communicator and spoke a few words in it and a big ship
de-cloaked in the sky. "I was going to take over this planet and this
city was going to be the new capital of my Imperium. However your
intervention made me reconsider. This city will be made as an example to
all those who think they can oppose me. I just ordered a bombardment from
my ship that will utterly obliterate this city, starting with you!" As
the alien finished dozens of red beams shot out from the ship. The armored
man calmly held out his palm and a red force field, as wide as the street,
became visible that seemed to ripple like water when the beams hit it. The
bombardment continued for a minute but as the smoke cleared it became
painfully obvious the red force field had deflected every shot it took. The
alien could only stammer in horror: "How... why... it's not possible..." "Nice
ship, could probably stand up to Voyager. Oh well, it has to go." the
armored man said with a shrug. Again the shoulder gun was charging but
this time the energy had a fiery orange shine instead of blue and it made
a high-pitched sound. After
15 seconds of charging, the gun let loose a wide beam that hit the
spaceship in the side. At first nothing seemed to happen but after a few
seconds the shields almost visibly caved in and the ship disintegrated
without as much as an explosion. By
now the alien leader was a blabbering mess and his eyes got quite wide
when he saw the strange man approaching. Backpedaling up against a wall he
stuttered out: "W-who a-are you? WHAT are you?" The
man removed his breathing mask and visor and smiled evilly. “Now
since corny speeches seems to be the norm around here, let’s give it a
try: I
am Alpha and Omega I'm
neither bad nor good I…
am… Wildman." With
that a new gun appeared in his hand and promptly ended the alien’s life
with a bullet to the head.
*** To
say that Nabiki was stunned was like saying that the pope has a funny hat
(Sorry all you Catholics out there, just had to put it in there ^__^). If
anyone had seen her in that moment, they would have been equally stunned
since she made no pretense to keep her Ice Queen appearance. She had
gotten a good view of the armored man when he took of his mask and visor.
Now that just had to be Ranma, it just had to be. Only his eyes were a
different color and his hair was not done in a pigtail. And were did he
get that get-up from? Too many questions, but Nabiki was still positive of
one thing: Ranma was back.
*** - - - *** |
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