Ranma: The Tenth Hakkeshu or Ranma's Cousin Iori
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Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma 1/2. That is property of Rumiko Takahashi. I do not own The King of Fighters, that is property of SNK. I do however suggest you look up information on these two properties. You won't be disappointed.
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Note: This takes place after the Ranma 1/2 manga and during the King of Fighters '98.
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Ranma: The Tenth Hakkeshu Chapter 17: Here's Ranko Yagami! Take Him as She is...
What should have been the third day o fights turns into a wash out. England is having horrible stormy weather and no ships are allowed to dock. This includes Rugal's Black Noah. So the fighters are stuck on board Rugal's ship waiting for the weather to clear. Most of the fighters are below deck, in their cabins training. A few of the fighters are on deck, training as well. Rugal is in the Captain's quarters looking at a collection of monitors, checking out how the fighters move and train. Vice and Mature just stare at Rugal's back, thinking he's some kind of loon for doing all this. And then they remember, that this is not only Rugal's doing, but Goenitz's as well. Mature is the first to break the silence.
Mature: Sir, when are we going to go to Ryugenzawa to go and get some of that "Spring of Life" water? We only have a good five to eleven months left to get some of it.
Rugal (Swivels his chair to face Mature): Patience Mature. Good things come to those who wait. And this tournament should only be three more months, so we'll have at least two months to get the water that we need to make our new lives permanent.
Vice: Sir, was all this really necessary? I mean, why not go to Ryugenzawa first? We could have said, "Screw you Goenitz", once he told us where the "Spring of Life" is.
Rugal: We could have... But WHERE do you suppose it is in Ryugenzawa?
Vice: ... I don't know...
Rugal: Precisely! We could spend all our time and not find it, or we can wait a bit, get Goenitz his energy, and get that water for ourselves so we can live truly. What sounds better to you?
Vice: The last choice...
Rugal: Indeed. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. We got a long ways to go before I get my revenge.
Vice doesn't know what to make of this and takes a step backs to think and knocks into Mature. Mature takes a few steps back and steps on Rugal's panther's tail. The panther makes a dash and knocks into the steering wheel of the ship and makes it spin a wide turn.
Rugal (Furious): YOU IDIOTS!!!
Vice: IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
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Ranma Saotome. Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts and Tenth Hakkeshu, goes through a kata. He is in perfect state of mind. He is calm and at peace. Unfortunately, that's not a good thing to have when the ship he's standing on a ship that suddenly does a wide-right turn and sends him flying off the side of the Aircraft Carrier.
Ranma (Plummeting): AW HELL! !
Ranma-chan bobs her head out of the water, mutters angrily to herself, than grabs onto ladder bars that are connected to the side of the ship. She holds on as the ship is turning. Once done, Ranma-chan climbs up the ladder and tosses herself onto the deck. As she tries to stealthily make her way along the ships deck to get to her cabin for some hot water, or find Leona so she could turn him back into a guy; she bumps into the back of a guy.
Ranma-chan (Thinks): Busted...
The man turns around and looks at Ranma-chan. Ranma-chan recognizes this guy as the person his cousin hates the most... Kyo Kusanagi. And his two lackeys, Benimaru and Goro are with him.
Kyo (Lightly combs his hand through his hair): Hello pretty lady. What's your name? Are you lost? How did you get on board?
Ranma-chan (Thinks): How the heck am I going to get this guy to leave me alone? I KNOW!
Ranma-chan: Hello there. My name is Ranko Yagami. I'm looking for my brother Iori Yagami, have you seen him? (Thinks: That should get these losers to leave. No one wants to mess with Iori).
Instead of scaring them away, this has the opposite affect on them, and makes them more interested in her...
Benimaru: WHAT DID YOU SAY!? DID YOU SAY YOU'RE IORI'S SISTER!?!?!?
Ranma-chan: Yeah. Call me Ranko.
Goro: I never knew Yagami had a sister. Than again... I also never knew he had a cousin and an aunt until the opening of the tournament.
Benimaru: You Yagamis seem to be popping up left and right lately...
Ranko: We have that kind of affect...
Kyo (Eyes are sparkly): Can we help you find your brother Miss.
Ranko: Uh... No thanks. I know where he is.
