Just the Beginning
Chapter 3: Oh My………..Cat's Food?
Ryoga stood there with a menacing stance. His arms weren't even brought up, but his ki blazed like it was alive as it roared around him and fluctuated back and forth. The ki touched the winds and generated a harsh gale that blew his body, but the ki didn't snuff out. Instead it roared even stronger in intensity as his ki was being expanded.
Ranma stared at Ryoga in amazement, but he was also smiling because he found someone, though a rival, it was someone he thought he would never see again.
"Ryoga!! Good to see ya man!"
Ranma walked slowly up to him while his arms were stretched out to give him a warm embrace, though part of his mind was yelling at him to stop and get into a fighting stance because he is going to kill you.
"ITS ALL YOUR FAULT RANMA SAOTOME!!! BECAUSE OF YOU, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE WITH HER!"
Ryoga raised his right arm to point at him, while the ki was starting to absorb to his finger that was brought out of the fist and was point at Ranma.
"………..Ryoga…..What could I do?! I didn't even see it coming!" Ranma explained while pain was evident in his voice as he recalled that fateful day when his day was turned all upside down and ending his innocence.
"WELL FOR YOU, THIS IS THE LAST THING YOU WILL SEE! SO DIE!!!!"
With a mental concentration, the depressive ki swirled out of his finger and energized to become a small circle, but grew quite large until it was the size of a pothole. Once that was done, he cocked his arm back and then shot it forward while screaming at Ranma.
"SHI SHI HAKODAN!!!!!!!!!!"
A giant depressive ki-blast flew out of the finger and rushed at Ranma with an ear-piercing shriek. This ki-blast was a small part of the turmoil that Ryoga suffered from the lost of someone close and trying to avenge someone he loved.
Ranma saw the ki-blast and raised both of his arms like a X-shape and braced himself for impact. He shunted some ki to wrap around his arms and protect him from the blast as it impacted his arms and exploded, which easily engulfed him with the awesome depression blast.
"Ranma!!!"
Ryoko screamed as she was about to leap into battle and fire an energy blast at Ryoga, but a hand grabbed her shoulder, which prevented her from going.
Katsuhito shook his head.
"No….this is a battle between them two……you can't interfere."
His grip tightened on Ryoko's shoulder as if to hold onto her and force her to stop. Once he felt the struggle slacken to just a mere shaking of the shoulders, he let go and eyed the battle once more.
As the explosion cleared, Ranma was standing there with is arms still outstretched in an X, but unscathed by the ki-blast.
"What the hell was that for?!!! You could have killed me!!!"
Ryoko facefaulted when she heard Ranma say that. How can this beautiful and perfect hunk be so dense at a time like this?!!
"Ranma!!! He is trying to kill you!!!!
Ranma looked at Ryoga and saw his merciless eyes while his fingers were glowing again from the absorption of ki. The absorption was so strong that Ranma can easily pick it up with his senses and see that Ryoga is really in a bad mood.
"Ryoga……we can talk about this….come on……I'm sure you haven't had a good meal…..lets talk okay?"
Ryoga stared at him, while his mouth curled into a sneer and his fangs bear out to look far more menacing.
"Oh…..I'll do more than kill you……I'm gonna make you scream and beg once I get you on your knees."
Ryoga slammed his hand into the floor and launched his technique once more, but with a much different twist.
"SHI SHI HAKODAN REVISED RISING PILLAR!!!!!"
The ki shunted to the ground and with a mental push by Ryoga, it went shot forward at a speed of a bullet and appeared right under where Ranma was standing. From there, a small radius about 6 feet wide appeared under him, but was glowing with a sickening green, which was Ryoga's ki.
"What the hell is this?!" Ranma was puzzled as he stared at the floor.
"IGNITE!!!!"
With that voice, the dark green circle under Ranma brightened and shot upwards as a pillar of ki launched itself from the ground to the sky, engulfing Ranma completely with the power to burn titanium.
"RANMA!!!!!!!" Ryoko screamed once more as she witness the destruction that enveloped Ranma.
While that happened, Tenchi was walking down the stairs while clutching his face, which sported a very large bruise while recalling that fatal punch made by that well….um developed female.
"Man, that girl….I mean woman….hits really hard….I didn't really look at those..um…..uh….assets…..yeah….."
As Tenchi got closer to the lake, he felt a massive spike of energy in the area. His head arched up immediately as he looked up and saw the massive pillar of green ki, which was quite spectacular.
"Wha….WHAT THE HECK?!! WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?!!"
Tenchi raced down the stairs, ignoring the pain in his face as he rushed downwards to see where that eruption of power came from.
Though the pillar of green ki was still erupting upwards, Ryoga wasn't done yet.
"ITS NOT OVER FOR YOU RANMA!!! YOU GOING TO SUFFER FOR THE PAINS I WENT THROUGH AND FOR THOSE YOU LEFT TO DIE YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!"
When Ryoga shouted like that, a bright light appeared in the middle of the pillar of green ki and it grew larger and larger until finally, it exploded and that bright light basically canceled out the green ki eruption.
Smoke poured out where the pillar once was and dust flew around from the explosion. It was quite hard to see if anyone was in there, but Ryoga knew that someone was in there. Ranma doesn't die that easily, no, he has to suffer from what he did, and he is definitely going to suffer.
Ryoga narrowed his eyes as he felt a small amount of ki used on the dust and smoke and in a brief second, the smoke and dust parted in half as a lone figure stood there, arms to the sides of his waist as his fists were clenched tightly.
"I……I didn't leave them……….I didn't leave them……….they….they were……gone….gone before I….I could do anything."
Ranma bit his lips slightly as he was recalling the destruction of a place he once called home and where he lived a large part of his life, where though chaos existed, at least he had people there to care for, to live for……….
"NO YOU ARE A BASTARD! YOU LET THEM DIE!!!!"
Ryoga rushed forward as he launched a straight-forward punch right into his face while his knees were bent slightly, as if in preparation to anything alarming.
Ranma batted that punch aside as his left hand raced out to grab Ryoga in the neck. He narrowed his eyes as his grip on Ryoga's neck tightened a bit more.
Ryoga's eyes widened as he felt pressure on his neck. The speed of Ranma knocking his fist aside and grabbing his neck was impressive, but that doesn't mean he wasn't training while he was searching for the bastard.
"Is that all you got………Ranma?!! IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!!!"
Ranma closed his eyes and whispered slightly.
"No……….no………."
"What?! I can't hear you, you damn coward, leaving the place without fighting back!!"
Ryoga screamed at Ranma, goading Ranma to do something so he might do something.
"No……..no……" Ranma shook his head slightly as he recalled the incident once more. He recalled the destruction and the fires. The rage and sadness that enveloped him, his cocoon world of solitude as he lost everyone………..but….but he had hope….he..he.. he has a friend!
"Come on you bastard! I'm going to kill you for leaving her like that. You hear me. I AM GOING TO KILL……….URK……..
Ryoga's breathe was forced out as he felt a massive blow slam into his stomach. Then before he can focus and control himself, he felt a foot smash into his face and launch him into the air as he flew back from the kick.
Ranma had backflipped to kick Ryoga and he watched Ryoga slammed into the ground. While that happened, Ranma crouched low and got into a normal fighting stance, with both of his arms stretched out, like in a boxing pose, but more open, leaving a lot of room to work with.
Ryoga slowly got up and smirked a little as he wiped a little blood off his mouth. Once that was done, he brought out his left hand and brought back his right hand to his waist. Then he smirked once more as he watched Ranma get into a fighting stance.
"Heh…..that was like a baby kicking me……that wasn't anything Ranma….come on….I'll show you power……"
Ryoga snarled as he immediately pushed himself forward at Ranma.
In counter response, Ranma launched forward too and the two rivals began their battle of will and strength.
Ranma crouched low and launched a fast foot sweep; followed by spinning his body, which he used that momentum to stick out his other leg to launch another sweeping move.
Ryoga stepped back to avoid both blows and launched a forward kick straight into Ranma'a head. Ranma saw this and leaned backward to let both his hands touch the ground and with that leverage, he lifted his whole body up into a handstand while using his left leg to stretch out to kick Ryoga.
Ryoga saw the handstand and the kick coming, so he slowed down his forward kick to spin around and avoid the blow while launching a wicked roundhouse that connected into Ranma's waist, which easily knocked Ranma to the left side.
Ranma felt a slight pain in his right side and shunted some ki to ease the pain slightly as he rolled to the side to lessen the blow of the kick.
Once he was out of the reach of Ryoga, he leapt straight into the air to launch a fake jump kick, which Ryoga moved to the side to try to avoid the kick, but once he done so, Ranma reacted. Ranma sailed past Ryoga, but he launched his right fist forward.
Ryoga's instinct snapped into action and he used his left hand to slap it aside as if it wasn't even a decent punch.
Ranma landed to the left of Ryoga. He immediately bent his knees once more, as he was prepared to launch another attack, but no one can see him slightly grin. His slight grin was of the remembrance of the past fights they had, though not as serious as this and definitely not to the death.
"Heh…..come on Ranma…….show me what you learned………..before you left the others to die…………," Ryoga bear his fangs as he snarled at Ranma.
"Shut up P-chan……..I couldn't do anything……and why blame me for all this?! What did you do at a time like that huh?! What did you do?!"
"SHUT UP RANMA!!! AND STOP CALLING ME P-CHAN!!!!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL ME THAT……….DIE!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga leapt into the air, which Ranma did also.
Ryoga launched another punch straight at Ranma, which Ranma tilted his head to the right for a few inches to let the punch go by.
Ranma smirked when he was in the air, after all, the Anything Goes Martial Arts, specializes in aerial combat, and boy was Ryoga going to get a piece of it.
Ranma immediately faked his first right jab to pull it back and let the left first head straight into Ryoga's face. Ranma spun himself slightly to produce a little more power into his left fist, but was immediately blocked as Ryoga brought up his right arm and it took the blow, but Ranma was not finished.
Since Ranma was still spinning, he let his right foot stick out and of course the traditional roundhouse kick came in, which now slammed into Ryoga's waist, but Ranma was still not done.
Since Ryoga took that blow, he spun a little for the force of the roundhouse made him spin a little. While he spun though, Ranma twisted his body slightly to level with Ryoga face to face. When that happened, he let brought both of his hands back and mentally shunted ki into his fist. He felt the ki surge into his fist and then with a voice of hope, he fought back with life this time.
"KASHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!!!!!!!!"
Ranma launched a flurry of ki-enhanced punches, as they grew stronger in intensity and speed as he pushed himself to the max to take down his rival that was bent on destroying him. Ryoga took the blows, everyone one them, since he couldn't do anything else.
Once that was done, both of them landed on the ground….well actually one landed feet first while the other crashed into the dirt as if he was performing a belly flop on land.
Ryoga grunted as he hit the floor, but he didn't feel that much pain. He was trained to endure all that brute force since he undergone Amazon Wu- shu techniques, which basically had him being pummeled by a giant boulder to toughen his body. This was nothing compare to that massive boulder that basically smacked him over and over again.
"Come on……that didn't feel like anything…………heh……boy you must have been slacking off……but no matter……I'm still going to kill ya….so you don't need to worry about training….." Ryoga snickered once more as he got up again.
"Oh really?" Ranma cocked his head to his side as he gave his all- knowing smirk like he knew what was going to happen next.
Once those words escaped from Ranma's mouth, Ryoga felt his body muscles suddenly constrict themselves and just stop right there, while parts of his body went into lock and he fell back into the dirt as he was somewhat in a paralyzed mode.
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?!!!"
Ranma shrugged and walked up to Ryoga to crouch right next to him and just look at him straight into the eye.
"Not much, just hit some of your pressure points when I used my Amaguriken technique. I didn't just hit you cause I just want to hit some parts in your body, I was also trying to nail pressure points and areas to lock you up and make you wallow in your misery……heh…….P-chan……" Ranma smirked.
"DAMN YOU!!! I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THEM!!!!"
Ranma's eyes suddenly narrowed and his fist clenched once more as he heard Ryoga blame him for the problem.
"I didn't do anything nor could I do anything! It happens so fast that I couldn't react at all!!!!!" Ranma's eyes felt wet as he screamed at Ryoga who was pointing the fault towards him.
"IMPOSSIBLE!! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
"THEN WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO P-CHAN!! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO SAVE THEM?!!!!!!"
Ranma screamed back at Ryoga who was still die hard in his decision just to blame everything at him.
"I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga's ki erupted once more as his depressive sickly green aura surrounded him as he recalled the memory of where he lost a large part of his life and heart. Everything was wiped out in a matter of seconds and in those seconds; he lost himself to that sudden destruction that tore everything away from him.
Ryoga's eyes were wet with tears as they trickled down his cheeks and fell to the ground while Ryoga blinked. Suddenly he tasted some of his tears as some of them also touched his mouth and he tasted the bitter saltiness of it.
"I………I couldn't do anything………I…..I was what you said….I was…….I.. was P-chan….. Akane found me in the back of the dojo…..she picked me up and brought me to the porch where everyone was…………and then that bright light appeared and bodies burned…..I heard there scream and then I saw you panic and leap around, but because of the flames, I couldn't find you nor could I find anyone else………….then the next minute, I wasn't in Nermia anymore. I ran around trying to look for help, but I end up in another town………….."
At that time Ranma pushed some more pressure points to knock off the moves that made Ryoga lock up. Then he wrapped his arms around his rival and hugged him tight, which Ryoga in turn cried and hugged him too. They both clutched onto each other like old friends and they both cried their long forgotten tears that they vowed to not do, but it was right for them to. For they lost everything and all they had was each other, though rivals throughout life, it was still a connection, a connection to the past, which they pushed aside to forget.
"WHY?!! Why can't it be your fault Ranma!!!!" Ryoga pounded Ranma and slammed his hand onto Ranma's shoulders why he cried even more and tasted more of those tears of pain.
Ranma grunted and took the pain, but he clutched his rival as they both wept for their innocence.
Katsuhito, Ryoko and Tenchi stared at them two as they could feel the sadness and loss from those two. They kept their mouth shut and just watched those two unchain their hearts and let it loose.
Both fallen warriors……..warriors of heart that lost something so dear…they may be rivals, but united by a purpose to fulfill……truly a monumental event, but also one of the most heart wrenching moments too. From that crisis in the past, it was that thing that they separated, but also united them even stronger for whatever purpose they need to fill.
Tenchi stared at the ground while his grandfather stared at them. Such a sad sight, yet something to happy about in a way, Ranma found someone from his past.
Ryoko used one of her sleeves to wipe the wetness on her eyes. It was one of the most intense moment she ever seen in her life. Something lost and gained at the same time. I hope whatever they are striving to fulfill, I hope they accomplish it and live off their life peacefully without constantly being haunted by their past.
Finally after a few more minutes, the tears slowly stopped as Ranma and Ryoga couldn't really cry anymore, not because they don't want too, but they just can't right now. Its still not really time for mourning, no…..they have a mission to finish, the final act to end everything.
Ryoga looked at Ranma and nodded at him.
"So….I guess you gotten a bit stronger?"
Ranma smirked and nodded slightly as he sniffled a little.
"Yeah, so did you, that kick almost cracked one of my ribs……"
"Heh…….it was meant to……."
Both suddenly smirked at each other, though sure they were rivals, but that didn't mean they can't really have a conversation once in awhile…
"But do you know who did it?"
Ranma shook his head sadly while Ryoga lowered his head in loss.
"No….I tried to investigate what happened, I even tried going back home, but it was sealed off by the police. They are investigating it and they don't want any help by anyone else."
"Damn you Ranma, I always knew you run from everything……like from our fight.….heh you even run away from the authority when they tell you too…."
Ranma snorted in defiance to what Ryoga said.
"Oh yeah P-chan?! At least I am able to get back there at good timing, you would probably go around the world twice and then probably end up in America or something……."
"Shut the hell up Ranma!! Its all your fault for not being a man and finding out what happened!!"
"Who you calling unmanly, better staying human than being a stupid pig, P-chan!"
And of course, rivals also have to have their customary insults and arguments as the two most powerful martial artists go into their lovely banter.
