Shadowbakasama
10th July 2004, 07:00 PM
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, but I'm not trying to
make any money off this so I guess it's OK then.
This is a Ranma continuation and multi-cross-over with Sailor Moon,
Tenchi Muyo!, Mermaid Saga, Ah Megami-sama and Mamono Hunter Yohko.
This is my first time writing a fan fiction, so please review and tell
me what you think.
Ranma Crossing Over to the Wild Side
By Paul Bennett aka Shadowbakasama
Chapter 2: Where did the 'cat-girl' go?
The news was spreading all over Japan by rumor, newspaper, radio, and
television about the bombed wedding, the missing groom, and the cat-girl
loose in Tokyo chasing a pervert. Most people find this very
entertaining if a bit hard to believe, and lots of people in Tokyo, and
especially in Nerima decide to be extra friendly to any cat-girls that
are around. Few people know who 'Ranko' Saotome is outside of Nerima,
but 'Ranma' Saotome son of Genma and Nodoka Saotome draws the attention
of several people outside of Nerima. Several young women found out
they're fiancee was missing, but still single, just barely.
In Ohkayama, at the Masaki Shrine, Noboyuki turned on the evening news
to watch the story about the cat-girl on the loose in Tokyo. "Everyone,
come in here, you'll want to see this. There is a dangerous 'cat-girl'
on the loose in Tokyo, I heard about it at the office."
"Cat-girl? I've got to hear this one, you don't see that many of them
on this planet." says Washu-chan.
Everyone gathers in around to watch the evening news as Noboyuki turns
the TV to channel 6.
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The TV shows the Channel 6 News room, with a pretty young anchorwoman
reading the news from a hidden teleprompter.
"Earlier today in the Nerima district of Tokyo the wedding of Saotome
Ranma and Tendo Akane was interupted by explosions and fighting. While
this isn't that unusual for Nerima, this time the police have become
involved because of an insane 'cat-girl' on the loose in Tokyo." The
picture changes from the news anchorwoman to a snapshot of a red-headed
girl in a white tuxedo crouched down with one hand on the ground, the
other hand raised to strike with glowing red blades projecting from her
fingers. "The 'neko-onno' goes by the name Saotome Ranko, and she is a
powerful martial artist suffering from a form of temporary insanity
caused by traumatic exposure to 'cats'. In her current mental state she
believes that she is a cat, and can even manifest 'ki claws' that can
cut through steel. Her behavior is similar to that of a housecat and it
is unlikely that she will attack anyone without provocation. To avoid
problems with the 'cat-girl' we are advising people to avoid the
'cat-girl' but don't run or make loud noises, if you have food that she
seems interested in just set the food down and back away from it, don't
worry you will be reimbursed. The Tokyo Police department is tracking
the 'cat-girls' movements, so you can dial 911 to report 'cat-girl'
sightings, at this time the last report had her leaving Nerima going
into the Juuban district 20 minutes ago. Now switching over to
Namaguchi Jiro at the scene of the wedding."
The scene changes to the backyard of the Tendo-ke facing the dojo. The
dojo has sustained heavy bomb damage, as well as having several section
on wall missing, and the wooden floor is scorched and cratered in
several spots. A pile of smashed wood and burnt wedding decorations
sits in the yard in front of the dojo.
"This is Namaguchi Jiro at the Tendo Dojo of Anything Goes Martial Arts
in the Nerima district of Tokyo. Behind me you can see the aftermath of
a failed wedding. This one wasn't just a bride being left in front of
the altar, no this wedding ended up in a battle royal over the groom,
the bride, and the wedding presents. The combatants used fists, feet,
swords, bombs, mallets, ki blasts and even the dreaded Neko-Ken in a
fight that wrecked the dojo behind me, sent one boy to the hospital, and
unleashed a wild 'cat-girl' on Tokyo."
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Noboyuki catches the names of the groom and 'cat-girl' and points at the
woman wearing a kimono, carrying a long bundle and says "That's your
daughter Nodoka, isn't it Katsuhito? The means my 'niece' is a wild
'cat-girl'. Bwuhahaha, and my nephew Ranma is the missing groom."
"That's her alright, I haven't seen her in 22 years since she ran off to
marry that no good, rogue Saotome Genma, but I thought Ranma was an only
child? Who is 'Ranko' the cat-girl?"
"If Ranko is your granddaughter, then she is Juraian royalty, and she is
missing after her brother's wedding was ruined. We should go to Nerima
and find her." Ayeka suggests.
'Hmm, if this Ranma's wedding was bombed he's probably still single, and
he is Juraian royalty, maybe I can get Ayeka to go after him, and I'll
have Tenchi.' thinks Ryouko. "That's right, Auntie Ayeka should go find
her missing niece and nephew."
"Hey, they're my cousins, I've never even met them. Otousan can we
visit after they turn up?" asks Tenchi.
