Abnormality
Written By: Matdeception
Rough Draft Begun: 8/12/11
Rough Draft Ended: 8/12/11
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Prologue: Rise and Shi... AHHHH!
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It began as an incessant beep, both in the realm of the mental and physical reality. Xavier frowned, setting his pen down as a small section of the nearby bookshelf shifted inward, sliding up and revealing a silvery helmet with two thick cables running from it's top to the wall, where a green monitor flashed 'Abnormality Detected.' warningly. He sighed, pushing back from his desk and wheeling to the screen. He picked up the silver helmet, settling over his bald head as he became to commune with Cerebro.
Warnings flashed across his mind; Mutant Detected(Unclassified Abnormality); Nerima Perfecture, Toyko; Sex: Male, Age: 17, Name: Ranma Saotome...
Xavier mentally pushed the majority of that information aside, bringing up the details on the boys mutation. He frowned thoughtfully at that. 'X-ray vision? Thats it?' well this would be a quick cataloged mutant, no need rush over there in case his powers raged out of control. What the devil did Cerebro mean by Abnormality though? He sighed, knowing there was really only one way to find out...
He mentally projected his mental essence from his body...
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Ranma jerked slightly, eyes fluttering open as he blearily stared at an unfamiliar roof. It took him a few seconds to realize just where he was; His true home, the rebuilt Saotome compound. He almost grimaced at being reminded just why he was here, but maybe his mother did have a point. Staying at the Tendo's did give Akane some kind of unfair advantage, not that he understood what the advantage was, that uncute tomboy was so... uncute.
He pushed off his comforter, flipping up to his feet as he stretched mightily. Rubbing his eyes, he shook off the slight headache he felt. Man, his dreams last night were weird. Weird cause they weren't dreams really, but like memories... he remembered various fights as if they were happening right then right there. Ryoga and his Shi Shi Houkoadon, his follow up fight with the Mouko Takabisha, heck he ever remembered fighting Herb and Saffron, two overpowered psychos he was quite happy forgetting they ever existed. He shook the train of thought off, heading for the bathroom.
A quick wash and a fresh set of silk linens and he was hopping down the stairs with a noticeable bounce in his step. He could smell the freshly cooked breakfast, practically salivating at the mere thought of gorging on so much foodstuff his mother habitually prepared for him. His mom could be a bit... smothering with her tender loving care, but after losing out on the woman damn near the entirety of his life he really couldn't bring himself to care. He rounded the corner, chirruping "Morning!" before he froze in shock.
Nodoka looked up from the table, smiling brightly at him as she patted the seat next to her. "Morning Ranma!" But that wasn't what caused him to freeze. The fact she was sitting there completely and utterly naked was the problem!
Ranma stared for a half second before whipping around, blushing brightly. "MOM!" he yelled nervously, "Put some clothes on!"
The Saotome Matriarch blinked, looking done at her expertly pressed kimono. "But... I am dressed, dear."
He risked a glance back, blushing brightly before snapping back around. "Come on mom, you're completely naked!"
Nodoka frowned thoughtfully, "Dear... while I appreciate your manly ways, I... must insist you not be manly with me."
"What the heck?" Ranma blinked, rounding on the woman. "Why would I... ARRGH!" he screamed, twisted around and covering his eyes. "Please! Clothes, put em on!"
The older woman frowned, standing up and walking up to her son. She grabbed his shoulder, forcibly turning her to him. A slight frown marred her features at him covering his eyes. "Ranma, I'm not undressed. Open your eyes and see for yourself."
"Nothing doing." he said nervously, "It's okay mom, y'know, being a nudist and everything... just..."
"Dear!" she grabbed his hands, forcibly pulling them away. "I am not a nudist!"
Ranma gulped, slowly, every so slowly glancing down to his mothers impressive bosom. Every split second he felt his hackles rise as his gaze went further and further south, passing her abdominal before catching sight of her furry red bush. He did the only thing he could think of in that moment; He screamed!
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Ranma landed on a nearby roof, clutching his chest as a sheen of sweat glistened on his brow. Dear lord what the hell was his mother doing flashing him like that? How the hell did this fit into her definition of manly?! Maybe he should just move back in with the Tendos, it would be better then dealing with his nudist mother showing off all her bits!
His stomach growled, reminding him of the wonderful breakfast he had to leave behind. Damn it, and he was hungry too! Ah... well, maybe Kasumi made extra? He could only hope, anyway. He jumped along the roofs, not bothering the look at early morning risers walking up and down the street utterly naked.
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Kasumi smiled slightly, setting down plates for the upcoming breakfast. She still set Ranma's plate, even though the boy had been gone for most of the month. She... rather missed having the boy around, and knew she wasn't alone in that regard. Her dear sweet violent maniac of a sister was so glum of late, but just seeing the plate there lifted her spirit at being reminded of the Pigtailed boy. He may not be here physically, but he was in spirit; She was sure of that. Though... she did wish he visited more often, for Akane's sake if nothing else.
A flash of movement on her peripheral vision caught her attention; It was Ranma, jumping the outer-wall in a blue Chinese silk top and matching pants. There was a hopeful look in his eyes as he landed. Oh... oh my! Did he come to visit? She had just been thinking about him, what a coincidence. She set the plates down, moving to greet the boy. "Morning Ranma-kun!"
"Hey Kasumi..." he started cheerfully, before freezing in shock. Kasumi blinked, noticing the wide eyes and fearful shuddering as he looked her over from head to toe. When he blushed fiercely, she couldn't help but blush in response as she put two and two together. Ranma... the dear boy was inspecting the entirety of her body with those beautiful grey-blue eyes. My, she almost felt like he was stripping her mentally.
"... Ka... Kasumi..." he nearly squeaked out, backing away slowly. "... Uh... nice... birthmark... uh..." he winced, whipping around as he screamed in terror, leaping over the wall in a mad dash for freedom.
Kasumi blinked, looking down and frowning. Her midriff was covered, how the devil did he know about her birthmark? She always took great care in hiding that, the only way anyone could have seen it is if they spied on her in the bu... oh, oh my!
