When A Wild Horse Meets An Alien
Space, to us, is the final frontier. But to those who have already mastered space travel, it's only just the beginning. Out beyond Earth's atmosphere right now, several space ships with tiger stripe designs are preparing to invade our planet.
The leader of the invasion, a large built man who looked human, except for his green hair and small horns that marked him as an oni, cracked his knuckles as he stared at the planet called Earth. To the oni race, the humans of this planet looked weak and easy to conquer, it would be easy to take over. But that wouldn't be fun.
Despite their overwhelming might, the oni were a fair race. They would at least give these weaklings a fighting chance. He started up the randomizer computer to choose a person to represent the human race in a game against his daughter.
In another timeline, the person chosen was one Ataru Moroaboshi. But the multiverse is a fascinating thing. In the infinite expanse of multiple possibilities, other champion's have been chosen to participate in this game to decide Earth's fate. And in this timeline, the person chosen is...
Meanwhile, back on Earth, a pigtaied boy was sitting on his head in the home of his father's old friend, fuming at the latest altercation that happened between him and his so-called fiancé. He hated this, first his dad took him to a cursed training ground in China that got them both cursed, then he nearly got killed by a purple haired Amazon that they accidentally stole the food of, and now here he was, stuck with an angry tomboy how hated men for a fiancé.
It had only been a week since he got to Nerima and already he hated this place. Kuno was tough at first, but Ranma was starting to get the feeling that it was only because he hadn't faced a swordsman in a while. At first, it was a challenge, but now he was starting to get annoyed by the guy.
The Tendo family wasn't much better from what he could tell. Soun Tendo was supposed to be the head of the Tendo branch of the Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu, but from what he could tell, he hadn't been keeping up with his training. He saw him fighting with a staff, but it seemed like he had slacked off in his training.
Kasumi, the eldest daughter, seemed normal enough. She was nice and could cook but she was more like a big sister to him. Heck, she even said that she was only into older men. Too bad, he probably wouldn't mind being married to a nice girl like her.
Nabiki, the middle daughter, was just trouble. Granted, he didn't know her very well, but he already didn't like her. She was cute, but he had seen how she makes money. And he didn't like it. She sold pictures of her little sister and even his female form in order to make a living. How she managed to get those pictures without anyone seeing her he didn't know.
And that brings him to Akane, the ONLY person that still practiced the Tendo style of the "Anything Goes", and even then she wasn't all that good at it. Yes, she had some skill, but it looked as if her training was stopped halfway through. While she was good, she was nowhere near his level.
She thought she was better than she actually was, and no one bothered to knock sense into her. He tried to give her some pointers, but she just wouldn't listen to him. He took a deep breath and sighed. She wouldn't be so bad if she would just learn to cool off.
But what really pissed Ranma off, was the fact that he had absolutely NO SAY in ANYTHING! He was basically shoved onto Akane by her two sisters and the two fathers, theirs and his, wouldn't let him have a say in the matter. He didn't even want to get married! He was only 16 for crying out loud! And didn't arranged marriages go out of style decades or even centuries ago?
He sighed. Maybe it was time to do some of that meditation stuff he was taught by a few of the masters that he trained with while he and his dad were on the road. He twisted his body into a normal sitting position, closed his eyes and began to focus on his breathing. Taking deep breaths and exhaling, trying to force all these troubling thoughts out of his head.
But as Ranma tried to clear his mind, a noise from outside caught his attention. He cracked his right eye open and looked over to the opposite wall. He heard what sounded like sirens and cars pulling up to the dojo. He got up and walked over to the door and peeked out, he was bombarded by men in black suits and members of the press.
"Huh!?" Ranma said as everybody tried to ask him questions all at once. Before Ranma could think of something, he was grabbed by one of the guys in black and pulled out of the dojo and towards the Tendo house.
"HEY! What the heck's going on!?" Ranma said as he was shoved into the house and ended up sitting right beside his dad, Soun, Akane, Nabiki and Kasumi.
"Hey guys, what's going on here?" Ranma asked. Akane shrugged.
"Beats me." She said.
