"": Japanese
''": Thoughts
"()": Chinese
Time of the Cats, Chapter 1
Taming the Wildcat
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"(Cologne. I thought you said she would not revert to the Neko-ken!)" One of the elders exclaimed, while the others silently nodded. Cologne, wearing a plain white robe and atop her cane, looked disgusted at the elders.
"(Have you no sense? Surely you felt went she made the Neko power appear, she did not revert fully into Neko-ken or Shampoo and half the village would of been destroyed at that instant!)" Cologne snapped at the elders.
"(We do not care! She could of!)" One of the elders snapped back. Cologne scowled at the elders.
"(You know that Jasmine wouldn't have allowed it! Even if she did just gain a daughter!)" Cologne slowly moved her head around the room, glaring at each of the elders.
"(Cologne. If we see the display of the Neko-ken again, we shall not hesitate to execute the young cat girl, wither she now be one of our own! Dismissed.)" The head elder waved her hand over the room while they all disappeared. Cologne hopped down off her cane and held it in her right hand and put her left hand behind her back.
"(Don't worry. She shall not use the display against any Amazon again. Unless I am training her. You shall soon see how powerful she can be.)" Cologne chuckled to herself as she proceeded to go outside to visit her newest pupil. She would personally train her in all she needed to know. As well as other masters in the school.
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"Where am I?" Ranko said as she looked around the room, only for her gaze to receive vast stretches of darkness that no human could comprehend. Her ears twitched involuntarily and her tail rested, hanging limply towards the ground.
"Your subconscious mind." Ranko looked around trying to find the voice, but she was only met with darkness.
"Who are you?"
"I am your subconscious. The mind of the cat."
"Mind of the cat?"
"Yes. You are a cat girl by the way."
"Oh yeah. I guess I forget about it."
"Don't worry about it. Have you noticed any cat like abilities?."
"Cat like abilities?"
"Yes, such as heightened smell, taste, sight, gracefulness, stealth ness, abilities to conserve your breathing patterns, silted eyes, cat ears and tail and much more. The rest you will gather through many training exercises." Ranko shook her head back and forth.
"For now, I depart. Leaving you to your thoughts." Ranko couldn't comprehend most of what he said, being a eight year-old.
"Hmm." She silently muttered to herself as she shifted into a ball, legs to her chest, arms rapped around legs and head to her knees, ears relaxed and tail slowly moving back and forth.
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Ranko silently awoke, she noted that she was dressed differently in a baby blue nightgown and the matching panties, she also noticed that her panties were modified as well and her tail was free. She figured it she had been asleep for awhile, as it was now dark. The only light was coming from the moon outside her window, the brilliant light was almost hypnotic to the cat girl, but then she noticed talking coming from the other room. Her heightened hearing allowed her to pick this up, loud and clear.
"(They can't do that!)" Jasmine screamed and went into sobbing, tears streaking down her face as Cologne hopped atop her staff, consoling the younger woman.
"(Don't worry Jasmine. I won't let them. I give you my promise I will train her to the best of my abilities as well the other masters she will be learning from, even your healing abilities you are sure to teach her would be a great asset.)" Cologne said reassuringly, in hopes Jasmine would calm down. Jasmine had been in the village long enough that she knew the right balance of training, chi and ki exercises and meditation could do wonders on any ability or persona. Jasmine wiped away the tears still left on her face with her right sleeve, she still had a sad look on her face, but a slight, almost unnoticeable smile.
"(I-I know...)" She stammered. She didn't want to lose her child so soon before she even had any memories, except what few she had. Ranko who was listening, made a mental note of the abilities the voice had told her. She noticed she couldn't see out of her right eye for some reason. Although she couldn't understand what they were saying, she heard the conversation loud and clear.
"(Who will she be training under, other then yourself of course?)" Jasmine said with curiosity. She knew all the masters of the arts. She was considered one of the best healers in the village, aside from the elders and other healers. She had already confirmed that Cologne would train her, but she wanted more information on her daughters sensei's.
"(Well me, you for healing, Rize, Musica and other non-martial artists.)" Cologne chuckled at the fact she didn't know. She only knew the location, but not the people.
"(Wait. Did you said Rize?)" Cologne nodded. "(Isn't he the silver claimer that came her a few years back?)" Cologne nodded again. "(The master that no one has been able to master?)" Cologne nodded once again. "(What makes you think Ranko will be able to?)" Cologne casually took out a pipe, a long 6 inch oak, with a golden tip and butt. She lit it and pondered for a few minutes, before letting out a cloud of smoke.
