The trio came to a halt, a sign treading 'Tendo Dojo' above them, Nodoka glanced at it before moving through the gate and towards the door, the cursed adolescents close behind her, expressions hidden by their hoods, Nodoka's showing, only slightly hidden by the hood, she came to a stop and raised her hand and lightly knocked on the door, heavy footsteps could be heard on the other side and the door soon opened to reveal a tall man in a brown GI, long black hair and a large moustache, a young woman wearing a sundress with long brown hair and innocent look in her eyes and a younger one beside her wearing a violet kimono with a bowl haircut and almost calculating look in her eyes.

"Soun, it is nice to see you again after so very long may we come in and perhaps trouble you for some hot water?" Nodoka greeted.

"Why yes of course, please come in" Soun replied, fighting to contain his joy, well at least until he saw Ranma, he raised an eyebrow at the hooded people behind her, expressions completely hidden by their hoods, they followed after Nodoka, the young woman in a sundress led them to the dining room where they took their seats.

Nodoka slowly removed her hood and glanced round and instantly spotted a blue girl around the age of her children glaring at them, she dipped into her memories, trying to find the name of the girl, realization glowed in her eyes within seconds.

"Why Akane is that you?" Nodoka greeted, the girl's eyes widened at hearing that Nodoka new her name.

"Yes…how do you know me?" Akane asked, unable to recall ever seeing the woman before her, then again it was more than a decade ago since she'd seen Nodoka and she had been very young.

"I'm an old friend of your mothers, the last I saw you were only this big" Nodoka giggled as she lifted up her palm, indicating Akane's previous height, Akane noticeably relaxed at hearing the 'woman' before her knew her mother and was quite close to her. Kasumi entered the dining room, kettle in hand, placing it in front of Nodoka, Nodoka lifted the kettle and poured a small trickle onto her wrist, wincing as the scolding water licked at her bare flesh, she tilted the kettle up and felt relieved when the pressure on her back vanished, no longer forcing her wings against it, she passed it to Ukyo who did the same thing and it was passed onto Ranma who poured it onto her wrist as well, only pouring quite a bit more, enduring the pain.

Everyone stared at Ranma as she appeared to grow a good foot. "Thank you for the hot water" Nodoka said as the kettle was sat back on the table.

"You are quite welcome but may I ask why you poured it on yourself?" Kasumi questioned.

"While in China we each picked up a curse activated by water…our forms make us uncomfortable…we'd rather not use them when we don't have to" Nodoka replied, Kasumi nodded, her smile never fading.

"Now as most of you know my name is Nodoka Saotome" