Ranko 1/2 Dreamgirl

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ranma or any of the series portrayed her. This simply fanfiction.

!!SOUND EFFECTS!! "THOUGHTS"

Chapter Ten.

As Ranma and Ranko were flying to school they pretended to be leaping around from rooftop to rooftop so as to avoid too much attention.

Ranko was wearing the standard dress that most girls at school wore except hers was more form fitting and looked a lot better on her since she had sewed it up herself. Her uniform also allowed her more freedom of movement.

Ranma wore the standard uniform the boys at school normally wore. His uniform also gave him more freedom of movement and was more form fitting.

"You look good in those clothes Ranma!" Ranko called out as she looked back at him after she had gotten a few feet ahead of him.

"Thanks. And thanks for sewing this up for me," Ranma answered. He didn't want to wear anything else besides his usual red shirt and green pants but his mother insisted he conform. Ranko did a good job sewing up his uniform which was very comfortable.

When they got to school, there was a crowd waiting for them or more accurately for Ranko. The hentai horde showed up and attacked her, Ranko immediately taking them all on in much less time than it ever took Akane.

Kuno then appeared. "I'm glad you have decided to go to school here, my pigtailed goddess. It's obvious that you wanted to see me," Kuno said with confidence.

Ranko responded by kicking him, knocking him down. "Kuno, I'm going to say this once. In fact everyone listen up!"

"First I am not the only girl here. There are other girls here. You shouldn't ignore them by going after me, especially when I'm already engaged! My fiance is Kumo Gobancho the Street Fighter champion."

"If he has to come here someone's going to get hurt. I am not going to be forced into having a relationship with someone I don't love just because he beat me up especially when none of you can beat me up anyway!"

"How about what you did at Takeo's house?" one of the guys asked jealously.

"Takeo said you actually kissed him!" another guy said.

"What do you see in that geek?" another asked.

"I was being nice to him he just used his computer skills to help me with some problems I was having," Ranko answered.

"I'll help you in any way you want," a guy said. The guys who were knocked down looked up at Ranko, as if she was worth fighting for.

"Guys, for the last time. I'm already engaged. So knock it off!" Ranko screamed.

But as she walked towards the school entrance on her way to class. Kuno appeared right in front of her, his Thundersword in hand. "You must needs defeat me," Kuno said in his usual arrogant manner.

"Get out of my way Kuno!"

"You must needs defeat me first." As Kuno attacked he couldn't hit Ranko with his super speed rapid fire sword jabs; she was simply too fast. But then he spun around at superhuman speed with his sword creating a small twelve foot high tornado and sending it at Ranko who barely leaped out of the area of the attack.

Kuno followed up with an electric attack which missed Ranko. Then he blasted the area Ranko was in with electricity, Ranko teleporting out of the area before getting hit. She appeared right behind Kuno, hitting him with several super speed punch and kick combinations. "What?! That last attack should have knocked Kuno out. He has gotten tougher!"

Ranko then blasted Kuno with an NND blast. "Aargh! I fight on!" They went at it toe to toe for ten seconds until Kuno finally went down.

"Whew!" Ranko breathed. "Kuno is a lot tougher than he was before." She turned and noticed that the guys were staring at her with bleeding noses. "What's the matter guys?" Ranko asked with curiosity. The girls looked scandalized and looked at Ranko with shock.

"Why am I feeling a draft? Oh, no!" Looking downward she noticed that her clothes were gone, Kuno having sliced her clothes off during their fight leaving Ranko only in her Frederick's of Hollywood lingerie bra and panties.

"Blast it!" Ranko cursed. "I spent two hours sewing up that dress so it would fit me just right! And I used really good material too!" Ranko then vanished. A few minutes later she appeared wearing a school uniform that was tight and a bad fit making her very upset.

"Hey you still look okay, Ranko." Ranma said in a conscillitory tone.

"This dress doesn't fit me; it's awful! If I take in a breath or breathe out in this thing, I'm liable to burst out of it!" Ranko said sounding very upset. Then she noticed that every guy there except Ranma was looking at her with anticipation. "Oh, come on guys. I've already told you that I'm engaged. There are other girls here! Ask them out!" Ranko said as she carefully walked inside to go to class.

"Guys, my sister's right. There are other girls here. Why don't you ask some of them out?"

