+++++++++++++++++++

	"Unhand these women at once foul creatures!" cried Kuno as he charged
down the hall belting pig cops upside their heads with his bokkan as he
rushed by them. Most of them were too surprised to realize what was
happening and fell easily. The girls that filled the hallway screamed in
fright as he charged through them towards his enemies.

	Unfortunately it was not to last. Kuno was thrown bodily to the ground
as one of the creatures blasted his sword into splinters with a shotgun.
The boy stared at the shattered remains of his blade dumbly for a
moment. "You foul beast! How dare you defile my mighty blade this way!"

	The creature chuckled as it cocked the weapon in its hands and pointed
it down at the boy.

	Unfortunately, there were around thirty angry girls in the hallway, and
he was the only remaining guard. One of the girls directly behind him
belted him across his scalp with a fire extinguisher. There was a great
cheer as the girls started to pick up some of the dropped weapons. The
one who had rescued Kuno smirked at him and shoved the fallen monster's
weapon into his chest.

	"I cannot use this! I must find another blade!" he cried in protest.
"Besides, its operation is impossibly complicated!"

	"Say, how do you use these things anyway?" asked one of the girls. Most
of them had never even seen a real firearm before. There was a
collective muttering within the crowd as the armed girls inspected the
weapons with those around them. There were only eight shotguns to go
around. 

	"Look at this!" cried one of the other girls in horror as she leaned
towards the windows. "It's not just the school!"

	An alarmed cry of horror filled the hallway. Kuno merely glared out the
window angrily. 

	Truckloads of women were being carted in from town. Strange vehicles
were roaming the streets collecting them, most of them appeared to be
light tanks of some sort, there were even a few airborne units buzzing
about.

	"I must find another blade!"

	"What can we do? We don't know anything about guns!" cried one of the
girls with a weapon in distress. 

	An alarmed squeal from the end of the hallway caused the girls to jump
as another of the creatures stumbled across them. The girl nearest to
the end of the hallway screamed as she spun around. The barrel of the
shotgun reported as she squeezed her eyes shut. She fumbled with it and
accidentally ejected a cartridge as she stumbled back into three other
girls. They all managed to keep her from falling and she blinked as she
looked at it.

	"Oh! That's how it works!" she said cheerfully. "You just point it and
squeeze this thing!" 

	"How did you get this thing to come out?" asked one of the others as
she picked up the spent shell.

	"I moved this thing," she said as she pointed out the cocking
mechanism. 

	"Wow! You're so smart Kyoko!" squealed one of her friends cheerfully. 

	Kuno stared at the girls as they congratulated themselves. "Without my
blade, these women are doomed. I must find another, but where?" He
turned his eyes towards one of the girls and noticed that she was
carrying a shotgun with her. 

	"Fair maidens. I have a request."

	They all turned to look at him.

	"As much as it shames me to say, I must acquire another blade. I ask
that you remain here to defend this position as best you can. To venture
into that madness is suicide for women such as yourselves. I ask that
you loan me one of these detestable weapons, so that I might be able to
fight my way to the Kendo practice hall and go forth into combat."

	"Wow. I can almost respect that," said one of the girls as she handed
him her shotgun and stepped back. "I mean, no one has ever called me a
fair maiden, or a woman before."

	Most of the girls were in agreement with this. Kuno puffed up his chest
and boldly marched off into combat by taking the stairwell downward.

	"Think he'll make it out of the building?" asked one of the girls.

	"I kind of doubt it. It's to bad too, that was kind of romantic,"
replied another. "I never knew Kuno had it in him."

	"How come he's the only boy here? Where's Jiro! My boyfriend should
have come after me!"

	"Say. Where are our boyfriends anyway?"

	Several of the girls cocked the shotguns.

	"Let's go find them," said one of the girls who was armed. They all
started walking back towards their classrooms, there was about four
rooms worth of girls that had been rescued. Each group had an armed
escort.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma puffed on his cigarette casually as he spun around a door and
fired into the hallway at the creatures that were charging them. Various
robots littered the ground around them along with the bodies of more of
the pigs behind and in front of them. 

	Akane was directly across from him leaning against a doorway in the
room opposite him as he fired down the long hallway of rooms that
extended in both directions. It was some sort of sleeping quarters.
Someone had built an underground base under Furinkan.

