DRAGON'S DESTINY 5: Five Dragons, A Spatula, & Ryouga
a Ranma 1/2 Altered Destiny fanfic by Gregg Sharp
i don't own these characters, that doesn't keep me
from having fun with them.
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Kasumi offered a "Pocky" to her travelling companion. Not the strawberry ones, the dark chocolate "for men" variety. We all have our vices, and one of Kasumi's "secret" vices was that she was a chocoholic.
"So you don't think he knows," Ukyou stared at the little pretzel stick. She'd never cared for them.
"Oh my. No. That was one of the impressions I'd gotten, though it took me a little while to remember you." Kasumi nibbled on the end of her snack. "Ever since that afternoon, I've been remembering people
and places and things I've never seen before."
"Uh-huh."
Kasumi smiled and stared off into space. "Oh my. That explains a lot."
"What does?"
"I'm afraid Ranma was still fairly new at all this, and the reason he's currently in a coma isn't that he's only got a trickle of his former chi. He overdid it in more than one manner. The chi transfer would have been tricky with practice, but I'm afraid that with the
clock ticking (as it were) he put a bit more than his chi into the transfer."
"I'm sorry, I saw someone land, apparently after falling out of a plane, and get up, but this is so..." Ukyou broke off as Kasumi casually formed a chi sphere. "Nice trick."
"I've seen Ranma do it before," Kasumi smiled. "Kind of neat isn't it? I may never need a flashlight again."
"So," Ukyou couldn't seem to tear her eyes away from the glowing ball hovering an inch off Kasumi's palm, "you were saying..."
"It looks like Ranma accidently put a lot of himself, quite literally, into the process."
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Ucchan looked down at the comatose patient, then around at the various girls gathered here. Nodoka, Ranma's mother, was stationed outside the door. The two fathers were stationed outside the window. No one was to intervene in this.
The little revelation of Ukyou's engagement to Ranma had gone over about as well as one had expected. Only that Genma had to be conscious and in fair condition to guard against intruders was keeping him from a severe beating.
Ukyou looked down again at Ranma. So he had NOT known of the engagement. All he'd known was that his best friend had come to see him off. All the years of craving revenge against him and his father, and it had been such a waste.
The others were kneeling around him and trying to gather their enhanced chi. To put back into him what he had given them. Kasumi and Nabiki had worked out the details with Shampoo, and all were willing to give it a try. Otherwise, the only cure would likely be to find the Dragon's cave again. Shampoo had pointed out that some of the Chinese script indicated that you could only find the cave once, which meant that Genma would never be able to use it again even if he dared.
Ukyou looked at Ranma and knew that she COULD have her revenge. One throwing spatula to his throat while the others were occupied, and it would be all over. Of course, she'd probably be dead a moment later herself.
As if there had been some cue that Ukyou had missed, the kneeling girls placed their hands on Ranma's chest. Ukyou noticed none of them were paying attention to her. They knew she wouldn't do it. Her fingers slipped from the throwing spatula.
Ukyou suppressed a gasp. His tattoo was changing, gaining color and definition. She knelt down next to Nabiki, watching as a healthy color began to flow through Ranma again.
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Ryouga stopped outside a building and read the kanji. "Ten-do Training hall. Hmmmph. Maybe they know where I can find Ranma."
There was the sound of an explosion somewhere on the premises. Torn between wanting to see if anyone was hurt and the certainty that he'd get blamed for it (the way things were going), Ryouga proceeded to get lost again.
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Ranma awoke, his mind a jumble. What had happened? Why was he still alive? Why did he want to bake cookies?
"Shampoo, at last I've found you!"
WHACK! "Stupid, stupid, Mousse!"
Ranma slowly opened his eyes, which felt as if the weight of a mountain had somehow been transferred onto them. Ah, they had been, there were two mountains, right there in front of...
