The Oracles Chosen: vampires
By The Dark Necromancer
Chapter two – The Plan
"Ugh" Ranma groaned as he woke. The first thing that came to his mind as he woke was that it was bright, and he was feeling like total crap this morning. As he got up, he noticed it was still really early and that his father was sleeping. Walking to the bathroom Ranma was amazed at how weak he felt. Surely Akane's cooking wasn't that bad to make him feel this weak a day after-wards?
"Damn tomboy" he muttered and went to the bathroom
Looking at himself in the mirror, he looked at his face. He was definitely paler then he looked yesterday. He shrugged, putting it down to Akane's cooking and him throwing up. As he was about to leave he noticed something
"What the?" he looked at his top seeing it somehow shredded in his sleep.
"Wonder how that happened?" He said uncertain. He changed his top and fingered the dried blood.
"Blood?" Checking himself everywhere he found he wasn't cut or anything
"Where'd that blood come from?"
'Forget' a strange voice whispered into his mind, Ranma's eyes went unfocussed and he walked to his futon and went back to sleep.
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A man looking about nineteen wearing black and wearing a bandoleer wondered the streets of Tokyo he didn't really look out of place, but then not many people would be in that area at that time of night unless you were either very brave or very stupid.
He straightened when he heard something… it was evil laughter. His eyes narrowed
"Oh shit," He said as two vampires jumped out of the darkness that was cloaking them. The boy did a spinning kick knocking the first vampire away back into the darkness. This left him off balance though as he was solidly hit by the next. He was down winded as his back collided with the hard pavement.
He got up and found a pellet that had fallen out of the bandoleer he carried, he threw it at the vampire who had hit him and was now running at him for a second charge.
The pellet exploded on the vampire. It screamed as if burnt and flailed around the street as the pellets gas burned him. The first vampire ran at the man now emerging once more from the darkness, the man pulled a stake from his belt he hurled it at the vampire like a knife with pinpoint accuracy. It hit the vampire who didn't even have time to scream in the chest and he exploded into dust.
The second vampire got away from the pellet and disappeared in a flash of dark light. The man jumped just as a dark shadow portal opened from where he was just standing. The vampire jumped out fangs at the ready baring them at their adversary, the man reached in his bandoleer again and pulled out one thick round stake identical to the one that had killed the other vampire. He pulled along it separating the sticks so he now held 5 in his hand. He held them and his hands which started to glow a faint yellow. The ki flowed into the sticks and then with a yell he threw them.
"VAMPIRE CAPTURE!"
They flew from his hands like miniature comets and struck the vampire in the arms, legs, and in the stomach.
They flew on carrying the vampire with them and slammed into a wall then they solidified into wood holding him captive there. The wood burned like fire the vampire screamed and fought against the burning wood trying to dislodge them or at least get his hand free but he knew it was hopeless. The man walked slowly to the vampire with a silver knife and placed it at the vampires' neck.
"Tell me where the lieutenant is heading." The vampire laughed but the man pressed the dagger point against his neck silencing him finally the vampire spoke
"Somewhere in the Nerima district but I don't -cough- know where- cough- you find out for yourself I will spit on your –cough- corpse when he kills you!"
"I release you vampire." He said and with a quick movement he sliced the head off, the carcass seemed to evaporate into dust and then was gone no trace of the fight existed.
"Nerima? What the hell for? Hmm well if he's headed there that's where I am headed, Nerima here I come." Revving a black motor cycle he roared off
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The vampire felt Ranma's strength enter him as he took his blood it was sweet and fresh… oh it was fantastic, so energetic, so strong, and he was a virgin to top it off. They had chosen well. He looked at the black midnight sky. His comrades will be coming and so will the master's lieutenant. The light shall fall and the days of fire shall come again he thought with desire. He went to a warehouse and broke open a casket. It held a coffin inside he pulled it out and felt the light coming.
"Sunrise" he whispered with distaste.
He didn't really need to sleep in a coffin but at least it was more movable then bed. He got inside the coffin and slept dreams of death and darkness winning over light.
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Ranma got up and yelled
"Wadda ya do that for." in her pitched high female voice.
"Are you going to sleep all day boy? We have morning practise. You're getting sloppy Ranma to think that you will one day inherit this dojo" Genma lectured.
Ranma grumbled but he got up. Genma tossed him a kettle which he used to turn back into a guy. He still felt a little weak but he couldn't remember why. He was frustrated but a nice beating of his old man should make him feel better. Leaping outside the window, he waited for his old man. Genma leapt after him and the two squared off.
Ranma got into a fighting stance and Genma did the same. Ranma ran in and launched a simple flying kick. Genma blocked and 5 minutes later a Genma-panda and a female Ranma came inside. Kasumi called them for breakfast, Ranma and Genma began eating food as though he hadn't had anything to eat for a year.
Ranma once again changed back to male form, courtesy of Kasumi heating a kettle. Eventually he and Akane ran out to school knowing as always that they would be late.
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Five people walked slowly the streets of Nerima it was three o'clock at night. No one should be awake except for the undead and, of course, party goers and the unemployed drunkards. The central figure clearly was the leader; he just had an aura of power and evil malevolence. This was simply because he was the lieutenant of the master he had personally killed over a hundred Vampire Hunters and three Vampire slayers as well as countless mortals over the centuries but he was going to kill more to add to his strength. Suddenly the central figure stopped and the others followed suit and looked tense, they could feel something was wrong.
"So I finally found the lieutenant and four of his cronies. Hadn't expected someone like you to be here," a person said with distaste.
"Why don't you surrender now or prepare to fight" The person said again. The vampires looked at each other and laughed with mirth
The leader laughed evilly then spoke
"Come and show your self hunter. Or are you scared of me and my 'cronies'"
Suddenly one of the vampires fell to the ground dead then exploded into dust. Then the voice shouted with power
"VAMPIRE KILL!"
A bright light flared and the leader jumped back. A stake was embedded into the pavement of where he had been. The other low vampires collapsed and exploded into dust.
"So you rid me of my associates. It doesn't matter, they were always too slow and of no use to me. Now come, show your-self."
The man wearing black and a bandoleer came into the light. He was holding a silver dagger in his left hand and a white silver sword in his right. A black dagger materialised in the leader's hand and a curved scimitar-like blade appeared in his right.
"Come let's see how good you are, hunter." The lieutenant said smirking.
The two charged against each other, the clanging of metal ringed out in the night, sparks jumped were the two blades met the vampire swung his dark sword and the man jumped into the air to avoid being cut the wall behind him got a deep cut from the strike of the vampire. The boy was a little worried he rid the other vampires but this vampire was fighting stronger and he had a lot of power. He shouldn't have gotten so quick into this fight this vampire was a lieutenant not some lower class vampire he cursed as he dodged another swing again behind him he heard bricks breaking.
