Ryoga VS. Kuno: The Set-Up
Chapter 7: Ryoga VS. Kuno: The Set-Up
In classroom 1F of Furinkan High…
Akane was in a good mood. For the first time in months, she didn’t have to fight the Hentai Horde… Well, she didn’t have to fight them yesterday, but this was the first time she didn’t have to deal with them at all. This was going to be a good day in school, she could feel nothing weird was going to happen.
“What?! You only found out about ONE PIECE?!” yelled the otaku boy. Then again, with this school, something else weird was going to happen.
“So, what’s the problem?” asked Momo.
“How can you not know about One Piece? I mean, it’s everywhere! TV, comics, movies, magazine covers, amusement parks, boats... I mean, it’s the king of anime right now! And one of the most popular manga of all time, if not the most popular! It would be like one of your friends asking what Harry Potter is…”
“Harry Potter?” Hikaru asked Ranma.
The otaku boy turned to Hikaru. “I heard that!” He turned to face Momo again. “Well… that’s a conversation for another day! She does look like the type to become a Harry Potter fan…”
“So…I take it he’s the class Otaku…” said Ranma with a sweat drop.
“He wants to make a dating sim based on us,” replied Akane with a bigger sweat drop. “I think that goes without saying.”
“Say, Momo.” The otaku boy sat down on his seat, “Would you be interested in any other series?”
“What kind of series?”
“Well of course I’m going to lend you some One Piece.” He placed the first five volumes of the manga on the desk. “I’m also going to lend Sailor Moon, that’s a classic. Lucky Star’s good. I’ll also add Haruhi Suzumiya since the two tend to go hand and hand. You need a harem one in there so I think Tenchi would suit you as it’s also a classic. Azumanga Daioh would suit you well… Don't know why, but I'd like you to try Pichi Pichi Pitch as well.” The otaku boy then looked at the large stack of manga he was about to offer to Momo. “I think that’s good for now…”
Everyone in the room sweat dropped at the size of the stack.
Hikaru looked unsure about the otaku boy's more than generous offer. “Are you sure it’s a good idea to lend those? I mean, what if she loses them?”
“Don’t worry! Those are my lending copies.”
“Lending copies?”
“One to own, one to collect and one to lend out.”
Any sweat drops in the room got bigger. They had no idea that the class otaku was at that level of otaku…
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Later that afternoon, Ryoga was lost. Then again, he’s been lost for the past week so it’s normal. However, he had managed to get word that the school that they were attending was Furinkan High. So he was looking for both the Tendo Dojo and Furinkan High. That was when he asked some random guy.
“Do you know where either Furinkan High or the Tendo Dojo is?”, he asked. He was answered with a motion to look at a sign… which clearly read "Furinkan High". “I’m here.”
That was when noticed that classes in school have ended and the students were headed home. Right away, he noticed a certain group. And Chiyo was among them. Ryoga swallowed, called out her name, and ran over to her.
“Ryoga!” Chiyo was happy to see him. “I’ve been so worried about you.”
“Yeah.” Ryoga blushed slightly.
“Um… Ryoga… we’re all here too,” Ranma voiced out.
Ryoga sweat dropped when he realized that “Sorry…”
“So…where you’ve been?” asked Ran.
“Oh just around, Osaka, Sapporo, Okinawa…”
“How did he get to Okinawa?” wondered Akane.
“I have no idea… and it wasn’t the first time,” Ranma said with a shrug. “He wound up lost five times when we went to school together.”
“I was so worried about you,” said Chiyo.
“You were?” asked Ryoga.
Chiyo nodded with a smile and that made Ryoga blush again. All of a sudden, he drew the umbrella he always carried and blocked an attack… which came from Kuno.
“Who are you, knave?” asked the idiotic kendōka. “And how dare you talk to the fair Chiyo.”
Ryoga turned to his friends, all of them with looks on their faces that said 'Not this again.' Due to the regularity of Kuno doing something like this.
“Who is he?” Ryoga asked with a sweat drop.
Hikaru didn't know how to put it, but she answered, “Kuno. He’s in Nabiki’s class…”
“He’s deluded himself into thinking we’re all in love with him,” added Belle.
Ryoga nodded in understanding, his sweat drop getting bigger.
“How dare you talk to them as if you know them!” yelled Kuno.
“Um... Kuno, we’ve known him longer than you have,” said Alex.
“Is this true?” Ranma and company nodded in response. “I see. However, I can’t stand to see these fine ladies near someone like you.” Kuno turned to face Ryoga. “What is your name?”
“Ryoga Hibiki.” Kuno took out a piece of paper, wrote something on it, and then threw it at him. “What this?”, Ryoga asked as he caught the paper.
“An official challenge letter for a duel.”
“I accept.”
Everyone in the group save for Akane groaned.
“This going to be stupid,” said Shampoo.
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Later…
They all decided to talk about in Cologne’s new restaurant: The Cat Café. In the window was a sign that read, “For dress shop, inquire in back.”
“Seriously? You named it that?” Ranma asked.
“Great-grandmother thought it would be a cute name,” answered Shampoo.
“Oh, come on, Ranma.", assured Momo. "I’m sure there won’t be any kitties in there.”
Ranma glared at Momo when she said that who could only laugh.
Akane looked at Ranma and asked, “What was that about?”
“Best you don’t know,” Alex told her.
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They all went inside the restaurant, which had the menu items on the walls, and could fit a couple dozen people though the place.
“Welcome to Cat Café," said Cologne. “Oh, Ryoga, you’ve returned.”
They sat down and were offered free food. There they told Cologne about the oncoming duel.
“So you’ve received a challenge from Kuno,” she said. “I’ve heard a lot about him. Still haven’t seen him myself.”
“Do you want us to take you to the fight tomorrow?” Alex asked.
“No, I’ll be fine,” assured Ryoga. Everyone sweat dropped when he said that; they all knew he couldn't find his way out of a walk in closet, let alone make it the next day on his own.
“Ryoga…” Ranma sighed. “You know when we were in school, your mom was so worried about you that they had to made me take you home everyday you attended school.”
“That’s not true. There are days that my parents picked me up.”
“Yeah, but you wouldn't return to school until a week later.”
“From what we’ve heard, Ryoga’s parents are just as bad,” Alex whispered to Akane.
Akane nodded, somehow not surprised about this fact.
“It’s not that bad,” insisted Ryoga.
“Not that bad?” asked Ran. “It took you five hours to get back at night if you went out by yourself when we were staying in the village.”
“And that’s only if the guards didn’t lead you back,” pointed out Cologne.
“If it weren’t for the guards, who knows where you have ended up.” said Ranma.
“My sense of direction isn’t that bad.” Ryoga was persistent. It was times like this that he was too prideful to admit he needed help with his predicament.
“I don’t know why… but I’m getting a case of déjà vu,” Hikaru said as she then turned to face Alex, remembering the "baked bads" and "bunny stampede".
“Why are you looking at me?” Alex asked with a sweat drop.
Ranma sighed and said, “I think it’s time to break it you.” He always knew this day would come… the day where he would have to tell Ryoga the thing he had been hiding for years. “You’re an internet celebrity.”
“What?” asked Ryoga.
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Meanwhile, in the quarters used by the Kendo Team, a first year student knocked on the door.
“I’m meditating in here!” yelled Kuno.
“Sorry. I wanted to talk to you about something.”
Kuno groaned. “Fine… come in.”
The kendo team member sweat dropped at he saw the walls. Covering them were posters of the eight “girls” he was in love with. “Okay… that’s not creepy.”
“What do you want?”
“Is it true you’re fighting Ryoga Hibiki?”
“Yes, that is his name. Why?”
“You have no idea who he is, do you?” He then took out his iPhone, opened up a website, and showed it to Kuno, who sweat dropped at the information he saw.
