Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ ranma meets the Avatrons's ❯ chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Ranma 1/2 and its characters are the creations and properties of Rumiko

Takahashi. With some original characters by myself.

First fic warning and comments would be helpful. I can be E-mail at

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Ranma Meets the Avatron's

By Peter A. Sehavilin

In a clearing in a nearby forest just outside Tokyo.

It was a quiet night and only a light breeze was blowing. Suddenly with a flash of light a portal open up visibly and two forms stepped through it. A teenage girl and man. After they both had stepped through, the portal vanished from sight with another bright flash. Both stood only about 5 Feet in high but the girl was a little shorter than the man was. They both had long hair and athletic builds, though the girl had more even features to her. The man was dressed in jeans and a denim jacket, while the girl wore a light flowing red dress made of a light material that seemed to flow with the breeze

The girl blinked as she looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings, turning to look at the man beside her she asked, and "Daddy can we go see Ranma now?"

The man carefully scanned the surroundings before being seemingly satisfied that there was no immediate threat to either of them. "Later, there's a few things we need to take care of first," he answered.

"Daddy." the girl pleaded, tugging the man's hand but at same time staying close to him, a bit afraid of the new, unfamiliar surroundings, "Ranma's sad and lonely, I can feel it."

"You can make him happy once we meet up with him. We just first need to find a place to stay right now and make an agreement for your schooling. Then we can see him." The man told the girl.

The girl pouted for a while, not liking the seemingly necessary extra time that would pass before she could see Ranma again. "I guess it's good that way..." the girl replied.

As they began to walk towards the city lights, the girl asked, "Dad? Could I get into same school as Ranma?"

"We'll will see if you can. But I have to look into it first, you will most likely have a tutor just like back at home." The man said, smiling at his daughter as they walked to their destination.

A few days later. In a private investigators office.

The old man sitting behind his old wooden desk raised his eyes briefly from his work to look at his visitor. The man put his papers carefully aside, leaving some free room on the desk papers, before running a gnarled hand through his dusty gray hair as he opened the drawer of the desk and pulled out a manila folder and grilled through it.

"Here's the information you wanted. With what information you gave us, Mr. Starliner - and with what we were so far able to gather, I would say that you have a very good case."

"Thank you for getting the work done in so short time as I asked." Said Mr. Starliner his face remaining an emotionless mask.

"We still need to gather more information but it looks like Genma Saotome left a large trail of petty crimes and skipped debts behind him. Actually it would be in his best interest to honor the contract, the funds you provided it would pay off all of the debt, with plenty left over to boot."

"But if he does break it, you should have more than enough evidence you need to gain custody. Though being a gaijin might bring out a few problems." Said the PI.

"I don't see where that should prove to be a problem at all?" asked Mr. Starliner, giving the PI a puzzled look.

"Well, you got to admit the courts would be a little suspicious why a extra terrestrial would want to have a custody of a minor," the PI tolled.

"True," the man replied. "But it is for personal reasons, and if it does go to the courts I would then be willing to release more information than I am willing to relate at this time." said Mr. Starliner to the PI.

"Actually, I doubt that will be a problem. I fully agree with your reasons for wanting to be discrete, your daughter is very special." Explained the PI. "It is in her best interests if the facts of what your daughter is would be known by as few as possible." Said the PI.

"Oh? And how did you learn about this?" Said Mr. Starliner, looking at the PI questioningly.

"Let's say, a few people who would also like that your and your daughter's stay to be as pleasant as possible. They would be interested in talking with you later." said the PI.

"That would be fine. I would be interested in talking to them." Mr. Starliner said with a thin smile.

The next day.

The local mailman walked up to the Tendo Dojo, dropping today's mail into the mailbox before leaving quickly. He did not want to be near when Genma Saotome read his mail, things had bad tendency to get violent whenever that person got mail and he didn't want to be nearby when that happened.

A little while later Kasumi stepped outside to retrieve the day's mail. "Oh my," she let out as she noticed that Genma had got a letter. As Kasumi walked back into the house, she was wondering what trouble Genma had got himself or Ranma into this time.

"I hope it not another fiancée." Kasumi said to herself as she walked inside, but already knowing that what it most likely to be what the letter was about.

Kasumi found both Genma and Soun playing their favorite pastime, go, both doing their best to cheat during their turn - or even when it wasn't their turn. "Uncle Saotome you got a letter." She said with her usual smile, handing the letter to him.

