Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ RaEl Book1: A Long Forgotten Legacy ❯ Ra-El Chp 11-15 ( Chapter 3 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Ra-El Chp 11: Haunted & A Family Situation

Later that night Ranma slowly woke in a strange room that somehow seemed familiar. When he sat up, he noticed that he was on a bed instead of a sleeping bag or futon. He was still dressed in his travel clothes; somehow Mina and mom must have… Ranma’s head sudden snapped up and looked around the room. The walls are a light blue and there was a large desk by the window. A nightstand with a lamp was in the right side of his bed with two medium size frames by a digital clock radio.

“I’m home,” Ranma thought as he turned his attention the picture in the frames.

Ranma took the first frame and looked at the picture it held, it was his mother and he on his sixth birthday. Ranma vaguely remembered it as he placed it back on the nightstand took the other frame. The frame seemed to be made of some foreign metal that Ranma recognized as the ones his bracers were made out of. He looked at the picture and saw his mother and Jo-El and they looked very happy. His mother’s smile was so bright and so full of life that Ranma felt her love Jo-El from just this picture.

“You have a nice room.” A familial voice said.

Ranma quickly turned to see the source of the voice and was shocked to see a transparent Tsu-oap sitting on his bed.

“Your mom seems like a nice woman,” she said with a smile.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,” Ranma yelled as fell he fell out off bed.

The door opened and Ranma’s mother came in with a tray of food.

“Ranma, are you alright dear? Oh, hello” Nodoka said as she sees the spirit on her son’s bed.

“Hello,” Ranma heard his mother say, as in she can see her too. Ranma quickly got up off the floor. Ranma looked at Tsu-oap and his mother with a worried look on his face. Nodoka smiled at the specter as she placed the tray of food on Ranma’s desk.

“Ranma, aren’t you going to introduce mo to your friend,” Nodoka asked.

“I…well you see…we…that is…” Ranma tried to explain why the ghost of his dead wife was in his room with no success.

Tsu-oap floated off of Ranma’s bed and drifted over to Nodoka and bowed.

“Sorry to come unannounced Saotomesama. I am or was Ranma’s wife.” Tsu-oap said with a smile.

Ranma, of course jus stood there looking like the he stuck his hand in the cookie jar to get the last cookie before dinner and his mother just caught him.

XxX

Smallville Kansas

Superman with wife Lois Lane landed behind the Kent farm barn. Superman placed his wife down on her feet and quickly spun around and quickly turned into Clark Kent. He took his wife’s hand and walked to Kent home. Clark knocked on the door and momentarily Clark’s father Jonathan Kent answered the door.

“Clark son,” Jonathan said as he gave his son a hug and turned his attention to Lois. “Lois, come on in guys Kara just got here herself and Martha has the table a set up, we can talk after dinner.”

An hour or two later after dinner the Kent dining room came silent. Everyone looked at Clark who seemed all to quiet through out the whole meal. Kara looked at her cousin, with hanging around the new Batgirl she picked up something on reading people through their actions and right now what she saw from her cousin is doubt.

“O.k. Kal, you got us all here and you said you wanted to talk, so…” Kara said.

“Clark, if this other family thing…”

“No dad,” Clark cut his father off. “There is no other family, I made my mind up long ago that that all those I love is family, Earth bound or Kryptonian. I called all of you here, because I recently found out that the certain history of Krypton as I was lead to believe was false.”

There was a collective gasp as Clark began to them about the archive that were recently unlocked in the fortress and took out the crystal tablet and played its content and translated the text of what really happened.

“Kal, if this true then my father would have mentioned him at least once,” Kara asked.

“Jo-El was erased from all known Kryptonian databases, hell he’s probably not even in Brainiac’s memory modules. He was not only was charged of treason for being a member of Zod’s elite soldiers, but he was single-handedly responsible for Zod complete defeat and they thanked him by wiping him form existence.” Clark nearly yelled as he slammed his fist on the table splitting it in half. “Ma, Pa, I’m sorry.”

“Now don’t go getting you cape in knot son, I was planning on building another dining table anyways. Now go on with what you were saying.”

A few hours went by as Clark and his family discussed hid findings from the fortress, when suddenly a loud buzzing sound came from outside. Clark was the first out the door to see who the uninvited guest was. A Wayne Enterprise helicopter landed in front of the Kent house.

“I never thought that Bruce Wayne was the type to go slumming in Smallville of all places.” Lois said as she stood behind Clark.

“Lois,” Clark said as he gave her that look. “Stay here, I’ll go talk to him and no snooping; because I’ll know.” Clark finished by tapping his ear and glasses.

“But.”

“No buts Lois,” Clark said as he made his way to meet the Bruce.

Bruce saw Clark walk up to him and he defiantly did not look happy.

“How did you know I was here,” Clark asked him.

“You did say you had a family situation, unless you have another one on the side. Lana Lang perhaps.” Bruce said with a sinister smirk.

Clark glared at Bruce.

“Bruce what the hell do you want?”

“Well since you asked so nicely…”

“Wait! Lets talk in the barn.”

“The barn, Clark I’m wearing fifteen hundred dollar shoes.”

“I know.” Clark said wit a wicked grin.

XxX

Back at the Saotome home, in Ranma’s room, Tsu-oap finished her story of how Ranma came to her village and his heroic deeds. Nodoka can’t help but feel pride for her son that at such a young age possessed the strength to defend an entire village from danger and at the same time sympathy for the loss that has gone through in losing Tsu-oap.

“Tsu-oap dear, would mind if I ask, but what are you doing here,” Nodoka asked.

Ranma walked towards Tsu-oap and tried to touch her check, but his hand passed through her. Tsu-oap closed her eyes at Ranma’s bold act, not since that night that Ranma deepened their kiss did he ever do anything that was so intimate. Nodoka saw the pain flash through Ranma’s eyes when he could not touch this young lady who’s captured his heart. Tsu-oap raised her hand and touched Ranma’s and even thought it slightly phased though him, Ranma felt the warmth of her ki flow through him closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When Ranma opened his eyes and took a look at Tsu-oap a gold aura encompassed her form and a fading red Ley line from her left pinky to his right.

“I think, I’m here to help Ranma to let me go,” Tsu-oap said with a sad smile from her face.

Nodoka both pride and sympathy for the young that she would traverse beyond death to return and aid her love. Nodoka made her way to the door looking at the young couple never once thinking it odd that one of them was a wayward spirit.

“I’ll be down stairs and let you talk. Should you need anything son, there in an intercom unit next to your bed.” Nodoka said as she left.

When Nodoka left, Ranma sat on his bed with his head bent down.

“Oh, no you don’t.” Tsu-oap practically yelled as she went in front of him. “I did not come back from the great beyond only to have you sulk and about it.”

“What would you have me do,” Ranma snapped as he stood towering over the specter. “I failed you. I robbed the village of a good healer and they thanked me. Ku Lon… she adopted me.”

“Get a hold of yourself. If there is anyone you failed, its yourself.”

“What?”

“Ranma, it may have been only a week, but it was more than enough for me to know how special you are. I fell in love with who are despite the past you had. You never once looked down on me or the village even thought that person you thought was your father preached to you that women were weak. You have a great streak of good in you that I wanted so badly to be part of that I would lay down my life for it. You never failed me, my love.”

