Part 15, Version 1.0 ... 7-30-97
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Ranma 1/2 Z Part X V
Into the Realm of the Mind
Written By Tony Chen ====================================================================== ============================================================================
*Cut to Kami-sama’s aerial palace. Kami has just landed with Ranma right behind him*
Ranma: *looks around the surroundings* A palace this high up in the clouds? This is ridiculous.
Kami: *turns around* You should feel lucky, Ranma. No one from the normal world has ever stepped on the grounds of my palace.
Ranma: *looks at Kami* Kami-sama, you think where I live is normal?
Popo: *comes out the door* Welcome back, Kami-sama. *Looks at Ranma* I see you have brought back the boy.
Ranma: *bends his body and looks at Popo* who’s this? Hi Jelly-man.
Popo: *unaffected by Ranma’s rude greeting* Kami, are you sure he’s the right one? His manners are less than acceptable.
Kami: Don’t mind the boy, Mr. Popo, he’s still young. *Motions to Ranma* Come, we have to start immediately. *Goes inside the palace gate*
Ranma: Gomen, Mr. Popo, I can be a baka at times. *Follows Kami inside*
*The two goes through the gate, heads down a hall way, and comes a to a high arch with many carvings.. The door slides open at Kami-sama’s presence, reviewing a dim and empty room, except for some circular mats.*
Kami: Ranma, I hope you’re familiar with the art of meditating.
Ranma: *surprised* Meditating? I’ve done it.... but I can never sit there too long.
Kami: *disregards Ranma’s statement* Sit on that mat and get into the meditation posture.
Ranma: but..... *does as he is told, and sits down on the mat in front of him. He crosses his legs, puts his hand on his knees, and sits up* Is this good enough.
Kami: It will do. *He sits on a mat facing Ranma, in a similar posture, but he brings his arms together in front of his chest, lightly links his fingers, with palms facing upward, and thumbs touching.* Ranma, all you have to do for now is to close your mind to the outside world, forget about what’s happening outside this room, and concentrate on only one thing.
Ranma: Eh? And that is......
Kami: finding exactly where in your mind is that hostile entity hiding.
Ranma: You mean..... that cyborg part of me that might take over?
Kami: *nods* It won’t be an easy task. You’ll have to clear your mind of all emotions and thoughts except for that. Remember, it can easily hide itself if there are a lot of confusion and emotion in your head. But once you are calm, and focusing on nothing but to find it, it will become easier.
Ranma: Alright..... I’ll give it my best shot
Kami: No, just do it. You either find it, or you don’t. Trying is irrelevant.
Ranma: *sigh* here goes...... *closes his eyes, and concentrates deeply*
Kami: *nods, and also goes into meditation*
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*Morning, at the Tendos. All the fighters are up and standing in the living room, seemingly prepared for anything.*
Nabiki: *looks at the group of nine in front of her* And how’s Tokyo’s own secret force doing today? *smiling*
Akane: *sigh* Just fine, Nabiki.
Nabiki: *looks at Ukyou* Ukyou! My, where have you been? You’ve missed an awful lot since you were gone.
Ukyou: I’ve... been, doing business somewhere else.
Nabiki: Why Ukyou, *smiles* I didn’t know you thought like me. Tokyo has been a really poor place for business to grow, you know. I would have moved somewhere else too, if daddy didn’t insisted that we stay.
Kasumi: Breakfast everybody! *Brings up one of many pots of rice on the table* I hope I’ve made enough for everybody.
Soun: *turns on the TV, and looks at the dishes Kasumi has prepared. They seem very plain, mostly canned vegetables and meat.* Why, thank you, Kasumi, breakfast looks.... *unenthusiastically* very nice.....
Kasumi: Gomen, otoosan..... most of the markets I went to are closed....
Soun: It’s alight, Kasumi, I know. *Looks around* Did Dr. Tofu went back to his clinic?
*The nine looks again and again at each other, and finally fix their eyes at Akane.*
Akane: *sigh* Otoosan..... Dr Tofu didn’t go back to his clinic. Ryouga....killed him.
*Kasumi froze, and let the dish she was holding drop to the floor. It hit with a high pitched crash, and stained the floor with pieces of tofu and glass.*
Akane: *gasp, and looks at her sister* oneechan!, are you alright?!
