Just the Beginning: Chapter 2 – Meeting New and Old
Washu smirked as she watched Ranma just hold onto him and listen to his cocky tone.
Thank…..you Ranma……you got a lot of life in you…..and most of all…….most of all……..what I want…..what I want to do…..is……is………be with you and………..do all those wonderful experiments on you!!!
If Ranma had heard that, he would have facefaulted right there.
"Well I think I should get some new clothes……..shouldn't I?" Ranma smirked as he watched Washu blush as she clung onto him like a second skin.
"Um….well….uh…yah….of course!!"
With a wave of her left hand, a red Chinese shirt appeared with black kung-fu pants.
"Heh…thanks……now will you get off…so I can put on my clothes?"
"Not really….I want to cuddle here all night long!"
Ranma sweatdropped when he heard that and used some shiatsu points again to make her let go of him, but then nothing happened.
"Hah! You thought you could do that to me again! Well I can't make the same mistake twice! I'm too much of a genius and I will never let go!"
Washu laughed manically as she leaped into the air and another podium arose and lifted her up twenty feet with some dazzling lights blazing at her. It made quite a melodramatic moment.
Ranma coughed lightly as he sweatdropped once more.
"Um…..but your off of me now………"
Washu immediately facefaulted and her head smashed into the podium to create a large lump on her forehead.
"Ouch……..that's got to hurt." Ranma winced slightly as he saw the pain on her face and the eyes that were glazed over.
"Uh……anyways…um…..how do I get out of here now?"
Washu snapped her head up and snickered slightly. Then came the maniacal laugh once more as she struck a pose and had her hands to her hips.
"Damn………..I'm going to hate that laugh if this keeps up…………"
"Well Ranma…my boy….you need to take a test to pass so hah!"
"I thought you said I didn't need to?"
Washu coughed as she sort of whistled a little.
"Did I? I don't recall…..um….yeah…..so uh lets take the test!! Shall we?"
Ranma looked at her quizzically, but then shrugged his shoulders.
"Alright…..might as well…..I am hungry and I want to get out of here."
His stomach grumbled slightly as he muttered about how hungry he was.
"Of course….of course! How about this! You complete this test and I will let you have a free meal!"
With a wave of her hands, the land shook a bit, Ranma felt the shaking and just braced himself for whatever may happen and from about 100 miles away from him, and a giant temple arose. It was about ten stories with a bunch of weird geometric architecture. It was a triangular shaped temple, almost like a pyramid, but at the top was a giant ball of glass. Inside that ball of glass was a bunch of weird bluish glow floating around in it. It was a weird temple, but it looked ancient, since vines and flowers clung to the stones that made the temple and animal-like statues were all over it.
"Um……….I don't think this is worth a free meal……….."
Washu nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Sure it is! Believe me it is!!! A nice…..warm…..yummy..meal….with so many wonderful dishes……."
As Washu listed each dish after dish, Ranma's mouth began to work as saliva was generated and seem to come out of his mouth and down to his chin. His stomach growled once more….actually more like roared like a lion.
Hmmmm…….hook….line…..sinker! I just hope Sasami can prepare all those dishes that I listed….I hope…….I so hope…….
"Alright! I'll do it!!! Now what do I do!!"
"Well you see that temple right there! You got to go there and go up to that giant ball of glass. That giant ball of glass will take you back home and to a delicious meal with………….."
Before she could finish the sentence, Ranma raced off to the temple, with both of his legs pumping furiously since he heard the two lovely words called home and meal.
"Heh…..and there he goes…..of course…..its not that easy…heh. After all, there are obstacles that he must pass…….like that rotating laser cannon……."
Ranma was cruising at the speed of 50 mph as he encountered the first trap.
In the right of him, a couple of doors opened from the ground and out popped a large cannon with some blinking lights on it. Messes of wires connected to it and a whirling sound was heard from it. It swiveled to track Ranma's heat signature and locked on to him.
Beep……target locked……engage…..
A hail of lasers burst forth as the laser cannon barked and launched dozens of pure red energy that can melt metals in matter of seconds.
As the lasers rushed toward him, his instincts screamed at him to go to evasive maneuvers and in such his brain responded by tilting him slightly forward while his legs were bent a bit more slightly in preparation for dodging.
Once the lasers were a foot away from him, he responded instantly.
He immediately leaped into the air to launch a forward flip, followed by an one hand handstand as his right hand hit the floor and then he used it as a leverage to pump himself up to launch himself into the air again and perform his spectacular aerial twists. Once he was in the air, he flipped himself once more and then brought up his legs to point in the air while his head pointing to the ground to do a 1080-degree spin and then leaned his legs forward to avoid the laser that tried to burn off his legs. Once that was done he let gravity kick his legs downwards so he spun forward again for another spin and then he let himself freefall back to the ground while his arms stretched back and he focused his eyes at the laser cannon which was tracking him again and was about to fire another hail of lasers which was missing him during the whole gymnastic episode.
He cocked his right arm back and opened his hand wide to summon his ki toward that hand. Once he touched it, once more, he let himself go to be washed by that warm sensation and let it race into his right hand and glow into a small ball.
He smirked easily as he freefall and then he shot his right arm out and let the ki loose.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA!!!!"
The ki-blast screamed as the golden ball of energy raced at the laser cannon. The laser cannon immediately assessed the danger level of the ki- blast and it raised its shield.
Beep……activating ray shielding…….beep…..
A wall of purple energy appeared and the ki-blast smashed into it as he watched it exploded at the wall.
Hmm……don't know if it broke it…..but I don't want to waste my time…I don't have much ki left in me……so I better make a run for it…..
Ranma landed on the ground with both his feet touching the floor without making the slightest sound except the sudden ripple of wind that was generated from the fall. Once he landed, he used his left leg to shoot himself off toward the temple as he once more raced over there, while bleeding some his ki into his legs to run faster.
As the explosion faded, there was a purple glow as the shield held.
Target is leaving…….target is leaving……beep………using mobile movement………beep……..
With a whirl of motors, the wires disconnected from the cannon and it slowly lifted up as fours wheels appeared from the sides of the cannon. While the wheel appeared, legs were produced as it attached to the wheels and then to the cannon to lift it up about 3 feet.
Beep……following target…..beep……
With another whirl of motors……the mobile laser cannon was off!
"Heh……I forgot…..I programmed it to have some mobility……….heh…."
Washy giggled slightly as she watched the performance of Ranma and the laser cannon that was following him.
Back at the laboratory of Washu, cheers were heard all around as the Tenchi gang were yelling and screaming happily since Ranma was alive.
"He is alive!!! He is alive!!!!"
Tenchi wrapped his arms around Ayeka and they both hugged each other gratefully while jumping up and down in glee, but of course reason hit Tenchi and he immediately blushed as he was hugging a princess.
Ayeka also blushed when he saw Tenchi blush. She was a trained Jurian princess…she isn't purpose to blush like this…..she……ah what the hell….she is happy and she doesn't care about the protocols right now.
Ayeka hugged Tenchi tighter as she smiled happily and had a red hue on her face.
Ryoko smirked and teleported right next to Ayeka to push her away from Tenchi.
"Hey Tenchi! Ranma is alive!!! He is alive! So come on! Come and snuggle with me!"
Ryoko grabbed Tenchi and gave him a big hug while running her hands over her back to feel her lovely Tenchi up.
Tenchi's eyes wide opened as he realized what she was doing, but he couldn't really squirm away since he was rather stuck and his hands were somewhat around her and accidently poking the sides of her waist…..right…on accident they were there…..
"I see Tenchi you want me that bad huh? Well don't worry, how about you and me go to your bedroom alone and I'll show you how to really celebrate life!" Ryoko whispered this to Tenchi's ear while smirking.
Tenchi's eyes widened once more as he blushed again.
"RYOKO!!!!!!!! You will unhand yourself from Lord Tenchi!!! He will not go with you in his room!! I forbid it! It is unheard of! A Jurian noble…..especially heir to the Jurian throne should go with a much better person…..a person of higher rank….like me.."
Princess Ayeka struck an innocent pose as she clasped her hands together to look like person of pure innocence.
"What? With a snot-nose brat like you! All he is going to learn is how to sit and eat look a damn punk from you while I can teach him how to be a real man. Heh…..much more than a prince…..all teach him all the finer points of what a man is made of….."
"I FORBID IT!!!!!!!!!"
Ayeka's cylindrical guardians leapt into the air once more as they surround the whole lab.
"Please…….Princess Ayeka…not here! You are going to destroy all my work!!!"
Ayeka ignored Washu as she glared menacingly at Ryoko who pushed Tenchi behind her.
"Don't worry Tenchi….I'll protect you, I'll protect you from this brat who wants to stop our love that will last forever!"
"LOVE!! WHAT LOVE IS THIS?! ALL I SEE IS SOME HUSSY TRYING TO STEAL MY LORD TENCHI!!!!!!"
"Its written in the stars, our fate is sealed together!"
Ryoko clasped her heart and struck her own pose that was quite dramatic.
Tenchi sweatdropped as he watched as Ayeka fumed and the room started lighting up as the electrical currents generated by Ayeka's Jurian powers were passing around the cylinders.
This is crazy…….and I know I'm going to die when this is over……oh yeah…..I'm going to suffer…..
As Tenchi watched Ryoko and Princess Ayeka about to commit another one of their senseless battles, Katsuhito and Washu watched the screen with a keen eye. They were both studying him as they watched him leap around and dodge those lasers while running at a rate that matched a cheetah at their top speed, but even they can only achieve that speed for only a minute before getting tired and stopping. Ranma has been running over an hour at that speed and was coming fast to the temple while a mobile laser cannon was tracking him and trying to keep up while firing at him at a constant rate.
Hmm…his speed must be powered by ki…but must be a tremendous output to generate that……he must have a large reserve of ki. Even after that incident when he was going to kill himself……he still has plenty of ki left to fire a ki blast then run away…most interesting…….
Well….hmm….much of his stats are normal…..yet what is this fuzzy stuff that surrounds him…its strange…..almost magical like yet….what the heck is it? Hmm….that needs looking into but overall….we got one heck of a superhuman here……its just amazing to see that Ranma can do all this……and..
Before she could finish her thought, a loud explosion was heard as electrical currents were flooding everywhere and red energy beams were razing everything.
"Oh my god!!! Stop this!!! My beautiful work…….argh!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
While Washu was having a fit, she didn't realize that Princess Ayeka's electrical current blast nailed a machine that controlled the level of training that Ranma was being put through. It was at a low rate, but the electrical current nailed it and short-circuited it to knock it up to the highest level available.