"(I just think she will.)" Cologne stated firmly while she raised her foot and tapped the ash into a heat-resistance wooden dish. She extinguished the pipe before returning it to subspace. Jasmine sighed and rubbed her temples. The next few years are sure to be strenuous on her. Ranko was still wondering what they were talking about, but she figured it might have something to do with training, since she could sense that everyone in the village had martial art abilities.
"(I better go check on Ranko.)" Jasmine stood up from her chair and patted down her robe before walking towards Ranko's bedroom. Ranko stood there and waited for her mother to open the door. Sure enough a few moments later, her mother came in and looked down to see Ranko.
"Oh Ranko. Your already up?" Ranko nodded. "Are you hungry?" Ranko bolted out the door passed her mother at the mention of food, her ears perked up and her tail moving back to and fro with happiness, her nightgown following behind her in fluid motions.
"Hold on! Watch out..." Jasmine cringed when she heard Ranko hit the couch, he nightgown flaring up and showing her panties. "...for the couch." Jasmine giggled silently before helping her daughter up off her position under the couch. Ranko patted herself down before proceeding to the kitchen, waiting for her mother.
'The next few years will definitely be interesting, especially with the wildcat (Jasmine's nickname for Ranko.) around.'
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Ranko silently engulfed her food, much to Jasmine's dismay. She would have to teach her young wildcat proper table manners. Ranko was dressed in a red long sleeved silk Chinese blouse, black kung-fu pants with the flap buttoned, allowing her tail access and soft-soled shoes. Jasmine was dressed in a plain white healers robe.
"You can slow down Wildcat! There will be plenty of time for training! Take time to taste the food!" Ranko gulped down the food she was currently chewing and nodded, slowing down her pace a bit. She was just so excited about training though. She didn't know what a silver claimer was, but she made a note she would master it.
"Come on Ranko. I'll take you to your first master." Cologne said as she entered the healers hut of Jasmine (and now Ranko). Ranko gulped down her foot and litterly jumped out of her chair and dashed towards Cologne, much to Jasmine's dismay. The table and chairs fell to the ground, as well as the dishes with a crash. Now she had to pick up the table, chairs and the dishes.
"Slow down Ranko!" She yelled at the cat girl as she bolted from the kitchen.
"Yes ma'am!" Ranko called back from the direction of the living room, where Cologne was sitting. Cologne chuckled at Ranko's antics as she came bursting through the doorway.
"Slow down! There's plenty time! It's only 7 a.m. Sheeze." Cologne hopped on her staff and bounded out of Jasmine house, where Ranko was jumping up and down with joy. Jasmine leaned against the doorframe with her hands crossed at her chest and smiled at her daughter.
"Good luck."
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Cologne stopped in front of one of the more elaborate huts. It looked like most of the other huts, bamboo walls and thatched reinforced roofs, but outside stood an awning and many pieces of untamed silver stood about. It was also much larger for some reason or another.
"Who's this?" Ranko asked while tilting her head in confusion.
"This is the home of Rize, the silver claimer of Nieuchiezu, and one of the very few left that even practice the art. We are lucky he took up residence here, his skills are amazing. He is also one of your sensei's." Cologne said while she nodded her head. Ranko's ears and tail perked up and she had a wide smile across her face. Cologne hopped in first, closely followed by Ranko.
"Rize are you here?" Sure enough, a man came out of one of the doors. He had black hair, which didn't even reach the bottom of his neck. Bunches of hair per trued downwards and outwards to form spiked places. He had an 'X' shape scar across his right eye, but it didn't seemed scared. His face was hard, but gentle, as were his brown eyes. He had a white jacket with lines starting at the shoulders and going downwards to the end of the sleeves. His pants were basic black and plain. He held a dragon shaped bracelet of some kind in his right hand, the dragon's mouth open and his body curved downwards in a spiral. The wild mane of the dragon added to the affect of its craftsmanship, which was made of silver and flawless: shined and buffed to perfection that not even the best blacksmiths could match.
"Ahh Cologne. Is this my pupil?" He pointed towards Ranko, who stood there smiling at him.
"Yes. This is Ranko. As you can see, she is very peculiar. I just wanted her to try and master the art of silver claiming, as all the others had failed. I thought maybe she could succeed." Rize walked over to Ranko and crouched down and stared into her azure blue eyes. He noted the cat ears and the tail, but paid them no mind. He had seen the Musk enough times that it didn't bother him in the least.