“What happens now,” Ranma said as a single tear fell from his eye.

“You live, my love. Fulfill the promise you made at my grave to my adopted mother.”

“Will I ever see you again?”

“Perhaps and when you do, you can tell me about her and your kids.”

Ranma was shocked at what Tsu-oap said and she placed a kiss on his cheek before fading away.

“I love you,” Ranma said to the fading spirit and in his heart and mind he heard her say lovingly, “I know my love, now live…for me.”

Ra-El Chapter 12: Its Good To Be Home & Hunting Trip

It has been ten minutes or so since Tsu-oap vanished from his life once again, as Ranma stood near his bedroom window. Her words still echoes in his mind, as he gazes out at the blue skies of Japan.

“Live…for me.”

He took out his Kryptonian bracer form his subspace pocket and with all his strength, he flattened the unearthly metal and fashioned it into a frame similar to the one that held his mother and father’s picture. Ranma wished that he had a picture of her to put in it. Suddenly the yin-yang dragon symbol that Ku Lon placed on his right hand by manipulating the Ley line of his lifelines appeared and began to glow. Ranma noticed picture of a smiling Tsu-oap began to materialize in the metal of the frame. The picture of her smiling in her rather revealing battle regalia was now and forever immortalized in this alien steel, he then placed it among the others on his nightstand.

Ranma reached into his subspace pocket again and retrieved a slender wooden box. On its surface there was in encryption in Cantonese engraved into the wood.

“My most cherished treasure which can be shared when placed upon the winds.”

Ranma opened the box and took out the ivory flute that once belonged to Tsu-oap, the very one that she taught him how to play. He began to play a song that Tsu-oap taught him and soon the entire room filled with a sweet haunting melody.

Downstairs Nodoka filled Mina in on what happened upstairs and what happened to Ranma in China. Needless to say, there is now a chibi version of Mina on the living room couch biting on her handkerchief with two arcs of tears falling from her eyes after hearing Ranma’s tragic tale. Nodoka’s ears perked up as she heard a strange noise coming from upstairs. She looked at Mina and place a her index finger in front of her lips silencing Mina’s whimpering as she used her other hand to press the mute button in the intercom unit on the wall and turning on the receiver. A slow haunting melody filled the room as every note carried the emotion of the player. Nodoka wiped a tear that fell as she continued to listen to her son’s performance.

XxX

Inside the Kent Farm Barn, Smallville Kansas

Clark sat on bail of hey as Bruce came in.

“What do you know Bruce,” Clark asked as he stood up and crossed his arms across his chest.

“Well, for one thing Clark you’re not acting like yourself,” Bruce responded eyeing the “Man of Steel.”

“Look Bruce, there’s a lot of things that came up recently that’s been rather unsettling for me. Sorry if I’m being an ass about things.”

“Don’t worry about. Is that how I come out as when I’m on the defensive?”

“Worse, D… Nightwing told me enough ghost stories of how you run things.”

“Well, I do have a “Bat-assed” reputation to maintain.”

“You’re learning Grasshopper.”

“Cassandra’s right, I should stop taking humor lessons from you.”

“Yeah, some how I don’t see you doing stand up in “the suit” if we ever decide to have a JLA open mic-night.”

“Yeah, then we’ll have to suffer through a Steel and Flash’s version of “Ebony and Ivory.”

“Or Ollie’s version of “I Will Survive.”

Both men had chills ran down their spines followed by a hearty laughter the resonated through the barn, one coming from a very unlikely source.

“We good then,” Clark said as raised his fist to Bruce.

“Worlds finest as always,” Bruce said as he knocked his fist with his. “Now that we’re done with this Hallmark moment, what’s gotten your cape in a tight knot?”

(AN: It’s was that or had Bruce say, “Who put too much starch on your red undies?”)

Clark filled Bruce in with what he told everyone else during dinner.

“This explains a lot of things, as well makes sense of a set of unexplainable occurrences around Asia as of late,” Bruce said he took out a folder from his trench coat and handed it to Clark.

“When were these taken,” as Clark quickly went over all files and pictures, which meant he memorized all its content in two seconds.

“Several days ago, I sent Batgirl to China after some unexplained occurrences, to do some recon for me. A powerful laser was fire into the air from China that showed up on the JLA satellites about two and half weeks ago, a week after that a 3.0 quake shook a section of the Bayankala range in China that has been known to have no major faults or tectonic activity as of late. The following day after the quake, another laser was fire from somewhere around the same vicinity. Yesterday I received those pictures from Cassandra from a village in the Bayankala area in China called the Josenketsu. She also made note of a hero mentioned in a recent folk tale as “A warrior who fell from the heavens.” Clark the radioactive signature of both laser occurrences are similar to the ones you, Kara and Conner emit when you use you laser vision.

XxX

Another ten minutes passed after Ranma’s concert, he came downstairs. He saw his mother sitting on the couch next to Mina. When the chibi Mina saw him, she launched herself from the couch and glompped onto him. For a second there Ranma thought the girl was coming on to him, but pushed that thought aside as he heard her babbling about how sad she was for what happened him and will do her best to cheer him up. He looked down that the sobbing girl currently attached to his chest and smiled, barely a day home and he already have a friend that actually missed him beside his mother when he was gone. Ranma raised his head to look at his mother and was rewarded with a smile that was only hers.

Nodoka stood up and asked,” What became of you wife’s spirit dear?”

Mina ears perked up when she heard this.

“She and I talked, something we never really did much of when I was in the village. We opened up of a few things that we were too naive to acknowledge. After that she made me promise to do something for her.”

“What did she ask son?”

A sparkle of hope shined from Ranma’s eyes when smiled and answered his mother’s question.

“She asked me to live… for her.”

Nodoka smiled at the maturity that her son has shown.

“You’re taking this rather well mom.”

“Oh, and how would you think I handle this situation?”

“I thought you’d break out some Japanese paper fans and start dancing around for joy and when you found out that she’s…” Ranma couldn’t finish.

“Ranma were here for you Ranma, you can always count us. I really missed you when you left.” Mina said when she pealed her face of Ranma’s chest.

When Ranma looked at Mina’s tear stricken, but smiling face and puppy dog eyes and he did not notice his mother shove a paper fan into the couch cushions. Nodoka got up from her seat and waked towards Ranma and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

“Welcome home son.”

“It’s good to be home.”

“Now tell me what became of Genma.” Nodoka asked in frigged tone.

XxX

Sometime later somewhere in China a large crystalline figure wandered aimlessly through dense woodland area. The creature knew not how it got there, but nevertheless rather upset, like it searching for something or some one lay accountable for his current situation.

“Where the hell am I,” it thought.

“Why do I fell so sluggish and why can’t I remember anything?”

Suddenly the creature stumbled into a small river cutting trough the forest and as it got up up, he noticed a bizarre creature looking back at him from the water. It took a moment to figure out that the creature that stared back from the water was him. Rage filled his eyes as he tried to smash the reflection from the water to no avail. As his rage grew, his entire body started to glow a dark green and cried his frustrations to the heavens. His body fired off a large green ray skyward.

