Ranma ½ Snowfall on Gotham 4

[Lawra]

I'll probably have to expand out Ranma going against the police. Nothing huge but enough to imply that things have not been going well for the Gotham PD.

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Blinking his eyes several times before turning his head left then right, Ranma found his path blocked by a little over a dozen police in riot gear. Hearing footsteps behind him, he looked backwards to see that he was being quickly surrounded. ‘I knew that guy was calling the cops.’ He glowered. It wasn’t easy to be discrete when you were as distinctive as him. A task that was doubly as difficult with the police constantly broadcasting a warning that both his forms were extremely dangerous.

“Lay down on the ground and put your hands on your head!” One of the officers with a loudspeaker commanded. “If you do not comply, we will use force!”

“I just want to go home.” He growled. The police had a lot of strange looking guns along with their normal weapons. His sensitive ears picked up the high pitched whine of police cruisers moving into position above him.

“You have ten seconds!” The loudspeaker wielding officer added. “Use the gas.” He commanded after Ranma made no move to respond.

Small silver canisters were lobbed in his direction to explode overhead, a thick white gas cascaded down over him to blanket the area. Immediately his eyes began to tear up and the noxious fumes invaded his nose. Coughing and hacking with enough force that he thought his lungs were going to leap up his throat, Ranma nearly collapsed to his knees.

With one panicked leap forward, he shot from the gas towards a line of police. Tripping over himself, he rolled forward over the concrete. Trying to get his bearings, he squinted through chemical induced tears to see the police trying to rush in. Sweeping out the nearest cops legs, he jumped up to his feet, and caught by the hand to throw him into several others. Liberating one of their riot shields, he used it to block another officer who was trying to taser him.

Rushing away from the police towards their cruisers, he used their bulk to hide from any more ranged attacks as he tried to escape back into the crowd that had gathered to watch. He was just about to jump over them when something brightly colored dropped down in front of him. Too late to stop himself, he bounced off the soft but firm form, and fell backwards to the ground.

Shaking his head, he looked up at the beautiful black haired woman who was standing with feet spread shoulder width apart, and hands planted on her hips. She wore a red shoulderless halter top with a gold eagle logo, golden belt, a blue bikini bottom with three white stars across the front, and knee high red boots. Over her forehead was a golden tiara with a bright red star in the center and at her right hip was a long rope.

“Wonder Woman?” He asked in awe before rubbing at his eyes. One of the founding members of the Justice League was here? Right in front of him? “Um-- what are you doing here?” Ranma asked in confusion. Shouldn’t there be some super villain that required her attention?

“I was going to let the authorities handle things but you seem a bit beyond their league.” She answered casually. “Now do I have to get rough with you?”

Things snapped into place suddenly for Ranma and he quickly got to his feet, and took several steps away. “I didn’t do anything. I’m just trying to get home.”

“If that’s true then I would help you as much as I can.” She smiled reassuringly at him. “But you need to stop running first.”

“I said I didn’t do anything! If they would just leave me alone then I wouldn’t have to fight!” He jerked his thumb back towards the police who were helping the few he had knocked down earlier, and were letting the superhero handle the situation.

“Calm down, I’m here to help.” Wonder Woman took a step forward causing Ranma to tense up and look around wildly. Buildings to his left and a long drop down to a park to the right.

“Then leave me alone!” He shouted and turned away from woman to run for the ledge.

“Stop!” Wonder Woman shouted from behind as he cleared the ledge and began the twenty meter descent to the park below.

Halfway down he felt a pair of strong arms catch him underneath his arms. “Lemme go!” He shouted, struggling against Wonder Woman as she carried him safely down to the grass. Released, he spun around to glare at the superhero. “What did you do that for? I could have landed that easy.”

“And I was supposed to know that-- how?” She shrugged indifferently. “Now listen, I don’t like beating up kids so if you’ll just come along peacefully, I’m sure we can sort all of this out.”

“No.” He snapped and spun on his heel to start walking away from the woman. ‘I turned my back on her and now I’m walking away from Wonder Woman.’ He realized, having never imagined such an event.

“Hard way it is then.”

