Well. That was unpleasant. It has been so long since I've written something on FanFiction.Net that I had previously forgotten the title limits. So the title of the story has been shortened from "The Inevitable Decision! Ryouga And Shampoo An Item?! Cats And Pigs Don't Mix!" to "The Inevitable Decision! Cats And Pigs Don't Mix!"
Anyways. This is the second chapter. It pertains mainly to the fight between Ranma and Ryouga.
I'd like to thank absolutely no one at the moment, because I for some reason wrote this just after I wrote chapter one. I'm also watching old Scooby Doo re-runs. Yay for me.
Agh, I just realized how hard this will be to make it a sort of dramatic piece of fanfiction. Ryouga, although heavily laced with depression and seriousness, has this thing about girls that will make it hard to make him appear seriously in love with our favorite Chinese Amazon. Will it be possible for me to make him serious, yet let him stay in character?! Find out, as none of that will be in this chapter.
Read on.
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The Inevitable Decision! Cats And Pigs Don't Mix!
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Ryouga Hibiki stepped up before the Tendou dojo, the rains having recently stopped, leaving the sky in a still-black state. "Today will be the day," Ryouga murmured to himself, as he began knocking quietly at the entrance. "Today I will destroy Ranma Saotome!"
After a few quiet moments of knocking on the door, Kasumi Tendou, eldest of the Tendou sisters, opened up the door to let Ryouga in. "Hello, Ryouga. How are you?"
Ryouga nodded, almost shyly, as he looked down. "I'm as good as can be.. is Ranma here?" He looked up then, his face turning more stern.
Kasumi nodded, smiling pleasantly. "Yes, he is. Would you like me to go and get him?" After receiving Ryouga's nod, she went in the house.
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Ryouga had moved around to the back of the dojo, knowing this would be where the fight would take place. Without turning to the now-moving doors, Ryouga stood before the koi pond in the backyard. His back to the now exiting Ranma, not to mention everyone else in the dojo, Ryouga nodded grimly to himself.
"Ranma Saotome, because of you, I've been through Hell. I've endured so much pain and suffering because of you. Ever since we were still in Junior High, I've wanted nothing more than to destroy you. Today that day has come." Without looking up, Ryouga spun around, as his right hand flew up, and his umbrella flew off at Ranma's head. "Today you DIE, Ranma Saotome!"
"Ryouga, what's gotten into you?!" Ranma raised both of his hands up and caught the umbrella as it neared his face, before he tossed it back it to Ryouga, who casually caught it in his right hand.
"I've decided that it's time you experience a fraction of the pain I have, Ranma!" He stopped speaking, as he lunged forward at Ranma.
"Hmm.. Interesting. The boy has willpower, eh, Tendou?" Genma Saotome, who was partially responsible for Ryouga's suffering as well as Ranma, said to Soun Tendou.
"Yes.." Soun said, as he began observing the rapid punches Ryouga dished out at Ranma, and watched Ranma counter them with apparent ease.
"RANMA, I'll beat you this time!" Not stopping his punches, he suddenly kicked out at Ranma, who was pre-occupied with countering his punches. As he did this, he also doubled the pace of his punches, now attacking at full speed.
Ranma gasped, as his right hand slid to counter the kick in some form, but failed miserably as the kick took him in the stomach. As this happened, Ryouga's quickened punches began taking him in the stomach, until finally Ryouga stopped and Ranma fell to the ground.
"Hah, and I thought you'd be harder than that. Ranma, you've gotten weak. I'm not only stronger, I'm faster now, too. It makes me wonder why I couldn't beat you before!" Ryouga said, taunting Ranma. He looked down at his opponent, a fierce pride shining in his eyes.
Ranma stood up slowly, looking to the ground. The bangs overshadowing his eyes blew in the wind a moment, before he snapped his head up to face Ryouga, the same fierce pride shining in Ranma's eyes. "Yeah right, I wouldn't let you beat me that easy! KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURI KEN!" Ranma shouted, as suddenly Ryouga was pelted with punches to the chest, in the same exact spot each time, at incredibly high speeds.
