Gold Digger Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Smoke and Wind ❯ Remembering the Past ( Chapter 9 )

The Disclaimer is in the Prolouge. . .

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Rook was watching G'Nolga fight Leep through a crystal ball and was chuckling every time Leep, well, leaped for her chest. The fight was pretty even, but for all intents and purposes G'Nolga was going to win. He nodded to the undead seer mage that had died five months ago. It was literally a god-send to have that kind of person around, so that he could keep tabs on interesting people.

The scene then switched to R-Sentinel. Rook chuckled to himself, "It seems those two essences are being merged, though still separate." He meant it too, R-Sentinel wasn't getting lost at all and seemed to be getting angrier by the moment as well as more violent. Anyone and anything in its way was completely destroyed. Rook nodded to Bob, his undead mage, who shifted the scene to the Digger's home on Earth. There he saw Britanny feeding her child. "Ack, change it quickly!" The scene had been producing so many good emotions and feelings that it nearly vaped him. "Damn motherly love, it's almost as effective as Holy Water." The scene then shifted to the Saotomes at the Retreat. Rook blinked as he saw Ranma talking to the Armsmaster, someone who had sealed him into a wall when she figured out his armor's weakness, Tsunami and that fat fool Sabbo. "So the true ruler of Jade is in on this as well huh?" Rook didn't particularly like Sabbo, but he didn't hate him enough to try and get rid of him. He nodded to Bob, and the scene shifted again, showing Tanya hard at work.

If anyone asked why Rook helped G'Nolga out only to betray her by allowing everyone to track her, it was simple, he wanted to get her back for betraying him. Oh sure, it wasn't much of one, but she did attack him when he wasn't expecting it. And the best way to do that was to have her go to the people that could beat and humiliate her.

Rook then blinked as he felt a presence behind him. "You can come out now."

The figure stepped out of the shadows and looked at Rook. "It's been awhile hasn't it Rook?"

"Only about one hundred and fifty years." Rook then looked at the newcomer, "So, why did you do what you did Happosai? Why did you teleport Ranma here to Jade?"

Happosai shrugged and jumped up and onto the table. "It's quite simple, a lot of people see me as evil. But I'm about as evil as you are alive."

Rook nodded, "Well, get on with it. Why did you send him here?"

"Simple, two reasons, the first was that he didn't have a whole lot of challenges left in Nerima, at least from a Martial Artist point of view."

"And the other?"

Happi shrugged, "He wasn't happy with his life. So I gave him a chance to make a better one."

Rook nodded and blinked when he saw Happosai start to leave. "Where are you going?"

"I felt a female Ki down the hallway, I'm going to go and have fun."

Rook shook his head, "Whatever."

Happi smirked, "SWEETO!!" With that he bounded down the hallway.

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As Ranma sat in the living room of his home with Julia, Tsunami, and Sabbo. He traced a finger around the rim of his cup of tea. "So, Sabbo, was it? How did Nabiki get here? How long has she been here?"

"To answer both of your questions... No clue." Sabbo answered honestly. "I didn't think her presence her was that important."

Ranma let out a small sigh. "I know that Ryoga was sent here the same time I was, when we were hit with a 'banishment' scroll. But Nabiki wasn't. And I really don't think she'd have the knowledge, nor the resources to make it to Jade. This place literally is unknown on Earth... At least to those of 'modern society'."

"Perhaps the Amazons had helped her? You've told me a bit about your past, and told me how they had hold possession of knowledge that is more than often lost on Earth. They might have given her something."

Ranma thought about that for a moment. "Maybe, but I don't think so. If the Amazons knew how to get here, I would have seen them, or run across them on Jade already. And I honestly believe that there is no way that they would help Nabiki when they can help themselves. It's just how they are."

Sabbo shivered. "Not all Amazons are bad you know. Hell, one of our Weaponsmasters is an Amazon."

Ranma was shocked. "You're kidding!"