"So you have some skill hunter once I kill you I will take all the knowledge you have." The vampire said. The vampire channelled dark energy into the dagger he then threw it into the ground in front of the man. The energy went through the ground destroying the pavement road and everything in its path. The man couldn't jump in time and got hit by the dark tendrils of energy he was thrown back through the broken wall. Staggering up he saw the lieutenant flying at him, thinking quick he channelled his energy into his hand a bolt of white chi hit the vampire in the chest spinning him and throwing him from the air into garbage of an alleyway.
The man was getting weaker that blast took his strength away he had been driving all night to get here and had to kill too many vampires in just this one night he needed to rest. Jumping up high he leapt to a roof top and then he leapt away from the lieutenant while he struggled to get out of the garbage and shake off the effects of the white ki bolt. The vampire got up he fell on some slime in the alley his balance was gone thanks to that bolt
'How dare he!' he tried to get up again but fell down on his face his balance was still not there just yet.
'I will kill him for that!' he raged but the hunter was already gone far from even the vampires sight
Growling he got up and finally managed to stay on his feet he then went to meet with the other vampire.
The leader came to the warehouse it had been decorated with red writing so he knew it was the correct one and went in. The low vampire bent down and knelled before him.
"Your excellence I hope there was no troub...Argh" The vampire was being held up by his throat
"There was a vampire hunter here he killed my associates why is there a hunter here?"
"I don't understand I sent vampires to kill all hunters and slayers in Tokyo I made sure of it! I sent every last vampire we had!"
"Well you failed I should kill you for that!"
He tightened his grip shaking from rage, he then dropped the low vampire
"Fail me once more and I will kill you slowly and painfully understand? I will throw you into the pit back at home and keep you from feeding on anything but the lowest insects" The vampire nodded 'yes' his eyes wide with fear
The leader concentrated and the low vampire could feel his evil power, a dark portal opened as he released his energy with a wave of his hand and slowly 20 vampires came out.
"These are the orders and are to be carried out to the letter. As you know there are 4 very powerful people we have in this remote Japan the orders are to capture them and turn them into vampires simple yes?" all the vampires nodded an affirmative, it seemed simple to them
"NO! It is not! A hunter is here I suspect its Serin or someone he trained." all the vampires shook with rage
Serin was a well-known Hunter who had killed at least 120 vampires most of them were medium or lower class but he had once killed a lieutenant this had earned him a reputation not to mention the Queen her self had placed a bounty on his head, if he was found he was to be taken to her at all costs. They could only imagine the terrors she had in store for him
The leader talked on
"These are the people you will go after he separated them into groups of 5 listen and listen good group one. He pointed to the group furthest to his left you shall go after the one who is called Mousse he has the power of hiding weapons and we suspect extra dimensional abilities similar to the dark portal" turning he spoke to the other groups
"group 2 you are after the one called Kuno, he's a blow hard it seems but his speed with the sword will be to our advantage" Moving again he spoke with the next group
"group 3 you are after the one called Ryouga Hibiki he is immensely strong and has endurance his techniques will help us a lot in this war and lastly group 4 you are after Ranma Saotome I shall go with group 4 and you Marov you shall go with group 3" He glared at the lower class vampire he had nearly killed "tomorrow death shall reign supreme and soon fire shall return and darkness shall have it's revenge."
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Serin wearily returned to an abandoned house he had found and he laid down on a futon he carried with him and tried to relax.
'A lieutenant' he thought bitterly worse a stronger lieutenant then the other he had killed. 'Hmm Must have a damn good reason to be here hell this place isn't even strategically important for them! Hmmm there's more behind trying to turn people into vampires that's for sure.'
Serin started to think
'Turning a vampire hunter or slayer does happen but there are none actually stationed here in Nerima because no vampire has ever bothered to come here! Then why here? Why?'
He remembered his training and his teacher.
(Teachers voice disembodied)
"Serin you must remember that if your comrades fall and turn to darkness you must kill them and release them for they know too much to live. However if they die by vampires in the normal fashion and don't resurrect then only their strength will flow to that vampire. So beware of them vampires that have killed slayers and hunters. There may also be mortals who posses' strong attributes if these mortals are converted then the vampires will grow stronger then ever..."
(Voice fades)
"That's it! Nerima now I remember this is a focal point for all sorts of weird stuff! Martial artists I've heard come here…why I didn't see it before! Martial artist with more then average human abilities! I better find out who they are"
Serin mused for a few minutes
'lets see they have to be young around 16 to 30 more power, male for physical strength and able to do extraordinary abilities. Hmm I'm going to need to get some information on the local martial artists' He yawned
"But now I need some sleep." And then Serin fell into a deep sleep but as always his dagger was in his hand.
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Serin awoke 4 hours later he yawned and saw daylight he grumbled he hated having to wake up Early but he didn't have much of a choice he had to find out who the martial artist were. He went
Out and realised he was very hungry
'Okay first dinner!' he thought to himself
'Where is a good restaurant'?
He jumped on to the roof of a building and started leaping peering down to find a restaurant he liked using the roof no one saw him and it sure beats getting pushed by pedestrians.
'Ah here's one the 'Cat Café' he walked in and found it was Chinese, he didn't have a problem with it he could speak 4 languages because of his travels and it was a necessity how else would he find a
Vampire in china speaking Japanese. He sat down at a table the restaurant wasn't really full probably because it was so early but it seemed like a good place to eat. A waitress came to him he looked up and grinned at her
'Wow she's beautiful'
"Nihao! You order now yes?" The waitress asked him.
'Obviously she didn't speak Japanese very well' he thought to himself so he spoke in mandarin back to her
"Sure I'd like some Ramen please, and some tea and I have to say you are sure beautiful!"
Shampoo smiled and replied back in mandarin
"Thank you Sir I will go and get your food now" and then left to get his food
He looked at her legs as she went unaware of the duck glaring at him from over the counter. Finally he began to think
'Okay where can I get information from and from whom?'
"Your meal is here sir!" Shampoo said in mandarin to him
"Thank you oh Excuse me" he replied
"Something wrong with the ramen?" She looked puzzled at him
"No it's just do you know where I can buy some information about something?"
"Nabiki Tendo but I warn you she sure is sneaky"
"Okay thanks" Serin finished the meal and went to the counter to pay there was an old woman there and he blinked 'a ghoul?!' he thought but slowly handed her the money
"Here" he said
Handing some yen over 'she sure looks like a ghoul…' He went out then just remembered 'where can I find Nabiki Tendo!?' He went to a person who looked like a student
"Excuse me do you know where I can find Nabiki Tendo?"
The Man looked up and at the mention of her name screamed and ran down the street.