Benimaru: How would you know that? And you still didn't explain how you got on board.
Ranko: I... I swam here. It took me awhile to catch up with this thing. And I just know that my brother is on board.
Benimaru: I see. You know he's here, but that doesn't mean you know exactly where he is on board do you?
Ranko (Doesn't want to admit she's Ranma, so she plays along): Uh... I guess not?
Kyo (Teary eyes, clasps her hands with his own): YOU POOR THING! You probably haven't seen your brother in years have you? Always been longing for the day you could be reunited with your long-lost brother, when he would return home so you could enjoy life in the company of your brother. You must have swum all the way out here from Japan just to see him again, at least for one time! YOU POOR LITTLE LADY! I FEEL FOR YOU! WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
As Kyo breaks down into Soun-like tears at his conclusion, Benimaru, Ranko, and Goro just stare at Kyo
Benimaru (Still staring at the weeping Kyo): Oooooookay... So what's the plan oh "fearless leader"?
Kyo (Stands up, takes a pose): Isn't it obvious? We reunite this cute girl with her brother, even though he's a despicable, evil, SOB!!!
Ranko (Angry): HEY! HE'S NOT LIKE THAT!
Kyo (Teary eyes): You poor thing. You don't know what your brother has become. Very well... We shall get your brother up her so you can reunite with him. BENIMARU! FETCH IORI!
Benimaru: WHY DO I HAVE TO GET THE PSYCHOPATH!?
Kyo: Just do it.
Benimaru: I hate my life.
Ranko (Thinks): Not as much as I'll hate mine once Iori finds out what I did...
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Twenty minutes pass. Iori comes up on deck, following Benimaru. Iori walks up to Kyo, who's hiding something behind his back.
Iori (Smiles): So... You've accepted fate and will finally fight me to the death Kusanagi?
Kyo (Smiles): Nope. But I got something here you'll love to see. (Pulls Ranko from behind his back and places her in front of him). TA DA!
Iori (Frowns): Ranma... What the hell are you doing?
Ranko (Places hand behind her head): Eh heh heh heh... Long story...
Kyo (Confused): Uh... Iori, this isn't Ranma, it's Ranko. Your sister.
Iori (Angry): ... MY WHAT!? RANMA, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TELL THESE IDIOTS!?!?
Ranko (Whispers to Iori): Sorry. They saw me as a girl. I didn't want them to know about my curse, so I told them I was your sister. I thought that would get them to leave me alone.
Iori (Nods his head): I see... Well "sister", you should remember the Yagami clan oath than.
Ranko, Kyo, Benimaru, & Goro: Oath?
Iori (Smiles): Yes... If she doesn't say it correctly, I get to kick her ass. (Smile widens so teeth are bared, starts to crack his knuckles).
Ranko: Uh. I don't remember. Eh heh heh...
Iori: Too bad... DRUNKEN GRAIL GASHER!!!
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The explosion that rocks the Ship gains all the fighters attention. Most of the fighters rush up to deck to see what's wrong. Rugal starts barking orders at Mature and Vice and tells them to see what's going on while he watches from his screen. The fighters get there to see Iori lifting a red-haired girl off the ground with a headlock.
Heidern: WHAT'S GOING ON?
Kyo (Weeps): It's so tragic! WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Saishu: Boy! Snap out of it and tell us what is going on and who that girl is.
Kyo (Gains a little self-control): It's horrible. Her name is Ranko Yagami. She is Iori's sister. She swam all the way here to find her long lost brother, only to have him try to kill her when she couldn't remember the Yagami oath. It's terrible! WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Ranko can't take anymore of this humiliation. Most of the fighters have now seen her girl-side (something he was working to avoid), and she's getting is ass kicked by Iori. Ranko does the only thing she can do. Back-kick Iori in his shin.
Iori (Lets go of her to grasp his shin): ARGH! YOU LITTLE BI... !
Iori tries to refocus his vision around Ranko's fist that is stuck in his face.
Iori: That hurts you know...
Ranko: STUFF IT ASS-HOLE!
