Ranma Vs Meushi Seinen
Chapter 6
A/N: Before the story progresses, let me describe the characters clothing:
Ranma: Blue Chinese shirt with golden dragon patern on the sleeves, white pants and black shoes. (Actually everyone wear shoes in this story except when they're in the house)
Akane: Red skirt, Yellow blouse and light brown jacket.
Soun and Genma: Their usual martial arts outfit.
Alin: Blue flexible denim jeans, white shirt saying 'Avril Rocks', a black wristband on her left hand and a small grey cotton bracelet on her right. Her black wavy haired is clipped to the side.
Hakkai: Just think of Cho Hakkai with light green shirt and brown pants.
Other people: In their usual garments.
On with the story
Meushi leered at the two men standing, with arms crossed, at the far side of the land. He was surprised to see Hakkai but the other one with the pony tail, he seemed strong.
"Who you're calling a cockroach!" yelled Meushi furiously.
"Well, you are no doubt a cockroach, and you even act like one," Ranma retorted playfully.
Meushi gritted his teeth. "Why you!"
"Meushi-sama, Alin has found someone worthy to be your opponent," said Hakkai, with a commanding tone. He was going to do this directly.
Meushi stared at him in puzzled but soon smirked. "Too late now, I have defeated the girl again and now she'll become my bride," he said, with a snarl, hands rose in the air in triumph.
"Nani!" both Ranma and Hakkai said in unison. They scanned the area and their eyes landed on their friends. Alin lying on Mr. Saotome, who was a panda, and Akane and her father, were beside them. Alin was bruised and battered. This made Hakkai and Ranma almost lost hope but knowing Ranma, he always do something about it.
"Then," he pointed his forefingers at Meushi, "I'll challenge you myself."
Meushi raised a brow. "And why would you do that, I have no business with you," he said firmly.
Ranma was quick on words. "Oh yes you do, you hurt a friend of mine and I'm going to pummel you to the ground," he said with utter determination.
"Hah, I got no business with you, I'll just be off with my bride now," said the man in pink, as he made his way towards the unconscious Alin. Seeing this made Hakkai feelings flared. He smirked.
"You have to accept his challenge, Meushi-sama," said Hakkai firmly.
Meushi turned his head towards his servant, he thought of Hakkai as his servant. "Why? I defeated the girl, why would I want to defeat a boy who had his hair like a girl," he said, mocking Ranma.
"Hey who you're calling a girl," yelled Ranma furiously. Hakkai cut him off before he could do anything.
"Because you were never turn down a challenge, which involve your favourite pass time," Hakkai smiled mischievously at Meushi.
Meushi eyes went wide and grinned appreciatively at his servant. "Alright I accept your challenge, boy!" he acclaimed.
Ranma smiled, and raised his hand to show appreciation. "I'm going to beat you under the name of Anything Goes Martial Arts Style Dojo," he said and it made both Soun and Genma to tears. Genma even held up a sign said 'That's my son, the future.'
Meushi put his hands on his hips. "If we're going have a fight, then where's the equipement?" he sneered.
Then the ground trembled slightly, and everyone can feel it.
"What's going on?" Akane said anxiously.
"Something big coming here," said Soun, looking at the ground, small rocks and pebbles of stones trembling around.
'Maybe the circus is coming,' said the sign that Genma held up.
Meushi was more worried than the others. His five remaining men huddled together, scared of whatever is coming to them. "What is going on!" Meushi yelled furiously.
During this time, Hakkai and Ranma made their way towards their friends. They quickly knelt by Alin. Hakkai was mostly concerned. "Alin, are you okay?" he asked anxiously, holding onto Alin's hands.
Alin groaned when she heard her name being called. She struggled to open her eyes and it was blurry at first, then she saw Hakkai's concern face looking down at her with such caring and loving. 'His eyes are so beautiful… wait, where am i?' she thought confusingly.
"Hakkai," she spoke softly.
"Alin," her name being repeatedly called upon. Then she felt the ground shaking a bit.
'What happen? The last thing I remember was…. Oh no… I got beaten again!' she thought frustratingly and sat up.
"Alin, are you alright?" said Hakkai, holding one of Alin's hands.
"Yeah I'm alright… but I got beaten, I let myself… dammit," she said furiously. Then she realised Hakkai and Ranma were there.
"You two… came," she said surprisingly.
Ranma grinned playfully. "Yeah, we're going to beat the crap out of that pervert," he said. Then he got punched on his head by Alin. He rubbed his head in pain. "What's what that for?" he said angrily.
"What took you so long?" she said furiously.
"Well is not easy to carry two large giant…" Ranma was cut off by Akane.