Ukyou's eyes widened. She was still shielding Ranma's head from any of the debris from the "chicken egg" bombs that Mousse had used to get into the house. She'd felt Ranma go suddenly stiff and then abruptly
go limp again.
Releasing him, she noted that his face had flushed,his eyes were open, and there was a goofy grin still plastered on his face. Looking at the faint trickle of blood from one of his nostrils, she looked down at herself and realized that the chest bindings must have burst when she grabbed Ranma to shield him from the debris.
"AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaaaa."
One of Mousse's chain weapons had been grabbed by Akane, and the male Amazon was being spun around faster and faster. "Round and round and round he goes, where he stops..." Akane was enjoying this.
"Shampoo knows!" Shampoo stood a few feet from the wall, summoning a blue glow around her.
Akane launched Mousse towards Shampoo, noting that when Mousse passed over the koi pond the air pressure kicked up a water trail.
"WHAT PART OF 'NO' DOES MOUSSE NOT UNDERSTAND!" It was not a martial
arts move that Shampoo used, it was something she'd practiced in school just the other day. Volleyball, they called the sport.
Ukyou looked from the battle down at Ranma, as he slept there in her arms. She blinked at all the conflicting feelings sweeping through her.
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"Hmmph, so we have to go to this 'Cave Of The Dragon Fist' to bring Ranma back to full power so he can take Ryouga on, eh?" Akane cracked her knuckles. "Why don't _I_ take him on, instead?"
"Not sure that good idea." Shampoo shook her head. "Certainly no do this one-on-one. Ryouga very strong. Each of us have only part of dragon's power. You see tattoos? Tattoos never go full formed like airen's." Shampoo flipped her shirt up again, causing Soun to faint and Akane to groan.
"We all seem to have benefitted in different ways from the chi and enchantments being split among us," Nabiki counseled. She didn't mention the different highlighted colors on the dragons, since she wasn't sure what they signified. "Though all of us are stronger than we were, each of us has manifested the dragon in a different manner.
"Kasumi was actually flying the other day, until she realized what she was doing and crashed again. Shampoo here has found that she is a lot faster than she used to be. Akane's strength has been raised to damn near ridiculous levels. I seem to be able to see things more clearly than before, perhaps the Arabic legends about the eyes of the
dragon seeing the spirit world were based on this sort of thing." Nabiki paused and rubbed her eyes. She had been up late reading on a regular basis lately.
"So I've got this guidebook. Since Ranma has already been to the cave
once, we won't even be able to find it if he comes along. That means some of us have to stay here behind to guard him."
"Hey, I don't need anyone to guard me."
"Airen, please shut up."
"Yeah, Ranma, you're still way too weak to face Ryouga. Heck, Hiroshi
might be able to beat you right now. No, you've got to be guarded. The
decision is who to go and who to stay."
"Shampoo and Akane stay. We best fighters."
Akane shot a grateful glance at Shampoo, then realized what she was doing and looked away.
"Good enough. I really WANT to go, but think I'd probably do better here myself doing damage control." Nabiki pursed her lips. She REALLY wanted to go and run control on this.
"I'm going," Ukyou announced. "I'm a fighter and I haven't been touched by this dragon-magic whatsisstuff. I'm not about to let Ranchan pass on unless I'm the one doing it."
"Oh dear." Kasumi thought about it, about having to leave her kitchen, her home. She felt almost as if it were that she'd have to leave a leg behind, the house was so comfortable and so much a part of her being.
Nabiki looked into her older sister's eyes. "Sis, if you don't go, I'll have to."
"This silly." Shampoo made an unlady like sound. "Nabiki go, Kasumi go, Spatula girl go too. Shampoo quite capable of cooking for airen and family while here, even if airen mother not help."
Nabiki smiled. "Thank you Shampoo. It's settled then, we go to China tonight."
"But how, Nabiki, do you have plane tickets?" Ukyou shifted her bandolier back into place. Thing was a little heavy in front.
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"I had to ask...." Ukyou mumbled as she held onto the rail literally and her dinner in a figurative manner.
"Ohhhh my!" Kasumi managed for what was probably the twelfth time
since they'd gotten started.
Nabiki was really beginning to have second thoughts about this. Skimming low over the ocean, Kasumi holding a rope looped to the prow of a rowboat, had at first been a leisurely little romp.
Until Kasumi had suddenly decided this was FUN and, well...
A metaphorical bird in the gilded cage had gotten loose. Said bird had obviously done a transformation job worthy of Juusenkyo because the happy little bluebird was now singing its little heart out if it hadn't transformed to another species of bird altogether.
Nabiki wasn't sure if it was a loon, a swift, or a hummingbird. Her dear, dear, sister was enjoying her newfound freedom. If Nabiki could be sure that Ms Kuonji and herself would survive this, she'd be quite happy for Kasumi.
The one time Kasumi had an idle thought wondering how high UP she could fly, both Nabiki and Ukyou had been clutching to the rowboat like it was the only thing keeping them from a swift and sudden death. In Ukyou's case it certainly had been.
Nabiki glanced over at Ukyou who was STILL looking like her hands would have to be pried off. Nabiki was just glad that Ms Kuonji's hearing hadn't been damaged what with all the blood from the sudden
change in altitude.
Nabiki had found it kind of exhilarating actually. You normally had to be a jet fighter pilot to pull those kind of g forces. Either that or be a passenger on the space shuttle.
Still this was better, Kasumi MAINLY restraining herself to speeds barely in excess of 200mph. There was the occasional slip, and the little rowboat wouldn't be anywhere near the water and the little
"tail" they kicked up at those times was certainly quite impressive.
Nabiki just prayed her sister wouldn't do another barrel roll. Mind you, this WOULD make a rollercoaster sort of ride that some people would pay a small fortune for.
Nah, the insurance premiums would be a nightmare.
China was beginning to loom ahead. Nabiki started calculating how fast her sister must have been going during those "bursts" and paled. "Oh my..."
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Ranma went into a defensive stance. Ryouga snarled, showing his
fangs in the process.
"Lost boy no hurt airen," Shampoo took up a stance to Ranma's right.
"I still want to pay you back for nearly killing me," said Akane as
she settled into a stance to Ranma's left.
"You two girls should go home, before you get hurt." Ryouga
dismissed the threat of the two girls, after all, with his increased strength he could crush them all easily.
"How dare you threaten the lovely Akane Tendo? I, the Blue Thunder
of Furinkan High, shall punish thee for such vile manners!"
Without even glancing in Kuno's direction, Ryouga caught the bokken
as it swung at him.
"How dare you show such inattention in battle, I shall smite thee!" Kuno tried to free his bokken, but it was held fast by Ryouga.
"You should know, I've been practicing for our little match, Ranma." Ryouga smirked. "Watch this. LIGHTNING BREAK!"
The image of the dragon on Ryouga's chest moved, the blue head moving up to the top position. Lightning flared around Ryouga's body, repeatedly striking both Kuno and the bokken. Both crumpled.
The tattoo of the five headed dragon continued to move. Now a reddish head rose to the top, snarling to reveal a mouth filled with jagged teeth.
"INFERNO!" Ryouga brought his hands forward, bringing a spray of flames towards his three opponents.
Ranma, Shampoo, and Akane twisted and dodged. The inferno attack seemed to be a cone of flames, and he could obviously keep it going for more than an instant as he was attempting to keep Ranma centered
in the blast.
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Ami looked into her scanner. "I'm still getting that high dark energy reading, I don't think it's the Negaverse, but it could be related."
Usagi looked over from where she was trying to snag a manga away from Rei. "...but..."
"We have to investigate, it's our duty!" Makoto stood, fist clenched in front of her as she made a stance.
Usagi wailed. Minako dragged her along anyway.
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NEXT: Chapter 6/6, a wish, a hope, a prayer, and Kasumi is still flying like a hummingbird on PCP. we'll see you there!
a Ranma 1/2 Altered Destiny fanfic by Gregg Sharp
i don't own these characters, that doesn't keep me
from having fun with them.
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Kasumi offered a "Pocky" to her travelling companion. Not the strawberry ones, the dark chocolate "for men" variety. We all have our vices, and one of Kasumi's "secret" vices was that she was a chocoholic.
"So you don't think he knows," Ukyou stared at the little pretzel stick. She'd never cared for them.
"Oh my. No. That was one of the impressions I'd gotten, though it took me a little while to remember you." Kasumi nibbled on the end of her snack. "Ever since that afternoon, I've been remembering people
and places and things I've never seen before."
"Uh-huh."
Kasumi smiled and stared off into space. "Oh my. That explains a lot."
"What does?"
"I'm afraid Ranma was still fairly new at all this, and the reason he's currently in a coma isn't that he's only got a trickle of his former chi. He overdid it in more than one manner. The chi transfer would have been tricky with practice, but I'm afraid that with the
clock ticking (as it were) he put a bit more than his chi into the transfer."
"I'm sorry, I saw someone land, apparently after falling out of a plane, and get up, but this is so..." Ukyou broke off as Kasumi casually formed a chi sphere. "Nice trick."
"I've seen Ranma do it before," Kasumi smiled. "Kind of neat isn't it? I may never need a flashlight again."
"So," Ukyou couldn't seem to tear her eyes away from the glowing ball hovering an inch off Kasumi's palm, "you were saying..."
"It looks like Ranma accidently put a lot of himself, quite literally, into the process."
------
Ucchan looked down at the comatose patient, then around at the various girls gathered here. Nodoka, Ranma's mother, was stationed outside the door. The two fathers were stationed outside the window. No one was to intervene in this.
The little revelation of Ukyou's engagement to Ranma had gone over about as well as one had expected. Only that Genma had to be conscious and in fair condition to guard against intruders was keeping him from a severe beating.
Ukyou looked down again at Ranma. So he had NOT known of the engagement. All he'd known was that his best friend had come to see him off. All the years of craving revenge against him and his father, and it had been such a waste.
The others were kneeling around him and trying to gather their enhanced chi. To put back into him what he had given them. Kasumi and Nabiki had worked out the details with Shampoo, and all were willing to give it a try. Otherwise, the only cure would likely be to find the Dragon's cave again. Shampoo had pointed out that some of the Chinese script indicated that you could only find the cave once, which meant that Genma would never be able to use it again even if he dared.
Ukyou looked at Ranma and knew that she COULD have her revenge. One throwing spatula to his throat while the others were occupied, and it would be all over. Of course, she'd probably be dead a moment later herself.
As if there had been some cue that Ukyou had missed, the kneeling girls placed their hands on Ranma's chest. Ukyou noticed none of them were paying attention to her. They knew she wouldn't do it. Her fingers slipped from the throwing spatula.
Ukyou suppressed a gasp. His tattoo was changing, gaining color and definition. She knelt down next to Nabiki, watching as a healthy color began to flow through Ranma again.
------
Ryouga stopped outside a building and read the kanji. "Ten-do Training hall. Hmmmph. Maybe they know where I can find Ranma."
There was the sound of an explosion somewhere on the premises. Torn between wanting to see if anyone was hurt and the certainty that he'd get blamed for it (the way things were going), Ryouga proceeded to get lost again.
------
Ranma awoke, his mind a jumble. What had happened? Why was he still alive? Why did he want to bake cookies?
"Shampoo, at last I've found you!"
WHACK! "Stupid, stupid, Mousse!"
Ranma slowly opened his eyes, which felt as if the weight of a mountain had somehow been transferred onto them. Ah, they had been, there were two mountains, right there in front of...
Ukyou's eyes widened. She was still shielding Ranma's head from any of the debris from the "chicken egg" bombs that Mousse had used to get into the house. She'd felt Ranma go suddenly stiff and then abruptly
go limp again.
