[Episode 208696] [Episode 208696]"Come on, Gak-chan," Hakufu whined from where she was hanging upside down from a pull-up bar on the Nanyo athletic field. "When and where is the first match going to be held?"
Kokin stood to the side trying not to notice Hakufu's skirt was hanging toward the ground and therefore exposing her panties to anyone that wanted to look.
"We'll be notified soon," Gakushu rumbled, also ignoring Hakufu's lascivious display, albeit much more gracefully than Kokin was, as he checked his email on his cell phone. "Still no word from Ryomou," he remarked as he snapped his phone closed.
No sooner did he lower the phone than it began to ring. The behemoth opened the phone once again and checked the email message.
"Here it comes," he reported. "Ikebukuro...West Gate underground parking garage...near the C-4 exit."
Ranma sat on a bench at Seito Private School waiting for Kanu to get word on where they were supposed to fight. Kanu was...amusing herself...by sitting astraddle his lap and inspecting his tonsils with her tongue when her phone rang. Smiling, she pulled back and checked the device. Ranma looked at her expectantly.
"It seems we have a train to catch," Kanu announced. "Don't worry though; we will be taking care of this later," she purred sexily as she lightly caressed the rigid shaft tenting out Ranma's pants.
"I hope so," Ranma groaned. "I'm gonna go nuts if you and Un-chan keep this up."
"Aww, does widdle Ma-chan need some relief?" Kanu teased cutely.
"Keep it up and you're gonna find out how much relief I need," Ranma jokingly threatened.
"Then I guess we better get going then before we don't make it to the match because you've got me bent over this bench having your way with me," Kanu said with a sly smile, dancing out of the way of Ranma's attempt to grab her.
"Don't be giving me ideas," Ranma quipped.
However, the couple did restrain themselves from further teasing and headed to the train station.
"Only three of you?" one of the five fighters Yoshuu managed to field asked. "Heh, this'll be easy."
"Yeah," another agreed. "We don't need Ganryo and Bunshu to beat these losers."
"You haven't even seen us fight yet!" Hakufu protested as Gakushu stepped forward, indicating he would be the first to fight for Nanyo. "Come on, Gak-chan! Take'em all out with your Burst Bomber!"
"Huh? What's that?" Kokin blinked at Hakufu in confusion.
"I am Kaietsu of Keishu Private School and I will be the referee for this match between Yoshuu Academy and Nanyo Academy," the referee announced. "The maximum number of participants per side is five. Once all the fighters on one side have been defeated, the winners will be determined."
"Let us begin," Gakushu rumbled to the ref as Yoshuu's first fighter stepped forward.
"The battle between Yoshuu and Nanyo will be broadcasted," a boy said as three others collected around his laptop.
"Yeah! I get to see the Booby-Bombs!" another said enthusiastically.
"If Yoshuu's Ganryo and Bunshu hadn't been crushed last week, it'd be obvious who the winner would be," a third guy mentioned. "Apparently most of Yoshuu's top fighters are out of action after they tried to attack someone from Seito. Whoever didn't get crushed in the attack got beaten to a pulp in Seito's retaliation so Yoshuu had to send five lower ranking fighters to represent them."
"Good thing I bet on Nanyo," the first guy smirked.
Five fighters from Gogun waited on the train platform as the 10:13 express train bound for Takao pulled in. As the doors opened, the five fighters confidently stepped aboard the train, looking around. They quickly spotted the referee standing near Seito's fighters. Kanu Unchou was seated calmly on the train's bench while a boy they didn't recognize was seated beside her with his arm around her shoulders.
"Just two?" the Gogun fighter with a bandage on his nose sneered. "I'm insulted."
"Let us begin the match," Kanu said to the ref.
"I am the leader of the permanently neutral Keishu Private School," the ref stated. "I will be the referee in charge of this tournament."
A salaryman who hadn't picked up on the fact that the train car was empty for a reason suddenly realized he was at ground zero for the battle about to take place and quickly scurried to the next car.
"I'll go first," Kanu announced, standing up and handing Seiryuutou off to Ranma.
"You may begin," the ref announced as the train pulled out of the station.
Nodoka and Goei stood with the rest of the crowd that had come to watch the fight between Kyosho Academy and Youshu Private School. Taishiji had not attended himself, knowing that his school was too weak at the moment to have a chance in the tournament, but he had sent fighters to represent them out of obligation.
"Basics!" Kakoton shouted as he landed a kick to his opponent's head, knocking the other fighter out.
"Way to go, Ton-chan!" Goei cheered gleefully. "Take'em all out with your Burst Bomber!"
Nodoka just smiled at her sister behaving like a teenager as the boy she was cheering for gave her the thumbs-up sign.
"So is that old lady Kakoton's girlfriend?" Ouso asked Kakuka, luckily just out of earshot of Goei.
"Well, I don't know the details..." Kakuka said, scratching his chin thoughtfully, "but she did come by and return some of Kakoton's stuff to him yesterday."
"Come on, Ton-chan! Rip'em to shreds!" Goei cheered as Kakoton faced off with the next Youshu fighter.
