Through the Years: Spring Break special
By Agent Reptile
Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura, and all various in sundry characters found within belongs to Viz comics/video and Rumiko Takahashi (not mine). Wolverine, X-Men, and anyother Marvel characters which come along belong to (duh) Marvel comics (not mine). Tenchi Muyo and all various characters I pull from them belong to AIC and Pioneer (not mine). Gold Diggers belongs to Antarctic Press and Fred Perry (not mine). G.I.Joe belongs to Hasbro (also not mine). Darkstalkers belongs to Viz comics and Capcom (you see a pattern here?). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles belong to Mirage Studios (again not mine). Ran Okami (my character so ask if you want to use). As said in previous version Logan has been an X-man years before the others. Any other connection between X-Men: Evolution and this fic ends at that line as this is like the comics or the other X-Men cartoon from the 90's.
"English"
"Japanese"
One final thing before I go any further: For those of you that keep adding and removing my stories from your favorite lists please note that I will be updating my Through the Years stories everyother month and if you would be patient you will be able to enjoy the continued updates. Please just stay with me.
For those that have stayed with me for the months that I have been posting these stories: Thank you for your patients and for your continued patronage. I hope that I have entertained you so far and will continue to do so for years to come. Now on with the story...
It was springtime, and in Westchester County New York that can only mean one thing...
"Cannon Ball!!" Bobby Drake yelled as he launched himself from the diving board and into the air. The teenage mutant curled himself into a ball as he hit the water, causing a large column of water to explode into the air and splash everyone surrounding the pool.
As Iceman rose from the depths of the pool, he was greeted by two irate females now dripping wet, and looking really pissed.
"Bobby you jerk." Jean growled as she was shaking, "Look at what you did to my book." Said paper-back volume was now dripping black droplets as the brown wet pages had expanded near the cover.
"Come on red it's not that bad...besides you really need to stop reading those cheap romantic novels." Bobby was now propping himself up slightly with his elbows with his back to the side of the pool. It took but a moment for him to lock his sights on one of the newest mutants on the team,
Lorna Dane was busy wringing out her green hair, which now contrasted well with the bright shade of red her face was becoming. The magnetic mutant had planned to just sit by the pool and relax for a while and work on her tan; but things rarely go the way you want to. Now she had to put up with a head full of wet hair and...
"Bobby why are you staring at me?" Polaris asked as she noticed how close to her skin that her athletic thin lithe build showed through. "Bobby stop...it's no more than my costume shows." The teenage magnetic mutant giggled.
"Well there's just something about you in a swimsuit babe." Bobby smiled while giving her a mock salute.
Jean was not so amused, and unfortunately for Iceman she had absolutely no romantic liking to him. In fact his childish antics were so annoying to her that she had lost her normally calm and was about to so something with the fury stereotypical of her hair color.
Bobby Drake found himself floating up in the air, and before he knew what was happening, the teenager was spinning in the air.
"Jean what are you doing?" Lorna asked with feigned interest as her emerald locks were still dripping onto the poolside.
"Just a little fun." the redhead smiled. "I won't do him any real harm Lorna relax." Jean then had Bobby hover over the middle of the deep end of the pool a few feet, then unceremoniously dropped him.
Bobby's body stung from the drop, but he easily swam to the surface, where he spewed up a mouthful of chlorine treated water.
"Not funny Jean, not funny at all." Bobby said as he swam to the side and got out.
Jean and Lorna couldn't help but giggle at the sight before going into full blown laughter.
"Come on Bobby it was just harmless fun...you know like you do all the time?" the emerald haired magnetic mutant said as she sat back down on the pool chair that the warm sun had dried.
It was then that they noticed a short, muscular teenage boy walking down the pathway on the outside of the gated pool area.
"Hey Ran Okami what are you doing around here?" Jean asked waving to her teacher's son.
"Jean? Oh hey Jean...uh who's that with you?" the young Logan male asked.
"Ran Okami meet Lorna Dane, also known as Polaris." The green-haired mutant was shocked to see such a cute/handsome oriental boy on the campus grounds. Okay so him being there wasn't what caused her to pause so much as she never met him before.
"Oh so your the new mutant pops was talking about. Nice to meet you Lorna." Wild Wolf said as he shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you too cutely, so who's this pops you're talking about? You can't mean Professor Xavier."
"Huh? No...what? I mean my father, who else would be pops?"
