Me: "Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of update but I will make it up to you with this chapter. Start the fic."

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Ranma had just told Red about his life. Including stuff about the Princess. It had taken most into the night but he did it. They stopped to rest on a mountaintop.

"Wow. That sounds pretty rough. So is there anything I could do for you to make your life any easier at all?" asked Red.

"As a matter a fact yes. Remember that flying squirrel I told you about? I would give anything to have him back. Do you think you could find him?" asked Ranma.

"That all depends, do you have anything I could use to track his scent with?" asked Red.

"As a matter of fact I do, I always carry this with me for luck. Hasn't exactly been doing a good jobthough. It's a piece of his flyer's cap." Said Ranma.

Ranma then handed Red his piece of Icarus' flyer cap.

Red took it and inhaled deeply. "Oh yeah, I can definitely find this guy. Before I go off trying to find your squirrel friend where could I drop you off?" asked Red.

"Just drop me off at myhigh schoolif you don't mind." Said Ranma.

"WHAT? You want to go back there willingly?" asked Red.

"I can't run away from my problems. Until I can find a way to nullify the engagements with everyone managing to keep their honor I have no choice but to stay." Said Ranma.

"You got a good heart kid. Don't let anyone tell you different." Said Red.

So with that, Ranma got onto Red's back and they flew off into the sunrise.

Flashback

Ranma had his head buried in his knees with sadness.

Ranma and Icarus then thought that they saw something in the fog.

It turned out to be the Professor sitting on his brief case holding his knees.

"Is that…It is! It's the Professor! HEY PROFESSOR! IT'S ME RANMA! THIS WAY! OVER HERE!" shouted Ranma.

"Ranma? Ranma! It is you!" said the Professor happily.

"Grab on Professor!" said Ranma.

Ranma grabbed onto the Professor's outstretched umbrella. He almost fell in once but managed to get onto the bed.

"Ranma, I had feared we'd seen the last of you." Said the Professor.

"Where's King Morpheius?" asked Ranma.

"Far away. He's been taken to Nightmare Land. All of Slumber Land weeps for him." Said the Professor sadly.

"Because of me. This is all my fault." Said Ranma.

"No! This is Flip's fault! You mustn't blame yourself." Said the Professor.

"No! I was supposed to protect the key and I letFlip take it from me no problem! The king is in Nightmare Land because I was a bad guardian! I'm going to look for the king." said Ranma.

"But without the Royal Scepter I'm afraid that there's just no hope in finding him." Said the Professor.

"The Scepter? Oh don't worry about that Professor. I got that." Said Ranma.

Ranma then pulled it out from under the sheets and showed it to him.

"Why so you do! We must take it to him right away…Oh! But nobody really knows where Nightmare Land is." Said the Professor.

"Flip does. He's got a map to Nightmare Land." Said Ranma.

"He does?" asked the Professor.

"I saw it!" said Ranma.

The Professor then put a hand over his eyes and said "Oh dear! It might be too late! He's to be banished into space in a very short amount of time."

"We've got to stop it! We've got to hurry!" said Ranma.

He then took the Scepter and started paddling with it.

"Paddle Professor! Paddle!" said Ranma.

"Paddle? Why uh yes!" said the Professor as he started to paddle with his umbrella.

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Slumber Land…what's left of it…

The area is in ruins and you see a very large cannon in the center of it all. The Princess was overlooking the whole thing looking like her whole world was just ripped apart. There are guards in a line of two who were drumming. In half of the cannonball there was Flip who didn't look worried at all.

One of the guards then offered Flip a blindfold but Flip responded with "Blindfold? Please, I want to enjoy the show."

"Ready the cannon!" said the captain.

The guards then tried to put the lid on top of Flip.

"Hey! Hey! What'cha all doin? Open the lid!" said Flip right before they screwed the top on. Flip was still smoking at the time so he was trapped with his own smoke in there. Not exactly too healthy.

But little did anyone know Ranma waspaddlingcloser to shore.

"Hey! Hey let me out of here. I'll turn over a new leaf ya hear! I promise! Trust me!" begged Flip as they put him in the cannon.

The cannon pointed towards the sky and Flip yelped as gravity took him to the back of the cannon.

"Ready?" asked the Captain of the Guards.

Ranma and the Prof. had finally hit shore, Icarus and Ranma began to race towards where they heard the drums. The Prof. tried to run too but triped on the first step.

"Hurry! Youmust stop the cannon!" said the Professor.

"Fire!" ordered the captain.

The guard lit the cannon wick while trying not to look at it.

Icarus chirpped something in squirrel as they got closer. Icarus, believe it or not, was the first to reach the Princess. He tried to tell her to stop the cannon but she couldn't understand him.

"Icarus? Where'd you come from?"asked the Princess.

She was begining to get the jest that there was something very important happening.

"Where's Ranma?" asked the Princess.

Ask Princess and you shall recieve.

"Stop! Stop! Don't fire the cannon!" shouted Ranma.

"Ranma!" was the cry that came from the Princess.

"The Royal Scepter!" said the guard in shock.

