Author notes: For those telling me to hurry up on these fics I ask if they would please stop. I know you really want to read the next chapter. Hell I have other stories I read that I want the next chapter up soon as well. But just like the authors of those fics I have a life too, a currently stressful one since finals are coming and I already have two projects and an essay being juggled around. Time to write is precious and few but the chapters will be done I assure you. Now enjoy chapter 3 of Midnight Ranma.
Ranma groaned as his martial arts early morning routine instincts kicked in. As he opened his eyes he realized he felt well… good, extremely good in fact he felt like a new man. 'I wonder what happened last night?' he thought. A moan beside made him tense and the figure that made that moan cuddled closer to him. With a loud gulp he turned to see who was beside him. It was that girl, Kei and she was NAKED? Ranma tried to get up but Kei grasped one of his arms and rubbed up against it muttering something he couldn't quite hear.
At this point he noticed that he was naked. "What the hell happened last night?" Ranma said to himself and went into a deep thought. He remembered he showed Kei around, they ate something at the tavern and they got lost and… Ranma shuddered. "And then she turned into that c.c.c.c.cat." Ranma said and stared once again at Kei. Obviously she had changed back to her human form and his arm was trapped not only by her arms but a pair of something else. Ranma gulped as he began the long process of removing his arm from Kei's grip. After ten long minutes he managed to do so. Standing up he realized most of his clothes were for shit but his shirt was relatively intact. Sighing he laid the shirt on Kei's sleeping form. He didn't know what the hell happened last night but he was pretty sure he didn't want to know what she thought when she woke up. However something else in his mind was telling him to stay there and wait for her to wake up to see her open her big green eyes and smile at her and then… Ranma shook his head he didn't know what made him think that but he didn't like how that train of thought was going. Fighting the urges to stay Ranma trudged off in the direction of town hopefully he'd get into his room without anybody noticing.
When the first rays of the sun hit Kei in the face she groaned and got up. "What happened?" She mumbled, Mentally she felt whole, as if a big hole was filled and making her complete. Physically though she was sore, really sore, it was especially sore in the area just below her waist, but this type of soreness was the deliciously sore type that she didn't mind too much. She knew the feeling all to well. "I just got laid." She muttered. She then looked at what was draped over her. "That's right I was chasing Ranma, then he went weird acting like a cat and then that smell and we…" Kei rubbed her legs together. 'Yep we did, but how much did we do it? I've never been this sore before.' She looked at Ranma's shirt and felt a sense of overwhelming passion fill her that made her clutch the silk material to her chest. She took deep breaths through the shirt and sighed. "I guess I failed in killing him." She muttered to herself continuing to take deep sniffs of Ranma's scent. However she wasn't a bit disappointed at her failure.
Lou had just gotten up when she spotted Kei walking toward the trailer. "Hey Kei you're back."
Kei nodded but continued to run her hands over the tattered shirt Ranma left her. She was wearing it and it felt so good to be wearing something of his. She had no idea of why she was acting this way but at the moment she didn't think it mattered.
Lou glanced at Kei in confusion. Why was she acting weird? And why was she holding that shirt and smelling it like it was the biggest turn-on in her life. It took a few seconds to realize that the shirt was Ranma's. "Uh Kei what are you doing with that shirt?" Lou asked.
Kei stopped rubbing the shirt against her face and paused to level a glare at Lou. "None of your business." She stated before starting up again.
Lou blinked. Kei's behavior was really strange today. "So how was it?"
Kei looked up from the shirt again. "What?" She asked.
"You know, last night… Ranma?" Lou asked now positive something funny was going on with Kei.
"Oh that, it was great..." Kei purred.
Lou nodded. 'Alright so the job is done.' She thought then Kei continued and that thought went out the window
"I didn't know he could be so flexible, and the things he did with his tongue was so…"
Lou eyes boggled as Kei's words penetrated. "Wait a second! Kei did you kill Ranma last night?" Kei shouted. By now all the noise woke Sonya and the old lady who walked groggily out and watched the two girls while fighting off the effects of the morning.
"Kill him? No I didn't." Kei stated.
Those words even woke up the one's still half-asleep. "What?"
Kei stood up still clutching the shirt to her chest. "You heard me I didn't kill him."
