Disclaimer: Again, I wish I owned Ranma 1/2 and so do another 100,000,000 people… so yeah. I do not own Ranma 1/2 or any of the characters… they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi and I thank her for letting me burrow them.. That's ifI have her permission .
Ch.2 The Attack of the Deepest Feeling
(Tendo Dojo Garden)
A soaked Ranma-chan jumped out of the pond. "AKANE!!!"
By the time she tried to rescue Akane, they were already gone.
I can't believe it. Ranma was seriously starting to get worried about all the mess. I put all my strength into that kick and he just pushed me away, like I was nothing. How the hell did he do that?
She looked down to the floor in defeat, but found a piece of paper. It read:
If you ever want your Akane back, come to my lair by tomorrow afternoon. I suggest you bring all your friends along… you really are going to need help. If you come any later than sunset, you can forget about Akane.
-Pantyhose Taro
This is weird… If he really wanted Akane to be kidnapped he wouldn't have left a note saying where I could find them. Ranma walked into the training hall, soaked.
"AKANE!!! OH AKANE! MY BABY GIRL!! OOOOH." Soun Tendo cried helplessly. The whole family was inside the training hall.
This jerk has his whole scheme planned out! If it's not Akane he wants, then—
Her thoughts were interrupted as she felt two hands grabbing on to her chest.
"Oh my pig-tailed girl! Thou shall not worry, for I, Tatewaki Kuno, will be here to protect and defend thee. Oh my red-headed beauty, I lo--"
Kuno stopped talking as Ranma's fist slammed to his face.
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN HERE?!?!" Ranma exclaimed.
"Oh my dear Ranma, I invited him" said Nabiki, standing by the dojo entrance. "Kuno-baby here was just telling me he could help you defeat Pantyhose…"
"What?!? You thought I needed help… and you called Kuno…" Ranma as she took off her fist from Kuno's face, sarcasm in her voice. "Wow Nabiki…"
"Ah, my pig-tailed goddess, do not fear. I am certainly not going to let that purple-haired freak take my lovely Akane Tendo from me!"
Your Akane Tendo? Ranma thought to herself. Ha ha, you wish. Then she kicked Kuno right in the face, knocking him out.
"Heaven only knows what that man wants to do to her, Ranma, you'll have to hurry," said Kasumi, as she walked into the dojo.
Ranma started imagining Pantyhose trying to have his way with Akane. His poor defenseless ex-fiancée could not do anything than to scream for help 'Ranma! Help me! Ranmaaa!!!'
"Aaah!" screamed Ranma in horror, snapping out of her creative imagination. "Quick Nabiki, we have to get there… NOW!"
Ranma started running her way out of the dojo until her face hit a stick right by the door. Funny, that stick wasn't there before…
"Now son-in-law, just where do you think you're going?"
And there was Cologne, standing on her stick like always, carrying a golden tea kettle, full of hot water.
Ranma stood up with an outstanding speed. "Well, I'm going to go save Aka--- I mean, I'm gonna get my debt set with that jerk, Pantyhose. What else does it look like I'm doin'?"
"Now, now boy, how are you going to do that? You saw what happened when he took Akane, you're nothing compared to him. If he beat you so easily last time what makes you think he won't do it again?"
Ranma sat back down, confused. He hated to admit it, but the mummy was right.
"Unless…" Cologne continued.
"Unless what?!?" Ranma yelled at Cologne. "Come on, spit it out!"
"There is a secret attack that has been passed on the Amazon tribe from generation to generation. My great grandmother taught it to my grandmother, she taught it to my mother, and my mother taught it to me." Explained Cologne, as she poured the hot water over Ranma.
"Well that's like a hundred thousand year timeline right there" explained Nabiki, not surprised. Hell, she never got surprised with anything that didn't have to do with money.
"Nabiki!" yelled Kasumi. "You have got to respect your elders."
"This attack," resumed Cologne, "is the strongest martial arts technique my eyes have ever seen. It comes with great power, thereby, the person who performs it has to be of great strength, as I know you are Ranma."
"So what is this attack all about" wondered boy Ranma.
"It is called the Attack of the Deepest Feeling. Whoever performs it must have his mind concentrated ONLY in that thought that wakes him up every morning, the thought that keeps him going every day, the thought that lies deep within that person… the one he can't live without."
