[Ranma][FanFic] Unfolding Destiny pt8: Clash
Richard Marshall
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Unfolding Destiny
Part 8
Clash
Akane gasped as she felt a hand pull her into the mirror. Her
body disappears into the mirror, as the others watch. With quick
steps the others run to the mirror, most slam their heads into the
mirror's surface, all but Shampoo. Shampoo fell through the mirror
and onto her knees.
Akane looked around for the arm the hand belonged to but
after a minute she noted that she was alone. "oof!" A voice came
behind her.
"Shampoo!" She said relieved seeing a friendly face.
"Akane OK?" Shampoo asked as she got up. With a curious
face Shampoo slowly looked about. "Weird. . ."
Akane nodded in agreement. Their eyes traced the dark draped
walls to the statues standing guard at the only apparent way. The
two approached with caution, keeping an eye to the statues and
their surroundings. An unearthly glow dimly lit the passageway as
they entered. An omnipotent silence instilled over the two
explorers.
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Back at Dr. Tofu's office Ranma lays on the bed as Tofu
examines the goose egg on the back of Ranma's head. "Hmm. . .
Genma nodded softly. "Yes, near a window."
"That's strange, his condition seems to be unchanged other
than this lump." Tofu looked to the father. "I'll keep him here for
observations." Genma nodded to the suggestion and left the room
and sat in the waiting room, a look of worry on his face.
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Out side the cave entrance Ryoga pounds on the mirror.
"AKANE!!" He screams out his hands smashing into the smooth
surface repeatedly.
"Cousin! Shampoo!" Perfume nearby calls out into the mirror.
Ukyo sits with her hands pressed to the surface wondering
why only those two made it through while the others were left
behind. Her initial reaction was to see if they had found the unseen
door but nothing proved to be giving. Even the give from Akane's
prodding could not be reproduces even by Ryoga.
Mean while Nabiki stood near by looking at her map and the
map from Cologne. Tilting her head so often and shaking her head.
She looked at the surroundings and pondered for a moment and
pulled out her compass and blinked. "Interesting.."
Ukyo shook out of her thoughts and looked to the Tendo
sister. "What is?"
"The compass it's not working."
"Let me see." Ukyo took the compass and shook it with force.
"That's weird." She said under her breath as Nabiki took a seat
with her back resting on the mirror near Ukyo. The two looked at
each other and Nabiki looked away first, seeming to ponder the
skies.
"BAKSAI TENKET-SU!" Ryoga reached back and asserted
the breaking point on the mirror. With a powerful explosion he was
thrust back into a tree and crumpled onto the ground. With interest
the others looked through the settling dust at the point of the
explosion and the glimmer from the reflective surface was still
intact.
A small cackle averted their eyes to the heave underbrush near
the mirror. His reflection gave the minotaur away before it stepped
out into the small clearing a good-sized battle-axe in its burly arms.
"I think you'll need a lot more then that to survive boy." Its scruff
voice sounded more like a growl.
Ryoga picked himself up from the ground and dusted himself
off and glared at the beat. "Who said that's all I got?" He huffed
"What, afraid its going to rain?" It stepped closer to the group.
Ukyo and Nabiki took to their feet, Ukyo dawning her spatula as
Perfume pulls out traditional bonbori. "Heh, what can a bunch of
school kids do to the great Woarick?" It snorted loudly "Lets find
out. . ."
"Yeah, jack-ass, Lets do!" Ukyo leapt towards the minotaur,
but before she could reach him he vanished and was offset by the
disappearance of her target and landed short. "What the-"
With a rush of wind Ukyo's body is tossed into the air. Her
scream of surprise filled the clearing as she landed near the mirror.
"Ukyo!" Nabiki fell to her knees as the Okinomiyaki girl winced
and held her ribs.
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Shampoo and Akane travel slowly down the corridor. The
dim lights straining their sight as they keep their guards up.
Weapons barred and ready in their hands. A few more steps they
blink as the lights flare up. As the girls' eyes adjusted to the light
they gasped seeing the large room they were in. The walls draped
in crimson stained cloth surrounded the room. The two guard-
statues stood in the middle of the room. Dark reddish glow emitted
from their sunken eyes. Akane and Shampoo stayed together
approaching the guards. As they came closer the two statues bared
their naganata's poised towards the two.
With simultaneous yells Shampoo and Akane leapt forward
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Ryoaga's body dumps onto the ground near Ukyo. "How does
one hit something he cannot see?" He grunts out and shakes his
head. With that he reaches for his umbrella near the mirror. And he
watches Perfume take a hit to the midsection and fall to the
ground. With a few blinks he looks to the mirror. "Wait a minute. .
... I can see it. . ."
"What was that?" Ukyo knelt beside Ryoga, who pointed to
the mirror.
