Movie 2, Chapter 3:
One Last Rumble
Ryu was frantically looking for Lisanna, every room he checked he couldn't find her. All he saw were the other guards with the other women taken, and after a beat down on the guards, he was still not closer to finding his girlfriend.
"Damn it! Where's Lisanna?" Ryu asked as he held one guard in his hand before slamming him into a wall. As he ran out of the room, he came across Ranma running by.
"Hey Ryu, you know where this Toma guy is?" Ranma asked as he was running in place.
"He's royalty, right? Try the room on the highest floor," Ryu informed the teen as he pointed towards the stairs. "Hey, have you seen Lisanna?"
"Thanks, and haven't seen her yet, sorry." Ranma informed him as he ran up the stairs.
"Damn it, damn it, DAMN IT!" Ryu cursed as he went down the hall again, searching for his missing girlfriend. He got halfway down the hall when he heard a noise. "Kyaaaaah!"
Ryu froze hearing that cry, as he recognized that sound anywhere. "...LISANNA!"
Ryu ran towards the room where he heard the noise and kicked the door off its hinges to find Lisanna and the guard who took her. His fists clenched when he saw the guard try to force Lisanna into a kiss as she tried to push him off of her. The guard looked at Ryu with annoyance for being interrupted, "Oi, who the hell are you?"
"Who am I? Who the hell are you, trying to force yourself onto my girlfriend?!" Ryu shouted back, eyes beginning to glow as his vision zeroed in on the guard.
"Your girlfriend? Prince Toma declared a free-for-all and I claimed this one fair and square." The guard cockily stated, unaware of the killing intent Ryu was leaking. As he then turned to face Ryu and pulled out two swords, "Now back off and leave me to my prize!"
Ryu was livid at this point; how dare this man try to force himself on Lisanna, thinking he had any right to his girlfriend! The audacity of him claiming her as his prize that he deserved, pulling his weapons out to enforce his declaration…it made Ryu's blood boil.
"Oh no," Ryu mockingly said to the guard before he pulled out a thermos and opened it. "Two swords~! Whatever shall I do against such dangerous weapons?"
"Heh, I've trained using these swords since I was given them by the previous Ruler. Time to put that training to the test." The guard smirked as Lisanna looked in worry for her boyfriend, and tried to stop the swordsman before he shoved her away.
"You know, it's kinda funny," Ryu said coldly as he glared at the swordsman. "People always say that women can drive them crazy…but I say I'm pretty CRAZY WITHOUT MY GIRLFRIENDS! And now, I need to cool off, right before I do to you what I've done to every other guard since I got here and they got in my way!"
The swordsman chuckled as Ryu poured the cold water onto his head, "You think you're so tough? There's not a damn thing you can say or do to make…me…surrender?" He went pale seeing Ryu's cursed form as he towered over the swordsman.
Ryu's hateful glare at the swordsman was icy and furious like a blizzard on a tundra. "You messed up big time, and now you pay the price!" Ryu charged at the swordsman ready to brutalize the man.
The swordsman snapped out of his daze and charged at Ryu, slashing at him with his weapons that the dragon man dodged and weaved out of. Thinking he saw an opening, the swordsman swung both blades at Ryu, trying to leave an "X" shaped slash on his exposed chest.
…only to pause when the blades broke and flew to either side of the man, with no visible scratches on the dragon.
Ryu knew the blades wouldn't hurt; he had suffered worse pain learning how to fight and undergoing Oroku Saki's tests to date his daughter. The blades looked dull and behind on any maintenance so they wouldn't be that effective.
"...we can work something out—" The guard began before Ryu grabbed his head in his hand.
"Work this out, you BASTARD!" Ryu shouted before lifting the man with ease as he slammed him hard into the ground, leaving an indent and knocking him out.
Seeing the man unconscious and not standing up again, Ryu took several deep breaths before turning to check on Lisanna.
