RANMA 1/2 vs. STREET FIGHTER: Interference				  
Story by BAHUMUTH  
Based on fictional characters by Takahashi Rumiko/Capcom  
Send comments to: BAHUMUTH@mindless.com  
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	"I love you." said Ran-chan to Akane.  
	Ran-chan and Akane stood on a rock formation several hundred feet above the roaring ocean, both  
holding each other in their arms tightly. Surrounding them, below the rock formations, were all of their  
friends and family. Although all of them were still dazed by the recent string of events, each and every one of  
them heard Ranma say it.  
	"Oh, Ranma..." said Akane, overcome by emotion, "Oh, Ranma. I.... I love......"   
	Before she could finish, the two embraced in the deepest, most passionate kiss ever imagined. Tears  
streamed from Akane's eyes as they held each other tight. After a long, heroic, (untold) story, Ranma and  
Akane finally realized how much they needed each other and now had finally admitted their feelings for one  
another in one great explosion of emotion.   
	Shampoo looked on with a frown on her face. One of her maces was broken and it was obvious she  
had been in a fight. She was dressed in an extravagant kimono that seemed to have been ripped up by some  
previous unknown adversary. Although she now realized she would never get Ranma to truly love her, she  
seemed somewhat complacent and perhaps even accepted it. She looked over to Mousse, the man who  
loved her unconditionally. "Maybe Mousse not so bad.....", she whispered.  
	Ryoga looked like he had been roasted alive. His skin was blackened to a crisp, but he seemed not  
to notice. He looked on to the scene of Ranma and Akane with streams of tears flowing from his eyes. He  
had seen this coming for a long time now, but he was still shocked by it. His love for Akane was pure, pure  
as the driven snow. He loved her for everything that she was. The good and the bad. Even her clumsiness  
that was so much a part of her was ingrained into his love for her. And yet, even with this love, he had found  
trust in another woman in the heroic adventure he had just barely lived through. His eyes wandered over to  
Ukyo.  
	"About damn time." mumbled Nabiki drinking some tea through a straw, looking up to the  
romantic scene. She was dressed in a jet aircraft uniform issued to pilots flying harriers. The uniform was  
now covered with oil and dirt. She then looked over to Kuno and smiled at the predicament he was in.  
	Kasumi was dressed in the sexiest lingerie you never did see her in. Even so, she still wore her  
innocent smile. The romance of the scene got to her and she began to have thoughts of a somewhat love  
interest of hers that she had never admitted to anybody. She looked over to Dr. Tofu.  
	Sasuke was wearing a blue kendo outfit that looked like a miniature version of what Kuno normally  
wore. "Poor master...." he whispered, plucking at one of his long whiskers. He then looked over to Kodachi  
and was startled at what had happened to her.  
	Genma and Soun were both holding up Japanese fans and crying in happiness. Genma looked like  
he had been tarred and feathered while Soun's skin was still pale and his hair still stood up on end from the  
ghastly sight he had seen not minutes before this incident. In their happiness, they hugged each other, and  
then got stuck from the tar that was still on Genma.  
	Nodoka, Ranma's mother, stared at the scene holding her katana which was now stained with green  
blood. She had found out about Ranma's and Genma's curse and had been gracious enough to not force  
them to commit sepuku for their dishonor.  She was dressed in a black ninja jumpsuit. She had several  
wounds on her side and arm. The mask across her face only showed a single tear forming in her eye.  
	Cologne, Shampoo's great grandmother, and Happosai looked on in quiet thought. For the first  
time in 250 years, Cologne had broken a sweat. Her staff was broken as well. Happi's rear end was so  
swollen it seemed like he had been kicked in the ass even more times than usual, if that was possible. "I  
guess I should have known this would eventually happen.", Cologne said to Happi. "I wonder what bra size  
Akane is wearing." he replied.  
	Kodachi was tied up in her own ribbon, but she could still look up to see the scene between Ranma  
and Akane. Under a green Chinese cap with a star on it, streams of tears flowed from her eyes. She would  
have screamed except one of her wooden club-like gymnast tools had been shoved in her mouth. Sasuke  
walked over and untied her and pulled the tool out of her mouth. "Th- thank you.... Sasuke." said Kodachi  
looking down. Sasuke gave her a warm smile.  
	Dr. Tofu sat nearby quietly drinking a cup of tea, seemingly unchanged from the prior events. "It's  
been so long, I wonder if I can still even give a karate kick." thought Tofu. He then turned his eyes to the  
woman he had secretly had a crush on for years, Kasumi.  
	Kuno was totally naked and drenched. He watched the scene, expecting himself to go insane at the  
sight of his two loves emracing one another. But, strangely enough, he didn't move. He probed his dreams to  
find the cause for such apathy. His mind raced through the prior events, and then all at once, it all made  
sense! "I love Nabiki Tendo." he said to himself. "More than Akane or the pig-tailed girl. I love her more  
than I ever loved them." Kuno then realized what he just said and tears of grief and disgust flowed out of his  
eyes like rivers.  
	Ukyo was dressed in a blue school uniform and had her hair in a ponytail, seemingly trying to pass  
as a guy again. The uniform had small blast marks on them, as if she had somehow narrowly avoided being  
caught in an explosion. She looked at the scene and wished the best for those two. During the course of the  
adventure, she had decided she liked Ranma more as a friend than a husband. She had fallen in love with  
Ryoga.  
	"Geez," thought Mousse, "out of all the weird adventures we've been on, that was definitely the  
most exciting!" He then lowered his glasses to gaze over at the only woman he had ever loved, Shampoo.  
With his glasses back on, he realized for the first time that he was wearing a pink leotard. "How the heck did  
this get on me?!?!?" he shouted.  
	They had all fought together to defeat a common foe. Each had helped in their own way and now  
that the foe was defeated, they had all learned the importance of putting aside their petty differences, atleast  
for a while.  
	Back on the rock formation, Ran-chan and Akane released their grasp. "Akane...." said Ran-chan,  
seeming like she wanted to say something. "Yes?" asked Akane. "Um," stuttered Ran-chan, "Do you uh,  
well, um, do you want to, you know......"  
	"Yes." replied Akane.  
	After another hug, Akane decided to walk down and make sure everyone was okay. While walking  
down the cliff, she saw a black bird, enraged by a mating call, collide in mid-air with a dove. Both fell to the  
ground crippled, the dove on top of the black bird.   
	Ryoga walked up the rock formation. "Ryoga...." said Ran-chan, realizing he had seen everything.  
"Well Ranma, you beat me." Ran-chan looked on, not sure how to reply. "You beat me in martial arts. And  
you beat me in taking Akane. And now there's only one thing I can do."  
	"Ryoga....."  
	Ryoga extended his hand. "Friends?", he asked. Ran-chan looked at his hand. "Best friends!",  
replied Ran-chan, grasping his hand and shaking heartily.  
  
					*****  
  
	Two days later they were back in Japan.  
	"RANMA NO BAKA!!!!" shouted Akane as Ranma flew through the roof. Ranma had accidentally  
walked in on Akane during her morning bath and had paid the penalty. Even though Akane had finally  
admitted to herself that she loved Ranma and was ready to give herself to him, she still enjoyed sending him  
flying when he was stunned from walking in on her, which was the only time she could ever defeat him.  
Ranma being stronger than her was something he never let her forget and it felt good to beat him on those  
rare occasions.  
	When Ranma made it back to the house, he was in his girl side. He had obviously fallen in a pool of  
water upon descent. Kasumi gave him a note. "What's this?" asked Ran-chan. "I think it's a formal letter of  
challenge." answered Kasumi, walking on to continue her sweeping. "Geez! Another one? Maybe I should  
start a scrapbook....." she said opening it. It was a letter of challenge, but not a personal one. It was a flyer  
inviting her to test her strength and skill in the International Street Fighter Tournament. "Street Fighter  
Tournament?" she said, reading it.  
	"It is a league of super fighters from around the world. Although on the outside it is merely a  
contest to test the strength of these warriors, on the inside it is the work of a mad military dictator named M.  
Bison to try and recruit powerful warriors into his Shadow-law, an organized crime syndicate for his plot of  
world conquest." said a familiar, raspy voice. Ran-chan turned around to see Cologne and Shampoo, who  
was holding a similar flyer. "You got the same challenge?" asked Ran-chan.  
	"Shampoo going to test strength! Ranma, you fight too?" asked Shampoo.   
	"Why would I want to do something stupid like that?" asked Ran-chan.  
	"WHAT???", screamed Genma appearing behind Ran-chan, "How can you say that, Ranma? The  
Anything-Goes School of Martial Arts must accept ANY challenge at ANY time. Have all of your training  
been for naught? It looks like you never WILL be worthy to carry on the Saotome School!"  
	Soun walked by with a toothbrush in his mouth and waved at Cologne and Shampoo.  
	Ranma poured hot-water on himself from a kettle and replied, "You know what, pop, you're right.  
I'm not worthy to carry on the school...."   
	"Now, wait a minute, son......" stuttered Genma.  
	"Guess you'll just have to let your OTHER son carry it on...." said Ranma, walking off and being  
followed by a pleading Genma.  
	Ryoga walked in holding a similar flyer and a gift-wrapped package. "Is this where you register for  
the Street Fighter Tournament?" he asked.   
	"You're going to fight in the Japanese circuit, too?" asked Nabiki.  
	"You mean this isn't Siam?" he asked.  
	Akane had just finished her bath and had put on her clothes. She walked in drying her hair and  
singing a small tune. "Nights in white satin.... never reaching the e- Oh, Ryoga! You came for a visit?" she  
asked, seeing the package, "Did you bring me any souvenirs?". It seemed rude to ask but Akane had gotten  
so used to the souvenirs, she simply started expecting them.  
	"Oh, no, i'm sorry, Akane.... I guess I.... forgot." he replied. Akane looked a little confused but  
accepted it. "Well, that's okay."  
	"Well, Shampoo going to get ready for date with Mousse." said Shampoo, waving goodbye.  
	"You're going on a date with Mousse?!?" asked Akane in surprise.   
	Shampoo nodded with a smile.  
  
					*****  
  
	A few days later, a large group of people gathered around to see the great Street Fighter  
Tournament. The first fight was being held in the street and a crowd surrounded the area. The fight  
scheduled was between Mousse and a monster from Brazil named the Blanka.  
	"All right you ugly piece of shit! Prepare to die!" shouted Mousee. An elderly woman (who had  
caused a lot of Ranma's transformations thanks to her seemingly pointless act of throwing water on the  
sidewalk with a large wooden spoon.) was cowering on the ground, covering her head in fear of her  
assaulter.  
	"Mousse! Put on glasses! Big ugly green thing that way!" shouted Shampoo. Mousse put on his  
glasses and looked behind him to see a green monster with red hair and huge claws.  
	The referee walked up. He was a large man dressed in a red Chinese military uniform with a large  
sword strapped to his back, He wore an armband with the insignia of the Cult of the Musclesword on it. He  
raised his arm and shouted "Round one. Fight!"  
	The Blanka shot at Mousse, giving a blood-curling scream as it rolled in mid-air towards him like a  
cannonball. Mousse opened his mouth in terror and then jumped away in the nick of time. He started  
throwing daggers at the monster. The Blanka got hit by a few of them, but it only stunned him. The Blanka  
then jumped at Mousse with it's claws coming down in an arc. Mousse jumped back in time and decided to  
take to a lamp post. He leaped up unto it and began chanting "From the rugged mountains of deepest China  
comes a special technique, passed down through 3000 years of his...." The Blanka kicked the lamp post from  
under him and shot upward in his cannonball motion striking him point blank, sending him flying. The  
Blanka then pounced on him and began chewing on him with razor sharp teeth. Mousse screamed. A bucket  
of water hit Mousse from far away and he turned into a duck, enabling him to fly away. Shampoo threw  
another container of water at Mousee, this time an open kettle full of hot water. Mousse changed back into a  
man, injured but still fighting. "So be it." said Mousse, shooting an array of chains and spears out of the  
sleeves of his loose Chinese clothing. The spears hit the Blanka in the chest and stomach, causing it terrible  
pain. Just then, a charge shot through the chains, electrocuting Mousse. Mousse hit the ground, smoking and  
smouldering. The Blanka had transferred the electrical power it could harness in it's body through the metal  
chains. Mousse was unconscious and out of the fight. The Blanka roared over him triumphantly.  
  
					*****  
  
	"Well, he should be just fine in a day or two." said Dr. Tofu, examining a barely coherent Mousse.  
	Mousse had his leg pulled behind his neck and he seemed to have received several medical shots in  
the cheek and nose. His arm was still bleeding profusely from a large cut and an I.V. had been hooked up to  
his belly button. Ranma was already there, looking at Mousse with worry. He had been delivering a present  
to Dr. Tofu from Kasumi. Unfortunately, Mousse had been brought in at the same time and Dr. Tofu had  
started working on him while he was still excited about getting a present from Kasumi, which was always  
the worst time to be examined by Dr. Tofu. Dr. Tofu was just now getting over it.  
	"You know, Ranma." said Dr. Tofu, "I was wondering why you never wear a uniform to school...."  
	"Yeah, right." replied Ranma, "I'd like to see them try i-"  
	Just then, Shampoo walked in through the door (without opening it.) "Ni-hao! Mousse all right?"  
she asked.  
	 "Yes," replied Dr. Tofu, "He should be just fine in... AHH!!! What just happened to you,  
Mousse?!?" Dr. Tofu went into the other room to get some more bandages for him.  
	"Shampoo bring biscuits and tea for Mousse and Ranma.", said Shampoo.  
	"Thanks, Shampoo.", said Ranma, grabbing and devouring the food. Now that Shampoo had  
started dating Mousse, he didn't have to worry about Shampoo sneaking any weird stuff into the food she  
gave him.   
	Ranma finished his tea and began to feel a little funny. "Shampoo! I love you!" shouted Ranma,  
jumping up and hugging Shampoo.   
	Shampoo smiled a devilish smile. "Love potion in tea make you fall in love with other sex you first  
see. Now you know Shampoo not give up so easy. Fight with Blanka prove Mousse not right man for  
Shampoo.", she said.  
	"Shampoo...." Mousee called weakly, reaching out, but mistakingly grabbing hold of Betty, Dr.  
Tofu's skeleton instead of Shampoo. Shampoo dragged a love-sick Ranma behind Mousse, out the busted  
door.  
	Dr. Tofu walked back in the room. "What's all the ruckus in here?" he asked. "Oh, Shampoo left me  
some tea. How nice of her." He drank the tea while he kept a visual on Mousee. Then he started to feel a  
little funny. Just then he heard Kasumi's voice. "Dr. Tofu....."  
	Dr. Tofu turned around with an excited look on his face.   
	"Ranma didn't come back after I sent him to you with the present. Did you get it?" asked Kasumi.  
	"Oh, Ranma? He's very nice, thank you." said Dr. Tofu. However, Dr. Tofu's glasses were so  
fogged up he couldn't see Kasumi in the slightest bit.   
	"Well, I hope you enjoy it." said Kasumi, giving Dr. Tofu her brightest smile. She hoped he would  
think about her after as she left.   
	Dr. Tofu's glasses started to fog down soon afterwards, and he still felt a little funny from the tea he  
had drank.  
	"Dr. Tofu, is Ranma here?" asked Akane, walking in through the smashed door.  
	"Akane?" asked Dr. Tofu, turning around to see her.  
	"I guess not. Where can he be? Tell me if you see him. Bye, Dr. Tofu!" Akane said, running off to  
continue looking for him.  
	"Akane........" breathed Dr. Tofu.  
  
					*****  
  
	The next fight was being held in the parking lot of a Japanese fire station. Several fire trucks and  
fire cars were parked around the battle area. The fight scheduled was between Kuno and an Indian by the  
name of Dhalsim.  
	"I'm sorry, sir. But weapons are strictly prohibited from the fight." said the referee, referring to  
Kuno's wooden sword.  
	"What words you speak, foul dastard?" spouted Kuno, "The last man who fought used spears and  
daggers! How can you ban my Tatewake kendo sword?"  
	"Hidden weapons are legal." replied the referee. At this Kuno got very angry and then began trying  
to stuff his wooden sword into his sleeve.  
  
	"Oh, great." said Nabiki, "Kuno baby is weak enough with his sword. This is not going to be a very  
long match at all."  
	"Weak with his sword?" replied one of Nabiki's friends, "...but didn't you see him smash the  
Furinkan High wall with that sword?"  
	"Yeah.... so what?" asked Nabiki.  
  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	Kuno had gotten his sword stuck in both his sleeves, leaving his arms outstretched on both sides,  
leaving him totally defenseless. "Yoga Fire!" Dhalsim shouted, shooting a fireball out of his mouth. Kuno,  
helpless, screamed and jumped out of the way. Dhalsim shot another fireball and then another. Kuno ducked  
and jumped his way forward. Just then, Dhalsim's leg shot out long, impossibly long, and kicked Kuno in the  
face. Kuno fell backwards, breaking his sword.  
  
	"Did you see that?" asked Nabiki's friend. "It looks like that guy can stretch himself like taffy!"  
Nabiki just nodded, concentrating on the fight.  
  
	Kuno got up, dazed. Dhalsim's arms then stretched out, tripping his legs out from under him. Kuno  
fell again, this time face first. The next time he got up, he decided to make a run for it. But suddenly,  
Dhalsim teleported in front of him. "Yoga Nougee" he said, grabbing Kuno and putting him in a headlock.  
He then began to rub his knuckles up and down Kuno's head, giving him the most painful nougee Kuno had  
ever felt, all the while yelling "Yoga!" over and over in his ear.  
  
	"You think that guy trains under Yoga?" asked one of Nabiki's friends.  
	"What makes you say that? Hey! Where did Nabiki go?" replied the other.  
	Nabiki seemed to be talking to one of the firemen that was sitting on a nearby fire truck, watching  
the fight.  
  