	Ranma said they were about four stories underneath the building.

	The girl had her eyes closed as she tried to block out the horrible
squeals of the things dying all around her. Ranma had weapons and
ammunition hanging all over him, and she was content with what she had.
She'd yet to use her weapons again.

	A loud squeal forced her to open her eyes. One of the pigs was charging
her directly from behind them. "No!" It had managed to get quite close
and was no more than eight feet in front of her and charging. She
gritted her teeth firmly and her arms reacted almost instinctively as
she raised the weapon and fired one clean shot. The creature's brain
flew out of the back of its head and it simply slumped to the ground at
her feet.

	Ranma glanced down at the thing and smirked. "Nice shot."

	"It wasn't armed," she muttered dumbly.

	"It's strong enough to rip your arms off barehanded. You did good," he
replied stonily as he stepped out into the hallway again and fired off
two more shots clearing their path. "Cool. More ammo for the machine
guns," he said as he knelt down over one of the bodies and lifted a few
clips from it. He calmly put his twin handguns away after reloading both
of them. He had an Uzi in each hand a split second later and calmly
slapped clips in both of them. "Looks like a few hundred rounds worth on
the ground too. Reload your weapons. Take the clips that look like the
one loaded in your weapon. I suggest you pick up a few more since
they're lying around. I showed you how to get the clip out right?"

	She nodded and managed to do it relatively quickly. She ignored the
other weapons and shifted a little uncomfortably with the shotgun on her
shoulder. "I think I've got enough now."

	"Suit yourself. Don't come crying to me when you run out of ammo."

	"If I do I'll pick something else up then," she grumbled sourly.

	"There isn't always the opportunity. It's better to already have
another ready." He picked up a sub-machine gun and thrust it into her
chest. "This one has a strap too. Quit whining and take it."

	"I don't want it," she grumbled as she hooked the strap on.

	"So?" was the boy's reply as he started walking again.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Kasumi Tendo watched the chaos outside her home with a broomstick in
her hands. She was sweeping the sidewalk in front of the home and
watching as giant pig men rushed by armed with all sorts of weaponry.

	"Oh my. Maybe I should go inside?" she muttered to herself as she
turned into the gate. "The streets aren't very safe lately."

+++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma stepped into a large open room with several doors. It appeared to
be some sort of mess hall. There were large metal picnic style tables
bolted onto the floor in even spaces. It was a very large room and it
had several exits.

	"Where are we?" muttered Akane.

	"Looks like we're in some sort of living quarters. This is a base of
some kind, designed to hold prisoners, lots of them."

	"It's a jail?"

	"No. This is for slave trading," growled the boy as he scanned the
area. "It's empty, come on."

	She followed after him as he walked through the middle of the room
fearlessly. He didn't look particularly concerned with anything that
might be lurking in the numerous shadows.

	A strange sound caught her attention and she glanced towards the
source. It was a rhythmic thumping and whirring noise from the other
side of one of the doors. "What's that?"

	"Sounds like we're having company for dinner," said Ranma calmly. "Take
cover, it sounds big."

	The girl dashed away from him quickly and rushed up behind a table near
the back of the room.

	Ranma merely turned to face the sound with both of his sub-machine guns
pointed towards the door.

	The noise suddenly stopped and a whirring sound could be heard for the
briefest of moments.

	"Oh shit," said the boy as he dove away as the door was reduced to
shreds, along with all of the tables between the door and the opposite
wall. He rolled onto his side and glanced up. The barrel of a chain-gun
was turning slowly to a halt as it poked out the hole in the wall. 

	"I was beginning to wonder what was taking you so long. I suppose your
little friend has slowed you up a bit?"

	"I know that voice. Ryoga, you bastard, what the hell are you doing
here?"

	"My job," he replied simply as his armor walked into the room and faced
him.

	"Nice monkey suit," commented Ranma.

	"Thank you. I had it specially made just for you. I'm afraid I've got a
contract to fill, and I can't have you getting in the way this time." He
fired the chain-gun again and forced the boy to rush across the room to
avoid the bullets. "Heh. I've got you now Saotome. You don't have any
weapons that can penetrate this armor. You're doomed!" His laughter was
quickly drowned out by the sound of his weapon reporting. 

