Strange...

A Ranma ½ fanfic

I do not own Ranma ½ or any series that I may use characters from in the future; if I did then I wouldn't be writing this.

Chapter 3, a shisha or liondog is a traditional Ryukyan decoration, often in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog.

The story so far

We were in the middle of a fight scene; you probably want to get back to that.

Air projectiles ripped past Ranma, but not one connected with him. Ranma was fighting seriously now, something he had never done when fighting Kuno even when the boy got particularity annoying. When Kuno found the phoenix, one Moko Takabisha would have downed the boy and the irritating bird, when the fool had learned the watermelon slice Ranma had held back to avoid permanently destroying the boys memory. The only time Ranma had ever thought of Kuno as a real threat was when he had been possessed by a ghost and even that... wait a ghost that's it! Ranma leapt backward across the field in order to get a clearer view of the boy, and hastily examined the boy's aura.

"Damn Kuno, you have the worst luck with ghost!" Ranma shouted from across the field, causing Kuno and the audience an abundance of confusion.

It wasn't immediately obvious because of how weird his aura was already behaving, but there was something clinging to the left side of Kunos aura, just over his heart, supplying power to the ki attacks. Ranma felt confident and in control again, last time Kuno had been possessed his body couldn't keep up with the ghosts power, leaving the boy to overexert and exhaust himself, and the same would seemed to be true here. Already, only a few minutes into their fight, the blue thunder of Furinkan high who was renounced for his endurance and skill with his boken was growing ragged and sloppy. If Ranma could land a few good hits on the older boy he wouldn't even be able to stand. Now how was he supposed to get close to him?

World was thinking, he could tell that Ranma had come to the conclusion that he had wanted, his hand would remain unnoticed. He had removed some the king of swords power, as well as the shield he had put in place to keep some of the wiser residents of nermia from realising what was going on. Ranma would assume that Kuno had been possessed by a ghost and Kuno would have no memory from after he had found an antique scroll lying just outside his mansion. So why did he still feel uneasy? It wasn't like there were any obstacles that he hadn't planned for after this.

Ranma felt his kick blow connect with Kunos shoulder. "Eiecitdepulsio!" Kunos blow barely grazed his left arm, but because of the added ki the blow sent Ranma a few feet away again. The "getting up close" was starting to get frustrating at this point, anytime he managed to get into position for a direct attack against Kuno, one of those ki blasts would knock him back, he would have to think of a way to counter that kind of attack in case he ran into another martial artist who used a similar art.

He jumped over another Ko-kuu Zan, landing his sixth blow on Kuno, "celerieiecitrepellent" Kuno released a flurry of thrusts, Ranma dodged these blows easily. Kuno was no longer even able to keep up his usual speed; the thrusts were still ki charged and fast, but so slow that Ranma could avoid them with ease.

One more hit should take him down, and I know just what to use. "Kaen ga seishin. (The spirit of flames.)" His chilled ki from the soul of ice dispersed instantly, being pushed away by the heat of his technique.

"Ah! The fires of your passion truly show through! Soon I shall have you as my own, my fiery prince!" shouted Kuno "verumgratuitexterminatore!" as he swung his sword down it radiated intense blue ki like lightning. He felt it connect!

With the ground.

Ranmas hands were already pressed to his stomach. "Shīsha no hageshii jisonshin (liondog's fierce pride.) The new ki attack was weighted by passion and instinct, the foundation for his new soul spirit of flame technique. Kuno was halfway across the field before the orb dispersed.

It was over, he had won.

Now for a short nap

Ranma hit the ground, completely unconscious as Akane ran onto the field. The last thing he heard was the exhausted sobs of the soccer captain.

"I love it when one of my plans come together," world smirked, it had come together quite nicely." Now I just need to move my next set of pieces into place. He began to chuckle as he drew out three more cards. "No one can interfere with my plans now."

"I don't understand!" moon shouted at devil "how can anyone even have a sense of direction so bad that we can't even find them!" they had lost track of lion man Ryoga fifteen minutes ago, when he had walked into a small tunnel, and not come out.

"Relax, he will naturally gravitate to Ranma, it will just take longer than we originally planed for. Akane Tendo will still meet her end. "Devil chuckled.

"You idiot! You weren't supposed to say out plan till chapter5!" screamed he effeminate doctor.

"Chapter... what are you talking about moon." Sighed the robed giant "I swear, if you weren't so powerful I would never tolerate your mad drabble."