Hey guys it's been awhile. It can't be fun waiting for someone to finish a chapter and I'm sorry if I made people wait. But Chapter 7 of Rumic Overload is finally here and I hope you enjoy it.

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Team Rumic vs Gauntlet's Monsters

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Ranma kept running along the halls of the Triad Base as she made her way to the Gauntlet's room.

"Oh man, I can't believe how long these hallways were. At least Tom and Inuyasha are having fun" said Ranma. Ranma could sense Inuyasha's and Tom's energy raising. But only Tom's opponent had his power raised. Inuyasha's opponent wasn't even moving. Ranma could feel that several smaller fighters engaging Inuyasha. At least Inuyasha was in the same room as his target.

"Geez those idiots are sure taking there sweet time. Tom's okay, but Inuyasha and Lum have a mission to do... wow, now I know how Akane feels" said Ranma, finally realizing how much he/she must put Akane and her family through.

As Ranma turned a corner, she stopped as ran into fifteen armed soldiers.

"There's one of the intruders" shouted the soldier in front of the others. On cue, the other soldiers pointed their guns at Ranma.

Ranma stood still for a second before she smiled and cracked her neck. 'Oh well, I guess I'm still an idiot too'. "Alright boys, lets do this"

Before Ranma could make the first move, suddenly a painful feeling came into her neck. Ranma then started coughing. Ranma tried to force herself to stop coughing, but she couldn't coughing. It felt like if she didn't let her body cough, she would die. Ranma then realize that she wasn't just coughing, she was spitting up blood. Black blood.

'Wha-what's wrong with me?' thought Ranma as she fell to her knees 'I thought the others cured me of my wound'

Ranma kept coughing/spitting blood when she felt something touch her upper lips. Ranma moved her hand to touch her lips and pulled it back to see black blood smeared all over her hand. Blood was coming out of her nose. Ranma widen her eyes in fright and shock when she felt she was so scared that she was crying...no, blood, blood was pouring out of her eyes.

Ranma looked up at the soldiers, thinking one of them did it. But they looked confused too. She tried to concentrate on their face, but their was too much blood coming out of her eyes. She could barely make out one of them moving his mouth, but she couldn't hear him. She then felt around her ear. More blood. She would of screamed if it weren't for the intense coughing. Ranma then felt a dampness in her shoes.

She then suddenly fell on her side, splashing in a pool of black blood. She weakly looked at her feet and saw her socks were damp. Blood was spewing out of her on the side of her toenails. Ranma looked at her shaking hand to check, and to her fright, their was black blood sliding down the side of her finger nails.

As Ranma was trying to make heads or tails of the situation, she then suddenly felt a sharp pain between her legs.

'No?...NO?!...' Ranma put her hands between her legs and could already feel the dampness on her crotch.

'Wha-What is happening to me?!'

Ranma then slowly fainted in a combination of pain, shock, and blood lust. Her tiny body was surrounded in a large pool of blood, her fancy new clothes drenched black. Ranma had finally stopped coughing, but was wheezing in pain.

As for the soldiers, they could only watch in silence at what just happened.

"...What happened?"

"I don't know, but that's one less intruder"

"She's still alive though"

"Not for long, looked how much blood she lost"

"Man, such a sad end for a kid so young"

"Well let's put her out of her misery" one of the soldiers pointed his energy rifle at Ranma, aiming between the eyes. "Goodnight kid"

BANG!

Excluding the soldier that just fired, the other fourteen soldiers stared in shock at the scene, they were drenched in blood as soon as the bang went off.

Red Blood.

As for the soldier that fired, he stumbled around blindly before his body fell to the floor, his headless body twitching before finally staying still.

All fourteen soldiers were in pure shock. Before the soldier could pull the trigger, another gun had fired and blown his head to smithereens.

The remaining 14 soldiers turned their attention to the source of the shooter. It wasn't Lum, it wasn't Inuyasha, and it wasn't Tom.

Tal stopped walking as he stood above Ranma, smoke coming out of the hole on his right gloved hand pointer finger, which was still pointing where his target's head was.

"My, what a poor child" said Tal as his only showing eye stared at Ranma "I can tell that this was the work of someone outside of the Triad. Oi Leeloo, think you can fix this kid?... Good, but first-" His showing eye then turned into an eye of that of a born killer "-I have to take care of trash"

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Inuyasha slammed what seemed to be the hundred mad human off of him again.

"This is nuts" said Inuyasha as he backhanded another person away from him. "How can these things keep coming back up"

"Inuyasha" said Lum in concern as she floated above the scene, seeing as the spiced men were attacking anything that moved except the Spice Dealer and Sarado.