	Ranma dodged and jumped around the room, all of the tables were torn to
shreds except the area where Akane was hidden. Ryoga knew of her, but
she was too unimportant to bother with. Ranma was avoiding that area of
the room on purpose. 

	Ryoga growled angrily as the boy flipped his ponytail off of his
shoulder. "You never learn do you Hibiki." He had hefted the rocket
launcher over his shoulder.

	"What? Only Technobots can use..." He growled angrily as he realized
that there were wires coming out of his target's watch that were plugged
into the weapon. "I see. You're quite resourceful!" 

	"Yeah," replied the ponytailed boy as he fired the weapon.

	Ryoga's mech shifted to the side and the rocket slammed into the wall
sending a spray of flaming concrete across the room. He responded by
firing a missile at his target. "Take this then!"

	Ranma twisted around the missile and fired two shots at it as it
started to turn back towards him with his handgun. It exploded and tore
into the remains of several tables. "You're too slow in that thing to
catch me Hibiki."

	"I don't need speed to overpower you!" roared the boy angrily as he
turned towards the hidden girl. His chest opened up revealing two more
mini-guns hidden away.

	"Akane! Move!" called Ranma as he dove in front of the machine and
fired off both of his handguns into the two new weapons.

	The girl screamed as she stood up and ran along the edge of the room. A
shower of concrete littered the ground just behind her as Ryoga turned
and continued to fire at her. She dove across the ground through one of
the undamaged doors and slid across the ground in the kitchen as the
pots and pans hanging over the various stoves and metal tables became
riddled with holes. Finally, the shooting stopped and she slowly looked
up at the remains of the room. "Wow," she muttered dumbly at the extent
of the damage. The bottom half of a pot hit the ground a little to her
right and she jumped slightly. "Ranma?" Her attention was back at the
doorway once again. There was no sound from the other room for a long
moment. She rushed up beside the door with her handgun held in front of
her chest and leaned against the remains of the kitchen door. She could
hear them both talking now.

	"So, Saotome. How have you been?"

	"Better than you lost boy. I'm surprised you managed to find me at
all."

	"That shouldn't be a problem in the future. I've got access to the
latest global tracking systems and I could pinpoint a sparrow anywhere
on the planet if I wanted too."

	"That's nice to know," replied Ranma as he raised his handguns and
started to unload a few rounds into the machine's chest.

	Ryoga laughed and continued to shift to face his opponent as he
sidestepped across the room. "Pathetic."

	"Laugh this off lost boy," snorted Ranma as he dove forward suddenly
and hit the ground in a rolling dive. He fired his shotgun directly into
the thing's torso just before he rolled through its legs. As soon as he
was past it, he was forced to roll sideways to avoid being crushed as
the mech tumbled onto its back.

	"Damn!" growled Ryoga angrily.

	The boy calmly puffed on his cigarette as he aimed his rocket launcher
down at the suit. "Bye."

	"You won't be rid of me so easily Saotome!" snapped Ryoga as two jets
roared to life on his back. He was carried across the ground as the
rocket the boy had fired at him exploded and just missed. The ponytailed
boy arched his eyebrow as he watched the armored suit crash through
another door and into a hallway. He lowered his weapons and flicked his
cigarette away casually. 

	"Come on out, Akane. He's gone."

	"What the hell was that?" she muttered nervously as she poked her head
out of the kitchen.

	"Just a stupid power suit," he replied calmly. "He should know better
than to try to use something that slow against me."

	"You know that guy?" gasped the girl in shock.

	"Sure. I used to kick his ass all the time. He worked for Dr. Proton
back when me and Duke used to kick his ass a lot. Duke took the doc, and
I took Ryoga. Wouldn't have been fair the other way around. Not that
they didn't try to catch me on my own sometimes."

	"Like now?" she growled.

	"Naw. I had more explosives then, this sucks a little more. All I got
now is one rocket launcher. This is the last time I ever go anywhere
with no grenades."

	The girl hung her head and gave up. "Can we just go save my sister
now?"

	"Yeah, sure," replied the boy as he started walking again.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Ryoga Hibiki cursed as he stomped down the hallway. He had gotten his
mech upright easily after he'd escaped and was walking away from the
pair. "I need an edge, this thing is too slow. Ranma was right about
that." He turned to look at his screen as his hands worked the controls
that were at his fingertips. One of the pigs was looking at him dumbly.

