Commissioned stories: Ranma 1/2 Wish (Patreon)

Kasumi wasn’t the type to do these flea market activities much. Not because she greatly disliked them, it was more the family disliked her doing them. Usually, Kasumi would find one or two little baubles that were more than useless and spend a lot of money to get them because she was fooled by the description of them. Kasumi was a smart woman, smarter than most her family would give her credit for, but her interest in something that was by all means useless would tend to override any common sense she normally had to get this prized object. Her family hardly forgave her for getting the cheese grater cleaning machine, for one. But with no family to stop Kasumi from leaving the house, Kasumi found a flea market was happening nearbye, and just HAD to check them out.

Oh their were so many things Kasumi could have gotten. The lithium detector where you needed lithium to power the machine, a jogging machine powered by the sun but tended to be overheated if used while charging, and could only work when charged… Kasumi almost spent a whole months allowance on what she was told was the single most important way to file your paper filers with a paper filer filer. Even that though, was trounced by something Kasumi saw in a stand, becasuse it was the ONLY thing in the stand. A single Naginata under a white tarp, held up by a block of wood. The Naginata itself… was odd. Curved like the moon would appear in some nights, and the scalbard was bright blue. Kasumi clicked her tongue, and the owner of said Naginata and stand, an elderly man who was more beard than man, spoke in some amusement as he saw Kasumi staring at it.

“You got a good eye for detail, young lady. That there Naginata is a family heirloom, passed on to me by my mother, and to her mother, and to her mother as well. Been a long line of women getting it… but well, I’m the only child mom ever had, and she and her family… well they don’t deserve such a nice prize. Ma always told me never to give away the spear to anyone unworthy, given how special and unique it is. One of a kind spear in every way, and in my opinion, something real important.”

“Oh my, why not use it yourself?”

“Personally, I’d love to use it, but I think the spear only likes it when theirs a womans touch to it, cause it never worked for me like it did Ma or Grandma.”

“Oh my, it sounds so nice… why not save it for your daughter?”

“Can’t, gay and I hate kids. Now some guys want it for their collection but I promised Ma that if anyone gets the spear, it’d be the right woman. Some women tried to unsheate it and failed… how about this. You unsheathe, I’ll take 100 yen for it.”

100 yen!? That’s… that’s so little, Kasumi thought to herself. Even she wondered if this spear was ‘hot’ and buying it would bring the wrath of a lot of cops down on her. Walking away sounded like the smart move… but it was difficult to do so. Somehow, someway, the spear was dragging her towards it. Like a magnet pulling her in. Kasumi took a step back, and than two forward. The spear seemed to want her, and Kasumi wasn’t sure if fighting it was the right move. Whatever the reason, Kasumi knew that the weapon wasn’t going to stop this strange feeling. Kasumi lifted the family heriloom, and it felt lighter than air in her hand. Kasumi slowly unsheatehed the blade, and something strange happened. Nothing. Nothing happened.

The Naginata was oddly curved, but aside from that, it seemed like a normal spear. Kasumi was a bit dissapointed, wishing something special happened. At that moment, the stand owner broke into a scream.

“I… NO ONE EVER OPENED IT! NOT SINCE MY MA, AND THAT WAS OVER 40 YEARS AGO! THE SPEAR IS YOURS, DON’T EVEN NEED YEN FOR IT!”

Odd, that was special… especially the way he was on his ass and sweat beating down his head. The way he was acting like she just unleashed the heavens themselves. Kasumi waved the spear a bit, feeling how it moved. It didn’t seem very strong, given how light it was. Kasumi sheathed it back, and nodded to the terrified shop owner. Kasumi really did wish the spear was special, and so left. Not noticing at all that the weapon in her hand hummed under the sheathe. How could she, when she was so busy wishing it wasn’t so boring? Kasumi wished it the whole time until she returned home, for once thinking she got junk and didn’t even have to spend a single Yen on it. Kasumi sighed a bit in dissapointment, when she opened the door to her home. If she thought the spear was bad, than she found out what bad was.

“DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE YOU?! I HATE YOU MORE THAN THEIR ARE STARS IN THE SKY, AND SCIENCE SAYS THEIRS ALMOST INFINITE STARS IN THE SKY!”

“THAT’S STUPID, ALMOST AS STUPID AS YOU ARE, AND THAT SAYS A LOT GIVEN HOW MANY STUPID THINGS YOU SAY IN YOUR LIFE!”

Kasumi sighed, and almost facepalmed in dissapointment. Seems like life was telling her that if it could get worse, than it will get worse. This tended to happen whenever she came home. The argument between Ranma and Akane. Not arguments, argument. Arguments would imply they ever did anything different between the two of them. The two would get into fight after fight, almost for the SPORT of it. Kasumi just blocked them out of her ears but only because she felt like she heard this argument a month and a half ago, and she heard that argument a year ago. Kasumi walked towards her room, not even caring to show the two her new sword. No, that wasn’t what she wanted at all. Really, what Kasumi wished, was that the two of them would just listen to her and stop arguing. Kasumi walked away, not even looking at the two of them. If she did, she might have noticed what was going on.

The two of them stopped yelling at each other, and were a bit confused by what they had just done before. Like they had just broke into a fight for… no reason, and than stopped said fight for even less reason. The two of them stopped fighting and went to eat dinner. Poor Kasumi had no idea what had happened, as she placed the Naginata down on her table and wondered things as she pulled in a magazine. Oh those kitchens looked amazing, and she wanted something like it. Not like the kitchen they currently have. It would give her more space to cook. Which tended to be her only job, as she sighed. If she had two wishes, it would be a bigger better kitchen, and next would be that she wasn’t the only one who could cook. 

