Ryoga One Half Punch
Chapter 4
By: DaisukiFox
Genos: I've been informed that DaisukiFox does not own Ranma 1/2... Ranma 1/2 is owned by Viz Media and Rumiko Takahashi! Nor does he own One Punch Man... we ask that you please support our official releases. Although I doubt that Rumiko will remake Ranma 1/2... at least not without significantly altering Akane Tendo and providing a more cohesive storyline...
Dai: Does he always go on like that? *was drinking tea*
Saitama: Yeah... I've just learned to ignore it... *sips his tea and puts it down on his coffee table in his apartment* Anyways, I was gonna' ask... why'd you release this without the week waiting period?
Dai: *shrugs* Figured I'd treat all my fans... plus this one is a side project and I figured they've waited long enough for this one...
Saitama: Think they'll even care about that?
Dai: Not sure... hard to tell... O3O
Dust settled as the two unusually strong combatants stared each other down, the leader of the Blizzard Bunch's brow was furrowed, like a rabid wolf, to see someone shrug off her attack with just his finger.
"Make these explode!" Fubuki exclaimed as she glowed with green energy, creating a glowing transparent aura around her as rocks and pebbles, mailboxes, streets lights, and even sidewalk rails.
"What the...?" Ryoga's eyes widened as he paid witness to the horror before him, everything suddenly flying all at him at once. "Wha!?" he screamed as he ducked from a sidewalk rail and then narrowed his eyes as he sought to close the distance between him and this newbie crusher.
"Hold still!" Fubuki exclaimed as she extended her hand and caused everything she was throwing to move faster, however, her opponent would either backhand whatever she had thrown, or just choosing to dodged it before it'd cause any actual damage.
Baring his fangs he got closer, the Lost Boy reeled his arm back and, like a marksman lining their shot, he zeroed in on his target; Fubuki's face. In order to get to her, he was forced to either evade whatever came his way or brace for impact, all of which was a bit frightening to see that someone was taking such blunt damage and seemingly capable of withstanding it.
"You wish!" Ryoga roared as he was now just a few feet away from B-Rank esper.
"I said hold still!" she exclaimed as the veins on her head expanded, her eyes shining nearly as bright as lighthouse beacons. "Hell Storm!"
The dirt beneath Ryoga's feet was blown back as the wind caused Ryoga's hair to flow freely and loosely, he immediately planted his foot into the ground in front of him, bending his knee to push against Fubuki's HellStorm attack. "Ahhh...!" Ryoga's thunderous cry echoed, resisting her knockback as he threw his arm out.
All Fubiki had time to do was to bring her arms over her face as she was struck, she tried covering herself with a protective layer of psychic energy as a means to lessen the blow. "Gah!" she gasped her entire body went flying back into the empty building behind her.
Standing triumphantly the Lost Boy watched as Fubuki's point of contact left a human-sized crater against the wall, "Gotta' say, I never thought I'd be fighting a psychic..." Ryoga spoke, panting as he looked down at his torn and tattered clothing, shaking briefly as he noticed the little scratch marks throughout his hands as well. "Better make sure she's actually down..." he mumbled to himself as he took a step forward, wincing from a sharp pain in his ankle.
Flickering like a dying light bulb the telepath's defenses faded while she rested on her side, her fingers curled inwards as she squinted her eyes, 'No... I can't lose...! I won't let this happen again!' she thought as she suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the Lost Boy was closing in on her.
Ryoga saw that the newbie crusher had gotten back up, he immediately tried to rush her only for her to immediately light up with energy and thrust her hands forwards, a vortex of mental pressure and stone focusing themselves to one central point; Ryoga's chest. "Hell Storm!" she announced blasting him nearly point blank.
"Wha!" Ryoga screamed as he flew through the air, while in mid-air he tried to maneuver himself into a proper landing position, however, that was until he felt something grab his leg. "Huh!?"
From the ground level, Fubiki closed her eyes, her hair rising as she if she had coursed electrical energy throughout her body, her aura glowing with a new determination and flare as she bared her fangs all while Ryoga was stuck airborne. Taking to the skies she threw her arms out as if she were some supercharged elemental composer, guiding the winds and causing one of the streetlights Ryoga's Perfect Shishihoukodan had taken down to hook around his legs and then begin to coil around his body like a snake ensnaring its prey.
"Ryoga!" Ranko and Nodoka exclaimed as they saw the tables turn on their familiar looking stranger.
Now it was Fubiki's turn to encroach upon Ryoga as though she were about to devour her prey whole, her arms hung to her sides as she formed a small tornado with her telekinesis around Ryoga's form, doing so just as he hit the ground with a loud thud.
"This is getting dangerous..." Nodoka commented as she closed her eyes and held onto her husband while he clung to a streetlight.
"We can't leave now!" Ranko exclaimed as she shook her head, arms around the same streetlight but on the opposite side of Genma and Nodoka. "Don't die on me again you stupid pig!" Ranko's voice echoed throughout the battlefield.
Right after those words left the redhead's mouth, a pillar of red energy shot up to the sky and parted the clouds like a beacon to the very heavens, kicking up debris and dust, the energy source expanding rapidly as it hung over Fubiki's head. "SHISHIHOKODANNN!"
