Nookiequest: Virtual Battle! [Episode 117041]

"HAAAH!" Ichiro cried as he darted forward, his sword passing through the ogres arm, causing the band to appear and shrink a little more.

"He's not doing too bad." Niko commented to Sanko.

With a growl the Ogre swung his club which slammed into Ichiro throwing him backward, and making a bar of color appear over his head and shrink dramatically.

"Initially at least. . ." Niko added.

"A little help here?" Ichiro yelled as he pulled himself to his feet, readying his sword as his foe lumbered forward.

With a pleased grunt the ogre raised his club overhead.

"RRRAAAAAA!!!" Yotsuro screamed as he suddenly leaped in from the side slashing his large ax through the ogre, dropping it's life bar further.

With an angry roar, the ogre swung its club in a wide arc at the two fighters. Ichiro managed to duck under the attack while Yotsuro leaped back out of it's range.

"I should have been the one making the surprise attack." Sanko commented in annoyance as she pulled the trigger on her crossbow. As the bolt flew past the ogre without hitting her scowl depend. "So, will you be using a spell of some sort?" she commented as she braced the crossbow and pulled the lever on it's underside, drawing the string back into place.

"Ah, right. . ." Niko raised her hands before her face, fingertips together, then drew them apart, a menu window appearing between them. She lowered her hands, then nodded, at which point the window vanished. "Distracting Illusion." Her hands suddenly moved in a complex pattern, then thrust toward the clearing.

With a huge glower the Ogre raised his club, looking from Ichiro to Yotsuro and back.

"Ahah!" A teasing feminine laugh filtered through the clearing, then another. Suddenly several white hared copies of Onna-Ranma were floating in front of the Ogre. One was topless and enticingly rubbing her breasts. One wore nothing but a pair of panty's and was doing an upside down split. The Ogre chuckled as it stared at them and the other Ranko's and their increasingly lewd actions.

Sanko stared a moment, then shook her head and loaded a bolt in her crossbow. Looking at Ichiro and Yotsuro who had also paused to stare at the images she muttered "Get with the program!" as she sighted and fired.

As the bolt slammed into the ogre the images vanished. Sanko grinned at the sight of the glowing X2 that drifted upward from where the bolt had struck as the ogre's health bar shrank further.

"Fork!" Ichiro screamed as she stabbed the ogre with his sword.

"SPOON!" Yotsuro added as he wound up and chopped fiercely at the ogre. Between the two attacks, the remainder of the Ogre's health bar vanished completely. The monster froze, turning gray, then it vanished in a cloud of pink smoke.

"YES!!" the two warriors cried, thrusting their weapons into the air. They looked at each other and clanged their weapons together.

"Fork and Spoon?" Sanko commented as she walked from the woods.

"Well, we're supposed to pick an appropriate battle cry, and Ranma likes food doesn't he?" Ichiro responded defensively. As Sanko continued looking at him he added, "It was spur of the moment."

"Yeah, got a little excited." Yotsuro commented scratching his head.

"Nevermind that, what's the treasure?" Niko called as she ran forward, slowing as she approached the vanishing cloud of smoke.

"Yes, what have I been screaming my lungs out over." Nabiki commented as she walked over to the group, adjusting her skimpy dress as she walked.

The smoke cleared revealing: