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, 'To the Light' belongs to Star Ocean EX and 'Homework ga Owaranai' belongs to Yuyu Hakusho.
Note: this follows the Rai version of Winx as the 4Kids version butchered it too much, like with every anime it dubs.
Chapter 17: Repel! Alfea Under Siege!
Opening (Star Ocean EX style, To the Light)
The music starts. A glimpse of the Magix Planet, then switches to a shot of an orb made from the Dragon's Flame, switch to a shot of a Yin-Yang symbol, then finally an overhead spinning shot of Ranma lying on the ground while curled up in a ball.
Channeru sugu ni kaechau mitai ni ne (Feeling trapped in a corner)
Me no mai no riaru kara nigeteta (I ran away from the reality before my eyes)
Jiyuu no imi mo kitto mada shirazu ni (Without understanding bitter misfortune and jealousy)
Mienai ruuru ga shibaru yo (Restrained by something I could not see)
A Red Fountain ship from behind travels out into space. The turbo thrusters activate and it peels off into the distance. The Ranma Club logo is left in its wake.
Tashikametakute (I need to confirm)
Watashi dake ni dekiru ashita o (The tomorrow that only I can create)
Ranma is seen sitting in a prison cell in a cave, probably Shadowhaunt, then an image of him incased in a red crystal. Scene changes to a forest where Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla look off to the side as the wind blows through their hair.
Tachi tomarenai kara (I can't sit here now)
Kakureta taiyou yobi okoshite (And watch my future slip away)
Shampoo's right half comes in from the top of the screen while Ukyou's right half comes in from the bottom of the screen. They appear to be in stasis. Switch to Ranma who looks out his dorm window at night, then to him from behind standing on one of the rooftops of Alfea as he looks up at the moon. We then see a glimpse of Faragonda, Griffin, and Saladin.
Go to the light
Dare yori mo atsui (Stronger than anyone)
Jounetsu o mune ni sakasetai (I want to burn with the passion of my inspirations)
In Shadowhaunt, Ranma immediately busts out of the prison cell. The incased Ranma breaks out of the crystal. Now standing on a rocky formation, Ranma whips out the Specialists' weapons. He swings each of them one at a time. For each weapon, an image of the Specialist whose weapon it belongs to appears above Ranma as if they are fighting alongside him.
Tooi yume sae mo terashidasu (I want to bring light to my distant dreams)
Doko ni ite mo (No matter where they lie)
From the darkness, we see Valtor slowly raise his head while opening his eyes into a smirk. He turns and fires off an energy blast into the background, causing an explosion. We then see a back shot of Ranma and the Winx girls standing on the balcony of Alfea looking off into the night sky as the camera zooms past them.
Go to the light
Kuyashisa mo zenbu kizameru tsuyosa o daite (Even my rising anger is inscribed upon my soul)
ikutsu no yo ake mo koeteku (I will overcome my weaknesses)
Ranma stands in the darkness with the Winx Club, the parts of the ground each were standing on emitting light, causing light particles to rise up around them. Looking up, they see Valtor, the Trix, and two shadowed figures in the sky.
"Watashi" to iu arika mitsukeru tame (And discover my reason for living)
The girls standing behind him and holding his shoulders to converge, Ranma powers up and fires off one HUGE beam of magic-enhanced ki.
During the final instrumental, the camera pans up through a collage of the Pixies, Mirta, the faculty of Alfea, Nodoka, Shampoo, Ukyou, and a shadowed character. A glimpse of a flower in bloom in the light, then a back shot of Ranma and the Winx Club as they look towards the rising sun.
End opening
Alfea courtyard…
"Mastering ki can enable you to find the weak spots of anything." Nodoka explained to the class. She was currently teaching her course outdoors for this particular exercise. Sitting on the ground were the students, which included Ranma and the Winx Club. Standing on either side of Nodoka was Shampoo and Ukyou. "By finding the weak spots of objects, you can break them very easily." She then uses her power to make a boulder appear from the ground and lands a distance away from them. "Shampoo, care to demonstrate?"
Shampoo nods and walks over to the boulder. Pointing out her right index finger, she lightly pokes the huge rock. "Bakusai Tenketsu! (Breaking Point!)" A second later, the boulder explodes into pebbles. All the girls covered their faces at the sudden blast. Needless to say, they were shocked an amazed.
"Did she just break that rock with her finger!?"
"How did she do that!?"
"That's so cool!"
"Thank you, Shampoo." said Nodoka. The purple-haired Amazon nods and returns to her side. "That was just an example. However, I understand that this particular technique is too dangerous to be learned by non-martial artists. It may even result in death." The students, sans Ranma, gasp at that. "We'll focus on breaking through magical defenses using ki. Magic barriers can usually block all sorts of magical attacks, or even reflect them. However, since ki is technically not magic, it is able to break through such defenses."
Ranma could only nod. Back on Lyco, he was able to break through Valtor's magic barrier with his ki-powered kick.
"Let me give you an example." Nodoka then goes into her Enchantix mode and erects a magical defense dome around herself. "Everyone, try to break through this shield. Come at me at once!"
With that said, all the students except Ranma transform and assault Nodoka's magical barrier. However, all magical shots were stopped cold when they collided with the barrier. Shots were either vaporized or repelled back at the users. Even the Enchantix-powered Winx couldn't break through.
"That barrier's too strong!"
"That's an Enchantix for ya!"
"I hope I get mine soon!"
Still keeping the barrier up, Nodoka addresses the class. "See? This barrier is specially fortified to stop all kinds of outside spells. However, it can be taken down with an application of ki. Anyone care to volunteer to try their ki manipulation?"
Musa steps forward. "I'll give it a go."
"Very good, Musa." Said Nodoka as the musical faerie steps up. "Now instead of using your magic to break this barrier, use your ki… find the weakness in this barrier."
Musa nods and closes her eyes in concentration. Her whole body glows with a faint blue aura. Using her senses like a sonar, she homes in on part of the barrier where most of the power is concentrated in. "There!" Musa's eyes snap open, then her aura condenses into her right fist. She throws the fist into that point of the barrier with a resounding thwack.
The normal students couldn't believe that Musa tried to physically take down their instructor's barrier with her bare hands. If magic attacks couldn't break it down, how would bare hands make a difference? It was then that the barrier started to crack at the point of impact. The cracks spider-web all over the barrier until finally it shatters to nothing. The students looked shocked while Ranma and the other Winx looked pleased.
"No way!"
"She broke the barrier!"
"And with only her fist!"
"That was crazy!"
Musa looked down at her own fist in shock at what she just did. "I… I did it!"
"Alright Musa!" cheered Bloom as she and the other Winx come up to congratulate her.
"Impressive." Ukyou commented.
"Well done, Musa." Said Nodoka. "When looking for the weak spot of an object, you must see with the mind's eye. Focusing one's ki into that point can shatter nearly any magical barrier. As I said in the beginning, ki-based attacks can also be effective against magic-resistant creatures. Once you all master this, we can start tomorrow's lesson on how to cancel out attack spells."
Every student nods in understanding to the explanation. They started to get psyched with learning what Nodoka, Shampoo, and Ukyou have to offer. Ranma was also looking forward to learning how to develop his ki abilities further. As a martial artist, he always strives to become better and better. He must always come up with new techniques in order to not only just increase his fighting arsenal, but to also become unpredictable in a fight. He knows firsthand that being predictable in a fight is a sure-fire way to lose. Unlike Ryoga, Ranma doesn't rely on one move to win. He doesn't make the mistake of falling into a pattern.
Later at the Winx dorm…
Ranma lays stretched out on the couch in the commons area. His classes were pretty tough, his mother's course especially. Hey may already be well-versed in the art of ki manipulation due to his standing as a martial artist, but ki techniques can still tax his body. He remembered how he had suffered in the past when trying to learn ki techniques like the Amaguriken, the Hiryu Shoten Ha, and the Moko Takabisha.
Ranma just wanted to get some rest. Floating above his head was his bonded pixie, Zing.
"You look pretty worn out, Ranma." Said Zing.
"Yeah, classes are getting a little hectic." Said Ranma. "Doing ki techniques can be quite draining."
"Maybe you should lighten up on your morning exercises."
"No way! I need it!"
"But you do it so much, Ranma! You even train in the virtual simulator on off-hours!"
It was true. Some time ago during one of Palladium's classes, Ranma had his first taste of the virtual reality chamber. He was given the task of terraforming a dying planet. It was no easy matter, as the place was barren and looked devoid of life. Fortunately, he had brought with him a few growth potions he made thanks to Flora's help. Ranma was able to create a lush forest on the planet after an hour's time. It took longer than normal, but he managed to do it, nonetheless. He was more of a battle spell-caster, anyway. Ranma was impressed with the realism of the simulator and asked that if he could use it for training. After all, it coud be considered extra-curricular. He fought against virtual creatures of all sorts in there. Apparently, the simulator's database is pretty broad.
"Hey, anything to make sure I don't go lax, Zing." Said Ranma.
"That's Ranma, always the go-getter!" said Zing.
The forests outside of Alfea…
"I think it's about time I finish this…" said Valtor.
He and the Trix were hiding in the cover of the trees, planning their next move. They had more or less recovered from the musical hypnosis spell put on them back on Melody. After dancing for nearly a week straight, they had to take a time out to get the feeling back in their limbs. (1)
"I can still feel the pain in my legs…" said Stormy as she rubbed her thighs.
"I don't think I'll ever dance again…" said Darcy.
"They'll pay for this humiliation!" said Icy.
"Indeed they will…" said Valtor as he started getting dark thoughts about a certain pigtailed young man. "I shall now test out this new spell to take down all three schools in Magix!"
Chanting in an ancient tongue, Valtor raises his arms and fires off three huge spheres of darkness: one heads towards Cloud Tower, another to Red Fountain, and the last over Alfea.
"What was that, Valtor?" asked Icy.
"A summoning spell…" replied Valtor in a cryptic manner.
"Really? So what did you summon?" asked Darcy.
"Oh, you'll see…" said Valtor as he gives off a smirk. 'Soon, I shall take down the last line of Domino, the Company of Light, and that accursed boy!'
Alfea courtyard…
The students milling about stopped what they were doing when they saw the sphere of darkness hovering overhead. Panic started to ensue when the sphere comes crashing down upon the gate, destroying it. At the point of impact, there was a huge multi-colored boulder. To the faerie students' horror, the boulder was releasing numerous demons made of crystal. The crystal demons were starting to wreck havoc, destroying anything they see as the students scattered. The faculty and some of the students began to fight back against the monstrosities.
Ranma, the Winx, Kiko, and the pixies look out onto the courtyard from their balcony.
"What the hell!?" said Ranma.
"It's an invasion!" said Tecna.
"Quick! We gotta help!" said Layla.
"Way ahead of ya!" said Ranma as he jumped off the balcony to the courtyard.
"Pixies! Kiko! Head to Ms. Faragonda!" said Bloom as she and the girls transformed into their Enchantix and flew into the battle.
"Come on! You heard Bloom! We must reach Faragonda!" said Lockette.
She and the other pixies quickly fly off towards the main office, with Kiko hopping after.
Faragonda's office…
"You mean it's hit you, too?" asked Faragonda. She was at her desk with two viewing globes of Griffin and Saladin.
"Unfortunately, yes." Replied Saladin. "Red Fountain is under attack by crystal demons. My boys and the faculty are already fighting against them."
"Same with my girls and faculty here at Cloud Tower." Griffin added. "We're barely holding on as it is."
Not long after the crystal boulder hit Alfea's gate, two more of them literally crash at Cloud Tower and Red Fountain's doorsteps. Soon, those schools started to get overrun with crystal demons.
Faragonda had a sickening feeling of déjà vu. "We haven't had something like this since the Trix raised the Army of Darkness three years ago."
Saladin and Griffin winced at the memory. The schools were nearly destroyed during that time.
"I was hoping we could finally put that incident behind us, but I'm afraid that it is not to be…" said Saladin.
"No doubt this is Valtor's doing!" Said Griffin. "He wants to kill us since we're part of the Company of Light who sealed him long ago. All we can do now is to simply survive."
"I'm afraid you're right…" said Faragonda. "We're all on our own, now."
"Good luck, Faragonda, Griffin. I pray for both of your safeties." Said Saladin.
"Try to stay alive, you two!" said Griffin.
"You two, as well." Said Faragonda just before they all cut communications.
She held on to her seat as the whole building vibrated from the battle going on outside. Getting up, she heads out to protect her students, faculty, and school.
"Ms. Faragonda!" Amore and the other pixies flew into the office. "We're being attacked!"
Kiko then hops back in, looking exhausted.
