Brothers of Old
(I hope you enjoy this exciting chapter.)
Last time:
"It's your own damd fault you got cursed because you couldn't let a grudge go when it's your fault for not showing up to a fight YOU challenged me to and you don't show up till the fourth day." Ranma said as Ryoga tried to lift his head.
"And All you and every other person in Nerima just used me as a scapegoat for all their problems. I just got sick of it. That's why I left that hell hole." Ranma said as he let go of Ryoga and proceeded to pick up Rei, "And she just recently got out of the hospital from a violent beating too, Now I have to explain all of this to the doctors."
Ranma was about to leave when he jumped to see Ryoga's fist where he was a second ago.
"I won't let you leave Ranma, it's all your fault." Ryoga said jumping up to attack.
Ranma.
"That's the last straw Ryoga, I was trying to be nice but now you stooping so low as to attack me from behind." Ranma said as he ran to the closest roof and gently laid Rei down.
"Ryoga, you're one of the most dishonorable people I know next to my ex-pops and the amazons. Now I will finish this fight once and for all!"
"That's my line you bastard."
Both martial artists jumped at each other with their fist caulked back and they were about to land their attacks.
Chapter 14: Ryoga's Downfall
Ranma dodged Ryoga's punch, but Ryoga was amazingly a step ahead and countered the dodge with a sweeping kick which Ranma dodged by a hair strand.
"Ha! Ranma you've gone soft! You're weaker than I remember you to be." Ryoga taunted.
"Big words for a little piggy there ain't it P-chan?" retorted Ranma as he dodged a punch.
Then Ryoga took his index finger from the thrown fist and lodged it in to the concrete wall behind Ranma.
"Bakusai- tenketsu!" he yelled and the wall blasted in to pieces of concrete shrapnel and then hid himself in the cloud of dust. Ranma quickly turned around in midair and at amaguriken speed proceeded to catch the concrete pieces.
"Take this Ranma!" Ryoga yelled as he came out of the dust behind Ranma and hit him square center in the back. Ranma flew forward a couple meters, he then saw a building side was in his way and decided to use it to his advantage. As soon as he was close to the wall, he landed on the wall in a crouch position then rebounded him self toward Ryoga.
"Mouko Takabisha revised: Mouko Takabisha double!" he yelled as he threw ki-blasts out of both his hands. Ryoga was blasted back by the force and hit a wall destroying it instantly.
"Ranma, you truly have grown weaker," Ryoga declared as he rised from the rubble, "That was pathetic!"
Ryoga launched himself at Ranma and the fight continued.
While those two were fighting, Rei was coming out of unconsciousness. She slowly raised her head.
'What happened?' she asked herself as she tried to get up.
'Ow!' She looked at her arm to see a gash that was still bleeding. She slowly remembered what transpired before she fell unconscious.
'Ranma!' She looked around for Ranma but saw instead a street that looked like a scene from the aftermath of a war. Then she saw a bright light come from a few blocks away.
"Ranma, please be alright." She said softly to herself as she slowly walked towards where the light came from.
Now, where in hell are the other senshi's you ask?
"Wow Mako-chan, that skirt looks really good on you!" Usagi said happily.
… They were in a giant department store in another district….Sigh.
(Whoops, getting off track there)
Back in the warzone, I mean, fight with Ranma.
'Ranma, stop holding back and start using the true neko-ken techniques!' Ranko yelled in his mind.
'I can't!' Ranma thought back.
'You can't! You can't! That's the sorriest excuse I have ever heard! No, you just won't." Ranko retorted, 'Ranma, let me get one thing straight. He is a deranged enemy that will do anything to hurt you, physical or other wise. So stop being a scared little baby and beat him senseless!' Ranko yelled out.
Ranma sighed in defeat, "I can never win against you can I?" he thought out loud.
"What's that, Ranma admitting defeat? Heh, you really have become weak," Ryoga said as he threw another punch at Ranma, "And remember when I said I'll make you see the hell I've been through, how about I kill that bitch you were with?"
That was the final straw. Ranma jumped back to the dodge the punch and now stood there still as a statue with his head down and eyes closed.
Ryoga seeing this as an opportunity, ran forward to punch Ranma.
With Rei
'Almost there.' Rei thought as she walked on though she was in terrible pain.
Once she got out into the street she saw Ryoga running at Ranma while Ranma stood still.
"RANMA!" She yelled out in desperation to snap Ranma out of his daze.
Back in the fight
"RANMA!"
Ranma's eyes snapped open and looked forward.
He raised his left arm. When Ryoga got close enough he threw his punch and at the same time Ranma brought his arm down.
Nothing seemed to have happened when suddenly Ryoga's fist exploded.
