[Episode 121061] [Episode 121061]Ranma just smirked and said, "Lovely weather, isn't it?"
The elderly Amazon Matriarch just continued to stare at Ranma for long moment. She let out a sigh of relief, "Thank the ancestors you're alive!"
Ranma did a double-take before face faulting. He ate dirt a little before looking up at the Amazon. "Huh?" He wasn't expecting that kind of reaction.
Nodding her head, Mara pointedly placed her foot atop of Ranma's head. Who knew when she'd get a chance like this again. "What he said."
Ranma frowned in annoyance and shrugged off Mara's foot. He started to get up.
The Matriarch bounced atop her staff until she was no more than three feet from Ranma. She looked him over before bouncing around, eyeing him as a vegetarian does a ripe tomato before sale.
Ranma regained his feet and looked at Cologne in confusion. What the heaven was she doing anyway?
Finally, the woman bounced to be in front of Ranma, a sad smile on her face. "I was mistaken, you did die."
With those words, there was whispering amongst the soldiers. This pathetic man had died?
"What the fuck are you dykes looking at?!" Ranma snapped angrily. He didn't like the way they were staring at him, as if he was an inferior being.
Mara was about to answer some rather hot retort, but she was beaten to the punch with the answer of, "AIREN!"
The demoness could only blink as Ranma went tumbling about the ground, a purple-haired and rather bubbly woman glomped tightly onto the pigtailed demon.
Ranma's eyes narrowed dangerously when he heard that word and was tackled to the ground. This was the little bitch that stole his daughter from Kodachi! Without even having to think about it Ranma slammed an elbow on top of Shampoo's head.
Everything seemed to move in slow motion as the purple-haired Amazon flew away from Ranma going across the ground with such force that she made a trench; ichors of red streaming upwards from a bloody gash across the top of her head.
More than one woman gawked. And most importantly, Mara and Cologne were amongst them.
Ranma stood up with a frown on his face.
The pigtailed demon turned to Mara. "Wasn't I supposed to be attacked before harming a mortal?"
Mara shrugged. "I guess that tackle counted as an attack."
When Cologne regained her wits she slowly turned to Ranma. "Son-in-law," she said with tones that spoke not of fear, but confusion and... Perhaps... Curiosity? "We need to talk." She made sure to motion the other Amazons to keep still and not attack... yet.
Ranma glared at Cologne. "We have nothing to talk about, old ghoul."
Cologne raised a hand and, noticing the gesture, many female warriors got into battle-ready stances. "Oh, but I think we do."
Ranma smirked evilly, so unlike whatever Cologne had seen of him before, and assumed a ready stance. He mockingly extended an arm forward and flipped Cologne the bird. "Bring it on." He couldn't very well attack the Amazons without provocation, but he could taunt them into a rage. At that the Saotomes were very good. Very good indeed.
The answer Ranma got was being hit by three arrows from the rooftops. An arrow in each shoulder, and one in his right knee. He would've gotten one in his left knee as well, but THAT person missed and hit Mara's foot.
"Ow, ow, ow, OW!!!" Mara hissed as she kicked her foot out before stomping it on the ground. She grabbed the arrow and tore it out. "What the fuck did I do!?" She hissed irritably.
Instead of screaming in pain like Mara did Ranma just smirked and clenched his fists tightly. "Now this is ore like it." He tightened his muscles and the arrows exploded from his body, completely demolished.
He had all the provocation he needed.
Many warrior women were shocked by this, but a few held their ground and rushed forward with weapons drawn. Tonfas, halberds, spears, iron clubs, swords. And all intent on inflicting as much pain as they could on Ranma. They served as the trigger for their companions to attack as well.
Ranma just smirked and let them come closer. Just as they were about to hit him he shot an energy blast at the ground under him. It exploded spectacularly and caught most of the attacking Amazons completely by surprise. A surprise they wouldn't be waking up from.
Cologne and the few remaining Amazons were showered with the blood of their Amazon sisters, as well as their body parts.
And then Ranma got whacked across the back of the head by Mara, who was using her own arm. And THAT hurt! "IDIOT!" The bloody demoness shrieked. "Do you know how long this'll take to grow back?!"
The crimson-stained Cologne just gawked. This woman's right arm had been blown off below the elbow, and here she was just throwing a hissy fit about it instead of screaming in pain?!
Ranma groaned in pain, that blow took him completely by surprise, and turned to glare at Mara. "You started it, tomboy!"
All of the remaining Amazons were just staring stupidly at the scene.
They knew they should be attacking... but this was just too weird.
"I didn't tear off anything of yours!" Mara shouted as she bashed him across the face with her arm-turned club; everyone was rewarded to the sounds of Ranma's jaw cracking. "JERK-OFF!"
Ranma glared murderously at Mara and took a hold of his own jaw. The sickening sound of him placing it back into place was heard. Cologne gasped when Ranma's previously broken jaw was healed perfectly in less than a second. "Keep it up, tomboy. I'm going to beat the shit out of you." He said in cold seriousness.
And that was all the younger Amazons needed. "He's threatening a woman again!"
"Kill him!"
