Marital Arts 7 - Part 5

Cologne:  "I won't let you pass until you promise to become my 
        students!" 
Ranko:  "Old ghoul... its time for us to settle this!" 
Ranma:  "This is it, ghoul!" 
 
Ranma and Ranko attacked Cologne together. 
 
Announcer:  "The Martial Arts Melon Splitting Race has come down 
        to a battle at the finish line!  Whichever one survives, wins!" 
 
Cologne splits the twins' watermelons at the same time that they 
manage to reach hers. 
 
Announcer:  "It can't be!  Its a tie!  All three players are eliminated!" 
Shampoo:  "Oh my!" 
Announcer:  "What's this?  They're still fighting!" 
Cologne:  "You split my melon!  Since when are you two that good?" 
Ranma:  "I owe you a lot for all that training you put us through..." 
Ranko:  "So let us pay you back now!" 
 
Ranko hits Cologne's staff from her hand.  Ranma catches the staff 
with his foot, then kicked it up to hold it in his hand. 
 
Ranma:  "Heh, heh, heh.  What's wrong, old ghoul?  Old age finally 
        catching up to you?  Promise me, ghoul, if I win, you'll give 
        us the phoenix pill that'll let us turn back to our real bodies!  
        Deal!" 
Cologne:  "Do I have any choice?  However, if I win... you'll become 
        my students and move with me to Jokusetzuku!  Is that a 
        deal?" 
Ranma:  "Sure its a deal!  Ha ha!" 
Akane:  "Ranma, no!" 
Cologne:  "Just remember... a deal is a deal!" 
 
Cologne grabbed her staff from Ranma and threw him to the ground.  
Cologne dodged a kick from Ranko and ran around her opponent, 
throwing sand into the air.  Ranma swung at Cologne, who dodged 
and threw the twins into the ocean with her staff.  Cologne followed 
them. 
 
Cologne:  "Since we're in the ocean, let me show you a fun water 
        trick!" 
 
Cologne faced off the twins on the ocean floor, twirling her staff and 
catching them in her water spout.  Taking advantage of her position, 
Cologne headlocked her two opponents with her staff.  Ranko broke 
the staff in two and threw Cologne out of the waterspout, which 
collapsed back into the ocean.  Cologne landed on the water's surface. 
 
Akane:  "Impossible!" 
Soun:  "If anyone can do it, that old woman can!  For a true master of 
        martial arts... its possible to find a foothold  even on a single 
        twig floating on the water!" 
 
The shark that Cologne rode jumped out of the water. 
 
Akane:  "Its a shark." 
Soun:  "It is, isn't it?" 
Akane:  "That's dirty!" 
Shampoo:  "Is not dirty!" 
Cologne:  "I use this shark only as a foothold!  Now.. the Shark-Fist!" 
 
Cologne hit the surface of the water into the shape of a shark.  The 
water flying from her hands hit the twins.  Eventually the repeated 
use of the Shark-Fist threw the twins onto the beach.  Shampoo 
caught Ranko, while Ranma impacted with Genma. 
 
Shampoo:  "Ranko, is really time you give up.  You can't beat great-
        grandmother." 
Cologne:  "She's right!  Acknowledge your defeat and become my 
        students!" 
Ranko:  "Grr..." 
Ranma:  "We can win.  If you're with us, Shampoo... we can beat 
        anyone.  You'll help us, won't you?  Won't you?  Won't you?" 
Shampoo:  "You really need me?" 
Ranma:  "It can only be you!" 
Akane:  "Ranma!  And I suppose I'd only be in the way!" 
Ranma:  "Well, I'm glad to see you agree!" 
 
Ranma loosely tied Ranko and Shampoo to his back. 
 
Kasumi:  "You didn't have to hit him that hard, Akane." 
Ranma:  "Promise me Shampoo... no matter what, you won't let go." 
Shampoo:  "Ooo!  I promise!" 
Ranma:  "I'm coming, ghoul!" 
Cologne:  "Hmph.  Don't think I'll go easy on you two just because 
        you dragged Shampoo into this!" 
Akane:  "Why was Ranma so cruel?  So I'm a lead weight in water.  
        What about Shampoo?  When she hits water she turns 
        into..." 
 
Ranma hit the water with Ranko and Shampoo, turning Shampoo 
into her cat form.  Ranma tried to run away from Shampoo, who held 
onto his back.  Ranko escaped and swam away, knocking Cologne 
and her shark into the sky with her passage.  Ranma swam back 
toward the beach. 
 
Akane:  "Ranma!  He's resorting to the Cat-Fist!  The unbeatable 
        technique of becoming a cat - and fighting with a cat's 
        ferocity!  They can win this yet!" 
 
Ranma came into view of the beach, desperately trying to escape 
Shampoo, who continued to cling to his head.  Ranko had recovered 
and made her way back to the beach as Cologne followed on her 
shark. 
 
Nabiki:  "Unbeatable technique, huh?" 
Akane:  "Would you please hurry up and change!  This is 
        embarrassing!" 
 
Akane grabbed Shampoo's cat body and shoved it into the twins' 
faces.  They meowed, then jumped at Cologne.  Cologne performed 
the Shark-Fist at them.  The twins scratched at the approaching water 
form and it disintegrated into wood-like shavings.  The two 
eventually reached Cologne and they started to fight, disappearing 
into the sea as the shark went underwater. 
 