Iori and Ranko start to tear into each other. Iori uses his hands as if they were claws and gets a few good cuts. Ranko can't seem to avoid them since she taught her "brother" the Chestnut fist. So Ranko decides that in this case, the best defense is a good offense. So the two combatants start to pound on each other, dishing out as much as they're getting. Iori jumps back and gives himself some distance to use the Orochi Hokodan. As his ball of Green Fire flies towards Ranko, she sets of a Mouko Takabisha no Orochi, sending her Violet blast of Ki into Iori's attack. The two spheres of Orochi energy collide and cancel each other out. Iori than decides to do his Dark Thrust. Ranko decides on the same thing and when their two blasts of Orochi fire collide, it creates a huge pillar of fire. Seeing that their fire isn't much for a close-combat fight, the two lunge at each other in a bit of mid-air combat. As the two duel in a dance-of-death those watching the fight are in awe. The reactions to the fighters vary from those that know about Ranma's curse and have seen his girl-side, and those that don't know anything about Ranma.
Lucky: WOW! That girl's got some good hang time.
Terry (Thinks): Damn it Ranma. What did you get yourself into now?
Mai (Thinks): Wow. Now that I get a good look at it... Her chest is almost as big as mine!
Akane: THE PERVERT!
Ryoga: What a perv that Ranma is.
Kim: Uh... We're making comments about Iori's sister Ranko. Not Iori's cousin Ranma.
Vice: Ranko, Ranma... Hmm... I'm noticing a theme here with names...
Mature: She has got to be his sister. I mean, look at the hair! And the fact that she's also wielding Magatama no Orochi doesn't hurt either.
Leona (Thinks): DAMN IT! How the hell did this happen?
Billy: Heh heh heh...
Yamazaki: KILL, KILL, KIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL!!! HEH HEH HEH HEH HEEEEEHH!!!
Chang: She sure is a skinny one.
Shampoo: Go Red-hair! Kill Girl-Ranma!
Athena: Girl-Ranma? What are you talking about?
Mary (Thinks): Damn... Don't screw up Ranma...
King: This girl is amazing! I have to get her on the Women's team next year.
Mai: Uh, King? That may not be a good idea... (There's the sound of Ranko screaming a whole lot of naughty words at Iori in the back round).
King: Why not? She could easily replace you.
Shampoo: YEAH! IS SHAMPOO'S HANDSOME KING!
King: AW CRAP! I gotta run, be seeing you!
King runs off with Shampoo following closely behind her.
Ryo: Leave King alone you Amazon wench! (Ryo than picks up chase).
Kuno: THAT'S IT PIG-TAILED GIRL, SMITE THE INFIDEL!
Andy: Pig-tailed girl?
Kuno: Ah... I know her well. She is the love of my life. We are destined to be together.
Andy: ... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Ranko (Off screen): I AM NOT!
Kuno: Ah. She loves me well.
At this point, Andy starts rolling around on the ground with mad laughter.
Geese allows himself to smile.
Terry (Thinks): Geese is smiling. This cannot be good...
Krauser (Thinks): Hmm... There's "some" potential to her. Nothing special.
Happosai: BABY! (Happosai flies off-screen).
Ranko (Off screen): GET OFF OF ME YOU SLIMEY PERVERT! !
Happosai goes flies back onto screen and than off again in the opposite direction.
Mai: JAPAN'S #1!!!
Athena: GO RANKO!
Mary: SHOW THOSE PERVERTS WHO'S BOSS!
Heidern: That girl has some high combat potential.
Kodachi: YOU WICKED, WICKED GIRL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY RANMA-SAMA?
Benimaru: Shouldn't we do something?
Kyo (Strikes a pose): Indeed Beni. WE MUST SAVE RANKYO!
Goro: Rankyo? I thought her name was Ranko...
Kyo: Ranko is her name. BUT... I will make her my wife. So sharing my name with her is all right.
Benimaru, Goro, Shingo, & Saishu: MARRY!? (There's the sound of Iori screaming death threats to Ranko in the back round, followed by a rather loud explosion).
Saishu: Son... ARE YOU NUTS? She's a Yagami, OUR ENEMY!
Shingo: Kusanagi-sempai is going to marry? COOL! I want to be the best man!
Soun: (Interrupts): You cannot marry him! It is his duty to marry my little girl!
Genma: Yes, we have been working at it for two years now!
Ranko (Off screen): I AM NOT MARRYING THAT TOMBOY!
Iori (Off screen): EYES FORWARD IDIOT! YOU'RE FACING ME NOW! DARK THRUST! !
Ranko (Off screen): MOUKO TAKABISHA NO OROCHI!
Kyo: Uh... I didn't say I wanted to marry your son. I said I wanted to marry Rankyo.
Chizuru (Bops Kyo on the head): You idiot. What about Yuki Kushinada?
Kyo (Thoughtful expression): Hmm... Yuki. The innocence that I fought to save. Rankyo. The strikingly beautiful fighter. I MUST HAVE THEM BOTH!
Kuno: WHAT!? YOU DARE TO TAKE THE PIG-TAILED GIRL AWAY FROM ME? HAVE AT YOU!
And thus, Kyo and Kuno started to fight for Ranko for a bit. Until...
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Chizuru (Holding two mallets that are crushing Kyo and Kuno into the ship's deck): Honestly, you two are acting like idiots.
Saishu: I don't think they were acting...
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Back in the fight, Ranko and Iori are worse for wear. Both have taken a beating as good as they've served. Neither one will give up. So they do what comes naturally. Fight some more.
Iori rushes towards Ranko with the Dark Crescent Slice. Ranko is able to avoid the attack and counters with Fireball, twirling herself with Magatama no Orochi and flinging Iori into the air. Iori gets up quickly and feints a left punch, but actually gets her with a right kick. Ranko is sent back a bit from the blow. As she regains her balance, it's too late as she sees Iori grabs her. He performs his Maiden Masher on Ranko, punching and slashing her, that grabbing her and sending her flying through a blaze of Magatama no Orochi. Ranko's vision starts to blur. She can barely see Iori at this point. She tries to use the depression she feels and sets off an Orochi Hokodan. It misses and Iori than starts to charge towards her. Ranko knows she's finished. She helped Iori get better than herself. As Iori's about to tear into her, there's a cry from the audience that gains his attention.
Nodoka: STOP!
Iori (Looks towards her): Oh. Hi Auntie.
Nodoka: Don't "Hi Auntie" me. What are you doing?
Iori: Me? I'm just kicking my "sister's" ass is all. (Picks up a bruised and bloodied Ranko).
Ranko: Hi. Sorry about this...
Nodoka: HOW COULD YOU!?
Iori (A bit afraid): Well, she let Kyo see her and she got me involved, so I had to teach her a lesson.
Nodoka: So you saw that as reason to PICK A FIGHT?
Iori (Embarrassed): Well... It seemed like a good idea at the time. See how much better she got if she went all out, and teach her a lesson for getting me involved with the Kusanagis more than was necessary.
Nodoka: IORI, YOU TAKE RANKO TO RANMA'S CABIN, WE'LL TALK LATER!
Iori: Yes Auntie...
Mature: You are SO in trouble Iori.
Vice: How could you beat the crap out of your own sister?
Iori: ... Didn't I kill you two? (Points to Mature and Vice). Stay dead...
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Down stairs in Ranma's cabin, Nodoka looks over her now-male son. She gives a cold hard stare towards Iori, who's standing in the corner holding buckets of water.
Iori: This is a stupid punishment you know...
Leona (Whaps Iori in the back of his head): How could you do something like that?
Iori: I told you. He lied about me. He got Kyo to believe he was my sister so he could avoid them knowing about his curse. I taught him the error of hiding from what he's afraid of.
Leona (Angry): By kicking his ass?
Iori: Exactly. (This earns Iori another bop on his head from Leona).
Ranma: It's all right Leona. He's right. I did lie when I shouldn't have. I got him involved when he wasn't needed.
Iori: See?
Ranma: But...
Iori: But?
Ranma: Next time this happens, I'm just gonna kick you ass!
Nodoka: Ranma, such language.
Ranma (Cringes): Sorry Mom. But I am going to beat you next time Iori.
Iori: We'll see...
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End Chapter 17
Next Time: Ranma goes onto the deck to clear his head from the fight he had with Iori a few hours ago. Cologne instructs Shampoo to kill Ranma. This being the best time, since He'll be in a very weakened state. Unfortunately, Shampoo gets splashed with cold water and turns into a cat and chases after Ranma anyway. The sight of Shampoo-Cat scares a weakened Ranma. But, thanks to his Orochi Power, his Neko-Ken is now powered up into a more powerful version of the Riot of Blood. Herb tries to subdue Ranma.