"Lisanna! Are you okay, you're not hurt anywhere are you? I swear if that bastard did anything to harm you or if he forced you to do anything, I'll make sure he—MMPH!" Ryu blurted, before he was suddenly interrupted in his worried ranting as Lisanna hugged her before kissing the dragon man on the lips to shut him up and calm him down.
"Ryu, I'm fine really. He didn't try anything on me besides trying to kiss me. He tried to touch me, but I hit him with a vase in response." Lisanna explained as she held her boyfriend close to her. "You're the only man I ever need in my life, one I can always count on to come to my rescue if I'm ever in this situation. I love you Ryu, now and forever, my handsome dragon."
Ryu had tears of joy forming in his eyes hearing such kind words coming from Lisanna. "I love you too, my kind, sweet catgirl," he told her. "And I hope you keep this dress, because damn, do you look stunning in it."
"Oh they were never getting this back from me anyway, not after that whole contest fiasco." Lisanna informed him, since she was using this as payback for the threat of paying the bill if she refused to partake. "Now let's get somewhere safe so I can rock your world, my handsome dragon."
They both kissed again before Ryu picked up Lisanna and carried her out of the room bridal style, away from the unconscious guard too. As they entered the hallway, they were spotted by Kenma, dressed like a fusion of Son Goku and Sun Wukong, looking for his brother and Toma.
"Hey guys, glad to see you're safe and sound, Lisanna," Kenma greeted. "You wouldn't happen to know where my brother went or where that Prince Toma kid is, wouldja?"
Lisanna shook her head as she had no clue. Ryu however, did. "Yeah, I saw Ranma before I found my sweet angel," he replied. "He was asking where Toma was, and I told him the prince is probably on the highest floor."
Kenma saw the stairs Ryu pointed to as he gave them a nod. "Thanks for the info, and congrats on saving your girlfriend, buddy," he replied.
"Thanks, go kick that kid's ass for us and make him sorry." Ryu told his friend before running down the hallway to find the exit.
Kenma nodded, as he turned his head frontwards, and went off to find Ranma, steering the Nimbus Cloud up the stairs.
MEANWHILE, IN TOMA'S CHAMBER...
Ukyo was still trying, and failing, to pry open the doorway of the Spring Water Caverns.
"OK...in order to get that thing open, I'm gonna need the key..." she pondered to herself, before the doors burst open, and in came Ranma, followed by Kenma.
"TOMA, YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Ranma bellowed. "Hand over Ukyo, and I might be convinced not to paddle your royal backside!"
"Yeah, and if you could fork over some a' that water too, it would be appreciated!" Kenma tacked on, before he spotted another of those gourds seated nearby. To his good fortune, when he shook it, it was full.
"Ranma! Kenma!" exclaimed Ukyo as she ran over to them. "Listen, the spring is just below—"
But before she could finish, Toma suddenly appeared between them.
"So…we meet again, royal pain," remarked Ranma.. "You gonna give Ucchan back, or am I gonna hafta get mean?"
The prince simply shook his head disapprovingly. "Not only do you intrude on my private chambers, but you dare to address me in such an insulting tone," spat Toma. "Have you no shame, you insolent curs?"
"Cram the royal jibber-jabber!" Kenma snapped. "You've got something my brother wants, so hand it over!"
"You ask the impossible," responded Toma. "I have no intentions of giving Ukyo to anyone, least of all uncultured louts like YOU!"
"In case you haven't noticed, we're not here for lessons in etiquette!" Ranma shot back. "I'm here for my girl, AND for your water!"
Toma gave a confused look. "You want the water and the girl?" he asked. "I shan't allow you to turn Ukyo into a man!"
"IT'S NOT FOR HER, STUPID!" Ranma yelled. "IT'S FOR ME!"
"Oh," the prince exclaimed. "Well, if that's what you're after, then you merely need to ask." he then took the drinking gourd from his belt and tossed it to Ranma.
"Alright," the ponytailed boy cheered. "Goodbye, girl-side!" he said before taking off the cork and holding it over his head…only to realize the damn thing was empty!
