Ranma ½ and Rouroni Kenshin Crossover
A New Budo

Notes: This story takes place a year after Ranma ½ ends.  This also 
takes place during the episode where Misao and Aoshi are visiting
Tokyo.  For this story, Ranma ½ 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 5

After being properly introduced to Kaoru and the rest of the Kenshin-
gumi, Ranma and Akane explain who they are, where they're from and why
they came to the Kamiya Dojo.

********At the Akabeko******* 

	Not that many people come face to face with an angry Himura 
Kenshin and are able to walk away without a scar.  The number could now 
be raised by two as Akane and Ranma watched as Kenshin slowly boiled. 
Ranma, nervous for his and Akane's safety,  inched slowly away from 
Kenshin towards his fiance.

	"Tell me Ranma-kun will we ever have the...pleasure..of meeting 
your father?"  Kenshin asked with a fake smile on his face.

	"Uh, maybe I don't know.  Why?"

	Kenshins smile stayed on his face as he responded.  "No reason, I 
would just like to talk to him that's all." he said as the grip on his 
teacup made the cup break in his hand.  The hot liquid pouring over his
hand snapped him out of his anger as he saw what he had done.  "Tae-
dono I apologize for breaking your cup." he said as he started to pick
the pieces up off the floor.

	"Don't worry about that Kenshin."  Tae said as she stuck her head
into the table area where they were sitting.  She quickly backed away
as she saw the look on his face.  "I'm sure you didn't mean to do it,
I'll get you a new one." she said as she ran back to the kitchen.

	Yahiko leaned over and nudged Kaoru.  "Kaoru, Kenshin doesn't
look to good."

	"I know I haven't seen him like that since Jine." she whispered
back.  "I know I'll change the topic."  saying this she turned to the
two teens on the other side of the table.  "So how did the two of you
meet?" she asked.

	Both teens blushed at the question but Akane found her center
first and was able to answer the question.  "We are both the heirs to
our family school of martial arts."  she blushed even more as she 
continued, "Our parents arranged for us to be married, we met two years 
ago and have been engaged ever since."

	"So you two are in love?" asked Kaoru with hearts in her eyes as 
she stole glances at Kenshin and watched the two teens in front of her
sputter incoherently as they tried to deny the accusation.

	"That's not true..."

	"Our Parents decided..."

	"I'd never marry a pervert like him!"

	"I'd never marry an uncute tomboy like her!"

	At this both teens turned towards each other.

	"Pervert?!"

	"Uncute Tomboy?!"

	The two were ready to rip into each other until they were
interruped by Kenshin.  "So it's a matter of honor." said Kenshin
calmly, yet in a way that commanded respect.

	Ranma and Akane looked at their feet as they knew they had
embarassed themselves once more in front of their new friends. 
"Sorry." they apologized simultaneously.

	Kenshin waved it off.  "There's nothing to be sorry about, you're
still young and I'm sure it will work out." he said with a small smile.

	Behind him both Kaoru and Yahiko frowned and thought the same
thing.  'How could someone as dense as him give relationship advice?'

	Ranma sighed.  "It would be a little easier for us if not for my
other fiancees."  he said absently.  He then gulped as he finally
registered what he just said.

	"That's right I forgot, Mr. Playboy over here doesn't need to
marry me.  He has other engagements that he could fall back on!" Akane
hmphed as she fought the urge to belt through the roof and across town.

	"Now hold on you know that if I had my way I wouldn't want any
one of ya!" Ranma argued as he turned his back on Kaoru which was, for
him, a mistake.

	With a cry of "RANMA NO BAKA!!" he was hit by a double whammy as
both Kaoru and Akane in righteous feminine outrage slammed Ranma
through the wall.

	"Oro?"

	Hearing his trademark phrase being uttered in what sounded to her
like sympathy to Ranma, Kaoru turned her anger onto Kenshin.  "AND YOU
ARE NO BETTER THAN HIM!!"

	Before Kenshin could stutter out a protest he too was lifted up
and thrown in the same direction of Ranma all the while screaming,
"OOOOORRRRRROOOOOO!!!"

	Both girls hmphed, crossed their arms across their chest and
growled at the same time, "MEN! HMPH!" 

	Elsewhere, Sano sat still and slowly boiled as he got his hand 
rebandaged by Megumi.  She had been on his case for what seemed to be 
to him hours about why he shouldn't reinjure his hand.

	"The next time you rebreak this thing I think I'm just going to 
let it get infected so I have to cut it off your body."  Megumi growled
as she redressed his hand.  'Leave it to this baka to never listen to a
doctor's orders.  "Now no more fights you got that stupid?" she said 
looking him square in the eye.  Seeing as he wasn't even paying 
attention to her she yanked the last bandage hard and tied the bandage 
tight.  To her amusement Sano screamed in pain as he felt the bandage 
tighten. 

	"That hurts you damn fox-woman!" He shouted as he loosened the 
bandage around his hand.

	"You know if you don't follow the doctor's orders you're only 
going to get worse." Megumi said with a frown.

	"Yeah, yeah what do you know.  I'm in the prime of my life.  
Nothing can bring me down." he commented as he smiled and flexed his 
hand.  "You'll see I'm never gonna be taken by surprise by that kid 
again."