"Ah!" Fubuki screamed as she fell from the sky and forced herself to bring up a telekinetic barrier once more but the pressure had been too much for her and she was forced to submit to Ryoga's might, her conscious mind slipping as she crashed into the ground, resting on her back.
"Whoa..." Ranko stared at the center of Ryoga's attack as the raven-haired teen stood, wearing only his shredded pants and what little he had left of his shirt.
"I did it..." Ryoga commented in an eerily calm tone as he stared up at the sky. "I'm so tired..." he panted as he allowed himself to fall back so he could sit down and finally take it easy.
"That was amazing dear!" Nodoka shouted, clapping her hands together as a strand of her hair had been pulled out of her bun.
"You're not the Ryoga we know but you're just as sturdy!" Genma cheered with an arm-waving over to him, his voice echoing into the crater as his glasses were tilted off to the side a little; a crack on one of his lenses.
"Just so you know Ryoga! I could've handled that without ya...!" Ranko revealed as loudly as she could, her bandaged hand held near her mouth as if she were trying to direct her voice more clearly for her friend.
Ryoga panted as he looked towards Fubuki rested and saw that she was still breathing, "I can't believe it... she almost beat me..." he muttered to himself quietly, his heartbeat slowly began to die down but found that a small smile curled up his lips.
The redhead waited for Ryoga to reply and noted a very content looking smile on his face, although her eyes slowly began to lose focus as in his current angle she was able to see a fair deal of Ryoga's physic. 'Stop looking Saotome, r-remember he's a total-' she thought her mind trailing.
"Ranko..." Nodoka whispered and then put her hand over her mouth, "you're staring dear."
Ranko shook her head and tried to casually shrug off what Nodoka said, "D-don't know what you're talkin' about..." she stuttered as she looked away, trying to be as nonchalant as possible but also glad to see that he hadn't realized she was appreciating the effects of the Lost Boy's training... regime.
Although that didn't keep her from silently berating herself.
"I can't believe my eyes..." Silver Fang's voice spoke out, standing with a hand on his back and the other on his chin. "Such a raw display of power..."
"H-Hey... you're... you're..." Genma spoke as he reached his hand out, pointing to the Silver Fang.
"You're SilverFang!" Nodoka exclaimed as she put both hands on her face.
"That I am..." he turned to Nodoka and then finally to Genma. "Although I'm glad my reputation proceeds me, I was really hoping to speak to the fellow the people have taken to calling The Yellow Fang..."
Ranko looked to Silverfang and then back to Ryoga and closed her eyes, squinting them, "Dammit! I'll go get him!" she declared sounding a though doing so was a bother, a light tinge of pink formed on her cheeks while she ran towards the center of the impact.
Genma paused for a moment and could see why people may have gotten that but felt that it couldn't possibly be anyone other than Ryoga given how many he knew who'd fit that bill, "You looking to recruit that boy down there...?"
"What an honor!" Nodoka exclaimed clapping her hands together. "Although before you do," she added as she felt an anime sweat drop forming, "It seems that he's hurt..." Nodoka started as she pointed down towards Ranko and Ryoga as she approached the sore martial artist.
"I suggest we tend to the boy..." SilverFang muttered just a bit as while he watched Ranko extending a hand to the interesting traveler.
"Let us tend to him!" Genma exclaimed standing suddenly in front of the spiky-haired 3rd Rank. "Could I maybe ask you something..." he asked, clasping his hands together in a mischievous way.
To this Silverfang responded with an exacerbated sigh.
"I can't believe I've had to fight a superhero just because she wanted me to join like some street thug..." Ryoga muttered to himself as he then heard the sounds of shifting dirt and gentle footsteps.
"That's why I'mma martial artist..." Ranko commented as she approached with her arms crossed, standing over the boy as she held a hand out.
"Thanks but no thanks..." Ryoga scoffed as he tried to reject Ranko's offer only to feel her grab his arm and yank him up to his knees.
"I'm just tryin' to help you..." Ranko replied as she felt a vein twitch on her head, "so don't go making this any harder than it needs ta' be..."
"Guess I don't I have a choice..." Ryoga sighed reluctantly as he squinted his eyes, pushing back some pain as he felt Ranko support the larger boy by taking his arm and snaking it behind her neck, her other hand supporting him by his chest.
"I know I said this before but I really mean it, I'm not the Ranma you know..." Ranko began as they made their way over to the others.
Looking like he was about to give some sort of reply, the yellow-clad boy simply opened his mouth only to shut it again. "Thanks..." he muttered before looking away.
Ranko blinked before doing the same, looking surprisingly flustered. "Don't mention it..." she muttered, not even knowing how weak her poker face was compared to her interdimensional friend.
When they reached the top they were greeted by Nodoka as she stood between Genma and Silverfang, "I must say that's tempting but I cannot do so without her..." Silverfang paused as he looked at Ryoga.
"Who's this...?" Ryoga questioned as he noticed someone he hadn't ever seen before, so he gawked in confusion.
"You haven't heard of me...?"
"I'm sorry but you see this boy is a special case!" Nodoka defended as she felt an anime sweat drop form.
"It's not that he wouldn't respect your skills he's just, uh..." Genma paused as tried to find the right words for excusing someone from an entirely different world.
