Sick Cycle Of Life
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the story
"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, ACTION!
Ranma stood across Ryouga and fell into a fighting stance. They studied each other carefully for weaknesses. Suddenly, Ryouga launched himself at Ranma, at the same time Ranma launched himself at Ryouga. They clashed in the middle, trading fast punches and kicks that to an untrained eye, it was nothing but mere blurs.
The pilots except Yue were trying desperately to keep their mouth closed. They were amazed at the precision and speed of the attacks.
Five minutes had passed, and still neither of them had gained any advantage. Ryouga would throw a punch at Ranma and Ranma would dodge it easily. Ranma would throw a punch at Ryouga but the latter either dodged or took the blow without flinching or showing any signs he was affected. After another five minutes, they finally pulled apart neither of them breathing hard.
By this time, the pilots' jaws were on the ground. Well, except for Heero and Yue but Heero had a shocked look on his face while Yue smirked.
Ranma grinned, "That was pretty good, P-chan. I see you have been training."
Ryouga smirked, "And I see you haven't improved. Have you been spending time shopping and doing all that girly stuff, Ranko?"
"Hah! I don't need training to beat a slab of bacon like you. I could beat you with one hand tied behind my back!" Ranma said cockily.
"Yeah right! I'd like to see you try. What do you say? Enough warming up and move into the real thing?" Ryouga asked eagerly.
"That was a warm-up?!" Duo whispered increduously. He couldn't believe they were so skilled. He bet that they could take on all of the OZ soldiers by themselves.
Ranma didn't reply. He just moved back into his fighting stance and looked straight at Ryouga, daring him to attack.
Ryouga didn't waste anymore time. He took off several of his bandanas and started spinning them around. Then he threw them towards Ranma and jumped into the air.
Ranma dodged the spinning bandanas while deflecting the ones that might hurt somebody. He saw a shadow and looked up. He grinned and leapt to meet Ryouga in the air. "You forgot that mid-air combat is my speciality, P-chan!"
Ryouga didn't answer but he had a grin on his face which told Ranma that something was wrong. Sure enough, he saw another bandana flying towards him and he knew he wouldn't have time to dodge or deflect it because he was busy fending off Ryouga's attack.
"Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma launched his attack towards Ryouga and the latter was hit by the fast punches, flew and crashed into a brick wall which crumbled by the impact. Ranma managed to dodge the bandana in time before it cause him some injuries.
"Ryouga!" Quatre shouted in horror. He couldn't believe Ranma just killed him.
Ranma saw the panicked look in everyone except Heero and Yue. "Don't worry he can handle it."
"But, but," Duo stuttered. "He crashed into a brick wall! He could have broken his ribs or have a concussion!"
Before anybody could say anything, Ryouga emerged from the rubble unscathed. Well, he was unscathed, but you couldn't say the same about his clothes. He chuckled, "Not bad, Ranma. 786 punches. You've been improving your speed."
"Yeah, the old ghoul was attacking me again so I had to one-upped her somehow."
Duo eyes bulged. "786 punches!"
Wufei was also gaping. "And he did it in 3 seconds!" He vowed to get Ranma to teach him.
"Ready to go to the last level?" Ranma asked.
"Thought you never going to ask," Ryouga returned. He powered up his chi and started glowing greenish yellow.
Ranma did the same except he started glowing bright blue.
Yue's eyes grew wide. "Everybody hit the ground!" she shouted and dropped on the ground covering her head with her hands.
The rest of the pilots looked at her questioningly but did what she told them to.
"MOKO TAKABISHA!"
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!"
The two blast met each other halfway and both fought for dominance. Rubble and dust flew everywhere as the blasts raged. Finally after a hard struggle, the blue blast slowly started pushing the green one back. Ranma let out a roar and the blue chi blast became bigger and cancelled out Ryouga's chi blast. The blue blast continued in its path and connected to Ryouga, sending him flying through another brick wall.