XxX

Above the Earth in the JLA Watch Tower several alarms sounded off and various monitors plotted locations in Asia as a massive radioactive blast was recently fired. A tall green man in a cape walked up to one of the station operators and asked what’s going on.

“Sir a large concentrated Kryptonite radiation discharge has been spotted by one of our satellites in Asia, somewhere in China.”

Suddenly a drop dead gorgeous raven-haired woman in a (AN: best way to describe WW outfit folks sorry) battle bikini, tiara and bracers entered the room and headed towards the tall green man.

“Jon what’s going on?”

“Apparently a massive Kryptonite radiation discharge was picked up on satellite a moment ago, somewhere in China. Diana, I think that we should get Kal on the comm. immediately.”

“Agreed, I’ll get on it. See if the location of the blast can be pin pointed to a specific are in China, I have friends there and don’t want them involved if possible.”

XxX

Smallville Kansas

“What? I’m on my way.”

“Watch Tower.”

“Yea.”

“I’ll meet you there.”

Clark rushed to the Kent house and asked Kara to give Lois a lift to Metropolis as quickly changed to his well recognized uniform and bid all his family good bye and zoomed off in streak of crimson and azure.

Back at the Kent barn

“Charley you can head back to Gotham, I’ll be staying with the Kents for a while longer.” Bruce said as hung up his cellular phone.

“Watch Tower,” a dark brooding voice said. “I need a “private” table for one.”

The current transport operator knew who placed the transport order and thought that the world must be coming to an end, because there was a slight dry humor in the request placed. To make it even worse that was a Flash line he used.

XxX

Three hours, two orders of Japanese take out, restraining Nodoka via a some sort of force bubble device of Mina’s, taking the Saotome honor blade from her, and calming her down enough; Ranma finished his whole story that dealt with Genma Ikari. Ranma was quite impressed at Mina’s restraint while he continued with his story. Unknown to Ranma, Mina had already sent a remote command to her house and her P.E.T. dug up all criminal info on Genma Ikari via her cousin’s JLA world criminal database connection and now a swarm miniature hovering Pica-chus with an explosive gel center is hunting down Genma Ikari via his last known whereabouts.

“When I get my hands on his furry ass, there will not be enough hide to make a decent rug.” Nodoka screamed in side the force bubble and a few other colorful terms and threats she intends to bring upon Genma.

Mina and Ranma had matching expressions on their faces, which consisted with a pair of hanging chopsticks from their mouths and dot for eyes, as they heard Nodoka’s ability to out talk a USMC drill sergeant. This defiantly puts a damper in how the two teens ideas of Nodoka as a traditional Japanese woman. When she finally got a hold of herself, Mina released from the force bubble. She took the Saotome honor blade and placed it back on the on the wall mount.

“I’m sorry about that kids. I guess I should have listed to your grandfather Ranma, Genma was a dishonorable bastard.” Nodoka said as her aura made it visible.

By this time Mina was starting to get rally nervous a s she saw a red halo of light encompass her aunty Nodoka’s body.

“Mina, its getting late, maybe you should make your way home. If you want to spend the night, you should inform your uncle Theodore tough. You know I don’t like it when he pops in unannounced.” Nodoka said a she went to a large cabinet by a samurai armor in the living room.

“Shoot! I was supposed to e-mail the new blueprint of Gina’s new car to her hours ago. I got to go, thanks for dinner aunty. I really glad that you’re back Ranma.” Mina said as she planted a quick kiss on Ranma’s cheek and took out what looked like a cellular phone shaped like a white cat.

“Artemis, teleportation now. This is priority one.”

A bright light surrounded Mina’s body and in a second she disappeared. Ranma was shocked at what happened, not including the kiss and was soon waving his hands in the space where she vanished.

“Don’t mind her dear, she does that a lot,” Nodoka said a she walked towards him.

“She does?”

Nodoka nodded her head as she handed Ranma a long metal case made of a similar metal that his bracers were made off.

“Your fa…real father has left a few of his things behind, chief among them this. I knew that he wanted you to have it. Now get some rest my son, tomorrow is gonna be a big day for both of us.” Nodoka said as she returned to her seat on the couch and took a sip of her tea.

“What gonna happen tomorrow mom?”

It wasn’t the answer the shocked Ranma the most; it was the fact that his mother said it with a straight face and a smile on her face.

“Why, we’re going to skin a panda of course.”

Ra-El Chp 13: Good Wild Hunting & Suit Up

Ranma woke in his room, still getting used to the idea that he’s really home. He went to the desk near the window and opened the long metal case his mother gave him yesterday and stared that the alien sword that lay on red and blue cloth. It looked like a combination of a ninjato’s with a thin flat blade and an English dual edged long sword. The guard similar to that of a katana’s which has the shape and markings of house of El’s family crest and the blade’s handle was made of a dark green crystal that can either be held to use in a single or two handed style. Kryptonian runes were inscribed on the blade that said, “He who wields this blade shall choose wisely. Tool of destruction or “KEY” of salvation.” Ranma took the blade from the case and gave it a few practice swipes. Suddenly he felt a shift in his aura and Ley lines formed from his arm and started to flow into the sword. The runes started to glow and whole blade began to hum and a yellow beam came from the blade and shot to Ranma’s forehead.

Deep in Ranma’s mind:

“I see that you have found your birth right my son.”

“Father.”

“I may be far from you, but you will never be alone, even at time of my death. All that I am, all that I’ve learned and all that I feel, all of this and more now flows within you, this all I can give you Ra-El. My Son.”

The beam of light from the sword faded and Ranma was in room again, when he heard the paging of the intercom near his bed.

“Umm…”

“Ranma, dear. Breakfast fast is in fifteen minutes.”

His stomach answered before he did.

“I’ll be down in a minute.”

Ranma walked back to the metal case on his desk. He took the cloth from the case which he now noticed as a sash and underneath it was the matching scabbard to the sword witch had the family crest both Saotome and El in Kryptonian runes on one side. Sheathing the sword and placing it in his subspace pocket, Ranma went downstairs.

After breakfast Ranma and his mother went out side the house past the large gates to see a black limo waiting for them.

“Mom is this…”

“Yes Ranma, you could say that our family is well to do. Which is why we must finish the mess with Genma. I really do not wish to wait till the Emperor finds out about this and have him handle this situation in his own way.” Nodoka said as the driver greeted her.

“Emperor?”

“Ranma, the Saotome name has been long been apart of Japanese history and our clan has always held a high prestige.”

“Hi Ranma. Good morning aunty Nodoka.” Mina said as she and blue haired young lady waked out her house.

“H-hi Mina-chan.” Ranma said.

“Mina are you on your way to school,” Nodoka asked.

“Yup, Ami here came by to walk with me. By the way Ranma this is my good friend Ami Muzino and if you behave yourself, I might just convince her to give you her phone number,” Mina said with a wicked grin on her face.

“Hello Ranma, so you’re the friend Mina talked about that just returned.” Ami said as she tired to shake his hand.

However Ranma had a far off look in his face and then shook his head and shook her hand.

“Is something wrong,” Ami asked.

“Na, I just had a weird vision of you with a mallet hitting me on the head,” Ranma said then slapped his right hand to his mouth and jumped into the limo.

“Don’t mind him, he’s just shy,” Nodoka said to two bewildered girls. “Mina would you do me a favor and stop by tomorrow before you go to school. I want you to walk with Ranma to school so he can register.”

