The Leper: Treatment
by Nikholas "NomaD" F. Toledo
Ranma 1/2 is the property of Kitty, VIZ and the omnipotent Rumiko
Takahashi. I am a property of Switch (so you know who to sue).
I am NomaD... I am coming... I am near.
By the way, this is a self-insertion. My character had a past with
Ukyou, but not the kind you're thinking of. And, because this is my
first Ranma fic, I'm gonna do some weird stuff like use Ryouga and Ukyou
but still keep Kuno, Tendo and Tofu. But I'm not really sure.
This complete version was done with the support of DB Sommer and
the occasionals, all of whom have contributed to the formation of this
fic.
Part 17
"To Kill a Saotome..."
Ranma parried the deadly blow away from her chest with curled
fingers.
Kii fell back and his fingers were knocked out of their killing
mode. Burning pain shot from his chest. He looked down and saw four
scratch marks across his skin. They tore through the skin and were
beginning to bleed.
(She barely touched me...) Kii looked at Ranma.
Ranma looked back at him then got up on all fours. "NGREEEEOOOOW!"
"What in the world...?"
With unimaginable speed, Ranma launched herself towards her
adversary.
Kii dodged the initial strike but was surprised by the speed of
Ranma's succeeding strike. Her blows were not in the form of punches.
Instead, she struck, forming her hand like claws, with cat-like
precision.
For each blow that Kii blocked, his arms and hands burned with
scratch-marks. But for every blow that he didn't block, the rest of his
body suffered double the amount of punishment.
Kii was just simply amazed, for his speed, as lightning fast as it
was, was barely catching up with Ranma's. It would take him time to
reposition his fingers back into the 'Inochi no Bakusai Tenketsu'
formation.
He was falling behind Ranma's speed and she just wasn't stopping.
There was nothing left for him to do but to stab the space between them.
The explosion that emanated from between the two combatants knocked
them away from each other.
Kii regretted what he did - the explosion did nothing to lessen the
pain from the scratches and instead did the opposite. His body slammed
hard on the wall and he got the wind knocked out of him.
On the other end, Ranma rolled in the air with the grace of a
gymnast (since she was once a gymnast, anyway) and planted her feet
soundlessly on the far wall. She ricocheted off the wall and streaked
back towards the fallen Kiiroi, slicing at the air in front of her.
Kii's eyes grew wide as he saw a hissing Ranma heading towards him.
He knew that he only had a few milliseconds before the air pressure got
to him. His brain managed to tell his feet at the last second to get out
of the way.
Just as he leapt out of the way, the wall was sliced into splinters
as if it was just made of paper.
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"Ohoho! It seems that son-in-law has accidentally managed to turn
the tide once more! If the young Niwatori doesn't do something quick,
then he's in for a lot of trouble."
Ukyou didn't even hear Cologne speak. Her mouth was gaping open
with amazement. She didn't know what exactly happened, but now, Ranma
was fighting with the renewed vigor of a predatory animal.
"What in the world is Ranchan doing?!?"
"You mean you no witness Ranma-darling do legendary 'Cat Fist'?"
"'C-cat Fist'?"
Cologne placed herself between the two. "Yes, child. The Cat
Fist. The legendary technique of being able to embody one's self with
the strength, the fierceness and the agility of a cat."
"Is it really that strong?"
"Let's just say that I once had the opportunity to battle Ranma
while she was in this state and I had a pretty hard time with her. And
coming from one who's seen and trained in a lot of martial arts
techniques in the last hundred years, that says a lot about that
particular technique."
Ukyou just clasped her hands together, as if in prayer, and wished
that Kii would snap out of his rage and that the fight would end soon.
Her prayer was cut short by a figure who ran towards the direction
of the fighters.
"Akane?"
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Akane came at a close enough distance and brought her arms out.
When Ranma saw her, she bounced with glee and leapt into the
waiting arms. She placed herself on Akane's lap and purred in
satisfaction.
Akane cuddled her a bit then gave Kii a hard and meaningful stare.
Kii took this moment to rest himself on the wall. Kii was
breathing heavily and was leaning on the wall mainly for support. His
knees were like jelly already.
"You better give up now, Kii. You'd only get hurt - nobody can
beat the 'Cat Fist'."
"T-the 'Cat-" *pant* "-Fist'? S-s-so, that's it.... Just a little
obstacle-" *pant* "-I have to get through, then. I'm not gonna stop,
Akane. Not until one of us lies dead on the floor." Kii started flexing
his non-leaning hand into a recognizable form.
Akane closed her eyes and shook her head in pity. He was still in
his killing trance.
Akane looked at Ukyou. Ukyou understood and nodded her permission.
Akane stroked Ranma's head. "Go."
Ranma's relaxed face was now once more a mask of rage. She leapt
at Kii, fangs dripping.
