Here it is, finally. As always, please send C&C to
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Kunou. Kodachi. Gosunkugi. Mousse. Sasuke. Ryouga. Cologne. Children
of the pen, characters of Rumiko Takahashi - SUPPORTING CHARACTERS--
Ridiculed and hated by the readers they've sworn to entertain. These
are the weirdest heroes of all!
Bile-Animax Entertainment Studios Presents: SineRanma
!
[Cut to an exterior shot of a city street. There is a sign in
the foreground which says 'Welcome To Nerima'. It is early
evening in spring. Ryouga is currently leaning up against the
sign while digging through his backpack.]
Ryouga: Blast, how could I run out of supplies so soon!
[He sighs as he closes his pack and pulls it onto his back.]
Ryouga: <Well, at least I'm back in Nerima. There should be a
convenience store around here somewhere...>
[After a few moments Ryouga comes upon a convenience store with
a sign proclaiming it as 'Quickstop'. Cut to an interior shot
of the store as Ryouga walks in. There is currently nobody behind
the counter. Ryouga shrugs and makes his way towards the back
of the store. He opens up one of the doors to the refrigerated
section and takes out several bottles of water. After that he
takes three bento boxes off a shelf and walks over to the counter.
Cut to a shot from under the counter, where the clerk cowers.
Ryouga slams his items on the counter.]
Ryouga: Hey, you going to ring me up, or what?
Clerk: [Cowering] Please, just take what you want and leave me alone.
Ryouga: What the hell's the matter with you?
Clerk: Please, just leave me alone!
[Ryouga grumbles and digs through his pockets for a few moments.
Finally he takes out three 500 yen coins and drops them on the
counter.]
Ryouga: This should take care of it.
Clerk: Please, leave!
Ryouga: You're welcome!
[Ryouga leaves in a huff. Cut to a shot of the exterior of
Quickstop. Ryouga is stuffing his recent purchases into his
backpack. A man is lying against the edge of the building,
his moaning attracts Ryouga's attention.]
Ryouga: Hey buddy, you all right?
Man: No, and I'll never be okay again.
[Ryouga throws him a 500 yen piece, but the man doesn't even
attempt to grab it.]
Ryouga: Hey buddy, cheer up. Things will get better.
[The man just stares ahead glassily. Ryouga shrugs and walks
away. Several moments after he's gone, the man picks up a
pistol and points it to his temple. Cut to Ryouga walking
down the street, we hear a gunshot in the background, which
causes Ryouga to jump.]
Ryouga: What the hell is going on around here?
[Suddenly a bunch of street thugs appear around him.]
Thug1: Hey, whatchafuck you do around here man, this is Scorpion
territory!
Ryouga: Strange, I thought this was Nerima. And the last I heard,
Nerima didn't have gangs.
Thug1: Well, you heard wrong, pipsqueak. Now get the hell off our
turf before we waste ya!
Ryouga: Hey, no one tells Ryouga Hibiki where to go, NOBODY!
[The four street toughs close in on Ryouga. Fade to opening
credits.]
_____________________________________________________________________
SineRanma
A Production of Bile-Animax Entertainment Studios Inc.
SineRanma Created by Jang Choe and Chris Schumacher
Episode 3: Inferno
Written By: Chris Schumacher
_____________________________________________________________________
[Cut to a shot of the streets of Nerima. Ryouga is being attacked
by four thugs. Ryouga manages to brain one of them with an
umbrella, which sends him spiraling to the ground with one hell
of a bump on his head.]
Thug1: Hey, I just figured out something.
Thug2: What's that?
Thug1: Avoid the umbrella.
Thug3: Gee, thanks Einstein.
[Ryouga smacks Thug3 in the head with his umbrella and swirls
around to face the other two thugs.]
Ryouga: [Rage] YOU WANT SOME OF THIS?! HUH?! COME AND GET IT! HOW
ABOUT YOU, HOW ABOUT YOU?!!!!
[Thug1 grabs Ryouga's umbrella by the tip and manages to rip it
out of his hands. Ryouga looks at him, stunned.]
Thug1: Shit man, this fucker's heavy. What the hell is it made of?
Thug2: Stefan said uranium.
Thug1: Stefan don't know shit!
[Thug1 swings the umbrella at Ryouga, who managed to dodge it.
Thug1 doesn't appear to any problem swinging the umbrella at
all. Ryouga turns tail and runs down an alley. The two thugs
give chase. Ryouga reaches a dead end and whirls around to
face his assailants.]
Ryouga: ...
Thug1: ...
Thug2: ...
[The silence is broken as a bolt of lightning leaps down from
the sky and strikes Thug1. He lets out a scream and drops the
umbrella. Ryouga grabs it, Thug2 backs up.]
Thug2: Hey, ah, we can talk about this. 'eh?
Ryouga: The time for talk is past.
[Suddenly Kodachi rushes down the alleyway and runs in between
the two of them.]
Kodachi: Wait! Let him leave!
Ryouga: Stay out of this!
Thug2: Yeah, no broad's getting involved in a man to man fight!
[Kodachi turns around to face Thug2. She smiles and holds up
her left hand. The signet ring flashes and we hear a roll of
thunder. Thug2's jaw drops open.]
Kodachi: [Voice like thunder] Leave now.
[Sparing no words, Thug2 rushes out of the alley. Kodachi turns
around to face Ryouga.]
Ryouga: What the hell did you let him go for? I wanted to make him
pay for attacking me!
Kodachi: You'll get over it. How long have you been in town for?
Ryouga: I just got here a few minutes ago. What does that have to
do with anything?
Kodachi: Good, you shouldn't be affected then.
Ryouga: What the hell are you talking about?
Kodachi: We can't talk here, it's not safe. Come on, we've got to get
back to Kunou Manor.
[Kodachi rushes down the alley pulling Ryouga behind her.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of the outside perimeter of the wall surrounding
Kunou Manor. Kodachi and Ryouga rush out in front of the front
gate. Kodachi presses a button on the intercom.]
Kunou's Voice: [Glum] What do you want?
Kodachi: Elder brother, this is Kodachi, open the gate.
Kunou's Voice: [Glum] What's the point? Once I open the gate, you'll
come in, then you'll leave again, and you'll come back and want me to
open the gate again. It's all so pointless. Just stay out there, it'll
save us both work.
[There's a click as the intercom switches off. Kodachi fumes.]
Kodachi: That little... Aw, what's the use? [Turns to Ryouga] Can
you jump over the wall?
Ryouga: Yeah, I think.
Kodachi: Try.
[Ryouga walks back a few feet, and then thinking better of it,
he walks right next to the fence and jumps straight up, grabs
the top of the wall, and flips over to the other side. A few
moments pass, and he opens the gate from the other side. Kodachi
walks in and slams the gate shut behind her. Both walk towards
the house.]
Ryouga: Now that we're safely inside, can you tell me what the hell
is going on around here?
Kodachi: Wait until we're inside.
Ryouga: [Grumble]
[Cut to an interior shot of the Kunou Mansion, specifically the
family room. Kodachi and Ryouga sit at the table. Ryouga is
eating one of his bento boxes and drinking one of his waters.
