Fusion? What's That?
Tendo Dojo.........................
After Shampoo left, via, Piccolo-Air, Goku and Akane resumed training. Shampoo had returned, a little whie later, to attack Piccolo, Bonboris in hand. Piccolo, casually obliterated Shampoo's Bonboris, crushed Shmpoo's bike, into a compact metal ball, and, once again, threw Shampoo, back to the Cat Cafe, through the roof. He sat back down, again, hoping for some peace. Soon, it was getting dark, and they went inside. Dinner would be ready soon. Piccolo joined them in the house, and mumbled,"I need to get away from that girl,"In frustration. Everyone but Piccolo, sat down at the table. There was no need for him to take up space, seeing, as he wouldn't eat anyway. Kasumi didn't need to tell everyone that dinner was ready, since they were at the table, or already in the room.
They all sat down to eat. Ranma was inhaling food. Not as fast as Vegeta, but very fast. Even Ryoga was eating faster than usual. They hadn't been able to eat much, that day, being unconcious for two meals, which they were fed. They couldn't really eat their fill, like that. Everyone was suprised to see Ryoga, eat this fast. When he realized all the people looking at him, he slightly blushed, and slowed down.
Ranma noticed that Goten had always sat next to Akane, during meals. 'Could he? I don't think I could take another Ryoga. No, he's got a much more peacful personality,'Ranma thought. 'I've gott know for sure. Need to be sure....but how?'Ranma thought, while eating............................
Cat Cafe, Closing Time........................................
Shampoo walked through the door, seeming to be slightly off-balance. Cologne looked over at her, not surprised. "Ah, Shampoo, I see you found out, their strength, the hard way,"Cologne said, casually.
Shampoo nodded, dazed, as she sat down at a table, to get her balance back. "I also suggest you don't tell Mousse, unless you want him trying to kill that Piccolo guy,"Cologne said, looking away.
Suddenly Mousse's head pooped out from the kitchen,"Tell me what?"he asked.
"Oh, nothing Mousse,"Cologne told him. He shrugged, and popped back into the kitchen. "Hmmmmm......"she mumbled, thinking of how she could trick or black-mail Vegeta instead...................................
Back In The Dragon Ball Z Dimension(Finally!)........................................
Bulma was in her lab, woking on REEAO, when one of her service robots came in. Bulma looked over to the robot,"What is it?"she asked, slightly frustrated that her thinking had been interupted.
"Miss Bulma, you have a call on line one,"the robopt said, in a monotone, robot voice.
"Well, who is it?!"she asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"ChiChi,"the robot replied. Bulma looked up, put a hand on her face and sighed.
"Oh great, I really don't need this right now,"she said, in a tired, sounding voice. Bulma picked up the phone on the desk, and pushed the button, that said,1, on it, to answer the call. "Hello?"she said, trying to sound, happier than she was.
"BULMA! Where are Goku, Gohan, and Goten?!"ChiChi yelled on the other end of the line.
"ChiChi! I'm working on my machine! These things take time! You can't rush something like this!"Bulma said, rather annoyed at ChiChi's attitude.
"They've been gone for over four days!"she said, loudly. 'They're gonna get it, when they get back!'ChiChi thought, to herself, frustrated. "How much father have you gotten?"she said, trying to calm herself down.
"Well, I'm trying to get the actual portal to work, but I still haven't gotten the exact coordinates, as to where they are,"Bulma answered.
"All right,"ChiChi said, sighing. "I was just......checking. Bye,"she said, hanging up the phone.
"Yeah, bye,"Bulma answered, hanging up the phone, and waving the robot, off.
ChiChi looked up, at the ceiling, tears forming in her eyes. "Goku....Gohan.......Goten,"she said, dreamily,"come back." She might be tough sometimes, but she really cared a lot about her family, and she missed them. She looked around, at the empty, lonely house, and sighed. She went back to the kitchen, to wash the dishes..................
Bulma wipe some sweat from her forehead, and looked up at the ceiling, much the same as ChiChi did. They might seem really different at times, but sometimes, they can be a lot alike. 'Vegeta.....Trunks,'she said, like ChiChi had,"I bring you back......."she finished. She decided she had worked enough, for today. She had been working over-time, to get REEAO to work, but, it seemed, to no avail. 'Maybe I should ask King Kai,"she thought, about the old martial arts master. She shhook her head,"Maybe in the morning,"she said, walking up to a welcoming bed.......................................
Back In The Ranma Dimension......................................
Genma stood in his and Ranma's room, with Goku. "Genma, we don't want to have a repeat of today. Althogh I don't think they would, I want you to guard Ranma and Ryoga, and make sure they don't try to get up to train,"Goku told him.
Genma nodded, and Goku walked out. "Heh heh. I'll make sure neither of them does anything like that! HAHAHAHA!"he laughed, a little too loud. Ranma came into the room, ready for bed.
"You okay Pops?"he asked.
Genma looked at him surprised. "Uuuuh--err--NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"he yelled, not being able to find a a good excuse. He wapped Ranma on the head, which Ranma did not appreciate
He jumped up and hit his father back. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR OLD MAN?!"
"HA! You're too worn out to beat me, boy!"he said confidently.
"Oh yeah?!"Ranma said through clenched teeth. Genma was right, though. The two started fighting, and Ranma started to breath hard. "I'll get--you yet----old-man,"he managed to say.
"Feh, you're not even a challenge,"Genma said, happy with himself.
Ranma, sadly, knew he was right. "Whatever,"he said, before covering himself, in his futon. Ryoga came in and lay down, shortly. Genma smiled. His plan was flawless!