"And your father is?" Lorna said making a rotating motion of her wrist, trying to coax the information from the young man.
"Wolverine." The young man smiled. "My full name is Ran Okami Logan."
"Wait...you're the son of Wolverine? Wow so you've never had to put up with..."
"With?"
"I think she means having to hide who you really are from your family." Jean explained.
"Oh, well not my real family...look it's sort of complicated and I don't have time to explain it right now." Ran Okami said scratching the back of he head and sighing. "I don't mean to be rude or anything but I've got to go; my family's heading back to my mom's house in Japan for the week and we're going to be leaving soon."
"Well don't let us keep you Wild Wolf." Jean said. "Just promise to tell us all about your trip."
"Will do Jean." Ran Okami smiled. "Nice to meet you Lorna." Ran Okami then bolted down the way and out of site of the two female mutants.
"Jean why didn't you tell me that Wolverine had such a cute son? Of course that raises the question of how come he's so polite with a father like Logan?"
"Well Logan has a way with women...
"Animal magnetism I think it's called."
"...and his wife is sort of a high-class lady. Don't worry she's nice, a little odd, but very nice."
"Really? How high-class are we talking about?"
"Her family home...it's actually a samurai mansion." Jean said as she placed her book on the stool next to her chair and focused on her conversation with her friend. Lorna couldn't help but whistle at that.
At that moment the girls noticed that a certain brown haired mutant with red shades came into the pool area with nothing but his swim trunks and a pair of sandals. The eyes of both females were nearly glued at the vision.
"Look but don't touch Lorna. He's mine." Jean whispered.
"Uh is something wrong you two?" Scott's question was one of complete innocence, which caused the girls to go into a fit of giggles.
"Nothing, nothing Scott...we're just relaxing that's all." Jean said as her love interest scratched the back of his head, shrugged it off, and then went about his way to swim.
"So...are all the guys around here good looking?" The green haired female asked.
"Weelll...So far." Jean replied.
"You know, the fringe benefits of being in the X-Men are really nice." This broke the two female mutants into a fit of giggles.
As Ran Okami reached the mansion, he was greeted by Professor Xavier. With a book in his lap, the master of the mansion was heading outside to enjoy the warm spring day.
"Ah if it isn't Ran Okami." the bald man smiled. "Heading back to Japan for the break soon aren't we?"
"Yes Professor Xavier-san. It's strange going back after spending so much time here with the other X-Men...Not that I didn't enjoy being in your house or anything" Ran Okami said scratching the back of his head.
"Of course not young man." Professor Xavier said raising his hand. "It has been a pleasure having you and your family to help spread human/mutant peace. This is a home to all mutants who believe in the ideals of the X-Men and my doors are always open to you when you need a place to rest your head." The older man placed his hand on the young man's shoulder and smiled warmly. "I have seen you change so much and add so much to the people here in the short years since you arrived at my door. Just enjoy your vacation; the Institute will be here when you and your family get back."
"Will do sir. Well I've got to go now." Wild Wolf said as he headed up the stairs and to his room to get his bags.
"Of course. Give my regards to your cousin's family for me. And tell your Aunt that I am glad that she is doing so well." Professor Xavier waved the young mutant on as he rolled his wheelchair down the ramp to the side of the steps outside the door and lead himself to one of the few quite places to read. The sound of rockets going off in the background trying to hit Angel seemed to be non-existent to the telepath.
Nodoka Logan was now more giddy that she had been in a long time. The red-head house wife was now loading the last of her luggage into the trunk of one of Xavier's cars, a BMW. She was looking forward to going home for a while and meet friends and family that she hadn't seen in a very long time.
"Well you're in a good mood darlin'" Logan said as he was carrying two bags under his arms.
"And why wouldn't I be beloved?" Nodoka smiled as she decided to mold herself to her husband's chest. "We're going home for a well earned vacation and get to see family that we haven't seen in years. Not to mention that I would love to see how well our nephew Tenchi is doing with all those women that seemed to have entered his life."
Logan just rolled his eyes.
"Thought that you were 'trying' to get our son a girlfriend." Logan groaned.
"And what makes you think that this won't work?" Nodoka smirked.
"Ever hear the joke about the Chinese symbol for trouble?"
"Two women under one roof? That's the point dear."
Logan was now at a loss as he placed the bags in the trunk
"Our son will get to see a wide array of women and get to understand the different types of women to see what he finds desirable in a mate so that he can have a close and loving relationship, like ours..."