"He's not exactly the kind who'd know about you, he's like some wanderer..."
"Ah..." the aged hero realized. "A free spirit I see..."
"Anyways, that's beside the point..." Genma cleared his throat as he smirked.
"There's something SilverFang would like to discuss with you twooo..." Nodoka said with a slightly sing-songy voice at the end.
They stared in silence and blinked at the same time.
Standing on an empty street waiting for the streetlight to change the bald casually dressed hero kept his hands tucked away in his hoodie pocket, 'Why don't I ever put my hoodie up...? Eh... that'd probably makes me look ashamed, guess I better keep trying to make it work...' he thought as he stared at his reflection through a window at a convenience store.
Looking vacantly for a moment Saitama envisioned himself with his full head of hair, coming and going like a spirit from the past, "I can believe I blinded him for a second..." he muttered to him as he looked away from his reflection and rubbed the back of his head, "When I was as strong as him I still had my hair too..."
That instance where Ryoga nearly died came to light in Saitama's mind, such strength, 'I know I told Genos that the time he's my age he'd surpass me...' Saitama's inner voice trailed as he recognized how absurd his words sounded.
His thoughts centered on Ryoga's actions and he found himself coming back to that instant where he was watched the yellow-clad wanderer take on that mutated ape in fine evening wear. "I wonder..." he spoke casually as he walked the nearly empty streets of Z-City.
Rumble...
Then suddenly a low thudding sound in the distance caught The Caped Baldy's attention.
"Huh...?" he muttered as he looked in the direction of the noise.
Without a single word and with a dull and slightly interested look on his face, he ran off.
On top one of the many rooftops that surrounded the nearly abandoned Z-City, stood the spandex wearing ninja searched his surroundings from as high as he could see, all he could vaguely make out was the image of a large creature falling on it's back as it's body began to spew blood from the holes made in its exoskeleton.
"Was this your handy work...?" the shinobi like assassin asked no one in particular as he closely inspected the slain beast. After a moment he scoffed, "No... these wounds are much too small..." he muttered in disappointment, 'I've heard the monsters here are strong but really what else should I come to expect from that freak of nature, Saitama...' he thought as he narrowed his eyes and with blinding speed, he charged off!
Rumble...
He turned his head to look over his shoulder, seeing the strangest thing he had ever seen, it was like he had jumped through a portal as he saw that directly behind him was a mirror to Z-city and beneath said mirror was the sky from which he was falling onto a much more brightly colored city with far fewer skyscrapers at that. "What the!?" his eyes widened as he tried to jump back into the hole from where he came but ended up just missing it as he landed on the roof of a building and attempted to jump back in, failing and landing hunched over on his feet before coming to a stand.
"W-What!? Was I teleported!?" he muttered aloud as he pulled out his own phone and checked it, only to see that he had no signal, 'Of course...' he thought as pocketed his phone, crossing his arms and looking for any signs of people nearby.
"Where am I...?" he muttered, leaping from rooftop to rooftop.
"I know this seems sudden, especially given how tired you must be, but I can't risk missing this opportunity..." Silverfang started right off the bat. "I witnessed your fight with that gorilla fellow and I knew I had to have a word with you..."
"I heard my name too..." Ranko commented as she blinked.
"Your father here tells me you're quite gifted and I'd like to extend my offer to you too if you'd be interested..." The kind-faced old man said, closing his eyes.
"Wow... one of the top three heroes wants to offer us an apprenticeship..." Ranko needed a second before her eyes lit up and she felt a swell of pride
"Whoa..." Another voice called out as they looked to see Saitama standing over the gaping hole where Fubuki was resting. "Still think newbie crushing is worth it...?" Saitama asked with a deadpan sort of look to his face, which, of course, only got him a groan of pain from the barely conscious woman.
"Uh..." Ranko stared at him and blinked in confusion.
"Um... young man! Please leave! This is a very dangerous place-
"It's fine, I'm a hero..." Saitama lazily commented as he put his finger in his ear to clean it out as he then looked to Ryoga and saw that he was being supported much like the time they had last fought against that one ape with that blazer on it.
"Really...?' Nodoka blinked as she stared at Saitama for a moment finding herself dumbfounded by just how... plain and ordinary looking he was in comparison to everyone there.
"Indeed he is..." SilverFang remarked as he turned to face the yellow-clad bald hero. "I wouldn't take him lightly either..."
Nodoka stared finding herself in a situation where she just didn't know how to respond, Genma, on the other hand, put his hand to his cheek and narrowed his eyes.
"Guess the standards for a hero just keep on dropping..." Genma scuffed as he crossed his arms.
"I would watch my mouth if I were you..." Silverfang spoke suddenly as he looked to the two. "This is no ordinary man..." he added with no traces of uncertainty.
"Really...?" Ranko blinked as she studied annoyed look on Saitama's face as she could see that their lack of understanding was getting to him.
"He's not kidding, he even saved my life..." Ryoga spoke aloud as he straightened his back a little to show his sign of respect, 'Gotta' admit, I don't like how he got so strong but maybe he can see something I can't...' the lost boy pondered, narrowing his eyes.
"Didn't I just see you recover?" Saitama scratched the side of his face with his pointer finger.
