Dark Dragon

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½, Gold Diggers or Love Hina. I wish I did, since the plots would have been very much darker then the normal versions, more sexual things and other… well, if anyone can guess where I got the theme from, to write this, please inform me through reviews…

Kitty needs milk… Kitty drowns…

After the initial horror of having watched Ranma's still body lay there, they all tried to call the police but discovered that their cell phones and other communicational devices had been disabled. After that, they tried to leave, to get away from the house that housed a killer named X, but found that the windows, doors, other exits, had all been barred or had been locked. Trying to break down the walls was useless too, since there were spells on the walls that kept them intact, something that nobody had foreseen.

They all gathered in the lobby, looking at each other. "We all know that there is a killer on the loose. So, why don't we go search for that mysterious mister X and kick his ass?" Naru spoke, looking at the others for assurance that they would come with her. They all nodded and Shampoo and Brittany looked at each other, being cat-women in the sense of the world with one being able to turn into a cat with cold water and the other being able to turn into a cheetah at will. "We go search swimming pool." Brittany nodded. "Best not to stay anywhere alone."

The rest had a similar idea and soon they all paired up in groups of three, the fiancé's forming one group, with Brittany and Shampoo forming a separate group and going to the swimming pool to check it out. Shampoo had drawn her Chinese swords, looking ready to make mincemeat out of the X character.

It looked around, then slowly snuck from shadow to shadow, keeping up with the cat-women, looking at them and sniffing the air. These had to die first, since they would be more adept at tracking It through scent in their feline form. It looked for a tool to use, knowing that it should be something related to the swimming pool, since that would be the perfect place for the elimination of one of them. It reached into its pocket, pulling out a small cartridge, then looked at it and opened it, revealing red lenses. A sadistic smile graced its features as it inserted the lenses into its eyes, looking still at the ladies as his vision was colored red. There was a skill that it had learned, to make hunting people even better, then to make them so afraid that they would literally panic.

It snuck around, seeing that Shampoo was still on guard and knew that the warrior would have to be the first one that died. Slowly pulling its hair into position, it began to look around for one of the tools that it still had lying around somewhere near the pool. It would be a simple manner to execute the Amazon through the manipulation of normal forces. It then looked at the ceiling and an idea came to it.

Shampoo wandered through the halls with Brittany, watching out for anyone that wasn't known to her, looking at the ceiling and behind her a few times. A sense of unease came over her and she knew that she was being watched. "I feel like being watched, Brittany-san." "Yes, I can feel something too. Its vague, but I know that someone is here…" Brittany's voice seemed on edge, looking around for someone that might be coming from a shadow.

It cursed to itself as it saw Brittany look at the place where it had been a moment ago, darting from shadow to shadow to keep itself hidden. It would be very difficult to eliminate the other guests should they be aware where it was. That would make it hard to win the resulting fight.

When the two arrived at the swimming pool, all they could see were the tranquil waters. "Seems like the mysterious mister X isn't here… Shampoo, what do you think? How would Mister X hide himself in the house if all of us are looking for him?"

Shampoo thought for a moment, looking at her fingernails and then looking up. "Shampoo thinking he might use ninja techniques to hide. Maybe ninjutsu too, but Shampoo no sure. Shampoo thinking he might use transportation system throughout house, or elevator." Shampoo looked pensive for a moment, her long purple hair falling freely behind her, looking like she was not sure of her conclusion that X might be using a transport system.

It watched Shampoo, seeing Brittany turn around. It smiled as it crept behind Shampoo, kicking her into the hot water of the swimming pool, then jumped upwards, grabbing the electrical lightings and then ripping the cable off it, letting it drop into the water, gravity pulling it back to the ground.

Shampoo let out a scream of surprise as she was kicked into the waters of the swimming pool. She surfaced for a moment, only to see the face of the mysterious Mister X, the eyes shining like blood and then spotted the cable falling towards the water, the feeling of dread washing over her, her eyes going wide as she could see the cable falling in slow-motion, sparks on the cable signaling that it was a cable which had electricity running through it still.

Brittany heard Shampoo scream and she turned around, only to see blood red eyes staring back at her, taking a step back out of fear, watching how the mysterious mister X ran away, dressed in black garments that gave it a round shape, neither confirming it to be male or female since it was so thick. A small package fell out of its pocket, X never looking back, just running away.

Brittany looked at the waters, seeing the cable in it, but no shampoo. Knowing that the water was electrified, she grabbed the cable and then got it out of the water, jumping in to see if she could safe Shampoo from having drowned. Since the water would have been under electrical status, it would have paralyzed her muscles to the extent that she would have drowned soon because her body could not get the muscle pulses to the muscles, the signals being disrupted.

Brittany did as she envisioned it, pulling out the cable and hanging it back up there, so she would not get electrocuted, jumping in and retrieving shampoo from the bottom of the pool, pushing her towards the edge. Suddenly, she watched and saw that X had returned with the cable in its hands.

It looked at the swimming were cheetah, knowing that Shampoo could be revived due to her not having completely drowned, which would usually occur after half a minute in the water, though Shampoo had been in it for fifteen seconds, the entire thing having taken five seconds for it to flee, then waiting about 5 seconds, rushing back in and watching her retrieve Shampoo's body. "Can't have that now, Brittany…" it muttered, its voice sounding metallic as it was spoken through a voice alteration device.

