Ranma May Cry
Okay to make something clear to all of the lawyers outside, I do not own any of the characters/series used in this fan fic. So don't try and sue me because I DON'T own them and there's nothing to get. So now to all of you readers enjoy my story and let me know what you think.
Chapter eighteen
"Oh no ladies and gentlemen, it seems that contestant Mokuren has Ranma in a tight spot. What will he do?"
"Shit it looks like Ranma is in trouble."
"Don't worry Fuko, I'm sure that Ranma has it covered. I don't think that a cheap trick like that will take him out." Recca was confident that Ranma was okay, the power he had witnessed in their fight was incredible.
"WHAHAHAHA, you're confidence is misplaced Recca, there is no way that he will survive, I will kill him and eat him. Perhaps if you bring up the next fighter you will be able to free him." Mokuren, now fully turned into a plant was gloating. "I can already feel his heartbeat slowing and he isn't even moving.
"Recca, I haven't fought Ranma so I don't know how strong he is but we can't risk it. If he dies we lose a strong ally. I will fight Mokuren and get him out." Taking out Ensui Mikagami prepared to enter the ring but was stopped by Recca's hand.
"Don't Mikagami. Look?"
Mikagami turned his gaze to where Ranma was pointing, his eyes widened as he saw Mokuren in full plant mode. But it wasn't that what surprised him, it was the smoke coming from Mokuren's body. "What's happening?"
"I think you're about to see what Ranma is capable off, you will see why Mokuren is no match for him."
Mokuren was quickly becoming nervous as he felt the temperature rise inside him. His body was beginning to grow hotter and hotter. It was as if he was burning from the inside out. "What's happening?" All of a sudden part of Mokuren's body bursted into flames. "AAHHH." As fast as he could Mokuren got rid of the source of his trouble, Ranma. He threw Ranma out of his body and changed back into his human form to put out the flames.
Ranma flipped in the air and landed on the ground, he was perfectly okay except for his ripped shirt. "What's the matter veggi, is your stomach bothering you?"
Mokuren looked at the young man he had tried to consume, there was something wrong. "What happened, are you responsible for this?"
"Y- E-S!" Ranma held out his hands and smiled. Faint at first, his body began to glow with an orange glow. Slowly the intensity started to increase, but the glow disappeared from most of his body, the only part glowing part left where his hands.
"YOU, I WILL KILL YOU." Plants shot from Mokuren's body and he tried to attack Ranma from every direction. "DIEEEEEE!!"
"You fool, don't you know that fire destroys wood?" Spreading his hands he formed fists and slamming them together, "FLAME WAVE!" As soon as his fists made contact a shockwave of fire was created by the contact between the powers gathered in his fists.
The flame wave shot forth with incredible speed and everything in its path was burned. Mokuren's branches where turned to ashes and when the flame wave hit his body he was thrown back outside the arena. He hit the wall and became imbedded in it.
Mokuren had to struggle to stay conscious, he looked up and saw Ranma standing in the middle of the arena. "Y-y-y-ou what did you do?"
"That's none of your business you freak, give up now or I'll do a lot more then what I just did."
"Yes, yes. I give up, please don't hurt me anymore." Mokuren smiled as he saw Ranma look at the referee to call the match. You fool, do you think I will lose so easily?
The referee got closer to Mokuren and was about to announce the winner when a branch covered her mouth. All of a sudden her entire body was covered by branches.
"HAHAHA, did you really think that I would lose so easily you stupid boy?"
"What, let her go?' Ranma moved as if trying to attack Mokuren but Mokuren quickly used the referee as a shield.
"Don't even think about it, if you move I will kill this girl. Now stay where you are and be a good boy and die."
"WHAT, that bastard. No fair, Ranma had won, the ref was about to announce the winner."
"As long as the referee doesn't announce the winner the fight goes on. The only thing we can do is wait and see what Ranma will do."
"That's easy to say Mikagami, but what can he do, if he moves Mokuren will kill that girl."
"I know, but there's nothing we can do, if we interfere we will be disqualified."
"GRRRRR!" Recca was furious if it was up to him he would jump in and fry that bastard but he knew that Mikagami was right.
