Ranma May Cry.
Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of the series/characters used in this fic. They belong to someone else. I am not making any profit writing this.
This will be a Ranma ½ D.M.C. (Devil May Cry) crossover/fusion. The story will start at the beginning, Ranma arriving at the Tendo's. There will be a mayor difference, he will be very OOC but this will be explained later on. The story will be rather dark and contain fairly bloody scenes. Also the story will take place after the events in the game. Now I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Five
* *: Panda sign
: Thoughts
"Phantom, what are you doing here, I thought you where dead?" Ranma was standing face to face with a huge spider like demon. He knew the demon from what Ranma had told him about it. It was called Phantom and Dante had told him that he had killed it when he was after Mundus. But now here it was standing in front of him looking very much alive.
The huge spider looked at the young Saotome in front of him and laughed. "So you are the young man my master is afraid of. I don't think you're so impressive. From what I can see you're nothing but a young boy."
The spider took a few steps towards Ranma while took a few steps back. He knew how strong Phantom was supposed to be and he didn't want to fight now. "What are you doing here Phantom?"
The spider laughed again. "Don't you get it, I'm here to kill you. My master sent me here to take care of you." As it spoke it took another few steps towards Ranma and slowly raised its tail.
Ranma seeing the spider coming towards him backed away trying not to let the spider close on him. Looks like I've got to fight it. I can't run because it will probably follow me and attack wherever I am. Let's see what did Dante tell me about this guy. Ranma began to recall his conversations with Dante about this particular demon. Dante had told him that it could shoot fireballs from its mouth and back it could also jump up in the air and land on top of it's enemy. He also tried to find out a bit more of how it was possible that Phantom was still alive. "So you say you've found a new master, let me guess Lothar felt pity for you and took you in?"
"Ha, looks like you're getting scared, trying to talk and keep me from attacking you. But this won't do you much good. I will kill you, you see I've changed since I fought with Dante. Master Lothar has given me some new abilities. Watch." Slowly Phantom raised its tail high up in the air and it started to glow bright red.
Ranma thinking this would be the best chance to attack took a deep breath and leaped forward. Ranma almost seemed to fly through the air. Phantom was about 30 feet away from him when Ranma attacked.
Phantom didn't even blink one of its eight eyes as Ranma attacked. As Ranma raced towards Phantom him he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. As he was about 10 feet away from Phantom his instincts screamed for him to get away from Phantom. Ranma immediately jumped up in the air. As he jumped Phantom raised his front two legs and in a flash the legs changed into two large claws. The spider now resembled a scorpion. The two claws snapped Ranma, where Ranma was fast in jumping away, Phantom's claws where faster and it managed to clip Ranma's abdomen.
As soon as Ranma landed he jumped back again as a huge fireball struck the ground where he had landed. The fireball melted the stone away and when Ranma landed and looked at where Phantom was supposed to be, he found him not there. Ranma immediately looked up and saw Phantom high up in the air, ready to come down on top of Ranma. Ranma then cupped his hands and let loose one of his own attacks. "Okay you big arachnid, it's my turn now, Meteor!!" A huge flaming meteor shot from Ranma's hands in Phantoms direction. Ranma knew that it would be almost impossible for Phantom to dodge this attack.
Again Phantom showed no fear as the meteor flew in its direction. The attack connected solidly in midair and a huge explosion followed. Ranma smiled as he saw the explosion. That'll teach that eight-legged freak. Ranma was about to turn and walk away when the hairs in his neck stood up. On instinct he rolled away, just in time as Phantoms tail struck the place where Ranma was standing. When Ranma had rolled away he got back to his feet and turned, intend on attacking again when a sharp pain went through his chest. Looking at his chest he saw a large gash and noticed another tail hanging ominous above him. He then noticed that Phantom had two tails. "What the hell.."
"Ah it looks like you finally noticed. Like I said before I've been given a few new abilities and also you must have noticed that my armor is to strong for your puny attacks. So what would you say if you'd just stood there and I impale you with my tails?" Again Phantom walked towards Ranma its tails and claws waving through the air.
Ranma had to admit he was a bit outmatched at the moment. The attack he had used against Phantom was at full strength and still it did nothing. He could also tell that coming close to Phantom would be hard considering it had two tails and a pair of claws to use against Ranma. Also the fact that he was bleeding didn't do him much good. He could tell that he was loosing blood fairly fast and had to tend to the wounds. It seemed that the claws and tails where covered with some kind of poison because the wounds weren't closing, in fact it seemed as if they where burning. The poison was interfering with his healing powers. Man this is not good. Sure I could fly up in the air and attack him from up there but I have a feeling that my attacks will do little to that armor. I need to get in close so I can attack him physically but I'm not even sure if that'll work. Man I wish Dante were here to help me out right now.
Phantom noticed by the look in Ranma's eyes that he was having difficulty fighting the new and improved Phantom. "Now don't worry, this isn't going to hurt,.....ME." Phantom rushed forward as its tails struck at Ranma from above.
