--
<The scene. Four girls are in a medium sized bedroom. There are four
windows, two on one side, and one on each of the adjoining walls.
Between the two windows is a gray desk with a computer on it. On one of
the adjoining walls is a dresser with a TV on top, and on the other is a
bookshelf. The bed is backed against the remaining wall. Kyone and Umi
are sitting on the bed while the other knights are sitting on the chairs
in the room.>
Kyone: Ah . . . Christmas break. Finally, a chance to rest.
Fu: Yes, now you have free time to write!
<A sweat drop forms on Kyone's head.>
Kyone: But I just wrote another part of The Otaku series. Isn't that
good enough?
Hikaru: You said you wouldn't write a Rayearth story with us until you
finish Magic Knight Ranma.
Umi: So we don't care one bit if you write any The Otaku stories.
Kyone: Well, what about a story where the luckless Otaku visits you?
Hikaru, Umi & Fu: NO!!!!!!
Umi: If you do that . . . well, you know what we'll do to you.
<Kyone's face turns as white as a sheet as images of past beatings surge
through her mind.>
Kyone: Okay! Okay! I won't do it!
Hikaru: That's good, Kyone-chan.
<Kyone sighs with relief, but then notices the girls are still staring
at her.>
Kyone: What? *Please, Kami-sama, please! They've have to forget!*
Fu: You still need to write the next part of Magic Knight Ranma.
Kyone: *Damn. They didn't forget.* Oh, all right. I guess I will.
Umi: You don't sound so enthusiastic, Kyone-chan. I guess I better
give you some encouragement!
<Before Kyone can get off the bed and run from Umi, she's caught. Kyone
struggles with all her might, to no avail.>
Kyone (fearfully): Wait! No! You don't need to encourage me!
Umi: Oh, yes we do!
<Unfortunately for Kyone, no one else is around to listen to her screams
. . . .>
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Magic Knight Unlimited Press
Proudly Presents:
Magic Knight Ranma: Part 3
Mysterious Swordsman Ferio! Ranma And Hot Water Don't Mix!
By Magic Knight Kyone
Ranma 1/2 written by Rumiko Takahashi
Magic Knight Rayearth written by CLAMP
All situations in this story are my fault. If you like it, great! If
you hate it, well...you DO have my e-mail address...!
KEY
<....> = Description
[....] = Sound Effect
*....* = Thought
('Real World' Actions)
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Narrator: Here is the story, so far. Saotome Ranma, Kuonji Ukyou, and
Tendo Akane were magically transported to Cepherio by Emeraude-hime.
For some reason, Ranma thinks he's a girl. Once there, they met Guru
Cleff and found out they were the legendary Magic Knights. Forced to
flee when they were attacked by Alcione, the three Magic Knights went to
the Forest of Silence, where they met the Master Creator Pressia, and
Mokona, a furry white rabbit with a red jewel between its eyes. Pressia
loaned them weapons since magic does not work in the Forest of Silence.
They were to use these weapons to help get the Legendary Mineral Escudo
at the Magic Spring Eterna, so Pressia could forge their real weapons.
After receiving their weapons, the three knights defeated a mud
monster. The three knights took Mokona, and left Pressia, in search of
the Magic Spring . . . .
<All three Magic Knights are running after Mokona, through the Forest of
Silence. Mokona's path is rather erratic, and even though all three
knights are in good physical condition, it's beginning to wear them
down. Suddenly, a gigantic one-eyed monster steps out in their path.>
Ukyou: Ranma! Look out!
Ranma-chan: I see it!
<Ranma keeps on charging while summoning her sword from the jewel in her
glove. As soon as she has the sword in hand, she leaps up, and brings
her sword down through the head, slicing it in half. The two parts fall
to the ground, then explode out of existence.>
Ranma-chan <excited>: Yatta!
<Mokona hops up into her arms. Ranma grabs the furry creature and hugs
it too her unconsciously.>
Akane: Mokona! You aren't purposely leading us to the monsters, are
you?
Mokona: Pu, Puu! Pu!
Ranma-chan: Don't worry, Akane, I'm sure Mokona doesn't mean to.
Ukyou: I think we should be heading on. Who knows if there are more of
that thing around here.
Ranma & Akane: Right!