Four branches where poised to attack. With a single mental command Mokuren attacked and the four branches shot towards Ranma.
Ranma didn't even blink when the branches pierced his body. Two pierced his shoulders and two shot through his legs. As quickly as the branches went through him they where retracted and Ranma fell to his knees.
"HA, now who's the loser? I knew that you where to weak to sacrifice this girl to win. Now I will enjoy her screams as I kill her and you at the same time. Now DIE!" dozens of branches shot in Ranma's direction.
Recca and his team where silent as they once again witnessed Mokuren's cruelty. As they looked at Ranma they where surprised to see Ranma smiling.
"I can't die yet." Just before Ranma was hit he seemed to disappear and reappear in front of Mokuren. Mokuren was so surprised that he was slow to react and this was all Ranma needed. With one quick strike he severed the branches that where holding the referee and he caught the wooden cocoon. He tossed the cocoon into the ring. Then his eyes rested on his opponent who had just become his next victim. "Now I will make you pay for what you did. You see I don't care if you attack me but when you use innocent lives to protect yourself you stop being human and become that which I most hate. Now I will make you feel pain like you never felt before." Faster then the eyes could see Ranma struck at Mokuren's left eye.
Mokuren let out a horrible scream and all of the branches started to fall off and within moments he had changed back to normal and when Ranma raised his hand he was holding what seemed to be some kind of crystal ball.
"That's incredible, Mokuren found out that Mokuren was keeping his Madougu in his eye socket and by removing it he took away Mokuren's power. This is a clever fighter my son."
"I know mom." Recca knew that Mokuren was in trouble he walked over to Yanagi and turned her away from the arena. "Don't look Hime, you do not want to see this."
"Don't see what Recca-kun?"
"Just trust me on this Hime."
"So this is what you use to make those sticks appear, now that you don't have it anymore you're nothing but a pathetic weakling. Now I will make you suffer like you never have before but don't worry you won't suffer long." Ranma grabbed Mokuren by the throat and lifted him in the air. He turned around and with a swift kick he kicked Mokuren toward the ring. Mokuren was flying through the air and was about to hit the floor but he didn't hit the floor, instead he hit something that seemed to be even harder then the ground, Ranma's fist.
After having kicked Ranma into the ring he quickly jumped in the ring and caught him with his fist before he touched down. "Now, suffer." He threw Mokuren up and began to punch his body all over. \
Mokuren was kept into the air by a flurry of fists. His body was kept in place as he received a beating he never thought to be possible. He never lost consciousness, it was as if Ranma was keeping him awake in order to feel everything he was doing to him. Then he felt a strong punch in his stomach and he was flung into the air.
"Now it's time for you to rest, Hono Ken special technique, tornado flame!" Ranma jumped into air and shot towards Mokuren, his fist burning. He struck Mokuren with enough force to make him hit the ceiling of the arena.
Mokuren became imbedded in the ceiling for a few seconds before he fell down and slammed into the ground where he remained, unconscious. His body was back and blue all over and blood was pouring from many small and large cuts all over his body. His arms and legs where broken in several places and bones where sticking out of his flesh.
Ranma looked one last time at Mokuren's body and then looked at the Madougu in his hand. He then crushed the ball and turned the Madougu into nothing more then powder. After wiping his hands he walked over to the wooden cocoon and proceeded to unwrap the referee. The referee was still conscious but scared. Ranma picked her up and held her in his arms. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. What happened to that man?"
"Oh he won't be bothering you anymore. Look he's over there." Ranma nodded his head towards where Mokuren was on the floor.
"WOW, he's a mess." The referee made it clear that it was okay to put her down. Ranma complied and let the referee down. She then took hold of his hand and held it up in the air. "The winner Ranma Saotome."
"YES he did it. Man he totally pulped Mokuren." Kaoru watched as several medics came and took away Mokuren. "He Yanagi-nechan Ranma won."
"He did? That's great."
"Say referee I concede the next fight."