	"Yoga! Yoga! Yoga!" Dhalsim continued shouting, giving Kuno even more of a headache. Kuno  
then placed a well-aimed elbow into Dhalsim's skinny chest. This stopped the nougee, but then he felt  
himself being lifted up and thrown. Kuno flew into a nearby fire truck, shaking it. One of the hoses fell down  
and hit him on the head.  
	"Aha!" exclaimed Kuno. Dhalsim stepped up and yelled "Yoga Flame!" issuing forth a flame from  
his mouth. Kuno grabbed the hose and pulled the lever, shooting forth a blast of highly-pressurized water,  
right into Dhalsim's mouth, putting out the fire and blasting Dhalsim back against the fire station's wall.  
Dhalsim's head smashed into the brick wall hard, breaking a hole in it.  
  
	"That doesn't count as a weapon?" asked a handsome man with a hand puppet on his hand.  
	"No," replied the referee, "that's considered part of the environment."  
  
	 The water continued pressing Dhalsim against the wall, water shooting inside Dhalsim's mouth and  
nose at high velocity. Kuno then said "That is enough." and turned off the hose. The water stopped and  
Dhalsim fell to the ground, barely coherent. "Just kidding!" shouted Kuno, turning on the water again,  
hitting Dhalsim. Kuno laughed hysterically as he kept the hose focused on the tormented Indian.  
  
	"Doesn't it take a lot of men to hold a hose like that?" asked one of Nabiki's friends.  
	"I'm sure Kuno baby can handle that much." replied Nabiki, returning.  
	"It sure is lucky that hose fell down, isn't it?" asked her other friend.  
	Nabiki smiled and replied, "It sure is."  
  
					*****  
  
	Shampoo and Ranma were in the back of her restaurant french kissing. Ranma slowly unbuttoned  
Shampoo's flowery jumpsuit. Shampoo smiled and stood up, pulling her suit over her shoulders, allowing it  
to fall all the way to the ground. Ranma looked up in awe of her beautiful body. Shampoo sat back down on  
Ranma's lap, wrapping her legs around Ranma and pulling off his red Chinese shirt. Ranma began feeling up  
Shampoo. Shampoo closed her eyes in ecstasy, finally getting the man she always wanted. Shampoo began  
to straddle Ranma, moving her body up and down on Ranma's lap. The two continued kissing, as Shampoo  
began pulling off Ranma's pants and boxers.  
  
	Nearby, Cologne was watching through a secret peephole. "It's a good thing I found that old love  
potion in the basement. It probably would have been a lot easier if she had used the potion before the Ranma  
and Akane officially became a couple." she thought. "Ka sera sera." she whispered with a chuckle. Just then  
she heard a noise and looked back to see Ryoga walking up to the restaurant.   
	"That darn fool will ruin everything!" whispered Cologne.  
	"Before Ryoga could knock on the door, Cologne opened it.  
	"Where's Ranma?" asked Ryoga, "The next Street Fighter match is coming up and he's in it."  
	"Well what makes you think he's here, boy?" Cologne asked accusingly.  
	"You mean this isn't the Tendo house?" asked Ryoga.  
	Just then, Cologne noticed a small figure trying to sneak out of the restaurant's window. The small  
thief was carrying a huge bag of food and underwear.  
	"Hey! Come back here with that!" shouted Cologne, hopping after him on her staff.  
	"What a haul! What a haul!" cried Happosai, gleefully skipping away.  
	Ryoga walked in. It was dark, but he heard some noises coming from the back of the restaurant. He  
decided to go and make sure it wasn't another thief.  
  
	Shampoo had slipped off Ranma's pants and boxers and they were now totally naked. Ranma was  
sucking on one of Shampoo's luscious breasts, causing her mouth to hang open in ecstasy. Shampoo then  
kneeled up and reached her hand behind her and took hold of Ranma's organ. She caressed it, moving her  
hand up and down the length of his rod. She then slowly, carefully, kneeled back down on it, allowing him to  
penetrate her. She gasped for a second and then began cradling up and down on top of him. Ranma moaned  
in ecstasy as they made love on the floor. Then Ryoga walked in. Ryoga's eyes bulged and he stuck out his  
forefinger an pinky on each hand in surprise. Ranma turned to look at him and fear struck his heart for the  
first time. Shampoo looked annoyed.  
	Before anyone could say anything, Ryoga heard the door to the restaurant open. Figuring it was  
Cologne, Ryoga went back to the front of the restaurant to confront her about what was going on.  
	"Let's stop, Shampoo." said Ranma.  
	"No! We interrupted one thousand too many times. We finish this time!" ordered Shampoo.  
	Ranma couldn't argue with her. He was under her spell.  
  
	Ryoga walked back into the main restaurant area and once again his eyes bulged.  
	"Have you seen Ranma?" asked Akane.  
	"Ranma? Ranma? Nooooooo, ofcourse not! Why would I have seen Ranma?" Ryoga replied,  
holding up his hands. Just then some moaning were heard from the other side of the restaurant.  
	"That was him, wasn't it?" asked Akane, looking a little angrier now.  
	"NO!" shouted Ryoga, but Akane started walking to the back. "Trust me, Akane, you don't want to  
go back there!"  
  
	Shampoo was now jumping up and down on Ranma as fast as she could. Shampoo began crying  
out faster and faster. "Aiya.....Ai-ya.....Aii-yya.....Aiya...Aiya..Aiya.AiyaAiyaAiya...." Then they both let out  
a scream of ecstasy at the same time as loud as they could. Ranma gave a manly moan while Shampoo  
screamed "AIIIIIIIIYYYAAAA!!!!!", right as Akane opened the door.  
	"Akane?" asked Ranma.  
	Akane said nothing. She just ran, holding her face in one hand and smashing Ryoga into the wall  
with the other as she passed.  
	"Akane......" said Ranma.  
  
					*****  
  
	Ranma's fight with the Jamaican kick-boxer Dee Jay was cancelled due to Ranma not showing up  
for the match. The next fight was taking place in the park. A crowd, including a martial arts cheerleader, a  
giant phoenix, and an old knick-knack store owner, gathered around to watch the fight between the two  
young Chinese girls, Shampoo and Chun Li.  
	"A teenager?" asked Chun Li, "Are you sure i'm supposed to fight her?"  
	"Shampoo come from amazon tribe. Trained to fight since child times." replied Shampoo.  
	"Very well." said Chun Li.  
	"Round one. Fight!" said the referee.  
	Shampoo jump kicked at Chun Li, who barely ducked it. Chun Li came back with a kick, which  
Shampoo dodged. Chun Li pulled back and cried "Ki-kou-ken!", letting loose a ball of blue energy. The  
energy ball caught Shampoo by surprise and hit her square in the face. Chun Li then jumped, coming down  
on Shampoo with a razor sharp heel. Shampoo feigned injury until Chun Li was close enough and then  
jumped, doing a flying kick into Chun Li's gut. Chun Li feel back. Shampoo jumped, doing a flip in mid-air  
to come down on Chun Li. But Chun Li did something unexpected. She did a handstand and started twirling  
her legs around so fast, they actually picked her up and started hovering at her like a helicopter. Shampoo hit  
Chun Li's helicopter kick and went flying into the crowd, hitting a group of people.  
	Amongst a bunch of strewn about citizens, Shampoo lay face down. As she opened her eyes, she  
realized her mouth was open and was resting on the mouth of someone else. She raised herself up to see that  
she was laying on Kodachi, and had been accidentally kissing her. Kodachi opened her eyes and looked at  
Shampoo. Amongst the crowd, a pair of twins with red and green hair with hearts on their shirts stared with  
their mouths agape. A girl with large eyes wearing a ribbon pointed at her while her older sister, a tall, sexy  
woman with a broom-like weapon strapped to her back kept her hand over her mouth. Several voices could  
be heard throughout the crowd.  
	"Holy hippo spit!"  
	"So she's THAT type of girl....."  
	"SHOOBY DOOBY DOO."  
	"Why couldn't I have been 5 more steps to the left?!?"  
	Shampoo got up, looking complacent. Suddenly, her face turned apple red and she charged back  
into the park. Shampoo charged Chun Li with a series of punches. Chun Li dodged backwards, in attempts  
to get out of her path in any way. Shampoo continued charging Chun Li onto a see-saw. Chun Li backed up  
to the top half of it and let Shampoo come up to her. When Shampoo did, Chun Li pushed her hands on  
Shampoos head, propelling herself up and pushing the half of the see-saw Shampoo was standing on down  
to the ground. Chun Li then landed on the other end of the see-saw, propelling Shampoo up, causing  
Shampoo to lose her balance. Chun Li hit Shampoo's back with both palms, punching her off the see-saw.  
Shampoo hit the ground, got up, and jumped on a nearby jungle gym and took a defensive posture. "Shou- 
do-ken!" shouted Chun Li, letting loose another energy ball. The ball hit the gym, destroying a bar or two,  
but Shampoo had jumped out of the way. Chun Li jumped at Shampoo, kicking. Shampoo dodged it and  
Chun Li hit the bar with her foot. "OUCH!" she cried, holding on to her foot with one hand and trying to  
keep herself from falling off the jungle gym with the other. Shampoo then flipped downwards holding onto  
the bar she had been standing on and then came up on the other side of it, below Chun Li, kicking feet first.  
The kick pounded Chun Li up, falling back-first onto the jungle gym and then onto the ground.  
  
	Meanwhile, Kodachi, with a bar of soap in her mouth, was hitting a nearby fire hydrant with one of  
her gymnast tools to try to get some water to wash her mouth out with. Finally, the hydrant gave way, and a  
stream of water shot out a few meters away, hitting Shampoo, who was standing defiantly over Chun Li on  
top of the jungle gym. Kodachi put her mouth to the spray, gargling in gallons of water.  
  
	When Chun Li got up, she didn't see Shampoo. Instead there was a cute cat near her. "Awww...."  
said Chun Li picking up the cat. The cat seemed nice enough so she held it up to her face to look into it's  
eyes. Scratch! Four deep claw marks were etched into Chun Li's face. Blood mixed with tears as she  
covered her face over with her hands, dropping Shampoo in cat form. A tea kettle hit Shampoo on the back-
side  
of her head, causing one huge tear to develop under her left eye. The tea kettle was unopened and none of  
the hot water had splashed on her. She looked back into the crowd to see Mousse. "Oops...." he said, 
smiling with his teeth.   
Shampoo in cat form knocked the lid off with her paw and dunked her head inside the kettle, reforming into 
a  
human. "Stupid Mousse...." she said, putting on her clothes behind the mist of the hot water. Chun Li had  
just peeked past her hands to see Shampoo coming in with a fist. The punch connected, sending Chun Li  
sprawling into a teeter-totter. Then the time ran out.  
  
	"That was a dirty trick, young missy!" scolded Chun Li.  
	"If heat too much, get out of kitchen." replied Shampoo.  
	"Round two. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	Chun Li came in with a flying kick. Shampoo tried to block it, but the kick was harder than she  
thought and her arm snapped back and elbowed her in the face. "Ki-kou-ken!" Chun Li shouted, loosing  
another energy ball that hit Shampoo, sending her flying back. Chun Li charged Shampoo, who got up and  
ran up a slide and jumped back on jungle gym. Chun Li followed, flipping as she jumped, and came down  
kicking. Shampoo ducked inside the jungle gym so Chun Li would make the same mistake twice and kick  
the bars. But instead, she landed next to the jungle gym with a bunch of kicks, each hitting the bars with the  
flat side of her feet. The kicks began to get faster and more powerful and Chun Li began yelling "Ya-ya-ya!",  
kicking THROUGH the metal maze. Metal twisted and flew as Chun Li started breaking through Shampoo's  
shield. Shampoo jumped out shortly before getting pulverized by her mighty legs. Hitting the ground several  
feet from Chun Li, Shampoo got up and watched. Chun Li ducked down and brought her feet back up again  
and started swirling them around for another helicopter kick. Chun Li flew at Shampoo, with her powerful  
legs swirling for Shampoo's face. Then Shampoo saw one of the metal bars from the destroyed jungle gym  
nearby. She rolled under Chun Li to the bar and picked it up. With Chun Li kicking just above her head,  
Shampoo raised the bar into her helicopter kick. Chun Li's legs were swirling around so fast that they kept  
kicking the bar over and over again before she could stop. Chun Li cried out in pain as the bar continued to  
bash her legs with each rotation. Shampoo, still keeping her head ducked, leaned back and kicked Chun Li in  
the face, sending her flying backwards into destroyed jungle gym. Shampoo fell to the ground to catch her  
breath. The bar she had used to stop Chun Li's kick was now grotesquely bent. Mousse ran up and grabbed  
her, hugging her tightly, shouting "Shampoo, you won!" A large sweat drop appeared on the back of  
Shampoo's head.  
  
					*****  
  
	Ranma sat in a kneeling position on one of the many walls besides a Japanese street, thinking over  
the past events. Things had gotten so confusing.  
	"Here." said Ryoga, throwing him a vial.  
	"What is it?" asked Ranma.  
	"An antidote." replied Ryoga, "Seems the old pervert stole more than just bras and pannies this  
time."  
	Ranma drank it. "Hey, why are you helping me so much, anyway?"  
	"I told you. We're friends now.", replied Ryoga, "Akane must hate me now that I tried to stop her  
from seeing you and Shampoo so there's no point in me believing she could ever love me now."  
	"Akane!" cried Ranma, holding onto his head with both hands, "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  
Ranma waited a few seconds to catch his breath. "Why is this happening to me?!?!? It seems like we're  
caught in some alternate reality!"  
	"You're telling me." replied Ryoga.  
	"I can't believe Shampoo used me like that!" said Ranma  
	"Believe it. If it's one thing I learned about this world, you can't count on anybody. Everyone is out  
for themselves and their wants and needs and they'll step over anything or anybody to get it." said Ryoga,  
"Well, my fight is up next. I'll be seeing you."  
	"Ryoga, wait!" shouted Ranma, leaping off the wall. "It's good to have someone on my side for  
once."  
	"I'm through with only worrying about myself. I said you were my friend, so by my blood, I will  
work just as hard to help you as if i'd help myself." With that, he took off his belt and stretched it, making it  
as hard and as sharp as steel. He swung the belt-knife, cutting his hand.  
	 Ranma took the belt, but it fell limp in his hand. "How does he do that?" thought Ranma. Instead,  
he reached back and undid his pig-tail to produce the dragon-hair string he kept his pig-tail bundled up in.  
Clenching it, he pulled the twine out of his hand quickly, cutting his hand open. The two shook hands,  
becoming blood brothers.  
  
					*****  
  
	"Where the hell is he?!?" shouted the huge Russian bear-wrestler. Zangief was getting restless since  
it was taking so long for his opponent to show up, and he paced back and forth on the ice. Over the skating  
rink intercom, the Street Fighter announcer, a man by the name of Kuman Ryuu, was talking his way  
through the delay to keep the crowd from getting restless. "Hahaha! Zangief is always known for his light- 
hearted sense of humor. He's just as likely to yuk it up with his opponent as he is to fight him." Meanwhile,  
Zangief was cutting himself, a hobby of his to help ignore pain, even though he liked pain.  
	"We found him!" said the announcer. "We're lucky that Ryu saw him and led him to the arena when  
he did. The kid was heading outside the city for Okonowa."  
	"Idiot." said Zangief.  
	"Now where am I?!?" asked Ryoga.  
	"You're in the battle arena." said the referee.  
	"This looks like the skating rink!" cried Ryoga.  
	"It is. This fight is being held on ice." replied the referee, pushing him into the rink.  
	"WHAT?!?" shouted Ryoga, sliding in.  
	"Round-one-fight!" said the referee as quickly as he could.  
	Zangief charged him. Luckily, he was not much better on the ice than Ryoga. He slipped and fell,  
sliding at Ryoga at a dangerous speed. Ryoga jumped and was able to avoid getting bowled over. Ryoga  
then took off 3 bandanna boomerangs while he flipped and threw them at Zangief. They hit Zangief, cutting  
him, but he seemed not to notice. Zangief got up, and ripped out a piece of the skating rink wall.   
	Ryoga hit the ground on his feet and kept going. He slipped and fell face down.  
  
	"What a disgrace to the school." said a tall, handsome man in a skating suit, watching the fight from  
the outside of the rink.   
	"Oh! That cockroach is sooo CUTE!" came the reply.  
  