<Ranma sets Mokona on the ground. Mokona bounces onward, with the
knights running along behind her. Only a few minutes later, they run
into another monster, which Ranma quickly dispatches. The three girls
pause to catch their breath.>
Ranma-chan: With all the monsters we've run into so far, you'd better
take out your weapons.
Ukyou <mumbling>: I don't know why the whole bandoleer went into that
jewel. It's not like wearing it inhibits me . . . . <Out loud> You're
probably right.
Akane: Yeah, you're right. But I still think Mokona's leading us into
the monsters!
Ukyou: Well, do you know anyone else who can lead us to that spring?
Akane: Um . . . no.
Ukyou: Then it doesn't really matter, does it?
Akane: I guess not. <Ukyou smirks.> BUT IT'S STILL MOKONA'S FAULT!
<Ukyou facefaults.>
<While Ukyou and Akane were arguing, (again) the ground underneath Ranma
opened up. Ranma sprang back as a monster pulled itself out of the
ground. The monster looked like a giant praying mantis with enough
armor to stop bullets. Ranma engaged the monster.>
Ranma-chan: If you two are ready, I could use some help here!
Ukyou: Let's go!
Akane: Yeah!
<Before either of the girls can summon their weapons, two tentacles wrap
around them. A flower headed monster with about eight tentacles had
managed to sneak up behind them and ensnared them. Meanwhile, Ranma
finished dispatching her monster.>
Ukyou: Ranma! Help!
<Ranma spins around, and sees the thoroughly tied up pair.>
Ranma: *How can I get them? I'm not sure I can take the monster down
without hurting Akane-chan or Ucchan!*
<Suddenly, the monster is sliced in half. The freed girls leap away as
the monster crashes to the ground and explodes. In its place, a young
man lands. The young man is about Ryoga's height, has short (for anime)
green hair, yellow eyes, and a scar across his nose He carries a giant
scimitar, about three fourths his height in length, which he rests on
his right shoulder.>
Ranma-chan: Who-who are you?
Young Man: I'm Ferio. And who might you ladies be?
<Insert typical shojo background effects here. You know the type:
bubbles, color swirls, and the weird lights.>
Ranma-chan: I'm Saotome Ranma!
<End background effects. Apparently Akane and Ukyou don't have such bad
tastes.>
(&KYONE-SAN! THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR!&)
(What are you talking about, Umi-chan?)
(&You said we have bad taste!&)
(No I didn't!)
(&You implied it! Die!!&)
([CRUNCH] ARGH!!)
(&Now, get back to writing! And don't do it again!)
([Groan] All right, Umi-chan.)
Ukyou: I'm Kuonji Ukyou.
Akane: And I'm Tendo Akane. <To Ukyou> Gees, you'd think Ranma was
some girl out of one of those sappy shojo manga, the way she's acting.
<Ferio seems somewhat shocked at this overly bouncy girl.>
Ferio: *I never knew girls acted like that Ranma.* <Out loud> You
know, young women like you shouldn't be wandering around the Forest of
Silence alone. With all the monsters here, you might get hurt!
Akane <angry>: Are you saying we can't take care of ourselves!?
<Akane's eyes blaze with anger as she draws out her war hammer, and
prepares to swing it at Ferio.>
Akane <still angry>: DO I LOOK DEFENCELESS TO YOU!?!?!?
Ferio: NO! No, you can defend yourself just fine! I didn't mean
anything by that! *Oh, God, please don't let her come after me with
that thing!*
<Ukyou grabs Akane's hammer by the handle.>
Ukyou: Calm down, Akane. The way you're acting, you'd think you were
engaged to the guy!
Ranma-chan: If this is the way she'd act to her fiancee, I'd sure hate
to be the guy!
Ferio <Meekly>: Excuse me . . . .
Akane: But you ARE my fiancee!
Ferio: Excuse me.
Ranma-chan: [sigh] I thought you were over that joke. I'm a girl, I
can't be your fiancee!
Ferio <Slightly angry>: Excuse me!
Akane & Ukyou: YOU'RE NOT A GIRL!
Ranma-chan: Oh, then why do I have a girls body, huh?
Ferio <Very Angry>: EXCUSE ME!!!
Ranma, Akane & Ukyou: WHAT!!!
Ferio: Are you three done yet? *Where the hell do they get the idea
that that red-head could be a guy?*
Ukyou: Umm . . . yeah, I think we are.