Ryouga, being caught off guard, had finally figured out a way to counter this move, as he slid backwards, then extended the pointer fingers of each hand. "That's a nice trick, but my Breaking Point hits harder! Get ready! BAKUSAI TENKETSU-- RAPID FIRE!" He dashed at Ranma, as he suddenly began rapidly pelting him in the same spot with the two fingers, in the same fashion as the Kachu Tenshin Amaguri Ken, except these hits were a lot harder, and just as fast. Despite the overwhelming effect of the attack, it looked slightly comical in the eyes of those watching the fight-- to them, it looked Ryouga was just poking Ranma really fast, and Ranma was being hurt by it.
Ranma leapt backwards, after taking this abuse for about ten seconds. "Damn, when'd you get so fast, Ryouga? You've never been able to hit me that easily!" Ranma dropped his stance a little, raising both hands to cover his face in an offensive position.
"After travelling on my last trip, I met somebody who specialized in speed techniques, and he taught me to maximize the speed of my Bakusai Tenketsu. And even though the technique itself can't be use to "break" humans, it still hurts a lot. So you see, Ranma, you stand no chance against me this time! I will emerge the victor of our battle!" Ryouga raised to his full height, glaring dangerously at Ranma, with a low smirk. "I won't allow you to beat me any more!"
Ranma smirked to himself, as he suddenly leapt into the fruit tree behind the Tendou dojo. Taking a handful of the not-yet ripened fruit, he began pelting Ryouga with it in a successive fashion. "Let's see you dodge this, Ryouga!"
Ryouga, not having improved his over-all speed, stood there, trying to counter all of them, but he just wasn't fast enough, and was rapidly pelted with the fruit. "What a cheap move, Saotome! I would've expected better from you!" Ryouga growled, and, ignoring the fruit he was being harmed with, ran at the tree in his way. As he made it, his fist smashed into the tree suddenly, snapping it in two completely. "Now get down here and fight like a man!"
Ranma fell from the tree, before Ryouga. "Come on man, let's call it even. You know how I feel about BULLYING THE WEAK."
"Weak, huh?! Haven't you learned yet, Ranma?! You're no longer better than me!" Ryouga growled, as he spun his right leg out at Ranma, in a quick kick to the side.
Ranma predicted his movements, though, and instead of being hit, he placed his hand on his leg, and pushed himself off of the ground and into the air, high above Ryouga's head. He landed casually behind Ryouga, who was by now spinning around to glare at Ranma's back. "If you think," Ranma said, without turning to face Ryouga, "that I am going to let someone as weak as you EVER beat me, you're sadly mistaken! As heir to the Saotome School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts, I, Ranma Saotome, will not lose to you!" Ranma turned slowly around, his battle aura finally showing itself, in a light blue color-- a measure of his extreme pride.
Ryouga grinned darkly, as he stared at Ranma. Ryouga's own battle aura appeared around him, in an eerie green color. "You think I don't know that? You won't go down without a fight, but I'll give you one! Just watch, Ranma! This time I WILL WIN!" Ryouga's arms drew close to his chest, as he began concentrating on the depression welled up inside of him, and all of the anger he felt towards Ranma. "This time, Ranma Saootome, you're going down!"
Ranma blinked at this action, trying to remember the technique. "What's he doing? I know I've seen it somewhere.." Suddenly, Ranma blinked, and began dashing backwards. "Oh shit, not this move again!"
Ryouga's arms began trembling, as he held them out before him, making a deft circular motion with his hands. Inside, a small blue ball of chi began forming, as dark streams of chi swirled into it. This continued, until the ball was twice the size of Ryouga's head. "Face it, Ranma! You'll never win this fight! I have it won, now! SHI SHI HOKOUDAN!" Ryouga shouted, as he hurled himself forward at Ranma, the blast releasing in a straight line at Ranma.
Ranma, wise to the attack's path of motion, quickly stepped to the right of the blast, as it hurtled past him. He turned his head to follow the blast, unaware of the opponent who was currently rushing him.
As Ryouga raised his fist to punch Ranma from behind, he stopped, hearing a familiar Chinese girl shout.
"Lost boy, you stop now! You no hurt Ranma! Shampoo fight you instead!" Shampoo declared from a wall, her two round maces in her hands. Cologne stood beside her, residing on that irregular stick of hers, eyeing Ryouga suspiciously.
This had caught Ranma's attention, two, as both teenage warriors turned to face Shampoo and Cologne. "Look, I won't fight a girl either way it goes, unless it's Ranma here, and I won't stop just because some stupid fiancee of his wants me to! I will not allow my vengeance to wait any longer!"