While they went at it with their insults, the audiences just stared in amazement. At one moment, they were killing each other, in action to rip one another apart, and then they were hugging and crying. Now they were back to bickering and it looks like they were probably going back to slugging the crap out of each other.
"How…..how is this possible?!!! No on is this bad?!" Tenchi stared at them two.
Ryoko just smirked and smiled. She was happy that they were fighting again, but it wasn't one of those killing fights that meant to end someone's life because of depression and anger, no just a fight because it was rivalry. Of course, seeing those nice tight muscles moving around helped a lot too…..
Heh…..it seems those two are big rivals……hmmm I guess the only way they can talk to each other is by bantering and insulting one another…. Its as if they are bringing the past back to life, but a past which was considered the greatness of their life. As if their innocence was still in them…….. I just hope they stay this way.
Katshuito shook his head gently and coughed lightly.
"Ryoga?…That's your name right? Welcome to Masaki Shrine…."
Ryoga turned his head to the three and saw some old man in priest robes, which had a lot of wrinkles, but he looked like a warrior. He saw that the old man stood straight and proud as if he had something to be proud of, but the way he stood was a bit graceful…..graceful like a fighter. Ryoga narrowed his eyes to study him, but couldn't pick out anything, so his eyes shifted to the others. He saw another individual who looked like the old man, but had a pigtail, shorter than Ranma though. This young man radiated a lot of power, though not similar to ki, its very different yet equal or perhaps more powerful than it. Then of course he shifted his eyes to the next person, a young female who had very generous assets, which triggered his cheeks to redden. Once he saw the assets sway a little, his cheeks turned to a darker red, but what was scary that made him shiver was the grin and that glint in her eye. It was as if she was going to eat him up right here and it didn't feel good. He recalled that same feeling with that psycho girl who adored animals and basically named them…………….bah that was damn scary…..and this girl radiated that possessive nature as if she was going to capture him….and dress him up…….ugh……………..
Ranma smirked as Ryoga blushed, but he nudged him to make him shake out of his stupor.
"Yo P-chan, wake up little piggie, Katshuito just welcomed you here."
"Eh?"
"P-CHAN!!! WAKE UP!!!"
Ryoga snapped his head as he shook his head out of that trance of fear and that psycho girl who basically want him to dress up in so many little outfits when he was that damn cursed piglet.
"Uh…..uh…..yeah yeah………uh thanks…Masaki Shrine….uh huh…..got it…..nice place…..yeah nice place……."
Ryoga scratched his head sheepishly, hoping no one thinks he is weird or something like that.
"Well enough with the chit chat! I'm starving for my sake! Come on boys, Sasami is going to get mad at us for taking this long! Lets get going!"
Katshuito nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes, we better get going or the food need to be warmed up again. You young man, do you need a meal? The Masaki Shrine helps all those in need and you may have a meal if you wish?"
Ranma nudged Ryoga to make him just say yes.
"Come on P-chan! Just say yes! It wouldn't hurt that bad. Suck it in and just do it."
Ryoga scratched his head one more time as he just nodded at the old priest.
"Thank you….." Ryoga gulped a little as he swallowed his pride.
"Alright! Lets go! FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma raced to the house with a trail of dust behind him and a breeze of the wind that picked up everyone's hair.
"Damn you Ranma!!!!!!!! SAVE SOME FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Immediately another trail of dust leapt up from the ground and another breeze went up by the sudden speed……..but toward the opposite way of the house.
Ryoko and Tenchi facefaulted immediately while Katshuito had a stern and serious face, but if you look closely, you could see his eyebrow cringe a little and a small sweatdrop forming.
"He……he is running………the the…..wrong way………"
"And……and its right in front of him………," Ryoko finished Tenchi's sentence when they both took their head out of the dirt.
"He will come back soon…….come…..let us eat…….," Katshuito walked away with that sweatdrop still on his head.
Meanwhile back in the house, the remaining members of the Masaki household had their faces plastered on the table while their stomachs roared far louder than those demonic lionets at Landerus II. The only one who wasn't groaning was Sasami who was waving her kitchen knife around.
"I'm sorry guys, but until Ranma-san and the others arrive, we are not going to eat."
The gang on the table looks pitiful as they just had mouths wide open and drool coming out, as they smell the delicious aroma from the kitchen.
"Ryoko, you stupid bimbo! Hurry up and get here! A princess must eat at the most appropriate times! That is a Jurian etiquette and this is a good time to eat!!!!!" Ayeka fumed as she was starving.
"Oh woe…….my grandson and father are surely playing a cruel joke on me……woe is me….." Nobuyuki cried as his stomach continue to growl.
"Hmmm……according to my calculations……I will be growling in………..5 ……4……3……….2……."
Before Washu could finish, she heard her stomach growl before her countdown was finished. That immediately caused her head to slam onto table, which shook it for a few seconds.
"Ugh…..I can't even calculate my growling time! I AM SO HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone besides Sasami sweatdropped as they heard that from Washu.
"Kiyoneeeeeeeeeee! I am soooooooooooo hungry……………….."
A blonde, ditzy individual clutched her stomach, as she felt so weak sitting in the dining room. All her body parts weighs like a ton since she is so hungry from the waiting. Though she hardly look fat, not at all. All those generous curves easily could spot her as one of the most beautiful in the galaxy, though with one of the lowest IQs…..
"Stop complaining Mihoshi! We just ate an hour ago! Especially when you finished that last candy bar, which I saved for myself while we were on our way here!"
An attractive young female with a headband on her was trying to sit diligently as if she was under training and she was well prepared for anything. She had a serious expression that somewhat marred her beauty since she was astonishingly beautiful. It's a wonder how the police in the galaxies were able to score such stunning babes as officers of the law.
"Like I said Mihoshi…this is training. Galaxy Police is about protecting the innocents and enduring hardships! Just not eating for a few measly hours will not stop us………..ugh……"
Immediately a low growl was issued from her tummy, which made Kiyone grimaced and scratch her head lightly while she cursed herself for being famished.
"I know Kiyoneeeeeeeeee, but I'm still hungry!!!!!"
"Sorry Mihoshi-san, but you just have to wait until Ranma-san re……….."
Before Sasami could finish her words, she heard a large din coming from the front porch.
"MOVE ASIDE!!!!!! THE FOOD IS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Not on your life!!! SAKE AND SUSHI IS ALL MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Please stop fighting………"
"Kids these days………."
The porch door slid open and a gush of wind erupted into the room, which Ranma appeared with Ryoko clinging onto him, trying to make him stop from getting on the food, though she didn't mind feeling all those tight muscles.
"RYOKO!!!!! HOW DARE YOU TARDY THIS DINNER, WHICH SASAMI HAS GRACIOUSLY MADE FOR US!!!!!!!"
"Hey brat! Its not my fault, Ranma here, ran off and we got into a little scuffle before everything can clear up!"
"I will not tolerate your rudeness and behavior, Ryoko, but of course you are like this you uncouth pirate."
"Hey, hey! How dare you call me that you spoiled brat! Well fine, you eat all the food then, its probably best since you are one fat princess!"
Ryoko pulled down one of her eyes and put out her tongue while making a face at Ayeka.
"This is outrageous! How dare you insult a member of the royal House of Jurai! Kiyone! Mihoshi! Arrest this space pirate!"
Ayeka turned around to look at the two individuals who were slouched in their seats, too hungry too move, barely have enough energy to raise their voices.
"Um….um…..Ayeka-san……..I know why don't we all just eat our dinner…..and we can talk our way through it….um……..yeah." Mihoshi nodded her head in excitement while she was eyeing the kitchen, waiting for Sasami to come out with the food.
"No! I will not tolerate this! You Galaxy Police will end this or I will personally talk to the Chief of your precinct and have you demoted!!"
Kiyone's eyes shot wide open.
"Um…..but…I'm hungr…..mmmmmppphhhh" Mihoshi tried to speak, but her mouth was covered by Kiyone's hands.
"Shut up Mihoshi! Of course Princess Ayeka of the Noble House of Jurai! We will arrest Ryoko, the wanted pirate in twelve different galaxies!"
With one hand covering Mihoshi's mouth, the other hand was reaching down to her blaster to take aim at Ryoko.
"Good…..ooooooo ho ho ho, I guess the infamous Ryoko will be finally punished, since she is a no-good bimbo that is rude and obnoxious! Now Sasami! The food, where is it?"
Ayeka turned to Sasami who was smiling happily at them.
"Um…..I already put some of the plates on the table.
Everybody turned to the table and saw plates, but no food. None of the sushi was there, except there were some sake bottles. All the food was gone, even small crumbs, its as if the plates were never used.
"But..but……there not here! Where are the food…..it just can't…………."
Before Ayeka could finish, she heard some sounds of munching and crunching, which everyone turned to the couches in the living room. Right there was some individual, a very muscular and good-looking individual, shoveling down all the food on the plates from the table into his stomach.
"My word…..he is a healthy fellow…."
"My food……………" Nobuyuki's eyes watered as he waited over two hours for it.
As they continue to stare, in under a minute, all of it was gone. The food on the table was enough for two-dozen people, but Ranma with the famous Saotome appetite ate it all without any hindrances or stomach aches.
"The….the….food……."
"Its….its been eating…….."
"By…..by that man……………."
"Thanks Sasami-chan, that was some good food! Just as good as Kasumi's!"
Sasami blushed as she grabbed her apron and fiddled with it when she heard the compliment from Ranma.
"Thank you Ranma-san……"
Her cheeks turned into a deeper red when she thanked him.
Of course Ranma was looking at only Sasami, he wasn't look at the other people who had some twitching in their eyebrows and their lips that were suddenly itching all of a sudden.
Not just that, but some battle auras activated from a few individuals as they stared at Ranma and the empty plate.
"Is their any more Sasami-chan?"
"Um…..yes..there is a lot more!"
"Good! Bring it on!!!"
"OH NO YOU DON'T RANMA!!!!!!!!!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!"
Ayeka, Ryoko, and Nobuyuki roared as they leapt at Ranma and were prepared to throttle him.
"Yeesh…….I'm just hungry!"
Ranma backflipped over another couch and landed into a fighting stance while Ryoko had her energy blade out and Ayeka's little guardians were all floating around the living room. Nobuyuki on the other hand, had some funny angry face, but he couldn't do anything much since he is over- weight and had non-existent fighting abilities.
Ranma's instinct servos immediately kicked in to take the threat assessment.
……..Ayeka, the princess with a real snotty attitude…..though reminds me of Akane. Dangerous threat since she has that weird electric bolts plus her large guardians though I don't see them anywhere……..threat level……very high…
………Ryoko….some weird pirate….with some nice curves I have to admit…..bit sarcastic and a very pissed person. Not someone you want to anger that has some unique abilities to launch out weird red bolts like a ki-blast, but a different type of power. Also can focus it to a sword that can definitely cut through anything. It makes Kuno's stupid bokken like a toothpick…..threat level…..very high….
…….that dude, that pervert that was staring at my breasts…..ewwww…..very nasty fellow who is definitely over-weight and is already breathing heavily…his lack of nourishment already made him worse than he is…….he is insane to go against me…..don't know who he is…but I bet even Akane can take him down….that guy is worse than those idiots back in Furinkan High……..threat level…why even consider it…..its damn laughable…
Ranma set his plate on the ground and got into a fighting position.
"Alright! I'll take you all on! Since I'm somewhat filled, I got enough to dish out some crap at you people! BRING IT ON!!!!"
Ranma stood there and brought up his right hand to taunt them to fight him by flicking out his fore finger on his right hand and waving at them to come forward.
"ALL RIGHT!!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko rushed forward with her energized sword in the air and was about to slash at him while Ayeka fired one of her Jurian electrical bolts.
Nobuyuki on the other hand………well he just stood there and um……sort of panted and did nothing…….
As Ryoko's sword came down, Ranma smirked and moved.
The sword missed Ranma completely as he side-stepped and launched a snapkick into Ryoko's stomach, which made her stagger a little.
Then he twirled to the side and dodged the electrical blast with another beautifully made flip, followed by a forward somersault and a handstand that he used to push himself into the air and landed behind Ayeka.
Then he spun himself and jabbed forward at a speed of a fraction slower of one of his famous punching move that easily can launch punches at speeds that were ludicrous for ordinary human beings.
Ayeka felt some pressure in her back, which she immediately stepped forward and turned around to face Ranma. When she saw him and his confident smirk, her knees started buckling, then she saw those beautiful eyes once more, she felt like mush and she just want to melt right there.
"I guess….this means you lost…"
Heh….that was quite easy…shiatsu comes quite handy when you don't want to hurt the person.
Ahhh…..what a hunk…no wait Tenchi is my man……but but…….Ranma looks so….chunky……..yummmm………..
If Ranma were able to hear that, he would start doubting if his shiatsu can really stun and take down an opponent.
Ranma then smirked and walked to Nobuyuki and with a flick of his hand on Nobuyuki's forehead, the father of Tenchi fell down and hit the floor with the back of his head, which caused a loud racket and knocked the guy unconscious.
"Geez…..even Mr. Tendo could take more beating than this guy…heck Gosunkungi probably can dish out more of a fight than this fellow……………man I feel sorry whomever's father that is….."
Tenchi sweated while Katshuito muttered to himself in why his daughter marries such a fat slob. Though he approved of him before, in the present time, he wasn't what he was before lets just say and lets leave it at that………….
"Heh, I'm unstoppable! I am the greatest martial artist!! Nothing can really stop me……..heh…..I'm just……."
"Miyaaaaaa…………….." A cute cabbit appears out of nowhere and smiles happily to see that same guy who was playing with him before…..
"ARGH!!!!!!!!! CAT!!!!!!! STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Before another action can be taken, Kiyone fell back and was held onto by a massive figure that was quite proportioned and was hugging her tightly, though she didn't mind much except that his head was in between her breasts. It made her angry and a bit annoyed, though the way he hugged her was of fear, yet it looked somewhat romantic and the feeling from that guy was amazing.
She never felt so warm in her life, a soothing warm that washes over her as Ranma's ki was flooded out and connected to the nearest person who was Kiyone. She felt every ounce of emotions that she hardly felt before. Passion and happiness grew in her while her face turned into a darker crimson color as Ranma buried his head even deeper into her valleys.
"Awwww…..look Kiyone! That man likes you a lot! Is he your boyfriend that you didn't tell your best friend about?!"
Everyone else facefaulted as they realized what Mihoshi said since she never seen what happened, but immediately they got up when they saw Ryo- ohki approach Ranma who didn't want to see or hear the cabbit at all……
"I'm not hearing anything….no no…….no cat's sound….no…..ca…..cat……..at all………….yeah……..none at all……….."
Ranma hugged Kiyone tightier as if a lover's embrace was going on, though Kiyone was embarrassed and somewhat happy at they same time. She felt angry that he has his um……face buried……in her womanly assets, but she felt so warm and comforted in the way he is hugging her……..quite a dilemma.
To the others besides Mihoshi, Kiyone and Sasami, it was a time to act.
"GET THAT CABBIT AWAY FROM HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone else besides Katshuito dived forward at the cabbit as they tried to take her away from the lunatic martial artist that can easily erupt into that frenzy and create chaos once more.
"MOVE!!! MOVE!!! MOVE!!!! GET THAT CABBIT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tenchi screamed while trying to lunge for it, but Sasami got to it first.
Sasami picked up Ryo-ohki by her waist easily and leveled her up to her face.
"Now see here Ryo-ohki, whenever you see Ranma….you have to stay away from him, don't let him see you at all, okay?"
"Miya…….Miya?" Ryo-ohki looked sad since she wanted to play with her new friend more.
"I know you want to play with him, but you just got to stay away until he gets better okay?"
"Miyaaaaaa……" Ryo-ohki flew into the air and went through the ceiling to go into the second floor.
Everyone fell to the floor, relieved that nothing happened.
"Um….ano…..Did Ryo-ohki just disappear?" Mihoshi used her right hand to touch her cheek and tilted her head in a questioning face.
Everyone facefaulted while Katshuito had a slight twitch in his eye.