Kasumi: *breaks out of her coma, and slowly puts her hand on her forehead* Yes... Akane. Sorry about that, I’ll have this mess cleaned up right away.
Akane: *looks at Kasumi thoughtfully* Oneechan, it’s ok, I can clean this up. You should take a break, you’ve worked all morning. {Damn! Why did I go and say something like that! I didn’t even think of how Kasumi would respond. I should have just said he left. Grrrr.... no use now}
Kasumi: *turning away* I think you’re right, Akane...... I’ll be in my room. *Walks towards the stairs*
Soun: Akane, how did this happen?!
Akane: Ryouga..... he’s controlled by Dr. Gero, and he came to sabotage us. But Dr. Tofu discovered Ryouga’s secret, and Ryouga shot him, and Kirin too.
Soun: *getting furious* No murder has ever been committed in my house, Ryouga will be punished for this outrage! *We see his chi grow larger, and he is suddenly donning a samurai armor, and brandishing his katana*
Akane: Otoosan, no! You’re no match for him, *drags on his father’s armor* Please, we’ll handle this. You have to stay home, and be safe.
Soun: *calms down, and in his normal clothes again* Alright, Akane. I trust your judgment.
Ukyou: Don’t worry Mr. Tendo, we’ll get the job done, and kick Dr. Gero back to whichever hell hole he crawled out of.
*During a newscast, the TV suddenly goes blank, then blinks in blue and black, with a lot of static and high pitched noises*
Nabiki: hey, what’s wrong with the TV? *Bangs on it* Baka yarou! *Tries changing the channel, to no avail.*
*The screen turns white, and slowly a blurred image forms. After it a while, it becomes more clear that it is a face of an old man with a white mustache, his head and entire body covered with gleaming silver armor.*
Shinnosuke: *looks at the screen* What the!
TV: greetings everyone, I am Dr. Gero.
Akane: *gasp* Dr. Gero! He’s taking over all the TV broadcasting channels. Trunks must know of this. *Brings out the pendant and presses the button on the back* Trunks? Are you there?
Trunks: *sounding surprised* What is it Akane?
Akane: Dr. Gero, he’s on TV, just listen! *Puts the pendant near the TV speaker.
Dr. Gero: Good day, all civilians. There is nothing wrong with your television sets and radios, so do not attempt to fix them. As you know there have been weird happenings and disasters of all sorts happening around you. I confess that I am the cause of all of these phenomenon. Starting tomorrow, at the dawn of Christmas, life as you know it will cease to exist, for you will all become my loyal servants. My army of robots will track down each and every one of you, and instantly turn you into mindless souls, programmed to obey only me. The process is painful, but it will only last an instant, after which you will never experience pain or any other emotion ever again. Once the process is complete, you will help me turn every person in the rest of the world into my servants as well. Once all of Earth is under my control, and enough resources has been collected, I will upgrade a portion of you to low class cyborgs, but powerful soldiers nonetheless. I will construct a intergalactic army. Together we will seek out and conquer other worlds as well. Some of you will be fortunate enough to be allowed to keep your intelligence, and be turned into full fledged cyborgs and be the elite warriors of my army. However, I am not ruthless; I will give you one last chance to defend for your survival. If the following persons report to the foot of the mountain in the northern district at tomorrow morning, and do as I say, I will perhaps allow you to continue living. The list of persons is, as you see on your screen: Akane Tendo, Ukyou Kuonji, Shinnosuke, Herb, Kumon Ryuu, Pantyhose Tarou, Toma, Shampoo, and Mousse. *each of their portraits cycles themselves on the screen* If they try anything not to my liking at any moment, I will immediately unleash my robotic army on the city. That will be all. Thank you, and have a nice winter day. **CLICK** *The TV turns blank again*
Tarou: How dare he call me Pantyhose Tarou! *Clenches his fist*
Shampoo: Aiyah........ what we do?
Ryuu: Let’s go to his base right now and give him a full frontal assault! With all of us, we can do it!
Shinnosuke: No, didn’t you hear what he said? If we engage him right now, then he would send out his army today instead of tomorrow. We have no idea how to stop it. We have one day, so let’s think about this.
Mousse: All I want is to pump his big mouth full of my weapons.
