Ok, here is the long awaited ( I hope ) Chapter 17.  Since I dont 
think Ranmachan is editing my fics the way she used to, your going to 
have to bare with the spelling, well, it is a beta, so, just read it 
( if you can ).  Well, enjoy, I look foward to reading your 
responces.. And if you want to read the first 16 chapters, there on 
my www page at http://www.igc.net/~ranma204

ENJOY!!

And thanks IA for getting my lazy but to write this =]

Sage....
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                            	17


	Ryoga had held his own for a time.  But Sankkei was a master 
of his art, where Ryoga was only a student.  Ryoga was getting beat, 
destroyed would be a better word.  But what could Ryoga do, he had to 
do this.  He could accept death, if it was a death where he died to 
save Akane.  He was getting his wish.

	Ranma entered the alley to find it as dark as before, but 
there were the sounds of combat emanating from within.  He looked 
deep into the darkness to find, to his dismay, Ryoga not quite 
winning the fight.

	Ranma had to save Ryoga, hell, Ryoga saved him.  He also 
killed him, but he saved Akane, that was most important.  Ranma 
walked into the alley, preparing for his first move.

	As he approched the fight, he could sence the anger boiling 
within him, as if a bomb was about to explode.  His blood aura began 
to form.  He was ready to finish this, finish this for the last time.

	Ryoga was high above Sankkie's head, in the ferm grip of the 
monsters hands.  He had fought hard, but he was ready to die.  

	Sankkei was smileing, these boys had put up more than a fight 
than he expeceted, but he knew he could not lose the children such as 
these.  He knew he was the best, this was a good workout, so he din't 
get the girl, there were always others.  Just as he was about to slam 
Ryoga through the ground, he herd that annoying voice, again.

	"Put him down, this fight is between you and me," boomed 
Ranma.

	"You want him, here, take him," Sankkei yelled as he chucked 
Ryoga's limp body at Ranma.

	Ranma knew he had to catch Ryoga.  If he din't, Ryoga would 
be killed from the impact of hitting the street, if he wasn't dead 
all ready.  

	Ranma lept up grabing Ryoga out of the air.  Ranma put his 
feet behind him and bounced off the wall, and landed on the ground, 
with the still limp Ryoga in hand.

	Sankkei was no fool, as soon as he let go of Ryoga he charged 
the spot where Ranma would land.  He got there just as Ranma layed 
Ryoga to the floor and looked up to see where his prey lerked.  Ranma 
was cought of guard by the punch, but was still able to duck and roll 
under it.  

	When Ranma roled back to his feet he saw the wall where his 
head was crack.  He had to avoid being hit, espellecy in the chest.  
One hit in the chest, and he was dead.  Ranma decided to be the one 
that charged this time.  With a hardy yell, he raced towards his 
opponent.

	
	Sankkei was ready for this, he blocked the foot that kicked 
at his chest, and backhanded the face of the boy who attempted to 
kick him.  The smack sent Ranma flying scross the ally and crashing 
back first into the opposite wall.

	Sankkei just laughed, how could he lose to this boy, how 
could he have even bin struck even once.  Yes!  This would never 
happen again, never would he get hit by someone as unskilled as these 
children.  

	"Ok boy, ready to join your friend?"

	Ranma had an idea, he would give Sankkei a free shot, but 
maby, just maby, he could finish this fight without being killed.  He 
decided to try it.  Sankkei stood waiting for the attack to come, and 
when it came, he was suprised that even this boy was as so foolish as 
to try the same attack twice, espelcy after the first attack failed.

	Ranma carged across the alley just as he did before, he 
kicked at the butchers chest just as before, Sankkei blocked just as 
before and backhanded him into the air just as before, but not like 
before, Ranma did not slam into the wall, insted he fliped so his 
feet would hit the wall first and bounced off the wall and back 
towards the suprised Sankkei.  As soon as he bounced off the wall he 
fliped around again so his feet were first again and aimed for the 
face of Sankkei.  When he knew his opponent could not doge he focused 
his Ki energy into his foot and activated his attack.

	"Tenshin Amiguru Keru," Ranma yelled as his power kicked in. 
 

	His right foot flashed and began to move faster, so fast that 
his leg was a blur.  Than his leg connected with Senkkei's face.  
Before even a second could pass, Sankkei had recived over fifty kicks 
to the face.  When Ranma ran out of momentum from his leap, he stoped 
his kick and landed on the ground. 

