Yes, that is correct - 5-6. Since it's the weekend I won't be able to send over Sat/Sun, so here's
two chapters now.
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PART V
Death by cookie.
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School was boring. Well, boring by Nerima�s standards, any normal person attending school there was
probably on medication. (Praise the Lord for our school system, where the most interesting thing to
happen is the school psycho - usually my sister - beats up the teacher and sets fire to the place.)
Ryoga noted the few changes in the past week. They had a new science teacher (who was the only
person over the age of eleven to be shorter than him in his female form) and a new science lab with
Bunsen burners that really worked. *Good! That means the water'll actually heat up.* The gym was
trashed - courtesy of a meeting with Ranma, Happosai and Kuno - and there were a couple of new
students.
"Ryoko, you schemer! How dare you say such a thing!!!!" screamed a girl with purple hair in pigtails.
"Calm down Ayeka! My, my, aren't we tetchy today," Ryoko said with a smirk "Is it that time of the
month?"
Ayeka fumed and raced towards her. Ryoko got a spell ready. Tenchi ran forward. "Please, not here,
Ryoko!"
Mihoshi appeared at Ryoga's side. "Hi, didn't think you'd be back today," she said cheerfully. "Come
and meet my friends." She dragged him over to the general melee, just avoiding being blasted by
Ryoko's shot. "Ryoko, Ayeka, Tenchi, I'd like you to meet Ryoga. Ryoga, this is Tenchi, Ryoko and
Ayeka."
Tenchi cautiously emerged from his desk shield. "Nice to meet you," he said, holding out a hand.
Ryoko pushed past him. "So you're the guy Mihoshi's been prattling on about. My name's Ryoko and I'm
Tenchi's fian..."
*WHAM*
Ayeka placed the desk back on the floor. "Honestly, Ryoko, have you no shame?!! Lord Tenchi is
_mine_." She smiled pleasantly at Ryoga. "Good day. My name is Ayeka. I really must apologise for
Ryoko, she has absolutely no manners what so ever..." She bowed down a little.
Ryoko immediately flung her arms around Tenchi's neck. "Why Ayeka. I hope you and Ryoga will be
happy together!"
*CLANG*
"FLIRT!!"
"OW!" Ryoga glared at Ukyo. "She was just being polite!"
Ayeka nodded, then turned back to Ryoko. "Yes, SO GET YOUR HANDS OFF TENCHI, YOU SHAMELESS
HUSSY!!!!"
Tenchi sat down at his desk and buried his head in his hands. "Why? What did I do to deserve all
this?" he wailed.
Ryoga glanced at Ukyo and shrugged. The new arrivals were sure to fit in very nicely at Furinkan.
Washu glanced at the students in front of her, all working quietly. She was the only person Mihoshi
had told about her mission, and she was keeping a very close eye on Ryoga. When Tenchi had been
expelled from school (for blowing up the science lab - nobody needed to know it was really Ayeka and
Ryoko who'd done so) she'd decided the three of them should join Furinkan, and she could teach there
to keep an eye on them. (Well, her daughter - and Ryoga - to be specific.)
So far she was getting the same strange readings as the Hyperdolls had, and no clues as to why. It
was _most_ frustrating! Here she was, the greatest genius in the universe and she couldn't even tell
why a human was emitting energy waves strong enough to blow up the universe.
Ryoga yawned and looked out of the window. Science made no sense to him - it refused to acknowledge
the existence of magic, which he knew all to well to exist. Plus, it was almost as confusing as
Geography. *Maybe I should've stayed home today... but Skuld said I should try and stick around
Akane, Ukyo and Ranma.* He glanced at the board and attempted to pay attention. *What the hell do I
need to stick around Ranma for though? Surely he can take care of himself? * At least at home, he
could watch TV...
"Hibiki? Are you paying attention?"
Ryoga jumped. "Ah... of course, Sensei," he lied.
�Call me Little Washu!� Washu looked pained. "So what's the answer, A or B?"
"A," Ranma whispered behind him.
"A," Ryoga repeated.
Washu laughed and shook her head. "There wasn't any question. Now get on with the work."
