Disclaimer: Ranma ½ belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Video and Winx Club belongs to Iginio Straffi and Rai S.p.A (NOT 4Kids!!). Song, 'Ichirin no Hana' belongs to Bleach, and 'Heart of Sword' belongs to Rurouni Kenshin.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 14: Exorcise! Demon Revealed!
Opening
Guitar solo; a white rose is seen budding, then blooming; a petal falls off, marking the end of the solo.
Kimi wa kimi dake shika inai yo (You are the only "you")
Kawari nante hoka ni inainda (There is no such thing as your replacement)
Karenai de ichirin no hana (Don't wilt away, single flower)
Throughout this set of lines, stills of various characters are seen. It starts with the Nerima Wrecking Crew. Then it works its way through the Trix, Valtor, the faculties of the schools, and the Winx. It ends with a shot of both of Ranma's forms, which slowly dissolves into white while the screen collapses from the top and bottom, the white forming into the Ranma Club logo.
Hikari ga matomo ni sashikomanai (You upon who light hardly shines) Kimi wa maru de hikage ni saita hana no you (Are just like a flower blooming in the shade)
Ranma's two forms are seen back-to-back; the scene is dark at first, then slowly brightens as the sun comes into view.
Tojikaketa kimochi (That feeling of screwing up)
Bloom, Layla, and Stella are all seen in Enchantix form, leaning against the walls of Alfea; then Tecna, Musa, and Flora are seen in Enchantix back-to-back-to-back; last, Shampoo and Ukyo are back-to-back, and their heads snap up as the line ends.
Haki daseba (Why don't you spit it out!)
Three quick shots of the above groups, in order, launching their attacks, then the screen is engulfed in flames.
Kimi wa kimi dake shika inai yo (You are the only "you")
Bloom is seen manipulating the flames that appeared, in full Enchantix mode, then Layla is seen in the middle of a room of water, controlled by her power.
Ima made mo kore kara saki ni mo (There's been none lik eyou and never will there be)
Set against an autumn scene, Flora does the end of her Enchantix transformation pose, then fades out; Stella fades in, performing a sweeping motion with her staff.
Tatoe kimi igai no subete no (Even if there comes a time)
Tecna walks down a hallway, then looks out of a window; Musa is seen staring off into the distance on the top of Alfea; last, three quick shots of Valtor are seen.
Hito wo teki ni mawasu (When you make enemies of everyone)
Ukyo spins her baker's peel, then slams it into the ground, edge-first, causing a trench to form from the point of impact.
Toki ga kite mo (Other than yourself)
Shampoo fights off the Trix, armed solely with her bonbori; as she knocks Stormy away, she gives the camera a cocky smile.
Kimi no koto mamori nuku kara (I will protect you through it all)
Makenai de ichirin no hana(So don't give up, my one flower)
Ranma-chan battles Valtor; the two exchange fists and blasts, seeming to be equally matched. Valtor summons a lightning barrage to try and do Ranma-chan in, while Ranma-chan crosses her arms in her transformation pose, ready to activate her Winx as the song ends.
End Opening (1)
Previously, on Ranma Club…
Ranma had been informed by Nodoka and Avalon that there was a way to cure his ailurophobia. It involved having the Winx girls' using astral projections of themselves to enter Ranma's mind and neutralize the demon within. While this was going on, the Trix try to pay a visit to Alfea to interfere with the healing process, but are stopped by Shampoo and Ukyou. The Winx find that the mind is quite a dangerous place, but just before they could get finished off, they get saved by certain people they never thought they'd ever see again.
Bloom: "Sky?"
Sky: "It's nice to see you all again…"
Ranma's mindscape…
Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla could only stand with tears in their eyes as they beheld the Specialists in front of them. They looked exactly as they did before Valtor had killed their bodies.
"What? You all look like you've seen a ghost." Said Riven.
"Uh… Riven? Considering the circumstances… they basically are…" said Timmy.
"Oh, right…" said Riven.
Finally, the Winx reacted.
"GUYS!!"
Each girl rushed forward and embraced her respective loved one with tears in her eyes.
"Oh Sky! I'm so happy to see you again!" Bloom sobbed. Sky could only hold and console the girl.
"Helia… Helia…" said Flora as she placed her hand on Helia's face then cries on his shoulder.
The tearful reunion went on for another minute until they finally calmed down and separated.
"Why, Brandon? Why did you all have to get yourselves killed?" asked Stella.
"In order to protect you all." Replied Brandon. "I'd die a thousand deaths if it meant keeping you safe, Sunshine."
"And we couldn't just let that bastard kill you while you were down." Added Riven.
"Though it was surprising that we all ended up in Ranma." Said Helia. "That was something we never expected to happen."
"So you guys are really…?" asked Musa.
"Alive? More or less." Replied Timmy. "Our bodies may be destroyed, but our souls live on."
"When Ms. Faragonda transferred our souls into Ranma, we were reborn and lived as him." Said Nabu.
"Funny, isn't it? With all six of us, we make up Ranma." Said Sky. "We basically make up everything that Ranma is. He needs us to live just as we need him to live. We can never be apart."
"Quite fascinating…" said Tecna. "All of you are as one in Ranma then?"
"That's correct." Said Nabu. "We've also seen everything that Ranma had experienced, and let me tell you, the guy's tough to take all that in his life."
