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Chapter 3

With determination running through her blood, Akane sprinted through the summit. All around from where she could see were beautiful, exotic trees each bearing the pretty flowers that resembled the one sent to her by her beloved Ranma.

Akane would have kept on sprinting, if she hadn't gotten so tired. So she broke down into a brisk walk as she came up to some sort of steep, rough trail that lead up the mountain. P-chan, walking at her heels, suddenly became very alert that something was watching them. In the shadows of the rocks, moved a very cat-like creature that silently watched from above. Squealing, P-chan pulled on Akane's foot in time for her to notice that the strange figure was hurtling down towards her with a crudely cut spear, a mask and fangs. Dodging to her left, the attacker missed by inches and propelled themselves off a nearby boulder on the cliff and poking Akane in the pressure point for sleeping. Going limp, Akane fell into a deep slumber.

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Akane woke in a cottage that was made of dried weeds and sticks. The windows had bamboo bars for a cage and the door was completely sealed.

"This should be easy to break out of!" thought Akane out loud. Summoning her strength, she let her fist fly into the wall resulting to nothing but a very sore hand.

"What.?" Akane pondered. "How.? But.it's only sticks and weeds.how can that possibly be strong enough to withstand that.?" It's too bad for Akane that the weeds and sticks were for decoration and there was actually metal that blended very well with the room décor in those walls.

Outside of the walls, Akane heard the villagers talking. Lucky for her, she took a Cantomese class. (Cantomese: a Chinese language)

"Hey it's a pig!" exclaimed a villager.

"It's a runt but it'll do," said the older villager as he held the squealing, struggling, panicking pig over the boiling pot of water with veggies and parshnips. "Oh no!" thought Akane. "They're gonna eat P- chan!!!!"

"What do we do with the girl?" questioned another villager.

"Dunno, but let's eat the pig first, it'll make a nice snack!" said a hungry warrior villager.

The old villager dropped the pig into the water. A few moments.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" came a male voice inside the pot.

"AIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" screeched one of the girl villagers. "THERE'S A MAN IN THE POT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Completely red all over, Ryoga leaped out of the pot ten feet in the air (yes, he's wearing clothes 'cause they're magic and appeared out of nowhere 'cause I say so).

"GASP GASP HOW DARE YOU TRY TO EAT ME!!!!!!!!" shrieked Ryoga. He used his special martial arts techniques to beat down the surprised-beyond- belief warriors who were left unconscious on the floor. He ran to Akane's cell and tried to punch through it but like Akane, his fist hit the metal and it hurt quite a bit.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!@#$%^&*()!!!!!" he screamed.

"Huh?," said thought the ever-so-oblivious Akane. "That sounds like Ryoga! But how did he know I'd be here..?"

"I'm coming Akane!!!" shouted Ryoga all dramatically. He planted his feet in the ground as he yanked the hut from the ground and tossed it away to the side. "Let's go!!"

Grabbing her pack, they sprinted away from the village before its inhabitants awoke to retaliate.

But that was definitely not the last they'd see of the villagers. These villagers HATE losing, and like the Amazons, will KILL their winning opponent, male or female.

WILL AKANE AND RYOGA DIE AT THE HANDS OF THE EVIL WARRIORS!?

WILL THEY EVER FIND RANMA???!!

WILL RYOGA CONFESS HIS FEELINGS TO AKANE OR WILL HIS SECRET BE OUT!!!???

.maybe.maybe not. I'm not gonna tell here, cause then no one will read my story!!! ^.^;;;;; (Dramatic sales pitch) "TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!!