Akane: Trunk, you heard what he said, any suggestions?
Trunks: Do not believe everything that you heard from Gero just now. It is possible that he does not even have a army, and just want to frighten you into his hands. If you go tomorrow, more than likely that it is a trap.
Akane: So we shouldn’t go?
Trunks: I didn’t say that. Let me think............ Akane, hand the pendant to Ukyou.
Akane: Hai. *Gives it to Ukyou* here, Trunks want to talk to you.
Ukyou: Hai, Trunks-san?
Trunks: Ukyou, do you still have that mini computer I gave you? The one that taught you all those techniques?
Ukyou: Um, Hai! *Takes it out from her clothes*
Trunks: Ok, here’s what you do..........
*An hour later*
Trunks: alright, you’ve done all the preparation we can do. For the rest of the day, just continue training and get better. Ukyou, your opponent should be Akane. Fight in Super Saiyajin mode, and increase your power levels as much as possible.
Akane: Hai.
Tarou: Same place as last time?
Shampoo: Of course no, stupid. Mad doctor show our picture on TV. People think we the cause of this.
Mousse: Shampoo’s right, as always.
Nabiki: Training in this nippy weather? Temperature just dropped 10 degrees C from yesterday. You’ll turn into ice-cubes.
Herb: Bah, a warrior does not let the weather hinder his fighting spirit.
Akane: Lets head toward a large clearing.
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*Half an hour later, they arrive at a plain at the west border of Tokyo. The weather is cold, almost freezing, and wintry winds cut through the air, compounded with a bit of frost. But the nine fighters seem not to notices this, their will to succeed warms their body as though it were summer.*
Ukyou: Let’s begin. **SHOOM** *flares up into super Saiyajin-mode*
Akane: um hm. **WHOOSH* *Also transforms*
Ukyou: *looks to the others* You guys, we’re gonna go a little farther, don’t want you getting hurt by a stray blast. *Flies farther*
*Akane goes after her*
Shinnosuke: *calls out to them* don’t worry, we can take care of ourselves.
Ukyou: *after some flying, and lands* Akane, you ready?
Akane: *lands 10 yards in front of Ukyou* Yup. *Adopts fighting stance*
*Ukyou grins, and also gets into a striking position. The two fighters analyze each other’s position for some seconds.*
Ukyou: Hyahhh! *Jumps at Akane*
Akane: Kyahhhh! *Jumps at Ukyou*
*They met each other half way, both striking with their right elbows, and ending up locking their arms, trying to push each other back. After three seconds of staying in that position, Ukyou breaks it up, and jabs with her left arm. Akane brings her left knee up to cancel the jab, and also brings her left arm into action. In a quick fury, both girls attack with their hands and feet, they parry each other perfectly, and no one is getting in any hits. Dust and rubble starts to fly about them. The break out of their lock at the same moment, flips back, and bounces back up to meet each other in the air. Ukyou scores a hit with a punch to Akane’s cheek, who pays back with a quick uppercut. Akane tries to follow up with a high kick, but Ukyou moves behind her and brings down her elbow. Akane moves just as fast to the side, and kicks at Ukyou. Ukyou ducks under, and they continue their aerial brawl for some more minutes. They finally break it up and lands to the ground, still observing each other, with slight markings on both their faces.*
Akane: {Man, she’s been really practicing, I can’t get past her defense}
Ukyou: {Akane’s improved a lot, on a normal day I could beat her any time. I shouldn’t underestimate her. I felt the sudden surge in her powers during her first transformation when she got really pissed. I shouldn’t hold back anymore, but I gotta be careful of her temper.} hmp...... *grin*
Akane: Common Ukyou, show me what you got.
Ukyou: if you insist. Jiyuriken! *Punches the ground, and a spikey energy blast forms and travels along the ground to Akane, making a deep trench in it’s wake.*
Akane: Is that all? *Jumps above the blast* Shinkuu Ha! *Brings both her hands together and shoots the vacuum beam at Ukyou*
Ukyou: *smiles* dodges away*
Akane: *looks at the direction of her blast* hey, where she go?
Ukyou: *suddenly appears behind Akane* Right here! *Thrusts both her hands under Akane’s and locks them tight.*
Akane: Ahhhhh! *Tries to break free*
Ukyou: it’s no use!
