Sailor Moon vs. Ranma 1/2
Different Transformations
by Shiaw Chi "Hokodan"
Chapter 6: The Pig We've All Been Waiting For
Ryoga was running as fast as he could. He had heard Akane scream
Ranma's
name less than a kilometer away. Or maybe a mile? Wait, a kilometer was
how much of
a mile? Ryoga shook his head. He couldn't tell left from right, least of
all judge
distance. The only thing keeping him from getting lost was his concern
for Akane and
the fact that all he had to do was run straight down the tunnel.
"Damn that Ranma!" Ryoga cursed. Ranma couldn't protect her like
he could.
Ranma didn't love her, least of all with the passion Ryoga did. How could
he protect her
without all his heart in it? "Don't worry Akane, I'm coming!"
"Ranma!" Akane had shouted as she tried to help him, but Malachite
had knocked
her away with a negaforce blast.
"Don't... you dare hurt her!" Ranma grits out through his teeth.
Despite the pain,
Ranma locked his legs around Malachite's outstretched arm, and wrapped his
arms
around it as well. He then shifted his wait, flipping Malachite into the
air and slamming
him against the ground.
With Malachite's grip broken, Ranma then slams his knee into
Malachite's neck.
To his surprise, Malachite managed to grab Ranma's leg, and flings him to
the wall.
Ranma flips in the air and hits the wall with his feet, and then
rebounds straight
back at Malachite. "Bring back Ukyou!" mandates Ranma as he slugs him
with his fist.
Malachite flew to the ground. He was losing it. He decides to
rile up Ranma.
"And if I were to tell you that I had slayed her the moment you arrived?"
he sneers.
"Liar!" screams Ranma as he launches himself at Malachite.
"Tencho
Amagureken!" chants Ranma as he begins to punch Malachite.
Malachite had put up an energy shield around him. He laughed
defiantly at
Ranma as he tried to pierce it. "Stop wasting your energy, my shield is
impregnable!"
Ranma's knuckles were beginning to bleed, but he didn't let up.
To Malachite's surprise, the barrage of blows was cracking his
shield. Before he
could do anything, the shield shattered and Ranma had placed a dozen blows
on his
already mangled face. The punches had him flipping along the floor.
"Bring Ukyou here or I'll kill you!" commanded Ranma.
"If... if you touch me...," Malachite spitted out through his own
blood, "...then
she'll surly end up dead."
Ranma paused. He didn't know what to do.
In his hesitation, Malachite made a move to Akane. "Perhaps I
took the wrong
girl? Maybe this one will persuade you to relent in your pursuits,"
Malachite warned as
he was about to grab Akane.
"Stay away from her!" shouted another voice. Malachite stopped
and turned to
see another boy wearing a yellow bandana about to strike him. "Baksie
Tenkitz!" Ryoga
shouted as he lunged at Malachite.
Malachite managed to sidestep the attack and Ryoga ended up
shattering the
entire face of the cavern wall. Suddenly, the entire cave began to shake.
This cave
wasn't sturdy enough to withstand the structural damage.
Akane screamed as an rockslide was about to crush her. Ryoga
rushed to save
her, but was too far away. "NO! I killed Akane," his mind screams.
Akane's whole body went limp as Ranma leaped at her, and both of
them tumbled
into an enclave right before they were sealed off by the rubble.
Ryoga quickly ran to the sealed off exit and began digging through
the rubble,
Boksie Tenkitzing the rocks while he was at it, but it only shattered each
piece of rubble,
proving to be ineffective. He was about to let loose a Chi blast when
Malachite spoke.
"Stupid young man! Your inteferrence ended up in the death of
your friends. I
don't know who you are or how you got here, but prepare to join your
friends in death!"
"You'd better pray Ranma was able to save Akane, or death would
seem
favorable to the tortue I'd give you!"
Ryoga, never one to hold back, attacked Malachite. "Baksie
Tenkitz!" he cried as
he shattered the ground beneath Malachite. Malachite leaped but the
explosion dazed
Malachite as he landed back on the ground.
"Die!" Ryoga roared as he socked Malachite in the face with a
straight right.
Ryoga's enourmous strength sent Malachite crashing into the wall, as
pieces of stone
crumpled onto him.
Ryoga was about to stike Malachite again when he disappeard.
Ryoga stopped
and looked around him. The coward had fled!
Malachtie then reappears right behind him and swings both his
fists against
Ryoga's back, crumpling him to the floor. As Ryoga began to rise, he
grabbed Ryoga's
head and tried to snap his neck.
"Foolish mortal, feel your vertebre pop!"
Ryoga, using most of his strength to keep his head facing the
right direction,
slipped his belt loose, and snapped it so it was firm. He then stabbed it
behind him right
into Malachite's stomach. He gasped as his neck was relieved of pressure..
