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Rise of Prodigies
Chapter Seventy-Three: Epilogue - Limits Are Ever Broken
"Okaasan, are you sure I have to do this?" Ranma shouted at her mother who was seated in the stands of the stadium that they, Otouchan, Haruna, Nodoka-san, and Eva-chan were currently in.
"Yes!" Okaasan shouted back. "Now run the maze, Ranma!"
Ranma just sighed and nodded before turning back to the maze that Okaasan had set up, with her magic and help from the various Mahora teachers, in the stadium's arena as part of her and Otouchan's plan to "rehumanize" her. Something that was in response to them learning how she'd callously killed people, particularly her genocide of the Phoenix Tribe, after they were kidnapped. While all her killings were ruled self-defense and swept under the rug by the authorities, especially after she revived them - Well, those of them that wanted to be revived anyways -, that had not satisfied her parents and they were determined that Ranma not forget her morals again in the future.
"Ranma! Don't make me repeat myself! Enter the maze!"
Sighing again, Ranma finally obliged her mother and jogged into the maze. The first parts of said labyrinth were uneventful, just a standard series of twisting and turning corridors. As an Outsider whose core world was a labyrinth world, traversing this much simpler maze was child's play and Ranma maintained a steady and unerring pace towards the exit.
About five minutes through however, cardboard targets suddenly began popping out of the ground. Targets that took a multitude of different forms that ranged from innocent people, various villains, and monsters. Targets that Ranma knew from Okaasan's briefing on what she was expected to do, she was expected to deal with as if they were real and in accordance with human morals.
For the gunmen and other villains, Ranma bound them in various binding spells. And when it came to the monsters, she destroyed them with spells and various swings of pseudopods she grew from her body. Only the targets in the shape of innocent people were spared and left alone.
And all the while she dealt with these targets, up in the stands, Okaasan and Otouchan watched her actions appraisingly whilst Haruna and Nodoka-san were shouting commentary and encouragement down at Ranma.
"Onee-sama, you're almost there! Just a little more."
"Watch out for that little girl target, Ranma-san!"
That would have been annoying enough, but worse than all that was Eva-chan laughing her ass off at this humiliating excuse for training that Ranma had been forced to go through. Looking bad in front of her mate was beyond embarrassing! Especially when she could feel how utterly tickled her precious vampire was by her humiliation through the pseudo-mating bond of Eva-chan's new curse!
Thus even as she reached the end of the maze, Ranma felt her frustration boiling over. As such, when an ermine shaped target that reminded the Outsider of that perverted Chamo popped up, her annoyance with that lecherous fairy and her frustration with her current circumstances led her to blast the damned target to pieces with a single magical arrow from a wordlessly cast Sagitta Magica, Series Obscuri (Magic Arrow, Dark Series).
"Demerit!" Otouchan shouted.
"Restart the maze!"
Ranma shot her mother an aghast look at that. "You can't be serious, Okaasan!"
"I'm deadly serious alright. Ranma, restart the maze!" Okaasan said, looking down at Ranma with a stern look.
Sighing, Ranma nodded and used Conniveo (Blink) to teleport back to the start of the maze. All the while having to endure Eva-chan's unending laughter, both from in the stands and in her mind, at her expense.
Asuna-san panted, face drenched in sweat as the glow from her Kankaho faded and she collapsed to the ground in the courtyard of Eva-san's resort in exhaustion.
"Hey, slacker! Who said you can take a break?! You've unlocked all that power, so you need to learn how to use it!" The infamous vampire that was training her shouted at her.
"I just helped save the worlds! Can't I take a break?!" Asuna-san whined back, attempting to roll over, but finding herself too tired to do so.
"No!" Eva-chan barked at her. "If you've got enough energy to give me lip, then you've got enough energy to run up a mountain a few times! Go! Ten laps!"
"Slave driver!"
Ranma, in the background, gave a cheer to her friend. "You can do it! I believe in you, Asuna-san!"
"Don't cheer for me! Save me, Ranma-san!"
"Fight-o!" Ranma's Slime Sisters shouted from where they stood at Ranma's feet and waved pom-poms while Chachazero snickered as she rode in Ranma's arms.
"You can do it Asuna-san!" Ranma shouted encouragingly. "If I can become an Outsider then you can do some laps!"
