Ranma1/2/Street fighter: Ranma vs. the world.

Ranma is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Vis video [in the U.S.]
Street fighter and all related characters are owned by Capcom.
	I wrote this a long time ago before I knew allot about Ranma. I of course
modified and changed it so it fits better now. [basically I completely re-
wrote it.] I wrote it while I was in school over a period of time it was
really my first fanfic. I saw another Street fighter fic and decided to post
it, I may even decide to finish it since I�m done with Spirit within now. I
haven�t abandoned any of  my other projects they are just on hold till I get a
chance to sit down and do some more writing. Permanent, Separation Anxiety,
and My original Mech slayers are still being written. As always I love C&C and
will try to answer more of them. Sorry if I haven�t answered yours or fic
request lately. I only have one computer with Aol connected to it and I can
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	Part one. The legend of the Hadouken.
	
	Ranma sneered at the man before him. To him he was just another way to pay
for his dealings with Nabiki. In the ring of Nerima he had reigned supreme for
almost seven months now. "You look like you might put up a fight." said Ranma.
The man only put up his hands. "Karate." noted Ranma in his mind after seeing
the man's stance.  

	Ryoga Hibiki stood in the crowd with a frown on his face. He and Ranma often
met here. This was a regular stop in Ryoga's travels, he was well known and
respected here, but still not as much as Ranma. The pair had a sort of peace
treaty for the empty warehouse, he and Ranma had many unofficial battles in
the large dirt ring. Ryoga had even seen Mousse there occasionally, but accept
for one or two battles with himself and Ranma Mousse was a spectator. The
large abandoned warehouse was relatively small, it was only a short walk from
the dojo. Ranma was here all the time, Ryoga doubted if the residents of the
Tendo dojo knew about Ranma's little hobby. He wondered if his own father even
knew about it. This was the real reason Ranma was so often sleeping peacefully
when it came time to wake. Ryoga's question was answered when he spotted Genma
in the crowd, sitting comfortably beside Cologne and Happosai. "This place
makes for some strange peace treaties." thought the lost boy. He looked at
Ranma who stood confidently across from his opponent. "I wonder if he even
knows?" said Ryoga aloud. "The poor idiot is going to get his ass kicked."

	Ranma watched the martial artist carefully, the two circled each other
warily. He was no stranger to this situation, he and his father frequented the
street fighting arena�s all over China and Japan during the days that they
were traveling. Usually only betting until Ranma was old enough to step in the
ring. Most of them were holes, rat ridden second class arenas that served as
entertainment for the locals, but this, this was one of the more famous
arenas. It was often visited by some of the best fighters around. Ranma had
defeated many foreigners here.

	Ranma speed up to his opponent and threw a punch at him with his trademark
blinding speed. The man blocked his punch and hit him dead in the face. Ranma
stood and blinked He put his hand up to his nose and wiped the blood off.
"This is going to be harder than I thought."

	Nabiki watched the fight from her special table. Her young friends sat next
to her and frowned. "You guy's bet on Ranma didn't you?" she said with a
smile. The two girls looked at her with shocked expressions. 
	"You didn't?" asked one of them.

	"Tatsumaki sempu kayaku!" cried the man.
	Ranma reeled back as the man performed some kind of spinning kick that
knocked him flat on his back, after landing three blows to his face. "That
does it." he muttered. Ranma rushed at the man angrily "Eat this! Katsu
tenshin amaguriken!" Ranma did the chestnut fist only to find the man kept
just out of range of his blows. He growled in frustration.
	The man patiently stood back and waited for Ranma to rush him again. Ranma
gritted his teeth. "So you want to play keep away huh?" he said to the man who
wordlessly stood waiting. "Lets see you back away from this! Moukou
takabishi!" Ranma unleashed his chi attack and most of the crowd fell silent
with wonder, he had never used it in the arena before.
	"He must be worse off than he looks if he did that." said Ryoga calmly as he
watched.
	Ranma half expected the man to side stop or duck out of the way of the blast,
but what he did he wasn't expecting. "Hadoken!" Ranma watched helplessly as
the man's chi blast cut through the Mokou Takabishi like it wasn't even there.
	"Wha?" was all Ranma could say as he was blasted in the chest by the Hadoken.
He saw the world flash bright blue and felt the familiar burning of a chi
attack, only this was more powerful than any he had ever felt, even more than
Herb's blasts.  His sight returned slowly and he saw a blur approaching him,
he punched out to defend himself.
	"Shoryuken!"

