Aerial Ranma
!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"
Chapter Ten
"I'm going to make you understand over a thousand years amazon tradition. Whenever a strong man defeats an amazon warrior, said strong man must marry said amazon. Since you defeated my great-granddaughter, you are now married to her," Cologne explained.
"I'll tell you this again. I'm not marrying your great-granddaughter!" Ranma stated harshly. "You have a strange way of trying to rope someone into marriage."
Cologne continued as if she hadn't heard the winged warrior. "I envy Shampoo. Not only are you incredibly handsome, you're also very powerful. You might even be able to give me a good fight. Be that as it may you must marry Shampoo."
"I'm not marrying Shampoo! The way you cooked up that amazon law about marriage is ridiculous! Besides, I didn't defeat Shampoo. I just left. It was bad luck that one of the pieces of that rope knocked her out. I can't stand Shampoo! It's bad enough she imagines I have to marry her, but did she have to try to kill the wife of the Secretary of State, someone I was sworn to protect? I'd sooner marry Aerosol than that psychopath. I even heard she almost killed the Princess Kireko. Now get out of here!"
Cologne grated at the insults leveled at her great-granddaughter but she calmly said, "Shampoo is not a psychopath; she's simply misunderstood."
"Isn't that what the relatives of psychopaths say whenever someone insults their family members who do horrible things?" Kasumi said with a congenial smile. Cologne gave Kasumi a cold harsh glare that would have frozen most people but Kasumi simply kept smiling.
"Anyway. Aerosol did everything she could to make my great-granddaughter look bad. Shampoo will conduct herself with decorum and good manners from now on."
"I should hope so. We'll see if she can behave herself. But why did she have to beat up that Lieutenant the other day? He was a good friend of mine. He'll be laid up in the hospital for days. A weaker man would be laid up for weeks, maybe even killed."
"I regret what happened, but you still must marry Shampoo." Then Cologne turned towards Kasumi. "So you're the girl whom Ranma thinks he's going to marry."
"Yes, I'm Kasumi Tendo. And yes, we are engaged," the young woman said, keeping her calm.
"I can see why he's infatuated with you, but Ranma is obligated to marry my great-granddaughter, Shampoo."
"Are you saying Ranma has to marry this girl because a piece of rope it her?" Kasumi asked innocently.
"He defeated her! The fact that he defeated her unwittingly is beside the point."
"Did Ranma 'defeat' Aerosol in the same fashion?"
"Yes but..."
"Is he supposed to marry both Shampoo and Aerosol?"
"You are trying my patience, girl. When Ranma marries Shampoo he won't have to marry Aerosol."
"Is it possible Ranma could marry Aerosol without marrying Shampoo? Or is Shampoo some kind of spoiled princess who always gets her way regardless of how she acts?" Kasumi asked innocently.
"You are in no position to judge us, girl. Be grateful we amazons have laws we must abide by. We are a civilized people."
"You're civilized? The way Shampoo acted you'd think she was a barbarian. Is Shampoo adopted?" Kasumi said, failing to resist giggling a little.
"I told you Aerosol made Shampoo look bad," Cologne said testily.
"Shampoo did a lot of horrible things without Aerosol even having being there. Did she attack the Princess Kireko because of Aerosol or did Aerosol take advantage of Shampoo's foolishness? If Aerosol can make Shampoo look like such a fool she must be pretty powerful. Regardless of either Aerosol or Shampoo and their delusions of marriage. I'm not giving Ranma up without a fight."
"Are you aware of our other law which states that if a woman outsider defeats an amazon the defeated amazon must follow the outsider to the ends of the earth and kill her?"
"I'm aware of all that, but I'm still not backing down." Kasumi stood up with her feet apart in such a way showing she was ready for a fight, giving off a battle aura that impressed even Cologne.
"Don't even try it, child. You're two hundred years too young to beat me."
"It's time for you to leave!" Ranma said, running out of patience.
"This is not the end, Son-in-Law." With that Elder Cologne pogoed off into the air and left.
"Good work, Ranma. You told her!" Genma said, appearing out of nowhere. "But you should have told her about the joining of the schools. It's very important you don't forget that, boy."
"Listen, Pop. I know all about the joining of the schools thing. Don't push it. I'm still not sure if I want to endanger Kasumi like this. Those amazons are tough in addition to being crazy. They have it in their heads that I'm already married to a couple of them."