She watched as X released the cable, watching it fall in slow-motion towards the water, then seeing it collide with it, feeling horrible sensations course through her body, her body sinking immediately as she couldn't move anymore. Darkness overtook her as her last thought was; I hope that the rest will find that guy and kill him…

X watched as the bodies sank to the bottom, pulling the cable out and pushing it somewhere where it couldn't get in contact with the water. Then it jumped in after dispensing of the clothes for a moment, at least the top part of them. It dove to the bottom, getting Brittany off the bottom but leaving Shampoo there, since she was fated to die there.

A vicious grin on its face as it dragged the were-cheetah on the side of the pool, pulling her in a seated position up against the wall and then writing a little note on the wall using a permanent marker.

The Dark Dragon has struck again, my dear guests… One by one, you will die, no escape, no chance to be free. Repent, repent, your end is near, my mind is gone, so see the fear… one died, one died, then they all will die. The mad room holds the answer, minds gone away, no way to stand free. There is no sanity within one's mind, the world being insane.

X

It giggled out loud as it had left the confusing note on the wall, hoping that they would think of it and search for the mad room. Then it left to plan another murder, but not after using the permanent marker on Britanny's arm, writing three words there.

Walking but dead

Then it departed, knowing that the rest would be there soon, to check up on them.

Akane watched as a small painting of a man wearing a three piece suit seemed to be a common theme in the hallway that she was wandering with Ukyo, the other girl looking a bit frightened, clenching the giant spatula rather tightly, that the only thing betraying her fear.

Shampoo's scream ripped through the air, making both girls look at each other and then look at the door at the end of the hall. They nodded slowly to each other, seeing that there was no other choice but to go to the door and open it. They saw a room full of mirrors, with seemingly no end to them, but the mirrors reflected different things, they noticed. They saw horrible people stand in the mirrors, leering at them. They watched for a moment, looking at the figures then turning around, running back to the lobby, having enough of the scary place.

X watched as people rushed past his hiding place, about to go and see if Shampoo was alright. If it had calculated it perfectly, it would be enough to make them afraid. Fear was always such a good way to make people lose their wits. X giggled to himself before getting out of its hiding place, it would need to move to make another trap for the next victim. From the personal files he held of all of them, he would need to use a pet that it had bought in a local pet shop to debilitate the victim freeze up…

Keitaro watched as Shampoo floated in the waters, Brittany laying on the side of the room, looking pretty much knocked out by something. He knew that the Amazon was dead, since she floated top down, her hair all spread out in the water, making it look like she had drowned due to an accident, but this was no accident. He looked at the unconscious were-cheetah, watching as her husband tried to revive her from her unconsciousness so she could tell what had transpired there.

"Brit? Are you with us? Brit, please answer me." She could hear the voice of her husband, seeing his face come into view, blurry as it was, but still looking pretty strange to her. "Strype? Is that you?" he nodded. "I'm here. Please tell us who it was that killed Shampoo. Tell us how the killer looked." He had worked as a detective so he asked her the questions simply, before she had time to forget the events that had transpired. "He had dark clothes on, something that hid his figure. I guess it was a man, but I'm not sure… his eyes… it were the eyes that made me feel cold. They were blood red, not a shred of white in them. They looked at me, then he dropped the cable in the water. After that, pain… pain, lots of it." She closed her eyes, shivering as she relived the feeling. "Then I woke up to you calling me."

He nodded. "Seems like the Dark Dragon has left us with another clue. Look at the wall, he wrote something down. We got to find the mad room, where he might give us another clue…" they nodded, moving in one group since it was deemed to be safer by the majority.

Keitaro looked at the worried and fearful faces around him, looking at them with some fear in his mind. What if I'm next? What if the killer takes it upon himself to kill me…

X smiled to itself as it looked at the guests as they passed beneath it, making it feel some glee as none detected, Brittany being too distraught to try and sniff him out, Shampoo dead, left on the side of the pool. It felt a fiendish glee at having time enough to kill the others. He watched as the silly kendo girl drew her blade, proclaiming that she was going to slay the fiend.

"I will slay the fiend with this blade, mark my words! He won't be safe from the Heir of the God's Cry School! (Shin-Mei-Ryu)" she spoke, confidence marking her words, Naru looking at her and smiling slightly, albeit weakly. "Motoko-chan, I'll go with you then to hunt the guy down. He deserves a Naru-punch!"

They split up, the Love Hina group splitting from the main group as they took another hallway.

It smiled. Then it jumped towards another shadow, a rustling of scales and a shadow of massive wings falling over the three members of the Hina entourage… not that they noticed, thinking it to be the light of the candles…

Their doom was upon them…

Hmm, according to the little clues I left in the first chapter, some of you might get the idea that you know who the killer is… I deliberately wrote some parts, to avoid mentioning whether it is male of female… trust me, you'll find out in due time. All I can say is to enjoy the story to its fullest and well… try to puzzle out who the bad guy is… (used to be an ending part to guess who the killer might be, but that was too easy, though one of my friends couldn't figure it out, i'm sure many of you intellectual guys will be able to figure it out immediately... so i removed it...)

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