DISCLAIMER: Blame Richard Robinson! He gave me the idea!
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Ranma 1/2: Evolution
By Jack Staik
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The battle had been horrific.
The twenty great marut-demons - as large as elephants, built
like sumo steroid abusers, with horns and fangs as well as
armor and swords the size of telephone poles - had battled
with Ranma for nearly three hours. The school no longer
existed, but Ranma had taken frightful injuries luring them
out of town, so civilian casualties were at a minimum.
Akane had tagged along, not getting into the fight for once,
recognizing how outclassed she was, but nothing would stop
her from being as close as she could get. She was so worried
that she didn't even mind the presence of the Fiancee
Brigade.
Even those who had been present at the great battle with
Saffron were in awe at the skill and power Ranma displayed,
while those who were not were treated to a once-in-a-
lifetime spectacle.
Happosai bounced up and down in glee. "He's getting close!
He's getting close!"
"What are you babbling about, Happi?" Cologne asked.
""He's approaching the threshold! At last! NOW you'll see
what I've worked toward all these years!"
"YOU summoned those things!" Cologne accused. "You IDIOT!!"
The maruts had leapt onto Ranma, sacrificing proper form for
expediency. The dogpile shook the ground for miles, knocking
the spectators down.
"I can *feel* it!" Happosai cried. "HE'S EVOLVING!!"
For a brief, terrible moment, all was silent. Then a
brilliant blue glow came from within the pile of monsters.
And a hideous cry ...
The concussion from the evaporating maruts flung the
spectators around like leaves in a gale. Only the amazing
martial arts training of most of them prevented serious
injury.
Happosai jumped up and down in glee, while the other Nerima
residents looked on in horror at the figure hovering over
the blast crater.
Ranma the Sayajin spotted the bouncing figure, heard his
cries of "I did it! I evolved him! I did it!"
He raised his hands, and once more came that cry ...
"HAME-KAME-HAAAAAAAA!!!"
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OTHER DISCLAIMERS: We all know who the characters of Ranma
1/2 belong to; we all know who the concepts of Sayajins
comes from Dragonball; we all know that the evolution-
through-combat idea belongs to Fredrich Nietzche, but the
creators of Pokemon already ripped it off.
Why bother to disclaim?