A Ranma ½ King of Fighters crossover fanfiction
Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ and King of Fighters characters. Especially some macho chick! That's built like a stick! Dumb as a brick! Thighs are too thick! Can't even kick! *WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!* Ugh… shutting up now… oi…
Flames of Destiny
By Insane Blight
Interlude III: Unforgivable Sin
A few months ago…
Riot of Blood Ranma snarled at the Phoenix people. 'More… feed me with your anger! More! Hate me! Loathe me! Hahahaha! Every one of you shall die!!!
"MONSTER!"
"DEMON!"
"KILL HIM!"
Riot of Blood Ranma jumped over the downward attacks. With his hands covered in purple flames, he spreads his arms, allowing the flames to surround the entire area. He then dove for the Phoenix people and began slashing wildly at them, not caring whether they would get a hit or two on him.
Kiima flew up and froze at the scene in front of her. Her people, her tribe… being murdered one by one… this… monster was killing everything that moves, and they were powerless to do anything against him, it seemed that challenging this human proved to be their undoing. She pulled out her sword, clenched it tight and assumed an attacking stance. "Everyone, duck!" she yelled to the rest of the Phoenix people.
Her wings flapped once and then arched backwards. "Thousand Wings of the Seabird Attack!!!" Countless vacuum blades struck Riot of Blood Ranma, causing large gashes and lacerations but it did not even faze the Orochi berserker one bit. In fact, Kiima thought that she heard the Orochi berserker laugh at her latest attack.
"Koruma! Masara! Hold him down!" she ordered. The two Phoenix warriors nodded quickly and engaged the Orochi berserker. Ranma had a sick smile plastered on his face as he gripped their necks, ripped out their throats and then set them on fire with his purple flames. The pigtailed boy spewed some blood into the sky before he continued with his assault.
His hands buried themselves into the Phoenix people's flesh, tearing it away with unbelievable force. Kiima couldn't stand it anymore so she performed a suicidal lunge at Ranma. "DIE YOU MONSTER!!!"
Unfortunately for her, the pigtailed boy clamped his hand onto her face. Kiima struggled to remove the hold but it was a futile effort. Ranma slashed her face with his fingers and to add insult to injury, he set her on fire. Kiima screamed in agony as she clutched her disfigured face, she frantically ran around, trying to extinguish the flames on her body. The white-haired woman's cries was cut short when she accidentally ran towards the end of the cliff, she screamed one last time before falling to her expected demise…
"Uhhh…" Kiima groaned as she started to wake up. She looked around and saw that she was on the beach, probably at the bottom of Phoenix Mountain. 'Where…? Did the tide carry me ashore? The battle…!' Her thoughts were cut short when her wounds made themselves known. Her scarred face started to bleed and her wings have been slashed, making it impossible for her to fly right now and her body was covered with burn marks.
"Ahhh! Damn you… Saotome Ranma…" she trailed off as she lost consciousness once more.
Kiima woke up once again. Her body was still in intense pain. She curled up into a ball and cried her eyes out. She failed, she has failed everyone… she failed to guide their ruler to the right path and even supported him in his selfish goals for power. Now that failure led to this, her entire tribe destroyed by that… thing, that monster. 'Dammit! Dammit… damn me…'
She managed to get up on her feet by sheer willpower. She staggered a little at first but soon got her act together. Her face bled anew, she tried to cover it with her hand and continued to walk back to Phoenix Mountain. She arrived at the bottom a few hours later, she was about to trudge forward until she saw a couple of Amazons coming down the mountain. 'Wh-what are they doing here?! No… please no…'
"Great-grandmother… Airen is… Airen is…" Shampoo said in between sobs.
Cologne sighed. "There is nothing we can do child, son-in-law has left this world." she finished sadly.