Malachite meanwhile, stumbled back, trying to contain the green
oozing out of
him. He fell to his knees, completely dazzled by the sensations of pain
coursing through
him. These three humans had done too much damage to him.
Ryoga recovered, and saw Malachite down. He decided to finish him
off. He
leapt into the air and began throwing his bandanna's at Malachite.
Seeing the threat, Malachite regained his senses and incinerated
the bandanna's
before they even got to him.
Still in the air, Ryoga shouted "Shi Chi Hokodan!" as his Chi
blast flew at
Malachite. They hit Malachite's, but there was no effect. He had
absorbed the blast.
"I was ready for that this time," thought Malachite. He saw Ryoga
attempting to
land on him and shot Ryoga's own Chi blast at him enhanced with
negaenergy.
"ARGH!" Ryoga wailed in pain as the blast seemed to burn into his
very soul.
Ryoga fell to the ground, his whole body aching with pain. That was no
Chi blast; it was
something alot stronger.
Malachite, getting his second wind, prepared to finish off Ryoga
with another
energy ball.
Ryoga reacted as best as he could and sent his umbrella flying at
Malachite.
Malachite was unable to react quickly enough because of the
concentration
needed to charge the ball. He discharged the ball and moved, but the
umbrella scuffed
his arm.
"Heh, the umbrella never worked before," though Ryoga as he got up
and
prepared to let loose his fury on Malachite. Instead, he was knocked back
to the ground
by a negaforce blast by Malachite. As he rolled onto his face to get up,
Ryoga felt
soemthing grab both his arms, and snap them back. "AHHH!" he screamed in
pain, but
then the pain stopped in his arms. He couldn't feel his arms at all.
Both Ranma and Akane awakend. They found each other in an awkard
position.
Ramna was right on top of her. Ranma quickly scuttled off, but couldn't
get that far, the
enclave was too small.
Akane, as usual, reacted angrily. "Ranma, you hentai! What were
you doing on
top of me!"
"If you hadn't noticed, I was saving your life! I told you I was
always having to
save your butt all the time, I guess this proves it even to a stubborn
idiot like you!"
Akane became quiet. Ranma was right, he had saved her life.
Again. "I'm sorry
Ranma. I... I promise never to get in your way in a fight again," she
said right before he
voice cracked. She could feel tears coming again. "I know I'm no good in
a fight; I'm
good for nothing! I'll just... stay home from now on."
Ranma suddenly felt guilty about this. He didn't mean to make her
cry. "Akane,
it's not that you're good for nothing, or even bad at fighting. You're
just not as good as
me," Ranma added, not able to resist. He began to worry more when Akane
didn't hit
him in the face.
"Akane, it's not that you're always in my way, it's just that I
don't want to see
you getting hurt. I'm willing to take the chance I'll get hurt, but I'm
not willing to take
that chance with you," Ranma tenderly says.
Akane looked at Ranma again, with those eyes he saw earlier before
this whole
mess began. Full of hope, the tears almost made the light in her eyes
shine even more
thought Ranma.
"Why do you worry so much?" asked Akane.
"Uhhh, because... ummm...," stammers Ranma. "Because your dad
would rip my
head off if you got hurt."
Akane began getting angry again, Ranma could feel her battle aura
powering up.
This was a sign she was getting back to normal.
"And it'd be a waste if someone as cute as you got hurt," added
Ranma.
Akane blushed, but realized Ranma had drawn that line between
fighting and
actually *shiver* being nice to each other. It was time to get back to
normal.
"Thanks Ranma, I appreciate that. But both of us will be dead if
we don't get out
of here fast."
"Yeah, we gotta find an exit," Ranma says as he licks his finger
and lifts it in the
air.
"What are you doing?" asked Akane.
"What? This is what they do in the movies all the time. It's to
feel if there's any
wind or something."
"Do you feel anything?"
"No."
"Then stop standing around like an idiot!"
Ranma began to feel along the walls. Akane tried to push against
the rubble.
"Ranma, could you knock this debris away with a Chi blast?"
"I could try, but if there's too much of it, it'd end up caving in
on us and killing us
for good. Do you want to risk it?"
"Do we have any other choice?"
Ranma wiped his wet hands on his shirt, "I guess not."
Akane saw the wet marks he'd just left and quickly stopped him.
"Ranma you
idiot, that's water! If it seeped through these walls, it's got to be
real close, probably no
more than a few feet of wall to go through! Hurry up and blast the spot!"
"If you say so," Ranma obeys as he lifts his hands against the
wall.
There was something wrong with this plan, but Akane couldn't put
her finger on
it. What was it? The wall? The caves were below sea level? "No Ranma,
STOP...!"
Akane warns but it was too late.
