It was an unusual request, to meet a team before she was even on shift in her home city of Tokyo. But given the explanation she wasn’t that surprised. “Been awhile. Wonder if Kasumi has any new recipes?”
Kimiyo Hoshi, the super-heroine known as Dr. Light, not to be confused with the villain of the same name, had known Ranma, and by extension the Tendos, Kunos and other peoples of the Nerima district, during the Thanagarian Invasion.
She was outnumbered and forced to fall back from the bird-people during their onslaught, and it seemed as if most of their forces were deployed in Tokyo. Which was a given, as they had to face the Sailor Scouts, some dog-demon with a big sword, a magical girl who brought cards to life, girls who fought in wedding dresses, demon hunters, a man called the City Hunter and others that she didn’t even know about.
Hell, that’s why she joined the Justice League. She wanted to deal with people who were more normal. Like Gorilla Grodd.
She ended being chased to Nerima by a squad of Thanagarians, and would have been overtaken if not for the Saotome men, Ranma and Genma.
She, like many, might have thought Genma was a coward and idiot, but he was still a damned good fighter. One who could jump several feet in the air.
And Ranma was in a class all of his own, knocking the hawk people around left and right. And that was just those two, Akane, Ryouga, Ukyou, Shampoo, Cologne, Mousse and both Kunos were all fighting back, and winning. Even Akane, considered the weakest of the group, was laying waste to foes, in part because of the war hammer she ‘acquired’ in exchange for smashing a soldier’s nose in. Through the mask.
In the end the Thanagarians all left, with Tokyo as the only major city unconquered. And given the lumps given no aliens with wings would try the stunt again. Doubly so as the residences kept the weapons they found littered on the ground.
Hell, Kasumi used a mace to beat the dust out of the rugs. And tenderize meat. And a few other things.
Hell, the Tendo Dojo had an entire set of Nth metal weapons and then some.
Shaking her head she flew off as she spotted the Javelin in the distance, ready to meet it half way and guide them to a closer landing site.
How many abandoned lots did Nerima have?
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In the Tendo household things continued to degrade into a pit of insanity and chaos not seen since last Tuesday.
Ukyou was now insulting Shampoo on giving up so easily, ignoring the plain and obvious fact that meant less competition for no apparent reason.
Shampoo in turn lunged at her, starting the catfight anew.
Akane wanted to go out, grab the war hammer in her room and bash the pervert but Ryouga had tied her outside in the lawn. That and it was hard to wield a hammer of any sort without opposable thumbs.
Ryouga prepared a long speech about revenge, justice, the problems Ranma had caused and the fact his coffee grinder was broken, only to somehow wind up in a bar with a court jester, an Eskimo and a guy in an orange and green suit talking about a boomerang guy. The three began to try and kill him for overhearing their bank robbery plans.
Cologne wondered if she should send a letter along to Themyscira, if Hermes was willing. An alliance might be good for the tribe.
Nabiki kept taking pictures.
Kasumi set a bowl of water and plate of dog food out for Akane.
A wizard chuckled manically. Soon his spell would break upon that bitch of a girl. The spell was designed to this, but only in a truly mortifying moment. It was all a part of his evil plan to... to... damned Alzheimer’s.
The three super-villains, The Trickster, Captain Cold and Mirror Master, wondered how an Asian kid was able to pick up a pool table to smash them with. Or they would, if they weren’t knocked out by said pool table.
Kuno hooked something with his line. The fact it was a submarine passed his notice. That it began to drag him out to sea didn’t. Surely this was the result of a sea demon conjured up by the most foul Saotome in a blood pact with a most evil demon and seven dwarves, after feasting upon the hearts of two chocolate rabbits, washing it down with a diet Pepsi, a most evil concoction.
How exactly he hooked a submarine with a fishing line on a wooden sword is best not asked.
Hermes took his autograph (To Hermes, the only nice god I ever met: Ranma Saotome) and a letter from Cologne that he’d drop off with Hippolyta to open up talks.
Shampoo and Ukyou rolled outside into the lawn during their cat fight, rolling over Akane and breaking the leash in an unknown manner. She leapt in to the fray to teach those hussies a lesson.
A knock sounded on the door, which Kasumi rushed out to answer as Hermes vanished. At which point a group of six heroes followed her into the living room.
Batman did a quick visual scan of the room as the cat/dogfight rolled back into the room. At which point the spell on Akane decided this was humiliating enough and broke it’s hold.
Seeing an animal turn into a person was odd enough, but something most of the heroes gathered had seen or been through. A naked girl was a new one, although her opponents were heading in that direction real quick.
Green Lantern blinked at the oddest thing he saw since that giant part squid, part turtle, part puppy, part snake he’d seen on Elcon One during his last mission with the Corps two weeks ago. Not the part where the dog turned into a girl, but the part that the girl and the two girls she fought didn’t even seem to notice this.
Green Arrow just rubbed his face into his hands. Yep, this was a worthwhile trip.
J’onn just stared and wondered how this shape shifting was accomplished. Then again the brief mind scans he made on the inhabitants of this dwelling made him not want to know.
Diana idly wondered what she had walked into. She had seen women fight over men on soap operas, and even in the news but not when the, admittedly cute, man of their affections looked on with a board expression of someone going through the same thing again, and not liking it in a bit.
Dr. Light just groaned. “Hey, would you three knock it off!” She cried out the girls pausing to look at her. “And for god sakes, put on something not torn! Or just put something on!” She added, the three girls looking over themselves, then their audience and making a break for the stairs.
“Hoshi-san.” Genma addressed as the remanding people in the room looked at the group, their attention captured by the woman’s shouts. “I see you’ve brought... well...”
“Yes.” Diana said, taking a step towards Ranma who looked her over once before gulping. “You’re... Ranma I assume?”
“Uh... yeah...” Ranma said, scratching at his pigtail, getting a good look at Wonder Woman in person.
This was... Well he could see why they called her Wonder Woman! She stood somewhat taller than him with raven hair at waist length, warm blue eyes, a bust size easily larger than Shampoo’s that matched her frame, an hourglass figure, toned but not overdeveloped muscles and a soft feminine face.
“Nice to... meet you I suppose...” Ranma let out. What do you say to the perfect woman?
“Well... Thank you.” Diana added, turning her face away slightly. What do you say to a Japanese youth who was darn cute and apparently, if his wish was any indication, just wanted to be loved?
“Well this is awkward.” Green Arrow summed up.
“Cookies?” Kasumi offered with a small platter full of cookies in hand, as Batman flinched slightly. How did she sneak up on HIM of all people?
“Why yes, thank you.” J’onn said reaching for the plate. He didn’t make it a habit of turning down Oreos.
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