Releasing him, she noted that his face had flushed,his eyes were open, and there was a goofy grin still plastered on his face. Looking at the faint trickle of blood from one of his nostrils, she looked down at herself and realized that the chest bindings must have burst when she grabbed Ranma to shield him from the debris.
"AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaaaa."
One of Mousse's chain weapons had been grabbed by Akane, and the male Amazon was being spun around faster and faster. "Round and round and round he goes, where he stops..." Akane was enjoying this.
"Shampoo knows!" Shampoo stood a few feet from the wall, summoning a blue glow around her.
Akane launched Mousse towards Shampoo, noting that when Mousse passed over the koi pond the air pressure kicked up a water trail.
"WHAT PART OF 'NO' DOES MOUSSE NOT UNDERSTAND!" It was not a martial
arts move that Shampoo used, it was something she'd practiced in school just the other day. Volleyball, they called the sport.
Ukyou looked from the battle down at Ranma, as he slept there in her arms. She blinked at all the conflicting feelings sweeping through her.
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"Hmmph, so we have to go to this 'Cave Of The Dragon Fist' to bring Ranma back to full power so he can take Ryouga on, eh?" Akane cracked her knuckles. "Why don't _I_ take him on, instead?"
"Not sure that good idea." Shampoo shook her head. "Certainly no do this one-on-one. Ryouga very strong. Each of us have only part of dragon's power. You see tattoos? Tattoos never go full formed like airen's." Shampoo flipped her shirt up again, causing Soun to faint and Akane to groan.
"We all seem to have benefitted in different ways from the chi and enchantments being split among us," Nabiki counseled. She didn't mention the different highlighted colors on the dragons, since she wasn't sure what they signified. "Though all of us are stronger than we were, each of us has manifested the dragon in a different manner.
"Kasumi was actually flying the other day, until she realized what she was doing and crashed again. Shampoo here has found that she is a lot faster than she used to be. Akane's strength has been raised to damn near ridiculous levels. I seem to be able to see things more clearly than before, perhaps the Arabic legends about the eyes of the
dragon seeing the spirit world were based on this sort of thing." Nabiki paused and rubbed her eyes. She had been up late reading on a regular basis lately.
"So I've got this guidebook. Since Ranma has already been to the cave
once, we won't even be able to find it if he comes along. That means some of us have to stay here behind to guard him."
"Hey, I don't need anyone to guard me."
"Airen, please shut up."
"Yeah, Ranma, you're still way too weak to face Ryouga. Heck, Hiroshi
might be able to beat you right now. No, you've got to be guarded. The
decision is who to go and who to stay."
"Shampoo and Akane stay. We best fighters."
Akane shot a grateful glance at Shampoo, then realized what she was doing and looked away.
"Good enough. I really WANT to go, but think I'd probably do better here myself doing damage control." Nabiki pursed her lips. She REALLY wanted to go and run control on this.
"I'm going," Ukyou announced. "I'm a fighter and I haven't been touched by this dragon-magic whatsisstuff. I'm not about to let Ranchan pass on unless I'm the one doing it."
"Oh dear." Kasumi thought about it, about having to leave her kitchen, her home. She felt almost as if it were that she'd have to leave a leg behind, the house was so comfortable and so much a part of her being.
Nabiki looked into her older sister's eyes. "Sis, if you don't go, I'll have to."
"This silly." Shampoo made an unlady like sound. "Nabiki go, Kasumi go, Spatula girl go too. Shampoo quite capable of cooking for airen and family while here, even if airen mother not help."
Nabiki smiled. "Thank you Shampoo. It's settled then, we go to China tonight."
"But how, Nabiki, do you have plane tickets?" Ukyou shifted her bandolier back into place. Thing was a little heavy in front.
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"I had to ask...." Ukyou mumbled as she held onto the rail literally and her dinner in a figurative manner.
