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OK, here is 17 Final.... get ready for 18 ( big Finish ) COMING SOON!!
 
 
                                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 approached the fight, he could sense 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 firm grip of the
monsters hands.  He had fought hard, but he was ready to die.
 
        Sankkei was smiling, these boys had put up more than a fight
than he expected, 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 didn'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 didn't, Ryoga would
be killed from the impact of hitting the street, if he wasn't dead
all ready.
 
        Ranma leapt up grabbing 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 laid
Ryoga to the floor and looked up to see where his prey lurked.  Ranma
was caught of guard by the punch, but was still able to duck and roll
under it.
 
        When Ranma rolled back to his feet he saw the wall where his
head would have bin crack.  He had to avoid being hit, especially 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 across the ally and crashing
back first into the opposite wall.
 
        Sankkei just laughed, how could he lose to this boy, how
could he have ever 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
maybe, just maybe, 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 surprised that even this boy was as so foolish as
to try the same attack twice, especially after the first attack failed.
 
        Ranma charged 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, instead he flipped so his
feet would hit the wall first and bounced off the wall and back
towards the surprised Sankkei.  As soon as he bounced off the wall he
flipped around again so his feet were first again and aimed for the
face of Sankkei.  When he knew his opponent could not dodge he focused
his Ki energy into his foot and activated his attack.
 
        "Tenshin Amaguri Ken," 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 received over fifty kicks
to the face.  When Ranma ran out of momentum from his leap, he stopped
his kick and landed on the ground.
 
        Sankkei was stunned.  Blood was 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 declared victory.
 
        Kneeling down to see how Ryoga faired, Ranma herd a crackling
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 warily asked
himself.
 
        There was some form of black energy rippling around
Sankkei's body.  Then energy 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 continued to gather this black energy around his
body.  As the arks of energy trailed the wall, they would leave
scorch 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 confident he was of defeating his opponent, Ranma
began to feel the pain of overcharging.  If he did not release 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 continue to increase 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 combatants readying for there last
strikes.  Ryoga slumped to his feet and fell back against the wall.
He was in pain from the beating he had received, 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 instantly began to glow, "He what?!"
 
        Ryoga moved aside Ranma and turned to face the globe of
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 surrounded Sankkei
spanned 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 seconds later Sankkei felt the power begin to consume
him.  It was time to destroy all who opposed him, it was time to end
this fight.  With a deep breath, he hollered 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.
 
        "SHI SHI.... HOUKOUDAN!," 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"
Brian Geringer
http://www.igc.net/~ranma204
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