Than again, that was as likely as Ranma and Akane not screaming at each other. Kasumi was hoping constantly of many things, not even thinking over the fact she was wishing all of these. It was than that she heard something rather interesting. 

“KASUMI, DINNER!”

Kasumi was a bit surprised to hear that. Normally, when Ranma yelled that, it was a barking demand to make dinner, followed by what they wanted. Maybe Ranma was being a bit more respectful, who knew. Kasumi left the room, not looking at the Naginata at all. If she had, she could hear it hum and watch small sparkles form around it. Kasumi instead was thinking over what the two of them wanted, when she touched… marble. Odd, none of the floor had marble. Kasumi looked down, and saw much of the floor was marble. Looking up, Kasumi almost felt like her eyes bulged out of her head. The kitchen wasn’t supposed to be here, and yet it was! Even more surprising was the fact of what she saw in the kitchen. It was Ranma… COOKING something! This was a sight that Kasumi never even dreamed of seeing. Ranma wasn’t just cooking something, it looked like a real meal!Ranma was making up a complex ramen meal, chopping vegetables and making sure the meat simmered as they drained the noodles. He was quicker than lightning, and Akane herself was HELPING, not saying a mean or cruel word to Ranma the whole while. Akane smelled something that Ranma was cooking and actually said something that was maybe even more shocking than the fact that Ranma was cooking.

“You know Ranma, this whole meal smells wonderful! You always been a good chef but this is easily one of your best meals ever!”

The idea that Ranma was cooking could only have been beat by the fact that Akane actually complemented Ranma for no reason! The way the two of them acted, it just made no sense, and Ranma served a bowl of ramen to Kasumi and winked at her.

“Here ya go, Kasumi. I know how much you love it when I cook, even though I think Akane is a better chef than me!”

Kasumi craned her head, utterly confused by everything she was hearing. That Ranma and Akane cooked… and done so before? Kasumi wasn’t certain if the two were kidding her, or they hit each other on the head so hard they were now suffering brain damage. Kasumi took a bite of the ramen… and her jaw almost hit the floor. This wasn’t good. It was GREAT! It didn’t matter what kind of prank Ranma and Akane were throwing her, this was something NO ONE could just fake, this was the skill of someone who cooked more than once. Kasumi dug into the ramen, and Ranma chuckled a bit, thumbing at Kasumi for Akane to see.

“Looks like she finally likes my ramen, after years of calling it ‘soggy’.”

“Oh she was so mean to you about it, I always loved your cooking, Ranma.”

Kasumi had no idea what was going on right here and now. On the one hand, this was like a dream come true! A kitchen far bigger and just plain NICER in every detail, with pots and pans she always craved, two people who cooked and seemed to love it, and they not only don’t argue, but DEFEND each other! This was a dream! But Kasumi knew… this was just a dream. Oh she just wished this was more than true. That was when Kasumi realized it. Wish. That was all she was doing earlier, WISHING… ever since she got that Naginata. Kasumi didn’t say a word as she rushed back to her room… after taking seconds for ramen. Hiding in her room, Kasumi took the weapon and held it up, removing the scabbard. Kasumi got a good look at it, and swung it around as she did, slicing the air.

Nothing. Nothing special at all. Kasumi looked at her ramen, and saw it looked amazing. But would it be better if their was… more ramen? Kasumi ate half of it, even slurping up the juice, until it was half full. Setting it down, Kasumi held her Naginata… and thought long and hard. All she wanted right now, all she craved, all she WISHED… was the ramen bowl was full. Kasumi closed her eyes, and waited. After a while, of NOTHING changing for her and no feeling, Kasumi sighed and opened her eyes, ready to put the weapon down. The first thing Kasumi saw… was the full bowl of Ramen. Not just full, ready to overflow! Kasumi heard no one enter the room, and she would have known if someone did. The ramen FILLED itself… all because she wished for it. As crazy as this was, Kasumi had the power to wish for anything she wanted! Kasumi didn’t know what to do with this kind of power. It was a power that was actually kind of dangerous and scary to even think about.

With one wish, Kasumi could change just about anything in her life. Not only change it, but change it to everything and anything and no one can say it was different. Kasumi knew if she had to pick a wish, it would have to be one worth it. Kasumi picked her brain over it the while time. It took her almost the whole day to really get the perfect dream in her head, a wish that would be perfect to bring about. Maybe the single greatest wish to ever be made. Kasumi took the Naginata, and held it overhead and thought as hard as she could with the wish in mind. Kasumi concentrated as hard as she could, and slowly, uttered her wish.

“I wish that every single woman on Earth… was stronger than the idea of strongest.”

Kasumi waited to feel the spell come on, but at that very moment, nothing happened. Kasumi looked around, waiting to feel something new or special, and was more than disappointed. It didn't feel like anything really happened as Kasumi, disappointed, slapped the bed a bit. When she did hit the bed, the bed itself collapsed instantly, slamming into the ground and nearly breaking apart. Kasumi looked at the destroyed bed as it now laid on the ground, and wondered if the bed was awful. Than, she remembered her wish, and a small but strong smile formed on her face. Bending down, Kasumi grabbed the foot of the destroyed bed, and with no effort at all, raised her arm.