Ferio: Good. Now you three seem to know where you're going. I was
hunting here, and I kinda got lost. <He chuckles, and puts a hand
behind his head.> If you three would lead me, I'll help you out with
the monsters here, for an additional price.
Ranma-chan: But I'm afraid we don't have any money . . . .
Ferio: Don't worry. I'll gladly take food. I haven't had a decent
meal in days.
Ranma-chan: But we don't--
Mokona: Pu! Pu, pu!
<Mokona, who has been standing at their feet while the knights were
talking, hops up into Ranma's arms. The jewel on her head fills with
light, and shoots out a beam to Ferio. Suddenly, Ferio is buried in
food.>
Akane: Amazing! I'm beginning to see why Cleff wanted us to take
Mokona along!
Ranma-chan <cheerfully>: You're so cool, Mokona!
<Ukyou and Akane facefault.>
Ukyou <To Akane>: You're right. He is acting more like a pseudo-girl .
. . .
[Burp!]
<The three girls turn towards Ferio. He has already managed to eat
every bit of the pile of fruits Mokona gave him.>
Ferio: So, where to?
<Ranma is about to answer him when Akane grabs her by the arm and pulls
her away. The three knights get into a huddle.>
Ranma-chan: What's wrong?
Ukyou: How do we know we can trust him? He could be another of
Zagato's minions.
Akane: Besides, we're doing fine on our own. We don't need him!
Ranma-chan: Okay, if you two say so . . . .
<The three girls turn back to Ferio. Akane steps forward, to tell him
the decision.>
Akane: We've been doing fine without you, so I don't think we need your
help.
Ferio: It didn't seem like that back when you were caught by that one
monster!
Akane: It caught us off guard! Besides, I would have taken care of it,
if you hadn't interfered!
Ferio: Yeah, sure you would!
Akane <quite angry>: WHY YOU--!
<Ukyou grabs Akane's, effectively stopping her from smashing Ferio.>
Ukyou: Don't worry about her, she's always like this. Besides, you're
story has to be false. With all the monsters here in the forest, no
man would hunt in it.
Ferio: Hah! So you caught on to my story. I'm really a wandering
swordsman who got lost in the forest while traveling. You're a smart
one to catch on to something like that!
Ukyou: That still doesn't change the fact that we have no idea why you
really are here. You've given us no reason to trust you, so we can't
really believe what you say. Well, we must be going! Bye!
<Ukyou drags off Akane and Ranma before they can protest, and they set
off following Mokona. Ferio follows them, of course. He makes no
attempt to hide from them, however.>
Ukyou: Lets pick up the pace. Maybe we'll loose him in the woods.
Akane & Ranma: Un!
<Ranma picks up Mokona, and the three girls start sprinting, doing their
best to lose Ferio. However, no matter were they run, how they hide,
what trees they climb or destruction that they leave in their wake, they
can't seem to shake Ferio. Finally, when they run out of breath, the
three knights stop.>
Akane: [pant, pant] I think [pant] we finally [pant] lost him!
Ferio <appearing out of nowhere>: What are you three doing, playing
Hide and Seek?
[Thunk! Thud]
Akane: Don't DO THAT!
<Akane, hammer in hand, stands over Ferio's unconscious body. He's now
sporting quite a large bruise on his head.>
Ukyou: It's kinda getting dark, we better stop for the night.
Akane: But where are we going to stay?
<Mokona hops out of Ranma's arms as the jewel on its head lights up
again. This time the beam of light fills a clearing, and forms a pink,
egg shaped cabin. It's about ten feet tall, and has four support legs
to keep from falling . There is a set of white steps leading up to the
door. The door has the only window on the entire structure. The window
is round, just like the type you see on old sailing ships in the
movies.>
Ukyou <to Akane>: How does Mokona do that?
<Akane shrugs her shoulders. Meanwhile, Ranma walks up to the door and
goes in. The other two follow her, with Mokona following them. The
inside of the cabin is painted pink. Even the bed, with three matching
sets of night gowns is the total essence of kawaii. Ranma's eyes light
up, while Akane and Ukyou both look like they want to retch.>
Ranma-chan: This is so kawaii!!! I love it!
Akane: Too . . . much . . . sugar! Must . . . flee!
Ukyou: Come on Akane, it's not that bad. <Ukyou scans the room, and
starts retching again.> Okay, you're right. It is that bad!
