Miss Ranma

Chapter Twenty-Four

!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"

"So who are you already?!" Ranma demanded despite her being in a compromising position.

"I am…"

In a flash of brilliance, a light appeared in the room surrounding her captor who moved his cloak aside revealing himself.

"I am Demitri Maximoff!"

Ranma looked up to see a man with high, dark red hair and an unusually muscular physique. His skin was pale and the sclera and pupils of his eyes appeared to be glowing red. Then he showed Ranma his sharp, vicious teeth, attempting to frighten her.

"What are you, a vampire?"

"Yes, it's strange how fearless you are despite my irrepressible brilliance. Maybe I'll make you my bride after all."

"No way, Max. I gotta boyfriend as it is."

"Do you mean the one with the hammer? That fool is no match for me!" Demitri laughed.

"That guy has defeated giants bigger and stronger than you! But never mind him anyway. When I get out of these restraints, I'll…"

"You'll do nothing! You can't break the mystical entrapments in which I've placed you, not with me standing here at any rate."

"I can break these cuffs! Ungh!"

"Foolish girl! Your ass is mine!"

"No way!"

"Yes!" At that point, the creature's hand moved towards the tear in Ranma's shirt, getting inside the garment and groping her.

"Yuck! Go away!" Ranma screamed. Then she surprised her captor by maneuvering her torso in such a way that his hand ended up in between her rock hard breasts and… !CRACK!

"Yaaarrggh! My hand! You bitch, how dare you?!" the vampire screamed, tearing away his hand, ripping off Ranma's already torn shirt in the process.

"I have made-out-of-steel, hard body. So if you don't want to get hurt, keep your hands off the merchandise!"

The vampire growled as he nursed his hurting hand. Then he looked up, noticing something.

"Someone's trying to contact me. I'll deal with you later, little one." With that, the creature vanished.

"Well, thanks for keeping me abreast of what's going on," Ranma said with a sigh and a shake of her head as she watched him depart.

"Now, how do I get out of here?"

Ranma again tried to use her escape artist skills to get out of her restraints but the magical cuffs would move with her and tighten around her wrists and ankles whenever she moved.

"Blast it!"

XXX

"Where did Ranma go?!" Kenji asked while his hair whipped back and forth as he searched for the object of his desire. Then he and the others touched down a couple of dozen miles away from the park where Ranma had been abducted.

"She's gone!" Gosunkugi answered.

"Whew! It's probably for the best, Kenji. Ranma was nothing but trouble!" Akane gasped as well, her endurance already having been all but depleted, having swung her own ki hammer and thrown herself into the air, flying the same way Kenji had done but slower.

Then everybody there heard a familiar voice. "I can track her down, but when I do she's going to belong to me."

"Ryoga, what happened to you?!" Kenji demanded upon turning around and noticing the changed martial artist.

"He's gotten bigger and stronger! How did that happen?!" Gosunkugi announced.

"It's a long story," Ryoga answered.

Everyone was a gasp at Ryoga's shirtless, powerful appearance, his more powerful legs threatening to burst out of his pants. He had grown to a height of six feet tall weighing 200 pounds of well defined, imposing muscle.

"Have you been to Jusenkyo, Ryoga?" Akane asked, admiring the even more handsome boy.

"Yes, I have, Akane, but I'll explain all of that later. Right now I'm going to find Ranma and get her back."

"Hold it right there. Since when have you done been able to track people down?" Yukio asked.

"I've always have been able to track people!"

"Oh, I get it. You've used your abilities as a tracker to make up for the fact that you get lost all the time?" Kenji said.

"Yeah, that's right. What about it?!"

"Ryoga, it's not worth going after Ranma. That creature was dangerous. You're a nice guy, Ryoga. You deserve better than a two-timing slut like her!" Akane broke in, walking over to the former lost boy, gently looking up at him, and practically putting her hands on his chest.

Ryoga looked upon the friendly girl for a moment, noticing how beautiful she was in her own right. "Has Akane gotten better looking since I last saw her?"

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Akane, but I'm still going. I'm off!" With that, Ryoga gently disengaged himself from Akane and ran a couple of feet and bounded several miles into the sky.

"Wait, Ryoga!" Kenji screamed upon winding his hammer up, throwing it into the sky with him attached to it.

"He won't get far!" Gos said upon becoming ethereal and floating upwards in the leaping boy and hammer welding boy's direction.

"Hold it!" Yukio called out before leaping into the air, trying to latch on to the Gosunkugi only to have grasped through the intangible form.

