Ranma was leaving Nermia. For those who knew the young martial artist that would seem unusual, until they learned the why. Ranma had finally gotten out of the engagements. Simple when he thought about it, Ukyo, he only had to have her adopted into the Saotome clan. Shampoo... well maybe threatening Cologne was not the best idea, but it worked; something about having a god-killer mad at the amazons being a bad idea was what finally drove away the crazed amazon. Really it was getting out of the Tendo agreement that was the problem, but with Happosai's help, he managed to get out of it; after all when he was adopted and registered into the Habuki family, he was no longer a Saotome and therefore not eligible in the arrangement. This set him free to learn and grow at his own rate, under his own rules, and with no hindrances.
So, now he was on a train to Hokkaido, with his traveling gear and a new scroll of mastery, courtesy of his "grandfather" Happosai, Kami bless the old pervert. As he stepped off the train, a sign caught his eye: "Come see famous weapons of the past", with directions to the museum of Hokkaido.
"Eh why not, I need to learn new martial arts; maybe learning to use a weapon will be fun.", Ranma told to himself, and then followed the directions to the museum
Upon entering Ranma started looking through the displays till one in particular caught his eye.
"Falcon talons... looks interesting" with that Ranma left to inquire where he could get a set of these intriguing weapons. Upon reaching the store where he was told he could find such a weapon he entered.
"Welcome to Urahara's shop, what can I do for you?" came form a man in a pair of stripy pants.
"Um, I was told I could find a set of falcon talons here; this is the right place, right?", Ranma asked
"Of course, of course; come here and try these on." the vendor replied, and Ranma was handed a set of what looked like stone bracers.
"You sure these are talon claws?" Ranma asked with a voice of disbelief
"of course; here" the vendor replied, and put the bracers on the wrists of the martial artist, with that the bracers snapped onto Ranma's wrists.
"Now just flick your wrist like this and tada they slide out and lock. In order to retract them just press here and push them against a hard surface." the vendor explained, and Ranma looked pleased
"so how much are these going to cost?", Ranma asked after trying the mechanism a few times
"You can have them for 6000 yen" the vendor eagerly said, and Ranma paid and left
"It's going to be dark soon, I should find a place to camp." Ranma thought, With that he took to the rooftops.
"What's this, two weird Ki signatures, hmmm, better check it out" with that Ranma changed direction and homed in on the weird auras.
chi no katamari hanshu: hope you like this story more chapters will come
Special thanks to Kaos and Magnus for beta-ing and assisting with the storyline