Genma looked the letter over before quickly opening it and beginning to read.As he read the letter his face turned pale and drops of sweat could be seen pouring down his forehead. After seemingly having read the letter he quickly crumbled it and threw it into the trash can. Soun seeing his friend's uneasy look frowned at Genma. "Saotome, this is not another fiancée, is it?" he asked his friend, looking slightly troubled as he wondered just what Genma got himself into this time.

Genma squirmed, trying to think of something to say, "Oh, nothing! No no no! I didn't engage Ranma to any alien girl!" Genma babbled quickly.

"What! You engaged my son-in-law to an alien girl?" thundered Soun, scooping up the letter from the trash and looking it over himself.

An "Oh My" was heard from Kasumi as she covered her mouth with her hand in shock. "This is even stranger than the last one." She said to no one in particularly.

A while later in Nerima High School

It had all started two weeks ago, when a PI had been visiting at school, asking questions about Saotome family. A little bit later she had learned that the PI had been part of a bigger, very expensive Investigation company which probably meant that he had been experienced as well.

Then on same day, someone had just appeared out of the blue and bought one of the most expensive properties. Nabiki had considered this strange enough to be worth investigating. All she was able to gather had been that a man had bought it. A single man and his daughter coming form out of the blue and having bought one of the most expensive properties in the neighborhood.

All this had felt a bit mysterious, seemingly the girl got a home tutoring too, which cost money, something that the man seemed to have more than enough of. But where did he get it all? And who was he?

For the next few days she had tried to follow both the man and the girl shadows to find out something about their habits, to no avail. She had even tried doing that herself once or twice, without any more success. Simply, the girl did not go out much and all the people who she sent out to follow the girl came back with no memory of her. She herself had no memory of it either after trying to follow her.

This was strange considering she was sure she would have found out something herself one of the two times in the 2 weeks she was following her. Only thing she had found out was that someone in a black suit was always seen in the area when the girl did go out.

That had been the case with the girl, the man had been a bit different. He had seemed to know when someone was following him, almost like he had eyes in the back of his head. The man also seemed to know how to shake a tail almost like he was trained in it. Which sounded odd, he wasn't a secret agent, was he?

So far, all she had found out was that the girl was supposedly the man's daughter, who again sounded impossible as the man seemed to be around 25 or so, and the girl seemed to be around Ranma's age. Which probably meant that they were brother and sister, and just pretending for some reason. Which was still odd, why pretend? What did they have to hide? Still, the fact that she had overheard the girl calling the man "Daddy" more than once was not supporting her logic. The puzzle just had too many incompatible pieces and even more were missing.

After that she had tried to have the place bugged. Using the contractor that fixed the place up and brought furniture into the place. The first attempt turned out to nothing. The equipment was probably broken, or found out about.

What worried Nabiki was when she heard that some local security firms van was seen just outside of the house. And that the local police seemed to be interested in the incident as well.

Then, two days ago, she had called out quite few favors and got some of the most expensive listening equipment available to the open market and tried to find out what was being spoken in the house. The language she had heard had been weird, nothing she had heard before. Having used more favors she had got a language expert to look at the taped speech. All the expert could got out had been that it didn't sound like any language he knew.

Under an hour later when Nabiki had installed the listening equipment, a black van was seen outside the home. The people that got out of it wore simple black suits as well. They stayed in the house for a few hours before leaving again. No attempt to hear what went on inside the place worked after that and Nabiki had to give up trying.

"I am going to find out about him and his so called daughter. The money this person must have is a beneficial resource that simply can't let be passed up." Nabiki mumbled to herself and most of all her curiosity had been sparked.

Nabiki was a bit surprised to see a courier from a local company walk into the school grounds. After the courier had talked with a random student who pointed Nabiki out, he walked over to her. "Miss Nabiki Tendo?" he asked.

Nabiki nodded her reply.

"I have a package that was sent to you, the person asked us to deliver it to you at this time and while you were still at school." the courier told Nabiki as he proceeded to hand her a Clipboard. "All I need you to do is sign here.," he said to her.

After signing her name, Nabiki looked at the delivered package. It was a manila envelope, from Mr. Noha Starliner. What shocked her was the return address; it comes from the person that had bought the house. Nabiki opened the envelope a little fearfully of what was inside; she was a bit worried that the man might have decided to take legal action against her.

What she found inside was even a bigger surprise; Nabiki would have never guessed what it actually contained. As she browsed through the papers a large sweatdrop formed on the back of her head as she read the contents. 'Genma is in trouble now,' she thought to herself.

