FALLOUT ½: Post Nuclear Mayhem

        By Creepy D

And so it continues…

"We don't bother anyone
We keep to ourselves
The mailman visits each of us
In time
Gotta live, gotta live, gotta live
In Shit Towne
Gotta live, gotta live, gotta live
In our town"
        "Shit Towne"
            Live

Chapter 1

Part 2

    Ranma looked around himself.  The Den was dirty, diseased, and rotting.  
The stench of dead dreams and dying people assaulted his nostrils.  He made 
his way through the gate, and headed in the direction of a semi-decent 
looking property.  The sign outside proclaimed the place as "Kasumi's" in 
large neon characters.
    "Well, looks as good as any," he mumbled to himself.  As he walked around 
a few jet-addicts, he marveled at the difference between Arroyo and the Den.  
While the Den was not, for the most part, composed of tents, as Arroyo, the 
Amazon village was much cleaner as drugs and prostitution were not socially 
acceptable.
    Ranma reached out for the handle on the door of Kasumi's.  A sudden heat 
at his back made him turn.  A large man, about his age, was glaring at him 
and emitting a deep crimson battle aura.
    "You had better not be here for Ucchan," the man growled.  "She's mine, 
and I'll kill anyone who touches her, so you had best be lookin' for some 
other girl."
    "Uh…Don't worry, I'm just here for a drink, and maybe some information. 
Um…Who's Ucchan?" asked Ranma.
    "She's my girl.  She's the best okinamiyaki cook in these parts.  Since, 
you're not here for her, I guess I should introduce myself," said the man, as 
his battle-aura dispersed.  "The name's Ryouga.  I'm a traveler, and hang out 
around the Den.  I hire myself out to merchants and what-not, but there 
hasn't been much work lately."
    Ranma stuck out his hand and shook Ryouga's proffered hand.  "Hmm... 
You're a Martial Artist, ne?  I may have need of an ally.  Tell me, are there 
any slaver's in this city?"
    Ryouga chuckled, and said, "Buy me a drink, and I'll tell you all about 
the dumb fuckers."
    The two entered Kasumi's and moved to the bar.  A pretty woman moved up 
to them.  She was a little older than the men, but had a gentle air that made 
her appear a bit motherly.
    Welcome to Kasumi's bar and brothel.  "What can I get you boys?  Oh my! 
Is that you, Ryouga?  Your hair has gotten a little long in the *Three* 
months you have been missing.  You are going to get in from Ucch-"
    Another woman burst out from what Ranma guessed was the kitchen.  
"Ryouga!  Where have you been?  I have been lookin' everywhere for you!  
Three months, sugar! Three months!  What the FUCK do you think you are doing? 
 Get over here! Now!"
    Ryouga sheepishly turned to Ranma.  "I'll be back in an hour or two, to, 
ah, talk, but I've, ah, got to go take care of something, um… yeah! Bye!"
    Ryouga jumped over the bar and swept Ukyou up in his arms.  He then 
turned and bounded up some stairs next to the kitchen door, while Ukyou 
started to giggle.  Kasumi turned to Ranma and shrugged.
    "Well, now that's out of the way, why don't you tell me your name?"  She 
smiled at him, and continued, "I mean, they are going to be a while, and I 
don't have any other customers, so why don't you have a drink and tell me 
your story?"
    Ranma smiled a bit, and started his story.  "Well, I guess it all started 
when I left the Vault with my dad…"

**********************

    "…And I left there a few months ago, to hunt and kill all slavers and 
raiders."
    "Hmm… So you are looking for a Vault?  I know of the location of a Vault. 
 Vault 9 has had a few people come to the city, but they have many defenses 
to keep people out.  But that's just what Ryouga told me.  You'd have to talk 
to him."  Kasumi looked down at the glass she was polishing.  "So you have 
also sworn revenge against all slavers.  There is a slave guild in this town. 
 A woman named Kodachi runs it.  She is pure evil, and, I believe, quite 
insane."
    When Ranma heard Kasumi tell him about Kodachi, his entire body flashed 
with a brilliant crimson battle aura.  In a dead voice he asked her one word. 
"Where?"
    Kasumi almost fainted from the sheer power he displayed.  She stuttered 
an answer out, "On..On the E-East side o-of the D-d-d-den, you'll see the 
g-g-guards."