"Look," said the blue haired girl, pointing at a street. Everyone turned their heads towards that direction as the ground began shaking more furious than ever.
It was not an earthquake, or a rampaging storm, it was more of people. Large masses of people running towards the unused field. They filled the streets while carrying what seemed to be two large electric piano on their backs. But most importantly, all of them wore an excited face.
'Now this is getting interesting,' thought Grandma Cologne to herself. She then faced Shampoo and the still-in-his-duck form, Mousse. "Come kids, let us join the others," she said and hopped towards Alin and his friends. Shampoo and Mousse nodded dumbly, and followed Grandma, while keeping an eye on the oncoming crowd.
"Alright, what did you just do when we were fighting and kicking asses?" she said, while looking questionably at the two late comers.
"Hey show some appreciation a bit," said Ranma disappointedly. "We're here to help you," he added. Then Akane interrupted.
"Well you have some explaining to do about some secret weapon," said Akane.
Alin's eyebrows rose. "Secret weapon?" she said expectantly.
"Yes, a secret weapon, Meushi-sama likes music and playing this big electric piano. He placed two in each country al over the world, so that whenever a challenge came upon him, this music instrument can be utilised," Hakkai explained, as the crowd made into the field.
"Hey where do you want us to put these huge bananas?" yelled a construction worker.
"Over the centre, separate them by a metre apart," Hakkai instructed. The construction worker nodded and ordered the crowd of mix people, from high school kids to working people. They put the big electric piano in the centre and positioned them like Hakkai instructed.
"Bananas... really those guys," said Ranma. Akane smiled at this. Unseen by everyone except his close friends and his father, he splashed himself with water, turning himself into a girl.
"Now it's an even match," said Ranma-chan, eyeing determinedly at Meushi, who was looking around the masses of crowd around him. He was scared, Ranma noticed just like Hakkai planned.
"Let's start the show," said Ranma, as he jumped high into the air and landed right onto the first big piano. His feet just above the keys.
(Big Electric Piano: It's actually looks like a computer keyboard except it's big and like any other electric organ, you can change the tune of the keys by pressing the required buttons above the keys. You all know this one, so move on with the story.)
"Who the hell is that girl?" Meushi said annoyingly. "Huh, another annoying character," he leered but when he noticed the pony tail, his brain click. "So he's one of the Jusenkyo victims, he fell into the one that turn into a girl, how stupid can he get," he laughed gruffly.
"Hey what the hell are you laughing about? C'mon up here and starts this fight," yelled Ranma impatiently.
Meushi stopped laughing and jumped onto the second piano. "Becareful, boy… or else that ego of your would hurt," he said.
Murmurs and whispers around the crowd, saying stuff about Ranma's sex.
"That's a boy! Man I thought I could get a shot at her-him."
"No wonder she's wearing large clothe, she's a boy all this time."
"Youth these days, what's gotten into them."
Ranma was flushing with irritation. "O, be quiet you people. Do you want to see a fight or not!" he yelled at the crowd and they grew silent immediately.
"Ranma, focus!" said Soun from the side. Ranma turned around and saw his father and Mr. Tendo, standing by the side of the piano. His father was holding a sign that said 'You'll lose if he gets to you.'
Ranma smirked. "That won't happen," he said confidently and turned to his opponent.
"Do you know the rules of the fight?" Meushi asked. Ranma nodded.
Rules of the fight:
There are a total of seven rounds. Each fighter need to create a song piece in each round. The fighter can use the same song piece again and again, but the crowd will get bored fast. The object of the game is to get the crowd cheer for you loudly so the fighter can get a ten second opportunity of kicking his opponent's butt. Meushi like this game because it's his crowd that always watches, now almost all of them wipe out, the game now is fair between Ranma and Meushi, who will win? To win, the fighter needs to knock out his opponent."Interesting," said Soun, crossing his arms and holding his chin. Genma too copied his movement.
"I hope Ranma can win this, because this is first time playing this sort of game," said Akane. She was holding Alin by the shoulders, to help the wavy haired girl stand up.
"Not to mention his fighting a pro," Alin added, wincing in pain now and then. Hakkai was holding her too, helping stand up straight.
"Daijouga, my Ranma is going to win like he always does," said Shampoo, cheering Ranma on. Akane stared in annoyance and grimaced.
"Yes, Ranma can win, he's already extraordinary," said Hakkai reassuringly. Everyone agreed with him.
"Not to mention he defeated many crazy opponents in many crazy fights, whether by strength or luck," said Grandma Cologne.
'That's right, he's just as strong as Meushi, and he definitely can do it. Gambate Ranma!' Akane thought to herself.