"O-okay I'll take that as a yes but not going to..." After a few minute he decided that he couldn't find her everyone he asked seemed to be fearful of her very name although on reflection he was asking mainly students. Finally he gave up and decided to make sure he knew Nerima's streets. He went to his motorbike from where he parked it and revved off. As he went through the streets he began
To wonder why nobody even looked at him funnily he was dressed in total black with a black
Motorcycle and yet no one looked at him this was strange. After he decided he knew the streets pretty well he was hungry it was about lunchtime. He found a place called 'Ucchans' hmm-well beats going
Hungry parking he entered the restaurant
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Ranma and Akane sat down it was lunchtime and Ranma was hungry and was about to go into his bag when. Akane smiled at Ranma
"Ranma?"
"Hmm"
"Are you hungry?"
"Yeah 'm starving."
"Well..."
'Oh no nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo'
Ranmas mind quickly registered what was going on and started to panic sweat drops started to form on the back of his head. 'Can't she give me a rest just once!? Poisoned twice in as many days!'
"Well I made this for you" she shoved something that looked like red jelly in his face
"It's Cake"
Ranma looked down on it, it burbled and Ranma swore it looked like it was alive
Suddenly the jelly cake jumped and hooked onto Ranma face
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!!!"
Ranma shouted Running in circles with the jelly on his hair and oozing down his face. Trying to pull it off Ranma grabbed it and gave a mighty pull it came off and Ranma through it to the ground and shouted
"MOUKO TAKABISHA!" destroying the Cake/Jelly
"Phew that was lucky! Damn thing could have killed me!"
Suddenly a Hammer smashed into Ranmas head knocking his face into the ground.
"I spent a long time making that cake since you didn't feel well and you had to destroy it! Ranma you JERK" Emphasising the last bit with another hammer blow embedding him further in the ground and then walking off. Ranma pulled his face out from the ground and muttering about uncute tomboys built like gorillas. Then he went over to his table and pulled out his lunch box which contained the lunch Kasumi had made
"A life saver" he said as he began to eat.
After lunch Ranma sat down in the shade of a tree relaxing.
"Ranma you vile sorcerer, I saw how you treated the scrumptious delights of Akane Tendos cuisine! You are not fit to even breathe the same air as her! I shall defeat you then you shall release the pig tailed goddess and the beautiful huntress Akane so commands Tatewaki Kuno the Blue Thunder Of Furinkan High!" Lightning hits behind him
'Oh great' Ranma groans
Kuno charged at him and swings his bokken in a wild arc Ranma dodges easily and delivers a strong kick in Kunos face knocking him back flying and skidding on the ground. As Kuno gets up he shouted
"I fight on-oof!-" As he was speaking he didn't realise Ranma coming towards him and then upper cutting him sending Kuno unconscious into a tree. Ranma runs and goes indoors before it starts to rain.
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Serin steps in and sits down at a table he hears thunder and lightning in the distance
'Great that all I need' he thinks as a waitress comes to him
'Yikes! What is it with Nerima and good-looking women? Maybe I should come to Nerima more often' Grinning at the chef/waitress.
"Hi there sugar you ready to order yet?" The waitress asks him looking at him as If knowing what's on his mind
"Umm sure can I have an okonomiyaki special please and a coke"
Ukyo flipped a piping hot okonomiyaki on to Serins plate and he began to eat pretty soon the restaurant was full. Ukyo saw that Serin looked was deep in thought over something. Serin looked to the sky only a few more hours before they go after their targets and I have no idea who they are it's so damn frustrating usually it's here we are come and get us not were here hiding. When the rush went down for a few minutes Ukyo came over to him.
"Hey Konatsu take over for a few minutes."
"Sure thing Ukyo-sama" A girl replied suddenly appearing, Serin barely noticed the exchange until Ukyo came to him and sat beside him
"Hey what's on your mind sugar?"
"Hmm" Serin said Ukyo disrupted his thoughts. Finally he spoke back
"Well I need to find someone who can help me."
"Well ask away. Lets see if I can help"
"Well okay I need to find the best Martial artist in Nerima."
"Well that's easy that's my fiancée Ranma Saotome."
"He is? Where is he where is he staying?" Serin asked getting excited
"Whoa you're not going to challenge him are you" Ukyo ask suspiciously her eyes narrowing
"No but I need to find him and a Nabiki Tendo." 'Nabiki might be useful'
"Well here she wrote the address of the Tendo dojo go there in a few
Hours time and he'll be there." Ukyo said tearing a script of paper for him
"Thanks" Serin said as he paid and gave a big tip.
'Great I've got one but I'm missing something why? Why come after only one martial artist unless oh great there is something I'm missing there must be more, but I don't know who they are… They have to be after more then just Ranma it would be impractical and no reason to send so many vampires'.
'Hmm well I'd better see if I can find the vampires hiding place and better place a report to the vampire hunters guild in Japan.'
So saying Serin went to his bike and goes back to the abandoned house and takes a laptop out of a holder on the motor bike he opened it and pressed his finger on a black patch a computer voice said
"*beep* *beep* name and authorisation?"
At this point Serin Spoke
"6347.M"
"Password?" Serin paused
"Family." He opened the laptop it needed such high security otherwise a vampire could find the headquarters of the Hunters and that would be extremely bad. Not only that but it had all the plans of making the weapons that kill vampires as well as a lot of other high tech gizmos. He type a code and the screen changed to show a man in his fifties looking back
"Serin?"
"Sensei I have bad news"
"What is it? We've got trouble here ourselves"
"I'm in a place called nerima and I believe an attack will occur on someone called a Ranma Saotome he's a martial artist and reputed to be one of the best."
"Martial artist? But why so serious? Lots of people get turned into vampires"
"This martial artist and possibly others here are reputed to be extremely strong and powerful these people I think even know how to manipulate their Ki."
At this the old man grew disturbed
"If you are right then I am fearful for none of our Hunters are near your position the nearest is 300 miles away most of those who are near you have been recorded dead in the last 48 hours."
"Of course those two who attacked me."
"Serin be on your guard"
Serin hesitated but spoke on
"Sensei the lieutenant is here"
"The LIEUTENANT this is even more serious I'll do my best to get
Reinforcement but most of them have been attacked and are held up I'm sorry. That's why we've got trouble most of our Vampire hunters in Japan have fallen and it seems from this that the whole of Nerima has been cut off I'm afraid it could be some time before we get to you I'm sorry"
"Don't be I'll do my best. Serin out"
He closed his laptop well back to business,
"I have no forces and sunset is in a few hours away then they go after their prey and if the vampires who took out my comrades are here" he shudders "this could be a looong night. Better be prepared" and he started to create things that he knew he would need when the time comes.