"What can I say?" he sighed, closing his eyes shortly after. "Trouble seems to follow me where ever I go..." Ryoga replied looking off to the side and towards Fubuki.
"I'll say..." Saitama concluded as he put his hands in his hoodie pockets.
"I wasn't aware that you two already had the pleasure of meeting..." SilverFang took a second to mutter before fake coughing into his hand as he felt himself growing rather nervous, 'I wonder if the lad will be like another Genos, blindly chasing brute force...' the old man pondered for a second.
"I still can't believe what you did to that ape..." Ryoga muttered as he thought back to the fight.
Bang's attention immediately wanted to shift back to the conversation at hand, the one who had taken down the ape was, "I see..." Bang muttered as he put two and two together but narrowed his eyes and looked down, 'It's not as though I have many options...'
"It was really nothing, don't worry about it..." Saitama then heard the sound of another streetlight falling as the aftermath of Ryoga's fight left the area a little barren compared to what it used to be, 'Hmm... maybe I could offer a suggestion, I mean, who knows, might actually work considerin' he ain't a cyborg...' Saitama paused to process his thoughts, rubbing his chin.
"Well, I'm glad you were able to meet this friend of yours Ryoga but I believe our friend SilverFang here was offering both you and Ranko an apprenticeship?" Genma announced as he clapped his hands together and rubbed them as though he were about to be served a big helping of some expansive dessert.
Being dragged back to the subject at hand the silver-haired sage looked back to Ranko and Ryoga, "Well my offer still stands, the people have taken to calling you YellowFang but I'm fine with whatever..."
Genma made his way to the forefront of the group, crossing his arms with a wide grin over his face. "One of the top three heroes offers to train him and you think his answer is going to be anything other than-"
"No..." Ryoga spoke plainly as he looked down.
"No... that's right..." Genma stopped and opened his eyes, his bewilderment so apparent that it seemed as though his shock was still trying to catch up to him.
"Wait... why?" Ranko blinked as she turned her head so quickly to him that her pigtail almost whipped her cheek.
"Maybe Ryoga needs to lay down..." Nodoka suggested as she made her way over to Ryoga and put her hand to head his head, checking if he had a fever.
"I-It's not that! I-It's something else entirely!" The Lost boy shifted his head away from Nodoka's palm and looked to Saitama as he narrowed his gaze at him.
"Say what now...?" Saitama inquired as he had lost interest but was reeled back him by how obviously Ryoga was trying to hint at him. All eyes fell on Saitama as he could only stand in silence as he wasn't sure exactly what to get at, seeing as he had been brought into the conversation.
"Yeah... are you really gonna' miss this chance with one of the top three?" Ranko inquired.
"Skill doesn't matter in the face of pure unrelenting strength and Speed, Saotome!" Ryoga exclaimed as he looked away from Saitama remembering how easily he handled his foe.
"I see..." SilverFang spoke up as he put his hand to his chin. "My offer still stands though..." he looked to Saitama and sighed as he couldn't help but look like a disappointed old man, to see such potential from both of these youths, to be squandered.
"Ryoga have you gone and lost your mind! I know SilverFang here respects this man you're looking at but you're clearly blowing his skills out of proportion!" Genma to demonstrate casually slide next to Saitama and slapped him upside the head.
Both Ryoga and SilverFang swore they could feel the wind shift suddenly as Saitama's eye twitched a little and his expression went blank as before anyone knew what was happening Genma was upside down with the upper half of his torso stuck in the ground and his legs sticking out like a very improperly buried dead person.
"What happened!?" Ranko looked around and spotted her father's legs starting to kick around in a panic as his muffled screams came through the ground as frightened grunting sounds.
"Oh my..." Nodoka shook her head as she saw that her husband was suddenly in the dirt. "Please forgive my husband, he's too quick to judge..." clapped her hands together as an anime sweatdrop appeared over her head.
Saitama rolled his eyes before reaching down for Genma and yanking out from the ground like some sort of human-sized turnip.
"Do you see what I mean...?" Ryoga looked to Ranko as his stone cold eyes met hers. "Before Ranma showed up there weren't much people at my age who can fight but now that I've seen what Saitama can do..."
Ranko looked as though she couldn't bear to meet his eyes, 'Why is he lookin' at me like that? Is he talking to me like I'm that Ranma guy still?' Ranko thought as she closed her eyes in response to what he said.
"So then what do you intend to do?" SilverFang questioned as he put his hands behind his back.
"I wanna' find out how Saitama got so strong, I figure if I train around here I'll either find out his secret or find my own way!" Ryoga declared with new found strength but although his mind and voice were still capable, his body was still shaken.
There was just something about the way he spoke that caused Ranko to stare at Royga but not exactly at him, rather, beyond him as she simply couldn't help but remember her old fang-toothed friend, 'These two halfwits are so damn alike...'
"Do you hear me Ranko!? I'll win you over and finally break our tie once and for all!" A teen in a yellow gi with matching yellow with brown streaks headband and belt said as he stood at the front of the Saotome dojo.
"Slow your roll there bub, take some time to recover and then go maim yourself..." Ranko begrudgingly suggested as she brought the Lost Boy closer to her and better supported him.
"I take it you're unwilling to leave your boyfriend in his hour of need?" SilverFang commented as he noticed that Ranko and Ryoga's faces went blank in shock.
