An empty room except for three girls and an army. Korema decides to test them by sending a single bodyguard to finish them. She's sure that they would not stand against him.

KOREMA: Miki.

Miki looks at his boss and flips over the balcony to the ground. He lands with both of his feet and his katana blade armed. He heads for Akane who is in the middle. Miki lets out a battle cry as he rushes over to her. Akane is also prepared with her Hanzo sword. Miki is about to swing his sword when Akane cuts the blade with her sword. The blade falls on the floor and Miki is stunned about this. But he failed to prevent an upcoming attack as Akane immediately spins and stabs him in the chest. Miki winces the pain as Akane dugs the sword deeper and sis kabobs him by lifting him upward using her full strength. To her surprise, the blood is black. This finally signifies that they're not human. The rest of Fatale 69 is awed yet shocked about this as Akane throws the now-dead man on the small pond nearby. Enraged, Korema decides it's time to play dirty.

KOREMA: [in a demanding tone] TEAR THE BITCHES APART!

Four of the members yell as they prepare to battle. They rush down the stairs at Ukyo's direction. This time Ukyo is prepared to slaughter them. Quick as fox, the four Fatale 69s begins to attack but in response, Ukyo took them down by slashing them with her now-sharp and deadly spatula. The four just stood in their positions while Ukyo is in her battle stance. She gives a light tap on her spatula and then they fall down. Three more are left. As they slowly descend with their katana blades. This time, Ukyo backs away as Shampoo makes her debut to them. Shampoo raises her right arm with the Qi Xing, signaling a challenge. The three Fatale 69 members consist of one female and two males. The female is in the center while the males are at her sides. The three rushes down and they exchange blows with their blades. The three members stopped their movements and maintain their weird-looking battle stances. Shampoo carefully waited for them to attack as the two males moved carefully for the prey. The two male members attack Shampoo but the Amazon avoided the blades. She slashes one guy in the chest then she slits the other guy's throat which causes him to fall on the pond. The female 69 moved to the side of the room, looking at Shampoo. Both women followed each other with their swords on their arms. The female 69 then attacks her but Shampoo dodged the blade and stabs her on the chest. The member yelped in pain. Shampoo releases the sword from her body and then the last body guard falls down.

Korema glumly looked at the trio from above. The girls headed to the center of the room and facing their foes.

AKANE: So, anymore subordinates for us to kill?

Korema unsheathes a dagger from her scabbard. She digs the blade on the stair rail. On cue, the girls heard havoc from outside. It was then the girls realized that the entire Fatale 69 has arrived to aid their mistress. If so, who were the ones Tifa and the others fought? Korema grinned at this prospect. There's no way they would survive this.

KOREMA: You girls think this was easy did you?

AKANE: You know, for a second there, yeah. We kinda did.

KOREMA: Silly girls.

The captain of the Fatale 69 army is wearing black, traditional samurai armor minus the helmet. Like all others, he wore a black Kato mask. He rushes to the front door and enters the hall. As soon as he enters, he gives a loud battle cry, which signals the other members to come in. They did arrive with full force. Some came from the back door while others through the windows. A few came from the other rooms and there are the rest who came through the front door. They girls kept looking at them side by side. How many are they? Sina mentioned earlier that despite they named themselves the Fatale 69, there aren't 69 members of them. It's somewhat more or less. 30? 40? 50? They couldn't tell how many are they but nevertheless, they are ready. The soldiers finally surrounded them in a circular form.

[BGM: "Crazy" by The RZA]

The entire Fatale 69 army is equipped with swords. However, not all of them are equipped with that weapon. One is holding twin axes while the other is twirling a metal chain ball. The captain has two katana blades, each on his hands. The girls, facing their foes with their backs pressed together in a triangle form, held their weapons tightly. As the Fatale 69s came closer, the girls raise their weapons and position themselves in a fighting position. The soldiers flinched a bit and resort to their defensive mode. Akane looks at the reflection of the Hanzo sword. She sees some of the soldiers' faces. With her two hands, Ukyo gripped her spatula tightly to relieve some of her anxieties. Shampoo, however, is ready for the kill. Although she has mastered bonbories, she is quiet an expert also on swords and spears. They looked around to see how many soldiers there are. No one bothered to finish the counting. At the final count of three, they begin to fight.

Akane begins to slash the soldier in front of her in the chest. Shampoo stabbed two soldiers at once with her sword. Ukyo dodged a number of swings and then slashes two other soldiers, causing the blood to spray out in the open. One soldier managed to lock swords with Ukyo but the latter quickly lowers herself and slash his chest. She bends backwards and slashes three charging soldiers behind her. Another soldier charges at Akane's direction. He plans to jump slash her but Akane sees his attack. She lowers herself as the soldier jumps over her. But, Akane slashes his stomach and he lands on the ground hard. Two more soldiers attack her with their swords. She blocks it and pushes them away, leaving an opening. She slashes the first one and then the other one. The one with the metal chain ball swings his respective weapon at Shampoo. She, learning from a horrible experience from Dew, executes a 10 ft. high super back flip and lands perfectly, like an Olympic gymnast. She rolls on the ground as the soldier tries to hit her with his sword. But, she stands up to his back, taps his shoulder to make him turn around and performs the technique Sia had taught them earlier when she faced against the tiger. Shampoo uses her left hand to pluck out the soldier's left eye. The soldier screamed in pain as another soldier charges at her screaming. She simply throws the eye at his mouth, causing him to choke. He tries to get it off his throat but it was hopeless. Jinnai, who had seen that incident, wanted to vomit but he could only give a disgusting reaction. Shampoo slices the now-one eyed man at the mouth.