"Whoa! Dagnabit!" the okonomiyaki chef screamed as he went crashing downwards. However, before hitting the ground, Yukio whipped his giant spatula spinning it around with so much speed that he came down to the ground slowly, touching down safely.

"That was pretty good, Yukio. But I wish you guys and my brother wouldn't risk your lives for that tramp," Akane said with her arms folded on her chest.

"It ain't like that. Ranma is a treasure beyond comprehension," Yukio answered.

"All of this has been so interesting."

Akane turned to see, "Nabiki! What are you doing here?!"

"I thought I'd enjoy the show, Akane."

"You mean you figured you might make some money on the side, hmm?"

"Yes, that too if possible. Now, where did everybody go off to in such a hurry?" Nabiki asked as she looked on the horizon.

Then Akane explained what had happened.

"Oh." Nabiki turned towards Yukio and said, "I can tell you where that vampire has Ranma holed up for a fee."

"What? How would you know where that vampire lives?"

"Nothing goes on in this town without my knowledge. Five hundred yen," the mercenary girl said putting her hand out.

After simmering for a few seconds, Yukio put the money in Nabiki's hot little hand. Then he got the answer he was looking for.

"Wait a minute, Yukio. Wait for me!" Akane called out. She tried to catch up to Yukio, but she was too exhausted to chase after the martial artist who ran off at an inhuman speed.

"What is going on here?!" Kuno demanded, appearing out of nowhere.

"Five hundred yen."

XXX

"I'm surprised you're able to keep up, Kenji. I guess those muscles aren't just for show," Gosunkugi said as he flew past him in his ethereal form.

"You're not going to go off and rescue Ranma without me!" Mousse said with makeshift wings appearing on his robed back as he flew through the air next to them.

"What do you want, clown?" Gosunkugi demanded.

"You know what I want. Step aside and let Ranma be with a real man," the Amazon boy answered.

"And exactly what is that, a man dominated by a bunch of women?"

Upon hearing that crack, Mousse turned towards his rival, giving him a harsh glare and letting the wind whip his long hair back.

"Let's rescue Ranma first. Then we can figure out who Ranma wants to be with," Kenji suggested, regarding the two martial artists.

"Where is Ryoga?! Was he able to get so far away from us that we can't see him?" Mousse called out.

"Yes, that's how it seems. I think he went this way!" Kenji said, swinging his hammer with more speed and power, using it to propel himself in approximately the same direction.

"You won't get too far without us!" Gosunkugi called out as he made his way after him.

"Wait for me!" Mousse shouted.

XXX

"There must be some way for me to get out of here, but these restraints keep adapting to my movements."

Then Ranma stopped her efforts, laying down and relaxing as she concentrated and closed her eyes.

In a matter of moments, Ranma practically phased out of her restraints.

"Whew!" the girl gasped, her bosom heaving upon the end of her exertions.

"I'm impressed."

"You! I'll…"

"You'll do nothing! I am invincible in my own home!" With that, the vampire blasted her with a fiery energy blast that engulfed her body in a mystic flame. At the same time, a huge stony fist formed from out of the wall slamming into Ranma's back.

"Ungh!" Ranma moaned as she entered into a world of unconsciousness.

At that point, Demitri looked upon the half-naked girl as she lay on the ground helpless and unconscious, prompting him to practically drool all over himself.

"Gasp!" "I've never lost control over my faculties like that over any female in centuries! This girl is truly a treasure beyond any I've ever laid hold of. I shall make her my bride after all."

After placing her back into her bonds, the lustful vampire tore off the girl's pants, noticing that she wasn't wearing any underwear. Thus he regarded her mildly waspish waist, V-cut lower abdomen, rock hard posterior, slender yet hourglass curves, and well-made legs and calves.

"She doesn't fail to impress no matter what happens. Her body is perfect in every way," Demitri thought as he regarded the naked girl.

"Hmm," the vampire said, licking his lips and breathing heavily.

"I need to calm myself down before I take this one. It's time for me to take a nap anyway." With that, Demitri walked out of the room.

XXX

"I'm almost there," Ryoga thought as he saw an old feudal castle in the distance in the mostly uninhabited areas of Japan.

"It was great that I was able to exchange my curse for what I am now. Those people in the place I wandered into were really helpful to me."

Ryoga had somehow managed to wander into another planet where the gravity was several times heavier. The much stronger people there had seen his Jusenkyo spawned predicament and used their advanced technology to merge his cursed form into him, making him more physically powerful than even Kenji was previously. He had even learned how to leap and glide through the sky, practically flying.