"That's why I'm going out there." Said Faragonda. "All of you stay in a safe place! You wouldn't stand a chance out there!"
With that said, Faragonda heads to the roof.
"I can't believe this is happening…" said Chatta.
Amore could only hold Piff close to her.
At Cloud Tower…
The crystal demons began swarming the whole tower. All the witch students were fighting to repel the creatures back. Dark bolts and other elemental spell blasts were shot all over as shards were flying, marking the destruction of a crystal demon. The professors, Zarathustra and Ediltrude, joined in as they fought to protect their students and school.
"Take this!" Zarathustra blows up a demon with a well-placed flame ring shot.
"Dark Thrust!" Ediltrude pierces through a line of five crystal demons with a shaft of darkness, causing them to break down.
"There's no end to them!" said Lucy as she blows up another demon with a sphere of purple lightning.
Griffin then enters the scene, firing off volleys of balls of green ethereal flames at the crystal demons, shattering them on impact. "We have no choice! We have to outlast them! Students! Put your black magic training to the test!"
Lucy and the other witch students nod and started to fight back with more determination. Due to the fighting, Cloud Tower was suffering severe damage to itself and could possibly be destroyed. Although Lucy would never admit it openly, she was starting to worry about her friend, Mirta, in Alfea…
At Red Fountain…
Like with Alfea and Cloud Tower, Red Fountain was also under siege by the crystal monsters. The Specialist students were all taxing their close-quarters training to their limit. Using any type of light energy melee weapon available, the students hacked, slashed, or bashed the crystal demons to oblivion.
"Go, boys! Show them what we Specialists can do!" said Codatorta as he hacks up a demon with a light energy axe.
"Force Wall!" Saladin creates a wall of yellow light and uses it to punch forward a group of crystal demons and crushes them into the wall. "Until the spellcaster responsible is taken care of, they'll only keep coming!"
Codatorta faces off against a crystal demon, which was taller than him by two heads. It knocks the axe out of his hands, then lunges at him. The professor, remembering his spar with Ranma a few weeks back, decided to gamble. Rushing forth while ducking under the demon's outreaching arm, Codatorta lashes out with an upperkick at the chin, knocking it upwards. Immediately, Codatorta jumps up and grabs the demon from behind. Locking its arms to its sides, they turn upside down and spin dives towards the ground.
"IZUNA OTOSHI!"
Codatorta spin-drives the demon into the ground, shattering it to pieces and himself jumping away. Additionally, there were other demons grouped at the point of impact, in which they, too, were shattered after the big professor slammed the demon into them. He quickly grabs his downed axe and gets into a stance for the next invading group.
"Looks like you've mastered that move, Codatorta!" said Saladin as he used his staff to grand-slam a crystal demon's head off.
"Remind me to thank Ranma after this!" said Codatorta as he resumed hacking up more demons.
At Alfea…
The endless wave of crystal demons just kept appearing. The faeries were having a tough time trying to beat them back. Mirta, the witch turned faerie, fought hard to survive and assist her fellow classmates. "Dark Slice!" A huge shadow claw hand forms around her arm and she slashes forth with it. Several of the crystal demons were torn apart. As she and the other faeries fought, Mirta began to worry about those at Cloud Tower and Lucy.
The faculty of Alfea was assisting their students in beating back the crystal monsters.
"Force Field!" A number of crystal demons attempted to dog-pile Faragonda but she manages to erect a force field that stopped them cold. They were immediately sent flying away.
"White Saber!" Palladium charges up a light sword and slashes a crystal demon into quarters.
"Take this! Metamorphosis!" Wizgiz transforms himself into a twelve-foot, four-armed creature and started to manhandle some of the demons.
"Wave Shot!" Griselda fires off a barrage of magic missiles at more offending crystal demons, breaking and shattering them.
"Paladin Charge!" Wrapped in an aura of light, Avalon blazes through the ranks of crystal demons like a comet, reducing them to shards.
Knut the ogre was also in the fray, using his brute strength to take down more monsters. He easily smashed through the opposition with his over-sized fists.
Nodoka, in Enchantix mode, was fighting alongside her two adopted daughters, Ukyou and Shampoo. Taking out the Saotome Blade, she charges it with different elemental properties and diced up the demons in the most unkind ways possible. She'd alternate between charging her katana with fire, ice, lightning, wind, water, light, and even darkness.
Just like with the stone golems on Lyco, Shampoo and Ukyou began smashing the crystal demons with their weapons. Whenever they swung the bonboris and spatula, several demons would get reduced to shards.
Ranma had no problem fighting off the crystal demons with his bare hands. Just to be safe, he focused his ki to make his body harder so that he could dish out the pain more. "KATCHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!" He rushes and plows through the ranks, punching holes into any demons in his way. A bigger demon jumps u and tries to belly flop on Ranma. He quickly jumps up with his right leg on fire. "KAEN KYAKU! (BLAZE KICK!)" He hits the demon with a flaming somersault kick, breaking it in twain and the broken parts flaming. The halves crash and shatter.
"Virtual Fist!" Tecna fires a huge polygonal fist at a group, smashing them to pieces.
"Dryad's Embrace!" Flora's spell engulfed a group of crystal demons into a redwood tree.
Stella flies up and fires a beam of light at a crystal demon. Unfortunately, it suddenly morphed its hands into a concave shape and reflects the beam right back at her. "AAAAUUUUGGGHHH!!"
"STELLA!" Bloom cried out in horror after seeing her blonde friend get struck by her own attack.
She started to plummet towards the ground. After kicking a demon's head off, Ranma looked up and saw Stella falling. He quickly jumps and springboards off another demon's head towards Stella and catches her in his arms. When he landed, he stomped the demon responsible for hurting Stella into the ground.
"You all right?" Ranma asked Stella.
Stella could only blush as she was held in Ranma's arms. "I am now…"
Ranma smiles at the blonde faerie. "Hold on a minute…" Still carrying her, he lashes out with a back kick to a crystal demon trying to blind-side him, caving it in. "Certainly knows how to ruin a moment…"
Ranma sets Stella back on her feet and they continue to fight the hoards.
The whole campus of Alfea shook at its foundations from the fighting, and suffered much property damage. Already, one of the towers fell over outside of the walls.
Just as Ranma and the Winx had racked up their umpteenth crystal breaking, they were suddenly blown back from the force of three combined attacks, consisting on ice, darkness, and lightning. They all looked up and their expressions darkened.
