Ranma vs. The World 5

	Captured and the Dragon strikes...

	Ranma sat in the chair as the men in the room with her walked in
circles around her. She smiled as one of them punched her in the face
again. Her face was not in good shape, it was covered in bruises and she
was bleeding from her mouth and nose. Her right eye was almost completely
red. The man who had been asking her questions in Chinese hit her in the
stomach yet again with his rifle. <Tell us what we want to know and maybe
the judge will go easy on you.> screamed the man.
	"What?" asked Ranma again. It earned her yet another round of
punches and kicks from the men. It did not matter to her, she had  much
worse in her life. But still, they were starting to annoy her.
	In the next room Chun li looked at the interrogation
indifferently. "She is a tough one." she snorted.
	"I don't like this, if my country finds out I was involved with
this interrogation I may be pulled from the case." said Guile as he
watched.
	Chun li smiled. "Then leave, no one is keeping you. This is how
some things are done in my country." she said calmly.
	"You know I can't do that." said Guile as he watched. "I want him
too badly." 
	Then Ranma turned and looked at them through the one way mirror.
"You could at least have someone who speaks my language in here." she
said calmly to the pair. One of the men uppercut her in the jaw with his
rifle and knocked her too the floor.
	Chun li pushed the button for the intercom. "That's enough. Clean
her up and put her in a cell, we'll continue this tomorrow." she said in
a frustrated tone.

	Meanwhile...
	
	Ryoga stood and watched his opponent as he moved slowly towards
him. The man frowned and rushed him suddenly. "Woooooo!" he cried as he
jumped straight up and caught Ryoga's chest with a powerful kick. Ryoga
was sent flying into the air and screamed in pain as flames erupted all
over his body. He hit the ground rolling and put them out. Steam rose
from his scorched body as he stood. "Rekka ken!" screamed the man as he
charged. Ryoga was still not recovered from the first blow and was hit
with several lightening fast blows. He fell to the ground and clutched
his jaw.
	"Thats pretty good." he commented painfully.
	"No one can stand up to Fei long's attacks." said the man
confidently.
	"Ya know, you remind me of someone." said Ryoga as he stood and
smiled at the man.
	"I should hope so." grumbled Fei long. He  only made thirty
movies, most of them were at least reasonably popular and his last five
had practically made him a household name.
	"His name is Ranma and I really don't like him. I think I'll take
it out on you." said Ryoga as he got into his battle ready stance once
again. This time he also  his umbrella in hand.
	"Well, you've obviously seen fist of steel two. But if you
remember I defeated him and his invincible umbrella attacks." said Fei
long looking annoyed.
	"What are you talking about?" yelled Ryoga as he swung at Fei
long with his weapon. The movie star blocked and was thrown into the wall
hard. Ryoga pressed his assault and jabbed at him again.
	Fei long jumped up over the second strike only to get knocked out
of the air and into another wall by the lost boy. "Damn, what the hell is
that thing made of?" wondered the movie star as he rubbed his arms where
Ryoga  connected.
	"I'll show you." said Ryoga in answer as he opened it and flung
the umbrella at him like a boomerang. It sailed by missing Fei long's
neck by inches and carved a deep gash in the wall next to him.
	"What the hell?" said Fei long as he looked at the wall. Ryoga
stood calmly and caught the umbrella in his hand as it returned. 
	"Impressed?" he asked.
	"Very, Maybe this fight will get even more interesting." said Fei
long with a smirk. The two men charged each other.