	The man stood over Ranma as he lay on the ground struggling to get up. Ranma
finally fell after getting only to his knees. "That was the best fight I've
had in a while, I look forward to our next battle. You should learn to be more
patient, I may have lost if you were." said the man before turning away.
Ranma's world went black.

	"Wake up son in law." said a familiar voice. Ranma grimaced as he rose to see
Cologne staring at him.
	"AAAAUUUGGHHH!!" cried Ranma in revoltion and suprise. 
	Ranma looked around as his memories flooded back to him, he was in the middle
of a small room that served as a sort of infirmary for the arena. "I lost?" he
said looking at his hands.
	"Well it looks like I made some money tonight." said Ryoga from his chair in
the corner. "You don't even know who that was do you Ranma?" he said with an
arrogant smirk.
	"Wha?" said Ranma clutching his chest in pain.
	"The man you fought was Ryu, that's the guy who beat Sagat the Mui Tai champ
a few years back." said Nabiki from the other side of the room.
	"Yes, and he used a most powerful technique." said Cologne. 
	"What was that thing goul, and how do I beat it?" said Ranma looking at
Cologne with a serious gaze.
	"It is a technique called the Hadoken. It is a chi attack like the Mokou
Takabishi or the Shi shi houkou dan, and you don't beat it, you can only hope
to achieve it. It is the most powerful form of chi attack." said Cologne. "It
was that very technique that Shampoo's great grandfather used to defeat me."
she said with a sigh.
	"What?" said everyone.
	"The Hadoken uses natural ki from every thing around you. Unlike the Shi shi
houko dan and Moukou Takabishi, it is not fueled by emotions. Your attack uses
your confidence to filter and gather strength from inside you, it also makes
it easier to control the chi. However the Hadoken uses natural raw energy that
is unfiltered by the body and emotions. Thus it is much more powerful. "
Cologne smiled at Ranma as he looked at her wide eyed.
	"Not that goul, the other attack." said Ranma.
	Everyone face faulted. 
	"What?" said Cologne.
	"That uppercut thing, the chi blast only stunned me for a moment, it hurt
allot more than a Shi shi houkou dan but it still only fazed me. I want to
know about that Shoryuken thing." said Ranma.
	Cologne sat at the edge of the bed. "I don't recall any Rising Dragon Punch
move. All I saw was an impressive jumping uppercut." she said looking
thoughtful.
	"That thing was more powerful that Hadou-whatever, I want to learn it." said
Ranma.
	Cologne stared at Ranma for a moment. "Are you sure?" she asked.
	"If he had used that at the beginning of the fight it would have been over
right away, I've never felt a blow that strong before." said Ranma with
determination burning in his eyes. 
	Ryoga perked up, he stared at Ranma. "If I could learn that move..." he
thought.
	"I'm afraid I won't be much help son in law. My husband was a student of a
man named Shen long, he had only studied under him for a short time, he was
very secretive about his art. That is all the information I can give to you."
said Cologne as she left.
	"If Ranma manages to learn it first..." thought Ryoga angrily. 	"The only way
to learn it would be from that man." said Genma from his own seat.
	"Then I'm going after him." said Ranma standing from the cot and walking out.
	"Ranma wait. I'm coming too, you'll need my help." said Ryoga.
	Everyone looked at him. "Ryoga?" said Ranma looking at him oddly.
	"If you learn that move I'll never be able to defeat you. If I go with you I
still have a chance." thought Ryoga bitterly.
	"All right." said Ranma after a moment of consideration.
	"It won't be easy to find him Saotome. He travels even more than I do." said
Ryoga.
	Ranma nodded. "Why are you so eager to help?" asked Ranma.
	"I may have given up on Akane, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna get soft and
let you beat me so easily." said Ryoga with a malicious grin.
	"Wow, I don't think you've ever been so direct before." said Ranma. "Usually
you just come up with some lame excuse to help me." said Ranma with a friendly
smile. "He'll get lost after the first day." he thought to himself. "Besides
you probly just want me to lead you to him, then you'll try to dump me." said
Ranma with a grin.
	Ryoga frowned. "How could he know that?! Its gonna be a long trip." he said
to himself.
	Together the pair went towards the dojo to get some sleep and prepare for the
journey.