Raising it, and holding the destroyed bed overhead. It didn’t even seem to weigh anything at all! The destroyed bed was over her head, her arm not even straining, and Kasumi was the happiest she been in a long while. This kind of strength was more than impossible, it was something Kasumi would never have had thought she had. Not until she finally did, and it felt amazing. The bed was nothing to her, so all Kasumi had to do… was wonder how strong she really was. Kasumi almost ran out of the room, until she remembered the bed in her hand. It was so light, she kind of forgot she had it in hand! Kasumi tossed the bed, and ran.

Ranma was first to hear a bed crash into the ground not once, but twice. Ranma went to the source of the crashes, and than felt something move past him at such speeds that he hurtled towards the wall and crashed into it. Ranma was a bit in pain, but was more than confused by what had happened. His eyes weren’t fast enough to see Kasumi had just walked by him. Not run, walk, as she herself felt like she wasn’t moving that fast. Her leg muscles though, more than knew to get her where she wanted to go. Kasumi didn’t notice the floor or wall around her buckle, she was just moving too fast to really care. By the time Kasumi was outside, what normally took her 28 steps to do from room to outside, was now more like five. Not an increase in height, just an increase of stride length and speed so she practically flew right through the room. Kasumi stretched when she was outside, ready to really put to the test of speed with a run.

At the same time, Akane herself didn’t have to think about her new strength. Why should she, when she was always this strong and fast? Akane had her room, like any woman, triple reinforced. Handled in a way to make sure it didn’t destroy itself when she walked through it or worked out. Akane had to admit, it was very fun. But at the same time, it just wasn’t enough. Akane always wanted to be one of the strongest, and yet, she felt like their were still women far stronger than her. Incredible women who could surpass her in strength, might, or skill as a fighter. Akane could work out dozens of times a day and still not match some of these women. Especially the way Kasumi was running outside right now. No man or machine could record how fast Kasumi ran, but Akane herself could see how fast Kasumi was. Mostly.

The speed of Kasumi was something she was always jealous of, watching the woman run so fast that the wind was sliced by her and everything on the ground not bolted to it move. It was like the worlds fastest tornado, and for Akane, it was just any other day. For Kasumi, who felt like she was moving too fast for light to even catch up, this was the first time she had ever ran like this. Kasumi moved so fast that when she hit a wall, she didn’t smash through it. Kasumi moved THROUGH the wall, vibrating her body to make sure neither touched the other. Kasumi was always somewhat of a runner, but the way she was moving as she phased through the wall, Kasumi was lapping the planet over and over. Kasumi couldn’t believe how fast she was moving. What Kasumi wanted to know more of, was how fast would she be if she put in her all?

Akane watched her move as fast as she did, and wished she shared that same speed. Akane didn’t even know if she could be that fast, only running about half as fast. Akane was more than jealous, and she could feel the gloating of Ranma behind her back over it. Any friendship gained from the Naginata was overwhelmed by the next wish, because of Akane’s own issues and Ranma finding the fact that, as the weak one out, he had to get some hits in by making Akane feel lesser. It was his way to feel like her, in his own way. It only made Akane hate Ranma more than she had any issue with Kasumi. He was just jealous that, as a man, he was no where near as strong as any woman despite being one of the strongest men alive. It was self evident all over the world, as Kasumi herself looked. What was standard and normal to everyone else, was practically alien to Kasumi! It took everything she had to see what was going on, and boy was she in for the surprise of her life. The world was more topsy turvey than she could have imagined, and it took everything Kasumi could to really take it all in.

Women from Beijing to New York City to Cairo to Jakarta, all of them were more than strong. They were too strong for words to even comprehend! Women were like one woman construction crews as they lifted giant stone slabs and than leaped in the air to building skyscrapers to set them down, punching through mountains to find precious jewels to wear or sell, women were running track while lifting 10 ton blocks to prevent lapping the track too fast, and dozens more cases like it. Kasumi saw a woman cut all the grass on her lawn with a single scythe, doing it in a matter of seconds and with such skill and precision to put any machine to shame. Even the way they played basketball, that while normal looking to her, she could tell the ball wasn’t that of rubber but pure titanium to prevent being destroyed by their fingers gripping it. Judging by the several balls around them that were malformed and broken, it was a hard job to do.

Things only looked better when Kasumi got a look at the women who were helping men at their lives. Seems that bullying men wasn’t the desire of women all over, instead, they seemed to be nurturing and caring to men. Helping lift men up on their shoulders as they walk the street, climb up buildings and carry men down who are afraid of elevators, and constant other kind of jobs. It seemed to Kasumi, that the world was a much nicer and safer place for everyone involved. It didn’t seem at all to her that anyone was in any danger at all! It was a utopia, where women didn’t hurt men at all despite being vastly stronger than them. No one was unhappy at all in this perfect world!

Akane was extremely unhappy as she marched around the house, wondering what even to do. Sure she could take down Ranma, once again in a sparring match that they tend to do, but that was always so boring. Such as the last time they sparred, Ranma tried to defeat her with some new dragon technique he learned, but Akane didn’t even leave the seat she was sitting on to easily deflect and take him down. Frankly, she didn’t even look away from her magazine that she was reading at the time. Akane flicked him away like he was a bug. The next time he challenged her, where he sneak attacked her with a boulder, only caused the boulder itself to break and her to not even feel it. But poor Ranma did feel the next attack when she kicked him so hard that he went from Japan, to China… despite kicking him east of where China was. Over and over, Ranma challenged Akane.

The reason, was to show that he didn’t fear her. Of course he didn’t fear her, when BOTH of them knew Kasumi was stronger than Akane. Because Kasumi was faster and stronger, both of them knew that no matter what she did, Ranma will always challenge her. All because he has hope that one day, if he works out hard enough and learns some special kind of move, he could have a chance to challenge her. He’d never think that if Akane was as strong as Kasumi. No, why even bother being as strong as Kasumi. Why not be stronger? The kind of stronger not by a little bit either. Akane stomped her foot as hard as she could, and heard something hit the ground. 