"AHHH! My fist! Ranma! what the hell did you do to me!" Ryoga yelled in anger with a hint of pain mixed in to the rage. Then Ryoga looked at the arm Ranma and was surprised to see Ranma's hand was covered in his ki and shaped top look like claws.
"Ryoga, you made three mistakes," Ranma said in a seething tone that scared Ryoga shitless, "Fist is that you blame me for everything you did yourself and use me as a scapegoat to justify your actions!"
Ranma suddenly disappeared from sight.
"Second,"
Ryoga looked back to see Ranma right behind him. He tried to jump away but his shoulders were being held tight by Ranma.
"You have the gall to attack me when you know what I'm truly capable of when provoked long enough." As soon as Ranma finished his sentence he proceeded to dislocate both Ryogas arm and crush the joint.
Ryoga screamed in pain and for once in his life, feared Ranma.
"And finally, you have the galls to attack an innocent bystander that actually cared for my well being, insult her, throw dirt on her honor, AND on top of that THREATENED to kill her after you were finished with me."
Ranma then formed a ki-claw on his right hand and then stabbed Ryoga in his right leg cutting the ligaments and tendons in the general area.
Ryoga fainted from the amount of pain.
Ranma breathed in heavily to calm himself down. "Ranma!" He heard and turned to see Rei standing there with a worried look on her face.
"Rei! What are doing here! You should have gone for help instead of coming here," Ranma said as he ran to her side, "And your still bleeding! We need to get you to a doctor."
Rei just nodded but still had the concerned look in her eyes.
"We should take Ryoga to the doctor's too."
Even though Ranma was still angery and wanted to leave him to die and rot where he was but complied with Rei's wishes.
In the hospital,
"Well, Ranma-kun, Rei-chan should be fine as long as she doesn't do anything strenuous for a week or so" Dr. Mizuno said with a smile as Ranma sighed in relief.
Ranm was berating himself in his mind at that moment though because he swore on his honor that nothing would ever happen to her again but lo and behold.
Apparently, Dr. Mizuno could sense this. Motherly instincts I guess.
"Don't berate yourself for what happened Ranma-kun, you did the best you could to protect Rei-chan, and I bet that she would be angry at you for beating on yourself like this"
Ranma smiled but it quickly turned into a frown.
"This is the third time I was with someone and couldn't protect them from getting hurt. It's just I feel so useless. I'm a martial artist! It's my sworn duty to protect the weak. But look at what happened, the fist time, with my ex-fiancée and she almost died, the second time Rei was almost raped, and this time, she could have died if, I don't know if I should call it luck, she didn't trip and fall."
Dr. Mizuno, or when she was at home Mizuno Sachiko, couldn't really help this situation.
They heard a, "Ahem" and looked over to see a bandaged Rei walking albeit slowly.
Once she was in front of Ranma she turned and promptly smacked him.
"That's for berating yourself for not being able to protect me. You're only one person, and there's only so much you can do at once." Rei said with bits of tears falling from her eyes.
"But this," she said as she sat down next to Ranma, kissed him on the lips, "is for trying to protect me the best you could, that's all anyone asks of you here."
"Speaking of that," Dr. Mizuno said, "That boy you brought here, He was in critical condition. The joints in both of his dislocated arms were terribly broken and we had to amputate his left arm. Of course the right arm could be salvaged and it'll heal back to tip top shape in about six months. His right leg will be fine too, we had to do extensive surgery on it but as long as he doesn't move it for the same amount of time as his right arm, it'll be fine."
Rei and Ranma sighed that not much damage has been done that couldn't be fixed.
"But he will never be able to practice martial arts ever again" Dr. Mizuno added.
"Good" was the reply she got from Ranma, shocking Rei for the most part.
"Well, that's enough chitchat for today. Rei, I'll remind you again not to do anything strenuous for a week and come back some time two days from now so I can check out the wounds healing." Dr. Mizuno said and led the two to the entrance of the hospital.
"Thank you for the help Sachiko-san" Ranma said bowing down.
"You're very welcome, and that's Dr. Mizuno to you. We're still at the hospital." She said smiling as she waved good bye to the two.
"Well, time to get back to work." She said to herself and walked back to her office.
With Rei and Ranma,
"So, are we still up for the date still?" Rei asked.
"That's all up to what your grandpa and my mom says." Ranma replied.
"Can I ask you one more thing?"
"Sure, what?"
"Do you really have to carry me?" Rei asked as she was being carried bridal style since they where out of the hospital.
"Well, Dr. Mizuno said for you to not do anything strenuous and plus, your grandpa wouldn't like for you to be out late." Ranma replied smiling.
Rei pouted cutely before smiling and nuzzling her head into the crook of his neck and breathing in Ranma's scent.
To be continued…