Ranma the Wonder! – By DS Wynne
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Note: The usual.
Part 10
Meanwhile…
"Look at my magnificence," Kuno says, as he admired his new form. "Although…it will take some getting used to."
Kuno's new form was that of a centaur.
"I suppose so," says a more confident Gosunkugi, as he pulls out his flute. For some reason, his satyr form made him less shy. In fact, he felt a bit…randy.
"We should celebrate our new fortunes-"
"No!" says the huge pig-man formerly known as Ryouga. "This is Ranma's fault!"
"And he will pay-QUACK!" says the duck-man formerly known as Mousse.
"Quiet," says Circe, as she spies upon her foes through her crystal ball. "Our visitors will visit us after all."
Herakles sat on his throne quietly, with Shampoo on one side, and Kodachi on the other. While Shampoo now a cat-girl, Kodachi was a harpy. Both were on chains, with the chains wrapped around the scion of Zeus' fists.
Circe turns towards Herakles.
"Do you think you will be prepared for Princess Ranma's arrival?"
"Certainly," Herakles says. "I am a warrior, after all."
"Really? Like those LAST times?"
"Okay, I am a warrior who learns from his mistakes."
"Good to hear that, scion of Zeus."
Meanwhile…
"Mooooo!" roars the lead Minotaur, as he and his fellow warriors charged.
Wonder Woman (II) crouched, as she waited for the first Minotaur to swing his massive club down…
"Upper cut!" Wonder Woman yells, as she flew her fist underneath the lead Minotaur's jaw.
CRACK!
At the same time, Akane was beginning to learn how use her snake-hair to grapple another Minotaur, allowing her to use her Mallet-sama with impunity.
Whack! Whack! Whack! WHACK-!
"When will I get to have the ability to turn to stone or something?" Akane yelled.
Wonder Woman looks over to her fiancée (?). The snakes in Akane's hair were longer, her eyes have changed, and she now had a noticeable green pallor.
"I might be mistaken, but you could be just another Gorgon."
"Huh?"
"Only those descended from Medusa have the stone-gaze."
"Oh."
"Well, I find my new form rather pleasant actually," Nabiki says, as she cuddled with a Minotaur. From Wonder Woman's perspective, Nabiki's blond hair had grown longer, while her body was becoming more voluptuous.
Akane looks at her sister.
"Nabiki!" Akane yells in concern.
"What?" Nabiki says without concern.
"We better get to the center of this mess, before the changes are permanent," Wonder Woman says, as she made sure that the Minotaurs were neutralized.
"Right," Akane says. She then turns to her older sister.
"Nabiki, come on!"
"Do we have to?" Nabiki says wistfully.
"YES," Akane says, as she pulls her sister off the monster. "I don't want you acting like a pervert, you know!"
As soon as the trio gets into the courtyard, they see-
"Kuno!" Wonder Woman yells.
"Ah, my pigtailed-goddess," says Kuno, as he un-slings his bow. "Though you wear the guise of a foreigner, I recognize you for what you are."
"Whatever," Wonder Woman says, as she gets her Golden Lariat ready.
Kuno notches an arrow with a heart-shaped arrowhead.
"With the blessing of the goddess of love, you shall be MINE!"
TWIP! TWIP!
Wonder Woman turns towards Akane.
"Akane, keep an eye on Nabiki!"
"Okay!" Akane yells. She then turns towards her sister…who was removing her clothes.
"Nabiki, don't!"
"But clothes are so stifling!" Nabiki says with a giggle. "I want to be free!"
Wonder Woman shakes her head, as she uses her bracelets to block the arrows.
THWACK! THWACK!
She then runs towards Kuno, just as he was about to notch an arrow.
TWIP!
Wonder Woman lassoed Kuno with her right hand, while blocking the arrow with her left bracelet.
THWACK!
Wonder Woman pulls on Kuno, causing him to fall.
CLOMP!
"Ooof!" Kuno says.
With Kuno down, Wonder Woman delivered a solid blow to the temple.
WHACK!
Satisfied that Kuno was down, Wonder Woman turns to see if Akane was okay, when-
FFFT! FFFT! FFFT! FFFT-!
A volley of feathers bombarded Wonder Woman, causing her to leap back. She looks up to see-
"Mousse?"
The duck man flaps his wings.
"At last…I shall defeat YOU, and Shampoo will be mine!" Mousse says.
"Idiot! Shampoo is an AMAZON! She belongs to NO male!"
