Urusei Yatsura Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Invader and the Emperor ❯ The last meeting ( Chapter 3 )

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Yeah, I know my grammar sucks but I AM trying my best here while trying to improve on the quality of the story AND my grammar, but please try look away that my grammar isint perfect I speak it as a second language and my speciality is speaking not writing. If you think Im searching for excuses Im not! Anyway I am STILL thankful for the review(s) that was posted... at least I know some one actually READS it this alone makes me go on!
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Part 3.
The last meeting

Ranma was on the verge of conciousness and even if he didn't see anything he heard his father and a few other voices arguing.
„I told you Saotome-san! Your son is in NO condition to get out of that bed!” The elderly male voice seemed angered.
„Mizuno-sensei his training is allready behind schedule! That meens he will become weak! And I can't have a weak heir to my school!”
„I understand but Ranma MUST be in bed for 2 weeks at best!”
„And then we have to start from the begining! The training plans I made are hars but if we are behind the schedule it will be EVEN harder on him!”
„Why are you so persistant about a hard training anyway Saotome-san?”
„Its about 2 pledge I wish to honor, one I own to a friend and the other I own to my master.”
„I see… well we CAN say that he stays in the hospital for a week, then if he is better he may leave, but one the condition that he must NOT go overboard in the training just light excercises to keep him in shape.”
After a half minute Genma's voice could be heard once again.
„That sounds fair enough, hopefully the boy will be able to recover in time so that the training wont be over schedule that much…”
„That as we agreed. You may see your son tomorrow at visiting time.”
„Arigatou Mizuno-sensei.”
Ranma heard the doctor and his father walk out and the door closing.
„(So what now… Otou-san will be mad at me if I wont recover in time but the doctor sad it would be bad for me if I resume my training to soon…)”
„\RANMA!\”
„\Ranryu?!\”
„\Finaly… looks like the Neko-ken did had a little effect, I was yelling for an hour now so loud that my throat hurts\”
„\You don't have a throat your just a spirit! Anyway why didnt you help me when I called for you!?\”
„\Your right about the spirit part… and what do you mean by calling me?! I was fighting the cat spirits that tryied to take over your mind all that time I didnt hear you asking for help!\”
„\Cat spirit?\”
„\Yes, the Neko-ken places a cat spirit into the mind that takes over the host and the host will like it was a cat.\”
„\And you were fighting it?\”
„\Yeah, well the problem is that it had some effect on us. I'll have to gain some of my powers back, fighting a cat while keeping you from slipping into the Neko-ken isint too good for my powers sources. We have to continue your training the way I mentioned and hope that will be enough to get out of that pit the next time.\”
„\NEXT TIME?!\” Young Ranma was shocked to the core of his soul by this information.
„\Your father is an idiot Ranma, he thinks that you failed to learn it… well you DID fail to learn it but that isint the point. The point is that he WILL do it again!\”
„\Are you sure?\”
„\These are the moments when I hate Im right, Im MORE then sure that he WILL do it again but for now rest, you have to get healthy as fast as you can.\”
Ranma followed the advise like a command and soon he was in dreamland.
While the young Saotome was sleeping the guest spirit of the tiny body was tending to his plans.
In the deepest part of his host's mind he stood in a grassy field the moon and the stars shining down on him.
„Now to see what thad idiot mortal is up to.” With that Ranryu started walking away and became transparent with each stepp untill he disappeared.

Near the hospital
Saotome Genma was campint in a park, he just stopped his excercises and was preparing his dinner when he felt doom aproach him, he looked around as fast as he could while spreading his ki field to see if anyone was close. No matter what he tried he felt no one nor did he see any one so he tried to calm down and returned to his dinner.
„(I see that he isint a low level fighter, his ability to sense my coming shows that, but he still isint good enough to see me. Good thing that his ki field can't locate me. Otherwise the fun would have bin lost for me.)” On Ranryu's face a wicked smile creept up, one so vile and wicked that you can barely imagen.
Once Genma finished eating he packed his stuff and went into the tent and soon snooring couldbe heard.
„(This is just too easy.)” Ranryu went closer to the bald martial artist.”(Now to make his dreams a little more… interesting!)” With that he soon vanished and enterd the martial artists dream.