The captain of the Fatale 69 charges at Shampoo and begins to attack her with his two swords. They clashed blades until he aims at her with his single sword. Shampoo blocks it but the captain whips out the other blade. Shampoo backs a little as the sword manages to slice up her lower right abdomen and ripping her shirt. He kicks her in the stomach that knocks her to the ground. When she goes down, one soldier tries to hit her but his attack was blocked by Akane, who then chops off his arm. Shampoo rolls to the ground and stabs the soldier who was caught off guard and locks the other guard in the neck behind her with her legs. She twists around as she releases her sword at the soldier, who he and the other one, lands on the ground. Shampoo then stabs the soldier whom she had locked with her legs. The soldier who carries two axes throws one axe at Ukyo's back. But, as Ukyo turns around, the ax is almost inches at her. Luckily, she grabs the axe's handle on time. The soldier throws another axe at her but this time, she avoids the incoming projectile, which hits one soldier in his forehead. Ukyo decides to give back the axe by throwing it to the weapon's wielder. It hits on his forehead and due to its strong impact, the soldier is sent backwards until he hits a table, crashes it and dies. One soldier charges at Ukyo with his katana aimed at her. Ukyo sidesteps and slashes his throat, which causes blood to spray everywhere like a geyser. The shortest Fatale 69 charges at Ukyo and is about to attack her when she whips out her 2 mini spatulas at him. The 2 mini spatulas swipes off the soldier's mask as he comes near Ukyo. He stops when he learns that his mask was taken off. To her shock, Ukyo finds out that her attacker is actually a young boy. The young boy gives a "don't hurt me" sign. The young Kuonji, despite her fury, didn't have a heart to kill him. To her, he's still a kid for crying out loud. So, she grabs him by the collar and tosses him across and knocks 4 Fatale 69 into a now-blood filled mini pool where Akane threw Miki earlier on.

Akane slashes a soldier across the chest and his blood is sprayed over the wall. She knocks down three more Fatale 69 members into a large room through a paper-type sliding door. She enters the room and immediately blocks an incoming sword from one soldier while she gives a powerful kick at the one in front of her. She blocks another's sword and quickly backstabs the soldier behind her at the chest. Akane continues to move forward as she slashes five soldiers while moving forward. Each of them crashed at the tables or outside the open room. Akane gets out of the room and is greeted by a lot of soldiers. She slashes the soldier at the back while she spins around and ends the spin by chopping another soldier's hands. She aims at another soldier who is charging at her. With her blade, she disarms the soldier's sword and sends it towards the wall. The man stops his movement now that he has no weapon. Akane chops off the man's head with blood bursting out. Shampoo and Ukyo help Akane by dispatching more soldiers. Shampoo has five while Ukyo has four. When the soldier is facing the Amazon warrior, he swings his sword at her. To his surprise, Shampoo jumps higher and lands over the man's shoulder's, forcing him to bend on his knees. Another soldier charges Shampoo but she slices his mouth which he backs away with pain. The soldier who is below Shampoo tries to hit her by raising his sword. She senses his method by parrying his sword and slices off his hands. Shampoo executes a forward somersault at the soldier in front of her by pushing the other one below her backwards. As she lands, she cuts the body of the soldier into half vertically.

But there are more soldiers who are at their mercy. One soldier charges at Akane but she moves aside and slashes his chest. Suddenly, she quickly blocks at the captain's sword. The captain this time has Akane as his target. The two square off as Akane continues to block the captain's attacks. The captain kicks at Akane's ribs. She staggers a bit as she continues to fend off the captain's swords. Akane quickly begins to turn around and heads to the wooden pillar. She uses the chair and the table that are in front of her to boost her up to the second floor. Then she is about to climb the wooden pillar when one soldier throws his sword at her. It misses at her, but she uses it to boost her up again. This causes the soldiers, Shampoo and Ukyo to gasp. Akane didn't manage to reach the second floor perfectly but she holds on to the rail and climbs up. Some of the soldiers are taking the stairs to where Akane is. Akane finally reaches the second floor and hastily lands as she sees two Fatale 69s coming at her. The first one swings at her as she parries him away to her back. The second one's sword clashes with Akane's sword but she dispatches him by slashing across his chest. As Akane faces the first soldier, the second falls down to the ground floor, crashing a table. In an instant, the captain wall climbs himself up to the second floor. When he reached there, the first one is already dead. Akane and the captain resume their showdown but this time Akane avoids the swings of dual swords. She turns around and runs away as she thinks of a plan to eliminate him. When she sees a bamboo pole that is stationed from the ground to the top of the stair rail by 5 ft., she holds the pole, jumps off the second floor and uses it to lower herself to the nearest table below. As she lands, two more soldiers try to attack her but she slashes them away. Then, she looks at the captain from above and decides to let go of the very bendy bamboo pole, which then hits the captain in the head. That attack sends the captain crashing through the paper sliding door and is unconscious. Shampoo avoids most of their attacks by cart wheeling and then lands on the ground to slash the next soldier.

When Akane, Ukyo and Shampoo look at where Korema, Bina and Dew stood, they see the trio heading to the sliding door and close it. They are surprised by this. So, the next logical thing to do is run after them at the second floor. But their obstacles are the remaining Fatale 69s. They hack and slash all their way with Akane as the lead to the left stairway. Yet, she was intercepted by a Fatale 69 who is ready at her from the stairs. He jumps in front of her and attacks her. Akane tries to attack him but he kept on swinging his sword. Her other two friends are busy fending off so she has to deal with him alone. She continues to block while he spins around with his blade until they reached at the nearest wooden pillar when the blade got stuck, while at the same time she stabs him at the stomach. As a result, his mouth began to bleed for the blood at his stomach began to flow.