"Um….um……she isn't here…..there is not cat….ummmm……no……"
"Geez Kiyone, how long you going to hold him there. Share the wealth why don't ya….." Ryoko grinned at Kiyone who had Ranma embracing her tightly and she noticed the massively rippling of the muscles, which made her want to grab them and rub herself all over it.
"Um…yeah Kiyone! Once your done, can I have some too?"
Everyone facefaulted once more as they turned to Mihoshi and her famous ditzy behavior that can cause more headaches then any Trojan Horse virus in some super frame computer.
"Yeah and I want to perform experiments! So leave some for me!"
Washu grinned evilly as she rubbed her hands as she envisioned an experiment with him naked in a lab table and her with a nurse outfit, some latex gloves and five gallons of empty flasks that were going to be used while she used her delicate "magic hands" to make a physical check.
Washu's eyes glazed over and she had a stupor look for once that made everyone turn to her besides Ranma who was still buried in Kiyone's chest though not really realizing how he got there and why its so soft.
Hmm…..it feels so comfortable……I could rest in this nice pillow all day..ahh…a good nice nap would do wonders….perhaps I could forget it all……
Mmmmm……..come here my guinea pig….your all mine……come here……
"Mother………..that is one weird look……."
"I agree with you for once Ryoko, your mother looks quite stupid….it must run in the family…"
"Now who you talking! I am much better looking than my………..AH!!!!!"
"Who you calling ugly! I am the most beautiful and most intelligent being walked in this universe!!! I am Washu-chan!!!"
Confetti appeared out of nowhere as if to celebrate her youthfulness and a giant sign appeared saying how young, beautiful, and intelligent she is. She is the greatest, one of a kind, something no one would see in a long while…..she is the best!
While that was going on, Ayeka and Ryoko lay on the ground with two large 12 foot statues made of concrete on top of them. They look like they are going to be out for a while.
"Ouch…..that has got to hurt………….."
Katshuito nodded his head in agreement with a slight sweatdrop on his forehead when he heard Washu called herself cute.
"Um…..when do you think Ranma will let go?"
Everyone turned to Ranma once more as he had his face in there.
"ZzzzzzzZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" A loud snore was heard erupting from Ranma's peaceful slumber.
Every facefaulted, including Katshuito who has never been seen doing this, though the only who can't is Kiyone who has someone on top of her and has his face in between her cleavage.
Everyone groaned and slowly got up.
"Um……does that mean that guy is asleep? Boy, Kiyone, you have one lousy boyfriend….." Mihoshi strikes once more.
WHAM!! Everyone hits the deck once more and the house moved up and down from the shockwave of the collective facefaults that developed once more.
"Ughhhhhh…….that was the dumbest thing I heard from Mihoshi….there is nothing dumber than that……" Washu groaned as she tried to slowly pick herself up while sporting two bruises on her head.
But since she said those few fateful words, Fate must step in and give Reason a kick in the ass as he was punted off to next week and Fate decided to inject the inevitable Mihoshi dumber remark 101.
"HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!! HE JUMPED ON ME AND NOW HE IS SLEEPING ON ME!!!!!"
MIHOSHI DUMBER REMARK 101 has been activated and now in 3….2…1……….INITATE.
"Oh….then why don't you just push him off?"
WHAM!!!! Once more the house shakes and everyone's heads are on the floor.
"……….me and my big mouth…..I shouldn't have said that…..of course, Mihoshi can say something dumber than that….ughhhhh………."
Everyone groaned as they had a small concrete block on each of their heads as they facefaulted as if to emphasize the stupidness of what Washu said.
Of course Reason was crying and rubbing his sore ass as he heard about the patheticness of how ditzy Mihoshi is and what Washu said was of course inevitable to have a dumber remark. Though of course, Fate was there laughing her head off and rolling on the ground with Destiny choking on her laugh too as she clutched her stomach and tried to breathe.
"Sometimes I wonder if the gods are against me………………." Washu groaned once more as she tried to push the concrete block off her head.
If she could have heard the gods laughing, she would have figured out the answer already.
Of course, typically there would be the Kiyone retort 121.
"OF COURSE I TRIED!!!!"
That is a loud yelling with full of frustration and anger pointed at the ditzy Mihoshi.
"Then um….in that case……why don't you let him sleep on you?"
WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!! A continuous succession of facefaults happened once more while Washu is slamming her head to the floor repeatedly.
"WHY CAN'T MIHOSHI BE LOGICAL SO I CURE HER DITZINESS!!! WHY KAMI- SAMA?!!! WHY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course in Heaven, all the gods and goddess are in an uproar with a loud din of laughter erupted and people were rolling heads…….especially with Fate and Destiny whom were nearly on the verge of dying from laughter, though I don't know if that is possible if gods can die by laughing, but they are quite close.
"We got to stop facefaulting…………………ughhhhhhhhhh" Tenchi tried to get up, not even his Jurian powers were helping him. They appeared to protect him during the Kain crisis, during the revolution with Kagato, and also even the Light Hawk Wings appeared too with his hour at need, but its not helping at all right now. It seems sheer stupidity negates all protection from the noble house of Jurai.
"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh……" Ryoko's eyes were glazed over from repeatedly being slammed into the ground………..so I guess it negates the gems on Ryoko too.
"Oi…that hurts….." Sasami rubbed her nose slightly as she hurt it when she also slammed her face to the floor after hearing the sheer stupidity of Mihoshi.
"WHY KAMI-SAMA WHY?!!!" The continuation of head banging of Washu continues.
Everyone besides Mihoshi and Washu were sweatdropping as they saw Washu just bash her head onto the wooden panels.
"Um…..Ryoko? Did your mother crack or something?"
As those words were being told, Ryoko was behind Washu and was gripping her energized sword to lop off her psycho mother's head.
"Um…uh…..what?"
Ryoko immediately hid the energized sword behind her back when she turned to Ayeka who was asking her a question.
"Um…uh…..I have no idea what your talking about….I um…am going to ease her suffering….yeah…….ease her suffering….."
Everyone developed another bead of sweat as they saw Ryoko cackling evilly as she planned to end her twisted mother's life.
"Ughhh…..well um……what should we do now?" Tenchi looked at everyone while Nobuyuki was staring at Ranma who was sleeping on Kiyone's nicely developed chest.
Damn…..that guy is lucky….how the hell is he able to pull that off? I may never know….but man…I would love to put my head on that chick's chest that I saw when I got out of the furo that time…………..man….that was special…….
Cue in the hentai look and at once, Nobuyuki's mouth went wide open and his hands open wide and trying to squeeze something. His eyes gleamed as they had a far away fantasy look and saliva slowly dribbled down his mouth and clung to his chin.
"I think first off Tenchi, you should beat the crap out of your dad who is probably daydreaming about us…..ewwwwwwww" Ayeka sniffed in disdain as they witnessed Nobuyuki's transformation into a hentai.
Katshuito coughed lightly and muttered how Nobuyuki is a real idiot right now. His eyebrows twitched, as he was frustrated from all those facefaulting and sweating.
"We should wake up Ranma and try to reorganize ourselves. This dinner turned into a disaster. Sasami is their any more food?"
Sasami nodded her head happily as she clapped her hands together.
"Of course! I made quadruple portions of what we usually eat since Ranma-san arrived. I'm guessing he eats quite a lot, so I made a lot of food. So don't worry, there is plenty more to come!"
Everyone's eyes started to sparkle into happiness as they saw Sasami as their savior.
"Good and Ryoko, don't try to hurt your mother…..she is in a nervous breakdown, just give her some time to cool off."
Ryoko was throttling Washu's neck who was already laughing like crazy.
"HaHa………..HAHA……..Mihoshi is illogical……HAHAHA……….haha…"
Once more a large amount of sweatdrops appeared in the house.
"Damn……..just a few more seconds and I'll be done with her too."
More collective sweatdrops formed, its as if there was going to be a flood in the house.
"Um…I'll go get the food….."
"YAY!!! Kiyone did you hear that! Food!"
Kiyone nodded her head, though she had a really crimson face due to someone on top of her. She finally lost her annoyance since she felt really, really comfortable and really warm from the contact of Ranma. She knew nothing about ki, but one thing she does know, getting close to Ranma feels good, perhaps she should try to do this more with him. This idea provoked another flush in the face as Ranma continued to sleep in her feminine assets.
Everyone went to their seats except Washu who was on the floor still cackling her head off and muttering incoherent sentences about reason and stupidity. The Tenchi crew just forgot about her since there was something more important than a person, which was filling their bellies with a delicious helping of Sasami's wondrous cooking.
Sasami soon popped out of the kitchen and set more plates of food and as everyone grabbed their chopsticks and were about to dive into the piles and piles of vegetables and succulent meats, someone decided to wake up to that delicious aroma.
Sniff……sniff…..the nose twitched a little as his mouth started opening and closing in preparation to eat.
His hands clenched slightly and sounds of bone cracking were made as his fingers wiggled a little in preparation to grab anything.
Finally his eyes started to slowly open as if he could actually envision the food, which was about a foot or two away from him.
"OH CRAP!!!!! RANMA IS WAKING UP!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THE FOOD AWAY!!!!!!!!!" Tenchi screamed as he saw Ranma slowly moving and his instincts just screamed at him to get into action.
Immediately at full alert, everyone grabbed the plates of food on the table and all raced in different directions. What is more hilarious is seeing some old geezer holding a plate full of teriyaki chicken and watching his scrawny legs run with his clothes billowing around him. Katshuito, the priest of the Masaki Shrine and warrior of Jurai, a powerful being that everyone respects. His wisdom has been constantly searched for and his battle prowess was almost never equal too. He was a warrior…………a warrior on the run because he was hungry and to hell with honor. The stomach came first!
Ryoko teleported to the roof with three bottles of sake and also with a plate of teriyaki chicken, which was tantalizing her taste buds and so she just got to eat that chicken! No one…..and I MEAN NO ONE is going to eat her food! Her battle aura leapt out and the roof suddenly cackled with energy as her powers turned the roof to a slight tinge of red. She was going to enjoy it and no one is going to take anything from her. Then perhaps after that a little snack, which consist of Tenchi, Ranma and a whip. That would make her day perfect.
Of course the others were running all around the house, hiding in bedrooms, closets, laundry mat, or heck even in the furo. The only few beings in the table was Mihoshi, who is a ditz and has no clue what is going on, Kiyone, who was stuck anyways since Ranma still is on top of her, but she doesn't really mind that much, Sasami, who was giggling happily since she thought this was some game and it seems quite fun, and the legendary devourer of foods, the never-ending vacuum brand called Ranma Saotome who snapped his eyes wide open and his predator senses activated when he smell the aroma.
One word escaped his lips, it wasn't an evil word, but the way he said it was sure as hell freaky.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma backflipped off of Kiyone and landed on the ground with his fists opening and closing, as if ready to go snatch some meals out of the air.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma's eyes blazed as his stomach roared in unison with his voice. No fruit, vegetable, or meat will escape him. He was a Saotome and they live by their code of honor and their damn cursed stomach.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
His mouth went wide as his teeth blazed out; a tiny trickle of saliva appeared in his mouth as it escaped from it and went to trickle down to his chin. He instinctive used his right hand to wipe off the saliva, but that in no way was going to satisfy his hunger.
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sasami laughed and clapped her heads as if she thought this was some type of show. Ranma-san looks so cute, though a bit weird since he looks like a predator on the hunt, but he is cute. A different cute from Tenchi since Tenchi was like a noble cute, he had all this power, but displays this shy cuteness. On the other hand, this Ranma was a mysterious person, he displays maturity in some points, but at other points, he is just some little five year old that wants everything. Though in both ways, his maturity and child-like demanding made him cute too. Sasami smiled, but not an ordinary child-like smile, more of an adult smile that had seen a lot in her life and it was more of a person who was older and more understanding. It was a loving adult smile.
Ranma-san………….Ranma…….you light up my life……..and my heart…..what kind I do for you? I feel so different when I'm around you……why? I do not know…but this…this feeling….it….it makes me want to be…..want to be with you………maybe……..perhaps………
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma raced around the household and went to search for his preys with his hands open wide and his mouth ready to gobble down anything.
Um…….well perhaps……we need to work on your food habits…….but…overall you have a good heart……..one to…..to……..one to…………lo..
Before the sentence could be finished Sasami's smile was gone and the smile of a child returned.
"Yay! This game is fun! Come on Kiyone-san! Lets go play!"
Kiyone on the other hand laid right there and touched her chest lightly as she recalled the disappearance of the warmth she felt that made her feel so light-headed yet so calming and peaceful. Once Ranma leapt away from her body contact, she felt the warmth immediately extinguish. She…..she wants to feel that again…..yes she really really wants to feel that again………
"Right Sasami! Lets go get Ranma!"
If I meet him again, perhaps I can feel that same sensation again.
Kiyone flushed slightly, but then ignored the flush since she was on a mission. A mission to meet Ranma and perhaps encourage him to get to know her and maybe…um…eh…urrrr……..maybe get together….since I really like to have a boy…..boy……..well whatever its called…..
"Kiyoneeeeeeeeee…….our food……….."
"Shut up Mihoshi! Come on! We have to get to Ranma before he gets all the food!"
Of course I need to get to him before he gets the food….no telling what those girls may do to him….he..he needs me…..and…um….I need him…..yeah! We fit each other like a puzzle! We are two broken pieces, now complete! I got to have him!
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee logic is impossible……hahhahaha………………"
Oh……I forgot…..Washu is still here….never mind…..that will take awhile before she snaps out of her trance. That part when she bashed her head constantly on the floor probably made her go temporarily insane……I wonder if Celista Moon Asylum will accept a crazy mad scientist…..they haven't got many of those lately………hmmmm well never mind…better go get Ranma.
Kiyone and Sasami raced off after the hunk while Mihoshi sat right next to Washu.
"Ummm……Washu-chan? Um……are you okay?"
If anyone heard that, it would be an automatic facefault, which would also include the broken genius, but she is off in her own world, so reality isn't kicking into her.
"Weeeeeeee…………….Mihoshi………is illogical………….reason….is illogical. I am…………illogical……….unexplainable…….."
Washu used a finger and started to flicker her lip up and down as she continued to make funny noises.
"You are funny person Washu………" Mihoshi giggled while watching her.
For Washu, lucky she snapped because if she was back to her normal self, she would be experiencing what everyone would call……hell….with Mihoshi…..
The next day, the sun peeked out, as the skies were blue and sounds of fishes swimming in the lake were heard. The squirrels ran around the field and the giant tree in the lake swayed with the light breeze. It was a comfortable day, something to enjoy and perhaps do a little chore.
With the flight of steps that led to the Masaki Shrine, which was well known to give blessed luck, stood a young individual in priest clothes, as he swept the concrete floor for any dust.
He casually flickered the pigtail behind his back and let the wind sweep through his hair. With a slight smirk, he went back to his work and continued to sweep through the dust that clung in the cracks of the floor that lead to the holy shrine.
He relaxed himself and let his body sway a little, as if he was following some beat, though no music was heard. Its as if he was one with nature, blending in with it and just moving around as if being guided by the beautiful earth.
He took in a deep breathe and let the sunlight pour through him. It felt wonderful and definitely relaxing. Then he turned his head to the left to see young tree slowly losing its colorful leaves. It had a multitude of colors as it contains the passionate orange, the fiery red, and the mundane brown. He stared at it and just wondered about his life.
All those leaves represented a fraction of his life. He was shedding his skin, his old leaves to grow new ones. New memories and times with a family that cares…..a family that cares…………
Immediately he duck low and somersaulted forward as he gracefully ducked under an object that was swung swiftly toward where he stood. Once he somersaulted forward, he sprung around and shot hit left hand in a perfect open palm punch with the motion of his spin, but at the same time an object appeared at his shoulder.
Time seem to stop as the two people stood there, one with his bokken leveled at the other's shoulders, while the other had his hand aimed at the waist, which would have made a devastating blow to any internal organs since it was aimed at a shiatsu point.
"Heh……you got me…..old man……"
"Heh…..not bad…..young one…….."
The old man lifted his bokken away from the man with the pigtail while that guy retracted his open palm strike. The pigtail martial artist stood up and bowed slightly to the old guy who in return bowed back in respect.