"Huh why, are you hurt badly?" "No these wounds are nothing, it's just that if I go on now and have to fight someone like Mokuren again I won't be able to hold back. I'm afraid that I might kill that person and I made a promise not to kill anyone in this tournament so I give up and try to calm down a bit." Making a bow to the referee Ranma turned around and walked over to the rest of the team.
"I heard what you said to the referee and is it true that you're afraid that you will kill someone if you go on?"
"Yeah it's true, I can get so angry when someone uses innocent people to cheat in their fight. Right now I'm still angry as hell and if I come across someone like him again I will not be able to hold back again."
"I see, to bad you can't go on but I will go in now and take on the rest."
"Go for it Recca."
"Okay, no matter who's against me I will beat him into the ground." Stepping in the arena Recca walked over to the center and waited.
Meanwhile Ranma was looking at the last cloaked fighter, slowly he was beginning to extend his sense to try and find out more about Recca's opponent. All of a sudden his eyes widened and he swallowed hard. If what his senses told him Recca would have a hard time fighting.
Slowly the last cloaked fighter stepped into the ring and walked over to the center.
"Ladies and Gentlemen now for the next fight. Uruha Maboroshi's sub captain... Menou versus Team Hokage's Captain Recca!!!!"
The cloak fell of and a very cute and fragile looking girl was revealed. Recca seeing the girl nearly drooled. But then it hit him, he would have to fight this girl if he was going to win. "A A A A, uuuhhm."
"Menou you must win or you know what will happen don't you?" Genjirou had to be sure that Menou would win so he had to use his trump card even though he would rather not. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a hourglass and placed it on the ground. "Menou you must win and do it within 10 minutes or else."
Tears formed in Menou's eyes as she looked at the hourglass. "F-Father...." Turning around she looked at Recca. "I'm sorry Recca-san."
"Huh sorry for what?" All of a sudden Recca's danger sense went of and he barely prevented himself from getting cut in half. Something big and sharp slashed across his chest. Landing he quickly rolled back and onto his feet. "What the hell." Looking at his opponent he saw what it was that had slashed him, Menou's hair had grown and formed into a large blade. "How?"
Not wanting to waste any time Menou formed another weapon, this time four large spear like weapons where formed and without warning attacked Recca. "I'm very sorry Recca."
Ranma knew that Recca wouldn't fight back against a girl but if he didn't he would be cut into pieces. "RECCA, USE SAIHA!!!"
When Recca heard Ranma scream he acted on pure instinct. "COME ONE OUT SAIHA!!" And so the flame blade was formed. He jumped and with four quick slashes he cut of the four spears. "It's very clear that you don't want to fight me so why do you do it?" Slowly Recca got to his feet but his eyes never left Menou's.
"I I I..."
"Menou finish him quickly!"
"Yes." Again her grew and this time a drill like weapon was formed and she attacked with incredible speed.
"Oh shit this is gonna smart." What happened then surprised everyone, instead of dodging of countering the attack Recca took it head on. He caught the drill and cut his hands. Keeping hold of the drill he walked over to Menou. "Why are you following that old mans orders, a cute girl like you should be in school playing with her friends. Now why don't you stop and I'll take care of the old guy?"
"Menou, do as I tell you or your father will die."
Turning around she saw the sand falling and she knew she had to kill Recca. She once again faced Recca, tears falling down her face. "I must kill you."
"Huh why?"
By now Ranma had become very interested in that hourglass, that item appeared to be the source of Genjirou's control over the girl. Taking a closer look he saw something that scared the shit out of him. Inside the hourglass was a person, a man to be more precise. "That must be Menou's father but how did he.." All of a sudden he had an idea of what had happened. "That Genjirou must have used something to shrink him but what?"
Meanwhile Recca was bouncing around trying to dodge the attacks coming from Menou.
"Kagero-san, quick tell me is there a Madougu that has the power to shrink people?"
"Huh why do you ask?"
"Look inside the hourglass and tell me what you see?"
Doing as she was told Kagero took a closer look at the hourglass. "There's a man inside."
"Yep and if I'm right he's Menou's father and Genjirou is using him as a means to control Menou. Also I've been looking at Menou and at first I couldn't find a Madougu on her but then something hit me. There wasn't a Madougu on her but what if Genjirou has put one inside her body? That would explain why she is able to use her hair like a weapon. So, is there a Madougu that can shrink people?"
