| Previously on Project III |
Ryouga, lured by power and the opportunity to finally beat Ranma, joined forces with Kiima/Ursula. After his body transformed, his attributes and were increased by twofold, and his weaknesses were almost eradicated. His speed almost surpassed Ranma's!
After beating Ranma, Ryouga lost control of his body as his built up emotions and anger finally took over it, and now Ryouga transformed into a Ryounster, where his logic and sense of honor has been abolished. He tried to kill Ranma.
The Sailor Senshis appeared to try and destroy Ryounster, but he proved far to skilled and powerful for them. Beating the Senshis, Ranma woken up thanks to his new fiancée's healing powers, and unleashed his 'Muyou Jinpuu Ryuu Satsujin Ken', and killed the monster without hurting Ryouga inside.
Unfortunately, Kiima saw the move and recognized it. Swooping down towards them, she asked him, "Are you really Xander?"
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Project III: Legend of the Wild Horse |-
-| Chapter 11: Planning's |-
Aw hell no! I ain't doing that... no way... I really meant it! NO! HELP! HENTAI! –Haruka, desperately trying to escape Ranma's training.
"Xander..." Kiima said, approaching the boy. Ranma's eyes narrowed and the still-conscious Senshis went rigid, making themselves ready if the girl attacks.
"Kiima," Ranma said, recognizing her. "What happened to you? You look... darker."
"I asked you, landling, if you are Xander," Kiima exclaimed, looking a bit angrier.
"What if I am?" Ranma replied.
Kiima suddenly broke to a smile, which surprised Ranma very much. The smile was not a normal happy smile. It was a smile of a predator. "Xander-sama!" she exclaimed, jumping towards Ranma. Ranma suddenly pointed his katana at her, making her stop charging at him.
"Kiima, what are you doing here?" Ranma asked, his sword still at her.
"Xander... my dear brother Xander still playing hard to get, huh?" Kiima smirked. Ranma's eyes widened in surprise. "You look surprised. What? You didn't expect me?"
"Ursula?" Ranma asked in surprise.
"Yes, my dear brother," Kiima said, smiling. "You threw my heart over the mountains. I should be angry, thinking that my new body might be some old savage woman, but it turned out that this fine specimen of mine was found." Kiima made a few seductive poses, which angered two Senshis present. Saturn wanted to strangle her. Venus wanted to beat her up. Ranma didn't seem to react at her, still staring at her in disbelief.
"How much Kiima do you still have with you?" Ranma asked.
"That is a secret!" Kiima said.
Ranma gave a smirk. "Well, I wonder how many people noticed you, you 'chick'?"
"I'm not a chick! I'm Kiima...!" Kiima stopped herself by covering her mouth, her instinct and the attitude of her self without Ursula resurfaced. It was for a short time, but still resurfaced. Ranma smirk, and Kiima realized she gave herself away, and promptly grit her teeth. "Damn you, Xander. You really like to make me hate you, huh?"
"Yup, I always do, Ursula, or shall I call you Kiima? And call me Ranma. That is my name now," Ranma replied.
"Ranma, Xander, who cares?!" Kiima shouted. "I thought I would have needed to revive you, but it seems luck is on my side." She laughed a bit. "Well, it makes my work easier. Keep out of my way."
"I will not," Ranma said. "I don't know what you are planning, but you sent Ryouga out there with such power meant that you were looking for the Senshis. I will not allow anyone to hurt Saturn or her friends, so you can give up as of now."
"So, you'll get in my way again? It doesn't matter because I'll win," Kiima smiled. "The Senshis are very weak now. Just one soldier of mine was able to throw almost all of them down. I don't know how they were able to defend from her 'first' comeback, but with me, she'll succeed in winning against them."
"What do you mean?" Ranma asked. He paused a minute, looking at Kiima, and frowned, trying to think what her plan was. (First comeback? What does she mean?) Ranma thought... His eyes widened as he finally got it. "No...! You're going to revive Mettallia?"
"Mettallia?" Venus asked, looking at Kiima, and she laughed. "You're too late, Ursula, if you really are her, anyway. We have beaten her. She's gone, dead."
