Sonic

Chapter 16
The Disc, Martial Artist, and the Dragon
Oh Dear, Not Good...

It was a wonderful day, with great weather, with all the mess of weather, a light snow was considered great! Emeral and Joe waited by their new house with Akane, Katarina, Kalshion, and Tommy. Ranma had left earlier to go get a few more people to help. "Say, do you think this is a good idea Joe?" asked Kalshion. "I guess," he said, then moving to whisper in Kalshion's ear, "If worse comes to worse, we could erase this from their memories when we get our powers back."

After a little bit more of waiting, Ranma showed up with Colonge, Shampoo, and Ukyo. "Glad you could make it," said Emeral greeting them. "No Problem, we all want this barrier gone," said Ukyo smiling. "I fight along Ranma's side!" said Shampoo. Colonge eyed Emeral for a moment, then smiled, "We all have a common goal, so it is logical to work together," she said. Akane looked around, "Say, why didn't you get Ryoga, and Mousse?" she asked. Ranma tilted his head, "I couldn't find Ryoga, as for Mousse..." he said. "Moouse has been affected by what ever is causing the animals in town to go crazy," said Colonge. Akane looked at Shampoo, "Why is she normal then?" she asked. Shampoo smiled, "Thanks to Great Grandmother," she said. Colonge nodded, "When I first heard of animals going crazy, I feared that Shampoo could be overcome by it, so I brewed a potion into her Ramen that helps keep the person who drinks it sane. Unfortunately, this potion is useless if the person is already insane." Akane nodded, then looked at the group, "Well, it would be best if we split up into two groups and searched for the remaining 5 discs," she said.

Moments later, "I want to be with Ranma!" yelled Ukyo at Shampoo. "NO, Only Shampoo be with Ranma!" she cried. "Now Calm down you two, we..." said Emeral. "STAY OUT OF THIS!" yelled the two of them. Emeral got a bit annoyed, while the other two began to duke it out. "I will go with Ranma Honey," said Ukyo throwing a few spatulas at Shampoo. "No, Ranma is Shampoo's Fiancé, I go with him!" answered Shampoo throwing her Bonbori at Ukyo. "Hey, Ranma," whispered Tommy, "Do they always act like this?" Ranma had a gloomy look on his face, then nodded. "Damn!," said Tommy. Emeral was now really agitated as she began to shake her fist, trying to control her anger, "Putting those two aside," she said turning over to the rest of the group smiling, "How about Ranma, Akane, Shampoo, Ukyo, and Colonge go to the school, while Katarina, Kalshion, Tommy, Joe, and I go around the neighborhood checking the houses." Everyone agreed, except for Shampoo and Ukyo who were in a cloud of dust arguing. Both groups took in separate directions leaving Shampoo and Ukyo alone. Moments later the cloud vanished and both had each other by the neck, when they both noticed that everyone else had left. They looked down the street to see Ranma's group and both took off in that direction.

When they arrived at the school, it was a nice sunny spring day. The school however, was still in a block of ice, which preventing anyone from opening up the doors. Colonge walked up to the frozen sheet of ice that was blocking the door and taped it with her stick. The ice then cracked and shattered, giving a clear path into the school, "Shall we go in future son-in-law?" she asked with a smile. Ranma nodded and the group proceeded into the school.

The old man glared at his magic mirror as he watched the group go into the school. He was eagerly awaiting them to find the book, as he grabbed a hand full of Cracker Jacks and shoved it into his mouth. As the group spread out through the school, he kept a good eye on Ukyo, who was heading to the Cafe. He chuckled to himself, seeing how a chef always goes to the kitchen. He grabbed his cup of Klignon Blood Wine, which he found the recipe for while researching on Sonic's past, and took a sip.

Ukyo wondered into the Cafe, and went to the kitchen area and began to search for a disc. She was very tidy when she looked around, placing everything back where she got it. She then looked out into the Cafe and saw a book lying on the table. Curies to what it was, she went over to the book and looked at it. She dazed at the strange intertwined "MM" which bedazzled her. She picked up the book and opened it, causing a strong wind to blow. Ukyo screamed as she was pulled into the book, which then fell to the ground closed.

Everyone in the school heard Ukyo screamed and ran to the Cafe. They looked around finding no trace of Ukyo. "Ukyo?" called Ranma walking around the Cafe, as did the rest. Ranma then kicked the book, which slid over to Akane. Akane picked it up, "Say, isn't this mark the same as on the discs?" she asked. The rest of the group went over to her, just as Akane began to open the book. Colonge noticed a small glow from the book, "NO, DON'T OPEN IT!" she cried but it was too late. Another gust of wind filled the room, as the rest of them were pulled into the book.