	Ranma was thrown into the small dank cell roughly. She hit the
floor and turned to see the other three inhabitants looking at her
coolly. She stood shakily and faced them. "Look at what we have here."
said the largest of the girls. Ranma simply slumped against the bars, she
could take another beating. She wasn't in the mood for another fight with
a girl. Especially since the last one  gone so well.
	The large woman and her skinny companion walked over and pushed
her face up. "You took it pretty bad." she said with a smile. "Got a
name?" 
	"Ranma." she answered.
	"Well c'mon in, Welcome to the foreigners block. We'll get you
cleaned up." said the woman. Ranma blinked in sunrise and walked to the
back of the cell with her. The woman on the other side of the cell stared
at her with a gaze of ice. Ranma felt unnerved but ignored it. The woman
just sat and stared, nothing more. 
	"Foreigners block?" asked Ranma.
	"Yea, this is where the police send all their out of country
scum. The just chuck us over to interpol cause its to much paperwork
otherwise." laughed the older woman. "Me and Shinko here are from Kyosho,
not sure about blondie over there, she don't talk." Tho woman in question
simply stared at Ranma with her cold blue eyes.
	"What ya in fer?" asked the skinny girl.
	Ranma looked at her for a moment and thought. "Not really sure,
They think I'm some sort of collector or something. For some guy named
Shadowlaw." she said after a moment.
	The woman across the cell stood and glared at Ranma even harder.
"They think you are a collector for Shadowloo?" she asked in heavily
accented Japanese.
	"Yea." answered Ranma warily.
	"Hmph, I don't know you. Your not Shadowloo." said the woman with
an angry looking stare.
	"Yea, I know that, they don't." retorted Ranma curtly.
	"And how would you know little miss brit?" asked the large ugly
woman standing to her full height.
	"Because I was an assassin and collector." she replied. The large
woman sat down and kept her mouth shut.

	Ryoga slammed his fist into Fei longs gut and got kicked in the
face for his efforts. "Heh, your almost as fast as Ranma." said Ryoga as
he staggered from the blow. 
	Fei long was on his knees and clutching his stomach. "I think I'm
in trouble. This guy hits like a truck." he thought as he stood. He
kicked at Ryoga's feet and was met half way by the umbrella.
	"Give it up, that guy I beat up earlier could take you on easily.
Your too weak to hurt me." snorted Ryoga.
	"I'll show you weak!" yelled Fei long as he charged Ryoga. He
punched at his chest with his Rekka ken and Ryoga went flying into a
wall. He slumped down and the wall crashed in around him. "Heh, I showed
you who was weak." spat the man as he turned away.
	Then the ground exploded from under him. Fei long turned and
looked back in horror as Ryoga began to laugh. "No way." he whispered.
	"Ha, You call that strong?!" sneered Ryoga as he stood from the
pile of bricks. Fei long put his fist up again. "I'll show you real
strength." yelled Ryoga as he charged. Fei long jumped in the air and
kicked Ryoga in the back of the head as he passed sending the boy into
the side of a dumpster. Ryoga nearly crushed it flat against a wall. Fei
long was beginning to think that he was in serious trouble.
	"No wonder he walked away from Guile. This guy can't be human."
thought the man.
	"I've got to get this guy down." thought Ryoga to himself. "He's
allot stronger than Ranma is and almost as fast, I won't be able to take
another of those Rekka ken punch combos, if he gets one in its over."
	Fei long knew he  to get this fight over with soon. He  one
attack left.
	Ryoga got himself ready as the man prepared his next attack. "I
won't lose." he thought angrily as he positioned himself.
	Fei long charged.