"Mouko Takibishya!" shouts Ranma as he pulverizes the wall.
Before they knew
it, water was gushing in with enourmous force.
Ryoga had found to strength to turn around to see Malachite
gloating over him.
"You pathetic fool! Even after fighting that Ranma I was still
more than able to
overcome you. You aren't even half as capable as the other boy!"
Ryoga began to sink in dispair. He was right. Akane was better
off with Ranma
protecting her. Even without all his heart in it, Ranma was still a
better fighter than he
was. He felt as if he should just let this guy kill him. Akane wouldn't
miss him.
Then, he heard Akane shout for Ranma to stop. What was that fiend
doing to
her? They were trapped in the cave; in the dark. Together. Did that
coward think his
death was at hand? Did he try to... to... before he died? Ryoga's rage
was reaching a
fevered pitch. "Ranma, get the hell away from her!" he shouted as he
began to rush to
the wall.
"I'm not through killing you yet welp!" barked Malachite.
"Shut Up and Get Out of My Way!" ordered Ryoga. Not waiting for
Malachite to
move, he yelled "Full Shi Chi Hokodan Blast!" as an enourmous wave of Chi
energy
crashed into Malachite.
It was so fast, Malachite couldn't fully charge his shield, but it
proved ineffective
anyways as the blast ripped right through it and seared his entire body.
Malachite
bounced off the wall in a mangled heap. His breathing was ragged, and his
body
throbbed with pain. He had never known suffering like this in his life.
Then he lost
consciousness.
"Akane, hold on! I'll save you!" Ryoga shouted as he reached the
rubble. He
began plowing through the rocks at a remarkable rate. He could feel
something pushing
the rocks back as well. His fingers touched on something moist. "Water?"
he thought
right before the water pressure finally broke through the rocks and
engulfed the whole
cave.
"Bweeee!" P-Chan cried as the currents carried him through the
caverns. He
could see Ranma carrying Akane on his back as they were all swept through
the caves.
The mad river began to flow through the caves like a bat out of hell.
"Venus, did you get the communicator to work yet?" asked Jupiter.
"Nope, I'm still getting static. I don't think it can work on the
different
frequencies in the negaverse," answered Venus.
Mars suddenly stops.
"Something wrong Mars," asked Venus.
"I'm beginning to sense some bad vibes guys," Jupiter says in her
best Sailor
Mars impression.
"Not funny Jupiter, and yes, I am sensing some bad... some
negative energy,"
defends Mars.
"I guess I can't hide myself from you girls, can I?" Fossilite
says as he appears.
"Who the hell are you?" asked a startled Mars.
I guess you'll never know," replies Fossilite as he shoots a beam
of energy at the
scouts. They all scatter.
Jupiter leaps herself right at Fossilite, but he puts up an energy
shield that Jupiter
bounces off of, and lands on her back. Fossilite then forms several
energy spikes and
launches them at her. Jupiter flips away as the ground behind her
explodes.
"Mars Firebird Strike!" chants Mars as an enourmous, fiery,
phoenix froms and
launches itself at him.
Fossilite increases all the force of his shield to that one side,
but the shield
absorbs only most of the blast. The remaining power is able to knock him
out of the air,
onto his feet.
Now it was Venus' turn as she flies at Fossilite with her knee,
and nails him in the
back. Fossilie falls onto his hands.
"Venus Chain...," she starts but before she can finish, Fossilite
had knocked her
down with a negaforce blast.
"Damn children, prepare to perish!" cried Fossilite as he began
charging up with
energy. While he was doing this, Jupiter bashes the back of his head with
a flying elbow.
Fossilite recovers immediatly and grabs Jupiter's pony tail, and throws
her to the ground.
Jupiter lands on her feet, but crumples to the ground when her
still sore knee gave
up on her. She saw Fossilite's hands blazing before a wave of energy
launched at her.
"Jupiter Thunder Shield!" cries Jupiter as she slams her fist
against the ground.
An electircal barrier suddenly surronds her and absorbs the blast. "How'd
I do that?"
wonders Jupiter. She puts off her question as Fossilite continues his
barrage of energy.
She could feel her shield buckeling under the stress.
"You won't evade me so easily," shouts Fossilite.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surrond," chants Mars as multiple circle's
surronds her, right
before dozens of fiery rings shoot out at Fossilite.
"Damnations," curses Fossilite as he relents his attack on Jupiter
and forms a
diamond shaped shield on his left forearm. The shield completely protects
his head,
body, and left arm, but a few rings manage to slash his unprotected parts.
Fossilite would
have noticed the lacerations if he wasn't so busy forming a huge sword
with his right
hand.
Fossilite roared in anger as he swung the sword down at Mars. He
struck the
ground as Mars lept away, but slid his sword straight at her while digging
up tons of dirt.
