Fight of our Life vol. 1 part 7 ------------------------------- English translation done by Toshiyori Jiro, 1990/04/20 p 124 Ranma You're really entering the cooking contest? Akane Yes. Ranma But everyone at this fair will know it if you fail. Akane I'm not going to fail. Akane You just don't like how I cook. p 125 Akane I hope I don't fail. Akane What's this? A-ko Don't you ever give up? B-ko When C-ko enters that contest, it will be me who helps her. A-ko She doesn't need help. A-ko Get out of the way! Akane What? p 126 B-ko You destroyed my sidewinder missiles! Akane I just hit them a bit. Akane Shoddy workmanship. Akane Anyone else might have been seriously hurt. A-ko Say, you're pretty good. Akane Humph. p 127 A-ko Uh-oh. B-ko Hah. I defeated her. At last! B-ko Now for that interloper. Akane Not this time. Akane Hello.... goodbye.... Akane Hope that mecha is under a service contract. A-ko And that's not all you have to worry about. B-ko Oh no! p 128 Shinobu She's spying on us! Shinobu Over there. Ataru Come here, Lum. Lum Yes, darling. Lum You do love me after all! Ataru I didn't mean .... p 129 Ataru Just tell me why you're spying on us. Lum Spying? Lum Oh, this telescope. Lum There are some girls fighting over there. Ataru Oh yeah? Lemme see. Shinobu p 130 Lum One of them is going to help C-ko in the contest. Lum We can't have that. Akane Hello, Lum. Akane Spying on someone? Akane I heard something about the contest. p 131 Akane I'm going to win it. Akane Hah, missed! Lum Well, this one won't! Akane Hah, missed again! Akane Try zapping this! Lum Say, you're pretty good. p 132 Ataru They're going to call a truce. Shinobu How can you tell? Ataru The white flag gave it away. Ataru No way am I staying around to see what happens. p 133 Lum Let's work this out together. Lum Neither of us wants C-ko to win. Akane What are you suggesting? Lum Come to my ship and I'll show you. p 134 Lum A-ko is half alien. Lum These red rocks do interesting things to her race. Lum But it only lasts two days. Lum And each one only works once. Akane And of course I get to slip them near her. Akane No thanks. Akane We had better get back to fighting. p 135 Akane It's Ranma! Ranma Hello. What are you doing? Lum The tractor beam was off. Ranma I can jump pretty high. Ranma Anyway, I heard part of what you were saying. Ranma You're going to use these rocks to make a weapon against A-ko. Ranma That's cheating. Ranma I thought you weren't going to fail anyway, Akane. Ranma I think I'm going to ask her about this. p 136 B-ko Take that! Ranma Excuse me, I heard you were giving advice to -- A-ko Can't you see I'm busy?! p 137 A-ko Thanks. A-ko I've never seen anyone take care of B-ko that fast. Ranma I just wanted to ask you about this rock. A-ko Take it away! A-ko It does strange and peculiar things! p 138 sign Cooking Contest, Teenage Division, 1 Helper Allowed Kasumi Are you ready, Akane? A-ko Are you ready, C-ko? Lum Hmph. You can't even cook without outside help. Lum My cooking is going to be out of this world. p 139 Kasumi That's not salt, that's garlic. Akane It _is_ salt. C-ko Can I empty my box into it? A-ko No! A-ko Just do what I tell you. Lum I'm finished. Lum Just like at home, except for substituting the ramen. Ataru You said before that you needed alien noodles to absorb the energy. Lum Oh now I remember. Lum Run!! p 140 judge Sorry folks, we have to end the contest prematurely. judge But I'm sure everyone had a blast. judge Will those with intact dishes please bring them here before the cleanup crew arrives? Akane Here. judge Hmm. Interesting use of garlic. judge Be glad I'm not a vampire. judge Next. p 141 C-ko Taste this! judge This is pretty good! A-ko See? Nothing to worry about! p 142 Akane I didn't do so bad. I was second place! Ranma There were only three places. C-ko Here, everyone have some! Akane Well, all right. Lum Not so fast. Ranma Don't tell me you're going to zap her. Ranma It'd be fairer to challenge her to a cuteness contest. Lum Well, er.... Lum Go away, C-ko. p 143 Ataru I spoke to A-ko today. Ataru About the cooking contest, two days ago. Ataru Your red rock could cause anything weird to happen. Ataru This time it made A-ko a psychokinetic chef. Ataru Which is how she made C-ko's food good by staring at it. Ataru So you made yourselves lose that contest! p 144 Akane Want to call another truce? Lum Yes. Lum Darling, how _dare_ you insult our cooking skills! Ataru Uh-oh. Ataru Before you attack I'd better warn you. Ataru You just ate leftover contest food. Ataru C-ko's food is in your stomach now. Ataru But two days will have passed in ten seconds from now. Lum Gasp. Choke. Blech. Gag. ZAP!!! Akane Ulp. Argh. Belch. COME BACK HERE!!!! Toshiyori Jiro toshiyori@noname.edu