Ranma ˝ and Rouroni Kenshin Crossover
A New Budo

Notes: This story takes place a year after Ranma ˝ ends.  This also takes 
place during the episode where Misao and Aoshi are visiting Tokyo.  For this 
story, Ranma ˝ takes place in 1868.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine.  They belong to other people.  
Seeing how this is a fanfic I can play God and make these people's attitudes 
suit my weird ways.  The characters will be a little OOC, but I hope you 
enjoy it.

Chapter 3

    After being introduced to Yahiko and Sanosuke for the supposed first 
time, Sano challenges Ranma to a fight.  It seems that Sano and Ranma knew 
each other in the past.  Yahiko went back into the restaurant to warn Kenshin 
that Sano and Ranma were going to fight.  Ranma and Sano left the restaurant 
with Akane in toe to begin their fight.

    "Kenshin! Hey Kenshin!"  Called Yahiko as he ran into the kitchen.

    "Oro?"  Responded Kenshin with a confused look on his face as he looked 
up from chopping the vegetables.  "What is it?" he asked as he promptly cut 
himself with the knife.  "OUCH!" he started hopping around and crying as he 
shook his finger madly in the air while Yahiko just sweat-dropped. 

    "Um… are you done?"

    Kenshin stops hopping and looks at Yahiko seriously.  "Yes.  What is it?"

    "Sano challenged Ranma and they're going to fight outside."
    
    "Oh, he challenged him already, that didn't take long." He said as he 
went back to making lunch. 

    "You're not worried about Ranma?" asked Yahiko with confusion clearly 
written on his face.

    "No, I'm sure he won't Sano to badly." He said while never looking up 
from his work.  "You should watch the fight Yahiko, it's not everyday you get 
to see Sano get beat up." with that he turned around to see Yahiko gone and 
the door off it's grooves.  He smiled to himself and went back to cooking.

    Yahiko ran to the door leading to the outside with a smile on his face.  
'I can't wait to see this.' He thought happily to himself.

Meanwhile…

    Outside in the street outside the Akabeko Sano was standing across from 
Ranma in a self made circle.  Meaning that all the people in the area knew 
that a fight was going to take place so they formed a circle around the two 
combatants giving them a wide berth as to not get in their way.  "Today's the 
day you pay me back my money brat.  I'm gonna kick yer ass!" with that said 
he bent down and struck the ground with his "Futae no Kiwami".  When 
the dust cleared he looked down and saw a crater about two feet wide and his 
fist in the middle.  He took his fist and stroked his hair back.  "I would 
understand if you didn't want to face me, so if you get down on yer knees and 
beg and pay me my money I won't beat you so badly." He said with a smirk on 
his face looking smug with his eyes closed all the while thinking. 
'OOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!! Damn my hands still a little broken.  Oh well it was worth 
since it had the effect I was going for.  Kids probably pissing his pants.' 
At that thought he looked up hoping to see terror on his opponents face.  He 
scowled, Ranma wasn't even fazed, and he didn't even look impressed.

    "Ranma was that the Bakusai Tenketsu?" whispered Akane.

    "No it was far more powerful." He responded to Akane still with no 
expression on his face.  "The Bakusai Tenketsu works on rocks and other 
inanimate objects.  That technique can actually hurt me.  However the Bakusai 
Tenketsu is a lot more intimidating if someone who doesn't know it sees it.  
I think I'll scare him a little." He said with a smile.

    Akane backed away the two combatants all the while thinking 'Those two 
think the same way it's scary!  Stupid arrogant macho jerks!'

    "Hey Sano nice trick. Now it's my turn.  Watch carefully." 'I knew that 
Bakusai Tenketsu training would come in handy for me on this trip.  Glad I 
took the time to learn it.'  With that said he took out his index finger and 
touched the ground.  The floor cracked and split at the spot where his finger 
met the floor and continued towards Sano until it was directly under his feet 
and the ground under him exploded upwards, barraging him with rock shrapnel.

    Sano thought in alarm.  'It's way better than Anjis' technique.'

    Ranma merely stood back and admired his handiwork while crossing his arms 
against his chest as his aura of confidence began to grow to the surprise of 
Sano and to the dismay of Akane.

    'Great, just what the baka needs, a bigger ego!' she thought to herself.

    "Well I'm waiting for that ass-kickin you promised me." Said Ranma still 
smiling happily at Sano.

    'That's right." Started Sano.  "You don't scare me kid!"  With that said 
he launched into an attack pattern, which would have made a normal third dan 
in kenpo quiver in fear.  However, Ranma just weaved in and out of his 
attacks while making snide remarks regarding his skills.

*PUNCH* "To slow!"

*KICK*  "What are you trying to hit?"

*PUNCH* "Don't Overextend Yourself."

*BITCHSLAP* "Yeah, right! Try again."

