The Dreaded Nekoken Pt. 2

Ranma: Hey guys! Welcome back! Ok, so, here's the first chapterof EWH for the year 2023. Hope you enjoy it. I know me and the others didn't enjoy it so much. Why? You'll see. HIT THE MUSIC!

*OP 1: Cha-La Head Cha-La*

Hikaru kumo o tsukinuke Fly Away (Fly Away)
Karadajû ni hirogaru panorama
Kao o kerareta chikyû ga okotte (okotte)
Kazan o bakuhatsu saseru

Ranma looks off into the distance as the sun rises. He jumps off his house and starts running off. As he does, he flashes back to the day he ran away from his father and met Master Asia.

Toketa kôri no naka ni
Kyôryû ga itara tamanori shikomitai ne

Ranma jogs up to the school and sees Sunset, Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie waving at him. Ranma smiles and jogs up to them.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Nani ga okite mo kibun wa heno-heno kappa

Rainbow and Applejack charge at Ranma only for him to block Rainbows punch and sweep her causing her to fall. Applejack charges and Ranma parries her strike and tosses her into a charging Rainbow Dash.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Mune ga pachi-pachi suru hodo
Sawagu Genki-Dama...Sparking!

Ranma and Master Asia clash and exchange blows with each other. At the end of their clash, the two fire energy blasts at each other.

Sora o kyûkôka Jet Coaster (Coaster)
Ochite yuku yo panikku no sono e
Keshiki sakasa ni naru to yukai sa (yukai sa)
Yamasae oshiri ni mieru

Ranma is walking through the halls of Canterlot High. As he walks, Celestia and Luna turn to acknowledge him, Ranma high fives Flash Sentry, and pulls Pinkie away from staring at Zecora. In class, Ranma looks out the window.

Nayamu jikan wa nai yo
Dokoka ni hisomu "bikkuri!" ni aitai kara

Ranma is sitting with the girls in a field and smiles as he looks out into the distance.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Atama karappo no hô ga yume tsumekomeru

Ranma is in a rocky field gazing up at his opponent, Ryoga.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Egao urutora zetto de
Kyô mo ai-yai-yai-yai-yai

Ranma and Ryoga charge at each other and engage in a fierce battle.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Nani ga okite mo kibun wa heno-heno kappa

Genma and the Tendos, Shampoo, Ukyo and other enemies appear and charge at Ranma and the girls.

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Mune ga pachi-pachi suru hodo
Sawagu Genki-Dama...Sparking!

Ranma brings his hands to his side, charges up a massive energy blast, and shoots it at them. The song ends with Master Asia, the girls, Celestia and Luna, and Flash are all together and Ranma lands in front of them, bo staff in hand and poses, ready for battle.

Ranma was doing his best, fighting to stay awake. School was just ssssooooooo boring. Even the impressive looks of Ms. Zecora couldn't do anything to alleviate his boredom. He kept looking out the window, letting his mind wonder. He knew that getting a decent education was important, but how was knowing the names of some guys who started a war decades before he was born supposed to help him in real life?

His mind kept going to other things like: what was he going to teach all his new hopeful students during their next class? What was he going to have Rainbow, Applejack and Flash focus on during their next lesson? And more importantly, how was he going to get himself out of going to that stupid party or Galla or whatever they called it?

He sighed. He turned his head to look back at his world history teacher, and blushed as he nearly fell out of his chair. Zecora was once again wearing pants that seemed too tight on her huge caboose, and she was bending over again, showing just how much junk she had in her trunk!

Does she even know that she's basically giving everyone a free show!? Ranma thought as he looked around the classroom. Sure enough, Pinkie was drooling over the teacher again. And so were most of the other students, both male and a few females.

Shaking his head again, Ranma tried his hardest to pay attention to what his curvaceous teacher was talking about. Eventually, and thankfully, class let out and Ranma cracked his neck and knuckles as he prepared for the next part of his day, yanking Pinkie Pie away from the big booty teacher.

"NO!" She cried out loud. "NO NO NO NO NO NO! YOU CAN'T TAKE ME AWAY!" She cried as Ranma dragged her away.

"Pinkie, don't you ever get tired of doing this stupid thing every single day?"

"Nope." She said with a smile. Ranma was starting to get tired of shaking his head at every little thing today.

After dragging Pinkie away from Ms. Zecora's class, they headed for their lockers to get their books for their next class when he saw a note in his locker.

"Huh?" He said in confusion. "What the heck is this?"

"What is it Ranma?" Pinkie asked as she peered over his shoulder.

"I'm not sure." He said as he opened it and read it. He gasped.

"What is it!?" She asked, feeling the urge to panic.

"Listen to this," He said as he began to read aloud. "Dear pigtailed twerp, if you ever want to see your dumb friend Fluttershy again, come to the gymnasium as soon as you get this letter. If you do not, then she's finished. Signed, The Dazzlings. PS: Come alone."

Ranma started to grind his teeth as he hissed in anger. Pinkie growled like a wolf.

"How dare they!" She screamed, getting the attention of all the students in the hallway. Her scream even got the attention of a few of their other friends: Rarity and Sunset.

"What's going on?" Rarity asked as she and Sunset came up to their friends.

"Take a look at this." Ranma said handing them the note he finished reading. The two girls quickly read the note and gasped.

"Why those three harlets!" Rarity raved. Sunset growled in agreement.

"Now they've gone too far." She said as she prepared to head to Principle Celestia's office. Ranma stopped he before she could get far though.

"Hold it Sunset!" Ranma said to her. "Where do you think you're going?"

"Where do you think?" She said to him. "To get Principle Celestia! Those Dazzlings are NOT going to get away with this!"

She turned away but Ranam pulled her back.

"Sunset!" He said, forcing her to look him in the eye. "Look. I'm just as mad as you are. But if these creeps are as bad as you say, if I don't go alone they might actually hurt her, or worse."

"But," Sunset started to say, only for Ranma to cut her off again.