*Out of Reality...*

The group awakened in a green grass field, with a dirt path that led up the hills to a castle. Akane placed her hand on her head, "Where are we?" she asked. Ranma suddenly screamed, "What is it Ranma?" asked Akane, but she didn't need an answer, as she saw for herself. The whole group was in some silly RPG Video Game Costume. Ranma had on a white martial artist uniform with a black belt and a bag with materials. Akane was in a red and white vestment with a red ribbon on her head. Ukyo was in a similar outfit as Ranma, except hers was black with a white belt, and had a pink ribbon on her head.. Shampoo was dressed in a Red Chinese fighting outfit, while Colonge was in a white robe. To top things off, everyone was miniature in size, about 3/4th a meter tall.

Ukyo looked at her self, "WHAT? What the hell am I wearing?" she cried. "You think you got it bad?" said Colonge, who obviously stayed the same size. "Still, what is going on here?" asked Akane. Suddenly some cheesy Video Game Song played, and a wizard (Who unknown to them is the old man) appeared to them, in miniature form. "Ah great warriors, you have arrived," he said hiding his face in his cloak. "I Demand to know what is going on!" said Shampoo. The man ignored her and continued, "I am the magical Wizard of Romulus! I am aware that you seek the legendary disc of 'MM', so I have come to offer some advice." Everyone just stood there shocked, as the old man cleared his throat. "The legendary disc is stored in the castle up there in those hills, but be warned, for it is guarded by a fire breathing dragon." he said. "Fire.." started Shampoo, "Breathing..." continued Akane, "Dragon?" finished Ranma. "Yes, a Fire Breathing Dragon," replied the old man.

The group just stared into space at the sound of this, which almost made the old man laugh. "Now then, since that business is taken care of," he said waving his arm. Suddenly a wooden shop stand appeared around the man, with weapons on the back wall, and misc. items on the sides. "Common, no RPG game is fun without equipping your weapons." he said pointing to a sword, "This beauty here can raise your attack power up 230 points Ranma, or this golden mace that can raise Akane's Attack power 120 points, and Defense 60 points!" The entire group fell over at the sight of this, which please the old man so much that he finally gave out laughing, as he and his shop disappeared.

A few minutes later, the group came too realizing this was no dream. Ranma and Akane noticed that the sword and the gold staff had been left behind. The two picked the weapons up, which caused a holographic screen to appear showing some numbers. By Attack, the number 120 went up to 350 by Ranma, while Akane's went from 90 to 210, plus her defense went from 60 to 120. "What is with all this?" asked Ranma. "Didn't you hear, this is apparently a RPG," replied Ukyo. "A what?" Ranma said in a stupid voice. "Role Playing Game," said Ukyo. "Role Playing what?" replied Ranma. "Oh JUST FORGET IT!" yelled Ukyo. "Lets just play this game so I can get out of these clothes," said Cologne pointing to the castle.

After about 10 minutes of walking, another cheesy RPG battle music begun, as 3 wizards in black robes and a big Troll entered the path staring at them. "Looks like we have to fight guys," said Ukyo taking a defensive position. "Piece of cake," said Ranma jumping up into the air getting ready to slice one of the wizards in half. Suddenly a booming voice came out of nowhere, "Baka Shocker!" One of the wizards pulled out their staff, which had a red ball at the end. The ball charged and zapped a powerful energy discharge on Ranma, which knocked him back to the group. A holographic "KO" appeared on top of Ranma as he just laid there, well done, but still very much alive.

The Old man laughed as he continued to play the RPG game on his Game Boy Advance, selecting options using the classic RPG Interface.

The old man waited for Ranma and his gang to make a move, but they weren't doing anything. So he decided to give them a little push.

A piece of paper appeared out of no where in front of Akane. She looked at it to find a list of attacks, and who could use them. "HOE? What's this!" she said. She looked at what she could do, and found 'Revive'. "Well I know what I want to use, but how do I use it?" she asked out loud. Another piece of paper appeared attached to the first, which said "To Use an attack, simply call it out by name." "Ok then, here it goes. REVIVE!" she yelled holding her staff up high. A quick ball of blue dropped from the sky and slammed on Ranma, which woke him up, as He got on his feet, "Uh? What happened?" he said. Akane smiled, "That worked well," she said.

By this time, the old man had gone through the attacks that his wizards could issue, and he found 'Hydro Fury' an interesting attack. He looked on his screen at Shampoo, then at Akane. He grinned evilly, "A Double Whammy" he said pressing 'A' on his Gameboy Advance.