"Do you think I don't know that?" Kiima smiled evilly. "I felt her energy in the world for sometime, and suddenly vanished." She looked at Venus and smirked, saying, "It doesn't take a airhead to know what happened."
"Are you implying something?" Venus asked, with a dangerous glint in her voice.
"What if I am?" Kiima asked, her hands crossed over her chest, her smirk very clear.
"You're going down bitch..." Venus said, approaching her. Ranma extended his arm to block her. "Ranma?"
"Don't. She's goading you, and recklessly charging will have more disadvantages than advantages," Ranma said calmly, looking at Venus. Taking a look back at Kiima, he asked, "How are you going to revive her?"
Kiima smiled. "That is also a secret."
Ranma frowned. "I saw you're supposed heart, Kiima," Ranma said, his finger in his chin. "I felt the energy in it, and I recognized it. It was hers, right? Mettallia."
Kiima frowned. "How did you know?"
Ranma smirked. "I guessed, and you confirmed it. If 'her' energy is there, that means you can use it as a foundation to revive her. All you need is a great energy source to complete her."
Kiima grit her teeth for a minute, and suddenly smiled. "You still are the same, Xander. You are still brilliant in analyzing and know how to push my buttons, huh?" Kiima frowned and began to make pose, her arm extending to her front, and her other hand at her back. She spread her feet apart. "Let's see how much of a Xander you are, Ranma, by facing me."
The still-awake Senshis suddenly also began to position themselves, and Ranma stretched his other hand to stop them. "This is my fight," Ranma said.
"But, Ranma," Saturn began, but Ranma cut her off when he faced her with a smile.
"Trust me, Sat-chan," Ranma said, smiling. For a moment, the two lovers stared at each other's eyes, and when Ranma faced Kiima, his smile was gone. Waving his hand down, his Muramasa suddenly disappeared, and Ranma raised two of his hands, and two feet-long sticks appeared in each hand. Ranma positioned his left hand in front of him, and the right hand near his ribs, and he spread his feet apart.
"Arnis Ryu," Kiima said, frowning. "That style that was mystery to us before; the same style that defeated me."
"I know," Ranma said, his pose still obvious. "It beat you before, it will beat you again."
"Maybe," Kiima said, smiling. "It beat me before because I never saw it in action. Now, I remember how it works." She raised her fists. "I will beat you this time."
Kiima disappeared from view and Ranma narrowed his eyes. Turning his back, he jumped to the left, swiping his cocked right arm and his stick hit a blur with a loud clang.
The blur sharpened and Kiima appeared, blocking the stick with her right arm. "You're faster than before, but considering that you beat a demi-god, it is expected. I saw all your moves when you beat Lord Saffron, and your Arnis Ryu as well when you beat me. You will never win!"
"That is what you think!" Ranma grit his teeth, and increased his speed. Kiima smiled as her hands blurred as well.
The Senshis looked at the amazing speed of the two antagonists with awe. Their cheering was pretty one sided, if they were cheering. Even though they were rooting for Ranma, they were all impressed with Kiima as well. Both the antagonists' hands were blurring and almost invisible as they moved, striking, blocking, and finding openings.
(Damn this... She's faster than before, and even stronger) Ranma thought, trying to increase his Ki in his hands, trying to speed up his already Amaguriken-speed arms. Kiima looked a bit concentrated, but he knew that he was losing. If Ranma needed to finish this, he had to do this now! "Arnis Forbidden Technique! HO SHI SO SEN!"
Ranma's hands went to a faster speed, and Kiima looked surprised for a second, and her hands moved faster as well, trying to block his incoming strikes.
Ranma suddenly moved his right hand up, letting his stick go, and cocked it back, and with his hand formed in an angle. If an expert saw the angle, it was the exact shape of the pointed end of the katana, and Ranma built up enough Ki to make his right arm spring at very fast speed towards Kiima's heart.
Suddenly, Kiima's hands deftly caught the incoming hand, to Ranma's surprise. Everything stopped. Their hands didn't blur anymore, and the Senshis could only see what happened. Kiima had her left hand gripping Ranma's curved right hand. There was a clang of the metal as the foot-long stick, which Ranma released earlier, fell in the ground.