"No, Ranma. You see, there are a special group of Amazons. The Amazon Breeders, who specialize in, as the name suggests, Breeding techniques to strengthen bloodlines. Their leader, Lily, is a powerful woman who has an affinity with animals. She is a powerful fighter with kicks and animal summonings. She is one of the two Weaponsmasters in Seer's Hamlet. The other being someone I know you're acquainted with. The Dark Elf, Karia."

Ranma shuddered. He remembered Karia. One of the first major challenges he faced when he had started to, more or less, settle down in Seer's Hamlet for a time. The Dark Elf War Mage was a strong fighter, and even better with Magic. And, to Ranma's surprise, she was also one fo the first people to hit on him... In more ways then one.

Sabbo nodded his head. "Ah Lily... Quite a fine woman... Well-endowed, long legs, long blonde-hair..." Sabbo smiled giddily underneath his mask. "Hubba Hubba..."

Sabbo then noticed Julia glaring at him. "What?"

"You never change..." Julia growled. "Even when I was stuck on Jade, and was spending time training Gar, you always seemed to make time to follow us and ooggle me."

"YOU OOGGLED MY DAUGHTER!?"

Sabbo 'eeped' and turned to face a growling Tsunami. "Eh heh... Er... Well, she was a hotty back then... And back then I was the unexperienced 'Sabbo, Age 33'..." Seeing Tsunami was glaring at him, Sabbo motioned towards Julia. "C'mon, you gotta admit it! Even today, your daughter is frikin' HOT!"

Seeing the Tsunami was unsheathing his katana, Sabbo started to sweat-drop more. He turned to Ranma and said very, VERY quickly, "WellthankyouforyourhospitalityImustbeleavingbyebye!" And thus, to the contrary of his fat-frame, Sabbo was out of his seat and moving at quite a fast pace.

"COME BACK HERE!!!" Tsunami's voice echoed through the minds present, as he took off after Jade's Hidden Emperor, as to dispense some Ninja Law Justice on Sabbo's Hawaiian ass.

Ranma blinked and looked through the hole in the wall Sabbo made to get away quickly, and that Tsunami went through to chase him. Sighing, Ranma said, "Well, I better get to making repairs..."

Sighing, Julia said, "I'll help you."

Ranma shook his head. "It's all right, Mrs. Diggers. I'll handle it."

"No." Julia said. "Whenever someone destroys my property, I insist they fix it. My comment caused this, so I insist that I help repair."

Ranma blinked his eyes once, then twice, but then shrugged. "All right. No harm, I guess."

Julia smiled. "Excellent. And while we're at it, you could tell me about how you know Karia."

Ranma blushed. He looked around and remembered that Tanya was in her workshop. Letting out a sigh, he said, "All right, I can tell you. But promise me you won't tell Tanya. It's quite embarrassing, what happened."

Julia nodded her head. "Fair enough. Well, shall we get started?" She stood up to go and help get the wood.

In her lab Tanya sighed, stopping for a bit on her work on her new golem. It was mostly completed, just missing the orb and the left leg. It's face and body were designed after her husband, but the eyes were slitted like a cat's, the ears slightly pointed, and the hands and feet, (when the feet were done) clawed.

She sat back on her workbench, rubbing her forehead and thinking about her life, she glanced at her wrist and sighed, 'Where did I go wrong?' She sighed again as she remember all that she had done to Britanny Diggers, 'I've tried to kill her using Jetta and then on the Astral plane, tried breaking her and Strype apart and attempted to kill her child, I'd be lucky if she could even stand to be in the same room as me.' Tanya then leaned forward, placing her arms on the workbench and rested her head on her arms and started sobbing. 'I never meant for this to get so out of control. If only someone had tried to understand me before.' She then sat up and wiped away the tears in her eyes. 'No, I just never reached out to anyone before. I thought hiding my emotions was the way to go.' She then smiled faintly, 'I wonder how Strype's daughter is doing?'

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The people of Seer's Hamlet blinked in surprise as a ninja carrying a sword chased a rather fast fat man. Most didn't know whether to feel sorry for the fat fool, or to be impressed that he could run like that.

One person knew how he felt. "Get that fat fool! That guy's incredibly annoying."

Sheila sweat dropped, "Um, Bro, shouldn't we stop this?"