Genma's dream
As the elder spirit found himself high in the sky he was about to look for the owner of the dream when suddenly he started falling towards the ground.
That was when he showed grace that even the race of cats can be envious of.
„Now to find that fat bastard.” With that he started running in a random direction.

The one who calls himself Ranryu was at the end of his patience, he was now running for a long time now in the real world two hour or so has already passed since he enterd Genma's dream and all the while he only saw is empty fields till he could see.
„All right… let's think it through… no LIVING being can have a mind like this unless that someone is BRAIN DEAD! That wouldn't supprise me if it was true, but this makes me mad.”
Just as he finished he sat down and let his aura spread out to calm himself.
„I can't stay here for long... Ranma will need me soon again I have a hunch. How am I going to find this idiots dreamcenter if I can't even enter his subconcious?!”
As he was thrashing his head to left and right he saw a crack on the ground that wasnt there a moment ago.
„Strange… that wasnt there untill I sat down.” He once again sat down but the crack didnt vanish nor did it grow.”Okay what else I did?” As he let his aura go loose the crack started to widen untill it was large enough for him to enter.
„Now to give this guy THE nightmare of his life!”
As he enterd the subconcious he saw images of Genma's desires.
„Poor kid! Not only doas this fat bastard wants to mooch of him but his own grandson as well!” He started flying for a few minutes untill he stoped at an image showing Genma's wife at there wedding.
„Keh! This woman is too good for him.” Ranryu saw the moment when that woman was in her life's prime.”Beutifull and kind with wisdom, not to mention her loyalti towards people… I wish I could go back in time and remake this dream, but then I would be the one she would spend her life with. That would be easyer on Ranma as well.” He slowly flew by shedding one tear for the women on the picture.”I hope you have a nice life Nodoka.”
He was nearing the centrall of Genma's subconcious and the 'air' surrounding him became heavier as he came closer to it.”Kuso! Looks like it's even hard for me to move with a 150 ton weight on my shoulder.” He slightly bend over to catch his breath when he saw something.
„That isin a dream or a desire… that is an image from his memory! Finaly found one!! Looks like my theory of this guy being brain dead was false after all!”
He started to descend to the image and looked at it.”This is the wedding, but somethings off… Nodoka isint happy about it… not a supprise. From the looks of it only a few people came to there wedding and most of the don't look happy at all!”
Just as he finished the image switch and showed Nodoka pushing a paper into Genma's face making him sign it.”Let's see… I pledge blablabla… to make Ranma man among man blablabla… or both shall face punishment, this is getting interesting… shall commit seppuku… wait… what was that last part about!?”
As a slight panic overcame Ranryu as he rad the contract again.
„Great now the kid could be in trouble when they return… hopefully Nodoka wont demand the contract.”

Somewhere at the Nerima Juuban border

„Acho!” A red haired woman dressed in a dark blue kimono sneezed at the corner store.
„Ah Nodoka-chan you should watch out for your self, I heard that this year's flu is a killer.”
The old hop keeper lady smiled at the younger woman and remembered her own youth.
„Arigato Yume-sama I will heed your advice I do hope some one was speeking of me. How much will this cost?”

In Genma's subconcious

„Well let's see what else can I find out about Genma, I know most of his memories and all of his attacks but not the reason WHY he turned out so…” As Ranryu was about to finish he saw a dark image. He walked closer untill he could make out the picture.
„So these are Genma's parents, maybe they are the reason? Now that I think about it why is this image dark?”
As he was thinking he tuched the image and it flared to life.
„Genma how many times do I have to tell you?! You are my son so you MUST excell in every martial arts! It's a family tradition to make the first born son into a martial artist of the BEST caliber or to bring his potential to its maximum!”
„Hai chichiu!” Chibi Genma responded to his father who was a large men with large muslces but age showed on his body as his hair started to gray.
„Now do it again! If you don't learn that kata now then no food for the rest of the day and tommorrow you will learn another one AND you have to use this one as well! The punishment will be the same!”
The image showed Genma being punnished for several days while going through extreme trainings.
„Poor guy, no wonder he turned out to be such an asshole he had someone to learn it from!”
„(Oh well… I should hurry before Ranma will REALY need me!)”
With that he ran towards to the center of Genma's subconcious.