"Hey! Nobody's allowed in there!" one of the fighters guarding the parking garage entrance to keep people out called out to the girl in the cosplay maid outfit that was about to walk by them. He grabbed her by the arm when she ignored him. "Hey, didn't you hear me?"
Ryomou turned her head and regarded the boy with a dangerous look in her eye. A few moments later, the boy was laying on the ground, out cold, as Ryomou proceeded into the garage. The other boy made no move to stop her after seeing what she did to his partner.
"Ryomou Shimei, ready to fight," Ryomou said confidently as she tugged her gloves on a little tigher.
Gakushu's opponent screamed in pain as he crashed down, face first on the concrete. When the boy didn't get up, the ref called the match in Nanyo's favor as he had the first two times. The downed fighter was moved to the side with his two unconscious teammates.
"Is it my turn yet?" Hakufu whined. "Come on! I wanna fight now, Gak-chan!"
"Would you just calm down?" Kokin complained. "This isn't a game."
"But why does Gak-chan get to have all the fun," Hakufu demanded.
"Because he hasn't been defeated yet."
"Mou-chan!" Hakufu squealed. "You made it! It's been such a long time!"
"Ganryo and Bunshu aren't here?" Ryomou asked.
"No," Kokin confirmed. "They attacked our cousin last week and Ranma destroyed them. They say Bunshu's fighting days are over."
"Ranma? Your cousin?" Ryomou asked in surprise. She had been out of the loop for a while so she hadn't learned of the new arrival yet.
"Yeah!" Hakufu said enthusiastically. "Ma-chan is the best! He's really strong and he goes to Seito with Kan-chan and Un-chan."
"Seito?" Ryomou blinked.
"Yeah," Kokin nodded. "He's only been here two weeks and he's already dating Kanu Unchou and another girl from Seito named Chou'un Shiryuu."
"He's dating both of them?" Ryomou asked in surprise. "And they haven't killed him yet?"
"Apparently they agreed to share him," Kokin mentioned.
Ryomou blinked at that, envisioning another womanizer like Saji. Still, if he crippled Bunshu, she would have to thank him. It served the bastard right for what he did to Teifuu.
The train doors opened and Kanu strode out with Ranma beside her. Behind them, the ref stood amidst the pile of broken bodies Kanu had reduced the Gogun fighters to as he quickly keyed in the results of the match and sent them off.
"Well that was boring," Ranma griped. "I didn't even get a chance to fight."
"They were weak," Kanu shrugged. "Surprising actually, since they were representing Gogun. I expected better from Ukitsu's school. Tell you what, since I didn't give you a chance to have any fun, how about I buy you lunch while we wait for the next match location?"
"I'm not one to turn down free food," Ranma laughed. "Let's go then, Kan-chan."
As the couple walked away, Cologne followed at a discreet distance. She had to say she was quite impressed with the young woman. She had easily dealt with those five boys on the train, in spite of the limited space available to maneuver, and in spite of the fact that the boys were better than the average fighter. Granted, they hadn't been anything special, but the girl had beaten them down without breaking a sweat. More over, watching Ranma have to actually sit out the fights was amusing in itself. He looked like he was about ready to gnaw his own arm off if it would get him a chance to fight.
"Kanu defeated five fighters all by herself," Chinkyu announced where she knelt beside Ryofuu.
"Kanu is a great fighter. One genius is worth a hundred nobodies," Totaku remarked lazily from where he lay with his head in Kaku Bunwa's lap. "What about the Sho Haou's school?"
"You mean Nanyo?" Kaku asked. "Gakushu of Nanyo is making short work of Yoshuu's fighters since most of their top ranks were unable to attend."
"I see," Totaku replied. "Hey, Ryofuu? Didn't Ryomou from Nanyo stop by last night?"
"She wanted Saji back, but I sent her away," Ryofuu explained with the slightest hesitation in her voice.
"We can't give back a dead man," Totaku observed with a lazy chuckle. Kaku's eyes narrowed as she saw Chinkyu wince. Something was going on there. "What if we match Kanu against the Sho Haou?"
"You intend to have the Sho Haou, Hakufu Sonsaku battle with Kanu?" Kaku asked.
"It won’t work," Ryofuu pointed out. "Sonsaku is much too weak to defeat Kanu."
"Really? An overwhelming opponent like Kanu will provoke Sonsaku to snap," Totaku explained. "It could end in a death match."
"Tigers in a cock fight," Kaku smirked. "It's the perfect punishment because the winner consumes the loser."
"Kaku, my dear chief of staff, you're very sharp," Totaku complimented.
"I don't mean to dispute you, but you're wrong," Ryofuu spoke up in annoyance. "You're forgetting that Sonsaku's cousin is now dating Kanu. The idea of them fighting each other to the death without him interfering just isn't going to happen."
"Oh yes, this Ranma Saotome," Totaku sighed. "He is certainly bothersome, isn't he? I suppose we shall have to deal with him eventually."
"You don't have to worry about him," Ryofuu declared. "I will take care of him without fail if he makes it that far in the finals."
"Oh really?" Totaku chuckled.
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