Ranma dropped his hand, slightly panting at the exertion of creating such a big chi blast. /Damn, that was harder than usual. Ryouga has gotten stronger/.
The pilots slowly got up, seeing there was no immediate danger. All of them except Yue had a stunned look on their faces. Even Heero's and Trowa's expressionless masks were shattered. Quatre leaned into Trowa's arms trying to comprehend what just happened. His eyes were taking ninety percent of his face. Trowa hugged the smaller blond while rubbing his back, trying to calm himself and his distressed lover.
"Are you two finished?" Yue asked calmly. She was not surprised with all of the fighting because she had been watching the videos of their fights. At first she couldn't believe somebody could be that string or skilled but she gradually got over her shock and nothing like that could faze her anymore.
"Yeah," Ranma replied. "Ryouga! Yo! Get up man!" he shouted to where the lost boy was. He walked over to the pile of rubble when he got no response. "If he gets lost again, I swear I'll leave him behind," he muttered under his breath.
The pile of rubble suddenly shook and Ryouga emerged from it. He groaned a bit realising he had lost to Ranma again.
Ranma smiled in relief when he saw Ryouga emerging from the rubbles. "Heh, I guess I won this match."
Ryouga gave him a slight glare. "Next time, I won't lose," he vowed. "But that was a good match. I haven't had any challenge for a while. Oh! That reminds me, Akari and I are enganged now."
Ranma grinned and slapped Ryouga's back. "Wow! Congratulations, man! Didn't think you have the guts to do it!"
Ryouga blushed. "Actually, it took me twenty times before I had the courage to propose to her."
"Congratulations too, Ryouga."
Both martial artists whirled around and saw the pilots standing there still shocked from the display of power.
Yue had a smile on her face. "So when are you getting married? I bet you'll like the honeymoon," she teased.
Ryouga blushed fiercely and rubbed the back of his head. "We haven't set a date yet. I got lost before we could talk about it."
Ranma chuckled. /Typical Ryouga/. "Don't worry about it. I'll help you get back to the farm later."
"Thanks, Ranma."
"Why don't we all go inside now?" Yue suggested. "We'll finish the introductions and I'm sure you all have some questions to ask."
The rest of the pilots snapped out of their daze and nodded. They all walked inside the mansion and headed towards the large living room. After they got settled, they began the introductions.
"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner," Quatre started seeing no one else would. "And this is my boyfriend, Trowa Barton." He gestured to the tall boy who was sitting beside him. Trowa nodded while holding Quatre's hand.
If Ranma and Ryouga were disturbed by their homosexuality, they didn't show it.
"Aaw, how sweet. Little Q-chan is growing up," Yue quipped. She giggled when she saw her brother blushing and glaring at her.
"I'm Ranma Saotome of the Saotome Anything Goes Martial Arts School."
"I'm Ryouga Hibiki."
"Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide but I never lie."
"Heero Yuy."
"Wufei Chang."
"Well, now that's taken care of, I guess you all have some questions, ne?" Yue asked. She was looking nervously at the pilots.
Heero stared at her for a moment before moving his head slightly towards the two martial artists.
Yue understood the silent message and said, "We can trust them. I can feel it."
The pilots nodded. They trusted her judgement because she was never wrong.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma inquired.
Yue turned to him. "What you are about to hear must never leave this room," she cautioned them. "It's very important and war could break out again."
"You have my word," Ranma nodded solemly.
"And mine," Ryouga addded.
"We're Gundam Pilots," Yue stated. She searched their face for a reaction.
"What's a Gundam?" Ranma asked confused.
The pilots except Trowa and Heero facefaulted. "You don't know what a Gundam is?" Yue asked increduously.
Ranma scratched the back of his head nervously. "Uhh, no?" he offered.
Ryouga rolled his eyes. "Ranma, you idiot. Gundams are those giant machines that saved the colonies."