Ranma quickly jumped back and immediately noticed that he was standing against a wall. Quickly he viewed the situation and found a possible if not risky way out. The aim of the tails was slightly off and they left a small gap between the tails and Phantoms body. Focusing Ranma jumped up slightly and turned so his feet where against the wall and he pushed of aiming towards the gap between the tails.
Phantom saw Ranma's move and as he flew towards it he tried to grab Ranma with its claws but got nothing but air. Okay if that doesn't work then try this.
Ranma thought he was going to make it but as he passed under the tails a huge fireball struck him and soon after that two others struck him head on. Shit I forgot about his ability to shoot fireballs from its back. Ranma flew through the air and landed almost 100 meters away from Phantom. He landed with a loud thud and became imbedded in the ground. He tried to get up but couldn't move at all. Opening his eyes he found his view blurred and tried to shake away the haze in front of his eyes. As soon as he had done that he saw Phantom hanging high up in the air. Oh shit I've got to get up or I'll become road kill. He tried to move but still found himself unable to do so. As he saw Phantom come down on him he saw Samantha's face looking at him with a sad look on her face. He then saw Akane standing there in front of what seemed to be demon. And the demon raised one of its claws ready to slash Akane. "AKANE NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" And with sheer will power Ranma jumped up and rolled away from where he was lying.
As soon as Ranma was away from where he was lying everything started to spin and then his vision blurred and he saw nothing but darkness. At first he thought he had passed out but then he saw a small flame light up in the distance. Slowly Ranma walked towards the flame and as he came closer he saw a figure standing near the fire. As soon as Ranma was close enough he saw whom it was standing in front of the fire. It was Ifrit, it was standing there staring at what seemed to be a pillar of fire. Slowly Ifrit turned around and faced Ranma. "Hello Ranma, looks like you're in trouble."
"Ifrit, what's going on here, where am I?" Ranma stopped in front of Ifrit and looked at it.
"You're inside your own mind, right now your body is still out there defending against Phantoms attacks. Don't worry you're doing just fine. I pulled you in here so I could have a talk with you." Ifrit then sat down in front of the fire and motioned Ranma to do the same.
"Ranma tell me why are you holding back your powers?"
"Huh what do you mean I'm not holding back, when I attacked Phantom just now I used all my strength."
"Don't lie to me Ranma I could tell that you where holding back. In fact whenever you used your demon powers you would hold them back and I think I know why."
"Oh then why am I holding back?"
"You're afraid that if you use your full power you will change into a demon because of your powers. I can understand why you fear that if you'd have the powers from another demon you would probably change into a demon yourself."
Suddenly it hit Ranma, Ifrit was right. He was afraid of becoming that which he hated the most, a demon. He had the feeling that he could do a lot more but he didn't have the guts to go all out. "Yeah, you're right but what's wrong with that? I don't want to become a demon myself."
"I can understand your feelings but tell me what do you know of the demon from whom you inherited your powers?"
Ranma started to think but he knew nothing of the demon from whom he inherited his powers. Sure Dante told him that it was a powerful demon but no more. "No I don't know anything about the demon."
"Then let me tell you about the demon. There is very little known about the demon but I'll tell you what I know. When man walked the earth for the first time there where no negative emotions in their harts. As time passed man started to get darker emotions, hate anger, jealousy and many more. As soon as man started to have these darker emotions a demon was born. As you may or may not know there are many demons in existence, some lower demons but also some higher demons. Most of the higher demons came into existence when man showed a certain emotion. And now they call themselves masters of those emotions. But before those higher demons came into existence there was one Demon who was born from all of those dark emotions."
"You mean that I got my powers from the first demon ever to walk the earth? Then I have feeling that it's wise not to risk using my full power and becoming a demon."
"If it where any other demon then you would be right but there is something about that demon that I still have to tell you. You see next to being the first and there for most powerful demon to be born it was also the first schizophrenic."
"Schitzo whatzo??" Ranma remembered having heard the word somewhere before but he couldn't place it.
"Schizophrenic, that's when a person has two different personalities, get it now?"
"Yeah now I remembered having seen a documentary about that. It's pretty strange."
"Well as I said, the demon who gave you his powers, I'll call him Baernemon, was also a schizo. You see he had two completely different personalities. One of his personalities was a typical demon. You know, one who likes to kill, maim and rape and that shit."
"Yeah I see, just like most of the demons. Almost every demon I know are sickos liking to kill and that stuff." Sure Ranma knew that he liked to kill demons but he had a reason to do so. They had killed the one he loved and also killed many innocent people if they got the chance.