"These guys say they're with the government and that they wanted to speak to you." Kasumi said. Nabiki looked between Ranma and his father.
"So, what did the two of you free loaders do, huh?" She asked. Ranma and Genma both freaked at that.
"Don't look at me!" Ranma said, turning to his father.
"D-Don't look at me! I haven't done anything!" Genma protested. Ranma, Akane and Nabiki all huffed at that.
"Yeah right." Ranma said.
"Like we'd buy that." Nabiki said. Soun tried to come to Genma's defense.
"Now now children! Let's just let these men say their piece. I'm sure this is all a misunderstanding." He said with a nervous smile.
"Unfortunately for you, it's not a misunderstanding, HUMAN!" Came a thundering voice.
All the members of the household turned and screamed in shock and horror as they all saw a tall, fat man in a tiger skin outfit, with green hair and horns on his head. He towered over all of them and as he stomped over to them...he cracked a big goofy smile.
"Hello there!" He said, seemingly genuinely happy. Ranma and the others all face faulted at that.
"Hehe! So, may I sit down? We have things to talk about." He said. This made Ranma and the others curious.
"Oh yeah? Like what mister whoever you are?" Ranma asked. The big man laughed.
"Hehe! I guess you people don't know yet huh?" He asked.
"I was about to tell them." One of the black suited men said. He turned to the assembled people and cleared his throat.
"As of several hours ago, this man here (waves his hand to the green haired giant) led an armada of spaceships into Earth's orbit."
"SPACESHIPS!?" They all cried out. The man nodded.
"That's correct. This man, is in fact, an alien."
"HUH!?" They all cried.
"Wait! This dude's an actual alien!?" Ranma said in shock as he pointed to the green haired man. He laughed at the young man's response.
"That's right!" He said. "And to clarify, my species is called by a name that you humans use to describe a race a demons here on Earth. We are called, Oni."
"Oni?" Ranma said.
"Wait! The oni are supposed to be demons of Earth descent, not aliens!" Akane screamed as she stood up and pointed at the green haired alien. All the big man did was laugh.
"Hey, it's not my fault that you humans used my species' name for one of your own creatures. But to be fair, I believe that a lot of the demons that a lot of the demons that you have here on Earth may have been descendent form a bunch of aliens out in space." He said as he stroked his chin. He shrugged his shoulders and went back to smirking.
"But anyway, the point is, my people are here to conquer your planet!" He said with his goofy grin. That made all the martial artists in the room stand up and take up fighting stances.
"Over my dead body you fat oof!" Ranma said.
"This planet is not for your taking you invader!" Said Soun.
"That's right!" Akane chimed in. The Oni leader patted his hands in the air in an attempt to calm them all down.
"Relax." He said. "Look, yes we came to conquer your planet but we're not heartless. You see, we're perfectly willing to give you guys a chance to defend yourselves."
"Oh is that so?" Ranma said, not lowering his guard.
"That's right." The man in the black suit said. "The alien leader has stated that he wishes to settle the matter with as little bloodshed as possible."
"You see," The Oni said. "While we enjoy roughhousing and having a good fight, we also hate to see any meaningless loss of life. So we usually like to decide things with a little competition."
"A competition?" Genma repeated. The Oni nodded.
"Look, here's the deal, we decided that the best way to settle this would be with a one-on-one contest. One of our people's best, verses a human picked at random by our ships computer. And..." He pointed towards Ranma.
"You kid, are the lucky guy that's been chosen to represent your species against the mighty Oni race!"
Everyone gasped as Ranma just looked dumbfounded. His eyes went wide and his mouth hung ajar.
"Who? Me?" He said, pointing at himself. The man in the black suit nodded.
"That's correct. I know it's very short notice, but your country and your world need you son."
"And if you don't, we'll start invading in swarms! So trust me, if you want to avoid an all out inter planetary war, this is the best option."
Ranma crossed his arms as he thought about this. In all honesty, it didn't seem like he had much choice at the moment. Story of his life.
"Son, I'm sorry, but it looks like it's all up to you." Soun said to the pigtailed boy.