Then some of the girls blocked Ranma's way. "What can I do for you ladies?"

"We hear you're having problems with Akane," a very attractive girl said smiling.

"If that's true, you should date me." a very sexy girl with a striking figure commented.

"Uh, oh!" "I'm still engaged to Akane," Ranma said. But the girls did not give up at this.

"Akane said, 'she did not ever want to see you again!'" one of the girls replied.

"She said your engagement is through!" another said.

"I'm going to have to talk to Akane about that. Now if you'll excuse me I'll be going," Ranma said as he seemed to vanish out of thin air.

Ranma had taken a test so he advanced up to being a senior putting him in the same class with Kuno, Nabiki and Ranko. As soon as Ranma walked into the class he saw Ranko and sat himself right next to her.

"Not too beautiful he says. I hope those girls don't get too excited by looking at you, Ranma. These girls obviously don't get out of the house that much. It wouldn't surprise me if these girls dreamed of you at night," Ranko said sarcastically as Ranma shrugged.

The girls in there did not want to take their eyes off of Ranma. One girl, Yumeko, stared at Ranma longingy and then fell asleep moaning Ranma's name in her sleep.

"Is someone going to wake her up?" someone asked.

One of the girls moved to wake the Yasuko, but one of the guys stopped her. "I want to hear how her dream ends," the guy said.

"This has gone on long enough," Ranma annouced, going over to the girl and waking her up.

"Oh, Ranma!" Yumeko exclaimed, putting her arms around and kissing him. "Take me away!"

!!SNAP!!SNAP!! "Wake up, Yumeko!" As soon as Ranma had let her go and fully awaken her, Yumeko looked around blushing deep red but couldn't get the wistful smile off of her face.

"Like I needed that," Ranma contemplated as the other girls looked at Yumeko with open hostility and jealousy, Nabiki looking on and taking mental notes.

"Once again the sorcerous Saotome has ensorceled another sweet innocent girl," Kuno announced.

As Ranma went back to his seat, he was somewhat disturbed. "You know that sooner or later Akane will find out. You should tell her yourself," Ranko whispered.

"Yeah. That's probably true. Things are shaky with Akane as it is," Ranma answered.

Then the teacher showed up and class began.

XXX

As everyone was about to leave school, Yumeko went up to Ranma. "Oh, Ranma, I love you so much. Let me be your girlfriend," she sighed. She was very beautiful, slender, and somewhat busty with long black hair, milky white skin and a dreamy look about her.

"Look, Yumeko, I'm still engaged to Akane. And please don't dream about me in front of everyone," Ranma answered gently as Akane walked over to them.

!!SLAP!! "I don't want to ever see you again! I never liked you anyway!"

"Wait, Akane, I think we can work things out," Ranma said as he caught up with her.

Akane then glared at him with hostility. "It's over Ranma! Now get out of my face!" Akane said as she stormed off.

Ranko saw the whole thing and shook her head. Ukyo walked up to her having also had seen the whole event. "You were right, Sugah. Akane did blow it! I'm going to take your advice and use a soft touch with Ranma," Ukyo said happily feeling as if she had just hit the jackpot.

Ukyo was wearing the school uniform for girls that was form fitting and made her look more feminine. Her new look revealed a very sexy, curvacious figure. She was also relaxed and calm as she walked over to Ranma with a slight sexy wiggle.

"Hi. Sugah!" Ukyo said with a sweet southern drawl. "How ya doing?"

"Um, hi Ukyo," Ranma answered somewhat depressed hardly noticing Ukyo's new look.

"Would you like to come by my restaurant? I'll make you something nice to eat," Ukyo said softly.

"Ranma, I have to go to work. Will you be OK?" Ranko asked with concern.

"I'll be all right," Ranma answered. As Ranko flew off towards the Gobancho restaurant Ranma turned to Ukyo. "I've always considered a friend, Ukyo. I don't want to jerk you around. So I'm telling you the truth. I'm not in love with you," Ranma said with a deep sigh, his chest expanding as he breathed in.

"Ranma, you're just feeling down. I know what you need. I'll just take you home. I mean to my restaurant and there I will make you some okonomiyaki," Ukyo said ignoring what Ranma just told her.

Ranma was about to explain things to Ukyo again when Pantyhose Taro and someone Ranma hadn't seen before showed up. "He looks like a Chinese version of Nemesis Kid," Ranma thought to himself as the two people came closer.

