DISCLAIMER: Still thankful I don't own these as I love both series and have nothing against their respective owners. Though it would be cool to have a Ranma reboot... Oh well, I can dream, right?

AN: Hey there, thanks for the response so far. While I won't guarantee that I'll always be putting these chapters out quickly, I kinda had some time to spare and ideas to work with. also:

Guest: Though I doubt you'll be reading this, you did manage to spark some ideas. Whether or not I use them, though, only time will tell. On a side note thanks for being my first review in spite of the harshness within it. Also, could you do me the favor of using an account next time. And yes, I will admit it was fairly cliché.

Draconis: Thanks for the encouragement and I was definitely aiming Ranma at Noire before I even typed the first word of the story. Though I will clarify, Noire is not likely to be the pairing here if there is one with Ranma. Also, I'll have to go back sometime later and clean up the previous chapter. I hope I managed a better job this time.

Nyamu: Not really sure if that was a reference to the other ranma/neptunia crossover or not as I have, admittedly, not really read it. However thanks for dropping by.

On the way back, Ranma was able to get a rundown from IF on how things worked around here. As they made their way through the futuristic and clean streets of Planeptune, Ranma was still trying to wrap her head around the many concepts. As far as she could tell, this place was like some kind of really weird dream. Like that Alice story that Ms Hinako had mentioned in class. Ranma was really wishing she had the time to read it now, but she really did not think such a crazy sounding book would ever come back to bite her. Seriously, what was it with everything in her life coming around to screw her over in one way or another? At least so far things seemed straight forward. These CPUs seemed to hold a good amount of power that hopefully can be used to send her back once the world was saved. The thought never even crossed her mind to leave it without helping. One of the driving principles of her life had always been to protect the weak as her lazy panda of a father had taught so long ago.

As they walked, Ranma was brought out of her thoughts by a voice. It was Nepgear with some questions," So Ranma, what are things like back at your home?"

"Hmmm, well it's a bit crazy with all the nut jobs challenging me to fights and the whole fiancé mess my father got me in, but what can I say? It's home," Ranma answered with a shrug as she held her arms behind her head while looking at the Planeptune skyline.

"That so sounds like a martial arts protagonist! … But what's with the white tux? Are you like some sort of cross dressing masked champion of justice at night?" Neptune chimed in as they mad their way.

"Well, before I ended up here I was at my own wedding. It was completely ruined by my rivals and the other fiancés… Ended pretty badly and I ended up being sent flying by- due to a misunderstanding," Ranma replied not wanting to talk about Akane right then. Noire seemed to pick up on the slip as Ranma could feel her piercing gaze.

"Wait, other fiancés? Are you some sort of tramp?" Noire inquired with a none too friendly glare as her mind back tracked to that detail. Ranma only sighed before taking a moment to explain how she had ended up in multiple engagements in the first place. She left out most of the details, including their names. She really was not in the mood to think about it at least until she had a chance to sort things out with Akane.

"Wow, that sucks," Uni commented then blushed as she noticed one detail of the story," Wait, you are engaged to other girls?!"

"Well, duh! I'm a guy and being with another guy is disgusting!" the sometimes girl shot back with a slightly green tint in her face. Just the thought of it brought back memories that to this day disgust her. The others, except Neptune, almost all came to a stop at that comment.

"Come on guys, I already mentioned that she's one of those gender confused martial artists that were raised to be a son. It makes perfect sense that her father would pull this kind of thing," Neptune admonished the others. They just nodded wearily as they picked up the pace. Ranma was then reminded of the fact she still had not told them about the curse. Oh well, I'll get to that once we're at this basil con place. Ranma's thoughts were then derailed by Neptune's next statement," Though I will admit it is rare to see an actual yuri harem protagonist. You go girl!" She added giving a big thumbs up to Ranma.

"Ok, someone mind telling me what a harem is? I've heard of it before but no one ever tells me the dang meaning. Also, what does flowers have to do with it?" Ranma asked in annoyance. While it is true that Ranma had heard the term, everyone simply seemed to leer at her when she asked them what one was. She also never really had the time to look it up since it seemed to be a foreign word and she had too little time for studying as it was between training and fighting. This time even Neptune missed a step as they stopped, recovered, leered at her, shrugged, and walked on," What is with that response, seriously? What does it mean!?"

"Uh, wow, you're serious? Uh well to put it simply, you're in one. It's where you got someone with multiple people in love with them… Also it's YURI, not lily, and that means girls that like other girls in the romantic way, like in Panicked Strawberries," Neptune answered cheerily. While everyone was taking a second to give Planeptune's CPU a speculative glance, Ranma was trying to figure out what panicking strawberries had to do with anything and subsequently passed it off as the shrimp goddess's personal blend of weird.