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Ranma slept in his history class the teacher just shook his head and started to read about revolutions he saw something his mind had been hiding the picture of a crucified Akane and he bolted awake.
"And since then women can know vote in a free democratic parliament"
"Oh dear God No!!!!" shouted Ranma turning to see if Akane was there
"Well despite Ranmas objection women do have the right to vote and be treated just as equally as men" Said the teacher as all the girls in the class started giving Ranma hateful looks while the boys laughed. Ranma groaned and banged his head on the desk it was definitely not his day. Ranma shuddered why had he thought of that picture? What picture was it? He no longer remembered… he remembered something though… a hiss? It spoke
"Almost time to die hope you like it." It said then bit Ranma in the neck
Ranma shivered and tried to stay awake now in class
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Ranma went home on the fence deep in thought he had a great sense of foreboding and it wasn't boding well something was coming today and soon he may not remember anything of his dreams but he knew that much…
Akane and him arrived at the Tendo dojo and went in.
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Serin had his motorbike and was making his way to the Tendo dojo when he heard someone say
Nabiki at the end of seemed like a deal. He saw a man about seventeen carrying a bokken and
Deeply engrossed in his photos. He kept mumbling about
'Akane' 'beautiful' 'sorcery' 'I shall smite thee and free my loves!!'
"Hmm"
Serin thought then he remembered Nabiki and went to see her he saw a brown hair girl wearing a school uniform now walking home he presumed he went to her on his bike and said
"Nabiki Tendo?"
"Yes"
"I need an answer to a question"
"What the question"
"Who are the best Martial artists in Nerima?"
"Give me 5'000yen and I'll tell you"
'She doesn't realise how important this is and that's day light robbery'
"5000! That's robbery" he replied shocked
She seemed to simply grin at him till finally he replied
"Here" he said shoving the money in her hands
"Well there are so many"
"Arghh just tell me the male one 16 or older."
Giving her another 1'000 yen sunset was only 30min away
"Well there's Ranma, Ryouga, Mousse and just maybe, maybe Kuno."
"Who's the most powerful!?"
Giving another 1'000yen
"Ranma why"
"He's in great danger come on"
He grabbed her and put her the motorbike and revved off before she could say anything
"Who are you?"
She said against the roaring wind she knew this guy was definitely breaking the speed limit
"Serin I'm a vampire hunter. The Darkness is coming after Ranma, the others I can't save but the most powerful can't fall or were all doomed."
He said as they neared the dojo 28mins till sunset. He got off the bike as they were outside Nabiki got up as well
"Come on"
Kasumi opened the door she saw Serin dragging Nabiki Ranma and Akane were sitting down watching T.V P-Chan was sitting next to Akane and glared at the interruption. Soun and Genma were playing Shogi.
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25min to sunset
"Listen everyone Ranma is in grave danger."
"I'd better make some tea," Kasumi said sighing
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Serin explained everything Ryouga walked in his hair slightly wet. He sat down now and listened.
"What are your special techniques?" Serin said.
Akane held Ranma's hand and squeezed it very slightly, before she pulled it away. Ranma said with a cocky grin
"I'm fast and can shoot Ki blast from my confidence. And I'm the best Martial artist in Nerima perhaps Japan"
Ryouga spoke "And also with the biggest ego"
He turned to Serin "I can destroy rocks and shoot Ki from my depression I'm strong though and got a lot of endurance."
Ranma jumped in
"Mousse is a hidden weapon's master and Kunos good with a sword that's about it." Serin began to get the idea he turned to Ryouga
"Is that thing to destroy rock can it kill humans?"
"No just rock" Said Ryouga. Serin had an idea
"Think of it like this Ryouga your... What's it called?"
"Bakusai tenketsu"
"Yes that what if Mousse had that and could use it with his chains?"
"Well I don't think he could"
"Hypothetically"
"Well uh he could destroy things at a distance."
"Right now what if someone had your thing uh"
"Bakusai Tenketsu"
"Yeah that and Mousses ability to throw hidden weapons Ranmas speed and Kunos speed with a Weapon."
"That someone could destroy a lot of things." Ryouga said thinking 'is this guy trying to make me seem like a dope?'
"Right he could throw a knife at someone and the speed would kill them and blow them apart with that Bakutai satsuor what ever."
"What can we do" Asked Akane
Serin sighed
"You? Nothing, Ranma I can see you have already been bitten I can feel the vampire aura around you"
"WHAT??!!" screamed everyone and they started to step away from Ranma in case he started to go Vampire on them. Serin seemed to understand what they were fearful of and merely said
"No they bit him not changed him possible to taste him to see if what they suspected was true. Now all of you step away"
Serin drew a circle with a chalk he then threw a ward on it he then pulled a rope out he charged his Ki and threw it at the ceiling it stuck on the ceiling like glue.
"Both of you Ranma and Ryouga step in the circle. And tie the rope to you"
"Why?"
"This circle will protect you from harm the vampires can't teleport in nor can they walk in but once you step outside they have you. The rope is to make sure that if you do come out you will be held by the rope Ok"
"Why can't you do that to all of us then so none of us get caught?" Asked Nabiki
"I am you girls will get in another circle and so will you" he pointed to Genma and Soun.
"What about you?" asked Ranma
"I can't go in a circle"
"Why?"
"Because I am a vampire hunter and swore to fight against vampires whenever possible." Serin said striking a dramatic pose
"What does that mean?" replied Ryouga
Serin pose deflated
"It means I can't go in there you see what kind of a vampire hunter would I be if I ran into protective circles? Now all of you get in only 5 mins to sun set."
"Hey can't we fight with you" Asked Ranma
"No you and Ryouga are all to valuable if you fall I have failed and the darkness has won"
"What about me?" Akane "I'm a Martial artist too and I'm good"
Ranma was about to say something when Serin said
"No even the weakest vampires are 3 times as strong as a human and 2 1/2 times faster you can't fight them and over power them directly you would be a snack to them stay in the circle so you won't get hurt, only I can face them. Not only that but do you think Ranma or Ryouga would stay I the circle if you came out and faced a vampire? Hell no they would come charging out and be eaten"
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3 mins to sunset
Genma and Soun went in their circle and pulled a shogi board out and started to play, Kasumi Nabiki and Akane also went in their circle and began to wait talking a little bit amongst themselves, Ranma and Ryouga entered there's and hoped that everything would be ok. Serin stood in front of the door and this time drew 2 silver daggers and he pulled
Them out with a slicing sound
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1min to sunset
The door opened and in stepped Ukyo
"Hi Ranma I've brought some okonomiyaki for you"
"Ukyo get in the circle NOW!!" cried Ranma
"Huh?" said Ukyo
0 min to sunset.