Kunou lies asleep on the sofa. His hair is all messed up and
it looks like he hasn't bathed in a long time.]
Ryouga: [Indicating Kunou] What's wrong with him?
Kodachi: What's wrong with all of Tokyo. It started almost a week
ago.
[Cut to a shot of a classroom. Kodachi, now dressed in a regular
school uniform, sits at one of the desks. All of the other
students look either gloomy, scared, or angry. The teacher looks
gloomy herself.]
Teacher: Which nation was the greatest advocate of the League of
Nations, but didn't end up joining it?
Student1: [Gloomy] Israel?
Student2: Israel didn't exist back then you stupid moron!
Student3: Please stop fighting, let's just try and get along...
Student2: Shut up!
Student3: Yes, yes, m'am, sorry I said anything. Please leave me
alone.. [Cowers]
Student2: Why you little...
[Student2 jumps Student3, throwing her to the ground and starting
to pummel her.]
Teacher: Hey, don't do that! If you don't stop doing that I'll...aw,
what the hell. It doesn't matter a spit to me.
[The teacher puts her head down on the desk and goes to sleep.
Cut back to the table in the Kunou mansion.]
Kodachi: It took me a while to figure out exactly what was going on.
I've noticed that there have been three different reactions to
whatever is going on. Some are afflicted with dread, like Tatewaki.
Some become extremely aggressive, like those thugs who attacked you,
and some become extremely scared of everything.
Ryouga: Why weren't you affected by whatever this is?
[She holds up her left hand to show the signet ring.]
Kodachi: I bear the symbol of Indra. He promised that whenever I
needed his aid, he would be there for me. That must have been what
stopped me from contracting the curse. It was also his ring which lead
me to you.
Ryouga: Lead you?
Kodachi: It's hard to explain. But this morning I suddenly felt a need
to go out, to FIND something. So I followed my instincts, and happened
upon you. Since you're unaffected by this, I think we might be able to
figured out what is causing this with your help.
Ryouga: Well... Do you know of anyone else who hasn't been affected
by this thing?
Kodachi: Sasuke Shinobi, my servant, hasn't been affected by it.
Ryouga: And why do you think he hasn't been?
Kodachi: Well, for one thing he is heir to the powers of Clan Shinobi
which his ancestor siphoned from a demon which we fought a few weeks
ago.
Ryouga: Uh...okay. Where is he right now?
Kodachi: I think he's doing the laundry.
Ryouga: Okay, get him down here, we might be able to help.
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a few moments later, Kodachi, Ryouga and Sasuke are all
sitting around the table. Ryouga's empty bento box lies on the
table.]
Ryouga: Now, there has to be some common element to all of the cases.
Why have they been affected and I haven't?
Kodachi: Well, there are four things which human beings require to
survive, poisoning one of those would have the right effect.
Ryouga: Right, the four things are air, water, food and shelter.
Sasuke: We'll rule out air, because you would have been affected the
moment you entered Tokyo.
Ryouga: And then there's shelter, which would be impossible to poison.
Kodachi: Food?
Ryouga: I don't think so. It would take far too much effort to poison
all of the food coming into Tokyo. That leaves...
Kodachi: Water. It's the only one that would make sense. Aside from
air, water is the element which the human body can go the least amount
of time without. And it would be easy to poison water and make it
undetectable.
Sasuke: Especially if the poison in eldritch in nature.
Ryouga: Where does all the water in Tokyo come from?
Kodachi: I remember that from Geography class, the Sumida river.
Ryouga: Where is that?
Kodachi: Uh....
Ryouga: All right, let's get a roadmap.
[The trio rises from the table and rushes out of the room.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to the bank of the Sumida river. The trio stares on in
horror. The water is completely black and sparkles unnaturally.]
Ryouga: How the hell could this have gone unnoticed?!
Kodachi: Well, by the time anyone suspected something, it was already
too late.
Ryouga: Sasuke, can you do anything?
Sasuke: This is out of my territory.
Kodachi: But Cologne told us that psionic power held reign over the
material and magical realms.
Sasuke: That's true, but this is a complex puzzle, brute force alone
won't destroy the poison. We need magic to do that.
Ryouga: But who did this in the first place? Why? It doesn't make
any sense. Why would someone go through this much effort just to make
people suffer?
Voice: Why, someone who hates all of humanity, of course! Hahahaha!!!
[The trio turns their heads up, and in a flash of light Tofu
appears. He is now clad in a black robe and silver-rimmed
spectacles adorn his face. His face looks even more stern and
cruel than when we saw him last. His eyes are bloodshot and glow
an eerie shade of blue.]
Kodachi: Tofu!
Tofu: I said that one day there would be a reckoning for what you did
to me. And that day is at hand! [Laughs]
[The trio exchange worried glances. Fade to black.]
<~Commercial Break~>
[Cut to a group of men in their mid twenties. All of them are
wearing black clothes and apparently have very bad hygiene.
They are currently looking at a cellular phone which is sitting
in the center of the table.]
Freak1: I tell you, PrimeCo must have been made by technology that the
CIA has been keeping secret during the Cold War years, and there was
a leak!
Freak2: No, I'm certain it's technology stolen from the American
Communist Prosperity Sphere.
Freak3: Oh, that's bullshit, the ACPS doesn't even exist!
Freak4: No, you see what it is, is this alien from the future
accidentally left it here, and he wants it back.
Freak2: Oh, shut UP! That's so last year man.
Freak1: Yeah, get with the times, no one believes in aliens anymore.
[The freaks go on talking, but Freak4 turns to a small red alien
that is sitting on the stool next to him.]
Freak4: Sorry.
Alien: Drat!
<~End Commercial Break~>
[Cut to a shot of the last scene before the commercial. Tofu is
floating above the poisoned river, and our trio of heroes stand
on the bank, looking stunned.]
Kodachi: Tofu, how could you punish these innocent people for what WE
did to you?
Tofu: All humanity is my enemy! I cannot in good conscience allow
your kind to exist any longer. Your lives are completely pointless,
all of your actions have no meaning whatsoever. My kind has explored
the vast boundaries of our universe, and we have managed to find others
like ourselves, and we have managed to live in peace and prosperity
with them. And what do your kind do? Drink tea and argue about the
latest match of your stupid sporting teams! None of your race has ever
accomplished anything of note within the past three million years, and
it is time that I cleared the way for another species! Why, by the time
my species was three million years old, we were already living in
artificial bodies!
Sasuke: [To Kodachi] Why is he talking at us like that?
Kodachi: [Shrugs] I guess he doesn't have anyone to talk to at home.
Ryouga: [Irritated] Could someone please tell me what the hell is
going on around here?! Why is The Good Doctor floating six feet above
the river Sumida and spouting crap about being a non-corporeal entity?
Kodachi: It's a long story.
Sasuke: Yeah, double-length.
Tofu: SILENCE!! You will not survive this day! I will smash you to
atoms, and then put you together again, and then smash you apart and..
What?!
[Pull back to show that the trio is gone.]
Tofu: [Snickers] Heh, let's hope they're as predictable as I thought.
[Tofu vanishes in a flourish.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to an alley somewhere in Tokyo. We see our trio of heroes
rushing down it. They stop at the end near the camera in an
attempt to catch their breath.]
