When he woke up the first sensation he was familiar with was pain. Nothing unusual for the pigtailed martial artist. Through the course of his life he'd become vastly familiar with pain. It was a companion, a friend, a need. While many of the things Genma taught to his son were discarded, especially after the Nifelheim experience, one of the few that remained was the fact that a martial artist had to experience pain. It was an ally in so many ways.
With a groan Ranma sat up and blinked his eyes to clear his vision. Before his sight cleared enough to see where he was an irritated female voice was heard. "About time you woke up, dickless."
"Mara?" Ranma asked and turned to regard the blurry shape, that in the following seconds revealed the demoness leaning against a tree. The illumination made it clear that it was night time already. "What happened?"
The demoness glared at Mara. "What happened? I had to fly your sorry ass all the way to Nerima. That's what happened." After the fight against Ryu, and Ranma puking all over Mara who was still very upset about that, the demoness had to drag Ranma all the way to Nerima. Bless her promise to get him meet with this Kodachi girl!
Ranma smirked at the memory of fighting against Ryu. Once the guy started using his demonic powers it was all too clear why he was considered one of the strongest fighters of all history. Ranma and Ryu fought it out with skill and power alone, and even if towards the end Ranma seemed like he was going to win, Ryu pulled a move Ranma had never seen before. In fact it was a move he didn't think possible till now. After that Ranma collapsed. "That was some fight!"
Mara rolled her eyes and threw a pack of cigarettes at her companion. "Fuel up. We're in Nerima already, we might as well go get your girlfriend."
That instantly woke Ranma up and he jumped to his feet. He fought down the dizzyness and stuck a cigarette in his mouth, then light it with a black flame ignited from his finger. Mara raised an eyebrow at the display. It hadn't even been a day since Ranma learned to summon the black fire and he was already using it casually to light a cigarette. "You learn things fast, don't you?"
Ranma blew the smoke in Mara's face and gave her an insuferable smirk. "I'm the best there is."
Mara glared at Ranma and then smirked darkly. "The best. Right." Sarcasm dripped from her every word. "That's why you showed Ryu who's boss, huh?" She was gratified with Ranma flinching and giving her a sour look. "Let's go." Mara said before the demon could get a word out. While she didn't mind picking fights with Ranma, they were fun, time was running out and she wanted to get to Kodachi before news got out that they were here. With the news coverage they'd had in the past couple of days every devil hunter in the WORLD would be after them! "You do know where to find Kodachi, don't you?"
Ranma looked at Mara in disbelief for a moment before shaking his head. She didn't know Nerima, after all. "The Kuno Mansion."
"Let's get going then."
With that both demons were on their way towards the Kuno Mansion. Thankfully it was already dark, also meaning Mara's 24 hours were almost over.
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