"Hmm, sorry son, you still have to attend school, and I can't take
anymore time off work right now." Noboyuki tells him.
"Damn, shot down." Tenchi says in a 'You don't let me have any fun' tone
of voice.
"Don't worry Tenchi. Ryouko-san, Ayeka-chan, Ryo-ohki, and myself can
go to Tokyo tonight to look for our missing princess of Jurai."
Katsuhito tells him. "We just need to pack enough clothes for a week,
then we are off to Tokyo. Washu-chan do you want to come along?"
"Sure, this wild neko-onno sounds interesting." Washu replies, getting
that mad scientist look in her eyes. "WHAT! I might be able to help
the poor girl."
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At Nerima General Hospital two girls are on they're way to visit
Ryouga. They find Akari sitting in the visitor's lounge.
"Hi Akari-chan, I thought you'd be in with Ryouga-kun." says Akane.
"Oh, Tofu-sensei is in there right now Akane-chan." Akari replies. "I'm
just waiting out here until he's done. So Akane-chan, who's your friend?"
"That's right, you haven't met yet. Akari-chan meet Ranma's 'cute'
fiancee, Kuonji Ukyo. Ukyo-san meet Ryouga-kun's girlfriend, Unryuu Akari."
"Hello Akari-chan, it's nice to meet you." says Ukyo, greeting Akari.
"How is Ryouga-chan doing, it looked like Ranchan ripped him up pretty
badly when she went into the Neko-ken."
"Well, Tofu-sensei said it looked worse than it was, the cuts were all
shallow, and made by something very sharp, so the scarring shouldn't be
that bad if he will leave the stitches alone and use the water-proof
soap for at least a week." Akari explains.
"Why does he need to use water-proof soap?" askes Akane.
"Yeah, it's not like Ryouga-chan has a curse like Ranchan." says Ukyo.
"Umm, well ..." says Akari trying to come up with a good excuse. "Umm,
they used water soluable thread for the stitches. Yeah, so that they
don't have to be pulled, if he get's lost, he can just wash them off
when the cuts are healed. But until the cuts heal up he has to use
water-proof soap."
"Oh, OK, that's neat." replies Akane, remaining completely oblivious to
Ryougas little problem.
"Right, another of the wonder's of modern medicine." says Ukyo, not
really buying the story.
"But what happened to Ranma-kun! To make err her attack like that and
run off." says Akari try to divert the conversation. "I've never seen
anyone act like that, it's just not like him, I mean uh her to do that."
"Oh, we can blame his bakayarou father for that, right Akane-chan?" Ukyo
tells her.
"Right, Genma-baka made Ranma learn a horrible martial arts technique
called the 'Neko-ken' or Cat-Fist, because of it he is terrified of
cats, and can go insane and think he is a cat, even to the point of
running around on all fours and having 'claws' made from his Ki." Akane
explains.
"From Saotome-san explaining it 'Neko-Ranma-chan' must have went easy on
Ryouga-chan. His 'claws' sliced Akane's mallet into pieces, and he must
have shortened his claws when he hit Ryouga, so he wasn't trying to kill
him."
"Yes, I suspected as much when I was giving Hibiki-san first-aid." Say
Dr. Tofu as he enters the lounge. "His strong aura and the Batusai
Tenketsu training probably also helped to keep the cuts shallow.
Hibiki-san also has a large bruise on his forehead and a moderate
concussion. I think Ranma..chan used a headbutt when she pounced on
Ryouga to knock him out."
"Would that have worked? Since that Bakusai Tenketsu training Ranchan
usually has to hit Ryouga-chan hundreds of times to beat him." Ukyo asks.
"Ah, but Ranma-san has also learned the Bakusai Tenketsu, Saotome-san
took him to a demolition site just a week after Hibiki-san learned it
and toughened him up with a wrecking ball, then made Ranma use the
'Breaking Point' to destroy the condemned building, Saotome-san and
Nabiki-san made quite a bit of money underbidding the demolition crew on
that job. Ranma-san has been toughened up even further by continuing
advanced training supplied by Akane-san. Ranma-san's head should be
very tough by now."
"What are you talking about Tofu-sensei? Ranma doesn't like to spar
with me, and when he does he dodges all my punches." Akane asks him,
missing the point.
"Well, actually, Akane-san, Ukyo-san. You with Shampoo and Kuno Kodachi
have been toughening up Ranma-san with mallets, spatullas, clubs and
bon-bori hits, mostly to the head, ever since you met him. The daily
beatings have increased his toughness and recovery rate far beyond what
Hibiki-san achieved by smashing himself against boulders. Why the
headbutt that knocked out Hibiki-san must have hardly fazed Ranma."
"Umm, right, I guess I have noticed that I have to mallet Ranma several
times now to get him to stay down, and he does get back up much faster
than he used to." Akane replies in a small guilty voice. "But he
deserved it! That baka hentai!"
