Ranma 1/2 is a trademark of Rumiko Takahashi and VIZ Communications, and its characters have been borrowed without permission. This story was written for non-commercial purposes only.

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Everything was quiet in Nerima until the day it came. It was giant Chinese dragon that was the length of three football fields and as tall as a three story building. In the 6 hours since it came, it had nearly leveled half the town.

And in the middle of the carnage were Nerima's best martial artist. They included, Ranma and Genma Saotome, Soun and Akane Tendo, Ryoga Hibiki, Shampoo, Moose, Ukyo Kuonji, Konatsu, Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno. The police had left the dragon to them because they figured that these individuals were far more qualified to fight a giant monster than the military.

Sadly, the Nerima martial artist weren't fairing well.

Konatsu's shurikan didn't even pierce the creatures hide. The dragons' tale slapped Konatsu and tossed him into Ukyo knocking them both out. Kodachi tried to snare the dragon with her ribbon but it was too strong for her. The dragon pulled Kodachi with her ribbon and eventually flung her into a wall.

Tatewaki in a rare show of concern for his sister yelled, "I shall smite the foul creature for harming my twisted sister." Tatewaki ran forward with his sword held high. The dragon inhaled and exhaled a burst of flames in Tatewaki's direction. Soun and Genma barely had enough time to push the fool out of the way.

Shampoo used the dragons' distraction to get to higher ground. She jumped from the tallest building she could find and slammed her chui into the dragons head. The dragon looked in her direction. Shampoo could tell that the beast had barely even felt her attack.

The dragon charged at Shampoo with its mouth open ready to eat her. As it was about to accomplish its goal, it held back. Several of Moose's chains were wrapped around it. The dragon started to breathe fire at Moose but another distraction made it stop.

It was Akane. She was pounding at the dragons' side with all the strength she could muster.

The Dragon had had enough of the girl. It tried step on her. Akane dodged the dragons claws too the best of her ability.

Akane was running out of energy. She did not know how much longer she could keep it up. Akane started getting tired and then she tripped on some loose rubble.

It was over. The dragon had her where it wanted her. The creature raised it large claw and brought it down.

Akane braced herself.

Then at the very last second, Ranma came. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her off to safety. Akane should have known he'd come. Ranma was her fiancé and she knew he would never let anything happen to her.

Akane settled into Ranma's arms. She knew what would happen next. Ranma and Ryoga would defeat the dragon. She would hug Ranma and he would hug her back. Then after an hour, everything would go back to normal. She and Ranma would go back to insulting eachother. Shampoo, Ukyo, and Kodachi would continue to throw themselves at Ranma. Moose, Ryoga, and Tatewaki would continue to attempt to defeat Ranma. Her father and Genma would then push her and Ranma to get married.

It seriously gave Akane a headache

Akane then snapped back into reality as Ranma tossed her into the arms of her father.

Ranma and Ryoga then jumped off the roof of a building usuing some of their strongest attacks.

"DOUBLE MOKO TAKBISHA" yelled Ranma as two large chi blast fired from his hands.

"SHISHI HOKODAN" yelled Ryoga as a powerful blast of energy erupted from his hands.

Soon a large cloud of dust and debris covered the area. All the Nerima martial artist had recovered from their injuries and had gathered to see the outcome of the fight.

To all their horror, the dragon had survived the onslaught unharmed.

Ranma yelled "Everyone take cover".

The martial artist all knew what Ranma was about to do. Ranma started to focus on his soul of ice and he could hear Akane yell at him to be careful. Ranma started to move his body into the spiral. As Ranma reached the center, the dragon exhaled flames onto him. Ranma thrust his fist into the flames shouting "HIRYU SHOTEN HA"

An intense tornado formed and carried Ranma and the dragon skyward.

Akane and the rest of the Nerima fighters started to grow worried. Several minutes past and no one had seen Ranma or the dragon come down. Then suddenly and with a loud crash, the dragon came down. Then they all saw that the dragon had Ranma under its large claws.

Akane ran forward without thinking. She grabbed the dragons' claw and with her remaining strength, lifted it just enough for Ranma to get out from under it. Ranma then grabbed Akane's hand and they ran back to where the others were. They were all taking cover in an empty building.

"None of our attacks are getting through," said Ryoga.

"Let's not lose hope," said Soun

"Yeah, there has to be some way to destroy it," said Genma.

There was a long silence.

Then finally, Ranma spoke up, "I know how". His tone was not at all happy.

"Well, don't keep us in suspense Saotome" yelled Tatewaki.

Ranma looked over at Akane. He went over to her and took her hands in his. Then he kissed her. It was brief but it left Akane in a daze. The other girls were too shocked to do anything.

"Been wanting to do that for awhile now Akane. I'm just sorry that I waited until now to do it."

Akane could feel tears swelling in her eyes as she just barely choked out "What do mean by that Ranma". Although she had a pretty good idea of what he was about to do.

Everyone had gathered around them. They could hear the dragon's roar from outside. Ranma closed his eyes then he inhaled and his body started to glow. The light he emitted was warm. The glowing Ranma reached into his chest and pulled out a small ball of light. Then he took Akane's left hand and the ball of light took the shape of a ring. On the ring was a diamond in the shape of a flower. Ranma slipped the ring onto Akane's finger and said, "When the time comes, this will help you find me".

Ranma looked over at his friends and family and smiled. He slowly started to rise from the ground he eventually flew. Ranma met the dragon eye to eye. The dragon spit more fire at him but it had no effect. Ranma raised his fist and flew straight toward the dragon yelling "NOVA STRIKE".

There was a blinding flash of light and all time seemed to stop. When it started again, everyone stared at the spot the dragon occupied. It was dead. It was now an empty shell of what it once was. Soun and Genma barely touched it and the dragon's husk dissolved into ash.

Then Akane looked around and said, "Where's Ranma".

End Chapter 1