Ryoga flushed in embarrassment and ducked his head. "Sorry, Sensei."
�THAT�S LITTLE WASHU!!!�
Ranma sniggered behind him and poked him with his ruler. "Idiot."
Ryoga turned around and glared at him. "I'll get you for that."
"Sure you will, Ryoga-chan," Ranma said with a grin, squirting a pipette of cold water at him.
Akane smacked him over the head. "Stop picking on poor Ryoga!"
Ryoga-chan yanked the umbrella from the top of her pack and advanced on Ranma angrily. "I'll KILL
you!!!"
*CLANG*
"Stop picking on Ranchan!!"
"I didn't touch him!!"
Washu shook her head. "Class, back to work. Hibiki, there is a kettle on my desk, you can use that
to turn yourself back with."
Ryoga-chan nodded gratefully. "Uh... where's your desk, Sensei?"
�THAT�S LITTLE WASHUUUUUUU!!!! LITTLE WASHU, DAMMIT!!!�
Skuld yawned and dragged herself down the stairs. "Wow... what a night. Back to my mechanics then."
This time, she was thankful to see her calculations turn out correctly, and soon her latest
invention was complete. "My Super Demon Detector! My sweet l'il invention, what a superbly compact
and well designed body you have!" she murmured. "Now to give it to Ryoga."
Ryoga picked up his cup of tea. "I can't believe you blew up your science lab!"
Tenchi shrugged. "Neither can I. But here I am, in a school that seems even crazier than my old
one." He watched Ranma and Kuno fighting. "Is everyone here a martial artist then?" he enquired,
watching Ranma casually dodge Kuno's blows and walk over to them.
Ryoga shook his head. "No, just a few. Are you?"
"I sword fight, but that's about it."
Ryoga glared at Ranma as he sat down next to them. "Don't you dare even think about splashing me
with cold water again, you pervert."
"I'm very sorry, I must have slipped," Ranma lied sweetly. "We're still friends, aren't we?"
"We are _NOT_ friends."
"Oh Tenchi, I made you some cookies!!!" simultaneous calls came from Ayeka and Ryoko.
Tenchi went white. "Oh no!"
Ranma looked at him. "Hey, their cooking can't be worse than Akane's."
"Wanna bet?" Tenchi and Ranma looked at each other.
"Ranma, I made you some cookies and you are going to eat them, you ingrate!!" Akane stomped over to
him and pushed the plate under his nose. Ryoko and Ayeka did likewise next to her.
Ryoga took a sip of his tea and watched with mild interest as Tenchi and Ranma carefully swapped
cookies without the girls seeing, and took bites. Ranma instantly doubled over and Tenchi collapsed.
"Yu..you win..." Tenchi gasped eventually.
Ranma shook his head. "I..I think y-you win..." They both passed out.
Ryoko, Ayeka and Akane all squealed with horror and began to drag their significant others to the
nurses office. Ryoga sighed. "Morons." He lifted his cup again.
There was a flash of light and Skuld appeared above his cup. She looked down. "Sorry. Were you
drinking that?"
"I was." He set the drink down next to him. "So what d'ya want?"
Skuld handed him a small device. "This will detect any demons within a five mile radius, so you can
find them without my help."
"Find them?" Ryoga laughed sarcastically. "With _my_ sense of direction?"
Skuld shrugged. "Didn't you notice yesterday? When you're powered up, I made it so you can find your
way around. After all, it'd be too easy to link you to Makoto if both of you got lost all the time."
Ryoga thought back. "Oh yeah! Can't you do that for me normally?"
Skuld shook her head. "Too suspicious. But just to make sure you're OK, I'll try to keep one of me
near you just in case demons turn up. Speaking of which..." She took the Super Demon Detector from
him. "Well, lets turn it ON!!!" With a flourish, she pressed the on switch.
Ryoga looked at it. "What do those little lights mean?"
She pointed to a blue dot. "That is you. The yellow dot is me, and that red dot�s a demon..."
"Demon?"
"Demon." She paused. "DEMON?!!" She split into two parts and the smaller one jumped onto his
shoulder. "Let's go!"