"Hey, Ranma! Normally, I would be happy to beat the living crap out of you. But my cousin, Ping here, wanted to take a shot at you. So I'm going to give him a chance."

Greetings Ranma. My cousin thinks you're tough, but I doubt that. So lets fight," Ping said as he rushed to attack Ranma.

"This guy isn't very good," Ranma thought at first as he easily blocked the first volley of blows. Then all of a sudden Ping got more stronger and more skilled. It was as if he were a little better than Ranma when Ping got a few strikes in.

"This guy fights like Val Armour except this guy's a little different. Come to think of it, he actually fights better. Could he be this universe's version of Karate Kid?" Ping wondered with curiosity.

"This guy's gotten better than me rather quickly. This can't be Nemesis Kid, could it?" Ranma thought as his opponent struck him with a roundhouse kick that knocked him back a few feet, forcing him to use his acrobatic skills to land on his feet.

"You're not so tough. I beat you before and I'll beat you again, Karate Kid!" Ping said, acting on a hunch.

"So it is you!"

"Yes, it's me, you fool! I've killed you before and I'll kill you again," Ping threatened.

"It won't be so easy this time. I know a lot more now than I did then," Ranma answered.

"It doesn't matter how much better you are or what you can do; I will always be that much better. I am invincible!" Ping said with confidence.

"This is going to be a fight I might well lose. He's always beaten me. How can I defeat someone who will always be just a little stronger?"

"Leave my Ranchan alone!" Ukyo said as she whipped out her spatula.

!!SLAP!! "Don't interfere!" Ukyo went down into the ground in a state of unconsciousness as Taro appeared right in front of her, backhanding her.

The two adversaries fought with Ranma was losing the battle little by little as more and more Ping's blows in found openings in his opponent's defenses that Ranma didn't know he had. As it was Ranma had yet to get a strike in. After a few minutes Ping had Ranma on the ground barely conscious. Then he grabbed a bloodied Ranma by the hair, picking him up like a sack of potatoes. "Once again I've proved myself to be your superior. I was a far better leader of the Legion of Super Villains than anybody else was. In fact, I was the only leader of the Legion of Super Villains. We practically destroyed your precious Legion of Super Heroes under my leadership," Ping stated.

"Will you kill him and be done with it all ready?" Taro yelled at Ping. "You sound like a comic book super villain. You're wasting time gloating over your victory. Kill him now!"

"You shut up, Taro! I'm going to savor this moment! One doesn't get the opportunity to kill a hated enemy twice. I'm fortunate to be able to destroy you twice Val, Ranma or whatever you want to call yourself."

"Will he get on with it?" Taro thought. "I'm beginning to believe that he was a corny super villain after all. Maybe I should go over there and kill Ranma myself."

"Oh, before I kill you, I want to tell you something. I really enjoyed f#ing your wife. She really put up a fight and screamed bloody murder. But I took her. And there was nothing you or your precious legion could do about it," he said as he looked down at Ranma with an arrogant smirk on his face.

Ranma began shaking with rage, reaching down deep inside. "I'll kill you if it's the last thing I do!" Ranma screamed.

"Is the overrated and much vaunted Karate Kid getting angry? You're weak and helpless. You couldn't even protect your woman! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" Ping laughed maniacally, giving Ranma a wicked smile.

"No!" Ranma then broke out of his hold, letting out a breath and staring at Ping with eyes a fire. Ranma's looks-that-kill glare put Ping off his game, paralyzing him. But despite all that Ping moved in to attack Ranma again but his blows weren't really connecting. As Ranma was still shaking with rage Ping hit Ranma in the head again and again, the attacks having no effect.

"How can this be?" Ping looked around confused.

"Tenshin amaguriken!" Ranma proceeded to give Ping the beating of his life, punching him more times than in a second than he had ever done in his entire life! Then Ranma followed up with low wing chun kicks until he finally kicked him into the air. But Ranma wasn't done yet. Flying up after him Ranma nailed him with a powerful roundhouse kick that sent the former arch villain into the sunset.

"I better help my cousin out," Taro thought as he poured some water on himself and flew towards Ranma. "That fool should have just killed him and been done with it. But nooo! he had to gloat over his victory, giving Ranma time to recover."

!!POW!! Ranma went flying from the surprise attack.

