CHAPTER 58

-"LIGHTS, CAMERA, FIGHT! RANMA VS. FEI-LONG!"-

Today's just another day in the Nerima Ward of Tokyo. But, as always, it's not a normal day.

A PARK IN NERIMA, 3:00 PM.

Ranma's coming home from school late, because it was his turn for Cleaning Duty, so he was forced to clean his classroom. Once finished, though he's a little tired, he decides to head home.

While he's walking through Nerima Park...

-"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HELP ME!"-

That gets Ranma's attention. "Huh! What the...?"

It's the sound of a woman screaming for help. He looks around to find the source of that yell... And behind some bushes, he sees something that makes him gasp.

A cute brunette woman is on the ground, scared and helpless. Why?

In front of her are five thugs, armed with clubs and melee weapons.

Ranma sees the scared and desperate look on the woman's face and the evil smirks of the thugs.

"NO, GET AWAY, SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE!", the woman cries.

With an evin grin on his face, the Thug Leader says, "He he heee. NO use calling for help baby. No one's gonna come to your aid."

A second thug mock-laughs, "You're gonna be for us now to have some fun! Hehehehe!"

-"GUESS AGAIN YOU JERKS!"-

Both the woman and the thugs blink. "Huh!"

In the blink of an eye Ranma jumps down, and delivers a strong front kick into the Thug Leader's face...

POW!

"OOF! UWAAAAHHH!" Away he goes flying and lands on the ground, K.O. The other thugs don't know what hit 'em, for Ranma goes and knocks them all out in five seconds flat. After that...he goes to help the woman.

With genuine concern in his voice Ranma asks, "Hey, are you alright lady? They didn't hurt you?"

He's expecting the woman to thank him for saving her life...but... her reaction is...

She's pissed off? "HEY! JUST WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU BRAT!"

Ranma blinks, confused, "Um...saving your life ma'am?"

"NOOO! YOU'RE RUINING EVERYTHING!"

Ranma's even more confused. "Huh? Ruining what?"

"CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!"

Before Ranma knew it, lights began to shine all round him and many people show up. Ranma sees crew members, some cameramen, and a fat man walking toward him in a VERY pissed-off mood. It's the movie director. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU KID? AND WHY ARE YOU RUINING MY FILM!"

"Film?" Ranma asks, taken by surprise at this new development.

"YES! WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FILMING THE MOVIE "AVENGING DRAGON", AND YOU JUST WALTZED IN HERE AND LAID THE SMACKDOWN ON MY ACTORS!"

"You mean...she wasn't in danger and those people…" Ranma points at the pile of beaten thugs (who are actually actors!), "… aren't bad guys trying to hurt her?"

The Director sarcastically replies, "Oh, gee, I don't know…." Then he suddenly shouts, "YES!"

Ashamed, Ranma admits, "Geez, I didn't know." He bows, and apologizes, "I'm sorry you all."

Calming down, the Director sighs, "Ah, don't sweat it kid. Just… just don't do it again, okay?"

"I won't, and thanks a lot, I mean it."

The Director brushes him off, "Yeah, yeah, no problem kiddo. Now get outta here." Then, directing the cast and his crew members, he says, "ALRIGHT EVERYONE, TAKE FIVE AND WE'LL CONTINUE IN TWO HOURS."

The whole movie staff rests up for the next set of shots. However... SOMEBODY was watching Ranma very closely throughout all of this. He's a Chinese guy, with short dark-brown hair, wearing black Kung Fu pants and a matching shirt...

Who's the guy, you ask? None other than the Kung Fu Master and world-famous action star...

FEI-LONG.

Fei-Long has a smirk on his face when he sees Ranma leave the set.

LATER, AT THE TENDO RESIDENCE…

The day in the Tendo House begins as always...

Soun and Genma are playing Shogi.

Kasumi's making lunch.

Nabiki's reading a manga.

Akane and Ran are watching anime on TV.

Ranma's just relaxing, until he breaks the ice... "Hey guys, guess what. They're filming a movie here in our neighborhood."

This gets everyone's attention. "Say what! Filming a movie here? Are you sure, son?" Soun asks.

Ranma nods, "Yep."

Genma perks up. "Wow! That is so cool. I've always wanted to see a movie being filmed."

Akane asks, "Hey Ran, what do you say if we go there and see it?"

Ran replies, "Sounds cool to me." She's happily squealing, "Oohh! Maybe we can see REAL movie stars!"

Akane smiles, sharing Ran's excitement, "I know."

Nabiki looks up from her manga. "I'm coming too." Being Nabiki (of course, what did you think!) she's already thinking and plotting: Maybe I can get some shots of the lead and make big bucks off it. Bigger bonus if I get an interview!

-"Ding Dong!"-

Kasumi hears the doorbell. "Oh dear! We have someone at the door. If you'll excuse me." The eldest daughter of the Tendo family goes to open the door. She comes back and addresses Ranma. "Ranma…"

"Yeah Kasumi, what is it?"

"Um, there's someone who wishes to see you."

Ranma blinks. "See me, who?" Worried, he's thinking: Oh man, I hope to Kami-sama that it's not another rival or the rest of my enemies. Aloud, he asks Kasumi, "It's not Mousse, or R, or some other rival, is it?"

"Not that I know of; I've never seen him before. He's waiting for you in the Dojo."

"Oh, very well then."