Ranma quickly turned back towards Wonder Woman and avoided her golden rope as she attempted to wrap it around his shoulders. Reaching out to snag her magical lasso so he could try and pull it from her, he cried out in surprise at the amazingly strong tug that came from the other end to throw him face first into the grass. “Ouch” He groaned, his arms feeling like they had been pulled out of their sockets.

His ears picked up the sound of rapid footsteps on grass and he bounced up to his feet instantly. Wonder Woman had already twirled her lasso so that the length of it fell around him in a big spiral. Seeing that she was about to pull tight and wrap him up from head to toe, he jumped upwards through the narrow space at the top just as she closed the trap.

Landing next to the woman who was already prepared for him, he deflected a light punch to the side before spinning around to try and plant a kick to her stomach. His kick hit but he immediately felt his ankle sting as she barely moved. Hopping backwards to try and gain some distance, he favored his right foot as it rapidly regained feeling.

“Wait.” Ranma paused and pointed a finger at the black haired female. “You’re Wonder Woman, right?” She nodded after a moment causing a giddy smile spread over his face. “I get to fight Wonder Woman!” He exclaimed excitedly.

She just snorted. “This isn’t playtime, I’m here to help the police capture you.”

“Right.” He nodded, regaining his composure. As amazing as it was that he got to meet one of the founding members of the Justice League, he was also getting to test himself against one, this was no time to be casual.

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Why WW? I like her. Why don't more show up? Bruce called dibs on Gotham so they stay away.

 

[shout27]

One question I have is how will the various governmental factions react (Japanese+US specifically) and handle Ranma?

 

[Lawra]

One question I have is how will the various governmental factions react (Japanese+US specifically) and handle Ranma?

Basically, Japanese gov't wash there hands of Ranma since the Justice League is involved. JL can do as they please as far as they are concerned, and hopefully that they sent a dangerous unstable meta-human to another country to go to school is completely overlooked.

 

[shout27]

One question I have is how will the various governmental factions react (Japanese+US specifically) and handle Ranma?

Basically, Japanese gov't wash there hands of Ranma since the Justice League is involved. JL can do as they please as far as they are concerned, and hopefully that they sent a dangerous unstable meta-human to another country to go to school is completely overlooked.

So standard ranma anime, the police want nothing to do with the assaults going on, type bullshit? That is somewhat depressing. To be fair, that would also somewhat explain his lack of respect for social authorities, if he had to deal with every problem himself.

I'd like to think that they at least investigate the fact after the matter and ask for the events from his point of view. Well, after wonder woman most likely trounces him. I like Ranma and all, but he has some serious experience lackings before he can take on the likes of Wonder Woman at this point. Unless she lets him win anyways.

Though at the same time, I'm somewhat curious as to how WW would interact with Shampoo and the other Chinese Amazons.

 

[Lawra]

So standard ranma anime, the police want nothing to do with the assaults going on, type bullshit? That is somewhat depressing. To be fair, that would also somewhat explain his lack of respect for social authorities, if he had to deal with every problem himself.

No, the police are still going to be involved it's just that the world police just came to bail them out.

With so many super criminals out in the world traveling and committing crimes, it would be a nightmare to try and ship them all back to their home country rather than just punish them where they did it, so long as that justice system is up to certain standards. So no hand cutting off. In fact some could take the extreme route and immediately revoke citizenship if the JL has to come beat you into the ground.

I'd like to think that they at least investigate the fact after the matter and ask for the events from his point of view. Well, after wonder woman most likely trounces him. I like Ranma and all, but he has some serious experience lackings before he can take on the likes of Wonder Woman at this point. Unless she lets him win anyways.

Nothing I said indicated there would be no investigation or interrogation.

Though at the same time, I'm somewhat curious as to how WW would interact with Shampoo and the other Chinese Amazons.

Thought about that actually. Have them be an offshoot that gave up their immortality to follow a different path. So very strained relations.

 

[shout27]

So standard ranma anime, the police want nothing to do with the assaults going on, type bullshit? That is somewhat depressing. To be fair, that would also somewhat explain his lack of respect for social authorities, if he had to deal with every problem himself.

No, the police are still going to be involved it's just that the world police just came to bail them out.