"Yeah, Ranma had pretty much told us much about his life." Said Layla.
"In any case, what are you all doing in here?" asked Helia.
"We came here to help cure Ranma of his traumatic fear of cats." Said Flora.
"Oh, that, huh?" said Brandon. "That Nekoken is a serious business."
"We had a front row seat of it, too…" said Nabu. "And let me tell you, it wasn't pretty."
The girls could only wince. They were told of how the training process for the Nekoken went. It made one's skin crawl to imagine having starving animals eating off of you wildly.
"We've seen Ranma go through many trials and tribulations that make the troubles in Magix look normal." Said Sky.
"Yeah, check this out." Said Timmy as he reached out towards a crystal stalagmite. The crystal flashed, and then showed the whole scene of Ranma at Jusenkyo. The girls looked in awe at how the magic of that cursed place worked. They saw Genma get knocked into a spring, then jumped back out as a panda.
Ranma: "Wha-wha-what the hell is that!?"
Guide: "Oh! That one Shonmaoniichuan, 'Spring of Drowned Panda'! Very tragic story of panda that drown there two thousand year ago! The legend say, whoever fall in spring, take body of panda!"
Ranma: "Hey buddy, you never said anything about that to us!" Genma-panda lunges at Ranma and knocks him into another spring
Guide: "Oh, too bad! Now you fall in Nyaniichuan, 'Spring of Drowned Girl'! There very tragic legend of young girl who drown in spring one thousand five hundred year ago! Now whoever fall in that spring, take body of a young girl!"
Ranma Ranma emerges with red hair, as well as some additions to his chest. He opens the flaps of his gi and screams in a higher pitched tone at the sight of two well-formed breasts
Guide: "See? Now, you young girl!"
The scene ends as the crystal powers down. Bloom and the others could only look in shock. So that's how he got his curse.
"These other stalagmites hold Ranma's other memories." Said Brandon as he gestured to the other crystals.
A lot of the crystals activated all at once, causing much of Ranma's memories of the past year to be displayed in a kaleidoscope of flashes. They saw how Ranma was brought to the Tendo Dojo against his will, then how Akane had opened up to him while he was a girl, but then later threw it all in his face once his true gender was known.
They saw his rivalry with Ryoga Hibiki and how Ranma tried to keep him from getting fresh with Akane when he was P-Chan. As far as the Winx were concerned, Ryoga's a hypocrite when it comes to honor. They also couldn't believe how stupid Akane could be to not see the connection between Ryoga and P-Chan after seeing so many obvious instances. (2)
They saw his run-in with the Chinese Amazons and the "obligations" that were forced on him due to an accidental victory over Shampoo. Bloom and the others were disgusted at Akane's behavior when Shampoo first arrived. This was how she thanked someone for saving her? She acted as if Ranma was the one Frenching Shampoo when it was the other way around. They were also disgusted when she had Shampoo go after Ranma-chan while she wasn't aware of his curse. They also saw his troubles with Cologne and stared in awe at the ancient woman's skill. His unintended rivalry with Mousse, Shampoo's self-proclaimed suitor and his many attempts to kill Ranma.
They had seen Ranma's less than happy reunion with Ukyou and the deal Genma made. She was quite angry the first time and Ranma was feeling confused at the whole thing since he originally thought her a boy. She eventually forgave him after he admitted that she turned out cute, unlike another fiancee he knows of. Though Ukyou acted friendly with Ranma, there were times she could be a bit manipulative to get Ranma married to her, though not as extreme as Shampoo or Kodachi's methods.
One of Ranma's worst experiences was meeting the Kuno family. The Winx couldn't believe the arrogance and stupidity of the family members there. Tatewaki was a self-righteous, conceited asshole with a "holier than thou" attitude, not to mention totally delusional. He believes himself to be an invincible warrior, despite the fact that Ranma easily kicks his sorry ass numerous times almost effortlessly. When seeing how he was pining after Ranma-chan, the girls could understand why Ranma tried avoiding water at the Alfea party some time ago. His twisted sister Kodachi was just as bad. She, too, was also conceited with a "holier than thou" attitude and thinks herself a righteous fighter when she always resorts to dirty tricks to get what she wants. She doesn't know the meaning of honor and her laugh was just incredibly annoying. She also had this sick delusion that Ranma's in love with her when in reality he thinks less of her than dirt. The father, who was also the principal of Furinkan, was a Hawaiian nut job whose purpose seemed to be just to torture the students with idiotic school rules, like the school haircut law. Stella fingered her hair after watching the scene where Principal Kuno tried to enforce that law. If that nutjob ever tried to give her an ugly bowlcut, she'd blow him into the sun itself.
They also got their glimpes of Happosai, AKA, the Greatest Evil in Japan. He was the diminutive gnome founder of the Anything Goes. The girls cringed as they saw the little pervert's antics of groping women and stealing their lingerie. They were even more shocked at how he would grope Ranma-chan whenever he got the chance. They've also seen a lot of the crap Happosai put Ranma through, such as the Moxibustion incident where Ranma was turned weak, the bath house fight, and the episode with Pantyhose Tarou.