AT THE TENDO DOJO:

When Ranma enters the Dojo, he sees a person waiting for him. He looks at the stranger, was Asian, had short hair, he was wearing Black Kung Fu Pants, similar to Ranma's, Shaolin sandals and has a black Chinese shirt draped over his shoulders. Ranma sees that the man's wearing nothing underneath the shirt, revealing his lean and compact yet muscular build.

Ranma asks the visitor, "Who are you? Why do you want to see me? Are you another rival, or maybe someone collecting on the tab my Pop owes you?"

He then looks over accusingly at his father, who's conveniently turned into a panda and feigns innocence. Genma holds up a sign that says, [Don't look at me. I'm just a peace-loving panda.]

"First of all, I'm not any rival that you speak of, nor am I here to collect money. I'm here…" he then points his finger at Ranma, "…to challenge YOU. As for who I am...call me Fei-Long."

Ranma blinks. "Fei-Long! And why do you want to fight me?"

Fei Long explains, "I saw your little act during the movie shoot today, and frankly, I'm a little upset about the loss of time and money that you've caused."

"Hey, I said I was sorry."

Fei-Long stops him. "Enough. Such actions cannot be forgiven. Now, you'll fight me."

"What the...why do I have to fight you? It's unnecessary."

"Either you pay me with a fight...or you pay me with money. Your choice. Refuse, and I'll have to sue you for property damage of behalf of the studio."

Ranma's in a tight situation here, folks. Like Fei Long says, if Ranma refuses his challenge, he'll have to pay up a HUGE sum of money. So, he choose to accept. He sighs, "Very well then, guess I don't have much of a choice. So let's do it."

"I knew you would." Fei Long gets into his fighting stance. "Alright kid, show me if you have talent, show me your might! Or are you a coward?"

Ranma puts his up his own defense. "Oh I'll show you alright; show you I'm no coward."

On the side lines:

Genma groans, "Awww, what trouble did the boy get himself into? Now he must fight that man, or he'll be sued?"

Soun nods, "I know Saotome. But now is not the time to think that; do you think Ranma will be able to handle that Fei Long guy?"

"Of course he will! I didn't spend 10 years of training him just so he could lose to anybody! Ranma will win!"

Ran sighs, worried for Ranma's sake, "Oh man, why is it that Ranma can't catch a break in life. No matter how much he tries, trouble's always looking for him."

Within the Dojo...the fight begins!

"HYAAAAAAA..." Fei-Long yells as he dashes toward Ranma. Once close, he launches a forward kick, follow by a hook punch; Ranma blocks the kick and dodges the punch. Then Fei Long quickly throws a snake-chop hitting Ranma in the stomach and nails him with a head butt.

Ranma feels those blows and hits the ground. He gets up and sees Fei Long taunting him...now Ranma attacks him with fast punches and kicks...during one, he strikes Fei-Long with an elbow in his left ribs following a spinning kick to his face... and now it's Fei Long going down.

Fei Long gets up and stares angrily at Ranma "WHA-CHOOOOOOOOU…!" Once again he goes for a series of punches and kicks; Ranma does likewise, returning his strikes. Fei Long tries to surprise Ranma with a Axe Kick to his face, but Ranma sees it coming and counters it by slamming into his opponent's elbow and knee, catching the foot...Fei Long yelps in pain as he backs away, massaging his right foot.

Impressed, Fei-Long smirks, "Very good, you have talents, but I have more. Get ready boy, cause I'm about to show you one of my special moves! Prepare yourself!"

Next, Fei Long leaps up, raising his left foot high in the air, and start spinning around fast; then, his foot is cover in flames, causing Ranma and company to gasp.

"SHIENKYAKUUUUU…!" (Kindling Blaze Kick)

POW!

The flame kick hits Ranma in the face hard and sends him flying away.

Akane and Ran, both horrified, cry, "RANMAAAAAA"

Ranma open his eyes and sees that Fei-Long's in the air, ready to deliver a kick to end the match...

Fei-Long declares, "IT'S OVER BRAT...! HAI-YAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Guess again." The heir of the Saotome School of Anything-Goes dodges the attack, causing Fei-Long to gasp at the speed his opponent has. Now, Ranma's right in front of Fei-Long, in perfect position for a counterattack! "Now to show you one of MY special moves...-"KATCHU TENSHI AMAGURIKEEEEEEEN!"

Unleashing over 270 punches at rapid speed, Fei Long can't block them all in time, for Ranma's hands are a literal blurry of motion. Fei-Long's feeling like he's been hit by a Machine Gun. And to end the match Ranma punches Fei-Long in the face and the actor-fighter goes spinning around and lands on the ground, not getting up. Ranma has won the match.

Akane cheers, "WAY TO GOO RANMA!"

Ran does likewise, letting out a whoop of joy, "YEAH, YOU RULE!"

With a proud smile, Genma says triumphantly, "Way to go m'boy! I knew he could win! Hahahahaha!"

Soun nods in agreement, laughing, "That you did Saotome. Hahahaha!"

30 minutes later Fei-Long wakes up, and Ranma, as well as his friends and family, is waiting for him to respond.

Fei-Long sits up, groaning, "Ugh...man...what hit me?" He then notices Ranma and realizes, "Oh yeah, it was you! Hehehe."

Ranma's like, "Okay, now can you tell me why you wanted to fight me?"

Fei-Long admits, "You're very good, kiddo; you were able to beat me. It's been some time since I lost to anyone."

"Um...thanks. But...why all the fuss and threats?"

