Sweat beaded down Ranma's face, the battle had just begun, and his spirit was already being crushed by the immense aura of evil and pain he felt. Happosai's many stolen books and research scrolls had lead to him finding an ultimate text, a tome of such dark power that it's core felt your soul and left a taint. Using this power, happosai unleashed something terrible.

A portal, if it could be called that. Its seams twisted into itself and consumed reality; it wasn't so much a portal to another realm as a blatant insult to god and a terrible gash in the universe.

"Ranma! You will give me all the feminine underwear you have! It shall reign high in my collection and be praised as a god!" Happosai was hunched over the inscriptions in the heavy book, "Or I shall raise an unnamed, terrible evil unto this realm!"

"You old geezer!" Ranma was brave, but this power beckoned to the darkest recesses of his soul, he knew happosai wasn't bluffing, "Something that evil could never be controlled by you! Is a pair of panties and a bra worth the total destruction of Japan?"

"In my book it is!"

"Damn freak!"

"Concede to me Ranma!" Happosai held up a vial of orange liquid, "This is the final ingredient in the summoning! Give me what I want or I'll open the portal completely!"

Ranma staggered under the weight of the choice, was the world worth his pride? Could he give up like this without fighting for his rights? No! He would not be dominated in a fight like this, "Never!"

"So be it! Behold the greatest evil…" Happosai threw the vial in the portal, which pulse in rhythm to the universe, its sides smoothed and became uniform, but the blackness of its core became deeper. A bright light and a veil of steam shot out as something crossed the threshold, standing in the mist was, "A harmless bunny! Wait, What?"

Indeed there was. A large white rabbit, its back reaching up to Ranma's knees was quietly looking around, its floppy ears swinging innocently. Ranma dropped his arms and scrunched up one eye, raising his eyebrow. Happosai tiptoed over to it and poked it, when it didn't move he began pushing it, and when that failed to get a response he shook in anger and began kicking the poor rabbit.

"I. WAS. PROMISED. A. DARK. FORCE. OF. DEMONIC. POWER." Happosai kicked the rabbit with each accentuated word, "Where's my godly being of death!"

"Let me see that!" Ranma walked over to the book, picked it up, and unstuck the pages Happosai had been reading, "Oy! Old fart. Two pages were stuck together. Oh, wait, says here 'The ritual to summon Orgath: While seemingly small and defenseless, Orgath the blood drinker is the demonic template of power to which all rabbit kind is connected, truly a powerful warrior, and one who listens to no man.' huh, maybe you should stop kicking him?"

"Oh… well, Dammi-" Was all Happosai managed before the fluffy bunny bared its long fangs and started foaming at the mouth, opening its red eyes fully and releasing a mighty hop that sent Happosai spiraling into the dojo. Happosai coughed up a little blood before stepping back onto the ground, "Wanna fight that way then, ehh? Rabbit stew, coming up!"

Happosai and the Rabbit continued their fight. Ranma was taking the time to look around the portal. He circled it twice before sitting down in front of it and staring. Kasumi was drawn by the sounds of battle and stepped out to meet with Ranma, soon finding herself looking over the portal as well. While the sounds of the battle raged in the background.

"Did you buy me a new lawn ornament Ranma?"

"Not really. What do you suppose we should do with the twisted gate of darkness and hatred in our back yard?"

"Foolish mortal! Armies have fallen to my power!"

"Oh, wait. I have just the thing!" Kasumi quickly walked into the garden shed and came out with a series of potted plants, "Tulips will draw attention away from its stunning blackness."

"Ehh, it's worth a shot."

"What are you doing with that carrot? Not my eyes!"

"This will be perfect." Kasumi dug a small hole and planted the tulip, almost immediately it shifted and transformed, turning into a winged demon and flying into the sky, only the disintegrate into flies as it left the threshold of the portal, "Oh, darn."

"It was a good plan Kasumi. But I think we need something stronger than tulips to contain this unspeakable evil."

"My eyes! My world is forever carrot!"

"I've had some training in religious rites. Maybe I can make a written seal for it."

"Maybe, but where would you put it though? It's not like this thing is solid."

"Bleed and die human! Your fate is the same as all those who appose my rule!"

"We could build a small shrine over it, and forget it exists maybe? Ooo! And a fountain, there should be a fountain near it!"

"That could work I guess, nothing else seems to be coming out of it, I wonder why?"

"I don't die so easily Furry filth! Happo- fire burst!"

A series of small explosions later, "Fool! My soft, silky fur has stopped the barrage of a thousand suns! You cannot stop me with a few cheap trinkets!"

"Well, I suppose if that's what we're gonna do I may as well eye out our measurements." Ranma walked up to the demonic gate and stepped side to side, "Okay, it's about 6 feet wide, 6 feet tall and brimming with demonic hatred… What type of wood should we use?"

"I think mahogany is best for maintaining the seal of unspeakable evil."