"Look, I can handle myself. But while I'm taking care of them you, Pinkie and Rarity go round up the others and meet me at the gym. Ok?" He said in a sympathetic voice. Sunset looked him in the eye and took a deep breath.

"Ok," Sunset finally said. "Just, be careful. The Dazzlings don't like playing fair." Rarity walked up behind Ranma and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Be sure to give those three a real good bashing for us," Rarity said.

"And make sure to save same of the siren bashing for the rest of us!" Pinkie chimed in. Ranma smiled at his friends and nodded.

"You got it." He said before his face went stern and serious. "Now get going. I've got a party to crash." And with that, Ranma dashed off to the gym as the others went to gather the rest of their friends.

After finding Applejack and Rainbow Dash, they went off to find Twilight...only to find her with Fluttershy!

"FLUTTERSHY!?" The girls all shouted. Fluttershy and Twilight turned to regard their gathered friends.

"Oh, hi everyone." The pink haired girl said with a smile.

"What's up? You guys look shocked." Twilight said.

"WE ARE!" Applejack said. "Sunset and Rarity said that Fluttershy was kidnapped by the Dazzlings."

This caught Twilight and Fluttershy by surprise.

"But, I haven't even seen the Dazzlings all day. And Twilight's been with me this whole time." The pinkette said. Twilight fixed her glasses with a calculating look on her face.

"What made you guys think Fluttershy was kidnapped," she askd.

"Ranma got a note in his locker from the Dazzlings saying that they kidnapped Fluttershy and were holding her in the gym." Pinkie said.

"The gym?" Twilight asked. "But that's been barred and closed off all day."

"Mmmm. I smell a trap." Rainbow Dash said.

"Trap? What trap?" Came the voice of Flash Sentry form behind them. After feeling him in, they all agreed that something was up.

"Let's head to the gym." Sunset said. "And hope that Ranma hasn't gotten into more trouble than that swollen pigtailed head of his can handle."

While all this was going on, Ranma had already dashed off to the gym. And just like Twilight had said, it was closed off. But that didn't stop Ranma from busting his way in. As he walked into the darkened gym, he reached out with his senses and tried to find Fluttershy's ki signature. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't sense her. But he did sense four familiar ki signatures...and a few dozen smaller signatures.

"Alright! Here I am! Come out!" He shouted into the darkened building. He heard an obnoxious chuckling laugh coming from inside and knew immediately who it belonged to.

"Well well well. Look who came waltzing right into my trap." Came Kuno's voice as a spotlight flashed right on him. Ranma shook his head in disgust.

"Kuno. Why am I not surprised that you'd throw your lot in with those washed-up bitches the Dazzlings?"

"Who are you calling washed up!?" Came the voice of Adagio as three more spotlights flashed onto the Dazzlings.

"Um, I'm pretty sure that he was talking about us, Adagio. I mean, he did mention our group name." Sonata said in her innocent way. Adagio and Aria glared at their dimwitted companion.

"Sonata..." Adagio started to say.

"Shut up?" She asked gulping with a scared smile. Aria nodded her head.

"Yeah. Do that. Please." Said the goth.

Ranma pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

"So let me guess, Fluttershy wasn't really kidnapped was she. You guys just said that to drag me here, right?" Ranma asked his four enemies. Kuno laughed in his stupid and over dramatic way.

"As if I would ever allow harm to fall apon the head of my beloved Fluttershy." He said. "I wanted to use the pink demon's name but these three witches said that using Fluttershy's name would get a quicker response from you."

"And look," Adagio said. "Here he is, right where we want him." She added with a chuckle. Ranma gave his own throaty chuckle.

"Come on. You three idiots really think that this even bigger idiot is a match or me?" Ranma took up a fighting stance, making sure to keep the Dazzlings in his peripheral vision. But for some reason, he couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong.

"Hmph. I will admit that you have gotten lucky in our last few encounters." Kuno started to say, causing Ranma to get exasperated again.

Lucky? Just how stupid is this moron anyway? Ranma asked himself.

"But this time, I know your one ultimate weakness foul sorcerer!" He shouted in triumph as he pointed to his nemesis. Ranma started to laugh.

"Ha HA HA HA! My weakness? And just what do you think that is, huh samurai boy?" Ranma asked. Adagio grinned like the devil.

"THIS!" She said as she snapped her fingers. When she did, the lights flashed on, revealing that the gymnasium was filled with stray cats!

Ranma froze. The color drained from his whole body as his fear started to creep over him. He started to fidget, his limbs shaking, and then...

"AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed. He fell over himself as the large gathering of cats started to come closer to him.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kuno started laughing uncontrollably. "It's true! It's TRUE! The foul sorcerer is scared of kittens! AAAAH HAHAHA!"

All Ranma could do was back away and run towards the doors, only for them to slam right in front of him.

"Oh no you don't pretty boy!" Adagio said, holding a remote. "It's payback time for the other day! Kuno, go ahead and take him!" Said samurai looked at his frightened nemesis and grinned as he drew his sword.

"I almost feel bad for this...ALMOST!" Kuno said as he jumped down to strike Ranma. Ranma, even while overcome with his phobia, managed to launch a kick into Kuno's stomach and launched him over head into the wall above the door. Adagio, Aria and Sonata all shook their heads at this.

"Maybe we should just let Ranma get a little more scared before we let that guy fight him." Sonata said to her friends.

"For once, I think you have a point there, Sonata." Aria said.

All three of the sirens grabbed ahold of the zipline that they had installed into the gym so they could get past the horde of cats. When they got to the other side, they grabbed the downed blue idiot, Kuno, and rushed out of the door. Once outside, they locked it again from the outside.

"You know, I actually feel kind of bad for the pretty boy." Sonata said, a genuine look of sadness on her face.

"I don't!" Adagio said, once again laughing at her pigtailed enemy's plight.

"A few minutes trapped in there and I'll bet a baby could take him down with a single hit! Ah ha ha hah!"