"Don't worry about me, Ranma. I'm not afraid. The best thing we can do is keep practicing. I have to go make breakfast now, but I'll be sure to train some more with you later," Kasumi said. Then she practically floated on the ground as she went inside.
"Who'd have thought she was so skilled in the martial arts? Somewhere along the way she learned how to hide her power and ability."
"How do you know that, Pop?" Ranma asked, intrigued at his father's explanation which made so much sense, a rare thing for Genma.
"I noticed how powerful she was while she was training with you and while she was training by herself. I was fairly impressed. She might be actually be a match for any of those amazons," Genma said, adjusting his glasses and sounding like a martial arts instructor.
"How did you know all of that, Pop?" Ranma asked, bewildered.
"I have the ability to keep myself from being seen, boy. And don't question me! I know what I'm talking about. Kasumi is a lot more skilled than her sister, Akane or even Soun for that matter. It surprises she was able to hide this from everyone for so long."
"Yeah. Well she wants to keep it a secret so keep it under your scarf."
"All right. I know all about Kasumi wanting to keep her skills from Akane, but Soun already knows. It won't be long before Akane finds out. But I'm glad you're getting along so well with Kasumi. When can we expect you two get married?"
"Yes, Ranma. It's about time the two of you get married," Soun said, appearing out of nowhere on Ranma's left.
"We're taking things slow, Mr. Tendo. Please don't rush us." With that Ranma went inside to wash up for breakfast.
"I think it's working, Saotome but things are going too slow for my taste."
"Correct, Tendo. Maybe there's something we can do to speed things up. We can talk about the plan after breakfast during a game of shogi."
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During school that day, Akane was fighting the hentai horde as usual except she had defeated them a whole lot quicker. "You did it, Akane!" Ryoko called out from the sidelines. "I was concerned when you didn't want any help from me, but I'm happy to see you did so well."
"Thanks, Ryoko. Training with you has been very helpful. And thanks for believing in me."
"Truly such a boorish lot. Might you fight with me? If you defeat me you will date with me," Kuno, the bokken wielding samurai, proclaimed with an air of aristocratic superiority as he looked on Akane.
"I'm not dating you no matter what happens. Now get lost!" Akane yelled as she kicked Kuno into the sky.
However, in but moments Kuno reappeared right behind Ryoko. "I have not forgotten about you either, my love," Kuno said putting his hands around and all over her. "Your bountiful pulchritude is so impressiv..."
"Get your filthy hands off of me!" !POW!
"Aaaaaah!"
As Kuno kissed the sky, Nabiki's two lieutenants walked up to her. "We made a killing today, boss. How did you know Akane would have defeated those guys so fast?"
"Akane's been training with Ryoko so she's improved a great deal. You two were concerned when I made the bet the way I did with Akane winning the fight so early in order for us to make a lot of more money than usual but I knew what I was doing. Now it's time to divide the spoils."
"Is there any way we can get more pictures of your older sister, Kasumi, to sell, boss? Some of the guys who work in my father's factory heard about her display at that match she had against Kodachi. They'll pay top dollar."
"Hmm. I kind of promised not to sell anymore pictures of Kasumi and..."
"I know twenty guys who will pay as much as 10,000 yen per picture. They were literally frothing at the mouth."
"$$$$$" "All right," Nabiki relented. I'll see about getting some more pictures for you guys to sell but keep the information on this low key. We can't have too many people knowing about this, got it?"
"We got it, boss."
"Don't look now, but here comes Kuno," the other lieutenant said as the kendoist walked over to them.
"All right, girls. We'll talk again later." After her lieutenants walked away Nabiki turned towards Kuno. "What can I do for you, Kuno-Baby?"
"Don't call me that. I demand to know what's going on at the lovely Akane's home. There's a rumor that a winged man is living under the same roof as Akane. Is that true?"
Nabiki put her hand out. "One thousand yen."
After clomping down a one thousand yen note in Nabiki's hot little hand the mercenary girl spoke. "There is a winged man under our roof. He's engaged to Kasumi."
"Under the same roof as Akane? I won't allow it!" Then Kuno stopped for a moment. "Did you say this winged man is engaged to Kasumi? The same Kasumi that defeated my crazy sister in that rhythmic competition? Th-the one whose clothes practically came off of her?" Then Kuno's nose bled a little.
"Yes, Kuno. That's right."
"Do you have any pictures of her as well as Akane?" Kuno asked, giving Nabiki a hungry look.
