Miss Ranma

!!SOUND EFFECTS!! "THOUGHTS"

Chapter Ten

"Ungh!" Kenji moaned as he finally recovered from the paralysis potion with which Kodachi struck him. "That's not what happened, Akane. It wasn't Ranma who did this to me; It was Kodachi I don't know what was in those flowers, but I couldn't move for a couple of minutes. I'm going to have to figure out a way to build up an immunity so I won't be rendered helpless like that."

"Oh. I'll be sure to give Kodachi a serious beating during our upcoming match," Akane replied with a sense of seriousness.

"I ought to be the one fighting her!" Ranma said in a rage. "I could just kill that girl!"

"There's no need for you to worry about it, Ranma. I'll take care of her."

"I hope so, Akane," Ranma answered her. "Here, Kenji. Let me help you inside."

"Yeah, all right."

XXX

A week later:

!!SPLASH!! "Wake up, Ranma. It's time for your training!"

"Pop! What's the big idea?!"

"Get up, Ranma! You've been slacking off! I'm going to whip you into shape if I have to make you train... Whoa!" With one blow, Genma went flying out of Ranma's upstairs room and straight into the koi pond.

"What was that, Daddy?! Now that we're done I can get my beauty sleep!"

[This training session isn't done yet!] Genma-Panda's sign showed.

"You want some more?" Ranma leaped out through the window of her room, swooping down on her father.

"Ranma's increase in power ever since she came out of that spring's been forcing me to up the stakes in our morning spars," Genma-Panda thought to himself as Ranma got closer and closer to him. "But despite all that, my little girl still has a lot to learn." Out of thin air, the pandafied man made an invisible wall of solid ki appear right in front of Ranma.

!!SLAM!! "Ungh! What was that?!"

[Pay attention, girl!]

"Here's what I think of this barrier!" Ranma quickly spun around, giving the wall a powerful roundhouse kick. !!SMASH!! "So there! Yeow!" Ranma barely evaded a surprise attack from her father who had attacked her from behind.

[Quit dreaming and fight!]

"I got your fight, Daddy. I got your fight right here." At that point the two combatants went at it going toe to toe with Genma-Panda somehow staying in the air with Ranma.

But as the battle raged, Ranma got in more and more hits until finally... "Rowrr!" Ranma's opponent moaned as he was sent to the ground in a heap, his huge gut bubbling up as he lay on the ground flat on his back. "Just you wait, Ranma. Even though I love to spend all day playing shogi, I'm constantly upgrading my skills and abilities when no one is looking. It doesn't matter how powerful you've become, if you're not staying on your game one of either my new techniques or old techniques will defeat you! It's bad enough you insist on being a girl but I won't go easy on you and let you go soft because of your womanhood. I still plan to take it easy and live off of you while you and your husband run the dojo. Heh, heh."

XXX

"You've been training hard this morning, hmm?" Soun said to Ranma as most of the household took their places for breakfast.

"That's right, Mr. Tendo. I always stay in shape."

"Good. You're a perfect match for my son, Kenji. By the way, where is Kenji?!" Soun asked out loud.

"He and Akane have been doing some agility training," Kasumi answered as she set the table.

At that moment, Akane walked in and took her place for the meal.

"How did your training go, Akane?" Ranma asked the blue haired girl.

"It went fine, Ranma. Between Ryoga and Kenji's training I'll have no problem defeating Kodachi. After I've fought Kodachi and given her the beating she has had coming for a long time I want to fight you again, Ranma."

"Really? Why is that?"

"I know I'm a whole lot better than I was when you first got here. I think I can beat you too," Akane said with a smile and a sense of pride.

"Why don't you concentrate on beating Kodachi and worry about fighting me later?" Ranma replied, rolling her eyes.

"I'll go along with that, for now." Akane then gave Ranma a smile and a look of triumph.

"Hey, everybody!" Kenji announced, walking in the main dining area and taking his place for the morning meal.