"Hey, is this some kinda bad joke?" Ranma asked as he threw the gourd down. "This thing's empty!"
"Oh you little royal pain in the ass!" Kenma glared at Toma for that cruel joke he pulled.
"Then it's got plenty in common with your thick head!" Toma smirked as he shot forward, and delivered a few fierce blows, knocking Ranma backwards.
"RANMA!" Kenma shouted, rushing to his brother's aid.
"I'm alright..." the ponytailed boy reassured as he got to his feet. "That little creep's fast."
"Fools!" scoffed Toma. "Did you honestly think I'd reveal Togenkyo's secret so easily, let alone to the likes of you?"
"OK, Ranma, looks like we're gonna need to go all-out and face him together!" Kenma said as he got his nunchaku out.
"Well, even though you'll be wasting your time, far be it from me to turn down a challenge." Toma said as he drew his sword, still sheathed.
"TAKE THIS!" Ranma shouted, as he and Kenma both attacked Toma from different sides. However, Toma didn't even flinch or react—and he reflected their blows right back at them, sending them each falling backwards.
I can't believe it…he sent our punches right back at us! thought Ranma as he struggled to his feet.
Just like with Kiran…but there HAS to be a workaround! Kenma's thoughts echoed in reply.
"Have you finished humiliating yourselves?" inquired Toma. "You must understand that you simply cannot win. Pull yourselves up and leave with whatever dignity you still possess."
"Ngh! Not…without…my girl…!" Ranma panted through clenched teeth as he pulled himself up from the ground
"Alright! I was reasonable…I was polite…but you simply couldn't take the hint!" snapped Toma as he unsheathed his sword. "Remember, you had an out, but you FORCED me to do this! You shall learn the price of your arrogance—my special technique: THE MYSTIC ILLUSION CHAOS STRIKE!"
As he held up the sword, its blade glowed with an aura of light.
Ranma…it's the light from the sword! Kenma's thoughts echoed in his brother's head as he got to his feet. That's how he's creating the illusions!
So THAT'S what it is then, eh? Ranma thought as he reached into his pocket and drew forth the pin from earlier. [See, kids? Toldja that was gonna be important!]
"This time, I'll trap you in an illusion so powerful, you'll NEVER be able to escape its grasp!" Toma shouted as he drew his sword back, and slashed it forward. "SUPER MIRAGE BARRAGE!"
As he slashed forward, a wave of flames shot forth from the blade and engulfed Ranma. He screamed in agony as the flames supposedly torched his skin.
"Here goes nothin'..." the ponytailed boy thought before pricking himself in the arm with the pin
Toma smirked. "You can reflect upon your actions in the next life," he declared.
"Fool me once, shame on you…" grunted Ranma. "But fool me twice? No dice!"
Toma was, for the third time today, absolutely dumbstruck. "H-how can this be?!" he blurted. "No one has ever seen through my attack!" But then, he regained his composure. "Fine then…those flames may have been illusory, but this steel is for REAL!"
But before he could bring his blade down on Ranma…
WHUMP!
…he felt a heavy THUMP on his head, and one in the gut. The attack from behind was courtesy of Kenma, and the one from the front was courtesy of Ranma.
As Toma fell to the floor, his key dropped from his satchel and rolled towards Ukyo's feet. The tomboy chef reached down, and picked it up.
"U-ukyo! You can't…" the prince grunted while holding his stomach.
"Sorry, kid; but I never really said I wouldn't," Ukyo responded as she went up to the podium and placed the key into the hole. Within seconds, the doors to the spring whirred loudly as they opened. "Well, Ranma-honey…here it is."
"Ukyo!" Toma cried as Ranma ran over to the entrance.
"Awesome!" Kenma exclaimed as he got out his canteen. But before he and Ranma could advance further, Toma ran over, grabbed Ukyo over his shoulder, and raced off into the cavern.