Mina’s eyes lit up at Nodoka’s request and could agree fast enough.

“Well then we’ll see you tomorrow Mina, I wouldn’t want you to be late for school. Me and Ranma are going hunting so we’ll see you later.” Nodoka said as she entered the limo.

An hour and half and one town later Ranma and Nodoka’s limo pulled up to a stone gated house in Nerima. A taxi momentarily pulled next to the limo. Ranma rang the bell near the double doors and was surprised to see the same pageboy styled brown haired girl he treated in the bus the other day during that fiasco near the police station answer the door. Nabiki Tendo can’t help but feel a familiarity to the blue-eyed pigtailed boy looking at her. She assessed the young man and the flags signals cute, strong, but lacking in the brains area, which is a turn off for her.

“Do I know you,” she asked.

“Don’t think so,” Ranma said as he adjusted the collar of his red silk shirt as he felt shrink two time smaller than it was.

“Oh well, your loss.”

Nabiki quickly waked passed Ranma with suitcase in tow and handed to taxi driver. At that time Nodoka stepped out of the limo.

“Nabiki where are you going in such a rush,” Nodoka asked.

“Aunty, I’m following Kasumi’s lead. I’m tired of putting my life on hold to keep this place afloat, just as Kasumi is tired of being a housewife at twenty. To make it worse that bastard Genma not only took a pass at Kasumi, but me as well. That asshole even tried to pay me to keep the fact the he took a pass at us from my dad. What make this more painful than it is already is, that daddy believes Genma over his own daughters.” Nabiki said in tears.

“Nabiki what about Akane,” Nodoka asked as she held the girl in her arms.

“She… I sent her to stay with Sakura and her mom, she’s mother’s sister when I heard that Genma made a pass at Kasumi. Those two asshole are drunk half the time and I know that one day Genma would probably wind up hurting one of us.” Nabiki continued.

Ranma heard enough of this as his battle aura flare it fire color.

“Not after I’m done with him,” Ranma said as he rushed through the gates.

He found the source of all this pain, pain only Genma Ikari is capable of. Sitting in front of sogi boar with a man with shoulder length black hair, mustache and black gi. Ranma grabbed a shocked Genma and punched him in the jaw sending the bald man crashing into backyard wall. Outside both Nodoka and Nabiki saw the Genma shaped figure imbedded into the Tendo perimeter wall. Nodoka instructed the limo driver to take Nabiki’s suitcase and put it in the limo and to pay the cab for his time, as she and Nabiki went inside to see what is going on. They came in time to see Ranma rush to the wall imbedded Genma and proceeded to pummel him with a storm of punches and kicks. Ranma held back and knew that killing him will not erase all that he did.

“You ungrateful boy, why did you not find me since you were alive,” he said.

“Cause I rather be dead, than be in any way associated with you. You son of a bitch. Do you have to fuck up every single life to come in contact with,” Ranma yelled as he grabbed Genma by his gi and slammed him hard on the ground.

“Now what is the meaning of this,” shouted the man in the black gi. He suddenly felt a long blade resting at base of his throat; he followed blade with his eyes and found the red headed woman holding katana in a kimono and ceased to speak.

“Soun, you have a lot to answer to. Primarily why you have been shielding Genma’s presence every time I came by,” Nodoka said emphasizing the part by tugging on the blade hard enough to prove her point.

Ranma’s eyes filled with rage, wanted nothing more than to finish Genma where he was.

“Listen here now son…”

Ranma raise him from the ground formed a red ki blade on his fist that manifested as three ten inch catclaws and his eyes were glowing red with white slits in the middle.

“Listen you piece of shit, I have never been or will ever be your son. You are not my father. There is nothing in you or your fucking bloodline that can even come close to what my father was,” Ranma spat a Genma.

Genma looked at Nodoka with pleading eyes, but only got a cold stare of a woman scorned.

“He’s right Genma, you are in no way even close to equal the man Ranma’s father was.” Nodoka said coldly.

“You lying bitch, I…”

Genma could not finish his threat as Ranma picked him up by his larynx.

“You will never harm any one I love. EVER!” Ranma shouted as he turned him around and stabbed his ki claws at a specific spot on his back.

Genma never pain like this before as all the strength in his body felt like its being drained from him.

Later police sirens were heard and the police came though the double doors and asked who called. Nodoka had admitted to the call and handed them the three out of several case files Ranma had managed to find about Genma Ikari. Genma was placed in handcuffs, which he noticed that he was having problems escaping from.

“What have you done to me boy,” He shouted as the officers held him down, which surprisingly for a man of his size and weight was rather easy.

“I’ve taken all you hold dear from you Genma. The pressure point and ki point I destroyed on your back not only zaps your strength, to that of an infant, but also forever sever your ability to use your ki again. There is no known cure,” Ranma said with a triumphant smile on his face.

Nabiki stood there behind Nodoka and marveled that the boy’s abilities and tried hard to remember where if the boy in front of her and the boy that treated her leg the other day were the same.

“It couldn’t have been the same guy,” She thought. “This guy is different. The guy in the bus the other day was calm and in control.”

Nabiki’s thoughts were interrupted when a man in a white opened shirt and red shirt came through the large double doors of the Tendo compound.

“Chief Saeba, what are you doing here,” Ranma asked as he shook the chief’s hand.

“I heard the word that Genma Ikari was captured over the radio at HQ, naturally I want to check it out for myself and make sure that this is no joke.”

Genma immediately recognizes the chief’s voice and plead his case.

“Ryo, is that you? C’mon Ryo, you know…”

The chief walked up to him and said, “Genma you asshole, this is beyond me this time. Oh by the way, since it’s really you, I happened to have invited all of the families that you have dealt with. Yup all six filling cabinets full of the people you screwed over are at station right now, waiting to have a chat with you.”

Chief Saeba turned to Ranma and said, “I take it you and your mom are the only ones no going right Ranma.”

“Right chief, I did what I came here to do, now haul that piece of crap away for good. However,” Ranma said as formed a water sphere with his hand and threw it at Genma and triggered his. “This is his curse, make sure where ever you put him that they know of it.”

There were a brief stares and taunts the humiliated Ikari as he was dragged kicking and growling waving a wooden sign that says, “NNNNNooooooooooooooooooooo.”

Soun chose at that moment to speak.

“You see Nabiki, Genma is gone. There is no need for you to leave…”

Ranma then stepped in front of Nodoka and Nabiki and pushed Soun away.

“Your no better a father even when he wasn’t here, she has a right to choose how she lives,” Ranma said defiantly.

“Now see here. Who do you think you…”

“He my son Soun,” Nodoka interrupted. “And he’s right, until you straighten up your life, Nabiki will be staying with us.”

Both Nabiki and Ranma were surprised to hear this.

“I am?”

“She is?”

Moments later Nodoka, Nabiki and Ranma were in the limo headed back to Juban.

“Aunty are you sure you want me to stay with you. I mean you just got back together with your son, I don’t want to intrude,” Nabiki asked.

“Sure I am Nabiki. The Saotome house is more than enough to accommodate your sisters and us. You should call them,” Nodoka said cheerfully.

