Shampoo had been the first to arrive simply because Ranma and Cologne had gathered necessary supplies which now could be used.
Kasumi hesitated briefly but then settled into an assistance role with the Amazon Elder. Nabiki merely stared at the battle taking place and used her camcorder to sell the details later ("girl's got to make a living") to those currently sleeping through it.
"Hadoken!" Akuma had realized that this wasn't going to be a pushover and grinned. At last he had an opponent who would give him a workout before he was crushed!
Ranma batted the chi sphere away. Seeing Ukyo and Akane and the fathers and even Mousse and the two fathers in this shape had caused him to forego the usual cocky don't-take-anything-serious reaction. This was not a simple duel.
Ranma's battleaura had grown considerably since gaining the book. He still had some taint in what might otherwise have become pure white, but it was considerably cleaner than it had been. "You're going down, buddy."
"Pfeh," replied Akuma and ignited his own dark chi. Time for one of his own new tricks. "Glare."
Ranma felt the attack reach out, chi to chi, and wondered briefly at his own senses. The old perv had done this once - using his own battleaura to paralyze an opponent. It was a Dark Chi trick, and easily defended against if you were close to the opponent's level or if you knew As A Distant Thunder. Now the attack seemed more an opening shot, a casual testing of the other's defenses.
"Hadoken! Hadoken! Hadoken! Hadoken!"
P-chan was beginning to wonder what wartorn country he'd wandered into (judging from the craters and blasted ruins of a building) when he saw chi blasts similar to Ranma's Mouko Takabisha being rapid-fired from one really damn ugly slab of muscle. More alarming was that Ranma deflected each sphere skyward without apparent effort.
Ranma didn't think that Divine White Wind had been mastered yet, but this was a definite time to use it. One summoned all the light chi one could, first forming it as a shield around oneself like so.
P-chan saw Ranma's battle aura flare up and shape itself into a sphere around him and wondered exactly what he'd missed the past two weeks. Yeesh, you get lost on a cruise ship and spend some time in some place called the Caribbean, fight off martial arts ghost pirates, and by the time you get back they've switched things around. NOW what was going on?
The light erupted from the sphere in a wave that splashed out completely around Ranma. He discovered very quickly that until he'd built up some more, this technique would remain one to use only sparingly - it left him feeling exhausted.
Akuma roared in pain as the flames passed over him, his built up dark chi practically imploding at the touch of the white chi.
The two fell over, Akuma managing to shake the ground when he impacted. Things got quiet.
Akuma lifted himself slowly and noticed his opponent also getting up. Next time he'd know to dampen his own chi to shield himself against that attack. For now though, he'd retreat to recover.
Ranma just knew big and ugly would be back. He'd have to master more techniques, otherwise he'd never be able to pay the bruiser back for this.
P-chan shook his head. That white light, it had momentarily hurt but then it had felt - nice. Happy. Uplifting. Like Akane's presence. Or Akari. Arrgggh. He had to have them both!
Cologne shared a look with Kasumi, both of them having felt the same thing as the wave went through. A brief bubbling tickle of joy that passed through the household. There was a little bit of healing done on their patients as the wave had gone through, but it would still require a lot of work on their part.
Nabiki gasped and leaned against a wall. Dang. Why couldn't Saotome have been engaged to her if he was going to be able to do things like that?
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(Posted Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:37)
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