"Ah, don't worry kiddo, I was just joking around. The truth is...there's been quite a shortage of fresh blood, of true warriors these days. I've been craving to face a strong opponent, cause the guys that I've faced lately were all rookies or didn't have what I was hoping for. But you...you've proved that you have the skills of a true Martial Artist. For someone as young as you to able to beat me...you're gifted."

Ranma blushes and humbly says, "Oh come on. It's not that big of a deal, but thanks anyway."

Fei-Long observes, "Humble and modest, the signs of a true warrior." To the rest of the family, he apologizes, "And I'm sorry for the way I ranted about suing you and all."

Soun smiles, "If you're sorry, then it's okay. Hehehe."

Fei-Long then gets up. "Well, I'd better get going. Say, Ranma, could I have a word with you please."

Ranma nods, "Uh… Sure."

Once outside, they walk in the streets...

Striking up a conversation, Fei-Long decides to ask, "You're very good in the Martial Arts. You ever thought about using those skills of yours on the big screen, in the movies? You could make it big."

Ranma appreciates the offer, but shrugs, saying, "Nah, not my gig."

"Say Ranma, do you know where's a restaurant around here? All that fighting gave me quite an appetite."

Ranma smiles, "As a matter of fact, I do. I'm hungry myself. C'mon, I'll take you to a place where they serve the best noodles in town!"

AT THE NEKO-HANTEN:

Both of them stand in front of the restaurant where Shampoo works...

Fei Long blinks at the name. "Um...Neko-Hanten? Cat-Cafe? Pretty weird name for a restaurant. But...let's go inside."

Once they enter inside, they find a table and sit down. Then, they are greeted by two cute waitresses...the twins Ling Ling and Lung Lung.

Ling Ling cheerfully greets them. "Welcome to Neko-Hanten, I'm Ling Ling..."

"..and I'm Lung Lung...," Lung Lung continues.

"...WE TAKE YOUR ORDER YES?" they both finish simultaneously.

"Yes, um…" Fei Long says, looking over the menu. "I'll take the Noodles Special, the Lo Mein and the fried Peking Duck."

Ranma then place his order. "I'll just take the Noodles Special."

"Very well then, we bring your meals." Ling Ling, accompanied by her sister, then goes back into the kitchen.

20 minutes later, they came back with their food...

"Here's your order sir," Ling Ling says while handing Fei Long his order.

"Thanks."

Then...the Amazon sisters look closer at Fei Long and simultaneously gasp...

Ling Ling can't believe it. "HUH!" She nervously asks, "Um, excuse kind sir...but...are you by any other chance...*gulp*...are...Fei Long?"

"Why, yes," Fei Long responds.

On hearing that, Shampoo's sisters began to squeal in delight and blush...

Fei Long asks concernedly, "Um...are you two alright?"

Lung Lung catches her breath. "The Kung Fu Master...and famous actor?"

"That's right."

The girls couldn't control themselves anymore and explode:

Ling Ling squeals excitedly, "EEEEEK! OH MISTER FEI LONG, WE YOUR BIGGEST FANS!"

Lung Lung agrees. "WE SEE ALL YOUR MOVIES. YOU ARE HERO IN CHINA. EVEN IN AMAZON VILLAGE!"

Fei Long blinks, in awe. "I am?"

Ranma's like, "He is?"

Ling Ling sighs, "OH...IT WAS ALWAYS OUR DREAM TO ONE DAY MEET YOU! AND HERE YOU ARE!"

Lung Lung adds, "DREAM OF US FINALLY CAME TRUE...WE ARE HAPPY!"

As famous as Fei Long is, even HE is humbled by the girls' genuine praise. He blushes. "Oh come on girls, I am not THAT great, okay?"

Then, very shy and nervous, the girls take out a piece of paper, a poster of him, and a pen, and approach the actor...

All nervous, Ling Ling tries asking, "Um...Mr. Fei Long...could you...*gulp*...would you….?"

Lung Lung tries to support her sister, though she's just as nervous. "If you can...*gulp*...if not to much to ask..to...*gulp*..."

With a sweet smile, Fei Long says, "Sure, I'll give you my autograph, it's not a problem."

Needless to say, the Twins are happy beyond belief. "OH YOU WILL. OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU"

They gleefully hand over the paper and the poster to Fei Long who, in turn, signs them with...-"To my biggest Fans with all my love, Ling Ling and Lung Lung, work hard and follow your dreams. Fei Long"-

The Amazons Sisters were jumping with joy, able to meet their biggest idol. Ranma can only sweatdrop at the sight of them. Who would've thought that the terrible but cute Amazon duo could be so childish, yet, mature at the same time?

During their jumps of joy, a notebook fell from Ling Ling's hands. Fei Long spots it. "Hey girls, you dropped something. What is it?"

Ling Ling, nervous, replies, "Um...it's like this...it's a story that me and my sister wrote."

Lung Lung adds, "Yea...*gulp*..."it's a story of you...*gulp*..."an adventure where you take place."

"You see...we like to write stories...and...this one is like a...*gulp*..."dedication for you, cause we your fans."

Fei Long hmmm's. "Is that so? Mind if I have a look at it?"

Ling Ling eek's, surprised that he'd ask. "WHA..! Su...sure you can!"

After they hand over their script, Fei Long begins to read it. The sisters are nervous and anxious to see what he thinks of it. 10 minutes later, Fei Long finishes reading...

"Well...how...did...you find it?" Ling Ling asks.

"Did you really write this down?"

Lung Lung's afraid. Fearing the worst, she answers, "Ye...yeah we did." Oh no...he hates it. Our story no good! She thinks.