The Winx have also seen other miscellaneous memories of Ranma in which he had to deal with so many problems, some not even his own. The Golden Pair, the Baku Neko, Casino King, the Chardin Family, the magic mushrooms, the love pill bracelet, the Martial Arts Take-out Race, the Dragon's Whisker, amongst others.
Finally, it all stopped. Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla couldn't believe how much Ranma had gone through.
"That's still just a portion of what Ranma's life was like." Said Brandon.
"I have to say, he's pretty tough." Said Riven. "I don't think I could take even half the crap that went on in his life."
"Being part of his soul, we've experienced all that Ranma had gone through and more." Said Nabu. "In a sense, we shouldered his burden."
"I've never realized how much Ranma had suffered…" said Bloom. She then looked to the Specialists. "And you all suffered along with him, didn't you?"
"He is us, and we are him." Said Helia simply.
"I couldn't help but feel sorry for him, especially with his multiple engagements." Said Sky. He could sympathize with Ranma since he himself had an arranged marriage. Only difference was that Sky's was made for the benefit of Eraklyon. Ranma's were made due to other people's selfishness.
"Yeah, that Akane girl really pissed me off." Said Riven. If she had done those things to him, he would've given the self-centered bitch a piece of his mind.
"I wouldn't flirt with her if she were the last girl in the world." Said Brandon. He'd sooner flirt with one of the Trix than with Akane.
"Well, we'd better get moving. If we want to help out Ranma, we have to go deeper into his psyche." Said Timmy.
"That's right! His phobia!" said Tecna. "Let's go! Where is it?"
"Over there…" said Helia. He pointed towards a darkened part of Ranma's mindscape. It had a thick black mist obscuring the area. And some blue lightning flashed within it.
"Doesn't look very inviting…" said Stella.
Ouside Alfea's walls…
Icy, Darcy, and Stormy stood panting a bit as they faced off against Shampoo and Ukyou, who were also panting. They had been fighting for a while now.
"How…? How could they be resisting like this for this long?" asked Icy.
The Trix couldn't understand it. They thought they were dealing with two girls who can't do magic, yet they were holding them off just fine. Those two proved to be quite nimble in evading their attacks.
"TAKE THIS! THUNDER SPIRAL!" shouted Stormy. She throws her hands forward and fires off an electrified tornado beam at Shampoo and Ukyou. They quickly cartwheel away from each other, causing the attack to pass harmlessly between them. As Ukyou gets to her feet, she whips out a mini spatula and throws it at Stormy's hand, making her stop her spell. "Ow!"
"Dark Wave!" Darcy sends off an arc-shaped projectile of darkness at Shampoo. She quickly counters by causing one of her bonboris to glow a white light.
"Ki Divide!" Shampoo brings down the glowing bonbori upon Darcy's attack, splitting it in half. The two halves pass harmlessly by her on either side.
"Icicle Lance!" Icy shoots a huge icicle, but then Ukyou intercepts and swings her spatula at it. The large cooking utensil glowed blue with her ki to strengthen it against the ice attack, and grand-slams it away. "I don't believe this!"
"That's it! No more playing around!" said Darcy.
"Oh? Shampoo think you three been serious whole time!" Shampoo mocked.
"We haven't even gotten started yet!" said Ukyou.
Stormy then flies up and hurls down some lightning bolts. Shampoo and Ukyou quickly scramble to avoid getting shocked.
"Killer Hail!" Icy causes it to rain large ice boulders on the two martial artists. Ukyou quickly dodges the ice boulders from crushing her. Shampoo, however, started swinging her bonboris at the chunks, shattering them on impact.
"This child's play to Shampoo!" said Shampoo as she continued to shatter the ice boulders at a rapid pace.
Icy was shocked. How could this girl shatter her attack with those balls on sticks? Not wanting to be outdone, Ukyou catches an ice boulder with her spatula, swings around from the force, and sends it hurling right back at Icy. The cryo witch was too shocked to dodge in time and was hit hard by her own attack, causing her to get knocked out. She lays sprawled out a good distance away. This in turn halted her Killer Hail attack.
"You'll pay for that!" said Darcy as she charges at Ukyou while producing an orb of darkness. "Dark Bomb!"
The black orb flies at Ukyou. Seeing the attack, she quickly jumps to the side, her instinct telling her that trying to block it would not be a good idea. The Dark Bomb hits a tree behind her and explodes on impact, destroying it. Ukyou counters by throwing three of her mini spatulas at her. Darcy quickly produces a shield of darkness to deflect the projectiles. The chef uses her spatula to pole vault over another Dark Bomb attack, then falls towards the dark witch while spinning her spatula. Darcy quickly flies back before Ukyou's spatula stabbed into the ground.
"Lightning Spray!" Stormy fires a swarm of lightning orbs at Shampoo. The purple-haired Amazon began swinging her ki-enhanced bonboris at the orbs, canceling them out. "Lightning Stream!" She then fires off a beam of lightning at Shampoo, who quickly jumps up into the air to avoid the attack. At the apex of her jump, Shampoo hurls one of her bonboris directly at Stormy. She eeped and quickly jumps back, the weapon nearly burying itself into the ground from the force. Landing, Shampoo rushes forth and grabs her downed weapon to attack Stormy. Each bonbori swing from Shampoo, Stormy managed to fly out of the way. She thought she'd be out of reach if she flew upward, but was surprised by Shampoo when she launched herself up after her, feet first. Shampoo's rising kick nailed Stormy in her chin, knocking her back to the ground near Icy. It had hurt even more since Shampoo was wearing those high-heel wedge sandals.