"Yeah you're right but remember he had two different personalities, one pure evil and the other was what you might call a normal caring human man. You see his other personality was a gentle and caring one who didn't like to kill and maim and do stuff like that. He was a demon who wanted to care for someone, this personality found the human race interesting and used his power to change himself into a human being and spend time with the humans. While Baernemon was walking among normal people he met a young woman, whose name I don't know. For Baernemon it was love at first side and he decided there and then that he wanted to be with humans and live on as a human. He went to talk to the young woman and eventually he moved in with the young woman. When they lived together for the first few years they did nothing but talk and enjoy their lives as they where. But soon after those years the inevitable happened she became pregnant with his child. Also before I go on I must say that he had already told her about the fact that he was a demon but she was so in love with him that she didn't care about that. Unfortunately other people had found out about the fact that she was sleeping with a demon and was carrying his child. The people of her town gathered and where intend on getting rid of the demon and killing the witch who dared to sleep with a tainted one. When the village people showed up Baernemon stepped out and tried to reason with the people but to no avail. He then decided that no matter what he had to do, his child and wife would be safe. So he wanted to use his powers to stop the crowd but little did he know that when he conceived the child with his wife he had transferred all his powers to that child and he became that which he wanted to be, a human being. When he noticed this he couldn't care about that. He went back in the house and told his wife to run and live on with their child. At first she didn't want to go, she wanted to die with her husband. He then told her that she had to live on and give birth to their child and take raise him/her as a human. He didn't care about dying, he had expected something like this was going to happen but he couldn't die knowing that the one he loved, carrying his child died with him. So after literally shoving her out of the door he picked up something to use as a weapon to buy her some time to escape. The villagers captured him and tried to capture his wife but she had managed to get away. He was then imprisoned and tortured until death. His wife managed to get away and found another village where she could live. She gave birth to a young girl who she named Alustriel. She grew up to be a fine girl and later married and got children. Because she was the daughter of a demon she had also inherited his powers but didn't know about them so she didn't manifest the powers. When she had children and her children had children and so on, everyone born from Baernemon blood had the potential of becoming the first human who possessed the full power of a demon. So you see you don't have to be afraid of becoming an evil demon. Because of his friendly nature he had also transferred his personality to his child and that same personality was part of any of his "children". You know what was so special about that personality?"
"No, what's that." Ranma was completely caught up in the story and wanted to know all he could about his great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great-grandfather.
"There was one trade especially present in each of his "children" they would care for the ones they loved and protect innocent people not matter what. Now tell me are you still afraid of using your full power?"
Ranma thought about the story Ifrit had told him came to a conclusion, he was a fool to think he would become a demon, he was also a human and this human side would make sure he didn't change. "No I know now that I was a fool not to use the powers I was given. But now I have to find a way to get close since I have a feeling that my ranged attacks are not that effective."
"I think I can help you with that. I'll give you a few hints, ready?"
Ranma looked at Ifrit with a confused luck, was Ifrit going to help or not. "Yeah I guess."
"Good here's the first, what did Dante use to beat Phantom? Two, You can use me, or better yet the gauntlets I represent as a lens through which you can focus your powers. Now get there and kick that demon's ass."
"I'll do that and after that I'm going to pick up Akane and go on with my trip, I still have to find out why I hurt Kuno so badly." Ranma was about to try and regain control of his body when Ifrit stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. "Huh, what's the matter Ifrit?"
"About why you acted the way you did against Kuno. I believe I'm to blame for that. You see when we fused into one being your emotions got kind of messed up, messed up in the way that you where more sensitive to certain stimuli. Also because our fusion wasn't complete when Kuno started to come down on your fighting skills. Normally you wouldn't have reacted like you did but because of our incomplete fusion my personality was able to surface when you fought Kuno. And you know, when he was putting down your skills he was also putting down my skills and I couldn't accept that and more or less took over your body. But don't worry you'll be in full control of your body in a day or so because then out fusion would be complete. Also I must ad that if you had been any other person you would have killed Kuno. It was your will power that saved his life, oh your willpower and Akane being there. Now get out of here and kick Phantoms ass."
Ifrit gave Ranma a slap on his shoulder as Ranma still thought about his words. He was glad that he knew now why he had reacted the way he did and that it would be over soon. Now he could go out and get rid of Phantom once and for all. Closing his eyes Ranma tried to take control of his body again and after a few seconds he was back in control. It took him a second to determine his position and where Phantom was. As he landed he dropped into a casual stance and glared at Phantom. "Okay Phantom play time is over, it's time to finish you off."
"Ah you still think you can beat me, I like to see you try that. Come on then and show me what you've got." Phantom raised his claws and readies its tails. It thought that Ranma was nothing more then a waste of time and he would kill him fast and painful. Little did it know that Ranma had changed a bit and was now more capable of handling something like a huge spider.
Ranma quickly checked the state his body was in. He didn't know what exactly had happened while he was talking to Ifrit. The wounds even though they where bleeding pretty bad wouldn't slow him down if his guess about his power was correct. Sure there seemed to be some poison in his body that slowed his healing but that would pass. Looking at Phantom he noticed that it was slowly stalking towards him, lave dripping from its maw. Ranma knew that it thought to have already won. Ranma couldn't help but chuckle.
Phantom noticed Ranma's chuckle and stopped. It wondered what would cause Ranma to chuckle like that? Did he like to be cut to pieces by a demon? "What's so funny, do you like the fact that you're going to die soon? If so then I'm glad to be able to please you."