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"NUDIST!" Ranma screamed, taking shelter on another roof. "Kasumi... I can't... she never..." he stuttered in fear. It was more then that though, unlike his mother he hadn't been forced to... examine Kasumi, yet he did it anyway. There was a heat to his flesh, a tightness in his chest at seeing the elder Tendo girl in the buff. It confused him slightly, no not because he was aroused slightly, but because for all intents and purposes the girl was like a sister to him.
What the hell was going on? First his mother, now Kasumi? Was there some national Nudist holiday today? Were clothes some how out-lawed between last night and this morning?! What the hell was going on? He leaned over the side of the roof, grimacing at the sight of a street full of Nudists walking as if showing off their junk was as right as rain. "Guh!" he quickly covered his nose, feeling a tiny bit of blood trickling out at the sight of so much pliable flesh. His arousal took a bit of a hit with seeing the naked guys, but there were more then enough girls to make that little irritation irrelevant.
That law banning clothes was looking more and more plausible... and awesome.
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Akane huffed, crossing her arms as she walked to school. "I can't believe he ran away like that!"
"Eh..." Nabiki shrugged, "Wouldn't be the first time Kasumi scared a boy off."
"You say it as if it was her fault!" the dark haired girl snorted, "In case you didn't notice, she was so sad she was red in the face!"
Nabiki laughed lightly, "Yeah, sure. She was sad alright." she rolled her eyes as Akane nodded, completely missing her sarcasm.
"When I find him he better have a damn good excuse!" Akane hmphed, stomping up the sidewalk petulantly.
"Akane."
Nabiki and Akane both blinked, glancing around curiously for the source of the voice.
"Akane." they heard again, this time able to pinpoint the general location of the voice, as well as it's owner.
"Ranma?" Akane glanced up at a nearby roof, frowning.
Nabiki frowned, noticing the jock standing on the roof with his back turned towards them. There was something about his posture that screamed nervous apprehension, maybe even a little bit of fear.
"Yeah, it's me." he chuckled nervously, glancing over his shoulder before snapping his head back around. "Uh... nice nipple ring Nabiki."
How the devil did he know about her nipple piercing? She had taken to wearing a jacket lately so none of her family would find out about that, she had been extremely careful too! The last thing she wanted was to endure a disappointed talk from Kasumi about her naughty quirks. There was no way the jock could know... unless... "Really Saotome..." the middle Tendo girl drawled, "... spying on me in the buff?"
"WHAT?!" Akane screeched.
"I ain't spying on anybody!" Ranma snapped, turning around and pointing accusingly, "You two are the ones walking around like a buncha nudists!" it was only then he realized he had an eyeful of supple, curvy breasts and skin to visually devour, his face flushing bright red as a small drip of blood began to escape his nose.
"PERVERT!" he never even noticed the scooter flying thru the air, far too mesmerized by so much pliable Tendo flesh.
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Logan rubbed his eyes tiredly, practically dragging his feet as he followed Chuck through the airport. Really, some times he freaking hated Cerebro; The damn machine would start barking about mutations activating and Chuck would grab him for another recruitment run at anytime day or night. This time they had to go all the way to Japan, damn if he wasn't a mite bit irritated about that. "Let's jus get this done."
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Ranma scampered up the side of the school, nervously peeking through a window. The room was empty, good. While the last thing he wanted was to go to school with the entire Country in the midst of some Nudist movement, he'd be damned if he gave his mother a reason to accuse him of being unmanly. He opened the window, jumping in lightly and falling into his seat. He frowned for a moment, nodding slightly. Yeah, he could do this, he just had to keep his eyes closed and there wouldn't be a problem. Hey! Better yet, he could just keep his head down... that way he could sleep and ignore the nakedness!
He did just that.
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Ukyo raised an eyebrow at the sight of it. Ranma-chan, her dear Ranma-chan... was early to class? Would wonders never cease! Well, okay, it looked like he was sleeping. Probably just wanted to get a head start on his resting, but she highly doubted that would last once Hinako-sensei showed up. Still... he was here early, and while there were other students milling about Akane was not one of them. Now was the perfect time to chat up her fiancee!
"Hey Ran-chan!" The Chef chirruped, stepping up beside his desk.
"Uh..." the boy seemed so nervous! "... hey Uc-chan! Hows... uh... everything?"
Ukyo frowned thoughtfully, idly resting one hand on her hip. "Fine... is something wrong?"
"No!" he was quick to assert, "Nothing, absolutely nothing! Whatever choices people make when it comes to clothing is their right!"
The Chef blinked, "What the heck?"
"You... " he breathed hopefully, "... aren't one of them nudists, are you?"
Ukyo snorted, "No. I don't even want to know who you're talking about!"
"Thank god!" Ranma sighed tiredly, leaning up and looking at her. He froze, eyes widening as those self-same eyes raked her from head to toe. "Guh!"
She grinned, reaching out and touching his chin, "You're drooling a bit Ran-chan."
He shut his gaping jaw with an audible clack, slamming his head back down on his desk as he moaned, "Gah, not you too!"
"What are you talking..."
The door suddenly slammed open, Hinako-sensei strutting inside in full blown adult mode. She snarled over her shoulder, "Principal's son or not, if you ever try and steal my lollipop again I'll give you another case of crushed balls to go with your blue thunder!"
"I... fight... on!" came the girlish squeal before the sexy brunette slammed the door shut.
Ukyo snorted. She didn't know exactly what happened, but she could guess. Kuno being an idiot again, as always.
Hinako breathed in a huff, flipping her beautiful hair over her shoulder as she strutted to the desk. She glanced across the room as she did so, frowning when she caught sight of Ranma already with his head down. "Saotome."
"Hinako-sensei?" the boy almost whined, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.
"Sleeping at school isn't allowed, period!" Hinako snapped in irritation, "Head, off your desk, now!"
"Uh... no?" he meekly challenged.
Ukyo winced, "Ran-chan!" Fear erupting in her chest as the currently older woman pulled out a suspicious yen piece, "Get up! She's going to drain us all!"
Ranma sighed the sigh of the damned. "... Fine." he lifted his head, absently looking in her direction, but with his eyes clamped tightly shut.
Hinako frowned, idly tapping her yen piece. "Eyes open, Saotome!"
"Why me?" he moaned miserably, opening his eyes. He didn't freeze in shock this time, instead he started to practically froth at the mouth.