Fei Long smiles, complimenting their work. "This is a most interested story you girls did, I love it."

With hope in her eyes Ling Ling says, "You...you mean it Mr. Fei Long?"

"Course, it's definitely has a plot, adventure, fighting and good script. You've outdone yourselves."

Happy, and with tears in their eyes, Ling Ling & Lung Lung both express their gratitude. "We thank you."

Finishing his meal and getting up, Fei Long says, "Well, I must be going now, my boss is probably waiting for me. Love the meal; best one I've had in a while."

Ling Ling nods. "Thanks."

"Say, since you made a good meal, as a token, why don't you come with me to the set where we're shooting my latest film here in Nerima."

Lung Lung gasps as if she's seen a ghost. "WHA...COME WITH YOU TO SET OF MOVIE?"

Ling Ling's equally surprised. "YOU...YOU REALLY MEAN IT SIR?"

Fei Long confirms, "Yeah, if you want to, of course."

"Oh Lung Lung, THE Fei Long is asking us to come to set, to see him live. Oh...please, pinch me to see if I'm not dreaming."

"Only if you pinch me…!" Lung Lung tells her. "This happy day!" She's crying joyfully, "HAPPY DAY!"

MEANWHILE, AT SHADOWLOO HQ – BISON'S THRONE ROOM:

Bison is discussing future plans for the Phoenix Stone with his followers...

"Things are going smoothly so far. And once the Phoenix Stone is found, I shall take it and add its tremendous powers to my Psycho Power." With his own trademark "Evil Laugh"(tm) he declares, "Then, I'll be supreme, and I shall rule this world! Mwahahahaha!"

With stars in her eyes and bubbles floating in the background, Tron Bonne says, "I'm sure you will Boss. I believe in you!"

During Tron's time with Shadowloo, she begins to earn Bison's attention, cause of her hard work and dedication to his cause. And since Bison liked that kind of attitude and loyalty, he rewards her by promoting her to a High-Ranking Officer in Shadowloo, and as his own Right-hand Girl and confidant.

Many of Shadowloo's agents and fighters began to like and respect her...but some of them didn't. They were jealous of her, because she was getting the attention and approval of M. Bison himself.

People like...

Birdie, who points at Tron and whispers in a low voice to Zangief, "Hmph. Teacher's Pet."

And Zangief, who nods, whispering back, "Da. Butt-Kisser."

Unfortunately for them, Bison heard them and glares hard at them. "Do NOT insult her. Tron Bonne has been a loyal and hard-working girl, a model of loyalty and dedication to Shadowloo, unlike YOU two slackers."

This alone shuts them up good and makes them ashamed. Then the monitor screen open up and Erick's face appears. Bison greets his ally. "Erick, so nice to see you again. What can I do for you?"

On screen Erick replies, "There's something very interesting happening in Nerima. They're filming a movie there..."

Bison shows his lack of interest. "And what does THAT have to do with me? Like I care."

"But this will interest you...the main actor is a Kung Fu fighter by the name of Fei Long."

"What! Did you say Fei Long?"

"That's right. Sounds like you know him very well."

"Indeed I do," the leader of Shadowloo confirms. "He's also a Street Fighter, who witnessed my defeat during the second tournament. He is a friend of that wandering warrior Ryu. I hate him too."

Erick chuckles. "You don't say. Say, how's about if we eliminate him there? I could send some of the Cat Soldiers to take care of him, and you could bring some of your fighters to back them up. What do you say Bison?"

Bison's pleased at the chance to eliminate one of his many enemies. "Oh yes, that sounds VERY interesting. Yes, you send those Cat Soldiers. I'll send Birdie and Zangief to help them kill Fei Long."

"Then it's settle, send them there Bison. Good Day." With that, Erick logs off screen, ending the transmission.

A PARK IN THE NERIMA WARD OF TOKYO:

Ranma and Ran, along with the Tendos and Genma, and Ling Ling & Lung Lung were on the set of the filming of Fei Long's movie. For Ling Ling and Lung Lung it was like a dream come true. There they were, watching Fei Long acting for the cameras; it was so real to them. Of course, being polite, they remain very quite during the shooting of the film. Genma and Soun, on the other hand, were another case entirely, since Genma sometimes burped out loud getting scolded by Ranma, while Soun cries and wails, saying stuff like –"Oh! It's so real!"-, and getting scolded by Akane. But no troubles were made.

After 5 shots, they director gave the final cut for the day. In the meantime, the Tendos and Saotomes went and tour the whole set. Genma and Soun went to the buffet and ate - (no surprise there) -, later Genma got splashed by some of the actors by accident and changed into a Panda, getting looks from all the staff, and a lot of attention from the children, who surround and try to play with him; this annoys Genma. Nabiki went to talk to the director about offering her services to distribute the advertisements of the movie in the neighborhood. Akane and Ran wanted to see and meet some of the actors. Of course, the star, namely Fei Long, told everybody that he was heading for his Private Trailer and didn't wish to be disturbed for a while.

In Fei Long private trailer, Fei Long was having a small chat with Ranma and the Twins.

Excited, Ling Ling says, "WOW, that was very awesome. Those moves were great."

Lung Lung nods, agreeing, "Uh huh...all looks so real. Acting out of this world."

Fei Long chuckles, "Yeah. All part of the ol' Hollywood Magic..." Changing the subject, he then says, "So girls, Ranma tells me that the two of you are very good in Martial Arts. Is that right?"