	Ranma stared at the woman and frowned. "What?" she said to her.
	"I don't repeat myself luv." said the woman frowning. 
	"Tell me what a collector is exactly. Miss...?" said Ranma
sitting down next to the woman.
	"White, Cammy White, I think. And to answer your question,
Basically a collector is someone who collects fighters as recruits for
Shadowloo." said the woman.
	"Well that doesn't help me much. What do they care about some
recruiter anyway?" said Ranma.
	"I don't think you understand the concept of collecting. It isn't
voluntary. They take you by force and brainwash you. That is what
happened to me, except for the past three years I have no memory." said
Cammy quietly. 
	"I'm sorry." said Ranma sympathetically.
	"What made them think you were a collector anyway?" asked Cammy.
	"I'm looking for a man named Ryu. I think it  something to do
with that, but I'm not sure, I heard the woman mention it when I was
caught." said Ranma thoughtfully.
	"Ryu? The street fighter? What do ya want him fer?" asked the
large woman.
	"Sho ryu ken." said Ranma with a far off gaze.
	Cammy looked at her blankly. "What?" she said dumbly. "What's a
Sho ryu ken?"
	"Its a technique. I have to learn how he does it." said Ranma
calmly.
	"Why?" asked the skinny girl.
	"Its a guy thing." said Ranma simply.
	A guard walked to the door of the cell and looked at his clip
board. "White, Cammy." he recited.
	 Cammy stood and walked to the door she stood with her back to
the guard and stuck her hands through the hole so she could be cuffed for
transport. "Looks like my turn." she said smiling slightly at Ranma. 
	Ranma watched her being led away and frowned. "Boy she got
talkative." commented the large woman.
	"I'll say." agreed her companion.
	
	Fei long charged at Ryoga. "Rekka shin ken!" he cried and charged
at Ryoga his fist became a blur as he struck out at the lost boy. 
	Ryoga braced for impact he set his feet apart slightly and thrust
his hands forward. "Hado shi shi houkou dan!" he cried.
	They slammed into each other hard. Ryoga took a punch that sent
him flying into one wall and into a pile of garbage bags. Fei long took
the full blast and was shot through the wall opposite Ryoga leaving a
gaping hole. After a moment Ryoga stood shakily. He looked and saw Fei
long's unconscious form lying on the floor on top of the rubble from the
blast. He turned and staggered away clutching his face. "Damn, I didn't
even get paid for this. This is all your fault Ranma..." he said out
loud. Then he remembered he was alone. He laughed to himself. He was so
used to having Ranma around after a fight over the past month that he 
forgotten he  been arrested only hours before.
	

	Ranma smiled as she sat in the middle of the floor in a
meditation position, she  realized what she felt when the woman gave her
the final blow in her fight. Now she understood it. She stood and looked
at the wall in front of her. "I'm leaving." she said out loud.
	"What?" said the large girl sitting up suddenly. She wiped the
sleep from her eyes and looked at Ranma who just stood there.
	"What are you talking about girl?" she slurred sleepily.
	"What floor are we on?" asked Ranma.
	"The second, but I still don't understand." said the woman.
	"Good, I'd stay here if I were you. This may get rough." said
Ranma as she concentrated. "Hadou Moukou Takabishi!" she cried and
blasted the wall away leaving a huge hole. She ran and jumped from the
hole to the ground. She charged as sirens blaired around her and she made
her way to the outside wall after jumping several fences. The search
light was pointed on her and she smiled as she felt the lights
concentrate on her. It wasn't much but it was enough, barely. She heard
the men in the nearest tower point their guns on her and yell at her in
Chinese and English to give herself up. She smiled and stood still, All
she could do was hope one of the men was not trigger happy. She pointed
her fist at the searchlight suddenly and smiled wider. "Hiryu shouten ha
revised! Diagonal distraction blast!" she cried as the tornado force
winds shot from her body to the tower blowing it away. At the last moment
she threw herself into the blast. She felt herself being thrown into the
air as the winds tore and beat on her already beaten body. She was shot
over the wall and ran to safety into the night as the confused guards
tried to figure out what happened.

	Cammy sat at a table and waited for Chun li to return to the
room. The door opened and Chun li entered casually. "Black coffee right?"
she said with a smile.
	"Yes, thank you." said Cammy politely.
	"What did you find out?" asked Chun li calmly as she turned on
her tape recorder.
	"Nothing really, I don't think she is a collector. She didn't
recognize me and I don't remember her. She didn't seem to know what I was
talking about." said Cammy.
	"What does she want with Ryu?" asked the Chinese woman
impatiently.
	"Why is it so important luv?" asked Cammy coolly.
	Chun li blushed. "I'm sorry, its just that he's an old friend."
said Chun li catching herself.
	"Act like that and I might be compelled to with hold important
facts." said Cammy curtly. 
	"Your superiors said you would cooperate Miss White." said Chun
li.
	"If this girl would not suffer I would walk out now Miss li."
said Cammy angrily.
	"Tell me." said Chun li sitting in her chair calmly.
	"She is looking for something called the Sho Ryu ken. Does that
mean anything to you?" asked Cammy.
	"Shit." muttered Chun li bitterly as she slumped into her chair.
"The poor kid was just on some sort of training trip." she said to
herself.
	"I take it you gave her a full interrogation." said Cammy calmly.
Suddenly the alarms were blairing.