"Whoa! Ran-chan!" Ukyo leaned over, pressing one hand to his forehead, "Are you sick?! What's wrong!"
Guh! Guh! Hinako-sensei was beyond sexy, she... guh... he felt his blood boil at the sight of so much woman. He didn't even have to check to know little Ranma was already at attention. "I... I..." he was nearly hyper-ventilating at the sight of so much sexy awesomeness.
Hinako blinked, "I... I think he's going into shock!" she rushed over, putting a hand on his shoulder, the boy wincing from the touch. He practically jumped out of his chair, flipping back and landing with a crash. He quickly stood up, eyes wide in horrified awe as he stared at her. That was when she noticed it, the bulging tent in his pants. "... Oh my."
That was when the door opened, Akane stepping in with an irritated frown. She blinked, catching the heavy blush on Ukyo and the more demure blush on Hinako-sensei. She followed their gaze, wondering what the hell was going on, when she saw Ranma. That... that pervert!
The pigtailed boy didn't even see her coming, taking a kick straight to the crotch as she punted him into the stratosphere! "PERVERT!"
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Charles watched the scenery pass, idly formulating and reformulating potential plans for his meeting with the boy. Such a curious quandary he found himself in with this. Regardless or the abnormalities he discovered, he knew he was going to have to rush to the boy the moment he discovered his mutation was beyond his control. For all he knew he boy could be utterly blind as his X-ray vision let him see through anything and everything, or he could be perfectly fine if his mutation was currently on a low power point. That aside, he was rather nervous about what he had discovered in the boys memories. Non-mutants with powers easily on par, or superior to active mutants left his head spinning.
"Okay, what's the sitch?" Logan breathed tiredly, glancing at the man.
Xavier spared their Taxi driver a glance, before turning to the feral-like man. "Cerebro detected a new mutant..."
"Ya don't say?" Wolverine drawled sarcastically. "That never happens!"
Charles snorted, "If you're finished."
"Meh." The feral-like man snorted, crossing his arms. "So what do we got? Gravity powers? Ability to shoot thunder from their ass? Oh, heh, able to nullify mutant powers by touch?"
The Professor rolled his eyes. "No, none of that. His mutation is X-ray vision, but it's erratic and uncontrolled as things stand."
"X-ray vision?" Logan snorted, "Wow, what a waste of time."
"Hardly." the bald man admonished, "As I said, it's uncontrolled. Can you imagine the child attempting to cross the street, but because his mutation is hyper-active he fails to see the vehicles on the street?"
"I get it." he sighed, shaking his head. "Still, kinda a let down."
"Not every mutant we find is going to be recruitable, Logan." Xavier pointed out needlessly, "Anyway, that's only part of the reason we're here. Cerebro detected several abnormalities, and having investigated him myself... well, let's say this meeting should be enlightening."
Logan frowned, "Okay... what kind of abnormalities are you talking about?"
"Well..." The Professor shrugged, "... first would be the unknown energy source. Cerebro has never detected a mutant with it, so it couldn't classify it properly."
"Okay... energy... right." Logan repeated curiously.
"For example..." Xavier nodded towards their driver, "... when I look at some one mentally, most if not all mental signatures possess a radiance. Energy, if you will. Most humans you could equate to candles." he idly motioned toward his compatriot, "You, and most mutants I've ever seen, I'd say are as bright as a torch."
"And the kid?" The feral-like man frowned.
"A blazing star." Xavier added some poignancy to his tone, "And, going through his memories, I've seen a young man capable of great feats of strength and fortitude that are all helped along by this 'Ki' energy the boy believes he has."
Logan went stone still, eyebrows rising high, "... Did... did you say 'Ki'?"
Xavier blinked, "You've heard of it?"
"Rumors Chuck..." the feral-like man shuddered a bit, "... the kind of rumors that make me glad I ain't ever pissed off some one who could use it."
The Professor nodded, frowning slightly. "These rumors, do they make mention of increased speed, strength, fortitude as well as the ability to throw blasts, lightning fast punches, or even generate tornadoes?"
Logan blinked, "Uh... kinda. You aren't sayin this kid can do that stuff, are you?"
"His memories say he can." Xavier shrugged lightly, before a curious thought came to mind. "Have you ever heard of Jusenkyo."
"Classified information, bub." Logan bit out mechanically.
Xavier raised an eyebrow at that.
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Truth be told, Akane had done him a favor with that kick. Oh sure, Ranma conceded as he began his downward decent, it hurt like hell; Yet it was that pain that saved him. Getting kicked square in the nuts does wonders with killing off arousal, and while the pain was pretty much gone as he cratered into the ground, it still had done it's job. Yet, he was kinda irked at being called a pervert; She and everyone else were the perverts running around naked!
Ranma rubbed his face tiredly, kicking up and dusting himself off. He idly noticed several people glancing at him in shocked wonder, they too were naked. What kind of screwed up crap was that? Oh, he falls a few hundred feet and makes a crater; At least he doesn't run around in his damn birthday suit flashing everyone!
"Screw this." He decided finally, taking to the roof tops and bee-lining for home. He'll just call this day a washout and hit the sack, hopefully tomorrow this stupid Nudist trend would go away and everything would be right in the world.
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Nodoka opened the door, gazing at the feral-like man and his crippled compatriot curiously. "Yes? Can I help you?"
The crippled man smiled warmly, oh my he was cute. "Mrs. Saotome, I presume?"
"Yes, that's me." She frowned thoughtfully, a thought coming to mind. "... My dear husband didn't make another marriage arrangement with you, did he?"
The feral-like man blinked.
"Ah, no." the bald man smiled lightly at that. "I'm Charles Xavier, my friend here is Logan. We're here to explain certain matters to your son."
Nodoka hmmed thoughtfully. "Ranma-chan is at school currently."
"Ah." Xavier nodded, "Well, then could we speak to you? It's a private matter."
The dark red-head nodded, opening the door and letting the two men inside. Ever the dutiful host she rushed ahead, showing them to the sitting room before running into the kitchen. She prided herself on her manners, but her son's strange reaction this morning had sort of thrown off her schedule; It actually took a whole four minutes to return with tea, quite the scandalous amount of time surely.
