Ranma vs. Sanosuke By Kyokukou Disclaimer : I don't own the characters from Ranma 1/2 only the characters that I write myself . So please don't sue me ! But if you try to use my characters .....there will be ...unpleasant consequences if I find out . Do not repost or reprint this without my permission , however if you do ASK there is a good chance I will let you . He looked about at the gathered crowd . Despite all his travels and all the weird and downright freaky things he had seen and done , being in the Meiji era still gave him the feeling that he was stuck watching an old Samurai movie . " Outta my way . I gotta wash the street with this punk's blood and tears ." Growled the tall man as he pushed his way through the crowd . The people tried to part for him but they were too slow for his tastes . " Um...Sano , could you be a little more polite ?" A short red head following the tall man , suggested . " And why must you fight this young gentleman ?" " The punk insulted Fox lady ." Sano snorted , glaring at him from across the street . " Hey !" He called back in his own defense . " She wouldn't stop !" " Just because you got some freaky curse don't give you no right to insult a real lady shithead !" Sano retorted . " Let's get this over with !" With that proclamation everyone scattered to safer distances . Leaving him on one side of the street and the tall man on the other . Unperturbed he fell into a fighting stance . With this guy's hot head he could Hiryu Shoten Ha him all the way to Okinawa ! The tall man cracked his knuckles and stood there with clenched fists . " Um... I suppose I am the judge of this bout ..." The red head who wore a sword stepped between then uncertainly . " Well , bow to your opponent ." He bowed to the tall man . Sano did not even bother to nod . " Sano..." " Shutup Kenshin , the punk doesn't deserve anything but the shit beaten outta him ." " Um...well...Sorry about this ." The man called Kenshin bowed to him in proxy before stepping out of the direct line . " BEGIN !" The red head's voice bellowed in a powerful cry , contrasting everything else that had come from his mouth . The tall man leapt forward , his fists flying in a rapid barrage . Child's play . " You gotta be kidding me ." He snorted as he palmed every punch with his left hand alone . " You'll need to do better than that ." " Bastard !" Sano sneered , letting fly a final punch that numbed his palm . Now that was Ryouga's kind of strength ! " Better ." He chuckled in his opponent's face . Sano answered with a renewed attack . After a few more seconds of the same old random punching he decided to finally end the fight . Now , if this guy is almost as strong as Ryouga then he has to be almost as tough . Or probably a lot less tough unless he also had the Bakusai Tenketsu training . So A strong kick to a weak spot should end things more or less . He lashed out with a round house that caught the street fighter in the armpit . The tall man rotated on his own axis as he flew into the nearby stone wall . But to his shock the man remained on his feet after rebounding off of the stones . " Gonna take more than that ." The brawler grinned . " Good . If you went down too easily it wouldn't be fair ." Once more the man charged . Reading another rapid and random barrage of punches . Well , he decided to preempt the man this time . The speed gained from the Kachu Tenshinamiguriken was well more than quadruple what this slug was capable of doing . Fifty three to the chin , forty five to the gut and seventy right between the eyes . He topped it all off with a ridgehand strike to the side of the Tall man's head . The poor guy had only gotten one punch off the whole assault . This time the man was floored . But he sprang back to his feet , albeit without much balance now . " G-godspeed ?" The man mumbled as he swayed . " Punk ! Have you ever-" He cut the man's question off with eighty three jabs to his gut and a front kick to polish it off . " I told you before ! I'm Saotome Ranma ! Not , 'punk' !" He barked at the staggering man . " Until you beat me you're Punk ." The man rasped before standing erect with an effort of will . " And you're not gonna beat me today ." " I think different ." He shrugged and leapt . The sun would hide him at this angle . Sure enough , as he climbed meters and meters into the sky the tall man had to raise a hand to shield his eyes . He could take him out with a ki ball . It would be concealed perfectly . But that would be both overkill and unfair . This would have to be hand to hand . Not even a Hiryu Shoten Ha , unless things got dangerous . So he waited until the last moment to shift his momentum . He landed on a roof , then sprung to the stone wall and directed his final leapt straight into the street fighter . " Dumbass !" The fighter made no attempt to block , he focused all on his hook counter . The hook that took him in the ribs felt like a full swing from Ryouga's umbrella on a cold day . Now it was his turn to bounce off the stone wall and stager to his feet . " Now I have to give you credit for that ." He patted his side once before resuming his stance . The tall man only stared at him . " That coulda floored Kenshin...." " Looks like I'm going to have to turn it up a notch ." He announced . " Do what ?" Similar mumbles of confusion came from the crowd . " Never mind ." He shook his head in mild embarrassment . Modern idioms were lost on everyone here . Stupid past . Once more they came together . He had underestimated the fighter's strength and endurance . Minus the height this guy had to be one of Ryouga's ancestors . Right down the to the bandana preference . However , without the benefit of constantly fighting faster opponents as Ryouga did , this guy remained much too slow to touch him . So long as he paid attention and didn't let himself become complacent . Same strategy as Ryouga . Except Ryouga would have already gone down long before now . With each exchange he blocked a dozen attacks and gave at least a hundred or more in return . Even when he kicked the guy square on the nose he still kept on fighting . It was like he knew the stone-skin technique or something . " When are you going to go down ?" He asked after they parted from one exchange . He had received a few painful glancing blows , but had paid back with hundreds of punches and nearly forty kicks . The tall guy was only now starting to breathe hard . " I mean , it seems that you get tougher the longer the fight goes on ." " It's been a while . My body had forgotten things ." The man huffed . " Now it's remembering . My turn for a question ." " What ?" " Have you ever heard of Hiten Mitsugi ryuu ?" " Nope . Why ?" The man considered his answer for a moment before shrugging . He took that as a sign that the brief lull was over . This time when the man charged he skipped back , luring him in further . Then he spun about in a back kick . This time with full force . Sano fairly skidded a few meters before being stopped by a building . He lay there , barely conscious , but somehow still trying to get up again . " Stay down !" He called to the half conscious street fighter in unison with a familiar woman's voice . He looked over to see the woman who had been toying with his curse . She glanced at him before repeating her plea . " Stay down Sanosuke ! You stubborn mule !" By now the man had half risen , but , finally comprehending the words he looked up with glazed eyes . " Only if you say so Jo-chan ..." Then he collapsed back onto the wall . " Winner . Saotome Ranma-dono !" The red head called out as the crowd cheered him . The challenge met he decided to beat feet before something else happened . After all , he had to figure out a few things . Like , how did he get here , and why the hell wasn't anyone noticing his modern accent ? He sure as hell noticed their archaic phrasings . It was like being in Kuno-land ! " Wait ! Come back !" The red head called to him . No way ! He ran faster .