"Yes, there is and now that I've taken a closer look at Genjirou I've found it. He has it in his possession."
"Okay, now if someone where to be shrinked by that Madougu would destroying it return that person to normal?"
"Yes it would but why do you ask?"
"Oh just got an idea. HEY RECCA, CAN YOU SEE THAT OLD MAN'S CANE? DESTROY IT AND SAVE MENOU'S FATHER."
"You mean that Genjirou has taken Menou's father and by destroying that cane I can save him?"
"YEP!, NOW DO IT!"
"Very well, here goes, second flame dragon, come on out, NADARE." Skillfully dodging one of Menou's attacks Recca flipped and released a barrage of fireballs in Genjirou's direction. Several meters before reaching Genjirou the balls hit some kind of barrier. "What the hell."
"Now that you have found out about Genjirou your friends might decided to but in so I created a little barrier to prevent anyone from interfering." From the shadows came a woman.
By now Ranma was seething with anger, how could anyone use an innocent human life as leverage to make a young girl fight or even kill? "Okay I've had it up to here with all of the shit going on here. HEY YOU, THE ONE PLAYING WITH BARRIERS?"
Neon looked up and saw the boy named Ranma looking at her. "Ah if it isn't the boy who was to afraid to go on fighting."
"To afraid to go on fighting? Man you've got it all wrong. I didn't stop because I was afraid of my opponents. If I had gone on fighting I most likely would've killed the next opponents and I didn't want that to happen. I stopped so I could try and calm down but instead of calming down I've become even angrier and you know why/"
"Do tell, do tell."
"It's because of bastards like Genjirou and bitches like you that like to use innocent lives for their own good."
"That's to bad and what are you going to do about that huh, I'm on this side of the barrier while you are on the other?"
Slowly Ranma made his way towards the barrier, he stopped when he was as close to Recca as he could get. "Recca, I'm gonna get rid of the barrier you get rid of that Madougu. Use your new trick, got it?"
"Got it."
To be continued.
Okay to make something clear to all of the lawyers outside, I do not own any of the characters/series used in this fan fic. So don't try and sue me because I DON'T own them and there's nothing to get. So now to all of you readers enjoy my story and let me know what you think.
Chapter eighteen
"Oh no ladies and gentlemen, it seems that contestant Mokuren has Ranma in a tight spot. What will he do?"
"Shit it looks like Ranma is in trouble."
"Don't worry Fuko, I'm sure that Ranma has it covered. I don't think that a cheap trick like that will take him out." Recca was confident that Ranma was okay, the power he had witnessed in their fight was incredible.
"WHAHAHAHA, you're confidence is misplaced Recca, there is no way that he will survive, I will kill him and eat him. Perhaps if you bring up the next fighter you will be able to free him." Mokuren, now fully turned into a plant was gloating. "I can already feel his heartbeat slowing and he isn't even moving.
"Recca, I haven't fought Ranma so I don't know how strong he is but we can't risk it. If he dies we lose a strong ally. I will fight Mokuren and get him out." Taking out Ensui Mikagami prepared to enter the ring but was stopped by Recca's hand.
"Don't Mikagami. Look?"
Mikagami turned his gaze to where Ranma was pointing, his eyes widened as he saw Mokuren in full plant mode. But it wasn't that what surprised him, it was the smoke coming from Mokuren's body. "What's happening?"
"I think you're about to see what Ranma is capable off, you will see why Mokuren is no match for him."
Mokuren was quickly becoming nervous as he felt the temperature rise inside him. His body was beginning to grow hotter and hotter. It was as if he was burning from the inside out. "What's happening?" All of a sudden part of Mokuren's body bursted into flames. "AAHHH." As fast as he could Mokuren got rid of the source of his trouble, Ranma. He threw Ranma out of his body and changed back into his human form to put out the flames.
Ranma flipped in the air and landed on the ground, he was perfectly okay except for his ripped shirt. "What's the matter veggi, is your stomach bothering you?"
Mokuren looked at the young man he had tried to consume, there was something wrong. "What happened, are you responsible for this?"