10 minutes of running later

„KUSOTARE!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GUY?! I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR 10 MINUTES WITH OUT STOPPING AND IM NOT EVEN CLOSE!!”
The ancient spirit stoped to catch his breath.
„Genma is either a VERY well defended guy and he has defenses that direct my in another way or he's just plain simple stupid and even his subconcious is so tiny I missed it numerous times!?”
„(Think a little, a warriors pride is in his body and mind…)” As he was thinking he let out his energy field to track down the dreamcenter and after a little searching he found it.
„Finaly! Quick before that enegry disappears!”
He shot out like a bullet from a gun and ran at his maximum and two minutes latter he found the source and enterd it.

In Genma's dream

„Ranma it depends on our honor that you train your child as well as I have you!” Genma was laying on a bed of silk and was surrounded by countless plates of different kind of foods.
„Yes otou-san, I shall heed you words becouse you trained me into the finest figther and you even made sure that I made the finest choice about who to marry.”
As the dream Ranma who was a complete mirror image of Genma(with only a slightly more hair and looked younger) finished Ranryu appeared and Genma looked amused.
„WHO ARE YOU!? I don't know you! If I have promised anything to you concearning Ranma then deal it with him.”
At this Ranryu's eyes transformed from the his usuall black to blue but his iris was slit.
„I want nothing from your child, I came here for your SOUL!” With that Ranryu lunged forward and sliced the dream Ranma and wife into pieces who stood up to defend Genma.
Ranryu was covered in blood, even if it wasnt real he picked up the two heads that he cut off and drank the blood that didnt pour out.
„It would be a shame to loose this precious and tasty meed. I wonder how yours tastes!?”
The ancient spirit came towards Genma who was on the edge of letting his bladder lose becouse of fear he never felt even under Happosai!
„(Keh! Too easy, its a good thing that this dream Ranma isint anything like he will grow up!)”
„This can't be! This is my dream I will just will you away!” Genma was shouting as he tried to will away the monster before him.„That didnt work.” Ranryu finished with a laugh that even Kuno Kodachi, Naga the white serpent and Dark Schneider couldn't best! (Too creepy to even think about it…)
„STAY AWAY YOU MONSTER! STAY AWAY!”
Ranryu suddenly stopped as he felt the rules of the dream world take a hold on him.
„(Damn it! I spent too much time in here! The rules of the dream wolrd started to take effect! Gotta take over before its to late!)” Just as he looked up he saw Genma grinning like the idiot he is.
„Now that I stopped this monster let's get rid of him… I know!” With that the scenery slowly changed and turned into the Tenkaichi Budokai arena!
„(Well this guy atleast made a good copy of it… even made the fans…)” Ranryu was about to throw up when he saw the fan's holding up pictures of Genma and woman trying to get to the arena to get near the fat martial artist. Among the fans he saw Ranma, Nodoka and even the Tendos… or atleast how they would look like in Genma's dream.
„(Well if he want's to use mental attacks allright then!)” Ranryu summoned Genma's parents to the arena and as he did so Genma paled!
„Chichiu!? Okasama?!”
„GENMA YOU MADE OUR CLAN A DISGRACE! BECOUSE OF THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER THE HEIR TO THE KAGEUMA SAOTOMERYU!” The father of Genma's words could be heard all over the arena and everybody in the arena looked shocked”(Ranryu one, Genma zero… Now to strike deeper into the open wound!)”
Genma's mother came closer to her son but she looked mad at her son.
„Saotome Genma! You plan to leech on you son and his children, we didnt raise you like this! I know we were hard with you but that was becouse you were the hair to the family, the eldest child!”
„Okasama?!” Genma looked devastated when suddenly guards came out of nothing and took the parents away.
The judge came into the arena slowly
„Wellcome everyone to the 30th Tenkaichi Budokai finals! Where the champion for the 10th time will fight for his rank with the newcommer Ranryu!”
As the judge left the ring two assistans appeared and brought out a gong to start the fight.
„Ready fighers? Ikuzo!”
At the sign Genma lunged towards his opponent who still didnt move a muscle. Fighting the laws that bind him was the only way to get out of this dream with his pride and honor so he didnt even see Genma attacking only felt a light punch that he barely felt.
„(Still, it means that he still has power over me! He could kill me if he wanted to)”
„Look at the coward! See my dear fans for you entertainment I will beat this guy up without mercy without breaking a sweat!” Genma made a pose flexing his muscles…
„(Oh Kami please kill me or anything but make him shut up!)”
Genma shot a flurry of punches that Ranryu started to feel, it still didnt even bothered him but still it hurt his pride.
When the assault of punches stopped the commentator stood up excited.
„Looks like the champion will only need one more round of those hits and the challanger will fall out of the ring!”
At this the ancient spirit looked behind himself and saw that the commentator told the truht!
„Now to end this insult to martial arts!” Genma ran towards his opponent with bloodlust in his eyes.
„Now or never!” Ranryu shouted as Genma was only a few feet away.
„AAAAAAH!!” The ancient warrior gather all his power and powered up!
Now free from the bind and law of the dream, he faced Genma who almost flew out of the ring from the sudden energy burst.
„Well, where were we?” Ranryu cracked his knuckels and dissapeared and reapeared his fist deep in Genma's abdomen! Genma spat up blood after landing near the corner of the arena.
„So how is it? Do you like it, your bloods taste?” Ranryu came closer and the arena started to disperse and everything went black.
„Better leave, the idiot is waking up.”