"He's right, for once, Shampoo. Stay out of our fight!" Ranma shouted up at Shampoo, taking a step nearer her and the wall.
"If Airen say so, then Shampoo do so..." Shampoo sighed dejectedly, and sat down on the wall, watching the two. "Go on, fight, fight.."
Ryouga and Ranma each nodded, as Ryouga threw his fist out at Ranma's head again.
Ranma hadn't noticed this, or even his previous maneuver, and was taken in the right jaw by Ryouga's fist. Ranma was then pelted by a barrage of Ryouga's punches, as he had quite stupidly thrown his guard down.
Ryouga continued his rapid punches at Ranma, as he brought his knee up at Ranma's gut, giving it everything he had. Ranma in turn was struck by the knee, and sent catapaulting into the air, landing in the koi pond.
After a large splash was seen, Ranma emerged from the water, clothes soaking wet. Rather than having black hair, his hair was now red, and his frame was smaller, and more feminine. He was now she.
"Damn it, why'd you have to go and do that for, Ryouga?!" Ranma growled, hopping out of the koi pond.
"Hey, it's not my fault you fell in the water! It's your own fault for letting your guard down!" Ryouga's right hand trailed up to the tail of his bandana as he said this, grasping it inbetween two of his fingers. He tugged slightly on it, drawing another bandana from seemingly nowhere. He repeated this, until four yellow bandanas with black dots hung limply in his hand. Then he took one into his left hand, and began twirling it in rapid motions. The bandana suddenly sprang free of his hand, and hurtled through the air at Ranma.
Ranma jumped to her right, but even as she dodged it, another one was coming at her. She ducked this one, and rolled back to where she was, as another one came at her. This one she leapt over, and rolled forward at Ryouga. Noticing he had thrown all of them at her that he had prepared, she raised her fists up as she reached him. Then, she let an onslaught of punches batter into Ryouga's chest, faster than the previous ones, as the female form is faster than the male form. "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire!"
"Agh!" Ryouga grunted, being taken by surprise, as he couldn't counter the incredibly fast punches.
"Don't think you've won, Ranma! This is just getting started!"
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Okay. Part one of the fight. I know my fight scenes aren't very good, but hopefully they'll get better as I improve my skills as an author. Please give me a review, whether good or bad.
Ja ne.
Anyways. This is the second chapter. It pertains mainly to the fight between Ranma and Ryouga.
I'd like to thank absolutely no one at the moment, because I for some reason wrote this just after I wrote chapter one. I'm also watching old Scooby Doo re-runs. Yay for me.
Agh, I just realized how hard this will be to make it a sort of dramatic piece of fanfiction. Ryouga, although heavily laced with depression and seriousness, has this thing about girls that will make it hard to make him appear seriously in love with our favorite Chinese Amazon. Will it be possible for me to make him serious, yet let him stay in character?! Find out, as none of that will be in this chapter.
Read on.
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The Inevitable Decision! Cats And Pigs Don't Mix!
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Ryouga Hibiki stepped up before the Tendou dojo, the rains having recently stopped, leaving the sky in a still-black state. "Today will be the day," Ryouga murmured to himself, as he began knocking quietly at the entrance. "Today I will destroy Ranma Saotome!"
After a few quiet moments of knocking on the door, Kasumi Tendou, eldest of the Tendou sisters, opened up the door to let Ryouga in. "Hello, Ryouga. How are you?"
Ryouga nodded, almost shyly, as he looked down. "I'm as good as can be.. is Ranma here?" He looked up then, his face turning more stern.
Kasumi nodded, smiling pleasantly. "Yes, he is. Would you like me to go and get him?" After receiving Ryouga's nod, she went in the house.
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Ryouga had moved around to the back of the dojo, knowing this would be where the fight would take place. Without turning to the now-moving doors, Ryouga stood before the koi pond in the backyard. His back to the now exiting Ranma, not to mention everyone else in the dojo, Ryouga nodded grimly to himself.
"Ranma Saotome, because of you, I've been through Hell. I've endured so much pain and suffering because of you. Ever since we were still in Junior High, I've wanted nothing more than to destroy you. Today that day has come." Without looking up, Ryouga spun around, as his right hand flew up, and his umbrella flew off at Ranma's head. "Today you DIE, Ranma Saotome!"