Gar shook his head, "Nahh, the fat fool gets what he deserves." Sheila blinked but nodded and the two of them continued to be on the look out for G'Nolga, bandits, or Ryoga.

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Brit smiled as her daughter slept in her arms. She hadn't gotten out of the bed yet, she was too damned tired. Suddenly there was a swirl of light by the door and Seance stepped out. "Oops, sorry Britanny."

Cheetah smiled softly, "It's all right Seance. So how did mom and dad take the news?"

Seance blinked in surprise, he hadn't seen Brit this mellow since after her honeymoon. "About as well as could be expected I guess. They were stunned and shocked that you had given birth. Both looked rather displeased about it."

Britanny nodded, if she was in her mom's shoes, she'd be mad too. "Anything else? How's Tanya?"

Seance blinked, "Surprising you asked, she said that she won't bother you again unless you want to talk. And she wishes the best for the three of you."

Britanny nodded, she just couldn't frown at this moment with her child in her arms. "It's so amazing."

"What is?"

"Being a momma. I can only imagine what Jetta went through when Pojo was kidnapped."

Seance smiled, "Well I'm going to let the others know I'm back. I wonder what Genn's up to?" He muttered to himself as he left the room.

Strype came in a few moments after Seance had left. "Hey, honey, how you doing? I've got some Tuna subs for you."

Brit smiled a contended, but tired smile, "Thanks Muffin. It's just so relaxing like this."

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It may have been a relaxing time for Brit and Strype but it wasn't so relaxing for G'Nolga. "Grr, stupid pervert." The fight had taken a lot more out of her than what it should've. "I must be tired." Of course digging yourself out of a cave-in and traveling for days without rest would make anyone tired. She continued to move down the back road, no sense in traveling the front roads, until she spotted a cave. G'Nolga shrugged, "I guess I can take a few hours to rest. I'm only a half a day away from the Hamlet."

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R-Sentinel continued to destroy everything in it's path. Eventually some bounty-hunters tried to stop it. "Halt!" Three people dressed up like Frenchmen called out. "We are the Silver Knights and we'll. ." He didn't get a chance to say anything more as a red-green beam hit him and his partners, killing them all.

"RRRRRAAAAAANNNNNNMMMMMMAAAAAA! THISSSS ISSSS AAAALLLL YOUR FAULT!"

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"We don't have time for a full hearing on this matter," Theo said. "But you may have some information we need, so we're beginning your hearing now."

"Understood," Nabiki said, downcast as she looked down at the metal encasing her hands.

"How did you repair the Sentinel?" Theo asked.

"I didn't," Nabiki said, not daring to lie. "It is no longer a golem. It is a suit of armor. Ryouga Hibiki is within it."

"Ryouga Hibiki," Dee'em said. "Oh, yes, I recall hearing of him. And why would you give such a dangerous weapon to someone so...unstable?"

"To make Ranma pay for what he brought on my family," Nabiki said. "Ryouga's not so unstable, except where Ranma's concerned."

"The golem is reported to have killed at least one hundred people that we know of," Theo said. Nabiki paled at those words.

"What?" she asked, meekly.

"There was a hamlet between him and the sea," Theo explained darkly.

"Ryouga would never hurt anyone but Ranma or somebody that was attacking him," Nabiki swore. "I KNOW him. He's nice, a sweety underneath all his bluster. Even with Ranma all he does is try to beat him up, nothing serious. You've got to be wrong. It's got to be someone else."

"He's not wrong," Gneiss said. "Your friend is running amuck, killing innocent and law-abiding citizens."

"That can't be right!" Nabiki said. "Ryouga would never knowingly endanger..."

"How about when he brought my tower down on your head?" Gneiss asked. Nabiki was silent at that. "What went wrong?"

"I'm not sure," Nabiki said. "When I activated the armor, he went crazy."

"Tell us the steps that you took up to and including the activation," Bugie demanded.

Nabiki faintly explained the steps she took, trying to ponder what was happening. And then she explained how she activated the golem by sending power to the head.