"What's even better is that I've gotten an object that will make Ranma my love slave. It was great of that old man to give me that fishing rod in exchange for me giving him that bowl of ramen. Things are looking up for me!"

"Here I am!" Ryoga announced, landing on top of the castle with a huge thump. Then he looked around for the object of his desire.

"Now how do I get inside without making a lot of noise?"

Upon finding a window, Ryoga opened it and crept inside.

"The vampire who stole Ranma is in that room over there asleep in that coffin. How convenient."

Ryoga stealthily made his way into the room, looking over the sleeping vampire.

"What the…"

Before Demitri could finish his sentence, Ryoga struck him in the jaw with an uppercut. Despite that, Demitri got up and shoved Ryoga away.

"How did you overpower me like that?" Ryoga stammered as he recovered.

"I don't know how you managed to get the drop on me, but that's the last time you'll strike me with such impunity."

"Bring it on, Dracula!"

"That's Demitri!"

"Whatever?!"

With that, the vampire flew out of his coffin, floating toward his new prey who responded with a right cross that smashed him towards his coffin, knocking him and his coffin to the ground.

"You are a strong one. But it matters not. I will still vanquish you."

"No, you won't!" Ryoga clapped his hands together and took the shockwave created energy and shoved it in Demitri's direction, knocking him back into the wall. Then he super leaped into him, fists first, creating an even larger dent in the said wall.

"Ungh! You dare attack me in my abode?!"

"That's right. Want some more?"

"Yaaargghh!" the vampire screamed with his mouth open wider than humanly possible, failing to intimidate the lost boy with his sharpening teeth and the claws coming out of his fingers. His skin turned into a dark blue as his cape turned into bat-like wings. In a matter of seconds, Demitri had turned into a bipedal man-bat with bright yellow eyes.

"Is that supposed to impress me?"

"You are doomed, my overly muscled friend!" the Draconian creature hissed at him. Then he charged! Upon attempting to take a bit out him, Demitri gnashed his teeth at Ryoga who shuffled back at an uncanny speed. Then the lost boy struck his opponent in the jaw.

"I'm not your friend," Ryoga said as he followed up with rights and left, ending his barrage with a forward snap kick that knocked the creature back.

"Aaarrgghh! You will pay for that!"

Then Ryoga put his hand and made a come hither motion. "No more talk. Just bring it."

"Aaaaghh!" Upon Demitri's wide open scream, fire came streaming out of his mouth, engulfing Ryoga who simply clapped his hands together, dissolving the flame.

"What?! That's impossible! No one can destroy my flame-like that!" the creature hissed.

Upon shaking his head and giving his adversary a smirk, Ryoga talked back. "I'm way more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

"Wrong! You're just a man with brute strength! There's no way you could defeat the likes of me!"

"Think again!" Ryoga zipped forward, gliding on the ground at super-speed, striking Demitri's shins with surprising low kicks. Then he kneed the creature in the groin, prompting Demitri to lurch forward right into Ryoga's fierce uppercut that rocked its head back.

"Aargh!" The creature wasn't out of the fight yet as he struck with his clawed hands, raking Ryoga across his bare, rock hard chest.

"Aaarrgghh! My claws, they're blunted! What are you made out of?!"

"I'm made out of titanium steel. Now it's time for you to…"

"Wrong! I have one more card to play."

At that point, a mist surrounded Ryoga, making him feel a little queasy. After taking a deep breath, he felt nothing.

"What happened?!"

"I don't know what kind of transformation attack you planned for me, but there's no chance of changing me into anything else. What I am is permanent." Then Ryoga threw hundreds of sharpened bandanas at the creature, slicing him up.

"Aaaagghh!"

Upon stunning the creature, Ryoga moved in striking with punches and kicks until he ended the battle by cupping his hands and smashing his opponent's ears.

"Oooh!" the creature moaned as he slumped into the ground unconscious, metamorphosing back into his more human-looking form.

"And that's that. Now, Where's Ranma?"

XXX

Sometime later, Ranma woke up feeling a draft as she looked down only to find herself in the same predicament except that she was all together naked.

"Oh, great. Why do many guys feel the need to take my clothes off? Can't they get a magazine or rent videos?!"

Then her acute awareness sensed someone coming. "I don't think that's the vampire coming back. Who is that?!"

Then Ryoga came into the room. "So there you are Ranma."

"Ryoga?! It's so nice to see you!" Then Ranma noticed something different about her seeming rescuer.

