Return of Ukyou

Written By Tony Chen

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*Cut to a dark forest. We see Ranma sitting on a high branch of a tree. He looks up and witness’s countless stars in the dark blue sky, deep in thought.*

Ranma: *senses someone watching* whose there? *Stands up and looks around*

*A wrinkly green alien slowly levitates into Ranma’s sight*

Kami: *with a serious look* You are Ranma Saotome.

Ranma: *jumps to a safe distance, startled by the hideous figure* Hold it right there, old thing. How did you know my name?

Kami: Have you any idea who I am?

Ranma: Another cyborg, my next guess would be a reject for the role of E.T.

Kami: Well, at least you still have your humor. And no, I’m not a cyborg.

Ranma: Then who..... *stares at the emblem of Kami’s clothing* you’re Kami-sama?

Kami: *nods* I am the guardian of this planet.

Ranma: The hell with that! Why should I believe you?

Kami: you can scan for chi signatures, can’t you? Well, scan mine.

Ranma: *closes his eyes* mm...... *opens them* you have a chi that’s different from anyone else on Earth, I sense that you are good.... ok, so I half buy your story.

Kami: Right, now Ranma, I understand that you left your friends and quit the fight with Dr. Gero?

Ranma: I..... *quites down* yeah, I quit, because I can’t fight without endangering my friends.

Kami: Because you still have the cyborg mentality somewhere in your mind?

Ranma: uh huh.... Hey! How you know that?

Kami: Being Kami, I should. But now that you left, it’ll be easy for Gero to do whatever he wants to the world, and no one can stop him.

Ranma: Don’t underestimate the other fighters, or a certain tomboy I know of. If she gets angry enough, she can wipe the floor with anybody.

Kami: I don’t share your confidence. In any case, wouldn’t you like to fight side by side along the others, without having to worry about your “dark side”?

Ranma: Sure I would, but there’s no way.....

Kami: just come with me. There’s no time to spare. At the day after tomorrow, or as humans call it, Christmas, Gero is going to launch a full scale attack on Earth’s cities, starting with it’s nearest target, Tokyo. Your friends can’t stop him alone. They’ll need your help. And right now, you need mine. So don’t argue and follow me. *Flies off*

Ranma: What the! Shit! *Takes off after Kami* Kami-sama, wait up!

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*Cut to the Tendo Dojo. Ryoga has been carried inside the house; everyone is still frantic over his sudden appearance. Kasumi gets prepared with a whole bunch of first aid stuff.*

Akane: I didn’t think even a cyborg could do this kind of damage to Ryoga.

Shampoo: Tough boy don’t look so tough now.

Ryuu: They must have ambushed the guy.

*Another person enters through the front gate*

Tofu: There, I thought I saw him stumble in this direction. I told him to come to my clinic, but he just kept going until he’s here. Let me check his bruises.

Kasumi: Dr. Tofu, you came just in time!

Tofu: *looks at Kasumi, glasses fogging up instantly* (wacky music starts playing) Ahh.... ha... Kasumi, how nice to see you here! Did Ryoga have an appointment with you too? Oh yes Ryoga. *Feels on a towel next to Ryoga’s head* Oh my, Ryoga you have such loose and wrinkly skin, and since when did you grow so much hair? I’ll have you fixed up in a jiffy. *Takes out a razor blade and starts shaving the towel*

*Everyone looks at doctor Tofu with blank stares*

Kasumi: errr Doctor.....

Tofu: *looks at her* oh yes, sorry Kasumi, but my patient needs me. *Rubs some lotion onto the shaved towel* This will make your old skin young again.

Nabiki: Kasumi onee-chan, I think you should come upstairs and let Dr. Tofu do his job.

*Kasumi leaves, unsure about the doctor. Tofu gains reorientation shortly after Kasumi leaves*

Tofu: As I was saying, Ryoga’s bruises need immediate attention. *Starts examining Ryoga’s bruises for real*

Shinnosuke: *whispers to Akane* What kind of crack doctor is he?

Akane: *sweat drops* He’s a very good doctor.....most of the time.

Tofu: *looks up after doing some bone bending, nerve pinching excercises on Ryoga* This is rather peculiar.

Akane: Dr. Tofu, what is it?