“I think Kasumi and I would be more comfortable at your house, Akane has issues with guys and Ranma here looks like he’s better than in martial arts. That’s another thing that might cause problems, since she thinks that she Kami’s gift to martial arts. If you’re really sure about this I can call her as soon as we get to your place.”

“What about you Ranma, do you mind having two lovely young women live with us for a while?” Nodoka asked her son.

Ranma who since the leaving the Tendo home has been rather quiet turned from looking out the window and looked at his mom.

“Look mom who you welcome into your house is your decision. I really shouldn’t have a say in this.” He said solemnly.

“Yes, you do. It’s your home too. I don’t want my sister and I to be there, knowing you’re uncomfortable with it. I…”

“Ms. Tendo,” Ranma cut her off. “You do know that Genma and your father has arranged a marriage between me and you or one of your sisters. It’s probably a con so that ass Genma could screw you guys out house and home to satiate his greed. I just… ”

Suddenly the limo stopped and Nodoka asked what was going on.

“Sorry Saotome sama, there is a building on fire down the block and the police are detouring us to a different route.” The driver said.

Ranma’s ears perked up the mention of the fire. Ranma opened the car door went out.

“Mom I’m…” Ranma caught him self as he looked at his mother and then Nabiki.

“I’m gonna go for a walk and clear my head. I’ll met you at home.”

Ranma then took of toward the direction of were the fire trucks were going. Nabiki thought something was up, but couldn’t act on it and make aunty Nodoka suspicious. Nabiki knew that Ranma was running towards the building that was on fire. To what, help? He’d just be in the way or become a one of the casualties.

“Aunty he…” Nabiki

“Let him be dear. Just like his father, Ranma has a macho and tender side to him. Let him cool down and we’ll talk to him when he gets home.” Nodoka said as she placed her hand on Nabiki’s.

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Over forest tops in the Byankala area in china, John Stewart the Green Lantern scanning the area said to have had a large Kryptonite radiation was suppose to have occurred. While below him doing a real good version of a Cirque De’sole’ acrobat, Mari McCabe, Vixen was doing the same.

“Are you sure you can’t find anything,” Diana said from her COM at the Watch Tower.

“Positive princess, Vixen and I have been her for hours and nothing.”

“Ok John, discontinue the search and don’t call me princess.”

GL landed near Vixen.

“I take it they called off the hounds and we can play hooky.” Vixen said seductively as wrapped her arms around John’s neck.

“I always up for a little “Jungle Boogie,” John said as he started to kiss her.

“Ahem. John, Mari, if you don’t mind. If you two are going to “enter”tain each other while your down there, you might want to turn off your COM units before you do as we can see and hear you with one of the Watch Tower’s satellites” An all too familiar dark voice came from both GL’s and Vixen’s COMs.

“If not well sell the video rights on E-bay and make millions,” said a familiar speedster’s voice.

It wasn’t being caught in a compromising position that shocked the two, it was who and how they delivered that information to them.

“Oh…” John

“My…” Vixen

“God…” together.

“Bruce told a joke and shared the punch line with Flash.” The shocked couple shouted in unison.

High above the Watch Tower, Batman flipped the off the COM switch and knocked fist with Superman.

“That was nice touch using Flash’s voice,” Batman said as he got of his chair.

“Any time bats, don’t ever let any one tell you you’re a crazed loner,” Superman said in a perfect impression of Flash. Got to love precise muscle control.

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Juban

Back at the Saotome home, Nodoka was preparing dinner, when she felt a presence in the room with her.

“Mom,” Ranma’s voice resonated near by.

“Ranma is that you,” She whispered.

“Yeah. Is Nabiki around?”

“No, she’s upstairs asleep. The day’s chaotic events has taken its toll on her and is now resting.”

“Good,” Ranma said as he materialized in front of his mother.

“Goodness! What happened to you,” Nodoka asked as she saw Ranma’s current state.

Ranma looked like he walked through hell and back, cover with soot and ash, various parts of his clothes ripped and burnt.

“Well there were areas too dangerous for the fire men to get to and people still in those areas, I hade to get them out. I also found this little guy in the alley next to his dead mother and figured we could give it a good home.” Ranma said as a tiger striped kitten popped its head from Ranma’s shirt.

“We sure could,” Nodoka said as she took the kitten from him and began to pet it.

“Have you named him yet?”

“Lime, his name is Lime.”

“Don’t you think that Lime is an odd name to name a cat that looks like a tiger?”

“No, but t if “he” ever finds out he might try to kill me,” Ranma thought.

“What about your Neko-ken son?”

“Yea well, lets call this therapy and go on from there.”

“Alright now why don’t you got get cleaned up dinner is almost done and I presume you do not want to have to explain to Nabiki why you look like you lost a fight to a bomb,” Nodoka said with a smile.

“Mom?”

“Yes dear.”

“I really like helping people out and I can’t do it by being a ninja all the time. I also can’t keep doing this to my wardrobe. I need a different set of threads that’s a little more durable to the kinds of scrapes I’m gonna be in. I’m gonna need a disguise.”

“Well son, I guess we’ll have to get you a new “SUIT,” Nodoka said with a smile as she filled up with pride for her son.

Ra-El Chp 14: Cat Fight Of A Different Nature

Ranma awoke the following day and went about his morning ritual, which meant that he was in the back yard of the Saotome home doing morning katas. Not wanting to attract too much attention to who ever might be looking, Ranma used simple styles that were similar to Asian martial arts style. Now having a guest and another one on the way in the house limited his outlet for advanced martial arts. Ranma pushed this these thoughts aside fro now as he flowed through a simple Jo-Ryu-El kata. His mother watches from the kitchen window as her son perform a martial ballet that was both beautiful and deadly. She felt a slight pang in her heart as she remembers Jo-El doing the same thing in the early morning, when he was here. Now as she watches her son go through similar movements as Jo-El once did, Nodoka let out a sigh as she smiled.

“Something interesting in the back yard aunty,” Nabiki said as she yawned when she walked in the kitchen. Nabiki is not a morning person as she’s still in her pajamas and had her toothbrush in her mouth.

“Oh, I’m just enjoying the view,” Nodoka said with a smile.

“Oh, come on, it’s just a back yard what could… possibly… Oh!”

Nabiki could not finish her sentence as she took a look out the kitchen window. From where she stood, the first thing she was the muscular back of a young man doing katas. Nabiki traced every muscle with her eyes as they flexed or contracted, while the practitioner continued his exercise. Hearing Nodoka laugh brought Nabiki out of her stupor.

“While I do approve your tastes Biki-chan, I do hope you give him some time to heal from the loss of his first love,” Nodoka said as she continues prepare breakfast.

“So he got dumped, it doesn’t mean that I’ll be trailing after him.”

“I fear the loss my son has experience is quite “permanent” dear, but I assure you that who ever my son chooses to hold dear in his heart will truly be a lucky young lady.”

Ranma at that exact moment decided to enter the kitchen having finished his morning routine. Nabiki had a blush on her face as Ranma nearly brushed by her.

“Ranma breakfast will be done soon, why don’t you take a bath and freshen up before we all sit down and eat,” Nodoka said.

“Sure mom,” Ranma responded and then turned to Nabiki and noticed that Nabiki’s face was all red. “You alright Nabiki?”