With so many super criminals out in the world traveling and committing crimes, it would be a nightmare to try and ship them all back to their home country rather than just punish them where they did it, so long as that justice system is up to certain standards. So no hand cutting off. In fact some could take the extreme route and immediately revoke citizenship if the JL has to come beat you into the ground.

Hmm, not sure how to respond to this, It really depends on the situation IMO. Also, revoking citizenship would be a major route to take against any criminal. Depending on how powerful they are, it could even be a very stupid move instead of executing them if possible.

I'd like to think that they at least investigate the fact after the matter and ask for the events from his point of view. Well, after wonder woman most likely trounces him. I like Ranma and all, but he has some serious experience lackings before he can take on the likes of Wonder Woman at this point. Unless she lets him win anyways.

Nothing I said indicated there would be no investigation or interrogation.

I wasn't saying there wouldn't be. I was just jumping to conclusions in my own mind about the actions that will take place. I actually shouldn't have posted the investigate bit.

Though at the same time, I'm somewhat curious as to how WW would interact with Shampoo and the other Chinese Amazons.

Thought about that actually. Have them be an offshoot that gave up their immortality to follow a different path. So very strained relations.

I'm actually assuming that Shampoo is still looking for him? Well, her actually. . .


So, what level of skill is ranma at? is he still effectively at pre-manga start or has he gotten a bit stronger? I can understand the whole not marrying the Tendos, but what exactly kept them from continuing to travel?

 

[fitzgerald]

Hmm odds are Japanese govt could argue that it was Americans who made him dangerous.

Of course both govts are likely to want to bury Ranma as a file and forget

 

[shinzero01]

So standard ranma anime, the police want nothing to do with the assaults going on, type bullshit? That is somewhat depressing. To be fair, that would also somewhat explain his lack of respect for social authorities, if he had to deal with every problem himself.

No, the police are still going to be involved it's just that the world police just came to bail them out.

With so many super criminals out in the world traveling and committing crimes, it would be a nightmare to try and ship them all back to their home country rather than just punish them where they did it, so long as that justice system is up to certain standards. So no hand cutting off. In fact some could take the extreme route and immediately revoke citizenship if the JL has to come beat you into the ground.

I'd like to think that they at least investigate the fact after the matter and ask for the events from his point of view. Well, after wonder woman most likely trounces him. I like Ranma and all, but he has some serious experience lackings before he can take on the likes of Wonder Woman at this point. Unless she lets him win anyways.

Nothing I said indicated there would be no investigation or interrogation.

Though at the same time, I'm somewhat curious as to how WW would interact with Shampoo and the other Chinese Amazons.

Thought about that actually. Have them be an offshoot that gave up their immortality to follow a different path. So very strained relations.

Is anyone going to ever figure out that Ranma's acting almost exactly like a big cat?

Also, neat to see WW considering her history with Cheetah.

 

[Lawra]

Is anyone going to ever figure out that Ranma's acting almost exactly like a big cat?

Sort of. He'll eventually get some serious therapy that'll realize that more fully. Too bad it'll be at the point where Ranma's gotten pretty messed up.

Also, neat to see WW considering her history with Cheetah.

She is rather underused considering her place in the DC pantheon. Gives me a bit of a tenuous amazon connection for options there. That and it's fun to pick at Bruce by having one of his old flames show up looking the same while he's a decrepit old man.

 

[shout27]

And now I suddenly have a picture in my mind of Poison Ivy understanding more about modern technology than Ranma, the next time they encounter each other. It could be a very amusing scene if written correctly.

 

[Lawra]

And now I suddenly have a picture in my mind of Poison Ivy understanding more about modern technology than Ranma, the next time they encounter each other. It could be a very amusing scene if written correctly.

Would be difficult since Ranma has been pretty tech savvy in this, just not always up on pop culture/trends.

But she will be adapting well. :snigger:

 

[shout27]

I think the only thing that comes to mind at this point is how Ranma's going to respond to any questions regarding the bike. Unless they'll accept the excuse of 'Batman had it, so I borrowed it.

Otherwise, I could see someone deciding to fuck with his memories even more if Bruce asks it. Zatanna comes to mind.

 

[Lawra]

I think the only thing that comes to mind at this point is how Ranma's going to respond to any questions regarding the bike. Unless they'll accept the excuse of 'Batman had it, so I borrowed it.