Sasuke: [pant, pant] I think we threw him off the trail.
Kodachi: Did you get the water sample?
[Sasuke holds up a vial filled with black scummy water and nods.]
Ryouga: Who can we take it to? Who has the ability to analyze it?
Kodachi: It would have to be someone who is adept in the ways of magic.
Sasuke: What about Cologne?
Ryouga: [Shakes head] No, she's strong both in the ways of magic and
martial arts. If she was consumed by anger, she could easily clean
the floor with us.
Sasuke: Well that rules her out. But who else would have the knowledge
that we need?
Kodachi: Gosunkugi might.
Ryouga: [Laughing] Gosunkugi?! BWAHAHAHA!!!!
[Ryouga continues to laugh for a while. He becomes aware of the
fact that the others aren't laughing with him and stops.]
Ryouga: I mean, come on, that guy can't cast a decent Heal spell,
much less release the Sumida River from its curse.
Kodachi: Gosunkugi may have been a wet-behind-the-ears parlor magician
when you left. But you have my word that he is a powerful wizard now.
Ryouga: A wizard? [Sighs] I'm out of it for a little while and
everyone starts having delusions of grandeur.
Sasuke: Come on, time's a wasting!
Ryouga: [Sigh] All right, lead on.
[They walk out of the alley.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to an interior shot of the hallway of the Gosunkugi house.
Our trio stands before Gosunkugi's door.]
Kodachi: I wonder why his mother was so afraid of him. Do you think
he's gripped by anger?
Ryouga: No, she was probably just gripped by fear. Come on, let's
get in character.
[They all straighten up, brushing dust off their clothes, making
sure their hair is all right, et cetera. Once they're ready
Ryouga knocks on the doors. Several moments pass, and then it
flies open. Gosunkugi stares out. He is wearing a long black
cloak with a nun-like habit that is pulled over his head. His
eyes are blood shot and his face is formed into a snarl.]
Gosunkugi: What do you mundanes want from a powerful wizard such as
I?
Ryouga: [To Kodachi] Delusions of grandeur, I tell ya.
[Gosunkugi holds up his hand and a huge ball of fire shoots forth
and strikes Ryouga, sending him flying back into the wall, making
a large dent in it.]
Ryouga: Oof...and I didn't even hear him say "Hadoken"....
Gosunkugi: Silence you impudent fool!
Sasuke: You know, you remind me of that guy from Flash Gordon, can't
remember his name...
[Gosunkugi growls and sends another fireball to hit Sasuke.
Sasuke reaches out and grabs it, his hands and the fireball
covered by a blue psionic field. Sasuke throws it back at
Gosunkugi like a football. Gosunkugi lets out a scream as it
strikes him and the force causes him to fall to the ground
out cold.]
Kodachi: Needless to say, I think he was overtaken by anger.
Ryouga: [Spitting out drywall] No shit.
[Sasuke goes over to the catatonic figure of Gosunkugi and places
his hand over the eyes of Gosunkugi and closes his own. A blue
force field extends from his head down his arm to his hand,
and onto Gosunkugi's head. A few moments pass, and then Sasuke
gets up, looking notably exhausted.]
Sasuke: I put a block on all of his anger. It should last for as long
as we need.
Ryouga: But what happens to anger denied? Does it fester like a wound?
Or does it explode?
Kodachi: In a poetic mood, Ryouga? God have mercy on us all. [Turns
to Sasuke] Can you wake him up?
Sasuke: Yeah. Just give me a few moments to get my strength back.
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to several moments later. Gosunkugi is up and around in his
ordinary clothes, and sitting on his desk chair. Kodachi and
Ryouga sit on his bed while Sasuke floats several feet above
the floor in the lotus position. There is a laboratory apparatus
set up on the table and we see a black fluid seeping through
all the tubes. After a few moments Gosunkugi removes a beaker
with black crystals growing on the bottom of it from the table.
He reaches in and breaks off one of the crystals. He holds it
between finger and thumb for several moments. His hands start
to give off a black aura and Gosunkugi drops the crystal, it
hits the floor and burns all the way through, falling to the
living room below.]
Ryouga: Whoa! It's like that Stanley Kubrick movie with the aliens
and stuff.* What was that called?
Kodachi: Alien.
Ryouga: Hmmm...uncreative.
Gosunkugi: Well, it was as I feared. It's an extremely powerful curse.
I can't figure out how Tofu managed to create such a powerful curse
and managed to sustain it for so long...
Kodachi: Considering who is helping him, I don't think anything could
surprise me now. [To Gosunkugi] Do you know a way to undo the curse?
Gosunkugi: A curse this powerful would require the most powerful
antidote known to magekind. What we need is an Anti-Potion.
Sasuke: An Anti-Potion? What's that?
Gosunkugi: It's a mixture of various eldritch compounds which simulate
the effect of anti-magic. The only way to destroy the magic that
created this curse is to attack it with anti-magic. Unfortunately we
will need some extremely powerful and rare reagents to make this
potion.
[Gosunkugi walks over to his file cabinet and removes a large
scroll. He breaks the seal and opens the scroll all the way.
It's fairly long, and Gosunkugi rips it into four segments,
giving one to each of the trio and keeping one for himself.]
Gosunkugi: These are the location of the reagents, as well as what
they look like, what will be required, et cetera.
[Gosunkugi starts to dig through a trunk behind his bed. A few
moments later he comes up with a huge steel jar and two blue-
green rings. He hands the jar to Ryouga and hands one of the
rings to Sasuke. He is about to hand the second ring to Kodachi
when he notices the ring on her finger.]
Gosunkugi: Is that an Indra Signet Ring?!
Kodachi: Yeah. He gave it to me. Why?
Gosunkugi: [Speechless] Wha...How.. Why?... [Sighs] You'll have to
tell me about it later. Anyway, you won't need this Atmosring, then.
[Gosunkugi pockets the blue-green ring and goes back to his
desk.]
Gosunkugi: Portals, OPEN!
[Four discs of swirling blue energy pop into existence at the
far end of the room. Each of the trio is standing before one.]
Gosunkugi: Go forth and claim the reagent.
Ryouga: What about you?
Gosunkugi: I'll take the fourth portal.
Ryouga: Oh yeah, stupid question.
[The trio walk through the portals and vanish. Gosunkugi picks
up a purple staff from the desk and walks through the fourth
portal.]
( * - I know Stanley Kubrick didn't make Alien, this is in response
to Stefan Gagne's assertion that Ridley Scott made 2001)
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of an interior of a cave. It is lit in an evil
looking red haze. The source of it is huge pools of lava. A
blue portal pops into existence and Ryouga walks out of it.
Ryouga takes a look around and winces. He unbuttons his shirt
and pinches his nose to keep the smell out. With his right
hand he pulls his segments of the scroll out.]
Ryouga: [Reading] The reagent 'Dragon's Blood' can only be obtained
from a live dragon, because the blood of a dragon cools to ash several
minutes after the dragon dies. It must be contained within a
leaded-steel vessel because all other containment methods do not work.
[Sigh] Dragon's blood?
[Suddenly something stirs on the far side of the room. Ryouga
swirls around, and his eyes widen in fear.]