"Hehehe, there is no escape from my creations" sneered the Spice Dealer "They know no pain or fear and their blood flow keeps them from exhausting themselves. There is no escape from you intruders"

Sarado just stayed quiet as he watched on, his eyes just watching Inuyasha.

'He shows no restraint when subduing the Spice Men, yet he could easily destroy these things with his demon sword' thought Sarado 'But he refuses to draw the sword... Does he realize that these men are already mentally dead? Even if he subdues them, the only actual medicine that could actually help, is a mercy killing'

Inuyasha swatted away five more spice men before pulling and throwing one that was trying to eat away at his neck.

'These things won't stop attacking Inuyasha, and he needs ta save his energy for this guy' thought Lum 'I've gotta help'

Before Lum could start charging volts-

The Spice men stopped moving.

"...?"

"...?"

"...?"

"..."

"Hey, Spice Men" said the Spice Dealer nervously as he took a step forward "Why did you stop? You can't stop unless I tell you to" He fell onto his knees "So why did you stop?!"

Before Inuyasha or Lum could make heads or tails of the situation, the Spice Men gave off inhuman screams of pain. Lum covered her eyes as she watched the Spice Men scream. They all started making violent movements, from digging their nails into their cheeks to pulling out their eyeballs.

"What's going on?" said Inuyasha.

"It's like, their in pain" said Lum as she floated down next to Inuyasha, the Spice Men surrounding him on curled up on the ground trying to pull there ears off.

One by one, the Spice Men started to quiet down, the ones still able to stand flopping down on the ground.

It was a few minutes before all the Spice Men were all laying on the ground.

Lum stared at the Spice Men on the ground "Are they-"

"They're dead" said Inuyasha.

Lum stared at Inuyasha before lowering her head in sadness.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" yelled the Spice Dealer "I CAN'T LOSE MY PRECIOUS SUBJECTS! HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO DEFEND MYSELF?!"

Before Inuyasha could leap over and smack his head in, the Spice Men's heads started shaking.

"Huh" said Inuyasha as he eyed the Spice Men.

Just as Lum was about to exclaim 'They're alive' or the Spice Dealer could relax his body, a grey liquid came flying out of the Spice Men's ears, mouths, and noses.

Everyone stared at the liquid as it circled above their heads before it slowly to break apart bit by bit, each bit continually breaking into smaller bits before completely disappearing.

"What was that?" asked Inuyasha.

"I don't know" said Lum "But it sounded weird"

"Sounded?" said Inuyasha as he stared at Lum.

Lum placed her hands over her ears "It was like I was listening to a swarm of locust fly by my head"

"...A swarm?"

"No"

Inuyasha turned to the Spice Dealer, whose skin was as white as a ghost, his fingers were quivering and his eyes were bloodshot.

"T-t-t-those were, his Na-"

SWISH!

Inuyasha and Lum stared in shock at the Spice Dealer, his body slashed from his ugly nose to his belly button. The Spice Dealer stared at the blood coming out of the wound before turning to Sarado. Sarado was twirling a Moon Sword(A curved sword) in one hand as he had a staff sword(A sword where the hilt is longer than the blade) in his other hand. The moon sword was dripping blood.

"Sa-Sarado" said the Spice Dealer as he took several steps backwards "You b-bastard"

BOOM!

His entire body suddenly exploded.

Inuyasha and Lum gave off yells of surprise as they watched the Spice Dealer blow away into little pieces.

"...The signs have been set. Things are gonna change" said Sarado.

"Hey" said Inuyasha as he pulled out Tessaiga and pointed it towards Sarado "What the hell just happened?"

"..."

"ANSWER ME!" shouted Inuyasha.

"...I'm afraid I couldn't allow the Spice Dealer to live anymore"

"What?"

Lum dropped to her knees.

"Lum?" said Inuyasha as he turned to Lum.

"The townsfolk" she said as she stared at where the Spice Dealer once stood. "Without him, the townsfolk-"

Inuyasha stared at Lum as his eyes lowered in sadness, without the Spice Dealer, the townsfolk will either have to eat infected crops or starve. They were truly backed into a corner.

Inuyasha's instincts suddenly felt something fly towards him. He took one hand off Tessaiga as he used the other hand to catch whatever was thrown at him. It was a bottle filled with green liquid.

Inuyasha stared at Sarado.

Sarado stared at Inuyasha.

"What is this?" asked Inuyasha.

"Mix that substance with water from a hose and spray all the crops that have been infected. Then they should all return to normal" said Sarado.

"Eh?" exclaimed Lum as she stared at the bottle.