"Now to grab Ping before he gets too far away." But before he could reach his cousin Ranma caught up to him, hitting him and hitting him hard, knocking him into Ping and sending them all the way back to China.

As Taro came crashing down on an almost empty beach in China with Ping in tow he crashed into the ground, collapsing into unconsciousness. Ping saw a kettle heating on a camp fire. Grabbing the heated kettle, he poured the hot water on Taro. Then he picked up Taro and left.

XXX

Ranma had left the area and went to his favorite training area in the wilderness, fuming as he paced back and forth. "Why did Nemesis Kid have to show up here and now?"

The memories of his time with Princess Projectra came flooding back to him reminding him of how he had enjoyed the time with her! "I have to get over her because I'm never going to see her again," Ranma thought sadly. For some reason all the frustration of his life and all the heartache just hit him all at once. For the first time in his life Ranma sat down and cried. Then a young woman appeared.

"Ranma?" Fujiko said gently. "Oh, I didn't mean to disturb you. I train here sometimes. Are you OK?" Ranma looked up at her teary eyed, trying to stop his crying but failing as Fujiko sat next to him and put his head on her shoulder, singing to him while Ranma cried himself to sleep.

XXX

Later that night Ranko had just gotten back from working at the Gobancho Restaurant, having brought some left over food from the restaurant with her when Genma appeared, having gotten back from playing shogi and drinking with Soun. They didn't drink as much as before because they had been training students.

"I got some leftover food from work. Would you like some, Daddy?" Ranko offered as she walked towards the kitchen table intending to put the food there.

"Yes, my dear. It smells really good." At an inhuman speed he snatched the bag of food out of her hand and started to devour it.

"Could you save some for Mom and Ranma?" Ranko asked with a smile. "Try not to eat too much so fast, Daddy." But Genma had devoured the food very quickly.

"That was pretty good, my dear." Genma said as he patted Ranko on the back. After he had left the kitchen, Ranko then brought the food out that she had hidden from Genma.

"Ranko have you seen Ranma? He hasn't gotten back yet," Nodoka said with concern.

"Ranma normally gets back by this time. I'll go look for him," Ranko answered when Ranma showed up.

"Ranma what happened?" Nodoka asked with concern.

"I got into a fight. But I'm okay. Is there anything to eat?" Ranma asked as his stomach grumbled.

"I've got some food from the Gobancho's. Would you like some?" Ranko offered. The food she had brought home with her was Gobancho's fried rice, egg rolls and the You Zi Cheng Xiang Rou(pomelo and orange sweet and sour pork) that Jan Akiyama, a chef with whom she worked, had made. Then she started to set a place for Ranma.

"Get yourself cleaned up first Ranma." Nodoka ordered as Ranma complied. He cleaned up quickly looking forward to the wonderful smelling food Ranko had brought.

"This is pretty good, Ranko!" Ranma said as he stuffed himself.

"Really, Ranma?" Ranko answered. "I made the fried rice and egg rolls. Jan Akiyama made the sweet and sour pork. Jan is rather arrogant but he's probably the best chef at the restaurant. Despite that I have a higher opinion of Jan than I do of Dan Hikime."

"Who's Dan Hikime?"

"He's a pig who thought he had rights to my body. The only real difference between him and Kuno is that he didn't have the excuse of being an insane idiot. Well, I showed him."

"Did you beat him up?" Ranma asked betwen bites.

"Yep. This guy was fairly tough when he broke both of Jan's arms after Jan beat him in a cook-off, but he's no where near the level of martial artists in Nerima. Right now you're eating the Jan's winning dish."

"It's all good, Ranko! You can tell Jan for me that this sweet and sour pork is the best I've ever had. And this fried rice and the egg rolls are so good. I've never had any that was better," Ranma said as he chowed down.

"Thank you, Ranma," Ranko gushed. "So you say you were in a fight? Who did you defeat?" Ranko asked. But when she noticed Ranma become a little upset over the question, so she backed away and let Ranma enjoy his meal. "Well I got some homework to do and a new dress to sew up so good night," Ranko said as she went to her room. Ranma waved good night to her as he kept on eating.

XXX

Next day at school, Ranma tried to talk to Akane but she kept avoiding him. "I have no idea what to do about Akane. Maybe it really is over between us."