'This might mean trouble, big trouble. This guy has enough to ruin the Saotome name and maybe even the Tendo's as well if father and the Saotome's fight against this.' Nabiki thought as she read the papers, 'what the? Genma even signed that Nodoka was deceased and he had sole custody of Ranma! And this contract had been made on the Saotome clan's Honor and name!'

This was definitely a very smart move from the person that came up with the contact, a work of pure genius! Still even though Genma was a greedy bastard, and not all that bright. She failed to see why Genma would have signed this. Moment later her eyes almost popped out of her head when she saw what the dowry was for, 2 million Avatron credits.

Nabiki was not quite sure what 2 million Avatron credits were worth but it was bound to be allot. 'Probably, Deutschmark in the late 20's were so weak that 2 million might buy you a candy bar.' Nabiki thought. Then her heart almost stopped when another paper answered her question, 10 Million in US dollars was a lot indeed, 'No wonder Mr. Saotome signed it.' Nabiki thought, guessing that Genma hadn't even stopped to read what he was signing.

She was so stuck on reading that she didn't notice when Akane and Ranma walked up to her after the classes were over.

"What's going on, Nabiki?" Akane asked her sister as she saw the shocked look on Nabiki's face.

Nabiki looked at Akane, thinking for a second before tensing and saying, "Well, it looks like Genma arranged for a Lorena Starliner to marry Ranma. And it seems that Genma ran off with the dowry again." Nabiki told the pair.

"WHAT-- not another one!" both yelled out.

"What did the old man do this time?" Ranma asked, almost bored. He was doubly angry to find out the past was about to bite him on the ass again.

"This is all your fault!" yelled Akane to Ranma, her anger flaring.

"How can this be my fault, I knew nothing of this." snapped Ranma in reply.

"Well, if you weren't so much of a pervert and a jerk this wouldn't have happened!" Akane angrily told Ranma.

"I am not a pervert, you tomboy. I haven't even seen her since I was five!" Ranma bitterly answered to Akane, He was startled when he realized that he actually did remember it.

"You were with her last evening, you two timing pervert!" Akane yelled at Ranma. Her battle aura flaring.

"I didn't see nobody. I went out to the roof, to think and get a way from a certain violent maniac!" Ranma sarcastically replied, feeling a little confused at the vague feeling of weariness that came over him, as if he was feeling someone else's aura. Usually it just felt like he was not alone, that there was someone close to him but for the last week they seemed to have gotten stronger. It felt like there was someone out there that really did care about him and what he felt.

"That's it, the engagement's off. There's no way I'm going to marry a two-timing sex changing freak like you." Akane yelled, Her mallet appeared in her hand as her aura flared into existence.

"Fine with me, I never agreed to marry a an uncut violent chick like you..."

'Just one more crack and I put that freak in his place,' thought Akane. She was the best martial artist in Nerima and if Ranma hurled even one more insult she would teach him again why she was the best. Then she would teach him just what a real martial artist could do, not like the tricks Ranma usually used.

"Why don't you just go marry this new bimbo, you freak!" she screamed, gloating at Ranma so she could give him what he deserved. What she got was a shock; it was something she would not have expected Ranma to say.

"I just might just do that, At least she'd not some uncute violent maniac like you." replied Ranma, a little surprised that he had said that. What even was a bigger surprise was that he had meant what he said. If the girl were who the feelings were coming from, he really wouldn't mind marrying her. It was clear now; She would always accept him for what he was and wanted to see him happy. She would let him be what he wants to be.

Akane's temper exploded at that reply and she attacked Ranma with her mallet, almost injuring Ranma severely with it. Akane didn't really care she thought that Ranma deserved it for being a pervert. Like she even wanted to marry the freak, but he was hers and she'd never let any other girl to have him.

'Apparently some slut of a girl must think she can have him, and when I'll meet that girl I'm going to show her place! I'll show that girl what a true martial artist could do.' Akane thought, walking off and leaving Ranma writhing on the ground.

Nabiki was shocked as well, having witnessing another beating of Ranma from her sister. She never expected this; the mystery is getting deeper and stranger fast. And Ranma, for him to actually say that he would not mind getting married to the girl was very strange indeed.' Nabiki thought as she watched Ranma twitch, mumbling about uncute Kagone's was even stranger. What the hell was a Kagone anyhow?