"Y- E-S!" Ranma held out his hands and smiled. Faint at first, his body began to glow with an orange glow. Slowly the intensity started to increase, but the glow disappeared from most of his body, the only part glowing part left where his hands.
"YOU, I WILL KILL YOU." Plants shot from Mokuren's body and he tried to attack Ranma from every direction. "DIEEEEEE!!"
"You fool, don't you know that fire destroys wood?" Spreading his hands he formed fists and slamming them together, "FLAME WAVE!" As soon as his fists made contact a shockwave of fire was created by the contact between the powers gathered in his fists.
The flame wave shot forth with incredible speed and everything in its path was burned. Mokuren's branches where turned to ashes and when the flame wave hit his body he was thrown back outside the arena. He hit the wall and became imbedded in it.
Mokuren had to struggle to stay conscious, he looked up and saw Ranma standing in the middle of the arena. "Y-y-y-ou what did you do?"
"That's none of your business you freak, give up now or I'll do a lot more then what I just did."
"Yes, yes. I give up, please don't hurt me anymore." Mokuren smiled as he saw Ranma look at the referee to call the match. You fool, do you think I will lose so easily?
The referee got closer to Mokuren and was about to announce the winner when a branch covered her mouth. All of a sudden her entire body was covered by branches.
"HAHAHA, did you really think that I would lose so easily you stupid boy?"
"What, let her go?' Ranma moved as if trying to attack Mokuren but Mokuren quickly used the referee as a shield.
"Don't even think about it, if you move I will kill this girl. Now stay where you are and be a good boy and die."
"WHAT, that bastard. No fair, Ranma had won, the ref was about to announce the winner."
"As long as the referee doesn't announce the winner the fight goes on. The only thing we can do is wait and see what Ranma will do."
"That's easy to say Mikagami, but what can he do, if he moves Mokuren will kill that girl."
"I know, but there's nothing we can do, if we interfere we will be disqualified."
"GRRRRR!" Recca was furious if it was up to him he would jump in and fry that bastard but he knew that Mikagami was right.
Four branches where poised to attack. With a single mental command Mokuren attacked and the four branches shot towards Ranma.
Ranma didn't even blink when the branches pierced his body. Two pierced his shoulders and two shot through his legs. As quickly as the branches went through him they where retracted and Ranma fell to his knees.
"HA, now who's the loser? I knew that you where to weak to sacrifice this girl to win. Now I will enjoy her screams as I kill her and you at the same time. Now DIE!" dozens of branches shot in Ranma's direction.
Recca and his team where silent as they once again witnessed Mokuren's cruelty. As they looked at Ranma they where surprised to see Ranma smiling.
"I can't die yet." Just before Ranma was hit he seemed to disappear and reappear in front of Mokuren. Mokuren was so surprised that he was slow to react and this was all Ranma needed. With one quick strike he severed the branches that where holding the referee and he caught the wooden cocoon. He tossed the cocoon into the ring. Then his eyes rested on his opponent who had just become his next victim. "Now I will make you pay for what you did. You see I don't care if you attack me but when you use innocent lives to protect yourself you stop being human and become that which I most hate. Now I will make you feel pain like you never felt before." Faster then the eyes could see Ranma struck at Mokuren's left eye.
Mokuren let out a horrible scream and all of the branches started to fall off and within moments he had changed back to normal and when Ranma raised his hand he was holding what seemed to be some kind of crystal ball.
"That's incredible, Mokuren found out that Mokuren was keeping his Madougu in his eye socket and by removing it he took away Mokuren's power. This is a clever fighter my son."
"I know mom." Recca knew that Mokuren was in trouble he walked over to Yanagi and turned her away from the arena. "Don't look Hime, you do not want to see this."
"Don't see what Recca-kun?"
"Just trust me on this Hime."
"So this is what you use to make those sticks appear, now that you don't have it anymore you're nothing but a pathetic weakling. Now I will make you suffer like you never have before but don't worry you won't suffer long." Ranma grabbed Mokuren by the throat and lifted him in the air. He turned around and with a swift kick he kicked Mokuren toward the ring. Mokuren was flying through the air and was about to hit the floor but he didn't hit the floor, instead he hit something that seemed to be even harder then the ground, Ranma's fist.