A few hours later, Genma was dropping off to sleep, when he saw ranma start to get up. 'HA! I've got him now!'Genma thought, to himself. Ranma looked around, as Genma pretended to be asleep. Ranma got up, and started to walk downstairs. Genma, quietly followed, keeping hidden. Ranma turned around a couple times, thinking he'd heard something, but he turned back around and shook his head. 'Hmm, he seems awfully groggy to train,'Genma thought, looking at Ranma. 'Must be a trick.......'Genma thought, nodding. He saw Ranma go into the kitchen. 'HA! Now I've got you boy!'he thought, smiling happily to himself.
Then, deciding the time was right, he jumped into the kitchen, at pinned Ranma to the ground. "HAHAHA! Thought you could get out, eh boy?!"he said, loudly.
Ranma looked up at him, angrily,"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! I WAS JUST GETTING A GLASS OF WATER!"Ranma yelled at his father.
"YOU WON'T FOOL ME!"Genma yelled back, angry that his son took him for such a fool. However, little did Genma notice the glass of water, flying above him, until it was too late. The cold water, spilled over both of them. This scene would have confused any other person. It was mid- night, and a panda, was standing victorious, on top of a red-headed, pig- tailed girl.
"Pop, get off of me!"Ranma tried to yell, under the pressure of the giant panda, on top of her. Genma got off of Ranma, who yelled, very loudly, at him. "ARE YOU CRAZY OLD MAN?!!?! I WAS JUST GETTING A DRINK OF WATER!!"Ranma yelled at his panda father.
Genma held up a sign that read,*Well...YOU LOOKED SUSPICIOUS!*
"WHAT?!"Ranma yelled in disbelief.
They looked over to see the Tendos and Ryoga, standing in the entryway to the kitchen, looking unhappy. Groggy, but unhappy. "Oh great,"Ranma muttered. "This is gonna be a loooooong night, isn't it?"
Tendo Dojo, Morning.................................
The Saiyans walked down-stairs, happy not to see Ryoga or Ranma, training to death. They, once again, started stretching, getting ready for the day to come.
Ranma, Ryoga, and Genma, closely followed by Akane, walked outside. They noticed that Ranma and Genma, looked slightly battered. "Um, what happened to you two? Not training, I hope!"Goku joked. "Didn't sleep well? We slept like rocks!"
"I was getting up to get a drink of water last night, and pops here,"Ranma gestured to Genma, who didn't look happy about what was coming,"jumped me, like I tried to everyone, but they didn't listen, and they beat us up!"Ranm yelled, in frustration.
"YOU LOOKED SUSPICIOUS!"Genma yelled in retalliation.
"YOU WERE KEEPING US ALL UP!"Akane yelled at the two, mainly Ranma.
"Whoa guys!"Goku said, holding his hands up, trying to stop the fighting. "We've gotta get to stretching!"Goku said, quickly thinking up an excuse for them to stop.
"All right, whatever,"Ranma said, angrily, turning away from Akane, to start stretching.
After Ranma and Genma finished stretching, they turned to eachother, ready to spar, when Goku stepped inbetween them. "Huh?"Ranma asked, confused.
"Ranma, this morning, I'd like you to spar with me instead of your father,"Goku said, smiling.
"Uuh, sure, but why?"Ranma asked, slighly confused.
"Well, I've seen how Akane can fight, and now I want to see how good you are,"Goku said, a challenging smile on his face.
Ranma stood, still confused for a moment, then smiled, and got into a sparring stance. "All right then,"Ranma said, still smiling.
Akane looked at Ranma, shook her head, and thought,'Ranma, we both know you shouldn't have that confident grin of yours on your face.'
Goku only grinend back, also getting into a sparring stance. "Well, it's good to see you're confident,"Goku said.
"Yeah, I'm really good at that,"Ranma said, getting ready to strike. 'All right, my confidence is at it's highest now,'Ranma thought, planning his attack. 'All right,'he thought, cupping his hands to his side. A blue energy ball started to form.
"Hmm. Using your confidence to power your attack. Quite ingenious!"Goku complemented Ranma.
"Well, looks like you figured out the secret to my attack,"said a slightly surprised Ranma. 'This guy is really good,'he thought. 'Can't let my confidence waver.' "All right,"Ranma said, in a low voice,"MOKO TAKABISHA!"he yelled, forcing the blast toward Goku.
Goku put his hand forward, and caught the blast. Ranma was shocked. "Wow, that was a pretty powerful attack, Ranma. I have to compliment you!"Goku said. He closed his hand, as if to crush the blast, which dipersed, harmlessly.
'Darn it! His hand wasn't even singed!'Ranma thought, clenching his teeth. 'I'd better go hand to hand,'Ranma thought, see ing the Moko Takabisha wasn't working. Ranma rushed towards Goku, in a fighting stance. Goku was standing up straight, looking at him. At the last second, Ranma disappeared and reappeared, behind Goku. He smirked and tried to nail Goku with a hard punch, but before he knew it, Goku's right hand, was around his wrist, stopping his punch. Goku let go, and Ranma jumped back. After a few secons, he rushed towards Goku again, this time, yelling,"CHESTNUT FIST!" Goku didn't attempt to stop this barrage of hundreds of punches. After Ranma finished, he expected Goku to feel it, it would just take a minute. However, Goku just continued to stand, the same expression he'd had before.
"Darn,"Ranm whispered under his breath. "Would you at least fight back?!"Ranma asked Goku.
"If you say so,"Goku said, shrugging. Then, before Ranma knew it, Goku had disappeared. "What the?!"Ranma said, in surprise. Suddenly, he sensed Goku behind him, and whirled around, to see Goku, with a toothy grin and a chuckle.