"I see. So how long do you want her to practice for?" He turned back to Cologne who was thinking.
"Lets see...its a little past 7. So how about 4 hours?" She turned to Rize, who was nodding with a smile on his face. She knew he hoped he could finally find a pupil who could carry on his skills. She turned to Ranko, who seemed happy about the arrangement.
"What is silver claiming?" Ranko asked curiously while her tail wavered back and forth slowly.
"Hold out any hand." Ranko held out her left hand. Rize channeled his chi into the bracelet he was holding in his right arm and made it expand, who Ranko looked at it wide-eyed, then Rize slipped the widened bracelet over Ranko's left arm and settled it on her wrist by channeling his chi again to make it shrink down to size on her eight year-old wrist.
"Cool!" Ranko said happily, while bouncing up and down. Rize reached into his jacket and pulled out a simple silver necklace and slipped it over Ranko's head, who stopped bouncing and looked at him.
"Don't worry. This type of silver is easier to manipulate. You can start on this type or you can use your bracelet, which takes much more skill to manipulate." He said pointed at each item. Ranko shook her head and took the necklace off before handing it back to Rize.
"I like challenges!" Ranko held up her left hand in front of her face and clenched her fist, a fire of determination burning in her eyes. Rize smiled and nodded.
"We shall see then my young wildcat."
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4 hours later...
Rize nodded his head while apprising his newest pupil. He clapped his hands and motioned for her to stop.
"That's amazing Ranko. You took the basics of silver claiming like a fish to water. It was amazing to watch. Most people take a few days to get the basics down and shape anything. It only took you four hours to master the basics and shape items, no matter how small they were." He looked at Ranko, who stood in the middle of the room just completed her first shape of turning her bracelet bigger and then into a ring then to her bracelet again. She wasn't even exhausted slightly.
Ranko bowed to Rize before Cologne hopped over to the door and motioned her over.
"Come on. It's time for your next part of training." Ranko smiled back and continued on with Cologne towards her next exercise.
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"Heres your next master." Cologne pointed towards a hut, where several different maces, swords, staffs, shuriken, knifes, kunai and other weapons stood leaning against the walls, on chairs, in sheaths or in holsters hung on the wall. The both walked in through the wooden door and saw two people inside the house.
The younger person was a young Chinese boy with long black hair and a pair of very thick glasses. He wore a white robe, which appeared to be way too big for him, tied by a black belt. He also wore black kung-fu pants much like Ranko's and also the same type of soft-soled shoes. He appeared to be a little taller then Ranko and about the same age.
The old man was a portly Chinese man. He also wore a robe, but it was pure black and didn't appear to be too large. He wore white pants and the same soft-soled shoes. He had a kind face and kind brown eyes. He had no hair atop his head, as to show his age.
"That's enough for now Mousse. I believe my other student has arrived." Mousse bowed to his sensei and then looked at the young cat girl. The older man turned to Cologne and smiled at her.
"Im glad to be having Ranko as my other student." Ranko smiled, while Mousse frowned. He thought he was going to be the only master of Hidden Weapons, other then his sensei and a few others in different parts of the world.
"Ahh yes Musica. I'm sure you are. Ranko had already mastered he basics of silver claiming from Rize in 4 hours! I'm sure she shall make you proud." Mousse's frown got lower as she heard the comment from Cologne. Surely she couldn't have mastered the basics of those techniques when he couldn't? He quit and found a more aggressive style of 'Hidden Weapons' to fit him perfectly.
Musica smiled down at Ranko, who only returned the smile. "I'm sure she will. How does 2 hours sound?" Cologne simply nodded and went to sit on the floor to go and watch Ranko and Musica train.
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2 hours later...
"Great job!" Musica was clapping his hands has Ranko make several smaller weapons appear in almost rapid succession. Kunai, then daggers, then shuriken, several smaller chains, a tanto and several more. "That's enough for today Ranko." Mousse was looking very mad. It had taken him at least 3 days for him to be able to make that many items appear in such rapid succession.
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Cologne continued showing Ranko around to the rest of her teachers, all of which were non-martial artist teachers. Ranko knew she needed to schooling in Chinese though, she couldn't understand what anyone else was saying, lest it be in Japanese. By 3 she was done with her non-martial artist teachers, so it was time for Cologne to train her in the last exercises.
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"Here we are Ranko." Cologne said as they stopped in the middle of a very large clearing just outside the Amazon village. It was fairly large, about 50 feet around the whole area, with several indentations of long worn battle scarred techniques she guessed. It was mostly flat, except for a boulder held by a sort of pulley system off to the side. There was another one on the side of it.