(&HEY, KYONE-CHAN!!&)
(Um, what now, Umi-chan? Why are you girls glowing?)
(&You remember what I said about our tastes?&)
(NO! Please! I didn't mean a thing!)
(&To bad! In the name of Rayearth, we will punish you!)
([Crunch!][WAM!!][KA-BOOM!!!])
(&And remember, next time, it'll be worse!&)
<Ranma continues to bounce around the room, disgusting Akane and Ukyou
even more. Suddenly, she stops a small table. On it are two bowls
filled with fruit. Ranma picks up one.>
Ranma-chan: I think I'll take this out and give it to Ferio. He's
gotta be hungry after following after us!
Ukyou: Fine, fine--<a gleam appears in her eyes> How about I take it
out to him? You're too trusting, you might invite him in. *Besides,
it'll give me a chance to get outta this place. And if he came in here,
he'd die from the shock. Who knows, we might need him later!*
Ranma-chan: All right!
<Ranma gives Ukyou the bowl. Ukyou practically runs out of the cabin,
while Akane glares at her.>
Akane: *Damn. Now I don't have an excuse . . . .*
<Meanwhile, outside of the cabin, Ukyou approaches Ferio. Ferio is
sitting on the ground, his back against a tree. His eyes are closed, as
if he's thinking about something.>
Ukyou: Here, Ferio. Have some food.
<Ukyou gets up, and starts walking back to the cabin.>
Ferio: Ukyou.
<Ukyou stops and turns around. Ferio is looking her right in the
eyes.>
Ferio: Sit down. I could use some company while I eat. Especially
from a cute girl like you.
<Ukyou blushes, turns and runs back to the cabin. Ferio smirks and
closes his eyes again.>
<Once Ukyou's back in the cabin, she motions for Akane to come over.>
Akane: Yeah?
Ukyou: You've noticed, of course, how Mokona can make whatever food we
need.
Akane: So?
Ukyou: How about we get it to make us some HOT tea.
Akane: Why do we need . . . OH! I get it! <turns to Mokona> Mokona!
<Mokona hops over to the two girls, and tries to hop up in Akane's
arms. Akane, unlike Ranma, refuses to catch it, and it fall back to the
floor. Mokona is slightly annoyed, but doesn't stop making that noise.>
Mokona: Pu! Pu!
Akane: Can you make us some hot tea, Mokona?
Mokona: Pu! Pu, pu!
<That jewel in Mokona's head lights again. This time the beam produces
a tray with three cups and a tea kettle filled with (of course) hot
tea. Akane pours three cups, gives one to Ukyou, and corners Ranma.>
Akane: Ranma, would you like some tea?
<Ranma-chan finally stops bouncing around the cabin, and looks at
Akane. Her eyes are glittering at all the cute stuff in the cabin,
almost causing Akane to retch yet again.>
Ranma-chan: Sure! I'd love some tea!
Akane: Well, here you go!
<Akane tosses the tea on Ranma, causing her to transform. Ranma is now
quite wet, male, and in that same Magic Knight outfit. Due to the
change in size, the outfit rips in several places, and parts of it fall
on the floor, leaving Ranma without a shirt. Mokona, when it sees what
happens, faints.>
Ranma: Wha-what happened? <Looks down.> Aghh!!!!!!
Ukyou: He seems to be normal!
Ranma: What did ya do? You've turned me into a guy!
<Akane and Ukyou facefault.>
Akane & Ukyou: YOU REALLY ARE A GUY!!
Ranma: I can't be! You must have cursed me! I mean, I knew you wanted
me as your fiancee but this is going a bit too far!
Akane: But you gotta believe us!
Ranma: NO! Turn me back! Please, if you're really my friends, turn me
back!
Ukyou: All right, Ranma. We'll turn you back, for now. Mokona!
<Ukyou walks over to Mokona, and shakes it awake. Mokona gives a
horrified glance at Ranma before seeing what Ukyou wants.>
Mokona: Pu! Pu?
Ukyou: Please, make me a glass of cold water.
Mokona: Pu! Pu, pu!
<Yet again, the jewel lights up, the beam of light shoots out, and forms
a glass, filled with ice cold water. Ukyou picks up the glass and pours
its contents on Ranma. Once Ranma changes back, a wave of relief
crosses her face. She then proceeds to hug Ukyou.>
Ranma-chan: Thank you, Ukyou. [Yawn] I think I'll [Yawn] go to bed
now.