"You've not won yet!" said Darcy. She charges Ukyou with a blade of darkness. Ukyou quickly parries her thrusts and swings with her spatula. Finally, with her free hand, Ukyou throws something out at Darcy's legs, pulls, and trips her up. Darcy looks up from the ground at her legs and was surprised to see what looked like ropes around her ankles. "What is this!?"
"These are my special rubber yakisoba noodles!" replied Ukyou as she took the other end of the noodles and spun her around. She hurls them towards where Icy and Stormy were at, piled up in a heap. "Shampoo! Set them up!"
Shampoo nods. Focusing her ki, she lifts up her bonboris and smashes them both into the ground near the Trix. The witches were sent into the air due to the force of Shampoo's blow. While they were in the air, Ukyou throws more of her yakisoba noodles at them, tying them all together completely. They crash unceremoniously to the ground.
"You insects! Once we get out of this, we'll kill you!" Icy raged as she and her sisters struggled to break out of the rubber noodles. Since their arms were secured at their sides, they couldn't use their magic to break free.
"Aiya, Shampoo think Trix girls had overstayed welcome, yes?" asked Shampoo.
"Just what I was thinking!" replied Ukyou.
With that said, both girls stood on opposite ends of the tied up witches and winded up with their weapons like batters at the plate. The Trix's eyes widened, realizing what they were going to do.
"NO! WAIT! HOLD ON!" said Stormy.
Shampoo and Ukyou swung their weapons hard at the Trix, grand-slamming them over the horizon. The Trix's screams echoed in the distance until they were a distant dot in the sky.
"That good workout, yes?" asked Shampoo.
"Sure felt like it." Replied Ukyou. "Looks like we won't be hearing from them anytime soon."
Ranma's mindscape…
Thw Winx and Specialists were walking through the dark mists of Ranma's innder psyche.
"This place gives me the creeps…" said Layla.
"This is where Ranma keeps his fears locked away." Said Nabu. "No matter how much he wants to forget them, he'll always have a grim reminder of his trauma."
"The demon had made this area of his psyche its own." Said Timmy. "It's deeply rooted into his mind."
The group stops before a seal that was hanging in mid-air. It was a translucent door lined with spirit wards and two huge chains criss-crossing over it.
"We couldn't get any further than this." said Sky. "This door keeps blocking us off."
"We wanted to take down the demon ourselves, but we can't do that if we can't even meet it." Said Helia.
"And that's where you girls come in." said Brandon as he looks at the Winx.
"Us?" asked Stella.
"We may be a part of Ranma's being, but we are barred from entering his psyche, due to the demon dwelling in there." Said Timmy. "Since you're all outside forces, we think you can bypass this."
"Basically, you've got to open the door for us." Said Riven.
Musa could only smirk. "The guys can't open a door, but we can. Hahaha!"
She and the other girls stood before the sealed door. They could feel the power emanating from behind it. Each held out a hand and focused her power. The girls recalled Palladium's unlocking spell. However, since this is not their ordinary locked door, they try to amplify the spell by focusing their ki.
"Expelio Catanum!"
Six beams of light shot out and combined into one orb. The orb engulfs the door with a flash and causes the huge chains to drop off with a thud. The Spirit wards glowed with light and slowly burned themselves away. Once the door was cleared, they slowly open.
"Good job, girls!" said Sky. "Now we can save him."
Within the door was a thick darkness. If one could listen closely enough, monstrous yowling could be heard.
"That doesn't sound too friendly…" said Tecna.
The darkness seemed to beckon to them. Both groups then walked through the door and into the darkness.
Ranma's psyche…
Stella provided some much needed light for the trip into Ranma's psyche. It felt like they were walking in a cavern, except that there were no walls or ceilings; just endless darkness. The light merely provided a means for the group to see where each other are so as not to bump. They couldn't tell which way is which. Their only guide was the sounds of the growling.
Finally, the group winds up in a clearing. A voice rang out.
"You wish to help the boy? I won't let you!"
Everyone looks around.
"Who's there!? Show yourself!" shouted Riven as he activates his sword.
The room suddenly lights up. The group finds themselves in a large cavern the size of a baseball diamond.
"The boy is mine!"
Everyone looks at the source of the voice. It was a twenty-foot humanoid demonic cat with black fur and silver highlights. Its claws were crimson and each was nearly a foot long. It tail was fifteen feet long and slammed hard into the ground, causing bits of crystal to fly. The monster's eyes were a deep yellow as they gazed at the group with malicious intent.
"That is one seriously huge cat…" said Musa.
Something else caught Bloom's attention and points. "Look!" Everyone looks in the direction Bloom was facing and nearly gasped. The cat monster was standing above what looked like a crystal altar. Lying on top of it was an unconscious six-year-old boy. He wore a blood-stained karate gi that was torn in places and was heavily wounded as if had been attacked by wild animals. The striking thing was that he had black hair pulled into a pig-tail style.
Flora holds her hands over her mouth in shock. "Is… is that…?"
"It's Ranma… when he was subjected to the Nekoken training…" said Sky.
"We've got to save him!" said Layla. She rushes forward.