Otherwise, I could see someone deciding to fuck with his memories even more if Bruce asks it. Zatanna comes to mind.

Stole it from some street punk. Easy peasy nice and easy.

Ranma has enough memory problems at the moment no need to purposely add more. (And Zatanna would be semi/completely retired at this point)

 

[shout27]

I think the only thing that comes to mind at this point is how Ranma's going to respond to any questions regarding the bike. Unless they'll accept the excuse of 'Batman had it, so I borrowed it.

Otherwise, I could see someone deciding to fuck with his memories even more if Bruce asks it. Zatanna comes to mind.

Stole it from some street punk. Easy peasy nice and easy.

Ranma has enough memory problems at the moment no need to purposely add more. (And Zatanna would be semi/completely retired at this point)

Eh, if there's one thing I've learned about the DC and Marvel universes, it's that you're never retired until you're dead. Usually, even then, some young punk will come around and resurrect your tired ass. Afterall, it just happened to Poison Ivy!

 

[shinzero01]

I think the only thing that comes to mind at this point is how Ranma's going to respond to any questions regarding the bike. Unless they'll accept the excuse of 'Batman had it, so I borrowed it.

Otherwise, I could see someone deciding to fuck with his memories even more if Bruce asks it. Zatanna comes to mind.

Stole it from some street punk. Easy peasy nice and easy.

Ranma has enough memory problems at the moment no need to purposely add more. (And Zatanna would be semi/completely retired at this point)

Eh, if there's one thing I've learned about the DC and Marvel universes, it's that you're never retired until you're dead. Usually, even then, some young punk will come around and resurrect your tired ass. Afterall, it just happened to Poison Ivy!

Though..in this case it was the original Ivy having made copies of herself (I think she did it for Harley? Been a while since I saw the strip) and this one copy being dormant/surviving until Beyond timeline.

 

[Lawra]

Though..in this case it was the original Ivy having made copies of herself (I think she did it for Harley? Been a while since I saw the strip) and this one copy being dormant/surviving until Beyond timeline.

Copy Ivy was originally made to keep Harley company since Ivy was going 'legit' and getting out of the game.

The Ivy in this is one of the next round of models that were more stable and less prone to turning into legitimate plants.

 

[Lanceavalon]

I like this, if WW doesn't take Ranma seriously he'll catch her off guard, though I do wonder if he'll fight to the finish or if he has enough of his mind left to break contact when he figures out he can hit hard enough to bring her down.

I also think she'd keep an eye on Ranma she's had to many cat rogues to not want to keep track of her. If I remember right a few of the Cheetah were good people who broke under the strain of being turned into a cat person.

 

[Lawra]

Arkham Origins got me in the mood.

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Terry pulled the cloaked batmobile to a gentle stop in a small clearing in the nearest park. ‘Batman works at night.’ He groaned, knowing that all this daytime activity was going to ruin his ability to do schoolwork. Fully planning to let the police bring Ranma in, he was simply here to step in if need be.

“Did they just report that Wonder Woman is here?” He asked Bruce over the intercom and received a terse grunt in what sounded like affirmation. “Another old bridge you burned?”

Not receiving a response, he took off his seat belt, and prepared to exit the vehicle. Taking one last look out the windows to make sure no random passerby would be waiting for him, his eyes caught sight of a form about to strike the side of the batmobile.

“Slag.” He cursed before being violently thrown around the cabin by the impact.

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“Where’d this metal box come from?” Ranma slurred from the blow to his head, patting the crumbled metal he had caved in. HIs vision slowly came back into focus enough to see that he had totalled the Batmobile.

“Oops.” Sliding off the flying car to land on the ground, he wondered why Terry would park in such a horrible spot.

“You’re tough kid, but don’t make me hurt you.” Wonder Woman warned, casually pushing a large tree out of her way as she made her way through the damage caused by his flight.

‘Little late for that.’ He admitted to himself, still reeling from the last blow.

The hatch of the Batmobile grinding open distracted him from the super hero to see Batman pull himself halfway out. “Ugh, it’s not like I have insurance on this thing.” He groaned and rubbed at the side of his head.

