Ranma Vs the world.
Ch.2
Ryoga's conflict. "I can't fight a girl!"
Ryoga stood in the center of the concrete ring in Tokyo with a
frustrated look on his face. He had beaten his opponent easily and was
annoyed to no end. He casually walked over to his companion who was
standing outside the fence that separated the crowd from the ring, he had
a smug grin on his face. "I was hoping to let off some steam. Traveling
with Ranma is a pain in the ass." he grumbled. He and Ranma had been in
Tokyo for about three days now and were beginning to think that they
might never find Ryu. No one had any information concerning him in the
area.
"Ryoga did ya hafta do that? I mean look at the poor guy." said
Ranma looking at the unfortunate man crumpled on the floor.
"You shut up! I'd like to see you do better!" growled Ryoga.
"I understand you two are looking for Ryu." said a small man from
behind them.
"Yea, what of it?" said Ranma.
"I know someone who may be able to help. You'll have to beat em
to get any info though." said the man.
"Hmph I can take anyone you can throw at me." said Ryoga with a
smirk.
Ranma chuckled and sat down. "Where is this guy anyway?" he asked
the man.
"She's climbing in the ring now." was the mans reply.
Ryoga turned and stared at the young woman who stood before him.
She was about twenty years old and dressed in a light blue Karate gi. She
had a long white ribbon tied across her forehead. "Hi." she said with a
smirk.
"I can't fight a girl!" cried Ryoga. "Ranma go change and get in
here!" he said clutching the fence in desperation.
Ranma sneered at him. "Good luck P-chan." he said and took a seat
near the ring.
Ryoga turned and stared at the girl helplessly. She smiled and
kicked him in the face. Ryoga looked at her. "I-I can' do this, your a
girl..." he said to her.
The girl stared at him for a moment. "What do you mean?" she said
angrily.
"I can't fight girls, It isn't right." he said timidly.
The angry young woman punched him in the face hard. "How dare
you, come here of all places with that attitude you wimp." she spat at
him.
Ryoga looked at her sadly. "What am I gonna do?!" he thought
desperately. The girl was having problems of her own. This guy had just
taken two of her hardest blows and he didn't even seem to notice.
"Tough guy huh? Eat this Hadoken!" she cried and performed a
rough Hadoken that took Ryoga dead in the chest. He stared at her in
disbelief from the ground at the base of the fence. "Huh?"
In the crowd Ranma stood and stared at her. "That was..." he
stuttered
Ryoga stood shakily and saw the girl charging at him angrily.
"Sho oken!" she screamed. Ryoga tried to jump out of the way and as a
result took the blow in exactly the wrong place. The girl landed and the
glow around her hand died down. Ryoga heard her walk up to him as he lay
on the ground clutching himself in pain. "How dare you enter my arena
with that attitude pig." she said and turned away from him.
The gears in Ryoga's simple mind began to turn and he stood
shakily. He had felt something strange during the fight when she had
performed the Hadoken. Then something registered in his head.
Sakura was walking away with a disgusted look on her face. She
had been expecting a real match, like the ones she had when she was in
high school, instead she got this wimp. She felt something dangerous and
familiar behind her. She turned and her eyes went wide as Ryoga stood
shakily to his feet. "What did you call me?" he said angrily and stared
at her.
"Pig." she said involuntarily.
"I'll show you a pig! HADO SHI SHI HOUKOU DAN!" he cried and
released the chi he had gathered from the air around him towards her. She
felt the energy slam into her and slammed against the fence.
"Damn!" she cried and rolled as she hit the ground.
Ryoga dove for her and touched the floor. "Bakusai Tenketsu!" he
said and Sakura felt it explode around her and pelt her with rubble. She
stood and faced him.
"Hadoken!" she cried and fired her blast at him.
"Hado Shi shi houkou dan!" replied Ryoga and sent a blast back at
her that stopped her Hadoken.
She growled and lept at him "Shun pu kayaku!" she cried and spun
into her hurricane kick variation and knocked Ryoga flat on his back.
Ryoga rolled instinctively and grabbed one of his bandanna�s. He spun
them and threw them towards Sakura as his roll stopped. She had not yet
recovered from her Shin pu kayaku and took it in the back of the head.
She slammed into the ground hard. The fight was over.
"Ryoga regained his senses and stood looking at Sakura in horror.
"W-what have I done?!" he cried and fell to his knees beside her.
A few moments went by and She opened her eyes as the fight medics
swarmed her. "That was a good fight. I thank you." she said with a smile.
Ryoga didn't know what to say as she was carted off to the infirmary
nearby. He just nodded.
"Ryoga c'mon the guy said she had information on how to find Ryu,
we have to go after her." said Ranma as he appeared beside him and
dragged him off.
"So you want to know how to find Ryu?" said Sakura as she lay in
the cot with an IV sticking out of her arm.
"Yea can you tell us?" said Ranma.
"He won't teach you." said Sakura. "I spent two years of my life
chasing him, I know." she said sadly.
"We have to try. I have to learn the Shoryuken." said Ranma with
a determined gaze.
"That technique? I spent two years after him and my Sho oken is
as close as I got." she said with a laugh. "You two should give up and go
home to your families."
"Just tell us where he is." said Ranma.
"I've already learned the secret behind his techniques, I'll
learn it in no time." said Ryoga with a glare.
"What? I'll learn to do that in a few days." growled Ranma.
"Not if I don't show you." smirked Ryoga.
"No fair Ryoga!" cried Ranma.
"Fools, learning to pull the chi from the air is not even half of
the secret of that technique." said Sakura with a bitter smile. "If you
really want to know he probably went to Hong Kong." she said and got the
reaction she wanted from Ryoga, Ranma however was a different story.