Placing the girl in a minecart, Toma set the brake loose, broke the handle, and turned back to face his opponents while the minecart train rolled away.
"Ranma! Get me off this crazy thing!" Ukyo bellowed.
"Hang on, Ukyo! I'm comin' !" Ranma shouted, before he ducked a jab from Toma's sword.
"Not on my watch!" the prince declared. "Besides, my illusions aren't the only tricks I have up my sleeves!"
The ponytailed boy attempted once again to hit Toma with the roasted chestnut fist, only for the prince to block it and jab Ranma in the chest with his sheath.
"Guh!" Ranma coughed as he was knocked on his back.
"You little puke!" Kenma snapped. "Nobody does that to my bro!"
"I'd love to stay and play some more, but I have more important matters to attend to!" Toma replied. "Fare thee well!"
He turned and raced after the minecart train, hopping into the second-to-last cart as it rolled away down the tracks.
"We better go after 'em!" said Kenma, whistling for the Nimbus. As the cloud sped over, he and Ranma climbed onboard, and flew off after the minecarts.
The final showdown was about to truly begin.
As the minecarts kept on rolling, Toma made his way to Ukyo's minecart. "At last, the interloper has been dealt with, so there is nobody to stand in our way," he declared. "So will you be mine?"
Ukyo's expression was firm, but genuine. "I won't," she replied. "I lost faith in Ranma-honey once—a long time ago. But that's not going to happen again."
Toma was at a loss for words when he was jostled by Ranma's timely arrival. "You know…I knew you were dedicated—but I didn't realize how dedicated!" he commented.
"RANMA-HONEY!" Ukyo exclaimed as the black-haired boy leapt from the cloud and into one of the minecarts.
"Your persistence is nothing short of aggravating!" Toma scowled. "Why won't you just give up?!"
"Because…Ukyo is my girlfriend, dammit!" Ranma exclaimed as he climbed to the back side of the cart and ground his heels into the tracks. "I lost her once…but I won't lose her again!"
As he ground his heels in, the tracks began to splinter and crumble, before the minecart tipped over, and the three individuals fell towards the spring, with Kenma flying after them, canteen ready.
"Ranma-honey! There's the spring!" Ukyo exclaimed, gazing down at the pool of water. "Now you can get cured!"
"But then you'll be turned, too! I can't risk it!" Ranma said as he held out his hands towards the pool. "I gotta blow it up!"
"If that's your call…" said Kenma as he cupped his hands and drew them back. "...then it's a call we make together! You ready?"
"Ready!"
"KA! ME! HA! ME!" Kenma exclaimed as an orange energy ball formed in his hands.
"MOKO!" Ranma exclaimed with gusto as a ball of yellow energy formed in his hands.
"...HA!/TA-KA-BI-SHA!" both brothers screamed as they fired dual-energy blasts right into the heart of the spring.
The blasts shot right through, and left an enormous hole at the bottom. Suddenly, there came a rumbling, and Kenma held out his canteen, right before the water shot back up, and sent them all flying out of the top of the island, as though it were a volcano.
The three were dropped onto some thick foliage that broke their fall.
"Whoa! What a ride!" Ukyo said as she popped her head out from the leaves.
"Hey, everyone alright down there?" asked Kenma as he flew the Nimbus over.
"Phew! Never better, Kenma!" Ranma reassured with a content smile on his face.
"Glad to hear that," said Kenma as he gazed out onto the horizon at the beautiful sunrise.
"Wow! It's so beautiful!" The chef said as she observed the rising sun, accompanied by a rainbow that arched across the water.
"Never thought the sunrise could look so great," Ranma smiled as he put an arm across Ukyo's shoulder.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER…
"I suppose I owe you an apology, Ukyo," said Toma as he approached. "You taught me an important lesson: in order to love someone, you must place your loved ones' feelings first. Next time, I'll remember that and do things the right way."
"So does this mean you're giving up on marrying Ucchan?" asked Ranma.