	"Take that girl and bring her up to the rooftop. I'll be up shortly."
Saotome's only real weakness was women. He hated to see them die.
Especially pretty girls.
 
	It would take him the better part of twenty minutes to find the place,
even with his tracking systems. Ranma would need to be slowed down,
fortunately he had the manpower to do that. "Head off Saotome as well.
Keep him away from the rooftop until I'm ready for him."

+++++++++++++++++++

	Tatewaki Kuno frowned as he looked down at the strange blade he had
gripped in his hand. He was basically holding the shotgun like a sword
with his finger over the trigger. As he belted the pigs over their heads
he was cocking the weapon accidentally. Well, at first, but after a few
swings he figured out how to make it work every time. 

	As it was he could swing his mighty enchanted blade and send one of the
magical fire bursts towards his enemies. When one of the enchanted
blades ran out, after about eight shots or so, he would acquire another
one from one of the fallen pigs.

	"This mighty Excalibur shall carry me forth into victory!" he cried as
he promptly forgot about the Kendo hall and rushed outside the gates of
Furinkan into the streets. "Surely such a mighty blade is truly worthy
of Tatewaki Kuno! Have at thee villain!"

	Groups of women were watching the insane man charge their captors
wielding a shotgun like a samurai sword at the pig things.

	More than a few of them were shocked at how successful he was at
killing them. Once the weapon ran out of ammunition, it was quite useful
as a blunt instrument. Kuno was quite skilled at both using, and being a
blunt instrument.

	"Go my fair maidens! You are free of your captors! I shall find the
vile sorcerer that has dared defiled such beautiful maidens! Fear not!"
He rushed off to bravely battle evil leaving a large group of dumbstruck
women in his wake.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Duke Nukem was watching television in a bar. He had a beer in front of
him and three women sitting on his lap. There were also no less than ten
dead pigs lying around the barroom floor. "This news stuff is boring.
Put on some sports!" he called to the bartender.

	"It's on every channel," replied the man calmly as he continued to
clean a glass. "We're being invaded again in case you didn't notice.
Speaking of that, why are you still here?"

	"You call this an invasion? Let the kid handle it, he's big enough, and
he's already in the middle of the mess. 'Sides, if the kid really needs
help, I'll know. Ain't seen nothin but stupid pigs so far. Cops should
be able to handle em by now. Useless wussies."

	The man merely nodded.

	The girls sitting on Duke's lap all thought it was something to giggle
about and kissed him on the cheek.
	
+++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma kicked the pig in front of him right between the legs and sent
him head first into the concrete ceiling hard enough to split his skull
open. He was firing at two more in the stairwell just above them at the
same time.

	The girl behind him was still crawling over bodies as they made their
way up a long twisting stairwell. Another one rolled past her, forcing
her to shift to the side slightly to avoid it. "How many of these things
are there?" 

	"Lots," he replied as he carefully turned to the next short stairwell.
"Hibiki knows I'm coming after him, so he's sending these things after
us to slow us down."

	The girl nodded. "My sister?"

	"She's probably with him. I hate to say it, but she may already be dead
Akane."

	"What?"

	"We ain't found her yet, don't you go and get all emotional before
we're sure."

	She growled slightly at this but nodded. He was right, they weren't
sure. Still, she'd yet to even consider the possibility that Nabiki
might already be dead. 

	Ranma snorted at the look on her face and turned to walk up the
stairwell again. He was forced to stop, but didn't seem even slightly
ruffled by the huge mechanical arm that shot through the wall and
grabbed for him. He calmly stepped back as it reached back to grab for
him again.

	"Hey. Looks like we found Ryoga."

	It was the arm with missiles in it. Ranma dove back and grabbed Akane
as one of them shot out of the thing's wrist and slammed into the
concrete wall beside them. They both dove around the corner and rolled
down the stairs just ahead of the flames. Once they reached the bottom,
the flames stopped and vanished quickly away.

	"That was close," commented Ranma as he stood up and hefted the rocket
launcher onto his shoulder again. 

	"What are you doing?!" cried Akane as she realized what he was using.
"Do you want this place to come down on top of us?"

	"It won't," he replied calmly as he stepped around the corner, aimed up
at the thumping of the mech's feet and fired a rocket upwards towards
the wall at the top. 