Wonder Woman crouches slightly, and leaps into the air. This takes Mousse slightly by surprise, until-
"SKRRREEE!" shrieked the harpy formerly known as Kodachi, as she raked Wonder Woman's back with her bird feet.
"Gah!" Wonder Woman says, as she unceremoniously fell to the ground.
"Take that, you harridan!" Kodachi says.
"Look who's talking?" Wonder Woman manages to say.
Meanwhile, Akane sees that Wonder Woman's back was bloody.
"Ranma!" Akane says. "I coming-"
"Stay back!" Wonder Woman says, as she gets up. "I got this!"
Wonder Woman looks at Kodachi and Mousse, as they make a dive…
"Dragon Rising Ascension!" Wonder Woman yells, as she punches the air.
FWOOSH!
Wonder Woman's manipulation of her chi created a large tornado that caught Mousse and Kodachi. Seeing that the pair was disoriented, Wonder Woman leaps into the eye of the tornado. She manages to deliver a solid punch to Mousse's face, while Kodachi received a kick.
POW! WOK!
Wonder Woman drops to the ground with Mousse and Kodachi in her arms, and sets them down.
"Akane-"
BAM!
Wonder Woman was knocked forward. However, she quickly recovered with a short handstand, a twist and a flip. She sees who had hit her in the back.
"Ryouga?"
"This is YOUR fault!" says the pig-man. "Now, I'm a bigger freak!"
Ryouga charges forward. At the last minute, Wonder Woman performs a high kick.
WOK!
With Ryouga in the air, Wonder Woman grabs his leg, turns, and slams the pig man into the ground.
BAM!
"Cool it, will ya?" Wonder Woman says. "Just because your strength has increased, that doesn't mean you're a match for ME."
Ryouga gets up.
"My strength is the only one to have increased, Ranma!" Ryouga raged, as his aura turns into a sickly green complexion. "Shi-Shi Hokodan…PERFECT!"
FWOOM! FWOOM! FWOOOM!
Wonder Woman's eyes widened, as THREE perfect Shi-Shi Hokodan attacks were launched. If they were to detonate, the entire school would be destroyed.
"I got to do something!" Wonder Woman says to herself, as she suddenly clasped her hand in prayer…
"Pray all you LIKE, Ranma! You're done!"
Ignoring Ryouga's taunts, Wonder Woman calls upon Gaea for strength. This seemed to work, as Wonder Woman's aura begins to glow white…
"Huh?" Ryouga says before-
"Moko Takabisha…PERFECT!"
With that, Wonder Woman crossed her gauntlets…
CLANK!
And releases a continuous stream of Earth energy. This engulfs Ryouga's attack, and then widens to engulf Ryouga.
"Ah-!"
"Ranma-!" Akane yells, as she covers her eyes as well as her sister's…
When the light dies down, Ryouga was unconscious, and Wonder Woman was noticeably weak.
"Ranma, are you okay?" Akane says.
"I'm fine, I guess," Wonder Woman says. "How's Nabiki?"
"Look at the pretty flowers," Nabiki says, with a giggle.
"I don't know."
"I do. If we don't reverse all this, you, Nabiki and the others will be like this…forever."
"Then what are we waiting for?" Akane hissed. "Let's find the source of the trouble."
And with that, Akane pulls Wonder Woman and her sister into the changed gymnasium.
"Okay, okay…I'm coming," says Wonder Woman, as she brought up the rear…
A few minutes later…
"Ranma! Meeow!' Shampoo manages to say.
"Shampoo!" Akane says.
"Hello, my pretty," Gosunkugi says with a knowing smile. Satyrs typically frolicked with nymphs.
"Woo, the pretty colors!" Nabiki manages to say.
Wonder Woman shakes her head, upon learning exactly who was sitting front of her…
"Herakles…you son of a Zeus," Wonder Woman says. She then turns her head slightly. "Oh, I should have known you were behind all this, Circe."
"So, you noticed," says Circe, as she swept back her purple hair. "And congratulations on making it this far, without call upon your Rhea persona."
"No need to thank me, Circe. If I can avoid it, I won't use my goddess form to wage my battles."
"Enough of this talk," Herakles says as he gets up. "This time, I shall prevail!"
In Wonder Woman's heart, she wanted to engage in glorious battle with her molester. However, she knew that the no longer she waits, the more likely that everyone in her old life would be gone, as she knew it. Better for her to live as a creature of myth, rather than allow the same fate to happen with the girl she cared about…
"Herakles, son of Zeus…you win."
