The other ship soon closed the distance and practically crashed into the left side of Kodachi's.
Everyone ran up to the deck where Akane was standing dumbfounded. Then leaping from seemingly out of nowhere, a girl with red hair down to her knees appeared in front of the group.
"Hello everyone, I'm Sophia. My friends and I will now be raiding your ship," she said.
Then seven other people appeared behind Sophia. There were four guys and three girls in the group. Sophia then walked over to one of the guys and said "They're all yours captain". The captain had tanned skin, brown eyes, and long black hair with a red streak in the front. Even Akane had to admit that the captain was just as handsome as Ranma.
The captain looked over and noticed the ring on Akane's finger he said "That a nice ring. I'll be taking it." He reached out and the ring shocked him. He laughed, "That wasn't very nice. I will just have to cut your finger and take that with me instead."
Akane's battle aura flared up and she punched the captain in the chest. This caused him to stagger back a bit. The captains' expression turned from playful to angry. He reached for the handle on his sword and said, "Kill them and take whatever loot you can find". Then he drew his sword.
"Yes captain Shane" yelled his crew as they charged
Then Kodachi yelled, "As your captain, I order you to get these scoundrels of my ship."
Then Akane and her friends charged not caring that they just responded to an order from Kodachi.
Akane went straight for the captain using the amaguriken at full speed. Captain Shane either dodged or blocked all her punches. He raised his sword and started slashing wildly at Akane who even with Ranmas' speed could barely dodge it.
Ukyo was having just as much trouble with Sophia. Sophia suddenly jumped backwards and reached to her side. Ukyo charged forward with her spatula held high until she felt her feet pulled out from under her. Ukyo landed hard on her back. She looked up as the end of Sophia's steel whip coiled around her spatula. Sophia smiled as her hand sparked and sent several thousand volts of electricity down the whip, through the spatula and into Ukyo.
Ryoga sent several of his bandanas flying at his opponent. His opponent Marik who wore a black bandanna to cover his face and had short dark hair lifted his hands and a burst of red flame came out and reduced Ryoga's bandannas to ash. Marik then summoned a scythe and slashed open the front of Ryoga's shirt. Ryoga discarded his shirt as it had suddenly caught on fire. In Ryoga's confusion, he didn't see Marik charge forward and deliver several punches to Ryogas face and chest that also left severe burns.
The twins Lyn and Cessily had Kodachi right where they wanted her. Cessily who had pink hair and amber eyes would distract Kodachi with various theatrical moves while her identical twin sister Lyn would steal Kodachi's weapons. The twins then closed in on Kodachi and drew their daggers. They started slashing away wildly at Kodachi who was forced to go on the defensive.
Konatsu found himself paralyzed by the music coming from the flute played by his opponent Michael. Michael was a very skinny boy with a short haircut. Soon Konatsu found his right arm start to twist and contort as Michael changed the tune of his flute.
Mousse squared off against a similarly dressed man named Lucian. Mousse let loose several spears from his sleeves. He knew that there was no way Lucian could dodge. Then suddenly, Mousse's spears were cut into useless scraps and several playing cards were lodged into Mousse's chest. Mousse quickly removed the cards and charged forward with claws now extending from his wrist when he noticed that his movements became slower and the air around him became cold. Mousse could feel his body start to freeze.
The blond Laurie lifted her giant hammer and swung at Shampoo who could barley dodge. Shampoo was getting tired fast and knew that she had to end this quick. So using the last of her strength, Shampoo jumped over the hammer and delivered a powerful jump kick to Laurie's chest. Laurie didn't even stagger or flinch as Shampoo fell to the ground, her leg very sore. In the brief moment of contact, Shampoo could feel that Laurie's skin was hard as diamond. Laurie swung her hammer again and hit Shampoo.
Shampoo flew and hit Konatsu, breaking him the flutes spell. Then the two of them collided with Kodachi, knocking all three of them out. Lucian and Sophia eventually backed Ukyo and Mousse into the pile.
Akane jumped back from Captain Shane. Akane focused her chi and fired a Moko Takabisha blast at Shane. The attack however was incomplete because Akane at the time wasn't feeling very confidant. Shane raised his sword and it absorbed the blast. He pointed his sword at Akane and redirected the blast at her. Akane was hit and she fell back. She looked up at Shane diving down, ready to impale her.
Ryoga saw Akane in danger. He ran from his fight with Marik and jumped right in front of Shane's sword.
Time froze. Ryoga's last thought before the sword went through his chest was of a girl he knew who lived on a farm with pigs.
Ryoga fell.
Akane started to cry as she cradled Ryoga in her lap. It seemed like all was lost until they heard Sophia scream. Sophia was trying to shake off the ugliest most disgusting creature she had ever seen.
"Hey baby" said Happosai with a smile
Sophia eventually shook him off. Happosai then latched himself onto Laurie.
Laurie shouted "Get this creature off me"
"It's a water lizard," said Lyn
"No it's an oompa loompa," said Cessily
But at that point, it didn't matter as Happosai had left Laurie and was now pursuing the twins. The men of Shane's crew all tried to catch the old pervert but Happosai was too much for them. Finally, Captain Shane shouted, "They house some kind of demon. I believe it's time for a tactical retreat".
Then as quickly as they came, they were gone.
"Were did the pretty ladies go" said Happosai.
However, nobody paid attention to him as they were gathered around Ryoga.
Kodachi got up and looked around at her injured crew. Then she said, "Akane, Ukyo, Mousse, bring the injured to the sick bay immediately"
Kodachi then walked down into the ship to get medical supplies.
End of Chapter 7
Just to let you know, the next chapter will probably be a short one. So…stay tuned.