Retro's thoughts: Man, talk about coming out late. Yeah I know it has been awhile, but hey, at least it came out.
Chapter 7
In Baghdad, Iraq, several mysterious people walk the streets all heading to the same destination. Nine in all, they posed no physical threat to anyone on the streets, but off the streets? Arguably, these nine and others not present are the most powerful men, and women, in the world.
A man in a business suit carrying a briefcase moved to a building that had paint peeling off every space. The man took no notice of this as he entered the house casually. He stood in a bar, if you could call it that, which emanated the smell ouex de stench. The man covered his nose as he walked through the bar to a far off door. He was just about to turn the doorknob when another opened the bar entrance behind him. The man turned to see a blonde haired man with dark eyes also in a business suit and carrying a briefcase. They both nodded to each other as they entered the door in the back together.
The room was dark and the smell was nothing less of horrid, but the men took no notice. The blonde haired man motioned the other in front of him as they both hit a brick in the wall.
Both men watched as a door opened to a metal elevator with a small plant in the corner of it and soft music playing to accompany a relaxing sit on the couch in the back of the elevator. They walked in and both took a seat after the first man hit a button on the elevator, which read 46.
The first man who was shorter than the first and had thinning brown hair sat down next to the second. The second man checked his watch as they felt the elevator take them down 46 floors to the meeting room.
They waited in silence until finally the second spoke to the first in a casual voice. You might have thought they were talking about lunch yesterday. "Have the two arrived yet?" The second man checked his watch again realizing that only 8 seconds had passed since he last checked.
"No. I fear for their sake that they do not make us wait forever. They called this meeting and they had better damned well carry it out." The first man spoke in a simple monotone voice.
The elevator came to a clean stop at the 46th floor down into the earth. The door opened to reveal nine chairs behind a long rectangular table and a gigantic fireplace behind them burning down.
Already seated were six members of the nine that were supposed to be there. As soon as the two men stepped out the elevator went back to the top. They both moved to their seats as they sat down and opened their briefcases and pulled out the agenda of the world.
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Happosai and Cologne wandered the streets of Baghdad looking for this so called "sore thumb bar". Cologne eyed the building and poked Happosai on the shoulder motioning to the building. They made their way there and cringed at the upkeep of the building. Both of them had come from Japan for a specific purpose and seeing a filthy building isn't going to stop them.
Happosai walked in and looked around sending his chi outward, probing for anything that might pose a threat. Cologne followed him shortly and pointed to a man in a suit with both hands in his pockets.
The man motioned for both of them to come over to where he stood. As Cologne moved forward, Happosai had second thoughts about coming to these people for help. He put his worries aside as he stepped up to the man.
"We.." The old man began but was cut off by the younger.
"We know." The young man stated speaking fluent Japanese and giving two breathing masks to Happosai and Cologne.
"What are these for?" The Amazon asked with curiosity, moving the mask between her hands inspecting it intently.
The Japanese native hushed his voice as he spoke to Cologne and Happosai pointing to the door behind him. "The room you are about to enter holds the most deadly of poison gasses behind it. I suggest for your own wellbeing you put those on."
Once the man saw both with their masks on he opened the door and walked freely to the other wall and pressed the same brick the other two men pressed not 15 minutes ago. He walked into the elevator and pressed the button labeled 46. The man sat down and rested his eyes for the time being until the elevator stopped at their intended destination.
Cologne sensed the air's pureness, removed her mask at the same time as Happosai, and asked looked at the man.
"How come you did not need a gas mask?" Cologne asked beating Happosai to the chase.
"I have certain microbes and nano-machines in my body which accustom me to many kinds of poison compositions and breakdowns." The man said this with his eyes still closed right when the elevator came to a stop at the 46th floor. The man opened his eyes and stepped out of the open door to reveal a table that could seat nine.
Cologne stared in amazement at the crest just above the fireplace. It was the seal of a pyramid with the top point of the pyramid jutting off it and revealing a shining eye on it. Above the pyramid were the words "Annuit Coeptis". Below the pyramid on a banner, it read "Novus Ordo Seclorum".
Now seated were nine members of the most powerful organization in the world, The Illuminati. Both Happosai and Cologne knew they had to watch themselves when dealing with these people. They had been around for only about 300 years and already they had more influence in the world than the UN could hope to muster. Happosai looked at the nine signs in front of each member. From left to right Happosai read them in order: France, Great Britain, Russia, China, The United States, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain. These nine were not the only members of the committee. Roughly, if the rumors were true there is about 187.
"Due to the unexpected of this meeting we must be quick, because action must be taken immediately." America started the meeting off by saying. America sat at the middle of the table with a podium bigger than the others in front of him.
"Then you know of the situation already?" Cologne spoke first trying to steer the council into helping them.
"Of course we know, we are The Illuminati, but we don't know how the boy came in possession of the ring." Russia said in a thick Siberian accent but still understandable.
"We also do not know of how the boy got the ring," Happosai said stepping in for Cologne, "but that is not the matter. We must find a way to destroy it."
Great Britain leaned in closer. "We are surprised at your lack of thought Happosai. One of such age and wisdom should have thought clearly before calling a council on this matter."
France swiped his hand across the table in a sweeping gesture. "It does not matter. With the ring in his hands, Ranma is unstoppable. He will destroy Nerima and then rule the world."
China stepped in on the matter at hand and continued with Great Britain talking to the council more than Happosai or Cologne. "It is clear that if the ring was thrown in Mount Doom, and not destroyed then there is no hope for us. That was the only way and even Saurron bypassed that."
Cologne was about to ask how they knew so much but then realized that she was dealing with the most powerful and secret organization in the world.
America who had been thinking it over came back into the fray. "They are right wise ones. If Mount Doom no longer exists, which it doesn't, then how do you mean to rid the world of the ring?" The council members all nodded in agreement mumbling to the person next to them.
"That is what we came here to find out from you. Will you help us or not?" Happosai was becoming impatient with the council who supposedly knew everything.
Italy shook his head while wiping his brow. "We are in as much a cloud as you are wise ones. The only help we can offer is to give these to you." Italy handed Cologne two scrolls that felt they were ready to crumble in her hands.