"Then what the hell did you do last night?" Sonya asked unbelieving Kei to be so irresponsible on the job.
Kei eyes glazed over again. "Oh every position and some I didn't even know was possible." Kei said. "Not to mention he did all that when I was still in my jaguar form, I wonder how it would have been if I was in my human form?" She added as an afterthought.
"What a minute! He screwed you! Why did he screw you? Why didn't he just screw me that time!" Sonya yelled out grabbing handfuls of hair and tugged but not enough to rip out her hair.
"And you just said you both did it when you were in big cat form?" Lou said in disbelief.
Kei smiled, a very big "cat got the canary" smile. "Oh yes we did."
"He screwed you while you were a cat. Does he have a fetish for animals or something!" Sonya yelled out, the thought of being passed over for a big cat was not only disturbing but also downright insulting to her.
Kei put a finger to her cheek in thought as she continued to rub the shirt on her chest. "Well actually he was terrified of me and ran away. I chased him and then the next thing you know he starts acting like a cat. We played around a bit than I smelled that lovely scent of his and puuuuurrrrrrrrr." Kei purred as she ended as memories flashed into her head.
"Hey Kei… Earth to Kei?" Lou waved a hand in front of Kei, but the werepantheress was in la la land and the only noises she made were purrs and giggles.
"So the target is still moving around." Old Lady said pouting, she wanted her money but recently things just kept getting weirder and weirder. Sonya was shot down and it left the young woman in a mess. Kei was off in her own world and seemed to be muttering about kittens or something. "Lou it's up to you."
Lou stared at Old Lady. "What? Me!" She said.
"You're the only one left Lou so it will have to be you to end Ranma's life." Old Lady stated.
"How am I going to do that? Seduce him? Rip out his throat? Try to chop him to bits with my sword? If you haven't noticed the first two haven't worked and the third will definitely not work, he's really skilled in fighting."
Old Lady grinned. "Then we shall use a different approach just like with Bad."
Lou quickly brought her finger to her mouth and made shushing sounds. "Don't do that calling his name might bring him here." She hissed, unfortunately two hands encircled her and began to knead her breasts.
"Loukish you are keeping me here with your hidden desires of me. Let me screw you and I'll pass on."
Lou shrieked, whipped around and uppercut her undead half-brother sending him sailing away…again. "Geez where the hell did he come from?"
"Yes… anyway Lou I shall fix a batch of powerful poison which will do in Ranma rather quickly." Old Lady said.
"Quickly?" Lou said. "Usually you make your poison so they suffer before they die."
Old Lady shook her head. "That boy is to pure-hearted to get such a painful death. It's too bad we have to kill him, the poison should get him within seconds of entering his system."
Lou nodded but also felt guilty about killing Ranma. After all he did the villagers a world of good and helped them when those men tried to take advantage of Sonya and Kei. Unfortunately as assassins they could not choose whom they killed and thus it was their burden.
"Now excuse me I'm going to go mix that poison. Why don't you get those two inside, in their state of mind they won't move an inch." Old Lady left to work her black magic while Lou sighed as she went to do the task of moving an obsessed Sonya and an out-of-it Kei into the trailer.
Meanwhile, Ranma is walking through the village, clothed. He had managed to get to the house without being spotted and quickly put on a fresh set of clothes that were custom made to look like his, although by all means it wasn't as good as his original outfit it was good enough. Right now he couldn't get the image of Kei in all her glory out of his mind. It didn't make sense other girls never made an impression like this, not even Akane. It felt like a piece of himself was drawn to her but he didn't know why. 'Ah, I'll think about it later, I need something to eat.' Ranma thought looking around to see which tavern he would go to get their dept repaid for his help. 'Maybe I should try Bobbie's place.' He thought.
"Excuse me…" A voice said.
Ranma turned to see none other then the final member of the Pussycats. "Hi you're… one of those Pussycat girls, right?"
Lou nodded. "That's right my names Lou."
"Right, good, do excuse me." Ranma turned and began to walk away figuring since the last two girls ended up in some very awkward situations with him he didn't want to get involved with another.
"Wait hold up!" Lou followed, Ranma increased his pace and Lou did the same finally both were running out of town. "Will you stop running and listen to me!" Lou yelled out.