Ling Ling says with pride in her voice, " Yes that's right. We best of Amazon Village."

Lung Lung furthermore puts in, "We been fighting with many strong warriors and gain skills. We best."

Fei Long proposes, "In that case... How's about a sparring match with me?"

Now that shocks them big time. A sparring match against their great idol? Could life get any better for them?

Lung Lung can barely contain her excitement. "You...you mean...match with you?"

Same with Ling Ling. "Do...do...do you mean that?"

Fei Long means it when he tells them, "Yeah...unless you're not up to it."

The Twins response is unanimous. "YEA...WE HAVE MATCH. THIS SO COOL!"

"Then let's go then, shall we?"

Watching them, Ranma has to admit, he's looking forward to this himself. So he offers, "In that case, I'll be the Referee."

A couple miles away from the set...a transporter landed...and several RED CAT Soldiers step out, followed by Zangief and Birdie. All of them ready to fulfill their mission...to find Fei Long and kill him.

"Yeah, now let's go find that Chinese wuss, and bake his butt." Birdie says, cracking his knuckles in anticipation.

Zangief nods, "Da. Bison will be please if we crush puny Chinese actor." To the Cat Soldiers, he orders, "All right men, move it!"

The RED CAT Soldiers shout their obedience, "YES SIR!"

In the meantime...

In the open field...Fei Long stood against Ling Ling & Lung Lung...all 3 of them are kinda tired and had small bruises on their bodies.

Their sparring match turn out to be great for the girls. The dream to fight with their idol. Of course, they fought hard...the 3 of them were all tired:

As the referee, Ranma makes the call, "Since all fighters are unable to continue...I'd say it's a tie. The match is over!"

Fei Long's panting hard – these girls gave him a serious challenge. "Gotta hand to you girls. You two are really something else, and have true skills."

Ling Ling's panting too, "Same to you. You fought like true fighter. We were honored."

Lung Lung grins, playfully warning, "Good think that Amazon Law didn't apply in this match…" She blushes at the thought. "…or you end up marrying us."

Ranma's eyes bug out – remembering what happened with Shampoo and the misunderstandings Amazon Law can cause, he wouldn't wish that on anybody else. He intervene, "Whoa, WHOA, easy there girls. I don't think that's such a cool idea."

Fei Long lets out a small gasp. "Whoa...! that would NOT look cool, two small beauties like yourselves married to ME?" He's flattered though. "Sorry... buuuuuuuuuuut, if you were older, or i was younger, then..."

Ling Ling and Lung Lung can only blush and giggle, while Ranma laughs nervously, thinking of poor Fei Long married to THEM.

Fei Long then says, "Let's go back, I'll treat you two to some ice cream, okay"

The twins happily agree. "Yes, thank you!"

Ranma realizes. "And I need to get back to the set to inspect if my Pops or Mr. Tendo haven't caused any trouble."

-"You're not going anywhere."- an ominous voice threatens.

Fei Long's like, "Huh!"

Suddenly, many Cat Soldiers spring out from hiding and surround them, all ready in battle pose... and chanting their favorite word. "NnnniiiI! NI! NI! NI! NI! NI! NI!"

Ling Ling wonders, "What! Who are they?"

Lung Lung replies, "Don't know. But be funny peoples, with kitty hats."

Ranma had a worried look on his face, at he somehow remembers them: Those warriors, they look like...but it can't be them!

Then...two figures walk toward them, Birdie and Zangief...Fei Long knew them too well; he snarls, "YOU!"

Zangief smirks, "Da comrade. It's us."

Lung Lung tugs on Fei Long, wanting to know, "Um...Mr. Fei Long, who are they? Do you know them?"

Fei Long grimly admits, "Unfortunately, I do. Those two guys are Zangief and Birdie, agents of Shadowloo?"

Ling Ling blinks, as she's never heard that name. "Um...Shadowloo? Are they bad peoples?"

"Oh yeah, kiddo. One of the baddest criminal organizations in the world, and those two work for it."

Lung Lung's angry now, concluding, "Then in that case, they our enemies."

Ling Ling nods, "That right."

Fei Long wastes no time with pleasantries, so he questions the two Shadowloo stooges, "What do you two want NOW?"

Birdie tells him, "Oh that's easy mate, we're here on orders of M. Bison to kill you."

"Hmph. Is that a fact?"

Zangief nods, "Da. Now prepare to be crush by the hands of the Mighty Red Cyclone."

One of the RED CAT Soldiers notices Ranma. "HEY...IT'S HIM...THAT CURSED BOY WHO DEFEATED OUR BOSS!"

His comrade says, "MYA... YOU'RE RIGHT. GRRRR...LETS FINISH HIM TOO!"

As they face down their enemies, Fei Long whispers, "Hey Ranma, you know them?"

Ranma confesses, "Unfortunately I do. They're soldiers of the RED CAT GANG, who used to work for a villain called The Cat Ghost King. Me and my friends fought them some time ago and I banished their leader. Guess a few of them are still hanging around, and still want my blood."

"Then lets take care of our enemies, what do you say, kiddo?"

With an evil smirk, Ranma says, "Oh yeah, let's."

Fei Long and Ranma assume fighting stances, ready to fight them. Then, Ling Ling and Lung Lung stand by their side, with weapons in hand, ready for combat as well.

Fei Long can't believe this. "Girls, what are you doing?"

Ling Ling declares, "We will fight by your side. Unfair for you two to fight all alone."

