On Wings Of Eagles
                                        Chapter2

     The rest of the morning was uneventful.  Lunch was fairly interesting, with Akane and the new girl, Misty, becoming good friends.  No one had expected that.  The two learned many things about each other.  Akane learned about Misty's sweet father Goku, her genious half brother Gohan, and her idiot other half brother Goten.  Mity remained evasive about some details, but Akane decided not to pry.

     Misty in turn learned about Akane's sisters, father, and especially about Ranma.  She listened as Akane nearly ranted about his whole fiance mess.  'Her ki is way up, and something about it seems strange, like her lifeforce is connected to something.'

     She couldn't look into the phenomenon any further.  Ranma chose that moment to jump down from nowhere and join them.

     That was when the small girl saw it.  Somehow, Ranma and Akane's ki was connected.  Already, she could see the relaxing of Akane's muscles in Ranma's presence.  That kind of ki joining was impossible for humans, at least full blooded humans.

     Misty's eyes widened at the possible solution solution to the mystery.  That would mean that her mission was already complete!

     Once again, the girl's thoughts were interupted.  This time by a bubbly purple haired Amazon who had just landed her bike on Ranma's face. 

     "Nihao, airen!  Husband happy to see Shampoo, yes?  Wife cook too-too delicious ramen for husband."

     "Excuse me but why did you just have to be grotesquely rude and interupt our conversation? Misty asked in a polite tone with a danger laden undertone.

     "Who you, spikey head girl?" Shampoo replied, obviously peeved.

     "My name is Misty Son, and I happen to be friends with these two people.  So if you don't mind, BUG OFF!"

     "Shampoo kill stupid little girl!" Shampoo pulled out her two bombari and attacked the much smaller and seemingly defenseless girl before anyone could stop her.

     The battle did not go as expected.  One moment Shampoo was in full leap at the tiny girl right in front of her, the next, she was on the ground holding her stomach and gasping for air.

     Misty was thirty feet behind her, the two crushed bombaris laying at the raven haired girl's sneakered feet.

     It looked like Misty hadn't even been trying hard, or trying at all for that matter.

     "Listen and listen well, Amazon.  I don't want to see you call this boy 'husband' again.  Lay off of him.  Let him have the room to make his own decisions.  And if I hear that you have drugged, blackmailed, or manipulated him or anyone close to him, I will hunt you down and show you what a true warrior is." Misty briefly flared with a pure white flaming aura before walking back to Ranma and Akane.

     Ranma was simply stunned.  No one had ever done anything like that for him.  No one had ever given him the room to make his own choices. 'Maybe I finally have a friend.  Not a rival.  Not a fiance.  But a real friend.'  The thought made him very happy. 'If she can help keep the fiance brigade off my back, I can sort out my feelings and tell everyone who my choice is.'

     Akane was thinking along similar lines. 'Someone interfered with us and actually helped?  That was so nice of Misty to give everyone room to breathe.  But how did she beat Shampoo like that?  I didn't even see her move.  How could anyone be that fast?'

     Another figure happened to be watching all of this as well. 'So, Guardian, you thought you could hide from me.  Well you're . . .what?!?!'  The hidden figure looked more closely. 'That's impossible, unless . . . Yes, this will be perfect.'

     Misty began to feel nervous under the close scrutiny of her other classmates, particularly Nabiki's preditory smile.  It reminded her too much of Vegeta's smirk right before he blasted someone away to King Yemma's afterlife.

     She jerked, then went still, sensing evil nearby.  A blur to fast for even her to see clearly sped by.  The next thing everyone knew, Akane was on the other side of the schoolyard being held by a woman with sky blue hair, black/red eyes, a skimpy black leather outfit, and what looked like a black feather cape. 

     "Akane!  No!" Ranma blindly charged at the woman, not even thinking about the fact that she was female.  He was thrown back by the black energy shield that the woman had effortlessly lifted around herself.  Ranma continued to try to save his fiance and continued to get the same results.

     "That's enough!" Everyone turned to look at Misty.  Her pure white aura was blazing like a furnace.  The force of her power began to crack the ground beneath her. "Leave my friend alone!"

     "Oh, well, you see," came the sickeningly sweet response."I can't do that.  This little female happens to be a Saiyan's mate, and the best way to destroy a Saiyan is to destroy their mate.  And you know how I love to destroy Saiyans."

     Ranma's face went ashen.

     "I know she's bonded to a Saiyan, a demi-Saiyan to be exact, but the Saiyan she belongs to doesn't even seem to know what he is.  And according to his power level, he is currently the weakest Saiyan warrior alive.  So there is no point in messing with these people's lives!"

     A million thoughts were going through Ranma's head. 'Akane belongs to some other guy?  No, she can't!  If he goes near her I'll kill him!' That thought firmly planted itself in his mind, becoming an absolute.