	 When Ryoga turned around, he saw a huge chunk of wall coming at him. He screamed and rolled  
out of the way as the wall hit the ice right next to him, causing a large hole in the rink.  
	"Ryoga!", cried Ukyo from outside the rink, "Try these!". Ukyo threw him something.  
	"Snowshoes?" asked Ryoga.  
	"Well they're better than normal shoes, jackass!" she retorted.  
	Zangief walked over as Ryoga was putting on the last one. "That canine tooth hanging out of your  
lip makes you look like a dork. Why don't you get a dentist to fix that?" said Zangief.  
	"Ahh, shut up!" retorted Ryoga, tying the last string.  
	Zangief kicked at him as if he would kick a dog. Ryoga jumped straight up, although the  
snowshoes made it awkward. Zangief then began swirling around with his arms extended, like a screwdriver.  
Ryoga had nowhere to go and fell into it, and smashed into Zangief's huge fist upon descent. The  
screwdriver fist sent him flying into the far end of the rink, busting the wall quite a bit. However, Zangief  
realized he had just corkscrewed himself halfway below the ice. The freezing water stung at his chest scars.  
	Ryoga got up, holding his side. "Hang in there, Ryoga!" shouted Ukyo, standing next to a half- 
black, half-white dog. Zangief pulled himself out of the water slowly so as not to break any more ice around  
him. Ryoga took out his belt and straightened it out so he could use it as a sword and approached Zangief,  
who had just gotten out of the ice. Ryoga sliced at his face. Zangief blocked with his massive arm, giving  
himself a large cut on it. Zangief backhanded Ryoga, dropping him. As Ryoga opened his eyes, he saw  
Zangief picking him up and opening his huge mouth. Teeth bit down on Ryoga's head. "Ahhhh!!!!" cried  
Ryoga, "He 's EATING me!!!!!!" As Zangief chomped down on him, Ryoga pulled out a tool he hadn't used  
in a while. Ryoga then elbowed Zangief in the face and flung himself over Zangief's shoulders wrapping  
Zangief's neck several times with a light-weight, yet incredibly strong cord. The cord belonged to special  
hand-cuffs Ryoga had made to keep Ranma from escaping him when Ryoga had been out to kill him. He  
now used it to choke Zangief. This worked at first but then Zangief reached back and grabbed Ryoga. He  
pulled Ryoga back over in front of him and stuck Ryoga's head in between his legs and then grabbed Ryoga's  
legs, holding Ryoga in an upside-down position. "This is the end, kid." said Zangief.  
	"This is it, folks! Zangief's spinning pile-driver!" cried the announcer in awe. Zangief launched  
himself into the air, flying up 30 feet to the ceiling of the building while spinning around in mid-air.   
Zangief then began spinning and spiraling downwards with 256 pounds of bear-wrestler bearing down on  
Ryoga's head. Ryoga thought of one chance. He pulled the handcuff end out of his sleeve and threw it  
upwards. The handcuff flew up, catching a thick pipe just below the ceiling of the building, and locking itself  
in place. Ryoga closed his eyes and prayed the cord was short enough. Zangief came spinning down hard  
and then there was a sharp tug. Ryoga opened his eyes to see himself hovering several inches face first from  
the ice. The cord wrapped around Zangief's neck had caught him on his descent and he now stood hanging  
grotesquely from the cord handcuffed to a now bent ceiling pipe.  
  
	The medics, a tiger-boy, a wolf-boy, and a cloaked figure hovering above the ground tried to fit the  
huge Russian into the ambulance, but they were having trouble. Ukyo helped Ryoga out of the rink. Zangief  
lifted his head from beneath a yellow blanket with a ducky and a balloon and yelled in a horribly scratched- 
up voice, "Next time we meet, i'm going to rip your arms off!"  The announcer followed up with "That  
Zangief. Always the light-hearted joker!"  
  
					*****  
  
	Akane was sobbing in her room. "How could I have been so stupid?!? I always knew Ranma loved  
Shampoo! Why? Because she's cute and i'm not! Why else would he keep telling me that?!? If he really loved  
me, he wouldn't be constantly reminding me how uncute I am!" Akane buried her head in the pillow.  
	Akane sank into a deep depression, telling herself how horrible she must be if Ranma had cheated  
on her. She decided if she couldn't have Ranma, she might as well have anyone that would readily take her  
without insulting her, no matter what her feelings were of him. Although inwardly, she hated Kuno, she  
hated all boys, she decided to seek him out. No matter what, HE wouldn't deny her. And atleast it wouldn't  
be a surprise if he cheated on her. Ranma wasn't the only one who could find love in another's arms!  
	Akane ran downstairs telling Kasumi she was going out and ran out of the house, right into Ryoga!  
"Oh! I'm sorry, Ryoga!" yelled Akane as she ran on, thinking he was all right. But Ryoga, still injured from  
the fight with Zangief, had been knocked out cold. Kasumi walked out to wave goodbye to Akane but then  
saw the unconscious Ryoga who was obviously beat up as well as bleeding from the head. Kasumi brought  
him inside to treat his wounds.  
  
	As Ryoga woke up, she saw Kasumi's smiling face staring back at him. "Wh- what happened?"  
asked Ryoga.   
	"I don't know. I found you outside. You seemed really hurt, so I brought you in to take care of  
you." answered Kasumi.   
	"You brought me in?" asked Ryoga. In all the times he had been injured before, people always just  
ran past him, not giving a second thought if he was really hurt or not.   
	"Uh-huh. I hope I didn't wrap your bandages too tight." replied Kasumi.   
	Ryoga looked at himself to find he had been cleaned and bandaged! He couldn't believe the amount  
of trouble she had put herself to!  
	"What happened to you?" asked Kasumi.   
	"It was from the Street Fighter Match.", answered Ryoga, "Ukyo had been helping me to Dr.  
Tofu's but I guess I lost her somehow....."  
  
	"Jackass!" shouted Ukyo, still searching the streets for Ryoga.  
  
	Kasumi brought some food in for Ryoga. "Please eat up. You must be hungry." said Kasumi in her  
nice, caring voice.   
	Ryoga ate some. It was delicious. This had always been what he imagined married life was like....  
pure heaven.  
	"Now, I need to sew up that cut you got on your head...." said Kasumi.  
	"Are you sure you have to do that?" asked Ryoga, not sure about getting stitches in his head.  
	"I'm afraid so." answered Kasumi.  
	Kasumi laid Ryoga's head on her lap and began to do her nursework on Ryoga. Despite the pain,  
Ryoga enjoyed having a woman care over him like that. He began to daze up at Kasumi, dreamingly.  
	Then, Dr. Tofu popped in. "Hello, is anyone in?" he asked.   
	"Oh! Dr. Tofu!" exclaimed Kasumi, standing up.   
	"Ouch!" said Ryoga, whose head fell to the floor.  
	"Oh! I'm so sorry, Ryoga!" apologized Kasumi.  
	"No. It's all right!" assured Ryoga.	  
	"Is Akane here?" asked Dr. Tofu.  
	"I'm afraid not." replied Kasumi, trying to give a delightful smile, nevertheless.  
	"Oh, thank you." said Dr. Tofu, leaving.  
	Kasumi went back to sewing up Ryoga, saying "That's odd."  
	"What is?" asked Ryoga.  
	"That's the first time i've ever seen Dr. Tofu not joking around."  
  
					*****  
  
	Ranma was watching the crowd gather for the next fight. He watched the crowd part as an  
elephant-riding girl made her way through, but he was mostly thinking about his complicated love life. There  
was no way in the world he could ever regain Akane now after what she saw. But then again, there were all  
those women who chased him around. After all, he was no longer a virgin. His innocence had been stolen  
from him, so there was no point in continuing to save himself for someone he truly loved. But he sure  
wouldn't want to have anything to do with Shampoo now, not after what she did to him. He thought about  
Kodachi, and then had to stop himself from puking. Then there was Ucchan. Although he had always  
considered her just a good friend, he had to admit, she was cute in another sort of way. And she had  
admitted to him she had those feelings for him, too. Akane was lost to him forever now, so he might as well  
try to go out with Ucchan now.  
	"Have you seen Shampoo?" asked Mousse, walking up.  
	"No." answered Ranma.  
	"Where is my sweet, wise-headed Nabiki, Saotome?!?" shouted Kuno, jumping out bearing his  
wooden sword.  
	"How the heck should I know?!?!?" yelled Ranma.  
	"It is now obvious that the gods created the Earth so that the union of Nabiki and I could exist."  
quoted Kuno, "Oh! The genius of the combined knowledge of all the gods combined with the millions of  
years of molding this planet just for the preperation of this one event! It humbles me so."  
	Just then, two men in karate outfits walked up to them. One was a blonde-headed American in a  
red outfit, and the other was a Japanese man in a white outfit. They introduced themselves as Ken and Ryu,  
two martial artists that have been following the Street Fighter tournaments. The three of them looked at the  
two men strangely.  
	"We are dedicated to stopping M. Bison, who plans on gathering powerful warriors like yourselves  
to join his Shadow-law crime syndicate, which trades in drugs and weapons so as to fulfill a plot of world  
conquest." said Ryu.  
	"Yeah. And we were hoping you guys would be cool enough to help us." followed Ken, in an  
American accent.  
	"Us? Help you?" replied Ranma.  
	"Yeah." replied Ken, "One of the students who studied under the same school as us, Akuma, has  
already joined M. Bison's gang. And we were hoping you'd help us stop the fourth student from doing the  
same."  
	"Fourth student?" asked Mousse.  
	"The fourth student of the our school is Dan. And although he is not as powerful as the other three  
of us, the only reason he has not joined M. Bison is because of his own arrogance. We fear if he loses the  
upcoming battle, he may decide to join Shadow-law." said Ryu.  
	"So you want us to make sure this Dan guy wins?" asked Ranma.  
	"To help preserve world peace?" continued Kuno.  
	"Make sure the warrior from your group that fights next is the weakest." said Ryu.  
	"Weakest....." said Ranma.  
	".....warrior....." said Mousse.  
	".....huh?" said Kuno.  
  
	Sasuke was pushed into the ring.  
	The match was Sasuke vs. Dan. It was being held inside a ring on a heightened platform. The  
crowd, including a martial arts take-out expert, her father, and a horse carrying a young man, a young  
woman, an elderly woman, and a monkey surrounded the ring. Susake cowered back to the three who had  
pushed him into it. Dan stood on the other side of the ring, handing out pictures of himself to seven lucky  
gods that were in the crowd while he drank what looked to be cream coffee. Dan was dressed in the same  
kind of karate suit Ken and Ryu were in, but in a much wussier pink. He turned around and gave Sasuke an  
arrogant smirk.  
	"I don't want to fight a World Warrior!" cried Suskae.   
	"You don't have to! Thou dost simply have to lose....." replied Kuno.   
	"Yeah!" said Ranma, "but don't make it too obvious! Okay?"  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	Sasuke cowered up to the middle of the ring.  
	Dan began summoning ki energy into one hand! Sasuke had seen Chun Li do something similar!  
	"Hou-bitch-slap!" shouted Dan, releasing the energy ball in a back-handed motion. Sasuke cried out  
and covered his face. But nothing came. He peeked out when he thought it was safe.  
	"Damn! Missed." said Dan.  
  
	"MISSED?!?" shouted Ranma from the other side of the ring. "That energy ball didn't even leave  
his hand!"  
	"We told you." said Ryu, "He is a little more arrogant than powerful."  
	"I'll say." replied Ranma.  
  
	Dan continued shooting his 'energy balls' in a back-handed motion. "Hou-bitch-slap! Hou-bitch- 
slap! Hou-bitch-slap!" Each time, Sasuke covered his face, expecting an energy ball to hit him.  
	"Damn! Keep missing!" exclaimed Dan, "You force me to use my super move on you, foolish  
mortal!"  
	"Oh no!" cowered Susake.  
	Dan jumped back and began going through arcane motions while speaking mystical words of  
power. "Now face the wrath of my super-taunt!" shouted Dan. He then let loose the most horrible, girlish,  
fingernails-on-the-chalkboard battle-screech and began taunting Susake, calling him names, rolling around  
on the ring, and flexing his muscles.  
  
	"THAT'S a super move?" asked Ranma, still holding his hands over his ears from the battle- 
screech.  
	"What kind of fighting school are you guys from, anyway?" Mousse asked Ken and Ryu.  
  
	Sasuke remembered he wasn't supposed to make it too obvious. So he decided he'd better attack  
him. Dan continued taunting Sasuke even when he was within striking distance. Sasuke punched at him but  
purposely missed. Dan fell over, dead. The crowd cheered. Sasuke looked around, confused.  
  
	"What the heck happened?!?" shouted Ranma.  
	"I fear the sucker punch was too much for Dan." replied Ryu.  
	"BUT HE DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH HIM!!!" shouted Ranma.  
	"I guess the air pressure alone did him in, then." said Ryu, "Let us have a moment of silence for our  
dearly departed Dan."  
	A few seconds passed.  
	"I never liked him much, anyway." said Ken, breaking the silence.  
  
					*****  
  
	Shampoo was sitting on a lamp post thinking about her run-in with Kodachi earlier that day.  She  
had never experienced kissing a girl until today, except for the kiss of death. Up until now, she had always  
thought of those kinds of people as pervert-girls. But now she had to admit, there was certain.... forbidden  
pleasure side to it. She smiled at the thought of doing it again, only it not being just an accident.....  
  
					*****  
  
	Kodachi had been brushing her teeth for 6 consecutive hours. She was walking to the next Street  
Fighter match when she heard a voice come out from the shadows.   
	"Hello, Kodachi."  
	Kodachi jumped and back-flipped in a defensive posture with ribbon in hand. "We'll be teaming up  
in a later match, today." said the masked Street Fighter walking out of the shadows. He had a French accent  
and was dressed in a matador costume and wore a claw on his right hand. "I have something that you might  
find interesting. Something that can make you a lot more powerful than you are now....."  
	"And may that be, mon frier?" asked Kodachi. The masked figure produced a vial of liquid.  
	"What is it?" asked Kodachi.  
	"It's water, from a certain training ground in China......"  
  
					*****  
  
	The next fight was a double match. Mousse was to team up with a karate master from Hong Kong  
named Fei Long. Ukyo was to team up with a sumo-wrestler by the name of E. Honda. The match was to  
take place in Boulder Brother Mountains. A small crowd of people, including a casino king, a shaby looking  
boy with a handkercheif on his head and a kercheif in the back of his pants, a french gaijun who was  
stretching his mouth to unbelievable proportions, and his governess, traveled to the mountain range just to  
see the fight.  
	"You sure you feel okay enough to fight, kid?" asked Fei Long.  
	"Hehehe. Don't worry about me...." replied Mousse, "I just hope we defeat these guys quickly. I'm  
gaming tonight."  
	A small man with sunglasses, an artist's cap, and a hairy mole on each cheek walked up to Fei  
Long, and talked to him in a weird voice. "Sir Long, are you sure you don't want to star in my next martial  
arts movie? Make big-bucks! Become great movie star!!!"  
	"I told you, China. Making movies is not for me, anymore. I'm a martial artist first and foremost.  
My calling is here." replied Fei Long.  
	"Tell you what. You let us film this match, and I give you and your friend here 2.5 billion yen each,  
okay?"  
	"Fine, whatever." replied Fei Long.  
	"2.5 BILLION YEN?!?!?" shouted Mousse.  
  
	"2.5 billion yen?" exclaimed Nabiki, watching the match start from the crowd.  
  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the announcer.  
	E. Honda rested his huge arms on his legs, ducking low to take a defensive posture while Ukyo  
jumped to a higher cliff. Fei Long decided to take to the mountaintops while Mousse charged forward on his  
unicycle. E. Honda, weighing in at 304 pounds, suddenly shouted "Uh Hoy!" and shot forward head first like  
a bullet at Mousse. Mousse, a very competent unicycler, jump/flipped onto E. Honda's back as he flew past  
him.  
  
	Nearby, some physists were taking notes on their clipboards.  
	"You're right! Mr. Honda DID break the laws of perpetual motion and universal gravitation!" said  
Mr. Noto.  
	"Well, there goes those laws." said Mr. Soto.  
	"Uh, gentlemen, did you miss all of the fireballs being thrown all over the place?" said Konatsu.  
  
	Ukyo threw her mini-spatulas at Fei. Fei dodged all but one, which stuck into his side. He grimaced  
at the pain. Ukyo did a flying kick into Fei Long, causing him to fall 10 feet onto E. Honda. E. Honda,  
surprised by the fall, fell back. But Honda recovered in time to grab Fei and start hugging him to death.  
	While Ukyo looked down at the scene, a cord suddenly flew from behind her, grabbing her tight,  
and pulling her from the cliff and swinging her around her captor in a lasso-motion. "Now, prepare for  
death, young lady!"  
	"Mousse, it's me! Remember?" shouted Ukyo.  
	"Oh, yeah. Sorry." said Mousse, putting Ukyo down on the ground softly. Ukyo then kicked  
Mousse in the face, falling Mousse and causing his Unicycle to fly behind Ukyo.  "Idiot." she said.  
	Fei Long broke the hug and sent his body spinning into the air, kicking upwards with such an  
incredible force, it set E. Honda on fire! As Honda got up and started slapping himself to put the fire out, Fei  
Long pulled the mini-spatula from his side, grimacing in pain. He turned around to see some sticky white  
substance hitting him, sticking his two hands together.  
	"That batter is stronger than super-glue!", boasted Ukyo, "Now you'll have to make do with just  
your legs!"  
	Fei Long pulled his arms apart, breaking the batter cuffs without a second thought.  
	"Oh yeah?", yelled Ukyo, "Well let's see how well you do in hand-to-hand comb-"  
	Her sentence was stopped short when she realized she had no more breath in her lungs to talk with.  
The next thing she knew she was flying in the air into the side of the cliff, causing a few boulders to fall on  
top of her, knocking her out. Fei Long had rushed her, punched her out, then grabbed her shoulders, flipped  
over behind her, picked her up from the shoulders behind himself, over his head, and had thrown her into the  
cliffside. Mousse looked at it in amazement. He hadn't even seen Fei's hands move!  
	"Uh Hoy!" shouted E. Honda shooting at Fei Long from behind. Hearing the battle cry, Fei back  
flipped over E. Honda as he flew past him. E. Honda then turned around and rushed at Fei, slapping. E.  
Honda's hands began slapped at Fei Long so fast, it appeared to onlookers that he had 100 hands! What was  
even more miraculous was that Fei Long was dodging them! Fei Long stepped back with each slap as fast as  
he could, until he stepped on a unicycle and slipped. The unicycle flew at Honda, who smashed it into  
oblivion with his slaps. Fei Long used the opportunity to jump kick Honda in the head, which stopped his  
slaps. He then set into motion his punches, each hitting Honda on a vulnerable spot. He then grabbed E.  
Honda's shoulders and flipped around him, attempting to use the leverage to pull off another throw. "What  
the hell are you trying to do?" asked E. Honda, not moving a inch as Fei Long, sweating profusely, stood on  
the back side of Honda trying to lift him up.  
	They both froze dead in their tracks as a voice picked up from high above them. On the cliff was  
Mousse chanting, "From the inner sanctums of the White Lotus Society, a secret organization of Chinese  
martial artists, comes a technique, so feared and respected, the emperors of 23 different dynasties sought  
after it's knowledge to no avail. Through 3000 years of Chinese history, this one technique has caused  
armies to perish and kingdoms to fa-"  
	"Just do the damn move!" shouted Fei Long, who was now being kneed while E. Honda had him in  
a headlock.  
	"Phoenix Fire Swoop!" shouted Mousse, jumping from the mountainside and flipping in mid-air,  
flame spewing out behind him as he descended. E. Honda had long gotten bored of Mousse and had been  
ignoring him. Mousse bounced off him, igniting his head, rebounding off 10 feet away. Honda patted his  
head out and then kneed Fei Long on the side and then brought his massive leg high up to kick him in the  
back of the head, hitting him twice in one move. Fei Long fell to the ground, dizzy. E. Honda then shot  
himself upwards into the air, flipped, and came down heading straight for Fei Long's head. Fei Long looked  
up just in time to see a gigantic butt smashing his face deep into the rocky floor. Fei Long stretched out a  
hand with his pinky and forefinger out.  
	"Pretty good. But now can you handle- WHOA!" said Mousse, just barely dodging another one of  
Honda's bullet shots. Honda got up and shot at him again with an "Uh hoy!", this time sending Mousse  
dodging into a the narrow corner of a mountain. E. Honda came up behind him so as to block Mousse in.  
Mousse was surrounded by mountain on all sides now, so that there was no way to dodge. "Uh Hoy!"  
shouted E. Honda shooting at Mousse. As quickly as possible, Mousse shot a bola rope from his sleeve to a  
high boulder, wrapping itself around the rock. Just as quickly, Mousse retracted the rope, pulling himself up  
the mountainside. E. Honda smashed head-first into the mountain wall, getting his head stuck inside. His  
body fell limp.  
	"Phew...." breathed Mousse, hanging from above.  
  
					*****  
  
	"I brought you a snack, Ranma, since you didn't come home for lunch." said Kasumi, walking up to  
the outside of the ring where Ranma was sitting with Kuno, Sasuke, Ken, and Ryu."  
	"You did? Thanks!" said Ranma, grabbing the package Kasumi made for him.  
	"Oh, who are your friends?" asked Kasumi.  
	In the background, a pale-faced priest with a funny hat, holding a small wooden box was running  
after a naga-like brazier spirit.  
	"Oh, this is Ken and Ryu." said Ranma, "They're trying to save the world from an insane crime lord  
named Bison."  
	"Well isn't that nice. Would you like to have some tea and biscuits? I have plenty for everybody."  
said Kasumi.  
	"Thanks!" said Ken, grabbing some biscuits.  
	"And you Mr. Ryu?" asked Kasumi.  
	Ryu closed his eyes and raised his hand, shaking his head, "Thank you."  
	Suddenly some water splashed Ranma from behind. "What did you do that for?!?!" yelled Ran-chan  
looking behind him to see his father with an empty pail.  
	"To prove how sloppy you're getting Ranma! If you can't even hear-" Genma stopped in mid- 
sentence as he was lifted into the air.  
	"I would advise you to apologize to my friend...." said Ryu, hoisting Genma from his feet.  
	"Uh, well...." said Genma.  
	"It's okay, Ryu! He's my dad!" said Ran-chan.  
	"Oh." said Ryu, setting Genma back down, "My apologies, sir."  
	"Ryu!" said Ken with a surprised look on his face, pointing to Ran-chan.  
	Ryu turned to see that Ranma was now a girl. "So you've trained in Jusenkio. I have heard of it's  
curses that change people into different things when cold water splashes on them."  
	"Then what you are stating is that Ranma Saotome and Ranma the pig-tailed girl are one and the  
same person?" said Kuno.  
	"I've been trying to tell you that for years!!!!" yelled Ran-chan.  
	"Ranma, the male.... is Ranma the female. He simply takes forth the velumptious body of the pig- 
tailed girl when the curse is revitalized...." continued Kuno.  
	"Yep. Uh-huh." said Ran-chan.  
	"The spirit of Ranma Saotome enters the body of the pig-tailed girl at the splash of cold water?"  
	"YES!!!!!" shouted Ran-chan.  
	Kuno ran off to be sick.  
	"About damn time." mumbled Ran-chan.  
	Soun then walked up.  
	"Hello, father." said Kasumi, "What are you and Mr. Saotome doing here?"  
	"We're going to fight in the tournament." replied Soun.  
	"You two? Boy, are you guys going to get your asses kicked." replied Ran-chan.  
	"Ranma! That isn't very nice!" scolded Kasumi.  
	"Yeah, Ranma!" shouted Genma.  
	"....even if it is true." finished Kasumi very quietly.  
	"Show some respect for your father." said Ryu.  
	Ken smiled.  
	Ran-chan leaned back, looked up and rolled her eyes with a "Ffffff."  
	"Don't worry," said Genma, "Tendo and I will be taking down whatever opponents we will face  
with the HELL'S WITHERING DEATH technique!"  
	"How right you are, Saotome!" concurred Soun.  
	"Oh my, Mr. Saotome. Isn't that the name of that store at the end of 34th Street?" asked Kasumi.  
	"WHAT?!?!?" shouted Soun and Genma together.  
	"Yes. That's the name. I believe it's a registered copyright, so I don't think you can use that name."  
said Kasumi.  
	"Well, then perhaps we should pay a little VISIT to that store..." said Genma, cracking his  
knuckles.  
	"Yes." smiled Soun, "Perhaps we should...."  
  
	Ran-chan, Genma, Soun, Susake, Kasumi, Ken and Ryu all stood in front of the 'Hell's Withering  
Death' store. It was filled with teddy bears, dolls, and purple and yellow balloons. The pillars holding the  
roof were painted to look like candy canes and toy airplanes attached to strings on the ceiling flew around in  
a circle from the inside. 	  
	"Man, I don't even WANT to call it Hell's Withering Death anymore...." said Genma.  
	"That technique sounded a lot cooler about five minutes ago." said Ran-chan.  
	A schoolboy with dark spots under his eyes walked out, cradling an evil-looking, kimono-wearing  
antique doll in his hands.  
	"I love this store." said Sasuke.  
	"Hey, how old are you, anyway?" asked Ran-chan, "You're voice and facial hair make you look too  
old to be the same age as me, but then again, you are pretty short and you don't act like an adult...."  
	"Uh, well.... Hey! Isn't that Halley's comet?!" Sasuke said, pointing to the sky. No one looked up  
but he ran away anyway.  
  
					*****  
  
	"Where the heck could Kuno be?", Akane asked herself, "Honestly!"  
	Akane had been looking for him for hours, wanting to tell him he had finally won her over. Akane  
stopped dead in her tracks.  
	"Shampoo....." Akane said, "Now what do you want?!?"  
	"Shampoo come to tell Akane something very important." replied Shampoo.  
	"And?"  
	"Shampoo no longer care for Ranma. Akane can have him now."  
	"Well who said I wanted him in the first place?!?!" yelled Akane.  
	"That goes double for me, honey." said a voice from the side.  
	"Ukyo?" asked Akane, turning to see the ukonome martial-artist bandaged up.  
	"I'm looking for love from a REAL man, now." said Ukyo.  
	"Ryoga?" asked Akane.  
	Ukyo nodded.  
	"Akane...." said Shampoo.  
	Akane turned to Shampoo.  
	"Shampoo sorry for all she did." said Shampoo, "Shampoo worried Ranma would fall in love with  
Akane. But Shampoo no longer care for Amazon law."  
	"Well, thanks, Shampoo." said Akane, "But i'm not really interested in Ranma.... atleast not  
anymore."  
	"Well, good for you, Akane. You go girl!" said Ukyo.  
	"Who need man anyway?" said Shampoo.  
	"Guys......." smiled Akane, "Thanks....."  
  
					*****	  
  
	The next match was Soun and Genma versus a huge Native Mexican by the name of Thunder  
Hawk, and an African American boxer, who used to hold the world boxing title holder until he was banned  
from the circuit, Balrog. The match was to take place in a huge room filled to the brim with large punching  
bags, so much so that one could not even see your enemy on the other side of the room. To make it even  
more confusing, the walls had top to bottom mirrors. The room had no ceiling so onlookers could watch the  
match from a banister above, although it was hard to see with the metal beams holding the punching bags in  
the way.  
	"So how good are you anyway, Tendo?" asked Genma.  
	"What is that supposed to mean, Saotome?" replied Soun.  
	"Well, for a martial artist, i've never seen you fight much at all."  
	"You'll find out soon enough."  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	Balrog smashed his gloved fist into the nearest punching bag. The force caused it to hit the next  
punching bag which hit the next, all the way to the other side of the room where it smashed into Genma,  
knocking him to the floor.  
	"Survival tactics," said Soun, "Split up. Hide, strike, and run."  
	"I'm with you, Tendo." replied Genma.  
	T. Hawk began ripping out punching bags and throwing them as he went along. Suddenly, Soun  
jumped out from behind one of the punching bags. T. Hawk punched. And hit a mirror. He had punched so  
hard, some large chunks of the glass was sticking out grotesquely from his bloody fingers.  
	"Hahaha. Not very smart." said Soun, pointing at T. Hawk.  
	T. Hawk smashed his glass-cut fist into Soun's face. The glass that had been sticking out of his fist  
now cut into Soun's face. Soun flew, hitting each punching bag as he flew backwards, barely missing Genma,  
and into the mirror on the side of the room. The mirror cracked and Soun fell down face first.  
	"You forgot the run part, Tendo." muttered Genma.  
	Balrog was walking around, looking for one of them, when a foot stuck out and tripped him.  
Genma jumped on Balrog's back and grabbed his throat in a headlock. "Come on, give up!" cried Genma,  
realizing he wasn't really doing too much damage. He then felt himself being picked up and raised into the air  
by the large Native Mexican. His own throat was being squeezed now. Just when he thought he couldn't  
take it anymore, T. Hawk back handed him, sending him to the floor.  
	Genma scrambled away, behind some punching bags. T. Hawk and Balrog split up, looking for him.  
	While crawling, Genma pulled out a walkie-talkie.  
	"Ready for plan G-64, Tendo?" said into it.  
	"Just let me find some of my teeth...." crackled the walkie-talkie.	  
	Balrog came up behind Soun, seemingly looking for Genma. He pulled back for one of his famous  
running punches.  
	T. Hawk found Genma crawling around trying to hide. Once Genma saw him, he got up and ran. T.  
Hawk jumped up and, suddenly, flew straight at Genma's back with a flying headbutt.  
	Soun and Genma jumped out of the way as Balrog flew past them, fist first into T. Hawk, smashing  
the Native Mexican with a resounding "CLANG!", sending him flying backwards, clearing out a large  
amount of punching bags, and into a mirror, smashing it.  
  
	"Did you hear that?" asked Ken, watching the fight from above, with Ryu, Ran-chan, and Kasumi.  
	"Sounded like those boxing gloves are filled with led!" said Ran-chan.  
	"That isn't very fair." said Kasumi.  
  
	"I thought you said it was supposed to take care of both of them, Saotome." said Soun.  
	Genma shrugged his shoulders.  
	"Looks like it's time for...." said Soun.  
	"Yes, Tendo, I believe it is." replied Genma.  
	Balrog backed up for another running punch in the area clear of punching bags.  
	"HADES' DECAYING DEMISE!!!!" they both shouted. Genma kneeled on the ground. Soun then  
jumped on Genma, who hoisted upwards, sending Soun in the air towards Balrog. Balrog shot forward with  
his fist- too low- as Soun karate kicked him in the face. A millisecond later Genma ran into him with his own  
running punch to the stomach.  
	Balrog was stunned, but only for a second. He then pulled his fist back as if to hit Genma, but  
instead reverse punched an unsuspecting Soun behind him with a loud "CLANG!". Soun hit the floor,  
unconscious and out of the fight. Balrog then turned and grabbed Genma before he could get away. The  
boxer started headbutting Genma in the face, over and over again, just as T. Hawk started walking back,  
looking about ready to kill someone.  
	A katana hit the ground next to T. Hawk. Balrog stopped pounding for a minute. Genma looked up  
at the beams to see who had thrown T. Hawk the weapon. Nodoka! Then she really DID want him and  
Ranma dead even though she had said they didn't have to kill themselves when she found out about Ranma's  
curse......  
	T. Hawk picked up the katana with a crooked smile on his face.  
	"How could you?!?!?" shouted Genma to Nodoka.  
	"Soun and Genma win!" shouted the referee.  
	"WHAT???" all three conscious combatants said.  
	"Only hidden weapons are legal. That katana is in violation of the rules. Balrog and Thunder Hawk  
are disqualified." continued the referee.  
	Balrog looked angrily at T. Hawk. T. Hawk smiled and just shrugged. Balrog smashed T. Hawk in  
the face, with another resounding "CLANG!", dropping him.  
	Genma looked up, "Thanks!"  
	Nodoka smiled.  
  
					*****  
  
	"Does the boy suspect anything?" asked M. Bison.  
	"No, my master." replied Vega, the masked French man with the claw.  
	"Ofcourse he doesn't. He's an uncultured lout who couldn't think his way out of a perpetual paper  
bag." said Sagat.  
	M. Bison, who wore a red commanding military uniform with a skull and wings pinned cap, was  
having an informal meeting with his fellow cohorts. Next to him was Akuma, a large red-head who wore a  
karate suit similar to Ken and Ryu's only this one was black with the Japanese symbol for 'Death' on the  
back, who was sitting at a table. Across the table was Sagat, a Thailand Mu Tai fighter, who wore only a  
pair of shorts. He was bald, had a patch over one eye and bore a huge scar on his massive chest. Although  
he was by far the tallest and the most muscular of the previous two, Sagat was also by far the least powerful   
of the three. In the corner, polishing his claw in a kneeling position was Vega. All had taken residence in a  
small music store rented and changed to fit their needs by the Shadow-law.  
	"Well we are going to change that when we get him to join Shadow-law." replied M. Bison.  
	"Snotty little shit. Why are we incorporating brats into Shadow-law, Bison?" asked Akuma.  
	"Because he has more potential than any of you had at his age, Akuma." replied M. Bison sternly.  
	Akuma frowned and looked the other way.  
  
	In the other room, a small form jumped from it's listening position to the floor without making a  
sound. "I need to tell Master Kuno about this." thought Susake. Sasuke had decided to spy on the Street  
Fighter Vega since his master was to fight him in the next match. Sasuke once again tip-toed past the traps  
the Shadow-law had set up to prevent intruders, remembering how to pass each one safely. Sasuke then  
tripped and fell on a piano.  
  
	The sound echoed into the room the Shadow-law were meeting in.  
	"Vega!" commanded M. Bison.  
	Vega had waited for M. Bison's command but was outside the room before Bison finished the last  
syllable of the command.  
  
	Sasuke was out of the store and running down the vacant street as fast as possible. He could hear  
Vega catching up on him. He tripped and fell again. He turned around and looked in horror as Vega  
launched himself into the air, reaching his claw back above Sasuke....  
  
					*****  
  
	Nabiki was sitting in a chair, waiting for the next Street Fighter match, while calculating with her  
abacus.  
	"How much does a yacht go for these days?" asked Nabiki.  
	"I don't know." replied one of her friends.  
	"Let's see...", continued Nabiki, "Kuno has about this many acres of land.... and must have this  
much in savings and bonds.... divided by his sister when his father passes on.... take away inheritance  
taxes...."  
	"What are you doing?" asked the other friend.  
	"Mousse DOES have more money than Kuno baby...." said Nabiki.  
	"What ARE you talking about Nabiki?" pleaded her friend.  
	"Wedding plans." replied Nabiki, winking.  
  
					*****  
  
	"There you are, Kuno!" said Ran-chan, running up, "Where have you been? Our match is up next!"  
	Dark clouds were forming in the sky. Kuno was hulked over on the ground, crying. A dog was next  
to him, which also seemed to have a tear in it's eye.  
	"What's wro- uhhhh...." stuttered Ran-chan.  
	Sasuke was on the ground, dead. X's were on his face where his eyes used to be. His back had been  
pierced in four places.  
	"Oh no...." said Ran-chan.  
	"The foul memnok who smote Sasuke dead.... WAS VEGA!!!!!" shouted Kuno, tears flowing out  
of his eyes like rivers.  
	"Yeah.... I can tell the guy with the claw did it.... that's him, right?" said Ran-chan.  
	"By the blood of Sasuke, I swear to repay Vega ten-fold for this horrific crime!!!!" shouted Kuno,  
taking out his wooden sword and raising it high into the air as lightning crackled above.  
  
					*****  
  
	The next match was to take place on the Tendo rooftop. Kodachi and Vega were already standing  
on it. Because of the gate around the Tendo place, the only spectator that could watch the fight was a flying  
bull and a group of pheonix-winged people. Just as Kuno and Ran-chan came running up, the announcer  
said, "The match is Kodachi and Vega versus Kuno and the pig-tailed girl. Since Vega normally fights with a  
claw, he has asked if the 'No Unhidden Weapons' rule be void for this match...."  
	"Gladly!" shouted Kuno, pulling out his wooden sword and jumping on the roof across the street  
from the Tendo roof.  
	"Yeah!" shouted Ran-chan, following him.  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	"Sister! The foul wretch you fight with killed our beloved Susake!" shouted Kuno.  
	"Your tricks won't work on me, brother dear. Besides, i'd hardly call Sasuke beloved!" replied  
Kodachi.  
	"Bah! Enough! Saotome, kick my sister's ass." said Kuno. With that, he swung his sword with such  
speed, a whirlwind shot out, headed for Vega. Vega waited for the whirlwind to come to him, and then  
attempted to jump it. But the whirlwind had more force than he thought and it sucked him in, spilling him to  
the ground.  
  