"Ah, thank you." Xavier made a point of smelling the warm drink, savoring it's scent.
Logan just gulped it all down.
"Ah... that was hot..." Nodoka looked at the man in concerned.
"I know." he grumbled.
"Yes..." Xavier sipped his drink, before continuing, "... Tell me Mrs. Saotome, have you noticed anything odd about your son lately?"
Nodoka raised an eyebrow, one particularly annoying fact about her son coming to mind. "Well, he hasn't given me any manly grand-babies yet."
Xavier sweated. "Ah..." Wow, that was weird. "... aside from that?"
She tapped her chin thoughtfully, frowning oh so cutely. "Hmmm... he was acting rather strange this morning."
"How strange?" Logan couldn't help but ask.
"He kept insisting I should put on clothes." she huffed that bit out, "As if I would stroll around naked."
"Ha!" the feral-like man laughed, glancing at the Professor, "And you were worried!"
Xavier just stared; "If he could see through her clothes, he could see through everyone's; Even the men."
Logan lost that amused look right quick at that.
Nodoka blinked, reflexively covering herself. "What?"
"Your son has recently awakened an ability that allows him to see through things..." Xavier slowly explained, "... clothes, for example."
She blushed demurely, "Uh... wait... then you mean he could actually see..." she frowned slightly, "... I told him I won't tolerate him being manly with me!"
Logan wished he had a toothpick, so he could drop it in stunned shock.
"Uh..." Wow, just wow. Was this woman being serious?! Xavier really wondered if this was a good idea. "... he... isn't trying to be, eerm, 'manly' as you put it. He lacks the necessary skill to control this ability at the moment." Could this conversation possibly get any weirder?
"That's good to hear." Nodoka smiled brightly then, before a curiously playful look rose to the surface. "Oh my... this means... he just might be out ogling the girls! WAH!" she cheered, "Grand-babies!"
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Ranma jumped over the wall, landing lightly and calling out, "Hey mom I'm..." he froze, eyes wide at the sight of his most assuredly naked mother dancing around two just as naked visitors while screaming about grand-babies. He slapped one hand over his face, covering his eyes, "DAMN IT! Put some clothes on!"
"Ranma-chan!" his mother squealed as she lunged and grabbed him in a tight hug, "Grand-babies! Tell me you've been out making grand-babies?!'
He suddenly felt a rather alien calm spread across his mind, and then he realized the truth. This was it, the final step down the latter of insanity. By this time tomorrow he'd be running around naked like everyone else, too crazy to give a damn and flashing his junk to the world!
"You can open your eyes now, Ranma." an unfamiliar, if calm voice said, "We're dressed."
He opened one eye hesitantly, looking back and forth curiously. The visitors were clothed, the first honest to god clothed people he had seen all day! He looked down at his mother, smiling in absolute joy at her completely covered body! "YES!" He screamed, twirling his mother as she happily cheered in delight.
"Grand-babies! My son was out making grand-babies!" she chirruped in bliss.
Logan spared Xavier a glance. "So... yeah..."
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Ranma blinked, frowning thoughtfully as he digested what he had just been told. "So... let me get this straight; I got some funky power that let's me see through peoples clothes, only I can't control it yet. The reason I'm seeing you all with clothes is because baldy here..." he pointed to said bald person, "... is currently controlling it for me."
"That's right." Logan grunted.
"Ranma-chan!" Nodoka hugged her manly son, "Tell me who! Tell me who you were manly with!"
The pigtailed boy blinked, blushing slightly. "Uh... well I ran into Kasumi first, then everyone on Nanami street, then Akane and Nabiki, and... uh, well Uc-chan and Hinako-sensei." he frowned thoughtfully, "Then all those girls in the park..." he wasn't going to say he saw a single man naked, that was definitely unmanly, "... but that was just a quick thing. Land and leave, y'know?"
Her eyes grew progressively wider with each name, she damn near swooned when he mentioned an entire street of people, before grinning the wild grin of a grand-baby obsessed loon. She chirruped with a happy sigh, "So many grand-babies."
Xavier sweated. Of course he knew the child hadn't don't anything like the woman was thinking, but could get over the shock that the woman believed her son had taken part in massive orgies all morning long. He was tempted to call her crazy, but he was the guest here, and that would be rather rude.
Ranma ignored the woman, apparently quite use to her bit of crazy. "Anyway, you guys came here to make sure I was alright, and then..." he tapered off pointedly.
"Yes, well." Xavier turned serious, "We'd like to offer you the training you'll need to master this new ability."
"What's the catch?" he immediately threw back suspiciously.
"The catch..." the bald man shrugged, "... unfortunately the training will take time, and I'm afraid I can't stay in Japan indefinitely. You will need to come with me to America, at least until you learn to control this ability on your own."
Ranma frowned at that. America? Why the hell would he ever want to go there? Oh sure, he could learn the trick to his funky eye power, but otherwise weren't American's weird?
Nodoka grinned then, glancing at the bald man before turning to her son. "I think it's a wonderful idea, dear."
The pigtailed boy blinked, "What?"
"Well." his mother said with a smile, "You've already been manly here, quite a bit more then I expected. It would do your mother proud to spread your manliness to as many potential brides as possible!"
Logan pondered the clinically insane, and whether or not Nodoka was one of them.
"Eh..." Ranma shrugged. Okay, so his mother wanted him to go be manly. Whatever, it got him a new trick, even if it wasn't quite as awesome as say throwing lightning bolts, or nullifying powers. "... okay, sure."
Xavier blinked, turning his gaze from the Grand baby obsessed woman "Okay..."
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TBC(Maybe)
AN: I receive a lot of hate mail, or read a lot of reviews from people complaining about 'Oh, he's a mutant with an awesome ability! So cliche' and even 'Course he can nullify, Rogue match up here we come.' and yada yada yada. Anyway, I was reading a piece of rather terrible fiction when the thought hit me and I just had to put this down.
Don't really have any immediate plans to continue it, but here's a Ranma/X-men Evo cross with a Ranma who doesn't have uber mutant powers of doom, and has no ability to nullify mutant powers, and thus no ability to bang the goth!
Yay! Right?
C&C and all that.
