Chapter 2 Arrival by Man in the shadows. Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Ranma 1/2, Nightwing, or SaliorMoon. DC Comics owns itself as well as Nightwing. Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Whoever makes Saliormoon is one hell of a better artist then I. God Bless these people. I'm also low on cash. Please don't sue. God bless these people's lawyers. ~ ~ These shall be used for communication between the main two characters. [ ] This is for thoughts. WARNING: Spoilers, Foul language, and you better believe there'll be violence. ********************************************************* Orian purred as Kasumi put some food before him. Like a normal cat, He preferred tablescraps. Sure they're what no one wanted, but it was better then cat food. The mere thought of the crud that passed for food made him feel sick. Today he was happy. Nabiki's family had decided to take him in. Kasumi turned out to be a good cook. Soun found him comforting. And Nabiki had a computer with a fast net access and CD burner. The only problem was how sad the family looked. They had only recently lost their youngest. The tragedy had left them all seeming like they had been a bit hollow. Orion smacked his lips as his finished off a bit of Miso soup and headed upstairs. Nabiki was going to try and resume her petty business to keep the family afloat so he had lots of time to hack into Mercury's computers. *** Nabiki walked to the door. She paused with her hand reaching for the door. She didn't know if she could go through with it. It hurt just to try to walk out of the house. But she had to go on. She opened the door to find a swirling purple vortex. Suddenly a winged guy with swords on his back got spit out right into her. They took a tumble and landed in a tangle. Kasumi and Soun came running when they heard the crash. "Oh my," was the only thing they could say. Nabiki remembered basic self-defense rules. Quickly she kneed the guy between the legs, shoved him off, and ran behind her father. Quatre was immersed into a world of pain and took a few moments to catch his breath. He looked up at the shocked family and said, "Hi," in a rather high pitched voice. "Who are you," asked Soun. "I'm Quatre. I'm an angel. ACK!" Soun had him in a power hug. Tears streamed down his face. "Kami has answered our prayers! He's sent you to bring my little girl back!" "Daddy, you're strangling the angel," pointed out Nabiki. Soun let go and Quatre dropped to the floor. Once more he gasped for air. "I'm sorry, you eminence," said Soun as he started groveling. "I hope you still are willing to bring my daughter back." Quatre caught his breath and said, "I'm sorry. That's not why I'm here." "WHAT," demanded Soun as he used his daemon head technique, scaring the hell out of Quatre. "Daddy, could you go to hell for that," asked Kasumi. Soun quickly killed the technique and started groveling. "Please don't grovel," asked Quatre. "I'm here to ask if you people would be willing to provide room and board for some people who are expected to save this world." "Wait a minute." Nabiki was immediately suspicious. "How many people are we talking about? And how are we going to be able to afford this?" "The Lord shall provide," he simply said. "Anyway, I just need your permission." "How many people are we talking about here?" "Five people from 4 different dimensions. You'll recognize one." Nabiki pursed her lips and took a moment to think about it. "You'll have to pay for my families' needs too." "Nabiki," said Soun with a bit of nervousness. "You don't bargain with an angel." "Dad, we need to keep this family afloat." "I don't think that your request is unreasonable," said Quatre. "Okay, you got a deal." Quatre smiled the held out a hand. Another portal formed and a black and blue clad man got spit out. He went into a summersault and moved away. Then some teen with a pigtail was spat out. On his tail was an olderversion of himself who collided with the younger. Then Kuno was spit out. He was wearing white and landed on the other two. Then a redhead fell out and landed on Kuno, sitting on top of the pile. The angel gestured to the group. "They're all from dimensions other then this one. This Kuno is a more honorable man then the one in this world. The others are Saotome Ranma." Soun's visage perked up. "Your deal with Genma doesn't apply to them. Don't try it, Mr. Tendo." That got Nabiki's and Kasumi's attention. By this time the other Ranma's had gotten untangled. "Let me introduce you to NightWing, Lady, Ranma, 15, and Kuno Tatewaki the White Cloud." "White Cloud," asked Nabiki out of confusion. "It's a long story," said Quatre. "Anyway, they'll be taking on other names in civilian life. Nightwing will take on the name of Dick Grayson. Lady will be called Lady Tendo. Ranma will be named Trowa. Tatewaki will be known as William. And 15 will retain his name, but use the last name Shin." The older Ranma smirked at this. "Know, the Ranma of this world shouldn't be trusted. Also I can't help out in the battles, without authorization from my superior and what we consider disruption on a certain level." *** Nightwing entered the bathroom and started pulling his civilian clothes from a pack that Quatre allowed him to have. He removed his mask and looked at himself in the mirror. The most noticeable difference between him and the other Ranmas was that he cut his hair short. Then there was how different his nose looked, most likely due to how many times it had been broken. Nightwing then pulled out a case and opened it. Inside were simple contact lenses, meant to change his eye color. He intended to quickly set himself up in a loft elsewhere in Nermia. He didn't want to risk the Tendo Dojo with his activates. *** 15 sat in the livingroom while meditating. Nearby Nabiki was speaking with Tatewaki, and being shocked by his kind and wise behavior. Ranma was arguing with Mr. Tendo. Something about an engagement. 