The debris created by his sword batter Mars and knocks her down.
Fossilite raises his
sword for the death blow. "You shall be the first to die by my sword!" he
screams.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" cries Venus as her chain wraps around
Fossilite's
right arm, burning it as it's grip tightened.
He howled in pain, before the sound of his rage drowned it out.
His sword
disappeared, but a burst of energy shattered the chain. "This battle has
gone long
enough. Tremble.. in fear... as I demonstrate my true power!" he grumbles
as he
concentrated hard. His unique ability to manipulate negaverse energy was
the only
reason Beryl had trusted him with this task. With this power, he
surronded himself with
an abundance of glowing energy, which began to take form around him.
The scouts all covered their eyes to avoid the blinding light.
When the
illumination had dimmed, the scouts could see Fossilite covered in some
sort of radiant
armor that covered his entire frame, except for his glowing eyes. Spikes
protruded from
every part of the armor, and on each arm were six feet long blades. The
Sailor Scouts
had met their first mecha. "So he's got armor? Big deal," taunted
Jupiter.
"DIE!" he screamed as he dashed head first at the scouts. They
scattered as his
blades pulverized the ground, sending off an explosion after it had hit.
The armor was
not only solid, but still retained explosive capabitlites. "DIE!" he
manically cries again
as he unleashes balls of energy from his hands.
The only reason the scouts were still alive was because this
immature punk had
completely lost control. He was too busy destroying the cave then to
concentrate on
actually a tactical strike against them. But they couldn't avoid him for
much longer.
"Mars, I need a distraction," implored Jupiter as she leaped over
a blade.
"Why do I have to be a distraction," replied Mars as she ducked
under a blast.
"Cause I'm going to finish him off with my most powerful attack!
I haven't used
all my attacks yet, while your power level is drained."
"Well, why doesn't Venus act as the decoy?"
"Goddamnit, I will," a frustrated Venus yelled as she leapt over
an explostion at
Fossilite. "Venus Meteor Shower!" she cried as a glow emerged from her
fingertips. A
beam of light shot out of them and then broke off into numerous separate
beams.
Fossilite shot a blast of energy that negated some of the beams,
but other's evaded
the burst on burned right through his armor. And him.
Fossilite screamed in pain as he dropped to his knees. There were
now holes in
hsi body in addition to the numerous cuts.
Jupiter saw her chance. She leapt into the air and cried "Jupiter
Thunder
Dragon!" as lightning swirled above her, and took the shape of a dragon.
It launched
itself at the still reeling Fossilite.
Fossilite shook in the air as the blast began to crack his armor.
His pain echoed
throughout the caverns as his armor began to crumble. He fell to the
ground with a thud.
"It's over pal. Just give up now before we have to hurt you some
more," warned
Jupiter.
Through bloodied teeth, he sputtered out, "Not... through... yet.
Too late... for
you... all!" he finished as the remaining parts of his armor shot burst
apart into hundreds
of energy stars going in every direction. They were going to dice the
scouts to pieces.
Mars had a second to react to this. She quickly spun in the air
with a charm in her
hand. As she spun, a trail of charms formed until they were all
surronding her. "Mars
Fireball Charge!" she shouted as she launched hundreds of the charms, each
one of them
cancelling out a spike until there was neither of them left.
"Alright mister, you had your chance. Scouts, let's finish him,"
directed Venus.
"Mars Fire Ignite!"
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!"
"Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"
All three of them shot their special power right at the crippled
Fossilite. As
radiant, combustible, and electic energy smashed into him, he was flung
backwards. His
whole body was on fire. He landed with a sickening squishing sound.
"Oh my," he thought as he looked down and saw staligite where his
chest should
have been. He thought it was funny that it didn't really hurt that much.
He couldn't even
feel those cuts and holes in him anymore either.
"Oh my god," Mars gasped. "I... I didn't mean to do that."
"Jesus, we might've killed him," Venus said through her shock.
"We've got to
help him," she blurted as she ran to lift him off the rock. Mars followed
her.
Fossilite could feel the girls trying to pry him off the rock. He
didn't really
understand why they were doing this. He didn't really care either. Heck,
he was dying!
"Why are we doing this? He would've killed us if he had the
chance," asked
Jupiter. "And we kill negaverse monsters all the time."
"Those monsters aren't really alive," retorted Venus. "Their
really just energy
manipulations by the negaverse. They were never really concieved, just
suddenly
formed. They have no mind of their own!"
"Mister, just try to relax," soothed Mars. She was trying to stop
the bleeding with
the jacket he took off him, but the blood kept soaking through it.
"Jupiter, get over her
and help me stop the bleeding!"
"my... my name is... Fossilite," he weakly wheezed. " I... I want
someone... to
remember that name. Remembered... like Jeddite... like Zoicite." He
stopped talking as
he couldn't really feel his mouth anymore. It was like he wasn't in his
body anymore.