Meanwhile back at kitchen, Sasami's eyes went wide open as she felt something warm and fuzzy brush on her cheek. She turned and saw Ryo-Ohki meowing at her and wondering what is wrong.
"I'm okay Ryo-Ohki….I'm just a little dazed that is all!"
Sasami pushed herself off the floor and grabbed a chair to steady herself while Ryo-Ohki was still making noises.
"Really! I am okay!"
She smiled as she used her left hand to pat Ryo-Ohki's head to calm her down. Once that was done, Sasami rubbed her hands together to think of what to do. At that moment, Ryo-Ohki leapt onto her head and sat there, since it was her favorite resting place.
"Teehee…..I better finish the meal! After all Ranma must me be hungry when he comes back! I better get ready for that!"
As she gone back to her cooking, you could see her radiant smile grow wider as she saw images of Ranma and her talking, but it was a bit fuzzy since she wasn't quite sure what happened, but all she knew was that Ranma was hurt, but now all better and that really brighten her day. Especially the part when he grinned at her, it made her feel….well….special. It was hard to describe, but she felt funny inside, but it was a good funny feeling and she hoped that she could get more of these. After the entire first few feelings like these was when she met Tenchi and basically spent part of her life with him. Now she was getting even more of these feelings, but from another person, a good kind-hearted person……yet so strange and mysterious…but that just makes it so much more fun!
Sasami giggled once more as she diced the carrots and hummed to herself while Ryo-Ohki moewed and looked around the kitchen since it was back to a normal happy cooking place.
"DAMN IT!!!!! WHAT KIND OF TEST IS THIS?!!!!"
Ranma was about 10 miles away from his destination and as he turned back, he saw about three dozen mobile cannons following him and firing a wall of lasers that seem almost impossible to dodge. He had to constantly bring up his new ki shield he thought up back when he face that psycho witch. Along with those mobile cannons were these weird looking flapping metallic birds that had no beaks. They made no sounds except more whirling motors as laser cannons and missile rackets appeared from their wings.
"ARGH!!!!!!!! MUST RUN!!!!!!!!"
Ranma high-tailed it while hoping that his ki would last enough to the temple since he had to get there….yep…..he just had to….or else he would be fried…..which was not on one of his to do list.
His eyes twitched slightly as he heard the sound of rockets blasting off the wings of the metallic birds as they zoomed in on him. He immediately dived forward and used his hands to touch the ground and made a handstand once more to lift himself forward and continuously producing handstands to avoid everything that was coming to him.
Explosions erupted; dusts and plants flew everywhere while the ground shook as missile barrages continue. Blacken dirt appeared everywhere as lasers missed their target and nailed the grasses to burn them up and changed the soil. There were so many crater that you can easily see where it leads.
"Yeesh…….when I find you Washu……WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT THIS TEST!!!!!!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I HOPE I GET QUADTRUPLE PORTIONS OF THIS MEAL THAT YOU ARE GIVING ME!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
If Washu heard this, she would be praying for forgiveness from Kami- sama and high tailing to the next galaxy since Ranma was starting to get pissed at that is not good.
"DAMN IT!!! ALRIGHT! ENOUGH!!!"
Ranma leapt onto the air and landed on his feet as he slid forward a little. He turned around and clenched his fist.
Damnation…….I'm sick of running…I'm sick of this pain and exertion…..I'm sick of this crap…I'm tired…..I'm hungry….and I got a damn army of weird metallic animals and vehicles shooting at me with enough firepower to take over Japan…….Well that is it…..I had enough……..I'm already living through hell……I lived though hell for many years…….now I have this……….WELL THIS ENDS NOW!
"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
With a piercing scream, he let the ki flood out of his body and give his a bluish battle aura. It flickered around him as it washed around him, but he concentrated to collect as much as possible.
He then let it trickle into his body and flood his ki storage to the max. Once that was done, he let loose his full fury as he cocked his right hand back and prepared to deliver his own righteous punishment.
"Horizontal Revised! Hirya Shouta Ha!!!!!"
From there, a howl of wind erupted from his fist and the massive hurricane leaped at the enemy that was a couple dozen meters from him.
Target…..target attacked……activate shielding…….
Purple shields activated as the hurricane attack smashed into it and was still expanding while howling in fury. While that wind was whipping around, plants and flowers that were in its path were ripped off the soil and were rolling around the center of the hurricane, but still the shields were holding.
"ALRIGHT! YOU WANT SOME MORE!! WELL TAKE SOME OF THIS YOU ASSHOLE!!!"
He brought both of his hands together and concentrated to expand his ki outwards from both his hands and the ki appeared and it quickly formed into a ball while he crouched down to bring his right leg back and then he brought his arms back to his right waist. Once that was done, he funnels a bit more ki into the ball so it expanded about the size of a beach ball. Then he lets loose.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The beach ball size ki-blast roared and raced toward the hurricane while glowing like a mini sun itself. It was a hotter than anything man ever created because a lot of emotions was put into it…..especially the hottest emotion of all…….anger….and boy was Ranma pissed.
As the comet ki-blast hit itself into the hurricane, it slowly pushed its way deep into the hurricane while the winds were still pushing the barriers made by the cannons and the metallic birds. So far the battle was lasting a few minutes, but it was going to end real soon.
As the ki-blast reached the center of the hurricane, Ranma smirked and clenched his right hand. Then he brought it up and raised his right arm to thrust it outwards, but it was pointing toward the weapons of destruction that were barely holding shielding themselves from the hurricane blast.
"Heh…….prepare for the worst now………..heh…….."
Ranma grinned as he opened his right hand and pushed forward.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA REVISED EXPANSION!!!!!!!!"
As those words were screamed out, the beach size ki-blast in the center of the hurricane exploded and it touched the hurricane winds, which sucked up the golden ki and shot it out as if it was a gun itself. Like a cannon, it fired dozens upon dozens of smaller ki beams that were the size of baseballs, but just as deadly as a rocket.
The ki blasts flew out of the hurricane and smashed into the shields, which more explosions erupted once more.
Shield…..shield….not holding…….shield……..down………..beep…..
The shields dropped instantly since it couldn't handle the constant barrage of the winds made by the hurricane blast and the smaller golden ki- blasts, but there were still more ki-blasts shooting out of the hurricane.
"I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma roared as he sweated and watched the ki-blasts break though the shielding.
Then the baseball size ki-blast smashed into the metals of both the birds and the cannons, while burying it deeply inside as it burned through a mesh of wiring, microchips, and metal plates, but after it hit the center, it detonated. With a flash, minor explosions erupted from the ki- blasts, but their were so many buried in each one of those metallic monsters that it look like one single gigantic explosion that was basically melting all the robotic skeletons.
As the explosions were producing small mushroom clouds, Ranma just dropped his right hand and used his shirt to wipe out the sweat off his face. That fight basically exhausted him entirely as he saw the destruction that he created. The explosions were producing winds that pushed everything back, but Ranma stood their firm, like an anchor embedded in the soil.
"Heh……..and that's the end of those freaks…..damn……..I'm tired……..and still…….hungry…….bah…………"
Ranma turned around and walked his way to the temple, but as he took a dozen steps, he crashed onto his knees and then collapsed forward as he face hit the soft grass in front of him.
"Heh…………guess I'm more tired……..than…..than……..I……………"
Pain…….pain………always pain…………lost of everyone…..lost of identity….. loss of who I am….death……..people die……yet….yet…..life…..life is the answer……..It was the key to existence…………life………friendship…….friends……
Images of Tenchi and the gang appeared as they battled one another and then the dinnertime when he was about to eat dinner with a nice family.
Friends…………good friends……..kind friends………..best friend…..
Ranma lay there and looked out to see a bluish glow flow around him. He looked around and saw no one, but then as he turned his head and looked straight, he saw a movement, then a body coming forward.
With that coming, he heard the evil laughter once more and he screamed again as he heard that cackling, but before he could try to rip his ears to extinguish the sounds, he felt a presence in front of him. A good, kind………warm presence.
He turned his head up and saw her…..he saw her floating toward him….it was…..it was…..beautiful and she floated up to him and took him in as he she hugged him tight and protected him from the sound, the laughter…..the evil laughter.
"Don't worry…..don't worry……I'll always be here for you….Ranma Saotome……….."
Her puddle of hair was swirling around him, covering his body, and racing around his naked body, as if giving him an armor, something to defend himself….something to use to protect himself.
She…..she was his protection……his….his comfort…..his guardian……..his friend………his…….his…………….
Ranma's eyes snapped open as his upper body swung up. He was drenched in sweat that clung to his skin and soaked the bed sheets. As he panted and breathed laboriously as if he just went through a strenuous exercise, he tried to recall the images in his dream, but it wouldn't come back to him. Somewhere in his brain, he knows that the image of her still is there, he just needs to recall it once more……..just one more time so he could safe once more.
He pushed himself off the bed and swung his legs to the left to get out of the bed, as he leaped out, he again tried to survey the room, but found it dark.
Hmm…..I guess its night time then……..
Ranma touched his clothing and found them soaked with his sweat. He grimaced slightly knowing it was giving off some major body odor that can easily melt Jurian tree.
So he tiptoed his way to the door and slowly unlatched it to get out of the room, but before he did, he went back to the bed and straightened out the blanket and made the bed. Then he walked to the door and walked out of the room.
As he got outside, he saw a hallway that was connected to other rooms, which he didn't know what was going on.
Hmmmm…………where am I? I better investigate and see who helped me out…. Last I recall, I was in a forest…….with a bunch of those ugly robots and then I blew them apart…..
He stared at the walls and saw some portraits hanging there.
On the portraits, he noticed some pictures of Tenchi and the gang in different places. One was at a nice, secluded beach, another one was a forest-like place, just as beautiful as the place he was when Tsunami changed the desert.
Changed the desert………Tsunami………sweet……kind……..Tsunami….
Ranma shook his slightly as he cleared his mind.
"I can't think of that right now! I got to find a bathroom and wash up!"
He walked to the stairs and slowly walked down, and as he reached the first floor, he looked around to see if anyone was around, but no one was there. The living and dining room were bare.
Hmmm……damn….where is the furo?
As he looked around, he finally noticed a door down another hall way where he saw steam slowly coming out of the place.
"Heh…..guess I found the bathroom!"
As he walked to the bathroom, he didn't pay attention to the bucket of cold, soapy water on the ground. So by default, he slipped on the wet floor that was cleaned by the soapy water and crashed head-first into the bucket.
"DAMN!! NOW IM SWEATY AND COLD!!!"