"That was it," Gneiss said. "You should have aimed at the heart, apprentice, aiming at the head left the Sentinel's powering spirit dominant and without programming it latched on your friend's goals...only with more determination."

"But the heart was covered in metal," Nabiki said.

"Enchanted metal," Theo said. "Once you fused it to the golem. So now we have a hostage to worry about in defeating this thing."

"There may be no way to save him," Gneiss said.

"You're going to kill...Ryouga?" Nabiki said weakly.

"Consider that as you wait for your hearing," De'eem said. "In the meantime, give us the capabilities of this thing as you know them."

"Hai..." Nabiki said weakly.

Theo leaned back and looked toward Gneiss.

"How could you be blind sided by this, Master Gneiss," he asked softly.

"No one can forsee everything," Gneiss said. "What do you think will become of her."

"I don't think she meant to cause this," Theo said. "And she is obviously not enjoying the situation. Reparations shall have to be made, however, perhaps not Sanctuary. Something more personal seems to be required."

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Brianna noticed Seance when he arrived in the room. "Hey."

"Oh, hi Brianna. Have you seen Genn anywhere?"

Brianna sighed, she idly wondered if she'd find someone to spend all her time with. Even if she liked Nookie, she really liked being with someone. "Not since Tiffany was born."

Seance nodded, "Thanks." He started to walk away, but then turned to Brianna, "Don't worry, you'll find someone to spend your time with."

Bri blushed, "Damnit Seance, turn off that 'daydream' ability."

He smiled sheepishly, "You know I can't." He walked out into the living room and saw Jetta talking to Genn. "There you are Genn. Jetta, what are you doing here?"

Jetta smirked, "Well, I'm not leaving until Dr. Diggers or Julia shows up, just in case there are complications."

Seance blinked, "But don't Lycanthrope have incredible healing?"

Jetta nodded, "Yes we do, but the problem is is that a child-birth that painful overloads healing for awhile. Remember just after Tiffany was born, I had thought that she had died. I'm just here until one of her parents can get home."

Seance nodded, made sense to him. "It'll be at least two days. They've got a situation to take care of with one of the Weaponsmasters."

Genn spoke up, "G'Nolga?" Seance nodded and Genn shuddered, she still remembered what G'Nolga had done to Seance, those other mages that she had kidnapped and how she killed Gaja, that old Werecat.

Jetta blinked, "G'Nolga? Who's that?"

Genn looked at Jetta, "One of the best fighters on Jade, her skill and abilities are on par with Julia's. Julia has always beaten G'Nolga before, but only by the most narrow of margins."

Jetta nodded, someone like that causing problems would definitely be someone to watch out for.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Came the voice of Brianna as she went to the door.

When Bri got to the door and opened, she was surprised to see Penny, Ace, and Charlotte. "What are you three doing here?"

Penny smiled, "Well, Gina just called me this morning when I got back from visiting my grand folks and told me that she's an auntie. I called Ace and he wanted to see the baby as well, and Charlotte, well, she just wants to hold the baby.

Brianna raised an eyebrow, "That might be hard, the only three people that can hold Tiffany without her crying are Strype, Britanny and myself for some odd reason." Brianna smirked, "Gina couldn't even hold Tiffany." She then shrugged, "Then again mom, dad and you guys haven't been here and Seance hasn't tried either."

She stepped aside to let them in. Charlotte had a starry look in her eyes, "Oooh, I just can't wait to see the baby. I've always wanted one of my own." She then pouted, "But I still don't know what Penny meant by the stork."

Brianna sweat dropped, "You mean you still haven't told her yet Penny?"

Penny flushed a bit, "What do you expect? That kinda talk is embarrassing."

Brianna smiled, "Let me teach her then."

"Uh?"

Seeing Penny's rather disgusted look, Brianna clarified, "Not like that, I mean teach her like they do at school."

Meanwhile on Jade. . .

Tanya had walked out of her workshop, so she could ask Ranma for his opinion on the final golem, as he might have had insight to how she should work it, since she was basing it after him.