Written By: Matdeception
Rough Draft Begun: 8/12/11
Rough Draft Ended: 8/12/11
Revision Begun
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Disclaimer
Notes:
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Prologue: Rise and Shi... AHHHH!
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It began as an incessant beep, both in the realm of the mental and physical reality. Xavier frowned, setting his pen down as a small section of the nearby bookshelf shifted inward, sliding up and revealing a silvery helmet with two thick cables running from it's top to the wall, where a green monitor flashed 'Abnormality Detected.' warningly. He sighed, pushing back from his desk and wheeling to the screen. He picked up the silver helmet, settling over his bald head as he became to commune with Cerebro.
Warnings flashed across his mind; Mutant Detected(Unclassified Abnormality); Nerima Perfecture, Toyko; Sex: Male, Age: 17, Name: Ranma Saotome...
Xavier mentally pushed the majority of that information aside, bringing up the details on the boys mutation. He frowned thoughtfully at that. 'X-ray vision? Thats it?' well this would be a quick cataloged mutant, no need rush over there in case his powers raged out of control. What the devil did Cerebro mean by Abnormality though? He sighed, knowing there was really only one way to find out...
He mentally projected his mental essence from his body...
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Ranma jerked slightly, eyes fluttering open as he blearily stared at an unfamiliar roof. It took him a few seconds to realize just where he was; His true home, the rebuilt Saotome compound. He almost grimaced at being reminded just why he was here, but maybe his mother did have a point. Staying at the Tendo's did give Akane some kind of unfair advantage, not that he understood what the advantage was, that uncute tomboy was so... uncute.
He pushed off his comforter, flipping up to his feet as he stretched mightily. Rubbing his eyes, he shook off the slight headache he felt. Man, his dreams last night were weird. Weird cause they weren't dreams really, but like memories... he remembered various fights as if they were happening right then right there. Ryoga and his Shi Shi Houkoadon, his follow up fight with the Mouko Takabisha, heck he ever remembered fighting Herb and Saffron, two overpowered psychos he was quite happy forgetting they ever existed. He shook the train of thought off, heading for the bathroom.
A quick wash and a fresh set of silk linens and he was hopping down the stairs with a noticeable bounce in his step. He could smell the freshly cooked breakfast, practically salivating at the mere thought of gorging on so much foodstuff his mother habitually prepared for him. His mom could be a bit... smothering with her tender loving care, but after losing out on the woman damn near the entirety of his life he really couldn't bring himself to care. He rounded the corner, chirruping "Morning!" before he froze in shock.
Nodoka looked up from the table, smiling brightly at him as she patted the seat next to her. "Morning Ranma!" But that wasn't what caused him to freeze. The fact she was sitting there completely and utterly naked was the problem!
Ranma stared for a half second before whipping around, blushing brightly. "MOM!" he yelled nervously, "Put some clothes on!"
The Saotome Matriarch blinked, looking done at her expertly pressed kimono. "But... I am dressed, dear."
He risked a glance back, blushing brightly before snapping back around. "Come on mom, you're completely naked!"
Nodoka frowned thoughtfully, "Dear... while I appreciate your manly ways, I... must insist you not be manly with me."
"What the heck?" Ranma blinked, rounding on the woman. "Why would I... ARRGH!" he screamed, twisted around and covering his eyes. "Please! Clothes, put em on!"
The older woman frowned, standing up and walking up to her son. She grabbed his shoulder, forcibly turning her to him. A slight frown marred her features at him covering his eyes. "Ranma, I'm not undressed. Open your eyes and see for yourself."
"Nothing doing." he said nervously, "It's okay mom, y'know, being a nudist and everything... just..."
"Dear!" she grabbed his hands, forcibly pulling them away. "I am not a nudist!"
Ranma gulped, slowly, every so slowly glancing down to his mothers impressive bosom. Every split second he felt his hackles rise as his gaze went further and further south, passing her abdominal before catching sight of her furry red bush. He did the only thing he could think of in that moment; He screamed!
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Ranma landed on a nearby roof, clutching his chest as a sheen of sweat glistened on his brow. Dear lord what the hell was his mother doing flashing him like that? How the hell did this fit into her definition of manly?! Maybe he should just move back in with the Tendos, it would be better then dealing with his nudist mother showing off all her bits!
His stomach growled, reminding him of the wonderful breakfast he had to leave behind. Damn it, and he was hungry too! Ah... well, maybe Kasumi made extra? He could only hope, anyway. He jumped along the roofs, not bothering the look at early morning risers walking up and down the street utterly naked.
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Kasumi smiled slightly, setting down plates for the upcoming breakfast. She still set Ranma's plate, even though the boy had been gone for most of the month. She... rather missed having the boy around, and knew she wasn't alone in that regard. Her dear sweet violent maniac of a sister was so glum of late, but just seeing the plate there lifted her spirit at being reminded of the Pigtailed boy. He may not be here physically, but he was in spirit; She was sure of that. Though... she did wish he visited more often, for Akane's sake if nothing else.
A flash of movement on her peripheral vision caught her attention; It was Ranma, jumping the outer-wall in a blue Chinese silk top and matching pants. There was a hopeful look in his eyes as he landed. Oh... oh my! Did he come to visit? She had just been thinking about him, what a coincidence. She set the plates down, moving to greet the boy. "Morning Ranma-kun!"
"Hey Kasumi..." he started cheerfully, before freezing in shock. Kasumi blinked, noticing the wide eyes and fearful shuddering as he looked her over from head to toe. When he blushed fiercely, she couldn't help but blush in response as she put two and two together. Ranma... the dear boy was inspecting the entirety of her body with those beautiful grey-blue eyes. My, she almost felt like he was stripping her mentally.
"... Ka... Kasumi..." he nearly squeaked out, backing away slowly. "... Uh... nice... birthmark... uh..." he winced, whipping around as he screamed in terror, leaping over the wall in a mad dash for freedom.
Kasumi blinked, looking down and frowning. Her midriff was covered, how the devil did he know about her birthmark? She always took great care in hiding that, the only way anyone could have seen it is if they spied on her in the bu... oh, oh my!