Lung Lung agrees. "Ling Ling and I shall assist you in defeating enemy."

Fei Long WAS about to tell them to go away...but after his sparring match with them, he rethinks and nods at them...all four of them were ready.

Zangief sees the girls in battle postures and just laughs hysterically, "HAHAHAHA...WHAT'S THIS...LITTLE GIRLS WANT TO TAKE US ON, BWAHAHAHAHA...SO FUNNY!"

Birdie laughs, mock-wondering, "YEAH! JYAHAHAHAHAHA...AND WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO TO US? THROW THEIR STINKY DIAPERS AT US. DEAFEN US WITH THEIR CRIES AND WAILS?"

Zangief tells the girls, "Why don't you little babies leave before you hurt yourselves hahaha, this only for Real Men."

"Big muscle man better think before talk!" Ling Ling smirks. "Oh wait, guess you can't!"

"What!"

Lung Lung giggles. "Yea...Lung Lung heard that man with lots of muscle, have small brain, and small penis."

Oooh yeah. Zangief's MAD now. "So, little girls think they're funny, like to talk a lot, eh? Zangief will spank you HARD!" He commands the RED CAT Soldiers to "GET THEM!"

With a battle cry of "MYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the soldiers charge at the quartet.

Ling Ling turns to Fei Long and says, "Fei Long-sama, you and Ranma take care of weird Cat Soldiers. We take care of muscle giants."

Worried, Fei Long says, "Are you sure you can do it?"

Lung Lung assures their hero, "Trust us, we face same men like them back in China, and we always beat them."

Ranma confirms, "Trust me Fei Long. They may be small, but I'm telling you from personal experience, they're very good fighters."

Fei Long gives them the OK. "Very well...good luck."

So, Fei Long and Ranma face the Red Cat Soldiers, and were doing good.

RED CAT Soldier #055 declares, "We will take you down for what you did to our great and beloved leader, the Cat Ghost King!"

Ranma gets in his battle pose. "Well, bring it on, I'm ready."

RED CAT Soldier #053 yells, "RANMA, PREPARE TO DIEEEE! ATTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"

- (Insert BGM Kingdom Hearts II -"Tension Rising" - ) -

Two Cat Soldiers jump at Ranma and swing their swords at him, trying to slice him...but...inches before hitting him, he vanish from sight, gasping the Cat soldiers, only to Ranma appeared above them and kick them hard...-"Better be quick about it boys."-...one Cat Soldiers tried to stab Ranma from behind...only to Ranma turns around fast and grab his weapon...-"Attacking from behind, I don't think so."

SMACK!

Out the Cat Soldier goes, flying away.

"WATTAAAAAA...!" Fei Long yells a fierce battle cry as he kicks three Cat Soldiers hard and knock them out... "Come on boys, you're not even making me break a sweat. At least try a little harder then that."...he taunts them good. He grabs the hand of one, lifts his leg and kicks him in the face 5 times and with a

SMACK!

Delivers a hard spin kick and out he goes!

Meanwhile...

The cute Amazon Sisters were facing the muscle duo...

Zangief laughs, anticipating his victory. "Hahaha...guess Zangief will have to teach you puny babies a lesson in manners and talking too much."

Birdie combs his Mohawk, taunting, "Don't worry babies, we won't hurt ya...much."

Ling Ling hmph, "Less talking, and do fighting muscle jerk."

So it begins...

Ling Ling takes on Zangief. while her sister Lung Lung faces Birdie...

"I'm about to put your lights out baby, so..." Zangief launch his big fist at the girl...but...she evades them easy and fast. Ling Ling's speed prove to be very beneficial for her. Zangief's trying to hit and/or grab her, but he can't. He's starting to get annoyed, so he curses, "Damn, little girl, she move so fast. STAND STILL LITTLE BRAT!"

Ling Ling taunts the Red Cyclone, " Hee hee heee...lots of muscle on you only make you slow. It's no use then!"

In one miss, she dodges one of his fists aim for her and it smash the wall behind her. Even though she's fast, she has to be careful NOT to get hit by them. Worried, she the thinks, Ling Ling must be careful. He might be slow, but he very strong. If I get hit by his fist, it be over for Ling Ling!

Lung Lung's thinking the same thoughts as her sister...as she evades Birdie's Bull Head smash attack; his head butt misses, and strikes a rock poster, destroying it.

After being on defense, Ling Ling decides to go for offense... "Okay Muscle man, now it Ling Ling's turn! Get ready."

Zangief humors his opponent. "Hahaha...and what might a baby like you do to me? I have body of steel; you won't do anything to me!"

Ling Ling dashes toward him. Zangief sees her dashing at him and laughs, thinking she's gone mad. When close, Zangief tries to grab her, but she ducks, and using her weapon, she hits Zangief in the knee caps, and the giant yells in pain, dropping to his knees. Next, she nails him in the face with a jumping flip kick. Zangief falls back, only to get up again, with a little blood coming from his nose. And BOY, is he pissed.

"YOU LITTLE RUNT! NOW ZANGIEF MAD! I SHALL SQUASH YOU LIKE LITTLE ANT!"

Like a mad bull, he dashes at Ling Ling throwing lots of punches. She's doing okay...but unfortunately, Zangief stomps the ground, shaking the earth under Ling Ling's feet a little, stopping her movements for just a second...but that's all Zangief needs. He grabs her...

"OWWW...! LET...GO!" Ling Ling yowls in pain, struggling in Zangief's iron grip.