Tofu: Ryoga looks as though he was seriously injured in a fight, but all his injuries are external. Knowing Ryoga, he should be able to withstand all such skin damages. There is not a single bone that’s broken, which is unlikely. His nerves also respond very irregularly. Hmmm....

Akane: What do you make of this?

Tofu: I’m not sure, but I’ll keep a watch on Ryoga in case he wakes up.

Tarou: It’s late, we should be going to sleep.

Mousse: I do feel tired after today’s exercise.

Akane: all right then, but we can’t sleep all at once. Some of use must stand guard all night. Who isn’t very tired?

Kirin: That would be Kirin, who has in experience gone entire weeks without slumber.

Shinnosuke: I’m not tired.

Herb: Neither am I.

Akane: ok, then Kirin, Shinnosuke, and Herb, you’ll guard the dojo for tonight. Dr. Tofu, you take care of Ryoga. Everyone else, let’s get some sleep. We’ll need to be refreshed to be ready for battle.

*Everyone nods. Kirin, Shinnosuke, and Herb form a triangle lookout team around the dojo. The others find their assigned resting posts and prepares to sleep. Akane is the last one to go. She looks up at the sky, just in time to see a shooting star sailing across Tokyo*

Akane: {hm..... that’s a bad omen. I don’t like this} *goes to her room*

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*On Namek, Trunk’s ship landed in a barren area*.

Trunks: *coming out of his ship* hmmm, ok, so Gende is Kami here, and his dragonballs can grant me three wishes, just like his future son Dende’s. Figures. Oh well, works for me. *Looks around* it’s too bad Freeza is going to trash this place in a couple more centuries.

*Some native Nameks come skulking around Trunks. They wear a shoulder and chest mantle and a cloak simlilar to Piccolo’s outfit*

Namek 1: *appears before Trunks* $&())#@(*$@#$)**&&++

Trunks: *looks up* what?

Namek 2: þ %_ %$)!!!#&*%$)

Trunks: Hold on, don’t go away. *Hops back into his ship and pulls out a hand held device with a screen* Hope this translator works. *Looks at the two Nameks warriors* now what were you saying?

*The Nameks repeat their statements. The translator picks up the sounds, and writes them into understandable words on the screen. It reads “Who are you? you’re not one of our people” and “no alien visitors are allowed on Namek” *

Trunks: I don’t have any bad intentions. I understand that the elders of this planet can speak my language. Can you take me to them? *Looks at his device* translate!

*The device sounds out the Namek equivalent of Trunk’s words*

Namek 1: You know the elders?

Namek 2: I sense no ill will from your aura. Fine, come with us.

*They take off. Trunks put his ship back in capsule form and follows them. After a few minutes, they arrive at a populated place with lots of strange structures. The three lands in front of the grandest structure.*

Namek 1: This is the House of Elders, wait for my return. *Goes inside*

*The Namek comes out with seven elderly Nameks, all wearing long robes similar to Earth’s Kami’s outfit. Some of them are short and fat, some tall and thin, and some in-between. They take some time to look at their unexpected visitor. One of them finally confronts Trunks.*

Elder 1: I’m Gende, the main elder and Guardian of Namek. What is the reason for your trespassing my planet?

Trunks: *somewhat bows* I come from a planet far away, a planet that is in great danger this very moment. A planet you might know as Earth.

Gende: *widens his eye in interest* Earth? Let me think..... yes..... one of my people traveled to the planet many years ago.

Trunks: You must mean Kami-sama. He became the guardian of the Earth, and created a set of dragonballs for Earth.

Gende: He was still young when he left. I doubt he even knows the origin of his powers.

Trunks: That’s beyond the point. A evil dictator from another alien planet has gone to Earth, and is collecting it’s dragonballs to make a wish. {I can’t tell them that Dr. Gero, and I, are from the future, that might pollute the time stream here}

Gende: and what would you like me to do about it?

Trunks: Whatever he’s wish, it can’t be good. That is why I need the dragonballs here to stop him.

Gende: You want the dragonballs.... Let me confer with my council.

*Gende goes back to the other elders, and spoke to each other in their native language. Thirty minutes go by as they reach a decision*

Gende: I will send my warriors to collect the dragonballs, but we will not summon the dragon until the time is ripe. All of your wishes must first have our approval. You may wait here for their return.