	"Since when could he do that?" thought Ran-chan, jumping for Kodachi.  
	Kodachi threw 3 gymnasts' tools at Ran-chan's body. Ran-chan, with incredible dexterity, pulled her  
chest and stomach right, then left, then right again within half a second, dodging each one while in mid-air!  
Kodachi then shot out her ribbon, which Ran-chan caught in mid-air before landing on the roof. Kodachi  
threw another tool, which Ran-chan dodged by jumping off the other side roof while still holding on to the  
ribbon. Kodachi kept hold of the weight on the ribbon. She knew she had the pig-tailed girl where she  
wanted her, but she didn't want to give up her ribbon by dropping it. She was thinking about how she could  
use this to her advantage when a humungus tug at the ribbon sent her flying off the roof. As she fell she saw  
that the pig-tail girl was hanging upside from the roof, right before Kodachi hit a bar-bell lying right next to  
the Tendo pond. Ran-chan snickered.  
	Ran-chan, recognizing she was hanging right outside Akane's room, had hung herself on the ceiling  
while still pulling on the ribbon, had pulled out Akane's bar-bell, tied them to the ribbon, and let them go,  
sending Kodachi falling.  
  
	Kuno hit the ground, swinging at Vega. Vega dodged it by jumping on the side of the Tendo wall  
and began climbing.  
	"Wretched arachnid!" spat Kuno.  
	Vega jumped towards Kuno, screaming in a high-pitched voice. The claw struck Kuno on the  
chest. Kuno fell back, seeing the cut was deep and bleeding heavily.  
	"Hehehe." screeched Vega, from beneath the mask.  
	"'Tis but a scratch!" said Kuno, smashing Vega's face with his kendo sword, breaking his mask.  
	"Arrrrgh!!!! My beautiful face!" shouted Vega, grabbing at his face.  
  
	The darkened skies began to crackle, and rain started to pour down. Ran-chan drop/flipped to the  
ground, to see an overlooming shadow grow above her.  
	"What the hell?!?" screamed Ran-chan, pointing at a humungous black dragon.  
	From out of nowhere popped the Jusenkio guide saying, "Ahhh. She must have fall in spring of  
Dracnichan. Very terrible legend says large dragon fall in and drown 3400 year ago. Very tragic story."  
while his daughter Plum held up the sign with the name of the curse.  
	"Tragic my ass!" screamed Ran-chan.  
	Kodachi the dragon blew a stream of lava at Ran-chan. Ran-chan jumped, holding onto the roof of  
the Tendo's house.  
  
	"Looks like it's all over!" said Vega, hearing the dragon through the pouring rain on the other side  
of the house.  
	"Have a taste of the rage of Tatewaki Kuno!" shouted Kuno, now swirling his sword in one hand.  
The sword began swinging with such speed, it turned yellow with force and began to sound like a helicopter  
blade.  
	Vega clawed at him. The sword caught his claw, shredding it to pieces and then went on into  
Vega's hand! Vega screeched as his hand was torn into a million pieces, blood splattering everywhere! Kuno  
stopped swinging his sword and stood back with a smile.  
	Vega slid, tripping Kuno off his feet. Vega then double-elbowed Kuno's back into his knee, and  
then punched him in the side of the face, falling Kuno. Slowly, Vega got up, did a back flip, gave his victory  
screech "Scream-like-a-laid-hoe!", and then spit on Kuno.  
  
	 Kodachi clawed at Ran-chan. Ran-chan dodged it. Kodachi clawed with the other hand. This time,  
Ran-chan grabbed hold of the claw with her legs and held on as the claw came back. She then flipped off the  
claw, and flew onto the top of Kodachi and punched her in the eye. Kodachi roared in pain, and began  
shaking her head. Ran-chan, with great agility, danced and jumped her nose each time it sped past her as  
Kodachi's head shook. Kodachi then pulled back and bit at Ran-chan. Ran-chan flipped down and grabbed  
the ribbon and bar-bell. Kodachi shot another round of lava. This time Ran-chan was forced to jump into the  
Tendo pond. Kodachi got an idea and shot a stream of lava into the pond. Steam shot up as the lava cooled  
and hardened, trapping Ran-chan underwater.  
  
	Vega was holding on to the stump of his right hand and breathing heavily as the cold rain hit his  
back. Seeing Kuno had lost a lot of blood, he knew Kuno was out of the match. He kicked him, and got his  
foot caught! Kuno had grabbed his foot! Kuno got up and threw Vega to the ground, and then picked up his  
sword. Vega got up only to be pole-vaulted by Kuno. Vega flew through the fence into the next door  
neighbor's yard. Kuno ran at Vega with his wooden sword but Vega jumped up and hung on to the  
neighbor's roof with his only hand and pulled himself up. Kuno ran to the broken fence to see Vega was  
trying to make his way back to Ranma.  
	He followed Vega from the ground. Vega then stopped to jump onto the Tendo roof. Kuno saw  
something. A latch attached to the roof used for holding a flag. As Vega jumped, Kuno jumped straight up,  
high above the Tendo roof and threw his sword hilt-first downward through the rain. The sword hilt hit the  
latch, sticking the sword in an upright position. As Vega fell for the Tendo roof, planning to grab it with his  
left hand, he saw a sword sticking straight up at him! Unable to dodge it, Vega impaled himself on Kuno's  
sword.  
  
	The lava had caused the pond to get very hot, changing Ran-chan back into a guy. With renewed  
strength, he held his breath and began smashing the bar-bells into the hard lava. He busted a hole into it and  
was able to climb out back into the cold, pouring rain which changed him back into a girl. Kodachi saw this  
and chomped down at her.  
	"Eat it!" shouted Ran-chan, as she pulled the bar-bell up and shoved it in Kodachi's mouth length- 
wise up. Using the ribbon still tied to it, she swung it to wrap around Kodachi's mouth. She pulled it tight,  
causing Kodachi great pain as the ceiling of her mouth bit into the barbell. Ran-chan then used the Chestnut  
Fist, continuously punching Kodachi in the nose with incredible speed. She followed the punches with an  
upward kick, pushing the floor of her mouth deeper into the bar-bells. As Kodachi held on to her mouth,  
Ran-chan flipped over to the tree in the Tendo's yard. She waited for Kodachi to recover and yelled  
"Ohhhhh she-bitch!" to grab Kodachi's attention. The dragon ducked under the tree to swipe at her. Ran- 
chan ducked the swipe, which cut down the tree. The huge oak fell on Kodachi's head, pushing her head  
down, breaking through the hard lava above the Tendo pond, and under the hot water, changing her back to  
an unconscious human.  
	Kuno stumbled back to where Ran-chan was, "What in blazes?".  
	"Kuno! You don't look so good." replied Ran-chan.  
	Kuno collapsed.  
  
	Ran-chan stood nearby as paramedics with umbrellas rolled Kuno into the ambulance. "Sasuke is  
avenged." he said, as they closed the doors.  
  
					*****  
  
	"So what did you want to talk to me about, Grandma?" asked Ryoga.  
	"Is it true that you and my son-in-law have called a truce?" asked Cologne, standing on the lunch  
bar in her cafe.  
	"What about it?" replied Ryoga.  
	"Then it may interest you to know that the military leader behind these fighting matches is planning  
to kidnap Ranma and use mind control to make him one of his Shadow-law warriors." said Cologne.  
	"What?!? How do you know that? Where is Ranma right now?" asked Ryoga.  
	"I overheard the American boxer Balrog talking about it, and Ranma is fighting in a match right  
now." said Cologne.  
	"Good. He shouldn't go near him then. Where can I find this guy who's in charge?!?" asked Ryoga.  
	"His name is M. Bison." said Cologne, "And he is in the old music store on 39th street. But if you  
are going to go fight him, then you had better prepare for it. You will have to smoke this." Cologne said,  
pouring bits of an herb into her pipe.  
	"What is it?" asked Ryoga.  
	"They're leaves from the Cannibus Sativa plant." replied Cologne.  
	"Hey!" shouted Ryoga, "I'm a martial artist! I train to keep my body fit and healthy! I can't be  
messing around with that stuff!"  
	"Be that as it may, it may be your only choice." said Cologne.  
	"No way!" said Ryoga.  
	"Listen boy." continued Cologne, "If you confront M. Bison with a clear mind, he will be able to  
use his psycho-power to take over your subconscious. Inhaling the fumes of this herb will change your brain  
wave pattern and make it harder for him to brainwash you."   
	"I see. In that case, i'll do it." said Ryoga. Cologne lit the pipe and gave it to Ryoga. Ryoga sucked  
in and coughed out a lung.  
	"Easy does it, boy." said Cologne.  
	Ryoga continued smoking on the pipe. Cologne refilled it twice more and then ran out. Ryoga  
noticed his perception of time and space had changed. He looked at the world as if it was a movie with slow  
frame speed. He noticed his span of attention had shortened dramatically. Cologne once again gave  
directions to Ryoga and bided him good luck.  
  
					*****  
  
	Ryoga walked up to the old music store. Balrog was leaning against the door, guarding it.  
	"I made it here without getting lost." thought Ryoga, "Man, I must be even more messed up than I  
thought!"  
	Ryoga took to the top of the building and looked down at Balrog. The boxer was eating a banana.  
Ryoga had the munchies but ignored it. He took one of his bandanna boomerangs off and threw it in the  
alley, knocking over a trash can. Balrog went to go check it out. Ryoga jumped down and checked the door.  
It was locked. He took off his belt and straightened it to make it become hard and then used it to jimmy the  
door. As Ryoga broke the lock, he started thinking how incredibly stupid Balrog was. He had to be the  
epitome of stupid to fall for an old trick like that. Ryoga did all he could to keep himself from laughing and  
insulting the boxer as he snuck in. He then fell over a trip wire. The trip wire caused the old music store's  
leftover tape and CD players to turn on, playing a variety of different music. Ryoga heard the music playing  
more deeply and could hear the individual sounds much more clearly and distinctly. The music seemed to  
flow through him, panicing his entire body. He got up and ran into the next room. He turned on the lights to  
see a large man in a red military uniform. M. Bison, who had not slept in a few days, had been catching up  
on some resting.  
	"Are you M. Bison?!?" yelled Ryoga.  
	"Yes I am. And you made a mistake by breaking in here, boy." said the uniformed man, whose eyes  
began glowing red.  
	Suddenly, Ryoga felt his mind being probed, then waves of emotion began flowing into his head.  
Ryoga realized M. Bison had figured out his mindset and was not trying to take over his mind. Instead,  
Bison was flooding him with feelings of despair and hopelessness. Although only a small portion of the mind  
attack was affecting him due to the defense of the herbal fumes, the effects of the drug was also heightening  
the emotions tenfold. Ryoga fell to his knees in hopeless depression.  
	"Now do you understand? You're life is nothing.... it's not even worth living.... do what must be  
done.... end it all...." said M. Bison, smiling.  
	"FOOL!" shouted Ryoga, getting up.  
	M. Bison stared at him, not understanding what went wrong.  
	"WHERE DO YOU THINK I GET MY POWER FROM?!?!?!?" Ryoga shouted. A black battle  
aura began to glow around him as he began to summon dark ki energy into his hands. "SHICHI-HOU- 
KUODAN!!!!!" Ryoga shouted, releasing a giant blast of energy at Bison. M. Bison reacted slowly because  
of his surprise, but still half-dodged the energy ball, getting his arm caught up in the blast. The energy  
continued past Bison and exploded through the brick wall, knocking out Balrog, who had been on the other  
side when the energy ball hit.  
	Ryoga ran at M. Bison, who was holding onto his injured arm, and punched him, but it was only a  
shadow of where Bison used to be. M. Bison reappeared behind him, laughing. Ryoga elbowed at him, to try  
to get him offguard, but again, Bison disappeared and reappeared in another position. The next punch Ryoga  
gave was grabbed. Ryoga screamed in pain as M. Bison began squeezing. Blue flame appeared around M.  
Bison and caught Ryoga, engulfing him in it, sapping his energy. M. Bison let go and Ryoga fell to the  
ground.  
	He had barely opened his eyes when M. Bison was falling on him. Bison stomped on Ryoga's head,  
and then came down on him, smashing his head again with both hands. Ryoga ignored the incredible pain  
and shouted "Bucks-eye-ten-kit!", striking the ground with one finger. The ground exploded, causing Bison  
to jump back, surprised but not stunned. He had himself come down to Ryoga's level for that attack but had  
not expected any retaliation after that much damage had been taken to the head. Ryoga swept at him, but it  
was slow because of the effects of the drug. M. Bison jumped it, flipping backwards. Ryoga got up only to  
meet Bison's feet, smashing into his face and then legs. Ryoga expected to hit the floor but instead felt  
himself being thrown into the wall. Then, before he could open his eyes, he felt stainless steel cuffs around  
his arms. His eyesight prefocused only to see M. Bison finishing locking his legs in chains also. He had been  
cuffed to the wall!  
	"You must be one of Ranma Saotome's friends." smiled M. Bison.  
	"You've got to be kidding! Ranma's the cause of all my suffering!" replied Ryoga.  
	"Then you won't mind telling me where he is. We had been keeping track of him but he disappeared  
after the fight with Dan." said M. Bison.  
	"How the hell should I know?" said Ryoga, but he felt his mind being pried into.  
	"Hmmm. If that's the way it's going to be, then I guess I have no use for you." said M. Bison,  
pulling out a large hunting knife from his boot and putting it to Ryoga's throat. "I'll make this simple."  
continued M. Bison, "Tell me where Ranma is or face a slow, agonizing death."  
	A few agonizing seconds went by.  
	"Then I choose death!" said Ryoga.  
  
					*****  
  
	The next street fighter match was Akane and Guile versus Shampoo and Cammy. Guile was an  
American Air Force captain and Cammy was a British Special Forces agent. Guile wore camouflage pants  
and a grey T-Shirt reading 'Army'. Cammy wore two long girl-like braids, a no arm/leg-sleeved jump suit  
and had camouflage painted on her arms and legs. The match was to take place in the haunted woodlands  
outside Tokyo. Deep within the woods, a ghost-like voice bellowed "Gyuoka-san..... Gyuoka-san....." A  
crowd of onlookers, including Akane's friends, a short, old man who looked liked Happosai only with tons  
of hair over his face, and an elderly man talking about Rio-Genzowa stood around Akane and Guile as they  
prepared.  
	"M. Bison killed your friend?" asked Akane.  
	"That's right. When I get my hands on that scumbag....." replied Guile.  
	"I'll make sure we win!" said Akane, "So you can get your chance with Bison!"  
	Guile smiled. "Thanks, kid."  
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	Akane and Shampoo charged each other. Cammy jumped up and began swinging on the tree limbs.  
Shampoo kicked high but Akane ducked it, placing a well placed punch into Shampoo's stomach. Shampoo  
fell back saying, "Akane.... you a little better than I thought."  
	Just as Cammy flipped over them, Akane jumped and grabbed onto Cammy's leg.  
	"Hey!" shouted Cammy, losing hold of the limb. They both fell, hitting the ground. Cammy then felt  
herself being picked up and bodyslammed by Guile. Meanwhile, Shampoo picked up Akane and began  
punching her in the stomach.   
	"Shampoo still can kick Akane butt!" said Shampoo.  
	"Akane! Duck!" shouted Guile. Guile focused his power into his hands and then swung them  
together shouting "Sonic Boom!" A circle of force shot forward, barely missing Akane and hitting Shampoo.  
Shampoo flew back, hitting a tree.  
	"Let me return the favor!" said Cammy, grabbing Guile and doing the exact same body slam on  
him. She then looked on to Akane, fists in a defensive posture. Cammy reeled back and jumped forward in a  
sideways position so as to make it harder to hit her. Cammy brought her elbow in, hitting Akane, and then  
back-fisted her in the same move. Akane fell back, crying in pain, but still tried to punch back. However,  
Cammy blocked it by grabbing her hand and pulling her hand to the ground, hunching Akane over. Cammy  
then shot her legs up and around to the back of Akane, and grabbing Akane from behind with her legs.  
Cammy let go of Akane's hand, then hurled Akane back over herself and slammed her to the ground with her  
legs. Cammy then picked up Akane and threw her.  
	Shampoo came to just in time to see Akane flying at her. Shampoo jumped and grabbed hold of a  
branch as Akane hit the tree. The limb she held shook as the tree cracked from the force of the throw.  
Shampoo flipped onto a nearby tree branch.  
	Akane tried to keep concious. "No... I can't lose.... for Gui...." she whispered, but then darkness  
took over.  
	Guile was just getting up when Shampoo fell on his back, smashing him back down to the ground.  
Then she was off. Guile tried to get up again but was hit again by Shampoo jumping down from the same  
tree branch on him and jumping back up. Guile wondered how long she thought she could do that. The third  
time Shampoo jumped, she met Guile's boot as he backflipped and flash kicked her. Shampoo was stunned,  
but was somehow able to grab hold of the tree branch with her hands.  
	"Cannon Drill!" shouted Cammy, flying at Guile, boots first. Guile jumped and landed on Cammy as  
she hit the ground and shouted "Sonic Boom!" shooting another energy circle at the limb Shampoo was on.  
Shampoo let go and backflipped to the ground safely. Guile turned and blocked Cammy as she punched at  
him. Then Guile was kicked in the head from behind. He turned to deal with Shampoo but then was hit by  
Cammy's boots as he heard her shout "Cannon Drill!" once again. Before Guile could fall, Shampoo gave  
him and uppercut.  
	Shampoo jumped at him, but Guile rolled away. Shampoo skidded and then felt her arm grabbed.  
Guile started swirling in a topspin motion, taking Shampoo with him. Cammy could do nothing or be hit by  
Shampoo as she swung around and around. Guile finally let go, sending Shampoo high, smashing into a tree  
head-first. Shampoo then fell to the ground. A large bump sprung from her head, her eyes became huge and  
cross-eyed, and she began hearing bicycle bells in her head. She muttered "Noigilersgurdxes....." with a  
frieghtening smurk on her face and fell over face first.  
	"Cannon Drill!" shouted Cammy, hitting Guile again. Guile jumped back another sonic boom at her.  
Cammy jumped it, coming at Guile. Guile was ready and backflipped with another flash kick, missing  
Cammy. "Front kick!" she shouted jumping upward and then flipping herself feet-first. She met Guile in mid- 
flip and kicked him. Guile retaliated with a punch to the face. Cammy fell back. Guile punched again, this  
time connecting her arm. Cammy fell back more. The third punch came at her stomach, but Cammy dodged  
it, causing Guile to smash his fist into a large oak tree with all his might. Guile shouted in pain before  
Cammy uppercutted him and then pressed against the ground to shoot her leg up again once again shouting  
"Front Kick!", connecting Guile once again in the jaw. Guile hit the ground, unconscious.  
  
