Ranma ½ Pigtailed Time Loops
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Technically, Ranma cannot not be Awake during loops, because he is the anchor of his universe. Or at least it is the mainstream accepted opinion. :huh.:
Anyway, here's another entry from me.
At first I tough about putting it into the HP forum but since Harry doesn't appear and it is from Ranma point of view...
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Hogwarts loop. Joy.
Well, truthfully, he didn't really had room to complain. He had been complaining about the loops taking place into his home universe being mind numbing boring lately.
The other simply didn't knew how good they had it. Whereas they had massive evil plot to fuck over, archvillain to battle in increasingly more epic battle and otherwise a plethora of possibilities to explore, his own home universe was disturbingly limited.
His loops were exactly one year and an half long, making them some of the shortest in the whole multiverse. There were no mastermind to mock (like Gendo), no supervillain megalomaniac to kick into next week (like Madara) and he long since explore and actually map out the possible interaction between him and his acquaintance.
The fact that the only peoples who Awaken with any regularity were the Kuno, Nabiki and Kasumi (and even with them it was pretty hit'n miss) didn't help matter any.
Hell, he'd been so bored that he had actually taken the time to study and come up with a formula that allow him to predict the ocurence of the fused loops semi-accurately.
Bored, bored, BORED.
Which was why he always like the fused loops. Because being in a fused loop mean action, it mean epicness (usually), it mean novelty and most importantly it mean that he was going to be able to show off his latest skills to the other and rub into their face the fact that none of them had yet manage to beat in single combat (not that they had manage to beat him with less then 4 attacker at once either for that matter).
So no, Ranma was actually pretty happy to be in a fused loop. The problem was that Hogwarts loops were only seven years to fourteens years long (very rare since it only happened if the fused character entered Hogwarts as a first year during Harry's seventh) and he had been hoping for a Fused Narutoverse loop for some time.
Sighing, the eleven year old ponytailed boy began to do his mental checklist, making sure that everything that made up his being had followed him fully.
His Zanpakuto, Gleaming Darkness, was currently in rest mode in a corner of his soul. He'll have to wake it up later. His ki was intact and his reishi was at its usual level as well which mean that he should be able to access its mix, chakra, without too much problem.
His connection to the Slayer type spells were okay ? That only happened when Lina was the area in order to act as a relay point with the Lord of Nightmare. The connection was strangely strong tough...did Lina got some sort of upgrade ?
The Force was unavailable. But then again, he long since devised way to use the world's Dragonline in its place. It was less powerful, but far easier to access and control.
The young martial artist was drag away from his musing by the sharp whistle of the train. Time to embark it seem.
Carrying his trunk with ease, he made his way toward the very last compartment of the train. It had been designed, long ago, as the rendez-vous point for the Awakened during fused loop.
He was opening the door a greeting on the tip of his tongue when the universe suddenly narrowed down to two peoples and words failed him.
They were identical, the same red hair, the same small childish built that he knew they wouldn't grew out of, ever, same clothes, same everything. Perfect twin with two exceptions, their expression and eyes.
"Hey..." deadpan expression, sullen look, tiredness literally pouring out of her in waves. Usually lively red eyes but currently dull with fatigue.
"HeyaRanmaImgladtofinallymeetyouIheardaboutyoufromLineIhopewecan befriendsaydoyoulikehowIlook" hyperness on par with Azuza, firing words at a speed that made his punches look sluggish. Golden eyes, shinning bright enough to make the sun look dim.
Ranma's stomach sank.
In front of him were standing not one, but two Lina Inverse.
I am so fucked...
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Sigh...it didn't came out the way I wanted it to. Too long winded and flat.
Gah...
Well anyway, the second Lina is actually suppose to be the Lord of Nightmare in human form and on vacation.
Yes, the Potterverse is utterly fucked. :snigger:
On another note, does anybody here understand moonspeak ? I'm personally going to name Ranma's Zanpakuto "Gleaming Darkness" but I have absolutely no idea how to translate it in Japanese (release command is "devour").
Anyway, here's another entry from me.
At first I tough about putting it into the HP forum but since Harry doesn't appear and it is from Ranma point of view...
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Hogwarts loop. Joy.
Well, truthfully, he didn't really had room to complain. He had been complaining about the loops taking place into his home universe being mind numbing boring lately.
The other simply didn't knew how good they had it. Whereas they had massive evil plot to fuck over, archvillain to battle in increasingly more epic battle and otherwise a plethora of possibilities to explore, his own home universe was disturbingly limited.
His loops were exactly one year and an half long, making them some of the shortest in the whole multiverse. There were no mastermind to mock (like Gendo), no supervillain megalomaniac to kick into next week (like Madara) and he long since explore and actually map out the possible interaction between him and his acquaintance.
The fact that the only peoples who Awaken with any regularity were the Kuno, Nabiki and Kasumi (and even with them it was pretty hit'n miss) didn't help matter any.
