Hi guys. This my first fanfic. So...um...be nice.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma. (as if anyone cares)

Chapter 1

They were late again. Akane glared up at the pigtailed martial artist running along the fence above her. It was all his fault, instead of waking her when her alarm clock failed to go off, he just sat his lazy butt down on the couch and watched TV. She growled deep in her throat 'that jerk'!

"Geez, Akane," Said Ranma, the fence walker extraordinaire. "we'd be there already if you weren't such a slow macho chick." He shook his head in mock pity.

"Raanmaa..." She said warningly.

He paid no heed." I mean, I can here your thighs slappin' all the way up here."

"BAKA!" She roared taking out her mallet. She was going to catch that perverted jerk and bat him into oblivion!

"Nah Nah..." teased Ranma. He jumped off the fence and back pedaled in front of her, stretching his mouth out with his fingers and sticking out his tongue. "Tooo slow... tooo thick... couldn't catch me with a ten foot stick." He said in a singsong voice.

"Die!" she swung the mallet, but he dodged easily. He was laughing heartily now. Tears began to burn her eyes. 'Why is he always picking on me' she wondered desperately taking another swing.

Suddenly a bike appeared out of no where and landed smack dab on the teasing martial artist with a heavy 'Crunch'. "Niho, Ranma," Said the cheerful driver of the bike." Is too too good you see Shampoo yes?" Something between a groan and a whimper escaped from the violently twitching mass under her wheels.

Akane sniffed, leaning her mallet on her shoulder she put her nose in the air. "Serves you right."

Ranma jumped up and grabbed Amazon's handlebars in a death grip "What'cha always hittin' me with your bike for Shampoo!"

"Wo a ni." She exclaimed glomping onto him.

"Gyaaa..." He tried unsuccessfully to pull her arms off him. "Stop it, Shampoo!"

"Well, well... Don't mind me, after all I'm just the uncute fiancé, please carry on with your little romantic interlude!" Said a truly pissed Akane.

"So glad violent girl understand." Shampoo's arms squeezed Ranma tight, choking him.

"I'm going on ahead, Ranma" said Akane. She marched angrily towards the school.

*Gasp* Ranma struggled in Shampoo's choke hold." Akane wait!" He rasped to her retreating figure. 'She never hears my side of the story' he thought, rather put out.

As Akane walked down the road a heavily cloaked figure jumped in front of her. 'How rude!' She thought angrily. She looked up at him, but with his head slightly bent it caused the shadows from the hood to cover the top half of his face. "Do you mind?" he remained silent "I'm trying to get to school; I'm really late." He still said nothing. Akane began to feel a bit nervous. She turned to look behind her to see if Ranma knew what was going on. He was looking from her to the stranger, trying to decide if the guy was dangerous. Shampoo also looked on curiously; her arms were still around Ranma. Ranma shrugged. Suddenly Ranma's eyes shifted from mild curiosity to all out horror. It didn't take a genius to figure out that she was in trouble. She turned just in time to see a flash of movement and to feel something solid connect with her head. Her last thought before drifting into unconsciousness was of Ranma screaming her name.

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"AKAAANEEEE....," Ranma ran towards the man who now had Akane in a fireman carry, but before he could reach them the figure hopped agilely towards the nearest roof. Ranma took up chase running after him as fast as he could.

Shampoo followed as well, but at a farther distance.

Ranma leaped from roof to roof completely furious with himself. "I can't believe I just stood there! I might as well have gift wrap her, put a pretty bow in her hair and made her wear a sign that says 'free Akane to the first 100 of the criminally insane to visit Nerma, only while supplies last, come today! I mean its like the number one unspoken rule in Nerma; Funny lookin guy in costume = Akane napper."

As Ranma slowly began to catch up with the figure he realized that the guy had a slight limp. Ranma silently vowed to himself that when he catches him he'll have a lot more than that.

'Wow,' thought the kidnapper 'Ranma's a lot faster than I remember.' The kidnapper ran as quickly as possible towards the hidden vortex. 'With this bum leg he'll catch me in no time.' She hoped that she got there soon, because once there it would be impossible for Ranma to follow. As if on cue, a large section of the sky opened up into a big dark oval, with swirling red and blue energy inside. 'Bingo!' The kidnapper rejoiced inwardly before diving inside.

Ranma watched in amazement as the sky opened into a black hole. Then with dread he watched the figure, with Akane in tow, dive through head first. "You're not getting away that easy!" Yelled Ranma diving for the same hole. In dismay he watched it dissipate in front of his very eyes "NOOOOO...!" He fell into an awaiting canal below. Onna-Ranma surfaced and looked into the sky helplessly, Akane and the stranger had vanished without a trace. "Akane..." She whispered mournfully to the passing breeze.

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" Grandmother, you no believe what Shampoo see!" The Amazon Called out to her monarch upon entering their restaurant.

"Oh, hello Shampoo." The elderly woman balancing behind the counter on a walking stick replied.

Before either one of them could say another word, their long haired waiter dived in their direction. He through his arms around the woman he loved "Oh, Shampoo. Can't you see my feelings for you?" he asked her passionately.

"I see perfectly clear, your the one who needs to see."