"Wait... so they're not?" Saitama questioned as he dropped Genma on his back.
"Come on! Why would I ever and with!?" Ryoga blushed as his outburst snapped Ranko out of her stupor.
"With who, huh!?" she demanded as she glared at him for a second before with speed similar to the chestnut fist she let him fall on the ground.
"Ooaf!" Ryoga exclaimed as he hit the ground.
"Well, I've decided before I'd head off that I'd keep my contact information close at hand..." SilverFang announced as he looked to Nodoka and presented her with a small piece of paper.
"Thank you SilverFang, we're sure she'll consider it..." The mother of the Saotome family said bowing after accepting it.
"Look! I'm sorry okay!" Ryoga exclaimed as he rested on the ground with the redhead hovering just above him with her arms crossed.
"Yeah, you are..." Ranko muttered as she seemed unfazed by his apology at first until she heard him flinch in pain again.
"Ranko..." Nodoka urged as she tried to move her husband but found that he was so much heavier than she was capable of easily lugging around.
"Alright..." Ranko sighed with a small blush as she leaned down and took Ryoga by his arm and hoisted him up as she had before.
Saitama rubbed his chin and hummed to himself as he observed the two non-romantic friends and furrowed his brow a little, "You know I guess I might've found it a little strange..."
Ryoga shook as he tried to push past his pain but upon hearing those words escape Saitama's mouth the Lost Boy opened an eye and grit his teeth, "Huh...?"
"I'm sure you heard me, I think it's a little strange how strong I am. Maybe it's something I wanna' look into..." Saitama spoke as if this was the just some casual idea.
"So what are you saying...?" Ryoga was confused, unsure of how to respond to what Saitama was saying.
"I'm saying maybe I can help you figure out why I'm so strong by helping you..."
Across a long span of homes, an angry mob of women chased what appeared to be a large ball of undergarments all crammed into one large but bursting at the seams, bag, "Come on ladies! Ya' better pick up the pace!" a deviant old man's voice taunted as he sidestepped whatever household item or uprooted property the angry group of women could throw at the vile elder.
"I'd love to keep playing ladies, but these little beauties need sorting!" he mockingly declared before kicking it into gear and vanishing from sight.
Dashing along the rooftops but flanking Happosai's left was a blurry shadow gliding through the air until colliding with the distracted elder. Their impact caused all the panties and brazers within Happosai's sack to bursting out, the women following him scrambling to take reclaim what the lecherous old man referred to as... his pretties.
"Wha!? Nooo!" Happosai rubbed the left side of his head and openly weep as he watched the brutal display of women taking back what was rightfully theirs.
Groaning as an intense pain shot through his head Speed of Sound Sonic took a second to recover, 'H-how is anyone but that freak even capable of crashing into me!?' Speed of Sound Sonic thought as the spot that Happosai had struck was his forehead.
"What's the big idea!?" Happosai screamed at his collision partner to see what he thought to be a lovely lady kunoichi, only because he could only see this beautiful ninja from her slender spandex clad back.
"Insolent old man! You dare make orders to me!?" the effeminate looking shinobi exclaimed as he rose to his feet and pulled out samurai his sword while still cradling the lump Happosai had just given him.
"Aww... I thought you were a smoking hot kunoichi..." Happosai whined as when Speed of Sound Sonic turned around he could see that even though he was somewhat lady-like at first glance but upon getting closer he could see that what he was dealing with, was not, in fact, a woman.
"K-kunoichi...?" Speed of Sound Sonic repeated as he felt his eye twitch. "What about me is woman-like to you-you senile old fool!?" he demanded before rushing the old man with his sword drawn; poised to strike the aged master in the gut.
"Well..." was the response Sonic was met with as Happosai put his finger to his bottom lip, evading by sidestepping the swift samurai blade. "First off..."
"Silence!" the oddly named ninja demanded in bewilderment, somewhat surprised to see that the old man that had crashed into him was far from what he had expected.
"Those wide child bearing hips!" Happy pointed out as he continued to dodge whatever attack Speed of Sound Sonic could dish out.
"Enough!" the furious Shinobi cried as he narrowed his eyes and began to swing wildly at the old man who would simply keep dodging in any way he could.
"Looks like that struck a nerve!" Happosai grinned from ear-to-ear as he jumped back onto another rooftop.
"The only thing here about to be struck is youuu...!" Speed of Sound Sonic said living up to his namesake as several afterimages of him appeared all around Happosai, grinning in that oh-so-sadistic way he was sometimes known for.
Right before his attacks could land multiple Happosai afterimages came and matched the amount Sonic was able to produce, all of which managed to survive his onslaught, "Also that slender back of yours!" all the Happosai afterimages spoke in unison, smiling in a very condescending way at the pretentious ninjutsu practitioner.
"I swear I'll kill you!" Speed of Sound announced as he chased down the old man.
Resting on his back and watching the clouds go by Ranma held his hands behind his head and with one of his legs crossed over the other. He closed his eyes for a second, only to open them with a deadpan expression, 'Been a while since I've seen Ryoga...' the pigtailed boy thought as he yawned.
