That Night…

Kasumi led Ranma to Ranko's room; Ranma cradled the redhead in his arms. Ranko rested her head against Ranma's chest, listening to the soft beat of his heart, she would of questioned it, a Devil having a heartbeat but she guessed she shouldn't of been that surprised, that and she really didn't care, the soft steady beat of his heart was slowly lulling her to sleep, she relaxed herself and lowered her defences with each beat of it.

"I hope this is okay with you but since we don't have any spare rooms and you are her protector you will be sharing Ranko's room with her" Kasumi explained, opening the door to what had been the guest room. Leading Ranma inside, she placed down another futon beside Ranko. Kasumi turned round to face Ranko.

"Could you just put her down on the futon?" Kasumi asked, her gaze moving to Ranma who's harsh gave was analysing the room, he slowly and carefully placed Ranko on the futon and Kasumi began undressing her, Ranma turned his back on them to allow Ranko her dignity.

'So this is her room' Ranma mused, taking a sheet of paper from subspace 'Suitable sleeping arrangements' he mentally read before marking an X in the box beside, before browsing down the rest of the list.

'Proper meals/portions…X considering how thin Ranko is I doubt the portion she received was enough to give her nutrition she needs. Caring environment, that's still to be seen, as for the others I'll need to be here a little longer but at the moment it looks like I'll be taking Ranko to Hell sooner than planned' Ranma mused.

"Is something wrong?" Kasumi asked, noticing Ranma's harsh gaze targeting a piece of paper in his hand, he quickly deposited it back in subspace.

"Kasumi remind me how long has Ranko been living here?" Ranma questioned.

"Ten years, why do you ask?" Kasumi replied.

"Then please tell me why she doesn't have a bed to sleep in and why this room still looks like a guest room, why hasn't she made it her own?" Ranma questioned, turning to fully face the elder Tendo, noticing Ranko in his peripheral vision, fast asleep beneath a thin blanket.

"Well money has been a little tight so we haven't been able to afford a new bed as of yet and as for not making this room her own…Ranko isn't able to get a job so she hasn't really got the money to spend" Kasumi replied, Ranma inwardly fumed.

"Kasumi…who manages your family's finances?" Ranma questioned.

"That would be Nabiki" Kasumi answered.

"Really? In that case I'll just have a quick word with her" Ranma stated before leaving the room and heading towards the room with Nabiki's name upon it. He lifted his fist before lightly knocking, a muffled 'come in' was his response.

"Ah Ranma baby, is there a reason you want to see me?" Nabiki asked, leaning back in her desk chair, eyeing Ranma up and down.

"Yes, I hear you're the one who manages the money in this family and takes care of the bills, is this information correct?" Ranma questioned.

"Yes" Nabiki replied, her eyes narrowing.

"So you know what happens to all the money that comes into the family, through your fathers jobs, your blackmailing and of course the money this family would receive since Ranko is physically disabled" Ranma stated, Nabiki stiffened.

'So he isn't some dumb jock, guess I called him wrong' Nabiki mused, raising her defences.

"I do know what happens with money, it all goes on bills and of course on supplies to keep us alive, why do you ask?" Nabiki responded.

"Because Ranko is still sleeping on a mat on the floor and she hasn't personalised her room at all, can you tell me why?" Ranma replied.

"I just told you" Nabiki replied.

"Except the money you receive because of Ranko's 'condition' your family would receive money to care for her and upgrade your home so to speak so Ranko can get around and yet nothing has been done and you get more money to care for her and yet you claim to still have none" Ranma stated, Nabiki's eyes narrowed.

"What is it your business what happens to the money in this family?" Nabiki questioned.

"It isn't…but it is my business when Ranko is suffering because of it, now tell me why is she still sleeping on the floor and don't feed me that bull about bills because it isn't hard to see it's a lie so don't bother, in here alone you have a top of the range lap top, a listening device and a camera and more of these are scattered throughout every room in the house…hold on every room" Ranma mused "There's none in Ranko's room is there and yet they're outside and in every other room so why not Ranko's" Ranma questioned.

"They are in her room too the only things is they were fried a couple of days ago" Nabiki replied.

'So that's why she doesn't know me, my summoning fried the cameras' Ranma mused.

"That's one, now tell me why Ranko sleeps on the floor when you are buying all this stuff just so you can blackmail others and sell indecent pictures of your family" Ranma snapped, feeling his teeth begin to sharpen into fangs as his anger continued to grow.

"Why do you care?" Nabiki replied, hoping that Ranma would turn into a blushing, blubbering nitwit like her peers did when it came to intimacy.

"Because she's my charge and that means I am to protect her, care for her and ensure she is treated well and I have yet to find that here" Ranma snapped, approaching Nabiki, encasing her neck within the vice grip of his fist and lifting her off the chair and so high up her dangling legs couldn't touch the floor, applying just enough pressure to make breathing a difficult task.

"Wh…who…what are…you" Nabiki stammered.

"I'm Ranko's protector" Ranma hissed before throwing Nabiki as her door, her body slammed into it, her eyes widened and she let out a gasp of pain before bouncing off of the door and falling to the floor.

"What are you?" Nabiki questioned through gritted teeth, weakly lifting her head from the floor to look at Ranma.

"A monster formed of nightmares, a monster that monsters fear, now ensure that Ranko has a bed to sleep in tomorrow night" Ranma spat, a slight demonic growl in his voice, Nabiki could only nod in response, Ranma took his leave, bidding the middle Tendo goodnight.

Meanwhile…

Nodoka still wearing her lacy attire from earlier sat atop a gagged and hogtied Ukyo, smirking as she stared into the orb that hovered above her hand, showing her the Tendo household, showing her what her son was up to.

'So demonic…he'll make a fine heir once he takes himself a slave or three and let's his true nature out…hmm…perhaps I could give him one of these girls as a little birthday gift, I'm sure it won't take long for his true nature to appear and torture it, his hatred for them seems to grow with each day' Nodoka mused, her smirk growing to reveal her fangs.

"Ukyo I want you to go to Earth, to Nerima and infiltrate their society and study it and pay close attention to my son and his charge and while your at it keep an eye on the other Tendo girls and report back to me your findings and make sure if Ranma even slightly releases his true nature that I know about it and if you do a good job I may consider giving you to my son" Nodoka stated, glancing down at the gagged girl beneath her behind, reaching down and removing the ball gag.

"Of course mistress" Ukyo exclaimed the minute she was able to speak, a little hope glimmering in her eyes at the idea of been free of Nodoka and becoming Ranma's slave, known not only for his power but for been more of the humane demons, though no one dared say it to his mother nor himself, especially not after Atlantis, but it was known Ranma maybe ruthless, powerful and could be as bad as his mother he did show himself to not be completely inhuman. This was what Ukyo had been hoping for ever since Nodoka began to break her.

"Good, now you may leave and prepare to head to Earth, oh and could you send Kimiko to me" Nodoka stated as she removed her ass from her bound slave before bending over and lengthening her nails into foot long claws and tore through her bounds, excluding the ones tying Ukyo's wrists together behind her back. Nodoka rose herself back to her feet and watched as her slave weakly rose to her feet, legs shaking as she made her way out of the bed chamber, completely exhausted.

A/N Sorry it's another short chappie, hope you all liked the update, plz review and any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.