Ranma groaned and looked at the ceiling. "When we get married, I'm never letting you cook..."
Akane jerked her head up. "What?"
*Oops. Did I say that out loud?* He grinned weakly at her. "It's not that your cooking's bad..."
"When we get married?" Akane looked closely at him. Ranma gulped. "When? I meant IF. Of course. If.
I didn't say that, really..."
Akane sighed. "Never mind then." *And I thought you were warming to the idea of marrying me...* She
glanced over to the other bed, where Ayeka and Ryoko were fussing over a mortally embarrassed Tenchi.
*Now where have I seen that sort of scene before ...?*
Ukyo burst through the doors and ran over to Ranma. "Ranchan! Are you OK?"
Akane looked at her. "Aren't you with Ryoga?"
Ukyo looked puzzled. "I thought he'd be here with you lot."
Ryoko glanced over at them. "Ryoga? Maybe Mihoshi knows where he is."
Ukyo opened her mouth to reply that if Ryoga _was_ with Mihoshi, she was going to beat him to death
with her spatula. Her comment was cut short by the spectacular arrival of a demon. The doors blew
open. The room went cold. Ukyo could've sworn the light dimmed.
Ryoko jumped to her feet. "I don't what you are, but I'm not going to let you hurt my Tenchi!!" She
changed into full battle armour and flew towards it.
Pointing a hand at her, it blasted her backwards across the room. She struck the back wall.
"Ryoko!" Tenchi sat up.
Ryoko climbed to her feet with some difficulty. "T-Tenchi..."
The demon struck a pose. "Silence, creature! My name is Morganan. I am one of the demons of
Amityville and business is not with you, but with Akane Tendo and Ukyo Kuonji."
"What do you want with them?" Ranma asked carefully. He tried to move, but Ryoko's cookies had
paralysed him.
"Why, I want to kill them." Morganan laughed. He raised a hand, swirling eddies of light and
darkness into a vortex that promised pain and suffering for anything that touched it. You could
almost hear the screams of those trapped in the darkness, tortured souls that hadn't managed to
escape before Amityville had dragged them into eternal oblivion. Akane and Ukyo gulped nervously. He
released it. It flew towards Akane and Ukyo, who screamed in terror.
And never reached them.
Morganan blinked in surprise as the attack cut out of existence half way across the room. "Wha...?"
"I�m afraid I can�t let you do that," came the voice behind him.
"It can't be..." gasped Akane. Ukyo and Ranma just stood (or sat as the case may be) in shocked
silence.
Morganan turned to see a figure in a tuxedo standing behind him. He growled in annoyance. "Who are
you?"
"My name is Magical Guy Makoto." Ryoga watched the demon in front of him. *I swear Skuld, I could
just kill you.* he thought, hearing the small snigger from Mini-Skuld.
Morganan glared at him. "Well, Magical Guy, I haven't got time to play with you. So just go away and
I won't kill you too."
Ryoga pointed the wand at him. "Play? I'm not here to play, I'm here to fight."
"You asked for it!"
Ryoko grabbed Ayeka and Tenchi and teleported out of the room. Akane and Ukyo grabbed Ranma and
jumped out of the window, the doorway cut off by Morganan and Ryoga. The room exploded in a flash of
light and darkness as Morganan and Ryoga simultaneously launched attacks at each other and raising
the cost of insurance even more in Nerima. (Furinkan high school was insured against acts of God,
and the Principle was now fervently hoping this also meant acts of the Devil too.) Quite a lot of
the nurses station suddenly found itself outside the school instead of inside and fell to the
ground. The students of Furinkan, eager to be released from the dreary monotony of lessons, ran over
to the crash site. Morganan emerged from the rubble. "Victory is mine!!!" he roared. "Akane Tendo,
Ukyo Kuonji, surrender to me!!"
"Not so fast."
Nabiki quickly grabbed her camera and began snapping photographs. "Wow! This is great! An attack on
our school of all places!"
"Nabiki!" Akane scolded. She turned to watch the fight again. "I wonder who he is?"