Ranma didn't say a thing but closed his eyes. Okay now I'll show what I'm capable of you fucking demon.
Suddenly Ranma's eyes snapped open and Phantom felt a huge flow of power coming from Ranma. This put him on edge as he had thought Ranma not having much strength left. Before it could even blink Ranma moved, he came straight towards him his hands glowing bright red.
Ranma was gathering his powers in his hands and had decided to test a new technique, which he hadn't used on a demon before. "Okay let's see if we can get rid of that armor of yours. Chou Haipawaa Tatakikawasu!!!!
Phantom hearing Ranma screaming what seemed to be some kind of attack could say but one thing. "HUH??!!"
As soon as Ranma was close enough he released his attack, within a few second he had managed to hit Phantom all over his body. To Phantom the punches seemed like it was being petted. Little did it know what kind of attack it was he had just suffered.
Phantom ignored Ranma's attack and raised his tails and stuck but he struck nothing but air. Ranma seemed to have simply disappeared. It then felt a power above in the air and looked up. What he saw there made all eight of its eyes go wide as dinner plates. High up in the air he saw Ranma hovering a bright red aura surrounding him and two wings made of plasma coming from his back. "What the I wasn't told he could sprout wings from his back."
"Okay Phantom let's see if you're ready. BREAK!!" With those words pain shot through Phantoms body and his stone like armor shattered to pieces. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH" Phantom roared as he felt his armor being stripped away. Never had it felt pain like this.
Inside Ranma's mind something very very strange was happening. We see what seems to be a Balor demon wearing a tight t-shirt, a skimpy skirt and pom- poms cheerleading. It was dancing kicking his hairy legs up and waving its arms "Go Ranma, Go Ranma, Go Ranma Go Go."
Imagine a Balor demon in a skirt without underwear.... Yuck don't imagine that it's not good for your heart or appetite for that matter.
"Now Phantom you're life ends here, I'm making sure you never come back gain" With that Ranma's aura grew even bigger and brighter. "IFRTIT!!!" As soon as he had spoken the words a bright light engulfed his arms and as the light faded there where two golden, black gauntlets on his arms. Just looking at them told anyone that getting stuck with those would hurt, a lot. Ranma began to focus his powers in his hands and transferred the power into the gauntlets. "FLARE!!!"
"Yeah like that Ranma, Go Go!" Ifrit's cheering increased as Ranma progressed.
"Now, give me a S!"
"Give me a W!"
"Give me an O!"
"Give me a R!"
"Give me a D!"
"What do we get?"
"LANCEEE!!!!!!"
"Yes swor.. Hey wait a minute that's not a S-word. Oh man looks like Ranma wants to do what he wants. Oh well bet it's really effective." Ifrit had expected Ranma to create a sword but now it seemed that Ranma had created something else.
The power in Ranma's hands reached its peak and out shot what seemed to be a large 15ft lance. The lance was made out of fire yet still seemed solid. Ranma readied the lance and threw it towards Phantom.
Phantom felt the power increase in Ranma's boy but couldn't do anything, it was to scared. When Ranma threw the lance it tried to raise its claws to block the attack but the lance went right through its claws and shot into its mouth and came out through its stomach. It was dead within a second. As soon as it was dead its body started to dissolve and as it dissolved something came out of its body.
Ranma's eyes went wide as he saw what came out of Phantom's body. Out came the body of a young girl wearing nothing and from what Ranma could see she was still alive but very weak. He dropped down and folded his wings as he walked towards the girl, his lance was still sticking from the ground. When he was close enough he kneeled and checked the girls pulse. His guess was right, she was still alive but weak. He decided to go to the restaurant where Akane would hopefully be waiting. He also knew that he had to get here there as soon as possible. He picked her up and out shot his wings. He didn't care if anyone saw him, he had to hurry. He jumped up in the air and flew of towards the restaurant. He kept low to the ground to stay out of sight as much as possible.
Akane was huffing and puffing as she made it to the restaurant. She had run the entire way there and was completely out of breath. She was about to enter the restaurant to get some water when she heard what seemed to a jet approaching. She turned around and her jaw nearly dropped to the ground, she prayed no one was here to see this. What she saw was Ranma, his wings out flying towards her. A trail of fire was behind him as he flew towards her. She could tell that he was hurt but his wound weren't what caught her attention. He was carrying something or better yet someone. As he came closer she could tell it was a girl without any clothes on. As Ranma touched down in front of her she got a better look at the girl that Ranma was holding and she gasped. "Asuka?"
Again till next time.
1 Ranma's Attack's
Chou Haipawaa Tatakikawasu = Ultra(or hyper) Highpowered Shatter:
By focusing his demon power in his fists he is able to leave small amounts of the energy inside items/beings. These energy fragments act like a time bomb and explode on Ranma's command. If a person/item strength is high enough then nothing will happen.
Flare Lance: This is a technique Ranma is now able to use because he now will use his full demon powers. By using Ifrits gauntlets as a lens through which he can focus his powers, he is able to create a solid lance made out of fire. This also allows him to create other objects, swords axes and alike.
Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of the series/characters used in this fic. They belong to someone else. I am not making any profit writing this.
This will be a Ranma ½ D.M.C. (Devil May Cry) crossover/fusion. The story will start at the beginning, Ranma arriving at the Tendo's. There will be a mayor difference, he will be very OOC but this will be explained later on. The story will be rather dark and contain fairly bloody scenes. Also the story will take place after the events in the game. Now I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Five
* *: Panda sign
: Thoughts
"Phantom, what are you doing here, I thought you where dead?" Ranma was standing face to face with a huge spider like demon. He knew the demon from what Ranma had told him about it. It was called Phantom and Dante had told him that he had killed it when he was after Mundus. But now here it was standing in front of him looking very much alive.
The huge spider looked at the young Saotome in front of him and laughed. "So you are the young man my master is afraid of. I don't think you're so impressive. From what I can see you're nothing but a young boy."
The spider took a few steps towards Ranma while took a few steps back. He knew how strong Phantom was supposed to be and he didn't want to fight now. "What are you doing here Phantom?"
The spider laughed again. "Don't you get it, I'm here to kill you. My master sent me here to take care of you." As it spoke it took another few steps towards Ranma and slowly raised its tail.
Ranma seeing the spider coming towards him backed away trying not to let the spider close on him. Looks like I've got to fight it. I can't run because it will probably follow me and attack wherever I am. Let's see what did Dante tell me about this guy. Ranma began to recall his conversations with Dante about this particular demon. Dante had told him that it could shoot fireballs from its mouth and back it could also jump up in the air and land on top of it's enemy. He also tried to find out a bit more of how it was possible that Phantom was still alive. "So you say you've found a new master, let me guess Lothar felt pity for you and took you in?"
"Ha, looks like you're getting scared, trying to talk and keep me from attacking you. But this won't do you much good. I will kill you, you see I've changed since I fought with Dante. Master Lothar has given me some new abilities. Watch." Slowly Phantom raised its tail high up in the air and it started to glow bright red.
Ranma thinking this would be the best chance to attack took a deep breath and leaped forward. Ranma almost seemed to fly through the air. Phantom was about 30 feet away from him when Ranma attacked.
Phantom didn't even blink one of its eight eyes as Ranma attacked. As Ranma raced towards Phantom him he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. As he was about 10 feet away from Phantom his instincts screamed for him to get away from Phantom. Ranma immediately jumped up in the air. As he jumped Phantom raised his front two legs and in a flash the legs changed into two large claws. The spider now resembled a scorpion. The two claws snapped Ranma, where Ranma was fast in jumping away, Phantom's claws where faster and it managed to clip Ranma's abdomen.
As soon as Ranma landed he jumped back again as a huge fireball struck the ground where he had landed. The fireball melted the stone away and when Ranma landed and looked at where Phantom was supposed to be, he found him not there. Ranma immediately looked up and saw Phantom high up in the air, ready to come down on top of Ranma. Ranma then cupped his hands and let loose one of his own attacks. "Okay you big arachnid, it's my turn now, Meteor!!" A huge flaming meteor shot from Ranma's hands in Phantoms direction. Ranma knew that it would be almost impossible for Phantom to dodge this attack.
Again Phantom showed no fear as the meteor flew in its direction. The attack connected solidly in midair and a huge explosion followed. Ranma smiled as he saw the explosion. That'll teach that eight-legged freak. Ranma was about to turn and walk away when the hairs in his neck stood up. On instinct he rolled away, just in time as Phantoms tail struck the place where Ranma was standing. When Ranma had rolled away he got back to his feet and turned, intend on attacking again when a sharp pain went through his chest. Looking at his chest he saw a large gash and noticed another tail hanging ominous above him. He then noticed that Phantom had two tails. "What the hell.."
"Ah it looks like you finally noticed. Like I said before I've been given a few new abilities and also you must have noticed that my armor is to strong for your puny attacks. So what would you say if you'd just stood there and I impale you with my tails?" Again Phantom walked towards Ranma its tails and claws waving through the air.
Ranma had to admit he was a bit outmatched at the moment. The attack he had used against Phantom was at full strength and still it did nothing. He could also tell that coming close to Phantom would be hard considering it had two tails and a pair of claws to use against Ranma. Also the fact that he was bleeding didn't do him much good. He could tell that he was loosing blood fairly fast and had to tend to the wounds. It seemed that the claws and tails where covered with some kind of poison because the wounds weren't closing, in fact it seemed as if they where burning. The poison was interfering with his healing powers. Man this is not good. Sure I could fly up in the air and attack him from up there but I have a feeling that my attacks will do little to that armor. I need to get in close so I can attack him physically but I'm not even sure if that'll work. Man I wish Dante were here to help me out right now.
Phantom noticed by the look in Ranma's eyes that he was having difficulty fighting the new and improved Phantom. "Now don't worry, this isn't going to hurt,.....ME." Phantom rushed forward as its tails struck at Ranma from above.