A high-pitch soprano voice was heard as she cursed and muttered some incoherent phrases.
The young red-head stood up and looked around to see if anyone heard her, but still no one appeared.
She was about 5 foot 8 and had a body that any lady would kill for. She was quite developed in the chest areas, so any guys would basically ogle after her. Her long lush red-hair was tied also into a pig-tail braid, but it went down to her waist and the curves in her body made her look like some Greek goddess that came to life out a perfect statue.
"Crap…….."
She shook her head lightly as her hair swayed a little to let the water come out of her hair and while that happened, her breasts swayed also from side to side.
Man…..ah wells……I just hope a hot shower is going to work……
As Ranma-chan walked towards the bathroom, she pulled off her red Chinese shirt, but it got stuck around her neck, so she couldn't really see while the shirt was covering her face.
Of course fate decided to step in and the bathroom door opened to reveal a middle age man with glasses who just came out with a towel around his lower body.
"Ahhhhh……….that did the trick……especially from all that pain from that crazy guy who leaped at me and slashed me."
As Nobuyuki rubbed the back of his head, he looked up and saw some massive globes on some lady's chest……and boy were they big…..and soft…..and…and…..I just want to feel those globes…….
Nobuyuki's immediate reaction was his nose exploded like a geyser and blood quickly seeped out. He grabbed his nose while his eyes went glazed over in a matter of seconds. Then his head hit the floor, as he was in his fantasy world of dreaming about him laying on those nice, round cushions.
As he laid there, basically half conscious, Ranma-chan was finally able to pull off her shirt and she looked around to see some perverted middle-age man laying on the ground, with blood pouring out at a constant rate.
"Ewwwww……..nasty…….."
Ranma-chan quickly walked into the shower and shut the door while locking it, hoping that pervert doesn't try bashing through the door and trying to take a peek at her.
She quickly pulled down her pants and threw it onto the ground along with her shirt. Then with another glance at the door, she pulled down her boxers and threw it along with the other clothes. Then she reached the back of hair, to her pig-tail to unwind a rubber band that was holding her pig- tail. Then she climbed into the tub, hit the shower and let it spray all over her. As she stood there and let the warm water hit her, her transformation instantly took place.
Her hair quickly grew shorter while his height reached up to six feet and his pig-tail was now just up to the middle of his back. Muscles appeared out of the slim body of the female, which was now becoming more masculine like. Hairs appeared around his legs, arms and chest while he stood there with the warm water still blasting at him.
Now he was back to his original, masculine form and he smirked as he washed himself. He grabbed the shampoo and washed his hair, which immediately triggered a memory about a place far away, but with so much life. It was when that Chinese girl with that shampoo bottle that wiped memory or something like that. He shook his head and continued cleaning himself.
Once he was done, he climbed out of the tub and walked to the sink to reach for a blow dryer and quickly blew out his hair. Once that was done, he quickly don his clothes and put the rubber band back onto his pigtail.
He stared at himself and smiled gently as he recalled another memory about the dragon whisker and how it basically grew his hair to a ridiculous length, but that was in the past and the curse wore off after a little while of waiting.
Once he was done, he opened the door and looked down to see no one there anymore, but a puddle of blood was on the ground.
"Seems that guy isn't around anymore…….ah wells….."
Ranma shrugged and walked out of the shower and walked towards the living room.
Hmmmmmmm…….what to do now?
His stomach growled once more as he remembered that he was hungry as hell, but he didn't want to barge into the kitchen and raid it like some pirate since he was at least some kind of a civilized person…..he hoped he was.
But then his stomach growled once more and this time it was basically ordering him to go eat now or pay the consequences.
"Alright……alright……I'll….go to the kitchen……yeesh."
He walked to the kitchen and saw no one around still, but laying on the table was a large sub sandwich with ham, roast beef, tomatoes, lettuce and all that good stuff with a large bowl of carrot soup. As his mouth watered and as he approached the table, he saw a note on the table.
It read For Ranma……if you see this go ahead and eat it! Its all for you! Enjoy! It had a signature by Sasami with a nice happy smiley face on it.
Ranma smiled gently as he read the letter and saw the signature by Sasami.
"Heh…….nice girl…….."
Then without a second thought, his left hand grabbed the sub and he immediately shoved it into his mouth since he no one was around, so manners weren't quite necessary right now. His left hand dived toward the carrot soup and he drank a mouthful when he basically stuff about one-fourth on the sub in his mouth.
In a matter of seconds he was done and breadcrumbs cling onto his face while his mouth was wet from the carrot soup, so he grabbed the napkin on the table and wiped his mouth while smiling happily since he fulfilled the part in filling a small part of his stomach. It was enough for the stomach to stop growling and be happy about that nice warm food.
While that happened, the same bathroom door opened up and out came a small cabbit, which hopped around meowing happily.
"Miyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"
"Now Ryo-Ohki! You will have your carrots soon! I promise!!"
Sasami came out while wearing a t-shirt and pants. Her bathroom supplies were in her hands and with that towel she used to clean herself.
"Ahhhhhhhhh……that hot spring worked wonders……………"
Ayeka stepped out of the bathroom while rubbing her hair, trying to dry it up from taking a nice long dip in that hot spring.
Behind her came Ryoko and Washu as they also sighed from that nice bath while carrying their bath stuff that they used to wash themselves.
"Um………you…you think Ranma-san is okay?"
Ayeka's look turn into worry as she looked at Sasami.
"Um……I think so……….."
I hope so……………please let Ranma be okay…..
"He'll be fine, don't worry! All he needed was rest from that battle he commited…..but I didn't think he could handle that kind of force……which reminds me……….whose fault was it that made Ranma tax his energy!!!!" Washu yelled out loud toward those two ingrates that nearly destroyed her lab.
"We are sorry……..gomen………." Both Ryoko and Ayeka bowed with their heads down in respect as they had a really bad scolding from Katsuhito while Washu manipulated their DNA to turn into two small lab mice, which she was deciding to experiment.
They both shivered when they remembered about being mice and how they were basically chased by Ryo-Ohki who suddenly arrived out of nowhere and was kind of in a fun mood, so basically played around with them by basically knocking them around a couple of times.
"Okay! I'll go check on Ranma-san then!"
Sasami raced to the stairs while Ryo-Ohki trailed right behind her.
"Hmmmm…….and I think you two should apologize to Ranma too….after all…..its your fault for ruining my fun……..I…..I mean its your fault for ruining his traveling………….."
Both nod their heads as they walked towards the stairs to go apologize.
While that happened, Washu looked at the ground and scratched her head in confusion.
"Blood? Now where did that come from?"
While that happened, Ranma snuck outside of the house without anyone hearing him and he left a note saying thanks for everything and that he will be on his way.
As he walked out, he took a deep breath and gulped the night air, which was very relaxing.
Back……I'm back………hmmmm now where to go?
He looked around, but then decided ah wells…..I'll just head north……see what's up there.
As he started walking he noticed a long flight of stairs leading up.
"Hey….The Masaki Shrine…..heh I might as well pay my respect there."
So he leaped out and landed on the first flight of stairs and then he quickly rushed up while cruising at a speed that rival an Olympic track runner.
He turned his head to look back and noticed that this was a long flight of stairs, but he was almost there so he didn't have to worry, but as he turned his head forward, a large amount of cold water splashed into him.
"DAMN!!!"
Tenchi finished sweeping the whole temple, shingled the roof, and washed the porch steps and the statues while giving them a wax job in the process. He groaned in pain from all that work.
"Argh………..I forgot that grandfather was going to punish me for taking so long in dealing with Ranma……..bah……but I hope he's okay…..Washu said he was exhausted and needed rest…….."
Tenchi thought about this while picking up the pail of cold, dirty water that he used to clean the porch and statues. He wasn't paying attention, so he grabbed the pail with both his hands and threw it up to let the water to come out and that was his mistake as he heard a feminine voice that was quite high-pitch yet nice to listen to, but that word she said wasn't that nice.
"DAMN!!!"
Tenchi snapped out of his trance as he turned to the new voice. His mouth dropped as he saw a gorgeous female standing before him. She must be new around here and damn was she fine!
Her long, lush red hair went down to her back and he saw it float in the air as the wind rushed by and she pushed her bangs back while grunting about how she hated water, but she was still beautiful. She looked like she was in her early twenties and man…..this girl……I man young lady was something to look at. She had pale skin with bluish-gray eyes and her massive…..ornaments were….well a nice addition to her body. The water basically soaked her clothes and easily let her…..ornaments appear.
She……..she has no…no bra………oh…..my……..
He saw a lot from that red Chinese shirt and he was definitely blushing like mad as he still stared at her, gawking at her soaked clothes and her beautiful face though she had a frown on.
"Damn……..not again………I just got into the shower too….and huh?"
Ranma-chan looked up to see Tenchi gawking at her.
"What the hell you looking at?!!!"
Tenchi flushed instantly when Ranma-chan yelled at him while his breasts jiggled easily and plus the winds were blowing quite hard all of a sudden as the clothes became even more plastered to her skin and he looked downwards and saw the outlines of her skin which was definitely smooth……..and…..and……damn……….its getting hot…..
"WELL?!!!"
"Um….uh…..uh……your….um……soaked……uh…..sorry about that………sorry about the shirt……"
"Huh?"
Ranma-chan looked down to see her breasts basically being exposed through the red Chinese shirt.
"ARGH!!!!! HENTAI!!!!!"
Ranma-chan cocked her right hand back and formed into a fist and launched a haymaker at Tenchi who didn't see the punch until it connected him and launched him twenty feet in the air and he flew back for about another thirty feet and then took a perilous plunge headfirst to the stone floor and slammed into it, which basically made a large bump on his head and probably a concussion.
"Oh…..my………look….look…..at the stars…….weeeeeeeee………….."
While Tenchi was dazed, Ranma-chan used her left hand to cover her breasts as muttered how inconsiderate these males are…….and ugh…….that look……it reminded her….of that…..of that middle age pervert…….its just disgusting…….
"Welcome to the Masaki Shrine…Pardon my grandson. He still is kind of shy among females.…Can I help you miss?"
Ranma-chan turned her head up to see the old man before him. It was Katsuhito and he just stood there while the wind blew his kimono.
"Um…..yeah…..you have a towel? Your grandson soaked me…..and I need to dry up now……"
Ranma-chan sighed as she remembered the crap she has been taking from this grandson…..or whatever his name is…..that Tenchi pervert……ugh…….
"Of course….come come…my room is close by and I got a few towels you can use."
"Thanks…gramps."
Katsuhito nodded his head while staring at the lady.