"Hey there Ranma!"he said. Ranma's mouth hung open and he tried to punch him, which was blocked, by Goku, with his index finger. Goku delivered a slight punch to Ranma's gut, which made him keel over, gripping his stomach, then Goku uppercut-kicked Ranma in the chin, which made him reel backwards. He fell back on the ground, and had a look of shock on his face. He slowly got up, and cupped his hands again. However, Goku noticed that this attack was very different, from the Moko Takabisha. He was putting much more physical energy into this attack. Goku's eyes got a bit wider, at Ranma's change in energy attack. An energy ball had formed in Ranma's hands, and while it may have looked like the Moko Takabisha now, it wouldn't in a moment. Ranma shot his hands forward, and a beam of energy shot out. Not his usual ball of energy. This was a beam, much like the Kamehameha Wave. Goku's eyes got wider, at this, but he shielded himself against the attack. Smoke engulfed Goku, and the attack exploded.
Ranma was breathing heavily, eyes wide, his hands still cupped, pointing in front of him. As the smoke cleared, Goku was standing, unscathed, frowning, and slightly floating. The attack had made a blast radius around Goku. Goku smiled again,"Wow! Nice job Ranma! I see you learned how to shoot a beam attack!"Goku complimented, putting his hand on the back of his head.
"Uuhh, thanks,"Ranma said, still holding his hands towards Goku. 'He just.......blocked it!'Ranma thought, hoping that his attack could have at least phased the Saiyan.
He snapped out of it, and started to run towards the Saiyan. He was about to land a punch, right in Goku's face, when,"BREAKFAST'S READY!"was heard , across the yard. Goku cracked a smile, and nimbly dodged Ranma's punch and starting to run inside, leaving Ranma hanging in the air. "Uh, sorry Ranma! Let's finish this after breakfast!"Goku yelled, back to Ranma. Ranma looked after Goku, and suddenly noticed he was falling, and beofre he could stop it, he had hit the ground. Everyone else had already face-faulted, and Ranma would have too, if not, for, that he was already falling.
You could hear them all say,"Oh boy, from to ground..........................................
Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, Breakfast Rush.....................................................
Krillen seemed to be much calmer than yesterday. He seemed to be getting used to the rush of customers. After all, the lunch rush from yesterday was worse. Krillen had even spent some time, the night before, learning to cook Okonomiyaki. He seemed to be getting quite good at it too! "Can I take your order?"Krillen said, asking the infamous question.
"Yes, I'll have the breakfast special,"replied a customer.
"One Breakfast Special, comn' right up!"he said, happily, giving the order to Ukyo.
"Thanks Krillen-kun!"she said, smiling.
"No problem, he said back, taking the next order.
"Want to go to Ran-chan's after this?"Ukyo asked, making the Breafast Special.
"Sure!"Krillen said, smiling back. "Then I can see Goku and the gang,"he said, mainly to himself.............................
Back At The Tendo Dojo, After Breakfast..............................
Everyone went outside to stretch after breakfast. "Ahhhhh!"Goku said, stretching and smelling the air.
"So Goku, you want to continue our fight?"Ranma asked, about to get into a stance.
"Actually Ranma, I thought of something else, that you might find interesting,"Goku said, looking at Ranma.
"Like whaaat?"Ranma said, supiciously eyeing the Saiyan.
"Well, first, I'll have to ask Goten and Trunks,"Goku said, turnign towards the two children. "Goten, Trunks, would you mind doing a demonstration of the Fusion technique?"
The two Saiyans looked at eachother, and nodded at eachother. Then, they looked towards Goku and Trunks said,"Yeah sure, we don't mind."
"Uuuh, what..exeactly is Fusion"Ranma asked, getting Goku's attention.
"Ah yes! Fusion, is a technique, which requires, two fighters, of equal size and strength, first of all. Then, in the actual technique, they combine, to form, one super fighter. They would have traits and techniques of both fighters, but would still be a completely different person. There are precise motions the people have to go throught o do it though. Some uh('Better not try to explain OtherWorld now')fighters showed me how to do it. It only lasts for thirty minutes though, then you have to wait a while to use it again. Believe me, you wouldn't ned more than thirty minutes, because it make you so powerful,"Goku explained to everyone.
"Wow.."Ranma said, in disbelief.
"Well, here it goes,"Trunks says, parallel to Goten. They spread their legs apart, and power up Super Saiyan, then to their peak. It was exactly equal. They extended their arms, opposite eachother, parallel to the ground. They started shuffling towards eachother, three steps each, while swinging their arms, until their hands were inches apart, from eachother. While moving towards one another,"They both chanted, in unison,"Fuuuuuuuuusion." Whne they reached the, S, in Fusion, theydrew the leg farthest from the other person, across their bodies. Then, at the same time, they made their hands into fists, and spun their arms across from eachother. Then, they shouted,"HAAAAAA!!!!", and put the keg they had across their body, back down on the ground, and bent towards eachother, their arms, like a bull's horns, near their heads.
The index fingers, on both hands, of both fighters, was extended, and when their fingers met, there was an ubelievably bright golden flash of light. Goku and Gohan, were the only ones, who didn't cover their eyes, when this bright flash appeared.
When the flash disappated, they could see one person, standing amidt the dust that had been blown, by the flash. When they could see who it was, they stood back in awe. Trunks and Goten weren't there anymore. There was only one person. He looked like both Trunks and Goten, but his clothes were different from anything the two had been wearing. This new person was wearing a dark blue vest, with a thick, yellow lining around it. He had a purple sash around his waist, which held up a pair of baggy pants. Much like Ranma normally wore, but they were white. His eyes were cyan and his hair was golden, and stcking up. He was still still a Super Saiyan. Last, but not least, he was wearing a smirk on his face.
He walked over to wear Ranma was, and extended his hand. "Hi, name's Gotenks,"this new boy said. His voice was very strange, they noticed, because he sounded, both like Trunks and Goten.
"Uh yeah, hi,"Ranma said, still a little confused, shaking Gotens' hand.
Then, Goten backed up from Ranma, and said,"Well, are we going to fight today or what?"