"A baby like that idiot over there even." Aria said with a grin. The three listened intently to the sounds of Ranma screaming in fear. Kuno got up and shook his head to clear the cobwebs out of his head.

"What happened?" He asked no one in particular.

"Ranma beat you with one kick again right before we dragged you out." Sonata said as she listened to Ranma's screaming.

"I didn't ask for your help you harlots!" Kuno shouted at the three.

"You were too unconscious to do anything you boob." Adagio said.

Kuno was so angry that he started going into another one of his tirades about being a great samurai that didn't need the help of three witches to beat one weakened fiend like Ranma. But as he kept ranting, the Dazzlings started to notice something odd. Ranma had stopped screaming.

"Shut up Shakespear." Adagio said as she clapped a hand over Kuno's mouth.

"Do you hear what we hear?" She said as she pointed to the door. Kuno placed his ear to the door.

"I don't hear anything woman," said Kuno.

"Exactly." Aria said. "Ranma stopped screaming."

"Do-do you think he's dead?" Sonata asked, a little bit of regret in her voice.

"If he is, good riddance." Adagio said as she started to laugh. Kuno joined in her laughter, thinking his hated nemesis was finally out of his hair.

"Fare thee well, foul sorcerer Ranma! Now I can finally claim the love of my 6 fair maidens and knock that perverted pink skank back to the gutter where she belongs!"

As they kept laughing, they heard a noise coming from the door to the gym. Suddenly, banging noises could be heard. And then, cracks started forming on the door, as if something was trying to bash it's way out!

"What the!?" Sonata said as she and Aria jumped away from the door. The bashing stopped, and Adagio creeped closer to the door...only for a hand to burst out and grab her by the throat!

"AAH!" She screamed as she was pulled into the door. Being bashed into it repeatedly, cartoon style.

"Adagio!" Aria and Sonata screamed as they tried to pull their leader free from the grasp of the hand that had her by the throat. When they managed to pull her free, the hand sprouted claws and started swiping at them wildly!

As it swiped at it's intended prey, gusts of wind fired from each swing, causing gashes to form where the wind blades went.

"The HELL!?" Adagio says as she dodged the wind blades. After a few seconds of dodging wind claws, the hand stopped swinging and retracted back into the hole in the door.

"Wh-what in the hell was that!?" Sonata asked in fright.

"I-I don't know." Aria said. Adagio went closer to the door.

"That hand was human. Was that Ranma?" Adagio asked as she inched closer, still weary of that hand popping out again.

"If that be you foul sorcerer, come out and fight!" Kuno shouted as he prepared his sword.

Aria went to the hole in the door and looked through it. At first, she saw nothing but darkness, then a blue eye with a slitted pupil stared right back at her.

"AH!" Aria screamed as she jumped back.

"What is it?" Sonata asked as she ran to her friend.

"I-I don't know." She said.

Suddenly, the door blasted open! The three former sirens and the samurai wannabe all dodged the debris from the sudden explosion as they heard a loud yell coming from the entrance to the gym.

"MEOW!" Came the voice of something that sounded like a mix between human and animal! They looked to the door and saw the silhouette of a human in the dust. The figure walked out and did motions that looked almost feline.

The figure moved its hands too in a strange manner, bringing them to it's front in a bent position, like a cat readying its claws. It balanced on one leg, making itself resemble a cat even more.

"Meow..." It said, almost in a hiss. It then stepped forward, crouching on all fours as it did so. It stalked out of the gym. As it did, the figure revealed itself to be...Ranma!?

"Meow..." Ranma said as he glared at the four of them, with hate in his slitted eyes.

"Ranma?" Aria asked as the pigtailed boy crawled closer to his four adversaries.

"How did you get out of there!? I thought cats frightened you into submission?" Adagio said in shock.

"Meow..." Was all Ranma said as he inched closer to them.

"Um...Anyone else notice that he's acting weird?" Sonata asked. Kuno stepped forward arogantly and bellowed out a laugh.

"Ha ha haha ha! The fiend's fear has driven him into insanity! He actually believes he's a cat!" Kuno kept laughing as Ranma came closer still, his hands starting to look more like claws.

"Well, it matters not!" Kuno said, drawing his sword. "I say to thee villain...I STRIKE!"

And with that, Kuno lunged at Ranma with renewed vigor. Ranma meowed again, brought up one of his hands, and in an instant, swiped at such rapid speed that he reduced Kuno's sword to wood shavings.

"What kind of sorcery is this!?" Kuno gasped as he looked at the remains of his bokken. The Dazzlings jaws dropped.

"How in the actual Hell!?" Adagio asked. Aria shook her head.

"I- I don't know..." She said in disbelief.

"I'm telling you there's something screwy going on with that guy!" Sonata said pointing at Ranma, who at this point was licking his hand and rubbing his face like a cat.

"Nya..." He said as he acted like he was cleaning himself. Kuno shook his head to get over his shock and tossed his ruined sword away before pulling out a new one.

"I'll smite thee yet knave! AHHAAAA!" He lunged forward to attack again, only to be shredded to pieces by Ranma's claws. Kuno fell, covered in scratches from head to toe. Ranma stretched his back out as he shook his head and looked toward the Dazzlings. As soon as he saw them, he hissed and lunged at them like a feral animal.

"MEOW!" He screamed as he lept into an attack.

"AAAAHHHHHH!"

Came a scream from the direction of the gym. The girls stopped dead in their tracks as they heard that blood curdling scream.

"That didn't sound good." Said Rainbow Dash. Applejack nodded.

"Am I the only one who thinks that sounded like the Dazzlings?" She asked.

"Hmm. Let me check." Pinkie said as she brushed her hair from her ear and listened. Another scream came and she thought for a moment.

"Yep, that's them alright." Pinkie said nodding her head.

"But, why are they screaming like that?" Twilight asked. Fluttershy hid behind Rainbow and Applejack.

"Um...maybe it's something big. And scary. And monstrous. And Dangerous! And...AND...AND...!" Pinkie grabbed Fluttershy and shook her.