"Heh….it seems you were not slacking off Ranma…."
"Well I have been training ever since I was a small boy and the Art has been my life. During that time, I developed a good sense to detect danger……heh……and boy did I ever….especially two years ago…."
The old man smiled as he saw Ranma give his confident grin.
His fire is raging once more…….I see that warrior spirit blazing…..he is not the same that I saw him……..he once had that hurt in his eyes…..but he looks better now..
"Well…..enough with the sweeping, it seems you have cleaned the place a lot faster than I expected….."
"Heh…..Pops told me everything is training. So I used some ki to shunt into my body and to slightly speed up the cleaning process…"
Katshuito nodded his head slightly as he tilt his bokken to lie on one of his shoulders.
"Hmm….interesting thought of life…….though slightly skewed…but interesting enough……."
Ranma shrugged and twirled the broom around.
"I guess, but like I said……Pops made my life revolve around the Art…so yeah.."
"Yes…….I can recall that……" Katshuito instinctive rubbed the back of his neck as he recalled how Ranma appeared in front of him, his mouth watering, waiting to lunge at him for the chicken, which he tried to defend.
"The food is not yours! You must share Ranma! You are a guest in my household! You had your share…..and I want mine!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma rushed forward and saw Katshuito slash downwards with his bokken, but because he was hungry, he was a bit tad slower than his normal pace.
That few milseconds slower allowed Ranma to side-step and spin to the left of his opponent and appear right behind him.
"…………….crude……….."
That was the only thing he could say as Ranma struck like lightning and used his fingers to jab at Katshuito's neck, which triggered a lock in one of his nerves and that caused a burst of shock into his brain and shut it down.
All Katshuito could see was him falling down and Ranma gobbling down that taste chicken before he blacked out.….
"Good………..FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Katshuito rubbed his neck once more as he shivered from the sight of Ranma.
He looked like a wild animal, with his eyes narrowed and glowing and his nose sniffing constantly as if he was some tracker. His hands constantly clenched and unclenched. It was as if Ranma was acting like a big, voracious…..cat……very…very frisky……..but deadly as hell. He recalled the way he acted when he saw Ryo-ohki.
There must be something linked about Ranma and Ryo-ohki…..hmm Ranma said he was afraid of cats…..but what was it? What caused him to snap at that time? Can it be cats? Seems unlikely yet it is a sound theory since he is afraid of them and acted like one when he was after Ryo-ohki.
"Well Ranma, I came to tell you that Sasami would need your help. After yesterday, everything is practically wiped out in the pantry, so she needs to go buy more food. She was wondering if you were willing to come with her to go buy some."
Ranma nodded his head.
"Sure, might as well, since your better stock up as much food as you can cause I'm here……"
Yes….Ranma…..we need to stock….more like build a two-story building and fill it with food….actually a private marketplace would be better….that can help last us for a week or two with you Ranma……
"Yes….well Sasami is down at the house and waiting for you. If you need anymore help, you can ask my grandson, Tenchi, or anyone available to help you out."
Ranma smirked as he heard Katshuito telling him to ask anyone for help, which he usually doesn't.
"Don't worry, I pretty much can take care of it…..I didn't train this long to not able to do somethings……"
Katshuito nodded slightly.
"Very well then, well go, Sasami is waiting."
Ranma bowed and handed the broom to Katshuito to hold. Then he stretched himself lightly to let his muscles react. Once all the bones were done cracking, his unusual devil-may care smirk appeared and he was gone. A burst of wind trailed behind his run as he sped down the stairs and past the archway where Ryoko was.
Ryoko lay on the archway, staring at the beautiful sky and just taking her usual, normal day nap. She heard a slight sound from her left and so she turned her head to see a blur racing down the stairs. She knew it was Ranma since no one else can run that fast.
Ryoko casually waved at him, which Ranma easily noticed and waved back at the cyan-haired female. With a slight grin, Ryoko witnessed in a matter of milseconds as Ranma flew past her, running under the archway and heading off to the house.
Subconsciously, Ryoko rubbed her left leg as she recalled last night and how Ranma was able to catch her and basically eat her food…….
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!! YOU STAY BACK………..THIS IS MINE!!! I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU TRY TO STEAL IT!!!!!"
Ryoko held the plate of chicken closely to her chest while her right hand was holding a floating energized ball of power. It was definitely charging and probably can vaporize a house in a matter of seconds.
"DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING MY FOOD!!!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko cocked her right arm back and concentrated in shunting more power into her hand while Ranma stood in front of her, about a few meters away. They were on the roof with Ranma swaying left to right while his arms out stretched, wanting to grab the food. His eyes were still narrow and glowing while his body was somewhat a bit more tense than before, as if his instincts recalled how she fought and basically assessed her one more to decide the next course of action.
"YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY FOOD!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma stepped to the left and launched with his left leg to propel himself forward while bringing his arms up in a X-motion and letting his ki to wrap around him once more, to act like some kind of shield from the blast.
"YOU ASK FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko shot her hand forward and launched out her energized beam and let it explode on Ranma who was still flying at her, but the explosion lasted for a second as Ranma soar through it and with his left hand shooting out to jab her leg and his right hand with a speed of a bullet, taking the plate of chicken. Then he shot his legs forward to stop himself and slide around to turn his body around to face Ryoko and stuff himself with some chicken.
"YOU ASSHOLE!!! THAT WAS MY…..URK……………"
Ryoko fell to the ground as her left leg gave no response. Ranma hit a shiatsu point to deaden her leg and basically numb it so she can't do anything with it. Technically she is stuck there unless she teleports herself, but what can she do laying around…..absolutely nothing and so she watched her beloved chicken being swallowed…..
"Good…………………….FOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma disappeared as he leapt over the roof.
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma slid open the door on the front porch as his head popped into house.
"Sasami-chan? You there?"
"Hai Ranma-san! Coming!"
Sasami appeared and smiled happily at Ranma.
"I'm ready!"
Sasami twirled slightly to show off her dress. It was a single piece dress that went down to her knees. It was blue to match her hair and had some orange carrot buttons. It has had two handy pockets in the front of her dress. It definitely made her adorable and plus she was carrying a small black purse that she had slung over her left shoulder. She looked really cute.
Ranma smiled at Sasami as he saw what she wore. It was really nice. He then tilted his head a little to see Tenchi also.
"Yo Tenchi! I'm taking Sasami to the market! Take of the place!"
Tenchi nodded slightly.
"You don't need any help Ranma?"
"Nah I can handle it….come one Sasami-chan! Lets go get the stuff!"
"Okay!"
Sasami-chan grabbed Ranma's hand and pulled off the front porch to head down to the city.
At that time, Tenchi walked up to the front porch to slide the door close.
"Laters Tenchi!"
"Bye Tenchi-sama!"
Tenchi smirked and waved at them, but then with that same hand, he scratched his right arm since it was itching all over again. He recalled how that happened since Ranma appeared to steal the carrot stew.
"Yeesh….what happened? I hope Ranma isn't around………"
Tenchi jerked his head to the right, then to the left as he searched to see if Ranma was around.
He was currently in his room, actually more like in his closet. The stew, which was in the pot was in between in his legs and he slide the door close, but left enough opening to peek out if anyone was coming.
His heart beat rapidly as he sweated profusely. Ranma was in search for food! He can't let him have this! He was too hungry…..
"Fooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He…he is close…….
Tenchi peeked through the opening to see Ranma saunter in.
He walked in like a predator, taking each step at a time, but a cautious step, as if in preparation to pounce at his prey at any times. His head turned from side to side as he scanned his surroundings to find the meal. His hands were gripped tightly and you can hear the knuckles cracking.
Tenchi gulped slightly as he saw the intense fierceness that Ranma possessed to seek for the food. It was if Ranma was a demon incarnate…..much worse when he revived Ryoko…..and that was damn scary…..this made him want to piss in his pants.
Ranma scanned the room one more time and then he smirked.
Tenchi tensed himself, which cause him to blink.
As he blinked, Ranma wasn't in the room anymore. Tenchi peeked around, but didn't see anyone. With a sigh of relief, the stew was saved. He can have some for himself. As he grabbed the lid to open it, the door to the closet slid open…..
Tenchi looked up and gasped in fright to see Ranma standing there with his eyes glowing.
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tenchi shot his right hand out to stop Ranma, but in a blink of second, his arm was locked and it had some tingling feeling on it.
While he tried to scratch off the tingling feeling, he looked down to see the stew gone and then he looked up to see Ranma gone from the room.
He tilted his head out and heard a slight noise..
"GOOD……..FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Those words would forever echo the night as he scratched his arm furiously……
"So Sasami-chan, you like to cook?"
Sasami nodded his head in delight as she pranced around while holding onto Ranma's hand.
"I loved to cook! I use to watch the chefs back at home cooking for our guests. I then asked one of them to teach me since I didn't have much to do, so the head chef took me up as an apprentice and taught me everything he knew!"
"That is good! No wonder you make such good food! You must have a wonderful teacher!"
Sasami blushed and nodded.
"Yes, Ryou was a good chef and a good friend."
Both Ranma and Sasami were walking through the town to find the local marketplace.
"Um…turn left over this street, its another two or three blocks down."
"Okay Sasami-chan."
They made a left on the street and continued to walk for a few more minutes while chatting aimlessly. The place was lively as civilians constantly walked the sidewalks and cars drove by. People shouted as prices were called out and people were haggling for a deal. Everything was being sold here, from watches and t-shirts, to meats and vegetables. It was a modest size area for a commercial business.
"Hmm….Ranma-san?" Sasami grabbed onto Ranma and pulled his hand slightly.
"Yes Sasami-chan?" Ranma jerked his head down to look at Sasami's cute face.
"I need your help for one second."
"Sure, what is up?" Ranma arched his eyebrow.
"It's the market people….they usually charge really high and I want to find a good discount..since we have a lot of guests! Can you help me find a good person to get a good price?" Sasami gave a worried look while holding onto her purse to emphasize the cost of some prices.
"Sure..don't worry, leave it to me, after all I'm the world's greatest martial artist."
Ranma struck a pose that was quite heroic, but it made Sasami just giggle.
"Yeah, but you sure to eat a lot."
"Hey! Martial artist live by the code and the stomach, that is what Pops always told me."
"Really?"
Ranma nodded his head.
"Yep……it was so ingrained in me, I just go with it, kind of hard to break the habit."
"That is really silly," Sasami giggled while twirling around.
"Heh..it does sound kind of funny huh?" Ranma smirked as he scratched his head slightly.
Sasami nodded and she squeezed Ranma's hand lightly to show her delight from the story.
Before anything else can happen, a loud shout was heard in front of them.
"HEY YOU! YOU STOLE MY FRUITS!"
Ranma tilted his head up to tried to see through the mass of people that converged there to see what was going on.
"What is wrong Ranma-san?" Sasami had a concerned look.
"Hmmm…..I don't know, lets check it out."
Sasami nodded her head and they went into crowd as they jostle some of the people aside to see what was going on.
Ranma had to push some fellows, which instantly got annoyed and were about to give a piece of their mind until they saw his blue-gray eyes. It had that perceiving piercing look that said you mess with me; I'll put you in a whole lot of pain and more. One look at those eyes, the people immediately parted.
"I'm……I'm gomen-nasi sir……I'm…..I'm just hungry…….that is all…..please sir…my sister….she need some fruits…..she said she was hungry too………"
A young child about 10 years old cringed from the fruit seller who had some guys with him. The fruit seller was a big fellow who weighed probably around 300 hundred pounds. He had a butcher's apron with some grease stains on it. Puffs of smoke appeared from his cigarette that was in his mouth. He had a bald-head, but was somewhat dirty from the smoke and such. Behind him were three guys, one of them had some weird tomahawk haircut and was chiseling his nails with a switchblade. The next fellow had a buzz cut, but had a nose ring and he was leaning by the fruit stand with the last fellow who also had a buzz cut, but was twirling a small baton around his fingers. He rolled it around his knuckles at a speed that only experienced user can do.
"I don't care if you have a family of ten! You took my fruits without paying! That deserves to be punished!"
The bald man puffed his cigarette once more as the guy with the switchblade stop filing his nails and narrowed his eyes on the kid.
The ten year old cringed once more while he clutched his younger sister who was probably two or three younger. She had a small oval face, with small beady eyes and wearing some dirty trousers and shirt. Her face was a bit grimy like the boy's but they were trying to survive on their own, which was pretty hard.
"Leave the kids alone Ruhan! Just let them go, they didn't do any harm….." one of the people shouted at the bald man who stopped puffing his cigarette than glared at the guy.
"Who the hell are you to tell me to do what I want to do? He stole my fruits! I have the right to do what the hell I want! You stay the hell away!"
The two children whimpered in fear in what may come as they saw the three other guys grin maliciously at the kids.
Sasami had a worried look since he saw those four picking on the kids. They were really bad men, someone should do something……..and then she felt a tightening in her hand.
She looked up to look at Ranma and she saw him narrow his eyes at the four guys while he was somewhat clenching his fists in anger. Ranma was really made at the way they were acting, sure the kids stole food, but they were trying to survive. Ranma could sympathize with that since that was what he did before when he was training with his father and his father forced him to steal in order to live.
"How about this…um…...I'll pay for the fruits…..that way you won't have to be so angry."
Everyone in the crowd shifted to see a female with dark brown hair appear. She seemed like in her early twenties and was clad in a conservative housewife dress. She had an apron on and was carrying a small bag of groceries. She was quite attractive since her long lush hair went down to her waist and she had really beautiful brown eyes. The dress made her look older, but she her body easily was detected as the curves were somewhat standing out through the dress. She was quite tall, perhaps around 5'9", and had smile was quite cheerful and positive. She sported some low heel pumps as she approached the kids and put her arms around them.
"I'll pay for the fruits…."
Ranma narrowed his eyes at the female as his memory suddenly was blurring in front of him….she is so damn familiar…….who the hell is she? Who? She reminds me of someone……….who? Just who is it?
The bald man smirked and shook his head.
"You don't get it do you pretty? Those trashes have to be taken care of. If you let them go, then they will do it again and again and soon everyone will do it. Then this society will be in moral decay. I tell you, you got to handle the trash first, which means you get rid of it!"
With a slight nod, the three guys started advancing on the female and the two kids.
The crowd tensed, but none of them were willing to advance to help out.
Sasami stared at the evil men as they were heading toward that kind lady and the two kids. Oh no! Someone has got to do something!
"Ranma-san………………."
Ranma let go of Sasami's hand as he took a step closer to get a better look at the female who was sheltering the kids, trying to protect them from the three guys that have plans of harming them. It can't be her? No way…..but….but…….is it? Can it be possible?
As Ranma stared, the guy with the tomahawk smirked and gave a leer at the female.
"Hey cutie…..why don't you let those two kids go and let us deal with them….perhaps later on we can meet and do something together…heh…it will be a lot of fun……"
The guy with the nose ring snickered as he advanced on the left.
The brunette pushed the kids behind her as they clung onto her dress and tried to hide from the murdering trio. Before she could so anything else, the guy with the baton grabbed her arm and yanked her to him
"Come here bitch! We will have you later!"
The female was startled by the yank and immediately slapped the guy with the baton with her right hand, which stun the guy's cheek. The real blow was lifting her right knee up to drive into his masculine asset.
"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Immediately that guy crumpled to the ground as he dropped his baton and grabbed his asset.
"BITCH!!!"
The guy with nose ring jumped in front of her and grabbed her arm while raising his left hand to backhand her on the cheek.
"Somebody help her! Onegai!!! Somebody help her!!!!!!" The young boy screamed in fright, as he was about to witness his savior about to be hit.
In this course of action, the female's adrenaline system shut down, since she was not use to this and fear overtook her. She was never so afraid in her life except that time she was alone from the aftermath of the past. That was scary, but this was fearing since its in the present and she was about to be hit.
I hope…..those kids will be okay………
With fear washing over her and the descending hand racing towards her, her voice suddenly spoke.
"Oh….my…………………."
- End for now………….reviews are welcome………."
Chapter 3: Oh My………..Cat's Food?
Ryoga stood there with a menacing stance. His arms weren't even brought up, but his ki blazed like it was alive as it roared around him and fluctuated back and forth. The ki touched the winds and generated a harsh gale that blew his body, but the ki didn't snuff out. Instead it roared even stronger in intensity as his ki was being expanded.
Ranma stared at Ryoga in amazement, but he was also smiling because he found someone, though a rival, it was someone he thought he would never see again.
"Ryoga!! Good to see ya man!"
Ranma walked slowly up to him while his arms were stretched out to give him a warm embrace, though part of his mind was yelling at him to stop and get into a fighting stance because he is going to kill you.
"ITS ALL YOUR FAULT RANMA SAOTOME!!! BECAUSE OF YOU, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE WITH HER!"
Ryoga raised his right arm to point at him, while the ki was starting to absorb to his finger that was brought out of the fist and was point at Ranma.
"………..Ryoga…..What could I do?! I didn't even see it coming!" Ranma explained while pain was evident in his voice as he recalled that fateful day when his day was turned all upside down and ending his innocence.
"WELL FOR YOU, THIS IS THE LAST THING YOU WILL SEE! SO DIE!!!!"
With a mental concentration, the depressive ki swirled out of his finger and energized to become a small circle, but grew quite large until it was the size of a pothole. Once that was done, he cocked his arm back and then shot it forward while screaming at Ranma.
"SHI SHI HAKODAN!!!!!!!!!!"
A giant depressive ki-blast flew out of the finger and rushed at Ranma with an ear-piercing shriek. This ki-blast was a small part of the turmoil that Ryoga suffered from the lost of someone close and trying to avenge someone he loved.
Ranma saw the ki-blast and raised both of his arms like a X-shape and braced himself for impact. He shunted some ki to wrap around his arms and protect him from the blast as it impacted his arms and exploded, which easily engulfed him with the awesome depression blast.
"Ranma!!!"
Ryoko screamed as she was about to leap into battle and fire an energy blast at Ryoga, but a hand grabbed her shoulder, which prevented her from going.
Katsuhito shook his head.
"No….this is a battle between them two……you can't interfere."
His grip tightened on Ryoko's shoulder as if to hold onto her and force her to stop. Once he felt the struggle slacken to just a mere shaking of the shoulders, he let go and eyed the battle once more.
As the explosion cleared, Ranma was standing there with is arms still outstretched in an X, but unscathed by the ki-blast.
"What the hell was that for?!!! You could have killed me!!!"
Ryoko facefaulted when she heard Ranma say that. How can this beautiful and perfect hunk be so dense at a time like this?!!
"Ranma!!! He is trying to kill you!!!!
Ranma looked at Ryoga and saw his merciless eyes while his fingers were glowing again from the absorption of ki. The absorption was so strong that Ranma can easily pick it up with his senses and see that Ryoga is really in a bad mood.
"Ryoga……we can talk about this….come on……I'm sure you haven't had a good meal…..lets talk okay?"
Ryoga stared at him, while his mouth curled into a sneer and his fangs bear out to look far more menacing.
"Oh…..I'll do more than kill you……I'm gonna make you scream and beg once I get you on your knees."
Ryoga slammed his hand into the floor and launched his technique once more, but with a much different twist.
"SHI SHI HAKODAN REVISED RISING PILLAR!!!!!"
The ki shunted to the ground and with a mental push by Ryoga, it went shot forward at a speed of a bullet and appeared right under where Ranma was standing. From there, a small radius about 6 feet wide appeared under him, but was glowing with a sickening green, which was Ryoga's ki.
"What the hell is this?!" Ranma was puzzled as he stared at the floor.
"IGNITE!!!!"
With that voice, the dark green circle under Ranma brightened and shot upwards as a pillar of ki launched itself from the ground to the sky, engulfing Ranma completely with the power to burn titanium.
"RANMA!!!!!!!" Ryoko screamed once more as she witness the destruction that enveloped Ranma.
While that happened, Tenchi was walking down the stairs while clutching his face, which sported a very large bruise while recalling that fatal punch made by that well….um developed female.
"Man, that girl….I mean woman….hits really hard….I didn't really look at those..um…..uh….assets…..yeah….."
As Tenchi got closer to the lake, he felt a massive spike of energy in the area. His head arched up immediately as he looked up and saw the massive pillar of green ki, which was quite spectacular.
"Wha….WHAT THE HECK?!! WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?!!"
Tenchi raced down the stairs, ignoring the pain in his face as he rushed downwards to see where that eruption of power came from.
Though the pillar of green ki was still erupting upwards, Ryoga wasn't done yet.
"ITS NOT OVER FOR YOU RANMA!!! YOU GOING TO SUFFER FOR THE PAINS I WENT THROUGH AND FOR THOSE YOU LEFT TO DIE YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!"
When Ryoga shouted like that, a bright light appeared in the middle of the pillar of green ki and it grew larger and larger until finally, it exploded and that bright light basically canceled out the green ki eruption.
Smoke poured out where the pillar once was and dust flew around from the explosion. It was quite hard to see if anyone was in there, but Ryoga knew that someone was in there. Ranma doesn't die that easily, no, he has to suffer from what he did, and he is definitely going to suffer.
Ryoga narrowed his eyes as he felt a small amount of ki used on the dust and smoke and in a brief second, the smoke and dust parted in half as a lone figure stood there, arms to the sides of his waist as his fists were clenched tightly.
"I……I didn't leave them……….I didn't leave them……….they….they were……gone….gone before I….I could do anything."
Ranma bit his lips slightly as he was recalling the destruction of a place he once called home and where he lived a large part of his life, where though chaos existed, at least he had people there to care for, to live for……….
"NO YOU ARE A BASTARD! YOU LET THEM DIE!!!!"
Ryoga rushed forward as he launched a straight-forward punch right into his face while his knees were bent slightly, as if in preparation to anything alarming.
Ranma batted that punch aside as his left hand raced out to grab Ryoga in the neck. He narrowed his eyes as his grip on Ryoga's neck tightened a bit more.
Ryoga's eyes widened as he felt pressure on his neck. The speed of Ranma knocking his fist aside and grabbing his neck was impressive, but that doesn't mean he wasn't training while he was searching for the bastard.
"Is that all you got………Ranma?!! IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!!!"
Ranma closed his eyes and whispered slightly.
"No……….no………."
"What?! I can't hear you, you damn coward, leaving the place without fighting back!!"
Ryoga screamed at Ranma, goading Ranma to do something so he might do something.
"No……..no……" Ranma shook his head slightly as he recalled the incident once more. He recalled the destruction and the fires. The rage and sadness that enveloped him, his cocoon world of solitude as he lost everyone………..but….but he had hope….he..he.. he has a friend!
"Come on you bastard! I'm going to kill you for leaving her like that. You hear me. I AM GOING TO KILL……….URK……..
Ryoga's breathe was forced out as he felt a massive blow slam into his stomach. Then before he can focus and control himself, he felt a foot smash into his face and launch him into the air as he flew back from the kick.
Ranma had backflipped to kick Ryoga and he watched Ryoga slammed into the ground. While that happened, Ranma crouched low and got into a normal fighting stance, with both of his arms stretched out, like in a boxing pose, but more open, leaving a lot of room to work with.
Ryoga slowly got up and smirked a little as he wiped a little blood off his mouth. Once that was done, he brought out his left hand and brought back his right hand to his waist. Then he smirked once more as he watched Ranma get into a fighting stance.
"Heh…..that was like a baby kicking me……that wasn't anything Ranma….come on….I'll show you power……"
Ryoga snarled as he immediately pushed himself forward at Ranma.
In counter response, Ranma launched forward too and the two rivals began their battle of will and strength.
Ranma crouched low and launched a fast foot sweep; followed by spinning his body, which he used that momentum to stick out his other leg to launch another sweeping move.
Ryoga stepped back to avoid both blows and launched a forward kick straight into Ranma'a head. Ranma saw this and leaned backward to let both his hands touch the ground and with that leverage, he lifted his whole body up into a handstand while using his left leg to stretch out to kick Ryoga.
Ryoga saw the handstand and the kick coming, so he slowed down his forward kick to spin around and avoid the blow while launching a wicked roundhouse that connected into Ranma's waist, which easily knocked Ranma to the left side.
Ranma felt a slight pain in his right side and shunted some ki to ease the pain slightly as he rolled to the side to lessen the blow of the kick.
Once he was out of the reach of Ryoga, he leapt straight into the air to launch a fake jump kick, which Ryoga moved to the side to try to avoid the kick, but once he done so, Ranma reacted. Ranma sailed past Ryoga, but he launched his right fist forward.
Ryoga's instinct snapped into action and he used his left hand to slap it aside as if it wasn't even a decent punch.
Ranma landed to the left of Ryoga. He immediately bent his knees once more, as he was prepared to launch another attack, but no one can see him slightly grin. His slight grin was of the remembrance of the past fights they had, though not as serious as this and definitely not to the death.
"Heh…..come on Ranma…….show me what you learned………..before you left the others to die…………," Ryoga bear his fangs as he snarled at Ranma.
"Shut up P-chan……..I couldn't do anything……and why blame me for all this?! What did you do at a time like that huh?! What did you do?!"
"SHUT UP RANMA!!! AND STOP CALLING ME P-CHAN!!!!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL ME THAT……….DIE!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga leapt into the air, which Ranma did also.
Ryoga launched another punch straight at Ranma, which Ranma tilted his head to the right for a few inches to let the punch go by.
Ranma smirked when he was in the air, after all, the Anything Goes Martial Arts, specializes in aerial combat, and boy was Ryoga going to get a piece of it.
Ranma immediately faked his first right jab to pull it back and let the left first head straight into Ryoga's face. Ranma spun himself slightly to produce a little more power into his left fist, but was immediately blocked as Ryoga brought up his right arm and it took the blow, but Ranma was not finished.
Since Ranma was still spinning, he let his right foot stick out and of course the traditional roundhouse kick came in, which now slammed into Ryoga's waist, but Ranma was still not done.
Since Ryoga took that blow, he spun a little for the force of the roundhouse made him spin a little. While he spun though, Ranma twisted his body slightly to level with Ryoga face to face. When that happened, he let brought both of his hands back and mentally shunted ki into his fist. He felt the ki surge into his fist and then with a voice of hope, he fought back with life this time.
"KASHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!!!!!!!!"
Ranma launched a flurry of ki-enhanced punches, as they grew stronger in intensity and speed as he pushed himself to the max to take down his rival that was bent on destroying him. Ryoga took the blows, everyone one them, since he couldn't do anything else.
Once that was done, both of them landed on the ground….well actually one landed feet first while the other crashed into the dirt as if he was performing a belly flop on land.
Ryoga grunted as he hit the floor, but he didn't feel that much pain. He was trained to endure all that brute force since he undergone Amazon Wu- shu techniques, which basically had him being pummeled by a giant boulder to toughen his body. This was nothing compare to that massive boulder that basically smacked him over and over again.
"Come on……that didn't feel like anything…………heh……boy you must have been slacking off……but no matter……I'm still going to kill ya….so you don't need to worry about training….." Ryoga snickered once more as he got up again.
"Oh really?" Ranma cocked his head to his side as he gave his all- knowing smirk like he knew what was going to happen next.
Once those words escaped from Ranma's mouth, Ryoga felt his body muscles suddenly constrict themselves and just stop right there, while parts of his body went into lock and he fell back into the dirt as he was somewhat in a paralyzed mode.
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?!!!"
Ranma shrugged and walked up to Ryoga to crouch right next to him and just look at him straight into the eye.
"Not much, just hit some of your pressure points when I used my Amaguriken technique. I didn't just hit you cause I just want to hit some parts in your body, I was also trying to nail pressure points and areas to lock you up and make you wallow in your misery……heh…….P-chan……" Ranma smirked.
"DAMN YOU!!! I WILL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THEM!!!!"
Ranma's eyes suddenly narrowed and his fist clenched once more as he heard Ryoga blame him for the problem.
"I didn't do anything nor could I do anything! It happens so fast that I couldn't react at all!!!!!" Ranma's eyes felt wet as he screamed at Ryoga who was pointing the fault towards him.
"IMPOSSIBLE!! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
"THEN WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO P-CHAN!! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO SAVE THEM?!!!!!!"
Ranma screamed back at Ryoga who was still die hard in his decision just to blame everything at him.
"I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoga's ki erupted once more as his depressive sickly green aura surrounded him as he recalled the memory of where he lost a large part of his life and heart. Everything was wiped out in a matter of seconds and in those seconds; he lost himself to that sudden destruction that tore everything away from him.
Ryoga's eyes were wet with tears as they trickled down his cheeks and fell to the ground while Ryoga blinked. Suddenly he tasted some of his tears as some of them also touched his mouth and he tasted the bitter saltiness of it.
"I………I couldn't do anything………I…..I was what you said….I was…….I.. was P-chan….. Akane found me in the back of the dojo…..she picked me up and brought me to the porch where everyone was…………and then that bright light appeared and bodies burned…..I heard there scream and then I saw you panic and leap around, but because of the flames, I couldn't find you nor could I find anyone else………….then the next minute, I wasn't in Nermia anymore. I ran around trying to look for help, but I end up in another town………….."
At that time Ranma pushed some more pressure points to knock off the moves that made Ryoga lock up. Then he wrapped his arms around his rival and hugged him tight, which Ryoga in turn cried and hugged him too. They both clutched onto each other like old friends and they both cried their long forgotten tears that they vowed to not do, but it was right for them to. For they lost everything and all they had was each other, though rivals throughout life, it was still a connection, a connection to the past, which they pushed aside to forget.
"WHY?!! Why can't it be your fault Ranma!!!!" Ryoga pounded Ranma and slammed his hand onto Ranma's shoulders why he cried even more and tasted more of those tears of pain.
Ranma grunted and took the pain, but he clutched his rival as they both wept for their innocence.
Katsuhito, Ryoko and Tenchi stared at them two as they could feel the sadness and loss from those two. They kept their mouth shut and just watched those two unchain their hearts and let it loose.
Both fallen warriors……..warriors of heart that lost something so dear…they may be rivals, but united by a purpose to fulfill……truly a monumental event, but also one of the most heart wrenching moments too. From that crisis in the past, it was that thing that they separated, but also united them even stronger for whatever purpose they need to fill.
Tenchi stared at the ground while his grandfather stared at them. Such a sad sight, yet something to happy about in a way, Ranma found someone from his past.
Ryoko used one of her sleeves to wipe the wetness on her eyes. It was one of the most intense moment she ever seen in her life. Something lost and gained at the same time. I hope whatever they are striving to fulfill, I hope they accomplish it and live off their life peacefully without constantly being haunted by their past.
Finally after a few more minutes, the tears slowly stopped as Ranma and Ryoga couldn't really cry anymore, not because they don't want too, but they just can't right now. Its still not really time for mourning, no…..they have a mission to finish, the final act to end everything.
Ryoga looked at Ranma and nodded at him.
"So….I guess you gotten a bit stronger?"
Ranma smirked and nodded slightly as he sniffled a little.
"Yeah, so did you, that kick almost cracked one of my ribs……"
"Heh…….it was meant to……."
Both suddenly smirked at each other, though sure they were rivals, but that didn't mean they can't really have a conversation once in awhile…
"But do you know who did it?"
Ranma shook his head sadly while Ryoga lowered his head in loss.
"No….I tried to investigate what happened, I even tried going back home, but it was sealed off by the police. They are investigating it and they don't want any help by anyone else."
"Damn you Ranma, I always knew you run from everything……like from our fight.….heh you even run away from the authority when they tell you too…."
Ranma snorted in defiance to what Ryoga said.
"Oh yeah P-chan?! At least I am able to get back there at good timing, you would probably go around the world twice and then probably end up in America or something……."
"Shut the hell up Ranma!! Its all your fault for not being a man and finding out what happened!!"
"Who you calling unmanly, better staying human than being a stupid pig, P-chan!"
And of course, rivals also have to have their customary insults and arguments as the two most powerful martial artists go into their lovely banter.