Nabiki shook her head before saying anything and steeled herself and slipped her “Ice Queen” mask on.

“I’m fine Saotome, just not a morning person like you. Now hit the shower, you stink,” Nabiki finished her statement with a smirk.

After Ranma finished his bath, he made his way to his room, until he was dragged into Nabiki’s room via his pigtail. Nabiki now had a freshly showered, water beading of his body; towel wrapped around his waist and pretty ticked Ranma in her room. Suddenly Nabiki had another flash of that young man who treated her leg and blush crept on her face.

“He can’t be,” she thought. “Could he?”

“You could have asked me to come in you know or at the least could have waited till I was decent before you did,” Ranma said in an annoyed tone.

Nabiki snapped out her flashback.

“What ever Saotome. I wanted to talk to you, since you had to go for a “walk” yesterday.”

“Fine, what do you want?”

“I want to make sure you’re ok with this me and Kasumi being here.”

“I said I don’t mind since this is mom’s house, she could use the company now and then too, since I’m gonna be in school soon.”

“What are you hiding Saotome, is it this whole arranged marriage thing that dumb-fuck Genma sat up?”

“No Ms. Tendo.”

Ranma then opened the door to leave.

“Just what is with you Saotome?”

“My life’s in an open book in the horror and abuse section of the book store Tendo san and as you put it my social kills is out of date. Oh, while you’re here I really appreciate it if you kept you mercenary dealings out side theses walls.”

With that, Ranma left a stunned Nabiki. Nabiki on the other hand was between ticked and really turned on. Nabiki also swore that she would do everything she can to find out what made this particular “wild horse” so wild.

Later at breakfast, the meal went by peacefully and with small talk here and there. Later the doorbell rang and Nabiki answered it. The blond with glassless eyed her with a calculating stare and Nabiki returned it.

“You! What are you doing here and where is Ranma,” the blond asked suspiciously.

“She’s just a guest of the family Mina,” Ranma cut in before Nabiki could answer.

Nabiki turned around to see Ranma in a school uniform and was literally blown away with what she saw. Ranma stood in front of her, his broad shoulders filling the frame of the suit. She never noticed before that Ranma was a about a head taller than her, definite eye candy in her books. The material of the uniform seems to hug the young man’s body intimately and his wild shoulder length hair now tame by a pigtail that hung behind his head revealing a rugged handsome face. Further gawking or fantasizing by Nabiki was interrupted when Mina passed by her the give Ranma a hug. Momentarily Mina was dragging Ranma out the door ignoring Nabiki.

“Mom I going to register for school with Mina, I’ll be back as soon as I can,” Ranma called out to his mother.

“Be Safe dear,” was heard from the kitchen.

Ranma and Mina were almost out the door when,

“You could at least introduced your friend to your fiancé, Ranma,” Nabiki said wickedly.

Mina’s eyes nearly popped out head and on to her glasses at the comment and Ranma’s reaction was to turn towards her and glare, then his eyes started to glow in a red cat’s eye shape like the ones that he manifested when he confronted Genma the other day. Nabiki too noticed that she said too much. Ranma was about to respond, while trying to reign in his temper; but was beaten to the punch by Mina.

“How dare you? Ranma kun is currently mourning the death of his wife and mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm mmmm mmmm mmm mm mm mm mmmmm mm mmmmmm,”

Mina speech was muffled as Ranma clamped his hand over her mouth, with his eyes still glowing red and looking at Nabiki as if she a cornered mouse.

“Narrrrrrrr-biiii-krrrrrrriiii,” Ranma said in a tone that sounded more alike a large wild cat roaring her name.

It sounded dangerously sexy to Nabiki somehow, but knew she just bit off more than she could chew.

“Ranma, you’re going to be late,” Nodoka said standing by the kitchen door.

Ranma turned to his mother; he slowly closed his eyes and calmed himself and when his eyes reopened those cerulean orbs returned. Ranma nodded and dragged Mina arms flailing, feet kicking and still trying to chew Nabiki out with Ranma’s hand over her mouth out the door.

“Well Nabiki, you sure know liven things up around here.” Nodoka said as she walked by her to close the front door.

Nabiki collected herself from what just occurred, Nodoka just rescued her from a major tongue lashing by Ranma.

“Well aunty maybe this place needs to be liven up,” she said as she places her poker face back on.

Outside the Saotome gates Ranma tried his best to calm his best friend down from her rant.

“The nerve of that girl. Who does she think she is? What am I saying, the “Ice Queen” of Nerima would know how to act if her own mother died and…”

“She doesn’t know,” Ranma cut her off.

“Whaaaaat,” Mina said after hearing what Ranma said through her own rant.

“She doesn’t know and I didn’t want her to know.”

“Sorry Ranma kun, but I just can’t stand her you know. Her extracurricular activities make her the wrong person to hang with.”

“You mean the fact that she a mercenary for hire that would probably sell the closest relative to get by, I don’t think so. I think that she had to grow up too fast too soon and she’s just trying to protect herself her sisters by any means she can accomplish it.”

Mina was surprise at what Ranma just said about the legendary “Ice Queen” of Nerima.

“And thanks to you by the way, she now has some dirt on me.” Ranma said as he very lightly tapped her forehead.

Ranma was currently looking at a chibi Mina looking at ground while touching the tips of her index fingers together.

“You’re forgiven Mina, we’ll talk about it after school over some ice cream, my treat,” Ranma said as his arm around the girl.

Mina graced Ranma with a bright smile as they began to make their way towards the school. About a half hour of walking they made it to the gates of Crossroads H.S.

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Suddenly a brown haired girl in a pony tail came tackling Ranma with a war cry of, “SEEEEMMMMPPPPAAAAIIIIII”

(AN: Just kidding folks that meeting is held off till later.)

Chapter 15: Things Like This Are Bound To Happen

Ranma registered for classes and has taken a battery of placement exams, since he his education only consisted of brief attendance of grammar schools here and there while on the road with Genma. Ranma had placed high in geography, problem solving, cooking, health, history, and put the entire Phys Ed. and athletic department from kendo, track, and gymnastics to shame. However he did struggle in math, science, and literature. After all that Ranma was placed as a sophomore level student and would begin normal classes the following day. Later that day Ranma had to fend off several male gym teachers from trying to kill him for making them look like complete fools, as well hide from the female gym teachers that were trying to get him “involved” in their classes (mostly the swim team and gymnastics). The male teachers he could handle, but the female teachers were relentless in getting him in either a Speedo for swimming or a set of tights for gymnastics.

“No way in hell,” Ranma thought. “I’m only wearing one set of tights and that’s if I can’t avoid it.”

Much later, he had lunch on the school grounds. Mina and Ami joined him under a large oak by the athletic field.

“So Ranma, how’d you do in the placement test,” Mina asked.

“Other than a few subjects and Phys Ed., I really had dig deep in what I was able to pick up on those few days of school as allowed to go to. I however, did well enough to be placed as a sophomore,” Ranma said as he placed his arms behind his head, closed his eyes, and leaned back against the oak tree.

(AN: I have no clue how the Japanese school system works, so I remind you this is fiction.)