<Ranma, thoroughly exhausted from the days activities, takes off the
remains of her uniform, puts on one of the night gowns, and gets into
bed. Mokona hops up into the bed, and Ranma unconsciously begins to
snuggle her. Once Akane and Ukyou are sure she's asleep, they sit down,
and begin to whisper.>
Akane: You know, this is beginning to remind me of something that
happened to him before.
Ukyou: What? Ranma's acted like this before?
Akane: Yeah, he sure has. One time, he was hit in the back of the head
. . . <notices Ukyou's glare> NOT BY ME! . . . and started acting like
this. Just like this, acting like all of Ranma's notions on how women
are supposed to act. We tried the hot water thing back then, too. It
didn't work.
Ukyou: Then how'd you get him back to normal?
Akane: We managed to repeat the circumstances of the accident, which
got him back to normal.
Ukyou: So, you're saying all we have to do, is hit him on the back of
the head.
Akane: Not just the back of the head, but the exact same spot. And
since we don't know which spot that is . . .
Ukyou: We're gonna have to pound him a lot?
Akane: Un. But I'm feeling to tired to do it tonight. I think I'll go
to bed . . . .
Ukyou: Yeah, and we gotta get up early tomorrow, anyway. Oyasumi,
Akane.
Akane: Oyasumi.
<The two girls change, and get in bed with Ranma. All three sleep well
that night.>
<The next morning, after breakfast, the three girls exit the cabin with
Mokona. Somehow, over the night, not only did Ranma's uniform repair
itself, all three of the uniforms were cleaned. Mokona turns towards
the cabin. The cabin turns into a ball of light, and flies back into
Mokona's head. Ferio sees them, and prepares himself for following them
again.>
Akane: Now, Mokona, you better not lead us to any more monsters today!
Mokona: Pu! Pu!
<Mokona runs off into the woods, with the three knights on its tail,
with Ferio on THEIR tail.>
(*Lucky guy, isn't he, boss?*)
(Hey, where'd you come from, you hentai?)
(*Oh, no where in particular, just thought I'd annoy ya, boss.*)
(Hey, Umi, ya wanna get that perv who got ya the other day?)
(&That's him!?!? DIE!!!!&)
(*ARGH!!!!! I'll get ya for that, boss.*)
([CRUNCH]*AIEEE*)
(Heh. Yeah, right.)
<Anyway, as I was saying, Ferio was FOLLOWING them. After a few minutes
of running, they reach a clearing, with a big, dark blue rock floating
in the center. Surrounding the rock are hundred of hideous monsters of
every description. None of them have noticed the Magic Knights, since
all of them are staring a the rock. Akane pulls out her war hammer, and
stomps towards Mokona.>
Akane: MOKONA!!!!!
Mokona: Pu! Pu!
<Mokona runs around and hides behind Ranma's legs. Meanwhile, Ukyou
grabs Akane.>
Akane: Let me at it! All I wanna do is kill the thing!
Ukyou: NO! I don't think Mokona purposely lead us into the monsters.>
Akane: That may be true, but at least let me maim it!
Ukyou: NO! No maimings!
Akane: Aww . . . <Akane puts away the hammer> Ya got lucky, this time,
Mokona.
<Ranma pulls out a mallet and wallops Akane on the head, smashing her to
the ground.>
Ranma-chan: Shame on you, Akane. Trying to hurt a poor defenseless . .
. um . . . rabbit, I guess . . . . You big bully!
Ukyou: Hey, enjoy getting a taste of you're own medicine?
Akane: SHUT UP, UKYOU!!
<Ferio steps out of the woods, but since the girls are too busy arguing,
they don't notice him. He surveys the situation, trying to come up wit
the best plan.>
Ferio: Ladies, now's not the time to be fighting!
<Ferio suddenly finds a hammer slammed on his head, two shurinkan flying
past him, and a sword pointed at him.>
Ranma, Akane and Ukyou: Ferio! DON'T DO THAT!!!
Ferio: All right! Just please don't beat me like that again. Anyway,
as I was about to say before I was INTERRUPTED, it looks like we have a
common problem.
Akane: Oh, thank you! We hadn't noticed! NOW TELL US SOMETHING WE
DON'T KNOW, WHY DON'T YA?