At the Saotome residence

Nodoka was not having a good day. Her latest attempts at getting Ranma and Akane together had failed and all the talks she had with Ranma seem to have been a waste of time. Still, she could not fault Ranma for the disaster that had followed, Ranma had tried to follow her advice and try to be nice to Akane and refrain from insulting her. All he had got for it was Akane accusing him of being up to something perverted even Ranma's attempts to avoid arguing with Akane had failed as she had just malted him for annoying her.

She had started to get concerned about Akane's behavior after that, it seemed that after the Saffron incident and the failed marriage attempt Akane's anger and violent temper had been getting worse. Most of Akane's anger seemed to be towards Ranma as Akane used her mallet at any proposed insult or act real or imaginary.

She even remembered one of Akane outburst a little after the wedding attempt. She had came over to the Tendo's to have some time out with her son. She and Ranma had left for a walk, mentioning to Kasumi that she had wanted to be alone with her son. It was just a time to get away for a while and talk with Ranma alone. During that time while they were walking, she had noticed that her son had become depressed with the way his life had been going. She had and still did want Ranma to be manly and a Man amongst Men but was it really worth it to see Ranma, a young man looking and appearing so worn out like he had been?

After they had got back to the Tendo home, Akane had confronted Ranma accusing him of seeing one of his other fiancées. Ranma's adamant denial had just got the Tendo girl more angry, not giving Ranma any time to explain she had attacked him with her mallet calling him a lying perverted freak. After Akane had beaten Ranma, she had told her that Ranma was being an insensitive jerk, showing no remorse of what she had just done. All she had said had been "the freak deserved it" before going back to her room, slamming the door close behind her.

That had been quite unlike the nice girl she had met when Ranma was pretending to be Ranko. Though the Tendo girl seem to actually treat Ranma better while he was in his cursed form than while he was in his birth form. Akane always said that she hated the freak for the fact that Ranma was just using the curse to be a pervert and her comment that Ranma was just a pervert like all the other boys.

What had confused her even more had been the fondness Akane seemed to have for this Hibiki boy, Akane usually claimed that it was Ranma who was always being mean to the boy and enjoyed to start fights with him, usually by throw insults at him and calling him names. Though when she had asked about this form some other people they had told that it was usually the Hibiki boy who attacked Ranma. She had even started to suspect that it was Akane who was the one being unfaithful with this Hibiki boy. To her, it was Clear that Ranma was being faithful to the engagement with Akane. Simply put if Ranma would have been unfaithful with any of the other fiancées they would surely had used this fact to claim Ranma as their own.

Nodoka decided to have a talk about this with the Hibiki boy when she saw him next time. It seemed the Hibiki Boy also claimed that her son was a dishonorable coward, claiming that Ranma had ran out of some duel they had been supposed to have long ago. If that were true, it would have been a stain on Ranma and an act not befitting for a man amongst men.

Which led to the last of problems that came with the today's mail, after finding some more bills for skipped debts from her husband, Genma, she noticed a small package coming in a manila envelope that was sent to her from Mr. Noha Starliner.

After opening it and looking through the papers inside, Nodoka left for the Tendo house containing to read the contents while she walked. It seemed that her husband had yet again gone and engaged Ranma to another girl and actually went and signed a contract for this agreement. As she read it, her anger began to grow as she passed the part that said that Genma was the sole custodial parent and that she was deceased. What was even worse was that it was not the worst, the contract had been made on the Entire Clan's Honor and name. This one was going to be a problem and it was going to be very hard to fight it without drowning the Saotome name.

She also read that Genma had also signed that he had received the dowry, and as both the contract and the receipt for the dowry had been signed by witnesses intently put this claim in her mind as one having the best claim. Both families might support the Tendo's argument but she knew of no witnesses to the agreement. She guessed that Soun and Genma had made the promise while drunk and half-asleep in some bar.

Nodoka almost dropped the papers in shock as she opened a certified check for

10 Million US dollars and a note with it saying that the credit chip given to Genma were no longer valid. The included list of crimes and debts the Genma had gathered during the training journey he had been on with Ranma for 10 years made her even more furious. She was going to have a real long talk with Genma when she saw him. It even had an arrest warrant from New Avatron for theft, breaking and entering, and child abuse and child endangerment. Strange, considering she had never heard of the country before.

On the way to Tendo home, Nodoka saw Ranma and Akane walking home from school and Nabiki who was a little behind them intently reading something. As she got nearer, Nodoka could see that it was another copy of the contract.

Heading towards the middle Tendo Daughter, she called out to her. "Good afternoon Nabiki."