Ryouga: D-Dragon!
[A red dragon crawls across the pavement towards him. Steam
sizzles out of it's nostrils and we can hear its teeth grinding.
Suddenly it opens it's maw and belches forth a long stream of
fire. Ryouga rushes out of the way and slams himself against the
wall. The Dragon crawls towards the crouching figure of Ryouga.]
Ryouga: [Scared] Y-You're not so tough! I've beaten fiercer creatures
than you! I used to eat Drakes for breakfast!
[The dragon says nothing but continues to crawl towards Ryouga.
Ryouga climbs to his feet, which are currently shaking, and
pulls his umbrella from its position atop his backpack. He looks
at it for a moment, and then puts it back. He takes off his
belt and leaps up onto the dragon's back. The dragon howls in
rage and tries to bite at the creature atop it's back, but to
no avail. Ryouga swings his belt forward and lops off a huge
section of the dragon's scale. It howls even louder, its
anguish obvious.]
Ryouga: That'll teach you to try and fry someone with a belt that can
cut through dragon scales!
[Ryouga looks at the flesh beneath the scale. It's pale white,
like human skin that hasn't seen the sun for a long time.
Ryouga punches a hole in the flesh of the dragon, both the
dragon and Ryouga let out screams. Ryouga pulls out his hand
which is bring burnt by a glowing reddish-yellow substance.
Ryouga manages to wipe it off of his hands and fills the
jar with the substance sealing it with the now-glowing lid.
He jumps off and heads back towards the portal. But at the
last moment he turns around to face the dragon, who is now
rolling around on the ground and howling. Ryouga walks over
and grabs him by his scaly hide and throws him into the lava.
The lava seeps in through the wound and starts to fry the
dragon. It lets out unearthly screams as it dies. Ryouga
looks smug and jumps through the portal, which vanishes as
he walks through it.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to an interior shot of a vast cavern. A small crack in the
ceiling allows in enough sunlight to brighten it up. There is
a vast blue lake in the center of the cavern. Suddenly a blue
portal pops into existence and Kodachi walks out of it. Kodachi
turns around to look at it, surprised that it's still there.
She shrugs and pulls open the scroll that she has in her left
hand.]
Kodachi: [Reading] The scale of the serpent is an extremely important
reagent, due to it's unique ability of binding. It is the centerpiece
of many spells which involve vast amounts of energy or have to do with
restriction of movement. This reagent is extremely rare and is
impossible to get from most reagent dealers. The only way to obtain
this reagent is by taking it from a [gulp!] LIVE SEA SERPENT?!
[She looks over to the lake and sighs. She pulls out a razor hoop
from wherever she manages to hide them and leaps into the lake.
As she starts to sink, she notices an area of air surrounding
her.]
Kodachi: I guess Indra's ring is good for quite a few things. Heh.
[smiles]
[Kodachi turns so that she is upside down, and she plunges towards
a deep pit at the bottom of the lake. After a few moments she
enters the pit and it starts to get dark. Kodachi looks up in
alarm.]
Kodachi: I hope the Indra Ring can produce light too...
[Suddenly she slams into something. Kodachi is taken aback and
rubs her sore back.]
Kodachi: Ow! That hurt like a bitch!
[Suddenly there is a growl from below her. Kodachi stands and
looks at what she is standing on. It is an impressively large
grey sea serpent.]
Kodachi: [Shrugs] Well, no time like the present.
[She uses her razor hoop to rip off one of the scales. The serpent
lets out a howl which can even be heard through the massive
amount of water. It leaps upward, causing Kodachi to become
plastered to its head. Cut to a shot of the pit in the bottom
of the lake. The serpent rushes up, blood pouring out from the
space where Kodachi cut off the scale. We are still able to hear
its howling. Kodachi grits her teeth and grabs onto the serpent
with one hand, the scale gripped in the other. The serpent breaks
water and lets out a massive scream. Kodachi is thrown from the
head of the serpent and flies towards a horrible impact with
the ground. Suddenly the blue portal blips out of existence and
reappears right where Kodachi was about to land. Kodachi flies
through the portal. The portal blinks out in a flash of blue
light. The serpent howls one more time and then retreats back
into the lake. Fade to black.]
<~Commercial Break~>
INSERT COMMERCIAL B HERE.
<~End Commercial Break~>
[Cut to a shot of a black screen. We hear a familiar voice.]
Voice: Kodachi? Kodachi? Are you all right?
[We see a POV shot of eyes opening. We see a blurry shape hunched
over the person whose POV this is. It quickly comes into focus
as Ryouga. He looks concerned.]
Ryouga: Are you all right, Kodachi?
[Cut to a shot of Gosunkugi's bedroom. Kodachi is lying on his
bed and Ryouga is hunched over her. Kodachi slowly gets to her
feet.]
Kodachi: Wha...How did I get back here?
Ryouga: I don't know. I had been back about two minutes when you
suddenly flew out of the second portal.
[Kodachi starts and looks at her hand, and then she scrambles
to her feet.]
Kodachi: The scale! Where is it?! I couldn't have lost it!
Ryouga: [holds it up] You mean this?
[Kodachi lets out a sigh of relief.]
Kodachi: It would have all been for nothing if I had lost that.
[Ryouga sets it down on the desk and picks up a blue metal box
and takes it over to Kodachi. He lies it down on the bed and
takes a seat on a chair pulled up to the bed.]
Ryouga: You were grabbing onto it so hard that you cut your hand
pretty bad.
[Kodachi looks down at her mangled hand. Ryouga opens up the
first aid kit with his left hand and starts to dig through it.
Kodachi takes note of his charred right hand.]
Kodachi: How did you manage to do that?
Ryouga: Damn dragon. I had to get a pint of its blood. Damn scroll
didn't bother to tell me that dragon's blood is boiling hot.
[Kodachi pulls the first aid kit away from Ryouga and takes out
a tube of cold creme.]
Kodachi: Here, let me see that.
[Ryouga lets out a sigh of resignment and lets Kodachi examine
his hand. She sprays some anti-bacterial spray on it and smears
cold creme all over it and then wraps several layers of gauze
around it.]
Kodachi: It shouldn't become infected now.
Ryouga: All right, now your turn.
[He picks up the spray and sprays it on Kodachi's wound. She
lets out a yelp.]
Ryouga: [Lifts one eyebrow] It sting?
Kodachi: No, no...Not at all, it's just cold.
[Ryouga wraps the wound is gauze and uses medical tape to seal
the ends together. He then puts the first aid items back into
the kit.]
Ryouga: So, where did you get that scale from?
Kodachi: I had to pry it away from a sea serpent.
Ryouga: These are really strange items we're getting. I just hope that
this anti-potion does what Gosunkugi claims it can.
Kodachi: I wonder how the others are faring.
Ryouga: As do I.
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of a barren plain. In the dark sky above we see
a cold distant sun shining. Dominating much of the sky is the
giant planet Saturn, it's rings shining with the rays of the
sun. A portal pops into existence, but as this is a vacuum
there is no noise. Sasuke walks out of the portal and takes
a look around.]
Sasuke: Hol-ee shiit!
[Sasuke looks at a blue field which has formed around him.]