"Fluttershy, snap out of it!" She said in a vain attempt to calm her friend down. Rarity pulled on Sunset's sleeve.

"Sunset, I'm starting to worry about Ranma."

"Yeah, me too. Come on!" The red head said as she lead her friends to the lions den. And when they got there, they all gasped in shock and horror.

What they saw was a real massacre. There were gashes all over the ground like something with huge claws had torn up the ground. Trees were knocked down, or slashed down, the gym looked like a bomb had blown the door off, and then the girls saw Kuno and the Dazzlings on the ground.

Kuno looked like he had been mauled by a tiger and the Dazzlings didn't look any better. Their clothes were torn, their faces scratched up, and all four of the antagonists were bleeding from...whatever it was that had attacked them.

"What. The. Hell!?" Sunset said.

"Wh-what on EARTH Happened!?" Rairty said, looking as if she were on the verge of feinting.

"It-it looks like some kind of monster was set loose." Said a shaking Fluttershy who looked like she was fighting the erg to run for her life.

"Jeez." Rainbow Dash said as she looked at their four enemies. "I don't think even these four creeps deserve this." She said, rubbing her arms as if they were cold.

"Hey," Twilight said looking around. "Where's Ranma?"

They all looked around, but saw no sign of their friend.

"Ranma!" Flash and Pinkie called out.

"Ranma! Where are you!?" Pinkie said.

"HEY! Ranma...!"

"MEOW!" Came a roar that turned all their blood to ice water.

"What the...?" Flash said as he and the others turned to face the direction of the noise. And when they did, they all gasped again.

"R-R-R-R-Ranma?" Fluttershy said in fear. Because what she and the others saw, scared them.

There was Ranma. Or at least, it looked like Ranma. Except that he was hunched over, fingers dripping with blood, and when he looked at them, his eyes were slitted...like a cats!

"MEOW!" He cried out as he lunged at eight teens.

"YEOW!" Pinkie screamed.

"SCATTER!" Rainbow cried as they all dived out of the way of the feral martial artist. He landed on all fours and looked around at his newest prey. Glaring and hissing at them as he took in the eight people that surrounded him.

"Ranma!? What are you doing?" Rarity asked in freight.

"HIIISSSSSS!" Ranma said as he feigned a lung at her. She jumped back, scared of how her friend was actting.

"Good gravy Ranma, what's wrong with you?" Applejack asked as Ranma turned to glare at her. Twilight was the one to notice his eyes, and paled as she put two and two together.

"Guys! Look at his eyes!" She said pointing at his eyes. They all looked, and paled.

"Their slitted!" Flash cried out.

"Like a cats!" Sunset said as the realization of what was happening dawned on her. "It's the Nekoken!"

"The Nekoken!? You mean he's gone Cat Fu crazy!?" Asked Pinkie. Rainbow Dash nodded her head.

"I think that's exactly what she means!"

Ranma wipped his head at Rainbow Dash and charged at her. Teeth and claws barred as he leapt in for the attack.

"UAAAHHHHH!" Rainbow screamed as she dodge rolled to the side. Ranma turned and dashed at her again. Rainbow got to her feet and prepared to defend herself. As Ranma swiped at her with his clawed hands she tried to parry his strikes but was finding it hard to do as he was even faster than she had ever seen him!

Seeing no other choice, she activated her geode and transformed into her Ponied-Up form. Using her super speed, she tried to keep up with the wild attacks of her friend and mentor.

"Ranma! Snap out of it!" She said as she blocked a series of claw swipes and kicks from the cat like boy. As she continued to parry his attacks, Ranma ducked down and swiped her feet out from under her with a low spinning sweep kick. As Rainbow fell to the ground, Ranma jumped up and attempted to claw her.

"Burn Knuckle!" Shouted Flash as he nailed Ranma in the side with his lunging punch.

"MEOW!" Cat Ranma cried as he righted himself in the air and landed on all fours again.

"Are you alright Rainbow?" Flash asked the rainbow-haired girl. She nodded.

"Yeah...Watch out!" She cried as Neko Ranma attacked again. Flash saw his crazed friend charging at him and barely evaded his lunge.

Turning to face the cat like boy, Flash charged at Ranma while he was turning back to face the blue haired boy. Flash attacked with a few punches and kicks but Ranma managed to dodge each one. Ranma retaliated with a few claw swipes of his own but Flash was ready for them. Or so he thought.

He blocked one of Ranma's wild swipes with a high block and shot off one of the other techniques Ranma had taught him.

"Shoryuken!" He cried. But Ranma leaned back and dodged the blow, then he grabbed Flashs' leg and threw him down. Once on the ground, Ranma tried to slash Flashs' back, only for Applejack to grab him from behind.

"RANMA! CUT IT OUT!" The blond cowgirl cried as she held the boy in a full nelson.

Ranma hissed and slammed the back of his head into Applejack's nose before breaking her hold on him and turning with a reverse elbow that nailed her in the face. He followed it up with a turning low front sweep that took her to the ground.

"Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!" Came the cry of Rainbow Dash as she struck Ranma with the spinning hurricane kick, sending him backwards and away from her prone friend.

"You ok, AJ?" She asked as she landed from her kick.

"Yeah," She said, shaking the cobwebs out of her head. "But man did that ever hurt." She said as she rubbed the spot on her face wear Ranma socked her.

"We need a plan here, before he kills us." Flash said as he got back to his feet.

"MEOW!" Came the voice of Ranma as he charged back at the three fighters. As he lunged at them again, a diamond shaped force field appeared in front of him, stopping him in mid-air. The three looked back to see Rarity, also in her Ponied-Up form, holding her hands out.

"That's enough of that!" She said. Ranma turned to glare at her and jumped at her to attack, only to stop once more in mid-air, this time courtesy of Twilight's telekinesis. At this point, all the girls had Ponied-Up form to enhance their magic, since it was obvious that they were going to need it.

"I've got him." Twilight said. Ranma growled at her and, using as much of his strength, swiped a kick at her, firing off a wind blade right at the girl holding him in the air.