Ranma quickly jumped back and immediately noticed that he was standing against a wall. Quickly he viewed the situation and found a possible if not risky way out. The aim of the tails was slightly off and they left a small gap between the tails and Phantoms body. Focusing Ranma jumped up slightly and turned so his feet where against the wall and he pushed of aiming towards the gap between the tails.
Phantom saw Ranma's move and as he flew towards it he tried to grab Ranma with its claws but got nothing but air. Okay if that doesn't work then try this.
Ranma thought he was going to make it but as he passed under the tails a huge fireball struck him and soon after that two others struck him head on. Shit I forgot about his ability to shoot fireballs from its back. Ranma flew through the air and landed almost 100 meters away from Phantom. He landed with a loud thud and became imbedded in the ground. He tried to get up but couldn't move at all. Opening his eyes he found his view blurred and tried to shake away the haze in front of his eyes. As soon as he had done that he saw Phantom hanging high up in the air. Oh shit I've got to get up or I'll become road kill. He tried to move but still found himself unable to do so. As he saw Phantom come down on him he saw Samantha's face looking at him with a sad look on her face. He then saw Akane standing there in front of what seemed to be demon. And the demon raised one of its claws ready to slash Akane. "AKANE NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" And with sheer will power Ranma jumped up and rolled away from where he was lying.
As soon as Ranma was away from where he was lying everything started to spin and then his vision blurred and he saw nothing but darkness. At first he thought he had passed out but then he saw a small flame light up in the distance. Slowly Ranma walked towards the flame and as he came closer he saw a figure standing near the fire. As soon as Ranma was close enough he saw whom it was standing in front of the fire. It was Ifrit, it was standing there staring at what seemed to be a pillar of fire. Slowly Ifrit turned around and faced Ranma. "Hello Ranma, looks like you're in trouble."
"Ifrit, what's going on here, where am I?" Ranma stopped in front of Ifrit and looked at it.
"You're inside your own mind, right now your body is still out there defending against Phantoms attacks. Don't worry you're doing just fine. I pulled you in here so I could have a talk with you." Ifrit then sat down in front of the fire and motioned Ranma to do the same.
"Ranma tell me why are you holding back your powers?"
"Huh what do you mean I'm not holding back, when I attacked Phantom just now I used all my strength."
"Don't lie to me Ranma I could tell that you where holding back. In fact whenever you used your demon powers you would hold them back and I think I know why."
"Oh then why am I holding back?"
"You're afraid that if you use your full power you will change into a demon because of your powers. I can understand why you fear that if you'd have the powers from another demon you would probably change into a demon yourself."
Suddenly it hit Ranma, Ifrit was right. He was afraid of becoming that which he hated the most, a demon. He had the feeling that he could do a lot more but he didn't have the guts to go all out. "Yeah, you're right but what's wrong with that? I don't want to become a demon myself."
"I can understand your feelings but tell me what do you know of the demon from whom you inherited your powers?"
Ranma started to think but he knew nothing of the demon from whom he inherited his powers. Sure Dante told him that it was a powerful demon but no more. "No I don't know anything about the demon."
"Then let me tell you about the demon. There is very little known about the demon but I'll tell you what I know. When man walked the earth for the first time there where no negative emotions in their harts. As time passed man started to get darker emotions, hate anger, jealousy and many more. As soon as man started to have these darker emotions a demon was born. As you may or may not know there are many demons in existence, some lower demons but also some higher demons. Most of the higher demons came into existence when man showed a certain emotion. And now they call themselves masters of those emotions. But before those higher demons came into existence there was one Demon who was born from all of those dark emotions."
"You mean that I got my powers from the first demon ever to walk the earth? Then I have feeling that it's wise not to risk using my full power and becoming a demon."
"If it where any other demon then you would be right but there is something about that demon that I still have to tell you. You see next to being the first and there for most powerful demon to be born it was also the first schizophrenic."
"Schitzo whatzo??" Ranma remembered having heard the word somewhere before but he couldn't place it.
"Schizophrenic, that's when a person has two different personalities, get it now?"
"Yeah now I remembered having seen a documentary about that. It's pretty strange."
"Well as I said, the demon who gave you his powers, I'll call him Baernemon, was also a schizo. You see he had two completely different personalities. One of his personalities was a typical demon. You know, one who likes to kill, maim and rape and that shit."
"Yeah I see, just like most of the demons. Almost every demon I know are sickos liking to kill and that stuff." Sure Ranma knew that he liked to kill demons but he had a reason to do so. They had killed the one he loved and also killed many innocent people if they got the chance.