"And?" Logan was just waiting for the other shoe to drop as he re-arranged the luggage.
"And? What are you thinking Logan-kun?" Nodoka so coyly asked.
"Darlin' I know you...your hiddn' somthin' behind that pretty little mouth of yours."
"Well...it will insure that he will not waste time trying to woe new women all the time and concentrate on pleasing his love and insuring that he has a happy home to give us a whole lot of grandbabies."
"Darlin' he's only sixteen years old." Logan said. "He ain't even kissed a girl yet."
"Well Logan-kun it's not like he has a large selection here with only Jean and Lorna around."
"And Jean's as devoted to mono-eye as you're to me." Logan conceded.
"Mom, Pops I'm ready lets go." Ran Okami said as he held his moderately sized suitcase in his hands.
"Sorry son but we have to wait until Ukyo is ready to go. Now where is that girl?"
"Coming...Auntie.." Ukyo was carrying a heavy bag full of various equipment and a large assortment of books.
"Ukyo what are you bringing?" Nodoka asked.
"My family training equipment, scrolls I've been studying in my family's style, and my assortment of Nancy Drew novels." Ukyo was virtually unfaised as she set the heavy weight on the ground.
Logan just slapped his hand into his face and shook his head; Nodoka sighed deeply, looking for the right words.
"Ukyo, as much as I am proud that you are taking interest in not only perfecting the art that you are the last practitioner of, but also having a very strong reading ethic, we are only going to be gone a week. You likely won't have time or need for all of the books you brought."
"Oh...sorry Auntie." Ukyo blushed.
"Not a problem dear, just drop off all but one book and hurry please. We still have time before we're late." The brunet rushed inside and was back about 8 minutes later.
"Ready to go Auntie." Ukyo smiled.
"Then toss it in the trunk and strap in kid, we're running low on time." Logan replied as he got the seat right.
"Hey Pop's where's the jeep?"
"In the shop for work. Didn't have the trunk space anyway." Logan said as he shifted into gear and let the six German engineered cylinders open up.
"Perhaps we should have a family car we keep in Japan for situations like this Logan-kun. I've had my eye on a high-performance sedan for some time." Nodoka suggested.
"You want it, you by it. You know what type of man I am." Logan said, really not wanting to think of how annoyingly civilized his life was becoming.
"Yes. My type: rugged and wild." Nodoka kissed her love's ruff and unshaven face.
"Gah, do these two ever stop." Ran Okami whispered.
"Don't comment it only makes it worse." Ukyo groaned.
Meanwhile, half a world away we find ourselves gazing over the quite of a little subdivision of Tokyo. Quiet because it is only the quiet before the storm. We find that it is about 11:00 p.m. and a typical brown haired Japanese boy was sleeping on a simple mat with a blanket as his only cover from the night air. This particular youth would be of little notice, except for the fact that the young lady sleeping on the bed in his closet happened to be a green haired alien princess with two little horns and usually wore a tigerskin bikini.
Yes dear readers we are now in the room of Ataru Moroboshi, who as we can see has finished his womanizing for the day and is resting to rejuvenate himself for the the morning. Or rather that was his plan, but now a shadow crept up and spread itself across the sleeping perv like a sinister wave. Ataru twitched slightly in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes; the figure now becoming visible to him and...
"AAAAAAAA!!!!!" Ataru screamed.
"Darlin what's wrong?" Lum asked as she opened the closet door and hit the light switch.
"He's back Lum, that old freak's back." Ataru cried as he got up and out of his covers.
"What is that idiot complaining about at this hour?" Ten asked as he flew up lazily.
"WHA? Get away from darling you little..."
"It's fate." Yes Cherry, who at this moment was now sitting under his hat eating the contents of a rather large take-out box from a local restaurant. Rising the hat a little we see the old monk as he stares at Ataru with great interest.
"I have come to warn you that...that...good grief what stinks up here?" The monk says as he covered his mouth making gagging motions.
The younger beings in the room just blinked and looked around.
"Ah Lum I kinda..." Ten blushed.
"Ewwe you little disgusting midget what did you..."
"Darling he's a baby what do you expect?" Lum asked while cradling her infant cousin. "Don't worry little Tenchan I'll take care of you."
"I didn't know that you were so perverted Lum..I mean seeing your own cousin's..."
