I recently posted a question on who Saffron and Herb and Tarou were and got
several really detail replies. This is what I came up with for a fight scene
between Ranma and Saffron. The fight takes place during part for of my just
won't die series. The Ranma in this story is A LOT stronger than the one in the
manga. Also, Ranma's part Angel so I guess that helps ;)







  "What the fuck?!" was all Ranma could say as he looked at a fully grown
Saffron. "Y-you�ve gotta be k-kidding me!!!" he also added, looking up into the
sky as if talking to God himself.
  Saffron smiled and said, "So, we meet again,"
  "B-but h-how?!" he stuttered. He felt Saffron�s terriffic aura of power. It
was far more powerful than he had last remembered.
  "After our battle where you actually defeated me, I regenerated and took the
form of an egg once again. Remember?" Saffron sneered arrogantly, "Although I
was a mere baby and couldn�t talk, I had retained all my memories. It only took
several years before my mind was tapped and the memories came back to me. For
all these years since that battle, I have vowed to seek my revenge on the one
man that defeated me. I have come to fight you, to take away everything that you
hold dear."
  Ranma took a step back.
  "I remembered everything." Saffron continued, "I remembered when you used that
rivised Hiryu Shoten Ha to defeat me. You only managed to defeat me because your
arm had been encased in ice which concentrated your Hiryu Shoten Ha�s power.
Heh, I remember seeing Akane leaping in front of my own blast, allowing that
tiny opening for you to send that blast right into me. You got lucky, and this
time around, you won�t be as lucky. I challenge you to the death, Ranma! Do you
hear me? And I have no intention of losing like I did on that fateful day!"
  Ranma took a tentative step back, "Hold up. What do you mean c-challenge?"
  "You have taught me a valuable lesson," Saffron sneered, "You have actually
humbled me in some ways, showed me that I still had a long way to go with my
training. That is way I trained constantly, vowing to not only defeat you, but
to destroy you! If I could, I would erase your miserable existence!" Saffron
chuckled menacingly, "Are you afraid to die, Ranma? Because on this day, you
will...."
  Ranma composed himself, swallowing the lump in his throat. He knew he had
gotten much much stronger over the years, "Saffron, don�t underestimate me."
  "I won�t," Saffron said. "But don�t you dare underestimate me either. I was
weak back then, a mere babe compare to the powers I now possess,"
  Ranma smirked, "Do you still possess that glass jaw of yours? What with you
being pampered and all..." He knew that the only way was to make Saffron get
angry. If Saffron fought with a clear head, Ranma would be done for.
   Saffron smirked, "I see your plan. You�re trying to get me angry, ne? Well it
won�t work,"
  Ranma was silent. He willed himself to calm down. After a moment, he spoke,
"All right. I guess it won�t work. Let�s fight,"
  "Aren�t we eager to die?" Saffron commented, moving forward. Actually, it was
more like floated forward. He stopped when he was one several feet away. 
  "It doesn�t matter to me," Ranma said, finally, truly accepting his origin,
"I�m only a clone of the real Ranma. It wouldn�t matter to anyone if you kill me
because no one knows I exist"
  The seemed to catch Saffron off guard. "W-what did you say?"
  "I am a clone," Ranma retorted, "I am not the real Ranma."
  Saffron looked disappointed for only a fraction of a second but Ranma had
noticed. He chuckled and said, "Well, it doesn�t matter if you are a clone or
not. Where ever the real Ranma is, I will find him,"
  "How?"
  Saffron extended a hand out, palm upward. A moment later, a mirror
materialized, "This is the nanban mirror I took from Ryoga shortly after I
killed him. I never even bothered to ask him where you were,"
  "W-what?!" Ranma shouted, his anger rising. "Y-you killed Ryoga?!"
  Saffrom smiled, "Yes. It was a pathetic fight. He couldn�t withstand one of my
weaker ki-blasts. But he was lucky though. He died quickly."
  "Y-you fucking asshole!!!" Ranma sneered, his aura flaring. "You better pray
Ryoga is all right!!"
  "Bah, do you see me praying, Ranma?" Saffron retorted with a laugh. "No. You
better pray. You better pray I don�t find your other friends! I will make they
suffer the same fate as Ryoga and what you will soon too."
  Ranma, blind with rage, fighting for not only his life but for his friends,
lunged forward in an attempt to grab Saffron�s throat to strangle him to death.
He wanted to see Saffron�s face as the life left him. Unfortunately for Ranma,
Saffron disappeared.
  "W-what the?!" Ranma said, stumbling forward for balance.
  A moment later a massive explosion erupted on Ranma�s back, propelling Ranma
forward in a nearby building. A second before his body crashed into the
building, a red field of energy surrounded him. 
