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The Demon Incarnate :
Chapter 6 : Naraku's Location(Flashback)
"Who do you think that guy was?"
"I don't know"
"HE beat Kuno in one punch!"
"That guy was strong!"
"And cute too!"
"Forget cute! He was a hunk!"
"What was his name?"
"He never gave an introduction!"
"Ahem!" The entire class looked towards the chalkboard and saw the teacher, about 23, female, obviously irritated from all the gossiping.
"Now class, we have a new student today, his name is Ranma, um is this right? Ranma Ada(1)?" the teacher asked to herself curiously. Everyone turned to the opening door, and found the object of their chattering, enter the room. Everyone gasped.
"I'm pleased to meet you, my name is Ranma Ada and I hope to learn all that I can while attending this school." Ranma said while showing off his 'lady killer' smile. All the girls in the room swooned. Ranma then tilted his head towards the homeroom teacher.
"And yes, to answer your question, it is Ada." Ranma said, still smiling. The teacher slightly blushed.
"Ahem, yes well, take your seat next to where Akane Tend-"I'm here!" Everyone glanced towards the door and gazed at a slightly sweating Akane Tendo.
"Well, like I was saying, where Akane Tendo usually sits, and Ms. Tendo, for being late go out into the hall." The teacher said. Akane blinked, then glared at Ranma, who she blamed for making her late.
"Argh!" Akane growled out as she slammed the sliding door. Everyone sweatdropped as they saw a red light glow outside the class window.
"Well Mr. Ada, please take your seat, and everyone else turn to page 134 in your Geometry books."
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The female teacher shook her head in frustration. For the last 4 hours, she tried the ole 'stump the new student tactic', but to no avail as Ranma answered all her questions with quick precision.
"Ok, what is the name of the basic formula of finding any angle of triangl-" The Pythagorean Theorem." Ranma said, without any waver in his voice. All the girls stared at Ranma lovingly as the rest of the boys tried to keep up with all the questions. The teacher growled as she was about to ask another question, before the lunch bell rang.
"I'm sorry Sensei, but the lunch bell has already rung." Ranma said as he walked out of the classroom, the girls following him like lost puppies. The boys were all passed out on their desks, their brains fizzed out from strain. On his way to the lunchroom, he peered at a snoring Akane, asleep right outside the classroom door.
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Ranma searched through his pack, looking for something to eat as his stomach growled for food.
"Damn, I have no lunch, now how am I going to eat?" Ranma said, as he pulled his head out of his pack. He turned around and suddenly yelped as he was surrounded by grinning girls holding bento's filled with delicious food.
"Do you want to share my bento with me Ranma-san?" the girls all asked in unison. Ranma sweatdropped.
"Hey whats that up there!" Ranma shouted out as he pointed at the sky. The girls followed his gaze and looked up. They then turned back to Ranma only to find him gone.
"Hey! Where'd he go?"
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Ranma gasped for air as he found out that he was now out of trouble. He then sighed and looked around his current location. He was in the library, full of books, maps and history of the world, and places where 'Naraku' might've gone to. Ranma's eyes flickered purple.
He searched through many books, looking where it might hint to where he might find his biological father. He then came across a book that indicated where Naraku might be.
" The Feudal Era : Legends of Naraku, The Demon of Hell" Ranma read. The air around Ranma grew colder. He skimmed through the book, reading about powerful jewels of evil, dog demons, and, Naraku himself.
'The Feudal Era? But That's impossible! The Feudal Era is more then 500 years ago!' Ranma thought to himself, not believing what he was reading.
'Unless, Naraku himself is from the Feudal Era,'
'But How do I go to the past?' Ranma asked himself. He then realized something as he dug into the mountain of books he created. A muffled 'Ah-Ha!' was heard as Ranma suddenly resurfaced with a book that said 'The Ancient Chinese Amazons. He opened it up and read through random pages before he found a certain passage he found very interesting.