"The monster dies!"
"Down with the male infidel!"
"You idiots!" Cologne shouted, but it was too late.
And before Ranma knew it, he was being dog piled by numerous warrior women who were intent on stabbing, bashing, and maiming the pigtailed asshole before he had a chance to fire another chi blast.
"Get off!" Ranma bellowed as he was swallowed by a sea of Amazons and drawn steel.
Mara just smirked, slowly made her way around the huge pile of bodies and stood by the Amazon Matriarch. "They're in so much trouble."
Cologne looked at Mara cautiously, she was still holding her arm after all, and pointed at the dog pile with her staff. "How can it be Ranma is still alive and yet he is not?"
"Eh, this and that," Mara said. "Mostly because he sold his soul to a greater darkness and is now a battle-thirsty demon of hate and corruption," Mara answered obliviously as if it happened everyday. And for her it did. "But otherwise, I'm sure he's the same pigtailed asshole you all know and love."
Cologne's eyes widened incredibly at that and she turned towards the pile of bodies. She should've seen it! The change in Ranma's demeanor was too drastic! "Then why...?" Whatever she was going to ask was left unanswered as the pile of bodies exploded in black flames. Once again the village was treated with a crimson rain.
In the center of the explosion, amongst red mist, Ranma walked towards Mara and Cologne. A smirk of satisfaction on his face. Maybe a little too much satisfaction.
Cologne stared wide-eyed at the destruction. "You... You've..." She gulped. "You decimated over half the warriors!" She shouted in shock.
She was also very thankful they had girls on campaigns right now. If Ranma was intent on destroying all the women warriors at the village, at least the ones away would be spared.
The pigtailed demon stopped a few feet from Cologne and now both woman and demoness could see the light in his eyes had insanity in it. "You started it, Cologne. You don't know how happy that makes me." He smiled nastily and prepared a huge energy blast in his hands. He would hit Mara as well by throwing it at Cologne, but what was the meaning of a few casualties anyway?
Mara's eyes widened as she recognized what he was doing. "OH NO! DON'T YOU DARE YOU ASS-"
"HAAAA!!!" Ranma released his attack.
A seemingly small nuclear explosion erupted form where Cologne and Mara had been standing.
When it ended, Mara was nowhere to be seen, and in the center of the large crater stood...
...Elder Cologne...
...Seemingly untouched by the blast.
The old woman smiled gently. "I never go anywhere without one of these," she said as she pulled out a few Chinese wards.
Ranma stared at Cologne in amusement and cracked his knuckles. "Then we do this the old-fashioned way, don't we?"
"Quite so," Cologne said as she slowly went into a battle-ready stance. She was feeling incredibly mad right now and needed to vent. The only reason she was even considering it, though, was because the wards should take Ranma's demonic powers down a few notches. Otherwise she'd already be gone from here.
The demon laughed and launched himself at Cologne faster than she could hope to move even if she was young again. Before she knew it she received a hit to her jaw strong enough to shatter diamonds.
It took the woman's years of experience and mental strength to keep from blacking out at that one punch.
Ranma smirked and waited for Cologne to recover. The fight would be no fun if he killed her too easily. "She has to suffer." He whispered and chuckled.
The matriarch got up at a decent rate and just flung her hand out towards Ranma, sending off a wide blast of chi.
Ranma saw the wave of chi coming his way and smirked. He stood straight and opened his arms wide to the sides. "I don't need to dodge that pathetic blast." Chi no longer had any real power over his body.
The chi blast hit him full on, yet his body didn't move.
Cologne stared. That SHOULD have done something. With an angry shout, she threw her other hand forward, sending off another blast of chi.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Is this the best 3,000 years of Amazon history can do?" Ranma mockingly asked as he walked forward, not pausing in the slightest as the other blast hit him.
Narrowing her eyes, Cologne launched herself at the oncoming demon, her cane drawn as if to hit the pigtailed monster.
Ranma continued laughing and prepared himself for anything the tricky Cologne might attempt.
It was just his bad luck that the next attack didn't come from Cologne.
The unconscious, and extra crispy, form of Mara came crashing down upon Ranma.
"Damn it! You fucking-stupid tomboy!" Ranma raged as he struggled to remove the demoness from over his body.
Seeing Ranma struggling, Cologne did as any smart person would do...
She ran like hell!
Taking the unconscious form of her great granddaughter as she did. Thankfully Shampoo was hit harder than the thought in that first blow. Otherwise she would've been caught in the explosion like the other Amazons. Now only a few remained.
If Mara were conscious she probably would've been bitching about Ranma beating the snot out of her. As it was though, when she woke up she'd contribute the broken bones to the landing.
Ranma finally managed to get Mara off of him and jumped to his feet. "AAARRGGHHHHHH!" He screamed in frustration.
The fucking Amazon he wanted to kill the most was still alive!
He would hunt her. He would hunt her down and kill her like the animal she was! Her days were numbered! You hear that, fate? NUMBERED!!!
Ranma then turned down to the form of Mara and frowned. "Stupid tomboy..." He knelt next to her and started slapping her to wake her up. Hard!
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