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Note: This takes place after the Ranma 1/2 manga and during the King of Fighters '98.
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Ranma: The Tenth Hakkeshu Chapter 17: Here's Ranko Yagami! Take Him as She is...
What should have been the third day o fights turns into a wash out. England is having horrible stormy weather and no ships are allowed to dock. This includes Rugal's Black Noah. So the fighters are stuck on board Rugal's ship waiting for the weather to clear. Most of the fighters are below deck, in their cabins training. A few of the fighters are on deck, training as well. Rugal is in the Captain's quarters looking at a collection of monitors, checking out how the fighters move and train. Vice and Mature just stare at Rugal's back, thinking he's some kind of loon for doing all this. And then they remember, that this is not only Rugal's doing, but Goenitz's as well. Mature is the first to break the silence.
Mature: Sir, when are we going to go to Ryugenzawa to go and get some of that "Spring of Life" water? We only have a good five to eleven months left to get some of it.
Rugal (Swivels his chair to face Mature): Patience Mature. Good things come to those who wait. And this tournament should only be three more months, so we'll have at least two months to get the water that we need to make our new lives permanent.
Vice: Sir, was all this really necessary? I mean, why not go to Ryugenzawa first? We could have said, "Screw you Goenitz", once he told us where the "Spring of Life" is.
Rugal: We could have... But WHERE do you suppose it is in Ryugenzawa?
Vice: ... I don't know...
Rugal: Precisely! We could spend all our time and not find it, or we can wait a bit, get Goenitz his energy, and get that water for ourselves so we can live truly. What sounds better to you?
Vice: The last choice...
Rugal: Indeed. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. We got a long ways to go before I get my revenge.
Vice doesn't know what to make of this and takes a step backs to think and knocks into Mature. Mature takes a few steps back and steps on Rugal's panther's tail. The panther makes a dash and knocks into the steering wheel of the ship and makes it spin a wide turn.
Rugal (Furious): YOU IDIOTS!!!
Vice: IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
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Ranma Saotome. Heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts and Tenth Hakkeshu, goes through a kata. He is in perfect state of mind. He is calm and at peace. Unfortunately, that's not a good thing to have when the ship he's standing on a ship that suddenly does a wide-right turn and sends him flying off the side of the Aircraft Carrier.
Ranma (Plummeting): AW HELL! !
Ranma-chan bobs her head out of the water, mutters angrily to herself, than grabs onto ladder bars that are connected to the side of the ship. She holds on as the ship is turning. Once done, Ranma-chan climbs up the ladder and tosses herself onto the deck. As she tries to stealthily make her way along the ships deck to get to her cabin for some hot water, or find Leona so she could turn him back into a guy; she bumps into the back of a guy.
Ranma-chan (Thinks): Busted...
The man turns around and looks at Ranma-chan. Ranma-chan recognizes this guy as the person his cousin hates the most... Kyo Kusanagi. And his two lackeys, Benimaru and Goro are with him.
Kyo (Lightly combs his hand through his hair): Hello pretty lady. What's your name? Are you lost? How did you get on board?
Ranma-chan (Thinks): How the heck am I going to get this guy to leave me alone? I KNOW!
Ranma-chan: Hello there. My name is Ranko Yagami. I'm looking for my brother Iori Yagami, have you seen him? (Thinks: That should get these losers to leave. No one wants to mess with Iori).
Instead of scaring them away, this has the opposite affect on them, and makes them more interested in her...
Benimaru: WHAT DID YOU SAY!? DID YOU SAY YOU'RE IORI'S SISTER!?!?!?
Ranma-chan: Yeah. Call me Ranko.
Goro: I never knew Yagami had a sister. Than again... I also never knew he had a cousin and an aunt until the opening of the tournament.
Benimaru: You Yagamis seem to be popping up left and right lately...
Ranko: We have that kind of affect...
Kyo (Eyes are sparkly): Can we help you find your brother Miss.
Ranko: Uh... No thanks. I know where he is.
Benimaru: How would you know that? And you still didn't explain how you got on board.
Ranko: I... I swam here. It took me awhile to catch up with this thing. And I just know that my brother is on board.