"Ha...! Now I got you. Say good night!" Zangief then grabs her with both hands, turns her upside down, and jumps high in the air. He's ready to deliver his deadly move...

THE SPINNING PILE DRIVER.

Ling Ling sees her world spinning around, upside down that is, and falling down hard. She knows what he's about to do, and needs to think fast. For if she hits the ground, she'll die.

Panicking, she's thinking, OH NO, LING LING MUST DO SOMETHING FAST! IF SHE NO BREAK LOSE, IT WILL BE MY END. AMAZONS, PLEASE LEND ME STRENGTH TO BREAK FREE!

Mustering all her strength, Ling Ling yells and is cover in a white battle aura...then...using her legs, she kicks Zangief in the jaw, and the muscle man's forced to release her. Moving fast, Ling Ling wraps her legs around his neck and turns HIM(!) upside down, with her on the back...

In a choked voice, Zangief can barely utter, "HUH! WHATS GOING ON?"

"NOW WITNESS MY MOVE...-"REVERSE MOVE PILE DRIVER"-

Now the shoe's on the other foot...now Ling Ling's holding Zangief, then...

SLAMMM!

And it's Zangief who hits the ground hard with his head, while Ling Ling lands on top of him, making a huge crater in the earth. Then she jumps away...moments later, Zangief gets up, dizzy and staggering from the hard impact, but he's up.

Zangief groans, "Urg...How...how could have been...you only...little brat...it was not...possible!"

Ling Ling taunts, "Muscle man might be strong as an Ox...but also dumb as one too, and slow as well!"

"DONT YOU DARE MOCK ME!"

Lung Lung was also having the same luck as her sister. She too was handling Birdie fine...there was one part, though, in which Birdie wanted to hit her with his Bull Head Charge Attack, but... just inches from reaching her, Lung Lung splits open her legs, ducking down...and delivers a deadly chop to, - (Oh the pain!) – Birdie's testicles. On impact, his eyes bug out to twice their size! Poor Birdie can not even scream, from the pain he's right now, and was holding his wounded crotch in pain.

The two sisters meet up...

Ling Ling checks in first. "Lung Lung, how your match doing?"

Lung Lung replies, "Pretty good, but getting kinda tired. Mohawk man is stubborn."

"What say we use our Special Technique on them?"

"Ooooh...I like it! Let's do it!"

Fully recovered from having his own move reversed on him Zangief calls his partner. "HEY BIRDIE. STOP WASTING TIME AND LET'S GET THEM."

Birdie croaks, "YEAH! PUNY GIRLS MADE A MOCKERY OF US! LET'S SHOW THEM!"

Ling Ling pooh-pooh's the very idea of those two being able to defeat them. "You guys not do anything. Prepare to face our most powerful technique!"

Lung Lung continues for her, "Technique created 3000 years ago by the Gods themselves..."

"...which you now see it..."

Then...they pose together, side by side... shouting, "DANCE OF THE GREAT FIRE DRAGON!"

Hearing that makes Zangief stop in his tracks. "Dance of the what!"

"I don't like the sound of that, man!" Birdie says, wondering just what they're up against.

The girls are now covered in an aura of flaming red Ki...suddenly...a intimidating-looking fiery dragon emerges...Zangief and Birdie look up in awe and gasp big time.

Meanwhile...

Fei Long and Ranma finish off the last of the RED CAT Soldiers... they are all lying on the floor, knocked out.

Ranma dusts off his hands, triumphant. "And that's that. Ha! They weren't so tough after all...like before."

Fei Long breathes, "Phew...that was the last of them?" Now worried for the Twins, he says. "Now we better go to see if those girls are alright. They might be good, but are they good enough to face them in combat?"

"You worry too much. Those girls can take on anything and anyone, regardless of their size. Trust me okay?"

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Fei Long gasps, " HUH! That was a scream...!" He panics. "Oh no...The girls!"

Running as fast as they could, Fei Long and Ranma rush to where the scream came from, scared that it might be the girls.

When they arrive, they see something that Fei Long can not believe...

On the ground are Zangief and Birdie; KO'ed and toasted, as if they were burned alive. In front of them were Ling Ling and Lung Lung, a little tired, but okay.

Fei Long's relief is obvious. "Girls, Oh thank God you're alright. I was very worried for you."

Lung Lung smiles. "Didn't need to, but we thank you."

Ranma just plainly says, "See Fei Long? All worried for nothing."

Looking at the unconscious Zangief and Birdie, Fei Long asks, "Did YOU do that, girls?

Ling Ling happily replies, "Yep. Told you we could take care of them."

"Just what DID you do to them? Whatever it was, it must have been one powerful move."

"We use Ancient Amazon Technique, created 3000 years ago by the gods themselves."

Lung Lung finishes, "Famous "Dance of the Great Fire Dragon"."

Fei Long steps back, genuinely impressed. "Wow. That sounds like a powerful skill. And by the look on those two Shadowloo goons, I believe it. You girls are really true Martial Artists, and, next to Ranma, for someone so young like you girls to be that great, I must say that you two are gifted."

To hear those words from their idol Fei Long, the girls were honored and happy.

Crying happy tears, Ling Ling says, "Oh Fei Long-sama, we very happy that you think that of us."

Lung Lung nods. "It great honor for us to be recognized by you. We train hard, so that one day, we be powerful warriors, just like you."

Now Fei Long felt touched by the words of his fans... "Geez, thanks. Well, we better get going, it's getting late. I'll treat you two to dinner. Wanna go?"