Cologne started off by wanting to see some of the kata's that Ranko knew from Anything Goes. Ranko complied and went through a few kata's that she knew from her father (although she didn't know her father taught her), and of course they weren't that complex, but with the grace and fluidity she preformed them with, was surprising to Cologne.
'Needless to say her moves are enhanced by those cats.' Cologne thought as she saw Ranko finish up her last kata.
"That's good Ranko. I'm sure you can go far." Cologne looked over to the direction of the bushes and smiled.
"It's ok Shampoo. She won't hurt you, were just training." Cologne said with a grin on her face. No one answered or moved for a few seconds, but sure enough Shampoo did come out eventually. She was dressed in a pale white short sleeved T-shirt, the design of a ying/yang in the middle, her hair tied back in its two buns, along with the same colored pants, but no sort of design anywhere on them.
"(Are ok with me being here Great-Grandmother?)" Cologne nodded and Shampoo walked over to the pair and stood.
"Ok first, I'll do my instructions in Japanese then Chinese for Shampoo." Both youths nodded, although Shampoo could barely understand most of what Cologne said, except for words like 'Chinese' and 'instructions' and 'shampoo'.
"First of all, you will both bo through the same exercises." Cologne said in Japanese, then repeated it in Chinese. "I want you both to start sparring regularly after we have trained here for awhile, so we can keep Ranko's Neko-ken down. If I see any signs of her using it, I will stop the matches immediately." Both of them nodded, although Shampoo a bit reluctantly. If Ranko can cut through her clothes without even thinking about it, imagine what else she could do. Shampoo shuddered at the thought.
"First, Meditation and Deep breathing exercises." Cologne said as she put her staff off for now and got into a lotus position. She inhaled with a deep breath and exhaled, trying to find her center. She craked her right eye open and saw Shampoo do the same, while Ranko's ears shrugged down a little and her tail went back and forth very slowly as she inhaled and exhaled. Ranko and Shampoo quickly found there center, and soon went into a deep meditative trance.
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Ranko blinked and looked around again, her ears perked up some and her tail stopped swaying.
"Am I here again?"
"Yes. This is the subconscious of your mind."
"Why do I keep coming here?"
"It is a way of communicating with your Neko powers. To keep them intact."
"From doing what?"
"Going out of control. Neko-ken is a flawed technique."
"Flawed?"
"Yes. Every time a trainee has experienced the technique, they gain an unconditional reflex to be afraid of cats."
"Why am I not afraid of myself then?"
"Because I do not wish it. That is all I can tell for now."
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Ranko blinked her eyes open when she heard Cologne talking to her. Her ears perked up and her tail swished behind her happily. Now she would get to training.
"First is the Bakusai Tenketsu training." This was by far the easiest technique she had to teach the two, the Chestnuts technique required more speed, while the Dragon Ascension Blast required a Soul of Ice and it didn't seem like Ranko and Shampoo were on the best terms right now, so the technique would be too dangerous for her to teach them now.
Cologne walked over to the set of boulders and pointed to them.
"Each of you get into one of the slings and I shall further instruct you." Each of the two young Amazons got into a sling and bandaged up there fingers, save the index finger.
"Now, you must swing towards the boulders using only your index finger till you manage to shatter the boulder with one finger." Cologne walked over to another boulder and held out the index finger on her right hand. She tapped the boulder with her right finger and instantly the boulder shattered into many pieces, sending them in all directions, as well as kicking up dust five feet into the air and then disappearing.
After that demonstration, both youths started swinging towards the boulders, even before Cologne could turn around.
WHAM! WHAM!
"OWW!" "(Aiyaa!)" Cologne smiled as she continued to hear the telltale signs of the Breaking Point training. She knew they would master this technique in a matter of days.
'They are determined. These will be some interesting years.' She said when she watch Ranko swing back at the boulder again, her tail swishing behind her in a carefree manner.
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Ranko's many exercises continued for many months, she took to each of them like a fish to water. She quickly mastered silver claiming and Rize congratulated her, but still wished the train her in some arts he had to teach her. He started training her in the more advanced silver claiming and silver crafting techniques. Ranko had heard of these and even seen them, but he quickly said she wouldn't be able to use them for awhile, at least until she mastered the basics and the intermediate.