	Akane sat across from Ranma and watched him stuff his bag with the few things
he would need for his trip. "What's going on Ranma? Where are you going?" she
said to him in a confused and worried voice.
	"Just on a training trip with Ryoga thats all." said Ranma smiling at her. 
	"Where are you going?" she asked.
	"Geez Akane we've been over this. I'm not sure, besides I'm going with Ryoga,
you know how that will turn out." he said without stopping his packing.
	"Since when do you and Ryoga get along so well?" asked Nabiki with a smirk
from the door way.
	Ranma glared at her. "Since China." he said flatly.
	Nabiki looked at him and walked out. She knew better that to continue, ever
since they had returned from the trip to China Ranma and all involved had been
on edge and reluctant to discuss it. She knew Akane had almost died and that
Ranma had 'killed' someone named Saffron. but that was about it. She hated
being in the dark about things like this.
	
	Ryoga stood as Ranma walked out of his room and met him at the stairs. "Is
she gonna be OK about this?" he said quietly as he saw Akane watch Ranma walk
out with him.
	"Yea, I had to promise to write her and all that but you know how women are."
said Ranma looking back as the Tendos and his parents waved him off.
	"Not really." said Ryoga.
	"Oh come on Akari tell us all about how you write her all the time. Her and
Akane are practically best friends." said Ranma with a grin.
	"Really?" said Ryoga in genuine suprise.

	"Be careful my son!" cried Nodoka as she waved. Ranma turned and waved in
acknowledgment. The good bye had been short and everyone was cheerful about
it, after all Ranma would only be gone for a short time, every one but Akane
that is. She watched him fade away into the distance with tears in her eyes.
She wasn't really worried about him or anything, he could take care of
himself. She just had a feeling, It was as if she knew he would not return for
a long time, it was as if she knew that all his past voyages would be nothing
compared to the one he was on now, and she was here left behind. She sighed
and stood in the road for a long time before Kasumi came and called her back
in.
	"Akane come inside, Ranma will be fine, dinner is almost ready." she said in
her eternally sweet voice.
	She turned to look at the horizon one last time and walked inside with her
family. "Hurry back you idiot."

Part 2: a journey begins.

	Ryoga stood in Nerima station with Ranma next to him and frowned. "We can't
really afford to take the train Ranma." he said impatiently.
	"Then we'll just have to stop and pick up a fight to get some money on the
way won't we? We won't catch up to him on foot for a while if we don't take
the train." said Ranma with a smirk.
	Ryoga frowned and nodded his head. "I guess so." he said.
	The pair boarded the Train and took their seats. After a few moments Ranma
dozed off and they rode to Kyoto.