"What are these?" Cologne spoke with a little anger in her voice expecting a little more from the council. All they are doing is trying to humor us, she thought, they don't know the peril that awaits them.
Spain nodded as his fellow members nodded in agreement. "The only word of advice we can give you is that your heir is in great danger. If you don't come back to him immediately he will likely destroy himself and those around him."
The council quieted down and all their eyes and hopes rested on Happosai and Cologne as they left through the elevator equipping their breathing masks.
"That was quite pointless I think." Happosai said to Cologne. Cologne nodded but then shook her head.
"I don't understand why they showed little enthusiasm. I'm sure that when Ranma found out about them he would ultimately destroy them along with everyone else." Cologne said hanging her head in defeat.
"Then it's clearly up to us to save him and bring him back to us." Happosai said reassuringly for Cologne and himself. They raced through the streets in a hopeful attempt to make it back to Ranma before he did anything rash, but they both knew in their hearts that they were already too late.
(Back in Nerima about 7:30 in the morning)
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Ranma awoke to the sound and smell of a large fire. Ranma opened his eyes and shut them again just as quickly. His body ached all over and he felt like he wouldn't move for a week. I'M GOING TO KILL THAT OLD MAN, he thought as he tried to stand but only made it to his knees. Ranma rubbed his eyes as he looked around him, with much pain, at the carnage around him. It looked as if a tornado had come through and decided to rest right in the parking lot.
Ranma remembered last night and the move that the man had executed on him. The power it held was amazing, Ranma thought, and I want it! Ranma got to his feet and stretched his painful back. Ranma looked around and spotted the old man floating a couple inches off the ground!
Ranma stood in shock as he stumbled forward with a limp on his left leg to meet the man. Ranma stood in front of the man and asked in a somewhat threatening voice, "How did you do that old man?"
"Firstly boy," the man said without opening one eye but still commanding respect with every word he said, "You will call me Sensei if you wish to learn the move I just performed on you, and if you don't want me to give you another thrashing." A small smile appeared on his face with his eyes still closed
Ranma would have unleashed a frenzy of fists using the Amaguriken if he didn't want to learn the move so bad. This man could be of some use, he thought, besides if he wanted to kill me he would have done so, and he seems very eager to teach me that move.
"Very well then "Sensei" what is you wish to teach me?" Ranma asked calming himself. He would humor the old man until he taught him the move. Then he would kill him.
"I am part of an old clan which practiced the Buretsu Martial Arts school of Elements. All of our attacks are based on the ancient elements: Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, and the final attack that is a combination of each. The attack I performed on you last night was the Earth attack, Kyoushin Shuurai. I hope to teach you all of the normal elements hopefully by the end of today." The man spoke with sincere determination and hope.
Ranma was ecstatic. New moves, he thought giddily, I can easily perform on my enemies to defeat them. Won't dad be surprised when I pass him in power and strength? I can probably even take the little pervert and the shriveled monkey, too bad their not around.
"I accept your offer to train me, but pardon my frankness but it certainly won't take a day to train me to use these moves. We'll need a week at LEAST. Second why won't you train me to use the ultimate move, and last why do you wish to teach me?" Ranma punctuated the last word as he sat down with legs crossed speaking to his new master.
"It will not be hard for you to learn these moves today with the aid of your ring." The man tapped Ranma's finger and Ranma looked down proud of the power it gave him, "As for the second question the final move is unknown. No one has ever performed it in our long line of history except for the Ancient. It was he who created the clan and learned how to harness the power of the elements. Not one of us knows how he used it, what he used it for, or whom he used it on. What we do know is what it is called and that it was used. It is called the "Butai Kentai Batsu". That ring gives you ultimate power so maybe you will be the one to continue on our school.
Ranma thought about the school of Anything Goes Martial Arts and reveled in disgust at the moves he learned. Almost all of them were formed by his coward father and Tendo to run away from Happosai. The only truly powerful moves he has learned so far have been from Cologne. Finally, he could have a wider selection of POWERFUL moves to exact on his enemies.
"As for the third question." the man opened his eyes and showed Ranma a glint of determination. That was when Ranma finally remembered the man from the gift shop where he bought Akane's birthday gift. So it is a small world after all, he thought. "I want you to embarrass and destroy a clan that has no honor and has been an enemy of ours for centuries."
"What has this clan done to you to make you so mad at them?" Ranma asked the question hoping to humor his master so he would only trust him more until his accidental death.
"They have insulted our family name by casting under the false accusations of us as cheaters and swindlers. They are pigs and liars for such atrocities. I want none of their family left in this world by the end of this week. I will train you enough so that you may best any of them in combat, but I am SURE you could do that once I have trained you. They are a small family weak and inept to outsiders. They have only four family members left that I know of in Nerima, but that is enough chit-chat, the sun has already risen and I suspect it is 8:30 already. Your date, if you can call it that, is at 7 and you will be fully trained by then. Mark you I am a hard master and I will train you hard. After your date is finished you will kill the family I have marked."
Ranma nodded at the man's finished monologue. The man, Ranma thought, obviously knows what I plan to do to Kuno. "Let us begin master." Ranma said standing up and beginning his Kata.
"Excellent," the man said the rest in a whisper that didn't catch Ranma's ears, "let the revenge on the Tendos be done".
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Nabiki walked to school that early morning tired and irritated. She had to listen to Akane worry about that bastard all through breakfast. On top of that, she had to watch Genma and Tendo go through his hysterical fits that their schools were finally going to be united. Big Deal. Ranma was, is, and always will be a prick. Him and his father were nothing but freeloaders who mooched off their family and don't do anything but cause ruckus. Nabiki certainly didn't want anyone like that marrying her sister. Why was she so interested in him anyway?
Nabiki had been rushing to school and was taking the quick way that Ranma and Akane didn't know about when she heard commotion coming from a parking lot. Some secrets are meant to be secrets. That was her motto and she liked sticking too it. Nabiki creeped over to the parking lot and saw a man and Ranma talking to each other while moving through what looked like, to her, another one of Ranma's Kats. She watched as Ranma nodded his head and both men separated a distance from each other.