The center wizard lifted his hands into the air, "Watch out, here comes another attack," said Ukyo. The voice once again boomed over, "Hydro Fury...Yes, it's COLD." Shampoo suddenly froze with dull eyes, while Ranma stepped back. Suddenly the sky turned black, and large shots of water slammed on the gang, which knocked them off their feet. Ranma-chan managed to get on her feet, only to see Shampoo-cat in her arms. She only blinked, "Hey Shampoo, you ok?" she asked. Shampoo-cat meowed, which woke Akane up with big eyes. "Did I just ear a cat?" she said. Shampoo-cat jumped off Ranma and onto Akane with an evil smile. Akane screamed, smashed Shampoo on the ground, and ran off at the Enemy's, knocking them out like bowling pins.

The old man frowned, as the words "Akane Slam" appeared on top of the screen. "Damn, she KOed my force," he said, planning his next attack.

After calming Akane down, which probably had something to do with the fact that she ran into a tree, Colonge read the paper, and found a good attack. She raised her stick and said, "Hot Spring Vortex!" Suddenly a vortex of warm water came from behind, and hit the group, and giving them a good scrub. After the vortex died, and everyone fell back to the ground, Ranma (now male), looked up to see if everyone was ok, only to fall backwards in shock from seeing Shampoo Naked. "Shampoo, hurry and go to the bushes and put your clothes on," said Colonge. Akane eyed Ranma, "You Pervert!" she said slamming her staff in his face.

*A Bit Later...*

The group was about two-thirds to the castle, when another gang of monsters showed up. This time, there was 1 Cyclopes, 2 witches on brooms, and 3 slime balls. "Shall we fight?" said Ranma pointing his sword at the group of Monsters. "Yea!" replied the rest of his gang. Ukyo stepped up and took out her Spatula, "Spatula Slam" she cried slamming it into the ground. A rather large ball of white energy sprang out and headed for monsters. Once again, the voice came out of nowhere and said, "Radioactive Ooze Shield". A green force field appeared over the slime balls, which absorbed Ukyo's attack. A white holographic 12, 10, and 15 appeared over the slime balls. Ukyo frowned, "That's all the damage?" she said. "Broom Sweep" said the voice again, as the witches got off their brooms and swung them that created a nice massive wind wave. Ranma stepped up, "Not in your life, SONIC RISER!" he said swinging his sword, which created a wind wave that neutralized the other wind strike.

"Hypnosis Eye" said the voice again, as the Cyclopes' eye began to glow. "No you don't!" yelled Shampoo, "Cat Slash" she said. Shampoo changed back to her cat form and flew by the enemy's like a bullet. A quick slash mark followed on all but one slime ball, who still had a shield. The enemy's then vanished in a red glow as Shampoo returned in her human form, "I didn't realize that attack turned me into a cat," she said. Akane walked up to the front, "This one is mine!" she said jumping into the air. "Mallet CRUSH!" she yelled as her staff changed into a mallet that King Kong would use. The slime ball shivered in fear as the Mallet slammed on its shield, breaking it, and finally making green goo out of the ball.

*Meanwhile...*

It was almost lunch and Hopposia was bored, as he went through his 'collection'. "This is getting boring," said Hopposia standing up, "What else can I do." Hopposia looked around, and then hit his palm with his other hand, "I know, go change Ranma to a girl and get a recharge," he said grinning.

Hopposia was wondering around for 20 minutes looking for Ranma, but wasn't able to find him. Disappointed, he started to go home when he noticed the school door had been opened. "Well, I never thought you would hide in there," said Hopposia changing course.

Inside, he went around searching for Ranma, but still wasn't able to find him. As he past the Cafe, he noticed the book. "Hmm, what's in this?" he asked picking it up and opening it. Another windblast came out of nowhere, and Hopposia started to be pulled in, but he was a resistor. He held himself up by his arms as his lower half was in the book, struggling to keep out. But in the end, it was futile, as he was swallowed up by the book, which shut its self, as a red bookmark poked out and went across the edge like someone licking their lips.

*At the RPG Castle*

The gang finally made it inside the courtyard of the castle to meet up with the huge red dragon. It was almost as big as the castle, with smoke coming out of its nostrils. "I say this is the final battle," said Ukyo, a bit scared. "Doesn't matter, we'll kick his rear just like..." said Ranma being interrupted by a scream. The group and the dragon looked up to see a shinning star twinkle then a Pervert falling from it, slamming into Colonge. "Would you get OFF of me Happy!" she cried. Hopposia jumped off her, "YUCK!" he said dusting his clothes. He then looked up to see the Dragon, "What are you staring at?" said Hopposia. The Dragon just simply stared back, with waiting eyes. "Say Ukyo, why isn't the dragon attacking?" asked Ranma. Ukyo turned to him, "Usually the final boss always allows the heroes to make the first move," she replied.