"Well, you can go visit with Hibiki-san for awhile, but don't get him
excited or depressed. I've used acupunture to reduce the pain and keep
him from moving around, and to concentrate his Ki near the cuts to heal
them faster, so don't touch the needles." Dr. Tofo explains before
letting then into Ryouga's room.
The girls enter to see Ryouga laying in a special hospital bed,
constructed from heavy tube steel and a large steel plate with a futon
pad on it with holes for restraints through the plate and the futon.
The restraints look like the nylon tie-down straps used on flat-bed
trucks. Ryouga has his chest heavily bandaged and has accupunture
needles sticking out of his chest, an icepack was resting on his
forehead, and an IV tree with 3 bags stood at the side of the bed with
tubes leading to Ryouga's right arm. In addition to the bandages and
restaints, it looked like someone had decided to plastic wrap him,
except for his head which had a clear tent over it.
"Uhm, Sensei, why is Ryouga-kun plastic wrapped?" Akane asks.
"Oh well, we have to keep water away from Hibiki-san or all the
stitches, bandages, and straps will come loose aggravating his injures
and making us all start over." Dr. Tofu explains.
"Wow, where did you get this bed Tofu-sensei? It looks like the
shock-table from that new Frankenstein movie that they did in Yokohama!"
Ukyo exclaims, being a closet horror movie otaku. "Look at these
tie-downs and the massive steel frame, why the copper grounding straps
are even hooked up! It is the one from the movie isn't it?"
"Actually it is Ukyo-san, I saw the movie, and it looked like just he
thing for restraining a person of incredible strength, and knowing how
strong some of you martial artists are, I had Nabiki-san aquire it for
me, she didn't even gouge me to bad on the price, and had the heavy-duty
swivel wheels installed so that it can be moved around." Tofu explains
to Ukyo, happy to have found another horror movie buff. "Of course she
also bought the plans and put a patent on the design and is advertising
the bed to certain hospitals and prisons."
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In a taxi leaving Nerima.
"Nabiki-chan, where are we going to look for Ran'ko-chan?" asks Kasumi
when the taxi enters Juuban.
"Hmm, well the police scanner hasn't mentioned a cat-girl sighting since
we started." Nabiki explains. "So she's probably found somewhere to
rest. I looked over the map of Juuban on the computer before we left,
and there are a couple parks, and a few open lots where she might be,
but one of the parks rang a bell, and I looked it up and there have been
several monsters killed there recently. So I think we can start there."
"But Nabiki, why the park with monsters?" Kasumi asks nerviously.
"Well, I think Neko-Ranko will like the park because she likes to climb
trees and stay away from cars, and if there is a monster the odds are
pretty good that Ranko will end up fighting it." Nabiki tells her,
explaining her logic.
"Oh my, well I guess I can't really argue with that." Kasumi replies.
"Her life is so exciting."
When the taxi lets them out at the park Nabiki tells the driver
"Remember, don't run from the cat-girl, toss the cat-nip ball to her and
she'll play with it and ignore you. If your carrying food that she can
smell give that too her as well. She's just like a cat, not a vicious
monster, and thanks for the free ride."
"Oh my, that was nice of you to tell him how to deal with Neko-Ranko,
Imouto-chan."
"Yeah, but did you see the taxi fare I saved Oneechan, besides the more
people that know how to deal with her cat side, the less likely she is
to get into trouble out here." Nabiki replies starting to walk towards
the small grove in the park. "Lets check in here first. Here kitty
kitty, Ranko come here kitty."
"Oh my, lets ask this nice couple if they've seen him." says Kasumi
pointing out a young couple walking out of the trees, the girl carrying
a couple of small duffel bags, the man carrying a full sized sea bag on
his back like a backpack. "Excuse me, have you seen a red-haired girl
acting like a cat? She should be wearing a white tuxedo."
Mana and Yuta exchange some weirded-out looks and Mana replies "Actually
yes, we saw her about 30 minutes ago on the other side of the grove near
the benches."
"Yes, she had just finished killing a monster when we left, I don't
think the monster stood a chance." Yuta tells them. "She's very
dangerous, are you sure you should be going after her?"
"Yep, that's our Ranko-chan, she's quite the fighter. Don't worry, she
knows us, we're practically family to her." Nabiki explains to the nice
couple. "Come on Kasumi-oneechan, if we hurry we might catch Ranko-chan
before the police show up and scare her off."
"Thank you so much for the information, have a nice evening." says
Kasumi as she takes off running after Nabiki.
"Yuta, about that cat-girl, do you think she ate any of the mermaid's
flesh that Masoto had?" Mana asks.
"I'm almost sure of it, he only had a few pieces left in his pockets.
He must have given her all the rest, and you know what that means."
"Yes, there is an dangerous immortal cat-girl on the loose in Juuban.
How weird can this place get."
"Well, I heard that they have a group of fuku clad magical girls that
fight youma here in Juuban, and over in Nerima they have a bunch of
martial artists that cause lots of property damage."
"Yuta, have you ever thought about learning martial arts. If we can
learn to be that strong, we wouldn't get killed as often."
"That's a good idea Mana, and they say the best martial artists are in
Nerima. We'll come back and check it out after we get rid of this body."
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"Wait up Nabiki-chan!" *Huff* *Pant* "I'm getting out of shape, maybe I
should take up jogging."
"Kasumi-chan, over here!" Nabiki yells from over by a park bench. "I
found that monster they were talking about."
"Oh my, it looks like Neko-Ranko-chan really did a number on it." says
Kasumi looking a bit green as she checks out the dead body of the monster.
"Yes, since it wasn't a person Neko-Ranko didn't hold back like she did
with Ryouga-kun. This is what her Ki claws can really do, scary ne?"
Nabiki says as she circles around the body looking around and takes a
few pictures with her digital camera.
"Oneechan, I found some bloody hand and foot prints heading down this
path, Ranma must have gone this way." Nabiki says pointing down a paved
foot trail headed towards the street. Then they follow the blood trail
out to the street.
"Oh my, do you think someone gave Neko-Ranko-chan a ride?" asks Kasumi
when the bloody trail ends at the sidewalk in a large bloody smear like
she had rolled around a bit.
"Or she jumped on top of a car, but I don't think Neko-Ranko likes
cars. Can you look around a bit to see if the trail starts up again,
I'll go ahead and call the police about the monster." says Nabiki while
thinking 'I'll call those reporters that offered money for tips first,
I'll just have to ask for them to triple the yen.'
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Kasumi and Nabiki are standing in the side door of a the Tokyo 6 News
van watching the TV for they're story to air.
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"We have a news flash, just over an hour ago the missing 'cat-girl'
Ranko Saotome killed a monster in Juuban River Park. We can see the
police with the body covered behind us, and they are marking off the
bloody hand and foot prints of the 'cat-girl' walking away from her
kill." says the TV reporter standing outside the police line. "We have
managed to aquire some pictures of the body from the person who found
it. Be warned these pictures are extremely graphic and may be
unsuitable for some viewers, so take a moment and send the kids out of
the room. We have talked to Tendo Nabiki who knows 'Ranko' the
'cat-girl' and Nabiki-san tells us that Neko-Ranko-chan would never
attack a person like this, but felt no need to hold her claws in when
fighting a monster. OK, the pictures are ready. This first shot is a
whole body shot of the monster, notice it's blue skin, bug eyes, and
clawed hands. Also the body is in a large pool of blood. This shot is
of some deep slashes on the back, in this shot you can see that the
claws actually cut cleanly through several ribs, and in this last shot
is what must have been the finishing blow to the neck, the cuts go from
8 to 12 inches deep, almost completely severing the head from the body,
killing it instantly."
"Well, that was certainly quite graphic." says the TV anchorman. "From
what was reported from the hospital, the young man who was wounded at
the wedding received many cuts requiring over 200 stitches, lost over a
liter of blood, and has a serious concussion, but the cuts were quite
shallow, certainly nothing like the wounds that the monster received,
and while serious the wounds to the young man were not life
threatening. This is a picture of Ranko." showing a picture of
Ranma-chan wearing a black tanktop and shorts doing a kata. "And this is
a picture of Neko-Ranko taken earlier today." The screen now shows a
snapshot of the same red-headed girl in a white tuxedo crouched down
with one hand on the ground, the other hand raised to strike with
glowing red blades projecting from her fingers. "She should still be
wearing a white tuxedo, and at this point is probably dirty and covered
in blood. If you see her please call the police or the number on the
bottom of the screen, there is a reward of 50,000 yen for information
that leads to the capture of the cat-girl, but you should not attempt to
capture her yourselves. And now we will return you to you regular TV show."
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"Nabiki-chan, did you have to call the news crews as well as the police?"
"I made a lot of yen from those reporters, more than enough to cover
that reward I put on Ranko-chan, and cover the wedding expenses."
"But those pictures, Nabiki, did you have to sell them to the news."
"I didn't sell the pictures Oneechan, just the rights to use them on TV
for the next 3 days, I'm planning on selling them to a few magazines as
well. I might even get a prize for them. Hmm, what is that award
called a pull-it-zer?"
"Really Imouto-chan."
"I might get a journalism scolarship, besides I'm making Ranma-kun
famous, think of the business for the dojo."
"Hmmf, infamous is more like it, and with-out anyone teaching classes
how can we get money from the dojo."
"I'll work on that, don't worry. We can also start you taking some
nursing classes, Kasumi-chan, at least correspondance courses, but with
Auntie Nodoka around you should be able to attend some classes as well."
"Oh my, you really think so Nabiki-chan, can we afford it?" Kasumi asks
getting exited.
"Just leave the money up to me. I think we should go home Oneechan. I
don't think we are going to find Ranko-chan tonight."