15 didn't want to think about it. He was immersed in stretching out his senses. The whole area was saturated in all sorts of energies, including Chi', Magic, and other powers. [Oh boy... This is going to be a large order... Thank goodness I learned Kai O' Ken. I'm going to need it.] ********************************************************* The man walked before Serenity's throne and nodded his head. He was very well dressed, had a suitcase, and sported a business like haircut. "Hello. I represent the Stallions." "Yes... Well what do you want," she asked him. "Ma'am, my employers wish to convey their disappointment in not receiving their payment for the mark." Serenity frowned and leaned foreword. "They missed the mark." "One crippled for life, one vanished, one confirmed dead, and four of their devices can be accounted as destroyed." "Yes, but their leader not only wasn't hit, he's got his firepower at his fingertips. He is the most dangerous. The Stallions missed their mark. When the figure head is gone, the Stallions will be paid." The man nodded again. "I will convey the message. Good day Ma'am." He quietly left. Edmond leaned over to Serenity. "This is dangerous. The Stallions are dangerous to deal with under normal circumstances." "I know. But with Herro Yuy to look to, the people won't lean on us and We can't bring peace to this world. We have no choice." ********************************************************* Orian tapped away at the keyboard at blurring speeds. The Gundam Pilots had recently lost two of their number and four Gundams. Sailor Mercury had listed the event. To Orian's disgust, the Scouts convinced an outside source to take the Gundams, all so the world would lean more on the Senishi. It all made Orian sick to his stomach. He copied it to disk before putting in a new one and going back to the massive main directory. [I can't believe they went that far. I knew they'd murder... But to kill heroes who nearly accomplished their goal... Human kind was so close to gaining peace for themselves. I got to find-] Everything seemed to come to a halt as he found a directory marked Sol. [Sailor Sol! Please may they have not located her...] He started working on a major security program surrounding that single file. [If they've found here, then she's as good as dead!] "So in you're dimension... I'm dead?" The voice had come from outside the door. It belonged to Nabiki. Quickly Orian removed the CD front the drive and shut down the system. He only had a few seconds to hide the CDs and hop on the bed before Nabiki walked in with a friend. Orian assumed his cover once more. "Meoww." The redhead behind Nabiki looked straight at Orian and screamed. *** Nightwing heard the scream. Quickly grabbing his escrima sticks and slapping on his mask before running out of the bathroom, just wearing slacks. Lady ran by screaming. He noticed Nabiki standing by the door of a room with a cat in her arms. "What's going on?" Ranko ran down into the livingroom, where 15 had assumed a combat stance. Ranma ran to her. "What's wrong?" "CAT," she screamed in his face. 15 became tense and Ranms started looking about. "WHERE?" Nightwing leapt to the bottom of the steps. "What is going on?" "There's a cat in the house," said Ranma in a slightly panicked voice. "So?" "Cats scare me," simply said Ranma and Ranko. Nightwing sighed and took of his mask. "Are you guys kidding?" ********************************************************* Ranma looked at the note he got from the usual drop spot as he removed his disguise. "Well," asked Mousse. Ranma looked up. "The bitch stiffed us!" "What'd I tell you! Never trust a woman!" "Calm down," said Ryouga. "We just make her regret it, right?" Ranma gave a evil smile. "And I know the mark. We'll have to hit her hard, and fast, or she'll fry us and half of Tokyo. Mousse, no killing her." "Awww..." "No. She has to survive to relay the message. No one crosses us!." ********************************************************* Orian went back to work on the computer. The moment he heard Nekoken, he knew he had more then enough time to do his work. It would take hours to explain just what the trainer was thinking. The thought of the training made him almost as sick as he had been when he found out what the Senishi had done to the pilots. He went into hacking into Mercury's files again. He worked swiftly and methodically. Suddenly he made it into the Sol directory. He looked at the menu and opened up a file marked mission statement. [Seems pretty cut and dry... Find Sailor Sol. Try to recruit her. If unable to do so, then eliminate.] Orian went back to the directory. {Well, now to see how far they got.] He opened up a file marked alter ego. A complete file on the person and her picture came up. "Nooooo... nooo.... FUCKING HELL NO!" *** Nabiki and the others ran to her room immediately as they heard the voice. They stopped at the doorway to see Orian beating his paws on the desk and cursing at the top of his lungs. It was a rather comical sight. Both Ranma and Ranko both fainted dead away, while 15 stared in shock. "Cats can talk in this dimension," asked Nightwing. Orian turned to see the others. "Uh... Meow?" He discretely shutdown the net link. "No go," said Nabiki. "Now tell us why you can talk." Orian put a paw to his forehead and groaned. "Great... Just perfect. Might as well. I'm Orian, advisor to Sailor Sol." "The Sailor Scouts," asked Kasumi. "Can they bring back Akane," asked Soun. "Not very Damn well likely. They're going rouge and Sailor Sol is dead. So, who are these clowns anyway, Nabiki?" Nabiki was put a bit off by Orian's manner. "Well... An Angel brought them to save the world." [Oh, thank you God!] "Oh? Okay, the Sailor Scouts may damn this world in their goal to make the world depend on them to Bring Peace to this world. We'll have to deal with them. I want a list of your names, skills, and how far you will go. We're now in a war." [And If Akane Tendo really was Sailor Sol, we're in big trouble.] ********************************************************* In a dark lab, a figure was held in a tube full of fluids. Tubes ran all over his body, keeping him barely alive. And near by, scientists worked hard to make sure he stayed that way. ********************************************************* Author's Notes: Nightwing doesn't have Nekoken because Genma died before then. 15 has reasons for why he doesn't completely freak out. Any questions, send em' to me.