Warning: There will be a character's death in this chapter… I don't own anything!

Chapter 1 – Part 3

Meanwhile, in China

Ranma's POV

I didn't expect that it was going to catch up to Pop out of the ordinary, but it's me or karma came back to bite him back when he's messing with the wrong family. His corpse left to rot as the birds and animals gathered to eat, but some refused to go near him. He tried to steal from Tao Family and used me to arrange a marriage with their daughters. I questioned if this was the last straw since he had been doing it for the past years when we traveled around the world. I ended up learning different style from the Tao's servants, but I questioned about the Anything Goes. He had no honor if he steals from other family and used me to do labor.

For this feeling, I don't have any love for him for taking advantage of me and I lost my childhood from him. I forced to suffer for his selfish ways and he thought that I was naïve, but these dreams showed up that he wasn't a caring father. He died from the consequences of his action, but would I want to prevent his fate? Actually, no… The dreams came in like a warning, but he caused me my manhood due to this cause. He knows about the curse lakes from his…

I questioned why am I spared from this terrible fate? That I'm bothered about when I could be dead too and I did horrible things in the past, but my dad was the worst influence. I had no soul for him from what happened, but how could I express the news to my… I haven't got contact with "her" for a long time and I questioned if she cared about me or not. I questioned on what to do with my life, but I can't rely on anyone. I knew that our family will be shunned for what my father did and it's just justice in a sick twisted way.

"Boy," said Tao Chang calmly, "Why are you in the dungeon?"

"Just trying to gather my thoughts on what to do," I replied as my usual self, but I'm scared deep down, "I had been traveling with Dad from the past years and I wasn't aware that he used me for his advantage… I felt like everything was stolen from him and it's just a bittersweet moment until now…"

"Yes, he tried to steal our treasures, but he is barking at the wrong tree when he messed with the wrong family. His consequences ends with him when he tried to steal you back, but it is him who suffered at the end. You didn't do anything wrong, but I know your childhood had been stolen from you."

He pulled out the journal from his pocket and handed it to me.

"…"

"Boy, I will not turn you into a zombie since there's something more about you," he said calmly, "That we are lacking, but I hoped you showed Tao Jun and Ren the world…"

"What?" I said, surprised.

Tao Chang's POV

There's some potential from what I see in the boy, but it's not the case. It's something in his heart that we are lacking, but I read his father's journal and I'm glad that he's dead for what he did. It's a victorious feeling, but it's bittersweet one when there's nobody to guide him in this situation. He didn't do anything wrong, but he's suitable one for Tao Jun since he…

I cannot help it when I feel angry when an Amazon woman tried to kill Jun, but he came in right on time. He explained on what happened in the village, but I shook my head and disapproved Colonge's idea. I had to go out of my way to cut the arranged marriage since the deal had been made. I don't know who the other finances are, but it's up to him to decide on what to do.

The Tao Family is distrustful the world, but I remained contact with a few friends living in Japan, Canopy Kingdom, and other parts of the world. It doesn't mean that I trust others, but I knew my adopted daughter. I read the journal and showed it to the others, but Yuan doesn't want him going near to Jun. He showed respect by protecting from a threat, but honor demanded when I going to head into the Amazon Village. Yuan doesn't trust him for what his father did, but respected him for his deed. It doesn't mean that he can stay here, but we promised him to be trained with our warriors.

He could the World's martial artist from what he could see, but he doesn't go down into the path like Happosai and his students. I couldn't help it if he tried to break into our home, but I will not allow him to go near my daughter. I lost a wife from what happened in the past and I couldn't forgive him. He's a creator of the Anything Goes except he isn't 3000-years-old by this age, he would an honorable one. Sadly, he's nothing more than a dirty old man in reality, and I knew someone would point out this. He's possibly a reincarnation with the flea demon along with Cologne, but I knew they weren't this age.

It doesn't matter since the only thing that we needed to do, it's to move on with our lives. I watched the boy looking through the journal and he was disgusted with what his father wrote.

"I knew the truth will come out one day," Ranma said as he closed the book.

I smiled, "You knew…"

"I didn't read the journal or aware of the existence, but I knew that he did something that a father wouldn't do," Ranma said coldly, "Karma came back as a bitch and I think my family are ashamed of what my father did. I didn't lose contact with anyone of them from Japan, but…"

He took out a small phonebook and showed it to me, but its surprise that he hold everyone's phone number in one book.