"...What is this?" said Inuyasha.

"I said it already. The signs have been set. Gauntlet's way of thinking is over and his command will cease by the end of the day. I'm afraid I won't be staying near Dain Town anymore"

"...So why give us the medicine?" asked Inuyasha.

"Before I leave, I wanna fight with you Hanyou. But in the bottom of your heart, those townsfolk are more important than me in more ways than I could imagine. So I just want one thing in return for the cure" He tightened the grip on his swords "Once you give the cure to the village, return here and we shall fight"

"..."

"..."

"Heh, no need" said Inuyasha.

"Hmm?"

"I'll just fight you right now" said Inuyasha as he handed Lum the bottle.

"Inuyasha?" said Lum.

"Take that to the old man and tell him what to do with it" said Inuyasha "I'll stay here and fight him"

"Inuyasha-"

"Come back after that and make sure the those two idiots are okay. This fight will be over before you get here"

"But Inuyasha-"

"Go!"

Lum stared at Inuyasha before she got off her knees and stared floating back from where they came, stopping short at the door and staring at Inuyasha "Please win"

"Heh, like I lose to a human"

Lum smiled before exiting back down the hallway.

"Hmm" murmured Sarado as he positioned his swords "I've got a question for the Hanyou"

"I've got one too" Inuyasha gripped Tessaiga and pointed it towards Sarado "Are you the one that buried those men"

"...Yes, I was. How could you tell?"

"The smell of dirt and decay is all over your hands"

"Heh, I guess it is hard to get that smell off"

"I thought the Triad doesn't bury it's dead"

"That's true, but for a different reason than just being selfish bastards"

"Reason?"

"You've never seen a battlefield here have you? Well the battlegrounds here are pure terror. Bodies are scattered to the point that it's like picking up every toy in a child's playroom. Hidden traps and triggers that weren't revealed during the battle are placed on the land killing many looking for bodies. Many wild beasts roam the land, watching the battles like vultures. The United Forces lose nearly as many men on corpse retrieval as in an actual battle. The Kings of the Triad deem it that only important figures that have died are to have their bodies retrieved. They decided they weren't gonna spare men just for the dead.

"Then why bury those guys then?"

"There aren't any monsters here that would trouble me near Dain Town. Nobu Hikari and the Shiki Dragon have chased them away. The only monsters that bother showing up aren't here to devour the dead or cause trouble for either sides. They only care about the Hira women that the dragon protects. My only real problem would of been the Dragon, and he was too busy with all of you to attack me"

"So what, your a good apple on a bad tree then"

"Unfortunately, a good apple's fate can't be decided by itself, only by whoever picks it off the tree. And it just happened that it was the Triad who picked me off my tree"

"Heh, well I don't care what tree you were raised on or who picked you off that tree, but I'm not gonna lose to you"

"Hold it, I still have a question to ask"

"What?"

"Why didn't you finish off those Spice Men?"

"..."

"There was no help for them. Once there bodies have consumed the spice there minds are completely gone. Killing them with that sword would of been a mercy"

"...Heh, sorry to tell you this, but I couldn't kill them with this sword even if I wanted to"

"Hmm?"

"The Tessaiga was forged to protect humans, not kill them. I'm not gonna start swinging it around just for some mind-dead humans, even if there is no helping them"

"...So you knew there was no helping them"

"Heh" Inuyasha smirked.

"...Your saying this sword is to protect humans, does that mean you can't use it against humans?"

"No, I've fought humans with Tessaiga before, but I'm not gonna use it for humans not in their right mind"

"That's good, without your sword's full capability, this would be a boring fight. That swords called Tessaiga right? Then let me tell you the names of my swords" He lifted the Moon Sword "Buama" He lifted the Staff Sword "Lamhaigh"

"So, you ready to die" said Inuyasha as he tightened his grip on Tessaiga.

"Death is never certain" said Sarado as he positioned Buama and Lamhaigh.

Inuyasha and Sarado charged at each other as Tessaiga and Buama caught each other.

BOOM!

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Ranma started to open his eyes.

"Ugh, my head is killing me" said Ranma as she sat up "Hmm?"

Ranma looked around and noticed she wasn't in the hallway of the Triad Base. She was now in a green field, flowers blooming in every direction.

"What is this?" Ranma then felt around her body and found that her clothes were gone, her hair was undone, and all the wounds on her body were gone. "That's right, all that blood. I must of died" Ranma looked around "Am I in heaven?"

"You aren't that lucky"

Ranma's eyes widen when she heard that voice. The voice was playful yet cold. She turned around and saw something that scared her.