Akane: Oh yeah? *swings her legs up, ducks her head down, and her feet makes contact with Ukyou’s face*
Ukyou: Oww!! *Lets go of Akane’s arms*
Akane: *rights herself, and swings at Ukyou* Ukyou, you never said how you transformed, what did you think of that made you angry?
Ukyou: *parries the strike upward, making Akane open* It’s..... from my childhood. *Punches at Akane’s open area*
Akane: *shoots herself upward to avoid it* yeah? Didn’t you spend a lot of time with Ranma? *Swings her leg down at Ukyou*
Ukyou: *dodges to the right, but Akane’s heels make contact with her left shoulder* Ow... *goes backward a bit* Yeah... I had to relive the memory of the day Ran-chan left me and ran away with my father’s cart.
Akane: mmmmm but you forgave Ranma.
Ukyou: *lowers her head* I know, and I had to bring myself to hate Ran-chan again. It was awful, I wanted revenge all over again. *Clenches her teeth, her aura starts to expand*
Akane: *backs up* Errrrrr.... ok Ukyou, calm down.....
Ukyou: *closes her eyes* Ran-chan, how dare you do this to me, you ruined my life, and my family.... *Energy starts to form around her fists*
Akane: Ukyou...... *realizes she made a mistake*
Ukyou: *her aura suddenly errupts* DIE! *Concentrates both fist together shoots a powerful blast at Akane*
*Akane moves her body as quickly as possible out of the day, but the blast still manage to tear up her sleeve, goes right past her, and makes an explosion on the ground 50 meters in diameter.*
Herb: *turns around and witness the bright light in the horizon* What was that?
Ryuu: *uppercuts Herb while he’s distracted* pay attention to your opponent!
Akane: *looks back, blocks the draft from the explosion, and gapes at the huge crater it created* holy!
Ukyou: *snaps her eyes open, and sees the damage she caused* Oh Akane! I’m sorry about that, are you all right?
Akane: *her heart pounding, as she looks at Ukyou* yeah..... just scared me for a moment. Lucky I dodged out of it’s way....
Ukyou: I gotta be more careful.... *a cloak of darkness seemingly appears around her* I guess I still haven’t forgotten about the pain Ran-chan gave me.
Akane: *tries to change the subject* ok, nevermind, let’s continue. *Lowers herself to the ground*
Ukyou: hai.
*On the other side of the plain..... Mousse, Shampoo, Shinnosuke, and Ryuu are standing on one side of an imaginary divider line, facing Toma, Tarou *in monster form*, and Herb. Both parties look somewhat roughened up, but no one suffered any serious injuries. Both teams have been analyzing the other for some minutes now, and are ready to strike.*
Shampoo: Aiyah!!!!! *Jumps at Tarou, bonboris ready in each hand*
Mousse: yahhh! *Jumps with Shampoo at Tarou.*
Tarou: Rarrrrrrr! *Looks up, opens his wings and readies his huge fists, looking twice as large as before, and stands ready for Shampoo and Mousse*
Shinnosuke: **SHNNNK** *pulls out his staff* {I’ll have to pull my strength, or else this staff could really hurt someone} Kyahhh! *Jumps at Toma.*
Toma: **WNNNGGGG** *readies his sword of illusion* Chyahhh! *Jumps to intercept Shinnosuke*
Ryuu: Saotome Forbidden Arts: Yamasen Ken and Umisen Ken! *His aura glows green, as he jumps toward Herb*
Herb: Ultimate Technique! Ryuu Sei Hishoo! *Charges up his golden aura, and jumps toward Ryuu*
**FSSSOOOOOMMMMM** *The two teams collided in a brilliant flare of radiant light. For a moment there seem to be two suns: one in the sky and one in the horizon.*
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*In the meditation chamber with Kami and Ranma*
Ranma: *his eyes still closed, and a few drop of sweat is forming on his forehead* {I’ll been sitting like this for hours, I can’t stand it}
Kami: {Ranma! You’re letting your thoughts wander! Concentrate!}
Ranma: {What? Kami-sama, I can hear you, but how?}
Kami: {I’m telepathically communicating with you right now, I do this in order to guide you in finding the cyborg entity. Don’t worry, you’re getting close. Your mind is almost free of distracting thoughts. Just keep this up.}
Ranma: {right.} *concentrates harder*
*15 minutes later*
Ranma: *a dark image of himself with red glowing eyes suddenly shoots into his thoughts* Eyaaahhhh! *Opens his eyes and falls to the ground from his position* Ow!
