The Galatea Syndrome - The Nerima Situation: Consequences of Poor Judgement [Episode 21467]

Ranma-chan stared from the waiting Ukyou, to the grim Moroboshi. Her fists clenched, then she spun to face Moroboshi:
"I fight my own battles!"

Ranma-chan's voice then became grim as she looked at Moroboshi:
"And given how obivious some of your lies are... I mean... did you really think I'd simply forget that you've already demonstrated that you have some sort of voice override on Ukyou's actions. Sex to control her? HAH!"

Ranma-chan let her aura flare and felt the ki around her. None came from the Ukyou-android, and only a little bit of twisted life-energy from Moroboshi, energy that didn't even feel human. Ranma-chan let some of her anger show in her voice as she growled:
"You come out of nowhere, you attack my friends, you spin lies that don't make any sort of sense and then contradict them with your own actions. Give me one good reason to not to beat you senseless!"

Moroboshi laughed ruefully and shook his head:
"You don't understand", he said as he stepped forward swing out his arms, "you're jumping to conclusions."

Ranma-chan moved carefully to stay between Moroboshi and the Ukyou-android. Being sure to keep the android in view in one of the well-polished surfaces of his friends restaurant. This precaution paid off, somehow the Android was able to raise an arm, fold back it's hand to reveal a... gun muzzle... or something, pointed right at his back without triggering his danger sense. Moroboshi smirked. Ranma-chan dropped flat.

An energy blast slashed through the space were Ranma-chan had been and played along the side of Moroboshi. Moroboshi screamed and cursed, his clothes and flesh were burnt away to reveal metal, now melted and weakened. Ranma-chan moved with all her speed, and even the electronic reflexes of the android couldn't track her. She was in under the Androids arm, then the Android was spinning through the air, it's arm snapped at the elbow, to crash into Moroboshi and send both him and the android sprawling. They recovered fast, but Ranma-chan was already there and Moroboshi screamed as a Ki-charged fist smashed through metal in the same place the energy beam had hit, smashed through and came out with handfuls of broken circutry and other components, many times as Ranma demonstrated yet another variation on the Amaugriken.

The Ki-dead Android staggered to it's feet as the Moroboshi thing screamed and spasmed under Ranma's attack. It swung up it's other arm. Ranma broke off the attack on Moroboshi and turned on the android again and once more an energy blast slashed thru space that Ranma had just vacated, once more Ranma was inside the androids reach and cutting loose, this time the android left the battle in pieces as Ranma literally tore it's arms, it's head, then it's legs off. This had given the Moroboshi thing time to climb to it's feet, it stared in disbelief at the ruins of the android, then looked up into the ice-blue eyes of Ranma Saotome.

Ranma spoke quietly and coldly:
"I want Ucchan back and I want a *GOOD* explanation for this. And if you drag out this... challenge... be warned, Ranma Saotome doesn't loose. Ever. No matter what you cost me, make this a fight to the finish and I'll bury you and all your friends."

The Moroboshi-thing twitched in dismay and then snarled in defiance as it closed a surviving circut. Ranma cursed as a red disk appeared then ran down the Moroboshi-thing, leaving nothing behind. Ranma didn't for an instant think that this new enemy was dead.

Looking around the wreckage left by the fight, Ranma grabbed some handy bags and stuffed the remains of the android in one, and the bits she had pulled out of the Moroboshi-creature in another. That done, Ranma headed off to...