While they went at it with their insults, the audiences just stared in amazement. At one moment, they were killing each other, in action to rip one another apart, and then they were hugging and crying. Now they were back to bickering and it looks like they were probably going back to slugging the crap out of each other.
"How…..how is this possible?!!! No on is this bad?!" Tenchi stared at them two.
Ryoko just smirked and smiled. She was happy that they were fighting again, but it wasn't one of those killing fights that meant to end someone's life because of depression and anger, no just a fight because it was rivalry. Of course, seeing those nice tight muscles moving around helped a lot too…..
Heh…..it seems those two are big rivals……hmmm I guess the only way they can talk to each other is by bantering and insulting one another…. Its as if they are bringing the past back to life, but a past which was considered the greatness of their life. As if their innocence was still in them…….. I just hope they stay this way.
Katshuito shook his head gently and coughed lightly.
"Ryoga?…That's your name right? Welcome to Masaki Shrine…."
Ryoga turned his head to the three and saw some old man in priest robes, which had a lot of wrinkles, but he looked like a warrior. He saw that the old man stood straight and proud as if he had something to be proud of, but the way he stood was a bit graceful…..graceful like a fighter. Ryoga narrowed his eyes to study him, but couldn't pick out anything, so his eyes shifted to the others. He saw another individual who looked like the old man, but had a pigtail, shorter than Ranma though. This young man radiated a lot of power, though not similar to ki, its very different yet equal or perhaps more powerful than it. Then of course he shifted his eyes to the next person, a young female who had very generous assets, which triggered his cheeks to redden. Once he saw the assets sway a little, his cheeks turned to a darker red, but what was scary that made him shiver was the grin and that glint in her eye. It was as if she was going to eat him up right here and it didn't feel good. He recalled that same feeling with that psycho girl who adored animals and basically named them…………….bah that was damn scary…..and this girl radiated that possessive nature as if she was going to capture him….and dress him up…….ugh……………..
Ranma smirked as Ryoga blushed, but he nudged him to make him shake out of his stupor.
"Yo P-chan, wake up little piggie, Katshuito just welcomed you here."
"Eh?"
"P-CHAN!!! WAKE UP!!!"
Ryoga snapped his head as he shook his head out of that trance of fear and that psycho girl who basically want him to dress up in so many little outfits when he was that damn cursed piglet.
"Uh…..uh…..yeah yeah………uh thanks…Masaki Shrine….uh huh…..got it…..nice place…..yeah nice place……."
Ryoga scratched his head sheepishly, hoping no one thinks he is weird or something like that.
"Well enough with the chit chat! I'm starving for my sake! Come on boys, Sasami is going to get mad at us for taking this long! Lets get going!"
Katshuito nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes, we better get going or the food need to be warmed up again. You young man, do you need a meal? The Masaki Shrine helps all those in need and you may have a meal if you wish?"
Ranma nudged Ryoga to make him just say yes.
"Come on P-chan! Just say yes! It wouldn't hurt that bad. Suck it in and just do it."
Ryoga scratched his head one more time as he just nodded at the old priest.
"Thank you….." Ryoga gulped a little as he swallowed his pride.
"Alright! Lets go! FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma raced to the house with a trail of dust behind him and a breeze of the wind that picked up everyone's hair.
"Damn you Ranma!!!!!!!! SAVE SOME FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Immediately another trail of dust leapt up from the ground and another breeze went up by the sudden speed……..but toward the opposite way of the house.
Ryoko and Tenchi facefaulted immediately while Katshuito had a stern and serious face, but if you look closely, you could see his eyebrow cringe a little and a small sweatdrop forming.
"He……he is running………the the…..wrong way………"
"And……and its right in front of him………," Ryoko finished Tenchi's sentence when they both took their head out of the dirt.
"He will come back soon…….come…..let us eat…….," Katshuito walked away with that sweatdrop still on his head.
Meanwhile back in the house, the remaining members of the Masaki household had their faces plastered on the table while their stomachs roared far louder than those demonic lionets at Landerus II. The only one who wasn't groaning was Sasami who was waving her kitchen knife around.
"I'm sorry guys, but until Ranma-san and the others arrive, we are not going to eat."
The gang on the table looks pitiful as they just had mouths wide open and drool coming out, as they smell the delicious aroma from the kitchen.
"Ryoko, you stupid bimbo! Hurry up and get here! A princess must eat at the most appropriate times! That is a Jurian etiquette and this is a good time to eat!!!!!" Ayeka fumed as she was starving.
"Oh woe…….my grandson and father are surely playing a cruel joke on me……woe is me….." Nobuyuki cried as his stomach continue to growl.
"Hmmm……according to my calculations……I will be growling in………..5 ……4……3……….2……."
Before Washu could finish, she heard her stomach growl before her countdown was finished. That immediately caused her head to slam onto table, which shook it for a few seconds.
"Ugh…..I can't even calculate my growling time! I AM SO HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone besides Sasami sweatdropped as they heard that from Washu.
"Kiyoneeeeeeeeeee! I am soooooooooooo hungry……………….."
A blonde, ditzy individual clutched her stomach, as she felt so weak sitting in the dining room. All her body parts weighs like a ton since she is so hungry from the waiting. Though she hardly look fat, not at all. All those generous curves easily could spot her as one of the most beautiful in the galaxy, though with one of the lowest IQs…..
"Stop complaining Mihoshi! We just ate an hour ago! Especially when you finished that last candy bar, which I saved for myself while we were on our way here!"
An attractive young female with a headband on her was trying to sit diligently as if she was under training and she was well prepared for anything. She had a serious expression that somewhat marred her beauty since she was astonishingly beautiful. It's a wonder how the police in the galaxies were able to score such stunning babes as officers of the law.
"Like I said Mihoshi…this is training. Galaxy Police is about protecting the innocents and enduring hardships! Just not eating for a few measly hours will not stop us………..ugh……"
Immediately a low growl was issued from her tummy, which made Kiyone grimaced and scratch her head lightly while she cursed herself for being famished.
"I know Kiyoneeeeeeeeee, but I'm still hungry!!!!!"
"Sorry Mihoshi-san, but you just have to wait until Ranma-san re……….."
Before Sasami could finish her words, she heard a large din coming from the front porch.
"MOVE ASIDE!!!!!! THE FOOD IS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Not on your life!!! SAKE AND SUSHI IS ALL MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Please stop fighting………"
"Kids these days………."
The porch door slid open and a gush of wind erupted into the room, which Ranma appeared with Ryoko clinging onto him, trying to make him stop from getting on the food, though she didn't mind feeling all those tight muscles.
"RYOKO!!!!! HOW DARE YOU TARDY THIS DINNER, WHICH SASAMI HAS GRACIOUSLY MADE FOR US!!!!!!!"
"Hey brat! Its not my fault, Ranma here, ran off and we got into a little scuffle before everything can clear up!"
"I will not tolerate your rudeness and behavior, Ryoko, but of course you are like this you uncouth pirate."
"Hey, hey! How dare you call me that you spoiled brat! Well fine, you eat all the food then, its probably best since you are one fat princess!"
Ryoko pulled down one of her eyes and put out her tongue while making a face at Ayeka.
"This is outrageous! How dare you insult a member of the royal House of Jurai! Kiyone! Mihoshi! Arrest this space pirate!"
Ayeka turned around to look at the two individuals who were slouched in their seats, too hungry too move, barely have enough energy to raise their voices.
"Um….um…..Ayeka-san……..I know why don't we all just eat our dinner…..and we can talk our way through it….um……..yeah." Mihoshi nodded her head in excitement while she was eyeing the kitchen, waiting for Sasami to come out with the food.
"No! I will not tolerate this! You Galaxy Police will end this or I will personally talk to the Chief of your precinct and have you demoted!!"
Kiyone's eyes shot wide open.
"Um…..but…I'm hungr…..mmmmmppphhhh" Mihoshi tried to speak, but her mouth was covered by Kiyone's hands.
"Shut up Mihoshi! Of course Princess Ayeka of the Noble House of Jurai! We will arrest Ryoko, the wanted pirate in twelve different galaxies!"
With one hand covering Mihoshi's mouth, the other hand was reaching down to her blaster to take aim at Ryoko.
"Good…..ooooooo ho ho ho, I guess the infamous Ryoko will be finally punished, since she is a no-good bimbo that is rude and obnoxious! Now Sasami! The food, where is it?"
Ayeka turned to Sasami who was smiling happily at them.
"Um…..I already put some of the plates on the table.
Everybody turned to the table and saw plates, but no food. None of the sushi was there, except there were some sake bottles. All the food was gone, even small crumbs, its as if the plates were never used.
"But..but……there not here! Where are the food…..it just can't…………."
Before Ayeka could finish, she heard some sounds of munching and crunching, which everyone turned to the couches in the living room. Right there was some individual, a very muscular and good-looking individual, shoveling down all the food on the plates from the table into his stomach.
"My word…..he is a healthy fellow…."
"My food……………" Nobuyuki's eyes watered as he waited over two hours for it.
As they continue to stare, in under a minute, all of it was gone. The food on the table was enough for two-dozen people, but Ranma with the famous Saotome appetite ate it all without any hindrances or stomach aches.
"The….the….food……."
"Its….its been eating…….."
"By…..by that man……………."
"Thanks Sasami-chan, that was some good food! Just as good as Kasumi's!"
Sasami blushed as she grabbed her apron and fiddled with it when she heard the compliment from Ranma.
"Thank you Ranma-san……"
Her cheeks turned into a deeper red when she thanked him.
Of course Ranma was looking at only Sasami, he wasn't look at the other people who had some twitching in their eyebrows and their lips that were suddenly itching all of a sudden.
Not just that, but some battle auras activated from a few individuals as they stared at Ranma and the empty plate.
"Is their any more Sasami-chan?"
"Um…..yes..there is a lot more!"
"Good! Bring it on!!!"
"OH NO YOU DON'T RANMA!!!!!!!!!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!"
Ayeka, Ryoko, and Nobuyuki roared as they leapt at Ranma and were prepared to throttle him.
"Yeesh…….I'm just hungry!"
Ranma backflipped over another couch and landed into a fighting stance while Ryoko had her energy blade out and Ayeka's little guardians were all floating around the living room. Nobuyuki on the other hand, had some funny angry face, but he couldn't do anything much since he is over- weight and had non-existent fighting abilities.
Ranma's instinct servos immediately kicked in to take the threat assessment.
……..Ayeka, the princess with a real snotty attitude…..though reminds me of Akane. Dangerous threat since she has that weird electric bolts plus her large guardians though I don't see them anywhere……..threat level……very high…
………Ryoko….some weird pirate….with some nice curves I have to admit…..bit sarcastic and a very pissed person. Not someone you want to anger that has some unique abilities to launch out weird red bolts like a ki-blast, but a different type of power. Also can focus it to a sword that can definitely cut through anything. It makes Kuno's stupid bokken like a toothpick…..threat level…..very high….
…….that dude, that pervert that was staring at my breasts…..ewwww…..very nasty fellow who is definitely over-weight and is already breathing heavily…his lack of nourishment already made him worse than he is…….he is insane to go against me…..don't know who he is…but I bet even Akane can take him down….that guy is worse than those idiots back in Furinkan High……..threat level…why even consider it…..its damn laughable…
Ranma set his plate on the ground and got into a fighting position.
"Alright! I'll take you all on! Since I'm somewhat filled, I got enough to dish out some crap at you people! BRING IT ON!!!!"
Ranma stood there and brought up his right hand to taunt them to fight him by flicking out his fore finger on his right hand and waving at them to come forward.
"ALL RIGHT!!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko rushed forward with her energized sword in the air and was about to slash at him while Ayeka fired one of her Jurian electrical bolts.
Nobuyuki on the other hand………well he just stood there and um……sort of panted and did nothing…….
As Ryoko's sword came down, Ranma smirked and moved.
The sword missed Ranma completely as he side-stepped and launched a snapkick into Ryoko's stomach, which made her stagger a little.
Then he twirled to the side and dodged the electrical blast with another beautifully made flip, followed by a forward somersault and a handstand that he used to push himself into the air and landed behind Ayeka.
Then he spun himself and jabbed forward at a speed of a fraction slower of one of his famous punching move that easily can launch punches at speeds that were ludicrous for ordinary human beings.
Ayeka felt some pressure in her back, which she immediately stepped forward and turned around to face Ranma. When she saw him and his confident smirk, her knees started buckling, then she saw those beautiful eyes once more, she felt like mush and she just want to melt right there.
"I guess….this means you lost…"
Heh….that was quite easy…shiatsu comes quite handy when you don't want to hurt the person.
Ahhh…..what a hunk…no wait Tenchi is my man……but but…….Ranma looks so….chunky……..yummmm………..
If Ranma were able to hear that, he would start doubting if his shiatsu can really stun and take down an opponent.
Ranma then smirked and walked to Nobuyuki and with a flick of his hand on Nobuyuki's forehead, the father of Tenchi fell down and hit the floor with the back of his head, which caused a loud racket and knocked the guy unconscious.
"Geez…..even Mr. Tendo could take more beating than this guy…heck Gosunkungi probably can dish out more of a fight than this fellow……………man I feel sorry whomever's father that is….."
Tenchi sweated while Katshuito muttered to himself in why his daughter marries such a fat slob. Though he approved of him before, in the present time, he wasn't what he was before lets just say and lets leave it at that………….
"Heh, I'm unstoppable! I am the greatest martial artist!! Nothing can really stop me……..heh…..I'm just……."
"Miyaaaaaa…………….." A cute cabbit appears out of nowhere and smiles happily to see that same guy who was playing with him before…..
"ARGH!!!!!!!!! CAT!!!!!!! STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Before another action can be taken, Kiyone fell back and was held onto by a massive figure that was quite proportioned and was hugging her tightly, though she didn't mind much except that his head was in between her breasts. It made her angry and a bit annoyed, though the way he hugged her was of fear, yet it looked somewhat romantic and the feeling from that guy was amazing.
She never felt so warm in her life, a soothing warm that washes over her as Ranma's ki was flooded out and connected to the nearest person who was Kiyone. She felt every ounce of emotions that she hardly felt before. Passion and happiness grew in her while her face turned into a darker crimson color as Ranma buried his head even deeper into her valleys.
"Awwww…..look Kiyone! That man likes you a lot! Is he your boyfriend that you didn't tell your best friend about?!"
Everyone else facefaulted as they realized what Mihoshi said since she never seen what happened, but immediately they got up when they saw Ryo- ohki approach Ranma who didn't want to see or hear the cabbit at all……
"I'm not hearing anything….no no…….no cat's sound….no…..ca…..cat……..at all………….yeah……..none at all……….."
Ranma hugged Kiyone tightier as if a lover's embrace was going on, though Kiyone was embarrassed and somewhat happy at they same time. She felt angry that he has his um……face buried……in her womanly assets, but she felt so warm and comforted in the way he is hugging her……..quite a dilemma.
To the others besides Mihoshi, Kiyone and Sasami, it was a time to act.
"GET THAT CABBIT AWAY FROM HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone else besides Katshuito dived forward at the cabbit as they tried to take her away from the lunatic martial artist that can easily erupt into that frenzy and create chaos once more.
"MOVE!!! MOVE!!! MOVE!!!! GET THAT CABBIT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tenchi screamed while trying to lunge for it, but Sasami got to it first.
Sasami picked up Ryo-ohki by her waist easily and leveled her up to her face.
"Now see here Ryo-ohki, whenever you see Ranma….you have to stay away from him, don't let him see you at all, okay?"
"Miya…….Miya?" Ryo-ohki looked sad since she wanted to play with her new friend more.
"I know you want to play with him, but you just got to stay away until he gets better okay?"
"Miyaaaaaa……" Ryo-ohki flew into the air and went through the ceiling to go into the second floor.
Everyone fell to the floor, relieved that nothing happened.
"Um….ano…..Did Ryo-ohki just disappear?" Mihoshi used her right hand to touch her cheek and tilted her head in a questioning face.
Everyone facefaulted while Katshuito had a slight twitch in his eye.