After having kicked Ranma into the ring he quickly jumped in the ring and caught him with his fist before he touched down. "Now, suffer." He threw Mokuren up and began to punch his body all over. \
Mokuren was kept into the air by a flurry of fists. His body was kept in place as he received a beating he never thought to be possible. He never lost consciousness, it was as if Ranma was keeping him awake in order to feel everything he was doing to him. Then he felt a strong punch in his stomach and he was flung into the air.
"Now it's time for you to rest, Hono Ken special technique, tornado flame!" Ranma jumped into air and shot towards Mokuren, his fist burning. He struck Mokuren with enough force to make him hit the ceiling of the arena.
Mokuren became imbedded in the ceiling for a few seconds before he fell down and slammed into the ground where he remained, unconscious. His body was back and blue all over and blood was pouring from many small and large cuts all over his body. His arms and legs where broken in several places and bones where sticking out of his flesh.
Ranma looked one last time at Mokuren's body and then looked at the Madougu in his hand. He then crushed the ball and turned the Madougu into nothing more then powder. After wiping his hands he walked over to the wooden cocoon and proceeded to unwrap the referee. The referee was still conscious but scared. Ranma picked her up and held her in his arms. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. What happened to that man?"
"Oh he won't be bothering you anymore. Look he's over there." Ranma nodded his head towards where Mokuren was on the floor.
"WOW, he's a mess." The referee made it clear that it was okay to put her down. Ranma complied and let the referee down. She then took hold of his hand and held it up in the air. "The winner Ranma Saotome."
"YES he did it. Man he totally pulped Mokuren." Kaoru watched as several medics came and took away Mokuren. "He Yanagi-nechan Ranma won."
"He did? That's great."
"Say referee I concede the next fight."
"Huh why, are you hurt badly?" "No these wounds are nothing, it's just that if I go on now and have to fight someone like Mokuren again I won't be able to hold back. I'm afraid that I might kill that person and I made a promise not to kill anyone in this tournament so I give up and try to calm down a bit." Making a bow to the referee Ranma turned around and walked over to the rest of the team.
"I heard what you said to the referee and is it true that you're afraid that you will kill someone if you go on?"
"Yeah it's true, I can get so angry when someone uses innocent people to cheat in their fight. Right now I'm still angry as hell and if I come across someone like him again I will not be able to hold back again."
"I see, to bad you can't go on but I will go in now and take on the rest."
"Go for it Recca."
"Okay, no matter who's against me I will beat him into the ground." Stepping in the arena Recca walked over to the center and waited.
Meanwhile Ranma was looking at the last cloaked fighter, slowly he was beginning to extend his sense to try and find out more about Recca's opponent. All of a sudden his eyes widened and he swallowed hard. If what his senses told him Recca would have a hard time fighting.
Slowly the last cloaked fighter stepped into the ring and walked over to the center.
"Ladies and Gentlemen now for the next fight. Uruha Maboroshi's sub captain... Menou versus Team Hokage's Captain Recca!!!!"
The cloak fell of and a very cute and fragile looking girl was revealed. Recca seeing the girl nearly drooled. But then it hit him, he would have to fight this girl if he was going to win. "A A A A, uuuhhm."
"Menou you must win or you know what will happen don't you?" Genjirou had to be sure that Menou would win so he had to use his trump card even though he would rather not. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a hourglass and placed it on the ground. "Menou you must win and do it within 10 minutes or else."
Tears formed in Menou's eyes as she looked at the hourglass. "F-Father...." Turning around she looked at Recca. "I'm sorry Recca-san."
"Huh sorry for what?" All of a sudden Recca's danger sense went of and he barely prevented himself from getting cut in half. Something big and sharp slashed across his chest. Landing he quickly rolled back and onto his feet. "What the hell." Looking at his opponent he saw what it was that had slashed him, Menou's hair had grown and formed into a large blade. "How?"
Not wanting to waste any time Menou formed another weapon, this time four large spear like weapons where formed and without warning attacked Recca. "I'm very sorry Recca."