"Layla! Wait!" said Nabu.
The monster swiped at Layla with a huge clawed hand. She screamed and quickly jumped back, narrowly avoiding the claws.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that…" said the cat monster.
"Just who are you!?" demanded Tecna.
"The essence of the Nekoken!" replied the monster. "The fear from this boy is so delicious! His fear grants me more power! Whenever Ranma sees a cat in the real world, more power is added to me! Soon, I shall have enough power to take over his whole body!"
"That's not gonna happen, kitty!" said Brandon as he activated his sword. The other Specialists followed suit.
"I SHALL SHARPEN MY CLAWS ON YOU ALL!!" the cat monster suddenly lunged at the group for a fast strike.
"SCATTER!" shouted Helia.
Everyone quickly scrambled in different directions to avoid the claw swipe. As soon as the battle started, the monster materialized a force field around young Ranma in order to keep the boy from being taken. Bloom shoots a fireball at the monster's paw, causing it to pull it back in pain. It angrily uses its free paw to backhand the redhead away. She goes flying and crashes right into Layla, knocking them down.
"BLOOM!"
"LAYLA!"
Sky and Nabu were angered to see their loved ones get hurt and charged. Sky rushes by its left arm and slashes at it, causing the monster to howl in pain. Nabu follows up by shooting a light arc at its shoulder. Stella fires a light beam at the monster's face while Tecna wraps it with a glowing green net. Musa manages to knock it back with a blast of concentrated sound. Riven was standing behind it and jumps up with an upper slash attack up along its back. Brandon jumps across the monster and slashes against its chest, followed by a few shots from Timmy. Finally, Helia uses his cables to lasso the monster around the neck from behind and pulls with all his might. It topples down into its back.
As this was going on, Flora goes to check on Bloom and Layla. "Are you two all right?"
"I guess so…" said Bloom as she stood up.
"Same here…" said Layla.
They turn to look at the battle, the monster seemingly defeated. However, it breaks out of Tecna's energy net and gets back up on its feet.
"YOU THINK THAT'S ENOUGH TO STOP ME!?" screamed the monster. It suddenly swings its tail around and knocks everyone towards Bloom, Flora, and Layla.
"Oh no! Those attacks only made it angry!" said Flora.
"Eat this!" shouted Stella. She shoots off the biggest light orb she could produce, which was about the size of a car. To her horror, the cat monster sliced it in half with a flick of its claws. "No way!"
"My attacks are ki-based! You have no hope of beating me!" said the monster. "Slash Barrage!"
The cat monster started slashing its claws at a rapid pace. Each swipe sent off an arc-shaped blast.
"LOOK OUT!" shouted Brandon.
Everyone quickly dove for cover. The ground they were previously standing on was now littered with criss-crossing trenches.
"Unbelievable! It could slash from a distance!" said Tecna.
The monster punches the ground with enough force to cause chunks of crystal to fly out like shrapnel. The guys dodged or attacked the pieces while the girls created barriers to protect themselves.
"We're getting nowhere like this!" said Nabu.
Flora then got to thinking. "We must try a convergence!"
"But that would take too long with six of us!" said Tecna.
"Not with each other, with the boys!" said Flora.
"Huh? What're getting at?" asked Musa.
"Just follow my lead!" said Flora as she ran towards Helia. "Helia! Combine forces!"
Helia turned to look at Flora as she grabbed one of his shoulders. He felt her power coursing through him. Suddenly, he shoots his cables at the monster. "Rose Cables!" Rather than his usual cables, he had somehow fired off spiked vines resembling the thorny stems of roses. They shot out fast and long as they completely ensnared the monster from shoulder to ankle. The monster howls in pain from the razor sharp thorns
"WHAT IS THIS!?" it screamed.
The others nodded and followed Flora and Helia's move. Musa rushes to converge with Riven. With her sound powers, Riven swings his sword. "Soundwave Slash!" He shot off an arc of air pressure that plowed into the cat monster's chest and out the other side, making a diagonal line-shaped hole in it.
Brandon and Stella followed suit. The blonde wrapped her arms around Brandon's neck from behind and the two shot up into the air. Both glowing with a yellow light, they shoot themselves down at the monster. "Shooting Star Slice!" Powered by the Light of Solaria, Brandon's sword slashed into the monster's chest, his slash mark crossing over the wound Riven and Musa created earlier.
Nabu and Layla joined hands and were suddenly covered in a barrier of water. Flying up, they spiral around the cavern building up velocity. "Aqua Jet!" The two acted as a hydro missile and rammed into the back of the monster's head, dizzying it. This in turn causes it to get drenched in water. The pair quickly lands away from it.
Timmy felt Tecna's power surge through him as he readies his gun. He fires a couple of shots over the monster's head. The shots were green balls of electricity which hovered in place over the monster. Timmy points and aims at the X-shaped wound caused by the attacks of Rive/Musa and Brandon/Stella. "Tazer Lightning!" The gun fires a green tazer line right into the wound, then green electricity courses through, shocking the monster and causing it to scream. The lightning orbs earlier activate and rain down steady bolts of lightning on it. Since it had been drenched by Nabu/Layla, the pain was multiplied.