Kii stretched out his arm and hoped that he'd hit her in the chest.
He regretted it as Ranma saw the arm coming and decided to plant her jaws
on it.
Kii screamed in pain. He blindly flung his arm just to get the
annoying pest off of it. He slammed Ranma several times on the wall but
the cat-minded woman just wouldn't let go. Blood smeared around Ranma's
mouth, which only made her predatory instinct bite harder.
With his free hand, Kii readied it to stab at Ranma. Ranma saw
this and, remembering what happened the last time that he stabbed the
air, she leapt away before the air exploded.
But Kii pulled back the strike when Ranma let his arm go. There
was no sense in hurting both of them. Kii was dead tired but Ranma did
not slow down even once.
Kii had to use this to his advantage. She was now faster than him
and she was damned relentless. What could he...?
(That's it!)
Ranma landed on the floor and immediately changed momentum and
charged towards Kii once more.
This time, Kii made no effort to block her strikes. He would dodge
some of the scratches but most connected painfully.
He just had to smile at himself.
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"Oh, no. Not again."
Cologne just headed for the hole in the wall, followed by the two
women, as Kii and Ranma got closer and closer to the center of the
spiral.
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"HIRYUU SHOTEN HA!!!"
The cat-like woman was surprised to see that she was slowly being
picked up by a curtain of air. She hissed and violently clawed at Kii,
who was getting farther and farther from her reach.
The force of the tornado strengthened with each passing second. It
didn't take long before the cat was helplessly flung inside the deadly
spiral.
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"Oh, no. Ranma!"
Akane's heart thumped wildly. Ranma was still in her cat state.
This meant that Ranma had no idea of what to do inside the helix. Ranma
was helpless and Akane felt that she had to do something.
"But what? Oh..." Only then did she notice the round metal
container that she placed beside herself a while ago.
The kettle was still steaming hot.
Without thinking twice, Akane went towards the column of spinning
air. She fought against the drag of the wind. She took the lid off of
the kettle and flung it into the spiral. She only hoped that...
"Yeeeoooooow!!! Thaaaat's hooooot!!!!"
Akane smiled and ran for cover.
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It took a few seconds for everything to sink in and for Ranma to
realize where he was. He looked at what he believed was down and saw Kii
with his outstretched arm.
"Don't you ever learn?!?"
Ranma started to spin faster than the twister so that he could
reach its calm center once more. Before he reached the center, he yelled
down at his adversary, "Only a fool would use the same trick twice!" He
then let gravity work on him.
He twirled downwards with his fist outstretched.
Kii stared up at the oncoming fist. "Oh, you are so right...
FOOL!"
Ranma watched in twirling horror as Kii gave him one last smile and
stretched out a finger.
"BAKUSAI TENKETSU!!!"
Unimaginable as it was, it still happened. The force of the air
dragon strengthened tenfold as it was accompanied by the upward spinning
blast of the breaking point of air.
Ranma was enveloped in the twirling, fiery field of energy. He
felt his whole body burn in pain as it was barraged with energy from all
sides.
The very air around him was consumed by the blast, creating a
momentary vacuum.
He gasped for air, he screamed in pain, but couldn't even do
either. He shot through the roof and into the night sky.
When he became only a small dot in the sky, Kii pulled the fist
back and the spiral immediately died down. He smiled in triumph.
Everybody held their breath for a few seconds, still trying to take
in what just happened.
It took a few seconds more before the lifeless and bruised body
crashed through the roof and onto the floor. The floor collapsed from
the impact.
When the dust settled, everybody saw Ranma's eyes. They stared
into nothing. The life force in them was fading.
Kii walked over to him and turned him over. He flexed his hand
once more. "And now...."
"STOP IT!!!"
Kii looked for the face that matched the voice. He saw Ukyou, eyes
streaming with tears, holding her spatula.
"HAVEN'T YOU DONE ENOUGH?!? YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL HIM! PLEASE
STOP, KII! PLEEEEEAAASE! IF YOU LAY ONE FINGER ON HIM... I'LL...
I'LL...."
Kii looked at her. She was trembling underneath all her bravado.
"And you'll what?"
Ukyou swallowed hard.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!! THAT'S RIGHT, YOU HEARD ME! I'LL KILL YOU, YOU
BASTARD!!!"
Kii's concentration broke, once. He felt his chest tighten.
Ukyou saw this and she thought she reached him.
Kii stared at his readied finger, then at Ukyou.
His face was replaced with murderous determination.
His finger made its way.
"Nooooo!" Ukyou screamed and ran, though she was too late.
Akane fell to her knees. Even Cologne and Shampoo were making
their way towards Kii.
Ranma didn't even flinch.
He saw it all.
He heard it all.
He tried to scream, he tried to move, but his body wouldn't
cooperate.
The finger descended and found its mark.
Just like that, it was all over.
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end of Part 17.1
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