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"NUDIST!" Ranma screamed, taking shelter on another roof. "Kasumi... I can't... she never..." he stuttered in fear. It was more then that though, unlike his mother he hadn't been forced to... examine Kasumi, yet he did it anyway. There was a heat to his flesh, a tightness in his chest at seeing the elder Tendo girl in the buff. It confused him slightly, no not because he was aroused slightly, but because for all intents and purposes the girl was like a sister to him.
What the hell was going on? First his mother, now Kasumi? Was there some national Nudist holiday today? Were clothes some how out-lawed between last night and this morning?! What the hell was going on? He leaned over the side of the roof, grimacing at the sight of a street full of Nudists walking as if showing off their junk was as right as rain. "Guh!" he quickly covered his nose, feeling a tiny bit of blood trickling out at the sight of so much pliable flesh. His arousal took a bit of a hit with seeing the naked guys, but there were more then enough girls to make that little irritation irrelevant.
That law banning clothes was looking more and more plausible... and awesome.
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Akane huffed, crossing her arms as she walked to school. "I can't believe he ran away like that!"
"Eh..." Nabiki shrugged, "Wouldn't be the first time Kasumi scared a boy off."
"You say it as if it was her fault!" the dark haired girl snorted, "In case you didn't notice, she was so sad she was red in the face!"
Nabiki laughed lightly, "Yeah, sure. She was sad alright." she rolled her eyes as Akane nodded, completely missing her sarcasm.
"When I find him he better have a damn good excuse!" Akane hmphed, stomping up the sidewalk petulantly.
"Akane."
Nabiki and Akane both blinked, glancing around curiously for the source of the voice.
"Akane." they heard again, this time able to pinpoint the general location of the voice, as well as it's owner.
"Ranma?" Akane glanced up at a nearby roof, frowning.
Nabiki frowned, noticing the jock standing on the roof with his back turned towards them. There was something about his posture that screamed nervous apprehension, maybe even a little bit of fear.
"Yeah, it's me." he chuckled nervously, glancing over his shoulder before snapping his head back around. "Uh... nice nipple ring Nabiki."
How the devil did he know about her nipple piercing? She had taken to wearing a jacket lately so none of her family would find out about that, she had been extremely careful too! The last thing she wanted was to endure a disappointed talk from Kasumi about her naughty quirks. There was no way the jock could know... unless... "Really Saotome..." the middle Tendo girl drawled, "... spying on me in the buff?"
"WHAT?!" Akane screeched.
"I ain't spying on anybody!" Ranma snapped, turning around and pointing accusingly, "You two are the ones walking around like a buncha nudists!" it was only then he realized he had an eyeful of supple, curvy breasts and skin to visually devour, his face flushing bright red as a small drip of blood began to escape his nose.
"PERVERT!" he never even noticed the scooter flying thru the air, far too mesmerized by so much pliable Tendo flesh.
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Logan rubbed his eyes tiredly, practically dragging his feet as he followed Chuck through the airport. Really, some times he freaking hated Cerebro; The damn machine would start barking about mutations activating and Chuck would grab him for another recruitment run at anytime day or night. This time they had to go all the way to Japan, damn if he wasn't a mite bit irritated about that. "Let's jus get this done."
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Ranma scampered up the side of the school, nervously peeking through a window. The room was empty, good. While the last thing he wanted was to go to school with the entire Country in the midst of some Nudist movement, he'd be damned if he gave his mother a reason to accuse him of being unmanly. He opened the window, jumping in lightly and falling into his seat. He frowned for a moment, nodding slightly. Yeah, he could do this, he just had to keep his eyes closed and there wouldn't be a problem. Hey! Better yet, he could just keep his head down... that way he could sleep and ignore the nakedness!
He did just that.
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Ukyo raised an eyebrow at the sight of it. Ranma-chan, her dear Ranma-chan... was early to class? Would wonders never cease! Well, okay, it looked like he was sleeping. Probably just wanted to get a head start on his resting, but she highly doubted that would last once Hinako-sensei showed up. Still... he was here early, and while there were other students milling about Akane was not one of them. Now was the perfect time to chat up her fiancee!
"Hey Ran-chan!" The Chef chirruped, stepping up beside his desk.
"Uh..." the boy seemed so nervous! "... hey Uc-chan! Hows... uh... everything?"
Ukyo frowned thoughtfully, idly resting one hand on her hip. "Fine... is something wrong?"
"No!" he was quick to assert, "Nothing, absolutely nothing! Whatever choices people make when it comes to clothing is their right!"
The Chef blinked, "What the heck?"
"You... " he breathed hopefully, "... aren't one of them nudists, are you?"
Ukyo snorted, "No. I don't even want to know who you're talking about!"
"Thank god!" Ranma sighed tiredly, leaning up and looking at her. He froze, eyes widening as those self-same eyes raked her from head to toe. "Guh!"
She grinned, reaching out and touching his chin, "You're drooling a bit Ran-chan."
He shut his gaping jaw with an audible clack, slamming his head back down on his desk as he moaned, "Gah, not you too!"
"What are you talking..."
The door suddenly slammed open, Hinako-sensei strutting inside in full blown adult mode. She snarled over her shoulder, "Principal's son or not, if you ever try and steal my lollipop again I'll give you another case of crushed balls to go with your blue thunder!"
"I... fight... on!" came the girlish squeal before the sexy brunette slammed the door shut.
Ukyo snorted. She didn't know exactly what happened, but she could guess. Kuno being an idiot again, as always.
Hinako breathed in a huff, flipping her beautiful hair over her shoulder as she strutted to the desk. She glanced across the room as she did so, frowning when she caught sight of Ranma already with his head down. "Saotome."
"Hinako-sensei?" the boy almost whined, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.
"Sleeping at school isn't allowed, period!" Hinako snapped in irritation, "Head, off your desk, now!"
"Uh... no?" he meekly challenged.
Ukyo winced, "Ran-chan!" Fear erupting in her chest as the currently older woman pulled out a suspicious yen piece, "Get up! She's going to drain us all!"
Ranma sighed the sigh of the damned. "... Fine." he lifted his head, absently looking in her direction, but with his eyes clamped tightly shut.
Hinako frowned, idly tapping her yen piece. "Eyes open, Saotome!"
"Why me?" he moaned miserably, opening his eyes. He didn't freeze in shock this time, instead he started to practically froth at the mouth.