Ferio: Calm down! Please, lets discus this rationally.
Ukyou: Well, from the way those monsters are acting, I'd say we know
the source of all the monsters around here. That big rock!
Ranma-chan: So what do we need to do? Destroy it?
Ukyou: That would be my guess. The problem is, to get close enough,
someone will have to distract the monsters.
Akane: Distract THEM!? You gotta be kidding! That would be suicide!
Ukyou: You gotta better idea?
Akane: Well . . . no . . . .
Ukyou: That's what I thought.
Ferio: I'll distract them!
Ranma-chan: No! Akane and I will. If we can't take care of a simple
task like this, there is no way we can save Emeraude-hime!
Ferio: What did you say?!?
Ranma-chan: I said that-MPH!!!
<Ukyou covers Ranma's mouth.>
Ukyou <To Ranma>: We don't know if we can trust him yet!
Ferio: So! That's it! You're Magic Knights!
Akane: How'd you know?
Ferio: A group of three women trying to save Emeraude-hime? Who else
could you be? All right, if you two are going to take care of the
monster, I'll help Ukyou.
Ukyou: But we don't even know if we can trust you! You haven't even
told us who you really are.
Ferio: All right. I'll tell you. I was a performer in a circus. We
were doing a performance for Emeraude-hime. While we were there, I
decided to wander around the castle . . . .
-=-=-
<Ferio is walking around in a huge room. It has all sorts of beautiful
decorations in it, the type of things you would expect to see in a
castle. Ferio finds himself in front of a table. On the table is a
jewelry box. Ferio opens the box, and sees two pendants in it.>
Ferio: *These are lovely! I wonder how much they're worth . . .
EH!?!?*
<While Ferio was staring at the pendants, two guards came up on him.
The two guards drag him to the princesses throne room, where they accuse
him of stealing.>
Emeraude-hime: No, that's all right. He wasn't stealing those. I gave
them to him. Please, let him go.
<The scene fades.>
-=-=-
Ferio: Ever since then, I've been thankful to Emeraude-hime. So, I got
lost here in the forest while trying to find the High Priest Zagato and
free her!
<Ferio stands there for a second.>
Ferio: Nah! Did you believe me? I was kidding!
Akane: Moh! You're unbelievable!
Ranma: Come on, Akane! Let's take care of those monsters!
Akane: Right!
<The two girls charge off, towards the monsters. Ukyou turns to Ferio,
looking serious.>
Ukyou: You were telling the truth that time, weren't you?
Ferio: Well . . . maybe. Hurry up! We better be ready to take care of
that rock!
<Ukyou grins at Ferio.>
Ukyou: Right!
<Meanwhile, Ranma and Akane have reached the monsters. Ranma begins by
chopping her first in half, while Akane flattens another. After Ranma
cuts a few more down, and Akane bashes and crushes a few more, they both
run away from the rock. The monsters, all enraged at this intrusion,
all follow after the pair. The way for Ukyou and Ferio is now clear . .
. .>
Ferio: Let's take care of that rock!
Ukyou: Right!
<The two of them charge the rock, with Ferio taking the lead. Soon,
however, something begins to happen. Ferio realizes the rock's pulling
him towards it. He stabs his scimitar into the ground and tries to
brace himself.>
Ferio: Ukyou! Stop! The rock's somehow got a hold of me! You'll have
to destroy it from there!
Ukyou: But it's too far! I'll never be able to hit it from here!
<The force pulls Ferio off his feet, swinging him around his sword. The
only thing preventing him from flying towards the rock is his grip on
his sword.>
Ferio: Just do it! Please!
<Over where Ranma and Akane are fighting, they have some trouble, too.
The monsters have managed to surround the two. It seems like for every
monster they kill, two more take its place. They are slowly being worn
down.>
Ranma-chan: Can't . . . stop . . . now! Too . . . many . . . monsters!
Akane: Can't . . . stop . . . now! Can't . . . let . . . that . . .
JERK . . . outdo . . . me!
<Back with Ukyou and Ferio, the rock is slowly beginning to drag Ferio
to it, sword and all. Something else strange starts happening to
Ferio-->
(*Let me guess, boss. Dr. Strange. Right?*)
(I thought I got rid of you! You want me to call Umi again?)