Looking up from the papers she was reading Nabiki saw that Nodoka had come up to her and had another set of papers which looked much like the ones she was just reading. "Hi auntie, I see you also got a package today." Nabiki replied her respect for this Mr. Starliner kept growing. 'This person is very good at planing this out.' she thought to herself knowing that a lot of planning had gone into today's events.

"So what do you know abut my husband's latest transgressions, Nabiki. It seems that you got a copy of the contract as well." She asked wondering how Nabiki had got a copy of the document so soon.

"Yes Auntie, it was delivered to me by a courier just today while in school."

Nabiki explained to Nodoka, knowing that she was a little suspicious as to why she had a copy. " It seems that this Mr. Starliner found out that I am the one in the family that handles a lot of the family's legal dealings."

"And how did he know of this? His letter informed me that he only came to

Japan in the last 2 weeks and was coming to Tendo's today so that the contract could be honored and to further discuss any possible problems in carrying it out." Nodoka wondered while Nabiki was a bit curious as to what she though of the contract.

Nabiki looked through the papers again, "This Mr. Starliner, he seems to be very intelligent and well off. I am almost certain he had hired that PI, which was seen around here a few days ago," said Nabiki stopping for a second to think what she thought of it. "I begin to think that there's more than just this new engagement. This person pretty much has what he needs to ruin the Saotome name if he was out for revenge."

"Do you think that is what this person is after? Revenge for something Genma did?" Nodoka asked a little fearful, "That this person is seeking revenge and is trying to ruin the Saotome name?"

"It could be just that Auntie, Uncle Genma did sign on the clans honor that no other arrangements to marry Ranma existed and the Genma would make no other agreements once signing the contract." Nabiki told Nodoka.

"So the Tendo and Saotome agreement is in direct violation of the contract. Genma was basically lying when he signed to the fact that no other arrangements existed." Nodoka said with a sigh, "I also think you should see this." She added, handing the Pi's report on Genma past integrations.

"What is this?" Nabiki asked while taking the report and the note that came with it. As Nabiki looked through it, her expression paled.

She never had really believed that Ranma was not good enough for her sister, when Ranma and his father first came she had thought that both of them where just some useless freeloaders. As time had passed, she had became to actually like Ranma in the end unlike at beginning when she had thought Ranma had been just some dumb Jock, Someone who was all too easy to take advantage of.

Nabiki still remembered when she had begun taking pictures of Ranma and his female side. The pictures of Ranma's female side had brought in lots of money too, especially since Kuno was willing to buy a lot of them of his Pig-tailed goddess. She even sold photos of Ranma's male form as well as a lot of the girls seemed to want photos of Ranma as well. Even though they knew they could never have him. After a while of doing this she had began to suspect that Ranma was actually letting her take the pictures of him. Ranma was just too good of a martial artist not to notice her sneaking into his room late at night to take the pictures. It had been just a little while ago since she actually confronted Ranma with it. All he had said to her had been that he did not what to be a lazy good for nothing Panda like his father.

After that, Nabiki's respect for Ranma grew, Ranma was not the dumb jock that she had first thought he was. As she started to look at Akane's behavior towards Ranma, and simply after the indecent with Saffron and the failed marriage, she began to believe it was actually Akane that did not deserve Ranma.

But the honor of the Tendo's had been involved and Nabiki had very little she could have done, the honor could not be easily ignored.

Stopping her reverie Nabiki read the additional papers that Nodoka had given her and was totally surprised by what she saw, to have believed that this was person had attempted to ruin the Saotome's name. It wasn't that, but to finally show that Genma had no Honor at all. This Mr. Starliner seemed to want Ranma out of Genma's life totally.

As far as Nabiki was concerned the Tendo-Saotome agreement was over. She would not allow the Tendo Estate to be lost because of some greedy Panda. Simply, even both of the family's entire estates could not pay off all the debts that Genma had made over the years. Nabiki had always suspected that Genma was just after her families house and Dojo and just Using Ranma and the agreement to get it, and lay off for the rest of his life, now she was totally certain of it. If any Tendo married Ranma it would most likely lead to the loss of the Tendo estate and the only way for the Saotome Estate to be saved was for them to have Ranma marry Lorena Starliner or have him marry a Kuno but Nabiki knew that Ranma would rather commit seppuku than to do that.

"Auntie this is very disturbing to say in the least," Nabiki said to Nodoka.

"What do you think should be done about this?" Nodoka asked hoping that maybe the middle Tendo daughter know of a way out of this.

"May I ask about the Saotome estate?" Nabiki asked, a little more nervous now at the answer.