					*****  
  
	Ryoga looked horrible. He was still feeling the effects of the drug he had taken and he had now  
been beaten, burned, and horribly scarred for refusing to talk. M. Bison had left the torturing up to Sagat,  
who was now teasing him with a jug of water. "Don't you wish you had just a little drop to drink? Huh? Just  
one drop? Maybe you can have the whole jug if you tell me what I want to know...."  
	Ryoga said nothing. Sagat smiled and said, "Well then...."  
	Just then, Akuma walked in. "Sagat, stop fucking with the brat. The kid isn't going to talk. Help me  
find the other shit yourself."  
	"Fine then. I will set this water down really close to you, then. Perhaps it will help you conceive  
yourself drinking from it's moistened bounty. Hahaha! And when we get your friend, i'll be able to repay Ryu  
for this....", said Sagat, pointing to his chest scar, "....and he'll feel more than TWICE the pain you're  
feeling!"  
	"Sagat! Can we get the fuck going?!? Or do you need to prove your dick is bigger than his too?"  
snapped Akuma.  
	"Wait for me.... i'll be back...." taunted Sagat, walking to join Akuma.  
	Ryoga looked at the jug of water sitting on the table inches away from him.  
	"If I can only get my.... headband." thought Ryoga, reaching for his headband. He grabbed a piece  
of it and was able to pull it off. Ryoga began swirling the headband with one finger and then launched it. the  
headband missed the jug of water, but came back like a boomerang, hitting the jug, splashing the water on  
Ryoga.  
  
					*****  
  
	Kuno was walking to the final Street Fighter match with his arm in a cast and half his face wrapped  
in bandages, while thinking "Those doctors think they can keep the great Tatewaki Kuno from being in the  
final match? They surely thought of a nature so wrongly, such an err is not even human."  
	"Upperclassman Kuno!" shouted Akane running up to him, "I finally found you!"  
	"Akane Tendo! You felt the sting of battle as well?"  
	"Uhhh... yeah.", replied Akane, "Uhhh.... Kuno.... I was thinking... well... you know....."  
	"Worry none such well as you are." replied Kuno, "I knoweth now that the ill you begot me was  
not to mask your true feelings for me, but a true statement of your actual sentiments. I accept your position  
and will no longer chase you like the fiendish carnivore I must have beset upon myself. You are free to fly as  
you will."  
	"Uhhh. Well, actually, I was hoping you were still.... um....... interested....." said Akane.  
	"Well what have you two been up to?" asked Nabiki, walking up behind them.  
	"Nabiki!" exclaimed Akane.  
	"Oh! Nabiki Tendo, my love!!!" shouted Kuno, grabbing for her.  
	Nabiki held up one hand, stopping Kuno in his tracks. "Not so fast Kuno, baby. I'm afraid I have  
another interest in my love life. So you can just...."  
	"Another love interest?" asked Akane.  
	Just then, Ryoga in pig form began scampering down the street as fast as his little piggy feet could  
carry him.  
	"P-Chan!" cried Akane, holding out her arms as P-Chan leapt into them, "What happened to you?  
You look all cut and bruised!"  
	"Honestly, sis. What is it that makes you like that pig anyway?" asked Nabiki.  
	"P-Chan? I don't know.... he has personality!" stated Akane.  
	"Oh, please." said Nabiki, "If a pig had a better personality, it would cease to be a filthy animal."  
	"My sweet Nabiki, what is this about another LOVE?!?!?" shouted Kuno, "I will destroy him! Or  
my name is not Tatewaki Kuno."  
	"I don't think you're going to be destroying anyone, Kuno baby." said Nabiki, referring to Kuno's  
bandages.  
	"Akane!" shouted Dr. Tofu, "I'm so glad I found you!"  
	"Huh? What is it, Dr. Tofu?" asked Akane.  
	"I LOVE YOU AKANE!" he shouted grabbing at Akane, causing Ryoga the pig to jump out of  
Akane's arms and run away.  
	"WHAT?!?!?" everyone shouted.  
	Akane stared at Dr. Tofu. She had been in a crush with him for so long before. And now.... after all  
this time.... he had feelings for her?? How could this happen? She thought of herself finally being with Dr.  
Tofu, her childhood dream......  
	"No." said Akane.  
	"What???" remarked Dr. Tofu.  
	"I've already had to go through so much to get over you.... I can't. I can't switch love on and off  
like that. It just doesn't work that way......" said Akane.  
	"Dr. Tofu?" said Kasumi, who had just now walked up.  
	"Huh? What do you want?" said Dr. Tofu, trying to get Kasumi to say what she needed to say as  
quickly as possible.  
	"It's Kuno that I want!" said Akane, grabbing Kuno.  
	"You see there's a matinee at...." Kasumi started, but was interrupted by Ryoga who was steaming  
from hot water being poured on him.  
	"Uhh.... Kasumi could I have a word with you?" asked Ryoga.  
	"What is it, Ryoga?" asked Kasumi, never able to deny someone a word.  
	"Get off me you crazed lunatic!" shouted Kuno, "It's Nabiki Tendo that I love!"  
	"Uhh.... Kasumi...." stuttered Ryoga, "I was wondering if you would go on a.... a.... d-d-date  
with..... me."  
	"Oh. I'm so sorry, Ryoga." replied Kasumi, "But i'm afraid that you're a little too young for me."  
	"Oh." said Ryoga, hanging his head, "I understand." Suddenlly, everything went black and Ryoga  
thought he heard glass breaking underneath his chest. Just as Kasumi turned her attention back to Tofu,  
Ryoga fell to the ground and began to puncture his finger with a needle while whispering "The old familiar  
sting...."  
	"Stay back if you know what's good for you, Kuno, baby." warned Nabiki.  
	Kasumi then returned her attention to Dr. Tofu. "I'm sorry, Dr. Tofu. As I was saying, there is a  
matinee in town and...."  
	"Take yourself." replied Dr. Tofu, grabbing Akane, "I love Akane!"  
	"Shampoo!" shouted Mousse with his glasses off, grabbing Kasumi's breasts from behind.  
	The shock of Dr. Tofu's statement and being grabbed at the same time caused Kasumi to scream,  
holding her hands up in the air.  
	"Hey! Get your hands off her!" shouted Ryoga, kicking Mousse.  
	"So you want to take away my darling Shampoo?" asked Mousse, riling back into an attack  
position.  
	"Oh! Mousse!" exclaimed Nabiki, pushing Kuno away and running for him.  
	"Bring it on, duck boy." said Ryoga, pulling out his umbrella.  
	"So you are the scoundrel that stole my sweet Nabiki's heart!" shouted Kuno, "Prepare to die, bird- 
brain!"  
	"Hey there you are, you big silly! Hey, what happened to you, Ryoga?" Ukyo exclaimed, grabbing  
Ryoga.  
	"Hey! Not now! I'm in the middle of a fight!" Ryoga shouted.   
	"Hey there, Mousse." said Nabiki, "I have a proposition for you. How would you like to take me  
out on a date?"  
	"Huh? Not interested." said Mousse.  
	Meanwhile, Kuno lunged at Mousse, tripping over Akane, who was huddled over sobbing on the  
ground. Akane then looked up and asked "Shinnosuke?"  
	"Who are you?" was the reply.  
	"Oh, come on now. What do you have to lose?" asked Nabiki.  
	"I'm sorry, Akane. I'm just not interested in you. Where did Shampoo go?" responded Mousse to  
Nabiki.  
	"Aren't you even going to thank me for helping you in the fight?", Ukyo asked Ryoga.  
	"What a haul! What a haul!" shouted Happosai holding a large bag, jumping through on  
everybody's head. Two Chinese girls holding bags of seeds, an incredibly sexy reform school teacher, and a  
mailbox ran by chasing after him.  
	"I tell you what. I'll promise you can get to atleast second base with me, deal?" asked Nabiki.  
	"Sorry." replied Mousse, putting his glasses back on.  
	"Oh! I'm sorry, Ukyo.", said Ryoga, "Thanks. Now I need to go...."  
	"What's wrong, Akane? I love you!" pleaded Dr. Tofu.  
	"I'll pay!" pleaded Nabiki.  
	"I said i'm not intere- Whoa!" shouted Mousse, barely ducking out of the way as Kuno swung his  
kendo sword at his head.  
	"Ni-hao!", greeted Shampoo, jumping in on her bicycle, "Anybody see where...."  
	"Shampoo!!!" shouted Mousse.  
	"Kuno, are you SURE you won't go out with me???" pleaded Akane.  
	"What is going on here?" asked Kasumi, fainting.  
	"Sure as the heaven's w- oof!" said Kuno, being cut off by Mousse jumping on his head to make his  
way to Shampoo.  
	"Kasumi!" cried Ryoga, seeing Kasumi faint, but unable to move from Ukyo's grasp.  
	"Ucchan!" said Ranma, wearing his green Chinese clothes and a smile, "I wanted to tell you  
something really important. Whats' say we go live happily ever after?"  
	"You really have to work on your form, Ranma, honey." replied Ukyo, looking back but still  
holding onto Ryoga.  
	"Ranma! I'll show him!" whispered Akane, "Kuno!!!"  
	"I love you, Shampoo!" shouted Mousse, grabbing an unwilling Shampoo.  
	"Then you don't want to go out with me?" asked Ranma.  
	"Sorry, Ran-chan..." replied Ukyo, "It's Ryoga I love now."  
	"W-w-what?!?" stuttered Ranma.  
	"Hey, now! Wait a minute!" said Ryoga.  
	"Akane Tendo," said Kuno, "Thou aren't doing what I hast perceive you doing?!?"  
	Ranma looked at Ukyo holding on tightly to Ryoga. He then saw Shampoo and Mousse holding  
each other, and then turned his head to see Akane trying to seduce Kuno! "How could this have happened?"  
said Ranma in shock, "NO ONE is in love with me anymore?"  
	"*I* love you, Ranma sweetums!" cried Kodachi, grabbing Ranma from behind.  
	"Get off me!" shouted Ranma, "I'd rather be loveless! Let go!"  
	"Is that weed I smell on you kid?", Guile questioned Ryoga, walking in on the scene, "Yep. Your  
eyes are red."  
	"What???" cried Ryoga.  
	"Oh, Ranma...." soothed Kodachi, "Aiiiiiieeeee!!!"  
	Ranma looked behind him to see Shampoo grabbing Kodachi from behind the same way Kodachi  
was grabbing him.  
	"Come back here, my love!" shouted Dr. Tofu.  
	"You're going downtown, pothead!" said Guile, handcuffing Ryoga.  
	"Oww! What are you doing to my arm?!?" cried Ryoga.  
	"Monkey wrench." replied Guile, "No one gets out of it."  
	"Get off me you pervert!" screeched Kodachi.  
	"Shampoo love the way she felt when you kissed her......" said Shampoo.  
	"I did not! I kissed Ranma!" screamed Kodachi.  
	"Whatever!" replied Ranma.  
	"Shampoo?" asked Mousse, "What are you doing with that strange girl?"  
	"Hey, what do you think you're doing with my darling Ryoga?!?" yelled Ukyo.  
	"Here, let me show you how I kissed my darling Ranma." said Kodachi.  
	"Oh man!" said Ranma, "I am SO out of here!"  
  
					*****  
  
	The final street fighter match was a 3 on 3 match. On one side was Ranma, Ken, and Ryu. On the  
other side was M. Bison, Sagat, and Akuma. The match was to take place in a field outside Tokyo. The sky  
grew red as dusk was setting in. The only spectators were a huge man in a green karate outfit, a man with a  
straw hat and a black mask over his eyes, and a huge ghost cat.  
	"Whoa. That's a big scar on that bald guy." said Ranma.  
	"Ryu gave it to that S.O.B. back when Sagat was head of the Street Fighter Challenge, didn't you,  
buddy?" said Ken, putting Ryu in a headlock.  
	"I'm afraid so." replied Ryu.  
	"So, you ready, Ranma my man?" asked Ken.  
	"Are you kidding? I'll take them all on with one hand tied behind my back!" said Ranma.  
	"Right on!" remarked Ken.  
	"Arrogance gives strength but causes the fighting spirit to falter. Wisdom allows a proper  
distribution of strength and power." stated Ryu.  
	"One day i'm going to kick that stick out of your ass, Ryu.", Ken replied. 
	"Round one. Fight!" shouted the referee.  
	"Hyper! Hyper! Hyper!", shouted Sagat, shooting an array of yellow energy waves.  
	"Hmmph! Hmmph! Hmmph!" grunted Akuma, shooting ball after ball of dark energy.  
	Ranma, Ken, and Ryu all jumped out of the way as the missiles of energy hit nearby, exploding.  
"Those guys throw balls of energy like they're throwing punches!" cried Ranma in despair. M. Bison just  
watched and smiled while levitating a foot off the ground.  
	"Hou-do-ken! Hou-do-ken! Hou-do-ken!" shouted Ken and Ryu, firing back at them. Ken shot  
energy balls similar to Akuma's, but Ryu's energy balls looked more like blue fireballs. The shots Ryu and  
Ken fired began blocking the attack either by dissipating the energy balls and waves shot at them, or causing  
Sagat and Akuma to block or jump instead of firing another energy attack.  
	Ranma then saw an energy wave coming at his feet. "Whoa!" he shouted, jumping it. "Watch your  
feet!" he shouted.  
	Ken and Ryu heeded the warning and jumped as an energy wave or two shot past them. But the  
jumps put Ken and Ryu off key, causing them to have no time to fire back. Ken and Ryu dodged the next  
array of energy waves and energy balls with much less ease. Ken got hit by an energy ball and Ryu was hit in  
the face by an energy wave, stunning him long enough to get hit by a low energy wave.  
	"Concentrate your shots on Sagat, so he doesn't have any time for any low shots!" shouted Ryu.  
Ken and Ryu began shooting at Sagat. Sagat, now dodging energy balls from two different angles, began  
ducking and dodging any way he could and stopped shooting hypers.  
	"This is fine. But what do we do about Akuma?", said Ken.  
	"I'll handle it." replied Ryu. Ryu began shooting fireballs at both Sagat and Akuma, keeping up to  
speed with both of them. With Ken and Ryu busy keeping up with the energy war, M. Bison began to phase  
in and out closer and closer to the two.  
	"Oh no you don't!" shouted Ranma, jumping at M. Bison. M. Bison smiled a split second before  
Ranma hit his pyscho shield and went flying away. Ranma hit the ground far from Bison, saying "Man, that  
guy is tough." A shadow loomed over him. He looked up to see Akuma.  
	"You impertinent fool!" insulted Akuma. Akuma's eyes shimmered dark red and his entire body  
glowed with battle aura. "Did you really think you could do any good in a fight amongst REAL warriors?!?  
You make me sick. Prepare for death, you insignificant piece of garbage!"  
	"I guess this isn't going to be one of those times we all become friends in the end." thought Ranma,  
getting up. "Blah, blah, blah. Are you going to fight me or not?" replied Ranma.  
  
	Ken and Ryu had heard Ranma warn them of Bison coming up behind them. With Akuma  
distracted, Ryu took his time with the next fireball. Unlike the others, this fireball was red. He shot it at  
Sagat, but adjusted the speed of the throw. Sagat jumped it, but too early. The fireball was slower than  
expected and he landed on it, catching himself on fire. Sagat screamed and began rolling in the dirt to put  
himself out.  
	Meanwhile, M. Bison had made his way there. Ryu faced him in a defensive posture. But Ken  
charged him, shouting "Sho-ryu-ken!", attacking with a super uppercut against Bison. Ken shot upwards  
with his fist flaming with power, but Bison had disappeared before it connected. Bison materialized in  
between them, attacking both of them with power fists. Ken was smashed on his descent and flew to the  
ground, rolling. Ryu blocked the punch but still took some damage from the energy surrounding Bison's  
hands.  
	Ryu swept M. Bison and then tried to hit him with a short Sho-ryu-ken, so as not to allow too  
much of an opening if the attack failed. M. Bison did disappear before the dragon punch connected, and  
reappeared behind him. Ken came charging back quickly and jump kicked at Ryu. Ryu ducked as the jump  
kick connected with Bison's face. But Bison took it and grabbed Ken, throwing him into Ryu. The two hit  
the ground, rolling from the force of the impact.  
	"Back-to-back." said Ryu, "And be ready for him to appear." Ken nodded and the two stood back- 
to-back. M. Bison appeared on Ken's side. "Hou-do-ken!" shouted Ken, shooting an energy ball at Bison.  
Bison disappeared, and reappeared in front of Ryu.... where he was ready for him. Ryu quickly jumped and  
began throwing kick after kick after kick at M. Bison in mid-air. The first kick hit, and then M. Bison  
blocked the next few and then grabbed Ryu's leg while he was still in mid-air. Ken turned around and stared  
at Bison, shocked by the counter. Ryu, ever the calmest fighter, had the same complacent, emotionless face  
he always did, as if accepting it. M. Bison began glowing as blue flame surrounded him again. The flames  
grew thick around him and Ryu and then Bison shot forward head first, knocking both Ken and Ryu to the  
ground with the blue flame enveloping them, sapping their energy.  
  