"The Nanban Mirror can give the user the ability the travel to the past. Very dangerous if misused. Joketsuzoku and GekiRetsu Amazons uncovered an ancient cave filled with invaluable goods with many mystical powers. Both tribes became possessed by the powers the mystical items and caused both tribes to go to war. In the end, Joketsuzoku Amazons demolished their sister clan and continued to live, sealing their ancient items which caused them to go corrupt and massacre their allies." Ranma read outloud. The then slammed the book shut. Ranma smirked evilly as he said out loud,
"I'm coming for you father."
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Ryoga was lost again, and was frustrated with his sense of direction. He felt that he was the unluckiest person in the world to have gone through what he had, before remembering what happened to Ranma in the past. Ryoga shook his head. He had it lucky! Ranma had to endure all he could before his mother died, and was he complaining? Well he did swear vengeance against his biological father and vowed to make him suffer, but anybody would do the same thing in his situation. He would rather choose to have a curse to be eternally lost rather then endure what Ranma had to go through. At least his mother was still alive, even if he didn't know where she was, with the family curse and all.
"Where am I no-urk!" Ryoga managed to get out as he was suddenly hauled off his feet, carried onto the rooftops. He looked around to look at his kidnapper and found it to be Ranma.
"Hey, whats the big idea jerk?" Ryoga shouted out at him. Ranma tilted his head towards Ryoga.
"Not now Ryoga, We have to get to China." Ranma said aloud, answering Ryoga's blatant question. Ryoga stared in confusion.
"But why? We just got here!" Ryoga said. He sneezed as he realized the temperature has gotten colder.
"I found out where 'FATHER' is." Ranma stated coldly. Ryoga's eyes widened.
"Oh" Ryoga said dumbly. Ranma nodded as he told Ryoga to follow him as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop, heading towards the docks. Ryoga hesitantly followed.
Day 1-
" How we gonna get there Ranma?"
"We'll swim."
"What!"
Day 2-
(Glurgle)
(Cough Cough)
"Are we there yet?"
"Halfway there."
Day 3-
"Please kill me now!"
"IF you don't stop complaining I will! Now shut up and swim."
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Ryoga coughed loudly, exhaling large amounts of water and fish. He then raised his head up and breathed loudly, obviously tired. Ranma was slightly breathing hard.
"(Cough Cough) Now what Ranma?" Ryoga asked tiredly. Ranma met Ryoga's brownish eyes with his own blueish grey.
"We Walk"
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(3 days later)
"Get up Ryoga, we're almost there." Ranma said while kicking Ryoga's pale, unmoving body. His body looked frail and tiny, most likely from hunger, his wrinkled eyes closed. Ryoga coughed weakly.
"I'm really sick Ranma, can you carry me?" Ryoga asked politely. Ranma groaned with frustration.
"You damn wuss, get up and stop being such a pussy." Ranma said aloud. Ryoga's eyes opened as he jumped to his feet, his body suddenly healthy again.
"Take that Back!" Ryoga shouted out. Ranma grinned while Ryoga sweatdropped.
"Uh, I mean (cough cough) is that you Ranma?" Ryoga asked weakly, trying to save whatever dignity he had left. Ranma's eyes got cold as Ryoga gulped.
"Lets go Ryoga." Ranma said, his voice slightly chilling.
"Yes Sir." Ryoga managed to get out, as he and Ranma slowly walked towards their destination.
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"Jusenkyo : The Cursed Springs" Ranma read off a sign. Ryoga scratched the back of his head.
"You speak Chinese Ranma?" Ryoga asked. Ranma shook his head.
"Welcome to Jusenkyo sirs" a voice called out. Ranma and Ryoga both turned around to see a portly man, with a type of army uniform on him. He seemed to be Chinese.
"I'm your guide, I will lead sirs to places sirs want to see." The Chinese guide said, in a heavy Japanese accent. Ryoga scratched the back of his head while Ranma cleared his throat.
