This occured to me after reading yet another Ranma Sailor Moon crossover where Ranma is taken in by the senshi and instantly becomes their friend and ally, due to Usagi talking to him and convincing him to help.
Basically... I'm curious what stories out there exist where Ranma stays away from the senshi specifically *because* he is distrusting of the overly firendly and optimist attitude specifically Usagi and to a lesser extent the other senshi have.
My own views of Senshi morality and motives and what not aside, I am seeing a trend in crossover fan fiction where a senshi comes across him and then the random senshi goes something like: 'oh, let him talk to Usagi, that is the best thing for him, then he will help and we will make his issues better.'
I wanted to see if any took the opposite track.
Understand, I am not looking for ones where the Senshi and Ranma are against each other. But where they do not side with each other specifically because of Usagi's ways.
Examples that might be counted as applying (so don't give them) would include:
- 'A Certain Distance'-'A Closer Distance' by Rob Kelk.
- 'The Return' by Josh Temple, would also apply, since Ranma has maintained his distance through most of it, and then started seeing her, but still broke up with her early on into it.
- 'Earth Princess' by Cloud-Dreamer, another one where he stays awy, not truly so much due to her personality, but her actions.
One that would be borderline might be:
- 'Dreams Left Unopened' by Yasuhei, where he is asked and tries to convince her how wrong she is before it is too late.
Examples of runner ups, but ones that do not apply, would be stories like:
- 'Chaotic Rebirth' by Trugeta, in which Ranma is not distrustful of any offer of Usagi's, but is distrustful due to murder attempts by all.
- 'Mirrors Reflected' by Metroanime, where he leaves Makoto, not because he could not trust them in the beginning, but in the end because they would not trust in him.
Cross posted on Temple of Ranma's Seifuku (fukufics) and The Fanfiction Forum (TFF).