He had so hoped to leave a mark in history, just like all the negaverse
generals. And here
he was, dying, before he even reached that status. These scouts hadn't
even known his
name! That damned Beryl, she knew he wasn't ready to fight them yet.
"Fossilite, don't worry, you're not going to die. You'll be fine.
Talk to us,"
Venus babbled as she took all his clothing off to clot the wound. "How
come you didn't
mention Neflite?"
"Hmmm, Neflite. Did he really betray the negaverse? Did he find
peace in his
death due to his selfnessless," wondered Fossilite. "At least, I won't
end up at Queen
Beryl's mercy, like Jeddite," was his final thought.
"Fossilite, Fossilite, talk to me," pleaded Mars, but their was no
response.
"This is for the best," remarked Jupiter. "He would never have
been more than a
menace to society if we had left him alive, and you all know that."
The debate regarding capitol punishment would have to wait (by the
way, I'm all
for it). All of the sudden, the ground began to shake. A rumbling sound
could be heard
from somewhere in the caverns.
"Do you hear that?" asked Jupiter. "Somethings headed this way."
The scouts all got up to walk towards the sound. The vibrations
were getting
stronger. Their eyes all bulged when they saw the tidal wave headed
towards them.
"Run! Run like the wind," Venus cried, but it was no use. The
wave swallowed
them and Fossilite up like they were ants. They were too busy trying not
to drown, least
of all worried about where the current was taking them.
"Darian... let's take... a break," huffed Serena. She plopped
herself down on a
rock. "Just... give me a sec *gulp* to catch my breath."
"We just took a break ten minutes ago!" denounces Darian.
"Serena, if you were
my girlfriend, I'd be really disappointed."
"What the hell does that mean," shouted back Serena angrily. "If
you're trying to
imply that I..." she begins to say but Darian interupts her.
"My, don't we have a dirtly little mind? And here I was just
talking about athletic
ability, and you start getting these nasty thoughts."
"I'll bet you were talking about athletic ability," threatened
Serena as she pulled
back her sleeves.
Their dialogue was interupted by an energy blast right between
them. The
subsequent explosion sends them flying in opposite directions.
"It's the old leech!" screamed Sailor Moon.
Darian rolls as he lands and throws a rose at Happosai. The rose
is disintergrated
before it even comes close to him. Happosai could be heard chuckling at
them.
Happosai dismisses Tux and looks at Sailor Moon and asks, "Will
you give me
the crystal now or should I take it from your charred body?"
"You stay the hell away from her!" shouted Tux as he leapt at
Happosai and
swung his cane at him. Tux didn't even see his hand grab his cane, least
of all when he
slammed his fist into his face. Tux flew back to the ground.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" cried Sailor Moon as her tiara flew at
Happosai. To her
shock, the tiara froze in mid-air, and dropped to the ground. "You can't
do that to my
tiara!" whined Sailor Moon as she began pouting.
Happosai shot a negaforce blast at Sailor Moon, slamming her
against the wall.
"I told you to stay away from her," an outraged Tux exclaimed as
he pointed his
cane at Happosai, and the cane extended until it had slammed into
Happosai's stomach.
Happosai seemed stunned for a moment, but then grinned as he
brought out a
little round object. "Happo Fire Burst!" he yelled right before he threw
it at Tux.
As the object got closer to his head, Tux realized what it was.
"Holy..." he yelps
right before the bomb exploded a yard from his head, throwing him forward
and skidding
across the ground.
"Moon Healing Activation!" chants Sailor Moon as Happosai is
engulfed in a
spray of light. It seems to take effect on Happosai, but he quickly
tightens his body up,
and releases a burst of energy that dissispates the light. The burst
knocks Sailor Moon to
her rear. She looks up just in time to see the little monster flying
straight at her.
Tux tackles Happosai, but not without a price. Tux yells in pain
as the energies
surronding Happosai immediatly singes him. But he takes Happosai down
despite the
pain, and throws a slug across his face. Happosai responds by tapping Tux
on the head
with his pipe. Tux felt like his head was being ripped off as he flips in
the air before
landing on his face. When Tux realized he hadn't blacked out, he began to
worry. The
way his body was tingling, he might have snapped his vertebrae. That
would be bad.
Tux could feel Happosai grabbing his leg. "Whew," he thought, I
can still feel
my legs afterall. He would have realized how senseless he was if Happosai
didn't start
slamming him against the wall. Tux fell back to the ground; he was sure
he was going to
drown in his own blood. Either that, or a bone chip was in his arteries.
"Happosai, leave him alone, NOW!" ordered Sailor Moon. "You want
the moon
crystal, well then come and get it!"