She stopped when she reached the entrance to the living room. She saw her husband and the Armsmaster repairing a wall with a large hole in the center of it. They were cutting along and taken out broken parts of wood, so they could then replace it with the stack of extra wood that Ranma had brought in from the storage locker in the basement. Tanya listened in to what they were saying.

"You did THAT with Karia?" Julia asked Ranma, while using a saw to cut and flatten the broken end of one of the wood planks used to make up the wall.

Ranma, who was looking over the many gathered pieces of wood he had carried up from downstairs nodded his head. "Yeah. What can I say? I was curious, and Karia was more then interested..."

Tanya would have sworn she felt her heart jump up to her throat. Wasting no time, she walked into view of her husband and Julia. "Ranma! What are you talking about?"

Ranma froze, seeing his wife was there. "Tanya! well, you see..." Ranma trailed off. Ranma sighed and looked into Tanya's eyes and saw a hurt look to them. "Just don't get mad, I met her before I knew you."

Tanya froze and her body stiffened. "You were with another woman before me?"

Ranma nodded his head. "Yeah... Julia, I hope you don't mind if I repeat some of my story, but I want Tanya to know."

Julia nodded her head. "It's all right. You can sit down and explain to her. I'll continue working on the wall."

"Uh, thank you." Ranma said. He walked over to Tanya and hugged her reassuringly. "First off, Tanya, I want you to know that I love you and only you. You are the only woman I'll ever want."

Tanya sighed, and held Ranma back tightly. She was working hard to keep her emotions in check. She was expecting herself to get angry, but she was finding herself saddened greatly. "Just, what happened?"

Ranma lowered himself and Tanya down so they were sitting on a couch. "It's like this, Tanya... When I had first appeared on Jade, I was confused for a bit. My first experience was a fight with Ryoga, which separated us, and caused me to take on my cursed form. It wasn't easy those first couple of days. Fortunately, around the second week, a group of thieves thought to make sport of my cursed form. I managed to kick their butts and take their goods. I felt better with some clothing and money. I walked, and, four days later, I made my way into Seer's Hamlet..."

Ranma began to chuckle lightly. "And it was here I got my first taste of humility in the longest time. I had made my way to the Brass Bone tavern, and hoped to get a good meal and some hot water. I did get both, and I felt pretty damned good. That Dragen makes a fine roasted lamb."

Seeing Tanya nod her head for Ranma to continue, Ranma sighed. "Well, I decided to stay at the Tavern for a bit, since I had no where to go. It wasn't long before a fight broke out, the reason why, I still don't know. Soon the whole tavern began a free-for-all, and I decided to go with the flow and fight." Smirking, he added, "And I did pretty well for myself. Beat up two lizard-like people and an ogre before I fought someone I should not have messed with. Karia."

Chuckling, Ranma said, "If I knew who she was, and what she was about, I would have just fought someone else. She was blocking and dodging some of my fastest moves. Quite impressive, might I say. Still, I worked my damnedest to fight, but, I found myself in over my head. She was strong, VERY strong. I didn't get a hit in on her until She overextended a punch with her right fist. I snuck in under it, and connected a good solid punch to Karia's jaw... And fractured my fist in the process..."

Ranma shivered a bit. "I knew I was in deep shit once I saw her reaction. She smiled and chuckled a bit. Before I knew it, I had a high amount of electricity coursing through my body, and I passed out."

Tanya's jaw dropped. "She tried to kill you!?"

"No." Ranma said. "Just felt like taking me down quickly so she could get me out of there. She knew very well that Edge Guard were going to come in sooner or later and break everything up and cart people off to jail to find out what happened. So, she got out before it happened and took me back to her home with her."

"She took you back home with her?" Tanya asked.

Ranma smirked. "Apparently I had impressed her by the fact that I actually hurt her. When I had awoken she had breakfast for me, a simple stew that was rather good. She was asking me all sorts of questions. Like who I was, what my fighting style was, why I had a curse, how did I even had the guts to attack a Weaponsmaster in a bar fight... The usual."