Once the lightning had died down, Sky and Bloom go in. Bloom grabs hold of Sky from behind, feeding him her power. They were soon engulfed in an aura of flamesWith inhuman speed, Sky and Bloom rushed towards the monster. "Dragon Flame Divide!" The pair plow right through the monster's wound sword first and out the back, leaving a large flaming hole through it, screaming in agony. When Sky and Bloom exited, they flew up and plowed through it again. Exiting the chest, they flew straight up. Sky held his sword high, powered by the Dragon's Flame. Sword up, he and Bloom dropped and brought the sword down on the monster's head. The blade sliced through and continued on to the ankles. A red line ran down the monster's body, marking the sword slash.
"How…. How could this be…?" the monster said in denial. Finally, it falls apart in two halves, each making a loud crash. The halves dissipate into nothingness, erasing any evidence of its existance.
"YEAH! WE DID IT!" said Stella.
Everyone cheered in their victory over the cat demon. With it gone, the force field around Young Ranma was dispelled. Along with it, the entire cavern transforms into Ranma's mindscape. Young Ranma wakes up with a groan and slowly gets up.
"Huh? What's going on? I felt like I was in a nightmare…" said Young Ranma.
The Winx and Specialists walk over to the little boy.
"Are you all right?" asked Bloom.
Young Ranma looks at her and nods. "Mmm-hmm! Is that scary monster gone?"
Sky kneels down to his level. "Don't worry. We've all taken care of it. That monster will never frighten you again."
Young Ranma smiles. "Thanks, everyone! You all saved me! I don't know how to thank you!"
"We're just glad to help." Said Flora.
"Thank you all!" said Young Ranma while bowing. "Well, I must get going! You should get back into your own bodies as well!" Young Ranma begins to slowly vanish, becoming one with Ranma's mind. He was finally free.
The Specialists turn to look at the Winx.
"He's right. Your mission is over. You need to return to your bodies." Said Helia.
The girls agreed, but they also looked a little saddened.
"Yeah… we ought to…" said Musa.
"Will we… ever see each other again?" asked Bloom.
"We'll always be with you as Ranma." Replied Sky. "Treat him as the way you treat us. After all he's been through, he needs it."
The Winx smiled while tears started to form. Finally, they reached out and embraced her respective boyfriend.
"We'll never forget you guys…" said Stella.
"And we'll never forget you…" said Brandon.
Each couple held onto each other, then finally shared a passionate kiss that lasted for nearly a minute. A portal of light opened up near them and they separated.
"That looks like our way out of here." Said Layla.
"I guess we'll see you in the waking world." Said Tecna.
"Later girls! It's been fun!" said Riven.
The girls waved goodbye to the boys and entered the portal. The portal vanishes, leaving the Specialists behind.
"He's finally free." Said Nabu.
"The nightmare is over." Said Helia.
"Well, guys, we'd better go wake up, ourselves." Said Sky. "They'll be expecting him."
"And we still got to pay Valtor back!" said Riven.
The six guys walk off into the distance towards another part of Ranma's mindscape.
Alfea Auditorium…
Nodoka, Avalon, Shampoo, Ukyou, Kiko, and the Pixies were watching the unmoving forms of Ranma and the Winxin anticipation.
"Look! They're regaining consciousness!" said Avalon.
The soul orbs above the seven teens began to vanish. Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla slowly sat up from their couches.
"Oh thank heavens! You're all awake!" said Nodoka. "I was starting to worry!"
The Pixies floated up to their bonded ones.
"Oh Bloom! What happened in there?" asked Lockette. The other Pixies started asking similar questions.
"It's a long story…" said Musa.
Finally, Ranma woke up. His groans attracted the attentions of everyone in the room.
"Aiya! Ranma!" said Shampoo.
"Ranma! You all right?" asked Ukyou.
Everyone immediately gathered around him. He starts rubbing his head. "Mmmm… I felt like I just woke up from a nightmare….I also felt like a heavy burden was lifted from my shoulders…"
Avalon looked towards the Winx. "Were you successful?"
"We were, Professor." Replied Tecna.
"Then let us test this. Layla?" said Nodoka as she gestured to the Princess of Andros.
Layla nods in understanding and focuses her magic. "Aqua Blanket!"
A sheet of water appeared over Shampoo and splashed down on her. The Amazon yelped at the sudden splash. She wasn't the only one as it had also splashed Ukyou. Both had shrunk down to a cat and fox respectively.
Ranma turns and looks at the cursed forms of his two adopted sisters. Neko-Shampoo looked with worry as Ranma gazed at her and Kitsune-Ukyou. Suddenly, Ranma kneels down to them and reaches out. He smiles as he scratches under the chins of the two girls-turned-animals, eliciting sounds of delight from them. Neko-Shampoo and Kitsune-Ukyou suddenly run up his arms and perched themselves on Ranma's shoulders. He laughs as he strokes both of them on their heads.
Everyone in the room looked on in shock and amazement. There was a cat in the room, and Ranma's not scared in the slightest! In the past, he'd scream at the mere sight of a picture of a cat. But now…
"Mission accomplished." Said Avalon.
"The demon has been exorcised!" said Zing.
Ranma turned towards the male teacher. "Oh thank you for this, Avalon-sensei!"
"Don't thank me. Thank the girls here. They helped make it possible." Said Avalon.
Ranma turns towards the Winx. "Thank you all, girls. You've helped cured me of this phobia. I don't know how to repay you."