"No way I've been through too much already!" Ranma yelled out and increased his speed. This continued until finally both of them were extremely exhausted and collapsed on the ground. "Geez you're pretty fast." Ranma panted.
"Yeah you too." Lou said gasped.
Ranma took a deep breath and got up offering a hand to Lou. "Look I ain't got anything against you, it's just these past couple days have been really freaky for me and both of those days involved one of your friends."
"I apologize for that." Lou said as she took his hand and let him pull her up.
"Look your friend from last night, Kei she told me you guys are here to kill me." Ranma said with a sigh. Lou froze Kei actually told him that? "I can guess that the Baron has something to do with this but I won't tell the villagers about this. Look the thing is I plan to stop the Baron from doing this ever again so I rather not have to fight you girls."
Lou bit her lip how she wished they didn't have to face him in the first place. "I see… I guess it's pointless since you're onto us now." She said and smiled. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure go ahead." Ranma said.
"Can you kiss me?" Lou said.
"K-Kiss you?" Ranma said taken aback.
"Yes kiss me. Kei told me some interesting stuff when she came back so I wanted a little of something from you." Lou said trying to control her tone to mask that she was lying.
"Well I…" Ranma took a step back when Lou advanced toward him.
Back at the trailer Kei had finally regained enough sense to look around, Sonya was looking depressed and the Old Lady was cheerfully mixing a pot of stew. "Old Lady where is Lou?" Kei asked.
The Old Lady turned to Kei. "She's gone off to finish the job Kei, don't worry it will be done soon."
"Finish the job?" Kei's eyes widened. "Ranma! NO!" Kei leaped up frantically sniffing to catch Ranma's scent.
"Kei what are you doing? Calm down!" The Old Lady said Sonya attention also focused on Kei just as the werepantheress caught Ranma's scent.
"I can't calm down I have to stop Lou!" Kei began to run in the direction of Ranma and Lou.
"Kei you're putting this job in jeopardy!" The Old Lady yelled out.
"I don't care!" Kei yelled back. "He's my mate!" As Kei disappeared Old lady's jaw hit ground.
"Her mate huh?" The Old Lady groaned. "This complicates things."
Ranma's stumbled over his feet and attempted to crawl backwards as Lou advanced on him. "Now hold on why I'm pretty sure you don't want to kiss me after all I'm the target guy and you get in big trouble if you do stuff like this."
"I'm pretty sure this job is a failure. But I don't want to leave empty-handed." Lou lowered herself onto him. "Just a tiny little kiss please?"
"Um, duh uh." Ranma stammered as Lou planted her lips on him her poison coated lips.
"Lou don't!" Kei burst in seeing the kiss and pushed Lou off.
"Kei what are you doing?" Lou yelled out as Kei knelt by Ranma.
"Ranma I'm so sorry." Kei said her tears brimming.
"Kei what do you?" Ranma's eyes widened and he clutched his chest as pain gripped him. "P-Poison?" He said now realizing why Lou wanted to kiss him. He squirmed in agony while Kei held him close while crying.
"What's going on he's supposed to die almost instantly?" Lou said she didn't like to see someone nice like Ranma squirm in pain.
Ranma was in extreme agony his insides felt like they were being fried and his heart felt like it was being jabbed by dozens of needles every part of him screamed in pain, as he was losing consciousness he dimly saw a tall slender figure and a smaller figure approach him he felt Kei shift to face the two then a single sentence before he surrendered to darkness. "Please help him!"
To be continued
Author notes: Well I finally got this chapter done with. Sorry for the cliffhanger people but, heh heh. I like to be evil and to add to that I won't give a preview so I'll make you guys squirm in your seats. Bwahahahahhahahaha! I plan to get another chapter for Goddess of Mine, Returner Ranma, and either Dead or Alive Ranma or Ranma of Shishin. Busy, Busy, I have officially postponed Saber-toothed Ranma for the time being for lack of resources Sorry I don't like jumping into things without a good background. I might get a few chapters up so I can get Brianna in and introduce Ranma in his hybrid form but that still in trial stages. I have to look back and work on my older works and hopefully finish them up enough to unleash my ultimate plan. Which I won't tell anyone yet, so until next time.