" Don't worry, I know Chinese." Ranma said in fluent Chinese. The portly guide sighed as if a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders.
"Thank goodness, I thought I would've had to speak Japanese during the tour. Um, what about your friend?" The guide asked in chinese while pointing at Ryoga.
"Oh don't worry about him, he's just some retarded man I picked up somewhere." Ranma said in chinese. The portly man laughed.
"Where would you like to go?" the guide asked Ranma in chinese.
"Joketsuzoku please." Ranma said. The guide nodded.
"Yes sir, its right past the valley of Jusenkyo, follow me please." The guide said in chinese while walking through the gate. Ranma followed, but not before telling Ryoga to come, who was confused from the obvious language barrier he himself had.
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"Whoa"
Ranma grabbed onto Ryoga's shirt, pulling him back up from falling into a pool of murky, green water.
"Heh, looks like I saved your life eh Ryoga?" Ranma said. Ryoga just snorted.
"Whatever, its just water." He said. The guide shook his head no.
"No sirs, it is spring of drowned piglet, terrible tale of how piglet die drowning in that spring 1300 years ago." The guide said, explaining the springs history while Ryoga just turned pale.
"Um right, lets just go now." Ranma said as he walked ahead of the group. The other two nodded.
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"Here we are sirs, the ancient tribe of Joketsuzoku. We are indeed very lucky to come on day of yearly fighting tournament. It judge who strong of all amazons and who village champion." The guide wisely said, as he watched two amazons go at each other on a log attached to a rope. He then turned around to look as Ranma and Ryoga ravenously gorged themselves on the food that was presented on a table that said 'Prize' in Chinese. The guide turned pale.
"No sirs! You must stop or Amazons will kill!" the guide said. Ranma stopped eating and looked up at the guide. Ryoga also looked up to meet the guide's pale face, but still ate, albeit in a slow pace. The guide was about to tell them to run, but was smacked in the face with a wooden staff.
"Ah, outsiders, welcome." A short, shriveled, old woman said in a wispy voice. The old woman seemed to look over both traveling companions, before her eyes rested on Ranma, in a few seconds, her eyes widened.
"Ah, yes, you with the ponytail. Would you please follow me? OH not you, you can stay and keep eating." The old lady said. She then hopped on top of her wooden staff and pogo'd her way through the village, while Ranma followed her hesitantly. Ryoga stayed behind and continued to gorge himself on the delicacies displayed on the finely clothed table.
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"I'm hungry, can't I eat some more?" Ranma asked the old lady with the wooden stick. She ignored him and continued her path across the village. Ranma sighed. He then looked around and found himself leered at by many voluptuous women, most likely with very perverted thoughts. He gulped and continued to follow after the old woman with the stick.
"So, what's your name?" Ranma asked. The old lady refused to answer as she stopped in front of a small hut and proceeded to enter it. Ranma followed along.
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(Inside Hut)
The old lady turned around and looked into Ranma's startled eyes. She blinked twice and spoke in a wizen voice,
"Ah forgive me for being so rude to you before. My name is Ku Lon, of the Chinese Amazons. I am the Matriarch of the Joketsuzoku." Ku Lon bowed low. Ranma bowed along with her in respect.
"I am Ranma, and I am honored to meet someone of your stature, wise elder." Ranma said, sounding more mature then he looked. Ku Lon straightened with a slightly amused expression on her face.
"I must say, you are quite polite for your age." Ku Lon said. Ranma nodded.
"I've had a sort of hard life that forced me to grow up in some situations." Ranma said. Ku Lon had a understanding expression.
"So why are you here Ranma?" Ku Lon asked. Ranma's expression suddenly got hard.
"I'm looking for the Nanban Mirror." Ranma answered coldly. Ku Lon gasped in surprise.