"YYYYYYYaaaahhhhhh!" She screamed as she was forced to release her hold on Ranma in order to dodge the blade of cutting wind heading straight for her head.

As Ranma was released form the telepathic hold on him, he flipped in air and swiped his claws at the other girls, firing air blades from each of his fingers.

"SCATTER!" Sunset cried as she and the others dodged the attacks.

"WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS GOING ON HERE!?" Came the voice of Principle Celestia as she ran to the sight of the battle. When she got there, she saw Ranma land on all fours and flex his back like a cat.

"RANMA!" She screamed in anger. She was about to stomp over to him, Ranma tunred his head to glare at her. His slitted eyes caused her to freeze mid stride, the aura of anger coming off of him making all the blood in her veins turning into frozen water.

'Those eyes...' She thought to herself. Fear creeping over her.

'They're...They're just like HIS!' As these words crossed her mind, the image of a large man with glowing red eyes rimmed with fire entered her head. These thoughts caused her to fall to the ground, her face becoming as pale as a sheet of paper.

Ranma stalked over to his downed prey. His fingers flexing as he prepared to attack.

"Back off will ya!" Rainbow Said as she attacked with a flying side kick. Ranma rolled out of the way and prepared to attack the rainbow-haired girl only to hit form behind by Flash.

"Tatsumaki!" He cried as he hit Ranma in the back with a quicker but less powerful version of the hurricane kick.

"I've got him!" Applejack said as she came down from the sky to smash Ranma into the ground. Yelping, Ranma barely rolled out of the way in time.

"Are you ok, Principle Celestia?" Sunset said as she, Fluttershy and Twilight rushed to her aid. She shuddered as she tried to get control of her shaking body.

"Wh-what happened to him?" She asked in a shaky tone of voice.

"It's the Nekoken Master Asia told us about." Twilight said. Celestia paled even more.

"The Nekoken? But how!? I got rid of the cat that was in the school." Celestia asked.

"It was the Dazzlings." Fluttershy said. Celestia face palmed.

"Why oh why did I listen to that truancy officer about letting them back into my school?" She asked herself.

"Good question." Sunset said as she got up to join the others in dealing with the cat crazy Ranma.

Ranma was back on his feet. He looked around at the girls that were surrounding him. He growled again.

"Please! Don't hurt him you guys." Fluttershy called to her friends.

"Oh sure, why don't you tell him that." Rainbow Dash muttered to herself.

"There has to be some way to calm him down, right?" Rarity asked as she prepared to summon her diamond shields again.

"I've got one..." Pinkie said as she reached behind her back.

"KNOCK HIM OUT!" She cried as she pulled out her bazooka and fired at the cat boy.

Ranma jumped up to avoid the blast and died a few spin kicks in the air that fired the wind blades that the others had come to fear. Pinkie dodged, and while Ranma was distracted, Rainbow flew up to him and struck.

"Rogafufuken!" She cried as she let loose and ariel Wolf Fang Fist. Ranma was caught off guard and wasn't able to block all of the attacks that came at him. Rainbow let loose her onslaught of strikes and finished with a downward kick that sent the cat boy back to the ground.

As he came down, Flash hit him with another Burn Knuckle that sent him flying to Applejack who hit him with a tornado kick that dropped him to the ground. Rarity then summoned one of her diamond sheilds and tried to pin him down. Ranma, seeing this coming, caught the descending shield with his hands and feet and pushed hard to keep it off of him. After a few seconds, he rolled out of the way and prepared to launch another attack.

Rarity 'eeped' as Ranma dashed right at her. She surrounded herself with her shields and tried to ward off the crazed cat boy. Before Ranma could get to her however, Applejack tackled him to the ground.

"Got cha!" She said as she and Ranma rolled on the ground.

Ranma meowed and hissed as he fought off the blond girls' attempts to pin him down. Applejack thought she had an advantage, but she was quickly finding out that in close quarters, cats were at their most dangerous.

Ranma scratched and tried to bite the Ponied-Up girl. She did her best to fend him off, but his wild animal instincts were proving to give him the upper hand.

"I got him!" Cried Pinkie as she grabbed Ranma as she tackled him to the ground. But Ranma managed to throw her off right as Sunset ran out and grabbed him. Big mistake.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" She screamed as flashes of Ranma's Nekoken memories bombarded the poor girls' mind. She fell to the ground, clutching her head as she screamed.

"Sunset!" Flash cried out as he went to her side. Ranma shook his head, then looked to the girl that had surprised him. He lunged at her, only to be intercepted by Flash Sentry.

"Sorry Ranma!" He said as he and the cat like boy clashed again. Flash struck out with punches and kicks while Ranma dodged and countered with strikes of his own. Swipe, block, kick, block, punch, parry.

Their exchange of blows was a spectacle to behold, until Ranma managed to get in a lucky sweep kick that took Flash down. Once he was down, Ranma did a front flip axe kick to finish the blue haired boy off. But Rainbow managed to dash past him, dragging Flash away from the cat man before his strike landed.

"You ok Flash?" She asked. He nodded.

"Yeah, but I just realized something," Flash said as he tried to stand up. "I'm just now realizing just how much Ranma's been holding back on us." Rainbow had to agree.

"Sheesh." Pinkie said as she got up from where Ranma threw her. "Now I know how the Power Rangers felt when Tommy was evil."

She turned to see Ranma charging at her again. She screamed and grabbed a handful of grass, charged her magic into it and threw it at the charging boy. It exploded in his face and threw him back as she ran to regroup with the others.

"Everyone! Regroup!" Sunset called out as Twilight helped her over to where Principle Celestia was.

Not seeing any other options, the rag tag group of friends regrouped around their unofficial leaders.

"Well, anyone got any ideas?" Sunset asked. Twilight shrugged.

"I'm sorry guys, but for once, I'm out of ideas," she said.

"MEOW!" Came the cry of Neko Ranma, who was now charging back at them again.