Kami: ugh! *Also forced to open his eyes* Ranma! You found it! But you lost your concentration! You must remain calm at all times. Now it’s probably trying to hide somewhere else. Quick! Get back into your original state and find it again, and when you do, don’t be surprised, just stay calm and keep your thoughts on it. Don’t let it escape again!
Ranma: *rights himself, and concentrates again* Right.
*10 minutes later*
Ranma: *the same image appears in his mind, a few drops of sweat runs down his face, but he remains his posture. The image backs farther away, and he can clearly see that the figure has his face, but with a malicious look. His clothes are similar, but the left side of it’s body is metallic, and he can see the tubes, joints, and bearings that makes up it’s left arm and leg* {kami-sama.......}
Kami: {Hold on, Ranma, I’m entering your psyche right now to help you contain the monster.}
*a transparent image of Kami-sama leaves his body, floats above Ranma, and joins with Ranma’s body*
*Inside Ranma’s psyche. It is a strange surrounding, with a lot of floating rocks, and the background are just strangely mixed pallets of colors. We see Cyborg Ranma standing on one rock, and Kami and Ranma standing on another one far away.*
Ranma: *looks at himself, then at Kami, then at the surroudings* Whoa! Something tells me we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Kami: This is a just a geographical representation of your mindscape. Every physical action we take here represents something that is actually happening in your mind. Look! *Points to Cyborg Ranma* there he is, we must catch up with him.
Ranma: Right! *Hops to the next rock, and the next, but Cyborg Ranma is farther away than ever, but it hasn’t even moved* Kuso!
Kami: *somehow right alongside Ranma* Ranma, that’s not the way, you’ll have to mentally concentrate on it, then you can get closer to it. Watch, as my physical mind concentrates on that entity. *Kami leaps from one rock to another, quickly gaining up to the cyborg.
Ranma: Oh.... so that’s how you do it. Common mind! Concentrate........... *Ranma finds himself effortlessly chasing alongside of Kami*
Kami: *looks back* good, you’re getting it. Now, we must conquer this entity. *Makes a powerful jump at the cyborg*
*The cyborg bends it’s arms back, and whacks Kami away, then retreats furthur.*
Kami: Uhhhh.... *stands back up*
Ranma: I’ll get him! *Jumps faster and overtakes his cyborg counterpart Taste cold fist, you egg-sucking parasite! Tachu Tenshin Amaguri-ken! *Sends a hailstorm of punches at the cyborg*
*The cyborg turns around, his eyes glowing bright, and parries all of Ranma’s punches. In return he releases his own Tachu Tenshin Amaguriken, with the same speed as, if not faster than, Ranma’s*
Ranma: Kuso! *Dodges the punches, and jumps to a nearby floating rock to regain his footing* You’re not bad for a clone, but the original is always better! *Jumps* Moko Takabishya! *Shoots his tiger blast at the cyborg*
*The cyborg fires a much quicker tiger blast with one hand, and jumps at Ranma, landing a elbow on his jaw. Ranma flies backwards and lands on a rock farthur away. He quickly flips himself back up, feeling his jaw*
Ranma: Why you...... *his aura begins to form* Guess I’ll have to take you down this way....
*The cyborg coldly smiles, awaiting Ranma to.....*
Kami: Ranma! Stop! You can’t transform into Super Saiyajin! Your anger is what he needs. He’ll become more powerful than you! And he’ll defeat you and completely take over your mind.
Ranma: *looks at Kami* huh? Oh yeah... *drops his aura*
*The cyborg frowns, and jumps at Ranma, ready to attack him with a kick.*
Ranma: *looks at cyborg* gotta not get mad.... no matter what it does..... *he moves to one side, lets the cyborg miss, then pounds both fists into it’s rib area* *THUNK!* Ow!
*The cyborg flies back and crashes, but quickly stands back up, and looks at Ranma*
Ranma: Let’s you and me dance. *Flies at the cyborg*
Kami: Ranma, wait!
