Ranma1/2/Street fighter: Ranma vs. the world.
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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; and 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 sped 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; the boy was sent sprawling to the ground. 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.
Ranma's opponent 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 the Hadoken blasted him in the chest.
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!!" he cried in revulsion and surprise.
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 ghoul, 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 in the room with a look of complete surprise.
"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 ghoul, the other attack," he said simply.
Everyone face faulted.
"What?" said Cologne.
"That uppercut thing, the chi blast only stunned me for a moment, it
hurt a lot 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."
"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?"
"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 suddenly; he stared at his rival silently. "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."
"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.
"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. He stood silently
before his rival and waited for a response.
"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?"
"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. 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."
Ryoga frowned. "How could he know that?! It's 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 that's all," said Ranma smiling at
her.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"Jeez 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 doorway.
Ranma glared at her. "Since China."
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.
"Yeah, 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 surprise.
"Be careful my son!" cried Nodoka as she waved. Ranma turned and waved
in acknowledgment. The goodbye had been short and everyone was cheerful
about it, after all Ranma would only be gone for a short time, everyone
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. After all,
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."
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. Even I have to have money sometimes. That things I used to bring
to Akane aren'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 snaky 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 you're that Ranma kid. I hear you had a run in with Ryu," said
the small man.
"Yeah, 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."
"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," Ryoga pushed passed him towards
the ring.
"Sure." Ranma leaned against the bar and watched with a small frown.
Ryoga stepped into the ring and smiled at the man. "You're gonna fight
me?" asked Tanka with a grin.
Ryoga gave his best grin and scratched the back of his head. "I guess
so."
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, he's 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
ringside. 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.
"That's not a punch," he said and slugged the man hard in the stomach.
"That's 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 snaky 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."
"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 snaky
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 of Sumo Wrestling... E. Honda.
"You bet all our money on this?!" screamed Ryoga from beside him. "You
had better win Saotome."
"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. The pigtailed martial artist 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 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." Ranma stood and glared at the sumo.
"Oh yeah?" 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 coolly.
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 his body 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 again. He shifted back for a moment and shot towards Ranma
headfirst like a torpedo. Ranma lay flat on the ground and Honda sailed
over him. The boy 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. Saotome
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. The pigtailed
boy 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 asked 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.
Ranma Vs the world.
Ch.3
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.
"Yeah, 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.
"Humph, I can take anyone you can throw at me," said Ryoga with a smirk.
Ranma chuckled and sat down. "Where is this guy anyway?"
"She's climbing in the ring now," was the man's 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 took a seat near the ring
and relaxed.
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, you're a girl!"
The girl stared at him for a moment. "What do you mean?"
"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."
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 open mouthed. "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?"
"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!" Sakura
felt the ground 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 in a small explosion.
She growled and leapt 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 bandanas. 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." 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.
"Yeah, can you tell us?" said Ranma.
"He won't teach you," said Sakura. "I spent two years of my life chasing
him, I know." Her face fell as she said this.
"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 impatiently.
"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?"
"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 the lost boy looking annoyed.
"Hey check it out P-chan."
Ryoga looked and snorted. "We just came from one Ranma."
"Yeah, well our flight doesn't leave for a few hours so I'm gonna go
check it out."
"So, go." said Ryoga.
"You're 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.
"What's 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.
"Jeez, get over it c'mon, he said dragging Ryoga behind him.
"No damn it 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."
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."
"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..."
"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. He was dressed in red ninja garb without a mask.
"Yeah, 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 leapt 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 the boy repeatedly in a fury. Ranma blocked
desperately and could not find an opening in the man's defense.
"This guy is better than Konatsu," he grumbled as he was caught by an
uppercut. "You're 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 leapt at him and yelled as he fell for the final blow. "Perfect."
thought Guy. "Bushin hassou ken!" he cried as he leapt up at Ranma.
He 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!
Ranma stood and faced the ninja again only to see that he was already
attacking. He 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.