"Futile gesture. I'll give you a choice. Do you want to die
before your love, or
after?" mocked Happosai. "Times up!" he shouted as he launched a fireball
at Serena.
"How about after your death!" she yelled. "Moon Crystal Power!"
The wand glowed like the sun, and even Happosia was taken aback by
this
energy. The fireball he launched had been swallowed by the light. But
before Sailor
Moon had a chance to strike Happosai, he had unloaded a volley of Happo
Fire Bursts at
her. Tux rushed to knock her away, but explosions began to fill the room.
"Sailor Moon!" he called, as explosions continued to explode
around them, and
smoke was the only thing that could be seen. Tux wasn't even thinking
about Happosai
anymore, just on Sailor Moon's well being. Suddenly, he heard a whimper.
"Tuxedo... Mask," a voice weakly cried out.
"Sailor Moon," repeated Tux as he ran to her side. As the smoke
cleared, he saw
her lying in a heap on the ground. She wasn't in too bad shape; the
crystal must have
protected her. But her uniform was ragged. Her skirt was almost
completely torn off,
one could see her panties if they looked. One of her braids had come
loose, as her hair
dangled unevenely. Her shirt had nearly been ripped to shreds. Tux
quickly picked
Sailor Moon up.
"Sailor Moon, can you hear me? Are you alright,?" he concerningly
asked.
She let out a hard cough, and with that heave of her chest, her
bra strap, strings of
fabric barely held together, snapped. Serena thought she was bleeding,
but then realized
it was only the profuse amount of blood coming out of Tuxedo Masks nose.
He looked
like he had just seen a ghost.
All of this did not go unnoticed by Happosai. When her bra
snapped, something
inside Happosai snapped as well. Happsai suddenly spasmed in pain. "No..
no.. this
can't be...," a voice seemed to be arguing with itself. "No... I musn't
need.... PANTIES!"
Happosai finally cried out as he flew straight into Sailor Moon's chest.
"AHHH! NOT AGAIN! GET HIM OFF ME!"she cried before she started
feeling
weak. She saw Happosai begin to glow with power. This was his means of
sucking
energy for the negaforce!
Due to Happosai's... distraction, Tux was able to golf swing his
cane against
Happosai's chin. Happosai flew backward, but then levitated in the air.
A weakened
Sailor Moon fell into Tux's arms.
"That wasn't very nice of you. Isn't it acceptable for a decripid
old man to try to
recapture a spark of his youth?" pleaded Happosai. "Fine then, take your
floozy, I have a
bigger fish to fry," mischeviously smiled Happosai. "The biggest fish in
the sea,"
Happosai said right before he teleported away.
"Sailor Moon, Serena, how are you feeling," asked Tux.
"As fine as I can be expected to feel...," she began and then
realized that she was
half naked. "AHHH!" she screamed as she started slapping Tux silly. "You
pervert!
Why didn't you say something! Oh my god, I'm so embarased..." and she
continued to
rant at a frantic pace.
Tux covered her with his coat. At this act, Sailor Moon began to
calm down.
"Thank... thank you Darian," thanked Sailor Moon.
"It's no big deal. You know, if you changed back to normal and
then transformed
again, your costume might turn back to normal" He then added with a wink,
"not that I
mind you prancing around like that or anything though." Suddenly, Darian
toppled over
in pain. In his concern for Serena, he forgot that Happosai had beat him
to within an inch
of his life.
Serena laid Tux down on the ground. "You got a dirty mind, you
know? I think
we're both pretty pooped out, we should just get some rest while we can.
If what he last
said is what I think it is, we might have a bigger problem soon enough."
Serena got up
and began walking around the corner. "Get some rest while I transform, I
wouldn't want
to drag around your dead body or anything."
Tux looked at her walk away, and a funny thought hit his head.
Serena was kinda
cute, wasn't she? And funny. And sweet. Then he heard this strange
grumbling sound.
Ranma woke up to find his arms wrapped around an unconcsious
Akane. She
was also holding onto him tightly. Ranma gave a sigh of relief when he
felt her
breathing. He looked around and saw that they were laying in about a foot
of water.
Either the water was finally dying down, or they were swept onto a higher
level. They
were both drenched.
Akane was shivering badly. Ranma tried to get up and take his
shirt off to give
her, but realized he was a she now. His movement had woken Akane up
anyways.
"Akane, you really should learn how to swim one of these days. At
least learn
how to tread water," chided Ranma. "It wasn't exactly easy to carry you."
"If it wasn't for your stupidity, we wouldn't have nearly drowned
in the first place
you idiot!" yelled back Akane. She was getting to her feet, and began
looking around
her. "Wow, this tunnel is large, it looks more like a football field."
