"Akane Tendo go out with me," shouted the boys as they charged.
Akane screamed with rage. It had barley been over a month since Ranma disappeared and already the boys had reverted back to attacking her in masse for a date.
Akane charged with the intent on beating all the boys to a pulp. She punched a guy from the boxing team in the gut, kicked a guy from the fencing team in the face, and in one kick she knocked out five guys from the hockey team. Then in after a flurry of punches and kicks another fifteen guys were face down on the pavement. Not a single one of them even laid a finger on her.
Ukyo stood still as she watched the whole thing. She would have jumped in to help but from the looks of things, Akane didn't need it. Ukyo noticed Akanes' movements. They were a lot more graceful than before. No movement was wasted or awkward. She had seen the movements before but could not figure out where.
Then Kuno being the last one standing charged forward with his wooden sword held high.
"Akane Tendo my love" he yelled
Akane turned towards him and yelled "Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken" as her fist shot out like lightning. She had to have hit Kuno over two hundred times before she stopped and let him fall.
That's when Ukyo noticed that the ring Akane wore on her left hand was glowing. Then she remembered the day Ranma disappeared. Ranma was glowing and he reached inside his chest and pulled out a ball of light. The light then formed a ring wich he placed on Akane's finger.
"Hey let me see that ring," said Ukyo as she reached for the ring.
As soon as Ukyo's hand came within a centimeter of the ring, a spark flew out of it and shocked Ukyo.
"Hey, don't shock me Akane" yelled Ukyo.
"It wasn't me," Akane yelled back
"Oh so I suppose the ring just shocked me all by itself"
"It must have"
Ukyo reached for the ring again and got another shock. Akane then took the ring off with little to no effort. Akane stared at the ring and noticed nothing that stood out. Ukyo then snatched the ring from Akane's hands and received a much larger shock than before when barely touched it.
Akane took the ring back and placed it back on her left ring finger.
"How come the ring shocks me and not you?" asked Ukyo
"I have no idea," responded Akane. "Although I know where we might find out"
Then the girls took off in the direction of the Neko Hanten. They only stopped once to grab Konatsu from Ucchans.
They were in luck; it looked like the amazons hadn't left yet. Akane, Ukyo and Konatsu then went inside.
"What you want," demanded Shampoo.
"I need to talk to your great grandmother," said Akane
"About what"
"None of your business. Now where is Cologne?"
While Akane and Shampoo were arguing, Konatsu was busy trying to stop Mousse from hugging Ukyo. Naturally, Mousse didn't have his glasses on and had mistaken Ukyo for Shampoo.
"What's all that noise?" asked Cologne as she came down the stairs.
"Violent girl want to see you," said Shampoo
Akane walked over to Cologne and showed her the ring on her left hand. Cologne stared at the ring for a minute.
"Were did you get this ring" Cologne asked.
Akane then proceeded to retell the story of how Ranma disappeared.
"So he pulled out a ball of light from his chest which formed a ring that he gave to you," repeated Cologne
"Yes"-said Akane
Before Cologne could continue to explain, Shampoo spoke up "Airen probably meant to give ring to Shampoo". Shampoo then tried to snatch the ring off Akane's finger.
"I wouldn't do that," warned Ukyo.
Nevertheless, she was too late. Shampoo's hand got too close the ring and it shocked her.
Cologne sighed and continued, "The ring Akane is wearing is made out a piece of son-in-law's soul. If what Akane told me about the technique that my son-in-law used is accurate then he is indeed still alive."
"What!" yelled everyone in the room.
"Yes. When someone uses the Nova Strike technique, that person draws upon the planets raw energy giving him or her enough power to do whatever they want. They could do anything, be anything, create or destroy."
Akane spoke up "That's very interesting but it doesn't tell us where Ranma is."
"I was getting to that. In order to stop the outflow of power, the planet puts the user in a deep hibernation and takes their physical body somewhere to heal since the technique is very physically draining.
"So Ran-chan is asleep somewhere" said Ukyo
"In the most basic terms, yes" said Cologne.
"So how do we find Ranma" said Konatsu
"I'm not sure though, I have an idea. Mousse, get me a map of the world" said Cologne.
After about ten minutes of waiting, Mousse came back with a map and spread it out across a table.
"Everyone, I need you all to think about son-in-law. Close your eyes and focus on your memories of him," said Cologne.
Ukyo remembered the first time Ranma called her cute. It made all her anger towards him simply fade away.
Konatsu remembered that if it weren't for Ranma, he probably would never have met Ukyo.
Shampoo remembered the night she slept next to Ranma when she first arrived. He was so warm.
Mousse remembered his first fight with Ranma. Had he known about Ranmas' curse, he probably wouldn't have tried to strip him/her naked.
Akane remembered the brief moment Ranma kissed her. At that moment, she knew that she never wanted to kiss any other lips.
Cologne watched the ring on Akane's finger start to glow and a small beam of light shot from it and burned a small hole in the map.
"I think we have a location," said Cologne
Everyone opened their eyes and stared at the hole in the map. It was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
"I have one last question," said Akane.
"What" asked Cologne?
"Earlier today, I got into fight. I used the Amaguriken technique against Kuno. How was that possible? I never trained in how to use it."
"That ring you were was made with a piece of son-in-laws soul. I assume that as long as you wear it, anything he could do, you can now do. You might even start acting like him if you wear it long enough."
"Why would he trust me with something so powerful?"
"I think you already know the answer to that"
Akane blushed as she thought about it. Then she slowly said, "I'm going to get him back. If I have to rent a rowboat, I'm going to find him."
End of Chapter 3
Sorry I made you all wait the weekend for this. It was all a matter of finding time to work on it. I hope this chapter answers some of the questions raised by the first two.