"Ryouga, what's gotten into you?!" Ranma raised both of his hands up and caught the umbrella as it neared his face, before he tossed it back it to Ryouga, who casually caught it in his right hand.
"I've decided that it's time you experience a fraction of the pain I have, Ranma!" He stopped speaking, as he lunged forward at Ranma.
"Hmm.. Interesting. The boy has willpower, eh, Tendou?" Genma Saotome, who was partially responsible for Ryouga's suffering as well as Ranma, said to Soun Tendou.
"Yes.." Soun said, as he began observing the rapid punches Ryouga dished out at Ranma, and watched Ranma counter them with apparent ease.
"RANMA, I'll beat you this time!" Not stopping his punches, he suddenly kicked out at Ranma, who was pre-occupied with countering his punches. As he did this, he also doubled the pace of his punches, now attacking at full speed.
Ranma gasped, as his right hand slid to counter the kick in some form, but failed miserably as the kick took him in the stomach. As this happened, Ryouga's quickened punches began taking him in the stomach, until finally Ryouga stopped and Ranma fell to the ground.
"Hah, and I thought you'd be harder than that. Ranma, you've gotten weak. I'm not only stronger, I'm faster now, too. It makes me wonder why I couldn't beat you before!" Ryouga said, taunting Ranma. He looked down at his opponent, a fierce pride shining in his eyes.
Ranma stood up slowly, looking to the ground. The bangs overshadowing his eyes blew in the wind a moment, before he snapped his head up to face Ryouga, the same fierce pride shining in Ranma's eyes. "Yeah right, I wouldn't let you beat me that easy! KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURI KEN!" Ranma shouted, as suddenly Ryouga was pelted with punches to the chest, in the same exact spot each time, at incredibly high speeds.
Ryouga, being caught off guard, had finally figured out a way to counter this move, as he slid backwards, then extended the pointer fingers of each hand. "That's a nice trick, but my Breaking Point hits harder! Get ready! BAKUSAI TENKETSU-- RAPID FIRE!" He dashed at Ranma, as he suddenly began rapidly pelting him in the same spot with the two fingers, in the same fashion as the Kachu Tenshin Amaguri Ken, except these hits were a lot harder, and just as fast. Despite the overwhelming effect of the attack, it looked slightly comical in the eyes of those watching the fight-- to them, it looked Ryouga was just poking Ranma really fast, and Ranma was being hurt by it.
Ranma leapt backwards, after taking this abuse for about ten seconds. "Damn, when'd you get so fast, Ryouga? You've never been able to hit me that easily!" Ranma dropped his stance a little, raising both hands to cover his face in an offensive position.
"After travelling on my last trip, I met somebody who specialized in speed techniques, and he taught me to maximize the speed of my Bakusai Tenketsu. And even though the technique itself can't be use to "break" humans, it still hurts a lot. So you see, Ranma, you stand no chance against me this time! I will emerge the victor of our battle!" Ryouga raised to his full height, glaring dangerously at Ranma, with a low smirk. "I won't allow you to beat me any more!"
Ranma smirked to himself, as he suddenly leapt into the fruit tree behind the Tendou dojo. Taking a handful of the not-yet ripened fruit, he began pelting Ryouga with it in a successive fashion. "Let's see you dodge this, Ryouga!"
Ryouga, not having improved his over-all speed, stood there, trying to counter all of them, but he just wasn't fast enough, and was rapidly pelted with the fruit. "What a cheap move, Saotome! I would've expected better from you!" Ryouga growled, and, ignoring the fruit he was being harmed with, ran at the tree in his way. As he made it, his fist smashed into the tree suddenly, snapping it in two completely. "Now get down here and fight like a man!"
Ranma fell from the tree, before Ryouga. "Come on man, let's call it even. You know how I feel about BULLYING THE WEAK."
"Weak, huh?! Haven't you learned yet, Ranma?! You're no longer better than me!" Ryouga growled, as he spun his right leg out at Ranma, in a quick kick to the side.
Ranma predicted his movements, though, and instead of being hit, he placed his hand on his leg, and pushed himself off of the ground and into the air, high above Ryouga's head. He landed casually behind Ryouga, who was by now spinning around to glare at Ranma's back. "If you think," Ranma said, without turning to face Ryouga, "that I am going to let someone as weak as you EVER beat me, you're sadly mistaken! As heir to the Saotome School of Anything-Goes Martial Arts, I, Ranma Saotome, will not lose to you!" Ranma turned slowly around, his battle aura finally showing itself, in a light blue color-- a measure of his extreme pride.
