Changing the View
By Kaemon
October 28th
Pathetic is the only word I can think of to describe the events of today. If anyone else reads this they probably know me and know that I have had problems such as my fiancés getting kidnapped. No surprise that today it happened again; though this time was slightly different. It was, to be blunt, pathetic.
The day started off normal enough, and I had taken Akane out to the park in order to prove to her that the dog was managing to avoid me and she must have done something special in order to pet it. I had her pet it for a good ten minutes but I couldn't see anything she was doing different from what I did when I tried to pet it. Of course I couldn't tell what I was doing wrong. As I was trying to pet the dog there was a sudden explosion from behind me and as soon as I turned around I saw Akane tied up next to a large man wearing clothing that seemed to be made up of nothing but rope and strings. I bet if at that moment I had pulled on a loose string on his outfit his entire set of clothing would just unravel. He then gave a introduction that would even confuse someone like Kuno; though I did get the general idea that his name was Saku and he needed a young woman to sacrifice to his god of rope in order to revive it. He worshiped a god of rope. Obviously he had more mental problems then anyone else in Nerima. He also was obviously new to the whole kidnapping thing since he told me exactly where he would be taking Akane in order to perform the sacrifice; he even told me what time he would have to perform the sacrifice. I've dealt with a lot of kidnappers before but this one was the absolute worst.
Of course I tried to attack him right then and there and get Akane back, but if he did anything right it was that he prepared for his escape. Out of the ground shot rope, of course, this quickly tied me down to the ground and stopped me from going after him immediately. By the time I had managed to get all of the rope off me he had made his escape and now waiting in what he called his "Mansion of ropey goodness" which just sounded plain stupid to me. He had told me where it was and what time he was going to perform the sacrifice so I had enough time to head back to the Tendos and inform them of the situation that Akane had become involved in. Ryoga was of course quickly volunteered to come and help me rescue her. I figured at least he would make a good distraction for the rope freak while I got Akane out of any danger she might be in so I let him join the small rescue party which was at the time made up of just me and Ryoga. It pretty much stayed just us the entire time, not that we needed any extra help. I was completely confident that with both me and Ryoga we could take the rope pervert out without a problem, heck, I think I could have even managed it by myself.
Within half a hour we were prepared and headed off towards his idiotically named 'mansion of ropey goodness.' Surprisingly enough it was only about an hour away if we hurried. It was on a hill in outside of the town. I'd been there a few times before but I had never seen a mansion there before today and anyone who goes there now won't see one either. When we got there we were greeted by the sight of a giant mansion made entirely of what appeared to be rope. How the man had managed to create it was beyond me but he had somehow managed to do it. Both of us barged into the rope mansion and began to search the area for the rope pervert and Akane. They were nowhere to be found on the first floor but we couldn't find any stairs that would lead us to the second floor. Ryoga became frustrated at this and came up with the great idea of blowing a hole in the ceiling in order to make a pathway to the second floor. Without even waiting for my opinion on his plan he fired a blast into the ceiling and created a hole the size of a truck in the entire building, Since the building was completely made of rope it didn't put up much resistance to the blast so there was a hole through the entire mansion and the sky was now visible.
We both jumped up to the second floor and soon found the room the rope pervert was in. He had been standing in the center of the room with a slightly deranged look on his face while behind him Akane was now unconscious and still tied up while being suspended in the air by rope, of course. Below her there seemed to have been colored ropes moving around in patterns while some would occasionally move up and latch onto the rope holding Akane. The rope pervert then had then started to laugh like the insane person he was and told us of what his plot was. "You see, I lied to you about what time I would be beginning! What fools you both are!" He told us both, only for Ryoga to yell back, "Why in the world did you even tell Ranma your location in the first place?" The two had continued to argue back and forth for what was probably two minutes neither of them really getting anywhere with each other. I had decided to take things into my own hands and had begun attacking the rope pervert. He obviously had some martial arts training because he for the most part was able to dodge most of my attacks. Right as I was about to deal a blow that would have knocked the rope pervert unconscious Ryoga decides it's his turn to actually do something for a change and actually attacked. Unfortunately he used his breaking point technique and blew a hole in the floor. Unlike his attack earlier that blew a hole in the ceiling this wasn't a clean attack. Ropes started to snap everywhere and the floors started to collapse. Within a minute most of the mansion had fallen apart as Ryoga and I worked to free Akane from the ropes she had been tied up with. After freeing her both of us quickly got out of the collapsing mansion and carefully placed Akane on the ground and prepared ourselves for a attack from the rope pervert. By the time the mansion has completely collapsed I felt pretty silly standing there waiting for a attack that probably would never come. I had figured that the rope pervert was simply stuck tied up in his own mess. Suddenly though I watched as the rope pervert pulled himself from the large pile of rope gasping for breath. Slowly he had stood up and pointed his finger at me, "You may have won this time! But I'll be back! Maybe, probably. Bah, forget it, no rope god is worth this." He ended up mumbling to himself at the end as he staggered away.
As I said, it was pathetic.
Unfortunately not everything had happened perfectly. Akane had gotten injured during her time with the rope pervert and she's now resting in a hospital room. I think it's an unnecessary thing to do, but when we brought Akane home unconscious Soun freaked out and demanded that we take her to a hospital to be taken care of. Sure she had some cuts and some of them weren't exactly small, but they're nothing that won't just heal by itself. Of course the doctors said for safety purposes we should let her rest overnight.
I do feel bad for her though. I was the one who dragged her out to the park today which is where she was kidnapped. I should probably do something to make it up to her.
I bumped into Nabiki in the hallway right before I began to write and she spilled her water all over me changing me into a girl. Really it's too late to worry about something like that, it is almost midnight right now. So I guess I go to bed as a girl tonight.
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Uhh, I don't really have a comment to put here. I would like some more opinions in reviews, like what I could fix and what not, I 've got a few so far, but I would always like more.