Her male body was lying down on the part of the earth that was dead, nothing growing where it layed. Surrounding his body was a black smoke.

"Is that, me?"

"It was you" said the voice, Ranma not finding where it was coming from.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Let me explain this for you fluffy tail" said the voice "This isn't heaven, this is your inner mind"

"My inner mind? Why am I here?"

"Let's just say your body isn't reacting well with my presence"

"Your presence?"

"I guess I should show myself"

The smoke around male Ranma started to form together. The smoke started shifting around, taking the shape of a human body. The smoke started to fade away, showing skin underneath where it was. When all the smoke faded away, a tall nude man was standing in front of Ranma, black, long hair as long as Ranma's tail blowing behind his head. And hair was all he had on his head. He had no nose, or eyes, or a mouth, or ears.

"What are you?" asked Ranma.

"A gift"

"What?"

"Oh don't act like you don't remember me, you received me barely two days ago" He pointed to his chest "Right around here"

Ranma's eyes widen.

"No...you can't be, but how-"

"Yes, I am the miasma that entered your body when Mokushiroku attacked you"

Ranma balled his fingers into a fist. "You bastard"

"Oh aren't you angry" said the Miasma man "But I'm not here to fight, it wouldn't accomplish anything"

"What?"

"You see, I'm in two places at once"

"What do you mean?"

"My mind is inside your head, but my body is being created as we speak. Mokushiroku is getting my new body ready. Your body to be precise"

"...!"

"Lost on words huh, well let me tell you this. When Mokushiroku kicked you, no one but me and him knew what really happened. As you were flying through the air after he kicked you, I was entering your body. Mokushiroku was originally planning on me taking control of your body. With your body's mind at my disposal, I could seek out as many skilled warriors that you've encountered and kill them all. After all, the Saotome family has been known to encounter powerful beings and whose to say they wouldn't get in the way. I would also devour Inuyasha and Invader Lum's minds as well, since they seem to have life's just as exciting as yours, and thus also have interesting characters that could also be nothing more than a whole load of annoyance. Perfect plan really. I was even able to actually take control of your body, just one second before you landed in the water"

"That's when the shit hit the fan. Mokushiroku didn't know about your curse and apparently, as long as your in your female form, I can't control your body. At the time, it was nothing but a minor flaw. I would wait until you change back to male before I started killing the people you, Inuyasha, and Invader Lum know and love. But something about your female form must of flipped some switch in Mokushiroku. I think he even forgot I was inside your body when he sent that demonic shock wave at you three. I didn't have any intention of dying, so I left the way I came"

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Lum and Inuyasha stared at the massive Demonic Shock-Wave that was heading towards them, not focusing on Ranma's body. They didn't notice that where Mokushiroku kicked him, a black orb was squeezing it's way out of the tiny scratch, thus expanding the wound. It finally popped out of the cut, pushed itself up out of Ranma's shirt collar and flew towards Mokushiroku at a fast speed, swirling above the Demonic Shock-Wave. When it came into contact with Mokushiroku's mask, it dissolved into the mask itself.

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"In that orb was your male body entrapped in my demonic dome. I would of sent my mind into another orb, but you three disappeared before the blast could even make contact. If I knew you three were going to live through that, I wouldn't have sent away your body. I could of gain control the instant Invader Lum poured that boiling water on your head, I've could of snapped her neck and destroyed Inuyasha all within the same second. Then I've could've forced the old man to send me back so I could kill your family and friends. But I could only watch as your life played out. And I have to admit, you must be a monster, not even noticing the wound even after you fought that midget dragon and that drunken fool. But eventually, the wound caught up with you. Where I entered was near your heart after all so even a monster like you should suffer from those results. If you were alone, I'm afraid you would of succumbed to those wounds and that be the end of you. But that dragon was with you and he took you to that old man. I had to wait in your mind staring at the ceiling while those three were getting the medicine. When they did bring the medicine, I thought things would heat up when I thought occurred. What would happen if that medicine were to somehow wipe away my presence in your brain. That was when I suddenly experienced fear. Death is something no one wants except the suicidal"

"But luckily for me, all that medicine did was close your wound near your heart and give you a cute tail. From there on, I just watched. From when you awoke, to your discovery of the crops, the corpses, and the grave, to entering this base, to even encounter that weirdo with the sutra mask. But then, just before you could engage fifteen humans in a fight, something happened. As you were thinking the thoughts 'Oh well, I guess I'm still an idiot too', I could feel the connection between me and Mokushiroku. Me feeling that connection meant one thing. Your body was ready for me to control. The thought of actually being able to use my very own vessel was so exciting, that I tried to escape from your body. But all I achieve from that was you bleeding all over yourself. I couldn't escape your body unless you died. You were about to die, by either a gunshot or blood lose. But then an annoyance came in the way and now it looks like you'll live through again"

"..."