"Well that's easy!" Ranma exclaimed with a smile that expanded from ear to ear. Then it vanished. "Wait a second, why would you want to help me? There's a catch to this, isn't there? You probably want to make me marry Shampoo or somethin'!"
"Actually no, son-in-law, my only catch is to see if you're strong enough to handle it, not only physically but mentally as well. I will not let Shampoo marry a weenie like you after I saw what happened with Pantyhose."
"Who the HELL are you calling a weenie?!?" Ranma screamed.
"Well obviously you, Ranma" said Ryoga, standing right next to the unconscious Kuno. He smiled as his fangs showed.
"Hey there piggy, what'cha doin' here? You get lost or something? I wouldn't be surpri----"
Ryoga jumped, and both his feet just happened to land on Ranma's face.
"Wow Ranma, how sad it is that you laugh at a time like this. The Attack of the Deepest Feeling is nothing to be kidding around with," said Ryoga, in a serious tone that was getting kind of scary. He jumped to the side, off Ranma's face. "Have in mind, Ranma, that I am not doing this to help you in any way, this is all for Akane's sake."
Ranma stood up as if nothing had happened (as always).
"What the hell does that mean?" Ranma exclaimed.
"It means that you're going to need someone to practice with… and I would be the perfect opponent."
"Opponent, please… I don't need any improvement." Ranma stated with his usual cockiness.
"RAANMA!!!!!!!" Mr. Tendo's demonic form yelled, knocking Ranma off his feet.
"Okay, OKAY!! I'LL TRAIN!"
Ranma got back on his feet. "Well Ryoga you never give up do ya? Every time I kick your ass you get up and fight me again."
"We'll see about that." Ryoga stared at Ranma with a threatening look, as he grinned.
The garden of the Tendo Dojo was only lit by the moonlight. The Tendo family and Cologne were watching the fight that was about to take place. There stood Ranma, face to face with Ryoga. All of him was concentrating in only one thing: Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. Hey, Cologne pretty much said he needed to think of something he loved right? Something that made him happy. Well, he was taught since he was born that the anything goes school was the way to go. There was nothing in the world that he loved more than practicing martial arts… or was there? Maybe there was something else, maybe someone else. Maybe Ak—
"Hiya!" yelled Shampoo as she clung onto Ranma, making him unable to move. "Nihao, Ranma! Shampoo come to cheer Ranma on fight! Ranma fight for Shampoo!"
"Say whaa…?" Ranma exclaimed, as he squiggled trying to get off from Shampoo's arms.
"Ranma fight to become strong man for Shampoo!"
"Sure, whatever, can you let me go?" asked Ranma, trying to get his mind back to martial arts. Shampoo let him go and went next to her grandmother.
"Alright Ranma, ready to get your ass kicked?" asked Ryoga. "May I do the honors to begin?"
"Please do so…" Ranma grinned.
"Here we go". Ryoga started running towards Ranma quickly. "Bakusai Tenketsu!"
Ranma jumped dodging the attack as Ryoga's index finger made the floor break into small pieces.
"Oh please Ryoga… Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!!!!"
Ranma's continuous punches made Ryoga fall to the floor.
"Opponent my ass, pig-boy". Rama giggled.
"Ryoga, come here!" yelled Cologne. Ryoga stood up and obeyed. She poked him on the head a few times with her stick, and then told him to go back to his spot.
"Grandmother, what you doing?" asked Shampoo in wonder.
"I made a temporary depression, Shampoo dear," answered Cologne. Shampoo's face looked confused. "You see, the first thing Ryoga thinks of will be turned against him. Like that he'll be able to use the Shi Shi Hokodan technique and it won't be easy for Ranma to win."
She approached Ranma and she explained. "Son-in-law, you have to stay focused the whole time. When Ryoga attacks you, think of that deep thought and say it out loud"
"WHAT?!?!" exclaimed Ranma. "You never told me that you had to say it aloud!!"
"Otherwise, it won't work. You must yell it out." Cologne continued as she turned to Ryoga. "Now Ryoga, think of Akane!" She said as she moved out of the way. She knew what was coming.