Akane heard it in Kasumi’s room, and went in there. She instantly saw a strange looking Naginata, and grabbed it. Lifting it up, Akane didn’t feel anything when she held it. Not a sense of awe or power holding the dumb thing. Jeez, as Akane thought to herself, this would be a funny weapon to use against Kasumi. Really more of a glorified tooth pick. Only way she could win with this weapon, is if she wished she was a hundred times stronger than Kasumi. It was than and there, Akane felt odd, dropping the Naginata to the ground. Akane felt her stomach grumble and her legs shake, and as her body was in utter agony, Akane let out a powerful roar. Before she knew it, something was going on with her… and Kasumi felt an impact wave. The Kasumi who ran so fast that nothing could stop her was thrown off her feet, and slid towards the ground, as memories clashed with her. Kasumi had no idea what was going on, the use of the Naginata conflicting with another. It was then and there, that Kasumi had a memory that didn’t exist a few seconds ago, but was now solid and in her mind.

Man, she was really fast and strong. Shame that no matter how hard she trained, Akane was always stronger than her. Ranma himself though, wasn’t hit with the memory of the spell. When he opened Kasumi’s door, having heard the same thing Akane did, he did not react at all when he saw the body of Akane. A body that Akane did not have a few seconds ago, but wasn’t at all a change for Ranma. A body that screamed, I am the single most powerful woman on Earth, and no one could ever debate that with me. Akane was a giant, her head hitting the ceiling, as her muscles were everywhere. Her biceps, bigger than the head of Ranma, with calves that were more like oak trees than legs, were equally sturdy. Akane was a wall of muscle, and yet at the same time, she also had the curves of a woman. Her beauty was grand, but the muscles of her screamed her strength was grander.

Akane had no idea why she was so tall that she could look down at the top of Ranma’s head, but Ranma didn’t act odd at all. Akane had no idea why she was like this, and she more than was confused when she took a step forward. Ranma saw how she was moving and this time, he was a bit panicked.

“AKANE, RELAX YOUR…”

He never finished the sentence, when Akane put her foot down. The floor nearly caved in as the entire house shook, and even Ranma hit the ground. The entire street shook, and every man hit the ground when they felt the vibrations, as many objects did. Only the women were still standing, and even they felt the force of the step made by Akane. Akane wasn’t a woman compared to everyone else. It was more like she was a force of nature, maybe the single most powerful force on the planet. Akane chuckled a bit, and flexed one arm as she did. The size of her bicep was BEYOND what she had thought, and even more than that, the way a small boom was caused by her bicep.

Some of the things in the room moved just by the sheer force of her flex. It was INCREDIBLE! Akane had no idea she could be this strong. That anyone could be at this level of power! That was because only one person in all of the world was this strong. No one was even a tenth of as strong as Akane, as she felt all this power surge in her. Her eyelid muscles are more power to them than a hundred thousand men combined! Akane was more than the strongest human on Earth. Akane was the single most powerful being to even exist, and she was reveling in this power as she knew her own might. Her lungs could blow down entire mountains if she wished, which was why her voice had so much power to it. 

“Hello Ranma, why, don’t you look extra small today?”

The way her voice boomed with such might that Ranma was forced to roll from her voice made Akane beyond giddy. She had no idea of how powerful she really was, but Ranma and Kasumi and everyone on Earth knew. All of them knew of the might of Akane, and the answer was, people wanted to change the definition of strong to mean ‘To be like Akane’. Akane could tell she might be too strong, so she tried to hold back her own strength. It would be easy, she thought. It was something she always had to do, but even though she lightly stepped forward with no force at all, still the ground broke from under her. Akane was interested, and this time used less than half the force to take another step forward. This time, the ground under her merely cracked, but did not break. Again, with just the amount of force an amoeba would use to move, Akane stepped forward and nothing broke. The only way she could do this, was because she has absolute control over her body in ways that no one else could have. 

It was a strength that no human being could even comprehend, but that Akane more than mastered in just a few moments. Ranma was a bit scared of how she broke the ground, wondering if she was mad when she let loose some of her own power, when Akane had the devilish idea in her head. Given how scared Ranma was, asking him this question would make him the most terrified man on all of the planet Earth. That idea alone more than delighted Akane.

“Tell me, Ranma, would you be so kind as to spar with me? I need to figure out how to control my strength.”

Ranma almost exploded when he heard that. Spar, with Akane?! That’s like telling someone to lick a nuclear reactor, or take a bath in magma. No, scratch that, Akane could easily survive those. What she was asking was absolute insanity. At the same time though, angering her was an option that could be even worse. Ranma was more scared at this very moment than he ever had been in all of his life, but at the same time, a small part of him felt like this was a fight he had to have. For many years, Akane tortured and played with him and mocked him. Being as powerful as she was, not even a Thousand Ranma’s stood a chance against her. If Ranma was going to finally teach her a lesson, he’d have to do so in the only way he knew how. In battle. Was Ranma afraid?

More than any human being has ever been in their entire life. But it was either that, or face the fact that Akane was right and that Ranma should surrender and never try to fight again. Ranma gulped, stood up, and cracked his knuckles.

“Meet me out back… I need to do something very quick, but I’ll face you.”