"This… this is the end… I'm sorry, sorry to you all for everything I've done!"

"Yes! Yes! Lose hope and grant me power! Muhahahaha!"

Happosai waited until the demonic ruler of all rabbit kind was in range, and then lit another bomb, throwing it into its laughing mouth. One muffled blast later, "You will pay for your trickery mortal!"

Happosai broke off running; he made a mighty jump onto Ranma's head and jumped off, kicking him in the back of the head as he did so and knocking him off balance. Ranma teetered dangerously close to the edge of the portal before regaining balance.

"Whew, that was close." Words spoken too soon perhaps, as Orgath himself Barreled into Ranma's left side and spun him back towards the gates of hell, the last thing Kasumi heard him whisper before entering the portal was, "I hope this doesn't hurt…"

Luckily enough, it didn't, it was more of a tunnel filled with all the horrors of man flying past in an orgy of colours and seizure inducing pulses of light. Nothing really spectacular, but eerily reminiscent of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factories tour boat ride. After this mind blow ride through space and time Ranma felt a sudden shift and pull, and then was forcefully blown out of the portal like a gunshot.

Of course the reason for this massive discharge of air was apparent once he left the portal proper; The main reason being he was about a half mile up, overlooking an immense grassland and forest, a rainbow shone brightly in the distance, and some distance to his south a beautifully erected kingdom, something you'd see out of a fairy tale, sun in the midday sun. He was luckily able to take in the beauty and serenity of this moment before realizing that gravity worked in this dimension too.

"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-" Ranma inhaled deeply on his way down, "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

He did make an impressive crater. However, after many times of being wrongfully booted/malleted/blown into the wild blue yonder, he had developed as much immunity as one person can to bone shattering impact. Still, it's not a type of thing that losses it's sting quickly.

"Ow…" Ranma sat up in his gravity dug foxhole and scratched his head, dislodging trapped dirt, rocks, and pieces of some unidentified matter he had assumed was once a peaceful animal roughly about five seconds earlier. He climbed out of his hidey-hole tentatively and turned his head back up toward the portal, "How the hell am I supposed to get back up there?"

"Good question Wanderer. I think your dimension rending skills are a tad rusty."

"Hey! This is all Happosai's fault, blame hi-wait… who?" Ranma turned quickly, this guy was good, he hadn't even sensed he was there! Ranma came face to face with: air. For the second time today he raised an eyebrow and scanned the surrounding area for life. It was a simple flat plains, green grass and wildflower patches as far as the eye could see to the north, trees to the west, and the expanding castles and city to the south. There was nowhere to hide, but no one was there.

"Down here wanderer." Ranma held his breath and closed his eyes, hoping he wasn't in the world he thought he was in. This proved useless as he opened his eyes and looked down. Two large rabbits were standing before him, on their hind legs, and you could swear they spoke with an accent that was approaching fancy old-English.

"I do say. You certainly messed up on the location beacon for your spell, eh what?"The second rabbit had a more respected English tone to his voice. These weren't ordinary looking rabbits by any stretch of the imagination, this first rabbit was white with straight stiff ears, it was wearing a monocle and a porkpie hat, and his torso was wrapped in a smart black vest, unbuttoned to reveal his soft furry belly, and a stopwatch was tucked into its breast pocket. The second had a darker chocolate milk color with its flopping ear's styled into what was unmistakenably mutton chops. He had a brown vest that matched his fur, and was wearing a style of top hat.

Ranma stared at the two twisted creatures in front of him and began chuckling, then laughing, and then his mind snapped at the absurdity of the situation and he collapsed into hysterics. Once he was finished laughing and wiping the tears from his eyes the rabbit-gentlemen continued.

"Err, yes. Well, welcome rift wanderer to the glorious world of Carrotopia. I am sir Reginald Floppsy, and this is my research partner, Lord Nibbleham." The first rabbit, now formally know as Floppsy ducked in a quick bow before waiting for Ranma's response.

Ranma wasn't about to give them his name right then however, as he had once again collapsed into unbearable laughter. He managed to stand on his feet again and introduce himself while still chuckling, "T-haha!-The name's R-Ran-oh my god, can't stop- Ranma Saotome. snicker"

"You certainly are a happy fellow Ranma Saotome. But we welcome you. You came at a good time; we had just finished collecting our wildflower and grass specimens for our research when you came out of the sky and crushed Mopsy, our lackey and field Rabbit. Can you help us take these specimens back into the village? We will certainly take the time to show you around."

Ranma would have once again fallen into hysterics if not for the fact that they seemed oddly calm about him turning their research assistant into a stain on the landscape. But he did feel that he owed them something, "Sure, I can handle that. After though, could you guys help me get back up into the portal?"

"Ho ho, of course wanderer. Our race are master portal smiths."

Ranma followed the two hopping English rabbits to the south; the immense cityscape from that direction grew as they walked. It was a beautiful story tale place, the roofs of the houses were clearly shining with small rocks that caught the light and the entire downtown was full of merchants and Rabbits casually walking/hopping to their business.