  Floating about twenty feet in the air, an arm extended toward where Ranma had
once been, was Saffron. Saffron had seen the AT field but had no idea what that
red rippling energy field was or its significance, but he was not worried.
  The building collapsed on Ranma. Luckily, the hundred of hapless victims
inside the collapsing building died a quick death and felt little or no pain.
When the dust subsided, all that remained was massive pile of rubble. Human
remains could bee seen among the drebris. Ranma was nowhere to be seen.
  Saffron floated over to the rubble, "Pathetic That was a pathetic fight..."
  "You will die!!!" Ranma shouted, exploding with pure rage. The mass of derbis
exploded upward to reveal Ranma, his arua glowing a bright blue. His clothes
were singed badly "You have no fucking idea who you�re mesing with!!!!"
  Saffron laughed. "Am I supposed to be scared?"
  Ranma ignored Saffron�s comments as he walked forward. The debris on the
ground seemed to move on its own by some unseen force as Ranma walked by. "Do
you really think you can kill me that easily, Saffron? Do you?" Filled with
rage, Ranma didn�t bother to think of the concequences as he extended both hands
forward and shouted, "Revised Seppukku Mouko Takabisha!!!" 
  But this time, it was a totally different from the seppukku blasts Ranma dared
to use. A spere of energy didn�t erupt from his extended hands. No. It wasn�t a
sphere of energy. What shot out was this massive beam of rage and hatred and
depression. 
  Saffron, only seeing the front portion of the blast, simply floated off
slightly to his right to allow the ki-blast to miss him and shoot right pass.
But Ranma, seeing Saffron move off to his right, pivoted his body slightly to
the left as the beam of energy caught Saffron totally off guard as he was
consumed in the blast.
  "I�ll kill you!!!!" Ranma shouted as he pulled his hand back and began a mad
sprint in Saffron�s direction. Before the end of the beam passed Saffron, Ranma
leaped up up into the air straight at him. The shear force of Ranma kicking out
caused a massive crater to be formed beneath his feet right before they left the
ground, sending Ranma rocketing toward Saffron at near super sonic speeds.
  "Enough!" an nscathed Saffron sneered as he extended a hand toward Ranma�s
incoming form and shot a massive ki-blast right at Ranma�s chest. Ranma�s seeing
that he was not going to make it to Saffron in time, crossed his arms over his
front just as the ki-blast hit him.
  The ki-blast exploded on Ranma�s chest, the explosion so powerful that it
caused all the windows of every building within a one mile radius to shatter due
to the vibations. The blast sent him right back down toward the ground below. 
  Ranma slammed back into yet another building, that building too collapsing.
But this time, since Ranma was above the ground floor when he hit the building,
he ended getting shot through the other end, into yet another buidling, causing
heavy damage to it and himself.
  "You will not defeat me!" Saffron sneered. He crossed his arms downward, his
fists pointing at his feet as his aura flared up a brilliant glow. A moment
later, he extended his hands forward and released a massive fireball. It hung
suspended in the air for several moment. A hum could be heard emanating from it
as the heat withing the fireball grew more intense.
  Just as Ranma finally managed to free himself from the debris, he looked up
and saw the fireball. 
  "Oh shit!" Ranma muttered as he quickly ran toward his immediate left.
  The fireball shot forward, rocketing through the air at an intense speed, and
sturck the pile of debris Ranma had been once buried underneath. Before it even
struck the pile of rubble, the rocks were incinerated.
  Ranma cried out in pain as he felt the shear heat from being within suck close
proximity of it the blast as he lept into the air at the very last moment. He
could feel the skin of his back melting under the intense heat. He rolled to his
feet and faced Saffron.
  "How�s your back?" Saffron teased Ranma, trying to make Ranma angry. Although
when Ranma had gone beserk a moment ago, Saffron had been a bit surprised at the
surge of pure rage and energy flying right toward him in the form of Ranma, but
he had quickly turned the tables on the pigtailed boy.
  Ranma winced in pain as bolts of pain shot through his back. Luckily for him,
the pain lasted of only several excruciating moment for the Angel part of him
seemed to have regenerative capabilities akin to EVAs. 
  Damn, Ranma thought. How the hell am I gonna be able to beat him? I�m at such
a huge disadvantage! 
  Saffron floated forward and extended his hand high into the sky. A second
later something that looked like a white disc appeared just above it. He
smirked, making sure Ranma got a good look at him before he threw the disc right
at him.
  Ranma was forced to leap out of the way, rolling back onto his feet.
  He�s too damn powerful, Ranma though. I can�t get near him. It�s suicide if I
try and charge him. I can�t fight him with ki-blasts because it doesn�t seem to
affect him in anyway. He took my seppukku blast and didn�t even flinch! I beat
him last time by freezing him, but how the hell am I going to go about find a
way to freeze him?! I need some time!