"Ranma! My son, fate has given you a great mission! You must fight to save our planet so you can marry Akane and unite our schools!" Genma said. Ranma growled at his father.
"I can't believe you! The world's getting invaded and all you care about is your stupid plan to unite the schools!" Akane screamed at the fat, bald man.
"WOULD ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!" Ranma screamed as loud as he could, scaring even the large leader of the Oni. After taking a few seconds to breath and calm himself down, Ranma looked at the Oni leader.
"Alright. For the sake of the world, I'll do it." Ranma said. Genma and the others smiled as the Oni leader grinned.
"So, all I have to do is beat one of your best in a one-on-one fight and you'll leave Earth alone, right?" Ranma asked.
"Actually, it won't be an actual fight." The big Oni said. This made Ranma and the others look at him in shock.
"What?" The pigtailed boy asked.
"Well, you see, we Oni like to save bloody combat for extreme situations. For settling things like this, we like use athletic competitions to settle things." He explained. Ranma and the others looked at him skeptically.
"Ok, so what will Ranma have to do?" Akane asked.
"Well," The Oni leader said. "We decided that the contest will be...a game of tag!" He said with a big grin. This caused everyone else in the room to face fault, HARD.
"YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THE FATE OF THE HUMAN RACE WILL BE DECIDED BY A KIDS GAME!?" Ranma shouted at the big man.
"Hey, we had a big meeting and this is what we all decided on." He said. Ranma face palmed and growled.
"Well, it's too late now. So, who am I supposed to play tag with?" Ranma asked. No sooner had he said that, bolts of lightning flashed in the sky outside.
Ranma and the others were caught off guard by this, as they didn't expect a storm. As the lightning flashed outside, the Oni leader's grin grew bigger. Suddenly, one giant bolt of lightning struck in front of the Tendo home. Ranma, Genma, and the Tendo's screamed and took a step back in shock as the bolt of lightning soon faded, revealing the form of a beautiful, young, curvaceous girl with long green hair, small yellow horns on her head, and was wearing nothing but tiger skin boots...and a tiger skin bikini.
"Wow." Ranma said as he blinked and his face started to turn red. Akane's was also turning red, but for a very different reason.
"She's a hot one." Nabiki said.
"Oh my, I wonder if she's cold wearing only that?" Kasumi said.
The green haired Oni girl flipped her hair as she took stock of the humans in front of her. She looked at the boy in the sleeveless red shirt and blue pants. He matched the picture their computer generated, she signed. This was disappointing, she guessed she wouldn't have much fun with this one.
"So, this black haired kid is my opponent?" She asked in a haughty and cocky attitude. Ranma shook his head to clear it and gave the cute looking alien girl a stern glare.
"Yeah I am, so what of it!?" He asked in a defiant tone. She tossed her hair back and huffed.
"Oh well, might as well give Earth up now."
That got Ranma steaming mad. Did this chick not see him as a threat!? Oh, now Ranma was taking this very seriously. He jumped and flipped over the people in front of him and landed in front of the alien beauty.
"What's that supposed to mean!? Do you think you can take me that easily you alien bimbo!?" HE all but screamed at her. She glared back at the pigtailed human and growled, electric sparks arcing off of her.
"Look pretty boy, we Oni outclass you humans in every way. I hoped that I would get some athlete to have some fun with before we take over this planet and add it to our empire, but just taking on some kid like you won't be any fun for me!"
Ranma got right in her face and growled.
"Oh YEAH!? Well guess what hot stuff? I bet I can take you down no problem!"
The alien girl growled back at Ranma and bared her teeth.
"We'll see about that pretty boy!" She jumped back and crossed her arms under her small, but still sizeable breasts.
"And my name is Lum. Lum Invader. You should at least know the name of the woman you lost your whole planet to."
"Not only that but she's my daughter." The Oni leader said.
"What!?" Ranma exclaimed as he turned to face the large man. "Your daughter!?"
Hehehe! Of course, she's the best tag player our people have ever seen! Who better to see this victory for our people?" He said with a genuine smile. Ranma shook off his shock and glared at the giant of a man.