Akane gigged, and walked away. Her own stomps shaking Ranma the whole time. Ranma knew what he had to do, but just before he headed to the shower, he did see something odd on the ground. It was a Naginata. Odd, Ranma thought, and he had the silly idea of using it against Akane. Like any weapon could harm her. Ranma left the weapon alone, not even considering it, but a thought did nag at him that perhaps he should have brought it with him. Ranma did the only thing he could think of that could even help him stand a ghost of a chance against Akane. It wasn’t something Ranma was proud of, but as they turned on the shower and felt the cold water hit his skin… she knew exactly what to do.

Akane was waiting for Ranma, checking her nails the whole while, not having a care in the world. Akane didn’t even think or feel anything when the back of her head was hit with a kick so mighty it could destroy a boulder as easily as one could break a branch. Ranma, the great female warrior after being doused in water, let out a howl as she hit the ground and felt the pain of her leg. Ranma could become a woman when she was hit by cold water, and she became one of the single greatest warriors on Earth after she does so. Her strength was majestic, easily comparable to the strongest women to have ever lived. Not a single person could say that female Ranma wasn’t powerful. All except one.

The one who mattered most of all, as she looked down at her attempted attacker, and grinned a grin that only devils could. Ranma hated that smile, because of what it symbolzied. That not ONCE does Akane take this fight seriously at all. Like it was some bad joke to even compete against Ranma, that only she found amusing. Ranma’s rage nearly exploded as she charged right at Akane, and concentrated on what would be the solar plexus of Akane. With her hand clawed, Ranma let out a powerful roar and struck Akane as hard as she could with the Tiger Palm attack. One of the deadliest attacks in all of Martial arts history. It is said, when struck just right, it could snap ones foe in half. Ranma hit Akane perfectly, better than any martial artist have ever hit anyone with the palm strike ever.

It was Ranma who was in agony as she almost felt like her wrist was broken, and Akane yawned. Didn’t even have to flex, the attack against her had the same amount of effort if Ranma said the word attack. Actually, the word attack would have been more devestating to Akane… she might have broken into laughter at the idea of Ranma thinking she could ever hurt her. The actual attack was just too sad to really laugh at. As Ranma was in pain, anger boiled in her as she glared right at Akane, and any and all pain left her. Instead of being in tears or begging, instead, Ranma leaped at Akane once again and delivered countless attacks on her person. From her head to her chest, the small woman who was a martial arts prodigy attacked the muscular giant in any way she could. It is believed that Martial arts was created by the weak to defeat the strong, and this is true.

But no Martial arts was ever created to fill in a divide greater than the one between the sun and Pluto. Their was no hope for Ranma when she hit the ground, covered in bruises. Not once did Akane retaliate, or even block an attack. Ranma was in the worst pain of her life, because of how hard Akane was. Akane let out a great laugh, and flexed her muscles right in front of Ranma. The flex was so mighty, that Ranma was forced back and rolled away a bit, feeling the impact of the flex having hit her greater than a Bazooka blast ever could. Akane looked down on the near broken and weak Ranma, and any sympathy she had for her fallen foe was overwhelmed by the pride she felt in her awesome power. No one could hope to challenge her, no one on Earth had the guts, the will, or the muscle. Akane just walked away, shaking the whole street as she did, laughing with such force that it could rattle the bones of even Mammoths. Ranma was furious, as she was covered in her deep bruises.

Nothing she did rattled Akane, or even registered to her. All of her attacks were nothing! If any attack did have an effect, it was only on Ranma, given all her injuries and bruises. Akane didn’t even care she was attacked, why would she, when the attacks were as weak as they were? Getting revenge against Ranma would be like going off to squish a bug in retaliation for it breaking its teeth biting you. As Akane left, Ranma was so furious she smashed the ground as hard as she could. Given her immense strength, she caused a grand crater in the ground, and everything in the house moved. Ranma was furious as could be, almost blind and deaf to everything but her own failure. Almost, being the key word. Their was this sense that she had failed at everything, and yet, something was holding her back in her mind. Telling her that things were not as they should be. All of those thoughts were centered, on one object.

A Naginata. Ranma didn’t know why she got up, and walked to the Naginata. It was crazy, especially with the pain all over her body. The Naginata though, almost seemed to call to her. Telling her to get closer and closer, and to hold it. By the time she was in the room and took the weapon in hand, Ranma must have swore she got brain damage from the attack. Like this stupid toothpick could do anything to someone as majestic and awesome as Akane. Oh, Ranma thought as she nearly broke the Naginata in two in anger, all she wished now in the world was anyone could be as powerful as Akane. That way, she could show she was a far superior fighter to the woman she called rival. It was than, as if something snapped in Ranma. It wasn’t a snap that worried her. It was a snap, that made her grin ear to ear. It felt like the world changed, and this time, for the even greater. Kasumi was the first to be hit by the changed world, once again, and her running stopped. Because Kasumi knew if she ran too fast, she could cause outright devastation across the planet if she did. Kasumi was dead stop in Egypt, right near one of the great pyramids, and tried to gently lay her hand on the pyramid to take stock in what had happened to her. That was more than the wrong move, given what happened.

The entire pyramid began to crumble right out from under her. Kasumi didn’t know why it did as stone and rock broke under her palm, and she let go. Odd, she applied no force, no pressure. But the handprint on the stone, she saw was at least twice the size of her regular hand. Perhaps two and a half hand prints. Kasumi got a look at her body, and saw how big she really was. Now THIS was a big change, as she was a great muscle giant. Kasumi wondered if perhaps she was special, until her new amazing eyesight gave her an idea of what has happened. Kasumi thought her better than eagle vision eyesight was impressive before. This instantly puts it to shame with what she can see. It’s almost as if she could see right through walls as she looked all across the hemisphere, watching the women of the world. Were they impressive before? Oh my, yes. Legions stronger than the strongest man. But the way women were now, it was unlike anything she’s ever seen. These women were hundreds of times stronger than what Kasumi was before. Not only were they stronger, they were faster, and practically more unstoppable than Kasumi thought possible. 