Soun:  "So... so quiet.  What happened out there?" 
 
The water exploded and the crowd was momentarily blinded.  The 
twins landed on the beach together, holding the shark in their 
mouths.  Ranma and Ranko started to play with the shark as a cat 
would a lizard; the shark desperately sought to flee to the ocean, its 
body riddled with scratches. 
 
Akane:  "Ranma!  That's enough! 
 
Ranma jumped at Akane.  She had to trust that he still recognized 
her.  Ranma landed in her lap and started to purr.  Akane knew that 
no matter what, this was how Ranma felt toward her in his heart.  
The only other person who could control the twins in their cat state 
was their mother. 
 
Bystander:  "They're... they're calm!" 
Soun:  "Brr... what terror!" 
Cologne:  "So, to think they knew the Cat-Fist!  No one's given me 
        such trouble in fifty years!" 
 
Ranma moved to attack Cologne.  Akane held Ranma back and could 
see Nodoka doing the same for Ranko. 
 
Akane:  "Wait!  Do you still intend to fight?" 
Cologne:  "There." 
 
Akane caught the case thrown by Cologne.  It was the locket with the 
phoenix pill. 
 
Cologne:  "A prize... for fighting spirits!  We'll meet again!" 
 
Cologne laughed as she hopped away.  Ranma started to paw at the 
locket. 
 
*************** 
 
Kasumi quickly packed her things and got the magazine from Nabiki.  
She looked strange in a blue wig and 'Lone Ranger' mask.  The title 
on the magazine was 'The Accident - A Masked Meeting'.  She 
quickly glanced through it to make sure it was the one she wanted. 
 
Page 1 -  Pictures of Kasumi in a bikini and stepping into a small 
        jacuzzi. 
Caption:  "Its so hot today!  I'll just take a quick dip to cool off! 
 
Page 2 -  Ranma and male Ranko passing by a hotel room.  They are 
        disguised with wigs and masks as well. 
Caption:  "Hey, what was that?"  "Sounded like a cry for help!" 
 
Page 3 -  Male Ranko carries Kasumi out of the jacuzzi.  Her bikini 
        top is undone and starting to slip off her body. 
Captions:  "My heroes!" 
 
Page 4 -  Kasumi pulls Ranma and male Ranko's head down to her 
        breasts. 
Captions:  "I must reward you!"  "No need, ma'am!"  "Yes, there is!" 
 
Page 5 -  Kasumi pushing the others onto their back and stroking 
        their manhoods erect. 
Captions:  "We were happy to help, ma'am."  "Yes, and now I'm 
        helping myself and making you happy." 
 
Kasumi smiled to herself as she closed the magazine.  If Kyoko didn't 
throw it away, she'd surely draw the parallel with herself and her two 
boyfriends.  Kasumi didn't think Kyoko would actually do anything 
on her own; but the idea would seem more desirable as time went on, 
and actually seeing it done would make it more believable. 
 
Maybe she'd even include Kozue in her fantasies, since Akane joined 
them later in the magazine. 
 
*************** 
 
Nodoka quietly pulled Mr. Yotsuya back through the hole in his 
room, closing the small peephole into Room 1 at the same time.  
Undoing the effects of the various pressure points, Nodoka left the 
voyeur lying in the center of Room 4 and went downstairs to pack her 
own things for the trip home. 
 
Mr. Yotsuya curled up into a fetal position and started to cry. 
 
*************** 
 
Kyoko waved as she watched her temporary tenants leave for their 
own home.  She had enjoyed their time here, strange and short as it 
was.  And they had promised to come back toward the end of 
summer, even renting the rooms for another month. 
 
Kasumi had given her a lot to think about.  Most of which she wasn't 
ready for yet.  Despite her protestations to Mrs. Ichinose since she 
moved to Maison Ikkoku, her body had missed a man's touch; the 
hunger that she and Soichiro awakened in each other continued to 
grow as her heartache faded. 
 
Kyoko returned to her manager's room to find a magazine labeled 
"The Accident" lying on the table.  Curious, she opened it. 
 
The magazine fell as she realized exactly what type of publication it 
was.  She looked around to make sure no one had seen her looking at 
it.  Then her eyes returned to the opened pages. 
 
Kyoko quickly got up and locked the door, to make sure no one would 
burst in unexpectedly (which happened more often than not at 
Maison Ikkoku).  She felt at her cheeks; they were hot with 
embarrassment.  But she sat down at the table and returned to the 
pictures. 
 
She hadn't felt this way since the last time Soichiro had made love to 
her.  Her hand slipped its way underneath her waistband as she 
watched the woman excite her two unknown lovers.  Her fingers 
reached her clit.  Two men and one woman... 
 
*****************************finis Marital Arts Episode 7 
 
[Author's Note #1:  I'm placing this Maison Ikkoku crossover during 
the second summer after Kyoko Otonashi's arrival.  This visit will be 
assumed to take place right after Viz Maison Ikkoku Graphic Novel 
#3, Part 6.  I believe Nerima is located to the northwest of Tokyo Bay 
proper, and unless I get a message stating I am wrong, I am placing 
Maison Ikkoku on the southwest side of Tokyo (nearer to Kawasaki) 
and placing the beach location "somewhere" around there.  The move 
to Maison Ikkoku takes place on a Sunday, with the day after being a 
holiday.]