	Akuma jump-kicked at Ranma. Ranma jumped back, dodging it. But Akuma kept kicking, going  
into his hurricane kick! Ranma jumped and dodged his kicks over and over again as Akuma kept coming at  
him. Akuma then jumped into the air, shooting an energy ball at Ranma, hitting him in the side of the face.  
Ranma fell back. Akuma swept his feet faster than Ranma could recover. "This guy is good!" thought  
Ranma, hitting the ground.   
	Akuma jumped and shot two energy balls down at Ranma. Ranma rolled out of their path and flew  
at Akuma. They punched and kicked at each other in mid-air, Ranma taking most of the blows. Ranma then  
kicked at Akuma as he hit the ground, but Akuma grabbed his leg, and flung him to the ground again. "I'm  
just no match for this guy. He's too fast." thought Ranma.  
	Akuma lifted up his knee and began hovering towards the grounded Ranma. Ranma didn't like the  
glimmer in Akuma's eye and jumped away from his charge immediately. Akuma missed Ranma by an inch  
and a great flash of light erupted from him, engulfing the surrounding area and blinding Ranma. "Oh man!  
I'm glad I wasn't in the middle of THAT! Now I can't even see." thought Ranma, "Wait a minute. If I can't  
even see, then he must be even more disoriented." Ranma tried to recall from memory where everyone was.  
	"Hey, man! That move sucked!" shouted Ranma, jumping to a new position, "When are you going  
to stop playing around and fight me for real?"  
	"Sucked? My Raging Demon Attack SUCKED???" ranted Akuma.  
	"Yeah!" replied Ranma, just barely getting his sight back, "It sucks. So do you."  
	"Then let's see if you like this one!" shouted Akuma, summoning tons of dark ki energy in his  
hands.  
	"Man, I hope this doesn't kill me." thought Ranma.  
	Akuma powered up and let loose a multitude of energy against Ranma. Ranma, who had gotten his  
sight back just in time, jumped out of the way as the energy pulse flew out past him, smashing into M.  
Bison.  
	M. Bison got up from the massive energy attack. "So Akuma....." he shouted, "You thought i'd be  
weakened by this fight and you could become the leader of Shadow-law that easily?" With that, M. Bison's  
eyes glowed white.  
	Akuma regained his sight and soon realized what he had done. He didn't like this. He had thought  
of taking out Bison and becoming the leader of Shadow-law, but only if Bison was weak enough. He sure  
wouldn't have attacked him now, not when Bison was still strong. "Bull shit!" he countered.  
	"Don't think me a fool. Your thoughts betray you. Now you will see what happens to traitors!"  
sneered Bison.  
	Ranma looked to see Ken and Ryu still recovering from Bison's energy-sapping attack. And Sagat  
was heading right for them! Ranma ran and intercepted him. "Out of the way, young underdog. It is time  
that old debts be repaid. Ryu will at last feel the agony and humiliation of defeat!" said Sagat.  
	"No way, man. Fight me!" stated Ranma.  
	"Then prepare to face the consequences." retorted Sagat, cracking his knuckles. Sagat kicked at  
Ranma. Ranma ducked and came up with his back towards Sagat, elbowing him.  Sagat retaliated with a  
devastating punch, dropping Ranma immediately and with great pain. Ranma was not used to fighting men  
of such incredible strength!  He weakly got up and took a defensive position. "Hyper knee!" shouted Sagat,  
flying at Ryu, kneeing him in the stomach with enough strength to drop an elephant. Ranma crippled to the  
ground, every inch of breath smashed out of his lungs.  
  
					*****  
  
	"Do you ever wonder about God?" asked Akane.  
	"W-what?!?" stuttered Ukyo.  
	"I mean, do you think the world is really ruled by a lot of different gods or one large force, or by  
nothing at all?", asked Akane, staring out through Ukyo's restaurant window from her table seat next to  
Ukyo, "If it's ruled by a large force, was Buddha the one true prophet? Or do you think that some great  
being is trying to speak through all the different religions in the world? If so, why are the messages so  
different?"  
	"Uh, gee, I don't know, Akane." replied Ukyo, a little surprised at what the coversation had gotten  
to. "I don't know what it is, but I do think there is something after we die."  
	Akane sighed and continued out the window as Ukyo sipped on her drink.  
  
					*****  
  
	Akuma shot upwards with another super uppercut, but once again, M. Bison had disappeared.  
Akuma jumped up and shot two energy balls at Bison. They both hit Bison's psycho shield and bounced  
back, hitting Akuma. Before Akuma could even fall, M. Bison, surrounded by a blue glow, levitated up to  
him, wrenched his throat, began sucking his energy, elbowed his head then face, racked him twice, then  
picked him up over his head and threw him.  
  
	"Ken....." gasped Ryu, getting up, "are you okay?"  
	Ken's eyebrows twitched, as if opening his eyes was the hardest thing in the world, as he fought  
with unconsciousness.  
	Akuma hit the ground ungracefully next to Ryu, scratching Akuma's face and body horribly. His  
black karate suit was ripped to shreds and only hung from a few threads on one of Akuma's shoulders. He  
picked himself up, weakly. "Fucking master of cheapness....." muttered Akuma. He then fixed his gaze on  
Ryu.  
	"How does it make you feel...." asked Akuma, "....to see us both in such dishonor?"  
	"Dishonor?" asked Ryu, "What are you talking about?"  
	Akuma chuckled "Ryu, you've always had difficulty with the obvious. Look at you. You're losing."  
	"I don't concern myself with keeping score, Akuma." said Ryu, "The fight is everything."  
	"How can you sa- forget it." replied Akuma, "But before I'm taken out, I want to give that bag of  
buffalo shit a run for his money. Will you help me?"  
	Ryu smiled. "Ofcourse."  
  
	A kick to the head took Ranma by surprise. Sagat continued to beat on Ranma as he lay on the  
ground. His body was in horrible pain and agony. There is a certain amount of pain that will break any man's  
will and make him lose heart, regardless of how powerful and arrogant he is. This was that kind of pain. But,  
Ranma had a heart of steel that was too hard to break; too hard to hold.   
	Ranma began to fight back. He pulled himself up, ignoring his wounds. Sagat eyed him and then  
shouted "Hyper! Hyper! Hyper!", shooting energy wave after energy wave at Ranma. Ranma jumped and  
dodged them while looking for an opening... but it didn't seem to be coming soon. Sagat continued to shoot  
energy waves and attack Ranma, but somehow, Ranma dodged every time. Then, at one point, Sagat threw  
his fist into the wave a little too far. "There!" shouted Ranma. Ranma came in with with the Chestnut fist to  
the throat, hitting Sagat in the gullet over and over again. He then poked him in his only eye, kicked him in  
the throat, then pulled his leg back and kicked him on the side of the face and then brought it back, kicking  
Sagat again with the back of his foot. Blood spewed from Sagat's lips. Sagat grabbed Ranma's face and  
stared at him with his one bloody eye and began to squeeze. "You're.... still.... conscious???" choked Ranma.  
Sagat elbowed Ranma on the side of the head and then smashed him in the face. "Kyper Kuppercut!" said  
Sagat roughly, his voice torn by Ranma's attack. Sagat came at Ranma with his fist shooting up. But his  
blurred vision caused him to miss Ranma, sending himself high into the sky with nothing to hit. Ranma took  
the advantage and jumped up with Sagat, throwing another series of Chestnut punches. Each hit Sagat's  
face, causing him to convulse. Sagat then reached his peek of elevation, at which point Ranma flipped over  
the stunned Sagat, and threw his weight across to turn Sagat upside-down. Sagat came falling, hitting the  
hard ground head first.  
  
	"You rest, Ken." said Ryu. Ryu and Akuma charged M. Bison.  
	M. Bison laughed, "Come and get me!"  
	"Now!" shouted Ryu, shooting a red fireball at Bison while Akuma jumped and began doing the  
hurricane kick above it. M. Bison jumped the fireball and kicked Akuma out of the hurricane kick. Akuma  
flipped and landed on his feet about five feet from Bison. Ryu shouted "Tatsu-Maki-Sen-Pen-Kiouke!" and  
began a hurricane kick. Akuma jumped and shot an energy ball down at him while Ryu charged Bison from  
behind. Bison slid along the ground under Akuma. Akuma landed just as Ryu came charging up at which  
they both shouted "Sho-ryu-ken!". Both fists connected with Bison this time, and both of them shot up high  
into the sky with Bison as a passenger. Akuma and Ryu landed with grace. Bison hit the ground on his back,  
blood trickling from his mouth.  
	"I am through fighting you on your own level!" said M. Bison, getting up. A pyscho shield  
appeared around him and he began levitating off the ground. "Now you die!!!" he shouted, pointing at Ryu.  
Ryu was picked up by an unknown force and thrown several feet away, hitting the ground. Bison then  
summoned a small psycho-electric energy ball and let it float towards Akuma. Akuma, looking to see if Ryu  
was out of the fight, missed sight of it due to it's meekness. The electricity ball exploded behind Akuma,  
sending him flying into unconsciousness.  
  
	When Ryu opened his eyes, he saw a hand outstretched to him. He grabbed it and Ken pulled him  
up. Ranma was by Ken's side.  
	"Looks like you really ticked him off." said Ranma.  
	"What do we do now?" asked Ken, "We can't even touch him with that psycho shield on!"  
	"We'll have to trick him to lower it somehow and then stun him long enough to get all our shots in  
before he reactivates his shield." said Ryu.  
	"That's cool. But how? He wasn't even stunned by your hurricane kick, Ryu! He caught you in the  
middle of the attack!" said Ken.  
	"But yours is faster, Ken. When we get the chance, use it!" replied Ryu.  
	M. Bison had now levitated over to where Ken, Ryu, and Ranma were. He summoned another  
psycho-electric energy ball and let it float towards them. All of them saw it and jumped away from it before  
it exploded, but then Bison summoned another, and another. It seemed like it would only be a matter of time  
before one or more of them would make a mistake.  
 	"Trick him to lower his shield...." thought Ranma. Ranma ran over to Bison, who was just about to  
summon yet another electricity ball.  
 	"Hey Bison! I heard you wanted me to join Shadow-law. How were you intending to do that?!?"  
shouted Ranma.  
	"No, Ranma. Don't!" shouted Ken.  
	"He can take over your mind!" shouted Ryu.  
	Bison laughed. "Like this." he said.  
	Ranma felt something grab at his mind. "NOW!!!" he shouted.  
	Bison's psycho-shield was only down for a second to make the connection with Ranma's mind. It  
was .3 seconds too much. Ryu had already been summoning ki, and at Ranma's signal, he shouted "SHIN- 
KUU-HOU-DO-KEN!!!!", releasing a multitude of energy similar to Akuma's super attack. The energy burst  
hit Bison, stunning him in it's wake. Bison regained his thoughts quickly and tried to reactivate his shield by  
concentrating, but then Ken charged in and jumped Bison, shouting "Tatsu-Maki-Sen-Pen-Kiouke!",  
attacking with his hurricane kick. Ken's hurricane kick was fast, it stunned even Bison, but not for very long.   
	Ranma ran up and hit at M. Bison, but only hit his psycho-shield. "Arrrgh! It's too late! His shield is  
up again!" shouted Ranma.   
	"That's right." said Bison, "And i'm not letting it go down again." But then both he and Ranma  
noticed something. Ken was inside the shield behind Bison.   
	Ken powered up and then shot at M. Bison with his strongest attack. "SHIN-U-KEN!" shouted  
Ken, shooting up into the air with his flaming fist jabbing over and over again into Bison's face as he brought  
the warrior into the air with him. The move was so powerful, it caught Bison's clothes on fire. Bison lost  
control of his shield and hit the ground.  
	The others didn't allow a second to lose. Ranma ran in, attacking with the Chestnut Fist, hitting  
Bison in the back over and over again. Even so, Bison tried to get up. Ken and Ryu began shooting energy  
ball after energy ball into him. Ryu's red energy balls caught Bison on fire. Ranma continued hitting, even  
though he was taking damage from the heat. They attacked and attacked, not daring to allow Bison any time  
to recover. Finally, one by one, they stopped attacking from total exhaustion and damage from the fire. They  
all collapsed on the ground, catching their breath as the fire began to die out. Each breathed a sigh of relief  
when Bison did not get up.  
	"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance." said Ryu.  
	Ken stared at Ryu in confusion.  
	"I mean, Dragon Punch...."  
  
					*****  
  
	Ranma, Ken, and Ryu were catching their breath inside an open ambulance truck. Two young  
medical trainees, each with a black or white dot on the front of their shirt, were checking them out to make  
sure they were going to be okay.   
	"Hey Ranma, how did you know about Bison's pyscho-powers?" asked Ken.  
	"Oh, well, this old ghoul I know met me before the fight and warned me about it." said Ranma.  
	"Then how did you know his psycho-shield would go down when he tried it?" asked Ryu.  
	"Well.... I didn't." replied Ranma, looking at the ceiling of the ambulance, "Kinda just guessed it."  
	Akuma walked up behind the truck, looking in through the open doors.  
	"Hey! It's what's-his-face!" said Ranma, pointing.  
	"Akuma!" exclaimed Ken.  
	"I came to talk to Ryu." said Akuma.  
	"Looking for redemption?" asked Ryu.  
	"No." said Akuma, "I came to give my regards. That is all. I still plan to gain my full potential in  
control and power. But my affiliation with Shadow-law is over. Ryu, you could gain your full potential too,  
if you could just grasp the 'evil intent'."  
	"Whatever that means...." said Ranma.  
	Akuma continued, "I also plan to fight you again one day, and win. So you had better watch your  
back." With that, Akuma left.  
  
					*****  
  
	The victory party at the Tendo house did not have a very festive tone. Everyone was trying to stay  
away from each other. Shampoo lingered on one side of the table, wishing Kodachi would somehow accept  
her feelings for her. Nabiki was in the tub, silently debating whether to continue trying with Mousse or to  
settle for Kuno. Ukyo leaned on the other side, thinking about how her only love was probably going to  
spend the next few years in jail for drug possession. Soun and Genma the panda resided near an untouched  
go game, each staring off to space realizing Ranma and Akane getting together now was hopeless. Kuno  
was in the corner of the living room, drowning his sorrows for his lost Nabiki with saki. Akane stayed in her  
room, not wanting to see anybody. Mousse had found out his one true love had dumped him for another  
woman and was trying to hang himself in the Tendo's back yard. Even Kasumi was depressed about the past  
events.  
	Ranma was still sweaty from the fight with Bison and his men. He walked into the bathroom and  
disrobed, thinking of Akane. He opened the bath door to see a nude Nabiki reaching for some soap. Ukyo  
sank to the bottom of the bathtub, embarrased for her. Ranma just stared silently for a minute.  
	"Great! Just great! How much do I owe you, Nabiki?" he complained.  
	Nabiki took a look at Ranma's body for a few moments. She then picked up a bucket of cold water  
and splashed Ranma with it.  
	"Don't worry about it." said Nabiki, "After all, we were both girls at the time." With that, she  
covered up with a towel and walked out.  
  
	After a hot bath, Ranma was sitting out on the porch of the Tendo's yard, staring into the pond. He  
could tell the only person having a good time inside was the principal of his school and that made him even  
more depressed. "If there was only some way to change what happened. Things would be different." he said.  
	"But there is...." said a familiar voice.  
  
					*****  
  
	The next day, Ken and Ryu were walking down the street, carrying their totebags. They had heard  
the Street Fighter Challenge was moving out of Japan and was now headed towards Vietnam. Ryu intended  
to go, but Ken was on his way back home to America to see his wife and kid. They both looked up to see  
Ranma, standing in the middle of the road.  
	"Don't worry, Ranma. We weren't going to leave without saying goodbye." said Ken.  
	"That's not why i'm here." said Ranma, shadows looming below his eyes.  
	"What is it?" asked Ryu, "What's wrong?"  
	"I'm here to fight you, Ryu."  
	A moment or two passed.  
	"What for?" asked Ken.  
	"I saw that Bison guy last night." said Ranma, "He told me he could use his psycho- 
whatchamacallit to change Akane's mind. Make it so she'd forget what happened between me and Shampoo.  
I have to do it, man. I have to beat you, that's it."  
	"You can't trust Bison, Ranma. He's just using you!" said Ken.  
	"Ranma, calm down and think clearly." said Ryu.  
	"Shut up! Shut the fuck up!!! There ain't nothin' I won't do to get Akane back. You hear me?  
NOTHIN'!" roared Ranma, "I messed up once. I'm not gonna let a second chance get by! Understand?"  
Ranma's muscles rippled like never before, stretching his skin. His blood flow was 97% adrenalin. His bones  
became as hard as steel. His hair flowed up and his eyes glowed a dark red.   
	A crowd of people began to gather around, whispering and pointing. "I've never seen Ranma THIS  
mad before." said Kage no don.  
	"Very well, Ranma." said Ryu, putting down his nap sack, "If fate gives you the battle, then it  
seems your friend will forgive you through ignorance. But I can't allow Bison to alter a young girl's mind for  
your own devices."   
	When Ryu first learned the 'Hou-do-ken', he was in constant danger of the energy building inside  
exploding and hurting anyone that could be around him at the time. He was forced into high discipline in  
order to control the ki that flowed through him. Ryu now used this discipline as he held his palm  
outstretched and went into meditation. He felt the wisdom and peace of his chosen path. The ancestral  
powers of 'the discipline' entered him. The spiritual power flowed inside him and glowed from within. "I will  
fight you."  
	"Fine then." said Ranma, charging.  
	Ryu ducked as Ranma jump-kicked at him, sending a few spectators flying twenty feet away to the  
ground. "Whoa!" shouted Kage no don, "Stand back! WAY back!"  
	Ranma flipped, grabbed Ryu's karate suit by the shoulders, and flipped again, sending Ryu head- 
first into the concrete. The crowd gasped. Ranma punched, but Ryu grabbed the punch with his legs. He  
twisted his legs and Ranma's arm made a horrifying cracking noise. Ranma karate chopped at Ryu's leg but  
Ryu blocked in with his knee, hurting it greatly. Ranma swept both of Ryu's legs out wide and grabbed his  
collar, pulling him up and around to throw him.  
  