(*NO!!!!! I'll be quiet, boss. I promise! Just don't let her get
me!*)
(That's better.)
<Anyway, Ferio noticed that his legs were being transformed into
something.>
Ferio: Ukyou! Hurry up! The rock's turning me into something!
<Ukyou snaps her fingers.>
Ukyou: That's it! The rock turns normal creatures into monsters!
That's why there are so many around here!
Ferio: If you don't hurry up, I'LL be one of those monsters!
Ukyou: Oh. Oh, yeah.
<Ukyou pulls out a shurinkan and sets her aim up.>
Ukyou: It's so far! I'm good, but I can't hit anything at that
distance!
<Ferio is starting to panic, now.>
Ferio: Ukyou! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! If you believe in yourself, you
can do any thing in Cepherio. Just believe in yourself!
<Ukyou gathers her confidence.>
Ukyou: All right! Here I go!
<Ukyou draws back the shurinkan, then throws it forward. Her aim is
true, and it slams into the rock. The shurinkan does not do much
damage. It only cracks the rock. Apparently, however, that is enough.
The rock falls to the ground, followed by Ferio, knocking him out.>
Ukyou: Ferio!
<Ukyou charges to Ferio, and checks on him. Ferio quickly regains
consciousness.>
Ferio: And you think you can save Cepherio if you can't even smash a
pebble like that!
Ukyou: FERIO NO BAKA!
<Ukyou elbows Ferio in the face, knocking him out again. When she calms
down, however, a small little smile forms on her face.>
<Meanwhile, over where the girls are fighting, they both collapse in
exhaustion. The monsters surround them, prepared to finish them off.>
Ranma-chan: I guess this is the end . . . .
Akane: Yeah, I guess so. It's been nice knowing you, Ranma.
Ranma-chan: You, too.
<Right as the monsters are about to strike, something happens. The
monsters begin to transform. One by one they all turn in to cute
little mythical creatures, all harmless looking. They all stare
strangely at the girls, as if wondering what they were about to do.>
Ranma-chan: They did it!
Akane: Yeah, they did!
-=-=-
<A few hours latter, Mokona, the three knights and Ferio have reached
the end of the forest.>
Ferio: Well, this is where our paths diverge!
Ranma-chan: I thought you'd go with us.
Ferio: No, I have things I need to do, myself. <Turns to Ukyou>
Ukyou.
Ukyou: What?
Ferio: Here, take this.
<Ferio gives her a pendant, just like the one of the two Emeraude-hime
gave him.>
Ferio: Take this. It has the ability to grant wishes. You use it,
when you need to.
Ukyou: Arigato!
Akane: Hey, why are you giving her something and not us!
Ferio: Because Ukyou loves me and you two don't! Ja na!
<A burst of flames appear around Ukyou. She tries to look as unassuming
as possible while Akane and Ranma stare at her. When they turn back,
Ferio has all ready run off.>
Akane: Ukyou, I thought you loved Ranma!
Ukyou: I do!
Akane: But what about Ferio?
Ukyou: I-I don't know what you're talking about!
Akane: Sure you don't.
Ranma-chan: Akane! Stop picking on Ucchan! She can like whoever she wants!
<Ukyou blushes even more as the scene fades out.>
-=-=-
<However, back in Zagato's Mirror Room . . . .>
Inova: Zagato-sama! The Forest of Silence has appeared in the mirror! What does this mean?
<Zagato is annoyed.>
Zagato: It appears I may have underestimated the Magic Knights. It will not happen again.
<Zagato turns, and marches out of the room.>
--
Coming Up Next
The girls fight more monsters! Is Ranma's magic enough?
Can we save this village before the monsters destroy it?
Oh, no! Alcione is back! What will we do?
Just WHAT are Akane and Ukyou DOING to Ranma?
All in the next episode of Magic Knight Ranma!
--
So, how did you like how I handled Ranma's reaction to water? Zen told
me that if the Revenge fics come around again, he doesn't expect me to
survive, and I'm inclined to believe him, especially with what the girls
will be doing to Ranma in the next part. I guess all you people who
like seeing Ranma get beat silly will be happy! :)
Well, I promise you the next part wont take so long, or Zen will join
the Magic Knights in beating me!
(Hey, Kyone-chan! We heard that!)
Uh-oh!
[CRUNCH][WHAM] ITTE!!!!!!!!!