"You again!?" said Ranma as he glared up at the Trix.
"This time, we'll crush you AND all of the schools!" said Icy.
"Your stint with the Army of Darkness didn't work then! This will be no different!" said Musa.
"On the contrary, this time, all the schools are completely isolated!" said Darcy. "You'll never get back-up now!"
"And you won't see the next day…" It was then that Valtor made his appearance. Everyone's expressions darkened even further. "I'll personally see to it!"
"Valtor!" said Bloom. "You've gone too far now!"
The faculty and students were shocked at the emergence of Valtor and his cronies, but were unfortunately too preoccupied with fighting the demons to be of any assistance.
"I've got something very special planned for all of you…" saidValtor as he cupped his hands and created a ball of darkness. "Dark Transport!"
Immediately, Ranma and the Winx were engulfed in dark spheres and vanished. He also encases the Trix and himself in the dark spheres and also vanished.
"Ranma!" said Ukyou and Shampoo after seeing their brother and friends vanish.
"Oh no… what's going to happen to them?" said Nodoka just as she runs a demon through with her katana.
Two miles west of Alfea…
Flora and Musa appeared in the forests before Stormy. The weather witch chuckles evilly as she brings forth some crystal demons.
"Looks like I'll be the one to play with you."
"We'll be doing much more than just playing with you, Stormy!" spat Musa as she and Flora braced themselves.
"We will persevere!" said Flora.
"Let's just see about that!" said Stormy as she hurled a bolt of lightning at them.
Two miles east of Alfea…
Stella and Tecna appeared before Darcy in another part of the forest. The lady of darkness then calls forth some crystal demons to assist her.
"How lovely. I'll be the one to take you two down!" said Darcy.
"Don't bet on it, Darcy!" said Stella. "We've taken you and the others down before!"
"Just because you've got the strength in numbers doesn't mean you'll win!" said Tecna.
"You want to test that theory?" said Darcy just as the demons lunged forth, followed by her firing a beam of darkness.
Two miles north of Alfea…
Bloom and Layla appeared in a clearing. Before them stood Icy. The cold-hearted girl gave them a nasty smirk before calling forth her crystal demon group.
"I shall be the one who'll crush you like the insects you are…" said Icy.
"Tough talk for someone who sold her soul to a power-hungry maniac!" countered Bloom.
Icy rages at the comment "I'll shut that mouth of yours for good! You have no idea how long I've waited for this moment!"
"Bring it, Icy!" said Layla.
"HAPPY TO!" Icy barrages them with ice chunks as the demons shot forth.
Two miles south of Alfea…
Ranma appeared before Valtor. Unfortunately, the pig-tailed boy appeared over the lake, so he falls and makes a big splash.
"Whoops! Sorry, didn't know you couldn't fly like that." Said Valtor with mock sincerity.
Ranma-chan immediately flies back up into the air in her faerie mode. "I'm starting to get really sick of you!"
"Sorry to hear that. I'll remedy that by giving you a quick death!" Valtor flies forward and shoots a ball of black flame at Ranma-chan.
She quickly twists to dodge the attack, but then gets nailed by an additional one. Ranma-chan holds her stomach in pain. "Bastard…"
"Come, Fem-Boy. Entertain me." Taunted Valtor. He had inadvertedly used the same insult as one Pantyhose Tarou.
"Look who's talking, pretty-boy!" countered Ranma-chan as she rushes forward and launched a flaming arc at him.
Valtor easily swats the flaming arc away and counters with his own attack. "Dragon Shot!" A huge fireball erupts from Valtor and flies at Ranma-chan.
"KOORI KEN! (ICE FIST!)" Ranma-chan's fist was wrapped in cold mists and punches at Valtor's attack. This in turn caused the Dragon Shot to get fizzled out. She then swings her arm, launching a barrage of lightning spheres. "Blitz Wave!"
Valtor manages to protect himself with a dark shield barrier. "Black Ray!" From his fingertips, the dark wizard shoots a small but concentrated beam of darkness. It came so fast that Ranma-chan didn't have time to dodge. She brings up her battle aura to take the brunt of the attack, but she gets forced backwards as some of the attack went through. Panting slightly, she looks up to glare at Valtor. "What's the matter? I thought you were going to defeat me?"
"This isn't over by a long shot, punk!" spat Ranma-chan.
"I beg to differ…" Valtor vanishes from view, and suddenly he comes crashing down on Ranma-chan, feet first.
Both of them make a huge splash as they drove into the lake.
With Flora and Musa…
"Sonic Screech!" Musa lets off a yell at the crystal demons, shattering them like cheap glass.
"Rose Whip!" Flora produces a thorny whip and lashes out at other crystal demons, slicing them to pieces.
"Lightning Shot!" Stormy fires a bolt of lightning at Flora. Seeing the attack, she quickly uses her rose whip to lasso a nearby crystal demon and throws it into the lightning's path, shattering it. "Feeling lucky, Flora?"
"Shall we find out?" asked Flora as she called upon some vines which rose up and entangled Stormy.
"Nice try!" said Stormy as she easily broke out of the vines and countered with a wind blast, blowing Flora to the ground.
"Flora!" said Musa as she tried to assist her but was blocked off by the crystal demons. She mentally curses when the monsters were determined to keep her occupied. The demons converged on her as she prepares to fight for her life.
As Flora laid face-up, she sees Stormy fire one huge lightning bolt at her. She quickly rolls out of the way before she got subjected to the high voltage. Picking up a twig from the ground, Flora gets up and swings the twig at Stormy. It instantaneously turns into a tree and smacks the weather with out of the air, then reduces back into a twig again.
"You'll pay for that!" said Stormy as she got up and attacked. "Wind Cannon!"
She fires a shot of concentrated air pressure at Flora, who then hits the ground, causing a rock to emerge before her, acting as a natural shield. Suddenly, the rock blows up by a lightning bolt, sending Flora flying back. Landing, she sees Stormy flying after her, hurling lightning bolts at her. Flora desperately tries to dodge.
"What's the matter, Tree-Hugger? Am I too much for you?" Stormy taunted.
Flora grits her teeth, but then smiles as she sees Stormy in front of a big tree. "Nature's Wrath!"
One of the branches of the tree behind Stormy formed a hammerhead and swung downward at the unsuspecting witch. She was instantly slammed and flattened into the ground. "Oof!"