Nabiki was leaning in for a closer look when she spied Ranma's aura. It was not its usual color of aqua; instead, it was now a combination of yellow, red, and orange. The colors flowed evenly between each other making Ranma look surrounded by a fire.
Ranma also noticed his change, looked down at his hands, and looked up questioningly at his master for an answer.
"The ring has finally taken effect on you and it is starting to alter your aura to its color. Apparently is favorable of yellow, orange, and red". The man said looking Ranma up and down. The man was thinking deeply aware of the little eavesdropper listening to their conversation. I hope that she'll be a good girl and go home before she sees anything, he thought to himself. "Perform the move Ranma."
Ranma nodded and closed his eyes as he began to concentrate on centering his chi into a bubble-like shield. The move was simple enough: Your chi would form a shield around you leaving you momentarily defenseless inside of your bubble, but the chances of anything getting through your bubble of chi are about five billion to one. Then the chi moves outward causing more destruction as it touches everything. The move is known as an earthquake because the chi bubble immediately hits the ground sending shockwaves through the earth making the ground shake for a 3 mile radius depending on the man's power.
Ranma opened his eyes and smiled as he saw that in fact the world around him was being disrupted and destroyed. He looked over at the master, saw his look of disapproval, closed his bubble, and walked over to his master ignoring the falling debris.
"What is wrong Sensei?" Ranma inwardly cringed as he still used the word to appease the old man.
"Your bubble is too small for your power Ranma. Please try saying the move aloud before performing it. Remember my moves are based on the speed, not the concentration." The man nodded and pointed to the crater behind Ranma indicating to try over.
Ranma closed his eyes and took three short breaths before shouting. "KYOUSHIN SHUURAI!" Ranma watched as his bubble, once able to be seen through and only with a tint of his aura color was now thicker than the old man's.
Cars left over from last night were exploding all over the parking lot as trees were uprooted from the ground and concrete slabs flew in all directions crashing into houses. Some unfortunate souls close enough to the site ran for cover as the earthquake of the century struck Nerima. A building behind Ranma started to collapse as Ranma laughed at the power he wielded at his fingertips. The old man was starting to stumble around on the ground as the earthquake finally hit a magnitude of 7 on the Richter Scale. Ranma ceased the bubble and fell lightly to the ground still laughing aloud at the carnage continuing to happen around him and most assuredly in Nerima
Nabiki had been crouched under a bench while the thunderous earthquake went on, but it was not the earthquake that worried her. It was the fact that Ranma controlled the earthquake and had commenced it at will with that move. The motion stopped as Nabiki got up and ran down the street as fast as she could to her house hoping it was still intact.
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Akane tapped her pencil lightly on the desk still worried about Ranma and where he had gone, and even if he would come back. That idiot, she thought. Akane snapped upright realizing she was back to her old routine calling him an idiot. The teacher saw this and smiled but obviously wasn't pleased.
"Well it seems Akane Tendo is very interested in the lesson today." The teacher put his glasses on his desk and continued smiling at Akane. "Tell me Ms. Tendo, since you're so into the lesson, what was the worst earthquake in Japanese history."
Akane was about to respond that she didn't know and she was sorry for disturbing his class. Like I really did, she thought, It's not my fault you're boring as hell. She was cut short by a small shaking in her desk and the desks around her. The teacher dropped his smile and replaced it with his glasses as he looked out the window looking at a tip of a yellow bubble off in the distance. The rest of the class watched as well as the earthquake worsened and an announcement on the speaker told the faculty and students to evacuate.
Akane was making her way to the door when the wall opposite to her cracked open tearing a piece of floor with it. Several students unfortunate enough to be near the wall fell outside with the damaged wall three stories down. Other students screamed and made a dash for the door as the teacher tried to restore order, but realized the feudal attempt and ran for his life only to be crushed by a piece of roof and a student from the upper story falling down on him. Akane was stunned as she moved to help the teacher but was dragged away by the onset of students coming out of the class. Ukyou made a dash to the hole in the wall and looked down to see if their classmates were ok and found them all on the ground not moving. Akane started to worry as Ukyou leaped into the story below theirs as she could feel the ground continue to shake and hear the school tear apart.
Akane was rushing down the stairs as she saw kids running, screaming, crying, pushing, fighting, looting, and making overall noise. The chaos was unbearable as kids jumped out of windows and fought in the hallways. Akane climbed down the stairs along with five hundred other kids. A small chunk of stair above Akane fell where she just was cutting off several students that were behind her. She made it outside the school as she rushed to safety followed shortly by Kuno screaming loud hysterics.
The sight Akane saw was devastating. The school looked like Swiss cheese as parts of the school had, and still were, literally falling off the school. Akane watched as the oldest wing which was on the far most left and was there when the school was first built came crashing down on top of everything below it while the earthquake drummed on. Akane looked around and saw her classmates cheering and crying, leaping for joy and weeping for sorrow. Akane looked down, saw a small cut across her arm, and looked back up. Tears were threatening her eyes as she saw Ukyou rush out of the school carrying three students, all bleeding on her, and setting them down on the ground! Ukyou was turning around after making sure the students were ok. She turned around to witness along with the several classes outside with her the devastation beginning
The roof of the school was the first to fall. Without the support of the left wing, but the roof still intact above it, it was inevitable that the roof would collapse. The roof came crashing down with a loud boom crushing everything on the fourth floor. The roof continued falling but stopped at the second floor losing its previous momentum. A wall on the back end of the fourth floor fell down on the playground behind the school falling into the school pool creating an ultimate depth charge. The earthquake had obviously stopped but the damage did not as the Western Wall fell on top of the gym killing hundreds inside. The gym was the newest thing to the school and it was well supported making it an obvious place to go hide if an earthquake were to come into effect. The rest of the school fell down in pieces the size of large busses. Akane looked outward at the street and witnessed the same carnage as the school. Old buildings were crumbling down onto the street, onto the canal, everywhere. The whole school, or more, three quarters of the school patrons stared in amazement. The courtyard was the only place untouched by the falling pieces, but the thick dust cloud stretched everywhere. Ukyou screamed and rushed towards the rubble of the school and started throwing rocks away from the wreckage. Akane saw Ukyou and admired her determination. The school was still falling but Ukyou saw the need to continue the rescue of her schoolmates. Akane followed Ukyou's lead and ran after her through the thick dust cloud that had formed and started helping her in removing the rubble from the site. Kuno saw this and his heart broke. His goddess was risking her life for others and she sought nothing in return. Kuno nodded, dropped his bokken, and moved to aid their endeavor. The school sat stunned and soon one followed, then two, then three, then ten, then fifty, and finally the rest of the school joined in the race to save the lives of their comrades.