"Ho Shi So Sen," Kiima repeated. "Using fast speeds to feint the enemy into blocking very weak strikes until he or she in my case, opens and leaves holes on their defense. Then, faking their opponent to block an upper attack, they put their power on one strike that will be coming towards their heart."
Ranma's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't even seem to see the fist coming towards him, and he was smacked cleanly as he flew away from Kiima. He crashed towards the buildings.
"RANMA!" Saturn shouted, running towards Ranma. When she arrived, she suddenly felt relieved as she saw Ranma still breathing hard and was quite still alive.
"You cannot beat me, Xander," Kiima said neutrally. "That is a fact, nothing else."
"Really?" Ranma said, seriously. "You may have seen that forbidden technique, but you didn't see the added extras I did."
Kiima's eyes raised a bit in surprise, but then narrowed as suddenly her clothes seem to be ripped off by unseen forces. She looked at her whole naked body in a frown. Saturn did the correct thing from her point of view. She covered Ranma's eyes.
"So... there was more to you than meets the eye," Kiima said thoughtfully. "I won't make that same mistake. I will revive her, and you won't stop me." She spread her skeletal wings, and with a great jump, she flew towards the air, vanishing in sight.
Ranma smirked a bit, his eyes still covered. Using vacuum blades while feinting worked a lot in adding power in his attacks. Even though Kiima blocked his fatal attack, Ranma now had both the knowledge of Anything Goes, the forbidden techniques of Saotome Ryu, and Arnis Ryu. Mixing those moves together created new moves and a new brand of martial arts.
(But still... this is still a nutcracker) Ranma thought, frowning now. (Kiim... I mean Ursula, with the body of the Phoenix Soldier and her memories improved her as well. She actually used the combination of Ki and magic to speed her up to almost unimaginable speeds!)
Saturn's hand finally left his eye, and Ranma was still to busy in his thoughts to see Saturn's face. When he did though, he supported a large sweat drop in his head as Saturn glared at him with big white eyes [you can see some in Ruroni Kenshin the series when the females are angry. Imagine Hotaru doing that!].
"Did you just chop her clothes of for fun?" Saturn asked coldly. She suddenly grabbed Ranma's neck with both of her hands and began strangling him. "Or did you just do that to really her figure?"
"Orooooo..." Ranma muttered as his head shook back and forth, his eyes big as dumplings and his mouth was hanging open. "Hot-chan... you... think... I... would... really... do... that...?"
"That was really Ursula?" Jupiter asked Ranma, ignoring the scene. Saturn never really changed, and the Senshis usually thought they acted like that during the Silver Millenium because Saturn really hated Xander's guts. It was finally clear why Xander didn't seem to pursue the other Senshis, and why sometimes Xander and Saturn would suddenly disappear during important meetings.
(That is really strange) Jupiter thought, (why none of us really realized the nature of their relationship before.)
Finally, Saturn released Ranma, and the boy looked at Jupiter and answered her question. "Yes, I believe that was Ursula. I would never believe that she found a host like that... She is dangerous."
"Yes, I know Ranma-sempai," Jupiter replied, frowning. "If she knows Arnis Ryu, that means she knows my moves as well. How can we beat her?"
Ranma looked at the fallen Senshis. "Damn. Just one skilled martial artist did this, and Kiima is now more powerful than that Ryouga monster you fought. Imagine the Senshis facing against Kiima, who actually could beat me."
"It does not bode well," Mercury said, frowning. Rei and Michiru nodded.
Ranma put a finger in his chin. After a minute, he finally decided the next course of action. Turning to Mercury, he said in an authoritive voice, "Round the Senshis, and meet me at your hideout... I think Hot-chan said it was at Rei's temple." He took his hand out of his pocket and gave a small orb to Mercury. "Take this tracer so I can know where it is." Venus was in the background, trying to get Ranma's attention.
"What are you going to do?" Saturn asked.
