Chapter 1 - Lost and Found
By Paks
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Authors note: This story is set to be a mega-crossover, you have been warned
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In the Juuban hospitals maternity ward two worried
men and a small boy stood outside the delivery room listening to the agonies of
childbirth being endured somewhat loudly inside. The elder man looked concerned
while the younger man looked absolutely frantic, dry-washing his hands in
outward worry. The small boy just looked confused what was happening to mama in
there and why won't they let me go to her.
Dr Mizuno encouraged Achika to breath
as she had been taught. A nurse hovered over the woman who was about to give
birth, gently sponging her brow with a damp cloth and holding her hand. This
had been an extremely long labour but it was soon to
draw to a close as a babies crown appeared. Once the baby was born, in an
explosion of loud crying, Dr Mizuno gently picked it up and handed it to a
nurse to be cared for.
"Achika, you have another healthy son but you
can't rest just yet."
At the sound of a babies cries the older man let out a
sigh of relief, while the younger man visibly calmed. The small boy looked at
the doors to the delivery room in wonder. Was that the new brother or sister
that his mama and papa had been promising him? But why wasn't mama coming out?. The old man picked up the boy and placed him on his
shoulders.
"Tenchi, it sounds like your new sibling has
just been born - do you want to go in and see?"
Just then a nurse exited the delivery room and asked the three visitors to go
and sit down, that she would come and get them when Achika
was ready to see them. The three went to the seats slightly down the hallway.
The older man swung Tenchi down onto a seat and sat
next to him. On the other side of the small boy sat the younger man, still
extremely nervous but somewhat calmer than before.
Achika was by this time extremely pale and gasping
for breath. Yes, it was proving to be an extremely hard labour.
Just then another contraction hit and the doctor encouraged her to push. A
slight smile touched the Dr Mizunos lips as a second
babies crown appeared.
"Your other baby is coming Achika, just hold on
a little longer."
As the second baby was born crying at a volume rivaling its brother, another
nurse came to retrieve it from the doctor. After it was washed and swaddled it
was placed in a cot beside the other baby. Beads of sweat were wiped off Achika’s brow as she heard a second set of lungs announcing
another entry into the world.
"Achika, your daughter looks like she's going to
be an even bigger handful than your two sons!"
A short time later a pale, exhausted Achika accepted
her two new children into her arms as a nurse went to get the rest of her
family from the hallway. Dr Mizuno moved to Achika Misaki's side and looked at the gently smiling woman
holding her two babies. That will be me in another six months she thought as
she congratulated her friend.
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A fat balding martial artist in a gi strode down the
street with two babies strapped to his back. The man in question was Genma Saotome, and he was going
to meet Soun Tendo down at
the bar to celebrate the birth of his two children, and toast the union of the
two clans. He now had both a son and a daughter, while Soun
had two daughters with another on the way.
Reaching the bar Genma met Soun
and showed off his two children. Soun handed him a
bottle of sake and they both drank deeply amid cheerful declarations on Genma's part and wailing on Souns.
Soun and Genma slowly
became drunker and drunker as they loudly celebrated their plans almost
reaching fruition. The two slumbering babies were gradually forgotten, as they
lay sleeping in a corner of the bar.
"Tha bboy is called Ranma." slurred Genma.
"wot about tha girrlll..." replied a
very tipsy Soun.
"Ranko."
A ferrety looking man with dark shifty eyes saw the abandoned babies, sliding
out of his seat he stealthily crept over to the corner and picked up the two
slumbering babies who squirmed a little but continued sleeping amongst the
racket that their father and his friend were making. Sprinkling a little powder
under their noses to ensure that they continued sleeping, the ferrety man crept
out of the bar unnoticed, but carrying the two slumbering babes.
Finally a drunken Genma and Soun
passed out, happy grins were plastered all over their
faces. The barkeep looking at them amused, they were his best customers, their frequent drinking binges were paying his children’s way
through college.