	A few moments later in the hall...
	
	"Our friend." said Guile as he met Chun li and Cammy halfway to
the cell that  once contained Ranma.
	"I thought so. How far did she get?" asked Chun li as a lump
formed in her throat.
	"All the way. The guards still don't know what hit them. No one
was injured seriously but she gave a couple a good scare." said Guile as
he walked with her.
	"Good, She isn't Shadowloo." said Chun li as she walked.
	"It was a good idea to send Cammy in, how did you know she would
take interrogation?" asked Guile casually as they approached the cell.
	"You weren't there for the strip search. That girl has seen allot
of combat. Thats why I was so sure." said Chun li.
	"And wrongly so luv." commented Cammy.
	"Let it go." said Guile flatly.
	"Sir." replied Cammy reluctantly.
	"What's her story?" asked Guile ignoring the girl.
	"Apparently a training voyage. She wants to learn from Ryu. 
Thats what I could gather anyway. I should have known right away really.
Its been a while but I've seen this before, it didn't end well for her."
said Chun li as she looked at the hole in the wall.
	"...Light came from her hands and she shouted Hado something..."
said one of the prisoners as they were lead by to their new cells.
	"That sounds familiar. Looks like she can use Hado ken." said
Chun li calmly as Guile inspected the hole.
	"It's a fairly common technique these days in one form or
another." said Cammy.
	Chun li blushed. "What are you saying?" she said angrily.
	"I didn't say anything about you luv. You did that on your own."
said Cammy as she turned away. "I have to go write a report now if you
don't mind."
	"Little girls." said Guile as he smiled to himself. "So what do
we do about this?" he said to Chun li.
	"I see no point in chasing her, She could be held responsible for
the damages but she didn't really do anything to get put in here in the
first place. I should have investigated more. We let her go." said Chun
li as she turned away.

	Ranma looked at the prison on a hill from a few miles away. She 
been running for some time now and sat down to rest. She  not traveled
well over the past few hours as her injuries were extensive, if only
minor, every part of her body was sore and some parts were beginning to
bleed again. It was very uncomfortable to sit, but even more so to stand.
She thought back to the escape and the blast she  used to bring down the
wall. "Something didn't feel right when I did that. It wasn't Hado ken
yet. What am I missing?" she thought as she looked at her hands
thoughtfully. "I will get this, I have a feeling I'll need it for the Sho
ryu ken." thought Ranma as she stood and began to walk again.
	
	Ryoga Hibiki sat on a hill that overlooked Hong kong. He looked
at his fist and frowned. "I still can't get it right. What am I doing
wrong?" he muttered as he thought. "I will master the Sho ryu ken. I
won't let Ranma beat me this time." he thought as he poked at the fire.
He felt a chill go down his spine as he sat there. It was as if someone 
walked over his grave. He turned to see a dark figure walking down the
road, it stopped and was looking at him. He felt strangely affrays and
swallowed as he looked at it. It seemed to snort in mild amusements and
continue on its way. Ryoga turned away and stared into the fire for a
moment. He  never felt anything like what he  just experienced now. "Yes
I have. When Ranma was fighting that old man." he thought. Ryoga looked
at the flames for a moment more  and looked to see that the figure was
long gone. "I could have sworn it was glowing." he said out loud.
TbC....
	
	Next time: Fortunes told, reunited Rivals and the tigers
breath...

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