Out of nowhere, a blonde haired man wearing black and white suit appeared between the two bug electric pianos. "Let's start the 'Biggu Piano Challenge OOOOOOOO!" he said delightedly, a mike on his hand and the other rose in the air.
"Let's start with this, boy!" growled Meushi spiritedly. He jumped into the air and hit the notes one the keyboard right and left. He hit them perfectly, making music from an orchestra.
"Wow he's good!" said Soun astonishingly. Genma held up a two sign that said 'He can make five different sounds' and 'and play perfectly!'
"It's a keyboard, you can do any kind of music with a keyboard," said Nabiki, who appeared out of nowhere like the referee.
"Nabiki! When did you get here?" Soun asked, he was scared when seeing his daughter.
"Does it matter? Look at Ranma," she said lazily, she wanted to see the fight but her mind set on money making scheme when seeing the crowd.
Meushi finished playing and hit the final note. He sat back at the top part of the keyboard. He was sweating but excited playing this game. He thought over confidently that there was no way Ranma going to win.
"Now its Ranma's turn," said Mr. Referee. Ranma was shocked that the guy knew his name. "Go!"
"Yeos, he's not going to believe this," the pony tailed boy, now girl, said. He jumped and did a double flipped in the air and landed on the B note key. Then he started playing a song that was familiar and popular amongst the crowd of Nerima.
(Ranma is playing the theme song of the first Ranma ½ OP)
"What a boring song," Meushi mocked, lying with his head supported by his arm, his big belly demonstrated to the world.
"But sir, the people here seem to like it," said one of Meushi's henchmen.
Meushi eye widen. "Nani," he said. He looked around the crowd. Some the people were dancing and cheering for Ranma, and they were doing it loud and excited.
Ranma was hopping and jumping rhythmically, to the song he was doing. He hopped when the note was near to each other or flipped backward when he needed to go to the other side. His families and friends were enjoying his performance and they too join in the crowd's fun.
'Should've thought that he would use his favourite song,' Akane thought amusingly.
"Wow, Ranma is talented," said Alin, feeling surprised. "I know I'm not that talented at music but he's good."
Ranma slide to the left to make a beautiful ending to the song. He then jumped backwards and rest on top of the keyboard. "How you like that you slimy cockroach," he mocked.
Meushi scowled in annoyance. He was about to shot back Ranma's words when Mr. Referee announced the winner of the round.
"Mr. Ranma Saotome wins the round," he said as the crowd screamed in cheers. "Now he got ten seconds to beat up Meushi, starting right now!"
Ranma jumped immediately to the other big keyboard and sent a flying kick to Meushi, who was not ready for the attack, thus sending the belly flop man flying back.
"Nice kick, Ranma!" Akane cheered. Shampoo jumped in front of her. "Ranma, work hard for me." The Chinese girl blew a kiss. Akane shoved her out of her view.
Meushi landed on one his men, who grabbed him just in time before he hit the floor. "Damn it I need to be careful," he said to himself, rubbing the sore part where Ranma just kick.
Ranma looked on smirking, with his hands on his hips.
"He should have done a lot more damage to Meushi," said Alin, watching in disappointment.
"Ten seconds is a lot of time, you can deal a great damage to your opponent in that amount of time given," said Grandma Cologne, in agreement with Alin.
Meushi jumped back on his keyboard and Ranma back to his, as the second round started. Ranma started things off, by doing the same song. The crowd cheered but it was not as enthusiastic as before. Ranma noticed this.
'I only know one song, if I could go on like this I'll lose,' he thought.
When Ranma finished, Meushi did a ballet play, the crowd did not like it one bit, thus declaring Ranma the winner of the second round.
'That's 2 – 0,' said Genma's sign.
"Yeah but it is not how much round you win, Ranma needs to knock out his opponent," Hakkai informed, and they began to worry. In his girl form, Ranma was unable to do a powerful attack, or even knocking out an opponent.
Ranma delivered another flying kick right in Meushi's big belly, but the master of the tribe just staggered. Ranma delivered a fierce uppercut, to Meushi chin and a roundhouse kick to send him flying to his men again.
Meushi was coughing blood out of his mouth but he smirked. "This time we played it real."
The third round began as Mr. Referee announced it, but neither fighter moved. It was Meushi's turn to start. Ranma was impatient, but he felt something dreadful was about to happen. "Oi," he yelled out to Meushi. "What are you waiting for!" he yelled out shrilly.
Meushi smirked and walked onto one of the keys. He started things off slowly but the music was melodic and enticing.
Hakkai realised terribly what was going on. "Oh no, Ranma is in trouble now," Hakkai said fearfully. Everyone turned their heads to him. "Meushi-sama is going to play his favourite song, the Hypnotic Rain."