Rolling onto her back, she sees Flora produce numerous flower heads. "Flower Shuriken!" Hardening the flowers to the density of steel, she throws the makeshift shurikens at Stormy. She was surprised to see the flimsy looking plants pin her clothes to the ground. Flora wasn't done as she lands and places her palm onto the ground. "Dryad's Embrace!"
All of a sudden, a whole bunch of tree part emerged from the ground beneath Stormy. They converge on the witch and combine to create a tall tree stump, with a diameter of eight feet. Stormy was wrapped right in the middle of it from the neck down.
"Let me out of here!" screamed Stormy as she struggled to break free. It was a futile effort as her arms were effectively trapped and her lightning powers couldn't conduct through the wood.
"Nature doesn't take kindly to natural disasters. You just sit tight." Said Flora as she goes off to assist Musa.
Way to go, Flora!" said Musa as she shatters a crystal demon with a soundwave attack.
"It was nothing…" said Flora as she helped to clean up the rest of the demons.
"I'M GOING TO- MMMPPHH!!" Stormy's tirade was cut short when the stump she was in suddenly grew to wrap around her mouth.
"Thank goodness…" said Musa, glad that Stormy was silenced.
With Stella and Tecna…
Stella blows back a demon with a light shot while Techna incapacitates others with a digital net spell. It was then that the blonde was shot with a sphere of darkness, courtesy of Darcy, sending her flying off to the side. "Aaaagggh!!"
"No! Stella!" Before she could react, Darcy blasted Tecna with another dark sphere, knocking her towards the crystal demon hoards.
"You guys take care of her!" ordered Darcy.
Tecna sits up and sees the demons coming for her en masse. She showed no fear as she readies a spell. "I'll show you that numbers don't mean a thing!" She materializes her digital arm cannon and opened fire on the offenders.
Darcy turns to look at the downed Stella, who manages to sit herself up. "Let's dance, Sunshine." She produces a blade of darkness in her hand.
Stella stands up. "Fine! I hope you know the steps!" She produces a blade of light in her hand.
Grasping their blades of their respective elements, Stella and Darcy took to the air and clashed against each other. The classic battle of light and darkness ensues. They slashed, thrust, and parried each other's attacks as they darted about in the air. They kept this up until they pressed their blades on the other's.
"Face it, Blondie, you don't have what it takes to defeat me!" said Darcy as she pushed her dark blade against Stella's light blade.
"That's where you're wrong!" Stella manages to push Darcy away with her light blade.
Spinning from the force, Darcy skids to a halt and fires a black arc from her dark blade. "Black Arc!"
Stella quickly counters with her own. "White Arc!" Her white arc shoots off and collides with Darcy's attack, canceling each other out.
Both girls then charged their energies, Stella glowing white and Darcy glowing black. Pulling back, they launched a huge beam of light/darkness at each other. The two polar opposites fought against each other for dominance as light tried to pierce through the darkness and shadows tried to engulf the brilliance. (2)
After a full minute of pouring it on, neither attack could keep up and an explosion occurred at the point of impact. The air was obscured in smoke. Once it cleared, Darcy saw Stella floating there and quickly made her move.
"GOT YOU!" The dark witch lunged at Stella with a dark blade and slashes right through her neck, or at least tried to. She became confused when her blade passed through Stella harmlessly, then suddenly vanished. "What!?"
"Just where're you aiming?" Darcy looks up at the voice, and sees Stella shoot her from above with a column of light.
"AARRRRRRRRGGGHH!!"
Darcy was struck hard by the seven foot diameter column of light. She felt immense burning sensations as she was plowed into the ground by it. Once the light dies down, Darcy laid unconscious in a crater.
Stella then floats down towards Darcy and quickly binds her with light bands, effectively tying her up. "You really need to lighten up more, Darcy."
She was surprised at herself that she was able to pull off such a sneaky maneuver. Images were refractions of light; Stella simply used her power of light to refract her image onto the air particles, thus making a fake version of her and fooling Darcy. She never thought she'd try it, but she knew that Darcy would try and take advantage of the smokescreen to get at her, so Stella had to prepare herself.
"Digital Explosion!" Tecna throws some green spheres into a group of crystal demon, which then explodes, blowing the last of them away.
"Nice job, Tecna!" said Stella as she flies in while carrying the downed Darcy.
"Not bad yourself, Stella! You managed to take down Darcy!" said Tecna as she went over to help carry said witch.
"It was tough…" said Stella. "C'mon, we've got to regroup!"
With Bloom and Layla…
Bloom manages to melt through the flying ice chunks with her fire powers while Layla slaps them away with extreme water pressure. It was then that one of the crystal demons grabs Layla from behind.
"Let go of me!"
The other demons suddenly burrow into the ground and vanish. The one holding Layla dives into the hole, dragging Layla along with it.
"No! Layla!" Bloom tried to head toward the hole, but it was suddenly sealed up with ice by Icy.
"You and I still have things to settle, Bloom!" said Icy.
"Guess I have no choice but to take you down!" said Bloom.
Under the ground, Layla was finally stopped un an underground cavern, where she was surrounded by the crystal demons. She grits her teeth at her luck.
"I've got to get out of here, but these things won't let me leave that easily…" she gets ready to cast a spell. "Come on! I'll take you all on!" The crystal demon all lunge at Layla at the same time she unleashes her spell. "Hydro Blast!"
On the surface, Bloom goes one-on-one with Icy. The pyrokinetic faerie and the cryokinetic witch lunged at each other with a hand cocked back.
"Burning Ball!"
"Freezing Sphere!"
Both attacks crashed and cancelled each other out. Each girl had her hands surrounded by fire and ice and immediately started to dart around in the sky. Flaming fists and frigid fists were traded at each pass. After a minute of darting around, they headed towards one another and grasped at the other's hands in a game of mercy. Bloom could feel her hands getting cold while Icy could feel her hands burning. Neither one was willing to give the other leverage.
"It will be my pleasure to make you suffer!" said Icy.
"Hate to disappoint you!" said Bloom as she brings up her leg and kicks Icy hard in her gut, knocking her back. Now with some breathing room, Bloom launches a spray of five fireballs. "Spread Fire!"
Icy, flipping backwards in the air, recovers and swings her arm. "Frigid Mist!" An icy cold mist trailed from Icy's hand, blocking the fireballs and fizzling them out. "Icicle Lance!" She throws a lance of ice she materialized at Bloom, intent on running her through.
Bloom blocks with her defense. "Firewall!" a wall of fire appeared before her and melted the icicle lance before it could reach her.