"QUIT STARING AT ME!" yelled Hopposia, getting no response from the dragon. "That's it, Founding School of anything goes school of martial arts, HOPPO FIRE BURST!" he said jumping into the air throwing another 'firecracker' at the dragon.

The old man smiled, as he selected 'Tail Whip' from the menu and selected the Firecracker as the target.

The dragon turned around and slammed its tail on the firecracker, knocking it back at Hopposia.

Another few punches, the the menu was now on 'Phyro Beam', which was selected by the old man pressing 'A'

The dragon opened its mouth, and shot a fiery red beam at Hopposia, which ignited the firecracker. The combined force sent Hopposia flying out of the castle, and out of the world.

*Back at the Cafe*

The book began to jump around making hacking sounds, finally coughing up a burnt crisp ball, which rolled over to the wall and collapsed, reviling it to be Hopposia. Hopposia just laid there with burnt clothing and spiral eyes.

*Back at our Battle*

Ranma jumped into the air, "Golden Slash!" he yelled as his sword glowed gold, slashing into the dragon. As the dragon screamed in pain, Colonge pointed her stick out, "Ice Barrage!" she said as arrow like Icicles shot out of her staff, finishing off the dragon. At the site of the Dragon vanishing, everyone simply jumped for joy, "Yahoo, we did it!" yelled Akane.

The old man laughed at Akane, as he selected, "Comeback" from his attack list.

A rather large rumble started to come out of the body of the Dragon. "What?" said Ranma looking back, seeing something move inside the dragon. Suddenly a red colored man jumped out in a old Greek warrior suit and had the disc in his shield. "Me and my big mouth," said Akane. The man grinned then swung his sword as the voice yelled out "Phyro Blade". Suddenly a wind of flames engulfed the group as they were thrown back, and slammed into the wall. Almost KO, Akane got up and lifted her staff, "Tranquility", she yelled. A quick flicker of blue came out of her staff as everyone glowed blue, restoring their HP. The voice then boomed out again, "Phyro Rage" as the man glowed in red for a few moments, followed by another holographic set of words saying "Attack: +1000".

Ukyo's mouth dropped open, "We're in trouble," she said. "Everyone, use your most powerful attacks at once, we got to take him out," yelled Colonge. "Ok," yelled the group as they each jumped for the man. "Mallet Slam," said Akane, "Kachu Tenshi Amaguriken Revised: Sword Slash" yelled Ranma, "Special Delivery" cried Ukyo, "Cat Nail Spray" said Shampoo, "And for me, White Mage Chi Blast!" said Colonge.

The man smiled, as he punched a hole throw Akane's Mallet, dodged each swipe by Ranma, burned Ukyo's Smaller Spatulas, Caught each nail of Shampoo's, and take the hit from the Chi Blast using his shield. "Did that do it?" asked Colonge. The Man simply got back up, and the voice boomed, "Nope!"

The Old man fell backwards and laughed, he was having so much fun with this Game Boy Advance. He went back to the screen and selected 'Wind's of Inferno' from the list.

"Wind's of Inferno!" called the voice as the man began to swing his sword. Ranma's eyes opened real quickly, as he realized he had one shot at this. He ran up as the blade made a fiery wind tunnel at the group. Standing in front of the blast, he took out his hands, "Hiryu Shotenha Revised: Horizontal Blast!" he cried. His hands became filled with his Icy Aura as the fire touched his hands. The caused effect of the cold aura caused the Tunnel to fold down in itself, and form another tunnel inside heading back at the dragon. The man flinched at seeing his own attack slammed back at him with twice the force. He attempted to block, but he was too late, as the tunnel knocked his shield off his hands, and drilled a hole in his stomach. The man screamed then vanished in a red glow, as for the shield, but not the disc.

With burnt hands, Ranma walked over and tried to pick up the disc, but wasn't able to with his burnt hands. Akane smiled, then walked over and picked the disc up. The entire place lit up like a Christmas tree as the light blinded them.

*Back in the Cafe*

Hopposia still laid there unconscious, as the book glowed blue, the blasted a ball of light out which landed on the ground and transformed into Ranma's Group. The book itself then faded away, as the group realized where they were.