[BGM: "White Lightning" by The RZA]

For the first time since the battle, Akane is uncertain on what to do now aside from getting to Korema fast. Her sword is still stuck at the soldier's stomach while she holds his wrist, carrying a sword. Shampoo and Ukyo go to her side as they have to figure out how to eliminate the rest of them. They look around only to see 35 more soldiers. Akane grabs the soldier as she and the rest headed to the center of the hallway while using him as a human shield. The three of them are still in their defensive position, hoping for a miracle to come while the rest of the Fatale 69 is waiting for the kill. Breathe in, breathe out. That's what the girls do aside from looking around. They're together side by side.

AKANE: [softly] Oh God, oh God, oh God...

SHAMPOO: What we do now? Too many enemies surround us!

AKANE: I-I don't know! Ukyo? Any ideas?

Ukyo mentally plan how to get out of this predicament. Then, an idea struck her.

UKYO: Akane, give me his sword.

AKANE: [confused] What?

UKYO: Just trust me! Give me the sword!

Akane reluctantly remove the sword from the soldier's grasp and gives it to Ukyo.

SHAMPOO: What are you up to?

UKYO: Okay girls, listen to me very carefully. When I say "now", I want you two to head for the stairs. I'm going to stall these fuckers.

SHAMPOO: [stunned] What? We can't leave you!

AKANE: Ukyo...

UKYO: Trust me. I know what I'm doing. But first, Akane get rid of the guy you're stabbing.

Akane nods and hopes that Ukyo's plan will work. She removes her sword from the soldier and kicks him away with two soldiers down on the ground.

[BGM: "Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz]

The girls resume their battle stances, but this time, Ukyo is carrying her spatula on her right hand and a katana on her left.

No no no no no no no no no

No no no no no no no no

No no no no no no no no

No no no no no

Nobody can do The shing-a-ling Like I do

The girls continue to fight them off. Each of them slashes one soldier while parrying the rest.

Nobody can do The skate

Like I do

Shampoo rolls on the ground and slashes another soldier's back while kicking the other on the face.

Nobody can do The boogaloo

Like I do

Akane slashes two soldiers across their ribs and immediately dodges an incoming swing of the sword. She stabs the attacker directly at the throat.

Nobody can do The philly

Like I do

Ukyo decides it's time that she does her own thing. She just hopes that it works.

UKYO: NOW!

Well don't you know I'm gonna skate

I'm doin', ain't nobody doin'

But me baby

Nobody but me

Akane and Shampoo jump over the soldiers and head to the stairs. Ukyo drops on the ground and begins to break dance while using both weapons to slice up the Fatale 69's legs. She cuts of one soldier's legs while another of his single foot. One soldier holds on his dear chopped off feet. All of them ruptured with blood, thus giving the new meaning "Blood on The Dance Floor".

Yes i gonna philly, I'm doin'

Ain't nobody doin'

But me baby

Nobody but me

Well let me tell you nobody

Nobody but me

Only a few are swept away off their feet but are not left unscathed. One soldier has his arm cut off. As for the rest, the poor saps have lost their feet, limbs and legs as they fell to the cute okonomiyaki chef's attack. She stands up and stabs the soldier in front of her with the katana and flips him over to the ground. All in all, Ukyo has eliminated an unbelievable 18 soldiers. Then again, that's what rage does to you. It either empowers you or dissolves you.

Well let me tell you

Nobody, nobody, nobody, etc.

Other Fatale 69s are chasing Akane and Shampoo, who are heading towards the stairs. Two Fatale 69s are waiting for them. They quickly come down at their direction. The one who is ahead of the other is facing Akane, ready to strike. Sadly for his part, the young Tendo slashes him deep across the chest. On the other hand, Shampoo makes her way to the top by jumping on the stair rail and run faster. The soldier who is waiting at her near the stair case swings his sword as Shampoo is near the floor. She jumps over the sword and slashes the soldier's back. The soldier tumbles down the stairs as Akane and Ukyo, who is behind her, avoid it. Right behind them are the remaining soldiers, including the kid Fatale 69 whom Ukyo dealt with earlier.

The girls entered a secluded room big enough for all combatants to enter. They remain focused on their enemies while moving backward. The soldiers enter the room while some destroyed the sliding doors so that they could get in. The Fatale 69s slowly walked up to them as the girls figure out another plan. But before either party could make a move, Dew turn off the power switch which surprised everyone. Everyone resumes their fighting positions. Although it was dark, the blue screen behind them illuminated the place due to unknown reasons. If one looks at them from outside, he or she could see their silhouettes behind the blue screen. The girls began to attack the Fatale 69s, tearing their limbs, legs and stabbing them while doing flips and rolls to avoid the attack. After eliminating them, the only one who is standing is the youngest Fatale 69, who is backing away from them whereas he is rapidly panting due to nervousness and fear. Ukyo is in front as they slowly approach him. Just as Ukyo is about to strike him, Dew quickly turn on the switch again. Ukyo is baffled on why this kid is always with her. She then decides to cut of the kid's sword piece by piece as he holds it as if he was clinging to it for dear life. When all the blades have been cut off into pieces, the kid drops the sword and makes another "don't hurt me" sign. Akane and Shampoo looked at their friend with worry that she might kill him since he's just a kid. Ukyo, on the other hand, has other plans. She grabs him by the collar and places him, his stomach over on her knee. What's will be the strangest thing ever done by Ukyo Kuonji, master okonomiyaki chef and the former "cute" fiancée of Ranma Saotome. She uses her spatula to spank the kid very hard on the butt.

UKYO: THIS [slap] IS [slap] WHAT [slap] YOU [slap] GET [slap] FOR [slap] FUCKING [slap] AROUND [slap] WITH [slap] THE [slap] HEARTLESS! [gives him her most powerful slap as she lets him go] GO HOME TO YOUR MOTHER!