"Ohhhh my!" Kasumi managed for what was probably the twelfth time
since they'd gotten started.
Nabiki was really beginning to have second thoughts about this. Skimming low over the ocean, Kasumi holding a rope looped to the prow of a rowboat, had at first been a leisurely little romp.
Until Kasumi had suddenly decided this was FUN and, well...
A metaphorical bird in the gilded cage had gotten loose. Said bird had obviously done a transformation job worthy of Juusenkyo because the happy little bluebird was now singing its little heart out if it hadn't transformed to another species of bird altogether.
Nabiki wasn't sure if it was a loon, a swift, or a hummingbird. Her dear, dear, sister was enjoying her newfound freedom. If Nabiki could be sure that Ms Kuonji and herself would survive this, she'd be quite happy for Kasumi.
The one time Kasumi had an idle thought wondering how high UP she could fly, both Nabiki and Ukyou had been clutching to the rowboat like it was the only thing keeping them from a swift and sudden death. In Ukyou's case it certainly had been.
Nabiki glanced over at Ukyou who was STILL looking like her hands would have to be pried off. Nabiki was just glad that Ms Kuonji's hearing hadn't been damaged what with all the blood from the sudden
change in altitude.
Nabiki had found it kind of exhilarating actually. You normally had to be a jet fighter pilot to pull those kind of g forces. Either that or be a passenger on the space shuttle.
Still this was better, Kasumi MAINLY restraining herself to speeds barely in excess of 200mph. There was the occasional slip, and the little rowboat wouldn't be anywhere near the water and the little
"tail" they kicked up at those times was certainly quite impressive.
Nabiki just prayed her sister wouldn't do another barrel roll. Mind you, this WOULD make a rollercoaster sort of ride that some people would pay a small fortune for.
Nah, the insurance premiums would be a nightmare.
China was beginning to loom ahead. Nabiki started calculating how fast her sister must have been going during those "bursts" and paled. "Oh my..."
------
Ranma went into a defensive stance. Ryouga snarled, showing his
fangs in the process.
"Lost boy no hurt airen," Shampoo took up a stance to Ranma's right.
"I still want to pay you back for nearly killing me," said Akane as
she settled into a stance to Ranma's left.
"You two girls should go home, before you get hurt." Ryouga
dismissed the threat of the two girls, after all, with his increased strength he could crush them all easily.
"How dare you threaten the lovely Akane Tendo? I, the Blue Thunder
of Furinkan High, shall punish thee for such vile manners!"
Without even glancing in Kuno's direction, Ryouga caught the bokken
as it swung at him.
"How dare you show such inattention in battle, I shall smite thee!" Kuno tried to free his bokken, but it was held fast by Ryouga.
"You should know, I've been practicing for our little match, Ranma." Ryouga smirked. "Watch this. LIGHTNING BREAK!"
The image of the dragon on Ryouga's chest moved, the blue head moving up to the top position. Lightning flared around Ryouga's body, repeatedly striking both Kuno and the bokken. Both crumpled.
The tattoo of the five headed dragon continued to move. Now a reddish head rose to the top, snarling to reveal a mouth filled with jagged teeth.
"INFERNO!" Ryouga brought his hands forward, bringing a spray of flames towards his three opponents.
Ranma, Shampoo, and Akane twisted and dodged. The inferno attack seemed to be a cone of flames, and he could obviously keep it going for more than an instant as he was attempting to keep Ranma centered
in the blast.
---------
Ami looked into her scanner. "I'm still getting that high dark energy reading, I don't think it's the Negaverse, but it could be related."
Usagi looked over from where she was trying to snag a manga away from Rei. "...but..."
"We have to investigate, it's our duty!" Makoto stood, fist clenched in front of her as she made a stance.
Usagi wailed. Minako dragged her along anyway.
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NEXT: Chapter 6/6, a wish, a hope, a prayer, and Kasumi is still flying like a hummingbird on PCP. we'll see you there!