"Let Flip out!" shouted Ranma.

"WHAT?" asked the Princess.

She was so shocked Ranma would say such a thing she stood up and Icarus fell off her lap and into the chair.

Ranma turned to the girl he had fallen for and walked towards her with the scepter. "I'm going to go look for your father. I know I messed things up but give me a chance to set everything right again. So please, let Flip out."

"W-What?" asked the Princess.

The wick started to burn faster.

"He has a map to Nightmare Land!" said Ranma.

"Release him!" ordered the Princess.

Given this new command the guard panicked as he tried to put out the flame on the wick. He almost didn't make it but at the last second he put out the wick and gave a sigh of relief.

The cannon tipped downwards and the stared cannonball came rolling out.

They unscrewed the top and Flip came falling/coughing out due to all the smoke from his cigar that got trapped inside. The guards roughly helped Flip to his feet.

"Hey fellas! Watch the squeeze." said Flip dusting himself off.

Ranma held out his hand to him looking at his friend sternly. "Alright Flip, hand it over!"

"Hand over what?" asked Flip.

"The map to Nightmare Land!" said Ranma.

"Oh that little thing." said Flip tapping the ash off his cigar.

"Yeah that little thing!" saidRanma.

"Well...what's it worth to ya?" asked Flip.

Flip soon found Ranma's fist implanted in his face.

"I aint got time for your games!" said Ranma.

All Flip managed to get out was a very painful "Ow."

"Seize him!" ordered the Professor.

The guards started to grab Flip by his sleeves roughly.

"Okay! Okay. I sees ya Professor. Here, here it's yours." said Flip taking out the map.

One guard was holding Flip to make sure he wouldn't try to get away and another was taking the map to the Professor.

"Hey! Hey! Take it easy with that!" said Flip. The guard got a better grip on Flip to show they weren't messing around. "Hey! Not so rough you guys!"

Ranma and the others were now reading the map which frankly just looked like a bunch of jibberish.

"Interesting aint it?" asked Flip.

"It doesn't make any sense." said Ranma.

Flip had gotten free from the guard and was looking very smug at the moment.

"OH! Did I forget to mention that it's in my very own specially unscrutibly uncomprhensible and otherwise unreadablesuper code." said Flip.

Ranma rolled up the map.

"It is huh? Then in that case you're coming with us." said Ranma.

Ranma handed Flip back the map.

"Me? To Nightmare Land? Sorry." Flip had tucked the map into his inner pocket of his jacket. "Sorry but I got places to go, things to do, people to..."

"Prepare the cannon." ordered the Princess.

"Uh on second thought...I'll come along. But only if I can get to be captain, I mean afterall I'm the only one who can read the map." said Flip.

He had managed to make his way over to the Princess. "And do you want to come along too little princessy?"

The Princess turned her head away from Flip. It was either because of the cigar or his breath. "I'll even let you carry my cigars." offered Flip.

The Princess was fuming. Here was the guy who was not only responsible for her father being in Nightmare Land but also probably was the one who made Ranma feel so guilty.

"Did anyone ever tell you..." started Flip. He puffed out some smoke in her face. "You're kind of cute when you're angry?"

That did it! It was time to show this jerk exactly how angry she was with him!

POW!

Princess Camille had socked Flip right in the jaw and everyone gasped...except Ranma. He clapped.

"Way to go Princess! That's showing him! The only reason why I didn't do it was because you beat me to it. said Ranma.

Camille blushed at Ranma's praise. But she turned her attention back to Flip.

"Of course I'm coming! And by royal decree I sentence you to NO cigar smoking!" said the Princess.

Flip groaned and his head hit the ground.

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A few hours later by the docks...

Pincess Camille was dressed in one of her many outfits. Ranma however was still in the dressing room.

"Ranma are you okay? If it's a zipper problem I could send the Professor in." said the Princess.

"It's not that! It's just...do I really have to wear this?" asked Ranma.

"Yes. Now come out of there!" said the Princess.

Ranma groaned but did as he was told. He came out in a blue sailor suit.

"I feel so ridiculous in this thing!" said Ranma.

Princess Camille giggled at this.

Ranma started to rub his arm and was looking at his shoes for this next part. "Um Princess Camille? I know that in the long run it was my fault what happened to your father. I never should've given Flip the key, what's more is I left it there. I should've told someone about what was going on and I failed to get the scepter to your father. What I'm trying to say is...I won't blame you if you don't want to be my friend anymore." said Ranma sadly.

Princess Camille took his chin in her hand and raised his head so she could talk to him eye to eye.

"Ranma what happened back there was out of control. I don't blame you for it. I will now and always will be your friend."

Ranma gave a sad smile to this. Apparently Flip had just taken a sharp turn or something because both Ranma and the Princess fell to the ground because of it.

"Did I mention I really don't like him being captain?" asked Ranma.

End Flashback

Red had now dropped Ranma off.

"See ya later kid. I'm off to find that squirrel of yours." said Red.

"Okay, good luck!" said Ranma.

He looked at the clock and actually smiled. For once he was early to school. "First time for everything I guess."