"Huh, that's strange, none of the girls seem to like each other-" then Ranma remember her current form," Hey, I'm a guy, got that!"

"Sure you are, and those breasts are totally manly," Noire scoffed in sarcasm.

"I said it's complicated and I'll tell ya 'bout it when we get somewhere I can get some hot water," Ranma answered in annoyance once more," By the way, why did we all go to this Planeptune place when there should have been one of these places in Lastation?"

The group stopped once again as everyone thought about that for a moment before all eyes settled on the short purple haired culprit. After that, they made their way to the Basilicom with Noire grumbling something about idiots in the heat of the moment. Though strangely enough, Ranma noted she was blushing.

Histoire was busy going over some paperwork when she received a call from IF that the group was coming back and that there had been some unexpected changes to the situation. She did not go into the details saying it was too troublesome to explain over the phone. At least Histoire was informed that they'd be showing up shortly and asked to make some tea. At least, that was what Histoire thinks the brunette meant when she asked her to get some hot water started. In any case, she did her best to getting the tea started. It's a lot harder to do when you're as small as she is. It also does not help when you're confined to a tome. She was able to get a kettle of water on the stove and turn on the heat. Nepgear or Compa would have to take care of the rest of it. She was just leaving the kitchen when she heard the door slam open to the main living room of the Basilicom's living area.

"And here we are! Home sweet home, now to lie back, relax, and play games! Oh, hey Nep Jr., can you go get your dear sister some pudding!" Neptune greeted as she almost immediately turned on the TV, fired up a console and sat down on a bean bag chair with a controller. Histoire could only sigh at Neptune's antics.

"Um, Neptune, aren't you forgetting something?" Nepgear asked nervously.

"Oh, we out of pudding again? I thought we restocked before we left," replied the slacker CPU of Planeptune.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe your sister is talking about me and possibly, oh I don't know, SAVING YOUR WORLD!" screeched an unfamiliar voice. For once it was not Noire chiding her. Well that was new. Histoire thought as she floated into the room.

"She's right, Neptune. This is no time to be slacking off," the tome scolded her goddess.

"Awww, come on, I already got the gist of it. I figured I would let you all sort the details and I'd relax to a-," Neptune was then cut off by the strange new girl in a fairly worn, white tuxedo.

"YOU! You're the strange girl I saw before I got to this crazy world!" She angrily accused while pointing at Histoire," Ya know, next time ya need help, try asking before you go dumping someone into another world!"

"Um, I'm sorry, but did I miss something. I don't believe we've met? I am known as Histoire, the oracle of Planeptune," Histoire greeted the angry newcomer courteously but in obvious confusion.

"Don't play dumb with me chick, ya got that. I really doubt there are any other little girls going around in floating books!" Ranma raged on.

Elsewhere in another dimension, a similarly sized girl wearing black with white hair sat upon her tome. She felt something, turned to the fourth wall, and stared.

"What, you expecting me to play along with this old gag? Seriously get out of here, you're boring me!" Croire waved the audience off…

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"Awe, Histy, how could you? I mean really, stealing people from their homes is not very nice," Compa scolded the tome with a glare.

"B-but I didn't do this. I have never met this girl," said girl growled," before-," Histoire tried to defend herself before she was cut off by what her senses were picking up. It was dumb founding what she was picking up from this girl. The amount of chaos that shrouded her was insane. No one with that much chaos shrouding them would even have long to live. However the girl lived with it this long, the fact she was in the presence of CPUs was keeping it in check. She hoped.

"See, now you remember," the red haired girl pressed on," now come clean and admit it!"

"I'm sorry, but I have ne- "Histoire started again before being cut off.

"Really, and that look you gave me just now?" the mysterious girl pressed on.

"Please let me explain," Histoire begged to which the girl harrumphed and nodded," I have truly never seen you before. What shocked me was when I noticed that you were shrouded in chaos. I know for a fact I have never met someone like that before."

The girl did not seem convinced, but she seemed to be fine letting it go for later. Histoire sighed in relief and went back to studying the girl. It took all of her attention to pierce the shroud, but what else she found after three minutes was even more puzzling.

In the meantime as Histy continued to quietly stare at Ranma, the group settled down and began to discuss what was going on and what to do next.