Letting out a sigh, Ranma said, "When I talked to Karia, and explained my story, and she told me a bit about herself, I had to admit, I think we found a kindred spirit in each other. True, she was a magic-user, but we were both martial arts buffs with little in the way of 'class' who stuck our foot in our mouths, and loved training more than anything."

Feeling his wife start to shiver, Ranma tightened his hug rubbed an area of her back with his hand. "She thought me interesting and offered me a place to stay. Naturally, I accepted, and the first month went very well. I especially liked her 'lab'. The place was more like a gym, and was quite open to the public. I tell you when she went to work, she was more like a martial artist than most of them I knew. Lived by a true martial artists code, as well as was good with magic."

Moving a hand through Tanya's hair, Ranma continued. "In that first month, she also got me started on the road to becoming 'popular' in Seer's Hamlet. She gave me an audience with Tsunami, and it was from him that I found out how Karia would take down a few thieves every now and again, and she suggested I try to use some of my skills to take them down. She was even more adamant about it ever since she found out about the Umi Seiken and Yama Seiken. And apparently she was right, and it became rather easy for me to act as a 'hero'."

Sighing almost sadly, Ranma held Tanya closer to him. "It was around my second month here that things changed between Karia and I. I mean, I was really starting to get depressed about how I left things in Nerima the way I did, without tieing up loose ends, and not really knowing how I felt. I talked to Karia about it, and she decided to help me in the best way she knew how." Ranma blushed quite deeply. "We slept together."

Tanya's eye twitched. "HOW WAS SLEEPING WITH YOU SUPPOSED TO HELP YOU!?"

Ranma flinched at his wife's words, but understood she'd be upset. "Well, you see, I was really unsure of how I felt in my heart. And I had years of pent up sexual frustration... Although at the time, I didn't realize that is what it was. Karia explained it to me, and... Well... It seemed Karia had a thing for me and wanted to try me out outside of a sparring arena... So... We slept together... And, I know it will sound odd, but, I did feel much better after. I think I thought clearer afterwards than I had in my entire life."

Tanya was shaking slightly, she looked Ranma in the eye and asked, "How many times did you and her... Do it?"

Blushing slightly, Ranma answered Tanya honestly. "Six times within the span of a month." Seeing Tanya glare, Ranma explained, "Like I said, it seemed Karia had a thing for me... Though she told me she could never bring herself to act more upon it. Seems it's considered taboo for a Dark Elf to love a human, and she admitted she had trouble seeing us as more than just 'friends with benefits'. So she honestly tried to get me to know more people, so I could have someone... We tried for a full month after, and... I met you."

"Huh?" Tanya asked. "You met me because of her?"

"Yeah." Ranma admitted. "She took me to a tavern one night that you happened to be there. She pointed you out to me, and practically pushed me in your direction."

Tanya blinked. "She did!?"

"Yep. And when I kept bumping into you after out 'one night stand', she encouraged me to pursue you." Ranma said. He blinked and looked serious for a moment. "Though I will admit, she did sit me down and revealed to me you're a convict. She had noticed your bracelet once, and pointed out to me what it meant." Smiling he said, "Of course, I chose to stay with you. I told her you weren't a bad person, and she believed and continued to encourage me to see you more."

Ranma smirked. "You know, Tanya, Karia even gave us this house as an early wedding present."

"What!?" Tanya asked. Now THAT tidbit of information had surprised her.

"Yep. Before she moved into the city of Seer's Hamlet, this was a home of hers. She didn't use it anymore, and when I told her how you asked to see my place, she was more than happy to give me ownership." Ranma blushed. "She wanted me to make a good impression with you."

Tanya sighed and looked into her husband's eyes. She was miffed about finding out she was not his first time. However, it did make her feel better knowing that he did love her, and that he did have a good friend in Jade. A Weaponsmaster for crying out loud. Tanya smiled a little and said, "All right Ranma. I'll forgive you, this time." Her smile turned into a smirk and said, "You'll just have to give me six more extra bouts of loving to make up for those times you had with the Dark Elf."

Ranma nodded his head energetically. "Yes, dear!"

Julia shook her head and had to bite back her laughter. It seemed like Ranma really was popular. Friends with two Weaponsmasters, and a home-town hero to the people of Seer's Hamlet. Was there anything he hadn't done yet?