"DARLING YOU IDIOT!!" BRAZZAP.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!" Ataru cried as he hit the floor and started twitching like crazy, before jumping up and yelling again. "Now look what you've done you crazy monk. Get out right now before you cause anymore trouble."
"What's going on in here, we're trying to sleep." Mrs. Moroboshi asked as she rubbed her eyes, trying to wrench the sleep from them.
"It's Cherry he's back." Ataru said pointing to the monk, who had returned to his eating.
"Oh great not again. What did I do to deserve such an worthless son who keeps attracting so many problems." The actual head of the house cried.
"Do you think I want this in my life? Get a grip mom."
"Your fighting is of little use now. I sense that you Ataru are in grave danger. Yes, I must warn you that you are about to experience a great calamity. You must take heed as you are about to be in grave danger."
"So what else is new you wrinkled old freak." Ataru said as he looked at nothing in particular.
"I warn you young fool that you should take my warning very seriously and...ahhhhhh." Ataru had picked up the little monk and threw him out the window as hard as he could.
"I'm going back to bed." the perverted youth said as he turned his back to the window.
"Iiiitttt'sssss fffaaaiiiitttt." the soaring midget cried as he soared through the heavens.
Speaking of the heavens...at this point a certain 747 was going over the contental United States with four important mutants aboard.
"So Ranchan, you looking forward to seeing Master Yoshi and Katsuhito again?" Ukyo asked as she looked outside the window to gaze at the scenery.
"You bet Uchan." Ran Okami smiled. "I've been waiting to pick up where we left off last time."
"You just want to see if you can kick Tenchi's butt."
"Him and Saki." Ran Okami smirked.
"You and I both. But all in good fun." Ukyo said as she started on her bag of peanuts.
"Tell that to Saki Uchan. The guy acts like he's got a freakin death wish."
At this moment a purple clad ninja of the foot clan was sitting on a woven mat contemplating the next step of his assertion to greatness. Taking in a deep breath in through his nostrils, his nose started to twitch.
"AAACHUU." Oroko Saki just shook his head and rubbed the underside of his nose.
"Perhaps the cherry blossoms are begging to bloom again?" he thought to himself as he gazed over the garden of the Oroko ancestral home. It wasn't the largest mansion in Japan, but it was most likely the best fortified and most perilous to enter uninvited. The last was some fool named Hikaru Gosunkugi who was trying to take pictures of Saki for his employer's sister Kodachi Kuno. His infiltration was dealt with most severely.
Flashback
We find one scared teenager with dark rings under his eyes slowly making his way through the ancestral home of the Saki clan. The dark shadows cascading off the paper walls made the hairs on the back of his neck rise as he clutched the camera in his hands tightly. The wood floor creaked and moaned as "Vodo Spike" slowly and awkwardly made his way down to the young Master Saki's room.
"It's okay Hikaru it's just one little picture and then you can go home and collect your pay." he thought to himself as he slid the doorframe open and...
"MUFMEM." he found his mouth covered and felt a think wire wrapped around his neck.
"If you cry out I will just kill you trespasser." the cold and venomous wispers of Saki's voice pierced the terrified teen's ears. "First you insult me by forcing your way into my home like a thief, then you have the audacity to stampede around the halls with your pathetic attempts at stealth."
Hikaru Gosunkugi was never the bravest boy alive, and promptly wet himself.
"Now speak thief, but chose your words well for you may very well never leave this place alive."
"I am...Hikaru Gosunkugi."
"A yes...one of the sniveling dolts who follow that paltry pseudo-samurai Kuno in his insane endeavors to impresses that cow Akane Tendo. But why are you here so far from your home in Tokyo and what business do you have with me sificant?"
"It was Kodachi, Kuno's sister...She wanted me to take your picture. "
"Go on."
"And since I've done work for her brother, she thought that..."
"As if any of those idiots could form an original idea. So what to do with you..."Oroko Saki smirked as the wire around the other teen's neck began to tighten, but only enough that it's presence was felt around Hikaru's throat.
"Please don't kill..." Vodo Spike began to cry.
"Silence." Saki's commanding voice reduced the pleas to a small whimper. "Killing you at this point will only cause another fool to invade my home again at that wench's discression. Now I'm feeling lenient tonight, since you are so pathetically weak."
"Really?" Hikaru swallowed, hoping that this wouldn't be as bad as Kodachi's treatment for failure.
"No. I just need to get back to bed; so lets make this quick."