"Hong Kong?! Damn we'll never find him now." said Ryoga angrily.
"Why not?" said Ranma earning glares from both Sakura and Ryoga.
"How the hell are we supposed to get there Ranma?!" yelled Ryoga
angrily. "Have you forgotten that there is an ocean between us and
there?" he spat.
"We fly. Ryoga do you even know how much money we've made since
we started? We can afford first class tickets if we wanted them." said
Ranma calmly.
"Wha?...We can?" said Ryoga with wide eyes.
Ranma nodded and the pair walked out of the building bickering
all the way to the airport.
"What strange people." commented Sakura as she watched them walk
away. "He'll never teach them though..."
Ranma and Ryoga stood in line to get their tickets and watched
several people go in and out of a nearby doorway. Ranma of course
recognized what it was immediately. He tapped Ryoga on the shoulder.
"What?" said Ryoga looking annoyed.
"Hey check it out P-chan." said Ranma.
Ryoga looked and snorted. "We just came from one Ranma." he said
looking annoyed even more.
"Yea well our flight doesn't leave for a few hours so I'm gonna
go check it out." said Ranma.
"So, go." said Ryoga.
"You are coming with me. I don't want to spend all night looking
all over Tokyo for you, c'mon." said Ranma as the young woman gave them
their tickets.
"Whats that supposed to mean?!" yelled Ryoga defensively.
"Employees only." said a large man that stepped between them and
the door. Ranma shoved a bill in his hand and he moved out of the way.
"Geez get over it c'mon." he said dragging Ryoga behind him.
"No dammit what did you mean?!" he cried angrily.
Ranma stood and stared at the ring before him. It was amazing,
How they had managed to hide this in an airport he didn't know, but here
it was. It had a professional ring and everything. A large crowd gathered
around it and cheered for the two fighters inside. Ranma walked over to
the counter and smiled at the man. "Hey, I want to book a fight as soon
as possible, I gotta flight in a few hours and all." he said to the man.
A sparkle of recognition hit the man's eyes and he smiled. "Ah
Mr. Saotome I have just the man, we were in need of an opponent." he
said.
"You've heard of him?" asked Ryoga dumbfounded.
"And you as well. You'll find word travels quickly in this
business. I heard about your defeat of the young Sakura moments after it
occurred." said the man smiling at Ryoga warmly.
Ryoga growled and blushed, he was still unhappy about beating
her.
"I suggest you get to the ring sir. Your fight starts in a few
minutes." continued the man and pointed towards the ring.
Ranma stood facing the tall twenty something man before him and
frowned. "I know you." he said dumbly.
"I am called Guy, and it shames to say that my exploits are
eternally well documented by the media due to my friends." said the man
who faced Ranma with a frown.
"Yea, your the guy who fought that Gang a while back." said Ranma
as he got into a ready position.
"Fight!" cried the man from the ringside.
Guy rushed Ranma and lept into the air with a downward crescent
kick. It was obvious he was trying to finish up early.
Ranma snorted and jumped up with him catching his leg and bring him down
on the ground hard. "Air attacks are my schools specialty." he though to
himself.
Guy rushed and punched at Ranma repeatedly in a fury. Ranma
blocked desperately and could not find an opening in the mans defense.
"This guy is better than Konatsu." he grumbled as he was caught by an
uppercut. "Your fast." he said to Guy as he dodged the next few punches.
"But not fast enough. Katsutenshin Amaguriken!"
Guy felt an unbelievable amount of blows strike his body and was
thrown against the ropes. "Damn." he thought as he almost blacked out.
Ranma lept at him and yelled as he fell for the final blow. "Perfect."
thought Guy. "Bushin hassou ken!" he cried as he lept up at Ranma.
Ranma could not stop it. Guy repeatedly punched and kicked him
higher and higher into the air and then performed a crescent kick at the
peak that slammed him into the ground.
"Ranma!" yelled Ryoga from the ringside. "If you lose any more of
our money I'll kill you." he cried.
Ranma stood and faced the ninja again only to see that he was
already attacking. Ranma recognized it immediately. It was a variation on
the attack Ryu had used on him. The hurricane kick. Ranma fell to the
floor again and rolled under the attack. He stood and back kicked Guy in
the back of the head sending him sprawling to the floor out cold.
"Damn you Ranma! How dare you hit him from behind! Coward!"
yelled Ryoga.
"Aren't you ever satisfied?! I won didn't I?" said Ranma as the
two collected their earnings and walked out to their flight.
TbC...
Next time Hong Kong Part 1. The bird and the assassin.
C&C welcome Send to Catbert25@aol.com.
I notice that allot of writers like to skip characters in these
types of fics and only mention the out come in passing, I will not do
this. By no means am I going to try to fit every body in this fic. That
would take forever and I have other projects to write. However a good
bulk of them will appear from various games in the Sf world. [Notice I
don't say SF2 just SF you should know why if you read this.] Most of the
characters in Street fighter alpha would be a little older now, of
course, as this takes place around the time of SF2. Thats about five
years after SFA 1. I think. At any rate I know about how easily Ranma
should take care of some of these guys going all out, but face it he
isn't Folks. Ranma would not go all out unless he or someone he cared
about was in real trouble; i.e. Akane. Also Allot of the Street Fighter
crew don't get the credit they should. They can go up against Ryu and
hold their own. Ranma couldn't even after all he went through, he got his
ass kicked, even if he was holding back a little. Many of the moves in SF
are just as almost as powerful as the Shoryuken is. The dragon punch is
still the most powerful move in its greatest form, [Shin shoryu ken SF3]
even if they weakened it a bit for SF V and some of the more recent
games.
Until next time Ja ne!
Catbert25
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