Trunks: *bows* Thank you and the council for your great charity towards my home planet. I will wait.

Gende: {Strange, this youth claims he is from Earth, but my senses tell me he belongs to a difference race..... that will somehow have a huge effect on the future of this planet}

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*Cut to the Tendo Dojo. It is midnight. Everyone is still asleep, except for the 3 guards and Dr. Tofu, who is still pondering over Ryoga’s injuries.*

Tofu: All his damages has been applied with medicine. It’ll take no time for him to heal. It’s still a mystery of how he could be unconscious due to comparatively light injuries. There’s something not right about his pulse... and nerve reactions. I’ll have to test them again just to be sure.

*Tofu pinches and pokes some pressure points on Ryoga’s body, and reads his pulse for the umpteenth time.*

Tofu: same reactions, in fact, exact same reactions. All the reactions happen after the same certain amount of time, to the millisecond. This degree of accuracy shouldn’t be possible for any organism. *Gasps* unless.... *looks at Ryoga with wide eyes*

Tofu: he’s.....

*Before Tofu could make his assumption, Ryoga’s body shoots up and immediately grabs Tofu by the throat*

Tofu: URK!.......

Ryoga: *evily smiling* Oh no, doctor, you’ve investigated my body far enough. You shouldn’t have been so nosy.

Kirin: *forces the door open* What’s going on!? I heard a noise! *Looks closely* Hibiki? What in the name of..... Arghhh! *Tofu crashes into him*

Ryoga: Damn! The jig is up.

Kirin: *hollering* AWAKE!

Ryoga: Oh no you don’t! *Shoots a thin beam from his hand that penetrates Tofu and Kirin’s chest.*

Kirin and Tofu: Ahhhhh!!!! *Falls silent to the ground*

Shinnosuke: *jumps to the scene, barely acknowledging what just took place* Ryoga! You murderer!

Herb: *appears on the other side* Traitor!

Ryoga: it’s already too late. *Powers up another beam*

Shinnosuke: *pulls a shiny needle out of his hair* Golden Staff, extend! *The needle grows into the size of a metal battle staff with golden tips*

*Ryoga shoots his beams, Shinnosuke deflects it with his new weapon, and Herb makes a chi shield against them. Some of the windows of the house breaks open as the others jump out and into the scene. Toma, Ryuu, Shampoo, Tarou, and Mousse. Akane stands in front of her team. She looks at the dead bodies of Tofu and Kirin*

Akane: *looking more angry than sad* Ryoga! You...you killed Dr. Tofu and Kirin!

Ryoga: *sarcastically* No really?

Akane: Why?! They’ve done nothing to you!

Ryoga: Their crime is for exposing me.

Akane: What?! You mean...... you’re in league with Dr. Gero now, aren’t you?

Ryoga: *smiles* That’s some deductive reasoning Akane, I’m surprised.

Akane: What is that supposed to mean?

Ryoga: Nevermind. Where is Ranma? I’m surprised he’s not the first one to show up.

Akane: he’s....

Shinnosuke: *taking over* Why should we tell you? If you want a fight, you got one. *Poses with his staff*

Ryoga: heh heh heh. So, you want to hide Ranma from me? Big mistake. If he’s not here, then I’ll just kill you first.

Akane: You can’t kill Ranma, or any us. I won’t forgive you for what you did.

Ryoga: Brave words, and also your last. Ahhhhhhh....... *powers up to Super Saiyajin*

Akane: *with a very angry look on her face, she also powers up* Ahhhhh........

Ryoga: *counts his opponents* hmmm, 8 to 1, I like those odds.

Herb: Enough talk! *Shoots a blast at Ryoga*

*Ryoga jumps and avoids it. Herb makes his blast follow Ryoga up.*

Ryoga: what?! *Whacks the blast away* ugh! *Bombed with hundreds of sharp objects, courtesy of Mousse*

*Tarou takes a dunk into the pool, transforms and flies up with a uppercut. Ryoga catches the punch, and knocks the minotaur down to Earth. Ryuu lets loose with his blades, which barely caused any damage to Ryoga, who fires back a dozen bandannas. Some blasts them, and some avoids them. Ryoga goes back on the ground, and runs to deal some physical damage to his opponents. Shampoo intercepts him and unleashes some mega quick punches and kicks, but gets grabbed and kneed, and flung aside. Shinnosuke jumps up with his staff and swings it from far away.*

Shinnosuke: extend! *The staff grows in length and delivers a punishing blow on Ryoga’s head* Contract! *The staff shrinks to normal length*

Ryoga: *covers his head* I felt that! That pixie stick hurt me! I’ll kill you! *Leaps*

*Super Ryoga is intercepted by a fierce uppercut by Super Akane. He reels back*

Akane: If you want to fight, fight me!