Ranma looked at him surprised,"Wha?" He had completely forgotten about what Goku had planned.
Gotenks put his hands on his hips and tilted his head. "Are we gonna fight?" He leaned towards Ranma,"Or are you too scared?"
Ranma's face got very angry. 'Well, he sure doesn't act, like Trunks or Goten,'Ranma thought, about the boy's attitude. "Yeah, let's go,"Ranma said, with a stern face, and getting into a sparring stance. He waited for Gotenks to attack.
Gotenks just stood and smiled. "So, don't want to come get me? I guess I'll just have to come over there,"he said, before diappearing.
Ranma went wide-eyed, and immediately thought he would appear behind him. He sent a kick behind him, only to hit air. "Nice try,"said a voice from in front of him. Ranma turned around, and saw a smirking Gotenks. Gotenks grabbed Ranma's leg, picked him up, and threw him into the wall. Ranma had made a crater in the wall, and he slowly slid down. Everyone, but the Saiyans were wide-eyed, at Gotenks' furosity. Goku frowned slightly at Gotenks' extremely large ego. Ranma slowly got back, and before he new it, Gotenks was right in front of him. Gotenks landed a punch to Ranma's gut, picked him up by his collar, and sent him up into the sky. Gotenks watched and smirked, as Ranma started to fall back down to Earth. Ranma gathered enough energy, to suspend himself in the air. He was breathing hard, and looked down on the smirking Gotenks. "You going to come down, or shall I come up and get you?"Gotenks asked. He seemed to be enjoying this, very much.
Ranma let out another breath and went down to face Gotenks again. "Ah that's what I thought!"Gotenks said happily.
'Okay, I might have one chance at this,'Ranma thought to himself. He started running toward Gotenks, but when he neared him, he started to run backwards.
Gotenks no-chalantly followed close, behind him. 'I can't believe this! It might actually work!'Ranma thought happily to himself.
'Wonder why he's leading me around in a spiral,'Gotenks thought to himself. 'Ah well, it's not like he can hurt me.'
Ranma contiued to lead Goktenks in a spiral, until he finally reached its center. 'This is it,'Ranma thought. 'SOUL OF ICE!'he yelled in his mind. Hit thrust his fist upward and yelled,"HIRYU SHOUTEN HA!!!"out loud.
Akane realized what Ranma was doing,"GET BACK EVERYONE!"she yelled to everyone in the yard. All except Goku and Gohan backed away. They were watching, interested, in what would happen.
Gotenks went wide-eyed at this,'What the heck's he doing?' Just then, however Gotenks felt himself being swept up, into a huge whirlwind. "WHAT THE?!"he yelled, trying to stop himself from spinning. This only made him use more energy, which was used against him. He kept applying energy, in his effort to stop the attack. He was getting scratched all over.
This Hiryu Shouten Ha was the biggest it had ever been, and Ranma was starting to lose control. 'Gotta......hold this....'he thought to himself, trying to keep control of his attack.
Akane saw that Ranma was about to be sucked in, but it was too late for him to get out. Goku saw all of this, and just as Ranma was about to be swept up into his own attack, Goku sent an energy ball flying towards Ranma's feet, which sent him flying several feet over. This stopped the attack, and the tornado dissapated.
Gotenks fell from the tornado, but slowed himself, before he hit the ground. Goku walked over to Ranma to help him up. "That was a very impressive attack,"Goku told Ranma. "I wouldn't mind learning that one."
Ranma looked up at him and smiled. He was pretty beat up. He had a few bruises, and scratches in his clothing, and on his body. "That was....the Hiryu Shouten Ha. It uses the enemy's own energy to power the attack,"Ranma told him.
"Yeah I figured that out. I knew you were going to do some sort of attack, when you started leading Gotenks around in a spiral,"Goku said.
"Wow, you actually noticed,"Ranma said, chuckling, while Goku helped him up. Goku looked over to Gotenks, who raised his head up. "What with Gotenks anyway? His personality was a lot different than Goten or Trunks',"Ranma said to Goku.
"Well, due to their age and immaturity, it can make him really cocky. It happens to Gotenks, whenever he uses Fusion,"Goku told Ranma.
"Oh,"Ranma said.
"Wow, you actually noticed,"Ranma said, chuckling, while Goku helped him up. Goku looked over to Gotenks, who raised his head up.
"Wha-what happened?"he struggled to ask, having been cut up pretty badly.
"If you hadn't let your power go to your head again, you would have realized, you were powering the attack,"Goku told Gotenks. Gotenks stuggled, but managed to get up. He was about to ask to continue the fight, when, suddenly, there was another flash of light. When it cleared, Goten and Trunks were standing again.
"W-wow,"Ranma said, looking at the two.
The two looked themselves over, then looked at Ranma. "That was a neat attck Ranma!"Goten said, smiling.
"Yeah, pretty nice,"Trunks complimented.
"Well, it's nice to see that Trunks and Goten are back to themselves,"Ranma said, so that only him and Goku heard him.
Goku laughed,"Yeah." "How badly do you think you're hurt?"Goku asked.
"I think I'll be able to train today,"Ranma replied, not wanting to miss anything else. "I should be fine, after I take a little break,"Ranma finished.
Ranma went into the house and came back out, a few minutes later, with bandaides, where he had been cut. "All right ranma, you can rest as long as you need to,"Goku said. "But try not to rest too long. We want to start training as soon as possible."
"Sure,"Ranma said, laying back in the grass, to rest for a few minutes. Then Ranma thought about Gotenks,'That Fusion Technique could come in handy some day..................'
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Well, I finally got in Fusion and the Hiryu Shouten Ha! There's another Chapter! Sorry this one took a little longer to get out than usual! I will continue and work on the next one! Please keep sending in your comments and suggestions.