"Oooh, then why didn't you just say so?" Ranma asked, finally understanding what they were.
The pilots facefaulted again.
"Okay that's enough facefaulting," Yue said after getting up. "Does anyone else have a question?"
"Why did you leave?" Heero asked simply. He was hurt when she left. She was the first one who ever showed any kindness to him.
The rest of the pilots looked at Yue, waiting for her answer. Ranma and Ryouga remained silent, not knowing what the others were talking about.
Yue sighed. "I didn't leave by choice. If I could I would have stayed here. I was happy with you guys." Her expression turned sad as she remembered those happy times she spent with them.
"What do you mean? You could have stayed with us. We could have protected you," Quatre protested. He could feel the sadness radiating from his sister in his space heart.
Yue sighed again. "Since Ranma and Ryouga don't know the whole story, I'll start at the beginning."
*End Chapter 6*
AN: Well, there you have it. Actions, actions and actions! Please tell me if you liked it or not. This is my first try of writing a battle scene and I want to know if it's good or not. Special thanx to IceAngel who helped with some of the battle scene. For thos people who reviewed, I love you all!!! ^_^V
'Bunny-Butler' - Yue is going to explain everything in the next chapter.
'montymouse' - I kinda like Ryouga so I decided to make him a friend instead of an enemy. As for the match, I didn't blow up the whole place, only 3/4 of it ^_^;; The other scouts will come out too but they will only have a minor part in this story.
'Ginny Starwind' - Whoa! Calm down! I'm writing, I'm writing ^_~ Is 'fastly' a real word?
'solarmistress17' - Glad you appreciate it! Of course, I'll e-mail you when I update.
'Sweet Sere', 'Shannan', 'Mellisa', 'Silver Kitsune', 'Sabrina Black', 'MarsMoonStar', 'Firefly-chan', 'Phoenix Wing Star' - I'm glad you all like my fic! I'm soooo happy! I hope you like this chapter.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except the story
"..." - talking
/.../ - thought
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Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, ACTION!
Ranma stood across Ryouga and fell into a fighting stance. They studied each other carefully for weaknesses. Suddenly, Ryouga launched himself at Ranma, at the same time Ranma launched himself at Ryouga. They clashed in the middle, trading fast punches and kicks that to an untrained eye, it was nothing but mere blurs.
The pilots except Yue were trying desperately to keep their mouth closed. They were amazed at the precision and speed of the attacks.
Five minutes had passed, and still neither of them had gained any advantage. Ryouga would throw a punch at Ranma and Ranma would dodge it easily. Ranma would throw a punch at Ryouga but the latter either dodged or took the blow without flinching or showing any signs he was affected. After another five minutes, they finally pulled apart neither of them breathing hard.
By this time, the pilots' jaws were on the ground. Well, except for Heero and Yue but Heero had a shocked look on his face while Yue smirked.
Ranma grinned, "That was pretty good, P-chan. I see you have been training."
Ryouga smirked, "And I see you haven't improved. Have you been spending time shopping and doing all that girly stuff, Ranko?"
"Hah! I don't need training to beat a slab of bacon like you. I could beat you with one hand tied behind my back!" Ranma said cockily.
"Yeah right! I'd like to see you try. What do you say? Enough warming up and move into the real thing?" Ryouga asked eagerly.
"That was a warm-up?!" Duo whispered increduously. He couldn't believe they were so skilled. He bet that they could take on all of the OZ soldiers by themselves.
Ranma didn't reply. He just moved back into his fighting stance and looked straight at Ryouga, daring him to attack.
Ryouga didn't waste anymore time. He took off several of his bandanas and started spinning them around. Then he threw them towards Ranma and jumped into the air.
Ranma dodged the spinning bandanas while deflecting the ones that might hurt somebody. He saw a shadow and looked up. He grinned and leapt to meet Ryouga in the air. "You forgot that mid-air combat is my speciality, P-chan!"