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Ryouga crawled through the Tendo home on his belly full from the feast that Kasumi gave him. Akane and Nabiki hadn't eaten much of their breakfast so naturally Kasumi gave the leftovers to the pet. Ryouga couldn't have said no to those eyes.
Ryouga crawled into the chanoma and leaned up against a wall as Tendo and Genma played a shogi game out on the porch. He sighed and closed his eyes as he prepared for rest.
Ryouga was immediately woken up as he felt the shaking of a lifetime. I don't need this, he thought, not on a full stomach. Ryouga figured it was some demon coming to kidnap one of them so that we could go save them. Same old, same old. Ryouga looked outside as the shaking worsened and he started to realize that it was just an earthquake. Just an earthquake.
Ryouga rushed upstairs passed the kitchen watching knives fall out of the drawers skewering the floor. Kasumi was moving trying to avoid the sharp objects flying through the air. Ryouga only hurried faster up the stairs to change into his true form. He paused as he saw the door closed, but ripped the door with his sharp piglet teeth.
He ran to the tub and started running the hot water. When the tub reached an acceptable level Ryouga jumped in and emerged racing to the door. He paid no heed to his nakedness as he raced to the dojo for his backpack. He ran down the hallway as he saw a building beyond the Tendo Dojo fall down and crumble into rubble. Ryouga grabbed his backpack and got dressed as quickly as he could. He grimaced while he put on his shoe as the Tendo Dojo ceiling began to moan and strain under the shakes. Ryouga fit his shoe on right at the last minute as he leaped out the doorway and did a tumble roll running to the chanoma. He ran as the ceiling crumbled below him. He ran towards the chanoma and towards the screaming.
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Mousse flipped several eggs into a pot of boiling water. He turned and moved toward the cub bard for some flour to add to the dish he was making. He grumbled and mumbled as he did his now full time work for Shampoo. When she said full time, she meant full time. He had only gotten four hours of sleep last night.
Shampoo was serving tables and dishing out Ramen when she came back into the kitchen to scold Mousse for not working fast enough. Ever since he snuck, away to go fight Ranma she had been extra hard on him and his work. Ranma asked her to keep Mousse away from him and she would obey. Then maybe he realize Shampoo best wife, she thought.
"Mousse no work fast enough for cust..." Shampoo was cut off by a quick shaking within the store. Pots and pans began to fall from the place they were hanging from the ceiling and began to clatter as they hit the floor. Mousse and Shampoo looked around as if something was causing the shaking. They both could here screaming coming from the opposite room and ran to there.
They both saw customers stumbling about out the door and trying to grab their things. In other words, it was in total chaos. Shampoo took charge and tried to handle the situation. Mousse grabbed Shampoo's shoulder trying to urge her out the door after he heard the roof moan under pressure.
"Shampoo we have to get out of here!" Mousse had to yell above the carnage that was happening. The store was virtually empty with the exception of another couple hurrying towards the door. Shampoo shook off his grasp and made her way to the kitchen.
"Shampoo was asked to watch store, and she will watch store!" Shampoo was asked to watch the store by Cologne and she was damned well determined to carry out her promise.
"Shampoo we don't have time for this!" Mousse yelled pointing at the ground to emphasize the situation. Mousse heard a scream behind him and immediately launched his chains to intercept the falling object. The falling chunk of roof nearly escaped hitting the couple, which was hurrying out the door. Mousse threw the piece of rubble aside and turned to see Shampoo already at the top of the stairs and turning to her room. Mousse groaned and leapt up the stairs following her, screaming "Shampoo" after her.
Mousse jumped the last set of stairs as the collapsed onto the first story. Mousse looked around and was about to ask Shampoo why she was acting stupid, but he saw her eyes and the tears flowing from them.
"Shampoo what's wrong?" Mousse asked the question even as the building continued to fall apart around them, but he didn't care, Shampoo was hurt.
"Shampoo is horrible in every way. Ranma don't like Shampoo, Shampoo can't even keep store in order while Great Grandmother is away." Shampoo no longer held in her tears and let it all go. She had failed ever since she moved here. Ranma had gotten away and had openly confessed his love to Akane, although he did take it back it was still obvious what was going on between them both. Now she couldn't even keep the store intact. She even failed keeping Mousse away from Ranma.
"Shampoo I like you just the way you are. You may not love me back, but through success or failure I will always love you." Mousse extended his hand outward so Shampoo could take it. She hesitated and then took it lightly as Mousse held her close and jumped through her bedroom window. He did a tumble roll out the window and onto the ground sheltering Shampoo from the landing. Mousse got up and helped Shampoo to her feet. They watched as the Neko-Hanten crumbled to rubble, as were other buildings in the area. Shampoo felt the tears come again. No, she thought, I have to be strong for great grandmother, but she not here. Only Mousse, and Mousse is friend. She clung on to Mousse crying as he held her.
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Ranma smacked his hands together and let out a loud "HA" as he stepped out of crater and moved to his master with a wide smile on his face. If this was the kind of power that came from the old man's moves, then he would be his servant for however long it took to learn these.
"Amazing, Ranma. Simply amazing. You just created the worst earthquake in Japanese history. You just let loose an M8! I'm sure that you did in fact kill a lot of people though." The man's smile drooped a little, but was brought back up quickly. Ranma only laughed at his comment as he went back to looking at the perfect crater he created with his chi bubble. "Now, now, Ranma, no time for dilly-dallying. We have work to do and I plan to train you to the best of my ability, as long as of course you keep your promise." The man cocked an eyebrow and tilted his head smiling at Ranma.
"Of course, of course Sensei. Now what can you show me?"