*Unheeding Kami-sama’s call, Ranma engages his cyborg double. Both using similar moves on each other. Ranma punches with left arm, cyborg blocks with right, and strikes with left. Ranma moves to block, then tries to knee the cybrog’s stomach. Cyborg moves out of the way slightly, and swings his legs at Ranma. Neither one is getting the advantage, when Ranma gets in a hit, so does the cyborg. Kami is standing at the side, troubled. Finally Ranma and the cyborg breaks it up, and land at rocks opposite of each other.*
Ranma: heh, he aint half bad.
Kami: We’ll never get anywhere this way, Ranma. He knows your every move, we must develop a plan. *Concentrates, and suddenly all the floating rocks disappear, and they are standing on firm ground*
Ranma: Kami, he can feed off anger, but what about fear? Will he get stronger if I get scared?
Kami: What! No, he won’t. What does it matter, if you get scared, he can conquer you just as easily!
Ranma: *gulp* hope this works. *Begins to concentrate on something.*
*The cyborg Ranma suddenly smiles. Parts of itself liquidates off it’s body, and form into cats. Soon there are over 50 cats surrounding Ranma.*
Kami: What are you doing, you idiot! You’ve let him discover your weakness!
*Ranma first tries to run away screaming, but is soon buried by a mountain of cats.*
Ranma: *eyes turning in weird ways* Heehuhuhuh haahaa hehehe heee haaaa haa *laughs like a maniac while cats stampede all over him*
*Cyborg Ranma jumps up, pulls back his right arm, and descends toward Ranma and the cats, ready to deal him the finishing blow*
Kami: No!!! It can’t end like this!
*In a bright flash of light, Ranma leaps out of the pile of cats with Neko-ken, catches the cyborg by surprise, and mercilessly tear at it’s head and body with incredible speed. The cyborg lands with a loud crash, with Neko-Ranma still on him and pounding and scratching away. It’s left arm has been scratched loose, and his chest is suffering severe damage. Desperately it swings and shoots all kinds of blast at Neko-Ranma, who just nimbly dodges out of the way and continues his assault. The cyborg finally turns himself into a liquid-like state, and reforms into someone else - Akane. Neko-Ranma snaps out of his state at the sight of Akane.*
Ranma: Akane?!
*”Akane” sends out both legs at Ranma’s chest and kicks him far away.*
Kami: Ranma, that’s not Akane! The cyborg is disguising himself as your other weakness!
Ranma: *gets up after his rough landing, and breathing heavily* Yeah? Well at least I got in a few good hits at first, since I don’t need to get angry to use Neko-ken, he can’t change like I did....
Kami: watch out!
*BAM* *the cyborg flies over and knocks Ranma to the ground in one punch. He quickly flips back up. By instinct he retaliates and swings his leg at the cyborg, but again he is distracted by the thought of hurting Akane, who appears to be right in front of him, and stops his swing. The cyborg takes advantage of this to grab Ranma’s leg, flips him over and slams him. It continues to beat him around, while Ranma’s too distracted to fight back, always thinking he would hurt Akane.*
Ranma: Kuso! *Shoots a quick blast from his hand to the cyborg’s head, and Ranma gets free* I can’t do any real damage to him as long as he has Akane’s face. *Thinks* That’s it!
*Ranma shoots another blast at the cyborg’s head. His face no longer looking like Akane’s, so Ranma presses his attack with furious punches and kicks, and the cyborg is forced to the defensive again. In one desperate, yet effective move, it strikes upward with a uppercut, unleashing the Hiryuu Shoten Ha, and caught Ranma off guard. Ranma is sucked in by the tornado, and is blown back, seeming very damaged now.*
Kami: was that one of your moves, Ranma?
Ranma: *stands back up, his clothes torn, and some cuts are visible. he wipes some blood off his mouth* yeah..... I would have had him if he didn’t use it. But I’m not ready to give up yet.
*The cyborg tries one last tactic. It turns back into it’s normal-Ranma-looking-self, but it liquidates his left arm, and it turns into Akane being held hostage, her hands tied behind her back.*
Akane: Ranma! Save me!
Ranma: Akane! *Motions to jump over and save her*
Kami: No Ranma!
Ranma: *looks at Kami, and nods* right..... it’s another trick...