Ranma began scanning the horizon as well. "Look Akane, there are
other tunnels
everywhere along the walls," observed Ranma. Water was still pouring out
of some of
them. "Dozens of tunnels must all lead here. Maybe the water had swept
some of the
other's here as well."
"Yeah, but where is here?" asked Akane.
"Here is where you don't belong children," a chilly female voice
answered.
"Here is the domain of Queen Beryl," she said as she appeared in a bright
flash of light.
"And here is where you die."
Chapter 7: From Bad, To Worse, To Ultimate Happosai
Ranma knew he and Akane were in trouble. A blind man could see
the power
practically emanating from her. Even if he weren't already in such beat
up shape, he still
might've had trouble against her. But he had to protect Akane again.
"Akane, get the hell out of here, I'll handle her," Ranma said
seriously. There
was no hostility or ridicule or even boasting in his voice now.
"Ranma, are you crazy? This woman gives Happosai a run for his
money in terms
of sheer power. I'm not leaving you here to commit suicide," replied a
furious Akane.
"Haven't you got in my way enough times already today?" Ranma
insulted. He
was hoping he could piss her off enough that she would just go.
Akane didn't react the way he had hoped. Without scorn in her
voice, Akane said
"Ranma, if I leave, you know there's no way in hell you'd beat her in your
condition."
Ranma stares back at her hard. "So there's no reason we should
both die, right?
So get the hell out of here. I'd hold her off longer than you could
anyways," Ranma says.
"Ranma... I can't just leave you here to die!"
Before Ranma can respond, he feels a crackle of energy in the air.
He pushes
Akane out of the way as an energy blast leaves a crater where she was
standing. Ranma
then leaps away immediatly as another blast levels the ground underneath
him; torrents
of water were flying into the air with every blast.
"Bothersome pests! Not only do I lose Prince Darian to you, then
lose two more
agents, but now the whole negaverse is flooded! You're more trouble than
the Sailor
Brats!" an infuriated Queen Beryl screams as she throws blast after blast
at Ranma, who
was barely eluding them.
Beryl see's a large shadow looming over her, and turns around to
destroy Akane's
mallet before she could level it on her head. "Attempting to attack me
from behind? At
least be descreet about it," Beryl says as she prepares to blast Akane.
"Bweee!" a pig cries out of nowhere as he leaps onto Beryl's face
and starts
scratching her. Beryl easily grabs him and throws him yards away.
"P-Chan!" screams Akane. "Leave P-Chan alone," threatens Akane as
she throws
a punch, but Beryl easily grabs her fist.
"Akane!" Ranma yells as he runs towards Beryl. Before he comes
close, a blast
was flying at him. Ranma tries to move, but the aftershock of the blast
knocks him off
his feet and he falls face first into the water.
"I should've just killed everyone myself in the first place,"
barks Beryl as she
prepares to finish off Ranma.
"Oh my sweet Queen, I have found you at last!" a dried up old
voice cracks.
"Who dares...," Beryl roars before she see's Happosai. "Finally,
I've found you.
Hahahahaha, yes, come to your Queen my ultimate warrior," laughs Beryl,
ignoring
Ranma and Akane.
"I'd be more than happy to come to you!" screams Happosai as he
flies at her.
"Bow before your mast... AHHHHH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" shrieks
Beryl
as she looks down to find the old pervert clutching onto her chest. She
suddenly felt her
energy being drained by him. "GET THE HELL OFF ME!" she cries as she
unleashes an
energy blast that sends him flying.
Happosai lands on his feet, without a scratch on him. "What's
wrong my
mistress? You wanted the master, and now you think he's too much man for
you? Don't
worry, we'll work out our differences!" yells Happosai as he leaps at her
again.
Akane begins helping Ranma get back up to his feet. "Ranma, it
looks like the
old Happosai is back, but I've never seen him so powerful before."
Ranma looks at him flying at Beryl as she repeatedly throws blasts
at him. They
weren't even fazing him. "Jesus, I think Happosai regained control of his
body, but
somehow managed to keep the creature inside of him, and began controlling
the
creature."
"Happosai just keeps getting worse, doesn't he? I think I liked
the evil one better.
At least I felt safer. With his new powers, what's to stop him from...,"
Akane stops as
she begins shuddering.
"Akane, please stop. I don't even want to think about it," Ranma
replies. "So,
what do we do now? Do we just let him have his way with that queen?"
Akane shrugs. They both look at Beryl running around frantically
from the
pursuing Happosai.
"Come back my sweet! Just a brief sniff of your braisierre!
Please!"
"Oh no! I forgot all about P-Chan!" exclaims Akane. "Here
P-Chan, where are
you P-Chan! Oh no, he must have wandered off again."
