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Ranko's Journey Part 1
Prologue
She just couldn't take it any more. She needed to leave before she did something she would regret.
Ranko Saotome, formally the cursed half of one Ranma Saotome, left the dojo with an old pack on her shoulders. As she neared the end of the block she looked back at the first place she could remember staying for more than a couple of months. The Tendo Dojo.
She turned the corner and walked away from the only real family she ever had and rememberd how it all happened.
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Flashback
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Ranma was walking to school with Akane as usual but this time it was both of them that were walking along the fence. After the Saffron incident. Ranma realized just how much the chaos in his life endangered those that he cared about. After the crashed wedding he made the decision to train Akane for real.
He could still remember the shocked expression on her face when he, or she as he was at the time, fully connected with a half strength punch to the gut. It was not enough to even faze her but she was frozen in surprise.
When a tear fell down her cheek Ranma thought 'oh no she's pissed.' That's why he was so surprised when she lunged at him and embraced him in a bear hug and started whispering "Thank you, Thank you…" over and again.
He realized then that one of the biggest problems between them was the fact that he never gave her any respect.
The next two months as he started to train her in the Saotome branch of the school they started growing closer.
He shook his head as he saw that they were approaching the school. They both jumped down and walked through the gate and stopped.
Standing in the middle of the school yard was Kuno with bokken in hand.
"Halt cowardly Saotome. Your final and most humiliating defeat is at hand."
"When have you ever defeated me before?"
"Silence vile sorcerer." Raising the hand that did not hold the bokken they saw a golden amulet hanging from his fist. "With this I shall break your hold over Akane and the Pigtailed Girl for this is the Amulet of Seperation."
'Oh crap' thought Ranma 'Kuno's always more dangerous when he has some sort of magical artefact. I have got to get it away from him.'
Moving as fast as he could he ran. It wasn't fast enough.
Kuno chanted a short incantation and the Amulet shoot out a multy-coloured beam of light faster that he could dodge stopping him on the spot.
An indescribable pain shot threw his body. It felt like he was being torn apart. He was screaming when he noticed that he was screaming in both his female and male voice. That was when blackness over took him.
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Akane started moving just after Ranma and reached Kuno just after the amulet shot off the beam of light. She hit Kuno with an uppercut as hard as she could. This caused him to fly over the school dropping the amulet. It shattered as soon as it hit the ground.
Turning back to Ranma she froze. Laying on the ground next to each other was Ranma and Ranma-chan. 'This can't be good'
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End Flashback
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When they woke up, after the brief freaking out period, they went home.
They found that the Amulet had separated him from his cursed side and in essence was cured from his curse. Needless to say he was quite happy with the news.
Ranma-chan was not so lucky. Her mind was still same as it always had been, male. Every one decided that she should be Ranko to avoid confusion.
Nodoka had her added to the family roster as Ranma's twin sister. Kasumi welcomed like one of the family. Nabiki was actually nice to her and Soun said that she was welcome to stay at the Dojo.
Genma started talking about how glad he was because his son would never turn into a weak girl any more. After Ranko beat the living crap out of him he welcomed her to the family as well.
Two months passed. People were nice to her. She had a home. But Ranma had Akane. She found that her love for the girl was still strong and it hurt when she saw her with Ranma getting closer and closer together. She realised that she would never be more than a sister to Akane.
That is why she had decided to leave. She needed to find her own place in the world because she could no longer live Ranma's life.
She left a note detailing what she was doing and what her reasons were. She left one for each of the members of the house. In the one to her mother, Kasumi, and new brother, she left nothing out. She felt that they would understand better than the others.
She left to go and make a new beginning for herself. She would make the name Ranko Saotome bigger than her brother's ever was. She walked into the night to locations unknown.