**********************
    The guards posed no challenge for Ranma's rage.  The four posted outside 
all died, faces and guts displaying large bloody holes, where Ranma's fists 
went right through.  
    A deep chuckle started in his throat.  The guards in the parlor of the 
guild also never had a chance.  Of the four, two had a couple slugs apiece, 
creating large bloody holes where their eyes had once been.  Another had his 
head completely crushed by a heavy blow from one of Ranma's combat boots.  
The last one tried to run, and actually reached the door before a Mouko 
Takabisha blew him through the door and deposited his smoking corpse at 
Kodachi's feet.
    The sound of five guns being cocked didn't register in Ranma's berserk 
brain, but the maniacal laughter emanating from the cruel woman in front of 
him did.
    "Oh, marvelous! Simply marvelous!  You will be the finest specimen I have 
collected!  I think I may keep you for my self.  I am not above keeping a few 
pleasure slaves around." She looked at her men.  "Put those guns away.  I 
want this one alive!"
    Her men all reluctantly sheathed their weapons, and formed a circle 
around him.  Ranma stood there, a tiny smile on his lips.  His battle aura 
flared.
    Two seconds later, all the men were dead, their blood staining the walls 
a deep red.  Only their sightless eyes beheld Ranma forcing Kodachi down to 
her knees, his pistol behind her left ear, and the quick crack of the .44 
ending the slave trade in the Den.

**********************

    Ranma made his way to the bar and sat down.  He looked at Kasumi.  She 
looked at him.  He looked at himself.  She was still looking at him.
    "I guess I should go wash up somewhere, huh?"
    She came around the bar and marched up to his side.  Kasumi raised her 
hand and smacked him as hard as she could.  "Bastard! You scared me half to 
death when you burst out of here! I was worried sick about you!  And then 
here you come, waltzing back in here, covered in blood and you sit down on my 
nice clean stool?  Up! Up! Up! Get upstairs and shower!  Then get down here 
so I can yell at you some more!  Move!"

**********************
    Ranma came down the stairs and saw Kasumi, Ucchan, and Ryouga all sitting 
around a table.  He made his way over and sat down between Ukyou and Kasumi.
    "I sent the girls away for the night and closed up so we can all talk.  
So you really destroyed the slave guild.  I suppose now you want the location 
of Vault 9."  Kasumi got up and stood looking out the front window.  I have 
asked Ryouga to accompany you, since he knows the way.  I also programmed the 
location into your PIPboy while I washed your clothes.  Just in case Ryouga 
gets lost." 
    Ukyou affixed Ryouga with an evil glare.  "He tends to do that from time 
to time.  Dumb bastard."
    Kasumi turned back to Ranma.  "I want you to take care of yourself.  I 
have only known you a few hours, but I already feel like I have known you in 
some past life.  You feel like some hotheaded younger brother or something.  
Anyways, it doesn't matter.  You two can leave in the morning.  Now go get 
some rest.  You are going to have a long day tomorrow."

Ch. 2 Part 1 coming soon.  Probably Saturday. Or Sunday.

    Hmmm…. What could have made Kasumi feel this way?  Maybe thousands of 
Fanfics, and an anime and manga series.  Or something else entirely.   Next 
Chapter will see Akane entering the picture and a beautiful love blossoming!  
Well, not really, but we get to see the seeds planted.  A little more 
violence, a little nudity, a little strong language, and a bit of WAFF 
between two strangers.  The 'fic will be getting good soon, or maybe it will 
continue to plod along in all it's wonderful mediocrity.  Oh yeah-If anyone 
would like to be a pre-reader for this and maybe some other 'fics, just let 
me now.  It will be appreciated.  Also, if anyone would like me to include a 
glossary (like the one in Biker ½-- An excellent 'fic, by the way, one of my 
favorites!) of items and places from Fallout (since most people aren't 
familiar with the gameworld) just let me know.
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