Nabiki grinned. "I'll try to find out. Let's corner him when he wins and take his mask off."
Mihoshi ran over towards them. "Does anyone know where Ryoga is? I wanted to give him some cookies."
Ukyo glanced at her. "How can you be thinking about Ryoga when Magical Guy Makoto is beating up a
demon in the school grounds?" she asked curiously. "He's probably gotten lost, same as usual." She
resisted the sudden urge to bash Mihoshi over the head with the cookies for reminding her that she
did in fact have a conscience. She was suddenly very worried about the fact that she didn't know
where Ryoga was. *I should have made him stay at home. Then he couldn't worry me by being missing
until later.*
Ryoga, meanwhile was getting increasingly annoyed. Morganan was a much better fighter than the demon
he'd fought the day before. "Skuld, help me here!� he whispered, dodging another blast.
"Next time you attack, yell 'Hyper Star Boost'," Mini-Skuld said. "That should do the trick."
Ryoga nodded and ran forward. "Lightning Strike Hyper Star Boost!!" he cried, pointing the wand at
Morganan. The attack split into a five-pointed star and struck Morganan, who, with a howl of rage,
exploded, knocking everyone backwards. When the dust cleared, Magical Guy Makoto had disappeared.
End Part V
Final song - Thunderstruck
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PART VI
Too many Defenders of Justice
spoil the Okonomiyaki.
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Ukyo looked around with the rest of the Furinkan students. "Where did he go?"
Mihoshi shrugged. "Maybe he teleported away to avoid the publicity," she said simply. "Wouldn't
you?"
Ukyo nodded slightly. "Hmm."
The Principal appeared in front of the crowd. "Ahl righ' kids, its backta lessons now! You got fiv�
minutes, den it's buzz cuts an� bawl cuts!"
Groaning and muttering among themselves, the students made their way back to their respective
classes. Ukyo thought to herself as she walked. *Magical Guy Makoto... he seemed familiar somehow.
And why did that Morganan person want me and Akane dead?*
"Hello Ucchan."
She whipped around and brought the spatula crashing down onto Ryoga's head "You JERK!"
"Ow!!" Ryoga looked at her in surprise. "What was that for?"
"For making me worry!" she fumed.
"I didn't even know you cared."
*CLANG*
"Hey!" He glared at her. "And what was _that_ for?"
"For being a jerk."
"A jerk? I didn't do anything!" he protested.
Ukyo growled and grabbed him by the arm. "Never mind. Let's go."
"Go where?" Ryoga asked, confused.
Ukyo resisted the urge to hit him with her spatula again. "Back to lessons, you jackass. School
isn't over, you know."
Ryoga-chan yawned for the fifth time in the past minute. Skuld glanced at her in mild concern. "Why
don't you go to sleep for a while?"
"I'm working," she responded, trying to locate whoever it was she was supposed to be delivering the
particular order to.
"So ask Ukyo for a little time off. I hear you haven't had much sleep lately." She picked up her
calculator and tapped out a few equations. "Nightmares."
Ryoga-chan yawned again. "That's _why_ I'm in no hurry to go to sleep."
Skuld pushed her glasses onto her forehead. "I think I know why you're having nightmares - and I can
try to stop them if you like."
The expression on Ryoga-chan's face was rather like that of a recovering alcoholic who's just been
told they _can_ drink after all. "What?!! Really?!! Would you do that?!"
Skuld shrugged. "Of course. Magical Guy Makoto can't fight demons on three hours sleep a night."
"Hmph. So why the nightmares?" Skuld grinned. "Deliver that and I'll explain." After a few minutes
she reappeared. "These Amityville demons have been playing games in your sleep, which is why you've
been having bad dreams."
"Sure, we have plenty of those," Ryoga-chan said loudly, glancing at Ukyo. She lowered her voice.
"So what can you do about it then?"
"Being demons, they probably very much dislike good luck charms. Place a few lucky charms around
your room before you go to sleep. And if that doesn't work, I'll perform an exorcism or something.