"Oh, I can think of ways…" said Stella with a devious grin.
"We're happy for you, Ranma." Said Flora.
"You all must be tired. You'd better head back to your rooms." Said Nodoka.
"Hai, Nodoka-sensei." Ranma and the girls chorused.
Everyone but Nodoka and Avalon leaves the auditorium. The two adults began to clean up and move the couches out. Unknown to Ranma, as he was leaving the room, a dark aura formed around his left hand. It took the form of a cat claw, then vanishes.
To be continued…
Preview…
Ranma: I can finally leave the Nekoken behind me.
Tecna: I never realized it, but time sure flies by!
Stella: Ranma's not the only one getting stronger, you know.
Bloom: Everyone! Valtor's attacking another planet!
Musa: This is a strange place. Whoa! What's that?
Flora: She looks hurt… What has Valtor done here?
Layla: Whatever he's up to, we're going to stop him! Next time, on Ranma Club, 'Go Wild! Planet Lyco in Peril!'
Ranma: Shampoo? Ukyou? What're you doing here?
Ending (Rurouni Kenshin ending 3 style, Heart of Sword)
Music starts. We see Ranma standing in the shadows. In the background, portraits of the Specialists flash by: Sky slashes with his blue sword while throwing boomerangs, Brandon shoulders his green broadsword and holds his double-bladed sword out front, Helia pulls on his light cables while swinging with the other, Riven guards with his purple scimitar while spinning the mace on his kasama-giri, Timmy stabs with his yellow rapier while firing his gun in the opposite direction, and Nabu fires off a beam of light as he flies. The background then flashes and reveals Ranma.
Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo (When I'm alone, tomorrow feels far away.)
Yoake no mama de, koesou de (And I must go over still into the darkness of dawn.)
Ranma holds Sky's sword and does a few slashes. He quickly hides it and brings out Brandon's sword while making huge swinging arcs with it. He hides that one and suddenly launches Helia's cables off-screen.
Butsukatteikya kokeru omoi yo (If I try to play it straight, it will no doubt fail,)
Konya mo mata, sure chigai (And tonight it won't go well between us again.)
He reels in the cables, attached from each hand was Riven and Timmy's swords. Grasping them, he started swinging and spinning them in a two-sword style. Finally, Ranma hides them and creates a sword of light from his hands using Nabu's magic. He slashes the screen with it, obscuring it in a flash.
We see Ranma-chan in faerie-mode flying towards a flock of flying demons. She takes out Brandon's double-ended sword and spins it in front of her like a propeller, mowing down the demons.
Sanzan sugite doryoku no ato mo (You can't see all of my hard efforts, because it's only result)
Naku naru kekka, only no tsuna watari (Is that it makes no sense. It really is a "tightrope".)
Ranma is running through a forest while using Riven's sword to ward off attacking cyber ninjas.
Yaru dake son suru yona, mainichi wa (More effort, more damage--this is my daily life.)
Sha ni kamaeteta hou koso, raku ni naru (Taking a cynical attitude may give me some comfort...)
Ranma fights a ten-foot orc wielding a huge scimitar. He uses Brandon's broadsword to block the overhead slash and jumps over a thrust attack, landing on the flat of the blade. Running up the blade, Ranma jumps and slashes at the orc's head.
Atsukute, tsurai jibun wo kakushite, mijikai toki wo ikiteru (Hiding myself, heated and irritated; living only a short time.)
Ranma is surrounded by armed guards. They all try to take him down en mass, but he fights back using Helia's cables. He dodges a sword to the head and one to the gut, then retaliates with a punch forward and a back kick, knocking the guards out. He lashes out with a roundhouse kick that takes down three more guards. Four guards try to blind-side him, but Ranma shoots the cables at them, ensnaring their necks. He pulls and hurls them into an attacking group before him. Ranma then shoots a cable from each hand on opposite sides of himself, ensnaring a guad around the ankles. He reels them in and spins them around fast, knocking out the surrounding guards. He finally sends the ensnared guards flying once everyone was dealt with.
Hitori de wa, tooi ashita wo (When I'm alone, tomorrow feels far away.)
Yoake no mama de, koesou de (And I must go over still into the darkness of dawn.)
Ranma, armed with Sky's sword, charges at Valtor, who had created a sword of fire from his hands. They both flash in and out, trading slashes, thrusts, swings, parries, and blocks. Sparks flew as their swords clashed. They moved too fast for the human eye to see.
Hottokeba, hashiru omoi yo (If I let my emotions free,)
Yume mo mata, sure chigai (My dreams will once again not go well.)
Ranma walks in place towards the screen with his hands in his pockets. The Specialists' weapons orbit around him.
Instrumental. We see a left side profile of Ranma. Pan to the right, Ranma's image disappears and we see the right side profiles of Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu. Ranma is seen training as he uses the Amaguriken technique with Timmy's rapier upon a boulder, swiss-cheesing it. Ranma is seen running from a hoard of trolls and jumps up and behind a ten foot boulder. Armed with Brandon and Riven's swords, he slashes at the boulder repeatedly, then kicks at it several times. Each kick sends off a sliced section of the boulder at the trolls. Through the gaping hole, we see Ranma smirking. We see him run at a line of trolls and slashes at them with Sky's sword. After skidding to a stop, the silhouettes of the trolls fall over in halves. Zing is seen walking while dressed in samurai robes, consisting of white pants and a red top. Her hair was in a red ponytail and wielded a sakabato (3). Ranma is seen in Alfea's courtyard with Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla standing behind him. The screen splits into six sections. Each section, Ranma turns and hugs one of the Winx.