Sasuke: Hmmm...must be the Atmosring...
[Sasuke pulls out his segment of the scroll and unrolls it.]
Sasuke: [Reading] The reagent Stoneheart does not exist on Earth.
It has been found in caverns on moons of Saturn. But they are usually
guarded by the Saturnian Space Slug, which originated from the moon
that was crushed to form the rings...oh, this is bullshit!
[Sasuke rolls up his scroll and shoves it into his pocket. He
turns around and surveys the surroundings. He makes out a cave
entrance several feet to the west and makes toward him.]
Sasuke: [Grumble] Damn Tofu, ruining things like this. When I woke
up this morning I figured 'hey, this is a great day, I can goof off;
lay around in the sun, play video games, etc, etc.'. But then Kodachi
gets me involved in all this shit. [Sighs. Then screams] I DIDN'T
ASK TO BE THE DESCENDANT OF SHINOBI, WHY ARE YOU PUNISHING ME?!!!!
[Saturn or the rest of the various moons doesn't see fit to
answer. Sasuke growls and walks into the cave entrance.
After he goes in a ways the sunlight dies out and he can't
see.]
Sasuke: Dammit, who ever heard of a psionically-powered super ninja
that was afraid of the dark?
[Sasuke sighs. Suddenly an orb of blue psionic power appears
above his fingertip. It floats in the air above shoulder level
and lends light to the entire cave. Sasuke walks on, the orb
of light bobbing along just above his shoulder. He walks along
for a while and then finally enters a large chamber. He takes
a look around and suddenly notices a huge gastropod occupying
the center of the room.]
Sasuke: S-Slug!
[The slug looks up at him for a moment, and then back down again,
showing no interest at all. Sasuke blinks several times. He
waits a long time, but the slug doesn't stir. Sasuke starts to
walk across the chamber, but the slug takes no notice of him.
Sasuke walks past him to a huge pile of gray stones which are
set up against the back wall. Sasuke takes a close look at one
of them. It is shaped like a heart. A human heart, mind you.
Sasuke reaches down and picks up two of the stones. He turns
around, but the slug doesn't stir. Sasuke slowly sneaks past
him and makes his way towards the exit.]
Voice: You didn't think that you could escape with my stoneheart
without paying for it, did you?
[Sasuke whirls around, shocked. The slug is now sitting up,
its beady eyes staring right at him.]
Sasuke: H-how?! Sound can't travel through a vacuum!
Slug: You of all people should recognize a telepathic rapport when
you hear one. Like I said, why are you taking my stoneheart?
Sasuke: Ummm...We need this. There is a massive curse on the water
source near out province, and we need to make a potion that will
destroy it. And to do it we need stoneheart.
Slug: Yes, that's why you NEED it, but what do you think gives you
the right to take it?
Sasuke: Uh...Because we need it?
Slug: Necessity doesn't make theft correct, my friend. Do you know
why my kind stockpile stoneheart?
Sasuke: No, I don't.
Slug: Stoneheart is an extremely powerful magical force. A large
amount of it blocks out psychic waves, which my kind are bombarded
with all the time. By taking those two pieces of stoneheart, you have
made my psionic shield against the universe less powerful. More
thoughts reach me here because of those missing pieces.
Sasuke: I'm sorry. But it has to be this way, if we don't have these
reagents many people will die.
Slug: Everybody dies, Sasuke. I, of all beings, should know that.
Do you have any idea what it would be like to have someone else's
life flashing before your eyes? Do you have any idea what that final
mental scream is like?
Sasuke: No, I do not. I have never seen anyone die.
Slug: Then you cannot understand.
Sasuke: If you truly want to be freed from these bombarding psionic
waves, allow me to take the stoneheart. If you do not allow me to
take this stoneheart from here, you will be bombarded with all the
screams of all the people who died because of its absence. I know
because your subconscious guilt will not allow you to block them out,
you WILL hear them. [He holds up the two pieces of stoneheart so
that the slug can see them.] It's your choice. If you will not allow
me to take them, I will leave them here and find another cache. But
more people will die in the time it takes me to find the other pieces.
[Several moments pass in silence. It's hard to tell, but it looks
like the slug has genuinely been moved.]
Slug: Fine. Continue, take the stoneheart and save your people, for
the sake of both our kinds. Farewell, Sasuke Shinobi.
[Cut to a shot, several moments later, of Sasuke standing before
the portal. He turns around and looks back towards the cave
that contains the space slug.]
Sasuke: If that doesn't beat all...
[Without another word Sasuke walks into the portal. After he
vanishes into it, the portal blinks out of existence.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of a plain which appears to be made entirely out
of polished blue marble. A blue portal winks into existence
and Gosunkugi emerges from it. He takes a deep breath while
looking around and smiles a lopsided grin.]
Gosunkugi: Ah, the Plane Of Air. I haven't been here in a long time..
Almost a week!
[Gousnkugi clasps his hands together and starts to twiddle his
thumbs. We may think that this is some odd way to pass time,
but we notice that Gosunkugi is chanting. The words are said
in a normal tone, but somehow our brain can't grasp onto them
so that we can understand them. After a moment Gosunkugi
unclasps his hands and raises his hands, which are now glowing
bluish-white, above him and balls them into fists, he jerks
both of them downward in a fast motion, and the glow ceases.
We hear the sound of wind blow, and slowly Gosunkugi begins
to rise off the ground. He turns his head upward and the
camera view shifts to a POV from right below him, we see that
the sky above him is crammed with clouds and little black
dots floating in it. The sky behind the clouds is black.
Gosunkugi picks out one of the dots and starts to levitate
towards it. He increases speed and starts to look strained,
but after a short while he reaches what he wants. He grabs
onto a floating stepping-stone and lies down on it, gasping
for air. He shuts his eyes and continues to gasp.]
Voice: [Booming] Who dares?
Gosunkugi: Leave me alone, I'm busy.
Voice: Do you know who I am, insignificant mortal?! I am Ventus, the
prince of air, the king of all Djinns of the aerial realm! [Pause]
And I am also your friend, Hikaru Gosunkugi.
[Gosunkugi smiles and laughs. He slowly opens his eyes and sits
up.]
Gosunkugi: Sorry I've been gone so long. I had business to attend to.
Voice: There is no need to apologize, you are a being of the Earth
plane, I don't expect you to spend any more time here than you do
there. [Pause] I can tell from your expression that you're not here for
idle talk. What do you want of me?
Gosunkugi: I need a quart of Djinn gas.
Voice: What would you ever need that for?
Gosunkugi: I need to release a curse in the Earth realm with an
anti-potion.
Voice: I sympathize with your need, but I'm afraid that I cannot
offer Djinn gas to one who is not a Djinn.
Gosunkugi: Why not?
Voice: Because for every ounce of Djinn gas that is lost, the djinns
are less. Djinn gas is the soul of a djinn, when a djinn dies the gas
dissipates, joins with the gas of other, condenses and becomes a new
djinn. With less djinn gas available, there will be fewer djinns, as
well as more djinns which are malformed.
Gosunkugi: But this is an emergency.
Voice: Hmmmmm....I would like to propose a trade.
Gosunkugi: Name it.