"YAH!" They all screamed.

"Rarity! Sheilds UP!" Twilight said.

"Right!" Rarity said as she surrounded the group with a dome made out of her diamond shields.

Ranma smashed right into the shied, shook his head, and growled at the dome that was keeping him from his prey. Meowing loudly, he started slashing at the doe with his claws. Not seeing any damage being done by his attacks, the cat boy redoubled his attempts to force his way through the force field. Rarity put all her concentration into holding up the dome but was shocked to see that cracks were starting to form in the shield.

"HUH!?" She cried. "He-he's actually breaking through?"

"Tha-that shouldn't even be possible." Twilight said in disbelief. Rainbow Dash gulped.

"Well, I hate to say this guys, but...it's starting to look like this is the end for us." She said, fear and terror in her voice.

"What a way to go," Flash said. "Killed by our berserk friend."

"I never thought it'd end this way." Applejack said. "I mean, who would ever think they'd meet their maker like this!?"

"I didn't!" Pinkie said as she clung to Celestia. "I always thought I'd die surrounded by my friends, a harem of hot girls, and every dessert known to mankind!" She said with a sob. That sob turned to a scream as she heard a cracking sound coming from the force field.

They all looked up and saw that the berserk Neko Ranma was halfway through the force field. He kept slashing and hacking at the shield, sensing that his triumph was close at hand. Celestia held her students close, feeling how all this was reminding her all too much of an inident form years ago.

'Not again...NOT AGAIN!' She thought as Ranma's claws came closer and closer to breaking through. Flash, wanting to make one last stand, stood in between his friends and the cat man that was once his friend and mentor.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Came the voice of Fluttershy as she stepped out in front of the scared group and stood in front of Ranma. Ranma stopped clawing at the shield and dropped to his feet.

"I get that you're not in your right mind right now, but that does NOT give you the right to act like a big mean beast!" She screams at the wild boy. Ranma growled at her.

"Don't you growl at me!" She snapped at the boy, causing Ranma to flinch backwards.

"You are a BAD KITTY!" She screamed at the boy, making him flinch even more.

"Uh oh..." said Pinkie. "Here comes angry momma Fluttershy. And you know what that means..." She trailed off as Fluttershy's eyes started to glow as she focused her ultimate technique...

"The 'Stare'." the group of friends all said in unison.

"You have been a very, very, VERY BAD KITTY! You attacked your friends, you destroyed part of the school, you nearly killed Principle Celestia, and now you want go so far as to kill everyone?! REALLY!?" She screamed as the force field disappeared and she started marching towards Ranma as he started shrinking away from the angry pinkette.

"You can go and growl and meow all you want but you listen to ME mister, you do not, I repeat, DO NOT HURT YOUR FRIENDS! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?"

Ranma whimpered. His eyes started tearing up, and, with one last meow, started crying. The cat boy buried his head in his arms on the ground and started sobbing. The others untensed their muscles and watched as the normally shy and timid Fluttershy was tearing Neko Ranma down, royally.

"You can cry and pout all you want but it still doesn't change the fact that you have been a very BAD KITTY!" She said as she marched up to the crying cat boy. Ranma looked up at Fluttershy, his eyes watering, tears running down his cheeks and a sad, apologetic look on his face.

"Wow..." Flash said. "All of us together couldn't take take him down but an angry Fluttershy can. Go fig, huh?" The others nodded their heads, all of them feeling just a little sorry for the Nekoken user.

"What do you have to say for yourself?" Fluttershy said, a disapproving look on her face as she stared down at Ranma. He looked up, whimpering like a scared child looking up at its angry and disappointed mother.

"Meow..." He said with his head bowed low. Fluttershy walked up to hi, kneeled down, and stroked his head in a soothing manner.

"There, there. It's ok." She said. Neko Ranma started nuzzling his head into Fluttershy's hand. As he did so, she placed her other hand on his cheek and made him look at her.

"It's ok, I think I understand. You're not a bad boy, you were just frightened, weren't you?" She asked. Neko Ranma nodded as he kept sniffling. Fluttershy brought him in for a hug.

"There, there. I forgive you." She said as she cuddled with the cat like boy. Ranma started to smile as he returned the cuddling. The others were shocked.

"It really was beauty that tamed the beast." Pinkie said, placing her hand over her heart in a dramatic fashion. Sunset and the others could only nod.

"It never ceases to amaze me how Fluttershy can tame, charm and befriend even the wildest and most dangerous of beasts." Celestia said as her heart stopped trying to burst from her chest.

They all nodded as they started walking over to Fluttershy and Neko Ranma. As they did, Neko Ranma looked up at them and looked as if he was getting ready to attack again. They started to panic until Fluttershy patted him on the head.

"Now, now." She said. "Remember, these are friends not enemies." She said.

Neko Ranma started to calm down as he leapt from Fluttershy's embrace and walked over to them. They all took a step back as Ranma walked up to Sunset. After having seeing the memories of Ranma's Nekoken training and the fear that went along with it, she was a little worried.

Ranma took a sniff of her, and after a second, he straddled up to her and started rubbing himself on her legs, purring as he did so. Sunset calmed down, reached down, and stroked his head.

"Um...good...boy?" She said. Ranma looked up at her, and to her and everyone else's shock...he smiled.

"Nya!" He said happily. He then jumped on her and started rubbing himself on her again, purring as he did so. Sunset couldn't help but smile at this.

"Ok, ok! I get it! Ha ha!" She said. The others smiled at each other and walked up to the two of them.

"You ok Sunset?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah. But I think Kitty Ranma is trying to kill me with cuddles instead of his claws now." She said as she laughed. The others couldn't help but smile and chuckle.

"Ranma! Here kitty kitty!" Fluttershy said as she waved him over. Ranma looked over to her and bound over to her, leaping into her arms.

"Hahaha! Good kitty." She said stroking his head.

"Yeah, when he's not trying to kill us." Pinkie said as she rubbed her arm.