The kid Fatale 69 burst into tears due to humiliation and embarrassment. He was spanked by a spatula. Had everyone seen him, he would be the laughing stock. He then went down the stairs hoping that he would never be seen again.

Akane and Shampoo give their best bewildered look at Ukyo. She just gives them a smile that means "I have no idea". Unknown to them, the captain carefully sneaked outside the room to prepare for a proper ambush. Without warning, the captain swiftly pulls a flying kick to Ukyo which sends her crashing through the sliding doors and might fall to the ground floor if she hadn't grab the railing. The captain begins to fight Akane and Shampoo, each putting their efforts to stop him while he counters their swords with his own. Their fight led outside of the room where Ukyo is climbing her way up. One swipe from Akane has the captain jump into the railing. Shampoo does the same thing as she begins to attack him. Ukyo finall stands up to the railing and jumps to the wall as she makes her way to the captain's back. The captain stops as he regains his composure and looks at the trio carefully. In front of him is Ukyo, behind him is Shampoo and below him is Akane. He then spins with his blades as an offense to parry Shampoo and Ukyo while he jumps over Akane's sword. The fight didn't last long as the captain made an ultimate mistake because his jumping had bad timing. Akane's Hanzo steel chops his legs off and at the same time, Shampoo and Ukyo manage to cut off his arms. The captain screamed in pain as he falls to the blood-filled pond.

Akane climbs to the railing with the others by her side. They see the fallen soldiers of the Fatale 69 and the blood-filled hallway. A lot of them are groaning on the ground while only a few stand up with injuries. Akane swipes her sword in the air to remove the blood.

AKANE: [in a cold yet deadly voice] Those of you lucky enough to have your lives, take them with you! However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now.

Akane pauses for a while and then addresses to Jinnai the next statement.

AKANE: [loudly] Except for you Jinnai! You stay right where you are!

The three girls jumped down to the ground and at the very most right side of the balcony is a door. Jinnai, on the other hand, called for help but no one has heard him.

When they opened the door, they are surprised to see three doors. One door is near the stair case that leads to another door. The third one is actually a sliding door is located at the right side of the room.

UKYO: Now what?

SHAMPOO: We split up? Right?

AKANE: Right, except...which door?

SHAMPOO: Shampoo will take door near the staircase.

UKYO: I'm going to take the one up.

AKANE: No choice, I'll take the sliding door. Okay, we meet at the hallway as soon as we find Ranma and the others.

Shampoo and Ukyo nod as the three of them head for the separate rooms.


Shampoo enters a room that is big as four Furinkan classrooms. Between her are sets of wooden tables at the sides of the room. The place is colored with pink with paintings and portraits hanging on the wall. She sees a door on the upper left corner of the room. But just she is about to go there, she sense a presence in the room.

DEW: [in a cute schoolgirl tone] Hi!

Shampoo looks at Dew, who is just getting up from her chair. She still carries her chain ball.

SHAMPOO: You must be Dew.

DEW: Bingo.

Dew approaches Shampoo.

SHAMPOO: Your reputation precedes me.

DEW: Really? You know, you have a pretty face. So pretty, I just want to mutilate it. Tell me, am I pretty?

Shampoo is taken aback by her question. What kind of her person is she? Tired of fighting the Fatale 69, Shampoo decides to tell her a lie. Besides, she's way prettier than the psycho girl.

SHAMPOO: You are pretty?

DEW: Really? Are you calling me pretty because I just told you you're pretty or just a plain, simple comment?

SHAMPOO: Out of pity. Shampoo beg you, get out of my way.

Dew laughs at her threats.

DEW: [giggles] You call that begging? [turns serious] You can beg better than that.

Dew drops the ball to the ground. Shampoo raises her eyebrow at the ball. Here we go again, she thought. She raises her sword at her, issuing a challenge. Then, Dew swings her chain ball upward. Shampoo prepares herself and makes a mental note not to commit the same mistakes again. Just as Dew advances herself towards the Amazon, the latter moves back to avoid the ball. This continues until Dew aims the chain ball at Shampoo. Shampoo avoids it by hitting it to the wall. The Amazon looks at her foe as the blond haired killer charges at her while swinging the ball at Shampoo. The latter defends herself by trying to hit the ball away from her. It did hit once and Dew turns around and runs while swinging the chain ball. Shampoo chases her while Dew suddenly turns around and surprisingly hits her in the chest. Shampoo staggers back, which leaves open for an advantage. Dew grabs Shampoo's sword by her chain ball and pulls it to leave her grasp. Shampoo also pulls the sword away from her but Dew pulls enough chains to release the sword to the ground. Dew swings the chain ball and kicks the ball to Shampoo's chest. The impact sends her back over the table and to the ground. Blood appears at Shampoo's mouth and her injuries at her chest were painful. Dew smirks at this. Shampoo flips back to the top and Dew throws her chain ball at her again. This time, Shampoo uses the table for protection by grabbing the leg. The chain ball smashes through the table and tears it apart.