While Ranma was off staring into space in his contemplating Shampoo showed up, having since learned how to use a door. As soon as she found Ranma she presented the lunch she had made for him. "Nihao, Ranma!" Shampoo called out to him. As Shampoo moved towards him, she found that Ranma was already eating lunch. "Who made Ranma lunch? " Shampoo asked out loud.

"My mom made me this lunch," Ranma answered. "And Ranko made me some brownies for dessert." Out of nowhere Daisuke and Hiroshi appeared.

"You mean Ranko can cook too?" they asked with glee. "Where is she anyway? Since we're your friends, you should put in a good word for us."

"Hey guys!" Ranko called out to them as Daisuke and Hiroshi turned towards her, wearing her newly sown school uniform which really looked good on her.

"Since you guys are friends with Ranma here's a brownie for each of you. But I am engaged to a wonderful guy I'm very much in love with, all right?" Ranko said as she handed each of the boys a treat.

"Gee, these are really good Ranko!" they both complimented, devouring the food they had received. "How about a group hug?" they asked as they hugged Ranko. The problem was they didn't want to let go. "My, she smells so good," each one thought as they inhaled her aroma.

"Okay, fellas. That will do," Ranko said as she released herself of their holds, the guys still very happy to have been so close to the red head.

Ukyo then appeared and stepped up glaring at Shampoo as Shampoo glared back. "C'mon girls. No need to fight or argue. It would probably be best if you just gave Ranma some breathing space," Ranko said to the two rivals who immediately backed down.

At this point, Ryoga showed up. "Ranma! Prepare to die!" Ranma simply grabbed the business end of Ryoga's attacking umbrella, surprising Ryoga with his brute strength."When did Ranma get so strong? Wait! He got buffed out when he merged and separated from his sister. Did becoming a man full time man make him stronger? Blast it! He's stronger than I am!"

"Ryoga, after all I've been through, you're no match for me. Now go home!" Ranma said as he shoved the offending umbrella back towards Ryoga knocking him down.

"You can't shove me around like that, Ranma!" Ryoga raged, throwing punches at Ranma which were the fastest he had ever thrown in his life. Despite the bandana boy's new increased speed Ranma casually avoided the blows until he caught each fist and squeezed.

"I can't break the grip. He is stronger than me! What can I do?" Ryoga thought helplessly while the sounds of bones cracking began to unnerve him.

"Ranma quit picking on Ryoga!" Akane called out as she stomped her way towards them glaring at Ranma. "Come on, Ryoga. Let me take you to the school first aid office," she said gently to the pig boy's delight.

"It's nice that Akane is being so nice to me but how did Ranma beat me so easily?"

"My chances have just gotten better!" Both Shampoo and Ukyo thought to herself while Ranko shook her head in disgust.

"Has Akane chosen Ryoga over me?" Ranma contemplated.

As Yumeko began to make her way to Ranma, Ranko stopped her. "Yumeko, you don't want to bother Ranma right now."

"But I want to make my feelings for Ranma known!" Yumeko said dreamily. "Do you think I'm not good enough for your brother? I'll take good care of him and treat him right."

"Yumeko get out of here before these ladies hurt you!" Ranko said, motioning to the angry Shampoo and Ukyo. After Yumeko noticed Shampoo and Ukyo glaring at her, she got out of there fast.

Ranko went up to Ranma. "You OK, Bro?" Ranko asked while Shampoo and Ukyo looked on.

"Yeah, I'm all right." Ranma answered. A little later Ryoga came back with Akane and another guy. This guy had long, shoulder length hair that was a light bluish color. He was good looking, slender but a little muscular, bearing a resemblance to Dr. Tofu, wearing glasses and having a soft demeanor to him.

"Thanks for taking care of my friend, Ryoga, Dr. Tofu," Akane said lovingly to the young doctor. "Are you really Dr. Tofu's cousin?"

"Your welcome. And yes I am his cousin. I'm not as experienced as my cousin is but I have about as much talent," Yasao said gently as he looked at Akane who responded, gazing upon his visage longingly.

"This guy is a lot like Dr. Tofu including being a great martial artist. But he's not the brawling brute Ranma is. He's what I've always wanted, close to my age and all!" Akane thought to herself, losing herself in the young doctor's reflection.