„AAAAH!” Genma woke up sweating like a horse and feeling like death slept with him.

Back in Ranma's head

„Damn, that jug of lard woke up before the fun could have started… oh well next time I WILL get him. Untill then Ill sleep Im still tired.”

The days came and went as Ranma healed, Ranryu kept him with his company while he was awake and seen to it that the boy felt nice in the hospital. Slowly the time of Ranma's departure arrived and the hospital staff realy liked the young Saotome.
„Well let's go Ranma! We have a lot of thing to catch up to!”
„Hai Otou-san.” The young Saotome answared his father but fear couldbe found in his voice.
„\Don't worry Ranma, Im here and I will alway bee here.\”

„@This part will be showing pictures or slight events of there journey@”

Start song: Metallica - Nothinh Else Matters

'So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart'

Ranma and Genma was walking in the plains of Japan training and excercising themselfs.

'Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters.'

We see Ranma running from wolfes while beeing tied with weights, Genma not far from him.

'Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way'

Ranma training in his dreams with Ranryu. The ancient soul teaching him the basic of how to controll his Ki.

'All these words I dont just say
And nothing else matters'

Genma leaving Ranma with a master to learn his style while he is camping.

'Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new'

Ranma mastering the style and leaving the dojo.

'Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters'

Genma teaching his heir a new technique.

'Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know'

Ranma talking and playing with his mother in dream land while Ranryu watches them.

'So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart'

Ranma crying for his mother while Genma is berating him for being emotional.

'Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters'

Genma leaves Ranma with another master and leaves again.

'Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know'

Ranryu punishing Genma in his dreams and returning to his ward and host.

' Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I dont just say
And nothing else matters'

Ranma learns another technique from his father and acctually gets praised by it.

'Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters'

Ranma endures another crazy training, jumping into a lake with a huge rock in you hand to increase his lung capacity.

'Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play'

Genma throwing Ranma in the pit full of cats for the fifth time, the link with Ranryu growing weaker every time.

'Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters
'

„@end of song@”

Almost a month has passed since the Saotome child has continued his trip to became the best martial artist of his generation. Since then Genma has thaught him more advanced moves from the Musabetsu Saotomeryu, Ranma learned 2 other styles and Genma made him go throught the Neko-ken training 4 times since the first time. Luckily Genma learned from the last time now he made sure that he had PLENTY of knowledge in medical aid to help his son.

„Now Ranma you WILL go in the pit and you WILL learn that technique!”
„Don't please no more!” Ranma tried to get out of his fathers hold but Genma had a firm grip on the child.
As he landed he was once again swarmed by the hungry cats.
„Maybe that fish cake will prove better then the other products did.” With that Genma walked back to there camp only a stone throw away from the pit.
„Gotta get out, I have to get out!” Ranma was trying to stand up but the ropes that Genma tied him up with held firm. Soon the familiar fear came again and Ranma was once again bleeding from many scrathces.

In Ranma's mind

Ranryu was once again fighting the cat spirits that tried to invade Ranma's mind
„WHEN”
A huge blast went into the swarm of spirits.
”WILL”
he slashed through two rows of advancing cats
”THAT”
Another row of cats was destroyed.
„IDIOT”
A trail of fire burst from Ranryu and incinerated the oncomming attackers.
”LEARN!?!?”
The advacing cats just didnt stop no matter how hard the defending spirit tried.
„Is it me or are you guys just multiplying by every attack I make!?” Ranryu was getting tired, this was the second time this week! And once a week allready exhausted him enough so that he needed to actually sleep!

No matter the warrior stood and faught the oncomming invaders till he could breath or untill his last drop of blood wont leave his body.
As the cat oncomming cats slowly pushed him back he could allready see the cracks appearing behind him!
„(KUSO! They allready pushed me back THIS much!? I have to MAKE sure they don't go further or the boy will snap!)”
As the oncomming cats onceagain started there attack. The defender spirit let his power out and with his leg he pulled a line.
„You guys WONT go over that line! I WILL make sure of it!” As he sad that he started to unleash his power and his aura burst to life the cat spirits stopped and for a while the two side only looked at each other while the defending side had allready pulled out his next strike and still collected power if it wasnt enough.
The cats soon started there assault again and as they moved just and ich forward Ranryu smashed his fist into the ground.
„Kori Ryu Nami!” Suddenly a wave of ice errupted from the ground and froze the attackers.
„Well that wasnt perfect… I still need to practice a little my skills REALY degraded over the time I was inprisoned.” Just as he finished he went infront of the now frozen assault force and saw that there eyes were still moving.
„Poor kitty.” Ranryu turned away and suddenly turned towards the ice cage and hit it with all of his might… the ice cage turned to dust with the prisoners.
„That was fun… now hope Ranma got out of the pit before the cats return.”

In the pit

Ranryu wasnt that far from the truht his host was almost out of the pit, if that cursed wooden plank werent there then he could easily climb out even with these wounds.

The cats stopped there assault a few minutes ago somewhy, there werent any more fish cakes on the young boy and he only got sraches and there wasnt any drop blood lost yet.
„Now to get out of here before they start again!”
The small child started climbing the wall to gain a higher ground and maybe move the plank out of the way but luck wasnt on his side. As he started climbing the cats started there move again trying to get out as well.

Outside the pit

„It's quite… to quite! What is that boy doing!?” Genma stood up and walked to the pit and removed the plank that he used to block the only exit and entrance.
„RANMA! What are you doing!? Climbing out of there won't help you learn the thecnique!” Genma pulled Ranma up by his shirt and out of nothing he pulled out few tin of fish and smeared the boy in it.
„In you go!” With that he throwed his son into the pit once again. As he landed the cat's smelled the fish and started the attack once again with renewed vigor!
This time escape was out of options!

Inside Ranma's minda throwing Ranma in for the sixth time into the pitfth time, the link with Ranryu weaker by timeshis Ki.hat the boy felt nic

„To heck with this and you all!” Ranryu screamed at the oncoming attackers!”ONCE I GET INTO GENMA'S DREAM ILL SHOW HIM HELL!!!!”