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Retro's thoughts: Well theirs Chapter 7. Woo really long hope ya liked it. Please C/C.
Chapter 7
In Baghdad, Iraq, several mysterious people walk the streets all heading to the same destination. Nine in all, they posed no physical threat to anyone on the streets, but off the streets? Arguably, these nine and others not present are the most powerful men, and women, in the world.
A man in a business suit carrying a briefcase moved to a building that had paint peeling off every space. The man took no notice of this as he entered the house casually. He stood in a bar, if you could call it that, which emanated the smell ouex de stench. The man covered his nose as he walked through the bar to a far off door. He was just about to turn the doorknob when another opened the bar entrance behind him. The man turned to see a blonde haired man with dark eyes also in a business suit and carrying a briefcase. They both nodded to each other as they entered the door in the back together.
The room was dark and the smell was nothing less of horrid, but the men took no notice. The blonde haired man motioned the other in front of him as they both hit a brick in the wall.
Both men watched as a door opened to a metal elevator with a small plant in the corner of it and soft music playing to accompany a relaxing sit on the couch in the back of the elevator. They walked in and both took a seat after the first man hit a button on the elevator, which read 46.
The first man who was shorter than the first and had thinning brown hair sat down next to the second. The second man checked his watch as they felt the elevator take them down 46 floors to the meeting room.
They waited in silence until finally the second spoke to the first in a casual voice. You might have thought they were talking about lunch yesterday. "Have the two arrived yet?" The second man checked his watch again realizing that only 8 seconds had passed since he last checked.
"No. I fear for their sake that they do not make us wait forever. They called this meeting and they had better damned well carry it out." The first man spoke in a simple monotone voice.
The elevator came to a clean stop at the 46th floor down into the earth. The door opened to reveal nine chairs behind a long rectangular table and a gigantic fireplace behind them burning down.
Already seated were six members of the nine that were supposed to be there. As soon as the two men stepped out the elevator went back to the top. They both moved to their seats as they sat down and opened their briefcases and pulled out the agenda of the world.
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Happosai and Cologne wandered the streets of Baghdad looking for this so called "sore thumb bar". Cologne eyed the building and poked Happosai on the shoulder motioning to the building. They made their way there and cringed at the upkeep of the building. Both of them had come from Japan for a specific purpose and seeing a filthy building isn't going to stop them.
Happosai walked in and looked around sending his chi outward, probing for anything that might pose a threat. Cologne followed him shortly and pointed to a man in a suit with both hands in his pockets.
The man motioned for both of them to come over to where he stood. As Cologne moved forward, Happosai had second thoughts about coming to these people for help. He put his worries aside as he stepped up to the man.
"We.." The old man began but was cut off by the younger.
"We know." The young man stated speaking fluent Japanese and giving two breathing masks to Happosai and Cologne.
"What are these for?" The Amazon asked with curiosity, moving the mask between her hands inspecting it intently.
The Japanese native hushed his voice as he spoke to Cologne and Happosai pointing to the door behind him. "The room you are about to enter holds the most deadly of poison gasses behind it. I suggest for your own wellbeing you put those on."
Once the man saw both with their masks on he opened the door and walked freely to the other wall and pressed the same brick the other two men pressed not 15 minutes ago. He walked into the elevator and pressed the button labeled 46. The man sat down and rested his eyes for the time being until the elevator stopped at their intended destination.
Cologne sensed the air's pureness, removed her mask at the same time as Happosai, and asked looked at the man.
"How come you did not need a gas mask?" Cologne asked beating Happosai to the chase.
"I have certain microbes and nano-machines in my body which accustom me to many kinds of poison compositions and breakdowns." The man said this with his eyes still closed right when the elevator came to a stop at the 46th floor. The man opened his eyes and stepped out of the open door to reveal a table that could seat nine.
Cologne stared in amazement at the crest just above the fireplace. It was the seal of a pyramid with the top point of the pyramid jutting off it and revealing a shining eye on it. Above the pyramid were the words "Annuit Coeptis". Below the pyramid on a banner, it read "Novus Ordo Seclorum".
Now seated were nine members of the most powerful organization in the world, The Illuminati. Both Happosai and Cologne knew they had to watch themselves when dealing with these people. They had been around for only about 300 years and already they had more influence in the world than the UN could hope to muster. Happosai looked at the nine signs in front of each member. From left to right Happosai read them in order: France, Great Britain, Russia, China, The United States, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain. These nine were not the only members of the committee. Roughly, if the rumors were true there is about 187.
"Due to the unexpected of this meeting we must be quick, because action must be taken immediately." America started the meeting off by saying. America sat at the middle of the table with a podium bigger than the others in front of him.
"Then you know of the situation already?" Cologne spoke first trying to steer the council into helping them.
"Of course we know, we are The Illuminati, but we don't know how the boy came in possession of the ring." Russia said in a thick Siberian accent but still understandable.
"We also do not know of how the boy got the ring," Happosai said stepping in for Cologne, "but that is not the matter. We must find a way to destroy it."
Great Britain leaned in closer. "We are surprised at your lack of thought Happosai. One of such age and wisdom should have thought clearly before calling a council on this matter."
France swiped his hand across the table in a sweeping gesture. "It does not matter. With the ring in his hands, Ranma is unstoppable. He will destroy Nerima and then rule the world."
China stepped in on the matter at hand and continued with Great Britain talking to the council more than Happosai or Cologne. "It is clear that if the ring was thrown in Mount Doom, and not destroyed then there is no hope for us. That was the only way and even Saurron bypassed that."
Cologne was about to ask how they knew so much but then realized that she was dealing with the most powerful and secret organization in the world.
America who had been thinking it over came back into the fray. "They are right wise ones. If Mount Doom no longer exists, which it doesn't, then how do you mean to rid the world of the ring?" The council members all nodded in agreement mumbling to the person next to them.
"That is what we came here to find out from you. Will you help us or not?" Happosai was becoming impatient with the council who supposedly knew everything.
Italy shook his head while wiping his brow. "We are in as much a cloud as you are wise ones. The only help we can offer is to give these to you." Italy handed Cologne two scrolls that felt they were ready to crumble in her hands.