"So nice of you to join us, Kenji," Nabiki remarked, giving her brother a sly look.

"Akane and I were training, Nabiki," Kenji replied, turning towards his slightly older sister with a look of consternation on his face. "Was there some kind of money making scheme you wanted me to take part in, Nabs?"

"Don't call me that. But in answer to your question. Yes, there is something I want you to do."

"I guess I walked right into that one, didn't I?" Kenji replied.

"You sure did, little brother. What I had in mind was some beefcake photos."

"Beefcake photos?" Ranma asked, looking quizzically at the mercenary girl as she stopped eating her food for a moment. "That doesn't make any sense. Are you saying Kenji should bake cake made out of beef?"

"You are so naive, Ranma." Then Nabiki turned towards her brother again. "Come on, Kenji. There are a lot of horny girls from all over the world that would love to see pictures of your muscular body."

"I'm not sure if that's such a good idea. And there's no way I'm doing anything perverted."

"All right. How about pictures of you in your underwear?"

"Boxers?"

"Speedos. You'd be modeling underwear along with some other gorgeous men. You would not only be seen in catalogs all over the country but in Sears catalogs in America and Europe. There's a lot of money to be made here, Kenji. Besides, you owe it to Japanese men everywhere to be a leading man for them so that other women would find them attractive. You'd be doing Japanese men all over the world a big favor," Nabiki said with a wry smile on her face.

"And making you a fortune. How many dollar signs are you looking at, Nabiki?"

"Enough. You don't know how much running this house costs. It..."

"I've heard that before, Nabiki. Why don't you show me the paperwork so I can take a look at it?" Kenji said while giving his sister a stern look. "Since we're in such financial hardship, maybe we can cut back on some things."

"Um. There's no need for you to worry your pretty head about all the details," Nabiki said with a little nervousness, barely managing to hide it from everyone including Kenji. At least that's what she thought at the time.

"Why would anybody pay Kenji a lot of money to bake a cake out of beef?" Ranma asked, bewildered about the conversation. "Isn't Kasumi the best cook here? Why shouldn't she be the one making beefcake?"

"Anyway," Nabiki continued, using her soul of ice to keep herself from laughing at the red headed girl. "There's nothing dirty or perverted about the pictures you'd be taking, Kenji. All of it would be totally natural."

"How natural can a guy taking steroids like Kenji be?" Everyone turned to see Ryoga sitting at the breakfast table, enjoying his meal as if he lived there.

"I don't take steroids, Ryoga."

"Of course you do, Kenji. How else could someone be as big and muscled as you are? Come to think of it, you and Ranma are made for each. Both of you are artificial in one way or another," the lost boy said with a smirk.

"Ryoga! It's so great to see you!" Akane exclaimed happily. "Are you going to watch me take on Kodachi later on after school today?"

"That's right, Akane." !!CHOMP!! "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"I find it hard to believe you were able to find your way here, Ryoga," Ranma said, turning to her right and finding Ryoga sitting there, glaring at her with a little bit of hostility. "Are you sure you won't get lost on the way to the competition?"

"Shut up, Ranma! If I said I'll make there, I'll make it there."

"Yeah, Ranma. Stop picking on him!" Akane demanded.

Ranma turned slowly towards Akane for a moment, her eyes narrowed towards the blue haired girl. "Sounds like you're confusing Ryoga with P-Chan. Hmm? Next thing you know, you'll be in bed, snuggling Ryoga the same way you do your pet pig."

"Ranma! How dare you make such accusations!" Ryoga stammered his face red with embarrassment.

"Touched a nerve, have I? If I didn't know better I'd think you were doing just that."

Then Kenji spoke up. "Come on now, Ranma. Ryoga may be think headed and dense with a lousy sense of direction."

"Hey!" Ryoga exclaimed.

"But Ryoga would never do what you're suggesting with Akane," Kenji replied. "I'd beat the daylights out of him if he did."