This time instead of the numerous but weak and small cat spirits the large and stronger version came in waves!
„SEE YOU ALL IN HELL!!” Ranryu lost his racional side as the cats reappeared and started using his power at a level that made cracks on the ground infront of him and soon the land they fought on were floating islands.
The cat spirits started meowing becouse they barely had place to move, one wrong step and into the void!
„Seikjo no Hono” The mad defending spirit raised his hands and black flames errupted burning the cats spirits that couldnt flee from the floating land pice.
As he was laughing his danger sense kicked in and looked up to see 2 cat spirits only a few meter away.
„Oh no you don't! Ryu Kessou!” He shot his claws up and the energy from the claws ripped the 2 cat into pieces.
At this the rest of the cats started there assault and even with most of them got slaughterd in the air 2 cat spirit made it and pushed the guardian soul to the ground.

„NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Outside the pit

Genma heard that the pit became quiete again he walked over only to see his son rip his way out throught the wooden planks and ran away. Genma looked to the form of his son and then to the pit, the sight made him almost vomit but he pushed back the feeling and ran towards his son leaving behind a pit of massive gore and dead cats.

Inside Ranma's head

Ranryu found himself in blacknes, like the first time he was in Ranma's mind.
Ranryu quickly stood up and looked around
„RANMA!” No reply came. „RANMA!!” he tried a little louder yet no reply came.
„\Ranma you hear my?\” No matter how much he tried he could't contact his host.
„I failed him… The Neko-ken beat me, this is even worse then being locked in that damned kristal!” He hanged his head and punched the ground out of frustration and deppression.
As he did light emited the dark plane.
„Ranma!?” He could make out a form in the light but it was too bright to see.
Once his eyes got used to the light he saw an old woman…
„What?!” He looked around and saw that it was only an image. „(So I see through Ranma's eyes. That means that the Neko-ken failed to break our link, but then WHY can't I feel the link!?)”

As he stood and watched as his young host act after the Neko-ken faded, he saw that the boy didn't even TRYED making contact…”Why? I have to find out.”
Just as he moved in the direction of the subconcious he heard Genma once again speaking with Ranma.
„Ranma where did you got that stone?”
„I don't know… I forgat where I picked it up.” At this Ranryu ran as fast as he could in his exhausted and wounded state.

„@Start song: Bryan Adams - I will always return @”

„NO IT CAN'T BE!” the ancient warrior ran throught the memories once again every time desperate to find what he is looking for.
„The memories… I… I can't find any trace of myself or the time I spent with the kid! Even the one's before I met him!!”
Tears formed on his face as he saw the images darkend and broken.
„The kid can't remember becouse… the Neko-ken erased it! Destroyed the time he had with me! Stupid human emotions, why did I have to get it from the kid?” He dried his tears and returned to watch his little host if not else to see what he is up to.

As the night came and Ranma dreamed Ranryus transparent from became visible as he peted the young boys head and tucked him in.„Well I guess this meens good bye for now kid… but I sad once and I'll say it again: I am here, and I WILL bee here for you.”
He gave a kiss on the young boys forehead and returned to his little hosts mind.

„Saotome Genma, you better treat the boy nice or when I return get ready to taste pain and fear in its most purest form!”

 

 

 

Writer's notes:
Well people thats it for now for our heros but don't worry they will be back once I have enough time and once I get rid of this little inspiration block that made this chapter shorter than the usuall. My pre-reader told me that Ranryu became either a person with personality problems or just softend up with Ranma, well I told him its the latter, little kids just grow on people and make them act differently but he will change back if this offers some comfort to the readers. From now on it will be an after the Ranma manga series… or not, depends on how I feel it right or how I can place the story in the timeline. My other prereader also told me that this offers some questions why Ranma didnt snap so fast when he was exposed to the Neko-ken and also why he can't remember much from his past. That wasnt planed but now that I look at it, it DOAS give some answares even if is an alternative universe we are speaking of.
Well until next time I update enjoy this chapte and R&R please.
Ill try to update as fast as I can but school realy messes things up.

Until then sayonara.