You'd better get back to work now, Ukyo's getting suspicious." Skuld waved her away and continued
her calculations. It was a relatively quiet evening at Ucchan's - guys were eyeing up Ryoga-chan,
their girlfriends were tipping their sodas over their heads (Ukyo didn't care - the sodas were
always paid for), Ranma and Akane were quietly arguing, Maika and Miyu were scaring poor Akai and
Mihoshi flitted from their table to the table where Ayeka, Ryoko, Sasami, Washu and Tenchi were
seated, after hearing glowing recommendations about the place. Even the arrival of Shampoo was
non-eventful - she didn't attack Mihoshi, Mihoshi didn't attack her, Mousse hadn't followed her and
no property damage was incurred. It was all very peaceful
"Mihoshi, tell us about Magical Guy Makoto," Miyu began.
Maika nodded. "Another defender against evil. What is he like?"
Mihoshi giggled. "Didn't you see the news? He's very dashing."
"Dashing?"
Mihoshi nodded. "Dashing, like a old English Earth Lord. And very handsome"
Miyu thought for a second. "Like Tuxedo Mask?"
"Oh, nothing like Tuxedo Mask!" Mihoshi cried. "He knows real magic! And," she leaned forward. "His
outfit is a totally different colour."
Ryoko decided to join in the conversation. "Magical Guy Makoto must be really strong to be able to
defeat that Morganan guy." She sighed. "Pity. I wanted to teach him a lesson."
Washu tapped her 'daughter' on the shoulder. "Ryoko, you shouldn't try to fight when you know you
can't win." She looked thoughtful. "I wonder who he is? He looked a little familiar..."
Sasami laughed nervously. "Y-you guys..."
*BOOM*
"TENDO, KUONJI, PREPARE TO MEET YOUR DOOM!!!!" roared a voice. "MY NAME IS OMEGA AND YOUR TIME HAS
COME!!!"
"Not again..." Ukyo groaned.
Skuld jumped to her feet and grabbed Ryoga-chan by the arm. "It's another one! Change quick!"
Customers left rapidly via the windows, except for a minor few. Ryoga-chan turned to run.
"Eek! Ryoga, I'm scared!" Mihoshi wailed, grabbing her by the waist. "Save me!"
Ryoga-chan squirmed desperately. "Mihoshi, let me go!!" she growled, seeing the demon prepare to
attack. Skuld groaned in mortification.
"I, Magical Girl Pretty Sammy cannot let you do this!" shouted a voice. Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
appeared in the doorway.
Mihoshi let go of Ryoga-chan is surprise, who took the opportunity to run. Meanwhile, Omega started
to laugh. "So, Pretty Sammy, what are you going to do?"
Pretty Sammy waved her wand. "The Demon Blast!!!"
There was a short silence as the attack hit Omega, then fizzled out of existence. Pretty Sammy
blinked. "Uh... you're not one my fights, are you?" she asked weakly.
"No, one of mine." Ryoga-chan stepped forward. "Thanks for the help, Pretty Sammy, but I'll take
over now."
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy blinked. "W-who are you?"
Ryoga-chan struck a pose. "I'm Magical Guy Makoto's sister, Magical Girl Ryoko!"
Omega studied Ryoga-chan carefully. "His sister? Then you must die too!!!"
He threw an energy bolt at Ryoga-chan, who dodged easily and jumped over the counter to grab a
kettle. *I don't want to fight as a girl," she muttered to herself, stumbling in the high heels.
*Good thing Ukyo ran too!*
The moment this thought crossed his mind was also the point that Ukyo realised she had no idea where
Ryoga was. She turned to Ayeka. "Ayeka, do you know where Ryoga is?"
Ayeka looked at her blankly. "I thought he was with you."
Ukyo groaned. "I'd better go back for him."
Ayeka looked worried. "Are you sure? With that creature there?" She grabbed Ukyo by the arm. "Surely
he would've found his way out."
"Are you kidding? That idiot couldn't find his way out of a paper bag." Ukyo marched back in the
direction of her restaurant. "Besides, I'm not letting that thing trash my place any longer." She
threw the door open. "All right, Omega, I've had..." She blinked. "Magical Guy Makoto?"