End Flashback
The next morning Hikaru was treated for a few broken bones that seemed to come from falling from a great height. Oroko Saki smiled with a smug level of sadistic pleasure at the way he had covered his brutality with sight application of the laws of physics.
"Such a pitty that a lady of such breeding and grace should be so delusional; so much potential put to waste." Oroko Saki shock his head and went back to meditating; thankful that he was nowhere near the insanity of Tokyo. Being an island or two away has it's advantages.
We shall go to the Logan family as they are turning the Samurai mansion of Nodoka's youth into a home again.
"I can't believe how much dust a unoccupied mansion can collect." Ukyo said as she had her mouth covered in a surgeon's mask. The air was thick with particles of some sort floating on the almost undetectable currents of air circulating inside the room.
"Believe me Ukyo this is nothing." Nodoka said as she was polishing the wooden furniture in baggy cloths that seemed a few sizes to large.
"And you don't have people do this for you because?" Ukyo asked.
"I take pride in my work Ukyo, and wish to instill this in you and my son. If people do something for you all the time then how can you appreciate what it takes to get a job done."
"I guess that makes sense." Ukyo said as she continued to clean.
"Upstairs is done darlin' how's the downstairs coming?" Logan said as he was carrying a bucket of supplies down the stairs in a ratty old shirt and a pair of faded jeans. Nodoka had to pull herself from staring at her husband's massively built upper body.
"Just fine dear, but it will take a while longer for it to be finished." The red head answered as she saw her son holding a bunch of trash bags full of garbage to throw out.
"But Auntie we're almost..."
"It will take a while for us to be finished Ukyo so how about you and Ran Okami clean up to go and pick supplies up from the market and get us lunch while you're out. The money is on the table along with the BMW keys." Nodoka shooed them upstairs.
"Ah mom what's..." Ran Okami asked as he was going up the stairs.
"Never mind, just make sure to leave from the other side of the house after you clean yourselves up." Nodoka said as the teens were now out of sight.
"Finally." Nodoka said. "Now we can get down to business."
"Got the mop and broom right here." Logan said as he set up to clean.
"I don't think that you'll be needing them beloved." Nodoka smiled as she slipped off the bagging covering cloths and revealed a tight fitting French maid outfit that revealed her well toned legs and teased the viewer with part of her cleavage.
"So what do you think Logan-kun?" Nodoka asked as she let her hair down.
"You make that look good babe." Logan smiled as he dropped the mop back in the plastic bin and began to enjoy the view "So we have fun then clean up?"
"Works for my Logan-kun. I think we can have everything done by the time they get home." Nodoka said as she and Logan began enjoying the finer points of matrimony.
The black BMW was soon going down the road with Wild Wolf behind the wheel.
"How come you're the driver again Ranchan?" Ukyo asked while trying to work the stereo while her brother flipped on his shades.
"Because you have trouble driving stick shift remember?" Ran Okami answered as the sedan pulled to a stop where the end of the driveway met the main road.
"I thought this was the automatic Ranchan?" Ukyo said scratching her chin.
"No, I think that Xaiver-san's Mercedes is an automatic, or was it his Roles Royce?" Ran Okami questioned himself while turning left.
"You know something Ranchan..." Ukyo smiled. "For someone who can't use his legs, Professor Xavier sure has a lot of cars." The two mutants smiled at the irony.
The main part of Tokyo was one crowded and very different from Westchester County. For starters the sheer number of people here was staggering, and then the fact that they seemed to be packed everywhere. Traffic was much different from the two mutant's experience as well; unlike the isolated location of the X-Mansion where if you saw another car anywhere around it was usually Jean and Scott leaving for their monthly outing to the movies, here in Japan cars were crammed into the streets as if done by a boy packing all of his Hotwheels toys into a travel case.
"So what now?" Wild Wolf asked as he started to tour around looking for some clue as to where the market was.
"Find a place to park and start walking I guess." Ukyo shrugged. "The market can't be that far from somewhere to get something to eat."
Ran Okami, having no reason to argue with the simple logic of his best friend and adopted sister, pulled the sedan into a near enough space and parked.
"Hey Ranchan." Ukyo said stretching her legs.
"Yea Uchan?" Ran Okami said as he shut the driver's door.
"We've both been working hard getting the house cleaned up right?" Ukyo smiled as she propped herself up on the top of the car.
"Yea, so?"
"Well I'm feeling a little competitive and want to know if you're up for a little challenge?" She smiled while flashing her bright eyes innocently, yet with a devious chaser.