By The Dark Necromancer
Chapter two – The Plan
"Ugh" Ranma groaned as he woke. The first thing that came to his mind as he woke was that it was bright, and he was feeling like total crap this morning. As he got up, he noticed it was still really early and that his father was sleeping. Walking to the bathroom Ranma was amazed at how weak he felt. Surely Akane's cooking wasn't that bad to make him feel this weak a day after-wards?
"Damn tomboy" he muttered and went to the bathroom
Looking at himself in the mirror, he looked at his face. He was definitely paler then he looked yesterday. He shrugged, putting it down to Akane's cooking and him throwing up. As he was about to leave he noticed something
"What the?" he looked at his top seeing it somehow shredded in his sleep.
"Wonder how that happened?" He said uncertain. He changed his top and fingered the dried blood.
"Blood?" Checking himself everywhere he found he wasn't cut or anything
"Where'd that blood come from?"
'Forget' a strange voice whispered into his mind, Ranma's eyes went unfocussed and he walked to his futon and went back to sleep.
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A man looking about nineteen wearing black and wearing a bandoleer wondered the streets of Tokyo he didn't really look out of place, but then not many people would be in that area at that time of night unless you were either very brave or very stupid.
He straightened when he heard something… it was evil laughter. His eyes narrowed
"Oh shit," He said as two vampires jumped out of the darkness that was cloaking them. The boy did a spinning kick knocking the first vampire away back into the darkness. This left him off balance though as he was solidly hit by the next. He was down winded as his back collided with the hard pavement.
He got up and found a pellet that had fallen out of the bandoleer he carried, he threw it at the vampire who had hit him and was now running at him for a second charge.
The pellet exploded on the vampire. It screamed as if burnt and flailed around the street as the pellets gas burned him. The first vampire ran at the man now emerging once more from the darkness, the man pulled a stake from his belt he hurled it at the vampire like a knife with pinpoint accuracy. It hit the vampire who didn't even have time to scream in the chest and he exploded into dust.
The second vampire got away from the pellet and disappeared in a flash of dark light. The man jumped just as a dark shadow portal opened from where he was just standing. The vampire jumped out fangs at the ready baring them at their adversary, the man reached in his bandoleer again and pulled out one thick round stake identical to the one that had killed the other vampire. He pulled along it separating the sticks so he now held 5 in his hand. He held them and his hands which started to glow a faint yellow. The ki flowed into the sticks and then with a yell he threw them.
"VAMPIRE CAPTURE!"
They flew from his hands like miniature comets and struck the vampire in the arms, legs, and in the stomach.
They flew on carrying the vampire with them and slammed into a wall then they solidified into wood holding him captive there. The wood burned like fire the vampire screamed and fought against the burning wood trying to dislodge them or at least get his hand free but he knew it was hopeless. The man walked slowly to the vampire with a silver knife and placed it at the vampires' neck.
"Tell me where the lieutenant is heading." The vampire laughed but the man pressed the dagger point against his neck silencing him finally the vampire spoke
"Somewhere in the Nerima district but I don't -cough- know where- cough- you find out for yourself I will spit on your –cough- corpse when he kills you!"
"I release you vampire." He said and with a quick movement he sliced the head off, the carcass seemed to evaporate into dust and then was gone no trace of the fight existed.
"Nerima? What the hell for? Hmm well if he's headed there that's where I am headed, Nerima here I come." Revving a black motor cycle he roared off
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The vampire felt Ranma's strength enter him as he took his blood it was sweet and fresh… oh it was fantastic, so energetic, so strong, and he was a virgin to top it off. They had chosen well. He looked at the black midnight sky. His comrades will be coming and so will the master's lieutenant. The light shall fall and the days of fire shall come again he thought with desire. He went to a warehouse and broke open a casket. It held a coffin inside he pulled it out and felt the light coming.
"Sunrise" he whispered with distaste.
He didn't really need to sleep in a coffin but at least it was more movable then bed. He got inside the coffin and slept dreams of death and darkness winning over light.
**********
Ranma got up and yelled
"Wadda ya do that for." in her pitched high female voice.
"Are you going to sleep all day boy? We have morning practise. You're getting sloppy Ranma to think that you will one day inherit this dojo" Genma lectured.
Ranma grumbled but he got up. Genma tossed him a kettle which he used to turn back into a guy. He still felt a little weak but he couldn't remember why. He was frustrated but a nice beating of his old man should make him feel better. Leaping outside the window, he waited for his old man. Genma leapt after him and the two squared off.
Ranma got into a fighting stance and Genma did the same. Ranma ran in and launched a simple flying kick. Genma blocked and 5 minutes later a Genma-panda and a female Ranma came inside. Kasumi called them for breakfast, Ranma and Genma began eating food as though he hadn't had anything to eat for a year.
Ranma once again changed back to male form, courtesy of Kasumi heating a kettle. Eventually he and Akane ran out to school knowing as always that they would be late.
***********
Five people walked slowly the streets of Nerima it was three o'clock at night. No one should be awake except for the undead and, of course, party goers and the unemployed drunkards. The central figure clearly was the leader; he just had an aura of power and evil malevolence. This was simply because he was the lieutenant of the master he had personally killed over a hundred Vampire Hunters and three Vampire slayers as well as countless mortals over the centuries but he was going to kill more to add to his strength. Suddenly the central figure stopped and the others followed suit and looked tense, they could feel something was wrong.
"So I finally found the lieutenant and four of his cronies. Hadn't expected someone like you to be here," a person said with distaste.
"Why don't you surrender now or prepare to fight" The person said again. The vampires looked at each other and laughed with mirth
The leader laughed evilly then spoke
"Come and show your self hunter. Or are you scared of me and my 'cronies'"
Suddenly one of the vampires fell to the ground dead then exploded into dust. Then the voice shouted with power
"VAMPIRE KILL!"
A bright light flared and the leader jumped back. A stake was embedded into the pavement of where he had been. The other low vampires collapsed and exploded into dust.
"So you rid me of my associates. It doesn't matter, they were always too slow and of no use to me. Now come, show your-self."
The man wearing black and a bandoleer came into the light. He was holding a silver dagger in his left hand and a white silver sword in his right. A black dagger materialised in the leader's hand and a curved scimitar-like blade appeared in his right.
"Come let's see how good you are, hunter." The lieutenant said smirking.
The two charged against each other, the clanging of metal ringed out in the night, sparks jumped were the two blades met the vampire swung his dark sword and the man jumped into the air to avoid being cut the wall behind him got a deep cut from the strike of the vampire. The boy was a little worried he rid the other vampires but this vampire was fighting stronger and he had a lot of power. He shouldn't have gotten so quick into this fight this vampire was a lieutenant not some lower class vampire he cursed as he dodged another swing again behind him he heard bricks breaking.