The Amazon's only defense is a single table leg since she can't get her sword without being hit by a chain ball. She steps back again to avoid the weapon and figures out someway to defeat her. Dew swings her chain ball but Shampoo avoids it by pulling a back flip and lands at a table behind her. Dew charges at her while swinging the chain ball, then jumps at Shampoo, who then jumps to another table for evasion. Dew kicks the ball to Shampoo, who avoids it successfully. Dew quickly slams the weapon to Shampoo but instead smashes the table where the Amazon stood as she jumps to another. Frustrated, Dew begins to do a strange mix of swinging the chain ball while spinning the ball. Shampoo waits the right moment for the blonde girl to attack. She watches her move every second. Finally, Dew tosses the ball directly at her. When the ball approaches at her, Shampoo uses the table leg as a baseball bat and hits the ball. The chain ball aims at Dew, but she avoids it. In a strange sense, the ball hits the wall and bounces back at Dew's back of her head. It knocks her down and destroying the table. Shampoo pounces at her with the table leg yet Dew uses the chains to tie it. Dew then kicks Shampoo on the chest that sends her 10 ft. away from her. Shampoo crashes to the table and lands on the ground. At the tip of her chain is a switch. She turns the switch on and a metallic blade is revealed at the center of the ball horizontally. Just as Shampoo gets up, Dew performs another set of mix swings and it hits Shampoo's right shoulder. The latter yelps in pain and then she sees a cut on her shoulder. She faces Dew and is greeted by the now-sharp chain ball. Shampoo dodges the ball but the chain ties up on her neck. The ball is stuck on the wall. Dew yanks the chains hard as Shampoo tries to remove it. Shampoo fears this and prays for a miracle. The oxygen is again depleted as Dew jerks the chain away. The more she pulls the more painful for Shampoo. Then, another yank and Shampoo falls on her knees. Now, she is in deep trouble. She suddenly remembers a knife that is tied on her leg. She gets out the knife and stabs it on Dew's left foot. Dew screams as Shampoo deepens the knife through the foot, bursting out the blood. Shampoo removes the knife and shouts as she stabs Dew at the left side of her head. Dew releases the chains completely while Shampoo looks at the girl with less contempt. Sure, she nearly killed her but Shampoo respects her as a fine warrior. Blood flows out from Dew's both eyes like tears. She drops on her knees and dies. Shampoo removes the chain from her neck and grabs her sword. She moves on to find Mousse and the others.


Bina quickly stacked the papers in a single manila envelope. It was Korema's order to keep it away from them. Despite not having them read everything at all, she knew these were important. She's about to put the final paper into the envelope when she hears a noise from outside the room. She grabs her shotgun and loads two shotgun shells into it. As she walks toward the door, she aims the gun at it just in case of bushwhack. If she makes a bet, the girl with the large spatula will come after all. It applies to one of the laws of life: what goes around, comes around. Bina opens the door but just as she raises her shot gun in position, Ukyo greets her with a flying kick that sends her back to the room. Bina tries to shoot her but Ukyo grabs the gun and punches her in the face. Bina uses the tip of the gun to hit her in the face and sends her to the nearest wall. She is about to aim the gun at her when Ukyo kicks the gun away from her and quickly punches her at the face. Bina wobble away and hits on the bar table, knocking some glasses and wine bottles. Ukyo attacks her with three punches, each is deflected by Bina's shot gun [which by the way, uses it as a staff since she didn't have the time yet to shoot her]. Bina hits her with the shotgun on the face. Ukyo backs up a little and whips out her large spatula. She attacks Bina in a way fencers do. The boy-cut haired woman tries to counter the weapon, but gets slashed on the face. Bina hits on the bar table and as Ukyo swings her spatula at her, she uses the shotgun to disarm the weapon. Bina aims the gun at Ukyo but the latter grabs it and does the same thing the former did. The two women struggled to get the gun point at the each other. Ukyo hits Bina in the crotch that sends her lying at top of the bar table. Ukyo pushes the gun away from her and towards Bina's face. Bina kicks her on the knee but Ukyo doesn't easily budge in. The latter continued to push the shotgun at her enemy. Then, Bina headbutts her at the head. It was this time Ukyo finally lets her go as she herself staggers back. Ukyo has a sudden nose bleed and hold touches the blood that came out from her nose. The two women are infuriated with each other that they charge simultaneously and kick each other at the chest.

The kicks brought both of them down. They grimace at the pain but Bina quickly grabs her shotgun to shoot Ukyo and stands up. At the same time, Ukyo gets up and grabs her spatula. She slams Bina at the head and sends her flying back 10 ft. away to the wall. Bina hits her head on the wall while Ukyo charges at her with her spatula. Ukyo misses Bina's head as the former avoids the blade that hits the wall. Bina kicks her first on the foot and then the knee and lastly the chest that sends her flying 15 ft., crashing to the chair and table. Bina aims the shotgun at her as she quickly stands up. Realizing on what the gun-wielding will do, Ukyo grabs a mini spatula from her bandoleer and throws at Bina. The spatula scrapes off Bina's forehead, thus she accidentally shoots at the ceiling. Ukyo gets up and grabs a chair and disarms the caramel-haired woman's gun. Bina grabs the chair and removes it from Ukyo. Bina punches her in the face and does another punch. Ukyo grabs the incoming arm and kicks her on the ribs 2 times and then on the face. Ukyo does an arm grab flip and locks Bina's arm when the latter is down. The more Ukyo twists her arm, the more Bina shrieks in pain. Bina does a back kick at Ukyo's head. Ukyo lets her go as she drops on the ground. Bina stands up and grabs her shotgun while Ukyo with her spatula. When Ukyo faces her foes, Bina begins shooting at her. She misses her target. Ukyo runs around as Bina reloads and shoots at her. All her shots missed. When Ukyo reaches bar, she runs for cover as Bina shoots the wine bottles and the glasses. The glass shards and the wines pour all over Ukyo. She stands up and faces Bina but is greeted by the shotgun while at the same time, her spatula blade is inches near Bina's neck.

UKYO: You good with that shotgun?

BINA: Not that it matters at this range but I'm a fuckin' surgeon with this shotgun!

UKYO: Guess what bitch, I'm Xena the fucking Warrior Princess with this spatula and I've got you right in my sight! So, let's talk.

Ukyo looks at the envelope at the bar table.

UKYO: What's inside that envelope?

BINA: None that concerns you at all. But think about it, I've got the advantage here. I'm going to shoot you with REAL bullets.