"I have to agree." Rarity said. "How can you still call him a good boy when he was about to murder us a second ago?" Fluttershy looked at her friends.

"Well, it turns out that he was just scared, that's all." She said with a smile. They all face faulted.

"SCARED!?" Rainbow Dash said in disbelief. "I think you mean we were the ones scared Fluttershy."

"Actually," Fluttershy began to say. "It turns out that Kitty Ranma was jsut scarred after he came to. He was surrounded by people and places he didn't know and the first thing that happened was a bunch of people trying to kill him."

"Oh I get it!" Applejack said. "He was just attacking out of self-defense because he didn't know who friend or foe was. Right?" Fluttershy nodded.

"That makes sense." Celestia said crossing her arms. "In this state, Ranma's little more than an animal and animals react on pure instinct when they're in a place that they don't know. In his mind he was just an animal backed into a corner."

Sunset nodded her head. After being in Ranma's head, she could understand why his animal sides' instincts were to just lash out. When Neko Ranma first came to be, Ranma was still being attacked by rabid cats so naturally it's first instinct was to lash out and attack. And with someone like Genma as a father, she could understand how that instinct would only grow even more over the years.

"So, is he going to start treating us like friends instead of scratching posts now?" She asked as she and the others turned back into their normal forms.

"I sure hope so." Flash said, rubbing the back of his head. "Cause I don't think I could handle another round with the Cat Fu master here." The others couldn't help but laugh in agreement.

"By the way, are you ok Principle Celestia?" The blue haired boy asked as he turned to look at her. She turned to him puzzled.

"What do you mean Flash?" She asked.

"Well, when Ranma was coming after you earlier, you paled like you like a ghost." He said. Pinkie jumped up behind him.

"Yeah, you looked like you were having a PTSD, Vietnam flashback or something." Now Celestia paled again. She started laughing nervously as she tried to wave off the two teens.

"Oh! Hahahah! I, uh...I just got surprised! That's all! Hahah." She said. Flash, Pinkie and a few of the others looked at her, not really believing her. But their musings were cut short when they heard Fluttershy yelped.

"Ranma! Don't rub on me like that! And don't crawl on me either you're too...heavy!" Fluttershy said Ranma kept crawling on her and he accidentally knocked her over...hand landed lips first on her own lips.

"EEEEEEHHHHHHHH!?" Everyone cried as they all saw Neko Ranma and Fluttershy locking lips on the ground. Fluttershy's eyes went wide and her cheeks turned bright red. Ranma just got up off of her and curled himself up on her lap and fell asleep. The others however...looked as if their brains had just shut down.

"W-w-what just happened?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I...think...Ranma and Fluttershy just kissed." Applejack said.

"NO FAIR!" Pinkie said. "I wanted to be Fluttershy's first kiss!"

"Well...that just happened." Rarity said.

"Wow..." Was all Flash, Sunset and Twilight could say.

About an hour later, Ranma started to reinter the waking world. He stretched his arms and legs as he tried to open his eyes to see just where he was. The first thing that he took notice of was a very sweet smell...and the fact his cheek was resting on something soft. And that it felt awfully a lot like flesh.

'Huh?' He thought to himself as he opened his eyes and looked up. The first he saw...was what looked like a girls under boobs.

"...Aaahhhh!" Ranma said as he scrambled to get back up on his feet, inadvertently waking up his lap pillow, Fluttershy.

"Yah!" She screamed as she fell from the tree she was leaning on. She and Ranma looked at each other, their faces blushing like crazy.

"Fl-Fluttershy!? Wh-what was I doing laying in your lap?" Ranma asked. Fluttershy looked just as confused as he did.

"I, well, uh..." Then she thought of something. "Wait, don't you remember what happened?" She asked the pigtailed boy. Ranma shook his head.

"Um, well...No not really." He said, scratching his head. They then, they heard the sound of snickering behind them. They turned and saw their friends, beaten, battered and bruised, but trying their best not to laugh at something.

"Whoa, guys! What happened to you?" Ranma asked, worriedly.

"Oh, nothing." Rainbow said. "Except for the fact that we just met your Nekoken self and he nearly clawed the heck out of us!"

Ranma paled. Now he was starting to remember what happened. The trap, the Dazzlings, Kuno, and the...cats. And then...black out.

"Oh no." He said. "You mean...I..." He looked around. And what he saw made him pale even more. Slash marks all over the ground, the three sirens and the samurai idiot beaten to a pulp, and his friends looked like they had been mauled by a tiger.

"Oh god...what have I done?" He said as his hands brushed his hair back.

"Oh you guys, I'm so sorry." He said turning to his friends. "I'm so sorry! I-I couldn't control myself! When I'm in cat mode..."

"Ranma! It's ok." Sunset said as she ran up to Ranma and hugged him, trying to calm him down.

"Yeah, you kind of attacked us and nearly killed us, but you didn't. And besides, we know that you had no control, we don't blame you for what happened." She said. Pinkie jumped in.

"Yeah, it was those stupid sirens fault this happened, not yours." Pinkie smirked. "And besides, you made up for it in a big way, mister Casanova."

Ranma blanked. He looked at Pinkie like she had just grown a second head.

"What the heck are you talking about?" He asked.

"Um, Pinkie," Flash butted in. "Given the circumstances, I think the better term would be...Catsanova." He said with a smirked.

"Bwhaaaa ha haha!" Pinkie and Sunset busted out laughing, as well as the others. Ranma looked at them all with his head cocked to the side. Fluttershy however, was covering her face with her hair and curling up into a ball by the tree.

"Huh?" He asked. Rainbow tried to get herself under control enough to clear up his confusion.

"Well, heh heh ha ha." She said. Applejack took this time to but in.

"Let's just say that your cat self is, well, quite the little sweetheart." She said with a snicker at the poor blushing Fluttershy. Ranma was still confused.

"Ok, there's obviously a joke here but I'm not getting it! What gives!?" He cried out, waving his hands in the air.

"Calm down Catsanova." Rarity said.