Before, women could leap as high as they want right at jumbo jets. Now though, it was more like they could leap beyond what satellites could reach in space. Faster than Mach 10? That was a snails crawl for most women, as Mach 200 was seen as a brisk jog. Women were so strong that they could lift even mountains. Now, planets? That was more like an excercise ball to them. Have to worm not to pop the planets they even lift, practically. The amount of power and force these women had was beyond anything that Kasumi could dream of. That was not the part that scared Kasumi, however. What scared her was how these women were all acting now. Before, they seemed to treat their men universally very well. Now though, because the divide in power was massive, now though, it wasn’t even a divide. Not when one describes the distance between galaxies. The way women treated men was radically different, based on the power of these women. 

Not all of the women acted rough with men. But more than enough did. Many of them playing with men like Yo-Yo’s in the sther painful and humiliating ways, tossing men around like basketballs to see how far they bounce, and those were the women being gentle. Some of the things Kasumi saw were very VERY scary, and she didn’t know what to think as she saw them. Kasumi has no idea what was going on, but the idea was coming to her. The wishes were causing this. Not just any kind of wishes though, wishes being changed by the intent of whoever granted them. When Kasumi wanted women to be amazing, it was to make everyone happy. But whoever changed it so now women were vastly stronger, had ill intent with their wishes. They weren’t evil at heart, but because of how selfish their wish was, the world was getting worse! If Kasumi didn’t do something fast enough, than the world was doomed! If any of these women had a single fit, than the world would be broken right in half. At that, Kasumi knew who would have a fit very fast, and SPRINTED as fast as she could right back home. It wasn’t a question of if, but when. When Ranma or Akane broke the world in half… when the two of them fought. 

Kasumi thought the fight would take a little while before they began. It was when a sonic boom hit the very area around them, she knew the fight had just begun. That sonic boom was followed by another boom. Than a boom after that, and another. The sound was that of titanium destroying itself against titanium. It was the sound of womans flesh hitting another womans, and bones nearly breaking from the very force thrown behind them. The womens power was too much for even their own bodies, and the women weren’t done hitting each other as they were fighting. The forces they were going at seemed to be too much for the whole planet to catch up. It made sense, given what these women were. 

No man was able to stand when two women fought, while buildings shook and rattled horribly. The only beings who could stand against the force of this was women themselves. But given the powerful blows by Ranma and Akane, even some of the women were shaking. Kasumi knew she had to stop the fight before they really tore up the planet, as the sound alone was worse than any thunderstorm heard in the world. Kasumi rushed out as fast as she could to the source of the fight. Given her amazing speed, all it should have taken her was just a few seconds. But things came up for her, and that was the fact that men were in danger all around her, wherever she ran. This should have been more than easy enough to solve, all Kasumi had to do was let the women around her protect the men from falling debris of crumbling buildings and the ground under them shaking badly enough to make cars head right towards them. That is what would happen in a reasonable world.

Almost no woman lifted a finger. Oh some did, but ONLY for family. Many other women didn’t do a single thing, just casually walking as the planet was shaking apart and the sky was ready to fall down. Kasumi couldn’t believe it, these women had NO empathy for the men around them. The wish wasn’t a wish for the men at all, it was a curse for them! If anything, the benefits the women gained from becoming the strongest most perfect beings in the universe meant nothing when they had lost all their empathy or morality. Kasumi had no idea any woman could be like this as she sprinted fast to catch any man about to die and made sure he was safe in her arms. Given her massive size, she could easily carry a few of the men and the men had no idea they were even being held in the arms of the massively muscular Kasumi. Bringing the men together was the easy part. Making sure they didn’t break when the world was rocking the whole time was the hard part.

Even for Kasumi, it was hard to dodge the constant attacks that were affecting the world. The way the two of them fought could best be described as two titans moving at speeds that no vehicle could ever hope to match. Ranma and Akane were still in the backyard of their home, having never left the space. Though they did leave the ground multiple times given how far they leaped in the air to fight. Fists, feet, elbows, heads, every part of the woman was a weapon as they struck against each other. Light and sound flashed and exploded around them based on the sheer speed and power behind their attacks. The two women had no problem striking each other with blows that should cripple just about any living being. Even planets would be thrown off their orbit with a crater larger than China if they hit each the planet HALF as hard as they hit each other. It didn’t matter what they did, the two women were dedicated to fighting.

All memory of wishing or who started the fight was out of their heads. Any knowledge of the damage they were bringing the planet was also out of their heads. It didn’t matter at all, all the women cared about, was who would win the fight. Did they care that they were causing Tsunamis off the pacific coast given how heavy their strikes were? Would they even hear the sound of their blows against each other caused avalanches to happen all across the world? Maybe they were smelling the fires that were starting in dry spots all across the world, caused by the sher kinetic friction from the speed of their attacks. They didn’t know, and frankly, didn’t care to even try to know. All the women wanted, was victory against the other. 

To prove who was the stronger between the two of them. That was what really mattered between the two of them, and neither was going to stop to get what they wanted. They also thought, even if it wasn’t a large one, that no one on earth could stop them. Who could stop two women who were breaking out of the atmosphere because they were climbing higher and higher while striking the other with blows meant to destroy planets? Who could even be fast enough to do so when each woman threw at least 3 million punches in half a second? Who was brave enough, or foolish enough, to try? Only one person on the planet was, and right now, she was a bit busy trying to make sure that no one died during the fight.