"I'm not allowed to sell pictures of Kasumi anymore. Sorry, Kunobaby. Even if you were to hit me a fist full of thousand yen notes I couldn't sell any of..."
When Kuno whipped out twenty thousand yen, flaunting it in Nabiki's face with a look of triumph, it was her turn to drool and look hungry as she took the money and handed him some of the left over pictures she had of her oldest sister. "Sold!"
As Kuno walked away drooling over the pictures he had just bought he came back and asked, "by the way, what does this winged man look like?" As Nabiki put her hand out again Kuno put a thousand yen note in her hand.
"Here ya go." Nabiki handed him a picture of Ranma flying through the air while he was doing aerial maneuvers during a training session.
"Zounds! Does he really fly?"
"Yes, he really flies. Well. Gotta go."
Kuno observed the pictures he had just bought as Nabiki walked away. "What kind of magical creature is this? It will take all of my vaunted skill and prowess to defeat and slay it. And slay it I shall."
Hidden from view on top of one of the buildings of the school was Vega. "That girl's such a mercenary! And that samurai's such an idiot. I wonder..." Vega immediately turned around as soon as he detected someone else's presence. "Who are you?"
"I'm Gosunkugi. I normally watch what goes on from up here. What are you doing here?"
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"So what's the plan, Konma?" Hagetaka said after having waited quietly in a dark room, lit only with candles with several powerful members of the Aum Shinri Kyo for over an hour. Everyone in the room except for Hagetaka wore bluish black robes which resembled what a monk would wear and long bluish black hair which glowed a little while they hummed their incantations.
"Shh! Ohm. Ohm. Ohm." Hagetaka glared at Konma for shushing him but said nothing more. "We are going kidnap Kasumi Tendo, Ranma's fiancee and bring her here. This will force Ranma to show up and try to rescue her."
"You had to meditate for over an hour just to come up with a plan that's in no way original?" the vulture man exclaimed incredulously as he stood in a circle with the cult members.
"Quiet!" Konma said in a tone that brooked no further interruptions. "It is done. Now we will have a meal in which we'll discuss our plans."
Hagetaka followed the members of the fanatical cult into the dining room where they dined on the best of food from sushi to Yang Chow Fried Rice. There were even several kinds of western food there on mounted plates of silver on a huge rectangular table which seated 100 people and was under chandeliers made of 14 carat diamonds. The silverware was also exquisitely made of gold and silver.
Konma sat next to Hagetaka mostly to make sure the avian warrior didn't do anything to embarrass him. "I have to admit, Konma. The food here is pretty good."
"I'm glad it's met up with your approval, Hagetaka," the high ranking Aum agent said with hidden contempt.
"So when are we going to discuss the plan that took over an hour of meditation?"
"Soon, my friend, soon. The master must show up first."
"Who is he?"
"Never mind who he is. That is our secret."
"I will say one thing. The women here are absolutely gorgeous!" Hagetaka said admiring the serving women, most of whom hailed from varying parts of Asia. But not a few of them were western beauties with blond hair and blue eyes. All of them had long flowing hair and clothes which left little to the imagination. The slender yet amply endowed women wore what looked like silk two piece, skimpy bathing suits which flattered their already impressive physiques.
The serving women ranged from ages of 13 to 24, at least that's what their ages appeared to be. Each one looked as if they were happy to be here but on closer inspection an astute observer could tell that each of the serving women was extremely frightened and only pretended to be happy for fear of the consequences.
"Yes." Konma said, happy to change the subject. "We keep them in line. Resistance is crushed in many different ways."
"I see. Any chance of me getting one for the night?" Hagetaka said with eyebrows raised.
"We shall see."
All of a sudden the room turned dark. A light came from the ceiling and an ominous shadowy silhouette which looked like an Aum Shinri Kyo member but even more malevolent appeared."How are our plans concerning the destruction of Ranma Saotome coming along?"
"It goes well, Milord," Konma answered, bowing his head as the others except for Hagetaka did likewise. "He'll be dead in a few days. As soon as we kidnap his fiancee and bring her here Ranma will come here in order to rescue her. When he gets here we and some unusual creatures will be waiting for him."
"Good, Konma. The destruction of Ranma is very important. It's bad enough that Masato Denki is still a thorn in our side. But Ranma has the capability to become an even bigger threat to us than that castrated F#!"
"It will be done, Master. After that we'll end the threat of Masato Denki once and for all!"