"Um….um……she isn't here…..there is not cat….ummmm……no……"
"Geez Kiyone, how long you going to hold him there. Share the wealth why don't ya….." Ryoko grinned at Kiyone who had Ranma embracing her tightly and she noticed the massively rippling of the muscles, which made her want to grab them and rub herself all over it.
"Um…yeah Kiyone! Once your done, can I have some too?"
Everyone facefaulted once more as they turned to Mihoshi and her famous ditzy behavior that can cause more headaches then any Trojan Horse virus in some super frame computer.
"Yeah and I want to perform experiments! So leave some for me!"
Washu grinned evilly as she rubbed her hands as she envisioned an experiment with him naked in a lab table and her with a nurse outfit, some latex gloves and five gallons of empty flasks that were going to be used while she used her delicate "magic hands" to make a physical check.
Washu's eyes glazed over and she had a stupor look for once that made everyone turn to her besides Ranma who was still buried in Kiyone's chest though not really realizing how he got there and why its so soft.
Hmm…..it feels so comfortable……I could rest in this nice pillow all day..ahh…a good nice nap would do wonders….perhaps I could forget it all……
Mmmmm……..come here my guinea pig….your all mine……come here……
"Mother………..that is one weird look……."
"I agree with you for once Ryoko, your mother looks quite stupid….it must run in the family…"
"Now who you talking! I am much better looking than my………..AH!!!!!"
"Who you calling ugly! I am the most beautiful and most intelligent being walked in this universe!!! I am Washu-chan!!!"
Confetti appeared out of nowhere as if to celebrate her youthfulness and a giant sign appeared saying how young, beautiful, and intelligent she is. She is the greatest, one of a kind, something no one would see in a long while…..she is the best!
While that was going on, Ayeka and Ryoko lay on the ground with two large 12 foot statues made of concrete on top of them. They look like they are going to be out for a while.
"Ouch…..that has got to hurt………….."
Katshuito nodded his head in agreement with a slight sweatdrop on his forehead when he heard Washu called herself cute.
"Um…..when do you think Ranma will let go?"
Everyone turned to Ranma once more as he had his face in there.
"ZzzzzzzZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" A loud snore was heard erupting from Ranma's peaceful slumber.
Every facefaulted, including Katshuito who has never been seen doing this, though the only who can't is Kiyone who has someone on top of her and has his face in between her cleavage.
Everyone groaned and slowly got up.
"Um……does that mean that guy is asleep? Boy, Kiyone, you have one lousy boyfriend….." Mihoshi strikes once more.
WHAM!! Everyone hits the deck once more and the house moved up and down from the shockwave of the collective facefaults that developed once more.
"Ughhhhhh…….that was the dumbest thing I heard from Mihoshi….there is nothing dumber than that……" Washu groaned as she tried to slowly pick herself up while sporting two bruises on her head.
But since she said those few fateful words, Fate must step in and give Reason a kick in the ass as he was punted off to next week and Fate decided to inject the inevitable Mihoshi dumber remark 101.
"HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!! HE JUMPED ON ME AND NOW HE IS SLEEPING ON ME!!!!!"
MIHOSHI DUMBER REMARK 101 has been activated and now in 3….2…1……….INITATE.
"Oh….then why don't you just push him off?"
WHAM!!!! Once more the house shakes and everyone's heads are on the floor.
"……….me and my big mouth…..I shouldn't have said that…..of course, Mihoshi can say something dumber than that….ughhhhh………."
Everyone groaned as they had a small concrete block on each of their heads as they facefaulted as if to emphasize the stupidness of what Washu said.
Of course Reason was crying and rubbing his sore ass as he heard about the patheticness of how ditzy Mihoshi is and what Washu said was of course inevitable to have a dumber remark. Though of course, Fate was there laughing her head off and rolling on the ground with Destiny choking on her laugh too as she clutched her stomach and tried to breathe.
"Sometimes I wonder if the gods are against me………………." Washu groaned once more as she tried to push the concrete block off her head.
If she could have heard the gods laughing, she would have figured out the answer already.
Of course, typically there would be the Kiyone retort 121.
"OF COURSE I TRIED!!!!"
That is a loud yelling with full of frustration and anger pointed at the ditzy Mihoshi.
"Then um….in that case……why don't you let him sleep on you?"
WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!! A continuous succession of facefaults happened once more while Washu is slamming her head to the floor repeatedly.
"WHY CAN'T MIHOSHI BE LOGICAL SO I CURE HER DITZINESS!!! WHY KAMI- SAMA?!!! WHY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course in Heaven, all the gods and goddess are in an uproar with a loud din of laughter erupted and people were rolling heads…….especially with Fate and Destiny whom were nearly on the verge of dying from laughter, though I don't know if that is possible if gods can die by laughing, but they are quite close.
"We got to stop facefaulting…………………ughhhhhhhhhh" Tenchi tried to get up, not even his Jurian powers were helping him. They appeared to protect him during the Kain crisis, during the revolution with Kagato, and also even the Light Hawk Wings appeared too with his hour at need, but its not helping at all right now. It seems sheer stupidity negates all protection from the noble house of Jurai.
"Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh……" Ryoko's eyes were glazed over from repeatedly being slammed into the ground………..so I guess it negates the gems on Ryoko too.
"Oi…that hurts….." Sasami rubbed her nose slightly as she hurt it when she also slammed her face to the floor after hearing the sheer stupidity of Mihoshi.
"WHY KAMI-SAMA WHY?!!!" The continuation of head banging of Washu continues.
Everyone besides Mihoshi and Washu were sweatdropping as they saw Washu just bash her head onto the wooden panels.
"Um…..Ryoko? Did your mother crack or something?"
As those words were being told, Ryoko was behind Washu and was gripping her energized sword to lop off her psycho mother's head.
"Um…uh…..what?"
Ryoko immediately hid the energized sword behind her back when she turned to Ayeka who was asking her a question.
"Um…uh…..I have no idea what your talking about….I um…am going to ease her suffering….yeah…….ease her suffering….."
Everyone developed another bead of sweat as they saw Ryoko cackling evilly as she planned to end her twisted mother's life.
"Ughhh…..well um……what should we do now?" Tenchi looked at everyone while Nobuyuki was staring at Ranma who was sleeping on Kiyone's nicely developed chest.
Damn…..that guy is lucky….how the hell is he able to pull that off? I may never know….but man…I would love to put my head on that chick's chest that I saw when I got out of the furo that time…………..man….that was special…….
Cue in the hentai look and at once, Nobuyuki's mouth went wide open and his hands open wide and trying to squeeze something. His eyes gleamed as they had a far away fantasy look and saliva slowly dribbled down his mouth and clung to his chin.
"I think first off Tenchi, you should beat the crap out of your dad who is probably daydreaming about us…..ewwwwwwww" Ayeka sniffed in disdain as they witnessed Nobuyuki's transformation into a hentai.
Katshuito coughed lightly and muttered how Nobuyuki is a real idiot right now. His eyebrows twitched, as he was frustrated from all those facefaulting and sweating.
"We should wake up Ranma and try to reorganize ourselves. This dinner turned into a disaster. Sasami is their any more food?"
Sasami nodded her head happily as she clapped her hands together.
"Of course! I made quadruple portions of what we usually eat since Ranma-san arrived. I'm guessing he eats quite a lot, so I made a lot of food. So don't worry, there is plenty more to come!"
Everyone's eyes started to sparkle into happiness as they saw Sasami as their savior.
"Good and Ryoko, don't try to hurt your mother…..she is in a nervous breakdown, just give her some time to cool off."
Ryoko was throttling Washu's neck who was already laughing like crazy.
"HaHa………..HAHA……..Mihoshi is illogical……HAHAHA……….haha…"
Once more a large amount of sweatdrops appeared in the house.
"Damn……..just a few more seconds and I'll be done with her too."
More collective sweatdrops formed, its as if there was going to be a flood in the house.
"Um…I'll go get the food….."
"YAY!!! Kiyone did you hear that! Food!"
Kiyone nodded her head, though she had a really crimson face due to someone on top of her. She finally lost her annoyance since she felt really, really comfortable and really warm from the contact of Ranma. She knew nothing about ki, but one thing she does know, getting close to Ranma feels good, perhaps she should try to do this more with him. This idea provoked another flush in the face as Ranma continued to sleep in her feminine assets.
Everyone went to their seats except Washu who was on the floor still cackling her head off and muttering incoherent sentences about reason and stupidity. The Tenchi crew just forgot about her since there was something more important than a person, which was filling their bellies with a delicious helping of Sasami's wondrous cooking.
Sasami soon popped out of the kitchen and set more plates of food and as everyone grabbed their chopsticks and were about to dive into the piles and piles of vegetables and succulent meats, someone decided to wake up to that delicious aroma.
Sniff……sniff…..the nose twitched a little as his mouth started opening and closing in preparation to eat.
His hands clenched slightly and sounds of bone cracking were made as his fingers wiggled a little in preparation to grab anything.
Finally his eyes started to slowly open as if he could actually envision the food, which was about a foot or two away from him.
"OH CRAP!!!!! RANMA IS WAKING UP!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THE FOOD AWAY!!!!!!!!!" Tenchi screamed as he saw Ranma slowly moving and his instincts just screamed at him to get into action.
Immediately at full alert, everyone grabbed the plates of food on the table and all raced in different directions. What is more hilarious is seeing some old geezer holding a plate full of teriyaki chicken and watching his scrawny legs run with his clothes billowing around him. Katshuito, the priest of the Masaki Shrine and warrior of Jurai, a powerful being that everyone respects. His wisdom has been constantly searched for and his battle prowess was almost never equal too. He was a warrior…………a warrior on the run because he was hungry and to hell with honor. The stomach came first!
Ryoko teleported to the roof with three bottles of sake and also with a plate of teriyaki chicken, which was tantalizing her taste buds and so she just got to eat that chicken! No one…..and I MEAN NO ONE is going to eat her food! Her battle aura leapt out and the roof suddenly cackled with energy as her powers turned the roof to a slight tinge of red. She was going to enjoy it and no one is going to take anything from her. Then perhaps after that a little snack, which consist of Tenchi, Ranma and a whip. That would make her day perfect.
Of course the others were running all around the house, hiding in bedrooms, closets, laundry mat, or heck even in the furo. The only few beings in the table was Mihoshi, who is a ditz and has no clue what is going on, Kiyone, who was stuck anyways since Ranma still is on top of her, but she doesn't really mind that much, Sasami, who was giggling happily since she thought this was some game and it seems quite fun, and the legendary devourer of foods, the never-ending vacuum brand called Ranma Saotome who snapped his eyes wide open and his predator senses activated when he smell the aroma.
One word escaped his lips, it wasn't an evil word, but the way he said it was sure as hell freaky.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma backflipped off of Kiyone and landed on the ground with his fists opening and closing, as if ready to go snatch some meals out of the air.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma's eyes blazed as his stomach roared in unison with his voice. No fruit, vegetable, or meat will escape him. He was a Saotome and they live by their code of honor and their damn cursed stomach.
"Fooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
His mouth went wide as his teeth blazed out; a tiny trickle of saliva appeared in his mouth as it escaped from it and went to trickle down to his chin. He instinctive used his right hand to wipe off the saliva, but that in no way was going to satisfy his hunger.
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sasami laughed and clapped her heads as if she thought this was some type of show. Ranma-san looks so cute, though a bit weird since he looks like a predator on the hunt, but he is cute. A different cute from Tenchi since Tenchi was like a noble cute, he had all this power, but displays this shy cuteness. On the other hand, this Ranma was a mysterious person, he displays maturity in some points, but at other points, he is just some little five year old that wants everything. Though in both ways, his maturity and child-like demanding made him cute too. Sasami smiled, but not an ordinary child-like smile, more of an adult smile that had seen a lot in her life and it was more of a person who was older and more understanding. It was a loving adult smile.
Ranma-san………….Ranma…….you light up my life……..and my heart…..what kind I do for you? I feel so different when I'm around you……why? I do not know…but this…this feeling….it….it makes me want to be…..want to be with you………maybe……..perhaps………
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma raced around the household and went to search for his preys with his hands open wide and his mouth ready to gobble down anything.
Um…….well perhaps……we need to work on your food habits…….but…overall you have a good heart……..one to…..to……..one to…………lo..
Before the sentence could be finished Sasami's smile was gone and the smile of a child returned.
"Yay! This game is fun! Come on Kiyone-san! Lets go play!"
Kiyone on the other hand laid right there and touched her chest lightly as she recalled the disappearance of the warmth she felt that made her feel so light-headed yet so calming and peaceful. Once Ranma leapt away from her body contact, she felt the warmth immediately extinguish. She…..she wants to feel that again…..yes she really really wants to feel that again………
"Right Sasami! Lets go get Ranma!"
If I meet him again, perhaps I can feel that same sensation again.
Kiyone flushed slightly, but then ignored the flush since she was on a mission. A mission to meet Ranma and perhaps encourage him to get to know her and maybe…um…eh…urrrr……..maybe get together….since I really like to have a boy…..boy……..well whatever its called…..
"Kiyoneeeeeeeeee…….our food……….."
"Shut up Mihoshi! Come on! We have to get to Ranma before he gets all the food!"
Of course I need to get to him before he gets the food….no telling what those girls may do to him….he..he needs me…..and…um….I need him…..yeah! We fit each other like a puzzle! We are two broken pieces, now complete! I got to have him!
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee logic is impossible……hahhahaha………………"
Oh……I forgot…..Washu is still here….never mind…..that will take awhile before she snaps out of her trance. That part when she bashed her head constantly on the floor probably made her go temporarily insane……I wonder if Celista Moon Asylum will accept a crazy mad scientist…..they haven't got many of those lately………hmmmm well never mind…better go get Ranma.
Kiyone and Sasami raced off after the hunk while Mihoshi sat right next to Washu.
"Ummm……Washu-chan? Um……are you okay?"
If anyone heard that, it would be an automatic facefault, which would also include the broken genius, but she is off in her own world, so reality isn't kicking into her.
"Weeeeeeee…………….Mihoshi………is illogical………….reason….is illogical. I am…………illogical……….unexplainable…….."
Washu used a finger and started to flicker her lip up and down as she continued to make funny noises.
"You are funny person Washu………" Mihoshi giggled while watching her.
For Washu, lucky she snapped because if she was back to her normal self, she would be experiencing what everyone would call……hell….with Mihoshi…..
The next day, the sun peeked out, as the skies were blue and sounds of fishes swimming in the lake were heard. The squirrels ran around the field and the giant tree in the lake swayed with the light breeze. It was a comfortable day, something to enjoy and perhaps do a little chore.
With the flight of steps that led to the Masaki Shrine, which was well known to give blessed luck, stood a young individual in priest clothes, as he swept the concrete floor for any dust.
He casually flickered the pigtail behind his back and let the wind sweep through his hair. With a slight smirk, he went back to his work and continued to sweep through the dust that clung in the cracks of the floor that lead to the holy shrine.
He relaxed himself and let his body sway a little, as if he was following some beat, though no music was heard. Its as if he was one with nature, blending in with it and just moving around as if being guided by the beautiful earth.
He took in a deep breathe and let the sunlight pour through him. It felt wonderful and definitely relaxing. Then he turned his head to the left to see young tree slowly losing its colorful leaves. It had a multitude of colors as it contains the passionate orange, the fiery red, and the mundane brown. He stared at it and just wondered about his life.
All those leaves represented a fraction of his life. He was shedding his skin, his old leaves to grow new ones. New memories and times with a family that cares…..a family that cares…………
Immediately he duck low and somersaulted forward as he gracefully ducked under an object that was swung swiftly toward where he stood. Once he somersaulted forward, he sprung around and shot hit left hand in a perfect open palm punch with the motion of his spin, but at the same time an object appeared at his shoulder.
Time seem to stop as the two people stood there, one with his bokken leveled at the other's shoulders, while the other had his hand aimed at the waist, which would have made a devastating blow to any internal organs since it was aimed at a shiatsu point.
"Heh……you got me…..old man……"
"Heh…..not bad…..young one…….."
The old man lifted his bokken away from the man with the pigtail while that guy retracted his open palm strike. The pigtail martial artist stood up and bowed slightly to the old guy who in return bowed back in respect.