Ling Ling gasps, "WHA...you take us out for dinner Fei Long?"

"Sure. So...do you girls accept?"

Ling Ling and Lung Lung jump with extreme joy and hug each other screaming... "AIYA! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"

Hiding in the corner of the grounds... one of Erick's Zero-drones caught it all on tape, sending the feedback to Shadowloo and Red Cat Secret Base.

- (Uh oh...someone's gonna get in TROUBLE…..!)-

And so, Ling Ling and Lung Lung hang out with their idol all day; they still couldn't believe that they were hanging out with Fei Long. It's too good to be true, but it WAS true. They saw more of his filming, and, even more...Fei Long put in a good word to the director during a break and showed him the story script that the girls made to see what he thought about it.

Another big surprise for the girls came when the director walks up to them and asks, "You wrote this script girls?"

Lung Lung nervously admits, "Um...hai."

With a huge grin on his face (partly because he's thinking of the money that he'll rake in!), he says, "I LOVE it! It's got it all. Drama, Romance, Fighting, a plot and a climax! Perhaps later on, when we finish shooting, maybe we could talk some more to make THIS into a movie. Cause I smell another blockbuster! Okay girls...? Um...girls?"

It's a funny scene...the girls had fainted out of joy.

With a small chuckle, Ranma says, "Now THAT'S something I never imagined coming from them. Hahahaha."

Yes…it was a day that they would remember forever.

MEANWHILE…. BACK AT SHADOWLOO HQ:

When Zangief and Birdie check in, they were ordered to report to M. Bison.

When they arrive there, they see Erick and his fiancée Delia there as well. Bison wanted to have a friendly chat with them...NOT! He'd proceeded to beat the crap outta them and scold them simultaneously.

Zangief pleads, "Please Lord Bison sir! We're sorry that we lost, but we..."

A seriously pissed-off Bison cuts them off. "OH, SHUT UP!" He then chucks a Psycho Shot at them, which shocks them on impact.

"UWAAAAHHHHH!" Zangief and Birdie scream as they are struck by the Psycho Shot.

"Not only did you IDIOTS FAIL, but you LOST. EVEN WORSE, you lost against two twelve year old girls!..." Bison raises his voice even more, screaming, "TWO TWELVE-YEAR OLD GIRLS! YOU'VE HUMILIATED MY ORGANIZATION! WHAT STUPID EXCUSE WILL YOU MORONS GIVE ME NOW, HUH!"

Poor guys, they were THIS close to peeing and crapping on themselves...

Birdie cries, "Please boss...w-we...underestimated them...but they used a strong and powerful move on us, and we couldn't defend against it."

Erick then speaks up, chuckling, "Oh yeah, we saw THAT move...you mean this move? Okay guys, we'll all see the powerful move those girls used to defeat you."

Erick presses a button, and a screen comes up, showing what the Zero Bot recorded. What they see, make them laugh and leaves them in awe...

The mighty Fire Dragon was nothing more that a robotic cartoon look-alike that the Chinese use for Chinese New Year, being carried by the girls, and with music playing in the background.

- (Special Note: The song is the Song -"Jajauma ni Sasenaide"-, the First Opening Song of Ranma 1/2) -

As the music was playing...Zangief and Birdie are...DANCING TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG...all goofy and clumsy.

To end it...the mechanical dragon opens its mouth and unleashes a blast of fire at them, burning them up and knocking them out.

End of Transmission...

Tron Bonne and B.B Hood are laughing hard, the rest had smirks on their faces...Bison, however, is furious! In an ice-cold tone of voice, he questions, "That...that was the technique those girls used to defeat you?"

Zangief replies in a squeaky voice, "Um... yeah."

Bison's response to that is, "YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED. GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T HAVE YOU TWO EXECUTED!"

Erick reasons with him. "Oh, come on Bison. Killing your underlings as punishment for their failure is too childish and a waste of ammo. I have a much BETTER punishment for them."

"Oh! Do tell me then."

Erick whispers to Bison about his idea. At the end...Bison smiles REALLY evilly, flashing his big grin, teeth and all, scaring Zangief and Birdie.

With an evil chuckle, he says, " Mwahahaha...! Oh yes, THAT is a fine and horrible punishment for them! I LIKE IT!"

As for WHAT that punishment was...? Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell….

In the dining hall of Shadowloo HQ, a stage was set up. People were wondering as to why. Boom boxes were there as well; there were also Loudspeakers and large screens distributed all around the base, so everyone can see it and hear it.

Then...walking onstage are Zangief and Birdie, dressed as...FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

That's right...they were dress in Japanese schoolgirl Sailor outfits. And...to add to their humiliation...Zangief has on a blond wig, while Birdie wears a brunette wig with two pig-tails.

-(The Horror, THE ULTIMATE HORROR) –

Many Shadowloo Soldiers see it and laugh their butts off; while others are so grossed out they vomit at the sight of the cute Muscle Duo. Then...a song is played over the loudspeakers, and the duo begin to sing and dance to the beat - (and horribly, this humble narrator might add) -, Karaoke style.

The Song they sing is...

Brittany Spears' -"OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN"-

Poor guys...on the inside they were crying, not only over the humiliation, but for the way they're dressed and how they dance.

They're wishing that Bison HAD killed them. Getting shot by the firing squad, thrown into a volcano, or tossed into a tank of hungry sharks would be preferable to what they're facing right now.

Such is the punishment worse than Death.

TO BE CONTINUED…