Ranma knew that Recca wouldn't fight back against a girl but if he didn't he would be cut into pieces. "RECCA, USE SAIHA!!!"
When Recca heard Ranma scream he acted on pure instinct. "COME ONE OUT SAIHA!!" And so the flame blade was formed. He jumped and with four quick slashes he cut of the four spears. "It's very clear that you don't want to fight me so why do you do it?" Slowly Recca got to his feet but his eyes never left Menou's.
"I I I..."
"Menou finish him quickly!"
"Yes." Again her grew and this time a drill like weapon was formed and she attacked with incredible speed.
"Oh shit this is gonna smart." What happened then surprised everyone, instead of dodging of countering the attack Recca took it head on. He caught the drill and cut his hands. Keeping hold of the drill he walked over to Menou. "Why are you following that old mans orders, a cute girl like you should be in school playing with her friends. Now why don't you stop and I'll take care of the old guy?"
"Menou, do as I tell you or your father will die."
Turning around she saw the sand falling and she knew she had to kill Recca. She once again faced Recca, tears falling down her face. "I must kill you."
"Huh why?"
By now Ranma had become very interested in that hourglass, that item appeared to be the source of Genjirou's control over the girl. Taking a closer look he saw something that scared the shit out of him. Inside the hourglass was a person, a man to be more precise. "That must be Menou's father but how did he.." All of a sudden he had an idea of what had happened. "That Genjirou must have used something to shrink him but what?"
Meanwhile Recca was bouncing around trying to dodge the attacks coming from Menou.
"Kagero-san, quick tell me is there a Madougu that has the power to shrink people?"
"Huh why do you ask?"
"Look inside the hourglass and tell me what you see?"
Doing as she was told Kagero took a closer look at the hourglass. "There's a man inside."
"Yep and if I'm right he's Menou's father and Genjirou is using him as a means to control Menou. Also I've been looking at Menou and at first I couldn't find a Madougu on her but then something hit me. There wasn't a Madougu on her but what if Genjirou has put one inside her body? That would explain why she is able to use her hair like a weapon. So, is there a Madougu that can shrink people?"
"Yes, there is and now that I've taken a closer look at Genjirou I've found it. He has it in his possession."
"Okay, now if someone where to be shrinked by that Madougu would destroying it return that person to normal?"
"Yes it would but why do you ask?"
"Oh just got an idea. HEY RECCA, CAN YOU SEE THAT OLD MAN'S CANE? DESTROY IT AND SAVE MENOU'S FATHER."
"You mean that Genjirou has taken Menou's father and by destroying that cane I can save him?"
"YEP!, NOW DO IT!"
"Very well, here goes, second flame dragon, come on out, NADARE." Skillfully dodging one of Menou's attacks Recca flipped and released a barrage of fireballs in Genjirou's direction. Several meters before reaching Genjirou the balls hit some kind of barrier. "What the hell."
"Now that you have found out about Genjirou your friends might decided to but in so I created a little barrier to prevent anyone from interfering." From the shadows came a woman.
By now Ranma was seething with anger, how could anyone use an innocent human life as leverage to make a young girl fight or even kill? "Okay I've had it up to here with all of the shit going on here. HEY YOU, THE ONE PLAYING WITH BARRIERS?"
Neon looked up and saw the boy named Ranma looking at her. "Ah if it isn't the boy who was to afraid to go on fighting."
"To afraid to go on fighting? Man you've got it all wrong. I didn't stop because I was afraid of my opponents. If I had gone on fighting I most likely would've killed the next opponents and I didn't want that to happen. I stopped so I could try and calm down but instead of calming down I've become even angrier and you know why/"
"Do tell, do tell."
"It's because of bastards like Genjirou and bitches like you that like to use innocent lives for their own good."
"That's to bad and what are you going to do about that huh, I'm on this side of the barrier while you are on the other?"
Slowly Ranma made his way towards the barrier, he stopped when he was as close to Recca as he could get. "Recca, I'm gonna get rid of the barrier you get rid of that Madougu. Use your new trick, got it?"
"Got it."
To be continued.