This is only the second time Ami has meet Ranma. From what gathered from Mina about him, she thought he’d be a total jock; but she was glad that she was wrong. The young man before her radiated an aura (pun intended) of confidence and maturity unlike any normal seventeen year old.

“I… could… t… t…tutor you if you like,” Ami said shyly.

At hearing this Mina had an evil grin appear on her face. Sensing something was up Ranma cracked one eye open. To right was chibi Ami on her knees looking at the grass as if were the most interesting thin she ever saw, with a tint of crimson on her cheeks. Slightly to the left Mina with a smile that sent a chill up his spine, as he only saw that kind of smile from a dried up old mummy from China. Thankfully Ami noticed Mina’s evil scheming smile as well.

“Just what are you up to Mina?” both Ranma and Ami said at the exact same time, which made them look at each other, smile, then blush.

“Me,” Mina said in mock innocence. “Oh, nothing. Saaaaayyyy I just remembered that the guys at science club made me promise to take a look at one of their projects, why don’t you guys hang out for the rest of the day, since today is half day and Ami can fill me in if you want her to tutor you or not. Got to go.”

And so Mina dashed off leaving a cloud of dust behind her and a slightly confused pair.

“I’m sorry about her behavior, Mina's just been trying to set me up ever since she thinks that getting a date is something I can’t do on my own or have time for,” Ami said.

“I don't mind. Being around her is rather refreshing. That kind innocence makes me glad that she'd remembered me after all these years,” Ranma replied with a smile.

Ami can’t help but smile at Ranma’s response.

“So, why does Mina think you can’t get a date,” he asked.

Ami thought about how to answer such a forward question, but already knew that Ranma wouldn’t hold it against her. From what she observed, Ranma doesn’t just take things at face value, but looks beyond that.

“I’m sort of the campus book worm, and one of the top students here at Crossroads. My specialty is medicine. There are only two people that ever rivaled me when grades are concerned. Mina who excels in science and technologies, and Urawa who seems good at almost all the classes except Phys Ed. Urawa was transferred some time ago when his father who is in the military was reassigned somewhere else and Mina doesn’t care about her rank in the school as long as her technological devices work. ”

(AN: Urawa was Greg in the U.S. cannon of Sailormoon.)

“I still don’t see why that doesn’t you get any dates Ami, you’re very pretty.”

Ranma’s response made her look at him and blush, suddenly her eyes started to tear up.

“Oh man,” Ranma thought. “Why do women have to cry when I try to say something nice about them. Junsenkyo may not have cursed me, but sure as hell feel like I fell into a spring of “drowned man with bad luck with women.”

“Look I’m sorry if said something to upset you,” Ranma started to stammer.

Ami grabbed his hand and reassured him that he’s done nothing wrong.

“Ranma its alright you haven’t done anything wrong. Its just most people are intimidated by me and are more likely to taunt and ridicule me for having a rather meager social life than get to know me. You however, just meet me recently and you seem to be not bothered that I have my nose buried in a book half the time.”

“No body should hold your devotions against you. I admire the fact that you have the patience and stamina to go through all those classes. I’d probably just fall asleep in them. Any way if any one messes with you for it, just point them out and I’ll take care of them.”

“Thank you Ranma, I really don’t think that you have to go that far thought.”

“Yeah well either way, no one messes with my friends and gets away with it. I’m not really ready for any form of serious relationship right now, but I could always use a few more friends,” Ranma said.

“Same here,” Ami said and never noticed that she was still holding his hand.

Not too far away, behind some bushes Mina was spying on them with her a pair of binoculars and a handheld radar dish attached to a pair of headphones she’s wearing. Mina heard the whole thing and can’t help but let out a small cheer. It might not be what she intended to set up, but friendship is always a good beginning.

Hearing a cheer near by, Ranma began to look for it came from and saw a familiar aura behind some bushes near by. At the same time Ami noticed that she as still holding and slowly let it go. She then noticed that Ranma staring at something far away.

“Ranma, is something wrong,” She asked.

Ranma placed his index finger to his lips and motioned Ami to follow him to the other side of the oak tree. Ranma then expanded his aura to block Mina’s sound receiving devices.

“Sorry, but do you know that Mina is spying on us since she supposedly left,” Ranma said as he pointed at some bushes some thirty yards away.

“How could you possibly know that it her over there.” Ami asked.

Ranma grinned as he began to gather ki in his vocal chords.

“Watch this,” Ranma said.

“MINA!” Ranma yelled not too loudly so that Ami would have to cover her ears.

What Ami didn’t know was that Ranma launched a minor sonic attack to wards Mina. The attack caused no major damage, but her ears will be ringing for a few minutes. After Ranma yelled out Mina’s name, Ami saw Mina jumped out of the set of bushes that Ranma said she was hiding behind and tossing her headphones off he head. Mina now was looking her friends who were staring at her. Mina grinned towards them, bowed, and made lofty retreat.

“Ranma what did you do to her?”

“Well, how would you react to someone calling you name with a bull horn real close by.”

Ranma and Ami laughed. They talked further and time flew by, so much so that Ami notice that she would be late for her afternoon classes.

“I’m sorry Ranma, but I have to go. I have an advanced biology class in fifteen minutes,” She said worriedly.

“The path of shaman is never easy. Shall I walk with you?”

“How kind of you.”

XxX

Koyosaki Military Base near Lake Zutsau Japan

A large gathering of both military bigwigs and press are were there to see a demonstration of TK-Tech’s new unmanned assault vehicles. The current CEO of TK-Tech, twenty year-old Tatewaki Kuno has spent billions of yen fine-tuning the RCV (Remote Combat Vehicles) program and wished nothing more than to sell the contract to highest military bidder. Great measures were taken to make sure rival companies such as Wayne Ent and Lex Corp were kept in the dark on the designs of the upcoming mobile weapons. Unbeknownst to Tatewaki, Luther Corp has already known about this sent out a group of well-trained mercenaries to sabotage the devices and make it appear that the designs had been flawed. Wayne Ent and its technological division under Bruce Wayne’s orders have ceased any further weapons development programs since the Infinite Crisis occurrence six months ago.

Among the press personnel, Nabiki Tendo somehow managed to acquire some fake press passes from one of her many soon to be ex-clients in Nerima. Her goal today is to procure some photos to take to the Japan Sun and break into photojournalism. She’s currently with the press group touring the facility before the demonstrations begins. However during the tour of the base, Nabiki’s curiosity got the better of her. She snuck away from the press group tour and decided to take a look at the facilities on her own. Nabiki somehow manage to get into the RCV hangar. She started to take pictures of the various combat vehicles that ranged form tanks, humanoid mechas, and hover drones.

Suddenly she heard a noise and hid underneath one of the tanks. From where she was, she saw what appeared to be a combination of ninja and swat team coming in from a large air duct on the far wall of the hangar. The ninjas gathered together and were going over their plan. Nabiki could not hear what they were talking about so she took a gamble and left her hiding spot. By the time that she maneuvered herself to get a better look at the ninjas, they separated and began to implement their plans. Nabiki took some more pictures, this time of the ninjas that were sabotaging the new RCVs. Nabiki changed film rolls, since she ran out shoots. However in changing films, she accidentally dropped one of the film cases and alerted the ninjas. Nabiki quickly hid the full roll of film in a hidden waterproof pocket in her boots. After that she tried to make her way unnoticed towards the air duct the ninjas cam from. She was almost at the duct, when she felt something pinch her shoulder, then a large current of electricity passed through her body and blacked out.