"In your dreams, roid boy!" Ryoga answered. "But you're right about me not taking advantage of Akane like that. She's too much of a lady and deserves better."

"Oh, Ryoga! That's so sweet!" Akane gushed.

"That's funny you would say something like that, Ryoga," Ranma piped in. "How about the time when you sneaked into my room and squeezed my..."

"Shut up!"

"Don't talk to Ranma like that, Ryoga!" Kenji interjected. "I'm beginning to get sick and tired of your warped of view of the world and what has gone on as of late. Ranma is who she is. Deal with it!"

"Oh, yeah?! Why I oughtta..."

"Anyway! The catalog shoot takes place in a few minutes so you need to get moving, Kenji," Nabiki interjected with a sense of urgency. !!SNIF!!SNIF!! "You've bathed already. Good. Now get going."

"You should have told me about this earlier, Nabs," the muscular young man answered, getting up. "I might have had something else to do today."

"Like you have a life, Kenji." "All right, already. Will you show up there, please?" Nabiki requested, giving him puppy eyes.

"Really, Nabiki. I never thought you'd try being cute in order to get your way."

Nabiki quickly gained her composure. "Listen, baby brother. These people loved the pictures you did in that previous photo shoot. They practically shoved a whole lot of money in my face, making me an offer I couldn't refuse."

"Where is this assignment taking place?"

"A couple blocks from Furinkan High School. I need you to get there right away. Here are the directions."

"All right, already. I'm going. But you're buying me lunch after wards."

"There will be plenty of good food there. Try to bring some of it back to me during lunch time at school when you tell me how things went," Nabiki replied, handing him he directions.

"All right."

XXX

"I wonder how Kenji's doing making that beefcake," Ranma said to Akane as they walked inside the school.

"How should I know?!" Akane snapped back. "And that's not what he's doing!"

"What is he doing?"

"He's not making anything, he's..."

"Oh, I get it. He's making meatloaf!" Ranma answered.

"Oh, never mind, Ranma. Just think what you want," Akane answered, rolling her eyes in frustration.

Before Ranma could answer, they heard an annoying voice. "My loves!" Kuno called out to them, running towards both Akane and Ranma with open arms.

"Back off!" !!POW!!

"Aaaaaagh!"

"I heard you were gonna represent us in the rhythmic gymnastic competition after school today!" one of a group of girls said, walking up to Akane and Ranma.

"Yes. Yes, I am," Akane answered with pride.

"Don't let us down."

"I won't. I've been training awfully hard with my brother and Ryoga. Even Ranma's been helpful."

"Ranma's not going to wear a leotard, is she?" one of the girls asked with a sense of dread.

"Knowing Ranma, she's liable to come out of it and give the pig males of our school another free show," a very bookish looking girl with coke bottle glasses interjected, stepping up and giving Ranma a sharp, narrowed eye look.

"Who are you?!"

"I'm Homako Akazenbu, president of the Feminist Club." The girl then faced Ranma, folding her arms in judgment of her. "And what you've done ever since you've gotten here, is simply sick, disgusting and degrading!"

"No need to worry about that," Akane reassured her. "I'll be taking on Kodachi. Ranma will watching the fight from the stands." "Oh, no!" !!SWIPE!!

"Oh, really? And here I thought that Ranma would be the one facing me," Kodachi exclaimed, taking swings at the blue haired girl with an unusually large hammer. "Both of you deliberately fooled me. How dare you?"

"It really wasn't your business any way!" Akane stated, whipping out her own trusty ki hammer. !!CLASH!! "I'm really sick and tired of you and your ambushes. You obviously can't handle a fair fight."

"Ambush? I'm not here for that," Kodachi answered leaping back. "I'm simply hear to see my dear Kenji."

"What?!" Ranma screamed. "I think you've seen enough of him already. What makes you think he'd be here anyway?"

"I know for a fact that he's at a catalog shoot."