"Don't you mean, Kissing Catsanova!?" Flash said as he busted out laughing. That got all the others laughing. Ranma didn't get it. Kissing Catsanova? He was about to voice his opinion when he licked his lips and noticed that they tasted like watermelon.

"Why do my lips taste like watermelon?" He asked to no one in particular.

"Well, darling, *snicker* that's probably because that's the flavor lip gloss Fluttershy is wearing right now!" Rarity said as she and the others burst out laughing again.

"Why would you guys put Fluttershy's lip gloss on my mouth?" He asked.

"Oh, that's not how that got there." Pinkie said in a sing song voice. Ranma turned to Fluttershy, who was still curled up.

"Fluttershy, what the heck are they talking about?" He asked.

"I don't want to talk about it." She answered quickly. Ranma scratched his head.

"What's the deal?" He asked. Celestia walked up and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Ranma," She said in between giggles. "While Fluttershy was calming down your cat self, you ended up kissing her."

"Oooooohhhhhhh." Ranma said. Then his eyes went wide as realization smacked him in the face.

"WHAT!?" He said as he blushed bright red. Ranma looked back at Fluttershy, then the others, and raked his hair back again and did the only thing he could do. Faint.

After waking up again and calming down, the others told Ranma about what happened. He ended up apologizing to the others every time they told him about what he had done. But what really spooked him was when they told him yet again about how he and Fluttershy shared an accidental kiss.

After school was let out, Ranma and the others were heading towards their homes. Ranma insisted on walking everybody home as a means of apologizing for the whole Nekoken thing. Fluttershy was the last of the group of friends that Ranma was walking home. It was awfully hard for them to look at each other, considering what happened between them.

"Sorry. Again." He said for the umpteenth time. Fluttershy blushed as she turned away from him.

"I-it's ok." She said.

"No, it's not!" Ranma said. "It was your first kiss and I stole it from you." Ranma gripped his fists, hating himself.

"Not only could I not control myself, but I nearly hurt my friends. How could you guys still not hate me after that." He said, disgusted with himself.

"Ranma," Fluttershy said spinning the self-hating boy around. "It's. Not. Your. Fault. The Nekoken was your father's fault. You only acted that way because of what he did to you. And your cat self only attacked because it was frightened. Once it got to know us it was as sweet as can be. Just like you." She said with a blush. Ranma blushed too after hearing that.

"You...you really think I'm...well...you really think so?" He asked. She smiled at him.

"I do. I really do." Ranma returned her smile. It was another few seconds before he remembered where they were.

"Um, well...Let's get going." He said as he walked her to the front door of her house.

"You know," He said as they stopped at the door.

"There is something I do regret." He said, catching her attention. She turned to him.

"What?" She asked. Ranma scratched the back of his head.

"I...well...It was my first kiss too." He said. Fluttershy looked shocked at this.

"It was?" She asked. Ranma nodded.

"Yeah," He said. "And the sad part is...I don't remember it at all."

Fluttershy felt her heart clinch at that. She honestly hadn't really thought about this being Ranma's first kiss too. She looked down at her feet.

"Ranma..." She said, not really knowing what to say.

"It's cool." He said. "There'll always be other firsts." He said as he started walking away. Then, as if by divine intervention, Fluttershy had a rare moment of bravery.

"Ranma?" She called out to him as he started to walk away.

"Yeah." He said.

Fluttershy grabbed his cheeks gently, and pulled him into a kiss. His eyes went wide from shock. The kiss wasn't really deep, but soft and gentle. Fluttershy pulled away and looked him in the eyes. Both their faces beat red.

"Now you can remember your second first kiss." She said as she headed into her house.

Ranma just stood there. His brain trying desperately to work again.

"...whoa." Was all he said. Meanwhile, inside Fluttershy's house...

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod! What did I just do!?" She said as she fell against the door, eyes wide as saucers.

Rarity: Hello darlings, Rarity here. In the next episode of Equestria Wild Horse, me and the others get back to work trying to get ourselves and Ranma in ready for the Galla. I, of course, start taking Ranma to dancing lessons and I even get Applejack to help me teach him about etiquette. And lots of other exciting things happen further down the line. But I won't spoil anything for you dears. Don't miss our next episode of Equestria Wild Horse, Preparations For The Galla Pt.2. See you then darlings!

Ending Song: Kanpekigu No Ne (Sung By Twilight Sparkle)

gu no ne

The face of a grandfather clock spins as Twilight relaxes on the ground.

dokoka e tsurete itte
BURIKI no uma ni notte
futari de

Twilight overlooks a sunset.

GO GO LET'S GO ROMANSU

kataomoi no DOORU wa
kotoba ni dekinai kara
setsunai

GO GO LET'S GO ROMANSU

Pinkie is seen snacking on candy as she gazes at the night sky. As she does she imagines herself and the other girls dressed in bunny suits dancing in a chorus line.

namida ga dechau
yowamushi da ne
anata no koto
omou tabi ni
tsuki no (tsuki no)
yoru wa (yoru wa)
itsumo (itsumo)
USAGI o sagashiteru

Twilight is running on the beach as the scene switches to her looking out her window.

gu no ne denai kurai ni
(HEY HEY HEY)
mahou o kakerareta mitai
zutto yume kara samenai no
koi wa hitorigoto

gu no ne denai kurai ni
(HEY HEY HEY)
KOTENPAN ni suki nan desu
donna jumon o tonaetara
tsutawaru no deshou
kanpeki gu no ne

Tilight is next seen brushing her teeth after getting out of the shower, only for Pinkie to show up ogling at her.

(HEY HEY HEY HEY)

Twiligh is seen spreading her wings flying through the air.

gu no ne are ya kore ya de
(HEY HEY HEY)
mucha kucha ni suki nan desu
itsuka anata ni iwasetai
mairimashita nante
ogaeshi gu no ne

Twilight is sadly broken out of her daydream as she notices Ranma, Pinkie, and the others eating at her table. She rages at them for eating her food.

(gu no ne mo denee ze)