"Huh?" everyone says in unison.
"I still hate your guts, Herakles. However, I'm not going to allow my hatred for you to rob those I care about a normal life. So…YOU WON this round."
With that, Wonder Woman crosses her gauntlets.
"I salute you, scion of Zeus."
"NO!" Herakles yells. "I'm not going to let you-"
THOOM!
Thunder could be heard outside.
"I believe 'Papa' is calling," Wonder Woman says with a smirk.
"Very well, Ranma," Herakles says. "You win this round, but I next…we WILL do battle."
With that pronouncement, Herakles returns to Mt. Olympus.
FLASH!
Wonder Woman then turn her gaze towards Circe.
"Alright, restore everything back to normal, witch."
"And why should I do that?"
"If you don't, I'm sure Lord Hades will LOVE to have you back in Tartarus…especially since 'Rhea' is his MOTHER."
"Ah, good point," says Circe. "Tell Diana I said hello."
"Sure. Now beat it."
With that, Circe disappears.
FLASH!
When everything cleared, the school grounds, and everything and everyone within, were restored to normal.
"That…was weird," Nabiki says, as she checked herself. She then turns towards Gosunkugi.
"And you were thinking of taking advantage of me?"
"N-no, I didn't mean-" Gosunkugi says.
"Nabiki, give it a rest," Wonder Woman says. "No one was in their right mind."
"Humph."
Akane looked at Wonder Woman…her Ranma. There was so much about this person that she liked. And yet…this person wasn't HER Ranma. Thus, a decision was made…
A week later…
With her duties complete at the new Themiscyrian Consulate, Ranma decides to return to Paradise Island. Unfortunately, rather than be happy, Ranma was sad.
"Akane…are you sure about this?" Ranma says.
"I'm sure," Akane replied. "As much as I care about you, we live in different worlds now."
"I see…"
"But I want to be friends still."
"I would like that," Ranma says with a smile.
And then-
"Boy, don't you dare leave us!" Genma says, as he, Nodoka and Soun confront Ranma in the Tendo yard.
"What about joining are two branches?" Soun pleaded. "What about Akane?"
Ranma shifts into his female form.
"I'm sorry, Mister Tendo, Father…that is something that is NOT going to happen."
"Son, you do not mean this," Nodoka pleaded.
Ranma turns towards her mother.
"I do. I belong to the Amazon Nation now…'Judo Master'."
"You…knew?" Nodoka says in surprise. In her youth, Nodoka was a local crime fighter named 'Judo Master', the daughter of the first Judo Master. Her father had fought along Ranma's side against General Tojo's Imperial Japan during World War II.
"Yes,' Ranma says. "A person's knowledge of martial arts is like a finger print, including the way one carries one's self. Weird that the man who was my ally would turn out to be my grandfather."
"Then, in that case, you take care of yourself," Nodoka says with a hug.
"Thanks, Mother."
Nodoka then turns to her husband.
"And the matter is closed, husband."
"Awwww!" Genma and Soun say in unison.
"I suppose this is it, Ranma," Akane says.
"Not necessarily," Ranma replied.
"Oh?"
"The Joketsuzoku participate in the gathering of the Amazon Tribes for competition. I've asked Sister Cologne to open a space for you, Ukyo and Kodachi, when the Chinese contingent come to visit Paradise Island."
"Oh, okay," Akane says happily. "I hope to be there."
"And before I forget, here's something for you," Ranma says, as she presents a box to Akane.
"A gift?"
"Yes. Open it."
Akane opens the box, revealing a pair of winged sandals and a pair of gauntlets.
"Huh?"
"I figured that you'll still have trouble with the occasional freak, so I'm giving you a pair of sandals that can allow you to fly, as well as a pair of gauntlets that can increase your strength by a factor ten."
"…"
"Well?"
"THANK YOU!" Akane says, as she hugs Ranma tightly.
"You're welcome," Ranma replied likewise.
Later that evening…
Akane was sitting on the roof, looking at the stars above. She wasn't sure if she made the right decision, but, then again, she knows where to find Ranma, if need be…
"Akane!" Kasumi yells outside. "It's time for dinner!"
"Coming!" Akane says, as she stands. She looks at the magical sandals that were on her feet.
"Let's see where the future goes," Akane says, as she takes a single step into the unknown.
Fin.
Author's note: Done. Yay! I want to thank all my loyal readers, and I hope to see other stories featuring more Ranma mash-ups. Take care!