"That's not far!" Asuna-san wailed as she pushed herself back onto her feet, her Kankoho burning back to life again and she took off running with the earth kicking up behind her thunderous steps. "I'm not a shounen heroine~!"
Ranma waited as Asuna-san disappeared out of view before turning to her mate and smirking. Exchanging a high five, they both began giggling like school children.
"I love it when you're being vindictive." Eva commented as she leaned into Ranma, snuggling into her.
Ranma shrugged. "Asuna-san shouldn't have made fun of me for Okaasan putting me through that silly training. She is reaping what she sowed."
Eva-chan snickered, no doubt over the memory of the humiliation that Okaasan and Otouchan had put her through.
In the name of vengeance, she pinched her blonde lover.
The squeal her Eva-chan made was adorable. As was the glare she gave her when she spun around to deliver it.
Adorable enough that it triggered a hunger in her that Ranma was just unwilling to deny. Thus, smirking at Eva-chan and shooting her a hungry look, she leaned in to pull her mate into a kiss.
"T-This is ridiculous!" Asuna panted out, finishing her one hundredth lap around the course that took her around the mountain that made up the majority of Eva-san's resort. Even with Kankaho, she was dripping with sweat. Sweat that had also drenched her gothic training clothes. Stupid Eva-chan-sensei making her wear these clothes! They had to be absorbing heat somehow, that's the only reason these puffy things could be so stuffy! And who would insist on workout clothes having a skirt!?
Sure! The skirt was big enough that it didn't hinder her movement at all and made her look satisfyingly feminine without sexualizing her in a way that modern exercise clothes did... And the cotton clothes breathed surprisingly well, even better than her standard school gym clothes and her other workout clothes too. But… It looked so old fashioned!
Pushing the thought out of her mind, Asuna just continued towards the courtyard where Eva-chan and Ranma-san were waiting, and, more importantly, where she would be able to grab herself a well deserved drink. However, as she reached said courtyard, Asuna found herself halted at the sight that greeted her. That being Eva-chan and Ranma-san making out as if they were trying to devour each other's face.
Blushing furiously from her neck to her ears, Asuna covered her face to block her view of the lewd scene and shouted out. "Could you two get a room!? Honestly!"
Her curiosity overcoming her reason, Asuna peeked through her hands to see that Ranma-san at least blushed, looking embarrassed. Yet she still continued to kiss her blonde loli girlfriend. Which wasn't really that surprising, what with the Outsider's exhibitionist kink. But where Ranma-san had the basic decency of getting embarrassed, Eva-chan, the rude fanged brat that she was, just flipped her off without even breaking stride!
"Why you little-!" She snarled, fingers flexing as if she wanted to strangle that no-good slave driver!
"Hehe," Chachazero smirked up at her as she sat a short distance away from her mistresses - both former and current - whilst she was drinking from a wine bottle. Why was a puppet drinking wine? The magical princess had no idea. And why the hell was she playing poker with the Slime Sisters!? Where did Ranma's familiars even learn how to play!?
"If you think this is bad, then you're lucky they aren't having some tentacle play." Chachazero continued, even as the Slime Sisters nodded in agreement.
As the idea danced in her brain, Asuna had a bunch of ideas of what that could mean and maybe if she could attempt it in the future. With that notion, her blush went full critical, illuminating her entire body.
All that blood rushing around was just too much for her exhausted body and she quickly proceeded to pass out with a thud.
Done and done! Thanks to Nameless as always!
Ranma in this fic wouldn't be Ranma if she didn't get some payback at people. Eva is such an enabler though. XD Also, Asuna is a pervert. No duh there. Her poor elf harem better be ready to satisfy all her kinks. It's not going to be pretty… or will it?!
Nameless: Depends on whether you're into pregnant sex, 'cos remember Asuna and her wives are basically always pregnant. She has the full intent to be the mother of a nation, after all. XD
All hail the Mother Goddess!
Nameless: On another note, I liked the punishme- I mean training! Yes, training. I liked the training that Ranma's parents forced her through. It fits their parenting style and characterization that we gave them I think. At the very least, it fits with the humor of the ROP!verse. Tell us if you agree.
It's just like her childhood, but safer and not death dealing. A proper Saotome training!
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