"I did it in secret to inform what was going on, but I don't reveal much to my father," Ranma said, "Since I knew what he's doing to me wrong when I told them on what's going on, but they informed me about my mother…"

Ranma shook his head.

"Sometimes, it hurts, but you needed to decide on your own on what to do," I said calmly, "You had been trained in our home and showed a candidate for my granddaughter due to your pure soul. Don't let your talent or anything go to waste. You will shun by others due to your father's criminal action, but there's salvation… I will like you to be adopted under our name instead of the Saotome."

"…"

"Before you answered, the world will not see you as an individual without a doubt, but you acknowledged you as Genma's son. You will be charged under your father's debt and sensed your father's dead… We will honor to send his body back to Japan to your mother… This is an opportunity to start off with a new leaf if you refused then…"

"I accept…"

I reacted with a gentle smile on my face to see Ranma accepted it before he bowed down to me. I didn't want his talent to go to waste or get a bad reputation from what his father did. Everyone is out of the blood on Saotome from what Genma did to them, but I knew that he won't abandon his family in Japan.

"Very well," I replied, "I make sure that you learned a lot with your goal, but there's one condition."

"What is that?"

"Don't adapt the Anything Goes as your signature fighting style," I said coldly, "Since the creator isn't an honorable man, but there was an opportunity missed out for him to develop. His sin continued to take over his life if you see him… Kill him…"

"…"

"This is a harsh request coming from an old man, but there's a reason for that," I replied calmly, "My old friend and I used to get along with him, but things took off in the wrong way. He brought dishonor when he harassed my wife, but I'm graceful that his old friend had a wife except…"

"Your wife passed away," he said, "Pop was holding back everything from me, but I knew who the creator of the Anything Goes was. I don't want to arrange a marriage with his friends' daughters, but I heard that they…"

"Don't let doubt get the better of you, but common sense will come back to her with regret," Tao Chang said, "Did they want you to come back to Japan?"

"Yes," he replied calmly, "The Aoyama wanted to see if I'm dead or alive to decide the fate of my mother, but something tells me that…"

"If you have to do it, then do it!"

"No, I'm still having a lot to learn for a good reason, since I can't leave just now," he replied, "I just started after my father dropped off and I wanted to learn more."

I questioned if I should teach him our method to him other than martial artists, but he showed some potential. The damage was done thanks to his father when he splashed into the cursed water. There was way into curing him, but he forced to go back into the hot spring to drown him. I didn't want to go through what he had to go through. I questioned if it's not too late, but I didn't want nobody feels indifferent due to his abilities, but his father was aware about the cure.

He is willing to take advantage of his son for his selfish goal, but he's dead. His son had rights to follow his path instead of being a burden.

"Do you still have the curse?"

"Yes, but I doubted that there's a cure," Ranma said doubtfully.

"Don't be expecting such thing," I said calmly, "I knew the Curse Hot Springs, but there's an alternate way to do so. If a father valued his son and he will undo the mess that he made, but decided to go against it… I'm going to help you undo this curse since we aren't sure on how will others react."

"Really?" Ranma said hopefully.

"This is my thanks to you, but I wanted you to show my grandchildren the world," I said gently.

Ranma's POV

It was an opportunity where I changed back into my normal, but I wanted to keep the rescuing a low profile. I doubted that people will believe me if I tried to do it. It's true that I won't abandon my family from what my father did, but my family and Tao had the same situation. Tao had their own when they respected before they shunned away by socialite while my family aren't martial artists in reality. They are just normal people through my eyes, but I didn't want to leave to move on when there's a damage control.

The only thing that I feared a problem, how to explain everything to my mother from what happened? My relatives told me when they confronted her on where I was, she acted like nothing like there's nothing wrong. She didn't show a sign of concern or called anyone about Pop's… Uh! This gets me uncomfortable when I realized that she's the one who made me sign a seppuku contract at a young age. I feared that she's going to use this on me like to keep me in line in her way, but where's the mother love in her? That's I'm bothered about in my mind, but if I showed her evidences on what my father doing… Then maybe she will change her mind, but I couldn't refuse an opportunity.