The sound of a ladder clacking against the roof tiles caught the boy's attention as he looked to his side, hearing someone ascend them, "Ranma I was wondering if you've maybe seen P-chan? I'm starting to worry about him..." Akane admitted as she put a hand to her mouth in contemplation.
Ranma sat up as he saw the blue-haired Tendo girl reach the top of the stairs and awkwardly step over them to approach him. "Your guess is good mine..." Ranma replied as he closed his eyes.
"I guess I'll just have to hope he's okay..." Akane sighed as she made her back down. "I just hope someone hasn't gone and..."
Ranma's eyes widened but it was a possibility given how he could still be injured in his pig form but begrudgingly he fought the idea down, "P-chan? If you ask me he's a lot like Ryoga, goes missing for a while but he always pops up at the worst times..." Ranma said before crossing his arms.
"Don't be so mean to my P-chan or my friend! Ranma!" Akane looked back over to the pigtailed boy who had gone and turned to his side.
"Yeah... yeah..." Ranma scoffed.
Boom!
"Huh!?" the two gasped in unison as when they looked they could see that several hard to make out figures were clashing at breakneck speeds, explosive shurikens impaling the ground before igniting but what was most shocking was that it heading directly towards them.
"Oh my..." Kasumi muttered as she put her hands to her mouth and took a few steps back.
"Am I hearing things or is there by any chance someone testing out fireworks nearby...?" Soun asked as he seemed on the verge of crying.
"Daddy I swear I'm not covering the damages this time..." Nabiki commented as she sat in the tv room with her legs crossed. "I covered the last incident..."
"Argh! Dammit, Saotome why can't you teach your boy not to attract so much trouble!?" Soun demanded as he lowered his newspaper.
"I don't know! It's almost like he's cursed or something...!" Genma replied as he crossed his arms and huffed his chest. "We'll probably just get in his way..."
"I should get ready to clean what I can before we call for repairs..." Kasumi sighed and shut her eyes. "I hope they don't ruin the new carpets we got for the house..."
"Akane get back inside! Now!" Ranma ordered before coming to an immediate stand and taking his stance.
"Not again!" Akane exclaimed as she ran over to the ladder, climbing down as fast as she could.
"Ranma! Help!" Happosai shouted as he had intentionally lead whatever he was fighting towards the house and whatever he was fighting was carrying deadly explosives and making them rain down over the houses.
"Stop running and face your death!" Speed of Sound Sonic declared as his throwing spree ended up causing widespread fires and people to scream in terror and flee.
The sounds of sirens wailing in the distance and horns honking in the distance as the authorities struggled to deal with the utter chaos and firefighters struggling to contain the fires caused by all this.
"Knock it off!" Ranma exclaimed as he unleashed a golden beam of energy towards Happosai's attacker.
"What!?" Speed of Sound Sonic looked up in time to see a large beam about to hit him, only to shift his position in the air and narrowly dodge the attack, in that interim Speed of Sound Sonic flung two exploding shuriken at the direction of this sudden energy blast.
Boom!
"Ranma!" Akane pleaded as the stray shuriken exploded just beneath her feet, not only causing Akane's ears to ring, but to cause her to fall.
"Akane!" Ranma exclaimed as he quickly tried to reach for the girl the moment he saw the stray shot heading towards his would-be-fiance.
"Oww...!" Akane groaned as she landed on her back and grit her teeth in pain.
"That was a close one..." Speed of Sound Sonic muttered as he had backflipped into a landing position.
"My dear Akane!" Soun exclaimed rushing to his daughter at almost comical speeds as he held her in his arms. "Speak to me!?"
"Dad... I'm just sore..." Akane groaned as she was being moved around so quickly after taking a fall.
"Thatta' girl Akane!" Soun cried tears of joy, so glad that his daughter was so much more durable than the average.
"Our room!?" Genma exclaimed from inside as he went to see that the second straw shot had gone through Ranma's and Genma's window.
"I'll get the fire extinguisher!" Nodoka from inside shouted as she hurriedly tried to put the fire out.
Ranma looked in the direction of his sleeping quarters, his window resembling a smoke signal by how much damage the explosive tool caused, "You've gone too far now..." he muttered.
"Good luck Ranma m'boy!" Happosai exclaimed as he took this opportunity to escape.
"Once I'm done with you I'll remember to track down that lowly insect!" Speed-o-Sound Sonic commented as he looked up to see Ranma smacking his fist in his open palm as he leaped down from the roof to see his enemy standing on the rooftop across from their backyard neighbor.
"Don't go makin' promises ya' keep can't keep..." Ranma commented as he looked down to the one who had not only injured his fiance but had even gone as far as damaging his room.
"Did I strike a nerve?" the ninja with the annoyingly lengthy name to write out mocked as he seemed to vanish from sight and reappear only a few feet away from the pigtailed boy as he was poised to strike.
To his surprise, he was met with similar speeds from this pigtailed boy in red repeatedly dodge all of the swings, first sidestepping, then ducking, then arching his head back as the sword nearly got him on the chin.
Speed of Sound Sonic eyes widened when Ranma dodged what he thought would have been a finishing move, that is when Ranma struck him in the ribs with a solid kick. "Yeah! But so can I!" Ranma shouted as he watched his skid back on towards the fence behind him.