“We got her sir. What do want us to do with her?”

“Stuff her in one of the tanks, we can use her as a scapegoat, but put a C4 satchel with her just in case.”

Nabiki’s unconscious body was placed into one of the RCV tanks; her hands were tied to the steering controls.

XxX

Juban district

Back at Crossroad High Ranma just escorted Ami to her advanced bio class. He agreed to her offer for her to tutor him, in exchange he would teach her all he knew about traditional medicine he learned from his travels. Ami agreed to this as well and couldn’t wait to find out what kind of things she could learn from him, and on the plus side she could get to know him better this way. Ranma was about to leave school the grounds, when he felt something wrong. Something was out of balance in the area’s Ley lines. Ranma followed the disturbance of the Ley lines and was lead to the back of the school. There he saw two schoolboys with bokens standing over a crying girl with dark violet hair.

Ranma immediately rushed over there to see what’s going on.

“What did you do to her,” Ranma yelled at the two boys.

“What’s it you,” one of them said.

“I can’t stand bullies, get the hell away from her,” Ranma said as his red cat’s eyes began to glow and his ki claws formed from his hands.

“Wha…what the hell are you,” the other boy said in fear.

Ranma disappeared from the their sight and reappeared in front of them just in time to see his ki claws shred their bokens to toothpicks and grabbed them by their collars.

“If I ever see you near her or bully anyone else, I won’t hesitate to use you as my scratching post. Now beat it,” Ranma said as he tossed them aside.

The boys immediately took off once they were tossed on the rears.

Ranma calmed enough to return his eyes to normal and dispels his ki claws. He knelt in front of the crying girl.

“Hey, its ok. Those guys wont bother you any more, I promise.”

The crying girl turned her head towards the voice addressing her and as she wiped away the tears from her eyes, she was surprised to see a handsome face with a set of gorgeous blue eyes smiling at her. The young man looking at her was a few years older than her, good looking and was responsible for scaring the bullies away.

“Are you ok, are you hurt,” Ranma asked.

Hotaru could only nod as she did not know what to say, usually her cousin would be the one to rescue her from bullies. Now this good looking boy come rescue her out of the blue like some fairytale. Ranma noticed the scratches on her leg and told her that he would take her to the nurse’s office. Ranma carried her bridal style, which made her blush, and of course Ranma had no clue what it meant. He thought that she was coming down with something.

“My name Ranma, Ranma Saotome. What’s yours?”

“H…Hotaru,” she barley whispered.

“That’s a nice name. Ano... I’m still kinda new here, so could you tell me where the nurse’s office is,” Ranma asked in embarrassed tone.

Hotaru let a small giggle at the expense of her rescuer and gave him direction to the nurse’s office. Soon they were at the nurse’s office and was greeted a beautiful brown haired woman. It was kind of beauty that transcends just being a pretty face. She was about Ranma’s height and radiated an aura of kindness. Her very presence lit up the room and wore a captivating smile.

“Oh my, what happened to Hotaru,” the nurse asked.

“Some bullies were mess’n with her,” Ranma said.

The nurse led Ranma and Hotaru to one of the medical beds. Ranma placed Hotaru on the bed and let the nurse treat the girl.

“It was nice of you to bring her in Mr.?”

“Ranma, Ranma Saotome.”

Kasumi flashed him another smile as she cleaned Hotaru wounds and applied some bandages.

“Ranma thank you for saving me and taking me here,” Hotaru said.

Ranma gave the girl a smile that made her blush.

“I’ll call your cousin to pick you up alright Hotaru,” the nurse said as she finished treating her.

The nurse tossed her surgical gloves away and walked to Ranma and offered him her hand.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t introduced myself earlier. I’m Kasumi Tendo.”

“Tendo, as in Nabiki Tendo,” Ranma said in shock.

“You know my sister?”

Suddenly someone came running into the office.

“Kasumi quick, put your T.V. on channel fourteen there’s something goin on at Koyosaki Military Base,” said one of Kasumi’s co-workers.

Kasumi opened a cabinet in the office and turned the T.V. in it to channel fourteen and saw the breaking news.

“… weapons demonstration Koyosaki Military Base has gone awry. Remote unmanned assault vehicles are running rampart and endangering both military and press personnel…”

The rest of the signal was cut of when the camera fell over and was crushed by one of the out of control mechas. Kasumi was mortified by what she saw and had to sit down. Her co-worker placed a hand on her shoulder and tired to comfort her.

“Ms. Tendo what’s going on,” Ranma asked the distraught nurse.

“Nabiki somehow managed to get into that demonstration and wanted to take pictures so she can begin a career in photojournalism. I don’t know if she’ll be alright and…”

“Ms. Tendo, it'll be ok. I know friend that could help, I’m gonna go see if I can get a hold of him.”

“Thank you Ranma.”

Ranma asked Kasumi’s co-worker to keep an eye on her as he left the office. Making sure that no one was around Ranma dashed up the stair well at super speed and went out the roof exit. Ranma stood there for a moment staring at the direction towards the military base.

“Well, I’m gonna do this one way or another,” Ranma thought as he opened his school jacket and unbuttoned his white shirt.

Flashback late last night

There was a knock at Ranma’s bedroom door.

“Come in,” came from inside.

Nodoka came in with a metal box and placed it on Ranma’s bed.

“Mom what’s this,” Ranma asked

“Oh, just one of your fathers spare clothes he left behind. I figure some of them might fit you in your extracurricular activities.”

Ranma opened the metal box looked at its contents and then looked at his mom.

“Mom, your taking this a little too well, I just want to make sure your ok with this right,” Ranma said.

“Listen my son, you father told me long ago that you will be able to achieve great things. I will do everything in my power to aid you in that quest. I have my concerns, especially about your safety, but all mothers have that. Just be safe my son, that all I ask for.”

Ranma nodded and took the contents of the box into the bathroom in his bedroom and came out later wearing his father’s battle suit. His mother gave him an appraising look and then smiled.

“Do you think it’s a little too much, maybe a mask or something,” Ranma asked, as he looked at himself form the dresser mirror and undid his pig tail and let his shoulder length hair hang loosely, the split curl on his forehead returned as well.

“Oh, I don’t think that your face would be the first thing most the people would be looking at dear.”

“MOOOOM!”

“Well dear, they’re not called tights for nothing you know.”

Ranma opened the sword case that was given to him the other day and took out the gold sash and wrapped it around his waist and let the end hang loosely over his right thigh.

“Something’s still missing,” Ranma said.

Suddenly the sword and scabbard Nodoka gave him appeared on his back. There was no straps or any means of how the scabbard was attached to his back it was just there.

“Nope, something else,” he added.

After saying those words the dragon El coat of arms started to from in the material on Ranma’s chest and glow. Ranma felt the residual ki of his father resonate and began to resonate with his as if the suit acknowledges Ranma as its new owner.

End flashback

Ranma opened his shirt and exposed the dragon S shield on his chest. Quickly changing into the suit his mother gave him of his father’s, turned on his mask aura Ranma took off in to the air and headed towards the military base.