Hmmm….she…she looks familiar……her clothes are very similar……actually exactly like Ranma's clothing…..who is she? Is she Ranma's sister and searching for him? Maybe that is it? Hmm…..this takes looking into………
Ranma-chan followed Katsuhito to the side of the shrine and he opened his door and let the young lady in.
Ranma-chan looked around and saw it was quite bare except for a desk, a futon, some paintings, a bokken and a sake bottle.
"By the well child…..what is your name? My name is Katsuhito and I am the priest of this shrine."
Ranma-chan turned towards the old man and flickered her pigtail aside, which was on her shoulder.
"Heh……you know me gramps…its me….Ranma."
Katsuhito's eyes widened as he stared at…..supposedly….Ranma.
"Heh yeah I know gramps…..I know that I look like a girl, but its all from a curse……stupid curse. Hot water changes me back to a guy while cold water transforms me to a girl."
"Interesting…..let me get a kettle then."
Katsuhito went to another room and pulled off a kettle off the small little kitchen while pulling some cups and a small towel.
He came back and set down the cups and the kettle. Once that was done, he poured some hot water in a cup and handed it to Ranma with the small towel.
"Here you go……."
"Thanks!"
Ranma-chan poured the water over her head and the transformation was instant as her hair turned black and he grew a couple of inches. He then used the towel to dry out his hair and face.
"Fascinating! What curse is this from?"
"Heh….the Legendary Cursed Springs in China…very interesting place…for psychos who wish to get themselves destroyed……."
"Yet you went?"
"Hey! Its not my fault! Its all my pops faults…..seriously…….he was the one who brought me there. He thought it was some training grounds though he could barely read any Chinese…but he paid his price too….heh……he turns into a panda……"
"Interesting……are there anymore people this?"
"I guess…..I encountered some people that were cursed and perhaps there are more……I'm not quite sure how many were cursed, but it is a serious pain to be cursed…..specially when you're a girl and you are trying to keep your manhood."
Katsuhito nodded his head in agreement as he watched Ranma just go into a gloomy mood about his manhood. He sipped some tea that he just recently made and just pondered about him.
"Well doesn't matter…..it seems you are okay and that you are awake after that battle with Washu's droids. I am interested in what marital arts you do. It seems quite a powerful art. Is it kempo? Karate? Kung-fu?"
Ranma smiled as Katsuhito questioned about his art. Though he lost a lot of things in his life, one thing he didn't lose was the art and that was his sustenance in those years of loneliness.
"It encompasses all of that and more. My school is the Anything Goes Martial Arts and it basically takes the best out of every unarmed combat moves and combines them together. I also had dabs in Amazon Wu-shu, shiatsu and other styles of arts while traveling around.
Katsuhito nodded his head as he narrowed his eyes and wondered about the boy.
His school encompasses the whole thing? Quite surprising though I would expect it. Back when I face him, he was using aikido, but his fighting stance was composed of advance forms of kempo and kung-fu. Its clear that he is definitely a powerful and well-trained martial artist.
"So tell me….are you a master at it?"
Ranma nodded his head.
"Actually…..Grandmaster now……due to certain circumstances……"
Ranma's voice turn low as his eyes went a little misty as he recalled those images of that he loss in the past.
Katsuhito instantly recognized the pain in him as he stared at his eyes and saw a swirl of emotions in it and most of it was loss and pain while he struggled to live on.
"Um…….well Ranma……have you any sword training?"
Ranma shook his head quickly to wipe his mind of the torment he experienced in the past.
Heh…….the old guy is trying to change the topic…..thanks………..
"A little….my mother was a practitioner of a sword art and I trained in a little while with a bokken under a few masters, but my school does not do any of that. The school focuses in making the body stronger while teaching unarmed combat, which I said before."
Katsuhito smirked as he watched Ranma's pride go up as he explained his school.
He is a proud one………very prideful……..a warrior's spirit……..you encounter very few these days……..heh…….very well…..lets see…….
"So tell me how long have you been training?"
"Well ever since I was around five I guess. Pops took me everywhere to train though most of his methods were pretty harsh…..and consequences were brutal, but it really toughened the body. I was totally mentally and physically toughened to deal with things…..but problem was I trained so much that I neglected to study at school. Missed school a lot and got a lousy education…..so I basically fight my way out of things usually….so yah…….that was basically my life."
"I see……would you change everything around if you had a chance?"
"I don't know…….the times I have been alone these few years……..I did what I do best……train….and I wander a lot too…….I visited some libraries and some colleges for some education….but it bores me…….and so I leave and do what I want to do……."
Katsuhito drank some more tea as he listened to Ranma's tale of journeying around the world while training and learning bits of the world.
"That's pretty much it…..and well ya……that's all I did…mostly just train."
"Hmm…..seems pretty harsh for someone like you."
Ranma shrugged.
"Well life is tough…..it doesn't really come out all pretty and nice."
The old man nodded his head and watched Ranma.
"What are you going to do now then?"
"I….I don't know……I guess I'll travel around….and just train some more……"
Katsuhito narrowed his eyes as he gazed at Ranma with full intensity.
"You know……if you want…you may stay here as long as you like…..from your story…it seems like you haven't had a home for awhile…..and well you can consider this place somewhat like one."
Ranma's eyes widened as he stared at the old man and heard what he said.
"You….you mean it?"
He nodded his head.
"Yes…..but…if you wish to stay….you may have to be my apprentice and work at the shrine…….and of course…….a few sparring sessions for the meals……."
Ranma smirked as he saw the old man grin at him.
"Sure!"
"Heh….my grandson may need some training to. He is a talented swordsman, but though he has the talent, he lacks the experience. I'm hoping you can train him to improve a little and perhaps you may pick up something."
Ranma smirked again as Katsuhito just smiled and clutched onto his cup.
"Alright….but I won't be easy on your grandson………."
If Tenchi was able to hear this, he would be moaning and groaning while cursing at Kami-sama for not giving him any luck.
"Of course….I expect that you will not give be easy on him. He is strong enough and has a spirit to fight on."
Ranma's eyes glinted in determination as he recognized that spirit since after all he as the same. His life now is bent on being stronger than ever while facing challenges that he ran from. In the end, he will face it and end it.
"Heh……..very well then……I accept and thank you again for your hospitality."
While he said that, he broke into a grin.
Katsuhito shook his head gently while staring at the man.
"No..no. There is no thanks needed, you are doing a job and I'm paying you. So no thanks are needed."
Heh……….Ranma doesn't seem like someone that asks for help…..I can still see the hesitation in his eyes, but these recent years must have changed him much to respect others and accept their help.
Ranma stood up and that moment and bowed deeply in respect to Katsuhito.
"Very well…then….but I thank you for offering this job."
He then opened the door and stepped outside.
Katsuhito walked to the door and looked at him.
"There is an extra bed here, so you may sleep at the shrine. Starting tomorrow you will work in cleaning duties while training Tenchi…..and of course the morning and afternoon spar."
Which I definitely look forward too……heh…..I finally found a worthy opponent to face……heh
Both of them thought the same thing as Ryoko appeared in the air.
"Yeesh…..there you are! You disappeared on us! Sasami was so worried when you left! She thought you wanted to leave us or something like that……now come on! It is dinner time…………."
And of course………Sasami was not going to bring the food out unless Ranma comes to eat………
"Gomen…….I guess I left without really saying goodbye….but don't worry…I'll be working here now….so yeah…no worries….."
Ryoko smiled as she heard that, their was a twinkle in her eye…….actually more like lust in her eyes as she heard that Ranma was staying. Suddenly her mouth started working and saliva was being built up. Was it the food that Sasami prepared or that Ranma was staying here so she can sink her teeth in him. She really had no clue, but one or the other…….nevermind…..she would like both!
"GOOD! Then come on! It is time to eat!"
Katsuhito nodded as he walked with Ranma and Ryoko and they descended the steps of the temple.
As they reached the bottom, Ranma stared at the lake where a tree was growing in the middle.
"Its beautiful lake………and the tree…..the tree………"
It seems so familiar………..so…….beautiful……like…..like that girl……….
Katsuhito smiled.
"Yes, that is our family tree, something that has been with us for a long while and in such that it somewhat gives good luck to those of the good- hearted. Also at this time, since its summer, the lake is pretty warm, so its fun to take a dip at night time."
Ranma smirked.
"Luck? Man…..I definitely need plenty of it………."
Well it seems he wasn't getting any as a something moved in the lake.
"Something is moving!!"
All three look down at the lake as swirls formed at the edge of the lake and a body rose from the waters. The water trickled off the guy's face and down to his clothes. Then he stepped out of the lake and shook himself to let the water fly away from him.
Then he just concentrated himself and let his ki loose as the water on his clothes and body seem to warm up and turn dry in a matter of seconds. He clutched his umbrella tightly as he looked at to make sure no damage happened to it. Then he checked his strap to his backpack to make sure it looked secure.
Ranma stared and just watched with surprise as he saw a familiar yellow bandana on the guy's hair. The guy was much bigger than him, his massive was a bit bulkier as his muscles seem a tad rounder, but firm and tight all over his body.
"Damn it! It can't be!"
The new guy with the bandana made sure everything was okay on him, before he looked up and stared at the guy with the red Chinese shirt and black kung-fu pants.
"YOU!!!!!!!" The guy with the bandana yelled while pointing at him with full of anger and rage poured forth in him.
"RYOGA!!!! YOUR ALIVE!!! MY GOD!!! YOUR ALIVE!!!"
Ranma exclaimed happily as he stared at him.
Katsuhito's eyebrows perked up as he watched the new guy.
Interesting………he walked the whole lake…..and dried his clothes with his ki…..he must be also a powerful martial artist…….hmmmm and Ranma knows him……must be someone from the past.
If you turn to Ryoko, she was on the floor with a massive nosebleed from after seeing Ryoga with his clothes wet and all those nicely packed muscles hanging out from the soaked clothing. All she can think about was some fantasy with Tenchi, Ranma, and Ryoga wearing dog collars and being her slave basically.
"RANMA SAOTOME!!!!!!!! YOU!!! YOU BASTARD!!! YOU LET HER DIE!!! SO I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga screamed insanely as his ki aura erupted and the green, depressive ki flew into the air in a column of green light and just hang there. Both of his arms spread out as the ki erupted even more powerfully and expanded even more outwards as it became a radius of eight meet around his body and shot to the air. It was a very scary sight; especially the part when the ki was basically strengthening Ryoga's body and his muscles seem to expand a little and he grew a little taller.
Ranma shielded his eyes as he recognized the danger that was about to erupt.
"OH SHIT…………….."