"I should tell you something, Ranma," Nabiki said as she walked over to him. "That guy's Yasao Tofu, Dr. Tofu's cousin. He's an over achiever and a good doctor to boot. Even though he is only 19 years old, he works as the doctor for this school."

"Akane is in love with him. This has been going on for a few weeks now. She should have told you earlier. But she still wanted to hang on to family honor."

"Your marriage and life in that other universe really got her angry at you. The way she sees it, you cheated on her. So now she's free to pursue the guy she's in love with. I'm sorry Ranma. But it's over between you and Akane," Nabiki said solemnly.

"Gee, Nabiki. I'm surprised you didn't charge for all that information," Ranko said sarcastically. Nabiki glared at her for a moment, but then she calmed down.

"I'm trying to make amends. I know I've treated Ranma and to some extent you not very well. So I'm sorry. All right? Besides, I kind of think Ranma's cute," Nabiki said with a smile as she walked away with a sexy switch.

"Nabiki's interested in Ranma?" Ranko asked incredulously. "I ain't saying she's a gold digger. But she ain't messing with my broken bro!" Ranko rapped. Everyone else looked at her rather quizically then went back to class.

XXX

Some time later, Ryoga was camping out in the wilderness, having a small meal while contemplating his defeat at Rthe hands of Ranma once again. "I just don't understand how Ranma became so strong!" Ryoga thought bewildered.

"Ever since his trampy sister has showed up Ranma has.. That's it! When he merged and separated with his sister they both increased their abilities exponentially. I guess his sister would be able to beat me too at this point," Ryoga said out loud.

"That doctor did a real good job at healing my hands," Ryoga said as he looked at his hands and flexed them. "Is Akane in love with that guy? She did look at him as if she was in love with him. Maybe I should show up there as P-Chan. Akane is so sweet and nice to me when I'm P-Chan. But then she is so wonderful to me in either form," Ryoga thought as he daydreamed of Akane and him holding each other in a lover's embrace.

"At least Ranma is out of the picture. That jerk has abused Akane's love for too long. Akane would have dumped him a long time ago if she wasn't such a patient, kindhearted girl."

"So, Ryoga, I've finally found you," the old woman said as Ryoga turned around quickly to see a rather short old woman regarding him.

"Who are you?" Ryoga asked warily.

"I'm Akari's great-grandmother," the older woman replied.

"I can barely see the resemblance. But what does she want?"

"I wanted to help you with your Jusenkyo laden curse. Being a pig is not so bad. In many ways a pig is very powerful. I believe I can help you to merge with your pig self and become stronger because of it."

"How do you know I even turn into a pig?" Ryoga asked incredulously. "And how can help me be cured?"

"I've been watching you from afar. I can see things from a distance. I'm been very aware of what has been going on. I've known many things. I want to help you get cured. I also want to help you get stronger. I see you as my great-granddaughter's husband," the old woman explained.

"You may have noticed how sometimes you get lost and appear at places where you never ever have been before. That is also a curse. But I can train you to make a blessing out of that and use it to help your combat capabilities."

Ryoga looked interested. "You can make me a better martial artist?" Ryoga asked with glee. "When do we start?"

"Right now. But I want you to promise me that if Akane Tendo doesn't want to marry you, you'll marry Akari," the old woman bargained. "So do we have a deal?"

Ryoga thought for a moment. "All right. Sure we have a deal." Ryoga agreed, the old woman smiling at this.

XXX

While this was going on, Nabiki was in her room at home looking up some interesting facts on her computer."I need to figure out a way to become more powerful and skilled in the shortest amount of time so I can stand up to the fiancee brigade. Ever since Ranma came back from that other universe and got merged and separated from his sister, thus getting his cure, I've found myself getting more and more attracted to him. The fact that he saved Kasumi and me from Happosai really did it for me."

"Now all I have to do is use my remote controlled flying video camera, Teisatsu, to bring the Nooryoku Stone back to me. This ancient jewel gives a wish to be more powerful once every thousand years. It mostly works by willpower and helps someone learn anything the wisher wants by putting that person in a pocket dimension where the wisher can train in what he or she wants to learn. As soon as the wisher is finished he or she would come back as if no time had elapsed. That's just what I need."

"My investigations have told me that this stone is located in a cave in an abandoned island near Japan. That's where I'll have my mechanized camera eagle fly off to but first I need to have it modified so it can grasp things."