Musica and Mousse were a lot father along in the Hidden Weapon's techniques and Ranko was only a few steps behind, much to Mousse's dismay. Ranko could store large amounts of smaller weapons in her favorite fighting outfit, which happened to be her red Chinese silk long sleeved shirt or blouse, black kung-fu pants and soft-soled shoes.
Mousse had to admit on several occasions that he was surprised by her abilities, even though he did not like it in the least, but she was till a Chinese Amazon and even felt like a sister to him sometimes. She even had comforted him when he was saddened by the latest of Shampoo rejections.
Many of her academic teachers found Ranko too hyper and fell asleep in classes too easily. Many of them were patient with her, but other wise annoyed. Ranko only tried to stay up in one class, which was Chinese language. She wanted to learn Chinese so she could converse with her fellow Amazons, or even understand them in the least.
Cologne was surprised by the mastery Ranko had over techniques. Shampoo and Ranko were equal on every techniques they did. It seemed they wanted to stay on equal levels with each other, but Cologne had a feeling that Ranko wasn't showing all of her powers and many times had greater power then Shampoo. She still had the Neko-ken training, which in some aspects made her many times stronger then Shampoo. The increases hearing and sight allowed her to hear where an attack was coming from, and sight allowed her to see in dense or shadowed areas, where Shampoo could not.
Cologne didn't mention any of this to her great-grand daughter, as not to discourage her and dwarf her training. Nonetheless, she was amazed on the level Shampoo managed to keep with the ever progressing Ranko. Ranko had even learned to master her own schools techniques, although not as easily as the rest, since she had no one to instruct her in these techniques. Happosai was the only other person she knew who practiced Anything Goes, other then Ranko and her late father. She was certainly NOT thinking of bringing back Happosai to the Amazon village.
Jasmine was well pleased with her daughter. She continued to surprise her on many occasions as well. It seemed that anything that had to do with training or issued as a challenge she had wanted to complete and never give up, ever. Jasmines herbs, pressure points (as to relive stress, pain, blood loss and such) and massages allow Ranko to heal some minor wounds and a few major, such as broken limbs, although they weren't miracle works, it took less time then in a hospital.
Some even say that Ranko had been practicing musical arts in secret, but no one have ever heard music coming from the young girl or even around her.
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2 yeas later, after Ranko's arrival...
"(Ku Lon, please state why you are here.)" The elder that spoke looked to Cologne, who was dressed in a simple white robe, while holding her staff in her right hand in front of her and her left hand behind her back, clenched in a fist. A ten year-old Ranko wore a red long sleeved Chinese shirt, black kung-fu pants and soft-soled shoes. Her ears were straight up and her tail idly moved to and fro. Her hair was pulled back into a pigtail, which reached down to right above her waist. She wore the dragon shaped bracelet on her right wraist, the dragon's mouth open and its body curved downwards in a spiral. The wild mane of the dragon added to the effect. None of the scars across her body even slightly faded, they all retain the same flesh color of freshly made scars.
She wore two tanto's tied near her waist, behind her back, while horizontal (1), both the cases decorated in elaborate patterns of men fighting a great raging dragon, all of them dressed in suits of armor, while women dressed in kimonos ran from the monster. The handles were tied by worn out training bandages, while the hair of a dragon tied on the ends of the swords.
"(As you well observed, Ranko has not summoned the power which you feared for the past 2 years.)" All the elders present nodded. "(I demand the charges of execution be dropped on Ranko. She possesses no threat to us now.)" She looked around the room, to see a few of the elders nod there heads, while others glared at Cologne.
"(And why should we?)" One of the elders spoke up, while the others that disagreed are now nodding slowly.
"(...)" Silence was now the answer coming from Cologne.
"(As we...)" The elders were interrupted when Cologne spoke up.
"(So she can help the clan. As it stands now, she would not be able to help during invasions, missions or any other clan businesses. You were afraid she would release the power, or not be in control of it, thus making the mission fail. She would also not of been able to leave the village, ever.)" A few of the elders raised an eyebrow, while the others were struck by silence.
"(Granted.)" Cologne let out a sigh of relief, while Ranko just smiled while her tail wavered back and forth happily.
"(You are dismissed.)" Both Cologne and Ranko bowed to the elders and left out the door, while the elders discussed more matters.
"(Are we sure about this?)" All of the elders nodded in agreement.
"(What will we do if she slips and releases the power?)" All elders became silent.
"(Jasmine would protect her. We would have to exile them both from the tribe at that point...if there was a tribe left.)" All the elders were silent again.
"(We will worry about that when the time comes.)" All elders nodded in agreement.