UKYO: Tough. You're nothing but a gun whore.

Bina shoots at Ukyo but to her surprise, just as bullet approaches her, she lowers herself backwards. She misses the bullet in time and raises her spatula at Bina. Before Bina could react, Ukyo stabs her at the forehead. Bina immediately dies as she releases her shotgun. When Bina falls to the ground, Ukyo releases the spatula from her forehead. She looks at the envelope and sees documents inside. She decides to keep it for it may be something important.


Akane approaches the fifth sliding door in front of her. She hopes that this will lead to Ranma after some false starts. When she opens both doors, she is surprised to see a snow-filled garden with snow falling from above. In her mind, the weather today isn't hot but not cold enough. She decides to follow her curious nature and enters it. The garden itself is very large and follows the traditional Japanese gardens, with ponds, bonsai leaves and all. What's strange is that despite its snowy atmosphere, the place isn't cold enough. She slowly walks in to wander. Unknown to her, Korema, wearing a white kimono to blend in with the background is watching her. It wasn't until she decides to reveal her presence.

KOREMA: Your instrument is quite impressive.

Korema goes down to meet her opponent as Akane finally sees her. The 2 women continued to talk as they slowly approach each other.

KOREMA: Where did you get it?

AKANE: Somewhere around this world.

KOREMA: What's it called?

AKANE: The Hattori Hanzo steel.

KOREMA: [shocked as she stops walking] YOU LIE!

Akane shakes her head as she shows Korema the mark that makes the Hanzo sword unique. Despite this, Korema smirks at her. She comes down to face her opponent.

KOREMA: Swords never get tired. I hope you've saved your energy. If you haven't, you wouldn't last a minute or two. But as last looks go, you could do worst. So, do you like the garden? The snow, by the way, is artificial.

AKANE: [flatly] Impressive.

KOREMA: So, how's Sia doing? Slacking off?

AKANE: Did better than you do. Question.

KOREMA: Shoot.

AKANE: Where's the Keybearer?

KOREMA: In the dungeon. Go left and then right.

AKANE: You wouldn't lie to me now?

KOREMA: Why lie?

AKANE: Oh, Korema? The Hanzo sword is extremely sharp. Don't be surprised if I cut your arm off easily.

KOREMA: [smirks] I intend not to.

Korema removes her white clogs and walks to the arena, with her feet crunching the snow.

[BGM: "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda, this time from the beginning]

Korema finally faces Akane within a good distance. She touches the snow first by crouching gradually. Then she reveals the same sword she used to stab Akane earlier. She removes the black scabbard slowly, revealing the sword a bit. Finally she removes the sword from the scabbard as she holds the sword up with her right hand while the scabbard on her left in a fighting position. Unexpectedly, she begins to circle around the garden while her focus is on her opponent. Akane followed the same action. Both women circle around each other until they are back on when they first stood. Korema is still in her fighting position but Akane is now also in her fighting position.

Baby, do you understand me now?

Sometimes I feel a little mad

But, don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel

When things go wrong I seem to be bad

'Cause I'm just a soul whose intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Akane initiates the first strike as Korema blocks her attacks with her sword and her scabbard. Korema spins around and blocks the next one. When she moves forward with the sword and the scabbard, Akane backs up in her defensive mode. Korema puts her right knee on the ground and sits.

If I seem edgy I want you to know

That I never meant to take it out on you

Life has its problems

And I got my share

And that's one thing I never meant to do

'Cause I love you

Korema slowly stands up with her weapons intact. Akane is on defensive mode is she moves away slowly. Korema attacks her again until Akane chops off the scabbard into half. Korema drops the scabbard and holds the sword with her two hands. She smirks at Akane indicating that she won't go easy on her.

Baby, don't you know I'm just human

And I've got thoughts like any other one

And sometimes I find myself, oh Lord, regretting

Some foolish thing, some foolish thing I've done

But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Korema holds the sword aimed at Akane. Akane, on the other hand, slowly walks to her with her sword. Then, both swords clashed on each other. More parrying, slashing, sidestepping and taking a step back takes place. Both women gave their best and try to topple each other. Akane dodges the sword by rolling to the ground. She quickly turns around just in time to block Korema's sword. They circle around each other to let the other make a mistake. After a few seconds, they resume their battle. When Akane dodges another attack by rolling to the ground, she doesn't turn around as Korema slashes her back. She screams.

[music stop]

Akane clutches her wound in her back. Although the cut isn't long and deep, it still hurts like hell. She collapses to the ground on her back and breathes rapidly, inhaling and exhaling raggedly. Korema giggles at the fallen martial artist.

KOREMA: [giggles] Silly little girl likes to play with samurai swords. [positions her sword] You may not able to fight like a samurai, but at least you can die like one.

This time, Akane is very pissed off. There is no way she's going to defeat her again, she thought. She has come too far for this. Thus, in the world [or worlds] of miracles, Akane slowly gets up a bit until she stabs her sword to the ground for support. Korema widens her eyes with surprise as she sees the fatally injured girl gets up. Then, Akane composes her carefully and positions her self in a battle stance.

AKANE: [softly] Attack me...with all your might.

[Music resumes, this time starting at the clapping part]

Korema complies with her request as she deals the first blow on her. As Akane blocks, she staggers back a bit. Then, another round of blades clashing is initiated as they have given all they can to defeat another. But, Akane has seemed to improve the defense part particularly well. What's different this time is that the both of them are now concentrated on either cutting off the limbs or slashing them. Korema spins and swings her sword at her opponent but the latter dodges and strikes her at the right knee. Korema felt the pain and holds it as she moves back several meters away from Akane. Both women point their swords at each other. They are tired but have no choice but to finish the fight. The place is silent for the moment aside from the water flowing to the ground. The two women give each other looks. They finally realized that both of them have met their match, but still Korema thinks she's better than Akane. Breathe in, breathe out.