"How do you know that?" Nabiki asked, walking towards them with her two cohorts in tow.

"I'm the one who created that underwear shoot. I knew if I threw a lot of money in your face you would make certain your darling brother would be there. Face it, Nabiki Tendo. I've manipulated you and used you for my purposes," Kodachi said with an air of triumphant arrogance.

"I got manipulated? She paid me thousands of yen in advance. That kind of manipulation I can handle."

"Anyway. I had the director of the shoot tell him to come here. Ah, there he is." Kodachi leaped into the air and glided over to the object of her desire. "Oh, Kenji, my love. Let's go off together on an adventure of love."

"Um, I'm not really digging you, babe," the young man answered. "What's that crazy bitch doing here?!"

"What is wrong? Do you hate me that much?" the richly adorned girl said, walking up to Kenji, getting too close for his comfort.

"Er, uh. It's not that. I'm already engaged to Ranma," Kenji answered nervously searching for the pig tailed girl.

"Here I am," Ranma said, zipping up to him and snuggling up to him with her hands caressing his upper body. "As you can see, we're all together in love. This gorgeous hunk belongs to me; so shove off!"

"How dare you take what's rightfully mine?! I'll..."

"You'll do nothing! I suggest you save yourself for Akane. You might not survive a battle with me, princess. Run along now. Go on," Ranma said, taking an even tighter hold of Kenji.

"Why you... I won't forget this. Kenji Tendo will be mine! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" With that, Kodachi leaped away with a trail of black roses in her wake.

"That girl is such a deviant," Kuno said, showing up out of nowhere. "At any rate, take good care of my sister, Kenji. You have my permission to date with her," the wannabe samurai said, patting Kenji's back in a patronizing manner.

"What?!"

"I said take care of my sister. As disgusting as she can be at times, I have to admire her style as she engages in her wicked, crafty behavior. She is so thoroughly twisted.," Kuno explained, staring into space.

"I'm not interested in your sister!"

"Anyway, Akane," Kuno said, ignoring Kenji's protests. "Be careful when you take on my sister. She always insists on winning so she will surely do something insidiously wicked during the match." That having been said, he walked off.

"Kuno's sister?" Akane said, watching the samurai take his leave. "Come to think of it. It all makes sense."

"Yeah," Kenji confirmed.

"Sure does," Ranma commented. "Both of them are rapacious in their own way."

XXX

Later that day, classes were over and it was time for the rhythmic competition being held at St. Bacchus which was the all girls school Kodachi attended. "Akane!" Sayuri called out, rushing into Akane's dressing room.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Huff! It appears you might need Ranma's help after all."

"What's so important that you needed to drag me here, Yuka?!" Ranma answered a little perturbed.

"Oh, good, Yuka. You found her." Then Sayuri turned back to Akane again. "Kodachi has used her connections to change the rules of the match."

"What do you mean?" Akane asked with concern.

"Kodachi now wants the match to be five against five."

"No way!" Ranma exclaimed.

"Way!" the injured captain of the answered, walking into the room along with some other girls. "There's nothing we can do about it. And there's no one else for Akane to team up with except for you, Ranma."

"Oooh, What's going on here? So the tables are turning a little bit now, eh?" Ranma replied with a smirky, arrogant smile as she made circling motions with her index finger much to the chagrin of everyone there. "You girls totally gave me the cold shoulder when I offered to take Kodachi on for you, but you blew me off and went with Akane." Then Ranma gave the blushingly embarrassed captain a wry look.

"Quit gloating, Ranma!" Akane demanded, giving the pigtailed girl a harsh, angry stare.

"It's all right, Akane. We deserve it. I'm sorry, Ranma. The team and I were intimidated by your good looks and your killer body," the girl said soberly. "You have every right to tell us no to our faces, but I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us and fight for the school."

"Well, gee. I'd like to but I didn't bring any leotards or tights," Ranma answered, looking askance.