It got harder every moment of the day, as the fighting got more and more intense. Kasumi felt like she was like a woman trying to stop a forest fire with a sippy cup of water. The fire was only getting worse and she was only causing the smallest parts of the fire to stop. Kasumi never meant for any of this to happen. How could she had even known it could?! All the Naginata was meant to do was provide her some amusement, and the wishes were a byproduct she never really believed in. At the same time, though, it did feel like the wishes were changing every once in a while. How was Kasumi affected by the later wishes when Ranma and Akane acted like everything was just as normal? Why did they become hostile to each other when she made her next wish? Kasumi realized it as she saved another man from a piece of rubble that had fallen from a building, broken apart by a shockwave blow caused by the two fighting hundreds of miles away. 

They remembered the past based on the frequent wishing. Kasumi wished for a better world, and because one of them wished for a selfish, and another did, the world became a worse place. If making Kasumi know this was the cost, that meant that the wish was working the way it was intended. It was convoluted, yes, but in a way it made perfect sense. Now the world was going to destroy itself, all because Kasumi liked to flea market shopping so many times. Kasumi vowed to never go flea market shopping again! Kasumi also vowed something else. Even if it came to the loss of her life, she will make sure that the world wasn’t destroyed by Ranma and Akane. The first thing, though, was getting rid of all of the men in her arms. Setting them down was too dangerous, and she could just throw them high up in the air. Than Kasumi realized, with her strength, they’d just hit the moon. No, if she was going to make sure they survived… she had to go to the opposite side of the planet. 

Crazy, but the distance should be enough to protect them. It didn’t even feel like some great run for Kasumi, which made her feel confident. Than she was reminded of how scary the fact was that she COULD move that fast. As if it didn’t even matter one bit to her that it was so quick to move from all the way from Tokyo, to Chicago, in a mere amount of seconds. Hundreds of men were moved in seconds, and by the time it was a minute since she started, tens of thousands of men had been moved. Thank god for her large size, Kasumi thought. Carrying the men with her strength was easy enough, but with her massive size and muscles, it wasn’t hard at all to carry so many of them across. Now that she saved so many men from immediate danger, it was time to save the world.

Because even in Chicago, countless miles away from Tokyo… everyone could feel the impacts of the attacks coming from Japan. While the men were scared, none of the women were. They couldn’t be harmed by these impacts or shockwaves. Kasumi wondered if they would be worried about the end of the world. The fact they weren’t worried at all told Kasumi something vital and important. They simply didn’t care one whiff. If they can survive the attack, than they’d move on. That was how powerful women had become, and it was as amazing as it was terrifying. Kasumi knew that making a wish to end all of this would come at a price. She LOVED how powerful she was. Hell, as she saw herself in the near to shatter windows of a building, the way she looked was amazing. Kasumi was never one to think 10 foot tall women who’s muscles put to shame greek gods would look good on her.

She was right, she didn’t look good. Kasumi looked AMAZING! The best she ever been in her life, and she felt 10x as good as she looked. Kasumi was at her happiest right here and now about herself. But about the state of the world, she wasn’t as happy, as she ran back home. The way the tides were smashing against coasts, the air pressure rising and rising from the blows being struck, hurricanes forming and rocks exploding from sheer force. Even the ground was turning to glass from sheer heat. It wasn’t the two strongest women fighting each other. It was the two strongest beings in existence fighting each other, and the unintentional byproduct of their fight was going to cause armageddon. They weren’t even TRYING to do all this. It was just happening, based on their raw power. It was terrifying. It was impressive. It was something only the most powerful wish could do. By the time Kasumi had gotten there, she saw the entire landscape was flattened. Even she was feeling the pressure of the attacks the women were bringing to the other, despite only being a hundred feet away from the fighters. Kasumi even felt like her lungs were collapsing from the vacuum being formed around them.

Everything was attracted to the two women as they were high in the air, still slamming fists and elbows against each other. Blows that didn’t get slower and weaker despite how hard they been fighting, but instead, had gotten even BETTER! The two of them were getting stronger and stronger every blow, and their speed was also improving. The two women were stronger than any woman on Earth, and only the other matched the other in anything resembling a fight. Even Kasumi, as powerful as she was, didn’t dare join in the fray. Not that she had too, getting to the Naginata was her only desire. Thankfully for her, the Naginata was right in front of her. The problem was why she could see it. Most of their home was destroyed by the impact, and the Naginata laid on a pile of rubble. Well, fixing the house would be a cinch, as Kasumi rushed right towards the Naginata.

The reason it was a problem to see it from there, was because both Akane and Ranma heard movement under them. Both women saw Kasumi rush towards the Naginata, just for half a nano second they saw her move. Like lightning, no, even faster than that… they stopped fighting. Instead, they were both in front of Kasumi, acting as two impressive human walls. Kasumi was stopped dead in her track, as both women glared at her with fury in their eyes and snarls. Kasumi had no idea what happened to each woman, as it felt like the entire world stopped dead cold from fear. Ranma was the first to speak, not even exhausted or tired from the fight.

“No one touches the Naginata. It’s mine.”

Akane followed with, her voice dripping in venom.

“It’s mine, Kasumi. You can’t steal my wish.”