“Sorry about that Batman, maybe you should try one that’s not invisible.” Wonder Woman joked with a smile and floated up off the ground to fly over Ranma’s head to land on the damaged vehicle. “Need a hand?” She asked and extended her hand to help him up.

‘I think it may be best to employ the Saotome final technique.’ Ranma realized now that Wonder Woman and Batman’s attention were diverted off of him. Not that he was admitting to being outclassed by the Justice League member but he needed time to think.

Vanishing behind the nearest tree without being seen, he moved from hiding spot to hiding spot without making a sound. Reaching the end of the park, he frowned at the police that were setting up a line around the only platforms he would be able to leave the park on. Growling, he realized that the nearest level below the park was far too high of a drop for him to make without crippling himself.

“What a pain.” He whined. Ranma would have to cross a fair amount of open ground to get to the police line, which would give away his position, and then he would have to deal with Wonder Woman again. He barely noticed a golden glitter out of the corner of his eye before it was too late to avoid Wonder Woman’s lasso from tightening to pin his arms to his body.

“No fair!” He yelled as he shot up into the sky above the tree tops. Struggling futilely, he swung helplessly as she floated above. “How’d you find me?!” He shouted up at her.

“I’m not named after the goddess of the hunt for nothing.” The woman joked and began to swing him around in big circles. “Can you swim?” She asked rhetorically before the lasso went slack, allowing him to fly free.

zx

Diana landed on the grass next to the park’s pond and deliberately took her time collecting her lasso back into a tidy loop to be kept at her hip. She was pleasantly surprised by the strength and durability of her quarry, it wasn’t much a surprise that the new Batman was having difficulties bringing him in, having only dealt with more normal threats. But the catboy was clearly not in her league, he was skilled but that sometimes only counted for so much. Hearing a small beep in her earpiece, she heard a voice she had missed for decades.

“What are you doing in Gotham?” The original Batman asked in a gruff voice.

“It’s been a long time.” She smirked, knowing her lack of immediate answer would get under his skin just the tiniest bit.

“I told the League this city was off limits.”

“It’s been two decades and now you want to claim responsibility?” Diana watched as the boy’s head broke the surface and sputtered. “I’ll be by to talk about it once I’ve finished here.”

“Brr-- cold!” The boy announced in a different and high pitched voice, hugging himself as he hopped up out of the water and landed on the shore with a single leap.

Diana’s keen eyes noticed quickly that the boys form had changed drastically, losing nearly a head in height, and clearly becoming female. With similar facial features even before the fact that they were spliced in the exact same way, the two could have been twins. ‘Odd, I would have expected him to go away from me.’ She raised an eyebrow at the strange teens actions.

“That’s a pretty good Wonder Woman costume.” The boy turned girl commented amiably. “You don’t happen to know how I ended up in that stupid pond do you?”

“I would.” She answered slowly. “You were thrown into it.”

“Well what jerk would do that?” The cat girl asked, a shiver running down her long tail causing water to spray off.

“Wonder Woman.” She planted her hands on her hips and cocked her head to one side. ‘Does he seriously not remember?’ In the nearest tree behind the girl she saw Batman decloak his suit.

“Hmm.” The girl crossed her arms and closed her eyes deep in thought. “You’re the real one aren’t you?”

“I am.”

The gender swapped teen squealed excitedly and bounced over to stop right in front of her, hands clasped in front of her chest. “You’re Wonder Woman! Oh I can’t believe I got to meet Batman and now Wonder Woman! This is the first stupid idea by my old man that has ever worked out in anyway, even if I am stuck like this.”

Diana took a step back, not expecting the barrage of girlish prattle that was being directed her way by someone she had been fighting not a minute before.

“Oh slag, I don’t have anything to get an autograph with. I need a pen and paper!” She desperately searched her pockets as though she would materialize the items. “This is embarrassing but you don’t happen to have any on hand do you?”

“I can’t say that I do.” She answered slowly.

“Noo!” The girl cried dramatically. “If I go get something will you still be here? I know you’re busy saving the world and all.”

Diana frowned, realizing that she was dealing with someone who had a delicate psyche. “I threw you in that pond because were were fighting. I’m here to help put you in police custody.”

“I’m wanted--?” The girl’s features scrunched up in confusion. “I was just leaving to go back home, why can’t they just leave me alone?” The teen sounded almost pained as she thought through her lapse in memory.