"Yeah you're right but remember he had two different personalities, one pure evil and the other was what you might call a normal caring human man. You see his other personality was a gentle and caring one who didn't like to kill and maim and do stuff like that. He was a demon who wanted to care for someone, this personality found the human race interesting and used his power to change himself into a human being and spend time with the humans. While Baernemon was walking among normal people he met a young woman, whose name I don't know. For Baernemon it was love at first side and he decided there and then that he wanted to be with humans and live on as a human. He went to talk to the young woman and eventually he moved in with the young woman. When they lived together for the first few years they did nothing but talk and enjoy their lives as they where. But soon after those years the inevitable happened she became pregnant with his child. Also before I go on I must say that he had already told her about the fact that he was a demon but she was so in love with him that she didn't care about that. Unfortunately other people had found out about the fact that she was sleeping with a demon and was carrying his child. The people of her town gathered and where intend on getting rid of the demon and killing the witch who dared to sleep with a tainted one. When the village people showed up Baernemon stepped out and tried to reason with the people but to no avail. He then decided that no matter what he had to do, his child and wife would be safe. So he wanted to use his powers to stop the crowd but little did he know that when he conceived the child with his wife he had transferred all his powers to that child and he became that which he wanted to be, a human being. When he noticed this he couldn't care about that. He went back in the house and told his wife to run and live on with their child. At first she didn't want to go, she wanted to die with her husband. He then told her that she had to live on and give birth to their child and take raise him/her as a human. He didn't care about dying, he had expected something like this was going to happen but he couldn't die knowing that the one he loved, carrying his child died with him. So after literally shoving her out of the door he picked up something to use as a weapon to buy her some time to escape. The villagers captured him and tried to capture his wife but she had managed to get away. He was then imprisoned and tortured until death. His wife managed to get away and found another village where she could live. She gave birth to a young girl who she named Alustriel. She grew up to be a fine girl and later married and got children. Because she was the daughter of a demon she had also inherited his powers but didn't know about them so she didn't manifest the powers. When she had children and her children had children and so on, everyone born from Baernemon blood had the potential of becoming the first human who possessed the full power of a demon. So you see you don't have to be afraid of becoming an evil demon. Because of his friendly nature he had also transferred his personality to his child and that same personality was part of any of his "children". You know what was so special about that personality?"
"No, what's that." Ranma was completely caught up in the story and wanted to know all he could about his great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great- great-grandfather.
"There was one trade especially present in each of his "children" they would care for the ones they loved and protect innocent people not matter what. Now tell me are you still afraid of using your full power?"
Ranma thought about the story Ifrit had told him came to a conclusion, he was a fool to think he would become a demon, he was also a human and this human side would make sure he didn't change. "No I know now that I was a fool not to use the powers I was given. But now I have to find a way to get close since I have a feeling that my ranged attacks are not that effective."
"I think I can help you with that. I'll give you a few hints, ready?"
Ranma looked at Ifrit with a confused luck, was Ifrit going to help or not. "Yeah I guess."
"Good here's the first, what did Dante use to beat Phantom? Two, You can use me, or better yet the gauntlets I represent as a lens through which you can focus your powers. Now get there and kick that demon's ass."
"I'll do that and after that I'm going to pick up Akane and go on with my trip, I still have to find out why I hurt Kuno so badly." Ranma was about to try and regain control of his body when Ifrit stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. "Huh, what's the matter Ifrit?"
"About why you acted the way you did against Kuno. I believe I'm to blame for that. You see when we fused into one being your emotions got kind of messed up, messed up in the way that you where more sensitive to certain stimuli. Also because our fusion wasn't complete when Kuno started to come down on your fighting skills. Normally you wouldn't have reacted like you did but because of our incomplete fusion my personality was able to surface when you fought Kuno. And you know, when he was putting down your skills he was also putting down my skills and I couldn't accept that and more or less took over your body. But don't worry you'll be in full control of your body in a day or so because then out fusion would be complete. Also I must ad that if you had been any other person you would have killed Kuno. It was your will power that saved his life, oh your willpower and Akane being there. Now get out of here and kick Phantoms ass."
Ifrit gave Ranma a slap on his shoulder as Ranma still thought about his words. He was glad that he knew now why he had reacted the way he did and that it would be over soon. Now he could go out and get rid of Phantom once and for all. Closing his eyes Ranma tried to take control of his body again and after a few seconds he was back in control. It took him a second to determine his position and where Phantom was. As he landed he dropped into a casual stance and glared at Phantom. "Okay Phantom play time is over, it's time to finish you off."
"Ah you still think you can beat me, I like to see you try that. Come on then and show me what you've got." Phantom raised his claws and readies its tails. It thought that Ranma was nothing more then a waste of time and he would kill him fast and painful. Little did it know that Ranma had changed a bit and was now more capable of handling something like a huge spider.
Ranma quickly checked the state his body was in. He didn't know what exactly had happened while he was talking to Ifrit. The wounds even though they where bleeding pretty bad wouldn't slow him down if his guess about his power was correct. Sure there seemed to be some poison in his body that slowed his healing but that would pass. Looking at Phantom he noticed that it was slowly stalking towards him, lave dripping from its maw. Ranma knew that it thought to have already won. Ranma couldn't help but chuckle.
Phantom noticed Ranma's chuckle and stopped. It wondered what would cause Ranma to chuckle like that? Did he like to be cut to pieces by a demon? "What's so funny, do you like the fact that you're going to die soon? If so then I'm glad to be able to please you."