"Wow." Ranma whispered in awe of the structures, "When was this made?"

"The city of Carrotopia has stood for thousands of years." Floppsy chuckled at Ranma's awe, "Our glorious leader has made this place a lasting and immortal refuge for rabbit kind. Ahh, here's our destination Wanderer."

Ranma began chuckling again at the sight of the small building, while it was obviously a laboratory it was a like a lab from a children's show. It was colorfully decorated with carrot decals everywhere. The test tubes and beakers were almost comically filled with differently colored chemicals and left alone. Another white rabbit, dressed completely in a ruffed white maid costume was sweeping the floor. Floppsy threw his samples onto Ranma's filled arms and pushed the door open.

"Ahh, Lady De Fluffle, how has the lab's business been today?"

"Slow as always Reginald." Ranma was chuckling at the new rabbits name and her kind, human voice when she turned suddenly more somber, "Floppsy, Lord Orgath hasn't returned yet. Everyone is getting worried."

"Ho ho, My dear, Orgath has slaughtered thousands of men before. Maybe he is simply taking things at a leisurely pace, he did just return from combat on the front lines."

"Perphaps, but I still worry that perhaps he may have bitten off more than he can chew, and that he is in a horrible place of sin and torture."

In the 'Horrible place of sin and torture'

"Him's is a fluffy bunny isn't he?" Kasumi cooed to the large rabbit on her lap.

"I will consume all!"

"Is he still hungry? Does he want another carrot?"

"Appease me or die human! Your carrots will fuel my wrath!"

Back with the castles

"I'm sure he's fine. But for now we have a guest. This is Ranma, he is a Wanderer. Who might I add is lacking in his teleportation skills." Ranma would have made a comment if he wasn't weirded out by the mention of killing thousands of men so casually. De Fluffle straightened up before Ranma and gave a quick curtsy before talking.

"Nice to make your acquaintance, Ranma the wanderer. Would any of you care for tea?"

"I certainly would!" Lord Nibbleham spoke out, "Carrying these samples for so long is thirsty work."

Ranma didn't care much for tea, but he needed these people to get back, so he ducked under the low roof and over to a low tea table, while it was large enough for the rabbits to sit by comfortably it was about the same size as the Tendo's table back in Nerima. The maid returned with a silver tray and quickly dispensed the drinks to everyone around, then rushed to get Ranma a large pillow to sit on, because the chairs surrounding the table, while fancy, were far too small for Ranma to fit on.

Ranma looked into his cup as the maid got a chair for herself at sat down with them. It was orange, and smelled vaguely like carrots. Ranma sighed and drank back the carrot tea. Ranma was half-heartedly listening to the rabbits drone on about the condition of the state and what need to be done for a half hour before something interesting finally happened. The rabbits suddenly dropped their cups in mid- sentence and looked forward as they looked unbearably disturbed, Ranma raised an eyebrow in wary confusion and then the other in sheer panic as a random voice exploded inside his head.

"Attention, Attention. This is the war minister, Terry." Once again this dimensions complete inability to name would have made Ranma snicker if not for the sheer fact that he would be laughing at a voice in his head, "This news pertains to all of Carrotopia, so I'm broadcasting it into your minds. Orgath has been away from this Dimension for far too long. In 4 hours time he has not even attempted to rip open another portal back to us. We believe this may be the work of the Rewarks."

The word 'Rewarks' as it happens seems to be the word that makes all intelligent rabbits go ape-crazy because as soon as the sentence was finished Ranma heard distant high-pitched screaming and the Rabbits in his vicinity were visibly scared.

"Whats going on?" Ranma tried to shake Nibbleham out of his trance when he put a furry finger to his lips and the voice came back.

"…We are expecting that a scout party came through a summoned portal recently, we shall trace back all entrances and exits to this realm and see who has come since Orgath's disappearance. I hope to see you all at Re'Speilac in one half hour."

The mention of this 'Re'speilac' seems to have the opposite effect to 'Rewark' in the eye of the rabbit public because De Fluffle immediately jumped up and ran to a nearby closet, squealing in delight, and immediately got out two small suits and a small dress.

"Oh, oh my. I can't believe I forgot about Re'Speilac this week!" the maid practically threw the suits at the two male rabbits and stopped in front of Ranma before hurrying off to change herself, "Oh, I supposed for a first time trip to experience the culture they will allow you in dressed as such. But please clean your face and hands, this is very important!"

"Wha?" But before Ranma could question her the maid ran into a separate room with her dress. Ranma turned in confusion to the two research rabbits, who were busying themselves in putting on the suits. Naturally Ranma was confused, "Wait a second, Wait a second! What is Re'Speilac, and what are Rewarks?"

Nibbleham finished putting on his suit and began pushing Ranma to the door, "No time, no time. The ceremony is in the town square and we have quite a distance to cover. I shall explain on the way."