"See to it personally, Konma. There'll be no one to stop us in the future!" With that the silhouette vanished.
Once the lights came on, Hagetaka emptied the beer from his pure gold goblet and said, "there's something wrong with my drink. Now I know. It's a light beer. You make me stand absolutely still for over an hour; you come up with a plan which I could have cooked up within a matter of minutes; you try to impress me with a ridiculous light show and you serve me a light beer?"
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In Hitaro's hidden base at an abandoned warehouse, one of Hitaro's ninjas was reporting to him. "What's the news?"
"There were other spies and another ninja at the Tendo home," the ninja said while bowing on one knee with his eyes facing the ground.
"What? Who were they?"
"Who the ninja was and for whom he worked for is unknown to us. But the other spies were Aum Shinri kyo. They were more reliant on black magic than ninja skill."
"Those fools will ruin everything! Why is it you weren't able to identify the other ninja?"
"This ninja's skills in concealing himself and avoiding detection were phenomenal. I barely was able to sense his presence at all."
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, the inclusion of the Aum Shinri Kyo has brought aroused the attention of their arch enemy, Masato Denki."
"Who is he?"
"He's a eunuch who has sworn the destruction of the Aum Shinri Kyo. He's also a master of Shogokan Ninjitsu among other martial arts and skills."
"The presence of the Aum Shinri Kyo has brought another enemy to deal with. Go back and try to find out who that other ninja was and more about Masato Denki. Go!"
As soon as Hitaro gave the command the ninja vanished. "We should go after Ranma right now," Sagat said, his arms folded on his massive chest.
"Not yet."
"Do you want those dark priests to get to Ranma first? You should send someone to spy on them."
"Enough, Sagat! I'll decide what we're going to do. What is this desire to defeat Ranma?"
"He's a powerful warrior. I wish to redeem myself after my defeats at the hands of Ryu and his brother student, Ken Masters. I've trained hard for the day when I can finally defeat Ranma ever since I failed to keep him from escaping."
"No one blames you for that! If it was anyone's fault, it was Hagetaka for pushing him the way he did and finally underestimating him. If I thought you were a failure I wouldn't have you here. If it's feasible I will allow you to fight and defeat Ranma, but we will do this my way."
Sagat paused for a moment then did an about face and walked outside to train for what he hoped would be his match against Ranma. As soon as the Emperor of Thai kickboxing left the Spanish ninja appeared.
"Report, Vega!"
"What happens at the high school of Akane and Nabiki Tendo is very interesting. Many of the boys at the school attack Akane Tendo, believing that if they defeat her they would get to have her."
"Why do they think that?"
"There's a self proclaimed samurai who..."
"What? Who is this self proclaimed samurai?"
"His name is Tatewaki Kuno. He's an extremely wealthy scion of the high ranking samurais of the past. He has told every boy at the school that if anyone of them wants to have Akane Tendo he has to defeat her in combat. Everyday in the morning before school starts the toughest boys in the school all jump Akane and attack, hoping to defeat her."
Hitaro looked perplexed for a moment. "Doesn't the principal do anything about this?"
"The principal is Kuno's father, reported to be a real loon. I should also say the martial artists of this town are in the upper ten percentile. Fights happen here often."
"Hmm. That can be to our advantage. What we have planned might go unnoticed by the general populace. What else is there?"
"Nabiki herself is a mercenary like business woman who sells pictures of Ranma, her sisters Akane and Kasumi. She even sells pictures of the amazon who now lives with them."
"Yes, do you have any idea why she's there?"
"No. But I don't think she's there to marry him like those other amazons at the Nekohantan."
"Nekohantan?"
"Yes. I took the liberty of scoping out the place. However, I did not risk spying on them when the old woman was there. I could tell she's extremely intelligent with a great deal of powerful ki so I didn't want to take any chances."
"I see. Very good. My other sources have told me that the older amazons who are small and seem to be frail are actually more powerful than the younger more virile amazon maidens who are powerful martial artists in their own right. Even though you did everything to make sure you weren't seen I want you to be extra careful around the amazons, the old crone especially. Is there anything else about the amazons?"
"Yes. Two of them can fly."
"You mean they can jump high in the air and over buildings?"
No. They can actually fly. There's even an amazon male there," Vega said with a sneer. "He wears glasses sometimes. He's a real puss who's in love with the bustier amazon, Shampoo. Both he and his sister, Aerosol can fly. The other two can leap several feet high over buildings but they can't fly as far as I know. But I'm sure the old woman can glide after leaping high in the air though."