"You've gotten bigger. Did you go to Jusenkyo and fall into the Spring of Drowned Mister Universe?"

"You could say something like that."

"That's nice. Now get me out of here."

"Not so fast, Ranma."

"What are you talking about? Get me out of here!"

"I've been thinking about something, Ranma. You're especially ticklish, aren't you?"

"Huh?"

Then Ryoga paused for a moment, regarding Ranma's naked form, the well-rounded breasts that stood at attention, being perfectly symmetrical. The flat stomach that was moderately muscular also impressed him. Her ass was also well-formed, matching her thighs and hips along with her legs that were strong, lean, and perfectly formed. Even her calves and feet were a sight to behold. It was so amazing how her body was soft to the touch yet rock hard at the same time.

"What does that have to do with anything? Quit wasting time and get me out of this contraption! That vampire can come back in here any minute!"

"Oh, he won't be coming back. I knocked him out cold, you see. So there's no one to disturb us. It's just you and me here."

Ryoga looked upon Ranma's exposed form and smiled at the girl's compromised position, a smile that made Ranma a little nervous.

"Ryoga?"

"You've been pretty mean to me, Ranma. When I think of all the times you've pushed me away…"

"I've been mean?! You called me a cross-dressing girly man, copped feels on me, and made insulting cracks about my body. And that makes me the meanie?"

"I didn't know what you were at the time. You also kicked me into Jusenkyo, causing me to turn into a little creature."

"What creature was that?" Ranma snapped back.

"That's all irrelevant now. It was just fortunate for me I found some people who helped to turn me into what I am now."

"What happened? Did you find these people when you get lost?" Ranma asked with her eyebrows raised.

"I don't like you making fun of me for getting lost, but I did find some people who helped me. I found another guy who got something else very useful in exchange for a bowl of ramen I had on me at the time," Ryoga said with a sense of triumph.

"What's that?"

"We'll get to that eventually. But before that, I'm curious to see how ticklish you are. As it is, I've also become fully ambidextrous."

"That's nice, Ryoga. Now how about…"

"I'm not done talking yet, Ranma. So don't interrupt me. It's rude. Anyway, I have so much power I can leap into the air and cover more distance than Kenji can with his thrown hammer," Ryoga explained with his arms folded on his broad chest with a smile on his face.

"All right. Thanks for telling me your life's story. Since you've dealt with that vampire, it will be easier for me to get out of…"

"You're not going to do anything but lay there until I'm done with you, Ranma," the boy said with an absence of malice.

"Whaaaat?!"

"You heard me. We've done enough talking. Now it's time for me to test the dexterity and fine manipulation of my new powerful fingers."

"Whattya mean by that?" Ranma asked with a little bit of nervousness.

"I'm going to tickle you pink and breathless. You've done so many mean things to me from stealing my bread, making fun of me, skipping out on our duel, knocking me into that cursed Jusenkyo spring, and being gender ambiguous."

"Ryoga, that's not fair! You know full well what happened to me. I told you!"

"I had begun to question my sexuality for some time thanks to you, Ranma. And don't feel too bad about it. If you were a guy I'd brutally beat you to death. But the way you look right now makes beating you up unappealing. Now shall we begin?"

"Begin what?"

"You know what, you ticklish cutie."

"Ryoga, don't even go there!" Ranma screamed as she attempted to break out of her restraints.

"I'm going there! Tickle! Tickle! Tickle! Tickle!" Ryoga said as he gently and carefully touched the skittish young girl.

"Smirk! Giggle! Hahahahahaha! Stop that!" Ranma burst out as the boy tickled her ribs, tummy, and belly button.

"Let's try up here, hmm?" Ryoga said, raising his eyebrows.

"Not that over there, please!" Hehehehehehehehehe! Mercy! Uncle!" Ranma gasped out loud, as her naked torso wriggled around in a vain attempt to avoid the tickling hands that moved with uncanny speed, to the surprise of the helpless girl.

"You're lucky I like you so much, Ranma. I've wanted to beat you up real bad for some time now. But this will suffice."

"All right, Ryoga! You're tickling me too much! I can hardly breathe. You've gotten even with me now. So let me out of these restraints! Oh, pretty please!" Ranma gasped after her flesh had turned pink as her bosom heaved with her every breath.

"You look really cute begging for mercy with your puppy eyes, and your naked body is to die for. How ticklish are your cute little feet, hmm?"

"Ryogaaa!"

"Tickle! Tickle! Tickle! Tickle!" Ryoga had caressed the soles of the practically naked girl's feet with his right hand while touching under Ranma's arms with his other hand.

