At a young age Ranma Saotome left his mother on a training trip with his father never understanding, until much later, that he would not see his mother again for a very long time. All he knew was his father told him when he became the best martial artists he would see his mother once again. So with a determination like none other Ranma accepted whatever his father threw at him in the name of training.
Everything was going as normal for the training trip. Ranma meet Ukyo and the whole leaving Ukyo behind while Genma stole the yeti while running off occurred and shortly after the whole mess with the neko-ken occurred. However there was one small change in that event.
That one event was that instead of the little old lady finding Ranma in the neko-ken state neko-Ranma instead ran into an older gentlemen that sent him tumbling. Reacting like any cat that believes his territory is being threatened neko-Ranma attacks lighting fast only to bounce back as his ki claws smash into a barrier that holds against his claws.
Before neko-Ranma can run away an invisible force holds him still as the man begins chanting in an unknown language before neko-Ranma blacks out.
The man seeing Ranma wont be a threat heals his wounds and waits for the arrival of his father. While waiting the man looks Ranma over before slowly begins talking out loud "I wonder why My Lady wants you brought to her young man. You do seem different and I can see the amount of potential you have in both the field of magic and that of a warrior. The ability to master both would make you something that's very rare. A pure battle mage that has no limits in the field of magic and warrior cast on our world. Able to fight both close and range with weapons and yet have magic to deal with things that weapons just cannot do. Yes you would be a very rare person and I can see why she wants you as a chosen. I wonder what else she wants with you young one hmm?" The man chuckles and then turns as if waiting for some one.
Several minutes later Genma runs into the clearing and sees that the boy is out and an older man is next to him. Genma being the idiot he is walks up and says, "Excuse me I will collect my son and be on our way." Keeping an eye on the man.
Before Genma can make a move to grab the boy the man raises his hand and says "I would like to train your boy in some mystical arts that only a few rare people know of. Unlike the neko-ken you tried to teach him my secret techniques wont have these side effects and will make your son the best martial artists this world will ever see." Seeing Genma almost swayed the man smiled and held out a bag saying "I will even pay you to allow me to train your son. In this bag are 20 pure gold coins and yours if you allow me to train him. I will need several months with him to finish the training. Do we have a deal?"
Genma nodded rapidly at the prospect of the gold coins and the fact he could give his son to this man and have him train Ranma to be the best without him putting any effort into it. Genma grabbed the bag and then said "I expect Ranma back in three months as you agreed to. " Genma waited for the man to nod then said, "I will be at the city that's a day south of here. Meet you at the park alright?" Genma wasn't completely stupid just most of the time he was.
The man chuckled at the request and nods before picking Ranma up and saying "Very well then. I will return him in three months at the park. Have a good night Genma." The man turned and walked away before disappearing from sight.
Genma was startled the man knew his name but shrugged and turn and walked away thinking of all the sake and food he could buy with the money he had just received. If Genma had stayed longer and watched where the man walked away to he would have noticed the bright flash of light but alas the fat fool didn't and as such missed it never knowing his son just left this reality.
Three months later Ranma appeared in the park that he was informed that his father would be waiting for him to make his appearance. Ranma sighed to himself as he looked about testing out various spells to make sure nothing would cause possible problems for him. Finding his spells worked just fine Ranma smiled thinking he would have friends here when he grew older again. He could not wait till his friends arrived.
With a slight shift Ranma centered his staff while he shifted his pack a little to the right to settle the weight more evenly. He smiled as he felt the wallet Eliminster gave him when he came back that held his bankcard and checks so he had access to his money anytime he needed it. Who would have thought just a small purse of gold coins would be worth so much here?
The gems after getting them appraised was put into a pouch that only he could open and most were worth small amounts that could be used in rural village where he couldn't get access to his money or they wouldn't accept checks.
While standing there Ranma let his smile wonder a bit over the last few years. It all begin when he meet his knew teacher Eliminster and from there it went into a worldwide adventure. He meet his group of adventures and with good intentions went off to do away with evil. There adventures lead them to many places some good and some so evil he still shuddered to think about them. Meeting various royal figures and even citizens that showed even more wisdom and understanding then most lords could every hope to have.
With a slight frown and look of sadness as his memories took him down the last adventure the group went on and cost them so dearly. The fight with the ancient red dragon Klauth was terrible from the start. Oh it went well as they was able to catch him unprepared but even then it was an up hill battle to kill him. Wulgar was the first to fall to him after a long battle as his injuries mounted quickly. He gave the dragon some nasty wounds before he went down under a talon slash cutting him in two.