Ryoga: Even your temper isn’t going to save you now, tomboy. *Charges*

Akane: *powers up aura some more* Chyaaaa!

*Their auras met, as they engage in hand to hand combat. They traded about the same amount of blows, but Ryoga’s body could take more damage than Akane’s. Ryoga is slowly wearing her down with a continuous assault. Akane finally loses her defense, and gets kicked up her chin, then slammed to the ground.*

Shinnosuke: Akane!

Ryoga: This is about over.

*A yellow force ball suddenly slams into Ryoga, also knocking him to the ground*

Ryoga: What?!

Voice: That’s what you think, Ryoga.

*Everyone looks up to see a dark silhouette of a girl with dark a long pony tail, posing with a huge metallic spatula on top of the roof*

Akane: Ukyou!

Ryoga: Ukyou! Haven’t seen you around in a while, heh heh, no matter. You’re just one more victim that I’ll add to my list.

Ukyou: *calmly smiles* I don’t think so. *flexes her arms, and bends forward * Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

*A yellow aura builds up around Ukyou starting from her feet, and swirls up her body. Her free hair turns golden, and shoots up into a spiky posture like in all Super Saiyajin transformations. Her pony tail also turns golden and spiky, but stay in it’s position. Everyone gapes at Ukyou’s transformation*

Ryoga: This..... this can’t be happening.......

Ukyou: Oh yes it can. *Charges* I’ve been waiting to kick some butt, and you’re my punching bag.

*Ukyou wasted no time in giving Ryoga some pain therapy via some combination of punches, kicks, elbows, and knees. Ryoga could not defend against her incredible speed, and takes in most of the hits. He lashes out with his right arm. Ukyou shifts her head, and sends a hammer punch to Ryoga’s stomach. She follows up with a double fisted pound to the ground.*

Ryoga: Argg! *Gets up from the ground* You’re lucky this time. The next time I see you I’ll finish what I started. *Flies away*

*Ukyou is about to go after Ryoga, but is halted by Akane*

Akane: *powers down* No, it might be a trap.

Ukyou: *turns back to normal* If you say so Akane.

*Everyone else is still staring at Ukyou*

Shampoo: How did.... Spatula Girl..... get so strong?

Toma: How could she over power Ryoga?

Shinnosuke: well, he was already weakened by the battle with Akane, so he can’t fight against a fresh new Super Saiyajin.

Akane: *looks to Ukyou* Looks like you got some explaining to do.

Ukyou: Yeah, I thought you might get to that. Well it all started back on the first night that Trunks arrived.

Akane: You were there?

Ukyou: Yup, I was just around the park, then I heard all these strange noises, so I came as fast as I could, and hid up a tree.

Akane: And you heard and saw everything........

Ukyou: Yeah, and I kinda got jealous. I mean, if you could become Saiyajin, why can’t I? No offense.

Akane: hmm...... and that’s why you showed up the next day, and did your little “exhibition”.

Ukyou: *nods* and while you guys were training all those techniques, I dragged Trunks away and asked him to make me a Super Saiyajin.

Akane: But how, none of the blood tubes were your type.

Ukyou: True, but he did a quick test, and found that HE is my blood type. So he rigged up his fancy gadgets, took some blood out of his body, and put it through some purification process.

Akane: So that was why Trunks was so weak when he came back.

Ukyou: Right, and I have own tube of Super Saiyajin blood, ready to transfer. I went through the same thing you went through. After that, Trunks gave me this little device for my belt, said it would block me from any type of scans, even chi scans. Then there was another device that he gave me, this one with a screen, that has a crash course on the techniques he taught you, and the process of transforming. He told me to train somewhere, and hide myself for as long as possible. I did, and went into the old temple on top of a mountain, where I spent most of my time training when I was young. In the week that I have, I learned all the skills he taught you, including transforming into Super Saiyajin. The first time I transformed, my hair was all messed up, so I tied it into a pony tail. I kept training until I perfected it.