"So Ranma, you gonna finally tell us what is so complicated?" Noire started them off as she decided to get the details about their newest ally settled. She didn't know what, but she felt that there was definitely something fishy about Ranma. It most certainly had nothing to do with the fact that the new girl squished her like a bug on her landing. Seriously? She could have landed anywhere but ends up on a direct course with me! She sighed internally as she refocused her attention on Ranma.

"Sorry, but I would rather have hot water on hand so I can show you while I tell ya 'bout it. If you need the basics though, I'm cursed," Ranma replied," As for the details, they can wait until then."

That only made Noire more skeptical. They were dealing with someone that had a curse. You usually have to have done something pretty bad or ticked off the wrong person to get one of those. She said she would explain it when the water was ready so I guess that can wait for now. As Noire was thinking of her next question, Neptune decided to take a shot of her own," So Ranma, how good are you at, ya know, martial arts. I mean you got to be pretty good to take a god out, right?"

Ranma turned to the purple CPU and smirked with the utmost confidence. Her eyes were brimming with arrogance as she spoke," Good? I'm the best!"

"Oh really, like how you apparently got sent flying during your wedding?" Noire deadpanned. This girl was really getting on her nerves.

"Hey. That's different!" Ranma stuttered out. That took the wind out of her overblown sails. Noire thought when a new voice entered the fray.

"Oh, I get it! You're like me when it comes to training," Tekken suggested in her usual timid manner. Ranma seemed to be lost in thought for a moment on how to reply. It had not occurred to Noire until just then that Ranma might share something in common with the resident martial artist of the group. Though strangely, Ranma did not seem the type.

"Well, I do train and it can be fun, but usually it sucks when I end up doing special training or in one of pop's idiotic schemes," Ranma considered thoughtfully," I mean I like going over the forms and exercising my mind and body, becoming lost in the practice of the art, but it usually sucks when pops or some of the others start pulling the crazy stuff out."

"R-really, you focus on that stuff," Tekken sounded a little deflated to find that Ranma might not be her maso-training comrade in arms," So what does your father put you through?"

"Just about anything you can think of, one time for speed training my old man threw beehives at me and I had to keep fighting them off until I could take out all the bees without being stung," Ranma showed disgust at the memory," At least that's not the worst, and no I ain't gonna tell ya 'bout that!"

Ok, not a masochist. Seriously though, what the hell kind of training is that? Also, I think I can live without hearing any more of that. Noire then happen to see a twinkle of awe shining brightly in Tekken's eyes. And now we're going to have to have ointment and such to treat bee stings on hand later…

After the group settled down and got off the topic of Ranma, they started explaining what happened in Lastation to Histoire. As the recap came to a close, the tea kettle could be heard whistling in the kitchen. Nepgear. promptly excused herself to go get the hot water. It was now time to talk about Ranma's curse. All eyes focused on her as they waited for Nepgear's return. They did not have to wait long as Nepgear returned quickly with the whole kettle in hand. Ok, let's see what cool secrets our new resident martial arts harem master has to reveal! Neptune thought to herself as she watched said martial artist accept the kettle from Nep Jr. with a sigh.

"Ok, so you all remember how I said I am a guy? Well-" Ranma then promptly poured some of the steaming hot water on her head with only a small flinch. What Neptune saw next shocked her completely. Ranma turned into a man in front of them instantly as he grew taller, his hair turned black, and he lost all signs of being female. Neptune was not quite sure how to feel about this. On one hand, he was a guy and that meant that he was now demoted to secondary character status or a villain now. It was a fact that in this series, the only playable characters with names and an appearance, thus the ones that had any impact on the plot, were girls. While it was true that there were games that had the player play as a guy on their side, they weren't cannon and the guy still never actually fought or made an on screen appearance. Now on the other hand, he was a girl half the time it seemed, and even if he was a guy the other half of the time, he was a cute guy. That had to count for something right? As Neptune was thinking on this matter she noticed that Histoire was frowning. She must be thinking the same thing. Well whatever the final verdict was, something else had played out as these thoughts ran through the series' main heroine's head.

Ranma thought he was forgetting something about his demonstration, and then it hit him quite literally," It's a scary guy, KYAHHH!" He had forgotten to give enough of an explanation to lessen the shock beforehand. Now had he known or been forewarned, he would not have let the sloppy looking punch from Tekken connect. Since he did not know and had not been warned about it, he was now sailing through the skies of Gamindustri once more. He had been initially knocked out by the deceptive blow to his chin. However, he had soon recovered to watch Planeptune shrink away into the distance. If he had to admit one thing about the other martial artist, it would be that while her form seemed to suck she packed a lot of power. She definitely outclassed Ryouga in that regard, but Ranma was fairly confident in his ability to take her on in a fight.