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make any money off this so I guess it's OK then.
This is a Ranma continuation and multi-cross-over with Sailor Moon,
Tenchi Muyo!, Mermaid Saga, Ah Megami-sama and Mamono Hunter Yohko.
This is my first time writing a fan fiction, so please review and tell
me what you think.
Ranma Crossing Over to the Wild Side
By Paul Bennett aka Shadowbakasama
Chapter 2: Where did the 'cat-girl' go?
The news was spreading all over Japan by rumor, newspaper, radio, and
television about the bombed wedding, the missing groom, and the cat-girl
loose in Tokyo chasing a pervert. Most people find this very
entertaining if a bit hard to believe, and lots of people in Tokyo, and
especially in Nerima decide to be extra friendly to any cat-girls that
are around. Few people know who 'Ranko' Saotome is outside of Nerima,
but 'Ranma' Saotome son of Genma and Nodoka Saotome draws the attention
of several people outside of Nerima. Several young women found out
they're fiancee was missing, but still single, just barely.
In Ohkayama, at the Masaki Shrine, Noboyuki turned on the evening news
to watch the story about the cat-girl on the loose in Tokyo. "Everyone,
come in here, you'll want to see this. There is a dangerous 'cat-girl'
on the loose in Tokyo, I heard about it at the office."
"Cat-girl? I've got to hear this one, you don't see that many of them
on this planet." says Washu-chan.
Everyone gathers in around to watch the evening news as Noboyuki turns
the TV to channel 6.
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The TV shows the Channel 6 News room, with a pretty young anchorwoman
reading the news from a hidden teleprompter.
"Earlier today in the Nerima district of Tokyo the wedding of Saotome
Ranma and Tendo Akane was interupted by explosions and fighting. While
this isn't that unusual for Nerima, this time the police have become
involved because of an insane 'cat-girl' on the loose in Tokyo." The
picture changes from the news anchorwoman to a snapshot of a red-headed
girl in a white tuxedo crouched down with one hand on the ground, the
other hand raised to strike with glowing red blades projecting from her
fingers. "The 'neko-onno' goes by the name Saotome Ranko, and she is a
powerful martial artist suffering from a form of temporary insanity
caused by traumatic exposure to 'cats'. In her current mental state she
believes that she is a cat, and can even manifest 'ki claws' that can
cut through steel. Her behavior is similar to that of a housecat and it
is unlikely that she will attack anyone without provocation. To avoid
problems with the 'cat-girl' we are advising people to avoid the
'cat-girl' but don't run or make loud noises, if you have food that she
seems interested in just set the food down and back away from it, don't
worry you will be reimbursed. The Tokyo Police department is tracking
the 'cat-girls' movements, so you can dial 911 to report 'cat-girl'
sightings, at this time the last report had her leaving Nerima going
into the Juuban district 20 minutes ago. Now switching over to
Namaguchi Jiro at the scene of the wedding."
The scene changes to the backyard of the Tendo-ke facing the dojo. The
dojo has sustained heavy bomb damage, as well as having several section
on wall missing, and the wooden floor is scorched and cratered in
several spots. A pile of smashed wood and burnt wedding decorations
sits in the yard in front of the dojo.
"This is Namaguchi Jiro at the Tendo Dojo of Anything Goes Martial Arts
in the Nerima district of Tokyo. Behind me you can see the aftermath of
a failed wedding. This one wasn't just a bride being left in front of
the altar, no this wedding ended up in a battle royal over the groom,
the bride, and the wedding presents. The combatants used fists, feet,
swords, bombs, mallets, ki blasts and even the dreaded Neko-Ken in a
fight that wrecked the dojo behind me, sent one boy to the hospital, and
unleashed a wild 'cat-girl' on Tokyo."
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Noboyuki catches the names of the groom and 'cat-girl' and points at the
woman wearing a kimono, carrying a long bundle and says "That's your
daughter Nodoka, isn't it Katsuhito? The means my 'niece' is a wild
'cat-girl'. Bwuhahaha, and my nephew Ranma is the missing groom."
"That's her alright, I haven't seen her in 22 years since she ran off to
marry that no good, rogue Saotome Genma, but I thought Ranma was an only
child? Who is 'Ranko' the cat-girl?"
"If Ranko is your granddaughter, then she is Juraian royalty, and she is
missing after her brother's wedding was ruined. We should go to Nerima
and find her." Ayeka suggests.
'Hmm, if this Ranma's wedding was bombed he's probably still single, and
he is Juraian royalty, maybe I can get Ayeka to go after him, and I'll
have Tenchi.' thinks Ryouko. "That's right, Auntie Ayeka should go find
her missing niece and nephew."
"Hey, they're my cousins, I've never even met them. Otousan can we
visit after they turn up?" asks Tenchi.
"Hmm, sorry son, you still have to attend school, and I can't take
anymore time off work right now." Noboyuki tells him.