"Sorry, it must be a lot for someone like you to take in" the thing would of smiled if it had a face.

"...So your the reason I can't become a guy"

"Pretty much. Must be ironic. All this time trying to find a way to lose the female half and you lose the male half. Bummer"

Ranma gritted her teeth.

"Oh don't be mad. Killing me here won't suit you at all. Actually, if anything it's a good for me. Destroy my presence here and my mind will return to your body, even if I am in a different dimension. But the thought disgusts you doesn't it? The thought of someone like a spawn of Mokushiroku controlling your body must really anger you huh-"

BOOM!

The thing looked behind his head, looking to where Ranma silently fired a Moko Takabisha over his shoulder, eyeing the destruction of the blast.

"I can still use a move like that. That's good" said Ranma as she eyed the thing "I can destroy you now"

The thing tilted it's head to show it was confuse since it didn't had a face "Didn't I tell you what would happen if you erase my presence here?"

"Yeah, but what would the alternative be?"

"...?"

"You! I rather face in you in real life, beating my own body to death. Than to have you constantly trying to escape. You said it yourself. The mere desire to escape from my body overwhelmed me. What would happen if you did that while I was fighting Gauntlet or Mokushiroku? I'll be back home soon enough to kick your ass.

"...!"

Ranma stared at the thing, her hands ready to fire a Pride of the Fierce Tiger Blast at the thing, when it started laughing. It's laugh was like a madman's, it was like with every chuckle that was heard, daggers were pressing itself into Ranma's skin.

"Oh, that was good. I like you Saotome. You may hate me, but your life is making mine incredibly interesting, even though I was brought into the world to be you. Alright, just because you made me laugh, I'll tell you something nice. I'm not gonna immediately take action against your friends right away. For one thing, I'll need to adjust to your body. It won't be a human's body when I receive it, it'll be altered to a demon like body. I wouldn't wanna try anything against a guy like you until I learn all the secrets of my body. And for another thing, Mokushiroku won't make a move until he's ready, and I'm taking a guess it won't be until way after you return. Good for you huh?"

"..."

"Your right, you wanna end this conversation and get back to what you were doing. Don't mind me and take your best shot"

"Before I get rid of you, what's your name?"

"My name?" the Thing tapped it's right hand's fingers against it's chin "I wasn't given a name. Never really came to mind with all the exciting things going on. But I have a good name in mind"

The thing gave Ranma it's name, causing Ranma to narrow his eyes.

"You think that name will terrorize me?"

"I was hoping it would, but beggars can't be choosers. But it's not like you'll be able to beat me"

Ranma smiled "We'll see about that"

Ranma suddenly fired the Moko Takabisha out of her palms, the blast bigger than the first one.

The thing could feel the energy surround him as it's body broke form and reverted back into smoke, resembling a black cloud shaped like a human.

'T-this power!" the legs disappeared 'It's incredible' now the hands 'To fight such a person-' the lower half of it's body '-with this much confidence to win-' the upper body '-it's exciting' and the head.

'I'll see you soon, Ranma Saotome'

And finally, the consciousness itself.

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Ranma snapped open her eyes and shot herself up.

"Did that really happen?" Ranma looked at herself, ready to see black blood stained into her beautiful clothes, but there wasn't any blood. She felt around her body. Her neck felt sore from the coughing fit, but she didn't feel the urge to cough this time. Her eyes felt moist, but felt as if someone wiped away the blood around her eyes, as well as the blood around her nose and ears. Ranma felted between her legs, no blood. But Ranma did notice that her clothes didn't feel like she had been wearing them long, like they just immediately came out of the washer and dryer. But how could that be?

Ranma got up and took in the scene around her and gasped. A few feet away from her, pass where she fainted, she could still see the pool of black blood. But that was nothing compared to the ocean of red blood surrounding and mixing with the black blood. On top of the ocean of blood were the fifteen soldiers that Ranma encountered.

"Who did this? Inuyasha and Tom wouldn't do this" said Ranma. Even though Ranma only knew Inuyasha and Tom for barely even two days and that they had tempers, she knew that neither would go this far in killing. Inuyasha even pointed out to Ranma that he doesn't go out of his way to kill humans if he can avoid it. And Tom had come to an understanding about killing.

Ranma turned around to look away from the blood when she noticed that something was laying next to her.

A plate of cookies and a glass of milk.