"You can have mine; I'm the biggest girl on the team and about your height. Even though it's fairly strong material, it will probably still be a little tight on you, but I hope you'll wear it," the rhythmic gymnastics team captain explained, Ranma a pleading look.

A few minutes later Ranma was wearing the leotard. "It's not as tight as I thought it would be, but are you and the other girls going to bitch and moan if I happen to come out of it? As it is, I feel as if my chest and this leotard are at war with each other."

The captain paused for a moment. "Speaking for the team and myself, defeating the Black Rose is more important than our fragile egos." The somewhat busty girl who wasn't as busty as Ranma restrained herself from showing jealousy as she regarded the way Ranma looked in her uniform, the top of her midriff showing.

"All right then. I'll hold you to that. It's a little tight on my ass too, but there's not a whole lot I can do about that either. I don't think it'll be much of a problem though," the pigtailed girl said with a wiggle.

"I don't think I'll need any help!" Akane exclaimed. "I can take on Kodachi and her gang of goons all by myself!"

"Don't be so sure of that, Akane," the Sayuri responded. "I've seen one of the 'goons' Kodachi has hired. Her name's Hamako and she's practically a giant, standing at seven and a half feet tall!"

"I've seen her too," Yuka piped in. "She's so ugly and muscular, I'm not even sure if she's a girl in the first place. But she's pretty big and strong. Then there's Biko. Rumor has it she can summon electrical devices out of nowhere. I don't know too much about the other two, but they're really dangerous looking. You need all the help you can get, Akane. So I hope you and Ranma will learn to work together."

Akane looked at Ranma for a moment. "All right. I guess we're stuck together, Ranma. But promise to keep your clothes on!"

"I promise nothing."

XXX

"I made it here and on time too!" Ryoga thought to himself as he walked through the St. Bacchus campus, looking around and taking in the sights. "Now all I need to do is find out where Akane's match is taking place." !!SPLASH!!

"Be careful! What if someone is down there?" a girl said to her roommate who had just dumped a pail of water outside from the third floor.

"Oh, don't worry. There isn't anybody there except for a little pig."

"Bwee!" the piglet squealed loudly angry at the change he had just underwent.

"Oooh, look a little piglet!" a teenage girl called out, making her way to the animal and picking him up.

"He's cute! Let me hold him!" In a few moments there were several attractive girls gushing over the blushing little piglet.

"Hmm." Kodachi showed up in the midst of the swooning girls and grabbed the cute little animal. "This thing will be of much use to me." Then the Black Rose left with the piglet in hand, making her way to the gymnasium where the upcoming match was being held.

XXX

"Are the four of you ready?" Kodachi asked her new cohorts while they waited for their opponents in the extremely large boxing ring. "I won't tolerate failure in this. We must win this contest at all costs."

"Yeah, we're ready!" the swarthy, giant sized girl confirmed, her huge arms, folded on her massive chest.

"I'm ready as well. But watch your tone, Kuno," the tall, slender, beautiful girl with purple hair, wearing a leotard that was as richly adorned as Kodachi's replied. "I'm simply doing you a favor. I'm not your servant."

Kodachi glared angrily at the purple haired girl for a moment. "Favor? You owe me, Biko. And you will not have paid off your debt to me until I have a victory in this contest; so look alive and do as I say."

"Owe you? You are simply blackmailing me."

"Call it what you like but if you don't do what I say, everyone will know your embarrassing secret."

"Fine. Whatever. But what's taking them so long? I'm tired of waiting," Biko answered, restraining an embarrassed blush on her face.

"They'll be here any minute. Make sure you don't take them lightly, girls. Even though Akane Tendo is the prime target, Ranma Saotome is significantly more powerful and skilled." Then Kodachi turned to the other two members of her motley crew. "Are you girls ready? I know you're not as powerful as Biko and Hamako, but you should be more than a match for Akane Tendo."

