Picking up where The lesser of two evils within left off, Ranma and Akane performed an experiment as guinea pigs, with their friends Fuyuki and Momoka bearing witness to the personality switching. So far, nothing appears to have changed, until Ranma, and Akane begin showing unusual affection towards each other, much to their respective fathers' pleasant, but concerned surprise
So they set off to investigate, only to get captured by Momoka's security guard before explaining their "intrusion" towards Fuyuki.
As usual, the Sergeant Keroro seems to have come up with yet another invasion plot, although revolving around a synthesized version of the personality splitter incense.
So soon as they deploy the hypnosis array and the synthesized incense, the negative energy begins to build up across the planet, attracting the attention of Shadaloo, and in particular, their leader; Master Bison.
He sends Shadaloo's forces to figure out the hoopla behind this deepening well of negative energy coalescing around Ranma and Akane, so they could harness it for world domination. That was until an enigmatic figure named Akuma bursts forth, challenging the energy to a fight as it materializes into the flesh that is the Yamata no Orochi!
It wasn't until Evil Ryu steps in and helps Akuma that the serpent is slain, and its energy dissipated, but not without the obvious, as well as the not-so obvious collateral damage, as we shall see soon enough.
Sins of the flesh: The Russian Serpent's counterattack
By Alex Young
Out in the impact crater, 2:00 am. November 8, 2012
A newly emerged Evil Ryoga, corrupted by the Satsui no Hado still wandered aimlessly around the forest, with an insatiable appetite for blood, gore, and violence out the wazoo.
Not far out, a group of highly trained mooks belonging to what is called the G corporation was out searching for him, apparently, their CEO was interested in the recent goings on as well, likely to carry out an ulterior agenda.
"HOLD IT!" One of the mooks sounded menacingly towards the lost boy, raising his AK-47 in the process. "You're coming with us! Kazuya Mishima has summoned you!" The other threatened, mentioned the name of the CEO; Kazuya Mishima, formerly of the Mishima Zaibatsu, now heading up the G corporation. He apparently sent the mooks out to capture Ryoga for the former to conduct experiments on.
"GRRRRR! UUUUHHHHHNNN! GRRRRRRRRRROOOWWWRRROOWWRR!" Ryoga growled at the mooks who were standing behind him, slowly turning around with fangs bared, vicious eyes wide open, and dark energy set to strike at any second! "Violence! IS WHO I AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMUH!" He screamed snarling as he unleashed his "MESSATSU GOHADO SHIN SHISHI HOKODAAAAAN!" upon the hapless mooks, shooting the aura into the sky, crashing it downwards into the ground, disintegrating their bodies before they ever had a chance to scream in terror.
"NNN! NNNGHH! And as of yet, I find myself completely unsated! More! I need more blood! More violence! This hado, it wants a fight to the DEATH! ANYTHING LESS IS NOTHING BUT DISGRACEFUL INSOLENCE!" a bloodthirsty Ryoga snarled head up high, staring at the sky, engulfed in virulent blood red on pitch black flames, the scar where the hole in his chest used to occupy, explodes somewhat in aura.
Just then, the flames died down, and as though in anticipation, Ryoga darted his head around to the left, then to the right, and back again. "Grr! This blood! It called to me just now! WHOEVER DISTURBED THE HADO, HAS SOME NERVE CHALLENGING ME TO A FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" Ryoga growled wanting to see who it was that walked in on his turf.
"Follow me." One voice sounded as an order, male. "Do we have to take him alive?" The other, coming from professional assassin Nina Williams, female, sounded in query. "Hmph.. It's preferable, but accidents do happen." The first voice, belonging to the very man who owns the G corporation, Kazuya Mishima answered interested in testing Ryoga's new-found dark power his Satsui no Hado gave him.
"MMMRRRR! NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!" Ryoga growled slamming his foot down in a semi-circular arc. "Bah! C'mon, you fucking bastard!" Kazuya spat in reply. "Thrr! MESSATSU!" Ryoga screeched in battle stance. "Wow! Such uncouth violence! It's a real goddamn turn-on for the devil gene inside me. Go on! Strike me, you insignificant worm!" Kazuya snarled defiantly insulting Ryoga to provoke such a fight.
Just like that, Ryoga closed in with his Asura Senku, out to spill every last droplet of Kazuya's blood, which the latter clearly doesn't intend to let him. Kazuya closed in trading blows with Ryoga. "MESSASTU GOBAKUSAI TENKETSU! GOSHORYU!" Ryoga snarled, as though having already learned these powerful enhanced techniques as some very ancient knowledge was passed on to the lost boy the moment that Evil Ryu blew a hole through his chest a week ago.
Such techniques dealt a lot of damage towards Kazuya, which only felt more turned on with the mounting power of the devil gene inside him, reacting to Ryoga's murderous intent induced by the Satusi no Hado.
A high speed, fast-paced fight was definitely picking up steam, as the two combatants bounded all over the place, just as Evil Ryu and Akuma have done immediately after killing the eight-headed serpent eight days earlier.
Ryoga prepared a Raging Demon attack against Kazuya, who charged up his devil fist to counteract the attack. Fists took flight, as Ryoga and Kazuya dealt several blows per split second against each other in total darkness. Oddly enough, both came out badly damaged, but still very much alive. Just then, Ryoga suddenly collapsed as his Satsui no Hado deactivated from all that fighting, and Kazuya's devil gene switched off accordingly.
"Hah! It appears as though you're not all that bad a fighter. I'm thoroughly impressed, although you were under the influence of a dark power similar to my devil gene." Kazuya complimented, which was actually kind of rare coming from the bastard son of Heihachi Mishima, whose own father, Jinpachi, founded the Mishima Zaibatsu, which Kazuya's son, Jin Kazama currently owns and operates.
Ryoga, who collapsed under the weight of all that fighting a minute ago, suddenly started to get up to a kneeling position. "Rrrrgh! What the? Where am I? Last I remember, I was out in the woods trying to stop a great evil from unfurling, and someone just punched me in the chest. It hurt like a son of a bitch, and I really wasn't myself when you fought me, either. If only you had killed me sooner." Ryoga lamented as he slowly got up to face Kazuya, whose age is really starting to show, with sunken eyes and cheeks, and greyer hair.
"Don't worry about it! I was just testing you out to see if you live up to your reputation as a formidable fighter. It seems as though my hypotheses were well founded, after all. How would you like to join me in re-taking the Mishima Zaibatsu, eh?" Kazuya proposed. "If it means avenging my humiliation by Ranma's hand, and stopping his evil from corrupting Akane. Then alright, I'll do anything you ask of me." Ryoga moaned, changing from regret to outright desperation in a heartbeat.
"Heheheh, that's just the sort of attitude I expect out of you. Now follow me. You too, Nina." Kazuya ordered. "Hooh, whatever you say." Nina replied apprehensive about Kazuya's renewed initiative in taking Ryoga under his wing.