"...?"

Ranma bent down and noticed a note underneath the plate.

To Ranma Saotome:

I noticed your situation and saw that you needed help. I quickly cleaned the blood off your clothes, washed them, and dried them. Don't worry, I didn't do anything funny to you while you were naked. I swear. I was also able to donate some blood to the lot you lost. Your lucky I know surgery, or you'd be dead... wait I forgot to sugarcoat that. Ah well. The point is, your alive. I left some treats for you to prepare for your fight with Gauntlet, you'll need it. Oh, and watch your blood pressure. Keep calm. While I was operating on you, your eyes turned red, your hair turned white and you tried to kill me. Luckily, I had some tranquilizer on me, so I was able to subdue you. It was scary, you were screaming some strange language with a sinister echo to it.

Yours truly, the awesome, super, amazing, Tal-san.

Ranma stared at the note.

"Tal-san, he was a doctor" Ranma pried herself away from that thought. Tal mentioned that she tried to kill him, her hair turned white, her eyes turned red, and their was an echo in her voice. Ranma had to guess that when Mokushiroku's Spawn was trying to escape her body, it was unknowing able to control her body to it's will.

Ranma looked at the dead soldiers "Did I do this?"

Ranma stared for awhile before a gleam came into her eyes. She ate all the cookies on the plate and quickly swallowed all the milk down her throat.

"Thank you, Tal-san. I'll beat Gauntlet. And now I have a huge weight off my shoulder"

Ranma put down the glass and continued down the hallway, each step taking her a little closer to Gauntlet, and by extension, Mokushiroku.

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Tom swam around in the pool, looking for Nemro. It wasn't easy, the entire pool was a large as a football field and the chemicals in the pool were blinding Tom's eyesight. His excellent smelling wasn't worth shit in a pool. He was basically swimming blind, his only options being retreat and waiting for Nemro to make his move. But Tom knew those were the choices when he jumped in. But once Nemro made his move, Tom would find his option of choices would increase a lot. Because once Nemro made his move, Tom would only need to make one choice.

Meanwhile, Nemro was watching Tom, he eyed Tom from below.

'He's waiting for me to come into view so that he could attack me point blank. But he doesn't get the distance between our powers. Dragons may be kings of the skies, but us sharks are kings of the water'

Nemro suddenly moved from his hiding place, swimming towards Tom.

By the Tom turned around, Nemro bite into Tom, Tom's shoulder and entire left arm in Nemro's mouth.

'SCORE!'

Nemro was about to bite through Tom's arm when he felt something inside his mouth. Tom was clawing his fingers into Nemro's mouth, jamming his fingers as if he didn't want Nemro to go anywhere. It was a foolish tactic. Nemro had him, he couldn't use any of his fire of electric powers, and digging into his mouth accomplished nothing. True it was a bit painful, but Nemro could endure... Actually, it was starting to get really painful. But it didn't feel like the kind of pain it should be, like knives. No it felt more like...like...like-

Heat.

Nemro widen his eyes and looked Tom in the face. Tom was giving off a wicked grin. His eyes said it all.

'This pain is worth nothing compare to what your gonna feel. I'll gladly give you the satisfaction of burrowing your teeth into my shoulder, just give me the satisfaction of boiling your entire body' thought Tom.

Nemro quickly got what was going to happen and tried to swim out of the pool. But Tom's claws where jammed into the inside of his mouth. Nemro tried to bite through Tom's shoulder, but the scales where harder to bite through.

'HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT!'

Nemro could feel his entire body roast. Tom's body was so hot, that the entire pool, as large and wide as a football field, was now as hot as boiling water. Nemro could smell his skin roasting, feel his skin sizzle, and taste Tom's equally hot blood smear itself on his tongue. Nemro soon couldn't see for the water was burning his eyes.

Tom grinned before he put his head up and started opening his mouth wide.

"HELL'S EVAPORATION"

Fire blasted out of Tom's mouth. Nemro couldn't see the point of it besides making it even hotter.

Nemro soon couldn't take it. He refused to allow his mind to black out, but the pain was driving him insane. He was driven to insanity, for in his mind, all he could see were geysers erupting everywhere, the steam blocking out everything but pain.

BAM!

Nemro was sent flying out of the pool and towards the wall, the fin on his back breaking into the wall. Nemro noticed he was out of the pool.

Or, where the pool used to be.

Tom was standing in the middle of the pool's floor, all the water in the pool evaporated to even the smallest drop.

Tom flew out of the pool and landed in front of Nemro.