"I'm going to get a martial artist, and I'm going to train all of you," Ranma replied with a smile. Jupiter suddenly smiled, and jumped up in the air, shouting in excitement, and Ranma smiled at the display. Venus was still in front of Ranma, waving at him trying to get his attention. Ranma ignored her and spoke to Jupiter. "You're job is to carry Ryouga. Michiru can carry Haruka, and Ami and Rei would help carry the fat rabbit." Jupiter giggled. "And Saturn, go with them."
"Why?" Saturn asked. Venus was now topless, still waving at Ranma.
"It would be best that I won't show you yet to the person I am going to visit," Ranma said enigmatically. "So, that wraps that all up... any questions?"
Venus' head suddenly enlarged, and her eyes went white sharp [like what Hotaru did a while ago], and she shouted, still topless, "YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU IGNORING ME?!"
Ranma didn't seem to react as he looked at Mercury. "Well, do I make myself clear?"
"ALRIGHT!" Venus shouted. "IF YOU KEEP IGNORING ME, I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET IT!"
By that time, Ranma already recalled his car and was starting the engine. With a smirk at Venus' general direction, he sped of.
"YOU ASSHOLE!" Venus shouted, raising her fist.
Jupiter sighed, but she couldn't help but let a giggle escape her lips, That was by far the best way Xand... I mean, Ranma avoided Venus. Walking towards the naked hunk in a fetal position, she tried not to divert her eyes on the lost boy's merchandise. Keeping her face relatively straight to the boy's face, she turned him to face her. She gasped.
Ryouga was still unconscious, but his whole face was shown to Jupiter, who suddenly wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. (Se... sempai! Sempai!) "Ryo-sempai-kun!" Jupiter said, crying happily.
=Porsche 911=
Ranma switched to third gear as his speed turned 38 km/h, and sped towards Nerima. His thoughts were a bit distracting him on what happened to his battle. Kiima actually blocked his supposed unblockable move, and was able to punch him without him seeing the fist.
And who knows what Kiima will be doing. Sure, Ranma knew what she was up to, yet it was the question on how will Kiima get so much energy. Unless Kiima's heart/core had the 50 percent make-up of Metallia, which he highly doubted, she would need about the energy of whole world.
(And when we say energy, it doesn't mean electrical, or mechanical. It could also mean magical and living energy...) Ranma thought. He then frowned deeply as he recalled how the Senshis were almost beaten by just by one of her soldiers. (Training them is a very option, except that time is not on my side... Wait a minute... Am I forgetting anything?)
Pushing a few buttons in the dashboard, a TV screen rose from the radio until it was level of Ranma's head and line of vision without interfering his vision in the road. At first, the screen was static, but after a few seconds, Washu's face appeared from view.
"It is about time you called, Ranma-san," Washu said angrily, her face in a scowl. "Just because you were able to get on with your girlfriend, it doesn't mean you have to forget me too!"
"Sorry, Washu-chan," Ranma said smiling a bit. "I had a few problems, like Senshis remembering me and all. There was also my enemy, who is now revived I might add, to consider. She's smarter than before, and I have a feeling if I don't do anything soon, the Senshis won't stand up to a squat if they faced her army."
"So, what are you calling me for this time?" Washu asked.
"I wondered if you had a pocket dimension that extends time," Ranma asked. "I decided to train the Senshis to advanced level martial arts, but I doubt they would learn all that in 2 years max, even if trained extensively. A pocket-dimension where time flows faster would be a great help."
"Do you call me whenever you only need help?" Washu asked, now growling. "First is during the war where you needed Valkyries, and then rewind a few days ago, where you needed an armor, and a car, and weapons. Am I just a provider of things for you?"
"Hey now, Washu-chan," Ranma said nervously. "I paid back for those. You experimented demented things on me when I was young, and I just asked Valkyries in return. You also experimented me about my curse just before you gave me a car, armor and weapons. Might I add that I also cooperated with you smoothly?"
"Well, now that you say it," Washu smiled evilly, "it means I get paid back for this help as well? I really wanted to know what made the most dangerous Senshi fall in love with you."
"That is easy. I was great in the sack," Ranma joked.
"Really?" Washu was smiling widely. "Well, it's been a while since I was laid..."