	A huge cloud of dust erupted from the wall and filled the stairwell,
along with a strong beam of sunlight. "Hmmm, we're above ground now,"
commented the boy.

	"Where are we?"

	"It ain't Furinkan, some other building? This place looks almost like
an office." He was looking at one of the doors in the stairwell. They'd
started running into them every few floors or so. The pigs would come
charging through them occasionally, either from above or below. Ranma
didn't seem to have much trouble eliminating them from either direction.

	"How can you see anything in this mess?" cried Akane after she coughed
a bit. Her eyes were squinted and she was incredibly dirty. Her entire
body and clothes was covered in a light gray film of dust.

	"Come on. We're getting close."

	"I was hoping to meet you a little higher up, but I suppose I'll have
to deal with this," said Ryoga.

	Akane gasped as she dove around the corner away from the thing. It was
standing in front of the hole they had made in the wall with the
chain-gun pointed down at them both.

	Ranma's eyebrow arched as he looked up at him.

	The weapon spun at high speed and began to fire down towards the
ponytailed boy. Ranma launched himself into the air and avoided the
shots and debris as the stairwell was torn apart by the shots. He landed
on the thing's arm as it fired and swept his leg into the bubble that
covered the lost boy's face. It was torn away and bounced off the wall
and onto the ground. Without missing a beat, Ranma punched Ryoga in the
face and pushed off the arm as he pulled his shotgun off his back and
fired another round at point blank range into the thing's chest. A small
cut appeared on his cheek as one of the buckshot pellets ricocheted past
him. 

	Ryoga was sent tumbling back again, but this time there was no floor to
catch him.

	Ranma landed on top of the thing's chest and punched the screens in
front of the lost boy's face. He flipped several switches and shifted
his head to avoid being grabbed by one of the mech's flailing arms. "See
you around Hibiki." He jumped off quickly as the thing's jets roared to
life.

	"No!" snarled Ryoga angrily as he shot out of the hole in the wall.

	Ranma poked his head out and watched the mech streak through the air.
It split into two separate jets as some sort of emergency escape
mechanism was fired off. The main body curved in the air away from the
smaller jet that was attached to what appeared to be a person. The out
of control mech twisted several times in the air and came down on top of
the building, crashing into the rooftop and sending a loud boom echoing
across the city outside. He was in a ten-story building near the edge of
Nerima from the look of it. Akane frowned as she realized they were
about three floors from the top.

	"Where are we?"

	"Looks like the inside of an office building. Probably bought up and
used as cover for the base. We've been underground for a while now."

	The girl nodded as she realized she could see Furinkan a few miles into
the distance.

	"Something's going on," she said to him.

	"Yeah. I don't think Hibiki is a big fish in this. He's just hired help
for someone else. Slavers by the look of it."

	"Slavers?!" gasped Akane in horror. "Nabiki?"

	"Might be. I'll bet we'll find her at the top, with Ryoga."

	"But isn't he?"

	"Naw, he had an eject button," replied the boy as he continued to walk
upwards. "Stay behind me, and when we reach the top find cover and wait.
You'll just get in the way otherwise."

+++++++++++++++++++

	Nabiki growled as the boy landed with a jetpack on his shoulders. He
shrugged it off as soon as his feet touched down and it clattered across
the ground. Without saying a word he calmly walked up to where she was
being held.

	The rooftop was a mess. The explosion of the mech had twisted the metal
support beams of one of the corners into a spidery mess. Small and large
chunks of wall now littered the ground. It was amazing she was still
alive at all. Unfortunately, she was still tied up and under the
vigilant guard of one of the pigs.

	She was covered in smudges of dirt and had a few cuts and bruises on
her now. Most of it was from the explosion that had killed one of her
captors. 

	"You have done well. You get to leave before he arrives this time." He
waved the remaining pig away calmly and pointed the handgun he had
pulled from a holster on his side at the girl's head. It was one of two
polished black semi-automatic weapons. The creature grunted and rushed
off the edge of the rooftop. A parachute billowed out from its back as
it fell away towards the ground.

	"Great," she muttered irritably. "Are you going to shoot me or not? I'm
getting tired of having those things getting shoved into my face."

	"Don't worry Miss Tendo. When Ranma Saotome walks through that door,
and he will at any moment. I'm going to put a nice hole right into the
middle of your forehead. How does that sound?"