Ryoga and Omega spun to face her. "Ucc-Ukyo?" Ryoga stuttered. "What are you doing here?"
Mini-Skuld groaned and quickly concealed herself. The fact that she was muttering "Oh shit shit
shit!" did nothing to make Ryoga feel better.
Omega grinned an evil grin, the kind of grin that is usually worn by corny evil bad guys in action
comics and royal viziers. (Probably in the job description. Do you have an evil grin and a mental
problem? Yes? Then you can be my most trusted advisor.) It's usually directly before the mad
laughter (think Jinnai) and the speech where the bad guy outlines all his plans then gets a bit
snotty when our heroes use the time to get rescued instead of listening in awe. Sorry, have I gone
off the subject again? Omega grinned an evil grin and laughed. "Why, my dear miss Kuonji! Prepare to
meet your doom!"
Ryoga grabbed Ukyo, pulling her out of the blast, and retaliated with his own attack. "Wait! What's
all this about?!"
Omega laughed. "This isn't Last Action Hero, you know!" He paused. "Although, if you insist, I have
to kill miss Kuonji here and miss Tendo because they love Ranma Saotome." He raised his hands. "Now
get lost Makoto and let me finish the bitch!"
*Not Last Action Hero, yet you still explain why,* Ryoga thought to himself, dodging another attack
and desperately shielding Ukyo too. *If it were, this would be the point where back up arrives...*
"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!!!"
Omega grabbed the chain from Sailor Venus and yanked it out of her grip. "You dumb blonde!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!!!!" she roared, running forward.
"Get rid of Ukyo," the concealed Mini-Skuld whispered in Ryoga's ear. With a nod, he flung the
kicking brunette over his shoulder and carried her out of the restaurant.
"Put me down! I have to find Ryoga!" Ukyo yelled, trying to squirm free. *This guy is _strong_!*
"Ryoga?!!" Ryoga placed Ukyo on the floor and looked at her. "Are you worried about him then?" Ukyo
nodded silently. Ryoga digested this piece of information thoughtfully. *She's worried about me?
Me?* He grinned nervously at Ukyo. "Well, I-I'm sure he's OK. But stay here where it's safe." He ran
back to Ucchan's, where Sailor Venus was remarkably shocked to discover that her Venus Love and
Beauty Shock wasn't working against Omega.
"Uh ... Bunny?" Sailor Mercury cautioned.
Sailor Moon pulled off her Tiara. "MOON TIARA MAGIC!!!"
"This isn't one of ours either."
The tiara flew forward, slicing off half of Sailor Moon's pigtail and bounced off Omega. "Mu-my
HAIR!!!!!" she wailed, bursting into floods of tears.
Ryoga gulped nervously. "What chance do _I_ have against a creature that the Sailor Senshi can't
hurt?!" he whispered to Mini-Skuld.
Mini-Skuld patted his shoulder. "Don't worry. Your attacks are stronger than theirs and you've got a
goddess helping you."
Ryoga nodded grimly and pushed past Sailor Venus, who was trying to calm down Sailor Moon. Sailor
Mars looked like she was getting the beginnings of a migraine. "LIGHTNING STRIKE HYPER STAR
BOOST!!!!"
With a howl that clearly stated his displeasure on being wiped out of existence, Omega was ... uh...
wiped out of existence. When the general public realised the threat of painful things happening was
over, they began to reappear (just to say that they'd been there, like people always do). Japan's
little congregation of superheroes immediately fled, although Ryoga would dearly have loved to pull
Sailor V's goggles off and see if he could recognise her and had to be forcibly yelled at by the
still-concealed Mini-Skuld. Hiding down a back alley, he gave a small sigh and lifted the wand.
"P.."
"Ahahah! Wait!" Mini-Skuld squawked.
"What?"
"You were wearing girl clothes when you powered up, that's what you'll be wearing when you power
down. And trust me," Mini-Skuld narrowed her eyes a little. "Magical Girl Ryoko is a _totally_
different size."
End Part VI
Final song - Holding Out For A Hero
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