"Perfume! Duck!" Ryoga shouted out and she ducked just in
time to feel the winds of an attack above her head.
"How you know?" Perfume asked quickly flipping over to the
two. And was startled as Ukyo struck out with her spatula and
contacted something unseen. Ukyo pulled back a slightly bloodied
corner and smirked.
"Take that you jackass!" She looked to the mirror and saw the
beast had taken the hit, but was now looming over Nabiki, with its
axe high over head.
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Shampoo and Akane began their attacks on the guards who
blocked and dodged. Their offence seemed nil until Akane slipped
a strike and paid for it with the butt of the naganata to her
breadbasket. "Akane!" Shampoo leapt over and protected the
prone girl from further attacks.
After catching her breath Akane stood up and coughed
"Thanks Shampoo." Shampoo nodded to her and they began their
attacks. With ferocity the two glinted their weapons and sliced
them through the air. The two guards expecting the attack blocked
the first assault. And their attentions were averted when their
targets switched and both were stunned momentarily as the blocks
were miscalculated from one opponent to the other.
Seeing their openings the two girls sliced down upon the
guards who staggered back. With smirks the girls gained the
advantage. The guards shook their heads and with a focused
mindset they tightened up. Akane struck over head at hers, and
Shampoo sliced horizontally across hers.
With clangs both maneuvers were blocked and the guards
pressed onward. Shampoo ducked quickly under a stab as Akane
hopped over a slice. Both girls gasped at the momentum of the
fight changed quickly as the guards, clearly adjusted to the switch,
raised their weapons. Akane and Shampoo retreated slightly and
nodded to one another.
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Nabiki gasped as Ukyo's Spatula was before her within a blink
of an eye. And her cold exterior broke with a shocked yelp as it
dented with a heavy blow. "I don't think so, Jackass!" Ukyo
rebutted to the near invisible minotaur.
"Ukyo?!" Nabiki's voice was joyfully confirming the fact that
Ukyo saved her. When the minotaur growled and came to view.
"You broke my axe! You wench!" the minotaur reached out
towards Ukyo and caught her throat with one huge hand and lifted
her into the air. "I'll break your neck!"
With that Nabiki franticly pulled something out of her pocket
and threw it at the beat. "I owe you. . ." She said as the glint of
metal flew from her fingers. The minotaur reeled back grasping for
its eye dropping Ukyo in the process.
"AGHHRGH!" Growling the beat yanked the switchblade
from the blind eye just in time to receive a bonbori to the gut and a
heavy umbrella to the temple. Ryoga and Perfume lashed out
together and the beast fell to one knee. Gurgling blood as its one
eye stared at the two combatants. With one desperate move the
minotaur snorted and charged the two teens with its horns aimed
directly at them.
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Akane held her weapon fast as she and Shampoo rolled passed
each other switching opponents again, and again unsettling the
guards' defense. Shampoo sliced out cutting an arc with her sword
into the abdomen of her guard, as Akane cut into hers with the
blade of her lajitang.
After three strikes the girls crossed again pressing the guards
back with their weapons digging into the magical flesh of the
statue guards. Sounds of steel scraping stone vibrated through the
room as the two cross again to continue their assault on the two
golems. With clear strokes they gathered their chi for their final
blasts as they reached the wall. Both cried out their battle cries.
"Bakadzikara-Toushin-Dakegi!" Akane's voice rang out.
"Toushin-Shuurai-Bakufuu!" Shampoo's voice accompanied
Akane's.
The two guards collided with the nearby walls from the blast,
breaking through with the amount of combined energy of the girls
the wall falls. With an earth-shaking rumble the wall settles onto
the ground. Dust plumes from the destruction.
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Ranma-chan's eyes slowly opened up and she reached to rub
her head, in aching realization her eyes snapped to her wrists that
were being pulled on by her restraints. The chains clinking softly
as she struggled. Gamei smirks to her a moment before refocusing
on the display of Ranma-chan's friends before him.
She reached with her toes trying to feel the ground before
looking. With a sigh she looked down when she could not reach
and gasped at her height. Her ears twitched and she looked to the
far wall. With an explosion the wall buckled and gave way to the
blasts from the other side. She strained her eyes to focus beyond
the dust and as the dust cleared a smile grew on her face as she saw
Shampoo and Akane in fighting stances. Ranma-chan's glee let her
overlook that both of their stances were not their usual ones.
Gamei stood slightly taken aback at the power emitted but
stood his ground. Kyoko stood up quickly reacting to the
explosion. Drawing her katana as she sees the intruders. The dust
floats onto the ground and Akane steps in slowly.