	She swallowed as she looked up at him. He was smiling, and it wasn't a
pleasant thing to see.

	Ryoga merely turned his head towards the door and watched calmly as he
waited.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Ranma was standing in front of the last doorway. It would take them too
the rooftop. "Hmm. A metal door."

	"Come on! Why are we standing here?" muttered Akane angrily from behind
him.

	He glanced back at her and frowned. "Get back." He hefted the rocket
launcher onto his shoulder and aimed at the doorway. "This might take a
few seconds so keep quiet."

	She blinked as she realized that there was a lot of activity going on
inside the boy's glasses. She could see all kinds of readouts in green
and red flashing through what appeared to be two people. One of them had
a weapon pointed at someone kneeling down in front of the door. "No!"
she cried as she tried to rush by the boy.

	He fired the rocket and shoved her back around the corner once again.

+++++++++++++++++++

	Ryoga cursed as the door shot off the hinges in a ball of flames. It
slammed into his body sending him sprawling across the gravel surface of
the rooftop. "Damn!" He shoved it off of him quickly and aimed towards
where the Tendo girl was kneeling. She was already on her feet and
rushing away.

	"No you don't!" screamed the lost boy angrily as he jumped to his feet
and started to aim.

	"You should be more worried about where I'm pointing my weapon," said
Ranma as he appeared in the doorway.

	Nabiki stopped suddenly as she realized who she was looking at. Akane
slipped onto the rooftop just behind Ranma and started hiding behind the
twisted remains of the roof and some of the other debris as she skirted
around the edge of the battle trying to reach her sister. The older girl
was more than a little surprised to see a handgun in her little sister's
grip. "What the?" It almost made her forget that she had stopped running
in plain sight. The sound of someone rolling across the ground behind
her forced her to gasp and look back.

	Just in time to see Ryoga Hibiki grab the back of her neck and shove
her between himself and Ranma. She stared forward at the boy who was
living in her home as he frowned at them both. "Oh shit. I'm gonna die." 

	"Let her go Hibiki," snarled Ranma angrily.

	"I think not. I'll use her as a shield. You won't kill her, and when I
escape I'll get rid of her for you."

	"I can't let you escape Hibiki," growled Ranma as he searched for any
shot he could take. Ryoga was quite skilled though and kept her directly
in front of himself at all times. 

	If there was one thing Ranma hated, it was a standoff. Hibiki had to
get though the door behind him in order to escape, and he couldn't fire
without killing Nabiki at the moment. 

	Both of them simply stood off and waited. Neither one spoke as they
both searched for any weakness in the other's current defenses. 

+++++++++++++++++++

	Akane gasped as she tried to level the weapon. It was shaking badly as
she stood on her perch over the battle. The wind blew her uniform in a
rather dramatic way as she stood on the twisted remains of one of the
steel supports that had been torn loose from the interior of the
building during the battle.  Ranma was pointing his weapon at the
exposed Ryoga Hibiki just below her. Ryoga had Nabiki pulled up in front
of him defensively and had his head directly behind her sister's. "You
can't miss," screamed her mind as she flexed her trigger finger. "You
can do this! You did it earlier!" she whispered to herself. Slowly she
started to squeeze, but found herself unable to depress the trigger. 

	Ryoga's head twitched just after she spoke. He growled and fired two
shots towards Ranma. The boy dodged to the side and dove behind a piece
of steel that had torn through the rooftop. His weapon was aimed at
Akane and Nabiki was now between himself and her.

	The weapon in the girl's hand reported and her eyes went wide. She fell
to her knees and dropped it to the ground. 

	Hibiki was lying on the gravel surface of the roof with blood pouring
out of his shoulder. He glared up at her angrily and reached for his
weapon with his other hand. He froze as Ranma appeared over his head
with his weapon pointed down at him. Nabiki was standing with her eyes
staring up at her sister, she had watched the girl shift the weapon as
the man had moved every so slightly to the right. "Wow." She glanced
back over her shoulder and looked at the man below her, his eyes locked
hatefully on her sister. 

	Akane's eyes narrowed and she raised the weapon up again. She fired
another shot that passed directly by her sister. The boy on the ground
screamed in pain and reached for his weapon again as a small splatter of
blood shot up from his leg. Ranma's weapon pointed at the boy's temple
stopped him cold once again.