Ryoga was too busy clenching his fists to respond to that, he still couldn't believe that Ranma is dead. Mousse offered a shoulder to cry on for Shampoo and for once, the purple-haired girl did not object to it. Genma was busy bawling his eyes out while saying his 'what did I do to deserve such an ungrateful boy?' crap. The rest of the Amazons had their head down in respect to the fallen warrior that did the impossible, even if he is a male.
Kiima, who was hiding among the trees, feared the worst for her tribe. She waited for the Amazons to take their leave before she ran with all her remaining might towards the top of Mount Phoenix. 'Please! Let this all be a dream! Please!'
What she saw shocked her to the core, ashes… ashes everywhere. The stench of death fills the air, her entire tribe's ashes… 'The bastard burned everyone?! The children too, what kind of monster are you?! Ranma!!!'
"No…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Kiima punched the ground repeatedly all the while grasping some of the ashes on it. Tears flowed down her good eye as she knelt at the center of the ruins in despair. She slammed her fists on the ground. "I swear to you all… if that bastard is still alive… I will hunt him down and I will make him suffer the likes of which he has never seen! I will kill everyone that he holds dear and I will make his life a living hell!" she shouted with vehemence.
She got up and stretched her wings, not minding the pain that it causes. She looked up to the heavens and said. "Do you hear me, Saotome?! I will make you pay! I don't care how long it takes, I will keep my promise!"
A few weeks ago…
Kiima flew under the moonlit night. Her entire face has been scarred, that monster actually did a pretty good job at disfiguring her. She has four diagonal slashes which resulted in the loss of her left eyesight as well. She scowled at the unwanted memory and gritted her teeth when she thought of the pain that her people have suffered. Her scowl was soon replaced with a sick smile. Today is the day that her tribe would get their revenge at that man… she would make sure of that.
She looked around below her, trying to find the place that she loathes with a passion. Her eyes narrowed when she spotted it, she swooped down and quietly landed on the rooftop. She checked around to see if anybody saw her, finding no one in sight, she swooped down and peeked at the windows.
She first saw a long-haired woman sleeping comfortably on her bed. She turned her head in disgust and went towards the next window in which a short-haired girl was slumped on her desk. The girl seemed to have tired herself out from counting the money beside her. She flew to the next window and a smile formed on her face. Finally, it was the one she was looking for! "I'll start with her and her entire family…"
Kiima crept inside the room of Akane Tendo. She stared at the sleeping form of the youngest Tendo for quite some time but her eyes seemed to waver every now and then the same time that her hands paused when she started to reach for her weapon. The scarred woman snarled and shook herself out of it; she was here for one thing only. She quickly pulled out the dagger and raised it up high. She was about to stab the blue-haired girl when she heard her talking in her sleep…
"Uhn, Ranma… I miss you… why did you… have to… die." she mumbled in her sleep.
The white-haired woman stared at Akane a bit longer before she cursed and placed her dagger away. She stretched her wings and flapped it once, causing the wind to brush the sleeping girl's hair. Akane mumbled as she starts to wake up, she got up and rubbed her eyes. She stopped however, when she felt the cold breeze coming from her still open window.
"R-Ranma?! Is that you? Ranma?!" she asked, running up to the open window.
"Akane-chan, what's the matter? Are you alright, imouto-chan?" Kasumi quickly asked in concern, knocking loudly on her sister's front door.
Akane dejectedly bowed her head. "Yes, I'm alright Kasumi-oneechan. It was just a dream… it was just a hopeless dream…" she sadly replied. She slowly closed her window, went back to bed and cried herself to sleep.
Kiima watched as the Tendo girl closed her window. She covered herself up with a dark cloak and proceeded to leave the town of Nerima. 'It's useless to kill them if he does not suffer for it.'
A couple of hours ago…
China
Kiima was calmly drinking her tea at a local restaurant in China, she wore her usual dark cloak and her scarred face was kept hidden under the hood. She was about to leave when she heard the name of the man she thought that she would never hear again…
"Man, I can't believe the King of Fighters tournament this year! The fights are intense! And there are a lot of powerful new teams and fighters in this tournament too!" a man said.