	Sankkei was stuned.  Blood could be seen pouring from his 
mouth, and his nose was cracked and broken.  Ranma had won.  With a 
side kick to the chest that sent Sankkei flying down the alley and 
into a pile of trash, Ranma had declaired victory.  

	Neeling down to see how Ryoga faired, Ranma herd a crackeling 
coming from where Sankkei had landed.  To Ranma's shock, the battered 
and beaten devil was back on his feet.

	"Oh man, does this guy ever quit?"  Ranma worriley asked 
himself.

	There was some form of black energy rippleing around 
Sankkei's body.  Then enery leaped off the walls and floor.  This was 
not the same attack Sankkei had used before, this was something 
different, something much more powerful.  Ranma stood up and began to 
charge his Ki back into his hands.  Now they would be locked in the 
same struggle as before, the loser would be destroyed, the winner 
untouched.

	Sankkei contuined to gather this black energy around his 
body.  As the arks of energy trailed the wall, they would leave 
scourch marks along the brick.  Any garbage along the floor was burnt 
up, even the glass bottles began to heat up.  After about a minute of 
this gathering of dark energy a globe of darkness began to form 
around Sankkei's body.

	Ranma was glowing a deep red, he was pushing his willpower to 
its limits.  He had never charged so much Ki at one time, as mad as 
he was, and as conidefent he was of defeating his opponent, Ranma 
began to feel the pain of overcharging.  If he did not relice his 
blast soon.  He would be consumed by the very energy of the blast.  
However, Ranma kept charging.  He knew that if he wanted to survive, 
he had to contune to increse his energy.

	Ryoga began to stir.  He was feeling woozy at best, but he 
was alive.  He opened his eyes to a blinding red light.  When his 
eyes focused he saw the two combatints readying for there last 
strikes.  Ryoga slumped to his feet and fell back aginst the wall.  
He was in pain from the beating he had recived, but he could fight 
on.  He wanted to be the one who defeated the man who tried to kill 
Akane.

	Ranma out of the corner of his right eye saw Ryoga get to his 
feet.  Ranma got another idea, a risky one, but if it worked, SAnkkei 
had no chance.

	"Ryoga, Sankkei raped Akane," Ranma yelled.

	Ryoga instintely began to glow,"He what?"  

	Ryoga moved aside Ranma and turned to face the globe fo 
darkness.  Without looking at Ranma, he uttered his threat,"You will 
die for letting this happen Ranma, but i'm going to kill the one who 
did that to her first."

	The white aura around Ryoga dwarfed even Ranma's aura.  Ranma 
had never seen Ryoga so upset, he was glad that he did not have to 
face the wrath of Ryoga, yet.

	By this time the globe of darkness that sorunded Sankkei 
spaned across the alley.  He was nearing the power level he needed to 
activate his final attack.  Just a few more seconds were needed to 
activate his attack.  

	Several seconda later Sankkei felt the power begin to cunsome 
him.  It was time to destroy all who opposed him, it was time to end 
this fight.  With a deap breath, the hollored the activation words to 
his attack, and all hell broke lose.

	"ULTIMATE. . . . . . DARKNESS. . . . . WAVE," and with that 
the entire globe of darkness clapsed to a dark ball of energy in 
front of its caster.  Sankkei reached foward and took hold of the 
ball, and as soon as his hands touched the ball a wave of dark energy 
raced towards Ranma.  The air, the very atoms that created the air 
were destroyed, as if they had never existed.  Only Ranma stood in 
the waves path, and that's just what Sankkei wanted to see.

	Where Ranma planed to wait till the very last second, Ryoga 
was all ready vocalising his attack.

	"SHE SHE... HAGODA," With a bright flask of light, the a beem 
of yellow and white energy erupted from Ryoga's hands.  Ranma could 
hold back no longer with his activation words out of the way, he let 
go of the firery energy that sorunded his body.  An odd thing 
happened. 

	Ranma and Ryoga's beems twisted around eachother.  Insted of 
two attacks, they merged into one attack, one force, one last chance 
to win.  This was it, they would win, or they would die.  And then 
the two beems met, one of darkness, one of light.

	
"BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..."

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"Curse those evil Octopi"