Here is some of Chapter 2 of Ranma X as always tell me what you
think.
Ranma X
By Dale Ratner
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma or the X-Men. I did not seek
permission or get permission to use them in this story. This is a not for
profit story (job offers from Comic Book companies will be considered though.)
Ranma is copyrighted by Rumiko Takashi and Viz Communications. The X-Men
are the property of Marvel Comics. All comments on this story should be
sent to Shadow6865@aol.com.
Chapter 2: The Danger Room.
Ranma and Akane could not believe their ears. There lives have been
far from normal over the past year but this was one of the weirdest things to
happen to either of them. They were just asked to join the X-Men, for Ranma
it was a childhood dream come true; for Akane it was a predicament. To join a
group, that was an enigma to her and most of the world. What little she knew
about the group was a mixed batch of positive and negative opinions, most of
them negative with very little base in fact. The awkward silence was broken
by a question from her overly-ecstatic fiancé.
"You mean you want us? To join the X-Men?" squealed Ranma, in a
voice that sounded more like a child on his first trip to Disney World rather
than the martial artist he was.
"Yes" responded Professor X, the wheel-chair bound founder of the X-
Men. " I feel that you and Akane can become very valuable members of the
team."
"How about Akane, do you want to join?" Ranma said to his future
wife, his voice still showing excitement over the prospects of joining the X-
Men. The only thing he was not looking forward to wearing the spandex
uniforms he saw the X-Men wearing. "No, problem" he thought to himself, "I
can probably just add a "X" to some of my current clothes."
"I don’t know about this, Ranma" responded Akane answering Ranma's
question. "We still have one more year of high school left and then college,
and you know how overprotective and overemotional my dad is."
"If education is the object you worry about, let your fears subside"
said the purple mass known as the Beast who spoke in a rich accent obviously
learned at a fine University like Oxford or Cambridge. "Professor Xavier and
I are still doctors and can provide you with a very fine education with
accreditation from the New York State League of Private Schools and the
United States Department of Education.."
"I believe we can assure your father that you will be safe here."
Cyclops, the handsome leader of the X-Men said in a clam, steady voice that
would give security to even the most nervous people.
"I guess it's okay then, I'd like to use this week as a trial period
though." responded a still somewhat unsure Akane.
"Of course" said Jean Grey placing a sympathetic hand on Akane's
shoulder trying to assuage her fears. "We all felt the way you did, when he
first arrived here but soon you will find out that we are very supportive
of each other."
"How about it, mom? Can we join" asked Ranma of his mother
Nodoka however, was only slightly paying attention to the transaction
of dialogue that just happened. She still was trying to figure out what
happened, a nagging feeling haunted her head since the letter from Professor
Xavier arrived. She knew that Ranma's grades were pretty good but they
weren't great. Academically, Akane or Nabiki would have been more logical
candidates to attend a boarding school. At least, she knew who the X-Men
were, they were all Ranma talked about when he was six years old. "Six years
old, that his when Ranma was taken away from me," Nodoka thought still mad
that she allowed her husband to take him on a ten year long training trip.
When she was finally reunited with her son, so much happened to him. She
gained four fiancés, three actually since no one ever counted Kodachi as a
real one. Now it looked like her son was being taken away from her again.
"I don’t know, we'll see" was all she could say as a response.
"Ranma and Akane I would like to see your martial art skills. Which
one of you would want to go first?" asked Professor X.
Ranma and Akane stared at each other for a minute not sure of what to
answer. Finally, Akane agreed to be the first volunteer.
"Excellent, you will spare against Psylocke, she is a very good
martial artist"
"May I change into my fighting Gi, please?" asked Akane
"Of course, you may. Psylocke please escort Akane to her room and
take her to the Danger Room when she is done changing."
"Danger Room?" asked a nervous Akane not liking the name of the
room. "Why do you call it that?"
"Don't worry, Akane you won't get hurt in their" responded Cyclops
trying to be as assuring as possible.
Ten minutes later Akane found herself in, what can only be described
as a black room. No decorations, no floor mats, no anything. "Why do you call
this the Danger Room? It doesn't look very Dangerous." asked Akane.
"You will find out soon enough" responded Psylocke. "Beast give us a
forest setting."
Akane could not believe what happened next, right before her eyes a
room that had been completely empty changed into an extremely dense forest
complete with animal noises. That shock caused her to stumble back into a
large oak and emit a small scream of pain.
"Are you okay?" asked Psylocke.
"I think so" answered Akane standing up again and getting into a
fighting stance. "I am ready to begin when ever you are."
With Akane's remark Psylocke also got into a fighters stance. Both
women stood still for about a minute, waiting for their opponent to make the
first move. Suddenly Psylocke leapt forward and tried to give Akane a quick,
low punch to the chest. Akane easily dodged the punch and managed to land a
counter attack punch on Psylocke's side.
"That was close" Akane thought to herself. All the experiences she
had with Ranma over the last one and a half years improved her martial art
skills greatly. She was now even able to hold her own against Shampoo which
was no easy task. Ranma also began to teach her some special techniques after
their ordeal in China just so he could feel better if she ever had to fight
someone and she wasn't around. This thought made Akane a little mad, she
loved her fiancé but wished he wasn't so overprotective sometimes. A quick
kick from Psylockemade Akane realize that she should calm down and start
taking this bout seriously.
After twenty minutes of sparring, the match seemed to be a perfect
tie both Pyslocke and Akane each taking about twenty hits. Realizing that the
fight was going nowhere Professor X sent a mental command to Psylocke
asking her to jump about fifteen feet and send a low-level psychic blast
towards Akane.
Akane wondered why the woman she was just sparing heavily for the
last twenty minutes did a quick summersault away from her. Akane knew that
the woman who called herself Psylocke was far from losing her energy. She
must be planning something. As soon as Akane's last thought reached her
mind, she saw what Psylocke was planning. Some sort of chi-blast quickly
made its way towards Akane. Akane not knowing what to do, simply closed
her eyes, covered her face with her hands and waited for the blast to hit her. It
never did.
After a few minutes, Akane gathered enough courage to see what
happened. As she slowly lifted her hands from her face, she saw a dumb
founded Psylocke looking at her and a severed branch from one of the
virtually created trees that fell just a few centimeters away from both of
them. It slowly dawned on Akane, what happened she somehow managed to
create some sort of shield around herself and the shield not only protected
her but deflected the blast towards the tree. Akane slumped downwards partly
out of exhaustion and partly out of fear as the Danger Room changed from
the forest to the empty room it was when Akane first entered.
"AKANE" Ranma screamed as he ran into the Danger Room after
seeing what happened. As soon as he reached her, he held her in his arms
tightly and asked if she was okay.
"I guess so" responded a meek Akane who suddenly became very
emotional. "No, I'm not, I'm scared Ranma. I never noticed that before."
"It's okay. You will be okay" cooed Ranma trying to calm down his
fiancé as he ran his hand through her hair. "I can't believe, I am being
caring" he thought to himself. A year ago he would have probably made fun of Akane
for acting so emotional. But after nearly losing her too many times to count
he decided to admit that he truly loved Akane and promised to protect her
until the day she died. Truth be told he fell in love with Akane the first
day he met her. She had to be the cutest girl he ever met. She was so
delicate, yet she had spunk which made her even cuter. Maybe she couldn't
cook or sew but she was still Ranma's first true love. He probably would have
admitted sooner if her father wasn't involved but he was and Genma fucked
up Ranma's personal life, too many times for Ranma to care for. Engaging
him to Akane was probably the only good thing he ever did for Ranma.