Each combatant throws an arm forward and fires off an attack.
"Cryo Laser!"
"Pyro Laser!"
The beams of fire and ice shot out, passing each other. The Pyro Laser struck Icy in her left shoulder while the Cryo Laser also struck Bloom in her left shoulder. Each girl clutched at her wound as they panted.
"You're still not good enough to take me, Bloom!" spat Icy.
"I'm a lot different from before, Icy!" Bloom retorted.
Bloom focuses her energies until she started to emit fire from her body. Icy followed suit and emitted cold mists from her body. Bloom holds out her right hand, where a basketball-sized orb of fire formed over it. Icy hold out her right hand where she materializes a basketball-sized orb of ice-cold mists that continually swirled about. Once their attacks were ready, they charged at each other.
"SHINING FLARE!"
"ARCTIC SLAUGHTER!"
Bloom and Icy throws forward her orb hand against the other, both attacks colliding. Fire and ice fought for dominance as they clashed with each other, neither girl not giving an inch. (3)
Fire tried to evaporate the ice while ice tried to put out the fire. Bloom was finally starting to feel the fatigue of battle since she and the other girls were initially fighting the crystal demon hoards at Alfea while Icy was still fresh.
"You getting tired, Bloom?" Icy taunted. "Don't worry, you'll be put to a nice, LONG rest very soon!"
Bloom grits her teeth as she tries to keep up her attack, but she was starting to feel the ice break through. 'Calm down… I need to focus… must remember Saotome-sensei's lessons…'
The redheaded faerie needed to strengthen her attack to overpower Icy's spell. Her only option was to focus her ki like Nodoka instructed, and how Ranma does it. She started to feel angry at Icy's taunts, angry at Valtor for ruining her life, angry that Valtor continues to torment her and her dear friends. Her anger, coupled with her fire element, caused her ki to manifest itself and made her fiery aura grow bigger. (4)
This took Icy by surprise. "WHAT'S GOING ON!?"
Bloom looks glares at Icy with fire in her eyes. "Your defeat."
Finally, Bloom's Shining Flare broke through Icy's Arctic Slaughter, engulfing her in flames. Icy screams in pain as she gets burned and literally goes down in flames. She crashed into the ground hard, the flames disappearing. Icy's hair was a bit frazzled while her clothes suffered burn and scorch marks. She wasn't going to get up anytime soon.
Bloom touches down to the ground and looks towards the iced over hole. "Layla!" As Bloom rushes to help her friend, the ice suddenly breaks and a geyser bursts out. All of the crystal demons that took Layla down were shot out from the geyser and shattered upon impact with the ground. Afterwards, Layla pops out of the geyser and into the air as the water receded. "Layla! You're all right!"
Layla turns to see Bloom fly up to her and hugs her tight. "Sorry to worry you, Bloom. Those demons kept me busy. What about Icy?" Bloom answers by pointing to the down and out Icy. "Wow, you really did a number on her!"
"Saotome-sensei's lessons really paid off." Said Bloom as she binds Icy with a fire rope. "Come on!"
She and Layla carry off Icy and tries to find the others.
Back to Ranma…
Ranma-chan and Valtor were underwater in the lake, both using spells to allow them to breathe. The pigtailed faerie frowned as she was at a disadvantage underwater since she couldn't move her body the way she wants to.
"Having trouble?" said Valtor as he shoots her with a light beam.
Ranma-chan barely managed to dodge the attack. 'I've got to get him out of the water!'
She propels herself at Valtor and fires a beam of her own at him. However, he dodged it quite easily. Rushing forth, Valtor appears before Ranma-chan and punches her in the jaw, sending her down at the lake bottom. Before she could recover, Valtor was already upon her and pins her down.
"You only won the last time through a fluke, and I'll prove it right here!" Valtor holds a hand over Ranma-chan's face, attempting to fire a spell at her at point-blank range. Before that could happen, a ghostly pair of hands came out of Ranma-chan's stomach, pointed themselves at Valtor's chest and fires off a huge beam. "WHAT!? AAAAAAARRRRGGHHH!!"
Valtor was blasted upwards and out of the lake, where he crashes on the lakeside. Ranma-chan then flies out of the lakes and lands before Valtor, who was just getting up. He glares at her after seeing the phantom body of Nabu standing beside her. The souls of the Specialists in her seemed to act like a security system for her whenever she gets placed in a sticky situation. Phantom Nabu says nothing and fuses back into his host.
"That was close…" said Ranma-chan.
"You shall pay! You and your souls!" said Valtor as he fires a blade of blue flame at her.
Ranma-chan dodges the blade, satisfied that she's now on land. "Bring it!"
"Hydro Cannon!" Valtor shoots a huge stream of water at Ranma-chan, who quickly dodges by jumping into the air and staying afloat. She cringed as she saw the blast of water break through a line of trees. Valtor flies up to meet Ranma-chan in the air and punches at her with a dark fist. Taking the blow, Ranma-chan kicks Valtor hard in the face. Both of them crash to the ground. Valtor quickly gets up and uses another spell. "Earth Cage!"
Ranma-chan was suddenly surrounded by four rock walls that emerged from the ground and closed in on her. The top gets sealed and she winds up boxed in. Valtor smirks as he makes the rock box get smaller until he crushed the girl to death. Imagine his surprise when suddenly, he gets knocked back off his feet when the rock box containing Ranma-chan blows up. Standing there was Ranma-chan, with her fists glowing at her sides.
"That won't work on me!" said Ranma-chan. She then throws her hands forward. "KAENHOUSHAKI! (FLAMETHROWER!)" A steady stream of red fire flows out and towards Valtor, engulfing him. He screams out in pain as he tries to put himself out, then suddenly vanishes. "Huh? Where'd he go?"
"Shadow Servant!" Ranma-chan turns and sees Valtor, then was subjected to three blows from a trio of living shadows that rose from the ground benath her. They didn't physically harm her, but she felt like her insides got chilled. She collapses to her knees while holding her stomach and coughing up blood. "Didn't like my spell? That's too bad."
Valtor was about to strike again, and Ranma-chan had to counter-attack, but she had to heal herself first. In her mind, she wanted to use her Moko Takabisha on him to get some breathing room and heal herself. Still trying to heal herself, she lets out two words. "MOKO… TAKABISHA!!"
