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Ranma ½ and Final Fantasy X

"Guardian ½"

Prologue: "My Story"

By Gray

"I can't believe this is happening. One minute I'm playing a game of Blitzball as the Star Player of the Nerima Wreckers, using my Anything Goes style of Blitzball playing that I inherited from my old man, and the next, I'm fighting for my life against strange creatures similar to fiends, and yet not. Well, perhaps fighting is too strong a word…right now, I just want to get out of here."

Ranma narrowly avoided getting knocked down by one man who was desperately trying to escape the Blitzball Arena.

"Hey! Watch it you jerk!" He yelled, before cursing as he continued to run. He couldn't believe how insane everything had gotten.

"Man, why the hell did this have to happen…" He muttered.

"It begins…" A voice whispered behind him. Whirling around, he saw a boy, barely 8 by the looks of him, with a cowl obscuring his face partially. He then realized with a gape that everything was frozen. The flames, the people, everything…

"Don't cry." The boy says. Ranma blinks in confusion.

"What?" And then everything resumed normalcy. Well, as normal as the current situation could be anyway. Ranma stared at the spot the little boy had been for a moment, before turning and continuing to run. Then he saw a familiar face. The man was dressed in red, with glasses obscuring his eyes partially. A long scar covered one of his eyes, and most noticeable of all, he was carrying a large sword on his back.

"TOFU!" Ranma called, trying to get the older man's attention. He turned and as usual made no indication of even hearing Ranma, though he had.

"Tofu! What the hell is going on! One minute I'm winning the biggest game of the season, and the next…" He didn't get to finish as the swordsman had cut him off.

"Come…We must go now." With that said, he started walking, giving Ranma no choice but to follow. They ran through the ruined elevated streets of Nerima, the beautiful glowing city awash with flames and destruction.

"Look…" Tofu said, pointing upward. Ranma saw a large creature that resembled a sea animal impacting a building, and then spraying out hundreds of smaller creatures that resembled small insects. The creatures impacted the ground in front of them, and Ranma cursed as he saw he had no choice but to fight. He held up his fists, and prepared to do battle. Then he saw Tofu holding a sword out in front of him. It was fairly large, though half the size of Tofu's blade, and it was curved off at the end; it was almost silly looking actually, until one realized that it could do a ton of damage if used properly.

"Here…A gift from Genma…" Tofu said simply, causing Ranma to gasp.

"My old man!?" He exclaimed, before grasping the handle of the sword gingerly. Tofu released his hold on it and slipped into a ready stance, sword held behind him, ready for a powerful chop or slash.

"I hope you know how to use it…" Tofu said. Ranma swallowed and slipped into a battle stance, the sword felt right in his hands, and he gripped it assuredly.

"Let's do this!" Ranma yelled. Tofu spoke calmly despite the overwhelming odds.

"We cut through…Only attack the ones in our way." He followed his own advice by rushing up and chopping the first one he encountered in half. Ranma shrugged and did the same, rushing by the small creatures while slashing them apart with his weapon. Finally they made it past the first wave and kept moving. Ranma stopped next to Tofu and gaped at the large sphere of water, which the creatures were coming from.

"What the hell is that anyway?" He asked with awe in his tone.

"We called it Sin…" Tofu muttered mysteriously. He then resumed running. Ranma grumbled while following him. They encountered another line of enemies, even more then before. Thankfully, Tofu had a remedy for the situation. Gripping his blade firmly in front of him, he concentrated for a moment, and to Ranma's amazement, leapt into the air, and then slammed the sword into the ground, using his momentum to increase the impact. The resulting wave of power destroyed nearly all the enemies in front of them. Ranma quickly dispatched a few more and they once again dashed through the line. Only to arrive in front of one of the larger creatures.

"Guess we gotta take him out huh?" Ranma jerked a thumb up at the beast. Tofu nodded almost to himself.

"Indeed…" He dodged the thing's tentacles and in the process lopped off two of them. Ranma proved surprisingly skilled considering he had never really fought monsters before this. He ducked a tentacle and chopped it off with ease, feeling a sense of satisfaction as his sword sliced through cleanly. Almost smiling, he cut another one but then came to a realization.

"If we don't take the thing out soon, we'll be overwhelmed by the guys we left behind us!" He called while slicing yet another tentacle.

"Obviously…" Tofu said, diving to dodge a cadre of Sin Spawn tentacles.

"I'll take this thing out then!" Ranma yelled, before rushing at the main body and stabbing his sword into its slippery flesh. The thing seemed to bellow in pain, but it wasn't enough. Ranma grew frustrated and decided a new attack was in order.

"What I need is to do lots of damage in a short amount of time…Oh! I have an idea!" Concentrating, he focused his energy similarly to when he was winding up for a particularly powerful Blitz shot.

"Eat this!" His arm shot out at blistering speed and dozens of stabs and gashes were torn into the Sin Spawn's body in moments. He completed the move with a particularly nasty leaping chop. With one last bellow, the creature died.

"I think I'll call it the Saotome Special!" Ranma declared proudly, pleased that he could fight as well as he blitzed. If he was impressed, Tofu didn't show it.

"Come on…" He said simply. Ranma groaned in surrender and followed.

"There's just no pleasing some people…" He muttered.

"This could be trouble…" Tofu muttered as literally hundreds of Sin Spawn stood in front of them. His sharp eye spotted a nearby fuel canister, and an idea came to his mind.

"There…Use that…" He said while pointing at it, and then began chopping the approaching Spawn into pieces. Ranma blinked in confusion, before he realized what Tofu wanted.

"You have got to be kidding me…" He muttered, before groaning in surrender.

"Fine, fine…" He rushed over and with one mighty kick, shoved the canister off the road, causing it to fall and detonate at the base of a skyscraper. This had the desired effect of toppling the building onto the Spawn, but it also made their path difficult to cross. Without a word, Tofu began dashing across the falling building. Ranma cursed and followed as quickly as he could. Tofu had already made it, and with a yell, Ranma was forced to jump for the edge of the other side of the road. He barely made it, hands grasping the ledge in a vain struggle for survival.

"Tofu! Help me!" He yelled, but the older man paid him no heed, just staring up at "Sin" as he had called it.

"You're sure?" He asked. Obviously receiving no answer, he turned back to Ranma. Grasping him firmly by the collar, he lifted him up and held him in front of his face. Ranma struggled futilely.

"This is it…It all begins here. This is your story…" Then everything, including Tofu and Ranma, got sucked into the swirling form of Sin. Ranma barely had time to scream.

Author's Notes: Another new thing. Yes a fusion between Ranma and FF10 is a little odd, but I'll do my best to make it enjoyable. Making Tofu Auron was a tough choice but I couldn't really think of anyone to be Auron, so I figured, why not Tofu? Anyway, hope you liked it…Oh yes, please visit my new site, the address is www.angelfire.com/anime4/grayrealm