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Nodoka was frantic, Genma
had taken their babies out for a walk hours ago. They were only a couple of
months old and would need to be fed and probably changed. She trusted her
husband, she really did, he was just so irresponsible
sometimes. Perhaps if she called Kimiko, he might
have gone to show their children to Soun, although
why he didn't invite her along she didn't know.
Riiiiiiiiing, riiiiiiiiing, riiiiiiiiing.
"Moshi Moshi."
"Kimiko, thank the kami.
Is Genma there."
"No, No-chan whats
wrong?"
"He's taken the children out - they've been gone for hours."
"Oh my... they shouldn't be out at this hour" Kimiko
rubbed her protruding stomach thinking I'm glad my Soun
would never pull a stunt like this
"Has he been over there today at all?"
"No, but Soun is out perhaps they are
together."
"Yes, yes perhaps you are right."
After hanging up Nodoka grabbed her katana, and heads
out to search for her wayward husband.
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A fat balding martial artist awakes in an alley with a pounding headache, beside him is a man in a brown gi
still sleeping with a puddle of something spilling out of his mouth. Groaning Genma staggers to his feet clutching his head,
can't let Nodoka see me like this, I'll just head
over to Souns - Kimiko
makes the best hangover remedies. Staggering towards the relatively brighter
main street he trips over something, or rather someone. Soun
wakes to a rather solid kick to the ribs as Genma
topples over him.
"Ooof, Tendo?"
"Oh my head."
"We should head towards your place to recover."
"Saotome, where are your children?"
"Huh, wha... aaaaaaaaaarrgh,
Nodoka is going to kill me!"
" Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, not so loud Saotome."
Genma was thinking as hard a badly hungover brain could, that is to say not much. If I come
home without the babies Nodoka will kill me. I could
run away, she can't kill me if I'm not there. No children means no wedding,
means no uniting the schools, means no easy retirement, means
.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Must
have some children to bring home to Nodoka.
Where can I find children like my children? Park? No
not at this time of night. Hospital? Yes. Use
forbidden techniques to steal babies that look like ours. Forbidden
techniques bad, life good. Life. Live.
"Tendo I'm going out to find my children, the schools
must be united."
"I'll help you my friend."
"No, no, its my responsibility, you go on home to
Kimiko." Genma sweated
slightly.
After Soun headed home Genma
headed towards Juuban hospital praying that there was
a set of twins of the same gender and much the same age as his own children had
been.
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Achika smiled at her husband Nobuyuki from the bed,
she had been having some health problems ever since the birth of the Misaki twins two months earlier. Tenchi
stood with his grandfather Katsuhito looking at the
babies in a cot in the corner. The doctors still would not let Achika and the twins return home.
"Granpa, when can Yoshihiro and Hiroko come home
and start training with me?"
"They'll be coming home when your mother does Tenchi."
"When's mama coming home?"
"When the doctor says it's alright for her to come
home."
Turning towards Achika, Tenchi
and Katsuhito walked over to speak with her. They
were all looking forward to returning home as a family to the
new house that Nobiyuki had built for his family.
A room had been decorated for the twins, it had been a
surprise for Achika when she returned home. Nobody
had expected her stay at the hospital to be so prolonged. As the family quietly
talked a nurse came in and wheeled away the cot that held the two twins.
**********
Cloaked in the Umi-Sen-Ken, Genma
stealthily trailed a doctor who was just heading into Juuban
hospital. Someone might catch him if he raided Nerima hospital - it was just
too close. It would do no good if people saw the doors opening and closing
themselves after all. He looked around only to see a sign on the wall, it read:
Basement: Morgue
Ground floor: Reception
Level 1: Casualty
Level 2: Recovery
Level 3: Maternity
level 4: Psychiatric
Hmmmmmmm, level 3, lets start Operation: Find some
kids. Surprisingly enough Genma had the sense not to
shout this aloud so that everyone would be alerted to his intentions. Finding
another doctor to follow into the elevator, he pressed 3 while none of the
people in the elevator were looking. Upon reaching level three, no one was
surprised when they didn't see anyone get out.