"Damn, shot down." Tenchi says in a 'You don't let me have any fun' tone
of voice.
"Don't worry Tenchi. Ryouko-san, Ayeka-chan, Ryo-ohki, and myself can
go to Tokyo tonight to look for our missing princess of Jurai."
Katsuhito tells him. "We just need to pack enough clothes for a week,
then we are off to Tokyo. Washu-chan do you want to come along?"
"Sure, this wild neko-onno sounds interesting." Washu replies, getting
that mad scientist look in her eyes. "WHAT! I might be able to help
the poor girl."
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At Nerima General Hospital two girls are on they're way to visit
Ryouga. They find Akari sitting in the visitor's lounge.
"Hi Akari-chan, I thought you'd be in with Ryouga-kun." says Akane.
"Oh, Tofu-sensei is in there right now Akane-chan." Akari replies. "I'm
just waiting out here until he's done. So Akane-chan, who's your friend?"
"That's right, you haven't met yet. Akari-chan meet Ranma's 'cute'
fiancee, Kuonji Ukyo. Ukyo-san meet Ryouga-kun's girlfriend, Unryuu Akari."
"Hello Akari-chan, it's nice to meet you." says Ukyo, greeting Akari.
"How is Ryouga-chan doing, it looked like Ranchan ripped him up pretty
badly when she went into the Neko-ken."
"Well, Tofu-sensei said it looked worse than it was, the cuts were all
shallow, and made by something very sharp, so the scarring shouldn't be
that bad if he will leave the stitches alone and use the water-proof
soap for at least a week." Akari explains.
"Why does he need to use water-proof soap?" askes Akane.
"Yeah, it's not like Ryouga-chan has a curse like Ranchan." says Ukyo.
"Umm, well ..." says Akari trying to come up with a good excuse. "Umm,
they used water soluable thread for the stitches. Yeah, so that they
don't have to be pulled, if he get's lost, he can just wash them off
when the cuts are healed. But until the cuts heal up he has to use
water-proof soap."
"Oh, OK, that's neat." replies Akane, remaining completely oblivious to
Ryougas little problem.
"Right, another of the wonder's of modern medicine." says Ukyo, not
really buying the story.
"But what happened to Ranma-kun! To make err her attack like that and
run off." says Akari try to divert the conversation. "I've never seen
anyone act like that, it's just not like him, I mean uh her to do that."
"Oh, we can blame his bakayarou father for that, right Akane-chan?" Ukyo
tells her.
"Right, Genma-baka made Ranma learn a horrible martial arts technique
called the 'Neko-ken' or Cat-Fist, because of it he is terrified of
cats, and can go insane and think he is a cat, even to the point of
running around on all fours and having 'claws' made from his Ki." Akane
explains.
"From Saotome-san explaining it 'Neko-Ranma-chan' must have went easy on
Ryouga-chan. His 'claws' sliced Akane's mallet into pieces, and he must
have shortened his claws when he hit Ryouga, so he wasn't trying to kill
him."
"Yes, I suspected as much when I was giving Hibiki-san first-aid." Say
Dr. Tofu as he enters the lounge. "His strong aura and the Batusai
Tenketsu training probably also helped to keep the cuts shallow.
Hibiki-san also has a large bruise on his forehead and a moderate
concussion. I think Ranma..chan used a headbutt when she pounced on
Ryouga to knock him out."
"Would that have worked? Since that Bakusai Tenketsu training Ranchan
usually has to hit Ryouga-chan hundreds of times to beat him." Ukyo asks.
"Ah, but Ranma-san has also learned the Bakusai Tenketsu, Saotome-san
took him to a demolition site just a week after Hibiki-san learned it
and toughened him up with a wrecking ball, then made Ranma use the
'Breaking Point' to destroy the condemned building, Saotome-san and
Nabiki-san made quite a bit of money underbidding the demolition crew on
that job. Ranma-san has been toughened up even further by continuing
advanced training supplied by Akane-san. Ranma-san's head should be
very tough by now."
"What are you talking about Tofu-sensei? Ranma doesn't like to spar
with me, and when he does he dodges all my punches." Akane asks him,
missing the point.
"Well, actually, Akane-san, Ukyo-san. You with Shampoo and Kuno Kodachi
have been toughening up Ranma-san with mallets, spatullas, clubs and
bon-bori hits, mostly to the head, ever since you met him. The daily
beatings have increased his toughness and recovery rate far beyond what
Hibiki-san achieved by smashing himself against boulders. Why the
headbutt that knocked out Hibiki-san must have hardly fazed Ranma."
"Umm, right, I guess I have noticed that I have to mallet Ranma several
times now to get him to stay down, and he does get back up much faster
than he used to." Akane replies in a small guilty voice. "But he
deserved it! That baka hentai!"