"Heh….it seems you were not slacking off Ranma…."
"Well I have been training ever since I was a small boy and the Art has been my life. During that time, I developed a good sense to detect danger……heh……and boy did I ever….especially two years ago…."
The old man smiled as he saw Ranma give his confident grin.
His fire is raging once more…….I see that warrior spirit blazing…..he is not the same that I saw him……..he once had that hurt in his eyes…..but he looks better now..
"Well…..enough with the sweeping, it seems you have cleaned the place a lot faster than I expected….."
"Heh…..Pops told me everything is training. So I used some ki to shunt into my body and to slightly speed up the cleaning process…"
Katshuito nodded his head slightly as he tilt his bokken to lie on one of his shoulders.
"Hmm….interesting thought of life…….though slightly skewed…but interesting enough……."
Ranma shrugged and twirled the broom around.
"I guess, but like I said……Pops made my life revolve around the Art…so yeah.."
"Yes…….I can recall that……" Katshuito instinctive rubbed the back of his neck as he recalled how Ranma appeared in front of him, his mouth watering, waiting to lunge at him for the chicken, which he tried to defend.
"The food is not yours! You must share Ranma! You are a guest in my household! You had your share…..and I want mine!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma rushed forward and saw Katshuito slash downwards with his bokken, but because he was hungry, he was a bit tad slower than his normal pace.
That few milseconds slower allowed Ranma to side-step and spin to the left of his opponent and appear right behind him.
"…………….crude……….."
That was the only thing he could say as Ranma struck like lightning and used his fingers to jab at Katshuito's neck, which triggered a lock in one of his nerves and that caused a burst of shock into his brain and shut it down.
All Katshuito could see was him falling down and Ranma gobbling down that taste chicken before he blacked out.….
"Good………..FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Katshuito rubbed his neck once more as he shivered from the sight of Ranma.
He looked like a wild animal, with his eyes narrowed and glowing and his nose sniffing constantly as if he was some tracker. His hands constantly clenched and unclenched. It was as if Ranma was acting like a big, voracious…..cat……very…very frisky……..but deadly as hell. He recalled the way he acted when he saw Ryo-ohki.
There must be something linked about Ranma and Ryo-ohki…..hmm Ranma said he was afraid of cats…..but what was it? What caused him to snap at that time? Can it be cats? Seems unlikely yet it is a sound theory since he is afraid of them and acted like one when he was after Ryo-ohki.
"Well Ranma, I came to tell you that Sasami would need your help. After yesterday, everything is practically wiped out in the pantry, so she needs to go buy more food. She was wondering if you were willing to come with her to go buy some."
Ranma nodded his head.
"Sure, might as well, since your better stock up as much food as you can cause I'm here……"
Yes….Ranma…..we need to stock….more like build a two-story building and fill it with food….actually a private marketplace would be better….that can help last us for a week or two with you Ranma……
"Yes….well Sasami is down at the house and waiting for you. If you need anymore help, you can ask my grandson, Tenchi, or anyone available to help you out."
Ranma smirked as he heard Katshuito telling him to ask anyone for help, which he usually doesn't.
"Don't worry, I pretty much can take care of it…..I didn't train this long to not able to do somethings……"
Katshuito nodded slightly.
"Very well then, well go, Sasami is waiting."
Ranma bowed and handed the broom to Katshuito to hold. Then he stretched himself lightly to let his muscles react. Once all the bones were done cracking, his unusual devil-may care smirk appeared and he was gone. A burst of wind trailed behind his run as he sped down the stairs and past the archway where Ryoko was.
Ryoko lay on the archway, staring at the beautiful sky and just taking her usual, normal day nap. She heard a slight sound from her left and so she turned her head to see a blur racing down the stairs. She knew it was Ranma since no one else can run that fast.
Ryoko casually waved at him, which Ranma easily noticed and waved back at the cyan-haired female. With a slight grin, Ryoko witnessed in a matter of milseconds as Ranma flew past her, running under the archway and heading off to the house.
Subconsciously, Ryoko rubbed her left leg as she recalled last night and how Ranma was able to catch her and basically eat her food…….
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!! YOU STAY BACK………..THIS IS MINE!!! I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU TRY TO STEAL IT!!!!!"
Ryoko held the plate of chicken closely to her chest while her right hand was holding a floating energized ball of power. It was definitely charging and probably can vaporize a house in a matter of seconds.
"DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING MY FOOD!!!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko cocked her right arm back and concentrated in shunting more power into her hand while Ranma stood in front of her, about a few meters away. They were on the roof with Ranma swaying left to right while his arms out stretched, wanting to grab the food. His eyes were still narrow and glowing while his body was somewhat a bit more tense than before, as if his instincts recalled how she fought and basically assessed her one more to decide the next course of action.
"YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY FOOD!"
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma stepped to the left and launched with his left leg to propel himself forward while bringing his arms up in a X-motion and letting his ki to wrap around him once more, to act like some kind of shield from the blast.
"YOU ASK FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!"
Ryoko shot her hand forward and launched out her energized beam and let it explode on Ranma who was still flying at her, but the explosion lasted for a second as Ranma soar through it and with his left hand shooting out to jab her leg and his right hand with a speed of a bullet, taking the plate of chicken. Then he shot his legs forward to stop himself and slide around to turn his body around to face Ryoko and stuff himself with some chicken.
"YOU ASSHOLE!!! THAT WAS MY…..URK……………"
Ryoko fell to the ground as her left leg gave no response. Ranma hit a shiatsu point to deaden her leg and basically numb it so she can't do anything with it. Technically she is stuck there unless she teleports herself, but what can she do laying around…..absolutely nothing and so she watched her beloved chicken being swallowed…..
"Good…………………….FOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma disappeared as he leapt over the roof.
"DAMN YOU RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ranma slid open the door on the front porch as his head popped into house.
"Sasami-chan? You there?"
"Hai Ranma-san! Coming!"
Sasami appeared and smiled happily at Ranma.
"I'm ready!"
Sasami twirled slightly to show off her dress. It was a single piece dress that went down to her knees. It was blue to match her hair and had some orange carrot buttons. It has had two handy pockets in the front of her dress. It definitely made her adorable and plus she was carrying a small black purse that she had slung over her left shoulder. She looked really cute.
Ranma smiled at Sasami as he saw what she wore. It was really nice. He then tilted his head a little to see Tenchi also.
"Yo Tenchi! I'm taking Sasami to the market! Take of the place!"
Tenchi nodded slightly.
"You don't need any help Ranma?"
"Nah I can handle it….come one Sasami-chan! Lets go get the stuff!"
"Okay!"
Sasami-chan grabbed Ranma's hand and pulled off the front porch to head down to the city.
At that time, Tenchi walked up to the front porch to slide the door close.
"Laters Tenchi!"
"Bye Tenchi-sama!"
Tenchi smirked and waved at them, but then with that same hand, he scratched his right arm since it was itching all over again. He recalled how that happened since Ranma appeared to steal the carrot stew.
"Yeesh….what happened? I hope Ranma isn't around………"
Tenchi jerked his head to the right, then to the left as he searched to see if Ranma was around.
He was currently in his room, actually more like in his closet. The stew, which was in the pot was in between in his legs and he slide the door close, but left enough opening to peek out if anyone was coming.
His heart beat rapidly as he sweated profusely. Ranma was in search for food! He can't let him have this! He was too hungry…..
"Fooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He…he is close…….
Tenchi peeked through the opening to see Ranma saunter in.
He walked in like a predator, taking each step at a time, but a cautious step, as if in preparation to pounce at his prey at any times. His head turned from side to side as he scanned his surroundings to find the meal. His hands were gripped tightly and you can hear the knuckles cracking.
Tenchi gulped slightly as he saw the intense fierceness that Ranma possessed to seek for the food. It was if Ranma was a demon incarnate…..much worse when he revived Ryoko…..and that was damn scary…..this made him want to piss in his pants.
Ranma scanned the room one more time and then he smirked.
Tenchi tensed himself, which cause him to blink.
As he blinked, Ranma wasn't in the room anymore. Tenchi peeked around, but didn't see anyone. With a sigh of relief, the stew was saved. He can have some for himself. As he grabbed the lid to open it, the door to the closet slid open…..
Tenchi looked up and gasped in fright to see Ranma standing there with his eyes glowing.
"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tenchi shot his right hand out to stop Ranma, but in a blink of second, his arm was locked and it had some tingling feeling on it.
While he tried to scratch off the tingling feeling, he looked down to see the stew gone and then he looked up to see Ranma gone from the room.
He tilted his head out and heard a slight noise..
"GOOD……..FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Those words would forever echo the night as he scratched his arm furiously……
"So Sasami-chan, you like to cook?"
Sasami nodded his head in delight as she pranced around while holding onto Ranma's hand.
"I loved to cook! I use to watch the chefs back at home cooking for our guests. I then asked one of them to teach me since I didn't have much to do, so the head chef took me up as an apprentice and taught me everything he knew!"
"That is good! No wonder you make such good food! You must have a wonderful teacher!"
Sasami blushed and nodded.
"Yes, Ryou was a good chef and a good friend."
Both Ranma and Sasami were walking through the town to find the local marketplace.
"Um…turn left over this street, its another two or three blocks down."
"Okay Sasami-chan."
They made a left on the street and continued to walk for a few more minutes while chatting aimlessly. The place was lively as civilians constantly walked the sidewalks and cars drove by. People shouted as prices were called out and people were haggling for a deal. Everything was being sold here, from watches and t-shirts, to meats and vegetables. It was a modest size area for a commercial business.
"Hmm….Ranma-san?" Sasami grabbed onto Ranma and pulled his hand slightly.
"Yes Sasami-chan?" Ranma jerked his head down to look at Sasami's cute face.
"I need your help for one second."
"Sure, what is up?" Ranma arched his eyebrow.
"It's the market people….they usually charge really high and I want to find a good discount..since we have a lot of guests! Can you help me find a good person to get a good price?" Sasami gave a worried look while holding onto her purse to emphasize the cost of some prices.
"Sure..don't worry, leave it to me, after all I'm the world's greatest martial artist."
Ranma struck a pose that was quite heroic, but it made Sasami just giggle.
"Yeah, but you sure to eat a lot."
"Hey! Martial artist live by the code and the stomach, that is what Pops always told me."
"Really?"
Ranma nodded his head.
"Yep……it was so ingrained in me, I just go with it, kind of hard to break the habit."
"That is really silly," Sasami giggled while twirling around.
"Heh..it does sound kind of funny huh?" Ranma smirked as he scratched his head slightly.
Sasami nodded and she squeezed Ranma's hand lightly to show her delight from the story.
Before anything else can happen, a loud shout was heard in front of them.
"HEY YOU! YOU STOLE MY FRUITS!"
Ranma tilted his head up to tried to see through the mass of people that converged there to see what was going on.
"What is wrong Ranma-san?" Sasami had a concerned look.
"Hmmm…..I don't know, lets check it out."
Sasami nodded her head and they went into crowd as they jostle some of the people aside to see what was going on.
Ranma had to push some fellows, which instantly got annoyed and were about to give a piece of their mind until they saw his blue-gray eyes. It had that perceiving piercing look that said you mess with me; I'll put you in a whole lot of pain and more. One look at those eyes, the people immediately parted.
"I'm……I'm gomen-nasi sir……I'm…..I'm just hungry…….that is all…..please sir…my sister….she need some fruits…..she said she was hungry too………"
A young child about 10 years old cringed from the fruit seller who had some guys with him. The fruit seller was a big fellow who weighed probably around 300 hundred pounds. He had a butcher's apron with some grease stains on it. Puffs of smoke appeared from his cigarette that was in his mouth. He had a bald-head, but was somewhat dirty from the smoke and such. Behind him were three guys, one of them had some weird tomahawk haircut and was chiseling his nails with a switchblade. The next fellow had a buzz cut, but had a nose ring and he was leaning by the fruit stand with the last fellow who also had a buzz cut, but was twirling a small baton around his fingers. He rolled it around his knuckles at a speed that only experienced user can do.
"I don't care if you have a family of ten! You took my fruits without paying! That deserves to be punished!"
The bald man puffed his cigarette once more as the guy with the switchblade stop filing his nails and narrowed his eyes on the kid.
The ten year old cringed once more while he clutched his younger sister who was probably two or three younger. She had a small oval face, with small beady eyes and wearing some dirty trousers and shirt. Her face was a bit grimy like the boy's but they were trying to survive on their own, which was pretty hard.
"Leave the kids alone Ruhan! Just let them go, they didn't do any harm….." one of the people shouted at the bald man who stopped puffing his cigarette than glared at the guy.
"Who the hell are you to tell me to do what I want to do? He stole my fruits! I have the right to do what the hell I want! You stay the hell away!"
The two children whimpered in fear in what may come as they saw the three other guys grin maliciously at the kids.
Sasami had a worried look since he saw those four picking on the kids. They were really bad men, someone should do something……..and then she felt a tightening in her hand.
She looked up to look at Ranma and she saw him narrow his eyes at the four guys while he was somewhat clenching his fists in anger. Ranma was really made at the way they were acting, sure the kids stole food, but they were trying to survive. Ranma could sympathize with that since that was what he did before when he was training with his father and his father forced him to steal in order to live.
"How about this…um…...I'll pay for the fruits…..that way you won't have to be so angry."
Everyone in the crowd shifted to see a female with dark brown hair appear. She seemed like in her early twenties and was clad in a conservative housewife dress. She had an apron on and was carrying a small bag of groceries. She was quite attractive since her long lush hair went down to her waist and she had really beautiful brown eyes. The dress made her look older, but she her body easily was detected as the curves were somewhat standing out through the dress. She was quite tall, perhaps around 5'9", and had smile was quite cheerful and positive. She sported some low heel pumps as she approached the kids and put her arms around them.
"I'll pay for the fruits…."
Ranma narrowed his eyes at the female as his memory suddenly was blurring in front of him….she is so damn familiar…….who the hell is she? Who? She reminds me of someone……….who? Just who is it?
The bald man smirked and shook his head.
"You don't get it do you pretty? Those trashes have to be taken care of. If you let them go, then they will do it again and again and soon everyone will do it. Then this society will be in moral decay. I tell you, you got to handle the trash first, which means you get rid of it!"
With a slight nod, the three guys started advancing on the female and the two kids.
The crowd tensed, but none of them were willing to advance to help out.
Sasami stared at the evil men as they were heading toward that kind lady and the two kids. Oh no! Someone has got to do something!
"Ranma-san………………."
Ranma let go of Sasami's hand as he took a step closer to get a better look at the female who was sheltering the kids, trying to protect them from the three guys that have plans of harming them. It can't be her? No way…..but….but…….is it? Can it be possible?
As Ranma stared, the guy with the tomahawk smirked and gave a leer at the female.
"Hey cutie…..why don't you let those two kids go and let us deal with them….perhaps later on we can meet and do something together…heh…it will be a lot of fun……"
The guy with the nose ring snickered as he advanced on the left.
The brunette pushed the kids behind her as they clung onto her dress and tried to hide from the murdering trio. Before she could so anything else, the guy with the baton grabbed her arm and yanked her to him
"Come here bitch! We will have you later!"
The female was startled by the yank and immediately slapped the guy with the baton with her right hand, which stun the guy's cheek. The real blow was lifting her right knee up to drive into his masculine asset.
"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Immediately that guy crumpled to the ground as he dropped his baton and grabbed his asset.
"BITCH!!!"
The guy with nose ring jumped in front of her and grabbed her arm while raising his left hand to backhand her on the cheek.
"Somebody help her! Onegai!!! Somebody help her!!!!!!" The young boy screamed in fright, as he was about to witness his savior about to be hit.
In this course of action, the female's adrenaline system shut down, since she was not use to this and fear overtook her. She was never so afraid in her life except that time she was alone from the aftermath of the past. That was scary, but this was fearing since its in the present and she was about to be hit.
I hope…..those kids will be okay………
With fear washing over her and the descending hand racing towards her, her voice suddenly spoke.
"Oh….my…………………."
- End for now………….reviews are welcome………."