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Back at the Cat Café, Belle was using a laptop that Cologne bought for her business. But she was having difficulties with the computer.
“No that’s not it…” she complained. “I didn’t mean to click on that… why won’t this close?” Computers like that didn't exist in Equestria (well they did, Twilight owned one but it wasn’t the type of computers humans had), so naturally she'd have problems. After several minutes, Belle finally got to the site Ranma was telling them about. “Where on Earth is Ryoga Hibiki?”
“Who made the site again?” asked Ryoga.
“I think it was some members of the computer club at our old school,” answered Ranma, "You know, I'm surprised they didn't use a version of that Carmen Sandiego theme from American Show."
“I see.” Mumbled Ryoga with a sweat drop.
“There are pictures from all over Japan and a few from other places. I don’t know if it’s still updating… It’s been a while since I’ve seen it.”
“It is,” said Belle. “The latest update was today.”
The newest picture was of a blushing Ryoga talking to Chiyo.
“Hey, there’s pictures from last week!” said Momo. “Akihabara, Osaka, Manila, oh…”
“What’s wrong?” asked Hikaru.
“He was seen at Tokyo Disneyland during the week.” After hearing about the famous theme park, she’s been wanting to go.
“Somehow, I wound up there,” sighed Ryoga. “I didn’t even pay for it.”
“So basically you broke into Disneyland?” asked Ranma with a sweat drop.
“I think so…”
“If I were you, I wouldn’t go anywhere near Chiba for a while…” suggested Akane.
“Or even go any where near a Disney store,” added Ran.
Ryoga couldn’t help but sweat drop.
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Meanwhile, at a store that sold camping supplies, Kuno had bought a tent.
“So I’m guessing you’re going on a training journey,” said the clerk. He lived in Furinkan, and it was rare to find someone to who was actually going camping.
“No… I have challenged Ryoga Hibiki to a duel, and I must wait for him,” Kuno replied. He realized if what that website said was true, it would take days—a week at most—to wait for him.
“Excuse me for a moment.” The clerk went to another area of the store, somewhere he felt Kuno couldn’t hear him. “Hey, Satoshi!” he yelled. “That guy just challenged Ryoga Hibiki to a duel.”
That was when Kuno heard uproarious laughter, and he began to get angry, taking out his cell phone to call someone.
Little did the store clerks know was that their store would soon go out of business due to certain reasons… reasons involving insulting a member of one of the richest families in Japan.
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Sometime later, Chiyo and Ryoga were talking just outside the Cat Café. Why? Because Ryoga decided to go to the duel on his own.
“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” asked Chiyo.
“I’m sure,” answered Ryoga. “If I was able to survive the last few days with my curse, I’m sure I can survive as long as possible.”
“That’s good.” Chiyo gave a gentle smile. “I’ve been worrying about you a lot.”
Ryoga couldn’t help but blush when she said that. “I’ll see you soon, Chiyo.”
“Wait. Pinkie Pie had started spreading word of our real names around, stating that they're nicknames. So you don’t have to call me Chiyo all the time.”
“Thanks for letting me know… Fluttershy.” Chiyo blushed slightly at that.
Ryoga then walked away in some random direction. Seriously, it was a random direction. He just chose to walk that way. He knew it was the wrong way, but he didn’t care. He also knew it was going to bite him in the butt later.
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Through a window in the Café, Akane, Belle, and Momo were watching the scene.
“Does she like him back?” asked Akane.
“We’re not sure,” answered Belle.
“She’s always like that. Not even Rarity can tell… and they’re best friends,” said Momo.
“I see,” replied Akane.
“What are you doing?” asked Hikaru as she came over. The three girls sweat dropped as they stopped spying.
“Nothing!” Akane almost yelled out.
“Not certainly spying on the two if they like each other, because that would be absurd,” denied Belle.
Hikaru could only sweat drop as a response to that, clearly not convinced.
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That night at the Tendo Household…
Soun and Panda Genma, who were playing Go, were staring at Pinkie Pie, who was reading the pile of manga she was loaned. Azumanga Daioh in particular, which she was really enjoying.