Hell, he'd been so bored that he had actually taken the time to study and come up with a formula that allow him to predict the ocurence of the fused loops semi-accurately.
Bored, bored, BORED.
Which was why he always like the fused loops. Because being in a fused loop mean action, it mean epicness (usually), it mean novelty and most importantly it mean that he was going to be able to show off his latest skills to the other and rub into their face the fact that none of them had yet manage to beat in single combat (not that they had manage to beat him with less then 4 attacker at once either for that matter).
So no, Ranma was actually pretty happy to be in a fused loop. The problem was that Hogwarts loops were only seven years to fourteens years long (very rare since it only happened if the fused character entered Hogwarts as a first year during Harry's seventh) and he had been hoping for a Fused Narutoverse loop for some time.
Sighing, the eleven year old ponytailed boy began to do his mental checklist, making sure that everything that made up his being had followed him fully.
His Zanpakuto, Gleaming Darkness, was currently in rest mode in a corner of his soul. He'll have to wake it up later. His ki was intact and his reishi was at its usual level as well which mean that he should be able to access its mix, chakra, without too much problem.
His connection to the Slayer type spells were okay ? That only happened when Lina was the area in order to act as a relay point with the Lord of Nightmare. The connection was strangely strong tough...did Lina got some sort of upgrade ?
The Force was unavailable. But then again, he long since devised way to use the world's Dragonline in its place. It was less powerful, but far easier to access and control.
The young martial artist was drag away from his musing by the sharp whistle of the train. Time to embark it seem.
Carrying his trunk with ease, he made his way toward the very last compartment of the train. It had been designed, long ago, as the rendez-vous point for the Awakened during fused loop.
He was opening the door a greeting on the tip of his tongue when the universe suddenly narrowed down to two peoples and words failed him.
They were identical, the same red hair, the same small childish built that he knew they wouldn't grew out of, ever, same clothes, same everything. Perfect twin with two exceptions, their expression and eyes.
"Hey..." deadpan expression, sullen look, tiredness literally pouring out of her in waves. Usually lively red eyes but currently dull with fatigue.
"HeyaRanmaImgladtofinallymeetyouIheardaboutyoufromLineIhopewecan befriendsaydoyoulikehowIlook" hyperness on par with Azuza, firing words at a speed that made his punches look sluggish. Golden eyes, shinning bright enough to make the sun look dim.
Ranma's stomach sank.
In front of him were standing not one, but two Lina Inverse.
I am so fucked...
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Sigh...it didn't came out the way I wanted it to. Too long winded and flat.
Gah...
Well anyway, the second Lina is actually suppose to be the Lord of Nightmare in human form and on vacation.
Yes, the Potterverse is utterly fucked. :snigger:
On another note, does anybody here understand moonspeak ? I'm personally going to name Ranma's Zanpakuto "Gleaming Darkness" but I have absolutely no idea how to translate it in Japanese (release command is "devour").
I was planning to write a piece with the effect of his Zanpakuto appearing during a chunin exam as Ranma let loose and tore trough the sound-nin, but after 3 failure to write it, I decide to scrap it.
However, for those that are interested, here's my take on Ranma's Zanpakuto.
Name : Gleaming Darkness (Kurayami Hikaru)
Release phrase : Devour (in need of translation)
Type : spell (basic) ; hybrid (advanced)
Note : the advanced form is the result of Ranma willingly experimenting on his own Zanpakuto alongside Kisuke. His purpose was to reshape his Zanpakuto into a form more suited to his preference.
Sealed appearance : Originally a pure black kodachi, Ranma's Zanpakuto now took the form of a Chinese sword whose blade of the purest black is covered by waves-like silver pattern. Ranma sinuous sword style added to those silver pattern make predicting its movement an exercise in futility.
Ranma's Bleach type skill set is actually based around the Nekoken, but in way I have never seen before. Here's how it work.
The Nekoken is separated into 3 parts :
-The trauma, both physical and psychological, which is release with the Shikai.
The Shikai form a pair of claws, covering Ranma's arm from wrist to elbows and giving him metallic, clawed gloves.
Using the shikai, Ranma gain the ability to produce a fog of darkness that he can directly control.
And anything with a soul that enter in contact with that darkness will suffer the physical effect from of the Nekoken training. As such, if the darkness manage to it an opponent arm, said arm will come out of it scratched like it had been attacked by a band of wild cats.
Moreover, being completely covered by the darkness will make the victim go trough Ranma's entire experience of the Nekoken (3 weeks of mental trauma) in the span of 10 seconds. 20 seconds of full exposure will make anybody go insane. At 30 seconds, the full body scratching will have kill you anyway from the blood loss.
Its main weakness is that the darkness does not make a difference between ally or foe and is very unwieldy. While trowing a ball of the stuff is pretty easy, controlling it precisely take extreme concentration.
-The skills, which are release alongside the Bankai. The Bankai form a black feline shaped armored exoskeleton around Ranma's body extending from his already deployed gauntlets.