"Hypnotic Rain!" everyone said surprisingly in unison.
"It's a music that captures the heart and sense of hearing of the crowd. People will like the music against their own will. No matter how many times it is played, the crowd will like it and Ranma… whatever song his playing he's going to lose," Hakkai explained solemnly.
They looked around the crowd. The people looked on with their faces relaxed and their bodies swaying to the rhythm of Meushi's song. They were all happy but their looks can scare the heck out of you.
"Why aren't we affected?" Alin asked enquiringly, noticing that her friends were in the same condition as her.
"That's because we are all train in the martial arts so we're not affected one bit," he explained.
"What about me? I'm not affected," said Nabiki.
"Well, you may have a different heart than any of us, the same heart as Meushi-sama," Hakkai explained hesitantly.
"Figures," said Nabiki uncaringly, while her family had a different reaction to her.
"My daughter is evil!" cried Soun, covering his teary eyes with his left arm.
"And the winner is Meushi-sama," declared Mr. Referee. They were surprised by the result, especially Ranma, who had not made his turn yet.
"NANI!" Ranma yelled irately.
"But Ranma hasn't made his move yet," Akane protested. Genma raised thousand signs that said 'Cheater!'
"It can't be help, Mr. Referee too has been hypnotized," Hakkai informed them.
"Hey you daft referee, I haven't had my turn, hey are you listening to-" Ranma was cut off violently as he was hit by a white ball of lightning, sending the red pony tail boy-girl to the ground.
"Ranma!" Akane and Shampoo cried, they made their way towards Ranma. They knelt by his side as he sat up straight and glared at Meushi, who was smirking triumphantly on his keyboard. Ranma had some small bruises but he was alright.
"Daijouga?" Akane asked anxiously, touching Ranma's shoulder. He instantly winced at the touch and Akane backed her hands off. "Sorry, I didn't mean to-" she was cut off by Ranma.
"It's okay," he said, shrugging his shoulders and he stood up and went back to is keyboard. "Let's start round four," he said bravely.
Hakkai was dreading to make Ranma participate this match. 'If he lose, I'll lose Alin and Ranma will die for sure. If only there was some kind of a miracle,' he thought desperately.
The fourth and fifth rounds were brutal and unfair to Ranma. Not only had he played his song well in the fourth round, but the fact was it was one sided towards Meushi. Ranma played his song well but the crowd was too mesmerized by Meushi's mind control song. He got hit by thunder balls when he lost the two rounds.
He's body was bruised terribly, if he got hit another one of those thunder balls, he surely lose.
"Ranma, do something about him," growled his father frustratingly. He turned back into human form during the last round.
"Gambate Ranma," Akane urged on, but no matter what they say, the result would be the same.
"I'm afraid this time, my son-in-law will lose," said Grandma Cologne, making everyone downhearted.
'No way Ranma would lose, if only… if only!' Alin thought of a clever idea. She turned to Hakkai and whispered her plan. Hakkai smiled widely and nodded in agreement. He disappeared from sight.
"Where's he going?" Akane asked, holding firmly to Alin, now that Hakkai was gone.
"To help Ranma win easily," she said, grinning mischievously.
"Ready to be defeated by me, boy, or should I say girl. No matter, you will be dead in a form you are curse to be forever," said Meushi cruelly.
Ranma smirked of resistant and let out a huff. "Like that would happen, I'm going to beat you and you would be so ashamed to go back to China," he said resolutely.
"Talk is cheap, now die before me, boy!"
"Let the sixth round begin," announced Mr. Referee excitedly.
Ranma was struggling to move. 'Damn it, he's right I'm going to lose… might as well go out with a bang,' he thought sadly.
But before he could do anything, cloud was grouping scarily in the air and the sound of a thunder was heard.
"It's raining." The crowd began to woke up from the spell of Meushi's music.
Ranma looked up and smiled in the air. "Rain…" he murmured.
Meushi on the other hand was panicked stricken. 'No… not now… not when I.'
Too late as the droplets of rain fell down from the dark skies of Nerima and poured onto the field of the battle of the two fighters on the big keyboards. Ranma welcomed it with his hands raised, he felt cool and refresh. He thought of everything in his life and then somehow his mind was on the one girl that supported him, no matter what he stupid things he did. Then he found his strength and spirit.
"Look!" someone yelled from the crowd. Everyone turned their heads towards Meushi, who was…
Changing…
To…
a…
cow!
End!
A/N: Mcm mana, suka tak? Bagi lah reply kat FS, tak sabar u balik pj and nak ambik u lagi. April 10 right?
