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Ranma 1/2

Changes: Chapter III. Nerima's a Warzone! Drake Vs. Ranma!

Ranma-onna woke up when the sun hit her. She rolled over to face away from it. As she tried to go back to sleep she heard Kasumi call out that breakfast was ready. 'Man, I'm hungry.' She thought. 'But I don't want to go in there, I don't wanna see her.' Ranma-onna stood up and headed for Ucchan's, making sure that none of the Tendo's saw her.

Ranma-onna couldn't believe that this was real. Akane had dumped her for Ryouga. 'That dumb, stupid...Forget it, If she wants Ryouga and not me, then I don't care.' She thought. It only took her a few minutes to get to Ucchan's.

"Good morning! Hi, Ranma-honey." She said. Being Ranma's best friend meant she could tell that something was wrong. "What's the matter Ran-Chan?"

"Nothing." She sat at the bench. "Pork Okonumyaki, please."

Ukyo looked at the poor girl, 'Even though Ranma turns into a girl, I still love him, and her.' "Sure thing, sugar." She went to work making Ranma's order. Ranma-onna sat there, staring into space. "Ran-Chan? Are you sure you don't wanna talk about it? You might feel better." Ukyo said. Ranma-onna still seemed unresponsive. She finished the okonumyaki and slid it over to Ranma-onna. After she finished, Ukyo walked over to her and put her arms around Ranma-onna. "Oh Ran-Chan, it's Akane isn't it?" Ukyo asked. Ranma-onna nodded and started crying. "C'mon Ran-Chan, I can't help you if you won't talk to me about it."

"She, she chose Ryouga, not me." Ranma-onna muttered.

Ukyo gasped. 'That means Ran-Chan is!' She held her tighter, "It's okay, Ranma-Honey." She said. "I'm here for you."

"Ucchan."

Drake was leaving the Cat-Cafe to find Ranma When Shampoo stopped him. "Where you going, big-brother?" She asked.

"It's time for me to fight Ranma." Drake said.

"Ho-ho." Cologne laughed. "Do you really think you can beat son-in-law?"

"What makes you think I can't?"

"He's the one who killed Saffron."

Drake laughed. "Yes, that's true, I've heard all about Jusendo. But, that doesn't matter, I'm still going to fight him. I invite you to come and watch Cologne, you may regret ever banishing me." Drake then turned and walked out.

"Great-grandmother. Shampoo going now."

"Yes child, as am I. Drakus seems so confident, let us see what he can do."

After Ranma calmed down, Ukyo brought her a kettle so she could change back. After Ranma was done with the kettle, Ukyo latched on to him and gave him a passionate kiss. Ranma went bug-eyed, but didn't try to get away. "Remember sugar," she said. "I'm here for you."

Ranma Slowly 'escaped' from her grip. "Thanks Ucchan, I'm gonna go for now."

As Ranma left, Ukyo mentally kicked herself. 'Damn, that might've been too much.' She looked depressed as he left. 'He didn't even really return my kiss either.'

Drake stood inside the gates of the Tendo dojo, facing the gate. He wanted to be sure that Ranma noticed him when he got back. The residents of the dojo had. Everyone wondered who the strange man was. Kasumi surprized everyone by walking over to him and offering their 'guest' some tea.

Drake gladly accepted the tea. "Thank you." He said.

"Oh, you're very welcome, mister...?" Kasumi asked.

"Ah, forgive my rudeness, I am Drake former Joketsuzoku Amazon."

"Oh, my!"

Everyone stared the famous 'Nerima stare'.

"I'm here to challenge Ranma."

Soun rushed inside to call Genma. 'Oh how I miss you now that you've moved back in with your wife, old friend.'

"Well that's nice. Would you care to wait inside? We haven't seen Ranma since yesterday, and we're not sure when he'll be back."

"No, Thank you. I'll wait here if you don't mind."

"Oh, not at all. Just let me know if you need anything."

Drake (being new to Nerima) was trying not to stare at this girl, a girl who was so openly trusting and kind. "Thank you very much."

Kasumi smiled and walked back inside.

Nabiki, seeing the sword, wondered if she had enough time to get a crowd, and have them place bets. At that, she ran to the phone.

While Ranma was walking back to the dojo, he knew he was being watched, well sort of at least.

"Ranma Saotome! I must speak with you!" Mousse yelled at a hapless passer-by.