XXX

The next day Oz was flying to Nerima in his flying saucer shaped spaceship in search of Kumo Gobancho's home. "My enemy isn't hard to find since he's the Street Fighter champion. After finding everything I could about Kumo Gobancho and his family including buying information from some teenage girl I'm all together prepared to deal with my changed nemesis! I am a lot more powerful than I was before so defeating Kumo as Spider-man likes to call himself now should be rather easy. Then I'll either go back home and figure out some way to take over the planet from my fat, stupid brother. But first things first."

"It was an accident when I entered that black hole which ended up being an interdimensional doorway to where I lived as a mere human named Norman Osborne also known as the Green Goblin. As soon as I had lived that life and eventually died of old age I found myself back in my spaceship on the other side of that black hole."

He looked pretty much the same as he did when he was Norman Osborne except he looked like and was in fact an oni. The same alien species that Lum from Urusei Yatsura otherwise known as Those Obnoxious Aliens was, being Lum's uncle.

His hair was of course green and he still had the horns, wearing tiger striped clothes much like Lum's. But the shape of the clothes were the same as they were when he was the Green Goblin, including the hat, sleeveless shirt, shorts and boots.

After finding a place to put his spaceship he left on a sky sled that was similar to the glider he used as the Green Goblin except it was more advanced. He also brought some equipment with him that was similar to what he used as the Green Goblin. After flying for a while he spotted Kumo Gobancho with a red headed girl. "She's better looking than Mary Jane!"

XXX

Ranko had decided to cut class that day in part because the teacher bored her and was talking to about a subject she already knew a lot about, but mostly because wanted to spend some time with Kumo. So she met with him just outside the Gobancho Compound where the trees and forest concealed them everywhere except from above.

As Ranko sat on his lap with her head back, Kumo massaged her shoulders, kissing the back of her neck. "Oh that feels so good," Ranko moaned as she slightly undid her blouse. She breathed in and out deeply as he caressed her upper body. Then she turned around and gave him a long sensuous kiss, wrapped her legs around him and put her arms around him. In a moment she was on top of him, unbuttoning his shirt. "Kumo, do you sense another person coming?"

"Yes. I wonder who it is." When they both got up to see who was coming, Kumo had a look of shock on his face. "No, it can't be!" Kumo gasped with dread."

"It must be Peter. I can tell that he recognizes me from here. Even the uniforms of the security guards, the teachers, the students and Kumo himself resemble the uniform Spider-Man wore. Event though my enemy is Japanese I can still recognize him, long hair and all."

"Greetings, Peter. Or should I call you Kumo?" Oz said as he sauntered over to them. "By the way my name is Oz. Nice girl you have there. She's much more beautiful than Mary Jane or Gwen Stacy was. You remember Gwen? Don't you?"

Kumo looked at Oz in a rage. "Ranko just stay here for a moment," he said to his fiancee. After he had walked over to Oz, the two stared at each other intently.

"What do want, Oz?" Kumo said warily, ready for a fight.

"What do you think I want?" Oz answered. "I want to kill you. You ruined my life. You ruined my son's life. And then you lived to be an old man happily ever after with a nice family while I was stuck in that mental institution. I swore revenge on you then and there. Eventually, all the drugs that were injected into me and old age killed me. When I returned to this universe, I did not think I'd ever see you again, Kumo," Oz said with a sneer.

"Don't make war with me now. I'm not the self righteous Westerner you remember me being. If you F#& with me now I'll kill you," Kumo said with vehemence.

"Nice girl you have there. Maybe I'll kill her right in front of you before I kill you," Oz said with a sneer. "I'm a lot more powerful now than I was before. So don't play tough with me. You're only a martial artist. At best you're on par with Captain America, if that."

"You still don't get it. I'm a lot stronger than I was as Spider-Man and much better trained. I'm also a lot tougher, being able to take a brutal beating. And on top of all that I still have the agility and ability to avoid getting hit," Kumo answered with confidence.

"Really?" Oz said as he tried to blast Kumo with electricity. As Kumo dodged the attack he moved in on Oz, attacking him with several punches, followed a few kicks which surprised the oni. Kumo's speed wasn't a big surprise except for the fact that he used his quickness and agility more efficiently. "We're both stronger but he's stronger still. His strength is on par with the Hulk! I'll simply blast him again by covering the whole area we're occupying. Fortunately I'm immune to my own attacks."