"So you have some skill hunter once I kill you I will take all the knowledge you have." The vampire said. The vampire channelled dark energy into the dagger he then threw it into the ground in front of the man. The energy went through the ground destroying the pavement road and everything in its path. The man couldn't jump in time and got hit by the dark tendrils of energy he was thrown back through the broken wall. Staggering up he saw the lieutenant flying at him, thinking quick he channelled his energy into his hand a bolt of white chi hit the vampire in the chest spinning him and throwing him from the air into garbage of an alleyway.
The man was getting weaker that blast took his strength away he had been driving all night to get here and had to kill too many vampires in just this one night he needed to rest. Jumping up high he leapt to a roof top and then he leapt away from the lieutenant while he struggled to get out of the garbage and shake off the effects of the white ki bolt. The vampire got up he fell on some slime in the alley his balance was gone thanks to that bolt
'How dare he!' he tried to get up again but fell down on his face his balance was still not there just yet.
'I will kill him for that!' he raged but the hunter was already gone far from even the vampires sight
Growling he got up and finally managed to stay on his feet he then went to meet with the other vampire.
The leader came to the warehouse it had been decorated with red writing so he knew it was the correct one and went in. The low vampire bent down and knelled before him.
"Your excellence I hope there was no troub...Argh" The vampire was being held up by his throat
"There was a vampire hunter here he killed my associates why is there a hunter here?"
"I don't understand I sent vampires to kill all hunters and slayers in Tokyo I made sure of it! I sent every last vampire we had!"
"Well you failed I should kill you for that!"
He tightened his grip shaking from rage, he then dropped the low vampire
"Fail me once more and I will kill you slowly and painfully understand? I will throw you into the pit back at home and keep you from feeding on anything but the lowest insects" The vampire nodded 'yes' his eyes wide with fear
The leader concentrated and the low vampire could feel his evil power, a dark portal opened as he released his energy with a wave of his hand and slowly 20 vampires came out.
"These are the orders and are to be carried out to the letter. As you know there are 4 very powerful people we have in this remote Japan the orders are to capture them and turn them into vampires simple yes?" all the vampires nodded an affirmative, it seemed simple to them
"NO! It is not! A hunter is here I suspect its Serin or someone he trained." all the vampires shook with rage
Serin was a well-known Hunter who had killed at least 120 vampires most of them were medium or lower class but he had once killed a lieutenant this had earned him a reputation not to mention the Queen her self had placed a bounty on his head, if he was found he was to be taken to her at all costs. They could only imagine the terrors she had in store for him
The leader talked on
"These are the people you will go after he separated them into groups of 5 listen and listen good group one. He pointed to the group furthest to his left you shall go after the one who is called Mousse he has the power of hiding weapons and we suspect extra dimensional abilities similar to the dark portal" turning he spoke to the other groups
"group 2 you are after the one called Kuno, he's a blow hard it seems but his speed with the sword will be to our advantage" Moving again he spoke with the next group
"group 3 you are after the one called Ryouga Hibiki he is immensely strong and has endurance his techniques will help us a lot in this war and lastly group 4 you are after Ranma Saotome I shall go with group 4 and you Marov you shall go with group 3" He glared at the lower class vampire he had nearly killed "tomorrow death shall reign supreme and soon fire shall return and darkness shall have it's revenge."
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Serin wearily returned to an abandoned house he had found and he laid down on a futon he carried with him and tried to relax.
'A lieutenant' he thought bitterly worse a stronger lieutenant then the other he had killed. 'Hmm Must have a damn good reason to be here hell this place isn't even strategically important for them! Hmmm there's more behind trying to turn people into vampires that's for sure.'
Serin started to think
'Turning a vampire hunter or slayer does happen but there are none actually stationed here in Nerima because no vampire has ever bothered to come here! Then why here? Why?'
He remembered his training and his teacher.
(Teachers voice disembodied)
"Serin you must remember that if your comrades fall and turn to darkness you must kill them and release them for they know too much to live. However if they die by vampires in the normal fashion and don't resurrect then only their strength will flow to that vampire. So beware of them vampires that have killed slayers and hunters. There may also be mortals who posses' strong attributes if these mortals are converted then the vampires will grow stronger then ever..."
(Voice fades)
"That's it! Nerima now I remember this is a focal point for all sorts of weird stuff! Martial artists I've heard come here…why I didn't see it before! Martial artist with more then average human abilities! I better find out who they are"
Serin mused for a few minutes
'lets see they have to be young around 16 to 30 more power, male for physical strength and able to do extraordinary abilities. Hmm I'm going to need to get some information on the local martial artists' He yawned
"But now I need some sleep." And then Serin fell into a deep sleep but as always his dagger was in his hand.
******
Serin awoke 4 hours later he yawned and saw daylight he grumbled he hated having to wake up Early but he didn't have much of a choice he had to find out who the martial artist were. He went
Out and realised he was very hungry
'Okay first dinner!' he thought to himself
'Where is a good restaurant'?
He jumped on to the roof of a building and started leaping peering down to find a restaurant he liked using the roof no one saw him and it sure beats getting pushed by pedestrians.
'Ah here's one the 'Cat Café' he walked in and found it was Chinese, he didn't have a problem with it he could speak 4 languages because of his travels and it was a necessity how else would he find a
Vampire in china speaking Japanese. He sat down at a table the restaurant wasn't really full probably because it was so early but it seemed like a good place to eat. A waitress came to him he looked up and grinned at her
'Wow she's beautiful'
"Nihao! You order now yes?" The waitress asked him.
'Obviously she didn't speak Japanese very well' he thought to himself so he spoke in mandarin back to her
"Sure I'd like some Ramen please, and some tea and I have to say you are sure beautiful!"
Shampoo smiled and replied back in mandarin
"Thank you Sir I will go and get your food now" and then left to get his food
He looked at her legs as she went unaware of the duck glaring at him from over the counter. Finally he began to think
'Okay where can I get information from and from whom?'
"Your meal is here sir!" Shampoo said in mandarin to him
"Thank you oh Excuse me" he replied
"Something wrong with the ramen?" She looked puzzled at him
"No it's just do you know where I can buy some information about something?"
"Nabiki Tendo but I warn you she sure is sneaky"
"Okay thanks" Serin finished the meal and went to the counter to pay there was an old woman there and he blinked 'a ghoul?!' he thought but slowly handed her the money
"Here" he said
Handing some yen over 'she sure looks like a ghoul…' He went out then just remembered 'where can I find Nabiki Tendo!?' He went to a person who looked like a student
"Excuse me do you know where I can find Nabiki Tendo?"
The Man looked up and at the mention of her name screamed and ran down the street.