“This is so funny!” the pink earth pony laughed. “There’s a girl like Fluttershy in here but instead of the animals liking her, they hate her.”
“She’s going to be one of those weird Otakus… isn’t she?” asked Soun.
“You got that right,” signed Genma in agreement. “Then again, aren’t all Otaku weird?”
“I guess you have a point.”
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Nabiki headed for the large guest room and knocked on the door.
“It’s open!” came Rarity’s voice.
Nabiki opened the door and saw her in unicorn form working on designs for dresses.
“So you bring your work home with you?” asked Nabiki.
“Of course. Since I don’t live in the dress shop like I did back in Ponyville.”
Nabiki sat down close to the unicorn. “Rarity, I have an idea. A small business venture.”
“What sort of business venture?” Rarity was feeling unsure about Nabiki. After all, she heard that Nabiki ran a black market at school.
“Akane told me about Ryoga’s celebrity status and the whole school already knows about the duel. I was thinking that we join forces to make t-shirts.”
“T-shirts?” Rarity was unsure about the idea.
“Yes. The school is getting wise to my betting rings.”
“You also run betting rings?”
Nabiki attempted to change the subject. “That’s besides the point. Besides, I’m sure it will spread word of your dress shop.”
“Fine… I'm not sure about this idea, but I do need more clients. Deal…”
The two then looked at each other's… well, limb. “Should I shake your hoof?” asked Nabiki.
“That might be a good idea,” replied Rarity. The two then shook hand to hoof.
At that very moment, there was a unified shudder from everyone in Furinkan, its neighboring districts, the entire world it was a part of, and the world of Equestria because of how paradoxical the following situation is: The living embodiment of greed (as a couple of Nabiki’s classmates called her) and the Spirit of Generosity (as was Rarity’s title in Canterlot) have agreed to make t-shirts together. While the t-shirts part may sound strange, what's paradoxical about this is that two individuals with contrasting moral standings (and business ethics) have agreed to work together on a business venture.
It's a miracle the universe hasn't imploded at this point.
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The next day at school, Momo returned more than half the manga she borrowed…
“You read all of this last night?” the otaku boy gasped in shock. “It’s a good thing I brought some more then.”
A short while later, Momo now had a massive pile, which was much bigger than the last one.
The otaku girl simply said, "Heavy, man."
“Aren’t you in another class?” asked Ranma.
“Running errands for the club I’m in… I have to double check some things with him.” She said pointing to the otaku boy,
Ranma nodded…
The otaku boy began to speak again.
“I think Slayers would be a good one. If you want more Magical Girl, here’s Shugo Chara and Tokyo Mew Mew. Bleach and Naruto are good too. Oh, and I think Negima should be added; after all, it goes from Harem to Action that you won’t even notice. Can’t forget Ah! My Goddess, also a classic. And I'll finish it off with Detective Conan, and some works from CLAMP like Card Captor Sakura and Magic Knight Rayearth…”
“She’s going to introduce this thing to Equestria, isn’t she?” asked Belle with a large sweat drop.
“Looks like it,” replied Hikaru with a massive sweat drop.
“Hey, has anyone seen Ranma?” asked Akane.
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Out in the field, Kuno was setting up a tent.
“So, I see you heard about Ryoga’s internet status,” a voice came.
Kuno turned to see Ranma come over. “Come to make fun of me?” he asked.
Ranma looked at the tent. “No…. Oh, a tent. Why didn’t I think of that?”
“You two had a duel and you had to wait?” guessed Kuno.
“Sure, let’s go with that.” One of the reasons why he missed out on the duel was that he caught a cold after waiting three days for Ryoga. Ranma wasn’t sure, but he could swear that’s one of the reasons why Genma dragged him off to China. Not that he minded.
“You didn’t think of binging a tent, did you Saotome? I win this round!”
“Why did I even bother?” muttered Ranma with a sweat drop.