Voice: Give me a piece of your soul for the quart of djinn gas.
Gosunkugi: I can't do that.
Voice: Yet you ask my people to do the same for you.
Gosunkugi: This is different, my soul still occupies my body, if you
take some of it I would be less than complete. Djinn gas is taken from
the main cloud, not from a living djinn! The comparison is
preposterous. [Pause] Besides, what could you do with my soul anyway?
Voice: Human souls are required in the production of Arberic.
Gosunkugi: [Blink. Blink] You're going to use my soul to make ethereal
fondue?!
Voice: It's really good, you should try it some time.
Gosunkugi: Ugh. [holds stomach] I couldn't stomach eating another
human BODY, much less the soul.
Voice: I take it there isn't going to be a deal?
Gosunkugi: Sorry, no way, na-hah.
Voice: Well then, I suppose we could play a game for the quart.
Gosunkugi: All right, now you're talking!
Voice: One thing though, if you lose, I get all of your soul.
Gosunkugi: Ummm...okay. But I get to pick the contest.
Voice: Fine.
Gosunkugi: I choose....
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of Gosunkugi's bedroom. Our three heroes are
sitting at various locations around the room. Ryouga is lying
on his stomach on the bed reading a manga and eating cookies.]
Ryouga: Man, whatever happened to the GOOD mangas, like Maison Ikkoku?
Kodachi: Japan is experiencing a creative drought at the moment.
They'd rather rehash old plots than try and create something new.
Sasuke: I don't think that's restricted to Japan, Kodachi-sama.
[Suddenly a portal appears in front of Gosunkugi's bookshelf.
A box labeled "Trivial Pursuit - Genus II" flies off the shelf
and into the portal. The portal then winks out of existence.
Ryouga sits up in amazement.]
Ryouga: Did you see what I just saw?
Sasuke: You mean a portal opening and Gosunkugi's Trivial Pursuit
game being sucked into it?
Ryouga: Yeah.
Sasuke: Nope. [Goes back to reading.]
[After a moment of staring, Ryouga lies back down and goes back
to his manga.]
Ryouga: [grumbles] Smartass...
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of the floating stepping stone where Gosunkugi
now sits. A Genus Two Trivial Pursuit board is set up on the
stepping stone. There are both an orange and blue piewagon
on the board. The orange piewagon is completely full and is
occupying a space on one of the spokes. The blue piewagon
is currently on the spot where it get the orange wedge. It
still needs the yellow and orange wedge.]
Gosunkugi: [Reading from card] What actor provided the voice for Yoda
in BOTH "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return Of The Jedi".
Voice: Frank Oz.
Gosunkugi: Sheesh, you get pie for that?!
[An orange wedge floats out of the bag that holds the extra
pieces and wedges. It fits into one of the remaining holes in
the piewagon. The die flies a few feet and lands in the center
of the board, where it registers a one. The piewagon moves on
its own one space to the left. Gosunkugi takes another card from
the file.]
Gosunkugi: Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1952?
Voice: I don't know that!
[Gosunkugi puts the card back into the file and rolls the die.
It lands a four and Gosunkugi goes into the center of the board.]
Gosunkugi: Okay, pick a topic.
Voice: I pick...orange!
[A card floats up off screen.]
Voice: What element are the filaments of lightbulbs made from?
Gosunkugi: Tungsten.
Voice: Blast!
[Gosunkugi cheers.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to Gosunkugi's room several minutes after we saw it last.
Kodachi is sitting against the wall reading one of Gosunkugi's
books, one called "Phaedo". Sasuke is sitting in front of
Gosunkugi's TV playing his Famicom. Ryouga paces back and forth
for a few moments, and then finally sighs and sits down next
to Sasuke. He spares a look over his shoulder at the last
remaining portal. It pulses a little, but nothing else. Ryouga
sighs and turns to the TV screen.]
Ryouga: What're you playing?
Sasuke: Rockman 5.
Ryouga: I thought that one sucked.
Sasuke: Me too. But it's actually pretty good. Once you get over the
fact that it's ALWAYS Doctor Wily that's behind it, and that the
robots were designed by a bunch of high school students and snot-nosed
kids.
Ryouga: Hmmm....
Sasuke: Woo-hoo! I finally wasted that fucking Star Man!
Ryouga: [Impressed] And with only one bar of energy left, I might
add.
Sasuke: [Cracks his knuckles] 'twas nothing.
[Several moments pass in silence. Ryouga takes another look over
his shoulder, this time at Kodachi. After a moment he turns to
Sasuke again.]
Ryouga: What's the deal with Kodachi? I don't think I've ever seen
her like this before. Hell, she hasn't even laughed once in my
presence.
Sasuke: I don't really know myself. She's been so much calmer since
that incident with Indra.
Ryouga: Maybe Indra possessed her?
Sasuke: If that is possessed, may she remain possessed for the rest
of her natural life. But I don't think she's possessed, Indra was like
that guy from the Sierra games, hmm...what was his name?
Ryouga: Willy Beamish?
Sasuke: No, the one with all the sex in it.
Ryouga: Oh, you mean Leisure Suit Larry.
Sasuke: Yeah. Indra was just like that guy. Old pervert.
Ryouga: But why did you bring up him? There's another old pervert
around, you could just mention...
[Suddenly the portal ripples, all three of our heroes whirl
around. Gosunkugi walks out of the portal and it blinks out
of existence behind him. He is now wearing sunglasses, shorts,
sandals, and a t-shirt that says "I went to the aerial realm,
and all I got was this stupid shirt!". In both his hands he's
carrying a HUGE glass cylinder stoppered at both ends with
circular metal plates. Inside the cylinder pulses a thick
red gas. Gosunkugi lifts up his sunglasses to his head and
looks at the trio.]
Gosunkugi: I got it.
[There is a round of applause and cheers from the trio.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to the upstairs bathroom of the Gosunkugi residence. On the
counter is set various apparatus consisting of beakers, tubes,
et cetera. On the counter are three beakers. One of them
contains a piece of stoneheart, and other contains dragon's
blood (this one shimmers, as if the beaker is reinforced with
magic) the next contains ground-up sea-serpent scale, and the
final one is stoppered and contains the pulsing angry crimson
gas. A long tube leads up from the fourth beaker into a container
on a ring stand. Gosunkugi drops the stoneheart into the
container and then pours in the dragon blood. The stoneheart
quickly dissolves and the air around the lab shimmers with
magic.]
Sasuke: Whoa!
Ryouga: Cool!
[Gosunkugi sprinkles the dust of the sea serpent scale into the
bubbling mixture. The dragon's blood starts to pulse and changes
color from red to purple and back and forth. The air shimmers
with magic again. Gosunkugi takes the end of the tube leading
into the beaker with the djinn gas and pulls the stopper out
that was keeping it closed. He puts the end of the tube into
the mixture, where it surprisingly doesn't melt.]
Gosunkugi: ENTER!
[The djinn gas pulses through the tube and into the mixture.
The air shimmers with magic, then there is the sound like a
sheet of metal being ripped in half, which causes our heroes
to cover their ears. The mixture pulses violently and bits of
it bounce into the air. There is a large flash of white which
causes the screen to solarize. When the light comes down to
viewable levels we see that the container now contains a
bubbling white potion. Gosunkugi pours the potion into a flask
and pushes a stopper into it. He hands it to Kodachi.]