Suddenly, the ghostly image of Brandon comes out of Ranma-chan and blasts Valtor back with the ball of confidence-fueled ki. He was sent flying far and crashed into a tree, breaking it down. Phantom Brandon fused back With Ranma-chan just as she finishes healing her body. She then flies towards Valtor's downed form.
As Valtor recovers from a concussion, he looks up and sees Ranma-chan prepping up a big spell.
Ranma-chan had both her hands up as she focused her ki to amplify her spell. "The time of exorcism is at hand! Venomous servants, unleash thy dark flames!"A huge ball of flame the size of a small house appeared above her. The area around it darkened as the fire absorbed the light. "CALAMITY BLAST!" The huge ball of fire then shot off a barrage of fireballs at Valtor. (5)
Valtor wasn't able to avoid all the fireballs and was blasted into the ground repeatedly. Once the attack died down, the huge fireball vanished and the air lit up again.
The dark wizard gets back up defiantly. "I'm…. not beaten yet…"
Ranma-chan stands a few feet away from Valtor and gives him a look of disdain. "Why don't you just do yourself a favor and stay down? I don't want to have to kick your sorry ass again!"
"You'll pay for your insolence!" said Valtor as he materializes a blade of fire in his right hand and a blade of lightning in his left. He charges at Ranma-chan with a cross-slash, but misses.
Ranma-chan jumps backwards and faces Valtor. He then reverts to her male form and sighs. "Guess there's no talking out of this." He holds the hilts of Sky and Brandon's swords in his right, and the hilts of Riven and Timmy's swords in his left. He was also wearing Helia's light cable gauntlets on both hands. Activating the swords, he connects them to the cables on his gauntlets. Ranma began to swing them around and whips them towards Valtor. (6)
Valtor starts to parry and counter all four of Ranma swords with his own. Jumping back, he fires a beam of darkness at him. Ranma swings all four swords on the cables in front of him like a propeller as a makeshift shield. The beam was sliced into confetti when it met the spinning swords. He swings Sky and Brandon's swords at Valtor, which he ducks, then jump when Ranma swings Riven and Timmy's swords at his legs. The last swing was too close to the ground and tore up a trench. Ranma then throws all swords forward, their cables wrapping around Valtor's arms. "RYUSEI KYAKU! (SHOOTING STAR KICK!)" Before Valtor realized what's going on, Ranma slingshots himself right towards him and nails him hard in the face with both feet glowing with blue ki. The dark wizard collapses to the ground as Ranma reigns in his cables and swords.
"That was for the stomp earlier." Said Ranma.
Alfea…
The crystal demons suddenly grounded to a halt, then broke down. The crystal boulder at the entrance also broke apart, marking the end of the invasion. The faerie students and faculty cheered in victory. They have prevailed.
'Somehow, I know Ranma's behind this.' thought Nodoka with pride.
Red Fountain and Cloud Tower also met similar results. The remaining crystal demons and the crystal boulder they came from all broke down. The witches and specialists cheered at the victory.
Back with Ranma…
Ranma looks down at his defeated opponent and proceeds to wrap him up in an energy rope he materialized.
"Ranma!"
The pigtailed boy looks up to see Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla flying towards him. They had with them in tow Icy, Darcy, and Stormy.
"Girls! You're all right!" said Ranma as the Enchantix powered faeries immediately hugged him from all sides. "Oof! Easy easy! I'm glad to see you all, too!" They finally relented and got off of him, ever so reluctantly. He then looked over to the downed Trix. "I see you've gotten yourselves some war trophies."
"They gave us trouble, but we were able to handle ourselves." Said Stella.
The girls then looked upon the bane of their existances: the unconscious Valtor.
"You've beaten him…" said Bloom in awe.
"He was a tough bastard." Said Ranma. "We'd better get back to Alfea!"
The girls nodded and flew towards the school with their quarry while Ranma jumps through the tree branches with Valtor's body over his shoulder.
Alfea…
The students and faculty cheered when the Winx Club and Ranma entered through what's left of the gates with their prisoners. Shampoo and Ukyou rush up and hug each of the Winx girls before finally embracing Ranma on their success. The Pixies and Kiko come in and reunite with their fellow bonded faeries. Kiko jumps up on Bloom's shoulder and snuggles against her cheek. Nodoka walks up to Ranma and hugs her son.
"You were fabulous, my Son." Said Nodoka.
"It's all thanks to my lessons here, and to the Winx." Said Ranma.
Faragonda steps up, along with the rest of the faculty. Also there were Saladin and Griffin, who came when they were told that Valtor and the Trix had targeted Alfea.
"Once again, you've managed to defeat Valtor and his ambitions! We are forever grateful!" said Faragonda as another round of cheering sounded.
Also there were guards from Light Rock Monastery and the Omega Dimension. The Light Rock guards walk up to the bound Trix and hauled them up.
"We'll take them off your hands now." Said one of the guards. The other proceeded to place the magic-sealing tiaras on their heads. Opening a portal, they carted off the Trix for the third time and vanished.
The guards of the Omega Dimension took the unconscious Valtor through a portal to lock him in ice once again and vanish.
Later that night…
Alfea's courtyard was jumping with a party with the faeries, the specialists, and the witches in celebration of their victory against all odds. People ate, drank, and danced the night away. Codatorta was once again beating Knut in numerous rounds of arm wrestling, much to the embarrassment of the students. Some faeries and specialists watch as Wizgiz and Griselda engaged in a drinking game. This was against teachers' conduct, but they decided to let loose anyway. Faragonda, Saladin, and Griffin were seated together as they discussed on future plans following the aftermath.
At the dance ground, the Pixies were getting their groove on. Piff, on the other hand, was busy downing a cup of cocoa. Zing, dressed like a rap star complete with bling, was tearing it up in the air.
"No no! Wait!" said Ranma as the Winx girls pulled on both of his hands, dragging him to the dance floor.
"C'mon, Ranma! Just let yourself loose!" said Musa.
"Please, Ranma! One dance isn't going to hurt…" pleaded Flora.
The girls all gave him pleading looks, causing Ranma to cave in. "All right…"
They cheered as they all danced with Ranma. After a while, Ranma started to lose his tension and got his groove on. Soon, he was in a circle of faeries, specialists, and witches as they cheered him on. He began pulling off acrobatic moves into his dance steps, making them cheer out more. Ukyou and Shampoo then come in and dance in sync with him on both sides. Over his head, Zing also dances in sync with the three of them.
The party went on for the whole night.
