A blonde Poe, clad in a pale blue dress, was floating in the circular room, staring at the portrait that was hanging at the wall. It showed a face that could have been handsome, wouldn't it been hidden beneath an iron helmet.
"Oh, General Onox..." the female ghost sighed. "You are sooo dreamy... I wish we could see each other more often..."
At that moment, the treasure chest standing in the middle of the room sneezed loudly.
"Bless you!" Mariko said politely, then she blinked.
Since when was there a treasure chest standing in the room?
"Tsubasa?"
The cross-dressing spirit came floating out of his camouflage. "Mariko, Asuka-sama told us all to come. We have to be prepared in case someone comes into the temple."
"Oh, all right..." she whined. "But can't I take my sweet Noxie-Woxie with me? He's such a hunk, don't you think?"
"Um... how am I supposed to know? He always wears that helmet, remember?" Besides, Tsubasa already had someone else he was thinking of...
Mariko huffed. "You're, like, no fun! Oh, let's get this over this." She turned around to face the portrait one last time and blew a kiss. "See ya later, Noxie-Woxie!"
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Far away, In Goron City, the general of darkness felt a shiver crawling down his spine. He couldn't explain it, but he decided that he had more urgent business at hand.
"Bakusai Tenketsu!" Ryoga yelled, his rocky finger aiming for the general's thick armor.
Onox deflected his attack with his massive sword. "Whatever it is you wanted to achieve with that attack, I won't have any of it," Onox grumbled. "Why don't you two just give up and save us the trouble?"
"No way!" Ranma shouted. "Not before I gave your armor a little dent... Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken!"
Onox winced as the endless blows of the pig-tailed warrior came hailing down on his armor like hundreds of hammer strikes. It couldn't penetrate the metal plates, but it still left a mark.
And it was also pretty annoying.
"You are starting to make me very, very angry..." Onox grumbled. "And you won't like me when I'm angry..."
He pulled up his sword and swung it around in a circle, so Ranma had to leap over it.
He landed right next to his rival and friend. "You still can fight, Ryoga?"
"Yeah, but... what was that technique you just used?"
Ranma grinned. "Oh, it's just a nifty Gerudo technique for those who prefer to fight unarmed. Shampoo taught me it." He winked at his fiancee, who was standing back with Genma, guarding Ryoga's little protege.
"Fine," Onox snarled. "Saotome, you spawn of the Zora... and you, warrior of the hellish rock creatures... you will feel my wrath!"
Ryoga sweatdropped. "What is he talking about?"
Ranma shrugged. "Dunno. He's always like this."
"And when I'm finished with you, both of your races will be crushed under the might of our armies. And then, none of the evil races will ever infest Hyrule with their presence again. Volvagia will devour all of your kind, Goron... but I will take care of you myself. And when I am done with you, I will take care of the rest of the rebels... The Gerudo traitor... the bear-man... and the brat as well!"
Something in Ryoga snapped. "NO! YOU WON'T LAY A HAND ON YOIKO, YOU HEAR ME?"
Ranma stepped back in surprise. He could feel how Ryoga's battle aura was increasing dramatically.
Ryoga grimaced. He could feel the sorrow, the pain the dark general was causing to his heart.
He projected that sorrow outwards...
"Shi Shi Hokodan!"
A gleaming blast of ki came forth from the palms of his hands. Onox had almost no time to react when the massive blast hit him and blasted him clear across the room...and buried him under a pile of rubble that came raining down from the cavern's ceiling.
Ryoga breathed heavily as he lowered his arms. He really managed to do it... his sensei's training had paid off.
He and Ranma exchanged a quick glance.
"Um... so, wanna check if he's really finished?"
Ryoga nodded, and the two young men went over to the pile of rubble, carefully.
It didn't even move.
"Well, either he is knocked out from your attack... or he just wants to trick us."
"Step aside," Ryoga grumbled. "I'm the rock expert here, fishy boy..."
Ranma grimaced, but let Ryoga do his work.
Ryoga reached out with his finger. "Bakusai Tenketsu!"
In a big blast and a shower of pebbles, the rocks were blasted apart. Even with his armor, Onox must have felt this one, if he was still lying underneath that rubble.
But now that it was blasted away... the two fighters could see that no trace of the general was left behind.
"How... how did he just vanish like that?" Ranma wondered.
Ryoga grumbled. "Ranma, would it hurt just to use that head of yours for a moment? He's the general of darkness, and in league with not only Ganondorf, but also the Gerudo witches. Who says they didn't give him some way he could save his hide in some magical way?"
"Good point," Ranma admitted. "Now... you still wanna punch the hell outta me or what?"
"I'd love to..." Ryoga grumbled. "But I have more important business to take care of..."
The Goron turned around to face his rival. "And I need your help, Ranma!"
Ranma blinked. Ryoga asked him for help? What's next, Ganondorf offering candy for orphaned Zora children?
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