"Atta' boy Ranma! Show that hooligan what the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts can really do!" Soun cheered while holding Akane in his arms as he made his way out to the backyard and stood before the koi pond.
"W-what a ridiculous name..." Sonic commented as he grit his teeth and lowered his head to cup his face, 'Calm down, you're getting that look again...' he thought as he concealed his wicked smile.
"Not like I picked the name..." Ranma replied before reaffirming his stance and narrowing his eyes, 'The guy's way faster on his feet than me but it looks like I'm a little more on point than he is...' he thought as he saw his foe cradling his face.
"Just like you don't get to pick your death by my hand..." Sonic spoke calmly as he brought his head up with his sadistic grin peeking through the spaces between his fingers like some sort of psychotic serial killer.
"Someone's in love with the sound of their own voice..." Ranma said, clearly not afraid to push his luck. He readied himself by holding out his hand, only to extend it open, goading him by telling him to come as his fingers curled inward. All the while taking calm and calculated steps.
Like a pot about to boil his anger grew and his ego, feeling more than wounded by this point, drew on that sensation and allowed it to overwhelm his thoughts. He dashed back into the fray, making several after images of himself as he did his best to make the pigtailed boy feel his wrath.
"Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma roared as his various fists appeared to counter all the incoming attacks.
Speed-o-Sound Sonic was able to run circles around his opponent but it seemed that despite this advantage Ranma would just meet him as soon as he was close enough.
"R-Ranma...?" Akane muttered as she opened her eyes but could only see a dark blurry blob swarming around a large red one with a black center as they she watched them take their fight to the roof.
"Argh!" Sonic screamed as the fight took a sudden pause as the heel of Ranma's flats collided against his sword-wielding arm.
"Got'cha!" Ranma proclaimed before taking this as his chance and shifting his stance to deliver a swift series of sonic-speed kicks.
Proving to be tougher than he had guessed, Speed-o-Sound Sonic was forced to defend against all of Ranma's kicks, and considering what he was using to absorb the damage; his forearm. Clearly, Ranma won out in that exchange.
"Fools luck!" he defended as he grabbed the pigtailed boy's ankle mid-kick and yanked him in as he brought his fist to Ranma's chin so swiftly that it sent the boy flying back into the Tendo koi pond.
"Stop right there!'" A middle-aged man in a trench coat said as he was clinging onto the side of his helicopter while holding a megaphone, his other hand brandishing a handgun.
Speed-o-Sound Sonic glanced briefly at the detective before trying to make his way to where Ranma had landed, only to see that a warning shot had nearly grazed the spandex-clad villain.
"You have the right to remain silent..." the officer threatened as he spoke into his megaphone while the barrel of his gun smoked from the tip. "Anything you say and do-"
During the second half of this police officer's speech, Sonic took a second to sling a highspeed kunai at the pilot's neck.
"What the!?" the policemen barely had time to fire off a couple more shots at the unknown suspect. All of which the man was easily capable of dodging like they were just some minor irritation.
Their airborne vehicle beginning to fall from the sky, spinning out of control, before crashing into the ground and the officer onboard forced to jump out at the last minute, "Ah...!" he screamed falling while keeping his hat from flying off.
"Got'cha!" Genma exclaimed as he happened to be nearby and caught the high ranking officer. "Tell your men to back off! Whatever my boy is dealing with here is too much for your men to handle!"
"That bastard dodged a bullet and you think he stands ANY can chance of taking him down?" The policemen questioned in confusion as he was helped to a standing position.
"Well, maybe not as a boy but maybe, just maybe..." From the koi pond rose Ranma in his girl form, arms to her sides as roared in anger. "My little girl can..."
"Are you nuts!? We'll probably need the military!" The officer took out his walkie talker and was about to make the call.
"Let's not get them involved just yet, officer Zenkou..." Nabiki commented as she rounded the bend to the backyard entrance as Genma had saved him near the front of the house.
Nodoka as she appeared stressed out by how undone her kimono looked while holding the house's fire extinguisher.
"Nabiki Tendo..." he muttered as his expression soured at the sight of the pretty but insidious brunette.
"It's good to see you too..." Nabiki commented as she crossed her arms. "Now I suggest you let us handle this guy and we'll let you people do their jobs..."
"I swear I'll take you down Tendo! You got all these other cops in your pocket but you'll never get me!" he declared as he pointed directly at her.
"Well, I'm sure if you ever get the evidence you can take me to court but till then..." She looked over her shoulder towards the redhead on the roof.
"Took you long enough..." Sonic mocked as he stood with one arm on his hip and the other twirling a kunai as news choppers were gathering around them at a safe distance. "I was about to bring down another helicopter but they don't seem to want to play anymore..." he spoke with his back facing his opponent.
From the ground level Zenkou could be seen speaking into his walkie talkie, "Stand down men... this is a fight we can't finish..." the police cars and officers with guns took cover behind their car doors as they waited outside the property.
"You're one sick puppy..." Ranma narrowed her eyes and readied her stance as she prepared herself.
"Your voice has changed..." Sonic commented, sounding perplexed as he looked over his shoulder and was surprised to see a girl in the same clothing as his enemy but wet... right after he had kicked him into the koi pond.