"Well that must of been painful for you" said Tom as he cracked his neck. He then massaged where Nemro bit him, the holes being slowly healed as Tom felt them. "Had to say, you biting me was a gamble. If you decided to actually bite off my arm from the get go, you would of won. But you didn't, all you did was sink you teeth into me. When something penetrates a dragon's skin, the scales will start to harden around the object and keep it in place" said Tom as he remembered when Kilhoy stabbed him in the stomach with a lightning rod and how hard it was to pull it out. "I normally hate that little function of my body, but it worked out in this situation. My scales harden around your teeth, so you couldn't pull them out or sink them in any further. You doomed yourself after that. Hell's Evaporation is my only underwater technique. Even my lightning isn't for underwater because cuz I lose control of the power surging through my body and black out. Not only did my Hell technique burn most of your body, it also eliminated one of your advantages over me"

Tom felt around his body. His body temperature was lower than a normal human's. "Sadly I used up all my flame resource to evaporate that much water. I only have enough fire within me to keep my body alive"

Tom immediately jumped up, dodging the wave of water coming out of Nemro's mouth.

Nemro was gritting his teeth.

"DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU!"

Tom only flew above Nemro, pity in his eyes "It looks like I can't just leave you like this. Honestly, I have nothing against you. But you would just come after the town for revenge. I may not have enough fire for another attack. But-" Tom clapped his hands together and electricity surged through his body. "Voltage is a completely different thing"

Nemro widen his eyes.

"Oh, and before you point out your rubber tights, I would look down if I were you"

Nemro looked down and saw that his rubber tights were gone, reduced to burnt flakes of ash.

"The only reason I had some restraints about attacking you wasn't because I was afraid of you biting me or that it would take a lot out of me. It was because I hate the smell of burning rubber" The electricity cackled around Tom "But it's worth it"

Nemro widen his eyes. He tried to move away, but his back fin was stuck into the wall.

"DRAGON'S VOLT CRY!" Tom roared as a blast of electricity shot of his mouth, crashing into Nemro. Nemro's screams were muted over Tom's massive roar, the roar sounding like thunder at it's loudest.

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Sarado looked towards where Nemro's pool was towards.

"Thunder? Inside? Well you really came with interesting people, Hanyou"

Inuyasha was on one knee, his arms, his chest, and his face aching from where the explosion hit him. When Tessaiga collided with Buama, an explosion formed around the sword and hit Inuyasha straight in the face.

"Shut up! What the hell was with that sword!" shouted Inuyasha as he got back on both feet.

"Sorry about that, but that's what my Demonic sword is. Your Tessaiga is like a Fang right? Well Buama is a bomb. Anything Buama's edge comes in contact with will explode. You saw it yourself"

Inuyasha remembered. When Sarado sliced the Spice Dealer, his entire body exploded.

"As you can see, this sword is made to neutralize close distance fighters. I can never really enjoy a fight because of this, but I guess that's what I get for using such a powerful-"

Sarado immediately blocked Tessaiga with Buama, a blast hitting Inuyasha in the face.

"..."

Inuyasha's head broke through the smoke around them and bashed his head into Sarado's face, sending him backwards.

"Who the hell said that little explosion would bring me down" said Inuyasha as he smiled.

Inuyasha immediately ducked, three arrow like blasts soaring over his head. Inuyasha looked over to where Sarado was, seeing that he was pointing Lamhaigh towards him, the blade all green.

"Sorry, but this is the power of my other sword, Lamhaigh, the shot. Lamhaigh fires energy bullets out of it's tip"

"Two Demonic Swords. How can a human use those?" asked Inuyasha.

"A human can use demonic weapons if the human is stronger than the demon the weapon originates from. Buama and Lamhaigh weren't originally from strong demons. Buama was forged from the claws of a stone demon that could regenerate every time it self-destructs. Lamhaigh was forged from the horn of a beetle demon that fired catapult like blasts out of the tip of the horn. I am stronger than both Buama and Lamhaigh's original sources. If I wasn't, I would be consumed in Buama and Lamhaigh's massive Demonic aura, becoming nothing more than a body for Buama and Lamhaigh to use to control. Even some demons couldn't control a powerful demonic sword if it's originator is too powerful and wicked"

Inuyasha had to agree on that much. He remembered when Kaijinbo, Totosai's former apprentice, forged a sword called Tokijin that was forged from Goshinki's fangs and ended up becoming a vessel for the sword to enact revenge against Inuyasha, who killed Goshinki when his demonic blood took control. Kaijinbo died under Tokijin's control, but Sesshomaru could wield the sword with ease.

"So it's basically which demon sword is stronger" said Inuyasha.