	"Look! Ranma's still using that arm, even after it was broken!", said a classmate of Ranma's with  
curly brown hair.  
	"I heard some conditions of weakness are just mental, but that's ridiculous!" said his friend, a  
straight, black-haired fellow.  
  
	 Ryu used Ranma's own force against him and adjusted himself so that Ranma threw himself. But  
Ranma held on and they both went flying through the pane glass of a hardware store with a paint display.  
Part of the building's support fell down and tons of sawdust and smoke flew up from within. When Ryu and  
Ranma got up, they were both covered with variant colors of paint and horribly scratched from the glass.  
Ryu and Ranma both picked up huge metal beams from the wreckage. The beams clashed. Ryu swung an arc  
at Ranma who had to make an emergency leap to dodge it, falling backwards on the ground with his legs  
spread apart high. A bunch of mirrors hung on the store's wall a few feet away smashed from the from the  
air pressure of the arc. Ryu then swung downwards between Ranma's legs. Ranma threw his beam up,  
catching it with his feet, blocking the arc just in time. From the space in between his legs, he grabbed Ryu's  
leg and pulled him to the ground. Ryu hit his head on the hard floor. Ranma slid his beam back down to his  
hands and shot it over Ryu's leg, hitting him hard in the hip, cracking it. Ryu flipped backwards, clipping  
Ranma in the face. Ranma then came in with an overhead arc, towards Ryu's head. Ryu tried to block using  
the beam, but the block fell from Ranma's crushing blow. Ryu's beam fell back behind his back while he was  
still holding it and Ranma's attack struck Ryu's shoulder, breaking it. Ryu's arms were now behind his back,  
holding his beam. In this position, Ryu had no defense. Ranma came in shouting "Katchu-Tenshen-Amag-",  
but Ryu bent the beam against his back, breaking it into two halves, and brought both halves against Ranma,  
striking him on each side of the face in the middle of Ranma's shout, causing Ranma to fall to the ground.  
	Ranma got up and the two jumped at each other at the same time. Ryu grabbed Ranma in mid-air,  
but Ranma pulled Ryu's arm back with such force, it snapped like a twig. Keeping Ryu's arm, Ranma took  
his other hand and began hitting Ryu in the stomach with the Chestnut Fist, rattling the shingles off the roof  
of the hardware store. But before the shingles even hit the ground, Ryu was somehow able to position his  
back in front of Ranma to get back leverage in his arm. As he swung around, he shouted "Tatsu-maki-sen- 
pu-kyaku!" and continued swinging with kick after kick, hitting Ranma with his hurricane kick. Ranma took  
the kicks and then flew through the wall of the store, into a street on the other side. Ryu jumped out after  
him.   
	Ranma got up from the street and began to summon his inner strength. A blue glow like never  
before began to surround him. Ryu began summoning huge amounts of ki energy into his hand, causing him  
to glow with a powerful white light.  
	"HIRYU-SHOTEN-HA!!!!!" shouted Ranma, shooting a deep blue burst of dragon-shaped energy  
at Ryu with his fist.  
	"SHIN-KUU-HOU-DO-KEN!!!!!" shouted Ryu, shooting a blast of bright white energy with his  
two out-stretched palms.  
  
	Akane was looking outside of her window when she saw a huge flash erupt from deep within the  
city.   
	"What the?...... Ranma!!!"  
  
	The two energy attacks met half-way, blasting into each other. Both Ryu and Ranma were still  
being enveloped by each other's energies as everything and everybody behind them were being blown away  
like leaves in the wind. Every second tested each other's will and determination. Ryu kept his mind in a state  
of meditation, making his power unrelenting. Ranma kept trying to think of winning, but then he began to  
think of Akane......  
	Ranma's energy began to wean and lose some of it's ground. But then, suddenly, it blasted forward  
with all new power, enveloping Ryu's energy and blasting into Ryu, frying his clothes, and throwing him  
back several feet, hitting the ground on his head.  
	Ranma collapsed to his knees to catch his breath. An island prince and his servants, a monkey-man,  
a dog-man, and a bird-man began to walk up. Ken and the two classmates looked through the hole of the  
building Ranma had been thrown through.  
	They all gasped when they saw Ryu get up.  
	"Still hungry for more, huh?" said Ranma, "Well, i'm ready!"  
	"I can not let Bison harm an innocent." said Ryu.  
	Ryu and Ranma charged each other again. Ryu shot upwards, shouting "Sho-ryu-ken!", knocking  
some birds out of the sky with he air-pressure. Ranma dodged it and waited for Ryu to return to Earth  
before going into another array of Chestnut punches, hitting Ryu and causing powerful winds to knock the  
animal-men behind him to the ground.  
  
	"Hey, I thought those energy attacks were supposed to be FINAL attacks." said the curly, brown- 
haired student.  
	"Is that what that's supposed to mean?" asked the straight black-haired student.  
  
	Ranma and Ryu kicked at each other at the same time, connecting in between each other. Ranma  
was quicker to react and brought his other leg up at the same time as he was bringing the other back down  
and kicked Ryu in the face. In the same fluid motion, he turned around and kicked him again with the other  
leg before the other even hit the ground. He continued this maneuver over and over, kicking Ryu with each  
foot while hovering in the ground. He topped off the move by elbowing Ryu in the face, stunning him.  
	"I think I just learned the hurricane kick!" shouted Ranma. Ranma then ran up to Ryu, punched him  
in the face again, and then picked Ryu up and threw him. Ryu hit an electric pole, smashing it. As the pole  
fell, it ripped the wire in two, and fell on Ryu. The current of electricity flowed through Ryu, sending  
charges through every part of his body. His skin turned black and blistered and some parts of his skin  
actually bubbled from the voltage. Ryu hit the ground.  
	But before Ranma could get up to him, Ryu was back up. Ranma punched. Ryu caught it in his  
blackened, smoking hand. Ranma kicked. Ryu elbowed it before it connected, knocking off some burnt skin.  
Ryu uppercutted Ranma and then brought his head down as he kneed him in the face. He then shouted  
"Hou-do-ken!" and shot a red fireball point blank into Ranma, catching Ranma on fire and blasting him  
through a wall, into the 'Hell's Withering Death' store. Ranma rolled around, putting most of the fire out  
quickly as Ryu followed him inside. Ranma jumped, going into a hurricane kick, hitting Ryu with it. Ryu  
blocked the last kick and threw Ranma's leg up, causing Ranma to flip. As Ranma hit the ground, Ryu jump  
kicked him. Ryu then began summoning what ki energy he could possibly have had still left in him and  
shouted "SHIN-KUU-TATSU-MAKI-SEN-PU-KYAKU!" and began swirling around in mid-air with such  
force, it began sucking everything from the store into the whirlwind. Ranma grabbed hold of one of the  
beams holding up the store to keep himself from being sucked in, but it broke and Ranma flew into Ryu,  
taking super kick after super kick. The glass from the store shattered from the force of the blows and the  
building moaned as it's support faltered. A chandelier hit the ground and some electric wires from the roof  
fell, catching part of the building on fire. Pieces of glass got caught up in the hurricane and began cutting  
into both Ryu and Ranma. Ranma made a last-ditch effort and swiped at Ryu's head with the beam, tearing  
off most of Ryu's face. Ryu countered and kicked the beam, making it crack like glass. Juat then, A large  
piece of the window then flew right into Ranma's chest. Ranma groaned from the deep impact. Ryu stopped  
kicking and hit the ground before Ranma did and shouted "Sho-ryu-ken!", shooting up with an uppercut 100  
times more powerful than the one he gave Sagat all those years ago. All the glass within a block shattered  
and doors to houses miles away rattled from the force. The Dragon Punch hit Ranma harder than he had  
ever been hit before, knocking his lungs into each other and every sense from his head. Ranma fell back and  
hit the ground HARD. A tremendous crack echoed throughout the building. The fall had broken his spine of  
steel clean in two.  
	Ranma's classmates and the animal-men peeked in through the broken window. Ryu, who's face  
was barely attached to his head, who had most of his bones broken, almost all of skin burnt to a black crisp,  
and who had fought the longest, hardest battle of his life, was still standing. He looked down at the poor boy  
who had put every ounce of his being into this fight.   
	"Ryu won!" said the curly, brown-haired guy.  
	Then Ranma opened his eyes. The spectators at the window instantly screamed and ran away. Once  
again, he began to glow a deep red. Ranma's nerves could no longer cause his legs to move but the energy of  
his fighting spirit alone caused him to get up and form two fists. Ryu acknowledged him and went into the  
deepest meditation he could, glowing white from summoning ki he couldn't possibly have.  
 	Ranma's heart had been pierced by the window pane. His spine was broken. Blood gushed from his  
lips, attached to a face that had black paint on it. The fire had spread behind him, nearly surrounding him.  
	 A flickering light fixture that was hanging by a wire was swinging above Ryu, shining in and out of  
Ryu's face. An electric wire, sparkling orange and bent around like a hoop was hanging just above Ryu's  
head. Blood from his torn up face was spilling onto the floor. The only white on his burnt skin was from  
some of the paint that had gotten on his arms.   
	The two jumped at each other.  
 	The building exploded and the roof fell down on both of them.   
	A few minutes later, parts of the roof began to move and both Ranma and Ryu's heads and arms  
popped out. Both of them were totally devoid of any energy whatsoever. Neither could move even if tons of  
roof were not on top of them. Barely keeping conscious, Ryu put his elbow down in an arm-wrestling  
position. Ranma, who could feel his life blood seeping out of him, put his elbow down and grabbed it.  
Neither of them could live for much longer, but they continued to pit against each other's strength.  
	"I always knew it would end like this." said Ryu.  
	"I regret nothing." replied Ranma.  
	They pushed and pushed with all their strength. The force Ryu's arm caused Ranma's skin muscles  
to bulge out, ripping the skin from his arm, exposing pure muscle. The capillaries in Ryu's head and neck  
began to burst form the pressure Ranma gave him. Both gave and gained way. Then, a hand pushed forward  
all the way, triumphant- Ryu's hand.  
	It took less than a second for both of them to lose consciousness.  
  
					*****  
  
	Ranma slowly began to regain consciousness. He couldn't move, but he could tell he was indoors.  
	"Ranma, have you been fighting again?" asked a familiar voice.  
	"Wha?" replied Ranma.  
	"Normally, it's really easy to heal your wounds, but this time it was almost a challenge since your  
heart was punctured in two places, your spinal cord suffered an unclean break, you had over 23 concussions,  
and your entire body was in shock." said Dr. Tofu, walking up within view, "You might even say you're  
lucky to be alive....."  
	"Doctor?" asked Ranma.  
	"I can say the same about your friend Ryu." said Dr. Tofu pointing to a nearby cot with Ryu, his  
face wrapped in bandages, "It was a bit tough to fix you guys up but....."  
	"You mean i'm not dead? You saved me?" asked Ranma.  
	"Yeah." replied Dr. Tofu, "If it wasn't for the system shock, i'd let you go home now."  
	"I'm--- HEALED?!?"  
	"Almost."  
	"You may be an idiot," thought Ranma, "but you sure are good at this healing stuff!"  
	"And Ryu?" asked Ranma.  
	"I'm fine." said Ryu from behind the bandages. "Ranma, i've never seen such fighting ability in  
someone so young. You will obviously grow into a much more powerful martial artist than I one day."  
	"Thanks." replied Ranma, unsure of what to say.  
	"There's someone else that would like to see you." said Dr. Tofu, opening the door.  
	"Ranma, are you all right?" cried Akane, running in.  
	"Akane?" asked Ranma, as Akane wrapped her arms around him.  
	Just then, Dr. Tofu's mother began calling him from the other room and Dr. Tofu left.  
	"I saw you.... I thought you were.... oh, Ranma!" she cried, grabbing hold of Ranma and hugging  
him and crying.  
	All the time Akane had been waiting, she had been thinking about what he had looked like before  
paramedics had gotten to him. She knew very well that he could have already been dead. She prayed that  
that not be true. She didn't care what powers that be there were, just that they would hear her prayers and  
save Ranma. Now, just when she had learned Ranma was going to live, she couldn't contain herself.  
	Ranma could only look on in amazement. "Akane," he said, "there's something I have to tell you.  
Shampoo gave me a love potion. That's why she se-seduced me. If I could take it back-"  
	"It doesn't matter now! Just as long as you're all right!" cried Akane, "I went after Kuno because I  
was jealous. I know you hate how i'm uncute and....."  
	"You? Uncute?" asked Ranma, "Where did you get an idea like that?"  
	"Ranma?"  
	"Anyway, the entire school used to be in love with you. You shouldn't have to take my word for  
it...."  
	"Oh, Ranma." said Akane. The two held each other.  
  
					*****  
  
	The wedding bells rang as everyone was walking inside the church. The ceremony was a western  
theme. Ranma stood at the front of the chapel, wearing a tuxedo. Mousse had already directed the guests to  
their seats. Shampoo was sitting near the front, holding a flower basket, looking depressed. Nabiki and  
Kasumi, handkerchief in hand, watched in anticipation.  
	The music started, and Soun, tears flowing from his eyes, lead the bride down the aisle. They  
walked to the front of the church. Genma the panda stood nearby and joined Soun in shooting streams of  
tears from the eyes.  
	After a short speech, the minister looked to the bride and asked, "Do you take this man to be your  
lawfully wedded husband?"  
	"I do." said Akane.  
	The minister then turned to the groom and asked, "And do you take this woman to be your lawfully  
wedded wife?"  
	"I do." said Ryoga.  
	"Then I now pronounce you man and wife." said the minister, "You may kiss the bride."	  
	Ryoga and Akane held each other and kissed passionately. The best man, Ranma, turned and  
looked at Soun and Genma and could now tell their tears were from sorrow of Akane's choice in marriage,  
not from happiness.  
	Ryoga and Akane walked back down the aisle.  
	"Now all I have to do is make sure I never touch cold water in front of Akane for the rest of my  
life!" thought Ryoga.  
	They walked out to the front and Akane threw the bouquet. Shampoo jumped for it, but was  
smashed by a giant spatula. The bouquet fell into Ukyo's hands. She jumped up and down in happiness,  
laughing gettily. Shampoo glared at Ukyo, rubbing her head. Suddenly, she heard a loud noise and the sky  
grew dark. she looked up to see a giant portal open, covering the entire horizon. Guests began screaming as  
their souls began to be pulled right out of their bodies and sucked into the portal.  
	"What in the world?" gasped Ryoga.  
	A strange looking man appeared before them.  
	"Who the heck are you?" demanded Ranma, running up.  
	"My name is Shang Tsung." said the strange man, "My master, Shao Khan, has opened a  
dimensional portal from the Outworld to claim the Earth for his own. You have been chosen to be part of  
the defenders of the Earth. The only way to stop Earth's takeover is to compete against beings from many  
different dimensions in the Mortal Kombat tournament."  
	"What?!?" yelled Ranma and Ryoga together, "Another one?!?"  
	"Behold! The strongest warriors from across all the planes of existence!" shouted Shang Tsung.  
	"You're saying we have to fight ALL of them?!?" shouted Ranma.  
	Dimensional portals opened from all around him, pouring hundreds of strange people from many  
different worlds, times, and realities out.  
	"I am a warrior from the shadow dimension. If you want to keep your planet, you must fight me!"  
	"I am a vampire hunter. I must fight you in order to save the future!"  
	"I am the Prince of the kingdom of Pulsar. I must fight you to save my country!"  
	"I'm Mink. I have to fight you to save Saucer!"  
	"I'm Pink. I have to fight you to save Santa!"  
	"I am Gohan. Prepare to die!"  
	"I am A-ko! Where is B-ko and C-ko?"  
	"I am Hojo. Taste cold steel!"  
	"I am Alita! What did you do to Dr. Yono?!?"  
	"You can't kill me.... I have partaken of the mermaid flesh."  
	"I'm Chipple."  
	"I am the leader of 108 Dragons. Fight me!"  
	"I'm Makoto, and i'm NOT a girl!!!"  
	"I go only by the name of my sword."  
	"Give me back my Tenchi or suffer the consequences!"  
	"I must kill you or the Aragami will take over!"  
	"If I don't fight you, Windaria will never get back to it's former glory!"  
	"Will you be Ki's friend before Ki kills you?"  
	"Inu-Yasha? Where did you go?"  
	"I have become a devil to save the world from devils. Now die!"  
	"I am Ken, Fist of the North-"  
	"Darling! Darling!"  
	"Rosa? Cid? Where did my airship fleet go?"  
	"Shinga! Suka! Ray! Akira!"  
	"The Mock 5 will beat you!"  
	"Nobody escapes The Professional."  
	"Oh... Yasuku.... eh? Where am I?"  
	"Stop calling us the Dirty Pair!"  
	"I am Homor- hiccup! Homo- hic! Hom- hic!"  
	"I'm Ronald. Do you believe in magic?"  
	"I was born in the sea of information...."  
	"Doji."  
	"Sister Angela! I love you!"  
	"Sailor Mars! Sailor Jupiter! Where are you?!?"  
	"Who the hell are you? I'M the Venus 5 leader!!!"  
	"Blackheart! Hitler's armies! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!"  
	"Yamada! Stop doing that in public!"  
	"Autobots! Transform and roll out!"  
	"Tetsuo! What happened to Neo-Tokyo?"  
	"You all lose!"