Your friendly neighborhood writer,
S'rac
Tendo Dojo.........................
After Shampoo left, via, Piccolo-Air, Goku and Akane resumed training. Shampoo had returned, a little whie later, to attack Piccolo, Bonboris in hand. Piccolo, casually obliterated Shampoo's Bonboris, crushed Shmpoo's bike, into a compact metal ball, and, once again, threw Shampoo, back to the Cat Cafe, through the roof. He sat back down, again, hoping for some peace. Soon, it was getting dark, and they went inside. Dinner would be ready soon. Piccolo joined them in the house, and mumbled,"I need to get away from that girl,"In frustration. Everyone but Piccolo, sat down at the table. There was no need for him to take up space, seeing, as he wouldn't eat anyway. Kasumi didn't need to tell everyone that dinner was ready, since they were at the table, or already in the room.
They all sat down to eat. Ranma was inhaling food. Not as fast as Vegeta, but very fast. Even Ryoga was eating faster than usual. They hadn't been able to eat much, that day, being unconcious for two meals, which they were fed. They couldn't really eat their fill, like that. Everyone was suprised to see Ryoga, eat this fast. When he realized all the people looking at him, he slightly blushed, and slowed down.
Ranma noticed that Goten had always sat next to Akane, during meals. 'Could he? I don't think I could take another Ryoga. No, he's got a much more peacful personality,'Ranma thought. 'I've gott know for sure. Need to be sure....but how?'Ranma thought, while eating............................
Cat Cafe, Closing Time........................................
Shampoo walked through the door, seeming to be slightly off-balance. Cologne looked over at her, not surprised. "Ah, Shampoo, I see you found out, their strength, the hard way,"Cologne said, casually.
Shampoo nodded, dazed, as she sat down at a table, to get her balance back. "I also suggest you don't tell Mousse, unless you want him trying to kill that Piccolo guy,"Cologne said, looking away.
Suddenly Mousse's head pooped out from the kitchen,"Tell me what?"he asked.
"Oh, nothing Mousse,"Cologne told him. He shrugged, and popped back into the kitchen. "Hmmmmm......"she mumbled, thinking of how she could trick or black-mail Vegeta instead...................................
Back In The Dragon Ball Z Dimension(Finally!)........................................
Bulma was in her lab, woking on REEAO, when one of her service robots came in. Bulma looked over to the robot,"What is it?"she asked, slightly frustrated that her thinking had been interupted.
"Miss Bulma, you have a call on line one,"the robopt said, in a monotone, robot voice.
"Well, who is it?!"she asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"ChiChi,"the robot replied. Bulma looked up, put a hand on her face and sighed.
"Oh great, I really don't need this right now,"she said, in a tired, sounding voice. Bulma picked up the phone on the desk, and pushed the button, that said,1, on it, to answer the call. "Hello?"she said, trying to sound, happier than she was.
"BULMA! Where are Goku, Gohan, and Goten?!"ChiChi yelled on the other end of the line.
"ChiChi! I'm working on my machine! These things take time! You can't rush something like this!"Bulma said, rather annoyed at ChiChi's attitude.
"They've been gone for over four days!"she said, loudly. 'They're gonna get it, when they get back!'ChiChi thought, to herself, frustrated. "How much father have you gotten?"she said, trying to calm herself down.
"Well, I'm trying to get the actual portal to work, but I still haven't gotten the exact coordinates, as to where they are,"Bulma answered.
"All right,"ChiChi said, sighing. "I was just......checking. Bye,"she said, hanging up the phone.
"Yeah, bye,"Bulma answered, hanging up the phone, and waving the robot, off.
ChiChi looked up, at the ceiling, tears forming in her eyes. "Goku....Gohan.......Goten,"she said, dreamily,"come back." She might be tough sometimes, but she really cared a lot about her family, and she missed them. She looked around, at the empty, lonely house, and sighed. She went back to the kitchen, to wash the dishes..................
Bulma wipe some sweat from her forehead, and looked up at the ceiling, much the same as ChiChi did. They might seem really different at times, but sometimes, they can be a lot alike. 'Vegeta.....Trunks,'she said, like ChiChi had,"I bring you back......."she finished. She decided she had worked enough, for today. She had been working over-time, to get REEAO to work, but, it seemed, to no avail. 'Maybe I should ask King Kai,"she thought, about the old martial arts master. She shhook her head,"Maybe in the morning,"she said, walking up to a welcoming bed.......................................
Back In The Ranma Dimension......................................
Genma stood in his and Ranma's room, with Goku. "Genma, we don't want to have a repeat of today. Althogh I don't think they would, I want you to guard Ranma and Ryoga, and make sure they don't try to get up to train,"Goku told him.
Genma nodded, and Goku walked out. "Heh heh. I'll make sure neither of them does anything like that! HAHAHAHA!"he laughed, a little too loud. Ranma came into the room, ready for bed.
"You okay Pops?"he asked.
Genma looked at him surprised. "Uuuuh--err--NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"he yelled, not being able to find a a good excuse. He wapped Ranma on the head, which Ranma did not appreciate
He jumped up and hit his father back. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR OLD MAN?!"
"HA! You're too worn out to beat me, boy!"he said confidently.
"Oh yeah?!"Ranma said through clenched teeth. Genma was right, though. The two started fighting, and Ranma started to breath hard. "I'll get--you yet----old-man,"he managed to say.
"Feh, you're not even a challenge,"Genma said, happy with himself.
Ranma, sadly, knew he was right. "Whatever,"he said, before covering himself, in his futon. Ryoga came in and lay down, shortly. Genma smiled. His plan was flawless!