Benimaru: I see. You know he's here, but that doesn't mean you know exactly where he is on board do you?
Ranko (Doesn't want to admit she's Ranma, so she plays along): Uh... I guess not?
Kyo (Teary eyes, clasps her hands with his own): YOU POOR THING! You probably haven't seen your brother in years have you? Always been longing for the day you could be reunited with your long-lost brother, when he would return home so you could enjoy life in the company of your brother. You must have swum all the way out here from Japan just to see him again, at least for one time! YOU POOR LITTLE LADY! I FEEL FOR YOU! WWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
As Kyo breaks down into Soun-like tears at his conclusion, Benimaru, Ranko, and Goro just stare at Kyo
Benimaru (Still staring at the weeping Kyo): Oooooookay... So what's the plan oh "fearless leader"?
Kyo (Stands up, takes a pose): Isn't it obvious? We reunite this cute girl with her brother, even though he's a despicable, evil, SOB!!!
Ranko (Angry): HEY! HE'S NOT LIKE THAT!
Kyo (Teary eyes): You poor thing. You don't know what your brother has become. Very well... We shall get your brother up her so you can reunite with him. BENIMARU! FETCH IORI!
Benimaru: WHY DO I HAVE TO GET THE PSYCHOPATH!?
Kyo: Just do it.
Benimaru: I hate my life.
Ranko (Thinks): Not as much as I'll hate mine once Iori finds out what I did...
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Twenty minutes pass. Iori comes up on deck, following Benimaru. Iori walks up to Kyo, who's hiding something behind his back.
Iori (Smiles): So... You've accepted fate and will finally fight me to the death Kusanagi?
Kyo (Smiles): Nope. But I got something here you'll love to see. (Pulls Ranko from behind his back and places her in front of him). TA DA!
Iori (Frowns): Ranma... What the hell are you doing?
Ranko (Places hand behind her head): Eh heh heh heh... Long story...
Kyo (Confused): Uh... Iori, this isn't Ranma, it's Ranko. Your sister.
Iori (Angry): ... MY WHAT!? RANMA, WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TELL THESE IDIOTS!?!?
Ranko (Whispers to Iori): Sorry. They saw me as a girl. I didn't want them to know about my curse, so I told them I was your sister. I thought that would get them to leave me alone.
Iori (Nods his head): I see... Well "sister", you should remember the Yagami clan oath than.
Ranko, Kyo, Benimaru, & Goro: Oath?
Iori (Smiles): Yes... If she doesn't say it correctly, I get to kick her ass. (Smile widens so teeth are bared, starts to crack his knuckles).
Ranko: Uh. I don't remember. Eh heh heh...
Iori: Too bad... DRUNKEN GRAIL GASHER!!!
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The explosion that rocks the Ship gains all the fighters attention. Most of the fighters rush up to deck to see what's wrong. Rugal starts barking orders at Mature and Vice and tells them to see what's going on while he watches from his screen. The fighters get there to see Iori lifting a red-haired girl off the ground with a headlock.
Heidern: WHAT'S GOING ON?
Kyo (Weeps): It's so tragic! WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Saishu: Boy! Snap out of it and tell us what is going on and who that girl is.
Kyo (Gains a little self-control): It's horrible. Her name is Ranko Yagami. She is Iori's sister. She swam all the way here to find her long lost brother, only to have him try to kill her when she couldn't remember the Yagami oath. It's terrible! WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Ranko can't take anymore of this humiliation. Most of the fighters have now seen her girl-side (something he was working to avoid), and she's getting is ass kicked by Iori. Ranko does the only thing she can do. Back-kick Iori in his shin.
Iori (Lets go of her to grasp his shin): ARGH! YOU LITTLE BI... !
Iori tries to refocus his vision around Ranko's fist that is stuck in his face.
Iori: That hurts you know...
Ranko: STUFF IT ASS-HOLE!
Iori and Ranko start to tear into each other. Iori uses his hands as if they were claws and gets a few good cuts. Ranko can't seem to avoid them since she taught her "brother" the Chestnut fist. So Ranko decides that in this case, the best defense is a good offense. So the two combatants start to pound on each other, dishing out as much as they're getting. Iori jumps back and gives himself some distance to use the Orochi Hokodan. As his ball of Green Fire flies towards Ranko, she sets of a Mouko Takabisha no Orochi, sending her Violet blast of Ki into Iori's attack. The two spheres of Orochi energy collide and cancel each other out. Iori than decides to do his Dark Thrust. Ranko decides on the same thing and when their two blasts of Orochi fire collide, it creates a huge pillar of fire. Seeing that their fire isn't much for a close-combat fight, the two lunge at each other in a bit of mid-air combat. As the two duel in a dance-of-death those watching the fight are in awe. The reactions to the fighters vary from those that know about Ranma's curse and have seen his girl-side, and those that don't know anything about Ranma.
Lucky: WOW! That girl's got some good hang time.
Terry (Thinks): Damn it Ranma. What did you get yourself into now?
Mai (Thinks): Wow. Now that I get a good look at it... Her chest is almost as big as mine!
Akane: THE PERVERT!
Ryoga: What a perv that Ranma is.
Kim: Uh... We're making comments about Iori's sister Ranko. Not Iori's cousin Ranma.
Vice: Ranko, Ranma... Hmm... I'm noticing a theme here with names...
Mature: She has got to be his sister. I mean, look at the hair! And the fact that she's also wielding Magatama no Orochi doesn't hurt either.
Leona (Thinks): DAMN IT! How the hell did this happen?
Billy: Heh heh heh...
Yamazaki: KILL, KILL, KIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL!!! HEH HEH HEH HEH HEEEEEHH!!!
Chang: She sure is a skinny one.
Shampoo: Go Red-hair! Kill Girl-Ranma!
Athena: Girl-Ranma? What are you talking about?
Mary (Thinks): Damn... Don't screw up Ranma...
King: This girl is amazing! I have to get her on the Women's team next year.
Mai: Uh, King? That may not be a good idea... (There's the sound of Ranko screaming a whole lot of naughty words at Iori in the back round).
King: Why not? She could easily replace you.
Shampoo: YEAH! IS SHAMPOO'S HANDSOME KING!
King: AW CRAP! I gotta run, be seeing you!
King runs off with Shampoo following closely behind her.
Ryo: Leave King alone you Amazon wench! (Ryo than picks up chase).
Kuno: THAT'S IT PIG-TAILED GIRL, SMITE THE INFIDEL!
Andy: Pig-tailed girl?
Kuno: Ah... I know her well. She is the love of my life. We are destined to be together.
Andy: ... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Ranko (Off screen): I AM NOT!
Kuno: Ah. She loves me well.
At this point, Andy starts rolling around on the ground with mad laughter.
Geese allows himself to smile.
Terry (Thinks): Geese is smiling. This cannot be good...
Krauser (Thinks): Hmm... There's "some" potential to her. Nothing special.
Happosai: BABY! (Happosai flies off-screen).
Ranko (Off screen): GET OFF OF ME YOU SLIMEY PERVERT! !
Happosai goes flies back onto screen and than off again in the opposite direction.
Mai: JAPAN'S #1!!!
Athena: GO RANKO!
Mary: SHOW THOSE PERVERTS WHO'S BOSS!
Heidern: That girl has some high combat potential.
Kodachi: YOU WICKED, WICKED GIRL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY RANMA-SAMA?
Benimaru: Shouldn't we do something?
Kyo (Strikes a pose): Indeed Beni. WE MUST SAVE RANKYO!
Goro: Rankyo? I thought her name was Ranko...
Kyo: Ranko is her name. BUT... I will make her my wife. So sharing my name with her is all right.
Benimaru, Goro, Shingo, & Saishu: MARRY!? (There's the sound of Iori screaming death threats to Ranko in the back round, followed by a rather loud explosion).
Saishu: Son... ARE YOU NUTS? She's a Yagami, OUR ENEMY!
Shingo: Kusanagi-sempai is going to marry? COOL! I want to be the best man!
Soun: (Interrupts): You cannot marry him! It is his duty to marry my little girl!
Genma: Yes, we have been working at it for two years now!
Ranko (Off screen): I AM NOT MARRYING THAT TOMBOY!
Iori (Off screen): EYES FORWARD IDIOT! YOU'RE FACING ME NOW! DARK THRUST! !
Ranko (Off screen): MOUKO TAKABISHA NO OROCHI!