  "Don�t think about running away, Ranma!" Saffron said, "If you do, I will go
about destroying every building until you show your face,"
  Ranma was silent. Shit, he thought. What the hell am I going to do? I have to
at least get him away from Tokyo. Waitaminute, I�m part Angel. My back doesn�t
hurt anymore. I must be able to regenerate like an EVA. I remember Shinji saying
his Unit-01 once regenerated a severed arm from an Angel....I have to give it a
try. It�s the only plan I�ve got.
  Ranma shot a ki-blast in Saffron�s general direction, knowing that Saffron
would dodge it. He was shocked to see Saffron knock it away with a casual swat
of his arm. The blast was sent into a nearby building, blowing the entire top
half off, debris falling down to the streets below.
  "Your blasts are pathetic," Saffron said wryly, "Is that supposed to hurt me?"
  Ranma gritted his teeth. He was having problems goading Saffron into doing
what he wants. 
  Saffron shot a ki-blast at Ranma. Hoping he was making the right choice,
crossed his hand in front of himself and accepted the blast directly. He was
blown bodily backwards into a nearby building, blowing out the back of it and
coming to a halt inside of the building behind that one.
  Ranma winced in pain as he held his side "Aw shit. That hurts," he mutter,
"He�s a goddamn monster. I�d rather fight Taro and Herb at the same time than
him..." He got up to his feet and walked back on into the streets.
  Saffron was still hovering in there air.
  "Hey, I why dontcha come down here and fight me?" Ranma taunted, "I betcha
without your wings, you�re nothing!" He finally thought of a plan into goading
Saffron into doing what Ranma wanted him to do.
  Saffron, annoyed with Ranma and his stubborness to stay alive, said, "I don�t
need my wings. Here�s a little demonstration," He ripped the wings off his back
and threw them at one hundred. He threw both wings at one hundred and eighty
degrees from his body. The wings proceeded to slice right through every building
in its path and slowly arc its way toward the target where both wings would hit
their target from both sides.
   Ranma stood in the middle of the street, waiting patiently for the wings. He
watched as both of the wings sliced through building after building, the
buildings crumbling one after another as the wings wrecked havoc to the entire
city of Tokyo. 
  At the last moment, he anticipated which one of the buildings one of the wings
would emerged from and dashed toward it. He then lepted up into the air and
actually caught one of the wings just as emerged from the anticipated buidling.
   With a hand holding one of the wings tightly, Ranma twisted in mid-air and
caught the other wing just as it slammed into his chest. He cried out in pain as
the the impact of the wing hitting him send him spiraling into an already badly
damaged  building.
  Saffron�s eyes narrowed. What is that red ripple I see just moments before one
of my projectiles hit him. It seemed to have saved his life several times
already.
  The top half of Ranma�s body emerged from the opening that he had created upon
impact. There was blood flowing from his lips, a smirk on his lips. He hopped
back out the building and down to the ground below as Saffron watched
himcuriously.
  "You just made yourself a mistak, Saffron," Ranma sneered, wiping the blood
from his lips and actually smirking. "You may be tougher, but you�re still as
gullible as when I last defeated you,"
  Saffron said nothing. He had no idea what Ranma was talking about. Was he
trying to stall for time?
  Ranma walked forward toward Saffron as he continued to float high in the air.
"Watsamatter, Saffron? Are you scared?!"
  Saffron laughed. "I see you�re trying to stall for time. It doesn�t bother me.
Every second you waste, I get stronger."
  Ranma smirked, "Thank you for the wings, Saffy-chan."
  He holding one wing in either hand, he pressed the wings against his back and
smiled. A second later, he removed his hand but the wings stayed in place.
  "You see, Saffy-chan," Ranma said, "You have made the same mistake as our last
battle. You underestimated me and my ability to adapt," He look over his back at
his wings. A moment later, he started flapping his wings, "And over the years, I
have learned to adapt to many things that adapting to anything comes easy to me.
This is no exception."
  Saffron closed his eyes and said some words Ranma couldn�t make out. A second
later, two wings emerged from his back, taking place of the two previous wings
he had just thrown and lost. He smiled, "It doesn�t matter to me. I will still
defeat you.  Even with wings, you�re nothing to me,"
  Ranma chuckled, his confidence level rising. Now he wasn�t at such a
disadvantage "I guess now I am truly and Angel. Remember what I said that you
have no idea who you�re messing with? We�ll now you�re going to find out!"
  He looked back at his wings, "Shit, how the hell do you flap these things?!"
He looked at Saffron and then back at the wings, "C�mon, work!"
  Saffron stared at Ranma for a moment. A second later he burst out laughing.
