Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Road to Freedom ❯ 7 ( Chapter 7 )

The Road to Freedom

By The Senshi of Valis

Chapter 7

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Ranma couldn't help but smile at the antics of the mother/daughter duo in front of him as they ate pizza, Will forcing Susan to eat more. He could tell that Will was worried about her mother and so was Ranma a little. The woman seemed kind of small compared to the photos of her hanging on the wall around the small apartment but he had a feeling that she didn't eat much for the last six months.

 

It was easy to also tell how happy the two were, especially Will that they were reunited. The small bit of depression that kept creeping into Will back on Metamoor, he could tell that it was completely gone now.

 

“Will, if I eat any more I'm going to burst.” Laughed Susan, pushing the pizza away from her.

 

“I'm so sorry I worried you so much mom.” Will said.

 

“Don't worry about it dear.” Susan said, ruffling Will's hair and then kissing her. “I'm just so happy that you finally came home. I would like to know more about what happened though while you were gone and we've finished eating like I agreed to do first so please tell me.”

 

“Okay.” Will sighed nervously, “First, I guess I should explain this.” Will opened the palm of her hand and let the Heart of Candracar float up glowing brightly. “This is the Heart of Candracar…please, don't be scared mom…Guardians UNITE!”

 

Ranma watched as the power of the heart engulfed Will and changed her, leaving the guardian, the keeper of the heart standing there. It was easy to see the shock on Susan's face but at least the woman wasn't freaking out…at least not yet. Ranma couldn't help but wonder if perhaps explaining a little about it before changing would have been a good idea first.

 

“Umm…Will…Did you know…well, did you know that you are naked during that?” Susan asked, trying to cover up her shock. Still, that wasn't what he was expecting from the woman after seeing her daughter magically change into an overgrown pixie.

 

“Well…we can't really do anything about that…” Will said, blushing a little.

 

“And do you do this to?” Susan asked Ranma.

 

“No, I fight more hand to hand than by using magic.” Ranma said, “I'm the best there is at martial arts.”

 

“Aren't we modest?” Susan asked with a hint of amusement.

 

“Change back.” Will said shifting back to her normal self and sitting back down by her mother, “Believe me, mom, Ranma is most definitely the best. He can do stuff that shouldn't even be possible.”

 

“You'll have to show me sometime.” Susan said, looking at Ranma intently.

 

“I will but it will have to wait…not really enough room in here for that.” Ranma said, taking another bite of pizza. He noted amusedly to himself how much his table manners had improved since he met Will.

 

“Okay, so you change into a fairy to fight evil?” Susan asked.

 

“I'm a guardian mom, a guardian of the veil. You see, there is another world called Metamoor where and evil prince named Phobos took over. There's another place called Candracar where there's this Charlie Brown looking guy with tattoos who set up a veil between earth and Metamoor to keep Phobos from attacking Earth but sometimes rips form in the veil which become portals which is what Guardians are for…we fix these rips and close these portals.” Will explained.

 

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The Oracle watched as the group sat around the table and blushed as the description. “Charlie Brown indeed…”

 

Luba himself was finding it hard not to crack up at the comment, he knew Will was trying to add a little comedy to lighten the mood and frankly he couldn't help but to find it amusing much to the Oracle's embarrassment.

 

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“Will…how many guardians are there?” Susan asked.

 

“Five including me.” Will said.

 

“The other girls?” Susan asked.

 

“Please don't say anything about it mom, it's supposed to be a secret.” Will pleaded.

 

“I…I can't promise that right now but we will talk more about it later before I say anything else about that.” Susan sighed, “So this is where you went, Metamoor?”

 

“Well…actually somehow I got sent to Japan first…” Will squeaked.

 

“Japan?” Susan asked in shock.

 

“That's where she fell into my arms after the failed wedding.” Ranma said.

 

“Failed wedding?” Susan asked in shock, glaring at Ranma.

 

Over the next fifteen minutes Ranma and Will explained the basic points of the so called training journey that he was forced to go on. Everything from the nekoken to the multiple fiancés but not the curses. By the end Susan looked like she was ready to explode.

 

“Ranma…I'm sorry but if I ever see your parents I'll kill them.” Susan growled.

 

“Don't worry about it Ms. Vandom.” Ranma said.

 

“Please…don't call me that Ranma.” Susan said, glancing back and forth between Will and himself and gulping, “Are you two really married?”

 

“Yes mom.” Will said, squeezing Ranma's hand.

 

“Then call me mom, Ranma.” Susan said, “But I would like to know how it happened.”

 

“Well, when Will fell into my arms and everyone attacked me I took off running and somehow ended up running through one of those portal things.” Ranma said.

 

“So you have to go all over the world closing these portals?” Susan asked.

 

“They all appear here in Heatherfield, the one there was just some kind of fluke.” Will said.

 

“We didn't really get along perfectly at first but we started getting along as we started helping the people there that helped us. I don't know how it happened but we fell in love.” Ranma said.

 

“At first Altair suggested we pose as a normal married couple so the guards would pretty much us ignore us but Ranma refused to get married unless it was love. He…had enough crap in Nerima. A week later he proposed to me said that he really did love me and I loved him so of course I said yes.” Will said.

 

“Will…you're only sixteen years old…” Susan sighed, “I don't want you to leave Ranma but…well…”

 

“Ms. Vandom…mom…” Ranma said, bright red, “We haven't done that yet…I…it took me so long just to be able to even hold Will much less kiss her. I'm…after having so many girls trying to force me…I'm not ready for that and frankly neither is Will. We don't want to bring any children into the middle of a war, a war we've been fighting hard in for six months to get rid of Phobos once and for all.” Ranma could tell Susan was skeptical about it.

 

“Just because we're married doesn't mean we have to do that, mom. We just want to be together, be there for each other and maybe when everything is settled…maybe we can start our own family but not until then.” Will said.

 

“It's not that I don't believe you…its…well…” Susan said, trying to figure out what she wanted to say.

 

“We've slept together, yes but not like that.” Ranma said, taking a glass and dumping it over his head, “Most of the time its even like this.”

 

“H-How?” Susan asked, more shocked than at Will's transformation.

 

“Jusenkyo.” Ranma said bitterly, wringing out her now red hair.

 

“It's a cursed training ground mom.” Will said, “There are over a hundred pools there with each one having a curse of its own. Whoever falls into one of the pools becomes what drowned there last but hot water will reverse it…well, at least until they are splashed with cold water.”

 

“And dangerous stuff like this is in Metamoor?” Susan asked.

 

“Actually, it was in China.” Ranma said.

 

“Well, looks like I have two daughters now.” Susan said with a smile, “Two beautiful red heads. I'll call Levin tomorrow and see if he can pull some strings to get you legalized but as what?”

 

“Let's talk about that tomorrow.” Will said, “It's getting late. We also need to decide what to do about Metamoor…”

 

“What do you mean?” Susan asked.

 

“We can't just abandon them mom but I don't want to leave you either.” Will said.

 

“I think its time we concentrate on you guys for now.” Ranma said, “In a few days we can worry about that but I think it's about time we shut him down for good.”