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Washu smirked as she watched Ranma just hold onto him and listen to his cocky tone.
Thank…..you Ranma……you got a lot of life in you…..and most of all…….most of all……..what I want…..what I want to do…..is……is………be with you and………..do all those wonderful experiments on you!!!
If Ranma had heard that, he would have facefaulted right there.
"Well I think I should get some new clothes……..shouldn't I?" Ranma smirked as he watched Washu blush as she clung onto him like a second skin.
"Um….well….uh…yah….of course!!"
With a wave of her left hand, a red Chinese shirt appeared with black kung-fu pants.
"Heh…thanks……now will you get off…so I can put on my clothes?"
"Not really….I want to cuddle here all night long!"
Ranma sweatdropped when he heard that and used some shiatsu points again to make her let go of him, but then nothing happened.
"Hah! You thought you could do that to me again! Well I can't make the same mistake twice! I'm too much of a genius and I will never let go!"
Washu laughed manically as she leaped into the air and another podium arose and lifted her up twenty feet with some dazzling lights blazing at her. It made quite a melodramatic moment.
Ranma coughed lightly as he sweatdropped once more.
"Um…..but your off of me now………"
Washu immediately facefaulted and her head smashed into the podium to create a large lump on her forehead.
"Ouch……..that's got to hurt." Ranma winced slightly as he saw the pain on her face and the eyes that were glazed over.
"Uh……anyways…um…..how do I get out of here now?"
Washu snapped her head up and snickered slightly. Then came the maniacal laugh once more as she struck a pose and had her hands to her hips.
"Damn………..I'm going to hate that laugh if this keeps up…………"
"Well Ranma…my boy….you need to take a test to pass so hah!"
"I thought you said I didn't need to?"
Washu coughed as she sort of whistled a little.
"Did I? I don't recall…..um….yeah…..so uh lets take the test!! Shall we?"
Ranma looked at her quizzically, but then shrugged his shoulders.
"Alright…..might as well…..I am hungry and I want to get out of here."
His stomach grumbled slightly as he muttered about how hungry he was.
"Of course….of course! How about this! You complete this test and I will let you have a free meal!"
With a wave of her hands, the land shook a bit, Ranma felt the shaking and just braced himself for whatever may happen and from about 100 miles away from him, and a giant temple arose. It was about ten stories with a bunch of weird geometric architecture. It was a triangular shaped temple, almost like a pyramid, but at the top was a giant ball of glass. Inside that ball of glass was a bunch of weird bluish glow floating around in it. It was a weird temple, but it looked ancient, since vines and flowers clung to the stones that made the temple and animal-like statues were all over it.
"Um……….I don't think this is worth a free meal……….."
Washu nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Sure it is! Believe me it is!!! A nice…..warm…..yummy..meal….with so many wonderful dishes……."
As Washu listed each dish after dish, Ranma's mouth began to work as saliva was generated and seem to come out of his mouth and down to his chin. His stomach growled once more….actually more like roared like a lion.
Hmmmm…….hook….line…..sinker! I just hope Sasami can prepare all those dishes that I listed….I hope…….I so hope…….
"Alright! I'll do it!!! Now what do I do!!"
"Well you see that temple right there! You got to go there and go up to that giant ball of glass. That giant ball of glass will take you back home and to a delicious meal with………….."
Before she could finish the sentence, Ranma raced off to the temple, with both of his legs pumping furiously since he heard the two lovely words called home and meal.
"Heh…..and there he goes…..of course…..its not that easy…heh. After all, there are obstacles that he must pass…….like that rotating laser cannon……."
Ranma was cruising at the speed of 50 mph as he encountered the first trap.
In the right of him, a couple of doors opened from the ground and out popped a large cannon with some blinking lights on it. Messes of wires connected to it and a whirling sound was heard from it. It swiveled to track Ranma's heat signature and locked on to him.
Beep……target locked……engage…..
A hail of lasers burst forth as the laser cannon barked and launched dozens of pure red energy that can melt metals in matter of seconds.
As the lasers rushed toward him, his instincts screamed at him to go to evasive maneuvers and in such his brain responded by tilting him slightly forward while his legs were bent a bit more slightly in preparation for dodging.
Once the lasers were a foot away from him, he responded instantly.
He immediately leaped into the air to launch a forward flip, followed by an one hand handstand as his right hand hit the floor and then he used it as a leverage to pump himself up to launch himself into the air again and perform his spectacular aerial twists. Once he was in the air, he flipped himself once more and then brought up his legs to point in the air while his head pointing to the ground to do a 1080-degree spin and then leaned his legs forward to avoid the laser that tried to burn off his legs. Once that was done he let gravity kick his legs downwards so he spun forward again for another spin and then he let himself freefall back to the ground while his arms stretched back and he focused his eyes at the laser cannon which was tracking him again and was about to fire another hail of lasers which was missing him during the whole gymnastic episode.
He cocked his right arm back and opened his hand wide to summon his ki toward that hand. Once he touched it, once more, he let himself go to be washed by that warm sensation and let it race into his right hand and glow into a small ball.
He smirked easily as he freefall and then he shot his right arm out and let the ki loose.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA!!!!"
The ki-blast screamed as the golden ball of energy raced at the laser cannon. The laser cannon immediately assessed the danger level of the ki- blast and it raised its shield.
Beep……activating ray shielding…….beep…..
A wall of purple energy appeared and the ki-blast smashed into it as he watched it exploded at the wall.
Hmm……don't know if it broke it…..but I don't want to waste my time…I don't have much ki left in me……so I better make a run for it…..
Ranma landed on the ground with both his feet touching the floor without making the slightest sound except the sudden ripple of wind that was generated from the fall. Once he landed, he used his left leg to shoot himself off toward the temple as he once more raced over there, while bleeding some his ki into his legs to run faster.
As the explosion faded, there was a purple glow as the shield held.
Target is leaving…….target is leaving……beep………using mobile movement………beep……..
With a whirl of motors, the wires disconnected from the cannon and it slowly lifted up as fours wheels appeared from the sides of the cannon. While the wheel appeared, legs were produced as it attached to the wheels and then to the cannon to lift it up about 3 feet.
Beep……following target…..beep……
With another whirl of motors……the mobile laser cannon was off!
"Heh……I forgot…..I programmed it to have some mobility……….heh…."
Washy giggled slightly as she watched the performance of Ranma and the laser cannon that was following him.
Back at the laboratory of Washu, cheers were heard all around as the Tenchi gang were yelling and screaming happily since Ranma was alive.
"He is alive!!! He is alive!!!!"
Tenchi wrapped his arms around Ayeka and they both hugged each other gratefully while jumping up and down in glee, but of course reason hit Tenchi and he immediately blushed as he was hugging a princess.
Ayeka also blushed when he saw Tenchi blush. She was a trained Jurian princess…she isn't purpose to blush like this…..she……ah what the hell….she is happy and she doesn't care about the protocols right now.
Ayeka hugged Tenchi tighter as she smiled happily and had a red hue on her face.
Ryoko smirked and teleported right next to Ayeka to push her away from Tenchi.
"Hey Tenchi! Ranma is alive!!! He is alive! So come on! Come and snuggle with me!"
Ryoko grabbed Tenchi and gave him a big hug while running her hands over her back to feel her lovely Tenchi up.
Tenchi's eyes wide opened as he realized what she was doing, but he couldn't really squirm away since he was rather stuck and his hands were somewhat around her and accidently poking the sides of her waist…..right…on accident they were there…..
"I see Tenchi you want me that bad huh? Well don't worry, how about you and me go to your bedroom alone and I'll show you how to really celebrate life!" Ryoko whispered this to Tenchi's ear while smirking.
Tenchi's eyes widened once more as he blushed again.
"RYOKO!!!!!!!! You will unhand yourself from Lord Tenchi!!! He will not go with you in his room!! I forbid it! It is unheard of! A Jurian noble…..especially heir to the Jurian throne should go with a much better person…..a person of higher rank….like me.."
Princess Ayeka struck an innocent pose as she clasped her hands together to look like person of pure innocence.
"What? With a snot-nose brat like you! All he is going to learn is how to sit and eat look a damn punk from you while I can teach him how to be a real man. Heh…..much more than a prince…..all teach him all the finer points of what a man is made of….."
"I FORBID IT!!!!!!!!!"
Ayeka's cylindrical guardians leapt into the air once more as they surround the whole lab.
"Please…….Princess Ayeka…not here! You are going to destroy all my work!!!"
Ayeka ignored Washu as she glared menacingly at Ryoko who pushed Tenchi behind her.
"Don't worry Tenchi….I'll protect you, I'll protect you from this brat who wants to stop our love that will last forever!"
"LOVE!! WHAT LOVE IS THIS?! ALL I SEE IS SOME HUSSY TRYING TO STEAL MY LORD TENCHI!!!!!!"
"Its written in the stars, our fate is sealed together!"
Ryoko clasped her heart and struck her own pose that was quite dramatic.
Tenchi sweatdropped as he watched as Ayeka fumed and the room started lighting up as the electrical currents generated by Ayeka's Jurian powers were passing around the cylinders.
This is crazy…….and I know I'm going to die when this is over……oh yeah…..I'm going to suffer…..
As Tenchi watched Ryoko and Princess Ayeka about to commit another one of their senseless battles, Katsuhito and Washu watched the screen with a keen eye. They were both studying him as they watched him leap around and dodge those lasers while running at a rate that matched a cheetah at their top speed, but even they can only achieve that speed for only a minute before getting tired and stopping. Ranma has been running over an hour at that speed and was coming fast to the temple while a mobile laser cannon was tracking him and trying to keep up while firing at him at a constant rate.
Hmm…his speed must be powered by ki…but must be a tremendous output to generate that……he must have a large reserve of ki. Even after that incident when he was going to kill himself……he still has plenty of ki left to fire a ki blast then run away…most interesting…….
Well….hmm….much of his stats are normal…..yet what is this fuzzy stuff that surrounds him…its strange…..almost magical like yet….what the heck is it? Hmm….that needs looking into but overall….we got one heck of a superhuman here……its just amazing to see that Ranma can do all this……and..
Before she could finish her thought, a loud explosion was heard as electrical currents were flooding everywhere and red energy beams were razing everything.
"Oh my god!!! Stop this!!! My beautiful work…….argh!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
While Washu was having a fit, she didn't realize that Princess Ayeka's electrical current blast nailed a machine that controlled the level of training that Ranma was being put through. It was at a low rate, but the electrical current nailed it and short-circuited it to knock it up to the highest level available.