"Whoa! Ran-chan!" Ukyo leaned over, pressing one hand to his forehead, "Are you sick?! What's wrong!"
Guh! Guh! Hinako-sensei was beyond sexy, she... guh... he felt his blood boil at the sight of so much woman. He didn't even have to check to know little Ranma was already at attention. "I... I..." he was nearly hyper-ventilating at the sight of so much sexy awesomeness.
Hinako blinked, "I... I think he's going into shock!" she rushed over, putting a hand on his shoulder, the boy wincing from the touch. He practically jumped out of his chair, flipping back and landing with a crash. He quickly stood up, eyes wide in horrified awe as he stared at her. That was when she noticed it, the bulging tent in his pants. "... Oh my."
That was when the door opened, Akane stepping in with an irritated frown. She blinked, catching the heavy blush on Ukyo and the more demure blush on Hinako-sensei. She followed their gaze, wondering what the hell was going on, when she saw Ranma. That... that pervert!
The pigtailed boy didn't even see her coming, taking a kick straight to the crotch as she punted him into the stratosphere! "PERVERT!"
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Charles watched the scenery pass, idly formulating and reformulating potential plans for his meeting with the boy. Such a curious quandary he found himself in with this. Regardless or the abnormalities he discovered, he knew he was going to have to rush to the boy the moment he discovered his mutation was beyond his control. For all he knew he boy could be utterly blind as his X-ray vision let him see through anything and everything, or he could be perfectly fine if his mutation was currently on a low power point. That aside, he was rather nervous about what he had discovered in the boys memories. Non-mutants with powers easily on par, or superior to active mutants left his head spinning.
"Okay, what's the sitch?" Logan breathed tiredly, glancing at the man.
Xavier spared their Taxi driver a glance, before turning to the feral-like man. "Cerebro detected a new mutant..."
"Ya don't say?" Wolverine drawled sarcastically. "That never happens!"
Charles snorted, "If you're finished."
"Meh." The feral-like man snorted, crossing his arms. "So what do we got? Gravity powers? Ability to shoot thunder from their ass? Oh, heh, able to nullify mutant powers by touch?"
The Professor rolled his eyes. "No, none of that. His mutation is X-ray vision, but it's erratic and uncontrolled as things stand."
"X-ray vision?" Logan snorted, "Wow, what a waste of time."
"Hardly." the bald man admonished, "As I said, it's uncontrolled. Can you imagine the child attempting to cross the street, but because his mutation is hyper-active he fails to see the vehicles on the street?"
"I get it." he sighed, shaking his head. "Still, kinda a let down."
"Not every mutant we find is going to be recruitable, Logan." Xavier pointed out needlessly, "Anyway, that's only part of the reason we're here. Cerebro detected several abnormalities, and having investigated him myself... well, let's say this meeting should be enlightening."
Logan frowned, "Okay... what kind of abnormalities are you talking about?"
"Well..." The Professor shrugged, "... first would be the unknown energy source. Cerebro has never detected a mutant with it, so it couldn't classify it properly."
"Okay... energy... right." Logan repeated curiously.
"For example..." Xavier nodded towards their driver, "... when I look at some one mentally, most if not all mental signatures possess a radiance. Energy, if you will. Most humans you could equate to candles." he idly motioned toward his compatriot, "You, and most mutants I've ever seen, I'd say are as bright as a torch."
"And the kid?" The feral-like man frowned.
"A blazing star." Xavier added some poignancy to his tone, "And, going through his memories, I've seen a young man capable of great feats of strength and fortitude that are all helped along by this 'Ki' energy the boy believes he has."
Logan went stone still, eyebrows rising high, "... Did... did you say 'Ki'?"
Xavier blinked, "You've heard of it?"
"Rumors Chuck..." the feral-like man shuddered a bit, "... the kind of rumors that make me glad I ain't ever pissed off some one who could use it."
The Professor nodded, frowning slightly. "These rumors, do they make mention of increased speed, strength, fortitude as well as the ability to throw blasts, lightning fast punches, or even generate tornadoes?"
Logan blinked, "Uh... kinda. You aren't sayin this kid can do that stuff, are you?"
"His memories say he can." Xavier shrugged lightly, before a curious thought came to mind. "Have you ever heard of Jusenkyo."
"Classified information, bub." Logan bit out mechanically.
Xavier raised an eyebrow at that.
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Truth be told, Akane had done him a favor with that kick. Oh sure, Ranma conceded as he began his downward decent, it hurt like hell; Yet it was that pain that saved him. Getting kicked square in the nuts does wonders with killing off arousal, and while the pain was pretty much gone as he cratered into the ground, it still had done it's job. Yet, he was kinda irked at being called a pervert; She and everyone else were the perverts running around naked!
Ranma rubbed his face tiredly, kicking up and dusting himself off. He idly noticed several people glancing at him in shocked wonder, they too were naked. What kind of screwed up crap was that? Oh, he falls a few hundred feet and makes a crater; At least he doesn't run around in his damn birthday suit flashing everyone!
"Screw this." He decided finally, taking to the roof tops and bee-lining for home. He'll just call this day a washout and hit the sack, hopefully tomorrow this stupid Nudist trend would go away and everything would be right in the world.
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Nodoka opened the door, gazing at the feral-like man and his crippled compatriot curiously. "Yes? Can I help you?"
The crippled man smiled warmly, oh my he was cute. "Mrs. Saotome, I presume?"
"Yes, that's me." She frowned thoughtfully, a thought coming to mind. "... My dear husband didn't make another marriage arrangement with you, did he?"
The feral-like man blinked.
"Ah, no." the bald man smiled lightly at that. "I'm Charles Xavier, my friend here is Logan. We're here to explain certain matters to your son."
Nodoka hmmed thoughtfully. "Ranma-chan is at school currently."
"Ah." Xavier nodded, "Well, then could we speak to you? It's a private matter."
The dark red-head nodded, opening the door and letting the two men inside. Ever the dutiful host she rushed ahead, showing them to the sitting room before running into the kitchen. She prided herself on her manners, but her son's strange reaction this morning had sort of thrown off her schedule; It actually took a whole four minutes to return with tea, quite the scandalous amount of time surely.
