>Ryoko swallowed and backed up as the man in black began glowing, 
>obviously charging up for a chi blast.  For a very strong chi blast.  Ryouga, 
>however, stood his ground and gathered all of his negative energy.  In other 
>words, he gathered his anger, depression, and hatred, all of which he had a 
>whole lot of, into a great big glowing ball.  Ryoko bit her lip.
>*There's no way I'm backing out now.  I'm going to find out what the 
>hell he's talking about and what he's done to my sister.*  She narrowed 
>her eyes.  *I haven't seen her for years and this guy is not going to stop me 
>from seeing her.*  She looked at the glowing man again and faltered.  
>*Err, perhaps I should get out of the way.*  Ryoko quickly leaped up to 
>the roof of Ukyou's restaurant and watched nervously at the two below.  *At 
>the rate that guy's chi is growing, Ryouga doesn't have a chance!*  Ryoko 
>grimaced and put her hands to her mouth.  "Ryouga, get out of 
>there!" she shouted frantically.  "You're going to- huh?"  It was then that she noticed 
>how bright Ryouga was as well.  "That was fast..." she murmured.  "He 
>must've been really angst-filled tonight.  Wait a sec, why WAS he wandering 
>around here anyway?"  It was Ryouga who got his chi highest first.
>"Shishi Hokoudan!" he shouted as the nearly perfect depression blast 
>was released from his hands.  Ryoko had to shield her eyes.  When she 
>looked back, she watched Ryouga collapse because of all the chi-expenditure 
>but the stranger was still standing.  A little scratched and burned, but 
>still standing.  He stopped glowing and stood up straight.
>"Uhoh.  This is not good.  That was nearly a perfect Shishi 
>Hokoudan!  This guy can't be human!"
>"Can I come out now?" came a voice from inside the restaurant.
>"No, Ukyou!  There's one more!" shouted the man, turning to face 
>Ryoko.
>*He's holding her hostage!  I've got to do something!  I've... I've 
>got to get help!*  Ryoko got to her feet and took off, leaping from roof to 
>roof in the usual Neriman Martial Artist fashion.  Behind, the man jumped 
>up onto the roof and followed.  He however wasn't quite as fast and she 
>could keep ahead.  She knew, however, she couldn't keep away for long.  *I have 
>to find it.  Where... where... man, I knew I should have gotten a map... 
>where...*  Suddenly, she tripped on a tile, falling forward.  "I-itai..."  
>Grimacing, she turned herself over to find the man in black standing directly 
>over her.  She rolled instinctively and grabbed a loose tile, flinging it at 
>him.  He just caught it between the fingers of his right hand.  He easily 
>crushed the tile and let the powdered remains fall to the ground.  Ryoko got to 
>her feet and gulped, but got into a fighting position.  The man just lowered 
>his head and smirked.  She attacked furiously, most of which he blocked and
>counterattacked.  He finished up by punching her in the chin sending 
>her flying onto her back.  Ryoko breathed heavily and looked up at the 
>sky.  *I-I... I can't...*  She reached up and touched her lip and found it
>bleeding.  She rolled forward and got back up, wobbling a little.  
>The man was still standing there.  Yet again, she got into a fighting 
>stance.  But instead of attacking, she frowned at him.  "Who are you anyways?"
>"..."
>"Who are you?!"
>"Why the hell are you asking me?"
>"What-?"
>"Don't you know your own target?"
>"Target?  What are you talking about?"
>"Oh, wait a sec.  I know.  You're stalling."
>"Stalling?  Why would I-"
>"You know I'm going to kill you," he stated matter-of-factly.  There 
>was a dramatic pause as the words sunk in.  However, it didn't quite end 
>as dramatically.
>"Sweeto!" interrupted a high squeaky voice.  Ryoko shrieked as a 
>minuscule figure dressed as a ninja with a large sack on his back latched 
>itself onto her chest.
>"Eep!  Get off, you pervert!"  A sweat drop formed on the man in 
>black's head.  Happosai was oblivious to Ryoko's squeals as he nuzzled 
>harder onto her chest.
>"What beautiful-"  Happosai was interrupted as he was raised up into 
>the air.  Ryoko crossed her arms over her chest.  Happosai blinked as he faced 
>the mysterious man all in black.  "Who..." Happosai trailed off as he 
>sensed a strong aura.  Happosai narrowed his eyes.  He wrenched himself out 
>of the stranger's hand and hopped down to the ground.  "I sense a great 
>power in you," growled the master.  "How dare you stop an old man's only 
>source of happiness!  You will pay!"
>"What business do you have in her chest?" asked the man quietly.  
>Ryoko blinked.
>*Is he defending me now?*
>"I don't like your tone of voice!" shouted Happosai, changing the 
>subject completely.  He crossed his arms and turned his back.  "You should 
>treat your elders with respe- hey!" he protested as he spun around, realizing 
>the man was reaching into his bag.  The man held up a lacy bra, raising his 
>eyebrow.
>"Give that back!"
>"And I suppose these," he said, snatching Happosai's bag and 
>depositing the contents out onto the roof, "are yours?"  A large pile of various 
>lingerie was spread out.  Happosai gaped in horror.
>"My silky darlings!"  He glared at the man.  "You'll pay for this!"
>Happosai began glowing as his aura became focused.  Ryoko swallowed 
>as the aura grew until Happosai's form toward high above them both.  The 
>man began glowing brightly like before.  Happosai saw this and smirked.  To 
>Ryoko's surprise, Happosai let his aura die down.  The man released the 
>blast but Happosai dodged quickly out of the way, taking out a pipe out of 
>nowhere and tapping the burning contents towards the stranger.  The stranger 
>dodged but then Happosai leaped up onto his back, tamping the pipe onto a point 
>on the man's back.  The stranger narrowed his eyes and quickly attacked 
>Happosai.  The minuscule pervert ended up on a flight over Nerima.  "Damn.  
>What the hell did he do to me?"  Ryoko frowned.  This seemed so familiar.  
>Like something that happened to Ranma before that Ukyou had told her 
>about.  The man clucked his tongue.
>*I have to get that checked later. I have a bad feeling about this 
>burn,* he thought.  "As for now..."  Ryoko eyed him warily and got into a 
>fighting stance.  "Shall we continue?"
>"You jerk."  Ryoko began glowing as she focused her energy, totally
>concentrating on beating him.  The man just waited.
>
>Somewhere else, Happosai lifted himself out of the trash can he had 
>landed in "Heh.  Soon that man will feel my wrath.  The Ultimate Weakness 
>Moxibustion!  Mwahahahaha!" he laughed.  Anyone within hearing range shivered as 
>the sound radiated pure evil.