He remembered being knocked away by that witch, but he immediatly
charged at
her again. He thought it was taking too long to hit her. He finally
realized he wasn't in
the caves anymore when he saw the sun. He did it again! Akane could be
in real trouble
right now and he'd gotten lost again! P-Chan looked all around him and
realized there
was just snow and ice as far as the eye could see. He found his backpack,
which had
appaently washed over here by sheer luck, and started heating some water.
"That's
funny," he thought. "It usually doesn't snow in Japan this time of year."
With a loud splash, Tux and Sailor Moon were swept out of a cavern
and off the
waterfall into the same cavern as Ranma and Akane. Ranma and Akane help
them up.
Tux notices Beryl running away in a panic, and Happosai pursuing.
"Uhhh, what is going on here?" asked Tux.
Before anyone can answer, they saw Beryl running back to them.
"Damnit, I
can't stop this freak! He's beyond my control!" she yelled. I shouldn't
have killed so
many of my guards in my fury. Have to cut my losses while I can," she
said as she
suddenly teleported away.
"Queenie! Where'd you go! Come back," he bawls. His eyes were
filling with
tears. "My sweet, sweet matriarch. She disappeared before I had a chance
to show her
my appreciation for my new powers," he cries. He notices the gang for the
first time
since he regained his mind. "I'm so sad, *sniff* what I need is a nice
bosom to cry in!"
he says as he flies straight at Sailor Moon.
"Not you again! Don't make me stop you...," Tux starts before
Happosai had
knocked him away without even slowing down. As Happosai made contact with
Sailor
Moon, the air crackled with energy.
Sailor Moon screamed out in pain as Happosai was suddenly draining
her dry!
The massive amount of energies contained in Serena were being ripped out
of her at an
incredible rate. Faster than her body could handle.
"If I have to die to pry you off her," Tux roared but as soon as
he got close, the
energy surronding them sent him flying back.
"Ranma, he's going to kill her," cried Akane. She looks at Ranma
and is shocked
by what he was doing.
Dangling his bra, "Yoo-hoo, big boy! Why drink Bartles and James
when you got
some chardine right here," teased girl-type Ranma with a wink. "If he
really is back to
his old self, he'll be on me in a second. I just hope I can still hurt
him while he's
distracted," thought Ranma.
Happosai imediatly leaped off Sailor Moon and dived straight at
Ranma. His
battle aura flared brighter than it ever had before. "Ranma! I'm so
happy to see you've
accepted your female self!" He was going to be on Ranma before he knew
it.
Ranma gritted his death, trying to react before it was too late,
but the battle aura
was overwhelming him. He probably couldn't hurt him anyways. Ranma
braced for
impact.
"Noooo!" screamed Akane as she jumped in front of Ranma. Happosai
smacked
into her chest instead, and an eruption of blue energy engulfed the entire
room. By the
time Ranma could turn his head back to Akane, she was lying flat on the
floor. Happosai
was hovering over her.
"Poor, poor Akane. Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated," sobbed
Happosai.
"But thanks to you, I've got enough power to find my one true love, my
Queenie Beryl,"
Happosai said before he teleported away.
"Akane!" he shouted as he lifted her off the ground. He began
shaking her, crying
"Akane! You idiot, wake up! Damnit, why'd you do something so
stupid! Akane, I'm
not kidding, wake up!"
He still held Akane's slack body in his arms. He couldn't feel
her breathing.
He grabbed her shoulder's and began shaking her roughly. "Hey,
tomboy! Do
you hear me! You dumb macho chick, I could have handled him by myself! I
didn't
need you getting in the way trying to save... me," Ranma cries. "You
stupid girl, why did
you try to save me," Ranma weakly says as he lets go of Akane.
She falls back to the ground loosely. There was still no motion.
*Authors Note: Wow, that last chapter has got to be the shortest chapter
I've written yet.
Probably because I decided to stretch the last part into two parts.
Either that or I'm just
getting real tired of writing this now. That's right, just one more
chapter and an epilogue
to go now. Sorry for that teeny little lemonish scene with Serena, but it
had a purpose.
Wasn't really that bad. Everyone who thought Akane was too wimpy, well,
there you go.
As for all the Ryoga fans out there, sorry, but that was it for him. I
might bring him back
breifly later, but he's got no more major parts. But he did kick
Malachite's butt though.
He'll be having a big part in my next fanfic, Prom Night. Speaking of
next fics, Prom
Night is already started, and having Ranma go with Akane would just be too
simple. It's
alot shorter than this one, so I'll be working on my Fushigi Yuugi/Tenchi
Muyo/El
Hazard x-over at around the same time. That one will be another whopper.
But I'm
getting ahead of myself, this story will wrap up by next week unless I get
hit by a car
(again) or find this story longer than I'm currently anticipating.
Critiques are greatly
appreciated. E-mail all comments to schi@uci.edu or chihokodan@aol.com.
Jya ne!