Yup, unless she's packing speed to go with that strength I should be able to handle her no problem! Ranma thought to himself to bolster his confidence. Then he noticed that he was flying fairly fast without any signs of descending anytime soon. Well great, looks like I'm gonna be stuck in the air for a while, I wonder where I'll end up now? Ranma took a moment to consider the likelihood of it being somewhere good. It was at that moment that he felt a full body shiver. Whatever place he was likely to end up was going to be hell. He just knew it!

"Aw, Tekken, why'dya have to go and do that. We didn't even get to hear how the curse worked or how, uh, he, for now I guess, got it!" Neptune complained to the timid girl who was apologizing profusely for her actions. Nepgear at that moment was wondering about her place in the story now. While it is true that she usually does not put this side of her on display in an attempt to stay in character during this part of the series, she is Neptune's sister after all and is very aware of her place in the series. She was supposed to be the main character of this adventure and she was afraid that this Ranma girl was about to steal her one time in the spotlight. Well now that Ranma had been revealed a man and summarily removed from the story thanks to Tekken, her place as the protagonist was secure once more!

System notice: Nepgear has unlocked the achievement "Delusions of Grandeur".

"Wow Jr., that's harsh!" Neptune commented at the notice. Nepgear then realized that she had indeed been demoted at that moment and became depressed.

System notice: Nepgear has unlocked the achievement "Darkness Rising".

"Wow, you trying to speed run all of the achievements, sis?" her sister teased her. Nepgear blushed in embarrassment and fled to her room crying about some dude named Akira Toriyama.

"So, anyone know where Ranma flew off to?" Neptune asked with a forced smile and a sweat drop. IF pointed the way, "Uh, isn't that the direction of Leanbox? Hoo boy."

Vert was not happy. After what happened when they found the truth behind the Gehaburn, she had returned home to mange her nation and watch out for the actions of the purple sisters. She had watched as Noire's shares took a nosedive shortly after. She even watched a live feed of the battle that broke out. The feed had been cut right as Noire was going to sacrifice her life. It did not take much thinking to figure out why. Noire was gone. Uni would most likely be as well. It saddened Vert that it had come to this. Goddesses who should be united to save the world were struggling over who should be alive to rule afterwards. Vert had no intention on being one of the fallen. Leanbox would prosper. Chika would not be left alone again.

So it was with these thoughts running through her mind, Vert finished today's paperwork and left to the guild office to take some quests to help protect her shares from falling to Planeptune's eventual efforts. It was at times like this she wished she had a little sister like the others. It would make the work load so much easier. Plus she so dearly wanted a cute little sister. True, Chika tried to fill that spot for her, but the sad fact was that Chika was only mortal and would in time grow old and pass away. That didn't mean the Leanbox CPU did not cherish her in her own way, but the fact was a mortal could never truly fill the void of a candidate. Not to mention, Chika was just a little too old physically. True that Vert had no right to talk on the matter seeing as she was the most mature of the goddesses, but you can't blame her for wanting someone that better fit the role.

As Vert was musing over these facts, a streak of white and black caught her attention off in the distance as it crashed into the bay. For all she knew, it could be a plot by Asic. So she took on her form as Green Heart and quickly flew to a nearby beach to take a closer look. What met her eyes was a bedraggled girl with red hair crawling onto the beach in the drenched remains of some sort of white formal wear for men. She was coughing up water before the poor thing finally rolled on her back and passed out. Green Heart approached her to get a better look. The girl was very cute and just the right age group for her liking. As a certain smile crossed her face and entered her eyes, one might notice a shiver going through the poor red head's body.

While mortals did age, it didn't mean she couldn't use them as a substitute from time to time…

The first thing Ranma noticed when he woke up was that he was very comfortable and warm though a little smothered. As his thoughts collected themselves and sorted out the danger levels of these variables for waking up, his mind started to recall what happened last. Hmmm, I was sent flying by that punch then I ended up napping during said flight. Oh that's right, I passed out on the beach after crashing into a bay. Note to self, no matter how long and boring the flight, stay awake for the landing… Then his brain completely woke up as it went to red alert. He opened his eyes to find his head was trapped in some form of a marshmallow hell. Terror ran down the martial artist's very soul as he immediately pulled himself from between the silk covered mounds with all his might.

