The Spider Meets The Horse
By
The Hutch
The week following the fight with Kuno had been pretty quiet. But something happened Friday night after Peter got back from Patrol. It was 9:30 when he got back. Peter was still kind of edgy from his patrol. As he snuck in to his room, he decided to work off his excess energy. So he changed into a Uniform he borrowed from Ranma. He hoped no one would mind. As he walked to the dojo, being carefully so as not to wake any one. Once in the dojo, Peter started to warm up , he turned the lights low to work on his night vision. As he started to punch the bag he just let himself go into his workout letting lose on the bag all his excess engery and pent up rage. Akane, who was walking down the hall, heard someone in dojo. THUMP sounded though the hall. 'Someone's really pushing them selves tonight,' she thought to her self. The s power that they were putting into those punches went on for over an hour not slowing down. 'It's got to be Ranma,' she thought to herself as she slid the door to the dojo open just enough to peek. She could barley make out Ranma's red shirt though the darkness.
He kept hitting and kicking the bag faster and faster, harder and harder. She noticed
he wasn't using any technique she had seen him use. Then the back door to the dojo flew open and a young man with a pigtail walked in. Peter and Ranma started to circle each other Both had their muscles tense and tight ready for action. They locked eyes both seeing something in the other. Ranma always on guard for stranger sense they always seemed to to cause nothing but truble and this one seemd to be trying to take his place. "And what are you doing here Pal" Ranma asked the threat clear in his voice Peter looked this guy over. Another one of those weirdoes he had heard the stories about. Well not this time. "That none of your busness and I don't think you should be here time for you to leave" Peter said As he jumped in Ranma's path he ducked and dodged just in time to get out of the way of the fury of blows coming at him. 'Wow, this guy's really good' both boys thought as they went at it. Peter couldn't match Ranma's training and Ranma couldn't Match Peter's Spider sense and aglity.They were almost evenly match but Ranma had the Advantage Peter did all he could but it took all he had to keep up he just couldn't lay a hand on Ranma Then Peter pulled out a trick he didn't want to have to use. Rolling past Ranma, he leaped up and stuck to the ceiling, breaking the light bulb. Both boys were in pitch darkness. 'What the? Why would he kill the lights? Now neither one of us can See,' Ranma thought. He kept snapping a punch here and there, where ever he heard a sound but he kept hitting air. 'Damn, can't see him.' Peter walked on the ceiling, barely got missed every time he came close to Ranma. Lucky his spider sense was at the top of its game. 'Got to end this now before every one wakes up.' Lining Ranma up with the door, Peter got the one and only punch in that he could. Dropping from the ceiling in front of Ranma, he dropped and rolled behind him. When Ranma spun to attack him Peter laid one good punch into him knocking him out the door, across the yard and into the grass. Ranma stood up, barely able to keep on his feet he hadn't expected him to be that strong, when the other boy walked across the yard towards him. "My name's Peter Parker. I am staying here as a guest of the Tendos. If you got a problem with them or Ranma, take it up with me until he gets back. Then, he will deal with you," Peter said in as threatening a voice as he could. That's when he noticed that this guy was staring at him weirdly. "What, do I have Spam or something on my face?" Peter asked feeling self-conscious. Ranma stared at this guy. Wait, he's staying here and defending him and the Tendos. All of a sudden he realized what was going on. "Hey, sorry for that back there. I forgot to introduce myself. I am Ranma Saotome," Ranma said. "Oh god, are you OK?" Peter cried as he ran over to Ranma "I didn't know or else I wouldn't have hit you. I am so sorry," his dorkiness kicking in again. Ranma looked at this guy. 'One moment he was ready and able to tear me apart and now he's sorry. Now this is strange.' "It's fine. You didn't hit me that hard, " Ranma lied as they walked towards the house. Peter slid on his glasses before following Ranma in. "Please don't tell the Tendos what happened. I don't want them to know," Peter asked Ranma in a whisper. As they walked in they found that they had woke every one up. "Ranma!" Akane yelled, wrapping her arms around him. Forgetting for a moment what she had seen from peeking in on Peter. A few hours later, everything had calmed down. Peter was stretched out on the couch after deciding to give Ranma some room. The nightmares had started again. The same ones every night since Gwen died. As Peter twisted in bed calling out in his sleep, the only one who heard him was Nabiki, who just happen to be in the kitchen getting something to drink. Hearing Peter calling out, she grabbed her tape recorder. Who knew, maybe she could make some cash from the dork. As she sat there recording, Peter cried "Osborne don't hurt her. I swear I'll kill you if you hurt her. No Gwen! God, please don't be hurt. Please don't take her from me. God no, she's dead, Osborne's dead too. Uncle Ben. All Spiderman's fault. Denied everything, even my revenge. All Spiderman's fault. Couldn't stop him, couldn't save her. Spiderman's fault." Peter's voice went from anger, to hatred, to pain the depths of which Nabiki couldn't understand as she walked away to go to bed. Sitting in her room she just couldn't figure it out. How was Spiderman responsible? Who were Osborne and this Gwen girl? As she drifted of to sleep, she thought, 'Maybe there's something more about young Mr. Parker than she had thought.