A few hours later, Genma was dropping off to sleep, when he saw ranma start to get up. 'HA! I've got him now!'Genma thought, to himself. Ranma looked around, as Genma pretended to be asleep. Ranma got up, and started to walk downstairs. Genma, quietly followed, keeping hidden. Ranma turned around a couple times, thinking he'd heard something, but he turned back around and shook his head. 'Hmm, he seems awfully groggy to train,'Genma thought, looking at Ranma. 'Must be a trick.......'Genma thought, nodding. He saw Ranma go into the kitchen. 'HA! Now I've got you boy!'he thought, smiling happily to himself.
Then, deciding the time was right, he jumped into the kitchen, at pinned Ranma to the ground. "HAHAHA! Thought you could get out, eh boy?!"he said, loudly.
Ranma looked up at him, angrily,"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! I WAS JUST GETTING A GLASS OF WATER!"Ranma yelled at his father.
"YOU WON'T FOOL ME!"Genma yelled back, angry that his son took him for such a fool. However, little did Genma notice the glass of water, flying above him, until it was too late. The cold water, spilled over both of them. This scene would have confused any other person. It was mid- night, and a panda, was standing victorious, on top of a red-headed, pig- tailed girl.
"Pop, get off of me!"Ranma tried to yell, under the pressure of the giant panda, on top of her. Genma got off of Ranma, who yelled, very loudly, at him. "ARE YOU CRAZY OLD MAN?!!?! I WAS JUST GETTING A DRINK OF WATER!!"Ranma yelled at his panda father.
Genma held up a sign that read,*Well...YOU LOOKED SUSPICIOUS!*
"WHAT?!"Ranma yelled in disbelief.
They looked over to see the Tendos and Ryoga, standing in the entryway to the kitchen, looking unhappy. Groggy, but unhappy. "Oh great,"Ranma muttered. "This is gonna be a loooooong night, isn't it?"
Tendo Dojo, Morning.................................
The Saiyans walked down-stairs, happy not to see Ryoga or Ranma, training to death. They, once again, started stretching, getting ready for the day to come.
Ranma, Ryoga, and Genma, closely followed by Akane, walked outside. They noticed that Ranma and Genma, looked slightly battered. "Um, what happened to you two? Not training, I hope!"Goku joked. "Didn't sleep well? We slept like rocks!"
"I was getting up to get a drink of water last night, and pops here,"Ranma gestured to Genma, who didn't look happy about what was coming,"jumped me, like I tried to everyone, but they didn't listen, and they beat us up!"Ranm yelled, in frustration.
"YOU LOOKED SUSPICIOUS!"Genma yelled in retalliation.
"YOU WERE KEEPING US ALL UP!"Akane yelled at the two, mainly Ranma.
"Whoa guys!"Goku said, holding his hands up, trying to stop the fighting. "We've gotta get to stretching!"Goku said, quickly thinking up an excuse for them to stop.
"All right, whatever,"Ranma said, angrily, turning away from Akane, to start stretching.
After Ranma and Genma finished stretching, they turned to eachother, ready to spar, when Goku stepped inbetween them. "Huh?"Ranma asked, confused.
"Ranma, this morning, I'd like you to spar with me instead of your father,"Goku said, smiling.
"Uuh, sure, but why?"Ranma asked, slighly confused.
"Well, I've seen how Akane can fight, and now I want to see how good you are,"Goku said, a challenging smile on his face.
Ranma stood, still confused for a moment, then smiled, and got into a sparring stance. "All right then,"Ranma said, still smiling.
Akane looked at Ranma, shook her head, and thought,'Ranma, we both know you shouldn't have that confident grin of yours on your face.'
Goku only grinend back, also getting into a sparring stance. "Well, it's good to see you're confident,"Goku said.
"Yeah, I'm really good at that,"Ranma said, getting ready to strike. 'All right, my confidence is at it's highest now,'Ranma thought, planning his attack. 'All right,'he thought, cupping his hands to his side. A blue energy ball started to form.
"Hmm. Using your confidence to power your attack. Quite ingenious!"Goku complemented Ranma.
"Well, looks like you figured out the secret to my attack,"said a slightly surprised Ranma. 'This guy is really good,'he thought. 'Can't let my confidence waver.' "All right,"Ranma said, in a low voice,"MOKO TAKABISHA!"he yelled, forcing the blast toward Goku.
Goku put his hand forward, and caught the blast. Ranma was shocked. "Wow, that was a pretty powerful attack, Ranma. I have to compliment you!"Goku said. He closed his hand, as if to crush the blast, which dipersed, harmlessly.
'Darn it! His hand wasn't even singed!'Ranma thought, clenching his teeth. 'I'd better go hand to hand,'Ranma thought, see ing the Moko Takabisha wasn't working. Ranma rushed towards Goku, in a fighting stance. Goku was standing up straight, looking at him. At the last second, Ranma disappeared and reappeared, behind Goku. He smirked and tried to nail Goku with a hard punch, but before he knew it, Goku's right hand, was around his wrist, stopping his punch. Goku let go, and Ranma jumped back. After a few secons, he rushed towards Goku again, this time, yelling,"CHESTNUT FIST!" Goku didn't attempt to stop this barrage of hundreds of punches. After Ranma finished, he expected Goku to feel it, it would just take a minute. However, Goku just continued to stand, the same expression he'd had before.
"Darn,"Ranm whispered under his breath. "Would you at least fight back?!"Ranma asked Goku.
"If you say so,"Goku said, shrugging. Then, before Ranma knew it, Goku had disappeared. "What the?!"Ranma said, in surprise. Suddenly, he sensed Goku behind him, and whirled around, to see Goku, with a toothy grin and a chuckle.