Nando nankai, kurikaeshitemo (However many times it's repeated,)
Modottekichau, ai dakara (It revives again and again--because it's love.)
In each section, each girl was held close by Ranma. Tears started to stream down the girls' faces.
Butsukatteiku, kesunu omoi wo (You can't blame my emotion,)
Semeru hou ga, suji chigai (Because you should know it will never fade away.)
In the night sky, we see the Specialists from behind walking into the background. We see the Specialists' activated weapons leaning in a dark corner of the room. All of them give off a glint of light.
End ending
Author's notes:
Finally! I'm done with this chapter! Now the real fun can begin!
CatGirlRandSFan: Whoa! How did you find me?
Irishwhirlpool: Sorry about that. Didn't mean to give you a heart attack from that cliffhanger last chapter.
DumbleDork: I didn't think they were THAT long… '. I thought of killing off the Trix, too, but then we'd be shorthanded on opposition. Plus, no one to have their asses kicked. They are a necessity to this story.
Jerry Unipeg: You guessed right!
Andrew9000: As I said writing fight scenes is hard, especially ones with multiple participants.
Bloomforever: You ever saw the Rai version before? It can be viewed on youtube. It's like watching an entirely different show altogether, plus it's consistent to story.
More idiocy by 4Kids. The subject: Season 1 episode, The Betrayal of Riven (US: Spelled). The scene where Musa catches Riven hanging out with Darcy, then she herself gets caught by Icy and Stormy.
4Kids: Musa made a wart appear on Icy's face. LAME…
Icy: "You're not in the Harmonic realm anymore, princess. And your daddy and his hip hop palace guards aren't here to protect you anymore." (The hell!? We already know by now that Musa's NOT a princess nor does she only focus on hip hop.)
Musa: "Complexion smear, warts adhere!" makes a wart form on Icy's face "It worked!" (-- Sounds more like a witch spell to me…)
Icy: "How dare you! My flawless face!"
Stormy: "Wow this must be the single most disgusting wart I've ever seen."
Icy: "Nobody asked you!"
Rai: Musa, after being emotionally tormented, raises her hand and bitch-slaps Icy. THAT'S what really happened, not some stupid wart spell.
Icy: "Silly girl! You know, the other day, Riven said that he thinks NOTHING of you! Absolutely nothing!"
Musa: We see a close-up of Musa's eye as her pupil shrunk and tears welled up. She raises her hand. We then hear a smacking noise, which catches the attention of the witches in the café. Stormy looked shocked. Musa was also shocked, realizing what she just did. "Oh!"
Icy: "She… slapped me! She slapped me in the face!"
Stormy: "Whoa! I can even see the prints of her fingers! Does it hurt?"
Icy: "OF COURSE IT HURTS, DUMMY!"
4Kids can't even get their facts straight. We already know that Musa's not a princess from the concert episode, and her dad had pretty much banned music since his wife's death. The only princesses we know of who attend Alfea are Bloom, Stella, and Layla.
The slap makes for better drama, not to mention better drive for retaliation. And for the record, Musa's from Melody, NOT the Harmonic Realm. In the same episode, 4Kids Stella was supposedly spelled by a senior that made her say insensitive stuff. Rai Stella was more toned down, but she still said things to Musa that made her run off and Stella felt remorseful.
Also, Winx is simply a word Bloom made up from an inspiration of butterfly wings. It is NOT a power source that faeries draw upon as 4Kids stated.
(1) Thanks to CervantesOsis for the opening sequence!
(2) Ryoga is indeed a hypocrite when it comes to honor. He goes around saying that Ranma ran out on their duel despite the fact that Ranma waited THREE DAYS straight for him in that damn lot. Oh yeah, and he's SO honorable hiding behind Akane as P-Chan and sleeping in her bed, even worse with an engaged girl.Ryoga also had no problems with telling Ranma's embarassing moments to everyone (IE the kiss with Mikado) or teaming up to beat Ranma.
There had been so manyobvious clues that were dropped in front of Akane about Ryoga's curse, but was too stupid to notice. For one thing, the bandanna. Both go missing for days, Ranma's sometimes calling Ryoga "P-Chan" right in front of her, making Ryoga accidentally admit his name is P-Chan to Asuza, "Ryoga" getting turned into a frog along with "Shampoo" and "Genma" in the frog episode (went after Jusenkyo cursed victims), Ryoga's desire to find that Japanese Naanichuan, and probably the biggest clinchers of all, the Mark of a God incident when the exact marks were on both Ryoga and P-Chan. The other clincher was the Tunnel of Lost Love incident when Ryoga ran across the water while carrying Akane then trips and falls into the water near the shore. P-Chan crawls out, and Akane being the stupid bitch she is just says "It's P-Chan!". HEY DUMBASS! Aren't you the least bit confused as to how Ryoga just suddenly disappeared under the water and P-Chan just comes up!? Sheesh…
(3) Kenshin Himura from Rurouni Kenshin