They are willing to undo a curse for me and this was one step to handle into undo. I hoped it worked for my sake, but if it doesn't on what will others think of me. I put my trust in Tao Chang if he's going to reverse the curse, but I hoped it succeeded.

I didn't want to look back when they poured water on my father and preparing to make a rug out of him. I felt sick inside, but I didn't care when I walked out of there if anything doesn't work.

I rather act dumb to others if anyone asked about what happen, but the truth will come out if I have someone to trust with…

"Keep silence and act like you surprised, but you will soon find someone to trust," said the voice, "You don't question on what's going when you realized something isn't right in your heart? You acted like nothing in reality, but you knew what's wrong in your heart…"

Who was the voice? She sounded like…

Meanwhile…

Mr. Urashima's POV

I gasped out of my bed as if I had a nightmare involving what happened to Genma and his son. I watched him get tortured and murdered, but his son looked indifferent from what I saw. What was my wife's intention as she slept soundly? I was sweating, but I knew Genma deserved a terrible fate or not. This is going extreme when I saw his last words sounding like he regretted it, but I think he picked on the wrong family to mess with. It's odd that they spared Ranma, but I was shaken with fear from the twisted fate.

Sadly, Soun is very lucky that he isn't in Genma's situation since he remained bars, but will he changed for his children's sake. Will be a complete fool by siding with his sensei? I imagined that Happosai gets the bad news related to his students getting into trouble, but one ended up dead. I hoped the art die along with him, but I knew the consequences will come to him.

I tried to relax in my bed when I questioned on how my son is doing, but I knew he's alright since we received a call. The only thing that I'm worried about, it's moving out for a good reason. My mother harassed through the phone as she questioned on where Keitaro is, but I had to deal with this issue.

Mr. Otohime and his family forced to leave for Japan for no reason, but where remained unknown? Then the phone rang.

"Hello," I answered.

"Hello, how is everything going for you?" my mother asked.

"Does it look OK when your misdeed caused trouble with our reputation?" I asked, "Why are you calling me at this hour?"

We blocked her phone number, but I don't know how she's able to get our new number out of the blue. I felt harassed when she continued to ask on, where's Keitaro, but I did to tell her that he was at the Asakura. She began to go off that we made a terrible mistake into leaving them and assuming that they will do something bad. They aren't what they appeared to be, but she's an Asakura and belittling our choices. Well, who's fault to side with the opponents other than the family?

"Well, this is an emergency, dear!" she replied to me.

"What is the emergency?" I replied as I rolled my eyes as my wife woke up from my mother's outburst.

I refused to go into the Hinata Inn to my mom's tactics, but she wasn't like this before. I knew I didn't want to see "her" from what she was trying to do with. She tried to break up my wife by bringing a whore to convince me to cheat on her, but I refused to break up with Lamia. She tried to break up with Lamia for no reasons and her tactics fell all together.

"Is this how you treat your own mother?" she scolded at me when she goes to rant that my wife isn't good influence, but that doesn't matter when I covered the phone to wait until she finished her rant.

She used her former employees to do her bidden, but I refused to cheat on Mrs. Otohime. It's dishonorable since she knew what's wrong and decided to go against it. I could think more schemes that she was trying to drift my son apart and I couldn't forgive him. She refused to allow Haruka to inherit the Hinata Café because she refused to replace the Mishima's name.

"I am not going to the Hinata Inn for your tactics," I said apathetically, "what's the family emergency?"

"Well…"

I waited for the right moment to make up the excuse.

"You need to convince Haruka to change her mind about what she's going to do."

I reacted when I questioned about Haruka and I hoped she's alright. It's possible that she's losing her insanity, but it doesn't mean that she didn't go a bit too far, as committed suicide, but I know that Haruka wouldn't do such thing. What's the excuse now? Is she's losing her mind when Hina belittling her for not adopted her into the Urashima by replacing her name?

"What is it now?"

"Haruka is planning to sell the café and I tried to talk her out of it, but this is the one that…"

It's ironic when Haruka told me about what was going down due to the suspicious people coming inside. They weren't giving a good reputation to the café from the past weeks from what I heard.

"I don't see what the big deal is," I said apathetically, "She's the owner of the Hinata Café and she had her rights, but not yours…"

"How could you say something so unreasonable?"