The armor behave more like a robotized power armor, its arms and legs being clearly disproportioned for a human but allowing Ranma to stand on all four with ease.
The claws themselves (both hands and feet) are easily as long as his (human) forearm and just as sharp as any sword.
Its tail is an heavy chain ending with a wicked looking blade. Ranma has about as much control over its movement as a real cat has over its own tail (very little) but has show himself perfectly capable of cutting peoples to ribbons with it.
The exoskeleton come with a moderate increase of abilities all across the board but particularly in term of toughness. Being a full body armor, cutting trough it a right pain in the ass and it is fitted specially for Ranma, it has very little weakness to exploit.
When wearing it, the only part of Ranma's body that is still visible is his face.
-The blood lust, which of course is represented by his hollow side.
Grant sharply improved battle abilities all across the board access to Hollow exclusive techniques, yadda yadda yadda...
Once the mask is formed, Ranma when in full battle look more like an armored cat from the deepest pit of hell than human.
Do not anger, can wipe the floor even with full powered Naruto.
However, for those that are interested, here's my take on Ranma's Zanpakuto.
Name : Gleaming Darkness (Kurayami Hikaru)
Release phrase : Devour (in need of translation)
Type : spell (basic) ; hybrid (advanced)
Note : the advanced form is the result of Ranma willingly experimenting on his own Zanpakuto alongside Kisuke. His purpose was to reshape his Zanpakuto into a form more suited to his preference.
Sealed appearance : Originally a pure black kodachi, Ranma's Zanpakuto now took the form of a Chinese sword whose blade of the purest black is covered by waves-like silver pattern. Ranma sinuous sword style added to those silver pattern make predicting its movement an exercise in futility.
Ranma's Bleach type skill set is actually based around the Nekoken, but in way I have never seen before. Here's how it work.
The Nekoken is separated into 3 parts :
-The trauma, both physical and psychological, which is release with the Shikai.
The Shikai form a pair of claws, covering Ranma's arm from wrist to elbows and giving him metallic, clawed gloves.
Using the shikai, Ranma gain the ability to produce a fog of darkness that he can directly control.
And anything with a soul that enter in contact with that darkness will suffer the physical effect from of the Nekoken training. As such, if the darkness manage to it an opponent arm, said arm will come out of it scratched like it had been attacked by a band of wild cats.
Moreover, being completely covered by the darkness will make the victim go trough Ranma's entire experience of the Nekoken (3 weeks of mental trauma) in the span of 10 seconds. 20 seconds of full exposure will make anybody go insane. At 30 seconds, the full body scratching will have kill you anyway from the blood loss.
Its main weakness is that the darkness does not make a difference between ally or foe and is very unwieldy. While trowing a ball of the stuff is pretty easy, controlling it precisely take extreme concentration.
-The skills, which are release alongside the Bankai. The Bankai form a black feline shaped armored exoskeleton around Ranma's body extending from his already deployed gauntlets.
The armor behave more like a robotized power armor, its arms and legs being clearly disproportioned for a human but allowing Ranma to stand on all four with ease.
The claws themselves (both hands and feet) are easily as long as his (human) forearm and just as sharp as any sword.
Its tail is an heavy chain ending with a wicked looking blade. Ranma has about as much control over its movement as a real cat has over its own tail (very little) but has show himself perfectly capable of cutting peoples to ribbons with it.
The exoskeleton come with a moderate increase of abilities all across the board but particularly in term of toughness. Being a full body armor, cutting trough it a right pain in the ass and it is fitted specially for Ranma, it has very little weakness to exploit.
When wearing it, the only part of Ranma's body that is still visible is his face.
-The blood lust, which of course is represented by his hollow side.
Grant sharply improved battle abilities all across the board access to Hollow exclusive techniques, yadda yadda yadda...
Once the mask is formed, Ranma when in full battle look more like an armored cat from the deepest pit of hell than human.
Do not anger, can wipe the floor even with full powered Naruto.
Bah, if Ranma want to use elemental attacks he'll use ki or chakra to do it. Where's the use in giving him a Zanpakuto that allow him to use something he can already do ? :huh:
Anyway, the general idea for the Zanpakuto was that it was an inversion of the Nekoken.
The Nekoken as we know it in canon Ranma 1/2 basically is an out of control cat in a human body.
The end result of Ranma's Zanpakuto is the opposite. The body is clearly feline but the mind inside is fully human and in perfect control.
The fact that it made him look like a badass giant robotized cat out of hell is just a bonus. :lol:
By all mean, post it. I'm pretty interested in seeing what you came up with. ^_^
Anyway, the general idea for the Zanpakuto was that it was an inversion of the Nekoken.
The Nekoken as we know it in canon Ranma 1/2 basically is an out of control cat in a human body.
The end result of Ranma's Zanpakuto is the opposite. The body is clearly feline but the mind inside is fully human and in perfect control.