"We're ready, Kodachi," Juli and Juni answered in unison with military bearing, both of them wearing leotards that were dark blue in color. They looked identical except for the fact that Juli had brown hair while Juni had reddish/orange hair. The two girls both were physically imposing with their attractive but short hair cuts and killer bodies.

"Good. While Juli and Juni take on Akane Tendo, you, Biko and Hamako will take on Ranma Saotome."

"Who is this Ranma that you fear so much, Kodachi?" Biko asked with an air of arrogance.

"I fear her not. But she is the stronger of the two. She's tall with red hair while Akane has blueish black hair," the leader of the group answered.

"And what will you be doing all this time?" Biko asked in such a way that it grated on Kodachi's nerves.

"I'm overseeing the whole event, helping out whomever I see fit. Don't forget who's in charge of this little foray. There's no substitute for total victory. Ah, here come our opponents now," Kodachi said, regarding the two girls making their way to the very larger than usual squared ring.

"Sayuri and Yuka were right! Sheesh!" Ranma exclaimed. "One of those girls is huge and masculine looking! And you question my womanhood, Akane."

"Never mind that now, Ranma. As much as it galls me, we will have to work together," the blue haired girl answered as the both of them finally arrived in the ring.

"And now, the champions of the schools!" the referee announced from the center of the ring with a mike in her hand. "In this corner, Kodachi the Black Rose! In addition to her, the members of her team are Hamako Tanaka! Biko Megumo! And the Terrible Twins, Juli and Juni Onaji!"

"Yaayy!!"

"And in this corner!" the referee announced regarding the other team. "Akane Tendo! And... What is your name?" the referee asked the pigtailed girl.

"Ranma Saotome."

"And her team of Ranma Saotome! Wait a minute. Where's the rest of your team?" the ref asked.

"It's just the two of us. We couldn't find anyone else to participate on our team," Akane answered.

"Normally that would be a forfeit. But since Kodachi has increased the number of players for each team at the last minute, you two girls will simply be at a disadvantage during this match," the referee explained dourly.

"We understand," Ranma answered.

"All right then. Let's get ready to rumbbllleee!"

"Tis a pity both Ranma and Akane must take on my dreadful sister and her hideous legion," Kuno said, sitting in the audience.

"Really?" Kenji said from behind the kendoist. "I can see you're as deluded as ever, Kuno."

"You're the one with delusions, knave. And there's no way neither Akane or the pigtailed girl can defeat my sister and her minions."

"I've been training my sister. She's a lot more competent than you could imagine. Just watch the match and you'll see."

"I better go after the big one first, Akane. She's pretty powerful," Ranma suggested.

"You don't have to protect me, Ranma. I can take any of them on if I have to. And make sure you remember to use the tools this time!"

"I'll remember. I have some weapons in hand and more than that up my sleeve."

"I find that hard to believe seeing how tight that leotard is. Try to stay in it this time, Ranma. As it is, your chest is already half way out of it."

"I'll do my best, Akane. But no guaranties."

"Now that introductions have been made, champions to the center!" the referee announced. As soon as Akane and Kodachi had walked towards each other the ref had the girls shake hands. But right after that had been done... !!KLINK!!

"Huh?"

"You were careless, little girl," Kodachi said after having locked a handcuff with a chain on it to Akane's wrist.

Then Akane looked over the chain noticing something at the end of it that was familiar. "P-Chan!"

"Bweee!"

"What happened, Akane? I don't believe this! Here. Let me brake you free of that chain; so you'll..."

"No, Ranma!" Akane stammered, holding on to her pet. I'll be all right. I don't want to lose P-Chan again. Besides, P-Chan's a trooper. He'll actually be a help in this contest instead of an impediment. Isn't that right, P-Chan?"

"Bweee!"

"All right. I guess you know what you're doing, Akane," Ranma answered, rolling her eyes.