"So what? Big deal, I'll still beat her and then you Oni better start packing!" Ranma said. The Oni leader and his daughter, Lum, smirked at the martial artist, thinking that they still had their victory in the bag.
"That's the spirit son!" Soun said.
"You tell 'em Ranma! We'll show them the power of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts!" Genma cried out. Ranma frowned at the two men.
'What's this we stuff?' The young boy thought to himself.
"And I'll tell you what, I'll make this a little more fair for you. You'll have ten days to beat my daughter. And all you have to do to win is to touch her horns." The Oni leader said. Ranma turned to look at him.
"Ten days? You think it'll take me ten days just to touch your daughter's horns?" Ranma said, a little insulted.
"Consider it a handicap. You'll need it." Lum said with a smirk. Ranma turned to glare at her again.
"I don't need no stinkin' handicap! Just watch, you'll see! I'll beat you in one day! Just watch!"
The next day, practically the whole country came out to see the showdown that would decide the fate of the planet. If they win, they're safe, but if they lose, it's either surrender or all out war. Those who couldn't come to see it in person watched on a live feed, praying that the young boy that fate had chosen would be able to save them all.
Ranma was in the center of a football stadium, stretching out his muscles so that he would be nice and loosened up. Out in the audience, Akane Soun, Nabiki, Kasumi and Genma were all watching from the front row. Akane and Kasumi were worried, Soun and Genma were clenching their hands and sweating with fear, not sure if Ranma could actually pull this off. And as for Nabiki...she was touching up her makeup?
"Um, Nabiki...what are you doing?" Akane asked. Nabiki finished her touch ups and looked to her youngest sister.
"Well sis, just on the off chance that your fiancé Ranma loses this fight, I want to make sure that I can at least snag myself a decently rich Oni husband. That way I can at least stay in the upper class."
Nabiki's sisters and father looked at the girl with looks of shock and disgust.
"I can't believe we're related." Akane said.
"Mother would be disappointed in you Nabiki." Kasumi chimed in.
"Seriously Nabiki, you have that little faith in your future brother-in-law?" Soun said in horror. Nabiki just shrugged.
"Sorry guys, but I'm just being realistic."
Back in the stadium, Ranma stared at the bolt of lightning that signaled the arrival of his chosen opponent. Lum flipped her hair and smirked at the young man in front of her. She had to admit, he was kind of cute, in another time and place...oh well.
"Well, ready to surrender or do you really want to do this?" She asked with a smirk. Ranma smirked back at the alien beauty.
"You don't know me very well. I don't surrender, and I don't know the meaning of the word defeat." He said, getting into a stance. Lum bent her knees, also getting ready.
"Well then, let me teach you what it means." She said. "Maybe when I win, I'll give you the chance to be one of my personal servants."
Ranma cracked his neck.
"Don't bother. You'll be off my planet before this day is even over."
"ARE THE CONTESTANTS READY!?" Came the voice of the announcer. Both Ranma and Lum nodded.
"THEN...BEGIN!"
No soner had those words been said, Ranma took off at breakneck speeds and was in front of Lum before she could even blink! Lum gasped and jumped back.
'What the!?' She thought as she took to the skies, flying like she was a bird with wings, barely avoiding Ranma's swipe at her horns.
"What the!?" Ranma said, unknowingly mirroring Lum's thoughts. Lum flew in the air panting for breath, surprised that she came so close to losing just as the contest got started.
"HEY! THAT'S CHEATING!" Akane screamed from the sidelines. The Oni Leader, who was decided to sit with the Tendo's and Genma, just chuckled.
"Not really when you think about it." He said. "Almost all the Oni of our world can fly, it's much like how other species use their arms and legs. Think of it this way, if your species had an extra arm or a leg, would you consider using that cheating?" He said, causing Akane to realize that the big Oni may have a point.
"And besides, it's not like I said there was no using powers in this contest! HAHAHA!" The Oni leader laughed. Akane started grinding her teeth. While everyone else was panicking, Genma was smirking to himself.
"I wouldn't worry." He said, catching everyone's attention.
"What do you mean, Saotome?" Soun asked his old friend. Genma chuckled.