"I don't think that these people would like us to start seeing which one of us is a better martial artist." Ran Okami joked back.
"Oh no nothing like that." Ukyo waved off her brother. "Just a small race."
"Okay Uchan I'm listening." Ran Okami smiled while scratching his chin.
"If you can bring back lunch before I can get the groceries the you get to watch whatever you want tonight..."
"And the loser?"
"Has to put up with the winner's choice of programming."
"You're on." The two teens bolted down the street and passed by the nameless populous without them even noticing.
'This is going to be too easy." Ukyo smiled while thinking to herself. "Right now everyone and their dog will be going out to lunch and will take Ranchan forever." The female mutant skipped into the store with a smile on her face. "Sorry Ranchan but we'll be watching Buggs Bunny cartoons tonight."
The teenager's attitude took a 180 as she looked around and saw that just about every one of the housewives in the area seemed to be right in front of her. The sweatdrop now formed on the back of her head was about the size of a miniature dachshund.
Ran Okami found himself at the front of a small eatery. The smell of steamed rice and beef filled his super sensitive nostrils, tempting his growing hunger.
As the young mutant opened to door he noticed that only visible person around was a boy about his age, or at least looked like a boy. Taking a sharp enhilation, and concentrating on the person for a moment...
"Great more girls who dress like boys. At least Uchan stopped doing that." Wild Wolf thought to himself.
"Go ahead and sit down bud, not like you've got a lot of competition here." The very mascaline voice said.
"Thanks, you do takeout around here?" Ran Okami said as he pulled up to the bar.
"No problem, you new in town or something?"Ryuunosuke asked as she faced the new costumer. The nice looking young man was very different from the local yahoos that came to her restraunt, with western clothing and air to him very different to that of Japan.
"I'm only here for the week. Name's Logan Ran Okami (1)."
"Ryuunosuke, and nice to meet you. So what will you have today?"
"I'll need four of your specials to go and four drinks."
"Four beef bowls and drinks comming right up. So how long have you been in town?" Ryuunosuke asked as she hurried about the grill with lightning pace.
"Just got in. So how much attention does this place get usually?"
"Not a whole lot, but in about five minutes this place will be a jungle." the crossdresser said as she worked with great haste to fill the order.
"Well if you dolled yourself up a little I'd think that you would be packed with customers." Ran Okami said with a smile on his face.
The shock to Ryuunosuke was like being hit by a freight train. Her body went into a full stop and she nearly dropped the food in her hands.
"What did you..." She nearly whispered while turning towards the teen male. Before she could actually finnish her train of thought however, the front door exploded open with Ataru being chased by Lum zapping lightning bolts, Mendu slicing with his katana, and Lum's stormtroopers yelling out loud .
"DARLING! How dare you run around on me!" Lum screamed.
"You perverted fiend Ataru how dare you hurt the beautiful Lum's feelings." Mendu yelled while trying to kill his classmate.
"Damn you Ataru!"
Ah yes everything was normal in this insane area of Tokyo.
"Hey Ryuunosuke how's it going." Ataru said while nearly pushing Ran Okami out of the way. "I'll have my usual." Ataru smiled as if it was the normal thing to do.
"How did you know that I am a girl." Ryuunosuke cried as she set the food down and clenched her fists. "How did you know that I AM A GIRL?"
Not knowing that he was not the intented person to be talking to, Ataru smiled and forced himself up to his prey.
"Now Ryuunosuke you should know that I can see past any disgusse to see the true nature of any hot babe. Shall we demonstrate that right here?" The drool that was forming on the counter was the size of a small puddle.
"ATARU!"
"DARLING!"
Ataru was now being tapped on the shoulder, which just barrely wrenching him from his leterous look.
"She was talking to me freak." Ran Okami said while squeezing Ataru's shoulder hard. "Now backoff before I knock your block off." The young mutant then shoved Ataru away from the counter and pulled out his wallet.
"Look sorry for blowing your cover, so you can just keep the change and..."
"No. It's not your fault. Just tell me how you figured it out cute stuff." the cross dresser joked, before almost getting physically ill from confronting her true gender.
"You alright?" Ran Okami asked, the responce was a head shake. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." the mutant said while pulling out a few yen bills.
"Try us." Lum said as she flew up and smiled cutely.
"Look I don't want to start anything, I'll just pay for my food and..."