Ryoga started thinking of his love, when suddenly everything in his illusions started going wrong
(Illusion)
Ryoga appeared inside the Tendo household, in a nice suit, holding flowers and a box of chocolates, as well as a golden ring in his other hand. Today was the day he confessed his true feelings to Akane.
He ran up to her room and knocked on the door… there was no answer, so he decided to go inside. To his surprise he found Akane and Ranma…
"Ryoga?" asked Ranma, holding his beloved Akane in his arms.
"Ryoga, what the hell are you doing here?" Akane asked, with a very rude tone.
"Well I just came to--"
"Can't you see we're kind of busy? Get lost, won't you? You seem to be pretty good at that."
"But I just--"
"Go away Ryoga, how I hate your guts!"
Ryoga just felt his heart break into a thousand pieces, his knees shook him down to the floor. His worst fear had just happened right before his eyes. He felt a pain he had never felt before, way worse than a punch or a bruise. This kind of pain was unbearable, unbelievable. He couldn't help but stay there, looking at the floor, sinking in his depression.
He looked up and saw Ranma right in front of him, grinning.
"See? Told ya, bacon breath! I kick your ass and you come back, beggin' for more!". Ranma laughed hysterically as every giggle Ranma let out hit him in the chest like bullets. He had finally reached the depths of depression.
(End Illusion, back to the Tendo Dojo Garden)
"RANMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" yelled Ryoga.
Ranma couldn't see his face, it was all dark all of a sudden. What the—
"Here we go" said Cologne with a smile.
"RANMA SAOTOME! TODAY IS THE DAY YOU DIE!!!!!!!" Yelled Ryoga as the fury of that very thought of Ranma and Akane took over his whole body, and in his hands a small ball of energy was growing larger by the second.
Cologne yelled "NOW RANMA, THE THOUGHT!!"
Ranma's fist closed, so did his eyes. He was concentrating on the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. He had been trained his whole life to follow the legacy of this school. He was so good at it… he had never lost a fight in his entire life. A white glow started to surround him. His muscles started to harden, his arms, his chest… He felt as strong as he never felt before. The glow grew bigger and bigger and Ranma's eyes became a completely white. His breath was getting heavier, his muscles tighter. His pigtail floated over his head now and his clothes were starting to rip. It was like the glow of white light was pushing him up to the sky and yet his feet were still on the ground. Martial arts, martial arts…
"Take this … SHI SHI HOKODAN!!" screamed Ryoga with an anger that he had never felt in his life.
"The attack of the deepest feeling…" Ranma mumbled. As the ball of energy approached Ranma he yelled "ANYTHING GOES SCHOOL OF MARTIAL ARTS!!!!!!!"
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
The glow of white light could have been seen all over Japan. The Tendo family, Cologne and Shampoo had to cover their eyes as this white light was starting to blind them. Then it was all over. Both Ranma and Ryoga laid on the floor.
"Hiya!" Shampoo ran to Ranma's rescue. He managed to get up on his own, but Ryoga was definitely seeing stars.
"I-- I" Ranma wondered as he saw Ryoga knocked out on the grass right before him. "I did it… I DID IT!!!" Ranma laughed hysterically as he tried to avoid Shampoo from jumping on him.
"No… you didn't," replied Cologne. "What a disappointment..."
"What do you mean disappointment, you old ghoul!! I just beat the shit out of Ryoga!" Ranma was pretty pissed.
"Yes, but that lame excuse of a 'feeling' is not going to defeat Pantyhose, boy. It has to be a real feeling, a deep feeling. Not just anything you love, it has to be what you love most. With that excuse you're never going to save Akane, and by the time you figure out what that feeling you've been looking for is, it'll be too late and she will be gone. If you don't want that to happen, you better think the whole way until we get to Pantyhose." Cologne walked away.
Ranma fell back on the floor, confused, and to find that Cologne was right… again. Yeah, he loved martial arts, but that wasn't what he loved most.
"Hiya… is ok Ranma just think of Shampoo" Shampoo said, trying to hold him, but Ranma moved over, his face all dark now. He was so sad at this point he could perform the Shi Shi Hokodan attack perfectly.
"Not now, Shampoo" he mumbled as he got up and walked away, to pack his things for that trip to Pantyhose's lair.
Author's Note: I hope this chapter was a little more entertaining than the last… I hope I got the attacks right, since I don't speak Japanese. Thanks for reading.