"That makes sense. Now I want you to stay away from the amazons from now on if that's possible; We don't want to antagonize them."
"Yes, understood."
"Find out about more information about Tatewake Kuno and his sister, Kodachi. The ninja I sent over there will search his house. What I want is for you to ask around and find out what everyone thinks of him."
"All right. But I can tell you right now that Kuno is crazy. He has delusions of grandeur, seeing himself as an ancient samurai warrior. He is quite skilled but no where near as good as you or the prominent warriors of Shadowlaw."
"I would like to see how this samurai fares against Saotome. Can you trick this fool into fighting Ranma somehow?"
"I think I can arrange that," Vega answered.
"Good. Make sure the whole event is on videotape. Now go." Vega left and immediately and got to work on his new assignment."
"You allow a fool to fight Ranma and not me?"
Hitaro turned around to see Sagat standing there in the shadows. "You'll get your chance, Sagat. This Kuno is no match for Ranma but I want to see if Ranma has improved much since he's left Shadowlaw. When we get the tape of Ranma's battle I want to you pay strict attention to it. We're going to plan this right by knowing our enemy in advance."
"I see. But I grow impatient. I've been training hard; I'm ready to fight him now!"
"Calm down, Sagat. I want to see what Ranma is capable of. Ranma's time will come."
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Next day right after school the hentai brigade decided to surprise Akane and attack her. They hadn't attacked in the morning that day, leading Akane to think that they had given up. However, when they had attacked her again she simply defeated all of them again. She had fought Kuno and defeated him that morning while the others had stood down but after she had clobbered the hentai horde after school Kuno tried to fight her again. The blue haired girl had once again knocked him into the atmosphere as usual.
"That was an interesting battle, Kuno," Vega said to the returning samurai.
"Who are you to address the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High with such familiarity?" Kuno announced, making lightning strike even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
"I am Vega, Spanish ninja, extraordinaire. I understand you to be a great warrior."
"Yes. And what is that to you?"
"Well, there's a winged guy named Ranma Saotome. He..."
"I know of Ranma Saotome, fool! Get to the point!"
"Arrogant idiot!" "He's been talking about you."
"Really? What has that sorcerer Saotome dared say about me?" Kuno said in anger.
"He said he could easily kick your ass all over the place."
"What?"
"He feels you are worse than pawn scum. He feels the fact that he can fly up high in the air over you makes him all the more superior to the likes of you," Vega explained with conviction.
"How dare he? I, the mighty Kuno of Furinkan High will smite that avian avarice!" At that point Kuno ran off in the opposite direction while Vega waited. Then the samurai quickly returned.
"Where is that scoundral? Answer me!"
Vega then directed the samurai where Ranma normally trained at this time of the day.
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"I'm going to do it!"
"Do what, Mousse?" the amazon asked her brother.
"I'm going to challenge Ranma, defeat him and then demand Shampoo's hand in marriage."
"Mousse, you silly boy. When will you understand that Shampoo doesn't want to marry you?"
"She'll marry me if I prove to be stronger than Ranma; I just know it. He doesn't have anything on me. So he carries a stick, big deal! Can he fire off ki blasts as I can?"
"Little Brother. Ranma's big stick as you call it can send your ki blasts back to you knocking you out with your own attack. He's way stronger than you. Besides, He's going to marry me. Once that happens Shampoo will be free. You're the strongest male in the village; who else will Shampoo want to marry? So don't worry your pretty little head about it."
"I hate all this patronizing! I'll..."
"You'll do nothing, Little Brother. I'm not going to allow you to attack Ranma and make a mess of things. Shampoo has already made herself odious in the eyes of Ranma. You making yourself odious will spread over to me."
!RING!RING! "Hello?"
"Aerosol! How are you and Mousse doing?"
"Hello, Grandmother. We're doing just fine. Mousse has somehow got it in his head to challenge Ranma for the hand of Shampoo, but I talked him out of it."
"How are your attempts to get Ranma to marry you going?"
"It's coming along pretty well. He's too powerful to force into marriage, so I'm going to try to woo him to me the old fashion way."
"I see. I've been cooking up some plans to get Ranma to marry you, so don't you worry about that. However, don't be intimidated by Shampoo. She's all brawn and no brains. I enjoyed seeing her make an ass of herself on TV. Now I hear Ranma's engaged to some girl he's been living with. Is that true?"