"The Saotome home has been in my family for a long time. Just like with your family Nabiki. My family are also descendants from minor noble blood and samurais." she informed Nabiki.

"What would be most likely to happen now if Akane and Ranma where to marry?" Nodoka asks, fearful of the answer. She just knew that both Genma and Soun would still demand that their families had to be joined, no matter the costs.

"Well, we would most likely loss both families estate and both families Honor and name would be ruined as well." Nabiki informed Nodoka knowing she would not like what she was telling her.

Nabiki's answer was what Nodoka had feared, the only way out of it was to have Ranma challenge Lorena to a duel or have both her son and husband go through the Seppuku contract and hope that Mr. Starliner would except the duel or that the pledge would be expectable to him. She did not want Ranma to be married to some gaijin girl. Gaijins, who simply couldn't understand the true meaning of honor and were little better than barbarians, not at all civilized like the Japanese were.

Nodoka was thinking about this to herself while they continued walking towards the Tendo's home. With Ranma and Akane walking just a little bit in front of her, she could hear that both know of them knew of the pledge, Akane yelling at Ranma about him being an two timing perverted freak and Ranma insulting Akane back by saying she was a violent uncute maniac.

Nodoka really did not see Ranma's behavior towards Akane to be befitting of a man amongst men. Insulting his fiancée like that, but when Ranma actually did what Akane had demanded of him, he remained quiet. A moment later Akane just malted Ranma in the middle of the street for ignoring her, Nodoka was then concerned that no mater what Ranma would do, it would not satisfy the Tendo girl.

After that had happened, Nodoka walked up to the youngest Tendo girl, telling her that she should calm down and leave Ranma alone for a while. "But the pervert deserved it, getting himself engaged again like that! It's not like I want to marry the freak but I hate it when all the other hussies think they can just have him." Akane angrily replied.

Nodoka was a little taken by her remark; did the girl hold honor in so little regard?

"I was thinking of having Ranma challenging this new girl to a duel." She told Akane, irritated at Akane's reaction.

"I am a martial artist too! I can beat this hussy." Akane quickly snapped.

"I think it's best if Ranma handles the duel Akane, after all he has the best skill."

"Ranma only wins because of some tricks of his or because he's cheating, unlike me. I'm way better than Ranma and its about time I show why I am the best in Nerima, I don't need to cheat to win." Akane said angrily. She didn't like it when people said that the perverted freak was better than she was. She knew that she was the best, didn't she beat the freak every time she used her mallet?

Nodoka could not believe what Akane was saying. She knew quite well that Akane had only the fundamental Basics of the art and was quite far the least skilled in the Art, all the other girls where much more skilled than Akane who was clearly not even remotely in the same league as Ranma. For Akane to actually claim to be better than Ranma was simple outrage. She was becoming an insult to the art.

That made Nodoka to decide that it would be better to have the engagement switched to Kasumi, she was the only one of the Tendo girls that would be a proper Japanese wife to Ranma. Maybe she should also arrange for Nabiki and Ukyo to be Ranma mistresses as well, Nabiki might not make a proper wife but she would still be useful as a mistress and having Ukyo as a mistress might satisfy her honor. Nodoka could not see how Ukyo could be a proper wife for Ranma, and Shampoo also shared the same fault as this Lorena Starliner. Nodoka didn't want her family blood tainted with gaijin blood.

As they neared the gates of the house they heard Soun loudly crying out how Genma had gone and engaged Ranma to an alien girl. All four stopped where they were, in total shock at what was just revealed.

"You perverted freak, you're now even sleeping with some Alien whore!" Akane yelled, whirling to face Ranma.

Akane then did something utterly destroyed any last thoughts in Nodoka's mind to actually allow her son to marry her. Akane's battle aura blazed a bright red, as she proceeded to teach Ranma a lesson that he would never forget and what she though he deserved for being unfaithful to her with a slut that was not even human. That in her mind, Akane delivered her punishment, something that no true martial artist would never do in any circumstances, she proceeded to kick Ranma in the groin.

"That's it, you sex changing freak, this is what you deserve for dishonoring me with your perversion and for sleeping with something that is not even human!" Akane yelled out at Ranma who was lying on ground moaning in pain. "If I ever catch you even talking to that alien whore I will kill you both, and if I see that inhuman slut near my home I will kill her for her crimes against me. You belong to me, I can do anything I like to you, and next time you insult me I will kill you for the perverted freak you are! I should have killed you back when I learned that you where nothing but some pervert boy!" Akane shouted before storming into the house as quickly as she could.