"I changed into a girl because of a curse I got..." Ranma explained briefly. "Not like that matters..."
"Oh...?" Sonic scuffed in amusement as he tilted his head back a little.
With surprising speed, Ranma dashed towards the smug ninja and performed her signature Kachū Tenshin Amaguriken but even with this surprise Speed-o-Sound Sonic lived up to his name and rather than flat out dodging the two traded blows.
"What is goin' on...?" Zenkou felt his eyes begin to spin but managed to catch a glimpse of Ranma landing a punch on Sonic as they reappeared next to the koi pond over to vanish again.
"Oh my..." Kasumi said as an anime sweatdrop appeared overhead as she saw the scorch mark on the side of the house and broken bits of the ladder she was going to have to clean up.
"Dad, I-I think I can stand on my own..." Akane spoke weakly as she clenched the fabric of her father's shirt.
"Akane you mustn't..." Soun replied as he rested his forehead atop his daughters. "Please, rest..." he urged, sounding as though he were on the verge of whimpering.
"Please, I'm not going to get in his way..." Akane spoke calmly. "I just need a little help is all..."
"Akane as your father I order you to listen! You're in no condition!" Soun exclaimed sounding mad but knew that he was only being responsible.
"I misjudged you!" Speed-o'-Sound Sonic shouted as he attempted to cut the redhead with the end of his kunai but only ended up missing Ranma's skin by nearly a centimeter.
"Really? Cause I think you're just some heartless, honorless scumbag who kills for fun..." Ranma taunted in a condescending tone.
"Flattery will get you nowhere..." Sonic said right before smirking and landing a kick straight to Ranma's gut, winding the girl before going in for a stab in her smug face.
Ranma flew through the air but opened her eyes in time to see that even before she could hit the wall behind her he was trying to off her at the same time, "As if..." she muttered as she shot her hand out and let out a small beam of yellow ki to deflect his while backflipping in so that she could propel herself off the side of one of their neighbors homes.
"I'm getting pretty sick of that..." Sonic clenched his sore palm as it writhed in pain, he landed on the side of the wall nearest to the tree by the koi pond.
"You mad...?" Ranma mocked as she landed on the opposite side of the fence.
"H-hardly..." Speed-o-Sound Sonic felt an anime nerve appear on the corner of his head.
"Good..." Ranma muttered still with that oh-so-superior smile. "Cause I'm just getting started..." she added before narrowing her eyes, giving a catlike smile before finishing with.
"Sister..."
"What did you say!?" Sonic demanded as his eyes went blank.
"I said Sis-"
"Look who's talking!?" Speed-o-Sound Sonic shouted as he raged against his opponent, his firey energy merging with the winds surrounding Ranma's cool one.
"Wait..." Genma paused as he looked over to the battle. "Can't believe the boy's gotta' risk it..."
"What are you talking about Saotome!?" Soun demanded.
"We need to get out of here!" Genma shouted as he took his wife's hand and lead them out the front entrance.
"Why? What's going to happen!?" Zenkou demanded as he watched everyone evacuate. "Answer me! Dammit!" he ordered as he stomped his foot.
"I'll explain when it's safe! You don't want to be here when Ranma finishes his move!" Nabiki warned by shouting over her shoulder.
"You martial artists are so damn weird!" Zenkou declared before keeping his hat from flying off his head and following the house residents out to safety.
Even when Ranma would get struck she'd have to continue to try and pull her move off but found that an enemy able to match her pace was proving to be difficult given how agile he appeared to be, even when disarmed, 'I've got it...!' her eyes widened as she begins to draw Sonic into a spiral.
Unbeknownst to them, a strange flow of green energy began to crackle along with the red and blue ki that surrounded Ranma and Sonic, although Ranma was in no position to see this odd event as their highspeed movements drew them closer to the center much faster than usual.
"Hiryū Shōten Haaaa!" Ranma roared as her mouth hung open while she screamed to the heaven's as her energy brought together a powerful uprising of Ki in the shape of a dragon head as it struck the ninja head on.
DWOOOOM
"Whhhaaa...!" Speed-o-Sound Sonic's voice wailed in pain as it echoed throughout the area, then silence.
"My backyard!" Soun cried but instead of seeing a giant dragon vortex spring forth from his home but instead, the ground merely shook violently.
"Uh... wasn't something supposed to happen?" The man in the trench coat questioned as he scratched the side of his head.
"Yeah..." Nabiki commented as she leads the forefront of the group towards the back as they opened the door to a giant gaping hole where most of his backyard and koi pond had been.
"What in the world..." Soun commented as even Akane opened her eyes at the strange sight.
It was as if something had taken a bite out of their world and taking some of their home along with it...
"Where's Ranma?" Akane asked.
That's chapter 4! Damn... that took so long... I had so many other things to work on that this got sidetracked for way longer than even I wanted. Anyways! This was hard to write as there's so much that goes into these series... One Punch Man is still going and making branching storylines for the show, manga, and even webcomic... canon is not an easy thing with this and how to properly apply it has been challenging. *gets dizzy*
Still this I hope the ones who reviewed for the fourth chapter preview want to review you can do it in a PM or review for a previous chapter if you haven't already to tell me what you think! I love hearing from my readers. ^^
Anyways!
Foxes from the Foxxy~
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