Akane: And you kept to yourself until tonight?

Ukyou: I was blowing up some boulders, then I suddenly sensed a powerful and evil chi, and two lesser chi sources disappear. I knew someone had been killed, so I came as fast as possible.

Akane: Tofu and Kirin! *Looks around* they’re gone!

Toma: I teleported them to the nearest hospital, to see if there’s any hope for them. Unfortunately.....

Ukyou: I didn’t think I would be fighting Ryoga, what happened while I was gone? And where’s Ran-chan and Trunks?

*Akane told all that she knew, while Ukyou solemnly listened*

Shinnosuke: at least now we have a better chance against Gero, now that we have two Super Saiyajins.

Ukyou: *winks* right, two Super Saiya female-jins.

*Just then, the pendant Akane is wearing vibrates and rings*

Akane: huh? *Pulls the pendant out*

Trunks: *through pendant* moshi moshi, Akane.

Akane: *speaks into the pendant* Trunks? Where are you?

Trunks: yeah, it’s me. No time for small talk, let’s just say I’m at a place where I can best help in the fight against Gero. What’s been going on after I left?

*Akane tells about Ranma’s departure, and Ryoga’s appearance, and the two deaths, and Ukyou’s save.*

Trunks: Damn! Gero got control of Ryoga! This will make things a lot tougher. And with Ranma gone......

Trunks: You can’t dwell on that. At least Ukyou has finally joined the team, so you still have a chance.

Akane: Hai.

Trunks: From now on, we need to maintain a constant communications link. I need to know Gero’s every move, so I can decide on what to do.

Akane: But how can I contact you?

Trunks: just press the button on the back of the pendant. For now, just get some rest. I doubt Gero will do anything immediately after this defeat, but stay on your guard nonetheless. Call you later!

Akane: ok! *Click* *turns to the team* That was Trunks, he says he can help us from where he is.

Tarou: and all this time I though he went vacationing....

Herb: *turning the interest to something esle* Shinnosuke, what happened to that metal stick you had earlier?

Shinnosuke: *taking the needle out of his hair* You mean this? Extend! *The needle grows into the staff*

Mousse: hey, neat trick, I’ll be able to hide many more weapons if I could make them small or big at will.

Shampoo: golden tipped metal staff? Looks very familiar, Shampoo remember it in a story.....

Shinnosuke: Yeah, the ancient Chinese legend about the great Monkey King - Sun Wukon, or as we call him - Sun Goku. He owned a magical staff that has many powers. My grandfather says that during a great battle against a demon, his staff got broken into sections and scattered around Earth. The ancestors of my grandfather picked up one of it’s sections, and discovered it’s powers. It’s been in the family ever since. I only learned of this a few days ago, when my grandfather gave it to me, and told me to hide it as a needle in my hair whenever I’m not using it. Since then, my memory is as clear as anyone else’s.

Akane: And the staff managed to hurt even Super Ryoga.

Shinnosuke: I’m not surprised. If this came from the Monkey King, it’s got to be powerful.

Shampoo: *yawn* Too much exitement for one night, Shampoo tired, so Shampoo sleep. *Goes back to house.*

Mousse: I’m with Shampoo.

Akane: Ok, let’s go back to sleep if you can.

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*Dr. Gero’s base*

Gero: That wasn’t quite the way I planned.

Cyborg X: well, considering that our cybernetically-enhanced Ryoga was only using 1/3 of his potential power, he did rather well.

Gero: Hmm, he’s saving his full power for Saotome. A pity that he disappeared.

Cyborg X: *sees a flashing button on a panel* The Kuno cyborgs just got the 6th ball, and is on their way for the last.

Gero: They are too slow. But no matter, the dragonballs are not a primary objective. My army is nearing it’s completetion, and all resources for developing robots are almost drained. In one more day, I’ll have this entire planet under my dominion. *Evil laughter*

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-End part 14.

I had to rush this one out right after vacation, so there could be mistakes. I hope this part satisfies all you Ukyou fans out there, she’s a big league fighter later on. Part 15 will be out shortly, (shoot me if I’m more than a week late)

Tony Chen
(Ranma Nibunnoichi)

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