"Hahahahahahahahaha! No fair!" Ranma giggled as tears came streaming out of her eyes.

Then Ryoga's hands went upwards. "You have the most magnificent hips. You're very impressive, Ranma," Ryoga said as the girl continued to giggle.

"Why thank you. Now let me up!"

"Not yet." At that point, the boy's probing hands caressed her thighs on upward, playfully touching the back of her thighs.

"Hehehehehe! Hahahahahahaha! Stop, Ryoga, please!" Ranma laughed as the boy caressed behind her knees.

"If you weren't so cute when you're naked and helpless, I'd still be mad at you, Ranma. I could do a lot worse than what I'm doing to you now."

"All right. I'm sorry. You got your revenge so you can let me go," the girl gasped as her bosom heaved with her every breath.

"I don't know about that. I like what I'm seeing right now. You're so cute when you're pink and breathless."

"Ryogaaa!"

However, to the boy's surprise, Ranma had managed to escape her bonds yet again, but before she could get too far away from him, Ryoga reached out for her, accidentally knocking her backward.

"Hey!" Ranma called out as she executed a flawlessly performed backflip, land on her feet with her back to the wall, leaning forward and placing her hands on the front of herself in an attempt to cover her nakedness the best that she could.

"Golly! You are truly poetry in motion," Ryoga exclaimed as he regarded the fast-moving girl's shape and form. Then he pinched his nose to prevent any bleeding.

"That's nice, Ryoga. Why do you keep feeling the need to see me naked? You still weren't sure as to my gender?"

"You were naked when I got here, Ranma, but why are you blushing? I've seen you naked before."

"When was this? Why are you acting like such a pervert?! And is that an umbrella in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"

"Haha. Good one, Ranma. You're naked, helpless, and at my mercy and you still haven't lost your sense of humor. No wonder I'm still in love with you."

"In love with me? Listen, Ryoga. I don't find a guy who takes advantage of me when I'm practically naked and helpless appealing."

"You'll find me appealing soon enough, Ranma."

"What do you mean by that?" the rankled girl asked, still blushing and covering herself up the best she could.

At that point, another thumping noise resounded. Then a dent appeared in the wall increasing in size until Kuno smashed his way through.

"So there you are!"

Ranma whipped her head towards the loud noise, giving Ryoga the opportunity for which he had waited.

"Now!" Ryoga whipped out a fishing rod with a finger-sized koi figure attached to the end of it. In the blink of an eye, while Ranma was distracted by the appearance of the samurai and her nakedness, Ryoga had managed to place the koi right above her belly button.

"What did you just do, you knave!" Kuno said as he approached the powerhouse with his ki blade in hand.

"Oh, shut up, you samurai wannabe!"

"You dare mock me, Tatewake Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High?! Have at thee!"

As the samurai zipped forward, Ryoga calmly stood there. Then he grabbed the blazing ki sword.

"Ow! That's hot." Despite the pain, Ryoga took hold of the blade, separating it from his owner or so he thought.

"What the…" Ryoga gasped as the sword vanished from his hands and back into Kuno's.

"You think you can take away what is mine? Ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta!" To Ryoga's surprise, he had been struck several times. While he had not taken any serious damage he still was in a world of pain as the blade moved faster than lightning in the samurai's hands.

"Not bad, Kuno. I underestimated you. But you're still not beating me." Then Ryoga whipped out his umbrella, using it as a blade as he parried his opponent's attacks until he deliberately got the samurai's weapon into a clinch with his own.

"Haha! I shall break out of this locking of our weapons!"

Then the powerful boy used his superior strength to shove Kuno's blade into him.

"You cannot use my blade to hurt me!" Kuno said as the ki blade seemed to meld into him.

"That's all right. I'll hurt you!"

Then Ryoga moved forward so much that his head smashed into Kuno's again and again until the swordsman crashed into the ground unconscious.

"Oh, Ryoga!" the uncovered girl announced as she leaped into his arms after having watched the fight as if hypnotized.

"That's right, Ranma. Come to Ryoga," the half-naked boy said, caressing the girl in his arms until he heard a noise.

"There they are!" Kenji shouted as he and the others made their way through the hole Kuno had made earlier.

"You're too late, Kenji. Ranma is mine now."

"What?!"

XXX

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Sorry for the delay in chapters, but there has been a lot going on in my life right now.

By the way, I have a new fanfic called Attack on Ranma that's crossed with Attack on Titan. Take a look at it and let me know what you think.