Nodoka and Nabiki looked at the remaining scene with horror. Nabiki was now afraid for Akane's life, she knew that Nodoka had a strict sense of honor and Akane had just committed both a very dishonorable act and something that veiled the code of a martial artists in front of Nodoka in a very big way.

Nodoka sensing what Nabiki was thinking about raised her voice. "I will not ask for Akane to take her own life but only after I have had a word with Soun he has to forbid her to ever practice the art again and Akane has to have also agreed to this and swear on her honor that she will no longer practice or call herself a martial artist ever again." Nodoka told. Infuriated at seeing such dishonorable act being committed in plain sight. "After all this is cleared up I will have Soun and Genma move the engagement to Kasumi, she's the only girl in Nerima that would make a proper wife to Ranma." Nodoka continued to say to Nabiki, angered by the fact that someone of the Anything goes school would commit such a shameful act.

Nabiki didn't like what she had heard at all, she hated it when she did not have any control over the situation but if she wanted to save Akane's life she had to go along with this. She had never really wanted Kasumi to be dragged into this but they had no choice in the matter. "Yes Auntie. That will be fine. I can see that it will be for the best." Was all she could say? Then both she and Nodoka help the very badly hurting Ranma up and then went inside.

Genma looked very scared when they all came in and he noticed that his wife was with them.

"Husband what's this about you engaging our son to some alien girl." Nodoka said to Genma. Of all her husband's past indignations the some could not be ignored. It was one thing to have it happen with some gaijin, it was a whole another thing to have it happen with some girl that was not human.

"It's not my fault," Genma said trying to find some excuse. "I thought he would not be able to get here, let alone to be able to find me." He said, looking extremely nervous at how Nodoka was fiddling with the katakana she always carried with her.

"And how did you meet this girl's father?" Nodoka ask her husband.

"It's all the boy fault, if he would only have listened to what I told him to do, we would not have needed to run from the police through that portal." Genma said, using one of his old ways to try to get out of trouble, use Ranma as a Pawn.

"You ended up on their world." Nodoka said, actually missing the part about the police, though Nabiki did not.

"Well if Ranma was better at his training he would have never have caught the ungrateful boy." Genma said in his defense.

"Well, if my dishonorable son would not have got himself caught when I sent him to steal some gold from that house of Noha's, this would never have happed." Genma said, so intent was he on putting the blame on Ranma that he actually confirmed that the Arrest warrant for him on New Avatron was Valid.

"And I suppose it had something to about this?" Nodoka said angrily to Genma, throwing the arrest warrant to him.

"Damn that boy. It should have been him that should have had the warrant on

Him, that's what he was for." Genma grumbled.

"Whaaa! My son-in-law is a wanted criminal" Soun cried out, totally ignoring reality that it was his long time friend who was the one who actually had the arrest warrant out on him.

"There's no whey I going to marry a wanted perverted freak, I refuse to marry a dishonorable criminal." Akane angrily added picking up what her father had said and using it as an excuse not to marry Ranma despite what her father said that the family honor told her to do.

"Well, when he finally gets here we will just have to have Ranma challenge

Lorena." Said Nodoka thinking that would solve the problem, Nodoka was quite confident that Ranma would win.

"That won't work, she's not a martial artist. Ranma would break the code if he fought her." Genma inform them. Despite all of Genma's crime's he did take the code seriously and installed the code into Ranma since the time he first had started to train him.

"I show that alien Hussy that I can defeat her then I show her just what martial artist can do." Akane yelled out, oblivious to the fact all she was doing was showing to everyone that she was not.

"Akane you will not do such a thing." Nodoka said, fearing that she would attack the girl while she was a guest at the Tendo home. The latter clear stated he would be arriving soon under a state of truce. Attacking the girl on sight would be an act of dishonor on the Tendo's name if she did do it. "They're coming under a truce and will be here shortly she informed." His youngest daughter.

"I don't care! I'm going to kill that inhuman hussy when I see her. She's not human so I can do what ever I want to her."

Soun was shocked at Akane behavior and at how dangerously close she was getting to dishonor the Dojo. "You will do no such thing Akane, I will not have you stain the dojo's honor." Soun said to Akane not wanting the Dojo ruined.

"I am the heir to this Dojo, I can do whatever I want!" She yelled angrily at her father.

Ranma was also shocked at Akane's outburst. Honor meant everything to him but Akane had just seemed to just give it lip service, just as the Kunos' did. "You don't mean that Akane would do something so dishonorable?" Ranma said not believing what he was hearing.