  Ranma�s eyes narrowed. "Heh, gotcha!" He ran forward and lept into the air and
rocketed toward Saffron as he continued laughing. He was shocked when he
realized Saffron had been faking it also.
  "No, I have you!" Saffron said as he held two hands in front of him and shot a
ki-blast right into Ranma�s chest.
  Ranma cried out in pain as the blast erupted on his chest full blast, sending
him bodily back down to the ground below. He hit the ground as such an impact
that he became slightly imbedded in it. He lay there on his back, motionless,
blood trickling down the side of his face and onto his already blood and singed
clothes. 
  It took him a moment before he was able to sit up. When he did, Ranma groaned
in pain. His entire body was aching. He couldn�t believe how big a mistake he
was. He was the one who had been underestimating Saffron all this time. It
hadn�t been the other way around.
  He slowly got back up to his feet. He couldn�t understand why he kept seeing
that red energy field constantly appearing in front of Ranma just moment�s
before he was hit with a projectile. Why was that? How come Ranma wasn�t dying?
Every single one of those blasts had been more powerful enough to kill him, yet
he remained alive, even conscious for that matter.
  Ranma looked up at Saffron, "You�re an asshole!" was all he could think of.
  Saffron smirked, "So? Is that supposed to anger me?"
  Ranma flipped Saffron the middle finger, "I can�t believe he have no regard
for human life around here! They have nothing to do with the battle!" He looked
around. There were countless amounts of human bodies and remains scattered
about. Ranma�s eyes widened when he saw the dead body of a small child. "Oh my
god!"
  "That is what puts you at a severe disadvantage," Saffron retorted with a wry
grin, "I don�t care about human lives and who I kill,"
  "How the fuck can you be so goddamn cold! This was a child!" Ranma shouted
back, tears almost forming. "You were a child too!!"
  "Yes," Saffron said, "Twice as a matter of fact because of you!!"
  Ranma gritted his teeth, "Saffron, you�re definitely going to pay for all of
this. And I will be the one to pay it back, tenfold. I promise!"
  Saffron shot a ki-blast at a nearby building, destroying it. Everyone inside
were either killed or buried alive "I�d like to see you try!" he said evily.
  Ranma�s aura flared a terriffic shade of yellow as he went into yet another
rage. "You goddamn monster!!!" His wings expanded and brought him into the sky
high enough so he was at the same altitude as Saffron.
  Saffron shot another ki-blast at a neaby building, but Ranma quickly swooped
down in front of the projectile and let it explode up against his body. He was
sent backwards into the building. The difference was that the building only got
damaged, not destroyed.
  Inside the building, Ranma groaned in pain. But for some reason, the pain
wasn�t as intense. He brought an arm in front of him and watched as the singed
skin on his forearm beginning to regenerate. He smiled. So, my regeneration
process seems to increase as time passes, he thought. I saw red glow in front of
me before, what the hell was that? Could it be some AT field? But that can�t be,
ki projectiles can go through it like it wasn�t there.
  "Perhaps this AT field is different..." Ranma said. A moment later, Ranma
realized something. Waitaminute, he thought. This AT field might be ki-based.
Maybe that�s why Saffron�s attacks aren�t killing me, because they�re all
ki-based. That has to be. Maybe that�s why when the wing hit me it hurt so much.
   Saffron had been waiting patiently for Ranma to emerge. When he did,
something didn�t to add up. Ranma was smiling. It looked like he was up to
something but Saffron couldn�t tell what.
   Saffron smirked. His arua flared as he released a fireball in front of him.
It hovered in the air for several seconds. 
  Ranma just remained hovering in place. When the fireball shot right toward
him, Ranma screamed and simply swatted the fireball away, sending it spiraling
up into the clear sky. That seemed to actually shock Saffron.
  "W-what the?"
  Ranma grinned, "You�re fucked, Saffron!" He hovered forward toward his
opponent, swatting away yet another ki pojectile. "Now you�re the one at a
severe disadvantage. All you know is ki-based attacks! Somehow, I have adapted
to them. So, in short, you�re fucked!"
  Saffron, hovered backwards and ripped the new wings off his back. "My, aren�t
we confident?" he said wryly, right before sending them both right into the
unsuspecting Ranma.
  Ranma was hit by both wings and sent flyign bodily back down to the terra
firma below.

That's all....

Ideas. Since Saffron will soon realize that he's in trouble, I've been thinking
about having him use the nanban mirror to bring Tarou into the picture to fight
along side him in his battle against Ranma....to even the odds ;)

-OneShot
Jeffrey Keith Wong
Author of Ranma's girls, 
The least one can do, and
the 'just won't die' series.
http://www.li.net/~jeffwong/index.htm
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