"How dare you deign the wishes of our Lum." Megane yelled in Ran Okami's face.
"Listen you punk." Ran Okami said while grabbing Megane by the collar. "If you can't be polite then be quite, before I make you that way."
"Looking for a fight pretty boy."
"No, but if you don't back off right this second there is going to be one." Ran Okami said while snarling at the delusional fool.
Megane cocked his fist back and swung wide at the other male, only to instantly find his arm behind his back, his knees on the ground, and himself in a world of pain.
"Your first mistake was trying to pick a fight, your second was trying to hit me. Now last time I checked three strikes and your out." Ran Okami said.
"Hey tiny you want a fight?" a hulking brute of a teen said as he charged at the mutant.
Ran Okami let the twerp at his mercy go with a boot in his back before jumping up and laying a perfectly placed summersault kick to Kakugari's face, causing his foe to stumble back for a moment as Wild Wolf hit the floor and used a sweep kick to take his foe down hard.
"Lum's Stormtroopers, take this jerk." Megane yelled as he got up and led the other two youths he commands in a very sloppy charge. Trying to just tackle the teenage martial artist, Megane reserved a devastating upper cut that laid him out cold. Perm tried to do a very sloppy kick, only to find his foe had moved within his attack and smashing him in the face with his elbow.
Chibi just looked on in fear as the three other members of his gang were on the floor writhing in pain.
"Don't do anything stupid kid." Ran Okami said as he looked at the pint-sized youth. "Just walk away and we all walk away from this without any trouble."
"Hey Ran Okami, who's going to pay for this?" the cross-dressing cook asked.
"Ah look I didn't mean...how about I just pay for the damages and leave."
"Sorry but no. I'll let the damages go though; on one condition."
"What is it?"
"Answer my question."
"How I know that you're a girl?" Ran Okami said scratching the back of his head. "You sort of got the scent of a woman."
"Oh really, well Ryuunosuke since you have a womanly scent then why don't I try to see if I can tell for myself..."
"DARLING!"
"Not that you freak. I mean you smell like a girl. Look I'll just..."
"Some nose you got there friend. So you're an alien then?"
"I know of no human-like species that has hyper smelling ability. Please tell me we're you come from friend."
Ran Okami sighed, Well if extraterrestrials are accepted then maybe...
"Earth. I'm a mutant."
"What is a mutant?" Lum asked, very interested.
"He's a freak my beautiful maiden." Mendu said pulling his sword out and took a stance against the Logan teen.
"If you want to get out of this place alive..." Ran Okami said as six bone claws shot out of his forearms. "Then you better put away that blade."
"Not while Lum is in danger."
"You want a fight? Fine." Ran Okami pulled his shirt off and tossed it on a chair. Lum and Ryuunosuke had a little trouble not looking at the mutant's hard muscled body
Mendu lunged forward.
"Lum stop him." Ryuunosuke said as she headed to the main part of the establishment.
"Mendu's too close to our new friend, I can't zap him without hitting your customer. "
The katana stabbed the mutant in the shoulder, which should have taken him down. But to Mendu's shock, Ran Okami only pulled the blade closer to himself and brought his blades down hard at the top of the hilt and sliced the blade off.
"What the?" Mendu was in shock as his foe didn't even flinch as he pulled the katana blade from his shoulder. The steal sword clanged on the floor as Ran Okami popped his neck; the wound in his side was now healing to almost nothing.
"Now you still feeling like this? " Ran Okami smirked.
"AH! You're a demon...You're ahhh."
BRAZZAP. Mendu hit the ground in a dull thud.
"I am so sorry about him attacking you. Please the lunch is on me." Lum said smiling. "Here you are...friend?" the alien princess asked as she handed the teenage Logan his shirt.
"Thanks friend." Ran Okami said as he put his shirt back on. "Logan Ran Okami."
"I am Lum, princess of the Oni. You wouldnt' mind if darling and I joined you for lunch would you? I've never met a mutant before."
"I don't think my parents would mind." Ran Okami said. "Now how the heck and I supposed to explain this to my parents is a whole different can of worms."
To be continued...
Author's notes: This was the side story that I said was comming and I'm not sure if I should continue this to be honest. As with my other stories please be kind enough to review and offer helpful critisizm. I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this one so please be kind enough to offer some suggestions and other ideas; those who do I will thank personally in my next chapter in this line.
(1) In Japanesse culture family name comes before individual so Wild Wolf would introduce himself in the way.