	Ranma stood at the door of the small alleyway bar and knocked. A small hole
opened and an obviously large man peeked through. "No one under eighteen kid."
he said and closed it quickly. Ranma knocked again slightly irritated. "You
deaf kid?" said an angry voice as the hole opened again.
	"We aren't here to drink." said Ryoga. The man shifted behind the door and
saw Ryoga standing to the side. 
	"Oh, its you." he said with a small amount of recognition. The door opened
and the pair were let in to the smoky hole of a bar. Some of the patrons
watched the young boys as they were escorted to an even more dank hole in the
back. 
	"You've been here before?" asked Ranma.
	"Yup. I gotta have money sometimes. That stuff I used to bring to Akane ain't
free ya know." said Ryoga seriously. Ranma nodded as they watched two over
grown men beat on each other in the small concrete arena surrounded by loudly
cheering men and women. They were approached by a small and snakey looking man
who grinned at them without many teeth. 
	"Ah, it is good to see you again Mr?" said the man.
	"Hibiki, and this is my friend Mr. Saotome. We need some quick cash so give
us a good spread OK?" said Ryoga to the man.
	"Not many people here will recognize you, its mostly new blood in the crowd
so that shouldn't be difficult." said the man as he gazed at the crowd.
	"That's good." said Ryoga.
	"Your friend, is he experienced?" asked the small man.
	"Yes, he was the champ at the ring in Nerima for a while." said Ryoga with a
smirk. Ranma growled but kept quiet.
	"I'll get you for that later Hibiki." he growled under his breath.
	"Oh, so your that Ranma kid. I hear you had a run in with Ryu." said the
small man.
	"Yea, you know where he's headed?" asked Ranma.
	The evil looking man smiled and held out his hand. Ranma took out a large Yen
bill and put it in his hand with a sigh. "Not many people can tell you that
I'm afraid.  He travels randomly and goes to different hot spots around the
world, last I heard he was going east after he passed through here a few days
ago." he said.
	"Great, if he leaves Japan we'll never catch him." grumbled Ryoga.
	"Well If you want to participate tonight you had better get in there, it
looks like Tanka is looking for another opponent." said the man.
	Ranma and Ryoga turned to see a huge muscular bald man with scars all over
his body and a heart shaped Tattoo with 'Okasan' written in it on his left
breast. "Looks like fun." commented Ranma.
	"You hang back Ranma I want this fight." said Ryoga as he pushed passed him
towards the ring.
	"Sure." said Ranma as he leaned against the bar and watched with a small
frown.

	Ryoga stepped into the ring and smiled at the man. "Your gonna fight me?"
said Tanka with a grin. 
	Ryoga gave his best grin and scratched the back of his head. "I guess so." he
said.

	From the bar Ranma smiled. "Gee Ryoga you play dumb so well, you must have
had lots of practice." he commented to himself. The bartender snorted and gave
the woman next to Ranma her drink.
	"You bet on that man?" she said to him.
	"Sure, hes a friend of mine." said Ranma casually.
	"Looks like you lost some money." she said with a confident smirk.
	"You think so?" said Ranma with a knowing smile.
	
	In the ring the match started with the cry of �Fight!� from the ring side.
Ryoga dropped into a defensive stance and smiled at the larger man.
Tanka charged and swung at Ryoga who blocked and kicked at his head. The large
man ducked and rolled missing Ryoga's kick my millimeters. He looked at Ryoga
in confusion. That punch should have sent a guy like him flying across the
ring, blocked or not. Ryoga smirked. "You hit like a girl." he taunted.
	"What?! I'll show you!" yelled the man as he charged Ryoga. Ryoga smiled and
stopped his punch and forward momentum with one hand easily. He stood in a
relaxed stance and smiled as the man strained to move forward.  He yelled and
swung with his other fist catching Ryoga off guard. Ryoga staggered for a
moment and stood back up straight with the man's fist still in his face.
"Thats not a punch." he said and slugged the man hard in the stomach. "Thats a
punch." Tanka fell slowly to the ground clutching his stomach and most of the
crowd cried out in rage and tore their tickets up. 
	