Ranma frowned. "Uh-uh, Washu-chan. Whatever idea is going through those demented brain cells of yours, I ain't doing it!"
Washu frowned and pouted. "Can you not do a favor of a cute twelve year old? And call me WASHU-CHAN!"
Ranma smiled a bit. "Well, maybe if you were older... but I ain't still doing it." Washu frowned. "And if I did, Hot-chan is going to kill me. Besides, you didn't see some of my other moves, did you?"
"What moves?" Washu asked.
"Well, depends if you accept my deal," Ranma said. "I promise I'll show you more moves I doubt you have seen before."
"Okay," Washu smiled, giving a thumbs up. "But you know, I would rather have you..."
Ranma cut her off, smiling, "Oh you perverted little Washu-chan. Out," Ranma said, and the screen went blank. Now giving his full attention on the road, Ranma thought (Alright... Nerima is next!) ...(Wait a minute... did I make a wrong turn?)
=Furinkan High=
Akane was not having a bad day. It was not also a good day. From her point of view now, it was just quite satisfactory.
Kuno didn't seem to leave her alone, dropping out of college, and going back to High School, where he challenged her again and again, and the hentai squad, without doing anything better, they challenged her again.
This has been happening ever since Ranma mysteriously disappeared. Hinako-sensei cried the during the first week of the start of the school year, talking about delinquents. Akane never did imagine Hinako would miss the baka so much. Kuno was now proudly declaring his victory against the 'foul demon Saotome' and proceeded to spread lies before Akane had her say on him.
(I doubt that Kuno would be telling anything anymore...) Akane giggled, remembering how loud the crack sounded when Akane used Kuno's own weapon against him, hitting him in the jaw. (He shouldn't have made me angry...)
It was unusually peaceful in Nerima, with Ranma gone. With Nabiki in college, almost every student sighed, even Akane. She knew that Ranma being gone was a considerable challenge for Nabiki, and with the two fiancées still after Ranma, they can't ask information anymore from Nabiki.
"Akane-san...?" a voice pulled Akane back to reality.
"Huh?" Akane said dumbly, looking at the boy in front of her. It was Kyo, a new boy in the school, which Akane met during the first day of school, after a brawl. Intrigued by the way Akane was able to dispatch the mob, he introduced himself to her. A friendship was starting to open, but then, Akane's reputation of being a boy-hater was spread over, Kyo seem to be very nervous around her.
Not wanting to beat the people who spread gossip for making a potential friend go away, she instead tried to be friendlier to the boy. Up until now, Kyo was still nervous, but at least he was approaching her. Giving one of her warm smiles, Akane asked, "Oh, sorry Kyo. What is it?"
"Uh, someone wanted me to give this to you..." Kyo said, smiling a bit. "You have quite a fan club."
Akane blinked. "Oh, Kyo, those boys I beat up is what I hardly call fans. Just a bunch of raging hormones..." (A generic name for hentais...) Akane thought wryly.
"Oh, really?" Kyo said, surprised. "A young man gave me this, telling me to give it to you..." Kyo handed the letter to Akane, and took a step back, scratching his head. "He kinda asked me if you were my new classmate..."
"Really?" Akane asked, scratching her head. "I wonder who gave this?" she said, tearing the envelope open. Taking a look at the leter, trying to find out whom it was from, her eyes widened.
"What is it, Akane-san?" Kyo asked.
"Nothing Kyo..." Akane said, smiling a bit. "Nothing at all."
=Lunch, School Grounds=
Akane walked slowly and carefully towards the open field, trying to find someone. Looking from left to right. Finally, after a minute of intense searching, she finally spotted a tree where a boy was leaning on the bark, relaxing at the sunshine.
Akane smiled, and ran towards him. "RANMA!"
Ranma looked up from his shades, and smiled. Akane stopped a few meters from him, looking at him head to toe. She blushed a bit. "What?" Ranma asked.
"All this years, I never really paid attention to your merchandise," Akane smirked. "You look good. Sleeveless, shades, and new pants and shoes; I wonder where you got the money to get those."
"A friend gave me as a gift," Ranma replied nonchalantly. "So, you got my letter?"
"Yeah," Akane replied. "What do you want this time?"