"Did I give you permission to speak to me!" Akane let out. Grabbing a nearby vase and slamming it atop Ranma's head, knocking him out on the floor.

"Oh my." Kasumi let out, "And Akane promised on her honor that she would never again hit anyone in anger, ever again." Confused why her sweet little sister was acting this way.

"And just when did she make this oath?" Nodoka asked, she was quickly lost on the oldest Tendo daughter seemingly obliviousness to what was happing around her.

"Just a little while after Ranma arrived Auntie. I thought she would have grown out of it by now." Kasumi informed, "I'm not sure why Nodoka, it was not like Akane was overly violent, just a little excitable."

"Doesn't anyone in the family have any honor?" Nodoka asked herself. Kasumi seemed to not care that her sister could not behave honorably at all, or so it seemed. But getting back to the matter at hand.

"Well then, we will just have to have Ranma duel this Noha Starliner." Nodoka decided, not really knowing what she was getting herself into.

Genma paled at that, "He's a weapon user and claims to be a warrior!" He was fearful because he feared seeing some of Noha's skill as a warrior and figured that if Ranma used some of his ki attacks, Noha could see that as using a weapon and retaliate in kind.

"Is the any primarily bare handed fighter in the Starliner family?" Nodoka asked her husband, not like this turn of events at all.

"No, Tanis would kill the boy, I won't allow him to fight him." Genma said, wanting to run now, there was no way he wanted to meet that thing ever again and his mate had said that she would use him as a scratching post if he ever harmed Ranma again and the Neko-ken training would be just that in her eyes, and Nime was just as terrifying as Tanis.

"You're not afraid of this man, are you husband?" Asked his wife, Nodoka could clearly see the fear in Genma's eyes. "I am afraid of no Man." Genma boldly replied. "Better if the boy will be killed by him than me." He let out, getting ready to make a run for it.

Nodoka paled and decided to have another long talk with Genma, displaying such cowardliness could not be tolerated. It was one thing for Genma to show fear to Happousai. But to an alien it could not be tolerated. Genma had to show why they had more honors and were more civilized than other people.

Ranma was getting angry, every one was deciding about his fate for him and he was not getting any say in it and Ranma was furious at his father. He had always told Ranma that a member of Anything Goes must accept all challenges if they wanted to keep their honor. Now Genma was actually trying to run away from a one, Ranma knew that if he ever said what Genma just did he would immediately disown him and claim that Ranma had no honor.

"If Tanis shows up then no matter who he challenges, especially if it was me, you will fight him or you will be tossed out of the clan! I will not tolerate a son who will refuse a challenge. Your honor now depends on it boy, prove your worth to me and I will no longer tolerate any disrespect from you." Genma let out content that he had thought up a good plan, let Ranma deal with the problem and make certain that his honor was riding on it. Leaving him free to make a run for it. Genma thought before happening to look at Nodoka who was now drawing her sword. His skin paled has he knew she would take this as an act of cowardice and now planned to remove the stain of honor from her family name.

"Husband you've gone too far this time. I cannot forgive this." She said her anger showing with the battle aura she was now displaying.

At that moment, Genma was getting ready to attack her and run. He made a guess that Noha sent his dowry in to Nodoka, so that she could use it. It belonged to him, not Nodoka, after all he had earned it after taking care of Ranma all these years and he was going to need that money when he made his escape. Once he had the money, he could live a life of luxury like he had always wanted it was the only reason he had left New Avatron with Ranma anyway. He had needed the boy since he was returning to Earth to escape the law there after he realized that the credit chip would be worthless when he got back.

Now if he grabbed the check, he could live the life of luxury he was trying to get and that had been why he had married Nodoka in the first place anyway. He had dumped the woman he had actually had some feelings for, so that he could marry a rich woman and Nodoka with her thought of mainlines was just the most conventional one. The master's training had really paid off back then. Though she did take that earlier girl's address, he was always certain that he would never see her again. Simply because she tended to get lost all the time just like that Hibiki boy.

Just as both elder Saotome's were about to make their moves, the doorbell rang. It was a surprise to everyone since most visitors rarely use the doorbell. Let alone the front door at all.

Genma then knew his time was up, the Starliner's had arrived and everyone in the house knew that after this meeting their lives would never be the same again.

End of Chapter 1

I want to thank Pauli Savola and all the other People in the Fanfics Forum on

Delphi that help me with this fic.