After liberating his head, he was able to get a better look at the situation and found that he was a girl and wearing a green negligee cuddled up into a hug with an older woman wearing a matching one. Said woman was starting to wake up. Ranma took advantage of the waking woman's now slack grip and rolled out of the bed and into a defensive stance as her head darted about looking for signs of danger. The blonde woman opened her eyes and watched the pig-tail- wait, Ranma's hair was unbound at the moment as she realized from the feel of her hair whipping about. The strange woman looked confused at first, but then took on an understanding and comforting demeanor," Do not worry dear, you're safe here. I found you washed up on the shore yesterday afternoon. I couldn't leave you out in the cold like that, so I brought you home to my Basilicom."

Ranma was now even more on edge. She could sense something predatory within the woman. Something that was all too familiar. If that was not enough, the woman was a goddess if she understood that last statement right. Ranma visibly shook at the thought of a cross between Kodachi and Saffron. The other woman took this action to mean something else," Oh, you must be cold in that now. Don't worry; I have some clothes set aside in the washroom over there for you. Oh, and I am known as Lady Green heart, but you can call me Vert," the goddess offered with a kind smile as she got up and left the room. Ranma could not help but notice the look in her eyes. Shrugging it off and going to the bathroom to wash up and get into some clothes that would hopefully be more suitable for public when she made her escape. Yes, escape, she had no intentions on seeing where this was leading. She already knew as she had seen this pattern play out so many times before.

What she found in the room shocked her. There were two sets of clothes and a note that read:

I apologize for the invasion of your privacy dear, but you must understand that it would be uncouth of me to allow a guest to stay in such a state of dress and care. I will admit I was quite shocked at what I found in this endeavor and hope you can forgive me. I won't press to know anymore about the matter, but feel free to come to big sister Vert if you need anything!

Well, that settled it. Escape was a must. This goddess was dangerous. Ranma almost wanted to flee on the spot, but decided to go along with it until she was prepared. This of course had nothing to do with the fact her stomach was growling mind you… ok it did, but that's beside the point.

Ranma decided to go out as a guy since he much preferred his birth form and he wanted to use it to gauge the dangerous goddess. What he wore was a black tuxedo with green trim and stylized "L" over the coat's left breast pocket. Ranma was hoping that since Vert had gone to the trouble of figuring out how the curse worked that she was only interested in his girl side. To his chagrin, he was wrong and the woman seemed to enjoy how he looked in the clothes when they met outside of the bedroom in the hall. She then led him to a dining area and they had breakfast. Not much was said as Ranma was hungrily stuffing his face. More so than usual since he hadn't eaten much say for some trail rations the others had shared on the way to Planeptune earlier. The older woman was strangely not put off by Ranma's lack of table manners and was in fact giggling every now and then as she would interrupt him to chide him about lack of manners like Kasumi used to when she tried to teach him said manners some time ago before giving up.

Chika was not happy. Her precious Vert was giving this stranger attention. Attention that should have been hers by right. The green oracle was very displeased. As the morning went on and breakfast was finished, she reminded Lady Green Heart that she had pressing matters to attend. While her goddess was not happy to be reminded of such, she had to separate her from this… person. She really hated this Ranma Saotome. The boy was something which even she could not compete with. He was able to act the part of both a green brother and sister in one. How do you go up against that, especially when the person looked good regardless of what form they had at the time? It was like the universe at large was mocking her love of the goddess at every turn!

Now that they were alone, she briskly guided Ranma to a more private place to talk. Once they were alone in one of the mansion's lesser used studies, she closed the door behind them. Ranma looked a bit nervous at this, but the oracle ignored it and began her 'Lecture', "Now Listen here, I don't know what you're after, but get one thing straight! Vert is mine! You got that? While I can't do anything about her decisions, I want it perfectly clear that I won't take this lying down! Especially when I haven't had her around for three years and now we have a war between the goddesses at hand while we're on the brink of annihilation!"

The boy seemed to relax at this declaration and sigh. What the hell kind of response is that!? Then he gave her an arrogant smile as he replied," Oh thank kami! Listen, I have no interest in Vert. In fact if you want her to yourself, you can help me get out of here. Trust me; I do not want to hang around this joint."

That was not at all what she had been expecting, but if it meant actually getting rid of him, then she had no qualms assisting in this endeavor. As such, she helped him make his way out of the Basilicom and led him to a port where he asked for directions to Planeptune. The enemies' camp. She could not believe the shear gal of the man to try and pull something like this. So, she gave him directions that would lead him to Lowee instead. Its CPU would certainly put him in has place! As such, she went home to the Basilicom to make a call…