Meanwhile back at kitchen, Sasami's eyes went wide open as she felt something warm and fuzzy brush on her cheek. She turned and saw Ryo-Ohki meowing at her and wondering what is wrong.
"I'm okay Ryo-Ohki….I'm just a little dazed that is all!"
Sasami pushed herself off the floor and grabbed a chair to steady herself while Ryo-Ohki was still making noises.
"Really! I am okay!"
She smiled as she used her left hand to pat Ryo-Ohki's head to calm her down. Once that was done, Sasami rubbed her hands together to think of what to do. At that moment, Ryo-Ohki leapt onto her head and sat there, since it was her favorite resting place.
"Teehee…..I better finish the meal! After all Ranma must me be hungry when he comes back! I better get ready for that!"
As she gone back to her cooking, you could see her radiant smile grow wider as she saw images of Ranma and her talking, but it was a bit fuzzy since she wasn't quite sure what happened, but all she knew was that Ranma was hurt, but now all better and that really brighten her day. Especially the part when he grinned at her, it made her feel….well….special. It was hard to describe, but she felt funny inside, but it was a good funny feeling and she hoped that she could get more of these. After the entire first few feelings like these was when she met Tenchi and basically spent part of her life with him. Now she was getting even more of these feelings, but from another person, a good kind-hearted person……yet so strange and mysterious…but that just makes it so much more fun!
Sasami giggled once more as she diced the carrots and hummed to herself while Ryo-Ohki moewed and looked around the kitchen since it was back to a normal happy cooking place.
"DAMN IT!!!!! WHAT KIND OF TEST IS THIS?!!!!"
Ranma was about 10 miles away from his destination and as he turned back, he saw about three dozen mobile cannons following him and firing a wall of lasers that seem almost impossible to dodge. He had to constantly bring up his new ki shield he thought up back when he face that psycho witch. Along with those mobile cannons were these weird looking flapping metallic birds that had no beaks. They made no sounds except more whirling motors as laser cannons and missile rackets appeared from their wings.
"ARGH!!!!!!!! MUST RUN!!!!!!!!"
Ranma high-tailed it while hoping that his ki would last enough to the temple since he had to get there….yep…..he just had to….or else he would be fried…..which was not on one of his to do list.
His eyes twitched slightly as he heard the sound of rockets blasting off the wings of the metallic birds as they zoomed in on him. He immediately dived forward and used his hands to touch the ground and made a handstand once more to lift himself forward and continuously producing handstands to avoid everything that was coming to him.
Explosions erupted; dusts and plants flew everywhere while the ground shook as missile barrages continue. Blacken dirt appeared everywhere as lasers missed their target and nailed the grasses to burn them up and changed the soil. There were so many crater that you can easily see where it leads.
"Yeesh…….when I find you Washu……WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TALK ABOUT THIS TEST!!!!!!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I HOPE I GET QUADTRUPLE PORTIONS OF THIS MEAL THAT YOU ARE GIVING ME!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
If Washu heard this, she would be praying for forgiveness from Kami- sama and high tailing to the next galaxy since Ranma was starting to get pissed at that is not good.
"DAMN IT!!! ALRIGHT! ENOUGH!!!"
Ranma leapt onto the air and landed on his feet as he slid forward a little. He turned around and clenched his fist.
Damnation…….I'm sick of running…I'm sick of this pain and exertion…..I'm sick of this crap…I'm tired…..I'm hungry….and I got a damn army of weird metallic animals and vehicles shooting at me with enough firepower to take over Japan…….Well that is it…..I had enough……..I'm already living through hell……I lived though hell for many years…….now I have this……….WELL THIS ENDS NOW!
"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
With a piercing scream, he let the ki flood out of his body and give his a bluish battle aura. It flickered around him as it washed around him, but he concentrated to collect as much as possible.
He then let it trickle into his body and flood his ki storage to the max. Once that was done, he let loose his full fury as he cocked his right hand back and prepared to deliver his own righteous punishment.
"Horizontal Revised! Hirya Shouta Ha!!!!!"
From there, a howl of wind erupted from his fist and the massive hurricane leaped at the enemy that was a couple dozen meters from him.
Target…..target attacked……activate shielding…….
Purple shields activated as the hurricane attack smashed into it and was still expanding while howling in fury. While that wind was whipping around, plants and flowers that were in its path were ripped off the soil and were rolling around the center of the hurricane, but still the shields were holding.
"ALRIGHT! YOU WANT SOME MORE!! WELL TAKE SOME OF THIS YOU ASSHOLE!!!"
He brought both of his hands together and concentrated to expand his ki outwards from both his hands and the ki appeared and it quickly formed into a ball while he crouched down to bring his right leg back and then he brought his arms back to his right waist. Once that was done, he funnels a bit more ki into the ball so it expanded about the size of a beach ball. Then he lets loose.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The beach ball size ki-blast roared and raced toward the hurricane while glowing like a mini sun itself. It was a hotter than anything man ever created because a lot of emotions was put into it…..especially the hottest emotion of all…….anger….and boy was Ranma pissed.
As the comet ki-blast hit itself into the hurricane, it slowly pushed its way deep into the hurricane while the winds were still pushing the barriers made by the cannons and the metallic birds. So far the battle was lasting a few minutes, but it was going to end real soon.
As the ki-blast reached the center of the hurricane, Ranma smirked and clenched his right hand. Then he brought it up and raised his right arm to thrust it outwards, but it was pointing toward the weapons of destruction that were barely holding shielding themselves from the hurricane blast.
"Heh…….prepare for the worst now………..heh…….."
Ranma grinned as he opened his right hand and pushed forward.
"MOUKO TAKABISHA REVISED EXPANSION!!!!!!!!"
As those words were screamed out, the beach size ki-blast in the center of the hurricane exploded and it touched the hurricane winds, which sucked up the golden ki and shot it out as if it was a gun itself. Like a cannon, it fired dozens upon dozens of smaller ki beams that were the size of baseballs, but just as deadly as a rocket.
The ki blasts flew out of the hurricane and smashed into the shields, which more explosions erupted once more.
Shield…..shield….not holding…….shield……..down………..beep…..
The shields dropped instantly since it couldn't handle the constant barrage of the winds made by the hurricane blast and the smaller golden ki- blasts, but there were still more ki-blasts shooting out of the hurricane.
"I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma roared as he sweated and watched the ki-blasts break though the shielding.
Then the baseball size ki-blast smashed into the metals of both the birds and the cannons, while burying it deeply inside as it burned through a mesh of wiring, microchips, and metal plates, but after it hit the center, it detonated. With a flash, minor explosions erupted from the ki- blasts, but their were so many buried in each one of those metallic monsters that it look like one single gigantic explosion that was basically melting all the robotic skeletons.
As the explosions were producing small mushroom clouds, Ranma just dropped his right hand and used his shirt to wipe out the sweat off his face. That fight basically exhausted him entirely as he saw the destruction that he created. The explosions were producing winds that pushed everything back, but Ranma stood their firm, like an anchor embedded in the soil.
"Heh……..and that's the end of those freaks…..damn……..I'm tired……..and still…….hungry…….bah…………"
Ranma turned around and walked his way to the temple, but as he took a dozen steps, he crashed onto his knees and then collapsed forward as he face hit the soft grass in front of him.
"Heh…………guess I'm more tired……..than…..than……..I……………"
Pain…….pain………always pain…………lost of everyone…..lost of identity….. loss of who I am….death……..people die……yet….yet…..life…..life is the answer……..It was the key to existence…………life………friendship…….friends……
Images of Tenchi and the gang appeared as they battled one another and then the dinnertime when he was about to eat dinner with a nice family.
Friends…………good friends……..kind friends………..best friend…..
Ranma lay there and looked out to see a bluish glow flow around him. He looked around and saw no one, but then as he turned his head and looked straight, he saw a movement, then a body coming forward.
With that coming, he heard the evil laughter once more and he screamed again as he heard that cackling, but before he could try to rip his ears to extinguish the sounds, he felt a presence in front of him. A good, kind………warm presence.
He turned his head up and saw her…..he saw her floating toward him….it was…..it was…..beautiful and she floated up to him and took him in as he she hugged him tight and protected him from the sound, the laughter…..the evil laughter.
"Don't worry…..don't worry……I'll always be here for you….Ranma Saotome……….."
Her puddle of hair was swirling around him, covering his body, and racing around his naked body, as if giving him an armor, something to defend himself….something to use to protect himself.
She…..she was his protection……his….his comfort…..his guardian……..his friend………his…….his…………….
Ranma's eyes snapped open as his upper body swung up. He was drenched in sweat that clung to his skin and soaked the bed sheets. As he panted and breathed laboriously as if he just went through a strenuous exercise, he tried to recall the images in his dream, but it wouldn't come back to him. Somewhere in his brain, he knows that the image of her still is there, he just needs to recall it once more……..just one more time so he could safe once more.
He pushed himself off the bed and swung his legs to the left to get out of the bed, as he leaped out, he again tried to survey the room, but found it dark.
Hmm…..I guess its night time then……..
Ranma touched his clothing and found them soaked with his sweat. He grimaced slightly knowing it was giving off some major body odor that can easily melt Jurian tree.
So he tiptoed his way to the door and slowly unlatched it to get out of the room, but before he did, he went back to the bed and straightened out the blanket and made the bed. Then he walked to the door and walked out of the room.
As he got outside, he saw a hallway that was connected to other rooms, which he didn't know what was going on.
Hmmmm…………where am I? I better investigate and see who helped me out…. Last I recall, I was in a forest…….with a bunch of those ugly robots and then I blew them apart…..
He stared at the walls and saw some portraits hanging there.
On the portraits, he noticed some pictures of Tenchi and the gang in different places. One was at a nice, secluded beach, another one was a forest-like place, just as beautiful as the place he was when Tsunami changed the desert.
Changed the desert………Tsunami………sweet……kind……..Tsunami….
Ranma shook his slightly as he cleared his mind.
"I can't think of that right now! I got to find a bathroom and wash up!"
He walked to the stairs and slowly walked down, and as he reached the first floor, he looked around to see if anyone was around, but no one was there. The living and dining room were bare.
Hmmm……damn….where is the furo?
As he looked around, he finally noticed a door down another hall way where he saw steam slowly coming out of the place.
"Heh…..guess I found the bathroom!"
As he walked to the bathroom, he didn't pay attention to the bucket of cold, soapy water on the ground. So by default, he slipped on the wet floor that was cleaned by the soapy water and crashed head-first into the bucket.
"DAMN!! NOW IM SWEATY AND COLD!!!"