Ryouga grinned darkly, as he stared at Ranma. Ryouga's own battle aura appeared around him, in an eerie green color. "You think I don't know that? You won't go down without a fight, but I'll give you one! Just watch, Ranma! This time I WILL WIN!" Ryouga's arms drew close to his chest, as he began concentrating on the depression welled up inside of him, and all of the anger he felt towards Ranma. "This time, Ranma Saootome, you're going down!"
Ranma blinked at this action, trying to remember the technique. "What's he doing? I know I've seen it somewhere.." Suddenly, Ranma blinked, and began dashing backwards. "Oh shit, not this move again!"
Ryouga's arms began trembling, as he held them out before him, making a deft circular motion with his hands. Inside, a small blue ball of chi began forming, as dark streams of chi swirled into it. This continued, until the ball was twice the size of Ryouga's head. "Face it, Ranma! You'll never win this fight! I have it won, now! SHI SHI HOKOUDAN!" Ryouga shouted, as he hurled himself forward at Ranma, the blast releasing in a straight line at Ranma.
Ranma, wise to the attack's path of motion, quickly stepped to the right of the blast, as it hurtled past him. He turned his head to follow the blast, unaware of the opponent who was currently rushing him.
As Ryouga raised his fist to punch Ranma from behind, he stopped, hearing a familiar Chinese girl shout.
"Lost boy, you stop now! You no hurt Ranma! Shampoo fight you instead!" Shampoo declared from a wall, her two round maces in her hands. Cologne stood beside her, residing on that irregular stick of hers, eyeing Ryouga suspiciously.
This had caught Ranma's attention, two, as both teenage warriors turned to face Shampoo and Cologne. "Look, I won't fight a girl either way it goes, unless it's Ranma here, and I won't stop just because some stupid fiancee of his wants me to! I will not allow my vengeance to wait any longer!"
"He's right, for once, Shampoo. Stay out of our fight!" Ranma shouted up at Shampoo, taking a step nearer her and the wall.
"If Airen say so, then Shampoo do so..." Shampoo sighed dejectedly, and sat down on the wall, watching the two. "Go on, fight, fight.."
Ryouga and Ranma each nodded, as Ryouga threw his fist out at Ranma's head again.
Ranma hadn't noticed this, or even his previous maneuver, and was taken in the right jaw by Ryouga's fist. Ranma was then pelted by a barrage of Ryouga's punches, as he had quite stupidly thrown his guard down.
Ryouga continued his rapid punches at Ranma, as he brought his knee up at Ranma's gut, giving it everything he had. Ranma in turn was struck by the knee, and sent catapaulting into the air, landing in the koi pond.
After a large splash was seen, Ranma emerged from the water, clothes soaking wet. Rather than having black hair, his hair was now red, and his frame was smaller, and more feminine. He was now she.
"Damn it, why'd you have to go and do that for, Ryouga?!" Ranma growled, hopping out of the koi pond.
"Hey, it's not my fault you fell in the water! It's your own fault for letting your guard down!" Ryouga's right hand trailed up to the tail of his bandana as he said this, grasping it inbetween two of his fingers. He tugged slightly on it, drawing another bandana from seemingly nowhere. He repeated this, until four yellow bandanas with black dots hung limply in his hand. Then he took one into his left hand, and began twirling it in rapid motions. The bandana suddenly sprang free of his hand, and hurtled through the air at Ranma.
Ranma jumped to her right, but even as she dodged it, another one was coming at her. She ducked this one, and rolled back to where she was, as another one came at her. This one she leapt over, and rolled forward at Ryouga. Noticing he had thrown all of them at her that he had prepared, she raised her fists up as she reached him. Then, she let an onslaught of punches batter into Ryouga's chest, faster than the previous ones, as the female form is faster than the male form. "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire!"
"Agh!" Ryouga grunted, being taken by surprise, as he couldn't counter the incredibly fast punches.
"Don't think you've won, Ranma! This is just getting started!"
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Okay. Part one of the fight. I know my fight scenes aren't very good, but hopefully they'll get better as I improve my skills as an author. Please give me a review, whether good or bad.
Ja ne.