Ranma didn't say a thing but closed his eyes. Okay now I'll show what I'm capable of you fucking demon.
Suddenly Ranma's eyes snapped open and Phantom felt a huge flow of power coming from Ranma. This put him on edge as he had thought Ranma not having much strength left. Before it could even blink Ranma moved, he came straight towards him his hands glowing bright red.
Ranma was gathering his powers in his hands and had decided to test a new technique, which he hadn't used on a demon before. "Okay let's see if we can get rid of that armor of yours. Chou Haipawaa Tatakikawasu!!!!
Phantom hearing Ranma screaming what seemed to be some kind of attack could say but one thing. "HUH??!!"
As soon as Ranma was close enough he released his attack, within a few second he had managed to hit Phantom all over his body. To Phantom the punches seemed like it was being petted. Little did it know what kind of attack it was he had just suffered.
Phantom ignored Ranma's attack and raised his tails and stuck but he struck nothing but air. Ranma seemed to have simply disappeared. It then felt a power above in the air and looked up. What he saw there made all eight of its eyes go wide as dinner plates. High up in the air he saw Ranma hovering a bright red aura surrounding him and two wings made of plasma coming from his back. "What the I wasn't told he could sprout wings from his back."
"Okay Phantom let's see if you're ready. BREAK!!" With those words pain shot through Phantoms body and his stone like armor shattered to pieces. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH" Phantom roared as he felt his armor being stripped away. Never had it felt pain like this.
Inside Ranma's mind something very very strange was happening. We see what seems to be a Balor demon wearing a tight t-shirt, a skimpy skirt and pom- poms cheerleading. It was dancing kicking his hairy legs up and waving its arms "Go Ranma, Go Ranma, Go Ranma Go Go."
Imagine a Balor demon in a skirt without underwear.... Yuck don't imagine that it's not good for your heart or appetite for that matter.
"Now Phantom you're life ends here, I'm making sure you never come back gain" With that Ranma's aura grew even bigger and brighter. "IFRTIT!!!" As soon as he had spoken the words a bright light engulfed his arms and as the light faded there where two golden, black gauntlets on his arms. Just looking at them told anyone that getting stuck with those would hurt, a lot. Ranma began to focus his powers in his hands and transferred the power into the gauntlets. "FLARE!!!"
"Yeah like that Ranma, Go Go!" Ifrit's cheering increased as Ranma progressed.
"Now, give me a S!"
"Give me a W!"
"Give me an O!"
"Give me a R!"
"Give me a D!"
"What do we get?"
"LANCEEE!!!!!!"
"Yes swor.. Hey wait a minute that's not a S-word. Oh man looks like Ranma wants to do what he wants. Oh well bet it's really effective." Ifrit had expected Ranma to create a sword but now it seemed that Ranma had created something else.
The power in Ranma's hands reached its peak and out shot what seemed to be a large 15ft lance. The lance was made out of fire yet still seemed solid. Ranma readied the lance and threw it towards Phantom.
Phantom felt the power increase in Ranma's boy but couldn't do anything, it was to scared. When Ranma threw the lance it tried to raise its claws to block the attack but the lance went right through its claws and shot into its mouth and came out through its stomach. It was dead within a second. As soon as it was dead its body started to dissolve and as it dissolved something came out of its body.
Ranma's eyes went wide as he saw what came out of Phantom's body. Out came the body of a young girl wearing nothing and from what Ranma could see she was still alive but very weak. He dropped down and folded his wings as he walked towards the girl, his lance was still sticking from the ground. When he was close enough he kneeled and checked the girls pulse. His guess was right, she was still alive but weak. He decided to go to the restaurant where Akane would hopefully be waiting. He also knew that he had to get here there as soon as possible. He picked her up and out shot his wings. He didn't care if anyone saw him, he had to hurry. He jumped up in the air and flew of towards the restaurant. He kept low to the ground to stay out of sight as much as possible.
Akane was huffing and puffing as she made it to the restaurant. She had run the entire way there and was completely out of breath. She was about to enter the restaurant to get some water when she heard what seemed to a jet approaching. She turned around and her jaw nearly dropped to the ground, she prayed no one was here to see this. What she saw was Ranma, his wings out flying towards her. A trail of fire was behind him as he flew towards her. She could tell that he was hurt but his wound weren't what caught her attention. He was carrying something or better yet someone. As he came closer she could tell it was a girl without any clothes on. As Ranma touched down in front of her she got a better look at the girl that Ranma was holding and she gasped. "Asuka?"
Again till next time.
1 Ranma's Attack's
Chou Haipawaa Tatakikawasu = Ultra(or hyper) Highpowered Shatter:
By focusing his demon power in his fists he is able to leave small amounts of the energy inside items/beings. These energy fragments act like a time bomb and explode on Ranma's command. If a person/item strength is high enough then nothing will happen.
Flare Lance: This is a technique Ranma is now able to use because he now will use his full demon powers. By using Ifrits gauntlets as a lens through which he can focus his powers, he is able to create a solid lance made out of fire. This also allows him to create other objects, swords axes and alike.