I rolled my eyes, "No, mother… You need to stop being dramatic and accept the reality that things cannot be focused on different just because you disapproved. It's not just me, but others don't seem a bit comfortable when you pointed your nose into people's businesses. If Haruka's business is going down the drain, then she had no choice except she had to sell it and moved someplace else…"

"Dear, you don't know what the Hinata Café meant to the family since Y…"

"No, Haruka isn't Yoko since there's a difference between her and her mother and you cannot deny it anymore… Haruka is her own person and have her rights, but you cannot just assume that everything doesn't work through your eyes. Look at what you got everyone to go through…"

"Dear, how dare you say something so?"

"No mother… It's the truth!" I said calmly, "You didn't sided with my wife during the court, but you refused to allow Haruka to inherit the café due to the fact that she refused to replace her "true" last name. You think that you are right, but you made things worse in reality."

I heard the Hinata Inn was going down the drain from what happened during the courtroom and everything is going down the drain. My mother should realize that her helpings or reasoning isn't getting better, but I forced to remember that we had to sell the bakery due to the harassment. We had to adopt the Mishima's name to avoid them, but we forced to work to buy it off. She caused everything downfall for my wife, son, and I due to her schemes, but it's bringing customers due to the bad reputation. I believed that she tries to convince us that she's right and we are wrong.

We tried to avoid her from calling us and avoided being tracked down by debt collectors. I'm glad that Keitaro isn't in our situation since he's in good hands in the Asakura, but I hoped that he learned something since he's still young.

"Like what?"

"You sent a whore seduced me when I did not one delivery to the Love Hotel and tried to create a conflict just because my wife is a foreigner. Is your head insane or are you denying everything in your heart. I gave you chances or tried to bond with your sister-in-law before Keitaro was born. You forced her to acknowledge you as Mrs. Urashima instead of mother… You tried to break apart a family that my wife and I tried to raise. If we aren't involved, you ended up making others' miserable… Mother, I hated to say this, but make this the final…"

"How dare you assumed I did something wrong?"

I shook my head, "You did… When I agreed to go on the tour with you and I find my first love at first sight when we went to China. I made a mistake, but wanted to do the honorable thing. You'd interfered and forced me to abandon her… My heartbroken turns to frustration when you refused to give me private time, but tried to make me marry to someone who I don't know or like… I'm sorry, but it's Haruka's choice… Not mine… Good night…"

Before she began her rant and I ended up hanging up the phone at the end. I had this feeling when I needed to put my foot down, but she's bickering for things isn't right for her.

"…"

I had a denial in my heart when I wished that I wasn't too much of a Mama's boy, but I regretted this until now. I wished I didn't leave her at the altar when I forced to leave due to my mother's disapproval, but I questioned if she's alright. She's the mother of my son and left nothing to support her at the end. It's disappointing when I refused to.

"Dear, it's wise to go sleep!" Lamia said calmly, "We will talk tomorrow…"

"I hoped you are right," I thought when I concerned if Keitaro is going to make a grim mistake like I had, but I hoped he didn't.

Even though, I feared that I will get a nightmare all of the sudden to the regret in my heart. I couldn't remember her name and questioned if she's still alive due to the Disaster. I questioned if my unborn child is born or dead since I haven't got contact with her without any choice… I decided to get some shut eyes, but I knew the disaster will strike again farther away than I expected. I feared of losing everything again, but I don't know if it's going to happen again or not.

Double's POV

I went back to sleep, but I didn't expect that the Trinity had something to do the Lazy Panda's death. Ranma spared from a terrible fate, but will he returned back to Japan back to normal? Will he returned to decided his mother's fate? Are you curious about what happen next?

TBC

I will have to end the chapter like this, but I tried to remake this chapter twice already. I decided to go for an alternate route, but I'm not sure if anyone will please about this. I was going for Mr. Urashima to get his prospective, but concerned about Genma's son. Sadly, I decided to go to an alternate route and I'm questioning if anyone is familiar with the Tao Family from Shaman King.

I wished I had put the details on how, but I will have to wait while I left it a mystery. I'm glad that it turned out like this, but maybe next chapter will get things interesting. Who knows? It depends on you…