“Relax.” She tried to sound soothing and to get the teen to focus on her and not whatever memory gap was causing her distress. “If you’re innocent than you have nothing to worry about.”

Several emotions crossed the cat girl’s face before settling on setting her jaw in determination. “That’s right, I haven’t done anything wrong.” She nodded rapidly. “But if you’re here, does that mean they think I’m some kind of super-villain?”

“If you were, this conversation would be much less pleasant.” This was actually a nice change of pace when compared to her usual opponents. “How about we go see if we can sort all this out?”

“Okay.” The cat girl nodded and jerked her thumb behind her. “But if Batman wants to start anything than he’s going to regret it. Fair warning.”

“Noted.” Diana glanced up briefly to see that the new Batman had caught that little exchange with a wince.

 

[Lanceavalon]

I like this, it's a much better idea then when Ranma was going to be shoved into juvie from hell. I can easily see Ranma getting Wonder Women's personal attention not only is it obvious that the changes forced on her are making it hard to control her instincts and emotions, but with how similar this situation is to Cheetah, Diana will b going out of her way to make sure Ranma is given the right kind of help.

 

[shout27]

*scratches chin*
That's actually somewhat believable, though I can't help but cringe as to how juvie from hell is going to make things just go FUBAR if you're still going to go that route. In the end, I think it really just depends on how much WW is going to trust the local powers to take care of Ranma correctly. That or just how much of a headache WW is going to put up with from the same local powers.

edit: WW should definitely be leery of leaving Ranma in Gotham with the new splicing law, but that can be side-stepped by making Bruce a dick that doesn't let her know about it until Ranma is already in the system as it were. He does have territoriality issues, afterall.

 

[Lanceavalon]

Those issues at least in this universe have never caused him to fuck other people over for no reason. He knows the changed has screwed with Ranma's head, Ranma hasn't killed anyone, and if he could keep thinking the Joker could be 'cured' Ranma sure as hell deserves more then that. Lastly Ranma knows where and who the Batman is, putting Ranma in juvie in dangerous for Terry and Bruce as well.

 

[ragnarok1337]

Is this supposed to be part of a larger story? Because I have no idea what the hell is going on.

 

[shout27]

Yes, it is, previous chapters may be found here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5599277/1/Snowfall-on-Gotham

 

[Lawra]

*scratches chin*
That's actually somewhat believable, though I can't help but cringe as to how juvie from hell is going to make things just go FUBAR if you're still going to go that route. In the end, I think it really just depends on how much WW is going to trust the local powers to take care of Ranma correctly. That or just how much of a headache WW is going to put up with from the same local powers.

edit: WW should definitely be leery of leaving Ranma in Gotham with the new splicing law, but that can be side-stepped by making Bruce a dick that doesn't let her know about it until Ranma is already in the system as it were. He does have territoriality issues, afterall.

Bruce is going to be a dick and want the league to get their asses out of Gotham, immediately. Especially with an old flame like WW being the one who came to step on his toes.

Not that the criminal justice system in gotham will be able to do much as Ranma's never going to get to it. :snigger:

 

[Lanceavalon]

*scratches chin*
That's actually somewhat believable, though I can't help but cringe as to how juvie from hell is going to make things just go FUBAR if you're still going to go that route. In the end, I think it really just depends on how much WW is going to trust the local powers to take care of Ranma correctly. That or just how much of a headache WW is going to put up with from the same local powers.

edit: WW should definitely be leery of leaving Ranma in Gotham with the new splicing law, but that can be side-stepped by making Bruce a dick that doesn't let her know about it until Ranma is already in the system as it were. He does have territoriality issues, afterall.

Bruce is going to be a dick and want the league to get their asses out of Gotham, immediately. Especially with an old flame like WW being the one who came to step on his toes.

Not that the criminal justice system in gotham will be able to do much as Ranma's never going to get to it. :snigger:

At this point they HAVE to be calling him on it, of course I'd think they'd have stepped in a few times over the years due some regional threat or another that included Gotham. If they've stayed out completely then I've got to wonder how villains haven't noticed and moved in knowing the JL wouldn't step in unless they started committing mass murder.