"It does indeed," Toma nodded. "Against you, I don't stand a chance...I never did, really."
"Well…hey, don't get so down on yourself, huh?" asked Ranma. "You'll find somebody of your own one day."
Ukyo reached out and ruffled Toma's hair. "Take care, okay, kiddo?" she smiled at him.
Toma blushed at that, while Ukyo turned back towards Ranma.
"You know…what you did back there?" she asked. "It took guts. You destroyed the spring to save me."
"YOU DID WHAT?!" screamed Mousse, Ryoga, and Genma, immediately rounding on Ranma.
"Spring? What spring?" Ryu asked. In all honesty, he'd completely forgotten about the mystic water since he was more concerned for his girlfriend's safety.
"You didn't REALLY destroy the spring, did you?" snarled Genma.
"The truth, Ranma: out with it!" spat Ryoga.
"Whether you live or die depends on your answer!" Mousse added.
"Not ALL of it!" Kenma declared as he held up the canteen. "Before it went BLAMMOWSKI, I managed to get plenty of the spring water in here! …I know, I'm a genius."
The three boneheads gasped and tried to get at least one drop, but Kenma held the canteen out of their reaches.
"Come on, Boy. Save some for your poor ol' father!" the big fat panda begged.
"Don't be stingy now! It's important for friends to put their differences behind them!" Ryoga attempted to bargain.
"Come on, Ken. You can spare some of that water for old pal Mousse, right?" Mousse tried to reason.
"I'm good really, I've come to terms with my curse and honestly, it really doesn't bother me," Ryu stated as he held Lisanna in his arms before gently setting her down on her feet. "If it wasn't for my curse, I probably wouldn't have met Lisanna or Karai."
"Just a damn minute!" Kenma remarked. "This is for Ranma! Mousse, I will think about giving you some—we just resolved our issues, let's not burn bridges so suddenly. Ryoga…I want you to remember next time you come along screaming about how you want to kill my brother or me, that I'm the deciding factor between getting you cured or not. And Dad…" he chuckled, but it wasn't mirthful, it was smug, hollow and devious. "...last, AND CERTAINLY least. Dear. Old. Dad. Ohohohohoho…you have got a lot of fucking balls, asking this of me."
"So does that mean you'll give me some?" Genma asked.
Kenma threw his head back as he laughed, loudly and uproariously. Finally, he stopped. "...HELL NO, HELL NO, HELL-BLOODY-NO!" he shouted in Genma's face. "For far too long, you've treated me and my brother like meal tickets…but now, I've finally got a foothold over you, and there's no damn way I'm giving that up so easily!"
The fat lout immediately started crying like a broken faucet. "Why, oh why has my own son become so cruel?" Genma sobbed, trying to stir up some pity points with Kenma. "Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Oh, boo-hoo!"
Kenma rolled his eyes. "Yer breakin' my heart," he scoffed dismissively.
"It's not fair! Boo-hoo-hoo!" The fat lout whined.
"As you are so fond of telling us, life isn't fair," snorted Kenma as he pocketed the canteen.
"Not to worry, Sir." Sarutoru reassured. "The spring should refill itself in a matter of, oh, say…100 years."
Kenma snickered to himself as Genma, Mousse and Ryoga's jaws dropped in sheer shock. "100 YEARS?!" they screamed.
"Well, Daddy, what do we do now?" asked Nabiki.
"Well, we can't swim back," Soun observed.
"Don't even think about asking me to give you a lift. I doubt I can carry everyone back, and I have no idea where the shore is." Ryu told Soun as he had a feeling of where he would've gone.
"Yeah, the only one riding Ryu back to shore is me!" Lisanna stated, before blushing realizing what she said as Nabiki fought to hold back her laughter...and failed, of course.
"No need to fret, Mr. Tendo. You see, Togenkyo is a floating island," explained Sarutoru. "So we should reach Japan in about a week and a half."