"Hey there Ranma!"he said. Ranma's mouth hung open and he tried to punch him, which was blocked, by Goku, with his index finger. Goku delivered a slight punch to Ranma's gut, which made him keel over, gripping his stomach, then Goku uppercut-kicked Ranma in the chin, which made him reel backwards. He fell back on the ground, and had a look of shock on his face. He slowly got up, and cupped his hands again. However, Goku noticed that this attack was very different, from the Moko Takabisha. He was putting much more physical energy into this attack. Goku's eyes got a bit wider, at Ranma's change in energy attack. An energy ball had formed in Ranma's hands, and while it may have looked like the Moko Takabisha now, it wouldn't in a moment. Ranma shot his hands forward, and a beam of energy shot out. Not his usual ball of energy. This was a beam, much like the Kamehameha Wave. Goku's eyes got wider, at this, but he shielded himself against the attack. Smoke engulfed Goku, and the attack exploded.
Ranma was breathing heavily, eyes wide, his hands still cupped, pointing in front of him. As the smoke cleared, Goku was standing, unscathed, frowning, and slightly floating. The attack had made a blast radius around Goku. Goku smiled again,"Wow! Nice job Ranma! I see you learned how to shoot a beam attack!"Goku complimented, putting his hand on the back of his head.
"Uuhh, thanks,"Ranma said, still holding his hands towards Goku. 'He just.......blocked it!'Ranma thought, hoping that his attack could have at least phased the Saiyan.
He snapped out of it, and started to run towards the Saiyan. He was about to land a punch, right in Goku's face, when,"BREAKFAST'S READY!"was heard , across the yard. Goku cracked a smile, and nimbly dodged Ranma's punch and starting to run inside, leaving Ranma hanging in the air. "Uh, sorry Ranma! Let's finish this after breakfast!"Goku yelled, back to Ranma. Ranma looked after Goku, and suddenly noticed he was falling, and beofre he could stop it, he had hit the ground. Everyone else had already face-faulted, and Ranma would have too, if not, for, that he was already falling.
You could hear them all say,"Oh boy, from to ground..........................................
Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, Breakfast Rush.....................................................
Krillen seemed to be much calmer than yesterday. He seemed to be getting used to the rush of customers. After all, the lunch rush from yesterday was worse. Krillen had even spent some time, the night before, learning to cook Okonomiyaki. He seemed to be getting quite good at it too! "Can I take your order?"Krillen said, asking the infamous question.
"Yes, I'll have the breakfast special,"replied a customer.
"One Breakfast Special, comn' right up!"he said, happily, giving the order to Ukyo.
"Thanks Krillen-kun!"she said, smiling.
"No problem, he said back, taking the next order.
"Want to go to Ran-chan's after this?"Ukyo asked, making the Breafast Special.
"Sure!"Krillen said, smiling back. "Then I can see Goku and the gang,"he said, mainly to himself.............................
Back At The Tendo Dojo, After Breakfast..............................
Everyone went outside to stretch after breakfast. "Ahhhhh!"Goku said, stretching and smelling the air.
"So Goku, you want to continue our fight?"Ranma asked, about to get into a stance.
"Actually Ranma, I thought of something else, that you might find interesting,"Goku said, looking at Ranma.
"Like whaaat?"Ranma said, supiciously eyeing the Saiyan.
"Well, first, I'll have to ask Goten and Trunks,"Goku said, turnign towards the two children. "Goten, Trunks, would you mind doing a demonstration of the Fusion technique?"
The two Saiyans looked at eachother, and nodded at eachother. Then, they looked towards Goku and Trunks said,"Yeah sure, we don't mind."
"Uuuh, what..exeactly is Fusion"Ranma asked, getting Goku's attention.
"Ah yes! Fusion, is a technique, which requires, two fighters, of equal size and strength, first of all. Then, in the actual technique, they combine, to form, one super fighter. They would have traits and techniques of both fighters, but would still be a completely different person. There are precise motions the people have to go throught o do it though. Some uh('Better not try to explain OtherWorld now')fighters showed me how to do it. It only lasts for thirty minutes though, then you have to wait a while to use it again. Believe me, you wouldn't ned more than thirty minutes, because it make you so powerful,"Goku explained to everyone.
"Wow.."Ranma said, in disbelief.
"Well, here it goes,"Trunks says, parallel to Goten. They spread their legs apart, and power up Super Saiyan, then to their peak. It was exactly equal. They extended their arms, opposite eachother, parallel to the ground. They started shuffling towards eachother, three steps each, while swinging their arms, until their hands were inches apart, from eachother. While moving towards one another,"They both chanted, in unison,"Fuuuuuuuuusion." Whne they reached the, S, in Fusion, theydrew the leg farthest from the other person, across their bodies. Then, at the same time, they made their hands into fists, and spun their arms across from eachother. Then, they shouted,"HAAAAAA!!!!", and put the keg they had across their body, back down on the ground, and bent towards eachother, their arms, like a bull's horns, near their heads.
The index fingers, on both hands, of both fighters, was extended, and when their fingers met, there was an ubelievably bright golden flash of light. Goku and Gohan, were the only ones, who didn't cover their eyes, when this bright flash appeared.
When the flash disappated, they could see one person, standing amidt the dust that had been blown, by the flash. When they could see who it was, they stood back in awe. Trunks and Goten weren't there anymore. There was only one person. He looked like both Trunks and Goten, but his clothes were different from anything the two had been wearing. This new person was wearing a dark blue vest, with a thick, yellow lining around it. He had a purple sash around his waist, which held up a pair of baggy pants. Much like Ranma normally wore, but they were white. His eyes were cyan and his hair was golden, and stcking up. He was still still a Super Saiyan. Last, but not least, he was wearing a smirk on his face.
He walked over to wear Ranma was, and extended his hand. "Hi, name's Gotenks,"this new boy said. His voice was very strange, they noticed, because he sounded, both like Trunks and Goten.
"Uh yeah, hi,"Ranma said, still a little confused, shaking Gotens' hand.
Then, Goten backed up from Ranma, and said,"Well, are we going to fight today or what?"