Next Time
The Mysteries of Parker
By
The Hutch
The week following the fight with Kuno had been pretty quiet. But something happened Friday night after Peter got back from Patrol. It was 9:30 when he got back. Peter was still kind of edgy from his patrol. As he snuck in to his room, he decided to work off his excess energy. So he changed into a Uniform he borrowed from Ranma. He hoped no one would mind. As he walked to the dojo, being carefully so as not to wake any one. Once in the dojo, Peter started to warm up , he turned the lights low to work on his night vision. As he started to punch the bag he just let himself go into his workout letting lose on the bag all his excess engery and pent up rage. Akane, who was walking down the hall, heard someone in dojo. THUMP sounded though the hall. 'Someone's really pushing them selves tonight,' she thought to her self. The s power that they were putting into those punches went on for over an hour not slowing down. 'It's got to be Ranma,' she thought to herself as she slid the door to the dojo open just enough to peek. She could barley make out Ranma's red shirt though the darkness.
He kept hitting and kicking the bag faster and faster, harder and harder. She noticed
he wasn't using any technique she had seen him use. Then the back door to the dojo flew open and a young man with a pigtail walked in. Peter and Ranma started to circle each other Both had their muscles tense and tight ready for action. They locked eyes both seeing something in the other. Ranma always on guard for stranger sense they always seemed to to cause nothing but truble and this one seemd to be trying to take his place. "And what are you doing here Pal" Ranma asked the threat clear in his voice Peter looked this guy over. Another one of those weirdoes he had heard the stories about. Well not this time. "That none of your busness and I don't think you should be here time for you to leave" Peter said As he jumped in Ranma's path he ducked and dodged just in time to get out of the way of the fury of blows coming at him. 'Wow, this guy's really good' both boys thought as they went at it. Peter couldn't match Ranma's training and Ranma couldn't Match Peter's Spider sense and aglity.They were almost evenly match but Ranma had the Advantage Peter did all he could but it took all he had to keep up he just couldn't lay a hand on Ranma Then Peter pulled out a trick he didn't want to have to use. Rolling past Ranma, he leaped up and stuck to the ceiling, breaking the light bulb. Both boys were in pitch darkness. 'What the? Why would he kill the lights? Now neither one of us can See,' Ranma thought. He kept snapping a punch here and there, where ever he heard a sound but he kept hitting air. 'Damn, can't see him.' Peter walked on the ceiling, barely got missed every time he came close to Ranma. Lucky his spider sense was at the top of its game. 'Got to end this now before every one wakes up.' Lining Ranma up with the door, Peter got the one and only punch in that he could. Dropping from the ceiling in front of Ranma, he dropped and rolled behind him. When Ranma spun to attack him Peter laid one good punch into him knocking him out the door, across the yard and into the grass. Ranma stood up, barely able to keep on his feet he hadn't expected him to be that strong, when the other boy walked across the yard towards him. "My name's Peter Parker. I am staying here as a guest of the Tendos. If you got a problem with them or Ranma, take it up with me until he gets back. Then, he will deal with you," Peter said in as threatening a voice as he could. That's when he noticed that this guy was staring at him weirdly. "What, do I have Spam or something on my face?" Peter asked feeling self-conscious. Ranma stared at this guy. Wait, he's staying here and defending him and the Tendos. All of a sudden he realized what was going on. "Hey, sorry for that back there. I forgot to introduce myself. I am Ranma Saotome," Ranma said. "Oh god, are you OK?" Peter cried as he ran over to Ranma "I didn't know or else I wouldn't have hit you. I am so sorry," his dorkiness kicking in again. Ranma looked at this guy. 'One moment he was ready and able to tear me apart and now he's sorry. Now this is strange.' "It's fine. You didn't hit me that hard, " Ranma lied as they walked towards the house. Peter slid on his glasses before following Ranma in. "Please don't tell the Tendos what happened. I don't want them to know," Peter asked Ranma in a whisper. As they walked in they found that they had woke every one up. "Ranma!" Akane yelled, wrapping her arms around him. Forgetting for a moment what she had seen from peeking in on Peter. A few hours later, everything had calmed down. Peter was stretched out on the couch after deciding to give Ranma some room. The nightmares had started again. The same ones every night since Gwen died. As Peter twisted in bed calling out in his sleep, the only one who heard him was Nabiki, who just happen to be in the kitchen getting something to drink. Hearing Peter calling out, she grabbed her tape recorder. Who knew, maybe she could make some cash from the dork. As she sat there recording, Peter cried "Osborne don't hurt her. I swear I'll kill you if you hurt her. No Gwen! God, please don't be hurt. Please don't take her from me. God no, she's dead, Osborne's dead too. Uncle Ben. All Spiderman's fault. Denied everything, even my revenge. All Spiderman's fault. Couldn't stop him, couldn't save her. Spiderman's fault." Peter's voice went from anger, to hatred, to pain the depths of which Nabiki couldn't understand as she walked away to go to bed. Sitting in her room she just couldn't figure it out. How was Spiderman responsible? Who were Osborne and this Gwen girl? As she drifted of to sleep, she thought, 'Maybe there's something more about young Mr. Parker than she had thought.
Next Time
The Mysteries of Parker