"Well, you can go visit with Hibiki-san for awhile, but don't get him
excited or depressed. I've used acupunture to reduce the pain and keep
him from moving around, and to concentrate his Ki near the cuts to heal
them faster, so don't touch the needles." Dr. Tofo explains before
letting then into Ryouga's room.
The girls enter to see Ryouga laying in a special hospital bed,
constructed from heavy tube steel and a large steel plate with a futon
pad on it with holes for restraints through the plate and the futon.
The restraints look like the nylon tie-down straps used on flat-bed
trucks. Ryouga has his chest heavily bandaged and has accupunture
needles sticking out of his chest, an icepack was resting on his
forehead, and an IV tree with 3 bags stood at the side of the bed with
tubes leading to Ryouga's right arm. In addition to the bandages and
restaints, it looked like someone had decided to plastic wrap him,
except for his head which had a clear tent over it.
"Uhm, Sensei, why is Ryouga-kun plastic wrapped?" Akane asks.
"Oh well, we have to keep water away from Hibiki-san or all the
stitches, bandages, and straps will come loose aggravating his injures
and making us all start over." Dr. Tofu explains.
"Wow, where did you get this bed Tofu-sensei? It looks like the
shock-table from that new Frankenstein movie that they did in Yokohama!"
Ukyo exclaims, being a closet horror movie otaku. "Look at these
tie-downs and the massive steel frame, why the copper grounding straps
are even hooked up! It is the one from the movie isn't it?"
"Actually it is Ukyo-san, I saw the movie, and it looked like just he
thing for restraining a person of incredible strength, and knowing how
strong some of you martial artists are, I had Nabiki-san aquire it for
me, she didn't even gouge me to bad on the price, and had the heavy-duty
swivel wheels installed so that it can be moved around." Tofu explains
to Ukyo, happy to have found another horror movie buff. "Of course she
also bought the plans and put a patent on the design and is advertising
the bed to certain hospitals and prisons."
--------------------------------
In a taxi leaving Nerima.
"Nabiki-chan, where are we going to look for Ran'ko-chan?" asks Kasumi
when the taxi enters Juuban.
"Hmm, well the police scanner hasn't mentioned a cat-girl sighting since
we started." Nabiki explains. "So she's probably found somewhere to
rest. I looked over the map of Juuban on the computer before we left,
and there are a couple parks, and a few open lots where she might be,
but one of the parks rang a bell, and I looked it up and there have been
several monsters killed there recently. So I think we can start there."
"But Nabiki, why the park with monsters?" Kasumi asks nerviously.
"Well, I think Neko-Ranko will like the park because she likes to climb
trees and stay away from cars, and if there is a monster the odds are
pretty good that Ranko will end up fighting it." Nabiki tells her,
explaining her logic.
"Oh my, well I guess I can't really argue with that." Kasumi replies.
"Her life is so exciting."
When the taxi lets them out at the park Nabiki tells the driver
"Remember, don't run from the cat-girl, toss the cat-nip ball to her and
she'll play with it and ignore you. If your carrying food that she can
smell give that too her as well. She's just like a cat, not a vicious
monster, and thanks for the free ride."
"Oh my, that was nice of you to tell him how to deal with Neko-Ranko,
Imouto-chan."
"Yeah, but did you see the taxi fare I saved Oneechan, besides the more
people that know how to deal with her cat side, the less likely she is
to get into trouble out here." Nabiki replies starting to walk towards
the small grove in the park. "Lets check in here first. Here kitty
kitty, Ranko come here kitty."
"Oh my, lets ask this nice couple if they've seen him." says Kasumi
pointing out a young couple walking out of the trees, the girl carrying
a couple of small duffel bags, the man carrying a full sized sea bag on
his back like a backpack. "Excuse me, have you seen a red-haired girl
acting like a cat? She should be wearing a white tuxedo."
Mana and Yuta exchange some weirded-out looks and Mana replies "Actually
yes, we saw her about 30 minutes ago on the other side of the grove near
the benches."
"Yes, she had just finished killing a monster when we left, I don't
think the monster stood a chance." Yuta tells them. "She's very
dangerous, are you sure you should be going after her?"
"Yep, that's our Ranko-chan, she's quite the fighter. Don't worry, she
knows us, we're practically family to her." Nabiki explains to the nice
couple. "Come on Kasumi-oneechan, if we hurry we might catch Ranko-chan
before the police show up and scare her off."
"Thank you so much for the information, have a nice evening." says
Kasumi as she takes off running after Nabiki.
"Yuta, about that cat-girl, do you think she ate any of the mermaid's
flesh that Masoto had?" Mana asks.
"I'm almost sure of it, he only had a few pieces left in his pockets.
He must have given her all the rest, and you know what that means."
"Yes, there is an dangerous immortal cat-girl on the loose in Juuban.
How weird can this place get."
"Well, I heard that they have a group of fuku clad magical girls that
fight youma here in Juuban, and over in Nerima they have a bunch of
martial artists that cause lots of property damage."