"Yo, Mousse, I'm over here." Ranma called.

"Ah, so you are!"

"Whats up?"

"I hope your ready for the fight of your life Saot-" Mousse was cut off by Ranma's fist.

"Man, give it up. I told ya already, I ain't interested in Shampoo, you can have her."

Mousse held his newly bruised face. "Argh! You jerk, I didn't mean me!"

"Huh? You mean you don't wanna fight with me?"

"Oh come on, when have you known me to anounce my attacks?"

"Ya got a point there."

"Listen, an extrmely powerful man from China has come to fight you."

"An extremely powerful man?" Ranma said. 'Great! This'll at least help me get my mind off things' "So where can I find him Mousse?"

"Just go home, he should be there waiting for you."

Ranma's eyes widened. "He ain't gonna hurt the Tendo's is he?"

"No, he won't. But, I can't garauntee that he won't try and kill you."

"So, why're you tryin to help?"

"Listen to me, just trust me. Fight this guy with all you got."

"There's something you ain't tellin me."

"Yeah, the guy is Shampoo's brother."

"Her Brother?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, I get it, so if I lose I gotta marry Shampoo!"

"That's what Cologne told me."

Ranma sighed. "Thanks for the heads up." Ranma started to run to the dojo.

Drake sensed Ranma's approach. Ranma jumped the gate and stopped in his tracks to face Drake.

"Hello there. You must be Ranma Saotome." Drake said.

"Yeah, who're you?"

"My name is Drake."

Cologne and Shampoo hopped over the wall. Shampoo ran up to Ranma and glomped him.

"Well, son-in-law, you should know that if you can't defeat Drakus you have to marry Shampoo." Cologne cackled.

"Shampoo be so happy!" Shampoo said as she tried to squeeze the life out of Ranma.

"Hey, lemme go Shampoo." Ranma tried to wiggle out of her grip.

"Shampoo." Drake said.

Shampoo let go of Ranma and nodded at Drake.

'Whoa, she listened to him.' Ranma thought. "Alright Drake, let's see what ya got."

"Heh, alright then." Drake drew his sword and thrust it at the ground in front of Ranma. "Baksai Tenketsu!" Drake yelled.

Ranma barely dodged the shards of rocks that exploded from the ground. 'What the heck? He did the breaking point technique with his sword!' Ranma thought.

Drake stepped around the crater, leaving his sword in the ground. "Glad you dodged that one. Listen Ranma, No ones gonna force you to marry my sister if you can't beat me."

Cologne glared. "Yes, he will, Drakus."

"Shut up "honorable" elder. This fight is between Ranma and myself. It has nothing to do with the tribe."

"You impudent boy!" Cologne yelled.

"Ranma, I just want to see how good you are. I've been training my entire life, and I've never lost a battle. So let's see if I can." Drake charged Ranma.

"Alright, I"m up for a good challenge."

Ranma and Drake traded blows for two hours. Ranma though, was clearly losing. For every hit Ranma managed to get on Drake he would take five or six. Ranma Even tried the Hiruo-Shoten Ha, but Drake managed to avoid it. The chestnut fist was ineffective because Drake could do it too. When Ranma thought to use his Chi blasts, he was too tired to do so.

Ranma stood in a defensive position, though it was obvious that this fight was over. Ranma was breathing heavily and Drake hardley seemed winded. 'Danm! He's way too good.' Ranma thought. 'I can't break his defences.'

Meanwhile, the inhabitents of Nerima were awe struck. Even Cologne couldn't believe it. 'How did he get so strong!' She thought.

"Man, you're good." Ranma said.

"You're better than I thought you'd be."

Ranma and Drake started Laughing.

"Let's call this one a draw, Ranma."

Ranma agreed. 'Draw or not, I still lost this one.' Ranma thought.

Akane, though she hated to admit it, could tell that this guy was better than Ranma. She hated guys that were stronger than her. 'Great, another pervert.' She thought. 'I wonder where Ryouga is. He's not a pervert like all the others.

End Chapter 3

Okay, I need to work on writing fight scenes.

xero-ghost: Thanks. Shampoo whined in the first chapter about how she'd been chasing Ranma for three years. That puts her, Ranma, Ryouga, Akane, Ukyo, Ect. at 19. So that means Drake is 21 years old.