Gosunkugi: There, it is done.
Kodachi: Thank you Hikaru. I wish that there was some way that we
could repay you.
Gosunkugi: [Shakes head] No need, just let me come along with you.
Ryouga: Sure, whatever. Come on, every second we waste is costing
lives.
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to the Sumida River. Our heroes stand on the opposite
riverbank of where we saw them before. Kodachi is holding the
potion in her right hand. All of them are look around nervously.]
Ryouga: I guess he isn't going to try and stop us.
Gosunkugi: I have a bad feeling about this. It's like there's
something I'm forgetting.
Kodachi: Come on guys, stop worrying! Everything's going to be fine!
Sasuke: In my experience nothing is ever "fine". Things are just
varying degrees of "worse".
Kodachi: Hmmph.
Gosunkugi: Will you three shut up and throw the potion in already?
It's late.
[Kodachi throws the flask into the river. It hits a stone and
the anti-potion flies all over and is soaked into the river.
But nothing happens.]
Kodachi: What?
Sasuke: What's going on? Nothing's happening!
Ryouga: You crummy geek, it didn't work!
Gosunkugi: But that's impossible, nothing on Earth can stand the
force of an anti-potion!
[Suddenly the river of water turns into a river of light. Our
heroes have to cover their hands as the brightness suddenly
becomes unbearable. The light stops, just as soon as it started.
Our heroes uncover their hands and look to the river, which is
no longer black but the clear-blue that it had originally been.]
Ryouga: [To Gosunkugi] I never doubted you for a second, wonderful!
Kodachi: Way to go Gosunkugi!
Sasuke: All right!
[But Gosunkugi doesn't look all that happy. In fact, he looks
extremely worried.]
Gosunkugi: This isn't right..There's something in my mind, it's
screaming at me that this isn't right. There's something I forgot,
but as I get close to remembering it, it gets even further away.
As if someone were consciously blocking out that part of my memory...
Kodachi: What could you have possibly forgot that was so important?
Gosunkugi: I don't...
[Suddenly the ground shakes. Kodachi, Sasuke and Gosunkugi look
around, almost as if terrified.]
Sasuke: What was that?
Gosunkugi: It was something about this river, I think. But I can't
remember what it is...
[The ground shakes again.]
Kodachi: Is this an earthquake?
[Suddenly there is an explosion of rock and water down the river.
All four of our heroes turn to stare at it. Gosunkugi's eyes
grow wide with recognition and fear.]
Gosunkugi: [Smacks fist into hand] THAT'S IT!
Kodachi: [Turns to Gosunkugi] What's it? Hikaru, what are you talking
about?
Gosunkugi: No wonder he blocked it from my mind, if I had known...
Voice: You wouldn't have done it!
[They all turn to look where the voice came from. Floating above
the river is Tofu. He looks as evil as ever and is laughing.]
Tofu: I can't believe you managed to create the anti-potion. Even
I had trouble finding all of the reagents. [Laughs] But because you
thought you were doing the "right thing", you did exactly what I
wanted you to do!
Ryouga: Could someone please tell me what the hell is going on?
Gosunkugi: [To Tofu] I knew there was something more to this than
a curse. You manipulated the containment magic in this river to
create the curse, didn't you? But you didn't have the power to nullify
it, so you manipulated us into making you an anti-potion!
Tofu: [Laughing hysterically] Yes, and you did everything I wanted!
BWAHAHAHA!!
Gosunkugi: You bastard, you played us like puppets!
Kodachi: WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
[Ryouga is looking off to the left, slack-jawed. He reaches over,
not taking his eyes off of what he's looking at, and taps
Kodachi on the shoulder. Kodachi turns to look in his direction
and sees what he sees.]
Kodachi: Holy shit!
[The other two turn to look. Cut to a shot of what they're
looking at. A huge beast is climbing out the river. It is about
fifty feet tall and appears to be a cross between an octopus and
a tree stump and is deep purple.]
Kodachi: Wha...What is that thing?
Gosunkugi: It is a Kraken, an ancient being who dwelled the Earth
long before man crawled out of the muck that bore him. The last
remaining Kraken was sealed in the Sumida river over 3000 years ago
by a force of Greek soldiers who followed it here. A magician who
was among them gave his life to place a seal on this river which would
keep the titan contained. They believed that the seal could never
be broken. They were wrong.
Tofu: And now my revenge upon your miserable race will at last be
exacted!
Gosunkugi: Of course, the Kraken is hardly the worst of our troubles.
Kodachi: What do you mean?
[Suddenly many humanoid forms start to crawl out of the river.
They're all obviously dead humans, decomposing flesh and exposed
bones easily visible. But, unlike their dead kin, these are
moving, and with obvious purpose at that.]
Ryouga: We are in deep shit now.
[Cut to an aerial shot and we can easily see the Kraken standing
in the river, the zombies crawling onto the shore, our heroes
on the riverbank and Tofu floating above the river. Fade to
black.]
-=Commercial Break=-
Insert Commercial C Here.
-==End Commercial Break=-
[Cut to the last scene, the aerial shot. Now cut to the river
bank where our heroes are standing.]
Ryouga: Tofu! Why are you doing this?! What is it for?!
[Kodachi grabs Ryouga by the arm.]
Kodachi: There isn't time, we need to get out of here!
Ryouga: Why is it Tofu?! Look at me you selfish bastard! I want an
answer!
Sasuke: Shut up, there isn't time for this! If we don't get out of
here the Kraken or the zombies are going to kill us!
Gosunkugi: Come on, I'll levitate us!
Ryouga: ANSWER ME! YOU STUPID FUCKER! ANSWER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[There is a blip and our heroes fly into the sky and away from
the river. Tofu smirks and crosses his arm and turns to watch
the liberation of the Kraken.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to an alley somewhere. Our heroes stop run and take a moment
to catch their breath.]
Ryouga: [huff, puff] What do we do now?
Kodachi: I think I know how to take care of this.
[Kodachi holds the signet ring up so it catches the light of the
fading sun.]
Kodachi: Indra, god of lightning and rain, I summon thee!
[There is a rumble of thunder, a flash of lightning, a sprinkle
of rain, and Indra appears in a flash.]
Indra: Hey Kotchi, what can I do you for?
Kodachi: There's a Kraken attacking Tokyo, can you do something about
it?
Indra: [Pale] Did you say a Kraken?
Kodachi: Yeah.
Indra: Ummm...sorry, can't help you.
Ryouga: Why the hell not?!
Indra: Our pantheon signed a nonaggression pact with the Olympians,
my hands are tied.
Gosunkugi: But the Kraken is a Titan, they predate the Olympians.
Indra: But the Kraken is a Titan servant of the Olympian pantheon.
I'm afraid I can't do anything to the Kraken without angering the
Olympians. [Sheepish Grin] Sorry.
Kodachi: It's all right, I understand.
Indra: [Prisoner salute] Be seeing you.
[Indra vanishes. Our heroes turn towards each other.]