The fact that it made him look like a badass giant robotized cat out of hell is just a bonus. :lol:
By all mean, post it. I'm pretty interested in seeing what you came up with. ^_^
Another loop outside of mainstream accepted opinion...
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Nabiki angrily sipped her lemon juice while her father rambled about the arranged marriage. This was the three hundred and thirteenth time she had to listen to that drivel and she was thoroughly sick of it.
Back during the first couple of loops, she had enjoyed having the knowledge of future events. Especially during the second loop, when even the experience of seeing the same things for a second time was a novelty. The thrill of subtle variations of the things she said and did and the reactions of others! Knowing how to best manipulate her dates and getting a reputation as the Ice Queen of Nerima! Wrestling control of the betting market with outrageous bets and wins! And ending the loop by presenting him with the bill for a destroyed dojo was the icing on the cake.
And those fantastic rumors during the first loops! "She has cameras in every corner of the house!" "She controls the Japanese underworld!" "A demon has sold its soul to her!"
Of course there were setbacks. The martial artist prince who took her for a bride. The local oyabun who sold her as a slave. The ghost who violated her soul.
But she got back at all of them easily by arranging them to meet the idiot before they became dangerous to her and while they lost she took what she wanted and more.
Still, those things were dangerous and she was aware there could be bigger threats that might be able to destroy her sanity, making her unable to get her revenge on them. Back then she had decided that her sharp intellect was her best weapon and the place to sharpen this weapon would be university.
Getting there was easy. She just had to spend the end of one loop to collect last year's tests, scandals and passwords and next loop she was the best-informed wunderkind freshman of the world's most prestigious universities.
The problem was leaving Nerima behind, or more specifically, Ranma. The bane of her existence. Wherever she went, the cursed aquatranssexual martial artist idiot savant would appear and fight someone else with a ridiculous fighting style, leaving her place of education in ruins.
Study at Tokio University? Ranma would fight a martial artist lawyer leaving the whole campus under an avalanche of red tape and the dean deciding to close the place for the year that it took to clean the place.
Kyoto? A fight with a martial arts baker, crushing the university under a dough with simply too much yeast.
All of Fukuoka was flooded with fish after a fight with a martial arts angler.
There was always an explanation how the idiot had ended at her university. A training trip that he always made during the loops. Her sisters visiting her and he "had" to accompany them at the order of their parents. Another student hearing her name, deciding to challenge the dojo and Ranma came to win the return match.
Even when she ran away from home to study under an assumed name, he would find her place because of simple coincidences. The student whose place she took during the loop, the professors, the other students, her landlords, salesmen - they all talked to her and then met other people than they would have had in the original timeline and it always led to a chain reaction ending with Saotome fighting another idiot at her school and destroying it in the process.
The worst part was that the further away she got from Nerima, the worse the destruction became. She still had nightmares of Ranma fighting that redclad blond in Los Angeles with the - in hindsight - scarily fitting nickname "Human Typhoon."
She hadn't dared going to study in Capetown, because that place might have ended joining Atlantis at the bottom of the sea.
She had decided to give up on getting a formal education, but then she had realized that would have meant she had lost against that idiot!
She tried Tokyo University again, but it took her all year to get the martial arts lawyer from its grounds. Strangely enough, Ranma didn't destroy the grounds that loop, but she was too busy with martial arts rules lawyering to learn anything useful.
The next loop she needed one hour, but the following day the other students of the Law Dojo declared martial law and tried to find the next master of the school with an all-out brawl. Ranma intervened and once again the semester ended prematurely when the campus was covered knee deep with legal documents.
Evicting the Law Dojo in the next loop led to rival dojos invading and Ranma "helping" the innocent bystanders with now predictable results.
Trying the same in Kyoto had similar results. She didn't try Fukuoka. She still hated fish.
Directly starting a career was only a variation of the theme. She would blackmail her way to the top and stay there - sometimes her subordinates even respected her intellect - but it always ended when one of Ranma's fights got close to her business.
Those things couldn't be coincidences and they had only one thing in common. Ranma Saotome. He always acted innocent and he never reacted when she mentioned something from older loops or things that he shouldn't know yet. She still could manipulate him into all kinds of embarassing, humiliating and disgusting situations. But that had to be an act, he was playing the fool to trick her for his own amusement. Because at the end of every loop she was sitting in her room in the Tendo home with nothing more than a growing sense of frustration.
Returning to the present, she grinded her teeth. There was only one solution. The trickster god known as Ranma Saotome had to die!
Now she only had to find out how to destroy gods...
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Just for variety, a fic where the Awakened character isn't able to control everybody with foreknowledge and the butterfly effect is in full swing.
There is of course a simple explanation why this is happening to Nabiki. She had once stepped on the avatar of the gods of butterflies and now he is using his powers to get his vengeance.
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Nabiki angrily sipped her lemon juice while her father rambled about the arranged marriage. This was the three hundred and thirteenth time she had to listen to that drivel and she was thoroughly sick of it.