	"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

	Megumi watched stunned as Ranma came flying through the wall and
barreled directly into Sano's head.  Sano rolled on the floor till he
came to a stop at the other side of the room.  Ranma shakily stood up 
as he shook the cobwebs from his head.

	Megumi laughed as Sano shakily got to his feet and declared 
woozily, "That's the last time he takes me by surprise." before 
fainting on the floor.

	"Idiot." Megumi said with a small smile on her face as she 
walked over to help him.  While she was walking she lifted her head as
she heard a strange howl coming straight for her.

	"OOOOORRRRRROOOOOO!!!!!"

	Kenshin crashed into Megumi, knocking her onto her back as he 
laid on her chest semi-conscious with swirls in his eyes."Orororo..."

	Megumi blushed as she wrapped her arms around him.  "Ooh Ken-san
I never knew you were so forward."

	Ranma blushed at the scene unfolding before and decided to leave
the two of them alone for now.  As he walked out of the room he noticed 
an irate Karou and Akane coming toward him.  'Oh great this again.'
Ranma sagged his shoulders as he prepared for the inevitable.  Once the 
two girls got within speaking distance of them he spoke up.  "I, 
apologize for before." 'God I hate this.  But I promised mom I would be
on my best behavior.'

	"Oh really you do, do you?" Akane snapped back at him while Kaoru 
glared at him from behind.

	"Kenshin's inside Kamiya-san.  Can I talk to Akane alone for a 
sec." Ranma asked hoping he could calm her down easier if she didn't 
have anger support.

	"Alright." she said after getting a nod from Akane and went 
inside to find Kenshin. 

	"Well?" Akane asked as she tapped her foot.

	"I'm sorry for sticking my foot in my mouth back there ok.  You
know how I feel about the engagement."

	"Oh I see." she said while turning her back to him.

	"Oh come on!" He said while pulling on his hair.  "I try my best 
not to put my foot in my mouth and when I do, because you provoked me 
by the way, you're all over me!  I try my best damnit and ...and..grrr!
You're so frustrating!" he turned back to her to find her smiling at 
him.  "Uh..what's that for..." he said uneasily.

	"Now you know how I feel sometimes." she said as she followed 
Kaoru.

	Ranma watched as she entered the small room with an odd look on 
his face. "WHAT!! I will never understand that girl!" he said as he
followed her in. 

	However before he could get in the door he heard a loud shout 
from the inside.  "KENSHIN NO HENTAI!!!!"

*******Later at the Kamiya Dojo*******

	Ranma, Kenshin and Sano were each nursing their wounds as the
girls talked in the dojo. 

	"Thanks for letting us stay here while we train sensei." Akane 
said as she talked with Kaoru and Misao.

	"Please Akane-chan when we're not training you can call me 
Kaoru."

	"How many students are there Kaoru-san?" 

	Kaoru sweatdropped as she realised that she still only had one 
student and he didn't pay.  "Umm..well I uh.."

	"She only has one student."  Misao spoke up.  "That little brat 
Yahiko." she said with a smile.

	Yahiko looked in from where he was practicing outside and growled 
at the girl. "Hey what are you talking about you flat-chested bimbo!"

	"Flat-Chested!!" Misao growled as she burned with rage.

	"You heard me little girl!" he shouted as he stuck out his tongue
which was a mistake as he felt 6 throwing knives whiz past his face.
"Argh! What are you doing you psychopath!"

	Kaoru and Akane sweatdropped as they watched as Yahiko and Misao
ran around the yard trying to kill each other.  "Is he really your only
student?" Akane asked.

	Kaoru blushed as she looked at her feet and answered. "Yeah.  
There was an, incident, and many of my students quit because of it."
She looked out at the yard where Yahiko and Misao were running around
and a smile came to her face.  "Yahiko was homeless and had nowhere to
go so Kenshin decided that I should train him.  He's actually a pretty 
good student once you get past his arrogance."

	"Yeah I know the type." said Akane while looking back at Ranma.

	"Yeah well he's my only student now.  How did you hear of my dojo
though? With all the bad rumors going around I would have figured no 
one else would want to train here." she said with a sigh.

	"Ranma's mother suggested we come here.  She said she trained 
here when she was younger and since our parents felt we needed some 
time away from home they sent us up here.  I want to better my skills
with a sword so I can be a better fighter.  Ranma will keep training me
in my family's style so I don't get to dependent on the sword.  He 
never takes me seriously though so I was hoping to get an edge over 
him." She responded with a smile.

	The girls were about to carry on with their conversation when 
they noticed it had started to rain.  'Oh no Ranma sitting on the porch.' 
Akane thought in fear.  Sure enough when she turned to look at him he was 
a she and Sano and Kenshin were looking at him strangely. 'Oh boy.'

	Ranma rinsed the water out of her hair and looked up at the 
downcast face of his, now her, fiance.  "What'd I do?"

END Chapter 5

Authors Notes: Just a short little chapter full of Ranma and Kenshin 
bashing.  I have nothing against them but I thought it was funny. :)
In the next chapter things should be getting a little more interesting
as Ranma and Akane are introduced to a certain cop and an old foe makes
an reappearance.

Later