Then the referee clapped her hands together. "Everybody ready? This is martial arts rhythmic gymnastics! The rules are no time limit, no bare handed blows and the match ends when all members of one team are completely struck unconscious or knocked out of the ring. Any questions? Begin!"

Kodachi immediately backed up, letting her minions get the first attack in. "I'm going to end this right away," Biko said, transforming her leotard into a bikini/mecha outfit, flying into the air and attacking Ranma with small, forearm sized missiles.

!!BOOM!!BOOM!! "Yeow!" Ranma screamed, leaping out of the way of the dive bomber attack.

!!STOMP!!STOMP!! !!POW!! "My turn!" Hamako called out, striking Ranma with a powerful punch to the head, stunning the pigtailed girl.

"I have to take to the air and deal with mechagirl there. After that I'll deal with the giantess," Ranma contemplated as she dodged the attacks of both of her opponents, practically fighting a two front war. !!ZOOM!! "Yeow!" Ranma screamed avoiding another small, forearm sized missile. !!BOOM!!

"Cannon slide!" Juni announced, gliding on the ground to Akane, knocking her into the air while her sister struck Akane with a flying kick attack, nailing the blue haired girl in the stomach, coordinating her attacks perfectly with her twin who leaped up from her supine position, spinning like a hurricane as she leaped upwards and kicked her target, sending her even higher into the air.

"Ungh!" Akane moaned. "These girls are tough! It's a good thing Kenji taught me how to take a beating. Otherwise I'd be in a world of hurt right now." Akane skillfully landed on her feet, regarding the two busty girls, making their way on either side of her. "They're wearing weighted boots. I guess that means it's all right for them to kick using them. Kodachi Kuno has really done practically everything she can in order to win."

"Huff!" Hamako yelled as she jumped high into the air, grabbing Ranma, spinning her around and throwing her out of the ring.

"She's coming straight for us. Look out!"

"I have to stop myself! There!" Ranma then flew back towards the ring her ribbon and club in her hands.

"You weren't supposed to use your bare hands," Biko said to the large sized girl while hovering in the air.

"So sue me. Looks like you're not the only one who can fly," Hamako replied, seeing the pigtailed girl coming back to them at full speed.

"Look out, Hamako. She's going to..." But Biko's warning came too late as Ranma used her momentum to strike the king sized girl in the jaw, knocking her out of the ring.

"Fweeet!" At Kodachi's whistled command the ring moved towards where Hamako was falling, catching her. "Be more careful next time, you lummox!" Kodachi demanded of her larger than life hired gun.

"All right. All right already. Don't get your panties all in a bunch!" Then she turned to Ranma. "All right, little girl. This time I'm going to rip your sweet ass apart!"

Then Ranma made a come hither motion with her hand. "Just bring it." "If I didn't know better I'd think the ring moved by itself. But that's impossible. Or is it? Come to think of it, I can sense a bunch of girls lurking under the ring. There's no time to deal with them right now so I better..." "Whoa!" !!WOOSH!! !!BOOM!!BOOM!!

"You really should pay more attention to the fight, silly girl," Biko said, attempting to blast her with another missile volley.

"Aren't you concerned that you might hit someone in the audience?" Ranma asked the purple headed girl.

"No. But you really shouldn't be worried about the spectators in this contest. You ought to be more concerned about yourself."

!!WOOSH!! "Whoa!" Ranma shouted as she evaded the missiles from before that had returned, almost striking her in the back.

"Noo!" Biko screamed as she made every effort to get out of the way of her own missiles. !!BOOM!!BOOM!! She would have succeeded if Ranma hadn't blasted the missile with her own ki energy blasts while they were fairly close to her opponent.

"Ungh!" the girl moaned, flying towards the ropes and grasping them.

"It's just too bad she didn't fall out of the ring, but she'll keep for a while," Ranma thought to herself as she avoided an attack of an especially large hammer.