Back during the first couple of loops, she had enjoyed having the knowledge of future events. Especially during the second loop, when even the experience of seeing the same things for a second time was a novelty. The thrill of subtle variations of the things she said and did and the reactions of others! Knowing how to best manipulate her dates and getting a reputation as the Ice Queen of Nerima! Wrestling control of the betting market with outrageous bets and wins! And ending the loop by presenting him with the bill for a destroyed dojo was the icing on the cake.
And those fantastic rumors during the first loops! "She has cameras in every corner of the house!" "She controls the Japanese underworld!" "A demon has sold its soul to her!"
Of course there were setbacks. The martial artist prince who took her for a bride. The local oyabun who sold her as a slave. The ghost who violated her soul.
But she got back at all of them easily by arranging them to meet the idiot before they became dangerous to her and while they lost she took what she wanted and more.
Still, those things were dangerous and she was aware there could be bigger threats that might be able to destroy her sanity, making her unable to get her revenge on them. Back then she had decided that her sharp intellect was her best weapon and the place to sharpen this weapon would be university.
Getting there was easy. She just had to spend the end of one loop to collect last year's tests, scandals and passwords and next loop she was the best-informed wunderkind freshman of the world's most prestigious universities.
The problem was leaving Nerima behind, or more specifically, Ranma. The bane of her existence. Wherever she went, the cursed aquatranssexual martial artist idiot savant would appear and fight someone else with a ridiculous fighting style, leaving her place of education in ruins.
Study at Tokio University? Ranma would fight a martial artist lawyer leaving the whole campus under an avalanche of red tape and the dean deciding to close the place for the year that it took to clean the place.
Kyoto? A fight with a martial arts baker, crushing the university under a dough with simply too much yeast.
All of Fukuoka was flooded with fish after a fight with a martial arts angler.
There was always an explanation how the idiot had ended at her university. A training trip that he always made during the loops. Her sisters visiting her and he "had" to accompany them at the order of their parents. Another student hearing her name, deciding to challenge the dojo and Ranma came to win the return match.
Even when she ran away from home to study under an assumed name, he would find her place because of simple coincidences. The student whose place she took during the loop, the professors, the other students, her landlords, salesmen - they all talked to her and then met other people than they would have had in the original timeline and it always led to a chain reaction ending with Saotome fighting another idiot at her school and destroying it in the process.
The worst part was that the further away she got from Nerima, the worse the destruction became. She still had nightmares of Ranma fighting that redclad blond in Los Angeles with the - in hindsight - scarily fitting nickname "Human Typhoon."
She hadn't dared going to study in Capetown, because that place might have ended joining Atlantis at the bottom of the sea.
She had decided to give up on getting a formal education, but then she had realized that would have meant she had lost against that idiot!
She tried Tokyo University again, but it took her all year to get the martial arts lawyer from its grounds. Strangely enough, Ranma didn't destroy the grounds that loop, but she was too busy with martial arts rules lawyering to learn anything useful.
The next loop she needed one hour, but the following day the other students of the Law Dojo declared martial law and tried to find the next master of the school with an all-out brawl. Ranma intervened and once again the semester ended prematurely when the campus was covered knee deep with legal documents.
Evicting the Law Dojo in the next loop led to rival dojos invading and Ranma "helping" the innocent bystanders with now predictable results.
Trying the same in Kyoto had similar results. She didn't try Fukuoka. She still hated fish.
Directly starting a career was only a variation of the theme. She would blackmail her way to the top and stay there - sometimes her subordinates even respected her intellect - but it always ended when one of Ranma's fights got close to her business.
Those things couldn't be coincidences and they had only one thing in common. Ranma Saotome. He always acted innocent and he never reacted when she mentioned something from older loops or things that he shouldn't know yet. She still could manipulate him into all kinds of embarassing, humiliating and disgusting situations. But that had to be an act, he was playing the fool to trick her for his own amusement. Because at the end of every loop she was sitting in her room in the Tendo home with nothing more than a growing sense of frustration.
Returning to the present, she grinded her teeth. There was only one solution. The trickster god known as Ranma Saotome had to die!
Now she only had to find out how to destroy gods...
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Just for variety, a fic where the Awakened character isn't able to control everybody with foreknowledge and the butterfly effect is in full swing.
There is of course a simple explanation why this is happening to Nabiki. She had once stepped on the avatar of the gods of butterflies and now he is using his powers to get his vengeance.
Now this is new
Driving Nabiki insane, one loop at a time without even trying, if only Ranma knew! At this rate, she just might break, kinda like the Phoenix Ranma or Setsuna's Fault threads in Anime Addventures. No matter what she does, Sailor Pluto can't get rid of Ranma, and everytime she resets reality, it just gets worse. All this with Ranma oblivious, in most threads anyway (Dark Lord Ranma had him taking revenge and remembering the last few timelines). Perhaps if this is fleshed out in full, that can be the ending for this too, where Nabiki pulls an Azula when Ranma tells her he strung her along all these loops.