Dorn the cleric of the group did all he could to avenge Wulgar, even when he ran out of divine spells, he fought on bravely and survived but at the cost of his left leg. True he will likely have the limb regenerated in a year or so after his mourning of the party lost. He always had his god to fall back on to for help and he had earned a small favor for his deeds with his god.
Jastra whence as tears fills his eyes was one of the finest sorceress he had ever seen and would have gone on for greater magical feats and his love. He can still recall meeting her at Queen Amlaruil palace after his meeting with the Queen. How they hooked up and left the island to Waterdeep to start there own adventure.
How over the years he grew to love her more then life itself and how after one dangerous mission finally had the courage to tell her. That same night was the greatest of his life they gave each other to the one they loved and soon were married shortly after.
The marriage never stopped them from continue adventuring. It just meant that any spare time they had they spent together enjoying life to the fullest. Parties they attended, friends they made from all over, and even meeting the seven sisters as they traveled.
Then Klauth killed her even as she fired the killing spell that brought that great monster down finally. He could still hear himself yell out as Klauth used the last charge on his wand of fireball to kill her. How he held her crying as he was drained of magic and energy from the battle. There finally moments together sharing their love until finally Jastra life ended in his arms.
A piece of Ranma died that day with Jastra and though he begged and pleaded with his goddess she would not bring her back nor would the elven god bring her back. They never told him why they couldn't bring her back but assured him that her soul would live on and would one day be with her again.
After that he took his and Jastra share of the dragon loot and sent Wulgar share to his people as he wanted his people to have a chance to improve there lot in the north and to get what they needed to survive the freezing north.
After a few months mourning his lose Eliminster came to him and told him he should consider going back to his world to have a chance to heal and improve his unarmed skills. Though it took some time Ranma finally agreed and was reduced in age until he was 7 again though his body returned to looking like he was 7 he only lost some of his physical traits but his mind was still sharp as ever. That's when he came back with Eliminster and after learning as much as he could in a months time on how things worked he had Eliminster set up a bank account for him and had 100 gold coins converted to local currency and place in his account.
It came out to be a lot of money for this world so he refrained from converting 1000 gold coins over as he knew he would have to come up with some way to explain that much gold. Of course he had so much gold, gems, and magic items he was set for life which was good sense a Chosen of Mystra never aged so he was in effect immortal if he wanted to though with out Jastra it would be hard to live alone.
Shaking his head to clear it of such depressing thoughts Ranma jerked when he heard what sounded like his father call out in a slurred voice "Ranma my boy your back! Tomorrow we will continue on our training trip!" He staggered closer before falling to the ground passed out from all the sake he had been drinking.
Ranma looked at the man on the ground with a look of disgust and with a sigh muttered a spell that picked up his pops and walked to a hotel to get a room for the night.
After that day the training journey continued on though with some bad things for Genma. At the first town they came to Ranma learned from two of the 4 masters that stayed in a shrine. After learning from two Genma tried to run off with Ranma followed by several angry people. Knowing Genma had done something wrong Ranma kicked his father in the stomach and sent him back to the people before approaching himself to clear the mess up.
Ranma gave the group a cold glare to settle them down before asking the group "What has he done that has everyone mad?"
Genma groaned but didn't move as he noticed a lot of people he tried to run out on had surrounded him. One man stepped forward and said, "He has run up a 100,000 yen bar tab and then ran out without paying for anything. These two own restaurants that he has ran up a bill on as well and these two says he has offered his son as engagements to there daughters."
Ranma stiffened at that last part more then the rest and turn to both men asking, "What was given as dowry if anything at all?"
Both men look at each other before one says "I gave him 10,000 yen and several bottles of sake and some food." The other man nodded saying about the same thing.
Ranma sighed and then turned on his father with his eyes blazing with an internal flame and growled out "Your going to pay your bar tab and the restaurants tab back as well as the money you took for dowries from those two." Stepping closer as the men backed up in fear Ranma whispered the last part to his father "If you ever try and engage me to a family without asking me first I WILL BARRY YOU!" he hissed out with clearly showing how serious he was.