"What are these?" Cologne spoke with a little anger in her voice expecting a little more from the council. All they are doing is trying to humor us, she thought, they don't know the peril that awaits them.
Spain nodded as his fellow members nodded in agreement. "The only word of advice we can give you is that your heir is in great danger. If you don't come back to him immediately he will likely destroy himself and those around him."
The council quieted down and all their eyes and hopes rested on Happosai and Cologne as they left through the elevator equipping their breathing masks.
"That was quite pointless I think." Happosai said to Cologne. Cologne nodded but then shook her head.
"I don't understand why they showed little enthusiasm. I'm sure that when Ranma found out about them he would ultimately destroy them along with everyone else." Cologne said hanging her head in defeat.
"Then it's clearly up to us to save him and bring him back to us." Happosai said reassuringly for Cologne and himself. They raced through the streets in a hopeful attempt to make it back to Ranma before he did anything rash, but they both knew in their hearts that they were already too late.
(Back in Nerima about 7:30 in the morning)
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Ranma awoke to the sound and smell of a large fire. Ranma opened his eyes and shut them again just as quickly. His body ached all over and he felt like he wouldn't move for a week. I'M GOING TO KILL THAT OLD MAN, he thought as he tried to stand but only made it to his knees. Ranma rubbed his eyes as he looked around him, with much pain, at the carnage around him. It looked as if a tornado had come through and decided to rest right in the parking lot.
Ranma remembered last night and the move that the man had executed on him. The power it held was amazing, Ranma thought, and I want it! Ranma got to his feet and stretched his painful back. Ranma looked around and spotted the old man floating a couple inches off the ground!
Ranma stood in shock as he stumbled forward with a limp on his left leg to meet the man. Ranma stood in front of the man and asked in a somewhat threatening voice, "How did you do that old man?"
"Firstly boy," the man said without opening one eye but still commanding respect with every word he said, "You will call me Sensei if you wish to learn the move I just performed on you, and if you don't want me to give you another thrashing." A small smile appeared on his face with his eyes still closed
Ranma would have unleashed a frenzy of fists using the Amaguriken if he didn't want to learn the move so bad. This man could be of some use, he thought, besides if he wanted to kill me he would have done so, and he seems very eager to teach me that move.
"Very well then "Sensei" what is you wish to teach me?" Ranma asked calming himself. He would humor the old man until he taught him the move. Then he would kill him.
"I am part of an old clan which practiced the Buretsu Martial Arts school of Elements. All of our attacks are based on the ancient elements: Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, and the final attack that is a combination of each. The attack I performed on you last night was the Earth attack, Kyoushin Shuurai. I hope to teach you all of the normal elements hopefully by the end of today." The man spoke with sincere determination and hope.
Ranma was ecstatic. New moves, he thought giddily, I can easily perform on my enemies to defeat them. Won't dad be surprised when I pass him in power and strength? I can probably even take the little pervert and the shriveled monkey, too bad their not around.
"I accept your offer to train me, but pardon my frankness but it certainly won't take a day to train me to use these moves. We'll need a week at LEAST. Second why won't you train me to use the ultimate move, and last why do you wish to teach me?" Ranma punctuated the last word as he sat down with legs crossed speaking to his new master.
"It will not be hard for you to learn these moves today with the aid of your ring." The man tapped Ranma's finger and Ranma looked down proud of the power it gave him, "As for the second question the final move is unknown. No one has ever performed it in our long line of history except for the Ancient. It was he who created the clan and learned how to harness the power of the elements. Not one of us knows how he used it, what he used it for, or whom he used it on. What we do know is what it is called and that it was used. It is called the "Butai Kentai Batsu". That ring gives you ultimate power so maybe you will be the one to continue on our school.
Ranma thought about the school of Anything Goes Martial Arts and reveled in disgust at the moves he learned. Almost all of them were formed by his coward father and Tendo to run away from Happosai. The only truly powerful moves he has learned so far have been from Cologne. Finally, he could have a wider selection of POWERFUL moves to exact on his enemies.
"As for the third question." the man opened his eyes and showed Ranma a glint of determination. That was when Ranma finally remembered the man from the gift shop where he bought Akane's birthday gift. So it is a small world after all, he thought. "I want you to embarrass and destroy a clan that has no honor and has been an enemy of ours for centuries."
"What has this clan done to you to make you so mad at them?" Ranma asked the question hoping to humor his master so he would only trust him more until his accidental death.
"They have insulted our family name by casting under the false accusations of us as cheaters and swindlers. They are pigs and liars for such atrocities. I want none of their family left in this world by the end of this week. I will train you enough so that you may best any of them in combat, but I am SURE you could do that once I have trained you. They are a small family weak and inept to outsiders. They have only four family members left that I know of in Nerima, but that is enough chit-chat, the sun has already risen and I suspect it is 8:30 already. Your date, if you can call it that, is at 7 and you will be fully trained by then. Mark you I am a hard master and I will train you hard. After your date is finished you will kill the family I have marked."
Ranma nodded at the man's finished monologue. The man, Ranma thought, obviously knows what I plan to do to Kuno. "Let us begin master." Ranma said standing up and beginning his Kata.
"Excellent," the man said the rest in a whisper that didn't catch Ranma's ears, "let the revenge on the Tendos be done".
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Nabiki walked to school that early morning tired and irritated. She had to listen to Akane worry about that bastard all through breakfast. On top of that, she had to watch Genma and Tendo go through his hysterical fits that their schools were finally going to be united. Big Deal. Ranma was, is, and always will be a prick. Him and his father were nothing but freeloaders who mooched off their family and don't do anything but cause ruckus. Nabiki certainly didn't want anyone like that marrying her sister. Why was she so interested in him anyway?
Nabiki had been rushing to school and was taking the quick way that Ranma and Akane didn't know about when she heard commotion coming from a parking lot. Some secrets are meant to be secrets. That was her motto and she liked sticking too it. Nabiki creeped over to the parking lot and saw a man and Ranma talking to each other while moving through what looked like, to her, another one of Ranma's Kats. She watched as Ranma nodded his head and both men separated a distance from each other.