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G'Nolga was leaning against the wall of the cave just resting, not asleep, but still resting. 'I still can't believe that that pup was able to beat me.' She thought darkly. Someone who she had never seen before, never been in the Tournament of Arms, never even heard of, had been able to fight her pretty evenly, oh sure she would've won if she had kept a cool head. 'And what's with comparing me to someone named Ryoga?'

Flashback. . .

We see Ranma as he's cut, bloodied and bruised, one eye swollen shut from a blow he had received earlier fighting against G'Nolga, who looks very similar, though she seems to have gotten off easier.

G'Nolga spit out some blood from her mouth, "You're not bad, but you should've never gotten in my way boy!"

Smirking Ranma just taunted her, "I know little black pigs that can take more punishment than you."

G'Nolga clenched her teeth, narrowed her eyes, and tightened her grip on her quarter staff. It had been two staffs connected to a chain, but the kid had sliced it apart with some invisible blades. She then tossed away her weapon, she'd get a new one later. "I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR SPINE OUT AND HANG YOU WITH IT!!" She then charged him.

Ranma shook his head while ducking G'Nolga's first punch. He then rolled away from her and taunted some more, "Just like Ryoga, a powerful, but pathetic excuse of a fighter."

G'Nolga was pissed that this whelp was saying that to her, G'Nolga, one of the ten Weaponsmasters of Jade. "DIE!" She started punching and kicking at faster speeds and greater strength. Ranma grunted as he took hits, but he was getting his own in, and she was falling for his trap, as he led her into a cavern under a cliff that had to be 1500 feet tall.

G'Nolga got a hit into his stomach, causing Ranma to fly right in front of the cave. "Ooof, gotta admit, your stronger and more skilled than that pig, but your still pitiful."

"AAAARRRGGH! DIE!!" She then leaped at him and he grinned, waiting for her to get close enough to him, then he ducked and raised both legs into her stomach and flung her into the cavern. G'Nolga growled as she hit the ground and skidded for a few feet. The part of her that wasn't totally pissed off had to admit that he had lasted longer than she would've ever thought possible. They were both moving a lot slower than they had when they had started the fight, a result of the damage they had taken.

Ranma just smirked at her angry expression, though his eyes lost all emotion to them. G'Nolga then pushed her aura out as much as it would go, and Ranma's eyes widened, though he still kept all emotions out of his eyes, 'That aura's still that strong?! Damn and we've been fighting for quite some time now.'

G'Nolga then charged and planned to put an end to this fight, when she was close enough, she was going to force him on the defensive and then hit him with the Master Blow. Idly she wondered why the winds were picking up. "Bye G'Nolga, rot in hell." The whelp then punched up, why she didn't know, until she get sucked into a tornado that came out of nowhere and then proceeded to start destroying the cavern as well as make her weaker.

Twenty minutes later, she was inside the cavern, covered in rocks and totally exhausted. 'So the whelp knows magic huh? But how did he use it in a cavern full of iron ore?'

End Flashback. . .

G'Nolga growled, 'How did he do that?' She still couldn't figure it out, all his tricks and he wasn't even drawing on the Ethereal Stream like the other Weaponsmasters did. 'I think I'll sleep now. Need my strength for when I fight that punk, he might be good, but next time I'll beat him.'

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Ryoga growled as he finally was able to get some food, he was leaning against the open door to the Sentinel and eating some bread and cooked meats, all around him, people were either critically injured or dead. 'This is all Ranma's fault, if he had just died and not hit me with that blasted Hiryuu Shoten Ha I wouldn't be doing this.' Ryoga then slapped himself in the forehead, 'I was so stupid to forget how the damned technique works, it needs a person's aura.' He then smirked a bit as he finished his meal, 'But then again, it has been awhile since I've seen the move used, so I guess I can say that I forgot how it works.'

Ryoga normally would've felt sympathy for the people, but because of his time in the Sentinel, he was becoming less and less sympathetic. Ryoga then got back into the War Golem and closed the door and then took off.