AKANE: Ready?

KOREMA: Come on.

Both women charge each other as they continue to attack. After a few clashes, Akane locks Korema with both swords and the former pushes her away. Korema then runs inside the wooden fence and Akane chases after her through the other side of the fence. Both women look at each other and when finally reached at the end of the fence, they greet each other with swinging blades. And then...blood is spilled on the snow.

[Music stops, at the end of the instrumental part]

A head is flown away and lands on the snow. Akane didn't look at her Korema, who is now beheaded by the Hattori Hanzo sword. Korema's corpse drops to the ground. Akane breathes rapidly and begins to walk away in a limp. After a few meters away from the corpse, she sits down on a small bench to rest and gather her thoughts. She finally did it. She killed a person. Okay, maybe the rest of the Fatale 69 members aren't humans since they have black blood. And then, there was Jinnai. She didn't know why she did that. Maybe it was revenge that consumed her. She doesn't know what to think, except that she killed a person who nearly killed her. An almost vicious cycle of sorts. As a martial artist, killing isn't on her list for it would make her very dishonorable. But would honor save her against those who are trying to stop her, Ranma and everyone else? Honor, in a real battlefield, has no place. But she disagreed on that part. Maybe she could do that, with the right people. She stands up and goes to the dungeon. Thinking made her stressed out.

[BGM: "Sunrise" by Norah Jones]

Sunrise, sunrise

Looks like mornin' in your eyes

But the clocks held 9:15 for hours

Sunrise, sunrise

Couldn't tempt us if it tried

'Cause the afternoon's already come and gone

Akane follows the direction Korema had given her. Then she finally sees the door. She stops for a while to think. She is nervous because this time around, it will be very awkward for her and Ranma after their fight. She doesn't know what to say to him.

And I said hoo...

To you

It was decided. She opens the door and is shocked to see a half-naked Ranma chained up and beaten into a bloody pulp. Akane's heart is broken to see him like this. She remembers him sacrificing his life to save her from crazy princes and a god. This time, the favor is returned. She saves him.

Surprise, surprise

Couldn't find it in your eyes

But I'm sure it's written all over my face

Ranma wakes up to hear footsteps. He's still in a weaken position to see who is approaching. It could be Korema arriving to torture him again. There is no way he would tell her because...he doesn't know the answers to her questions. He tries to open his eyes but it's very painful to do so. Although he is very strong, he can't take the torture any longer.

RANMA: [growling] Get away...old...hag...

Surprise, surprise Never something I could hide When I see we made it through another day

When he takes a good look, he is surprised to see a mix of black and red blood filled all over Akane and her yellow track suit. Wait, Akane? Did he see the dead? It can't be, he thought. They said she was dead. Then again they were probably lying. Akane approaches him and stops when she's near him. Ranma and Akane look at each other face to face. She grins at the beaten up Ranma. She is happy that she's alright. Ranma, on the other hand, is dumbfounded.

RANMA: Oh.

And I said hoo...

To you

Akane uses her Hanzo sword to release Ranma from the chains. Then she carries him with his arm across her shoulders. Ranma is quite a bit heavy for her to carry but she uses her remaining strength to accomplish it.

Now good night

Throw its cover down

On me again

Ooh and if I'm right

It's the only way

To bring me back

When they meet Shampoo and Ukyo, who are respectively carrying Mousse and Ryoga, both are in their cursed forms and unconscious. Ranma looks around the place and to his horror, many soldiers are either dead or injured. Body parts and black blood are scattered everywhere. They decided to get out of the place.

Hoo...

To you Hoo...


It has been 2 days since the showdown and one morning, Ranma wakes up by the blinding rays of the sunlight. He slowly gets up and looks at his body, which is covered by bandages. He looks at his side to see Akane, sleeping on the chair. Then, he sits on the bed with his feet on the floor. That action caused a lot of noise, thus Akane wakes up to see him sitting on the bed. Both of them faced each other and then lower their heads. They haven't talked to each other for a minute until Ranma decides to speak up.

RANMA: We need to talk

AKANE: Yeah we do.

Another silence for a minute.

AKANE: Some one should speak before we have white hair.

RANMA: I thought you were-

AKANE: Dead? She should have done better than that.

RANMA: How's-

AKANE: Shampoo and Ukyo are okay. So do Mousse and Ryoga.

RANMA: How about you?

AKANE: Fine. Still recovering from a slash behind my back.

RANMA: [stunned] What?

AKANE: We rescued you guys but on the process we get injured. We have no choice but to...kill them.

RANMA: Kill? Wait, I remember seeing dead bodies...oh no.

AKANE: Ranma, we don't have a choice. It's to kill or to be killed. Clearly, there is no third option. I also killed-

RANMA: You kill? You kill? What were you thinking? You're a martial artist, for cripe's sake!

AKANE: Wow, thanks for the late acknowledgement.

RANMA: Akane, I'm serious about here. We martial artists use our strength to protect the innocent. We should also be honorable! Not use it to kill!

AKANE: You don't understand! You never do! I went through hell and back just to rescue you. And for the record, those soldiers there aren't humans. I don't know what they are but they're not human. What if you were in my position, and I'm the one who got captured? [pauses] Wait, it already did happen. Many times.

RANMA: But I don't kill them.

AKANE: How about our favorite Phoenix god? Don't give me that b.s.

RANMA: That was different. The reason why I did that is because...I thought...you were...look, honor-

AKANE: Honor? I'm so sick of that word of the moment. We're not in Nerima anymore, Ranma. We are facing opponents who are trying to kill you! We're just the cannon fodder. This isn't just the "trying to kill you" type courtesy of your rivals. This is the type wherein they WILL kill you.