Nabiki was leaning in for a closer look when she spied Ranma's aura. It was not its usual color of aqua; instead, it was now a combination of yellow, red, and orange. The colors flowed evenly between each other making Ranma look surrounded by a fire.
Ranma also noticed his change, looked down at his hands, and looked up questioningly at his master for an answer.
"The ring has finally taken effect on you and it is starting to alter your aura to its color. Apparently is favorable of yellow, orange, and red". The man said looking Ranma up and down. The man was thinking deeply aware of the little eavesdropper listening to their conversation. I hope that she'll be a good girl and go home before she sees anything, he thought to himself. "Perform the move Ranma."
Ranma nodded and closed his eyes as he began to concentrate on centering his chi into a bubble-like shield. The move was simple enough: Your chi would form a shield around you leaving you momentarily defenseless inside of your bubble, but the chances of anything getting through your bubble of chi are about five billion to one. Then the chi moves outward causing more destruction as it touches everything. The move is known as an earthquake because the chi bubble immediately hits the ground sending shockwaves through the earth making the ground shake for a 3 mile radius depending on the man's power.
Ranma opened his eyes and smiled as he saw that in fact the world around him was being disrupted and destroyed. He looked over at the master, saw his look of disapproval, closed his bubble, and walked over to his master ignoring the falling debris.
"What is wrong Sensei?" Ranma inwardly cringed as he still used the word to appease the old man.
"Your bubble is too small for your power Ranma. Please try saying the move aloud before performing it. Remember my moves are based on the speed, not the concentration." The man nodded and pointed to the crater behind Ranma indicating to try over.
Ranma closed his eyes and took three short breaths before shouting. "KYOUSHIN SHUURAI!" Ranma watched as his bubble, once able to be seen through and only with a tint of his aura color was now thicker than the old man's.
Cars left over from last night were exploding all over the parking lot as trees were uprooted from the ground and concrete slabs flew in all directions crashing into houses. Some unfortunate souls close enough to the site ran for cover as the earthquake of the century struck Nerima. A building behind Ranma started to collapse as Ranma laughed at the power he wielded at his fingertips. The old man was starting to stumble around on the ground as the earthquake finally hit a magnitude of 7 on the Richter Scale. Ranma ceased the bubble and fell lightly to the ground still laughing aloud at the carnage continuing to happen around him and most assuredly in Nerima
Nabiki had been crouched under a bench while the thunderous earthquake went on, but it was not the earthquake that worried her. It was the fact that Ranma controlled the earthquake and had commenced it at will with that move. The motion stopped as Nabiki got up and ran down the street as fast as she could to her house hoping it was still intact.
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Akane tapped her pencil lightly on the desk still worried about Ranma and where he had gone, and even if he would come back. That idiot, she thought. Akane snapped upright realizing she was back to her old routine calling him an idiot. The teacher saw this and smiled but obviously wasn't pleased.
"Well it seems Akane Tendo is very interested in the lesson today." The teacher put his glasses on his desk and continued smiling at Akane. "Tell me Ms. Tendo, since you're so into the lesson, what was the worst earthquake in Japanese history."
Akane was about to respond that she didn't know and she was sorry for disturbing his class. Like I really did, she thought, It's not my fault you're boring as hell. She was cut short by a small shaking in her desk and the desks around her. The teacher dropped his smile and replaced it with his glasses as he looked out the window looking at a tip of a yellow bubble off in the distance. The rest of the class watched as well as the earthquake worsened and an announcement on the speaker told the faculty and students to evacuate.
Akane was making her way to the door when the wall opposite to her cracked open tearing a piece of floor with it. Several students unfortunate enough to be near the wall fell outside with the damaged wall three stories down. Other students screamed and made a dash for the door as the teacher tried to restore order, but realized the feudal attempt and ran for his life only to be crushed by a piece of roof and a student from the upper story falling down on him. Akane was stunned as she moved to help the teacher but was dragged away by the onset of students coming out of the class. Ukyou made a dash to the hole in the wall and looked down to see if their classmates were ok and found them all on the ground not moving. Akane started to worry as Ukyou leaped into the story below theirs as she could feel the ground continue to shake and hear the school tear apart.
Akane was rushing down the stairs as she saw kids running, screaming, crying, pushing, fighting, looting, and making overall noise. The chaos was unbearable as kids jumped out of windows and fought in the hallways. Akane climbed down the stairs along with five hundred other kids. A small chunk of stair above Akane fell where she just was cutting off several students that were behind her. She made it outside the school as she rushed to safety followed shortly by Kuno screaming loud hysterics.
The sight Akane saw was devastating. The school looked like Swiss cheese as parts of the school had, and still were, literally falling off the school. Akane watched as the oldest wing which was on the far most left and was there when the school was first built came crashing down on top of everything below it while the earthquake drummed on. Akane looked around and saw her classmates cheering and crying, leaping for joy and weeping for sorrow. Akane looked down, saw a small cut across her arm, and looked back up. Tears were threatening her eyes as she saw Ukyou rush out of the school carrying three students, all bleeding on her, and setting them down on the ground! Ukyou was turning around after making sure the students were ok. She turned around to witness along with the several classes outside with her the devastation beginning
The roof of the school was the first to fall. Without the support of the left wing, but the roof still intact above it, it was inevitable that the roof would collapse. The roof came crashing down with a loud boom crushing everything on the fourth floor. The roof continued falling but stopped at the second floor losing its previous momentum. A wall on the back end of the fourth floor fell down on the playground behind the school falling into the school pool creating an ultimate depth charge. The earthquake had obviously stopped but the damage did not as the Western Wall fell on top of the gym killing hundreds inside. The gym was the newest thing to the school and it was well supported making it an obvious place to go hide if an earthquake were to come into effect. The rest of the school fell down in pieces the size of large busses. Akane looked outward at the street and witnessed the same carnage as the school. Old buildings were crumbling down onto the street, onto the canal, everywhere. The whole school, or more, three quarters of the school patrons stared in amazement. The courtyard was the only place untouched by the falling pieces, but the thick dust cloud stretched everywhere. Ukyou screamed and rushed towards the rubble of the school and started throwing rocks away from the wreckage. Akane saw Ukyou and admired her determination. The school was still falling but Ukyou saw the need to continue the rescue of her schoolmates. Akane followed Ukyou's lead and ran after her through the thick dust cloud that had formed and started helping her in removing the rubble from the site. Kuno saw this and his heart broke. His goddess was risking her life for others and she sought nothing in return. Kuno nodded, dropped his bokken, and moved to aid their endeavor. The school sat stunned and soon one followed, then two, then three, then ten, then fifty, and finally the rest of the school joined in the race to save the lives of their comrades.