"It doesn't matter if she can fly, because," he looked up and grinned like a devil. "The Saotome branch of the Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu, excels at ariel combat!"
Back with the two contestants, Ranma recovered from his shock and glared at the flying girl.
"Hey! No one said anything about flying you cheat!" He said at the green haired Oni. Lum chuckled haughtily at the boy.
"Hmph hmph, sorry pretty boy. But I told you we Oni were superior to you humans in every way!" She said as she spun around in mid air and spanked her bum.
"Get used to this view because that's all you're going to see for the next ten days!" She said as she started floating away. Ranma growled.
"That's what you think!" He said as he jumped up right after Lum and managed to grab her ankels.
"HUH!?" Lum screamed as she felt herself being pulled down by Ranma.
"Going down!" Ranma said as he yanked on Lum's legs and threw her back down to the ground. The whole stadium and most of the world watching gasped in shock at Ranma's incredible feat of jumping to such a height and managing to throw Lum back to the ground.
"HUH!? HOW DID HE!?" The Oni Leader gasped as the Tendo family smiled at the sight. Genma just smiled and nodded his head.
"I told you. The Saotome Anything Goes School of Martial Arts is nearly unmatched in midair combat. In the earliest of training, we're trained to be as at home in the air as we are on the ground." He said as they watched Ranma grapple with Lum who was trying to keep him from touching her horns.
"How...The...Hell did you reach me!?" She said as she tried to fend off Ranma's hands.
"I'm a martial artist! And my style's main focus is on ariel combat! You may be able to fly, but in terms of skill in the air, I've got you beat. Now give me those horns!" Ranma said as he tried to reach Lum's horns. She growled, this was NOT supposed to happen! She was an Oni, how could she be losing to a member of an inferior species!? Well, she wasn't out of tricks yet.
"Oh no you DON'T!" She said as her hair started to flash different colors...and electricity zapped Ranma right on the spot!
Ranma screamed in pain as the electricity blasted him off and away from Lum. Everyone watching gasped at the sight of their champion being zapped out of nowhere.
"What just happened?" Kasumi asked in shock and horror. The Oni leader laughed.
"You humans aren't the only ones with cute tricks. Oni are born with many abilities, and they differ form one to the other. My daughter for example can not only fly, but she was born with the ability to conduct lightning! HAHAHA!"
Lum got back to her feet, gasping for breath. THAT...was way too close.
"He almost got me." She said as she got back to her feet. She dusted herself off and looked at the prone form of her opponent and sighed.
"Well, you came close. But now you can just sleep off my lightning until tomorrow." She said as she turned and started walking away.
"Where...are you...going?" She heard a voice say. She gasped and turned around to see Ranma struggling back to his feet. Once he was up again, he shook his head to clear it of the pain and took up his stance again. Lum couldn't believe it! Just what was this guy made of!?
"I can't believe Ranma's back on his feet after that." Akane said, genuinely surprised.
"Yes, he's much more resilient than I thought." Soun said. Genma nodded.
"Ranma is one tough kid." Genma said. "His stubbornness to never accept defeat is probably the only thing that's allowing him to keep going."
Lum growled as Ranma prepared to charge her again.
"Jeese! Can't you take a hint!?" She said to the pigtailed martial artist. Ranma smirked at her.
"Nope." He said as he took off after the alien beauty. Lum clicked her tongue and took to the sky again. She was hoping to get a look around the city but this guy was proving to be much more trouble than she thought. She made a mental note to slap the crap out of the intelligence officer in charge of surveillance of this planet.
She watched her flank as Ranma jumped at her again. She dodged and weaved around in the air, avoiding Ranma as he leapt into the air and tried to grab at her. She fired her lightning at him over and over again as she dodged. Ranma twisted in the air to avoid her blasts, growling at the fact that he hadn't managed to tag Lum on the horns yet.
Lum flew higher into the air to keep out of his reach. Ranma was not in a good mood, there had to be a way to get this woman, but how? Thinking quickly, Ranma ran to the crowd and jumped up into the air and bound his way to the top of the stadium. Ignoring the startled cries from the crowd, Ranma made it to top and used the flagpole as a springboard to propel himself at Lum. She turned and 'EEPed' As she saw him soaring right towards her.