*The cyborg starts to punch Akane’s face. Ranma grits his teeth, the cyborg sees this and smiles.*
Kami: Ranma, don’t fall for it, that’s not Akane, he is trying to make you angry.... he’s using your ultimate weakness!
Ranma: *sweat drops down his forehead, as he sees the cyborg kicks Akane’s in the stomach, and beats her around.* I.... I know.... this is a trick.... gotta stay... calm.....
Akane: Ranma!.... please! Help me. Aug! *Her face gets kicked*
Kami: Ranma, I know this is tough, but remember, you have to control your emotions, don’t let it control you!
Ranma: ......... *he closes his eyes*
Kami: {Common, Ranma!}
Ranma: *shoots open his eyes, and looks at the cyborg* Hey you piece of gutter trash! I know that aint Akane. Do you think the real Akane would let you kick her around like that? She would have freed herself with that temper of hers, and kick your butt back to the nuts and bolts factory. She’s not weak, I know she can take care of herself! So you better watch out, cause here I come to finish you off just on the grounds of you posing as a lousy Akane!
Kami: *his face brightens up* {Yata! Ranma’s finally conquered his constant fear of Akane getting hurt. Without this last source of anger, the cyborg would surely get weaker now!}
*Just as Kami predicted, Akane liquidates back into the cyborg’s main body, and it collapses to the ground on one knee.*
Ranma: *powers-up with confidence, not anger* MOKO........... *his normal aura flows through his body* TAKA.......*brings forth his arms and locks them, and a huge energy sphere starts to form around his cupped hands* BISHYA! *Sends the mega-blast straight at the cyborg.*
*The wide beam hits the cyborg head on, and causes a huge explosion of light. A crater is formed after the blast is totally spent, and in the bottom of the crater is a pool of silvery liquid. Ranma himself falls to the ground, his injuries have gotten a lot worst by that last exertion of his remaining energy*
Kami: *looks at the remains of the cyborg* now to permanently get rid of this bug.
*Kami closes his eyes, concentrates, and waves his palm in directly at the puddle. It levitates up from the crater in a bubble. Kami closes his palm into a fist, and the bubble contracts, then blinks out of existence in a small flash.*
Kami: *looks to Ranma, and smiles* It’s over.
Ranma: *smiles while on his back* I gotta get out of my mind, it’s driving me nuts.
Kami: Don’t talk, I have to get you out of here before you die in your own head.
*A flash of white light blankets everything, as the view switches back to the meditation chamber. Kami’s presence has left Ranma’s psyche, and goes back to himself. Kami wakes up, while Ranma’s body just falls over and rolls off the mat. His body slightly smoking.*
Kami: he has Saiyajin blood. After a near death experience like that, Ranma should get even stronger once he recovers. I’ll give him the rest, then me move on to the second phase.
*Kami picks up Ranma, and brings to another room with a futon. He lets Ranma down on the futon, and lets him have a well-earned sleep.*
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*Evening, at the Tendo Dojo. Everyone has gotten back from training, once again looking weary.*
Akane: I improved a lot today, thanks, Ukyou.
Ukyou: *smiles at Akane* same here, who would have thought that Super Saiyajins have that much potential.
Herb: Ryuu, you’re powers have improved, but you are still not a match for me.
Ryuu: We’ll see.
Shinnosuke: But are we prepared for tomorrow?
Toma: we must be.
Tarou: I just want this to end as quickly as possible.
Shampoo: When everyone know Shampoo save world, Nekohanten be world famous. Hee hee.
Mousse: *hugs the door post* Oh Shampoo! And we would be together!
Akane: We have a big day ahead of us.
Tarou: That’s an understatement.
Akane: So let’s have dinner and get right to sleep. we have to give it everything we got tomorrow, and we must never lose hope. It’s Christmas, so who knows, maybe a miracle will happen.
Everyone: we’re with you, Akane!
*Akane only smiles. She looks out the window, and sees snow clouds moving into the city*
Akane: It’s going to be a Christmas to remember, if we live through it.......
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-End part 15
And all of you thought Ranma was out of action. Hope you enjoyed part 15. If everything goes as I planned, there should be only 2 more parts to this series. Get ready for the grand finally, get ready for Judgment Day (nope, that ain’t it’s title)
Tony Chen
(Ranma Nibunnoichi)