Ryouga didn't answer but he had a grin on his face which told Ranma that something was wrong. Sure enough, he saw another bandana flying towards him and he knew he wouldn't have time to dodge or deflect it because he was busy fending off Ryouga's attack.
"Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken!" Ranma launched his attack towards Ryouga and the latter was hit by the fast punches, flew and crashed into a brick wall which crumbled by the impact. Ranma managed to dodge the bandana in time before it cause him some injuries.
"Ryouga!" Quatre shouted in horror. He couldn't believe Ranma just killed him.
Ranma saw the panicked look in everyone except Heero and Yue. "Don't worry he can handle it."
"But, but," Duo stuttered. "He crashed into a brick wall! He could have broken his ribs or have a concussion!"
Before anybody could say anything, Ryouga emerged from the rubble unscathed. Well, he was unscathed, but you couldn't say the same about his clothes. He chuckled, "Not bad, Ranma. 786 punches. You've been improving your speed."
"Yeah, the old ghoul was attacking me again so I had to one-upped her somehow."
Duo eyes bulged. "786 punches!"
Wufei was also gaping. "And he did it in 3 seconds!" He vowed to get Ranma to teach him.
"Ready to go to the last level?" Ranma asked.
"Thought you never going to ask," Ryouga returned. He powered up his chi and started glowing greenish yellow.
Ranma did the same except he started glowing bright blue.
Yue's eyes grew wide. "Everybody hit the ground!" she shouted and dropped on the ground covering her head with her hands.
The rest of the pilots looked at her questioningly but did what she told them to.
"MOKO TAKABISHA!"
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!"
The two blast met each other halfway and both fought for dominance. Rubble and dust flew everywhere as the blasts raged. Finally after a hard struggle, the blue blast slowly started pushing the green one back. Ranma let out a roar and the blue chi blast became bigger and cancelled out Ryouga's chi blast. The blue blast continued in its path and connected to Ryouga, sending him flying through another brick wall.
Ranma dropped his hand, slightly panting at the exertion of creating such a big chi blast. /Damn, that was harder than usual. Ryouga has gotten stronger/.
The pilots slowly got up, seeing there was no immediate danger. All of them except Yue had a stunned look on their faces. Even Heero's and Trowa's expressionless masks were shattered. Quatre leaned into Trowa's arms trying to comprehend what just happened. His eyes were taking ninety percent of his face. Trowa hugged the smaller blond while rubbing his back, trying to calm himself and his distressed lover.
"Are you two finished?" Yue asked calmly. She was not surprised with all of the fighting because she had been watching the videos of their fights. At first she couldn't believe somebody could be that string or skilled but she gradually got over her shock and nothing like that could faze her anymore.
"Yeah," Ranma replied. "Ryouga! Yo! Get up man!" he shouted to where the lost boy was. He walked over to the pile of rubble when he got no response. "If he gets lost again, I swear I'll leave him behind," he muttered under his breath.
The pile of rubble suddenly shook and Ryouga emerged from it. He groaned a bit realising he had lost to Ranma again.
Ranma smiled in relief when he saw Ryouga emerging from the rubbles. "Heh, I guess I won this match."
Ryouga gave him a slight glare. "Next time, I won't lose," he vowed. "But that was a good match. I haven't had any challenge for a while. Oh! That reminds me, Akari and I are enganged now."
Ranma grinned and slapped Ryouga's back. "Wow! Congratulations, man! Didn't think you have the guts to do it!"
Ryouga blushed. "Actually, it took me twenty times before I had the courage to propose to her."
"Congratulations too, Ryouga."
Both martial artists whirled around and saw the pilots standing there still shocked from the display of power.
Yue had a smile on her face. "So when are you getting married? I bet you'll like the honeymoon," she teased.
Ryouga blushed fiercely and rubbed the back of his head. "We haven't set a date yet. I got lost before we could talk about it."
Ranma chuckled. /Typical Ryouga/. "Don't worry about it. I'll help you get back to the farm later."