	"That's for kidnapping my sister!"

	Nabiki was frozen with both of her arms squeezed up tight against her
chest. She looked up at her sister again and passed out cold on the
ground.

	Ranma chuckled as he flipped the lost boy over forcefully and
handcuffed his wrists with very heavy-duty bindings from his belt. "Who
are you working for Hibiki?"

	"You know better than that Saotome. I'm afraid you'll just have to take
me in and hope the police can get it out of me."

	"Yeah. That's what I figured." Ranma picked him up and forced him to
his feet. He calmly walked over to the edge of the roof and shoved Ryoga
forward off the side. "See you around then I guess." He had the lost boy
dangling by his handcuffs off the edge.

	Ryoga kicked his feet angrily as he hung there. "It's an off planet
contract. They need women for breeding."

	"Is that so?" snorted Ranma as he promptly let go of the chains and let
him fall away. "Come on. You two are going home, and then I've got one
hell of a mess to clean up. Where the hell is that lazy asshole Duke
anyway? It's not like him to sit around while people steal our chicks."

	Akane was helping holding her sister's head in her lap and looked up at
him for a moment. "Maybe he's out in the city somewhere?"

	"Nah. I'd be able to see the explosions from here if he was working
now. I'm gonna have to go get him. That lazy jerk probably wants me to
do all the work this time. Maybe I will, just to show him." He walked
over and picked up Nabiki in a fireman's carry as he turned back towards
the school.

	"What about him? Are you sure he's dead?" asked Akane as she looked
towards the rooftop nervously.

	"Him? Nah. It'd take more than a fall like that to kill him. He's not
happy though, probably broke both his legs at least. Those pigs'll cart
him off before we get down there though. He'll be out of things for a
week or so at least."

	"You let him live?" gasped Akane.

	"Yeah. He's my problem, I'll deal with him how I want."

	Ranma calmly carried the passed out girl into the stairwell again.
"Come on. We need to get to ground level. He bent down to scoop up the
jetpack and hefted it over his free shoulder as he walked through the
door.

	"Wait you jerk! Wait up!" called Akane as she rushed after him.

++++++++++++++++++++++

	Tatewaki Kuno was standing in front of the Tendo dojo with a somewhat
surprised looking frown on his face. Kasumi Tendo was adding to a pile
of about thirty dead pigs. There were a few smoking craters in the
street with the remains of vehicles littering the ground. The eldest
Tendo girl had brooms, mops, and a shotgun leaning against the outer
wall of the dojo. One of the walls of the fence around the home was
shattered in with a massive plume of black smoke rising into the air
from the other side. "Ah, the fair Kasumi Tendo. It is agreeable to see
you again."

	"Oh! Hello Kuno. Oh my! It's such a mess," she said cheerfully as she
dusted off her hands. "It's going to take me hours to clean it all up!"
She didn't look like it was something that was bothering her though.

	"What news have you of these foul creatures?" said Kuno as he rested
his shotgun across his shoulder. He was on his twenty-first shotgun,
having still not figured out that they could be reloaded. 

	"I hope Ranma doesn't mind that I borrowed his things," fretted the
eldest girl as she glanced over at the shotgun leaning against the wall.
Kuno glanced down and noticed there were several more weapons lying
against the wall as well. A small rocket launcher included. Not that he
knew what they were anyway. "Akane and Nabiki are late getting home from
school too."

	"That is most distressing news," said Kuno as he frowned. "Akane
Tendo?! I must go and save my beloved!" He turned back towards the
school without asking anything more.

	"Oh. Goodbye then," said Kasumi cheerfully.

	"Are they gone yet Kasumi dear?" asked Soun as he poked his head out of
the gate nervously.

	"I think so father," said the girl cheerfully. "Do you really think
Ranma won't mind?"

	"I'm sure he won't mind at all dear," muttered Soun nervously as he
shied away from his eldest daughter.

	"Who could have known Tendo?" whispered Genma as he glanced over the
wall hidden away from her.

	"That's enough Saotome!" growled Soun angrily. "My baby has turned into
Rambo! Wahhhhhhhh!"

	Kasumi cheerfully ignored this as she scrubbed at the stubborn burn
mark on the fence vigorously. "Oh dear. I think I might need to repaint
this."

++++++++++++++++++++++

	TBC...

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