	"Shit." grumbled the woman at the bar as she downed her drink in one gulp.
	Ranma smiled at her and she gave him a sour stare. He walked over to collect
his winnings. The snakey man gave Ranma a wad of bills that was small compared
to what he had made from the fight. "I just love it when you naturals come in
here, no one ever expects it." he said and counted off his own earnings. 
	"You have a good eye my friend." said a large man behind Ranma "That marks
only the truest of warriors." he said.
	"Not really I know the guy." replied Ranma with unusual modesty.
	"I can see that you are as true a warrior as he is, perhaps we could have a
match?" said the man.
	"Now?" said Ranma.
	"Of course. There is no better time." said the large man.
	"Here bet this on me." said Ranma handing back the money to the snakey man.
	The man accepted the cash eagerly. "To think I 'll make all this back." he
said to himself gleefully.
	Ranma turned to face the man who was now in full view in the lights and
standing in the arena. He regretted his decision almost immediately. His jaw
dropped in disbelief.  Standing in the ring was the most famous sumo wrestler
in Japan. The man who had disappeared after becoming the Grand Master. E.
Honda.
	"You bet all our money on this?!" screamed Ryoga from beside him. "You had
better win Saotome." he growled.
	"Not all of it." said Ranma as he walked towards the ring with a hard look on
his face.
	The crowd rushed towards the betting tables.

	Ranma stood and faced the sumo wrestler. "Fight!" cried the voice from
ringside again. Ranma charged in with a flying kick to Honda's head. The sumo
merely shifted out of the way. Ranma landed and rolled away as Honda stuck out
at him barely missing Ranma and creating a crater. "Damn! He's faster than he
looks. How can some thing so big move so fast?" he thought in frustration as
Honda Kicked him in the head. Ranma fell and rolled with it. "Strong too." he
thought as Honda laughed heartily.
	"You are a good fighter but to weak to face me, perhaps I was mistaken about
you." he said. Ranma stood and glared at the sumo.
	"Oh yea?" cried Ranma as he rolled into an elbow strike that hit the sumo in
the gut and knocked the wind out of him and sent him to the ground on his ass.
	Honda growled and stood "You should not have done tha-" he was stopped as
Ranma kicked him hard in the face. Honda faltered and almost fell under the
blow.
	"You talk to much." said Ranma. 
	Honda suddenly became very calm and stood facing Ranma. He lifted one foot in
the air and slammed it on the ground in traditional preparation of a sumo
match he then slapped himself all over and charged Ranma and tried to crush
him by leaping into the air and coming down on his butt leaving a crater.
Ranma stepped away from and behind him as he landed. He quickly turned and
punched the sumo�s back near the base of his spine causing the him to cry out
and kick at him. Ranma spring boarded off his leg and kicked his face sending
the much larger warrior to the ground on his back. 
Honda stood and shook his head and slapped himself repeatedly all over his
body. He charged back for a moment and shot towards Ranma head first like a
torpedo. Ranma lay flat on the ground and Honda sailed over him . Ranma pushed
himself up into a jump as Honda recovered and faced him again. He slowly moved
towards Ranma with small movements of his feet. As he neared him Honda's hands
became a blur of motion. Ranma was backed into a wall and stood his ground.
His arms also became a blur of motion as he desperately blocked the sumo's
attack. 
	"How can this be? He blocks my Hundred hand strike?!" said Honda as he
intensified his attack, Ranma kept up and Honda began to feel blows on his
body, only a few but enough to make his attack falter. Ranma reared back and
punched him dead in the center of his forehead. Honda's head snapped back and
he fell back to the ground. "I-Impossible!" he said before he passed out.
	"I won." said Ranma as he fell to his knees. 
	"Damn right you won!" growled Ryoga. "How much of our money did you bet
anyway?" he said as he held up a large bag of cash. Ranma smirked and flipped
him a fifty yen coin. "What's this?" said Ryoga.
	"The money I didn't bet." said Ranma with a smirk as he walked out of the
ring.
	"How dare you bet all our money on yourself you reckless over confident
bastard!" yelled Ryoga as he chased him out.
	"Hey, boys I got some info for ya. I'll even give it to ya free on account of
ya made me so much money tonight." said the snake like man.
	"What?" said Ryoga impatiently.
	"We just got word Ryu arrived in Tokyo this morning. If you two boy's hurry
you can catch him." said the man.
	An hour later Ranma and Ryoga were on a train and on their way to Tokyo.
	
	Next: I can't fight a girl! Ryoga's dilemma and the first lesson in the power
of the Shoryuken. But not from where your expecting...
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