Ranma gave a one sided smirk. "What is it with your hostile attitude, Akane? I just came here to ask for help."
"Help?" Akane asked, laughing softly. "The great Ranma Saotome needs help?"
Ranma frowned a bit. "Of course. You think I could have gone and rescued you from Kirin without the help of the others?"
"Maybe not," Akane agreed, then frowned. "Speaking of the others, you are risking a lot by being here. Your other fiancées are all looking for you. They've been blaming me for a while, until I 'convinced' them to leave them alone."
"You were able to beat them off? Careful with the Amazons..." Ranma said, frowning.
Akane frowned deeply. "I could not beat Shampoo even if I wanted. She was more skilled, but she knew I meant business when, even though she won, she had to use her Amaguriken. You never taught me how to block that attack."
"You can't block that attack, you can only try to avoid it," Ranma said, smiling.
"I wasn't fast enough," Akane said, frowning. "I think I need a few more training regime."
"I'll give you one," Ranma said, and smiled widely. "I need your help while we will be training."
"What do you have in mind?" Akane asked.
"Do you know the Sailor Senshis?" Ranma asked.
"Are you kidding?" Akane said. "They are one of the greatest heroes in Japan! They fight monsters, and other evil doers. Some people were already writing novels, and drawing manga and animations based on them!"
Ranma smiled again. "Well, I kinda met up with them, and it seems they'll be fighting a new enemy, and need a few training regime. I agreed to do it, but with nine of them..." Ranma shook his head a bit. "That many would be a bit overwhelming. So, what do you say?"
Akane looked at Ranma for a minute, narrowing her eyes. "Are you kidding?"
Ranma shook his head. "I'm serious."
Akane looked at Ranma in disbelief. "How many days do we train them?"
"I want to train them advanced martial arts, taking them through the basics and intermediate level. I plan to train them intensively," Ranma said.
"Unless these Senshis are like you, getting techniques almost at once, it would take months, or even years, just to train them. I have no time for that, especially when I still have school to consider," Akane said, frowning deeply.
"I have that taken care of," Ranma said. "I have a friend who really make weird things, like slowing time. So, what do you say?"
Akane shrugged her shoulders. "Well... I really want to meet them... sure!"
Ranma blinked. Then, he smiled. "Hey, come on Akane. No need to hide it from me... cheer out loud!"
"Oh, it's embarrassing..." Akane replied, "but sure... YEEEEEHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"That is much better, Akane-san," Ranma replied smiling. "I'll pick you up tomorrow?"
Akane nodded with enthusiasm, "Sure. Pick me up... when?"
"Tomorrow morning," Ranma said. "I think the hentai squad will miss you for one day."
"You know about that?" Akane asked, surprised.
"Well, it can't be hard to find out, especially when potholes are in the entrance," Ranma smirked. "Tomorrow..." Ranma said, walking away.
Akane watched her former fiancée walk away from her. She had an expression of... excitement. (Training the Senshi! What a day!) "I'll be waiting Ranma!" Akane shouted.
Ranma turned his head, and smirked. "Well, I have to tell you. The Senshis have really short skirts, and guess what? One of them is my lover, and the other is all over me!" Ranma smirked as he saw Akane visibly having her jaw opining wide, and she shouted towards him.
"PERVERT!"
Ranma laughed, and ran away, and Akane followed suit, taking out her big a$$ mallet, as both trying to relieve the good old days...
To Be Continued...
NEXT: Akane and Ranma, and even Ryouga will be teaming up to teach the Senshis martial arts! Each Senshis with different personalities which Ranma must overcome and find a compatible teacher. And not only that, there will be a mysterious teacher personally teaching Venus! All this, while Kiima is out there gathering her army.
Author's Notes:
Alright, my writer's block is beginning to annoy me, and it seems I have more bad news. All those expecting a Trigun Ranma for the next Project will be clearly disappointed. I have not yet watched the last episodes, and I can't get any ideas for it... It must be the curse of the Senshis! I'm writing them with Ranma too long! So my next Project might be a Ranma/Street Fighter merge with a crossover with KITE. Sorry... :\