"Yes, Grandmother."
"She's an obstacle; destroy her!"
"If I destroy this girl Ranma will be angry with me. As it is, he's already pissed off at Shampoo. I really don't want Ranma mad at me the way he's mad at Shampoo. Despite his hostility to us amazons in general he knows I protected the wife of the Secretary of State whom he was sworn to protect. I'll have to be very careful and use guile and deception in dealing with this fiancee of his."
"Hmmm. You might have a point there. All right. I'll let you play it your way for now. And as far as Mousse is concerned, I'd rather not have him fighting someone as powerful as Ranma. If Shampoo keeps refusing Mousse's advances, have him challenge her and be done with it. I know for a fact that he can beat her. If only he would just fight her seriously. All that training to become the strongest male in the village shouldn't go to waste. Make sure he realizes that and make sure he keeps up with his training and you keep up your training as well. I'll be there to teach the both of you some new tricks in good time. Be sure to trip up Shampoo at every opportunity. Then..."
"Greetings, Elder Foam!" Cologne said, taking the phone away from Aerosol.
"Elder Cologne. It's so nice to talk to you. Was your trip well..."
"You can dispense with the pleasantries, Elder Foam. I know all of the games you and your granddaughter have been playing. You're not fooling anyone here. Ranma will marry Shampoo and that's that. Now, good-bye!" !CLICK!
"You two, get back to work! You've spent too much time talking on the phone. We open in two days and there's still much work to be done!" The two amazons scrambled to do the elder's bidding while Cologne shook her head.
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In the afternoon after school and after Ranma had finished working, he was training by doing aerial maneuvers in which he pushed the envelope, doing even sharper turns, somersaults and loop to loops. He used his mind to create imaginary hoops for him to fly through. "Ouch!" "That last turn was a little tighter than I had intended. Now I have a cramp in my shoulder blades. I better glide down and land so I can do some tai chi to work out the kinks. In a few minutes I'll be up and flying again. I should have done my stretching exercises when I woke up this morning but I was in such a hurry since I had a lot of work to do today. Now I'm paying the price with this cramp."
Kasumi was also doing some ki blasts a few feet away. "I'm getting so much stronger. My range and power are getting so much better! I even don't get tired as quickly. Things are really looking up for me!"
"Ranma! Are you OK? What's wrong?"
"I'm all right. I just got a cramp in my shoulder blades when I made a hard turn during my training and I had a hard day of work today," Ranma answered as Kasumi ran towards him. "And to top it off I carried a great deal of weight around earlier."
"What did you carry today?"
"I carried a trunk of gold bullion worth billions of yen. A treasury official decided it had to get to another part of Tokyo right away and there have recently been problems with federal armored trucks being robbed so I was drafted for the job to carry it to its destination. That gold bullion was in a container of concrete steel, making the whole thing weigh dozens of tons. I have no idea who told the officials of the treasury department I could lift that much. I can lift little over a fifty tons with ease, but hauling over a hundred tons of gold like that is only possible for me while flying. Carrying that much weight through the air at several thousand feet for several miles put a lot of stress on my body, my wings and back especially. I probably should have taken it easy on my training, but I don't like to slack off."
"Oh," Kasumi replied as she gently massaged his back. "Does this help, Ranma?"
"Yes," Ranma sighed. "That feels so good. Ooooh!"
"You there!" a voice called out.
"Yes?" Ranma turned to see a sword wielding samurai running towards him.
"You, you winged creature. You have offended me, so you shall die!"
"Who are you?"
"Is it not the custom to give one's name first? Very well then. I will give you my name. I am Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High!" At that moment it went dark and lightning struck the sky. As quickly as the lightning and darkness appeared, both disappeared.
"That's nice, Kuno. But I have some training to do. Now please leave."
"You dare dismiss me, Saotome? Yes, that's right. I know who you are! You have dared to spread a rumor that you are stronger than I am. I shall prove here and now that I, the Blue Lightning of Furinkan, am the greatest warrior of all! Now have at thee! Ta ta ta ta ta ta!" the samurai screamed as he ran towards Ranma at an inhuman speed, his sword moving even faster.
"This is going to be good!" In addition to Vega, there were several of Hitaro's ninjas hidden here and there, videotaping from different vantage points but unknown even to them several spies from the Aum Shinri Kyo were also watching.
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