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Meanwhile, with Ryoga…
“Now where am I?” he asked himself.
Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and he saw that it was a young woman with a camera.
“Excuse me," she said. "Can I take a picture with you?”
Ryoga knew it had something to do with that website and agreed. A few more people did that with him and he just shrugged his shoulders; after all, what was the harm in taking pictures with people? He took a picture with all sorts of people.
As it turns out, Ryoga inadvertently somehow wandered into Tokyo Disneyland. Again.
Someone dressed up as Cinderella was talking with someone dressed up as Snow White. “Should we call security?” she asked. “I mean, he clearly didn’t pay to get in. Again.” She then realized her companion could care less for Ryoga's accidental break-in and had taken out her mercury-colored cell phone to take pictures of Ryoga. “Never mind.”
And thankfully, Ryoga left before Disney Security could apprehend him.
And so the Duel between Ryoga and Kuno was on! All that was needed to do was wait for Ryoga to make it back to the high school so it could happen.
Just give it a week…
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(well the did, Twilight owned one but it wasn’t the type of computers humans had)
She aid pointing to the otaku boy,
1. Its they not the in this case.
2. Its said.
Minor mistakes but it's my job (not really) to notice them. Still love reading it
>>refferee
I fixed it, neither of my betas saw those two additions I made so thank you.
And I hoped you'd put like the Carmen Sandiego/Waldo gag. Oh wait. I'm not supposed to talk about that here, am I?
>>nightelf37
It's okay to talk about things that you added that didn't make it in. I decided not to add it because it felt forced sure even those two want a picture with Ryoga it just didn't feel right...
463984
Then wny not at least just Carmen Sandiego? I just thought of putting in both for "rule of funny". Also, you can reply to my messages with the reply button on the right of my comment. Otherwise, I can't tell if you responded, okay?
490518
Also it would have created a weird plot hole with the joke that Dr. Tempo added.
And I do hit the reply button... it's just that something is weird with my reply... it never ends up right...
Well, what about just somebody who dresses as her, then? Although it's too late for that.491048
492845
Sorry, but I made my decision... and besides I heard Disney Parks don't allow adult guests to dress up because it would confuse children...
492857
Oh, sorry. I didn't realize that. My bad.
492869
That's okay, it's not a commonly known fact, I only heard about because of a news story of a woman who wanted to dress up like a Princess for her birthday but one of the parks wouldn't let her in.
Now I got the Carmen Sandiego theme song going off in my head, Ryoga as a internet celebrity... that is perfect.
Pinkie Pie is now and Otaku, oh Epona and Gaea I fear for Equestria when they get home. What is next then, Celestia becoming one?
492884
Oh, really? I didn't know that.
502463
Yeah... it was a while ago thoguh...
On the homepage of Where in the World is Ryouga Hibiki:
"Ryouga Hibiki, the young man that has confirmed sightings in Cairo Egypt and Sapporo Japan within an hour and a half of each other. Border patrols of a dozen countries are offering a $50,000 US dollar reward for anyone who can actually see him crossing state lines. Current location: Disney Tokyo again, see pictures below."
And I'll finish it off with Detective Conan,
Conan is Best pony.
I will not lie, this one made me squeal like a little girl. I frikkin love DetCon!
Having Ryoga be an internet celebrity is an interesting idea. I guess it's one of the fun things you can do by pushing it to the modern era instead of the late 80s, early 90s. (which just feels weird if you think about it).
Wait, I'm starting to see it now. You used characters from MLP to balance out any potential disparities resulting from the characters from Ranma 1/2. As much as I've been waiting for the Ranma 1/2 characters to be normal for a while, I just don't know how to feel about this. I mean, imagine you're watching School Days and you're praying to the universe that Itou Makoto dies. Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if he suddenly got stabbed in the last episode, and realize that it didn't have to go THAT far? That's kind of what I'm talking about.
I had a feeling you knew about detective conan when I read about black belt rainbow 'ran' dash