"Huh?" Moose frowned. That didn't sound like his beloved Shampoo. He put his glasses on and examined the woman in his arms. He cringed. "Hideous."

Cologne smashed the insulting youth over the head with her walking stick before turning back to her granddaughter. "What did you see, Shampoo?"

"Well...Shampoo go see Arien, and like always he too happy to see Shampoo. Violent girl there, she not so happy. Walk away. Then man in cloak come, take violent girl away..."

"The Tendo girl got kidnapped again?" Cologne shook her head. " Thats what? The eleventh time in two years? Should be a Guinness World record or something."

"It be sixteenth time, but that not important, great grandmother, Cloak man and violent girl disappear into hole in sky."

That got Cologne's attention. "A hole in the sky?"

"Yes. Big hole, like top of restaurant table, only it round like egg."

"Tell me, Shampoo, did this 'hole' have red and blue light in it?"

Shampoo nodded. "What this mean, great grandmother?"

"What this means Shampoo is that we need to find son-in-law before he sets out on a wild goose hunt. You see, he'll never find Akane Tendo on foot, not in this millennium at least." Cologne turned to the unconscious boy on the floor. She tapped him with her walking stick. "Wake up Moose I need your assistance." The boy sat up with a groan. She heard him murmur something along the lines of 'bitter old monkey mummy', but mercifully chose to ignore it. "Shampoo and I are going to the Tendo Dojo. I want you to close the store early and meet us there. Also, you know that old Chinese chest that I endlessly tell you not to touch..."

"Touch it?" He finished for her mockingly.

Her eyes narrowed as she glared at him. "Just bring it with you." She turned back to her Granddaughter. "Come Shampoo we must hurry." She quickly made an exit.

Shampoo followed quickly, wondering why Great grandmother was taking this particular kidnapping so seriously.

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Ranma was just leaving the Dojo when Cologne and Shampoo showed up, he inwardly groaned 'Just what I don't need'.

"Niho Ranma!" exclaimed Shampoo as she glomped onto him.

"Get offa me Shampoo." Ranma growled. Shampoo did just that. It wasn't what he said or did, in fact he didn't even try to push her away, it was the tone in his voice that told her he wasn't in the mood. So for the first time since she met him she took no for an answer.

Cologne stepped in "Hello, son-in-law."

"What do you want." he muttered.

"We need to speak with you."

In a controlled tone he turned to her "Sorry I don't got the time ta shoot the breeze with you." He walked away from them.

"I know where to find Akane." She told his retreating back.

He froze. Slowly he turned around. "If you've hurt her..."

"I didn't do it...that is, I don't think I did it."

Ranma frowned. "Huh?"

"Come I'll explain inside." She began to walk through the gate to the Dojo, The two young people followed. As they reached the door Cologne turned to Ranma. "First of all, son-in-law, what do you know of time travel..."

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Akane awoke with a groan. Her head hurt badly, like someone drilled a nine inch nail into her temple. She carefully opened one eye and glanced around the small room quickly... then closed it as pain radiated through her skull. Out of nowhere something suddenly landed heavily on her stomach she groaned again.

"Hi." said the something in a very cheerful voice. "My names Ming, wanna be friends?"

Akane very slowly opened her eyes to look at the small child before her. The child was only about five or six and incredibly cute. She had feathery brown hair that came to her shoulders, with eyes that were big and curious and eerily familiar. "Please..." she whispered to the girl "you must help me. I've been k..."

"Ming! What are you doing here?" Said a feminine voice that was also strangely familiar. Akane and Ming's head jerked in her direction. It was the kidnapper, but she still wore cloaks to mask her identity. "Well?"

The girl looked as if she'd been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. "I just wanted to say hello, besides Mom says its rude to take someone with out their permission."

"Listen you!" said Akane finally speaking up. She stood on the bed in front of Ming in a protective stance. "I don't know who you are or what you want, but If you don't let me go right this minute I'll..."

" What? Beat me up? Make me wish I was never born?" snickering, she reached over and picked up the child giving her a hug and a kiss on the forehead. "Why don't you help your mom in kitchen, I'll join you in a minute." She set Ming down.

When Ming reached the doorway she glanced back at the older woman. "Tell you what, Auntie, I promise to leave you and your guest alone on the condition that you don't help in the kitchen!"

"Hey!" yelled the kidnapper. Ming ran away giggling.

The kidnapper looked back at Akane. Who glared at her angrily. She studied the young girls expression for a moment, before her lips formed a bitter sneer. "I know what your thinking...that once Ranma comes I'll be sorry, he'll sweep through here lift you in his arms, beat the crap out of me, and take you to safety...You think that he'll always be there to save you...that he'll always be th..." her voice caught in her throat. A single tear slid from underneath the hood. "but your wrong."

Akane's own tears began to fall. "Who are you? Why are you doing this? What do you want with me?"

"I'm now called Cane. As to why I'm doing this...all in good time...and you? I hate you, but unfortunately I need your help." slowly the kidnapper slid back her hood.

Akane gasped in utter disbelief. "Y...your..."Akane shrank back against the wall, she pointed an accusing finger at her "...me..."

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So... What do you think? did it suck? wish I was dead? Be brutally honest I can *sniff* take it.