"I am sorry young man, but you will find no such thing here in this-"BULLSHIT! I TRAVELED A LONG WAY FOR THE NANBAN MIRROR AND YOU WILL GIVE IT TO ME OLD WOMAN!" Ranma shouted out. Ku Lon eyes widened as she saw the slight battle aura Ranma was creating unconsciously. She then sighed as she came to an inevitable decision.
"You seem to be a lot stronger then you look. How about you fight my great granddaughter for the right of the Nanban Mirror?" Ku Lon asked. Ranma calmed down and nodded.
"Very well, Follow me." Ku Lon said.
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A 15 year old purple haired young woman wiped the sweat off her forehead.
'Almost won this year, next time I'll get it for sure!' the purple haired young girl thought to herself. She then heard her great grandmother call her. She looked towards the voice and saw her great grandmother. Next to her was a VERY handsome young man, seemingly about her age.
"Hello great grandmother! Who is this good-looking man next to you?" the young woman asked in Chinese, not noticing how Ranma's cheeks turned bright red. Ku Lon smirked.
"Oh this is Ranma, and he said he wants to challenge you Xian Pu." Ku Lon said. Xian Pu regarded Ranma for a few seconds. She was not one to throw a fight, but this was a too good opportunity to pass up.
"Ok great grandmother. I'll fight him." Xian Pu said as she got into a battle stance. Ranma also got into a battle stance, although his looked much more complex. Ku Lon got 5 yards away from them and raised her hand up.
"Ready? Go!" Ku Lon shouted out as both Ranma and Xian Pu launched at each other.
Xian Pu shot out a Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken, throwing a 100 punches per second, while Ranma endlessly dodged with extreme precision. Xian Pu then sweeped under his feet, while crouching low for a powerful uppercut to his chin. Ranma jumped and tucked his knees by his elbows, causing Xian Pu to miss as Ranma got flipped behind her and pressed several of her pressure points. She then fell to the ground lifelessly, therefore ending the battle.
"There, I won." Ranma said, not even slightly tired from the battle against the bubbly amazon. Ku Lon clapped. She then went to Xian Pu and pressed a pressure point near her neck, succeeding in waking her up.
"Well Done Son-In-Law." Ku Lon said. Ranma nodded with his eyes closed before snapping them back open.
"What? Son-In-Law?" Ranma asked as he was suddenly tackled to the ground by Xian Pu, who was giving him a passionate kiss and recited 'Wo Ai Ne Airen' while staring at Ranma's face lovingly.
"Yes you are my Son-In-Law now. Don't try to fight it or we will use potions to make you stay here. You can never hope to fight against 3000 years of Chinese Tradition." Ku Lon said. All of a sudden, black flame arose from where Ranma was laying. Xian Pu was thrown off of Ranma and was knocked into a hut.
"You fool! Weaklings like you and your granddaughter can never tame someone such as myself." Ranma roared out, obviously not himself as his eyes were tinted purple and skin dark and pale.
"Give Me The NanBan Mirror Old Woman!" Ranma growled out.
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Outside the village, the guide was walking back to Jusenkyo when all of a sudden, a loud explosion was heard behind him. He looked back and saw what appeared to be a giant burst of black fire coming from the village. The guide shrugged. It wasn't his problem.
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Ryoga walked, trying to find Ranma with a drumstick in his left hand, and a riceball in the other. He then spotted Ranma slightly huffing, holding a slightly burned hand mirror, while a blackened figure was next to his feet. Ryoga walked up to him.
"So did I miss anything?"
"Nope, I've got the mirror"
"Alright, lets go then."
"Ok"
Ranma shed a tear on the mirror, causing both Ryoga and him to fade out, and completely disappear in the wind. But before they could completely disappear, a chilling voice was heard all throughout the village.
'I'm Coming For You Naraku…..'
TBC.
Longer then the other chapters, more to come. Suggestions greatly appreciated. Please R n R! Thanks for your support, Daniel Shinigami!
Ja'ne!