Suddenly, Ranma had his arms wrapped around Lum and the two engaged in another bout of wrestling as Ranma tried to reach for the Oni girl's horns.
"Get off!" She said. As she tried to zap his again. Ranma grit his teeth as he tried to ignore the pain from the electrocution and reached for her horns. Lum was getting tired of this guys persistence.
"Go down already!" She screamed as she spun in the air to try and throw Ranma off. He held on and tried to go for the horns, but was flung to the ground...with something in his hand.
"Hrugh...what the...?" Ranma said as he sat up, his body starting to feel the pain from all the electric shocks he took. He noticed something in his hand and looked to see...a tiger striped bikini top?
"Huh? What the?" Then, realization hit him as he realized what he was holding...and who it belonged to.
"Uh...oh..." He said as he looked up and saw Lum, covering her bare breasts.
"You...PERVERT!" She screamed as she tried to blast him once again.
"YIPE!" Ranma screamed as he dodged the blast.
"FRY THAT PERV!" Akane screamed. "I KNEW IT! I KNEW HE WAS A PERV I JUST KNEW IT!"
Ranma dodged left and right. Lum got tired of his dodging and flew right at Ranma at full speed. She was NOT going to let him get away with making a fool of her. As she flew at him, Ranma held up his hands.
"Wait! Hold on! I'm sorry!" He said as he dodged her mad charge, as she turned to face him, he held up her top and turned his head.
"Here." He said, a blush on his face.
"Huh?" Lum said as she stopped in front of him.
"Here, take your top back." He said. "I didn't mean to yank this off of you. So here. Put it back on." He said, not turning his face to face her. Lum shrunk back and blushed herself.
"But, everyone will see..." She started to say, only for her to be covered by Ranma's shirt.
"They won't see you now." He said. "So hurry up and put your top back on."
Lum blushed redder and did as he said, making sure to angle herself in a way that would block all eyes from seeing her breasts.
"What are you doing you idiot!?" Akane screamed yet again from the stands. "You've got her right there in front of you! Grab her horns and be done with this stupid game already!"
Nabiki shook her head, more so at Ranma than at her sister.
"I've got to say I agree with you for once sis. Ranma-baby could have ended this right here and now." She said in her usual dull tone of voice. Genma face palmed and started to sweat.
"Oh no! I can't believe this. The one flaw in an otherwise perfect heir to the Saotome school of martial arts!" He said. Soun looked towards his friend.
"What do you mean Saotome? What flaw?" He asked his old friend. Genma looked to his friend and his daughters.
"Well, as you know, the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts is founded on the principles of not only taking only what techniques work for you and throwing away what doesn't work for you, but also on the principle of winning a battle by any means necessary."
"And by that, I mean you must be willing to use even honorable tactics just to make sure you live to see another day. A practitioner of the Anything Goes must be willing to use any and all underhanded tricks in order to make sure they come out on top. Ranma imbodies everything the Musabetsu Kakuto Ryu stands for except for one..." Genma said, pausing for dramatic effect.
"He is too honorable." He finished. Soun and the others looked at Genma in confusion.
"What do you mean too honorable Uncle Genma?" Kasumi asked. Genma bowed his head in shame.
"Ranma just can't bring himself to cheat in order to win a fight. He'll face any opponent in any confrontation but will always try to fight his battles fairly. He'll never cheat or use any underhanded tricks to win a fight unless he believes that either his life or another's life is in danger or unless he knew for a fact that his opponent was cheating first."
"I see." Soun said, turning back to face the contest in front of him. "Truly, it is his one fatal weakness."
"I can't believe that you would call honor a fatal weakness." Akane said in distain of the two masters of the Anything Goes. "But then again, I can definitely see how this could be a problem in this instance."
As this was going on, Ranma felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Lum, with her to back on, doing her best not to look Ranma in the eye.
"Um, thanks." She said. Ranma smiled and slipped his shirt back on.