Kyo: Uh... I didn't say I wanted to marry your son. I said I wanted to marry Rankyo.
Chizuru (Bops Kyo on the head): You idiot. What about Yuki Kushinada?
Kyo (Thoughtful expression): Hmm... Yuki. The innocence that I fought to save. Rankyo. The strikingly beautiful fighter. I MUST HAVE THEM BOTH!
Kuno: WHAT!? YOU DARE TO TAKE THE PIG-TAILED GIRL AWAY FROM ME? HAVE AT YOU!
And thus, Kyo and Kuno started to fight for Ranko for a bit. Until...
! !
Chizuru (Holding two mallets that are crushing Kyo and Kuno into the ship's deck): Honestly, you two are acting like idiots.
Saishu: I don't think they were acting...
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Back in the fight, Ranko and Iori are worse for wear. Both have taken a beating as good as they've served. Neither one will give up. So they do what comes naturally. Fight some more.
Iori rushes towards Ranko with the Dark Crescent Slice. Ranko is able to avoid the attack and counters with Fireball, twirling herself with Magatama no Orochi and flinging Iori into the air. Iori gets up quickly and feints a left punch, but actually gets her with a right kick. Ranko is sent back a bit from the blow. As she regains her balance, it's too late as she sees Iori grabs her. He performs his Maiden Masher on Ranko, punching and slashing her, that grabbing her and sending her flying through a blaze of Magatama no Orochi. Ranko's vision starts to blur. She can barely see Iori at this point. She tries to use the depression she feels and sets off an Orochi Hokodan. It misses and Iori than starts to charge towards her. Ranko knows she's finished. She helped Iori get better than herself. As Iori's about to tear into her, there's a cry from the audience that gains his attention.
Nodoka: STOP!
Iori (Looks towards her): Oh. Hi Auntie.
Nodoka: Don't "Hi Auntie" me. What are you doing?
Iori: Me? I'm just kicking my "sister's" ass is all. (Picks up a bruised and bloodied Ranko).
Ranko: Hi. Sorry about this...
Nodoka: HOW COULD YOU!?
Iori (A bit afraid): Well, she let Kyo see her and she got me involved, so I had to teach her a lesson.
Nodoka: So you saw that as reason to PICK A FIGHT?
Iori (Embarrassed): Well... It seemed like a good idea at the time. See how much better she got if she went all out, and teach her a lesson for getting me involved with the Kusanagis more than was necessary.
Nodoka: IORI, YOU TAKE RANKO TO RANMA'S CABIN, WE'LL TALK LATER!
Iori: Yes Auntie...
Mature: You are SO in trouble Iori.
Vice: How could you beat the crap out of your own sister?
Iori: ... Didn't I kill you two? (Points to Mature and Vice). Stay dead...
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Down stairs in Ranma's cabin, Nodoka looks over her now-male son. She gives a cold hard stare towards Iori, who's standing in the corner holding buckets of water.
Iori: This is a stupid punishment you know...
Leona (Whaps Iori in the back of his head): How could you do something like that?
Iori: I told you. He lied about me. He got Kyo to believe he was my sister so he could avoid them knowing about his curse. I taught him the error of hiding from what he's afraid of.
Leona (Angry): By kicking his ass?
Iori: Exactly. (This earns Iori another bop on his head from Leona).
Ranma: It's all right Leona. He's right. I did lie when I shouldn't have. I got him involved when he wasn't needed.
Iori: See?
Ranma: But...
Iori: But?
Ranma: Next time this happens, I'm just gonna kick you ass!
Nodoka: Ranma, such language.
Ranma (Cringes): Sorry Mom. But I am going to beat you next time Iori.
Iori: We'll see...
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End Chapter 17
Next Time: Ranma goes onto the deck to clear his head from the fight he had with Iori a few hours ago. Cologne instructs Shampoo to kill Ranma. This being the best time, since He'll be in a very weakened state. Unfortunately, Shampoo gets splashed with cold water and turns into a cat and chases after Ranma anyway. The sight of Shampoo-Cat scares a weakened Ranma. But, thanks to his Orochi Power, his Neko-Ken is now powered up into a more powerful version of the Riot of Blood. Herb tries to subdue Ranma.
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