"Thanks, Ranma."
"Why don't we all go inside now?" Yue suggested. "We'll finish the introductions and I'm sure you all have some questions to ask."
The rest of the pilots snapped out of their daze and nodded. They all walked inside the mansion and headed towards the large living room. After they got settled, they began the introductions.
"I'm Quatre Raberba Winner," Quatre started seeing no one else would. "And this is my boyfriend, Trowa Barton." He gestured to the tall boy who was sitting beside him. Trowa nodded while holding Quatre's hand.
If Ranma and Ryouga were disturbed by their homosexuality, they didn't show it.
"Aaw, how sweet. Little Q-chan is growing up," Yue quipped. She giggled when she saw her brother blushing and glaring at her.
"I'm Ranma Saotome of the Saotome Anything Goes Martial Arts School."
"I'm Ryouga Hibiki."
"Duo Maxwell. I may run, I may hide but I never lie."
"Heero Yuy."
"Wufei Chang."
"Well, now that's taken care of, I guess you all have some questions, ne?" Yue asked. She was looking nervously at the pilots.
Heero stared at her for a moment before moving his head slightly towards the two martial artists.
Yue understood the silent message and said, "We can trust them. I can feel it."
The pilots nodded. They trusted her judgement because she was never wrong.
"What are you talking about?" Ranma inquired.
Yue turned to him. "What you are about to hear must never leave this room," she cautioned them. "It's very important and war could break out again."
"You have my word," Ranma nodded solemly.
"And mine," Ryouga addded.
"We're Gundam Pilots," Yue stated. She searched their face for a reaction.
"What's a Gundam?" Ranma asked confused.
The pilots except Trowa and Heero facefaulted. "You don't know what a Gundam is?" Yue asked increduously.
Ranma scratched the back of his head nervously. "Uhh, no?" he offered.
Ryouga rolled his eyes. "Ranma, you idiot. Gundams are those giant machines that saved the colonies."
"Oooh, then why didn't you just say so?" Ranma asked, finally understanding what they were.
The pilots facefaulted again.
"Okay that's enough facefaulting," Yue said after getting up. "Does anyone else have a question?"
"Why did you leave?" Heero asked simply. He was hurt when she left. She was the first one who ever showed any kindness to him.
The rest of the pilots looked at Yue, waiting for her answer. Ranma and Ryouga remained silent, not knowing what the others were talking about.
Yue sighed. "I didn't leave by choice. If I could I would have stayed here. I was happy with you guys." Her expression turned sad as she remembered those happy times she spent with them.
"What do you mean? You could have stayed with us. We could have protected you," Quatre protested. He could feel the sadness radiating from his sister in his space heart.
Yue sighed again. "Since Ranma and Ryouga don't know the whole story, I'll start at the beginning."
*End Chapter 6*
AN: Well, there you have it. Actions, actions and actions! Please tell me if you liked it or not. This is my first try of writing a battle scene and I want to know if it's good or not. Special thanx to IceAngel who helped with some of the battle scene. For thos people who reviewed, I love you all!!! ^_^V
'Bunny-Butler' - Yue is going to explain everything in the next chapter.
'montymouse' - I kinda like Ryouga so I decided to make him a friend instead of an enemy. As for the match, I didn't blow up the whole place, only 3/4 of it ^_^;; The other scouts will come out too but they will only have a minor part in this story.
'Ginny Starwind' - Whoa! Calm down! I'm writing, I'm writing ^_~ Is 'fastly' a real word?
'solarmistress17' - Glad you appreciate it! Of course, I'll e-mail you when I update.
'Sweet Sere', 'Shannan', 'Mellisa', 'Silver Kitsune', 'Sabrina Black', 'MarsMoonStar', 'Firefly-chan', 'Phoenix Wing Star' - I'm glad you all like my fic! I'm soooo happy! I hope you like this chapter.