"No prop." He said. Lum couldn't help but ask a question that had been on her mind for the past few seconds.
"Um, why did you do that and not touch my horns?" She asked. Ranma blushed again.
"Because it wouldn't have been fair." He said. "If I took advantage of you like that, then it wouldn't have been honorable. And I live my life by a strict code of honor."
He finished as he leapt back a few paces and took up his ready stance again.
"So, shall we continue?" He asked with a confident smile. Lum looked at him in shock, then just laughed.
"You really are strange! Tell me, are all Earthlings as strange as you?" She asked as she prepared herself to go another round. Ranma smirked.
"Not sure. But I do know that I'm...ONE OF THE BEST!" He cried as he charged at the alien once again.
Lum tool to the skies and prepared to go into the dodging dance again. As they began their routine of lunging and dodging again, Ranma had to think of an idea. He could take this girl, but unless he could hold her down and do something about that lightning of hers he'd never get a chance to tag her horns. As Ranma landed from another failed attempt to tag Lum, he got an idea.
Thinking quickly, Ranma made like he was resuming the same old tactic again all the while leading her towards the ground level bleachers. As he got close, he removed the white sash that he was wearing as a belt and flung it at Lum, wrapping one end of it around her leg while gripping the other end in his hand.
"Got ya now!" He said. Lum smirked.
"That's what you think!" She said as she fired her lightning again. Ranma dodge rolled to the side, yanking hard on the sash as he did so, the momentum ended up pullig Lum down to the ground. Glaring at the pigtailed boy again, she prepared to fire another bolt of lightning, as she did so, Ranma landed on the rail of the bleacher, in front of his father.
"Hey pop." He said as he tied the other end of the sash to the rail.
"Um, Ranma? What are you doing?" His father asked. Ranma smiled at his father.
"You'll see." He said as he turned around and made faces at Lum.
"Neyah Neyah! Bet cha can't hit me!" He said, sticking his tongue out at the green haired girl. Lum snarled and fired her lightning, only for Ranma to jump out of the way at the last second. The blast ended up zapping Genma.
"AW! Sorry!" Lum said as she canceled her lightning. Genma coughed and fell to the ground in a heap. Lum felt sorry for the man, but forgot about it when she looked to the side and saw Ranma charging right at her!
"YIPE!" She cried as she tried to take off, only to realize that her leg was still tied to the rail by Ranma's sash! She pulled at the piece of cloth around her ankle to try and get free, but it was too late.
Ranma jumped at her and tackled her to the ground. As he did, he grabbed Lum's right arm and twisted himself around until he had her face down and pinned in a joint lock with her propped behind her. Smiling Ranma took two fingers...and tapped one of Lum's horns.
"Boop." He said. Lum was stunned. She lost. To a human.
Silence. And then...cheers of triumph came from all over the world as the realization of what just happened sunk in. Ranma had won! Humanity and the Earth itself was saved! And by a 16 year old highschooler of all things.
Ranma let Lum out of the joint lock and removed his sash from her ankle. Ranma was about to go and untie the other end from the rail, but turned to Lum and offered her a hand.
"You ok?" He asked. Lum looked from his hand to his face and then took his and as he helped her up.
"Yeah." She said, standing on her feet once more. "I'm ok. But tell me, are all human's as amazing as you?"
Ranma rubbed the bridge of his nose and chuckled sheepishly.
"Nah not really. I'm just a kid, there are probably a lot of martial artists out there who are way better than me. One of them probably would have ended this a lot quicker."
Lum's eyes went wide with shock. People MORE amazing than him!? If what he said was true, then maybe Earth had more to offer than the rest of her people thought. And if this guy was still growing stronger, then what would he be like at his peak?
Shortly afterwards, Ranma was on a podium, smiling nervously and waving at the people who where all cheering for him. He blushed even more when a woman who looked an awful lot like Fujiko Mine wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss on the cheek.
Ranma was as red as his shirt, not knowing what to do, when a news reporter came up and held a microphone to Ranma's blushing face.
"Ranma, you just saved the whole world from an alien invasion, so please tell us, what are you going to do next?" Before Ranma could answer, Soun jumped into the frame.