"Yuta, have you ever thought about learning martial arts. If we can
learn to be that strong, we wouldn't get killed as often."
"That's a good idea Mana, and they say the best martial artists are in
Nerima. We'll come back and check it out after we get rid of this body."
---------------------------
"Wait up Nabiki-chan!" *Huff* *Pant* "I'm getting out of shape, maybe I
should take up jogging."
"Kasumi-chan, over here!" Nabiki yells from over by a park bench. "I
found that monster they were talking about."
"Oh my, it looks like Neko-Ranko-chan really did a number on it." says
Kasumi looking a bit green as she checks out the dead body of the monster.
"Yes, since it wasn't a person Neko-Ranko didn't hold back like she did
with Ryouga-kun. This is what her Ki claws can really do, scary ne?"
Nabiki says as she circles around the body looking around and takes a
few pictures with her digital camera.
"Oneechan, I found some bloody hand and foot prints heading down this
path, Ranma must have gone this way." Nabiki says pointing down a paved
foot trail headed towards the street. Then they follow the blood trail
out to the street.
"Oh my, do you think someone gave Neko-Ranko-chan a ride?" asks Kasumi
when the bloody trail ends at the sidewalk in a large bloody smear like
she had rolled around a bit.
"Or she jumped on top of a car, but I don't think Neko-Ranko likes
cars. Can you look around a bit to see if the trail starts up again,
I'll go ahead and call the police about the monster." says Nabiki while
thinking 'I'll call those reporters that offered money for tips first,
I'll just have to ask for them to triple the yen.'
-----------------------------
Kasumi and Nabiki are standing in the side door of a the Tokyo 6 News
van watching the TV for they're story to air.
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"We have a news flash, just over an hour ago the missing 'cat-girl'
Ranko Saotome killed a monster in Juuban River Park. We can see the
police with the body covered behind us, and they are marking off the
bloody hand and foot prints of the 'cat-girl' walking away from her
kill." says the TV reporter standing outside the police line. "We have
managed to aquire some pictures of the body from the person who found
it. Be warned these pictures are extremely graphic and may be
unsuitable for some viewers, so take a moment and send the kids out of
the room. We have talked to Tendo Nabiki who knows 'Ranko' the
'cat-girl' and Nabiki-san tells us that Neko-Ranko-chan would never
attack a person like this, but felt no need to hold her claws in when
fighting a monster. OK, the pictures are ready. This first shot is a
whole body shot of the monster, notice it's blue skin, bug eyes, and
clawed hands. Also the body is in a large pool of blood. This shot is
of some deep slashes on the back, in this shot you can see that the
claws actually cut cleanly through several ribs, and in this last shot
is what must have been the finishing blow to the neck, the cuts go from
8 to 12 inches deep, almost completely severing the head from the body,
killing it instantly."
"Well, that was certainly quite graphic." says the TV anchorman. "From
what was reported from the hospital, the young man who was wounded at
the wedding received many cuts requiring over 200 stitches, lost over a
liter of blood, and has a serious concussion, but the cuts were quite
shallow, certainly nothing like the wounds that the monster received,
and while serious the wounds to the young man were not life
threatening. This is a picture of Ranko." showing a picture of
Ranma-chan wearing a black tanktop and shorts doing a kata. "And this is
a picture of Neko-Ranko taken earlier today." The screen now shows a
snapshot of the same red-headed girl in a white tuxedo crouched down
with one hand on the ground, the other hand raised to strike with
glowing red blades projecting from her fingers. "She should still be
wearing a white tuxedo, and at this point is probably dirty and covered
in blood. If you see her please call the police or the number on the
bottom of the screen, there is a reward of 50,000 yen for information
that leads to the capture of the cat-girl, but you should not attempt to
capture her yourselves. And now we will return you to you regular TV show."
-------------------------------
"Nabiki-chan, did you have to call the news crews as well as the police?"
"I made a lot of yen from those reporters, more than enough to cover
that reward I put on Ranko-chan, and cover the wedding expenses."
"But those pictures, Nabiki, did you have to sell them to the news."
"I didn't sell the pictures Oneechan, just the rights to use them on TV
for the next 3 days, I'm planning on selling them to a few magazines as
well. I might even get a prize for them. Hmm, what is that award
called a pull-it-zer?"
"Really Imouto-chan."
"I might get a journalism scolarship, besides I'm making Ranma-kun
famous, think of the business for the dojo."
"Hmmf, infamous is more like it, and with-out anyone teaching classes
how can we get money from the dojo."
"I'll work on that, don't worry. We can also start you taking some
nursing classes, Kasumi-chan, at least correspondance courses, but with
Auntie Nodoka around you should be able to attend some classes as well."
"Oh my, you really think so Nabiki-chan, can we afford it?" Kasumi asks
getting exited.
"Just leave the money up to me. I think we should go home Oneechan. I
don't think we are going to find Ranko-chan tonight."
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