Ranma looked at him surprised,"Wha?" He had completely forgotten about what Goku had planned.
Gotenks put his hands on his hips and tilted his head. "Are we gonna fight?" He leaned towards Ranma,"Or are you too scared?"
Ranma's face got very angry. 'Well, he sure doesn't act, like Trunks or Goten,'Ranma thought, about the boy's attitude. "Yeah, let's go,"Ranma said, with a stern face, and getting into a sparring stance. He waited for Gotenks to attack.
Gotenks just stood and smiled. "So, don't want to come get me? I guess I'll just have to come over there,"he said, before diappearing.
Ranma went wide-eyed, and immediately thought he would appear behind him. He sent a kick behind him, only to hit air. "Nice try,"said a voice from in front of him. Ranma turned around, and saw a smirking Gotenks. Gotenks grabbed Ranma's leg, picked him up, and threw him into the wall. Ranma had made a crater in the wall, and he slowly slid down. Everyone, but the Saiyans were wide-eyed, at Gotenks' furosity. Goku frowned slightly at Gotenks' extremely large ego. Ranma slowly got back, and before he new it, Gotenks was right in front of him. Gotenks landed a punch to Ranma's gut, picked him up by his collar, and sent him up into the sky. Gotenks watched and smirked, as Ranma started to fall back down to Earth. Ranma gathered enough energy, to suspend himself in the air. He was breathing hard, and looked down on the smirking Gotenks. "You going to come down, or shall I come up and get you?"Gotenks asked. He seemed to be enjoying this, very much.
Ranma let out another breath and went down to face Gotenks again. "Ah that's what I thought!"Gotenks said happily.
'Okay, I might have one chance at this,'Ranma thought to himself. He started running toward Gotenks, but when he neared him, he started to run backwards.
Gotenks no-chalantly followed close, behind him. 'I can't believe this! It might actually work!'Ranma thought happily to himself.
'Wonder why he's leading me around in a spiral,'Gotenks thought to himself. 'Ah well, it's not like he can hurt me.'
Ranma contiued to lead Goktenks in a spiral, until he finally reached its center. 'This is it,'Ranma thought. 'SOUL OF ICE!'he yelled in his mind. Hit thrust his fist upward and yelled,"HIRYU SHOUTEN HA!!!"out loud.
Akane realized what Ranma was doing,"GET BACK EVERYONE!"she yelled to everyone in the yard. All except Goku and Gohan backed away. They were watching, interested, in what would happen.
Gotenks went wide-eyed at this,'What the heck's he doing?' Just then, however Gotenks felt himself being swept up, into a huge whirlwind. "WHAT THE?!"he yelled, trying to stop himself from spinning. This only made him use more energy, which was used against him. He kept applying energy, in his effort to stop the attack. He was getting scratched all over.
This Hiryu Shouten Ha was the biggest it had ever been, and Ranma was starting to lose control. 'Gotta......hold this....'he thought to himself, trying to keep control of his attack.
Akane saw that Ranma was about to be sucked in, but it was too late for him to get out. Goku saw all of this, and just as Ranma was about to be swept up into his own attack, Goku sent an energy ball flying towards Ranma's feet, which sent him flying several feet over. This stopped the attack, and the tornado dissapated.
Gotenks fell from the tornado, but slowed himself, before he hit the ground. Goku walked over to Ranma to help him up. "That was a very impressive attack,"Goku told Ranma. "I wouldn't mind learning that one."
Ranma looked up at him and smiled. He was pretty beat up. He had a few bruises, and scratches in his clothing, and on his body. "That was....the Hiryu Shouten Ha. It uses the enemy's own energy to power the attack,"Ranma told him.
"Yeah I figured that out. I knew you were going to do some sort of attack, when you started leading Gotenks around in a spiral,"Goku said.
"Wow, you actually noticed,"Ranma said, chuckling, while Goku helped him up. Goku looked over to Gotenks, who raised his head up. "What with Gotenks anyway? His personality was a lot different than Goten or Trunks',"Ranma said to Goku.
"Well, due to their age and immaturity, it can make him really cocky. It happens to Gotenks, whenever he uses Fusion,"Goku told Ranma.
"Oh,"Ranma said.
"Wow, you actually noticed,"Ranma said, chuckling, while Goku helped him up. Goku looked over to Gotenks, who raised his head up.
"Wha-what happened?"he struggled to ask, having been cut up pretty badly.
"If you hadn't let your power go to your head again, you would have realized, you were powering the attack,"Goku told Gotenks. Gotenks stuggled, but managed to get up. He was about to ask to continue the fight, when, suddenly, there was another flash of light. When it cleared, Goten and Trunks were standing again.
"W-wow,"Ranma said, looking at the two.
The two looked themselves over, then looked at Ranma. "That was a neat attck Ranma!"Goten said, smiling.
"Yeah, pretty nice,"Trunks complimented.
"Well, it's nice to see that Trunks and Goten are back to themselves,"Ranma said, so that only him and Goku heard him.
Goku laughed,"Yeah." "How badly do you think you're hurt?"Goku asked.
"I think I'll be able to train today,"Ranma replied, not wanting to miss anything else. "I should be fine, after I take a little break,"Ranma finished.
Ranma went into the house and came back out, a few minutes later, with bandaides, where he had been cut. "All right ranma, you can rest as long as you need to,"Goku said. "But try not to rest too long. We want to start training as soon as possible."
"Sure,"Ranma said, laying back in the grass, to rest for a few minutes. Then Ranma thought about Gotenks,'That Fusion Technique could come in handy some day..................'
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Well, I finally got in Fusion and the Hiryu Shouten Ha! There's another Chapter! Sorry this one took a little longer to get out than usual! I will continue and work on the next one! Please keep sending in your comments and suggestions.
Your friendly neighborhood writer,
S'rac