The women were corrupted by the Naginata. It was the only explanation for why they were acting like these monsters who didn’t care the world was going to hell. To them, the real threat wasn’t their fight. It was who was trying to stop them from finishing the fight. Was Kasumi scared? She’d be crazy if she wasn’t. At the same time, though, Kasumi also knew what had to be done to save the planet. Kasumi was going to have to rush both women. Even if doing so would end in her demise, only she was strong enough and fast enough to do so. No. Kasumi was the only one on the planet who had the WILL to end this. Kasumi said no words… but instead, she vanished. As fast as she could, she moved forward, than to the side. A misdirect, and it worked. For half a second, because by the time Kasumi had ran a mile to the left, and was going to then rush for the Naginata to grab it, she felt a grip on her throat stronger than a blackhole.

The one holding her by the throat was Ranma. Ranma looked furious at her, holding on to her and seemed ready to snap her in half by the grip. Akane was right next to Ranma, not even caring about what was happening. Kasumi gripped on the wrist of Ranma as hard as she could. It was a grip that had enough might to even crush diamond to dust. To Ranma, it didn’t do a damn thing, as Ranma lifted her fist up. Slowly, making sure that Kasumi got a long and terrified look at what Ranma was about to do. Kasumi was actually rather scared at what was about to happen, and at a moment, a tear flowed down one of her eyes. Kasumi was terrified. It was at that moment, that Ranma felt a bit bad for Kasumi. No matter how bad things got between Ranma and Akane, Kasumi was always there. Always making sure that the two of them felt good.

Hurting Kasumi felt wrong. No, it was just wrong. Ranma dropped her fist down, even if only for a brief moment, and this gave Kasumi the time to get away from Ranma. Kasumi raised her legs and with all of her might, kicked Ranma as hard as she could. Not square in the chest, however, but at an angle. It wasn’t enough force to hurt Ranma. Nothing Kasumi could do HAD enough force to do so, but even Kasumi was powerful enough to remove Ranma from her, and do what had to be done. Land right on Akane. It was only a brief moment, shorter than the distance it takes light to travel from an atoms edge to another atom. That was how much time Kasumi had to get from one mile, right to the Naginata, before she was stopped.

In that moment, Kasumi ran faster than she ever did in her entire existence. Kasumi ran for the Naginata as quickly as she could, nearly causing everything around her to explode from existence. The two women were in a mess saw her running, and the two charged right at her. It became the ultimate contest, of who would get the Naginata first. The woman trying to save the world, or the women who were going to doom it. The answer of who got it came from the woman who grabbed the Naginata with a grip that almost shattered it like glass, and roared out her wish so hard that it almost burst the atmosphere from how loud the roar was.

“MAKE THE WOMEN OF THIS WORLD KIND!”

Kasumi closed her eyes, hoping the wish happened fast enough before Ranma and Akane punched her head clean off, and she waited. It was a few seconds of waiting, but for Kasumi, she felt like she waited a century. It was when she got a hug from behind, she knew what happened. It wasn’t a big strong hard hug. It was just a nice gentle hug that radiated warmth. It was a hug from a very happy woman. Kasumi didn’t even need to turn around to see who was hugging her, it was obvious who was hugging her. Kasumi smiled deeply, and looked back at the woman who could snap her like a twig, but instead, was giving her all her love.

“Oh Akane, I’m happy to see you too.”

It was after the hug, that Kasumi saw how the world was. If she thought it was impressive before, it was NOTHING to what she saw now. The women were more than powerful before, this time though, they put to shame any belief of any gods. The women were stronger than strong, and yet, they weren’t evil about it like they were before. No, now the women were kinder and gentler. Women were lifting entire trains full of men and running faster and safer than any bullet train had moved before, if a man wanted to see the world from orbit, he just needed a space suit and a woman to leap in the air. Women were teaching their young daughters how to run across the ocean to get food from other countries without causing tidal waves. Every woman on Earth was over 8 feet tall, more muscular than a bull, stronger than a trillion bulls, but it was their hearts that no one could deny.

Ranma and Akane themselves were rather kind and patient about things as well. Now, they no longer fought each other. Well, they still did, but as to let women blow off steam. Women were taught how to spar with other women to work out and become stronger, by fighting softer. It was a perfect workout that not only improved their skill, but made them more gentle as to not destroy buildings as they walk inside them. Kasumi herschelf was extremely happy, as she was teaching women how to cook as well. Kasumi thought, as she watched Asada and Ranma spar with two young girls, girls who could crack the planet in half with their fists but were fighting high intense fights while holding an egg in their hand… it was amazing how the egg didn’t crack. Maybe that was what the world was, to these women. A precious egg to be held, and not broken.

Kasumi did feel a bit bad that she almost caused the end of the world, but as she taught some women how to better cook for better protein to bulk up their already amazing muscles, she felt she had no regrets about the world she made. In the end, things were far better, and it’s not like anyone could ruin the world now. Kasumi hid the Naginata in the best possible spot she could, that NO one would ever find.

-

Oh man, she was LOST! All Nabiki could think at this moment was that she was lost. She didn’t even know what planet she was on. If she knew she leaped from Earth to Pluto in one leap, well, she would be annoyed how slow it took her to get there. A whole 2.1 seconds! Man, if only she was a lot stronger as she held her breath, walking on the surface of Pluto. As she saw the big mess she made, a crater that nearly tore the planet in half thanks to her sloppy landing, Nabik also wished she had better use of her power. It was when she had the idea of a wish…that her eyes flickered at something buried in the crust of the planet. Like it was perfectly hidden from everything, and Nabiki luckily found it. Nabiki moved to what she thought she saw, and was a bit surprised as she picked it up and held it in her hand.

Now what is a blue Naginata doing on Pluto?