"He's going to get married!" The long haired man said enthusiastically.
"WHAT!?" Ranma said as he turned to face the older man. Ranma and Soun moved out of the frame to argue. As they did, the reporter waved for the cameraman to follow the two martial artists.
"I am NOT marrying that tomboy of a daughter of yours!" Ranma all but shouted at the long haired man.
"Son be reasonable. It's for the good of the..."
"Don't give me that crap about joining the schools!" Ranma cut the older man off. "Don't you think about anything else other than that!"
"Get over yourself boy!" Genma said. "Don't think that just because you saved the world by playing a stupid game of tag that you can just shrug off your responsibility to marry Akane."
Ranma was really starting to get tired of them using the same old lines over and over again. Ever since China, he had been getting the short end of the stick. And as soon as he got back to Japan, his father had taken away any freedom he may have had and told him that he was going to be all but forced to marry a person he had NEVER met ONCE in his whole life!
"Ok, that tears it!" He said, shoving the two men as hard as he could.
"First take me away from my own mother, who I haven't seen in all the years that I can remember, you put me through training that could have killed me, you get me cursed and chased by a crazy purple haired girl in China, and to top it all off you try to FORCE me to marry some stupid braod! I've HAD IT!"
"Watch what you say about my daughter!" Soun cried out.
"Apologize boy! Or else..." Genma started to say.
"Or else what!?" Ranma cut him off. "What more can you POSSIBLY do to me! "
Unknown to the three, the camera crew and even Lum herself where listening to what was going on. As one reporter held his microphone closer to pick up what they were saying, Ranma uttered a sentence that would alter the course of his life.
"You know what!? If I had the choice, I'd marry that alien chick instead of that flat chested tomboy you call a daughter!"
As those words reverberated throughout the speakers, Ranma heard his own words and stiffened. Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to see Lum standing there, a blush dancing across her cheeks.
"I-I didn't know you felt that way." She said, her haughty attitude from earlier gone. Ranma started to freak out, thinking that he had just ordered his own death warrant.
"Um...I...well...you see...what I meant was..." He tried to say until Lum cut him off.
"Very well then." She said. "If that's how you feel...then I accept!" She said as she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.
"Huh!?" Ranma asked. Genma and Soun mirroring his expression of confusion.
"BOY!" Came the voice of the Oni leader as he appeared in front of the confused Ranma. Ranma gulped.
"You think you can just beat my daughter and ask for her hand right after like it's no big deal!?" He cried out. Ranma thought he was dead, until the Oni started tearing up.
"Very well." He said. "If that's what you want for your victory then...I give you my blessings son-in-law!"
"SON-IN-LAW!?" Ranma and the others cried out. Even Akane, Kasumi and Nabiki were shocked. The reporter, however, smelled a big scoop.
"You heard it right here folks! Not only has Ranma Saotome save the human race, but he also has just proposed marriage to the very alien girl that he defeated!"
"And she accepts!" Lum said with a big smile on her face.
"WHAT!? No I didn't!" Ranma said as he tried to pry the green haired girl off of him. Akane starred slack-jawed at what had just happened. Ranma, propose to another girl? She felt hurt, then she exploded in anger.
"FINE! If you really want to marry that alien bimbo, then GO RIGHT AHEAD!" She screamed as she stormed off. Ranma watched her go and turned back to the alien girl who thought that he had proposed to her.
"Well, I guess it's official...Darling!" Lum said with a smile as she kissed Ranma on the cheek. And Ranma...Just went brain dead.
Meanwhile, in a house not to far away from the city of Nerima, a woman in her late 30's was watching her television with a mixture of feelings.
"Did my son really just propose to an alien?" Said none other than Nodoka Saotome, wife to Genma Saotome and mother of Ranma Saotome.
"Well," She said to no one but herself. "She IS pretty cute. And I'm sure whatever kids they have...Will be GORGEOUS!" She cried as she jumped for joy. She grabbed her sword, wrapped it up in a bundle and dashed out the door at breakneck speeds.
"Look out Ranma! Mama's coming to visit!"