"So you defeated Biko. Big deal, red. All of your vaunted skills and fancy shmancy tricks are no substitute for size and strength," the large girl said, facing off with Ranma, having leaped into the air again.

"Is that so?"

At the same time, Akane was fighting for her life against her two opponents. "Akane's getting clobbered. I need to do something," Ryoga thought in his piglet body. Then he leaped towards the oncoming young women, turning himself into a ball of energy that charged the closest one, stunning her. Then he attacked the other one in the same fashion, ricocheting back and forth, hitting them countless times.

"P-Chan!" Akane exclaimed as she took the time to recover from the damage she had sustained. However, P-Chan had gone to the well one too many times, thus had gotten in trouble when the twins had figured out what the pig was doing. But before the girls could attack P-Chan, Akane used a fast paced wrist action to bring her pet back to her causing the two girls to slam into each other.

"Oof!" The two girls then glared angrily at Akane. "Think you're smart, don't you?" they said in unison.

"Smarter than you guys."

"Commencing attack!" The two twins came at Akane swinging, a club in each hand. Akane evaded the skillfully used clubs. But when it looked as if her opponents were going to overwhelm her, P-Chan once again leaped into the fray, going from girl to girl, putting the chomp on the girls hands, forcing them to drop their weapons. Then P-Chan leaped upward, striking a the stunned Juni in her jaw with his powerful pig nose, doing the same thing to Juli.

"Way to go, P-Chan!" After retracting P-Chan back to herself, Akane used her long ribbon to ensnare both of her unconscious opponents, grabbing them and attempting to throw them out of the ring.

"Fweet!" But despite Akane's valor, the ring then moved to keep the girls from falling out of the ring.

"Oh, no you don't!" Akane said, reversing her ribbon and throwing the twins over the other side of the ring. "You're going to have to fight me yourself, Kodachi!"

"Is that so? You're going to wish my friends had dealt with you by the time I'm finished with you, you bitch!" the richly adorned girl responded in a rage, her ribbon flying towards the blue haired girl.

"Not so tough, are you, Hamako?" Ranma said as she struck the giant countless times in the mid-section.

"Huff! I am tough, a whole lot tougher than you could ever hope to be!"

"And to think Ryoga and Akane question whether or not I'm a boy!" Ranma exclaimed as the fight raged on, her larger than life opponent giving ground little by little.

"I'm not a boy just because I have to shave every day," Hamako replied, growling in a very masculine manner as she clapped her hands together, creating a shockwave that knocked Ranma back several feet end over end.

"Whoa!" "This girl's full of surprises, isn't she? Time for some strategy." After using her acrobatic skills to situate herself in air, Ranma ki blasted at the giant's feet, prompting Hamako to leap back a few feet. As soon as Ranma's opponent leaped several feet into the air, Ranma made her move. Flying faster than the untrained eye could follow, Ranma charged her opponent, knocking her up into the air and out of the ring.

"Fwee..."

"No, you don't!" Ranma sent a ki blast Kodachi's way, knocking her out of the ring in the opposite direction she had knocked the giantess out.

"Blast it! It's her or me!" "Fweeet!" Kodachi whistled, getting the ring to move under her and keep her in the contest.

"I had her under control, Ranma. I didn't need your help!" Akane called out unaware of what was lurking behind her.

"Akane, look out!" Ranma warned too late as a mallet appeared in the purple haired girl's hands knocking Akane out of the ring.

"Noo!" Akane screamed. But P-Chan had not been ideal the whole time, having leaped towards the mecha wearing girl, running around her legs thus ensnaring her in the chain that was attached to it.

"Ha ha ha ha!" !!WOOSH!! "What the... Yeow!" Biko screamed, being yanked out of the ring by Akane who used all of her strength to bring the girl outside of the ring with her.

"It looks like it's just you and me now."

"No, Kodachi. Just me," Ranma answered with a smirk.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Be here next time when Ranma goes one on one with Kodachi who still has a few more tricks to use against her adversary.

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