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"Elder." Cologne turned to Ranko. "What did they mean by that?" Cologne stopped walking, while Ranko looked back at her, her tail swishing behind her confusingly, while her ears slumped with a raised eyebrow.
"Well..." Cologne raised her head, only to see a square object with a handle imbed itself where Ranko was standing a moment ago.
"FINALLY SAOTOME I HAVE FOUND YOU!" Cologne, Ranko and the people surrounding them, turned around to see someone standing on a roof opposite from where Ranko was standing.
"Who are you?" The person standing to face Ranko was wearing a maroon vest looking object that was tied at her waist with a white string, while the bottom of the vest had white trim. The person had long black hair with a ribbon tied on the top of her head, while another red ribbon was tied near her left shoulder. Black tights covered her whole legs. She had brown eyes and her face was scowling at Ranko. She had a holster across her right shoulder that lead down to the bottom of her left leg, 7 more spatula type objects. On her back was a large spatula.
"Ukyo Kyonji! Don't act like you don't know me!" She snapped at the Amazon cat girl. All the other Amazon's started taking up various weapons, swords, spears, bows, bonbori, sai, ect. Shampoo, dressed in an outfit similar to Ranko's, but with the color switched, and Mousse just arrived, dressed in his usual white robe and wearing his thick glasses. Both arrived and saw the girl as well. Shampoo started to get her bonbori out, while Mousse started to get into a stance, but Cologne waved her hand over the crowd while balancing herself on her staff.
"(Leave Ranko be. She must deal with this herself. We know we cannot prevent her past life from catching up with her.)" She whisper to the crowd as they lowered there weapons.
"Ukyo? I don't know anyone by that name." She said while cocking her head slightly to the right side, crossing her arms over her chest, her ears slumped down and her tail wavering behind her slowly. Ranko cocked her head to the left side as two spatula's passed by her head, cutting off strands of red hair, before landing in the roof behind her. Ranko side-stepped to the right as Ukyo charged at her with that battle spatula, causing the roof to cave in at that spot. Dust kicked up as Ukyo looked around furiously for the cat girl.
"Come out an fight cow...!" She stopped when she felt sharp steel at her throat, pushing just hard enough to see blood run down the blade of Ranko's tanto, the one on the top drawn, the hairs of the dragon shifted slightly in the wind.
"Do you yield or do I have to end this?" She said coldly, while glaring at the brown-eyed okonomiyaki chief. Ukyo glared at the cat girl and sighed, making the prick from the sword increase, sending more blood down the blade of the tanto.
"I yield." The whole village gave a cheer before going back to there normal lives, the only fights they were ever really interested in were the sparring between Shampoo, Ranko and Mousse. Those were all great matches. Cologne, Shampoo and Mousse walked forwards, while Ranko hopped down with Ukyo.
"(Ranko please leave us. I have something to discuss with this young woman.)" Ranko bowed to the elder and left. Cologne turned to Ukyo and glared at her.
"What business have you here child?" Ukyo growled at being called a child, but quickly shut up from glares by all three Amazon's. Jasmine just arrived on the scene, dressed in a yellow shot sleeved blouse, brown skirt and white apron tied around her waist, and glared at the okonomiyaki chief.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING ATTACKING MY DAUGHTER!?" Jasmines voice raising with each word. She almost jumped to tear the girl to shreds, but was stopped when Cologne raised her staff.
"Jasmine stop. We will deal with her." Cologne turned her attention back to Ukyo, only to receive a confused look by her.
"What do you mean daughter? Saotome is a boy. What's with the red hair, fake cat ears and tail?" Of course all the Amazon's have been told the tale of what happened to her, but accepted her anyways, as if she was born that way. Mousse stuck his arms in his sleeves and spoke for the group.
"The one you call Saotome is now a full girl, or cat girl now." All the present party nodded, while Ukyo looked even more confused.
"What do you mean?" Uyko asked in a slightly perturbed tone. Mousee sighed and shook his head.
"Stupid spatula girl. Jusenkyo cause change." Mousse nodded at Shampoo's explanation. Ukyo looked even more confused.
"Jusenkyo? What the hell?" Ukyo stated, in a slightly confused tone. Cologne pointed her staff towards a hut nearby and motioned for the group to follow her.
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(1). Look at Kasumi from DOA and looked at the position of her tanto's, that position.
That's it for Chapter 1. I hope people continue reading this story and enjoying it. As always, flames, advice, requests will be sent to my e-mail and be ignored, burned or used for roasting marshmallows if required.
Until next time!