Genma pissed himself nodding so fast he wonder how he didn't get whiplash from it. Then it dawned on him what his son told him he had to do. He almost protested but stopped at the look his son was gave him when he opened his mouth before he snapped it shut.
Ranma turned to the men and said, "He will repay what he owes and there will be no engagements at all. Do not push me on this issue, as it would be very bad for your health. Now you 5 can have him while I return to the shrine to continuing my training that he interrupted." With a slight bow Ranma turned and walked off into the dark before teleporting back to the shrine.
Genma made the same mistake one other time and after Ranma showed him what he would do to Genma he had put the fat idiot in his place and it never occurred again at least he never learned of it.
The trip continued on for 5 years before a break occurred as Ranma was sent to school when he was caught out of school while waiting for his father to get supplies. When that happened he went to an all boys school and came across Ryoga. Getting the bread from the kid made him angry and not thinking the bread was worth it as he could see a berserker when he saw one.
After helping him for a few months while attending school Ranma tried to solve his direction sense for him. Though he managed to get some of it corrected and he could go short distances without getting lost if he went any distance he would still disappear and reappear somewhere else and then he would be lost. Still it was something that helped him get around.
When Ryoga challenged him to a fight Ranma was sure he would be able to get there, as it was right behind his house. Bad luck for Ranma as Ryoga went the wrong way and after three days he was hauled off by his pops though Ranma left a note behind at the lot for Ryoga explaining where he went and how he waited for three days though the agreed terms didn't state he had to.
Ryoga blamed Ranma for not waiting for one more day and with a cry of anger and rage ran towards China blaming Ranma for missing the man-to-man fight.
After several years in China the last part of there training was coming to a close. The visit to Jusenkyo did not change even though Ranma new the springs had magic but the magic was chaotic in nature as if the pools had gone bad or something for along time. Ranma knew if he had time he could have learned what the magic was and did but his father being impatient ignored his and the guides warning.
Ranma trying to stop his father followed yelling at him to listen to him but when Ranma missed a kick that slipped threw his defense and sent him towards a pool Ranma cast a quick spell to paralyze his father so he fall into the spring below him before Ranma went into the pool.
Ranma jerked up right in the pool and felling his center off looked down and sighed, as he seemed to have been turned into a girl. With a curse Ranma slowly stood up and made his way to the guide and waited for his father to join him.
After the explanation on the curse and the offer to go to a local village that might have some information the three headed off though Ranma went slow to give himself a chance to adjust before they arrived at the village.
With a sigh of relief Ranma quickly found out he still had access to his spells, which was a good thing. As they reached the village they learned from the guide that there was a tournament going on and was a very rare for outsiders to see. With a shrug Ranma slowed down to cast a spell on himself. He loved the spell tongues as it gave him an advantage of knowing what others said while he learned there language.
When they came to the center of the village Ranma was slowly losing his patient with the women, as they seem to look down on him saying some rather nasty things that almost called for blood. However he acted like he didn't know what they were saying as he moved along with pops and the guide.
Ranma looked up on to a log and saw a decent looking girl fighting a large looking woman almost looking like a man except for the make up helped inform people that the fighter was a girl. After watching the short fight as both seemed fairly decent nothing he couldn't handle Ranma watch the girl jump down smashing a table full of food in half as she missed the panda.
With a groan Ranma watched the girl yell at his stupid father as the guide tried to explain until Genma saw his son and yelled out "Boy take care of this problem." Before ignoring all those around him.
With another sigh Ranma told the guide he wished to challenge her for the food. When the guide repeated the offer he left out the food part but before the girl could reply he says in there language "No I said I challenge her for the food not a blind challenge." Turning to the girl Ranma speaks formally to her "My name is Ranma Saotome and I issue a challenge for the food on that table. If you accept the challenge then you acknowledge it is for the food correct?"
Xian Pu snorted in contempt before answering "That is fine the challenge is for the food and when you lose I get a panda skin for my home."
Ranma rolled his eyes and then lightly jumped up onto the challenge log as he heard it referred to. After a moment Xian Pu jumps up as well bring both maces out. With a slight shrug Ranma pulls out his practice two bladed sword that has dulled edges so he doesn't kill anyone. When what he assumed the referee signal the fight to begin. Ranma stayed relaxed and in the same spot as Xian Pu rushed in striking out rather slowly as Ranma easily knocked one away then the other leaving her open before smashing the flat of his right blade into her left cheek sending her from the log landing on her back where a bruise was already forming. Jumping down lightly Ranma bowed to Xian Pu before looking towards his pops with a sigh before turning to see Xian Pu moving towards him. Something was telling him not to let her get to close.