RANMA: Since when did you become so insightful?

AKANE: Since I was stabbed. [Ranma widens his eyes] Long story. Look, I also have honor. But, this is for saving the worlds, including ours. Not the idiotic honors our fathers, your mother or Happosai have withheld all throughout their lives. Gladly, I will risk my life to safe the innocent. Do you understand what I'm saying here Ranma? You can fight evil and maintain your honor, just don't let it overcome you. Use it for the right reasons. Don't do it for others' sakes only but for your self. Also, there are those who are trying and willing to kill you since you're the new head boy for the innocents and the like.

Ranma looks at Akane and ponders on what she has just said. He has a high sense of honor but realizes that it has brought him nothing but grief. There is some good to it right? For one thing, he was respected by his peers. But Akane, Shampoo and Ukyo risked their lives to save them though they have no choice to kill.

AKANE: [stands up] I've got to go. I'm going to get a glass of water.

Akane opens the door and exits the room. Ranma just sits there, concentrating on his own thoughts. He looks at the door when he hears a knock. Sia opens the door and looks at Ranma.

SIA: Ah so, Keybearer. At last we meet.

RANMA: I have a name you know.

SIA: Ranma Saotome. Akane told me who you are.

RANMA: And the word spreads out.

SIA: The name's Sia. The new ruler of Amarya. You have questions, I'll answer them. Shoot.

RANMA: Where am I?

SIA: You're in the Amarya palace. God it took us hours to clean up the mess. But I have to tell you, Akane did learn a lot from my tutelage.

RANMA: You trained her how to kill?

SIA: No choice. Anyway, I need to ask you a question. Do you know a man by the name of ?

RANMA: ? No I don't. Who is he?

SIA: is a Keybearer like you.

RANMA: Really?

SIA: He and his two friends came here a long time ago. He was looking for a Keyhole. Then, after finding it, they went to another dimension. I didn't understand what was that all about until he came here a few years ago alone.

RANMA: What happened to his two friends?

SIA: He didn't mention anything. He told me about the whole "Key" thing. That was then I understood about it. But...there's something disturbing on what he said.

RANMA: What is it?

SIA: He told me that the Keybearer is a black, white and gray matter. The power of the Keybearer is so supreme that even that most innocent one can be corrupted by that.

RANMA: Okay...what's so disturbing about that?

SIA: You never get it do you?

RANMA: Oh I get it. But what's with the full alarm?

SIA: Don't know. Speaking of which, you're here for the Keyhole am I right? [Ranma nods] Follow me.

The two went outside the palace with Sia leading Ranma until a few miles away they reach a small graveyard.

RANMA: What is this?

SIA: This used to be a garden. This is now a graveyard of my family.

RANMA: I'm sorry.

The Keyblade suddenly appears on Ranma's hand. He directs the Keyblade at the graveyard and a beam shoots from the blade to the ground. It reveals the Keyhole and as usual, Ranma locks it. The blade turns into a very sharp sword similar to Akane's Hanzo sword, except with the Keyblade design.

SIA: I forgot to tell you. Each Keyblade you earn has its own special abilities. I suggest that you test it. And give them names by the way.

RANMA: How about you do the honors?

SIA: Okay. That will be called the Hanzo Keyblade. The rest is up to you.

RANMA: It means we have to go now to another crazy adventure.


TIFA: I'm not the emotional softie but I'm going to miss you.

UKYO: You guys are going to stay here?

PAINE: No choice.

UKYO: Sad.

RANMA: Hey, anything we miss?

The NWCs, Paine, Freya, Quistis, Tifa and Sia meet at a secluded location. The NWCs are healed up but the girls are still injured so they have to do less fighting in the future until they're fully healed up. Mousse begins to conjure a portal and appears in front of them. Surprisingly, another portal appears on the left.

MOUSSE: What the-

AKANE: [to the four women] I think this portal is for you.

QUISTIS: It's impossible!

SIA: Go.

TIFA: What? What about you?

SIA: [smiles] I'll be fine. I know you miss your homes. This might be your big chance.

PAINE: Are you sure?

SIA: Yes.

The four women each hug Sia and then to the girls. They enter the portal and the next minute, the portal closes itself.

SHAMPOO: Shampoo miss them.

AKANE: Yeah.

UKYO: Same here. They were great.

MOUSSE: [confused] Do I sense homoeroticism here? [the three girls glare at him] What?

RYOGA: We better go now.

AKANE: Yeah. [to Sia] Thanks for everything. [hands over the sword] Here, I'll give this back to you.

SIA: Keep it.

AKANE: Really?

SIA: Just be careful with it. Oh, I forgot. [takes out a bracelet from her pocket] Here, wear this.

Sina puts the bracelet at Akane's wrist. It only has a light blue and a white small sphere in it. Then Sia whispers something to her. Akane kept on nodding. They part ways as Ryoga, Mousse, Shampoo and Ukyo have already entered the portal. Only Ranma is left waiting for Akane. Akane approaches him and is ready to move to another world.

RANMA: You ready?

AKANE: Anything for the world...worlds. Yeah, worlds.


UP NEXT: See what Riku is up to and find out why he has two names.


AUTHOR'S NOTES:

1. This is the hardest chapter I've had written so far. All the references you've seen are from Kill Bill Vol. 1, except the Ukyo-Bina fight scene in Vol. 2, minus the dunking in the toilet.

2. I already have three summons at bay. If you have any suggestions, tell me.

3. The next story arc will feature Axel, the new character from "Kingdom Hearts 2" and "KH: Chain of Memories" and two familiar anime characters. One is evil and the other is someone everyone loves to hate.