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The bull charged full steam ahead. Its eyes narrowed along its
horns. Ryoga and Perfume look at each other as the beast closes in;
with a simple hand gesture Perfume nods and readies herself along
side Ryoga. The bull travels head long into the pair before him ~
Make it easier girlie..~
At the last second they drop onto their backs surprising the
minotaur as their feet catch his chest. Using the momentum of the
charge they toss the unwitting beast into the air. With huffed
breaths they watch the beast sprawls and collide with the mirror.
With a loud shatter the mirror gives at the point the minotaur
crashes through.
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Akane and Shampoo turn to the noise as the minotaur lands
jest a few feet away. Sunlight spills into the room and flecks of
light from the pieces of the mirror spray onto the walls. A
particular light catches Akane's eye and she gasps seeing Ranma-
chan hanging by her restraints.
"Akane! Shampoo!" Ranma-chan smiles softly. Kyoko looks
to the two and points out Akane.
"You. . ." Kyoko's mind reeled at the strong resemblance this
one had with her mother. She charges and slashed across Akane's
midsection and blinked when nothing was there. She ducked under
the blade of a sword just in time to see Shampoo's arm pull it back.
Kyoko spun tightly and attacked Shampoo who dodged the first
thrust of her katana and was rocked back by the unseen kick. With
gritted teeth Shampoo lunged at Kyoko and regretted it as she felt
the stink of claws scrape across her ribs.
The claws caught on her gi and lifted her up. On the other end
stood Gamei who chucked Shampoo aside. "One on one. . . Kyoko
has chosen her first opponent." Shampoo nodded weakly as she
looked up to Ranma-chan's body, She could see that she was held
pretty well up there.
Akane gripped the staff of the lajitang, feeling it in her hands
as she circled Kyoko Slowly. Akane sends out a jab and Kyoko
blocks it with a counter strike, which Akane avoids. Akane's brow
sweats as she feels the aura from this girl, almost inhumanly
strong. With speed they begin a series of attacks, slicing down and
across only to have it blocked by the other. The pace is ever so
rough on the combatants causing both to breathe heavily as the
strikes continue.
Akane settles heavily into her stance as Kyoko rests back on
her heels. With a stabbing motion Kyoko manages to cause Akane
to back up. Akane swings wildly with the blade catching Kyoko
surprisingly and she winces as her arm tingles slightly. Akane now
notices the warmth at her thigh where a lucks strike seems to have
connected. She shifts slightly and falls to her knee, panting. Kyoko
steps back and watches taking the time to recuperate as well. Her
eyes look to Ranma-chan with fleeting hope.
"Akane. . .." Ranma-chan says softly.
"Ranma-chan. . . She's tough. . ." Akane spoke with
breathlessness. "I don't know if I can win. . ."
"Don't give up. . . Akane. . . He loves you. . ." Ranma-chan's
words were accompanied by the shake of Akane's head. "Its true..
I of all should know. . . Please don't give up. . ."
"I..I. . . " Akane began.
"RANMA IS WAITING FOR YOU!" Ranma-chan's words
echoed off the walls tears softly falling from her chin.
Akane blinked at the volume of Ranma-chan's statement and
nodded brushing away the wetness at her eye she stood up and
glared at Kyoko. "lets finish this!" Kyoko nodded and rushed in
curving the blade towards Akane. Akane blocks and rolls past
Kyoko causing her to hop over the blade of the lajitang. Akane
spins and bores down with an over hand strike. Kyoko Blocked in
the nick of time and flew back a bit.
Kyoko blinked as she stopped from the force. ~Whoa that was
something~. She saw Akane step forward and swing the end of the
lajitang at her. She gathered her chi and sliced at the weapon as it
was hurtling towards her catching it just under the blade and she
smirked seeing the end severed from the shaft.
Akane gasped as she saw the blade break off. She spun and began
to stab Kyoko seeing an opening from the chi manipulation. Then
she froze a screech of pain caught her in mid move. ~Ranma-chan..
no..~ Her eyes darted to Ranma-chan hanging from the wall and
winced. Blood dripped from Ranma-chan's chest where the end of
the shaft could be seen.
Shampoo cried out plainly seeing the blade stapling the red
haired
Ranma-chan to the wall. She saw her cough, blood spilled from her
lips as she convulsed causing more blood to flow. Ranma-chan's
tear softened eyes were open in shock and pain, glazing slightly as
her body twitched, hanging her head low.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" Akane's and Shampoo's cry boomed through
the cavern.
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Ranma's eyes opened as pain shot through his body. He arched his
back gripping the sides of the gurney . Tofu runs in and attempts to
restrain him and assess the situation his eyes widen as Ranma
caughts out blood and convulses tears running down his face.
Gurgling out "Akane. . .." His body flops onto the gurney his
muscles relax as Tofu stares at the EKG. . .. . ..
To be continued. . .
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By Richard Marshall(DK)
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