Ranma stared out the window as the Earth dropped away. Blasted into space. How did he get into these messes? He heard somebody moving behind him.
"Excuse me, can you tell me which way to the Tendo Dojo?"
"Ryoga, I really don't think I want to hear where you think we are."
"What? Ranma? How did you get to Hokkaido?"
Ranma looked thoughtful for a moment. "You know, you're actually pretty close this time. The spaceport was in Hokkaido. That sense of direction of yours is getting better."
"No trying to butter me up, Ranma! The time of your death is at hand, and s-wee!"
"Listen, Pork-butt, if we fight in here we'll break the place and then we'll BOTH die, and Akane too." Ranma put the glass of water he had been holding back in the compartment he had taken it from, then picked up the small black pig which was now glaring at him angrily, but refraining from attacking. "See China indeed," Ranma muttered, "from space. Come on, I don't want to deal with you, so, as loath as I am to do this..."
'I'm in space? How did I get here? Can I even say where on Earth am I now anymore?' Ryoga wondered, 'usually I at least stay on the same continent, and now I'm getting so lost that I'm not even on the right planet anymore? My life is a mess! Where's Ranma taking me, anyway? He said he was going to do something he regretted... is he going to throw me out of an-'
Ryoga's inner monologue was interrupted as he suddenly found himself thrown through the air. "Hey Akane, catch!"
"P-Chan! Thanks Ranma, that was actually thoughtful of you to bring him along for me." Akane smiled at him, holding Ryoga close, and causing Ranma to turn away in disgust.
"Yeah, well, I figured we couldn't leave him behind, I guess..." Ranma said more, but as he spoke, his words become more like mumbles, and nobody could make it out.
Ranma wandered back to the observation room he'd been in before and continued staring out the window. His sulking was interrupted, however, when some kind of alarm went off.
Happosai, also currently sulking, as now all the pretty ladies were back on Earth while he was in space, looked up when the alarm went off. "Hotcha! Maybe we're being attacked by sexy space pirates!" With that, the diminutive pervert sprinted towards the airlock to greet the invaders he was certain would be coming through soon.
Kuno Tatewaki and Gosunkugi Hikaru, currently staring out the window, saw the approaching anomaly before the sensors picked it up. Although they had been arguing about what it might be, when the alarm went off they stopped, looked at each other, and made their way to the reinforced center of the space craft, where they had been told they would be shielded from any harm.
At the sound of the alarm, Akane quickly began looking for Ranma. Not that she wanted his protection from whatever it was that might be attacking the ship, just because she thought it was probably safer to stick together, even if she could handle whatever was coming on her own. P-Chan jumped out of her arms and ran off, but before she could chase after him, she heard a shout from behind her.
"Akane! There you are! Any idea what that alarm is about?"
Ryoga ran through the spaceship looking for hot water. If he could change back, then he'd have a better chance of protecting Akane from this attack, whatever it was. Something red passed through his vision, but he ignored it, until his hooves began turning to stone.
Happosai drummed his foot. The airlock wasn't opening! How was he supposed to see the pretty ladies if they didn't attack the spaceship? Happosai opened up the door himself and was nearly blown out the door by the rushing wind. Acting quickly, Happosai latched onto the frame of the door, just as something red passed through his vision, followed shortly by a rock of some kind flying in the opposite direction and out the airlock. He could feel his arms stretching before he pulled himself back into the hallway and closed the door.
As Kuno and Gosunkugi ran down the corridor, they felt something odd, and then a red wave shot down a corridor in front of them. Electricity began to arc from nearby terminals, striking Kuno, and causing him to fall, knocking down Gos in the process. Suddenly, as far as they could see, the ship was gone, and they were standing again, but still falling over. When they finally collapsed to the floor, they were in one of the escape shuttles, and Gosunkugi was unconscious.
Ranma and Akane ran down the corridor to the escape pod Ranma had stashed Ryoga's pack in earlier. Turning back to glance down the way they had come, Ranma saw a wave of red energy, and quickly scooped up Akane so that he could leap towards the door. The wave reached them just as they reached the door, and for a few moments it appeared that Akane was surrounded in an aura of fire. The door slammed shut, and they launched. Back to Earth.
Ryoga opened his eyes. All around him, the air seemed to be burning. And what was that rushing sensation?
(Posted Mon, 04 May 2009 20:05)
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