:yay:
Driving Nabiki insane, one loop at a time without even trying, if only Ranma knew! At this rate, she just might break, kinda like the Phoenix Ranma or Setsuna's Fault threads in Anime Addventures. No matter what she does, Sailor Pluto can't get rid of Ranma, and everytime she resets reality, it just gets worse. All this with Ranma oblivious, in most threads anyway (Dark Lord Ranma had him taking revenge and remembering the last few timelines). Perhaps if this is fleshed out in full, that can be the ending for this too, where Nabiki pulls an Azula when Ranma tells her he strung her along all these loops.
:yay:
Sorry to borrow a previous Loop's ideas, I hope I can be forgiven.
Ranma was far from being an idiot.
Okay, to be truthful, now he was far from being an idiot. But a few thousand years tends to make one crack open any books nearby. Unlike others in their own Loops, RanmaÆs own Loop lacked à a rival.
Oh sure, he had Ryoga, but the Lost Boy was far from becoming an evil overlord. When only you remember the last life, the competition soon falls quickly behind. The only unpredictable excitement he had was that young Norn popping up, insisting he take responsibility for what he did.
He would truly like to know how it was his fault she arrived using the tub he was soaking in, fell forward, and impaled herself because of her angle and that it was the one morning she was going commando in her loose robes because all her clothes were dirty. Yeah, all his faultà
It wasnÆt like he had met a whole lot of ten-dimensional entities. The first one was a psycho and the other oneùoddly enough her eldest sisterùspent half the time trying to grope him and suggest she could use a bath as well. Maybe if Saffron fully ascended, heÆd have been some major pervert as well, he thought.
Perhaps that had been why the pigtailed martial artists had been <s>mad as a hatter, bat-shit insane</s> curious enough to try tapping into the Dragon Lines of Earth and seeing what could be done.
For a few seconds, it felt like heaven.
Then it really, really, really fucking hurt. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at the center of such a huge blast and because of your connection to the Dragon Lines, feel ætheirÆ pain?
I should have known something would go wrong. I mean, the node was at the top of Tokyo Tower! How often does bad shit happen to the Tokyo Tower in anime?
It wasnÆt so bad.
Okay, the pain sucked AkaneÆs Chicken Surprise.
But the result wasnÆt so bad. He had a pretty good idea now of what not to do the next time he tried thatùand there would be a next time, rest assured.
But he was in a new Loop. The guy who just entered the compartment on the train had introduced himself as Harry Potter. And for the last five minutes, Ranma learned beyond any shadow of a doubt that the crazy pervy Goddesses were correct: he wasnÆt alone. And even if he got sent back to Nerima after this Loopùwhich could last anywhere from seven to eight years on the average and thus was a hell of a lot more fun than his usual one-point-fiveùheÆd know and be able to try something new.
Oh yes! This was a glorious day! Well worth the pain of feeling your atoms and those of all the humans around the greater area of Tokyo turned into plasma.
ôUm, hello,ö said a redheaded boy, peeking into the compartment, ôif this one fullùHEY!ö he yelled as he was shoved aside and the door was forced all the way open.
ôMy name,ö said a figure in Hogwarts robes that sent a strong shiver down RanmaÆs eleven-year-old spine, ôis Skuld Odinsdotter. Hello, my destined,ö she said with a purr that sounded extremely creepy coming from her eleven-year-old form.
Gulping, Ranma turned to look at the wand in his hand. I wonder if this thing is strong enough to pierce my heartà
Ranma was far from being an idiot.
Okay, to be truthful, now he was far from being an idiot. But a few thousand years tends to make one crack open any books nearby. Unlike others in their own Loops, RanmaÆs own Loop lacked à a rival.
Oh sure, he had Ryoga, but the Lost Boy was far from becoming an evil overlord. When only you remember the last life, the competition soon falls quickly behind. The only unpredictable excitement he had was that young Norn popping up, insisting he take responsibility for what he did.
He would truly like to know how it was his fault she arrived using the tub he was soaking in, fell forward, and impaled herself because of her angle and that it was the one morning she was going commando in her loose robes because all her clothes were dirty. Yeah, all his faultà
It wasnÆt like he had met a whole lot of ten-dimensional entities. The first one was a psycho and the other oneùoddly enough her eldest sisterùspent half the time trying to grope him and suggest she could use a bath as well. Maybe if Saffron fully ascended, heÆd have been some major pervert as well, he thought.
Perhaps that had been why the pigtailed martial artists had been <s>mad as a hatter, bat-shit insane</s> curious enough to try tapping into the Dragon Lines of Earth and seeing what could be done.
For a few seconds, it felt like heaven.
Then it really, really, really fucking hurt. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be at the center of such a huge blast and because of your connection to the Dragon Lines, feel ætheirÆ pain?
I should have known something would go wrong. I mean, the node was at the top of Tokyo Tower! How often does bad shit happen to the Tokyo Tower in anime?
It wasnÆt so bad.
Okay, the pain sucked AkaneÆs Chicken Surprise.
But the result wasnÆt so bad. He had a pretty good idea now of what not to do the next time he tried thatùand there would be a next time, rest assured.
But he was in a new Loop. The guy who just entered the compartment on the train had introduced himself as Harry Potter. And for the last five minutes, Ranma learned beyond any shadow of a doubt that the crazy pervy Goddesses were correct: he wasnÆt alone. And even if he got sent back to Nerima after this Loopùwhich could last anywhere from seven to eight years on the average and thus was a hell of a lot more fun than his usual one-point-fiveùheÆd know and be able to try something new.
Oh yes! This was a glorious day! Well worth the pain of feeling your atoms and those of all the humans around the greater area of Tokyo turned into plasma.
ôUm, hello,ö said a redheaded boy, peeking into the compartment, ôif this one fullùHEY!ö he yelled as he was shoved aside and the door was forced all the way open.
ôMy name,ö said a figure in Hogwarts robes that sent a strong shiver down RanmaÆs eleven-year-old spine, ôis Skuld Odinsdotter. Hello, my destined,ö she said with a purr that sounded extremely creepy coming from her eleven-year-old form.
Gulping, Ranma turned to look at the wand in his hand. I wonder if this thing is strong enough to pierce my heartà
Her poor attire had more to do with the fact everyone was busy trying to repair the system than her own actions--if Bell can't find the time to do laundry, what chance does Skuld have.
Skuld is there in the Loop because one part obsession with Ranma and one part training to use magic--her weakest subject.
Her obsession with Ranma? Now that is a story on its own.
Skuld is there in the Loop because one part obsession with Ranma and one part training to use magic--her weakest subject.
Her obsession with Ranma? Now that is a story on its own.
-Loop XYZ
"Airen, Wife bring Lunch."
"AHHHH!!! P-CHAN!!"
Akane Tendo fainted dead away and hit the floor with a solid thud.
"Looks delicious, Shampoo."
Ranma studied the dish in front of him appreciatively.
Chinese style roast pork, with the meat expertly butterflied from the shoulders down
all the way to the bone, revealing a feast of tender white meat that oozed delicious smelling juices.
He accepted the mouthful that the amazon girl presented to him and chewed the tasty tidbit with satisfaction.
Explaining to her beforehand how he liked to his pork done had paid major dividends this time.
Whoever said revenge was a dish best served cold had obviously never sampled Shampoo's cooking.
He couldn't wait to see what she did with duck and beef.
"Airen, Wife bring Lunch."
"AHHHH!!! P-CHAN!!"
Akane Tendo fainted dead away and hit the floor with a solid thud.
"Looks delicious, Shampoo."
Ranma studied the dish in front of him appreciatively.
Chinese style roast pork, with the meat expertly butterflied from the shoulders down
all the way to the bone, revealing a feast of tender white meat that oozed delicious smelling juices.
He accepted the mouthful that the amazon girl presented to him and chewed the tasty tidbit with satisfaction.
Explaining to her beforehand how he liked to his pork done had paid major dividends this time.
Whoever said revenge was a dish best served cold had obviously never sampled Shampoo's cooking.
He couldn't wait to see what she did with duck and beef.
-Loop ABC
Was there anything worse then being the only person who remembered going through every loop?
Ranma had long ago lost count of the number of times he'd tried to convince other people of
what was happening, it always ended badly. Either they didn't believe him or they decided
to try and use the loop to their own personal benefit. After the sixth time Nabiki had gotten
him killed he'd wised up and decided if he was going to be stuck like this there was no point
in making things harder for himself.
Another round of meet the Tendos, sneak out during the night while everybody slept and go
run off to do something fun. He'd learned through trial and error that if he wanted to
avoid the standard eighteen month reset for a loop that he needed to stretch the boundaries
a bit. Getting into a stable relationship with any of the normal cast of fiancees guaranteed
him getting rebooted back to start one and a half years to the day, though of course that
could have had something to do with him tending to be murdered or accidently killed by
one or more of the girls or the rivals in that event.
He still hadn't forgiven Akane for punching him out of that airplane during their honeymoon
trip to Hawaii during one loop. To add insult to injury, he'd lasted just long enough in the water
to learn that she was the only fucking survivor of the ensuing depressurization of the cabin
and the crash at sea.
Oh well, live and learn.
What should he do this time?
"Yeah, yeah. I'm going already, Old Man."
He paid no attention to his father growling at him, he was not going to hurry up in this weather.
After all the trouble to get the hot water and the umbrella it would be a pain in the ass to show
up as a girl yet again at the Tendo place.
It had gotten to the point where he'd started to regularly break Soun Tendo's neck when he embraced her
on the first meeting simply on principle. But of course that led to all kinds of trouble until the loop ended.
Ranma was so busy thinking about what he was going to do later that he completely missed being directed to
the Dojo instead of the Tendo home until he slid open the door and faced Hell.
"Girls, there he is. My manly son."
The panda had fainted. No help from that direction.