"O-okay I'll take that as a yes but not going to..." After a few minute he decided that he couldn't find her everyone he asked seemed to be fearful of her very name although on reflection he was asking mainly students. Finally he gave up and decided to make sure he knew Nerima's streets. He went to his motorbike from where he parked it and revved off. As he went through the streets he began
To wonder why nobody even looked at him funnily he was dressed in total black with a black
Motorcycle and yet no one looked at him this was strange. After he decided he knew the streets pretty well he was hungry it was about lunchtime. He found a place called 'Ucchans' hmm-well beats going
Hungry parking he entered the restaurant
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Ranma and Akane sat down it was lunchtime and Ranma was hungry and was about to go into his bag when. Akane smiled at Ranma
"Ranma?"
"Hmm"
"Are you hungry?"
"Yeah 'm starving."
"Well..."
'Oh no nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo'
Ranmas mind quickly registered what was going on and started to panic sweat drops started to form on the back of his head. 'Can't she give me a rest just once!? Poisoned twice in as many days!'
"Well I made this for you" she shoved something that looked like red jelly in his face
"It's Cake"
Ranma looked down on it, it burbled and Ranma swore it looked like it was alive
Suddenly the jelly cake jumped and hooked onto Ranma face
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!!!"
Ranma shouted Running in circles with the jelly on his hair and oozing down his face. Trying to pull it off Ranma grabbed it and gave a mighty pull it came off and Ranma through it to the ground and shouted
"MOUKO TAKABISHA!" destroying the Cake/Jelly
"Phew that was lucky! Damn thing could have killed me!"
Suddenly a Hammer smashed into Ranmas head knocking his face into the ground.
"I spent a long time making that cake since you didn't feel well and you had to destroy it! Ranma you JERK" Emphasising the last bit with another hammer blow embedding him further in the ground and then walking off. Ranma pulled his face out from the ground and muttering about uncute tomboys built like gorillas. Then he went over to his table and pulled out his lunch box which contained the lunch Kasumi had made
"A life saver" he said as he began to eat.
After lunch Ranma sat down in the shade of a tree relaxing.
"Ranma you vile sorcerer, I saw how you treated the scrumptious delights of Akane Tendos cuisine! You are not fit to even breathe the same air as her! I shall defeat you then you shall release the pig tailed goddess and the beautiful huntress Akane so commands Tatewaki Kuno the Blue Thunder Of Furinkan High!" Lightning hits behind him
'Oh great' Ranma groans
Kuno charged at him and swings his bokken in a wild arc Ranma dodges easily and delivers a strong kick in Kunos face knocking him back flying and skidding on the ground. As Kuno gets up he shouted
"I fight on-oof!-" As he was speaking he didn't realise Ranma coming towards him and then upper cutting him sending Kuno unconscious into a tree. Ranma runs and goes indoors before it starts to rain.
**************
Serin steps in and sits down at a table he hears thunder and lightning in the distance
'Great that all I need' he thinks as a waitress comes to him
'Yikes! What is it with Nerima and good-looking women? Maybe I should come to Nerima more often' Grinning at the chef/waitress.
"Hi there sugar you ready to order yet?" The waitress asks him looking at him as If knowing what's on his mind
"Umm sure can I have an okonomiyaki special please and a coke"
Ukyo flipped a piping hot okonomiyaki on to Serins plate and he began to eat pretty soon the restaurant was full. Ukyo saw that Serin looked was deep in thought over something. Serin looked to the sky only a few more hours before they go after their targets and I have no idea who they are it's so damn frustrating usually it's here we are come and get us not were here hiding. When the rush went down for a few minutes Ukyo came over to him.
"Hey Konatsu take over for a few minutes."
"Sure thing Ukyo-sama" A girl replied suddenly appearing, Serin barely noticed the exchange until Ukyo came to him and sat beside him
"Hey what's on your mind sugar?"
"Hmm" Serin said Ukyo disrupted his thoughts. Finally he spoke back
"Well I need to find someone who can help me."
"Well ask away. Lets see if I can help"
"Well okay I need to find the best Martial artist in Nerima."
"Well that's easy that's my fiancée Ranma Saotome."
"He is? Where is he where is he staying?" Serin asked getting excited
"Whoa you're not going to challenge him are you" Ukyo ask suspiciously her eyes narrowing
"No but I need to find him and a Nabiki Tendo." 'Nabiki might be useful'
"Well here she wrote the address of the Tendo dojo go there in a few
Hours time and he'll be there." Ukyo said tearing a script of paper for him
"Thanks" Serin said as he paid and gave a big tip.
'Great I've got one but I'm missing something why? Why come after only one martial artist unless oh great there is something I'm missing there must be more, but I don't know who they are… They have to be after more then just Ranma it would be impractical and no reason to send so many vampires'.
'Hmm well I'd better see if I can find the vampires hiding place and better place a report to the vampire hunters guild in Japan.'
So saying Serin went to his bike and goes back to the abandoned house and takes a laptop out of a holder on the motor bike he opened it and pressed his finger on a black patch a computer voice said
"*beep* *beep* name and authorisation?"
At this point Serin Spoke
"6347.M"
"Password?" Serin paused
"Family." He opened the laptop it needed such high security otherwise a vampire could find the headquarters of the Hunters and that would be extremely bad. Not only that but it had all the plans of making the weapons that kill vampires as well as a lot of other high tech gizmos. He type a code and the screen changed to show a man in his fifties looking back
"Serin?"
"Sensei I have bad news"
"What is it? We've got trouble here ourselves"
"I'm in a place called nerima and I believe an attack will occur on someone called a Ranma Saotome he's a martial artist and reputed to be one of the best."
"Martial artist? But why so serious? Lots of people get turned into vampires"
"This martial artist and possibly others here are reputed to be extremely strong and powerful these people I think even know how to manipulate their Ki."
At this the old man grew disturbed
"If you are right then I am fearful for none of our Hunters are near your position the nearest is 300 miles away most of those who are near you have been recorded dead in the last 48 hours."
"Of course those two who attacked me."
"Serin be on your guard"
Serin hesitated but spoke on
"Sensei the lieutenant is here"
"The LIEUTENANT this is even more serious I'll do my best to get
Reinforcement but most of them have been attacked and are held up I'm sorry. That's why we've got trouble most of our Vampire hunters in Japan have fallen and it seems from this that the whole of Nerima has been cut off I'm afraid it could be some time before we get to you I'm sorry"
"Don't be I'll do my best. Serin out"
He closed his laptop well back to business,
"I have no forces and sunset is in a few hours away then they go after their prey and if the vampires who took out my comrades are here" he shudders "this could be a looong night. Better be prepared" and he started to create things that he knew he would need when the time comes.