"Great, so that means one more week of kicking it on an island getaway," Nabiki smirked. "And I don't have to give up this fabulous outfit~"
"WHOO-HOO!" Kenma exclaimed, doing a loop on the cloud.
"Y-yeah…and I guess that means we have even more time to spend with each other, huh, Ukyo?" Ranma said, blushing up a storm.
"Yeah, Ranma-Honey." Uyko answered as she struggled to find the right words.
"So, do ya think we should uhh…kiss?" the boy asked while twirling his ponytail around his finger.
"Yeah, I guess so." the chef responded.
Finally, Kenma got tired of the two beating around the bush and promptly pushed Ranma right into Ukyo, making them lock lips.
"Hey, I had to do something," he shrugged. "Otherwise you two would've just kept on being awkward! My advice: next time, use tongue."
"Mm-hm! Duly noted!" Ranma said while making out with Ukyo.
"My job here is done," Kenma chuckled as he was about to stroll off.
"Uh-uh! Not so fast, Mister!" Nabiki stopped him in his tracks. "Shampoo and I owe you a very, very special reward."
Kenma chuckled sheepishly. "Well, I was getting ready for that!" he replied with a smirk.
"Should I inquire what you intend on doing with my daughter?" Soun asked as he gave Kenma a piercing glare only a father could give.
"Just making good on a promise," Kenma replied coolly.
"Trust me, Daddy! Everything will be just fine." Nabiki smirked as she had a glint in her eye about what she was going to do, while Shampoo giggled with glee.
"Ah! They grow up so fast, don't they?" Cologne patted Soun on the back, all-the-while mentally cheering her great-granddaughter for getting one step further in her relationship with son-in-law.
Just then, Happosai popped out of the sand, and pulled himself up. "Dammit!" he fumed. "I've been trying to find the room with all the girls, but all I found was the stupid laundry room!" A thousand-yard stare coated his face as his eyes twitched. "So…many…jockstraps…" he muttered.
"...totally forgot about the gremlin; can we leave him here on an island filled with guys only?" Akimitsu asked out loud.
"It's still a week, remember?" asked Jinn. "During that time, he'd still have plenty of women to terrorize and harass."
"And what of Lady Binsense?" Kuno asked, suddenly remembering his yacht they left behind.
"Dude, you're rich. Buy a new one," Ranma countered as he kissed Ukyo again.
"Oh, and I almost forgot," Ryu remembered as he approached Prince Toma. "Could you drop me and Lisanna off on another island? We were supposed to go there before a storm got us lost."
"Oh, I suppose we could. Where is it?" Toma asked as Torristan brought out a map he had kept.
Lisanna pointed it out to the prince. "Right there, on Oroku Saki's private island." she stated.
"...where have I heard that name before?" Happosai pondered when he heard that name.
Akimitsu looked at Happosai with a glint in his eye. "I wanna tell him," he blurted.
"Please don't…not yet, anyway," Akane said, as she leaned on the athletic teen's right arm.
"Well…okay," Aki relented. "But I will tell him eventually."
And so, the next week went by like a breeze.
Shampoo and Nabiki hung out with Kenma, while he kept the canteen away from Genma and Ryoga…Ranma and Ukyo got better acquainted, if ya get my drift…Jinn and Kasumi went exploring and found a few dodos on the island…Happosai went off on another of his bikini raids, and drew the ire of the other ladies on Togenkyo…Kuno was fanning Nabiki with a palm frond, while she sat atop a throne, with Kenma in monkey-form sitting next to her…Akane made a big feast for everyone, but only Aki could stomach it…Ryu was relaxing with Lisanna, applying sunscreen on her bare back…and with plenty of photographs and some rockin' outfits to take home, everyone could unanimously agree that this was the start of the best summer ever.
"BYE-BYE!"
THE END!
"...okay, did anyone notice that there's a dodo bird flock living here?" asked Ryu.
Finally...we're FINALLY finished with this one!
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Hope you like the chapter, because as of tonight, the story is going on hiatus for 2 weeks.
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