Now that the Nekoken had been added, The Symbiont looked through Ranma's mind for a design that it could use for Ranma's new appearance. It soon came upon a pair of anime that fit it's criteria nicely: Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, and Samurai Pizza Cats.
Now you may wonder why Ranma would watch these two particular shows, especially considering that they both have felines as major good guys. Ranma had actually caught these two shows on TV and decided that he liked them, though for different reasons. He was initially freaked out by the cats in the show, but because they were not actually real, he was able to suspend his belief and calm down. This was especially true for the Samurai Pizza Cats, because of the character design. He still got chills whenever he saw them though.
The Symbiote looked through Ranma's memories of these two shows with interest...
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Meanwhile, in the Tendo household, The NWC were tearing the place, and each other, apart.
At the center of it all was Ranma. Some wanted to defeat him. Others to claim him. And some just wanted him to bend to their will.
None of them, however, were expecting a flash of light, nor a blast of force that flung them into the walls, or in Genma's case out the back and into the koi pond.
As everyone cleared their heads, they could only stare at the featureless, glowing figure that stood in Ranma's place. As they watched the figure suddenly changed shape, becoming taller and growing various kinds of plates and protrusions out of it's body.
The transformation finished, and everyone was gaped at what appeared to be a suit of white armor. Only Nabiki was able to accurately identify the outfit before them.
"That's... the Kikotei armor from Yoroiden Samurai Troopers!" She thought, "How did he get that!?" Then she noticed some of the major differences it had from the anime. "Cat ears? A tail? and a bell collar? What's going on!?" She had to admit though, that while these changes, particularly the bell collar, were rather bizarre, none detracted from the armors intimidating appearance.
Suddenly, the eyes snapped open, revealing slitted blue eyes. The figure turned his gaze all around, taking in all those gathered around. There was a complete absence of sound...
"Foul sorcerer!"
That is, until one Tatewaki Kuno opened his mouth. All eyes focused on him.
"You dare don the armor of the noble Samurai!? Only I, Tatewaki Kuno, The Blue Thunder of Furinkan, have the right to bear such finery!" He raised his bokken, and brandished it at the armored being. "You are not worthy!"
The armored person spoke. "Who are you to tell me I'm not worthy?" He said, folding his arms. The voice was unmistakably Ranma's, but it was distorted with a strange echo.
"Nay!" Said Kuno, "I've only just begun! Have at thee!" And with that, he charged. His target made no move to defend himself.
The blow he delivered was impressive; it would've crippled a normal person. The warrior in front of him, however, hadn't even blinked as the bokken shattered against his helmet.
To everyone else, this display simply stunned them even more than they already were. Had anyone, even Ranma, heck, even Ryoga, been hit by that attack they would have been severely injured. Yet, for all the good it did, Kuno might as well have been attacking with a feather.
The True Blunder, for his part, simply blinked at the remains of the bokken in his hand, then tossed it away. "Sasuke!" He called. The diminutive ninja appeared and handed him a fresh weapon.
"Now then. As I was saying, Have at thee!" And again he charged. And again, the samurai seemingly took no notice as the wooden sword impacted his armor and was destroyed.
Again, Kuno called for a replacement. And the cycle continued...
Finally, after the remains of about thirty bokken littered the floor, Sasuke informed his master that he had no more.
"What do you mean we're out!?"
Before the delusional kendoist could further berate the ninja for his incompetence, the sound of a throat clearing filled the room. Once again, all eyes turned to the white armored figure.
"Are you finished?" He asked in a bored tone. Without waiting for a reply, he continued. "Good. Now it's my turn." The samurai stretched his arms out in front of his and clenched his hands. In a flash of fire, a pair of identical looking swords appeared in his hands. Swords that Nabiki recognized from the anime.
"The Go Retsu Ken..." She murmured in a frightened tone.
As an image of a white fan with a black cats paw appeared on the helmets' forehead, the new-and-improved Ranma crossed the swords in front of him, preparing to attack.
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