Creeping down the long hall Genma could see into the
open doors. There were women sleeping in their hospital beds, nursing their
babies, and talking to their families. Genma walked past
all that until he came to a window that he could see many babies through. When
he spotted two babies sleeping together he grinned widely - they even looked
like his kids (oh well they all look the same at that age anyway). Slipping
through the door he walked over to the two babies and grabbed both of them.
Having just been fed and changed the babies didn't even wake up as Genma carried them home.
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Nodoka dragged herself home depresed,
she had been out all night looking for her wayward husband. She hoped he would
come home soon she was quite anxious about the babies wellbeing. This was why
she was so surprised to arrive home to find Genma
asleep in the chair with two babies apparently fed and changed lying in a cot
in the corner of the room. So surprised was she that she put her katana away
without teaching Genma that lesson she had been
meaning to, then she smiled - perhaps her husband was finally learning to be a
little bit responsible. The fact that her babies had been replaced went
unnoticed.
**********
"Dr Mizuno, the Misaki twins are gone!" a
nurse exclaimed as she ran into the doctors office.
"WHAT! Explain...."
"When the new shift started the babies were found to be missing."
"Have you checked to see whether they are with Achika
or the Misaki's?"
"Yes, the Misaki's aren't in the hospital and Achika is still sleeping."
"Search the hospital, turn everything upside down if you have to, I want
those babies found."
"At once Dr."
Dr Mizuno sighed, she was beginning to get a headache, this new job was trying
at times, and this was one of those times. She had never lost a baby in her
ward. Well her predecessor had but the baby was found shortly afterwards with
her young brother, but still, things like this just shouldn't happen. If those
babies were not found, and found soon, heads would roll.
Humming softly Nodoka rocked the babies, they were
being little angels. Kimiko would be over soon with
her two daughters, they could talk about their favorite subject, their
children. A knock at the door cased Nodoka to rise
and walk to the door.
"No-Chan!"
"Ki-Chan!"
The two women hugged each other happily. Little Kasumi who was just starting to
talk, began with a "'llo 'ty",
and continued to babble happily. Kimiko held little Nibiki in her arms. The two women waked into the living
room. Kasumi immediately ran over to the cot and peered at the two sleeping
babies within. The two women followed slowly behind her.
"Oh my ... they have certainly grown since I last saw them No-chan."
"Haven't they though, and little Kasumi, talking already!"
"Yes, she will be at school before we know it."
"So will these two - Genma wants little Ranma to follow him in the art."
"Soun is hoping this third child will be his
heir."
They continued to chatter as they walked over and sat on the couch.
"Would you like some tea Ki-chan?"
"Please."
Over tea they planned their children’s futures and just generally chatted.
Kasumi helped herself to the cookies that Nodoka had
put out - making quite a mess of cookie crumbs on the floor. Nibiki opened her eyes and gazed at the cookies from her mothers arms - it looked like she was counting them?
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"Mr. and Mrs. Misaki, it appears that your
children have been kidnapped."
"WHAT!" Katsuhito yelled.
Nobiyuki just went pale - and began frantically looking
for a seat before he fell down. Achika just fainted, luckily she was already in bed when it happened.
"What are you doing to find my children?" Nobiyuki
asked the hospital administrator while he stroked Achika's
hair - she was still out cold.
"We have informed the police and they are actively searching for your
children."
Katsuhito looked as if he was going to kill someone,
although he did wonder if this was his past catching up with him. Just then Achika woke up.
"Tell me its not true, tell me my babies are
alright."
"I'm sorry Ak-chan but they are missing."
By this time all three were glaring daggers at the administrator. Achika had tears in her eyes.
"please find my babies."
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Authors Notes:
Sorry I took so long - I have just move from
Ja matta
ne
Paks.