'The Nerve of this brat.' Sano thought to himself angrily.  'Screw going easy 
on him, I'm gonna give him the "Futae no Kiwami".'  "Eat this jackass!" he 
shouted as attacked with his best technique only to overextend his arm again 
as Ranma hopped out of his way with ease.

'Oh well.' Thought Ranma to himself.  'I thought he would give me a better 
fight than that but…' "Here I come!" he announced as he moved past Sano's arm 
and attacked his now unprotected stomach.  After a quick 40-hit attack that 
happened in the space of a blink, Ranma decided to end the match with an 
uppercut to the jaw, which caused Sano to spin around in the air twice only 
to land unconscious.  His last conscious thought being 'Fuck!'  Ranma merely 
turned his back on Sano's unconscious body and had a scowl on his face.  "I 
was expecting a better defense from him."

Around this time Yahiko was coming out of the Akabeko hoping to see Sano get 
pounded but saw him already on the floor unconscious.  "Damn!" He cried in 
anger.  "Kenshin was right and I missed the fight." He then began to sulk.

>From the shadows of an alley on the other side of the street, a man put out 
his cigarette as he observed the outcome of the fight.  "That piece of shit 
still hasn't made his defense any better."  He said as he walked away 
adjusting his police uniform.  Fujito Goro had work to do after all.

Seeing his work done Ranma turns to Akane.  "Now that that is settled let's 
go get Kenshin."  Ranma then turned around and started to walk back to the 
Akabeko only to get stopped by…

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

"What now…" started Ranma as he turned around only to get floored by a 
mallet. "Ow! Akane why'd ya do that!" said Ranma in more annoyance than pain. 
 He had been acting extra careful and was doing his best not to put his foot 
in his mouth lately so he could avoid the wrath of Akane and her mallet.  He 
couldn't figure why she hit him.  When he turned to her to get his answer she 
shrugged and said, "It wasn't me." She then pointed to a group of women who 
were standing behind Ranma.

The woman who was responsible for the mallet to Ranma's noggin was staring at 
the boy in shock for her mallet had no effect.  'What is he? Not even Kenshin 
recovers that fast from that.' She thought.

Ranma turned around in order to get a glimpse of who attacked him in a most 
uncute tomboyish fashion.  He turned around to see seven women all looking at 
him with shock.  The one with the mallet was wearing a purple Kimono with her 
black hair in a high ponytail, which came down to her shoulders. She looked 
like she was in her early 20's.  There was another woman about 30 years old 
with a light blue kimono with long, straight black hair who was now tending 
to Sano's injuries.  He could have sworn that she was cursing him out under 
her breath.

Behind them were two women in brown kimonos with white cloths on top of their 
hair.  One looked to be about 25 years old while the other looked to be 
around Yahiko's age.  He could tell that the younger one had a haircut like 
Nabiki's and she had a scared look on her face while the older one had a look 
that could freeze hell.  The last three were wearing dark blue kimonos.  Two 
looked to be about 21 years old and the last one looked to be about 16 and 
had her hair in a long pigtail.  She was looking at Ranma like he was a piece 
of meat and it was unnerving him.  Pushing that line of though aside for the 
moment he decided to ask the one with the mallet a question.  "Why'd ya hit 
me for?  I didn't do nuthin to ya!" he said while rubbing the now forming 
lump on his head. 

The woman was still a little scared of him so she tightened her grip on her 
mallet.  Gathering up her courage she answered him with another question.  
"Why did you beat up Sano?" 'Not that he doesn't deserve it.' She added as an 
afterthought.

Ranma noticed the panicky look in her eyes and started getting nervous so he 
tried to reply in a friendly manner.  "That jerk had it coming!" And failed 
miserably.  He would have asked the question again when he was elbowed out of 
the way by Akane.

"Baka!" she yelled at Ranma.  She then turned to the woman.  "I'm sorry for 
this moron's rudeness to you, but your friend did challenge him and he had 
been insulting him." She said trying to calm the woman down.

With that said, the woman turned to look at Sano's limp form and sighed 
before turning back to Akane.  "I know he can be very arrogant at times and I 
apologize for that but that's no reason to go after Kenshin." She said 
re-brandishing her mallet.

"That won't be needed Kaoru-dono." Said someone from the entranceway of the 
Akabeko.  "They were just coming to get me so they could have lunch."

"Kenshin?" the woman named Kaoru responded but still keeping her distance 
from the two teens.  "How do you know these two?"

"I don't really.  They came here looking for you to be your new students.  
Aren't you happy." Kenshin answered with a smile. 

As he said this Akane stepped forward and bowed.  "I am Tendo Akane of the 
Tendo School of Anything Goes Martial Arts.  I would like to be your 
student."  And with that said Kaoru promptly fainted.

END CHAPTER 3


As for why Kaoru hit Ranma instead of listening to him first, well if people 
find her a little OOC consider this.  Whenever any new fighter comes around 
that's good they are always causing trouble for Kenshin.  So I had her take a 
little initiative.