!!ZZZZZZGTT!!" Aargh!" Despite the pain he was enduring he slowly walked towards the alien and struck him with a forward punch that knocked Oz off of his feet.

"Oof!" "He is tougher. The Spider-Man I remember could not have withstood that. Not only is his skill in hand to hand combat on par with Captain America he's a whole lot tougher. It's as if he's made out of steel!"

Kumo moved in on Oz with so much speed he was in front of his opponent, hitting him countless times. "I won't let you F$# up my life here. Never!" Kumo said in a rage as he proceeded to give Oz a Rodney King style beating.

"Ungh!" "I need to leave and plan another way of attacking him. I can tell he has no qualms about killing unlike before. So I'll have to be careful," Oz thought to himself as he tried to leave.

"Leaving already?" Kumo queried. "What's wrong? Don't you like the new and improved version of me? You hated the fact that I was a self righteous do gooder before. Well, how do you like me now?"

Oz backed up and attacked the area Kumo was in with electricity as Kumo jumped back and out of the area. Oz then telepathically ordered his skysled to himself and quickly flew off. As he was leaving he threw a smoke bomb.

By the time Kumo was able to fly out after him, Oz and his sky sled was long gone. Then Ranko flew up to Kumo. "Was that guy from the other universe you were in?" Ranko asked.

"Yes, he was. And if he ever shows up here or bothers you I'll kill him." Kumo said with vehemence.

"You don't have to worry about me, Kumo. But I'm glad you care," Ranko said as she put her arms around him.

Then they both came back down to the ground. Some of the teachers and students there had heard the ruckus. So they came to where Kumo and Ranko was.

One of the teachers was Yukiko. She had an ice cold demeanor, yet she was gorgeous with long bluish black hair, a slender but curvaceous twenty one year old woman. She had had a crush on Kumo for some time but by the time she got the guts to approach him Ranko had showed up.

"It's very obvious that this red headed girl is causing more trouble than she's worth," Yukiko said, crossing her arms and looking at Ranko with contempt.

"Don't blame Ranko for this, Yukiko. This had nothing to do with her," Kumo answered.

"You should not defend her like that. We don't need her around here!" Yukiko answered back coldly, jealous of Ranko's looks and happy go personality.

"Yukiko, you're out of line," Kumo answered back. With that Yukiko stormed back inside.

"Well, Kumo. I have to get to work. We'll have to go on a date where we won't be interrupted," Ranko said with a smile. She then hugged and kissed him and took off.

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In China, Ping and Taro were having a discussion. "Ping, you idiot! Why didn't you just kill Ranma when you had the chance?" Taro asked with contempt.

Ping turned to Taro and gave him a harsh glare. He then walked over to him and grabbed him by the neck choking him. "Don't you dare talk to me that way. Do we understand each other, cousin?" Ping said menacingly.

"I can easily defeat you in either of your forms. It was me who had Ranma at his mercy. I killed him before and I'll kill him again. But I will do it my way. Got that, Pantyhose?"

Ping then dropped Taro to the ground and walked off leaving Taro on the ground coughing and gasping for air.

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Oz was in his spaceship over Tomobiki-Cho brooding over his defeat at Kumo's hands. "I think I liked Kumo better as a self righteous American goody two shoes instead of the ruthless Japanese warrior he is now."

"The next time I attack him I'll have to destroy him quickly. He's not going to sit around brooding over anything I've done as he would have in the past. I also need to find out who that red headed girl is. I know her first name is Ranko but that's it. maybe I'll just follow her around and kidnap her in order to lure Kumo into my trap. After I kill her in front of him, I'll kill him immediately. He's no longer someone to trifle with."

"It's posible Kumo has other enemies. Surely he does. He's always had lots of enemies. I might even be able to set up another sinister six," Oz thought hopefully.

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There's a woman at the bottom of the ocean. She's frozen in a block of ice, in suspended animation. She glows for a moment then she goes back to sleep.

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AUTHOR NOTES: Well, another chapter done. I hope you've enjoyed reading this. If you have enjoyed this story, send me a review. I hope you like my inserting Jan Akiyama of Iron Wok Jan in the story. If you want more information on Iron Wok Jan, you can look it up on the Internet. Iron Wok Jan is a very good manga.