Gosunkugi: Well the situation has gone from bad to worse. The curse
mixed with the zombies will result in a LOT of fatalities. Some people
will try and fight them, and others will simply LET the zombies rip
them to shreds.
Ryouga: What do we do now? Do you know anything that could take care
of that Kraken?
Gosunkugi: I still have a piece of stoneheart left, and stoneheart
contains a great deal of magical energy inside it. I could rig up
a device...a CANNON which would be able to focus that energy. We might
be able to use it to destroy the Kraken.
Kodachi: All right, you do that. Ryouga, Sasuke, we're going to go
back to the Kunou manor and get equipped, someone has to protect the
populace from the zombies, not to mention that Kraken.
Gosunkugi: Where should we meet when the cannon is done?
Kodachi: We'll regroup at Furinkan High School, then we'll go after
the Kraken.
Gosunkugi: All right. See you then.
[Gosunkugi goes one way, our heroes go the other.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of a marketplace somewhere in Tokyo. Pedestrians
either look afraid, angry or hopeless. Suddenly a group of
zombies rushes into the street and starts attacking people.
Some run in terror, others start to attack the zombies, but
they can do very little against something that is already
dead and they are torn to ribbons. Some people simply stand
there and allow the zombies to tear them apart. Cut to a shot
of the Tokyo skyline as the Kraken walks along smashing buildings
and doing other kinds of Godzillaish wickedness. It grabs the
Tokyo Tower and pulls it loose and starts to knock down
skyscrapers with it. People run in terror from both the zombies
and the Kraken. We see an overturned ice cream truck, a kid is
sitting near where a tear has appeared in the siding of the
truck and is currently attempting to eat his weight in chocolate
bars. We see a liquor truck on its side, a bunch of adults
sit around and are drinking out of bottles they got out of a
truck. We see a condom truck on its side...and nobody's around.]
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to the Kunou armory. Our heroes are now all clad in Samurai
armor and are trying out Japanese polearms.]
Ryouga: Hey Sasuke, do you have any magical swords? I often heard
ninjas have at least one.
Sasuke: I have the Katana of Swordstrike, which is the twin to the
Life Stealer, but I don't think that it would be any use against the
undead.
[Sasuke pulls out a slate-grey colored blade. It has a beautifully
carved handle which is encrusted with gems. Ryouga blinks as he
looks at it.]
Ryouga: Wow!
Sasuke: If you think that's something, you should see what happens
when someone touches the blade.
[Sasuke resheathes the KOSS. Kodachi takes a Katana and a
boomerang from the rack and turns to the other two.]
Kodachi: Come on, time's a wasting.
-+S-I-N-E+-
[Cut to a shot of Furinkan High School. Students are running
through the halls screaming and all that good slasher film
type stuff. Zombies are chasing everyone around, some of the
zombies are wearing school uniforms, indicating that they
haven't been among the undead very long. Suddenly there is a
sound of the front doors to the school opening and everyone,
festering and otherwise, turns to see who it is. We see our
three heroes, now covered from head to toe in samurai armor.]
Kodachi: Zombie Busters, sanjuu!
[Our heroes break and rush down the halls of Furinkan High
ripping zombies limb from limb. Although it doesn't seem
possible at first, our heroes quickly succeed in ripping
apart the zombies. The students cheer as our heroes turn
the tide against the undead.]
Ryouga: [Wiping off his blade] I think that's the last one.
Sasuke: Well, there's going to be more a in a few minutes.
Kodachi: Not to mention that we still have that Kraken to worry
about. Where the hell is Gosunkugi?
Voice: Here!
[They all whirl around to see that Gosunkugi is coming in the
front door. He is lugging a long steel tube with him, one end
is open and the over is covered with a dome. There is a
ludicrously simple control panel consisting of a switch that
says "on" and "off". Cut to a few moments later. The magic
cannon is mounted on the roof of Furinkan High School, just
as the Kraken starts to stomp towards it.]
Kodachi: Is he in range?
Gosunkugi: Kodachi, this cannon fires excited ether particles, there
is no such thing as not in range.
Kodachi: All right then smartass, fire it!
Gosunkugi: Gladly.
[Gosunkugi hits the switch. After a few seconds of warming up a
huge blast of crimson energy blasts out of the cannon and strikes
the Kraken in the chest. It doesn't look the least bit affected.
In fact it looks down at its chest curiously. After a few moments
the cannon gives up the ghost and sputters to a halt.]
Gosunkugi: Oh SHIT!
Ryouga: Any other bright ideas?!
[They obviously got the Kraken's attention, because now its
lumbering towards them.]
Sasuke: Well, it was nice knowing you guys. Well, not really, but
that's the sort of thing you say in a situation like this.
Ryouga: No! It can't end like this!
Sasuke: Why not? Not everything has to have a happy ending. That's
life, bub.
Kodachi: Get a grip on yourselves! [Lets out a deep breath] Okay, in
the myths, how did they destroy the Kraken?
Gosunkugi: Perseus destroyed one by using the head of Medusa.
Ryouga: Refresh my memory, who was Medusa?
Gosunkugi: The only mortal Gorgon. She had two sisters...
Kodachi: Wait, why did her head destroy the Kraken?
Sasuke: Was it like that exploding head in Total Recall? [Slurred
voice] Two weeks! Two weeks!!!
Gosunkugi: Medusa's gaze could turn people to stone.
Kodachi: Oh, that's just great. Too bad we don't have a gorgon handy.
Sasuke: Well, we may not have a gorgon handy, but we DO have...
[unsheathes the Katana of Swordstrike]..THIS.
Ryouga: Yeah, the Katana of Swordstrike!
Kodachi: We need to figure out a way to get it up there.
Gosunkugi: I could use my magic to...
Sasuke: Magic? Hah! That's kids stuff. I can use my psionic powers
to throw it. Watch.
[He holds the sword up, and then takes his hand away and it
continues to float in the air. Suddenly it shoots forward over
the distance between the roof and the approaching Kraken.
It pierces his left eye and enters his brain. He lets out a
short scream before he is turned to stone. Our heroes cheer
as the stone Kraken collapses under his own weight. Cut to
a shot of various locations around Tokyo, where zombies fall
dead in the street. Everyone starts cheering. Cut back to the
balcony where everyone, save for Sasuke, is cheering.]
Sasuke: This isn't over, Tofu's going to be back.
[Fade to black.]
-==Commercial Break==-
Insert Commercial D here.
-==End Commercial Break==-
[Cut to a shot of Ryouga walking the streets of Nerima, early
afternoon. He continues to walk throughout this scene.]
Ryouga VO: The curse was completely out of the water system 24 hours
after the Kraken was destroyed. 48 hours after that everything was
back to normal, except for the families of the 245 people who died
due to either the curse or the legions of the undead unleashed by
the Kraken. Things would never be the same for anybody, least of all
me. Kodachi is an enigma to me. I was always rather afraid of her.
The first time we met she chained me to Ranma to distract him during
their fight, and ever since she has shown nothing to make me feel
anything but loathing for her. But now...
[Ryouga walks along for a few more moments, and turns around to
look at the blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds.]
Ryouga: I've been the hero twice now. Who would have thought?
[Ryouga smirks and walks out of the frame. Fade to black.]
The End
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