A high-pitch soprano voice was heard as she cursed and muttered some incoherent phrases.
The young red-head stood up and looked around to see if anyone heard her, but still no one appeared.
She was about 5 foot 8 and had a body that any lady would kill for. She was quite developed in the chest areas, so any guys would basically ogle after her. Her long lush red-hair was tied also into a pig-tail braid, but it went down to her waist and the curves in her body made her look like some Greek goddess that came to life out a perfect statue.
"Crap…….."
She shook her head lightly as her hair swayed a little to let the water come out of her hair and while that happened, her breasts swayed also from side to side.
Man…..ah wells……I just hope a hot shower is going to work……
As Ranma-chan walked towards the bathroom, she pulled off her red Chinese shirt, but it got stuck around her neck, so she couldn't really see while the shirt was covering her face.
Of course fate decided to step in and the bathroom door opened to reveal a middle age man with glasses who just came out with a towel around his lower body.
"Ahhhhh……….that did the trick……especially from all that pain from that crazy guy who leaped at me and slashed me."
As Nobuyuki rubbed the back of his head, he looked up and saw some massive globes on some lady's chest……and boy were they big…..and soft…..and…and…..I just want to feel those globes…….
Nobuyuki's immediate reaction was his nose exploded like a geyser and blood quickly seeped out. He grabbed his nose while his eyes went glazed over in a matter of seconds. Then his head hit the floor, as he was in his fantasy world of dreaming about him laying on those nice, round cushions.
As he laid there, basically half conscious, Ranma-chan was finally able to pull off her shirt and she looked around to see some perverted middle-age man laying on the ground, with blood pouring out at a constant rate.
"Ewwwww……..nasty…….."
Ranma-chan quickly walked into the shower and shut the door while locking it, hoping that pervert doesn't try bashing through the door and trying to take a peek at her.
She quickly pulled down her pants and threw it onto the ground along with her shirt. Then with another glance at the door, she pulled down her boxers and threw it along with the other clothes. Then she reached the back of hair, to her pig-tail to unwind a rubber band that was holding her pig- tail. Then she climbed into the tub, hit the shower and let it spray all over her. As she stood there and let the warm water hit her, her transformation instantly took place.
Her hair quickly grew shorter while his height reached up to six feet and his pig-tail was now just up to the middle of his back. Muscles appeared out of the slim body of the female, which was now becoming more masculine like. Hairs appeared around his legs, arms and chest while he stood there with the warm water still blasting at him.
Now he was back to his original, masculine form and he smirked as he washed himself. He grabbed the shampoo and washed his hair, which immediately triggered a memory about a place far away, but with so much life. It was when that Chinese girl with that shampoo bottle that wiped memory or something like that. He shook his head and continued cleaning himself.
Once he was done, he climbed out of the tub and walked to the sink to reach for a blow dryer and quickly blew out his hair. Once that was done, he quickly don his clothes and put the rubber band back onto his pigtail.
He stared at himself and smiled gently as he recalled another memory about the dragon whisker and how it basically grew his hair to a ridiculous length, but that was in the past and the curse wore off after a little while of waiting.
Once he was done, he opened the door and looked down to see no one there anymore, but a puddle of blood was on the ground.
"Seems that guy isn't around anymore…….ah wells….."
Ranma shrugged and walked out of the shower and walked towards the living room.
Hmmmmmmm…….what to do now?
His stomach growled once more as he remembered that he was hungry as hell, but he didn't want to barge into the kitchen and raid it like some pirate since he was at least some kind of a civilized person…..he hoped he was.
But then his stomach growled once more and this time it was basically ordering him to go eat now or pay the consequences.
"Alright……alright……I'll….go to the kitchen……yeesh."
He walked to the kitchen and saw no one around still, but laying on the table was a large sub sandwich with ham, roast beef, tomatoes, lettuce and all that good stuff with a large bowl of carrot soup. As his mouth watered and as he approached the table, he saw a note on the table.
It read For Ranma……if you see this go ahead and eat it! Its all for you! Enjoy! It had a signature by Sasami with a nice happy smiley face on it.
Ranma smiled gently as he read the letter and saw the signature by Sasami.
"Heh…….nice girl…….."
Then without a second thought, his left hand grabbed the sub and he immediately shoved it into his mouth since he no one was around, so manners weren't quite necessary right now. His left hand dived toward the carrot soup and he drank a mouthful when he basically stuff about one-fourth on the sub in his mouth.
In a matter of seconds he was done and breadcrumbs cling onto his face while his mouth was wet from the carrot soup, so he grabbed the napkin on the table and wiped his mouth while smiling happily since he fulfilled the part in filling a small part of his stomach. It was enough for the stomach to stop growling and be happy about that nice warm food.
While that happened, the same bathroom door opened up and out came a small cabbit, which hopped around meowing happily.
"Miyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"
"Now Ryo-Ohki! You will have your carrots soon! I promise!!"
Sasami came out while wearing a t-shirt and pants. Her bathroom supplies were in her hands and with that towel she used to clean herself.
"Ahhhhhhhhh……that hot spring worked wonders……………"
Ayeka stepped out of the bathroom while rubbing her hair, trying to dry it up from taking a nice long dip in that hot spring.
Behind her came Ryoko and Washu as they also sighed from that nice bath while carrying their bath stuff that they used to wash themselves.
"Um………you…you think Ranma-san is okay?"
Ayeka's look turn into worry as she looked at Sasami.
"Um……I think so……….."
I hope so……………please let Ranma be okay…..
"He'll be fine, don't worry! All he needed was rest from that battle he commited…..but I didn't think he could handle that kind of force……which reminds me……….whose fault was it that made Ranma tax his energy!!!!" Washu yelled out loud toward those two ingrates that nearly destroyed her lab.
"We are sorry……..gomen………." Both Ryoko and Ayeka bowed with their heads down in respect as they had a really bad scolding from Katsuhito while Washu manipulated their DNA to turn into two small lab mice, which she was deciding to experiment.
They both shivered when they remembered about being mice and how they were basically chased by Ryo-Ohki who suddenly arrived out of nowhere and was kind of in a fun mood, so basically played around with them by basically knocking them around a couple of times.
"Okay! I'll go check on Ranma-san then!"
Sasami raced to the stairs while Ryo-Ohki trailed right behind her.
"Hmmmm…….and I think you two should apologize to Ranma too….after all…..its your fault for ruining my fun……..I…..I mean its your fault for ruining his traveling………….."
Both nod their heads as they walked towards the stairs to go apologize.
While that happened, Washu looked at the ground and scratched her head in confusion.
"Blood? Now where did that come from?"
While that happened, Ranma snuck outside of the house without anyone hearing him and he left a note saying thanks for everything and that he will be on his way.
As he walked out, he took a deep breath and gulped the night air, which was very relaxing.
Back……I'm back………hmmmm now where to go?
He looked around, but then decided ah wells…..I'll just head north……see what's up there.
As he started walking he noticed a long flight of stairs leading up.
"Hey….The Masaki Shrine…..heh I might as well pay my respect there."
So he leaped out and landed on the first flight of stairs and then he quickly rushed up while cruising at a speed that rival an Olympic track runner.
He turned his head to look back and noticed that this was a long flight of stairs, but he was almost there so he didn't have to worry, but as he turned his head forward, a large amount of cold water splashed into him.
"DAMN!!!"
Tenchi finished sweeping the whole temple, shingled the roof, and washed the porch steps and the statues while giving them a wax job in the process. He groaned in pain from all that work.
"Argh………..I forgot that grandfather was going to punish me for taking so long in dealing with Ranma……..bah……but I hope he's okay…..Washu said he was exhausted and needed rest…….."
Tenchi thought about this while picking up the pail of cold, dirty water that he used to clean the porch and statues. He wasn't paying attention, so he grabbed the pail with both his hands and threw it up to let the water to come out and that was his mistake as he heard a feminine voice that was quite high-pitch yet nice to listen to, but that word she said wasn't that nice.
"DAMN!!!"
Tenchi snapped out of his trance as he turned to the new voice. His mouth dropped as he saw a gorgeous female standing before him. She must be new around here and damn was she fine!
Her long, lush red hair went down to her back and he saw it float in the air as the wind rushed by and she pushed her bangs back while grunting about how she hated water, but she was still beautiful. She looked like she was in her early twenties and man…..this girl……I man young lady was something to look at. She had pale skin with bluish-gray eyes and her massive…..ornaments were….well a nice addition to her body. The water basically soaked her clothes and easily let her…..ornaments appear.
She……..she has no…no bra………oh…..my……..
He saw a lot from that red Chinese shirt and he was definitely blushing like mad as he still stared at her, gawking at her soaked clothes and her beautiful face though she had a frown on.
"Damn……..not again………I just got into the shower too….and huh?"
Ranma-chan looked up to see Tenchi gawking at her.
"What the hell you looking at?!!!"
Tenchi flushed instantly when Ranma-chan yelled at him while his breasts jiggled easily and plus the winds were blowing quite hard all of a sudden as the clothes became even more plastered to her skin and he looked downwards and saw the outlines of her skin which was definitely smooth……..and…..and……damn……….its getting hot…..
"WELL?!!!"
"Um….uh…..uh……your….um……soaked……uh…..sorry about that………sorry about the shirt……"
"Huh?"
Ranma-chan looked down to see her breasts basically being exposed through the red Chinese shirt.
"ARGH!!!!! HENTAI!!!!!"
Ranma-chan cocked her right hand back and formed into a fist and launched a haymaker at Tenchi who didn't see the punch until it connected him and launched him twenty feet in the air and he flew back for about another thirty feet and then took a perilous plunge headfirst to the stone floor and slammed into it, which basically made a large bump on his head and probably a concussion.
"Oh…..my………look….look…..at the stars…….weeeeeeeee………….."
While Tenchi was dazed, Ranma-chan used her left hand to cover her breasts as muttered how inconsiderate these males are…….and ugh…….that look……it reminded her….of that…..of that middle age pervert…….its just disgusting…….
"Welcome to the Masaki Shrine…Pardon my grandson. He still is kind of shy among females.…Can I help you miss?"
Ranma-chan turned her head up to see the old man before him. It was Katsuhito and he just stood there while the wind blew his kimono.
"Um…..yeah…..you have a towel? Your grandson soaked me…..and I need to dry up now……"
Ranma-chan sighed as she remembered the crap she has been taking from this grandson…..or whatever his name is…..that Tenchi pervert……ugh…….
"Of course….come come…my room is close by and I got a few towels you can use."
"Thanks…gramps."
Katsuhito nodded his head while staring at the lady.