"Ranma, this is Seo Eli,"
A tall tanned tomboyish girl with windblown silky white hair and wearing a boy's school uniform
studied him with suspicious eyes.
"Kasumi of the Mugen Tenshin,"
That outfit looked like it would fall apart under a stiff breeze. Definitely not the Kasumi he was familiar with.
"Kokoro,"
The very pretty dark haired girl smiled at him hesitantly.
He could only manage a very weak and sickly grin in return.
It couldn't be.
"Ayane,"
Purple hair and gaze of death. Looked like Shampoo had relatives. And that the Chinese Amazon had gotten
the leftovers when it came to allocating the breast size genes.
"Lei Fang,"
Oh good, a normal obsessed martial artist girl. He'd been starting to worry.
"Yuka Takeuchi,"
Oh no, not combat waitresses *again*!
"And Ibuki."
Ninjas, why did it always have to be ninjas?
He'd always wondered what could be worse then going through these loops all alone.
"Now ladies, remember that I want a good clean fight."
Now he knew.
"Let the Anything Goes Determine the Bride Tournament Begin!"
Having his obsessed perverted voyeur of a mother along for the ride.
Was there anything worse then being the only person who remembered going through every loop?
Ranma had long ago lost count of the number of times he'd tried to convince other people of
what was happening, it always ended badly. Either they didn't believe him or they decided
to try and use the loop to their own personal benefit. After the sixth time Nabiki had gotten
him killed he'd wised up and decided if he was going to be stuck like this there was no point
in making things harder for himself.
Another round of meet the Tendos, sneak out during the night while everybody slept and go
run off to do something fun. He'd learned through trial and error that if he wanted to
avoid the standard eighteen month reset for a loop that he needed to stretch the boundaries
a bit. Getting into a stable relationship with any of the normal cast of fiancees guaranteed
him getting rebooted back to start one and a half years to the day, though of course that
could have had something to do with him tending to be murdered or accidently killed by
one or more of the girls or the rivals in that event.
He still hadn't forgiven Akane for punching him out of that airplane during their honeymoon
trip to Hawaii during one loop. To add insult to injury, he'd lasted just long enough in the water
to learn that she was the only fucking survivor of the ensuing depressurization of the cabin
and the crash at sea.
Oh well, live and learn.
What should he do this time?
"Yeah, yeah. I'm going already, Old Man."
He paid no attention to his father growling at him, he was not going to hurry up in this weather.
After all the trouble to get the hot water and the umbrella it would be a pain in the ass to show
up as a girl yet again at the Tendo place.
It had gotten to the point where he'd started to regularly break Soun Tendo's neck when he embraced her
on the first meeting simply on principle. But of course that led to all kinds of trouble until the loop ended.
Ranma was so busy thinking about what he was going to do later that he completely missed being directed to
the Dojo instead of the Tendo home until he slid open the door and faced Hell.
"Girls, there he is. My manly son."
The panda had fainted. No help from that direction.
"Ranma, this is Seo Eli,"
A tall tanned tomboyish girl with windblown silky white hair and wearing a boy's school uniform
studied him with suspicious eyes.
"Kasumi of the Mugen Tenshin,"
That outfit looked like it would fall apart under a stiff breeze. Definitely not the Kasumi he was familiar with.
"Kokoro,"
The very pretty dark haired girl smiled at him hesitantly.
He could only manage a very weak and sickly grin in return.
It couldn't be.
"Ayane,"
Purple hair and gaze of death. Looked like Shampoo had relatives. And that the Chinese Amazon had gotten
the leftovers when it came to allocating the breast size genes.
"Lei Fang,"
Oh good, a normal obsessed martial artist girl. He'd been starting to worry.
"Yuka Takeuchi,"
Oh no, not combat waitresses *again*!
"And Ibuki."
Ninjas, why did it always have to be ninjas?
He'd always wondered what could be worse then going through these loops all alone.
"Now ladies, remember that I want a good clean fight."
Now he knew.
"Let the Anything Goes Determine the Bride Tournament Begin!"
Having his obsessed perverted voyeur of a mother along for the ride.
-Loop 666
Ranma sighed and leaned back in his seat.
It was quiet in the classroom.
He'd decided not to rock the boat too much on this loop.
"AIIIEEEE!!!"
He looked out the window to see the mob of schoolgirls running across the grounds.
"HOTCHA BABY!! GIMME SOME SUGAR!!"
Aside from introducing Happosai to Viagra of course.
It would be interesting to see what he was planning to do with that hard-on half as big as he was.
Ranma sighed and leaned back in his seat.
It was quiet in the classroom.
He'd decided not to rock the boat too much on this loop.
"AIIIEEEE!!!"
He looked out the window to see the mob of schoolgirls running across the grounds.
"HOTCHA BABY!! GIMME SOME SUGAR!!"
Aside from introducing Happosai to Viagra of course.
It would be interesting to see what he was planning to do with that hard-on half as big as he was.