Stepping back Ranma asked sharply "What do you think you doing?"
Xian Pu said in anger "I am given outsider girl the kiss of death now stand still." She was anger she lost to an outsider.
Ranma blinked and then laughed right at her face "You want to give me the kiss of death because you lost the challenge over the food? Tell me this, are the rest of your people as stupid as you?" Says with a sneer as his anger is getting out of control as his adventure gear appears on him though under his cloths as he begins going over the spells he had memorized. With a smirk he had enough magic at ready to level the village with everyone in it.
An older voice called out "Who are you to decide what is smart and isn't young woman?"
Ranma turned to what he first thought was a dried up old monkey but then realized it was a very short woman on a staff. Holding his anger and power in check Ranma says, "When you have the experience and training as I have received you have a fair grasp what is smart and what is completely stupid madam." With a casual glance Ranma figures mid range magic user and to his eyes a martial artists expert.
The old woman cackled "Well we have three thousand years of Amazon history to say we are right over some whelp that's less then 20 years of age. Now as our law goes you're an outsider female that defeated an Amazon warrior and as such you have to die by the warrior you defeated. Now be a good girl as you cant escape now and just silently die."
Ranma relaxed and smiled as he let go of his hold over his abilities and with a quick incantation and wave of his hand both the guide and his pops disappeared from among the amazons. The amazons jerked in surprise as Ranma calmly pulled out a double bladed sword that burst into flame startling more warriors back as Ranma began speaking "I sent the two out of here as they should never see the mass slaughter I am about to dish out. You see old ghoul..." Ranma reacted faster then the old woman thought possible as he slashes her staff in half forcing her to jump back as the power she had built up in it went off making Ranma stumble a little.
The elder was shocked and suddenly wonder if maybe she had made a terrible mistake as the boy straighten up once more before continuing, "As I was saying before I was interrupted. I have been trained by the best wizard in the whole world and trained by the best weapon master of the same world. I have fought back armies and helped take care of armies before they can be a threat. Just recently my adventuring group just killed an ancient red dragon that had so much power we lost two of our four party members and I have had very little patient with people and threats against my life and is answered in kind but in a grander scale."
With that Ranma said another incantation and the components flash as a Vrock appears roaring in glee at being summoned to the world but held in check by the summoner though the Vrock can tell the summoner has far more power then it could ever hope to have so stays still glaring at the woman around it.
"This is a Vrock and there about 6 down from the strongest demons one can summon. Now only magic can really hurt this one as he can regenerate any wound very fast. Strong enough magical item can hurt him and take out that regeneration rate and one must be a very good spell caster to make any spell work against it. Unless you have the proper magic for this fight you will lose about half your warriors in your village trying to bring it down. Now should I let him at you or do I dismiss him and we talk like civilized people and any threats towards me or try to force me in anything will result in the village destruction. I have two spells that can do that while I send him out to kill. Your call." Ranma settled back and waited to see how stupid these so called amazons really are.
Elder Cologne starred in disbelief at the girl and cursed silently at the way she had handle the situation. The Elder said, "You can dismiss your pet demon and go. We will not go after your life." Oh she wanted her in the tribe. The ability to use truly powerful magic would guarantee the valley to them and would increase her family bloodline and standing in the tribe.
Ranma nodded and dismissed the demon back before saying in warning "I know where your village is and can destroy it at anytime if you bother me." With that warning Ranma said one more incantation before disappearing himself.
Once he was gone Cologne waved her granddaughter over and speaking quickly said, "Gather your things and follow that girl. We must have her in the tribe. Remember we promised not to hunt her down for her life but nothing about bringing her into the tribe. Now go."
Xian Pu took off and prepared to leave as the elder went and gathered the other elders to have a talk about this girl named Ranma Saotome.
Arthur notes
This is just a quick over view before Ranma arrives at the Tendo Dojo. No I have no one to look my story over before posting.
Depending on the response I get from the prologue I will decide if I will continue starting from the meeting at the Tendo Dojo and have it go awhile in the series before I take it from the story. If your curious I will do a side story from the point Ranma disappeared with Eliminster and his adventures on the world of Faerun. Yes I am using spells for the most part from DnD.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and sending any responses you send.