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Ryouga crawled through the Tendo home on his belly full from the feast that Kasumi gave him. Akane and Nabiki hadn't eaten much of their breakfast so naturally Kasumi gave the leftovers to the pet. Ryouga couldn't have said no to those eyes.
Ryouga crawled into the chanoma and leaned up against a wall as Tendo and Genma played a shogi game out on the porch. He sighed and closed his eyes as he prepared for rest.
Ryouga was immediately woken up as he felt the shaking of a lifetime. I don't need this, he thought, not on a full stomach. Ryouga figured it was some demon coming to kidnap one of them so that we could go save them. Same old, same old. Ryouga looked outside as the shaking worsened and he started to realize that it was just an earthquake. Just an earthquake.
Ryouga rushed upstairs passed the kitchen watching knives fall out of the drawers skewering the floor. Kasumi was moving trying to avoid the sharp objects flying through the air. Ryouga only hurried faster up the stairs to change into his true form. He paused as he saw the door closed, but ripped the door with his sharp piglet teeth.
He ran to the tub and started running the hot water. When the tub reached an acceptable level Ryouga jumped in and emerged racing to the door. He paid no heed to his nakedness as he raced to the dojo for his backpack. He ran down the hallway as he saw a building beyond the Tendo Dojo fall down and crumble into rubble. Ryouga grabbed his backpack and got dressed as quickly as he could. He grimaced while he put on his shoe as the Tendo Dojo ceiling began to moan and strain under the shakes. Ryouga fit his shoe on right at the last minute as he leaped out the doorway and did a tumble roll running to the chanoma. He ran as the ceiling crumbled below him. He ran towards the chanoma and towards the screaming.
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Mousse flipped several eggs into a pot of boiling water. He turned and moved toward the cub bard for some flour to add to the dish he was making. He grumbled and mumbled as he did his now full time work for Shampoo. When she said full time, she meant full time. He had only gotten four hours of sleep last night.
Shampoo was serving tables and dishing out Ramen when she came back into the kitchen to scold Mousse for not working fast enough. Ever since he snuck, away to go fight Ranma she had been extra hard on him and his work. Ranma asked her to keep Mousse away from him and she would obey. Then maybe he realize Shampoo best wife, she thought.
"Mousse no work fast enough for cust..." Shampoo was cut off by a quick shaking within the store. Pots and pans began to fall from the place they were hanging from the ceiling and began to clatter as they hit the floor. Mousse and Shampoo looked around as if something was causing the shaking. They both could here screaming coming from the opposite room and ran to there.
They both saw customers stumbling about out the door and trying to grab their things. In other words, it was in total chaos. Shampoo took charge and tried to handle the situation. Mousse grabbed Shampoo's shoulder trying to urge her out the door after he heard the roof moan under pressure.
"Shampoo we have to get out of here!" Mousse had to yell above the carnage that was happening. The store was virtually empty with the exception of another couple hurrying towards the door. Shampoo shook off his grasp and made her way to the kitchen.
"Shampoo was asked to watch store, and she will watch store!" Shampoo was asked to watch the store by Cologne and she was damned well determined to carry out her promise.
"Shampoo we don't have time for this!" Mousse yelled pointing at the ground to emphasize the situation. Mousse heard a scream behind him and immediately launched his chains to intercept the falling object. The falling chunk of roof nearly escaped hitting the couple, which was hurrying out the door. Mousse threw the piece of rubble aside and turned to see Shampoo already at the top of the stairs and turning to her room. Mousse groaned and leapt up the stairs following her, screaming "Shampoo" after her.
Mousse jumped the last set of stairs as the collapsed onto the first story. Mousse looked around and was about to ask Shampoo why she was acting stupid, but he saw her eyes and the tears flowing from them.
"Shampoo what's wrong?" Mousse asked the question even as the building continued to fall apart around them, but he didn't care, Shampoo was hurt.
"Shampoo is horrible in every way. Ranma don't like Shampoo, Shampoo can't even keep store in order while Great Grandmother is away." Shampoo no longer held in her tears and let it all go. She had failed ever since she moved here. Ranma had gotten away and had openly confessed his love to Akane, although he did take it back it was still obvious what was going on between them both. Now she couldn't even keep the store intact. She even failed keeping Mousse away from Ranma.
"Shampoo I like you just the way you are. You may not love me back, but through success or failure I will always love you." Mousse extended his hand outward so Shampoo could take it. She hesitated and then took it lightly as Mousse held her close and jumped through her bedroom window. He did a tumble roll out the window and onto the ground sheltering Shampoo from the landing. Mousse got up and helped Shampoo to her feet. They watched as the Neko-Hanten crumbled to rubble, as were other buildings in the area. Shampoo felt the tears come again. No, she thought, I have to be strong for great grandmother, but she not here. Only Mousse, and Mousse is friend. She clung on to Mousse crying as he held her.
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Ranma smacked his hands together and let out a loud "HA" as he stepped out of crater and moved to his master with a wide smile on his face. If this was the kind of power that came from the old man's moves, then he would be his servant for however long it took to learn these.
"Amazing, Ranma. Simply amazing. You just created the worst earthquake in Japanese history. You just let loose an M8! I'm sure that you did in fact kill a lot of people though." The man's smile drooped a little, but was brought back up quickly. Ranma only laughed at his comment as he went back to looking at the perfect crater he created with his chi bubble. "Now, now, Ranma, no time for dilly-dallying. We have work to do and I plan to train you to the best of my ability, as long as of course you keep your promise." The man cocked an eyebrow and tilted his head smiling at Ranma.
"Of course, of course Sensei. Now what can you show me?"
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Retro's thoughts: Well theirs Chapter 7. Woo really long hope ya liked it. Please C/C.