************
Ranma slept in his history class the teacher just shook his head and started to read about revolutions he saw something his mind had been hiding the picture of a crucified Akane and he bolted awake.
"And since then women can know vote in a free democratic parliament"
"Oh dear God No!!!!" shouted Ranma turning to see if Akane was there
"Well despite Ranmas objection women do have the right to vote and be treated just as equally as men" Said the teacher as all the girls in the class started giving Ranma hateful looks while the boys laughed. Ranma groaned and banged his head on the desk it was definitely not his day. Ranma shuddered why had he thought of that picture? What picture was it? He no longer remembered… he remembered something though… a hiss? It spoke
"Almost time to die hope you like it." It said then bit Ranma in the neck
Ranma shivered and tried to stay awake now in class
************
Ranma went home on the fence deep in thought he had a great sense of foreboding and it wasn't boding well something was coming today and soon he may not remember anything of his dreams but he knew that much…
Akane and him arrived at the Tendo dojo and went in.
***********
Serin had his motorbike and was making his way to the Tendo dojo when he heard someone say
Nabiki at the end of seemed like a deal. He saw a man about seventeen carrying a bokken and
Deeply engrossed in his photos. He kept mumbling about
'Akane' 'beautiful' 'sorcery' 'I shall smite thee and free my loves!!'
"Hmm"
Serin thought then he remembered Nabiki and went to see her he saw a brown hair girl wearing a school uniform now walking home he presumed he went to her on his bike and said
"Nabiki Tendo?"
"Yes"
"I need an answer to a question"
"What the question"
"Who are the best Martial artists in Nerima?"
"Give me 5'000yen and I'll tell you"
'She doesn't realise how important this is and that's day light robbery'
"5000! That's robbery" he replied shocked
She seemed to simply grin at him till finally he replied
"Here" he said shoving the money in her hands
"Well there are so many"
"Arghh just tell me the male one 16 or older."
Giving her another 1'000 yen sunset was only 30min away
"Well there's Ranma, Ryouga, Mousse and just maybe, maybe Kuno."
"Who's the most powerful!?"
Giving another 1'000yen
"Ranma why"
"He's in great danger come on"
He grabbed her and put her the motorbike and revved off before she could say anything
"Who are you?"
She said against the roaring wind she knew this guy was definitely breaking the speed limit
"Serin I'm a vampire hunter. The Darkness is coming after Ranma, the others I can't save but the most powerful can't fall or were all doomed."
He said as they neared the dojo 28mins till sunset. He got off the bike as they were outside Nabiki got up as well
"Come on"
Kasumi opened the door she saw Serin dragging Nabiki Ranma and Akane were sitting down watching T.V P-Chan was sitting next to Akane and glared at the interruption. Soun and Genma were playing Shogi.
********
25min to sunset
"Listen everyone Ranma is in grave danger."
"I'd better make some tea," Kasumi said sighing
*******
Serin explained everything Ryouga walked in his hair slightly wet. He sat down now and listened.
"What are your special techniques?" Serin said.
Akane held Ranma's hand and squeezed it very slightly, before she pulled it away. Ranma said with a cocky grin
"I'm fast and can shoot Ki blast from my confidence. And I'm the best Martial artist in Nerima perhaps Japan"
Ryouga spoke "And also with the biggest ego"
He turned to Serin "I can destroy rocks and shoot Ki from my depression I'm strong though and got a lot of endurance."
Ranma jumped in
"Mousse is a hidden weapon's master and Kunos good with a sword that's about it." Serin began to get the idea he turned to Ryouga
"Is that thing to destroy rock can it kill humans?"
"No just rock" Said Ryouga. Serin had an idea
"Think of it like this Ryouga your... What's it called?"
"Bakusai tenketsu"
"Yes that what if Mousse had that and could use it with his chains?"
"Well I don't think he could"
"Hypothetically"
"Well uh he could destroy things at a distance."
"Right now what if someone had your thing uh"
"Bakusai Tenketsu"
"Yeah that and Mousses ability to throw hidden weapons Ranmas speed and Kunos speed with a Weapon."
"That someone could destroy a lot of things." Ryouga said thinking 'is this guy trying to make me seem like a dope?'
"Right he could throw a knife at someone and the speed would kill them and blow them apart with that Bakutai satsuor what ever."
"What can we do" Asked Akane
Serin sighed
"You? Nothing, Ranma I can see you have already been bitten I can feel the vampire aura around you"
"WHAT??!!" screamed everyone and they started to step away from Ranma in case he started to go Vampire on them. Serin seemed to understand what they were fearful of and merely said
"No they bit him not changed him possible to taste him to see if what they suspected was true. Now all of you step away"
Serin drew a circle with a chalk he then threw a ward on it he then pulled a rope out he charged his Ki and threw it at the ceiling it stuck on the ceiling like glue.
"Both of you Ranma and Ryouga step in the circle. And tie the rope to you"
"Why?"
"This circle will protect you from harm the vampires can't teleport in nor can they walk in but once you step outside they have you. The rope is to make sure that if you do come out you will be held by the rope Ok"
"Why can't you do that to all of us then so none of us get caught?" Asked Nabiki
"I am you girls will get in another circle and so will you" he pointed to Genma and Soun.
"What about you?" asked Ranma
"I can't go in a circle"
"Why?"
"Because I am a vampire hunter and swore to fight against vampires whenever possible." Serin said striking a dramatic pose
"What does that mean?" replied Ryouga
Serin pose deflated
"It means I can't go in there you see what kind of a vampire hunter would I be if I ran into protective circles? Now all of you get in only 5 mins to sun set."
"Hey can't we fight with you" Asked Ranma
"No you and Ryouga are all to valuable if you fall I have failed and the darkness has won"
"What about me?" Akane "I'm a Martial artist too and I'm good"
Ranma was about to say something when Serin said
"No even the weakest vampires are 3 times as strong as a human and 2 1/2 times faster you can't fight them and over power them directly you would be a snack to them stay in the circle so you won't get hurt, only I can face them. Not only that but do you think Ranma or Ryouga would stay I the circle if you came out and faced a vampire? Hell no they would come charging out and be eaten"
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3 mins to sunset
Genma and Soun went in their circle and pulled a shogi board out and started to play, Kasumi Nabiki and Akane also went in their circle and began to wait talking a little bit amongst themselves, Ranma and Ryouga entered there's and hoped that everything would be ok. Serin stood in front of the door and this time drew 2 silver daggers and he pulled
Them out with a slicing sound
*********
1min to sunset
The door opened and in stepped Ukyo
"Hi Ranma I've brought some okonomiyaki for you"
"Ukyo get in the circle NOW!!" cried Ranma
"Huh?" said Ukyo
0 min to sunset.