The Omega Dimension…
In the cold, unforgiving pit of Magix's worst, there stood a block of ice. It had a sign hanging from the front, reading "Life Prisoner: Valtor". Within the block was Valtor himself. He's back in the same place just before the Trix broke him out a year ago. The huge ice serpents flew around, making sure that no one leaves. Upon closer inspection, we see Valtor's face, looking like he's asleep. His eyes suddenly snap open and glow red. They died down, and see that his eyes have no pupils.
Outside of Alfea…
At the place where Ranma and Valtor had their battle, something went on. The place where Valtor collapsed after Ranma's Shooting Star Kick nailed him started to slightly shake. Suddenly, a shadow slowly rises up from the spot and takes the form of Valtor. His eyes glow red as he lets off a chuckle.
"They're good… it'll take me some time to recover from this…" said Shadow Valtor. "For now, I'll lay low and build up my power. Once I do, I'll be able to break my body out of the Omega Dimension."
Shadow Valtor vanishes from sight. At the rate he's in right now, getting his necessary power back might take a few months at least. No matter to him. He's been trapped in that block of ice for seventeen years. A few months is nothing.
To be continued…
Preview…
Bloom: We can finally leave this all behind us.
Ranma: We kicked so much butt!
Flora: But the schools are wrecked. What'll we do?
Musa: The schools sent all their students on an early holiday so they can make repairs.
Stella: May I make a suggestion? How about we stay on earth for a while?
Tecna: Great idea? Where at?
Layla: Earth is an interesting place, after all.
Ranma: Next time, on Ranma Club, 'Nerima, Here's the Winx!' Wait a minute… you want to go THERE!?
Ending (Yuyu Hakusho style, 'Homework ga Owaranai')
Music starts. We see Sky, Brandon, Helia, Riven, Timmy, and Nabu standing in the darkness. Different colored spotlights swarm around all over. In the center stands Ranma as the darkness lights up.
Kon'ya mo togatta byoushin Toki wo kirikizande 'ru (The pointed second-hand etches time tonight as well)
Sky, Brandon, and Helia are seen leaning against a wall in the streets.
chi chi chi...
Ranma shows up three times.
Itsu made mo katazukanai Hoomuwaaku nagedashi (Throwing away the homework I can't ever get through with)
Riven, Timmy, and Nabu are seen sitting on the steps of a fire escape.
SUN OF A GUN!
Ranma kicks at the screen, then Ranma-chan in faerie mode fires a beam from her hands, then finally male Ranma spreads out his hands as the Specialists' weapons appear before him.
Korogaru yume na n' da yo Oikakete itai no wa (It's a rolling dream What I'd like to go after)
Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna, and Layla fly through the city night sky in their Enchantix. On the streets, Shampoo and Ukyou walk, then look up at the sky where the Winx were at. Kiko is sitting on Shampoo's head.
Tomareba nigete yuku yo Ki wo nuicha dame na no sa (If you stop it will get away It's a matter of not losing heart)
Ranma walks towards the screen while the Specialists' weapons orbit him. Behind him is a battlefield full of dead demons. Above Ranma were the images of Valtor, Icy, Darcy, and Stormy.
Korogaru yume na n' da yo... (It's a rolling dream...)
Ranma and the Winx stand on a cliff at night looking off, then slowly zooms out.
End ending
Author's notes:
(1) See Omake Chapter: 'Gotta Dance!'.
(2) The last line came from Hung Nguyen's 'Cat Fist Fury'.
(3) Think Naruto's Rasengan vs. Sasuke's Chidori during their fateful battle with each other at the end of the first series.
(4) AndrewK9000's idea of using anger as Bloom's ki medium.
(5) Got this from Valkyrie Profile.
(6) Imagine Ranma handling the combined Specialists' weapons like Kratos handles the Blades of Chaos/Athena in the 'God of War' series.
Finally! I've finished this chapter! Valtor may be down, but not out! From the battle, it'll take him some time to recover, so Magix is safe for a few months. Now I can finally gets started on my business in Nerima!
I'm aware that I'm spelling it as "faeries" rather than "fairies". I just like the former spelling more since it has more RPG element in it, and it is also where the terms "fae" and "fae folk" are derived from.
Rai vs. 4Kids rant:
4Kids totally mangled a subplot in the first season. In 4Kids, they made Riven get put under a spell by Darcy that makes him follow her. In Rai, he sided with the Trix of his own free will (makes him an even bigger asshole as he actually betrayed his real friends of his own accord.)
Riven only finally realized that the Trix were totally evil when they locked him up in Cloud Tower once they felt like he's outlived his usefulness. 4Kids completely cuts out an entire scene where Riven take a long hard look at himself. Darcy and Stormy decided to mess with him and pulls a "kage bushin no jutsu", making six clones of Riven to appear in the cell with him. He tries to ward off the clones that seem to mock him. Suddenly, all the clones melt and merge to become a hideous freak of a monster who stares Riven down and makes him nearly cry like a pussy. Riven felt the torment as the monster continues to stare him down… or is it? Finally, Riven realizes that the monster in the cell with him is acting like his reflection. Specifically, the ugly monster served as a reflection of Riven's soul considering his past actions, making him finally realize that he had been a complete asshole and betrayed the people who are his real friends and that he had played a part in the Trix's takeover.
Riven: "There are many things I don't like about myself, but I'm far from being a monster, okay? I have a heart! And even though I can't be sure if they are able to forgive me for all the things I've said and done... I have a few friends, too..."
The monster then vanishes.
Way to go, asshole 4Kids, for cutting out the important plot devices!
Personally, I thought Riven was forgiven a little too fast there. This was a guy who betrayed his friends and nearly got them killed on a few occasions throughout the whole first season. I'd understand if he was being mind-controlled, but he wasn't. I'd be a bit suspicious since the guy had broken trust a long time ago. Make him work to rebuild that trust again.
If I was writing the script here, I'd do it like this…
When walking through the underground tunnels of Cloud Tower…
Riven: "I'm sorry for everything, for all I've done. I didn't think the Trix would go this far… I suppose I can't ask you to forgive me after all of this…"
Sky: suddenly turns and punches Riven hard in the face, knocking him down. He then walks up to him and offers a hand "That substitutes for my make-up handshake, alright?"
Riven: is helped up by Sky "T-thanks… I guess I deserved that…"
Hell, I'd want to punch out a guy who recklessly endangered my girlfriend repeatedly in the past, too.
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