"Now that would be unfair" said Sarado "I have two swords"

"Well mine's worth a hundred" said Inuyasha "WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha swung Tessaiga and the blast flew towards Sarado.

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"That should do" said Tom as pulled the last teeth out of Nemro's mouth, whose entire body was pitch black. He was still alive, but not able to move "Ah, the feeling of thieving. There's something good about knowing the more I steal, the more I get. Well, gotta run"

Tom was about to leave the room, Nemro's teeth in the sack over his shoulder, when, as he was reaching to open the door, something crashed through the door and slammed into Tom, who was sent flying backwards back into Nemro. As Tom slammed into the ground, he saw that what crashed into him was-

"Inuyasha?" said Tom.

"Ugh" said Inuyasha as he grabbed his forehead and shook his head. "Damn that bastard, pulling that sneak attack out of his swords"

"Ahem" said Tom, catching Inuyasha's attention.

"Oh it's you" said Inuyasha dryly.

"Kiss my non-existent crotch" said Tom dryly "So how'd your fight go"

"Still working on it" said Inuyasha as he covered his nose "Ugh, what's that smell?!"

"Calamari. Calamari and burnt rubber, but mostly Calamari"

"...I don't wanna know" said Inuyasha as he got on his legs "So you won your fight?"

"Yeah, but I don't have any fire left in me, and my electrical resources won't be enough to fight this guy"

"Feh, I don't need help"

"By the way, where's Lum?"

"She got the cure and went back to the village. That Sarado guy killed the Spice Dealer and gave it to us in exchange for me fighting him" said Inuyasha.

"...Before you resume your fight Inuyasha, tell me about your opponent"

"He's a human that wields demon swords. One's called Buama that makes anything it nicks explode, the other one called Lamhaigh fires energy arrows from it's tip. And he can use them for a combination attack"

"Combination?"

"When I used my Wind Scar on him, he nicked Buama on Lamhaigh as it fired. It broke through the Wind Scar and sent me flying here"

"So he used Buama to increase Lamhaigh's energy, making it more of a bazooka than an arrow" said Tom "That's one hell of a scary combination"

"Yeah, and to think he's only the second strongest"

"No right now he is the stronger than Gauntlet"

"Huh?" Inuyasha turned to Tom in confusion.

"Let me explain it to you like this. In hand to hand combat, Gauntlet would most likely be stronger than this Sarado guy your fighting. And Ranma is a little stronger than you in that regard too. But the weapons themselves are stronger in that regard"

"So that means-"

"Buama's and Lamhaigh's combined strength is stronger than Gauntlet and Tessaiga is stronger than Ranma. It's actually obvious with my eyes"

"...Heh, well I guess that would make sense" said Inuyasha as he grinned, the fact that someone confirmed he was stronger than Ranma in a certain regard.

'I should kill this guy' thought Tom as he looked at Inuyasha's smug face. "Well when it comes to fighting, everyone has there keys"

The door burst open, Tom and Inuyasha turning towards the door as Sarado walked in.

"So that's him huh?" said Tom.

"Yeah" said Inuyasha.

Sarado entered the room as he looked around, his eyes lingering on the empty pool and the burnt Nemro.

"So Nemro lost. I'm impressed that someone was able to turn a disadvantage to an advantage. Although did you have to steal his teeth"

"Ah looter's keeper, victims weepers" said Tom as he scratched his head as Inuyasha looked at him in annoyance.

"...Well Inuyasha" he gripped Buama and Lamhaigh "Shall we continue"

"Lets" said Inuyasha as he tightened his grip on Inuyasha.

"...Well I guess I'll just watch" said Tom.

"Oh, shouldn't you be going to help your friend" said Sarado as he turned to look Tom in the eye.

"I don't think Lum will need my help" said Tom as he skid his right pointer finger's nail against his teeth, smoke coming out of the nail as he started picking his teeth "Lum's a smart girl and the old man is with her"

"No, I meant the other one"

"Hmm? Oh Ranma. Never you mind, I saw Ranma's strength first hand. She took out Kilhoy with one punch to the gut. And even I know that the distance in power between Gauntlet and Kilhoy isn't that great"

"...It's true. Gauntlet is only a tad bit stronger than Kilhoy. But Gauntlet has something that Kilhoy lacked"

"The decency to be sober?"

"No. Gauntlet has a power that even surpasses my demonic swords.-"

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Ranma arrived at the end of the hallway, standing in front of a large door.

"Finally, I'm here"

Ranma raised here foot up to kick the door down.

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"-A Rumic Relic" finished Sarado.

Tom's eyes widen as far as they could, his pupils completely bloodshot.

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