"Ah, thank you." Xavier made a point of smelling the warm drink, savoring it's scent.
Logan just gulped it all down.
"Ah... that was hot..." Nodoka looked at the man in concerned.
"I know." he grumbled.
"Yes..." Xavier sipped his drink, before continuing, "... Tell me Mrs. Saotome, have you noticed anything odd about your son lately?"
Nodoka raised an eyebrow, one particularly annoying fact about her son coming to mind. "Well, he hasn't given me any manly grand-babies yet."
Xavier sweated. "Ah..." Wow, that was weird. "... aside from that?"
She tapped her chin thoughtfully, frowning oh so cutely. "Hmmm... he was acting rather strange this morning."
"How strange?" Logan couldn't help but ask.
"He kept insisting I should put on clothes." she huffed that bit out, "As if I would stroll around naked."
"Ha!" the feral-like man laughed, glancing at the Professor, "And you were worried!"
Xavier just stared; "If he could see through her clothes, he could see through everyone's; Even the men."
Logan lost that amused look right quick at that.
Nodoka blinked, reflexively covering herself. "What?"
"Your son has recently awakened an ability that allows him to see through things..." Xavier slowly explained, "... clothes, for example."
She blushed demurely, "Uh... wait... then you mean he could actually see..." she frowned slightly, "... I told him I won't tolerate him being manly with me!"
Logan wished he had a toothpick, so he could drop it in stunned shock.
"Uh..." Wow, just wow. Was this woman being serious?! Xavier really wondered if this was a good idea. "... he... isn't trying to be, eerm, 'manly' as you put it. He lacks the necessary skill to control this ability at the moment." Could this conversation possibly get any weirder?
"That's good to hear." Nodoka smiled brightly then, before a curiously playful look rose to the surface. "Oh my... this means... he just might be out ogling the girls! WAH!" she cheered, "Grand-babies!"
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Ranma jumped over the wall, landing lightly and calling out, "Hey mom I'm..." he froze, eyes wide at the sight of his most assuredly naked mother dancing around two just as naked visitors while screaming about grand-babies. He slapped one hand over his face, covering his eyes, "DAMN IT! Put some clothes on!"
"Ranma-chan!" his mother squealed as she lunged and grabbed him in a tight hug, "Grand-babies! Tell me you've been out making grand-babies?!'
He suddenly felt a rather alien calm spread across his mind, and then he realized the truth. This was it, the final step down the latter of insanity. By this time tomorrow he'd be running around naked like everyone else, too crazy to give a damn and flashing his junk to the world!
"You can open your eyes now, Ranma." an unfamiliar, if calm voice said, "We're dressed."
He opened one eye hesitantly, looking back and forth curiously. The visitors were clothed, the first honest to god clothed people he had seen all day! He looked down at his mother, smiling in absolute joy at her completely covered body! "YES!" He screamed, twirling his mother as she happily cheered in delight.
"Grand-babies! My son was out making grand-babies!" she chirruped in bliss.
Logan spared Xavier a glance. "So... yeah..."
-0-0-0-
Ranma blinked, frowning thoughtfully as he digested what he had just been told. "So... let me get this straight; I got some funky power that let's me see through peoples clothes, only I can't control it yet. The reason I'm seeing you all with clothes is because baldy here..." he pointed to said bald person, "... is currently controlling it for me."
"That's right." Logan grunted.
"Ranma-chan!" Nodoka hugged her manly son, "Tell me who! Tell me who you were manly with!"
The pigtailed boy blinked, blushing slightly. "Uh... well I ran into Kasumi first, then everyone on Nanami street, then Akane and Nabiki, and... uh, well Uc-chan and Hinako-sensei." he frowned thoughtfully, "Then all those girls in the park..." he wasn't going to say he saw a single man naked, that was definitely unmanly, "... but that was just a quick thing. Land and leave, y'know?"
Her eyes grew progressively wider with each name, she damn near swooned when he mentioned an entire street of people, before grinning the wild grin of a grand-baby obsessed loon. She chirruped with a happy sigh, "So many grand-babies."
Xavier sweated. Of course he knew the child hadn't don't anything like the woman was thinking, but could get over the shock that the woman believed her son had taken part in massive orgies all morning long. He was tempted to call her crazy, but he was the guest here, and that would be rather rude.
Ranma ignored the woman, apparently quite use to her bit of crazy. "Anyway, you guys came here to make sure I was alright, and then..." he tapered off pointedly.
"Yes, well." Xavier turned serious, "We'd like to offer you the training you'll need to master this new ability."
"What's the catch?" he immediately threw back suspiciously.
"The catch..." the bald man shrugged, "... unfortunately the training will take time, and I'm afraid I can't stay in Japan indefinitely. You will need to come with me to America, at least until you learn to control this ability on your own."
Ranma frowned at that. America? Why the hell would he ever want to go there? Oh sure, he could learn the trick to his funky eye power, but otherwise weren't American's weird?
Nodoka grinned then, glancing at the bald man before turning to her son. "I think it's a wonderful idea, dear."
The pigtailed boy blinked, "What?"
"Well." his mother said with a smile, "You've already been manly here, quite a bit more then I expected. It would do your mother proud to spread your manliness to as many potential brides as possible!"
Logan pondered the clinically insane, and whether or not Nodoka was one of them.
"Eh..." Ranma shrugged. Okay, so his mother wanted him to go be manly. Whatever, it got him a new trick, even if it wasn't quite as awesome as say throwing lightning bolts, or nullifying powers. "... okay, sure."
Xavier blinked, turning his gaze from the Grand baby obsessed woman "Okay..."
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TBC(Maybe)
AN: I receive a lot of hate mail, or read a lot of reviews from people complaining about 'Oh, he's a mutant with an awesome ability! So cliche' and even 'Course he can nullify, Rogue match up here we come.' and yada yada yada. Anyway, I was reading a piece of rather terrible fiction when the thought hit me and I just had to put this down.
Don't really have any immediate plans to continue it, but here's a Ranma/X-men Evo cross with a Ranma who doesn't have uber mutant powers of doom, and has no ability to nullify mutant powers, and thus no ability to bang the goth!
Yay! Right?
C&C and all that.