"Yeah, that new fighter Ranma Saotome and his babe of a partner Mature are a deadly pair to say the least! They thrashed the Ikari Team for crying out loud! I never thought that they would be defeated that easily, considering how far they got last year." another man replied.
Kiima dropped her cup from shock, causing some customers to look at her. She held her hood closer to her face, not wanting to make a scene in public, and began to listen intently to the conversation.
"Don't forget Yagami and his partner Vice, I'll never forget the way he went crazy last year! I had to hide inside a locker to escape those sharp fingers of his and I can still see those lifeless eyes that seem to bore through my very soul." The man said, shivering at the memory of Riot of Blood Iori.
The other man nodded. "Yeah… that was scary. Anyway, the next couple of matches will take place here in China right? Oh, I can't wait to see the fighters! Especially the girls!" the man said enthusiastically.
That was all the information the white-haired girl needed. She stood up and immediately left the restaurant. 'That demon is still alive?! I cannot allow it! He must pay for his crimes against my tribe, my race! Only then will my people be finally able to rest in peace.'
Present Time
Jusenkyo, China
Kiima watched as two of her tribe's enemies fought it out. She hoped that at least one of them would kill the other; it would certainly bring a smile to her face. She heard the loud heartbeat coming from Onna-Ranma, making her tremble with rage. How could she forget, that was the first thing she heard after Ranma killed their Phoenix god Saffron. Kiima began muttering curses when she saw the Musk warriors Mint and Lime hastily ran towards the bodies and carried not only Herb but that demon as well inside the Jusenkyo guide's house.
Patience was never her strong point, not after everything that has happened. That's why she was trying so hard to control herself. Her desire to kill the man that destroyed her race was greater than anything in the world and the fact that she has him right where she wanted him was too much. She was about to barge in there and perform a suicidal attack but stopped when the four men began to leave the house.
"Although Prince Herb will not admit it, you are a worthy adversary Ranma. I hope we can meet on a more… peaceful atmosphere next time." Lime said. Respect was evident in his words.
Ranma managed a smile. "Yeah, I hope so. I would like to know you guys better as friendly rivals, not as enemies." he said. The Orochi half-breed shakily stood up, his breathing was still erratic and he could sense that his ki was still drained to its limit. 'I'm not surprised. Considering how this battle turned out…'
"We hope so too. Thank you once again Ranma." Mint replied, bowing to the ponytailed boy.
"Yeah! You sure you're alright?" Lime asked, eyeing the deep gashes on the half-breed's body.
Ranma chuckled. "I'll live… so don't worry about me but I think you should bring Herb to a healer quickly." Mint and Lime nodded and carried the unconscious Prince by the shoulders and back to the Musk Kingdom. Ranma watched as the three vanish from sight. 'Thank you…'
Finally, my tribe's cry for vengeance shall be fulfilled!
"Ranma." Kiima called out from behind.
Kiima ducked down, sword in hand and waited for the Orochi half-breed to turn and face her. Her eyes flashed with rage as the man turned and faced her. She buried her weapon deep inside Ranma's body, causing it to go into his stomach and out his back.
"Die!" she screamed, twisting the sword, causing the Orochi half-breed to scream in pain.
Everyone, it will all be over soon…
She stretched her wings, causing her cloak to be ripped in half. She stepped up and glared at the demon that ruined everything, the demon that destroyed her life and the lives of her family and friends. She flapped her wings wildly as she slowly walked towards the wounded man.
"Kiima…" was all Ranma could say.
I will keep my promise…
"Ranma, you will die here and now…"
AN: Just retelling the incident at Phoenix Mountain with a few more details and a bit of a side story on Kiima. I know, I'll get back to writing the next chapter right now…
Next Chapter Angel of Vengeance
"Go to hell! You monster! My people… my family and friends… I'll make you pay with your life!!!"