Hmmm….she…she looks familiar……her clothes are very similar……actually exactly like Ranma's clothing…..who is she? Is she Ranma's sister and searching for him? Maybe that is it? Hmm…..this takes looking into………
Ranma-chan followed Katsuhito to the side of the shrine and he opened his door and let the young lady in.
Ranma-chan looked around and saw it was quite bare except for a desk, a futon, some paintings, a bokken and a sake bottle.
"By the well child…..what is your name? My name is Katsuhito and I am the priest of this shrine."
Ranma-chan turned towards the old man and flickered her pigtail aside, which was on her shoulder.
"Heh……you know me gramps…its me….Ranma."
Katsuhito's eyes widened as he stared at…..supposedly….Ranma.
"Heh yeah I know gramps…..I know that I look like a girl, but its all from a curse……stupid curse. Hot water changes me back to a guy while cold water transforms me to a girl."
"Interesting…..let me get a kettle then."
Katsuhito went to another room and pulled off a kettle off the small little kitchen while pulling some cups and a small towel.
He came back and set down the cups and the kettle. Once that was done, he poured some hot water in a cup and handed it to Ranma with the small towel.
"Here you go……."
"Thanks!"
Ranma-chan poured the water over her head and the transformation was instant as her hair turned black and he grew a couple of inches. He then used the towel to dry out his hair and face.
"Fascinating! What curse is this from?"
"Heh….the Legendary Cursed Springs in China…very interesting place…for psychos who wish to get themselves destroyed……."
"Yet you went?"
"Hey! Its not my fault! Its all my pops faults…..seriously…….he was the one who brought me there. He thought it was some training grounds though he could barely read any Chinese…but he paid his price too….heh……he turns into a panda……"
"Interesting……are there anymore people this?"
"I guess…..I encountered some people that were cursed and perhaps there are more……I'm not quite sure how many were cursed, but it is a serious pain to be cursed…..specially when you're a girl and you are trying to keep your manhood."
Katsuhito nodded his head in agreement as he watched Ranma just go into a gloomy mood about his manhood. He sipped some tea that he just recently made and just pondered about him.
"Well doesn't matter…..it seems you are okay and that you are awake after that battle with Washu's droids. I am interested in what marital arts you do. It seems quite a powerful art. Is it kempo? Karate? Kung-fu?"
Ranma smiled as Katsuhito questioned about his art. Though he lost a lot of things in his life, one thing he didn't lose was the art and that was his sustenance in those years of loneliness.
"It encompasses all of that and more. My school is the Anything Goes Martial Arts and it basically takes the best out of every unarmed combat moves and combines them together. I also had dabs in Amazon Wu-shu, shiatsu and other styles of arts while traveling around.
Katsuhito nodded his head as he narrowed his eyes and wondered about the boy.
His school encompasses the whole thing? Quite surprising though I would expect it. Back when I face him, he was using aikido, but his fighting stance was composed of advance forms of kempo and kung-fu. Its clear that he is definitely a powerful and well-trained martial artist.
"So tell me….are you a master at it?"
Ranma nodded his head.
"Actually…..Grandmaster now……due to certain circumstances……"
Ranma's voice turn low as his eyes went a little misty as he recalled those images of that he loss in the past.
Katsuhito instantly recognized the pain in him as he stared at his eyes and saw a swirl of emotions in it and most of it was loss and pain while he struggled to live on.
"Um…….well Ranma……have you any sword training?"
Ranma shook his head quickly to wipe his mind of the torment he experienced in the past.
Heh…….the old guy is trying to change the topic…..thanks………..
"A little….my mother was a practitioner of a sword art and I trained in a little while with a bokken under a few masters, but my school does not do any of that. The school focuses in making the body stronger while teaching unarmed combat, which I said before."
Katsuhito smirked as he watched Ranma's pride go up as he explained his school.
He is a proud one………very prideful……..a warrior's spirit……..you encounter very few these days……..heh…….very well…..lets see…….
"So tell me how long have you been training?"
"Well ever since I was around five I guess. Pops took me everywhere to train though most of his methods were pretty harsh…..and consequences were brutal, but it really toughened the body. I was totally mentally and physically toughened to deal with things…..but problem was I trained so much that I neglected to study at school. Missed school a lot and got a lousy education…..so I basically fight my way out of things usually….so yah…….that was basically my life."
"I see……would you change everything around if you had a chance?"
"I don't know…….the times I have been alone these few years……..I did what I do best……train….and I wander a lot too…….I visited some libraries and some colleges for some education….but it bores me…….and so I leave and do what I want to do……."
Katsuhito drank some more tea as he listened to Ranma's tale of journeying around the world while training and learning bits of the world.
"That's pretty much it…..and well ya……that's all I did…mostly just train."
"Hmm…..seems pretty harsh for someone like you."
Ranma shrugged.
"Well life is tough…..it doesn't really come out all pretty and nice."
The old man nodded his head and watched Ranma.
"What are you going to do now then?"
"I….I don't know……I guess I'll travel around….and just train some more……"
Katsuhito narrowed his eyes as he gazed at Ranma with full intensity.
"You know……if you want…you may stay here as long as you like…..from your story…it seems like you haven't had a home for awhile…..and well you can consider this place somewhat like one."
Ranma's eyes widened as he stared at the old man and heard what he said.
"You….you mean it?"
He nodded his head.
"Yes…..but…if you wish to stay….you may have to be my apprentice and work at the shrine…….and of course…….a few sparring sessions for the meals……."
Ranma smirked as he saw the old man grin at him.
"Sure!"
"Heh….my grandson may need some training to. He is a talented swordsman, but though he has the talent, he lacks the experience. I'm hoping you can train him to improve a little and perhaps you may pick up something."
Ranma smirked again as Katsuhito just smiled and clutched onto his cup.
"Alright….but I won't be easy on your grandson………."
If Tenchi was able to hear this, he would be moaning and groaning while cursing at Kami-sama for not giving him any luck.
"Of course….I expect that you will not give be easy on him. He is strong enough and has a spirit to fight on."
Ranma's eyes glinted in determination as he recognized that spirit since after all he as the same. His life now is bent on being stronger than ever while facing challenges that he ran from. In the end, he will face it and end it.
"Heh……..very well then……I accept and thank you again for your hospitality."
While he said that, he broke into a grin.
Katsuhito shook his head gently while staring at the man.
"No..no. There is no thanks needed, you are doing a job and I'm paying you. So no thanks are needed."
Heh……….Ranma doesn't seem like someone that asks for help…..I can still see the hesitation in his eyes, but these recent years must have changed him much to respect others and accept their help.
Ranma stood up and that moment and bowed deeply in respect to Katsuhito.
"Very well…then….but I thank you for offering this job."
He then opened the door and stepped outside.
Katsuhito walked to the door and looked at him.
"There is an extra bed here, so you may sleep at the shrine. Starting tomorrow you will work in cleaning duties while training Tenchi…..and of course the morning and afternoon spar."
Which I definitely look forward too……heh…..I finally found a worthy opponent to face……heh
Both of them thought the same thing as Ryoko appeared in the air.
"Yeesh…..there you are! You disappeared on us! Sasami was so worried when you left! She thought you wanted to leave us or something like that……now come on! It is dinner time…………."
And of course………Sasami was not going to bring the food out unless Ranma comes to eat………
"Gomen…….I guess I left without really saying goodbye….but don't worry…I'll be working here now….so yeah…no worries….."
Ryoko smiled as she heard that, their was a twinkle in her eye…….actually more like lust in her eyes as she heard that Ranma was staying. Suddenly her mouth started working and saliva was being built up. Was it the food that Sasami prepared or that Ranma was staying here so she can sink her teeth in him. She really had no clue, but one or the other…….nevermind…..she would like both!
"GOOD! Then come on! It is time to eat!"
Katsuhito nodded as he walked with Ranma and Ryoko and they descended the steps of the temple.
As they reached the bottom, Ranma stared at the lake where a tree was growing in the middle.
"Its beautiful lake………and the tree…..the tree………"
It seems so familiar………..so…….beautiful……like…..like that girl……….
Katsuhito smiled.
"Yes, that is our family tree, something that has been with us for a long while and in such that it somewhat gives good luck to those of the good- hearted. Also at this time, since its summer, the lake is pretty warm, so its fun to take a dip at night time."
Ranma smirked.
"Luck? Man…..I definitely need plenty of it………."
Well it seems he wasn't getting any as a something moved in the lake.
"Something is moving!!"
All three look down at the lake as swirls formed at the edge of the lake and a body rose from the waters. The water trickled off the guy's face and down to his clothes. Then he stepped out of the lake and shook himself to let the water fly away from him.
Then he just concentrated himself and let his ki loose as the water on his clothes and body seem to warm up and turn dry in a matter of seconds. He clutched his umbrella tightly as he looked at to make sure no damage happened to it. Then he checked his strap to his backpack to make sure it looked secure.
Ranma stared and just watched with surprise as he saw a familiar yellow bandana on the guy's hair. The guy was much bigger than him, his massive was a bit bulkier as his muscles seem a tad rounder, but firm and tight all over his body.
"Damn it! It can't be!"
The new guy with the bandana made sure everything was okay on him, before he looked up and stared at the guy with the red Chinese shirt and black kung-fu pants.
"YOU!!!!!!!" The guy with the bandana yelled while pointing at him with full of anger and rage poured forth in him.
"RYOGA!!!! YOUR ALIVE!!! MY GOD!!! YOUR ALIVE!!!"
Ranma exclaimed happily as he stared at him.
Katsuhito's eyebrows perked up as he watched the new guy.
Interesting………he walked the whole lake…..and dried his clothes with his ki…..he must be also a powerful martial artist…….hmmmm and Ranma knows him……must be someone from the past.
If you turn to Ryoko, she was on the floor with a massive nosebleed from after seeing Ryoga with his clothes wet and all those nicely packed muscles hanging out from the soaked clothing. All she can think about was some fantasy with Tenchi, Ranma, and Ryoga wearing dog collars and being her slave basically.
"RANMA SAOTOME!!!!!!!! YOU!!! YOU BASTARD!!! YOU LET HER DIE!!! SO I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga screamed insanely as his ki aura erupted and the green, depressive ki flew into the air in a column of green light and just hang there. Both of his arms spread out as the ki erupted even more powerfully and expanded even more outwards as it became a radius of eight meet around his body and shot to the air. It was a very scary sight; especially the part when the ki was basically strengthening Ryoga's body and his muscles seem to expand a little and he grew a little taller.
Ranma shielded his eyes as he recognized the danger that was about to erupt.
"OH SHIT…………….."
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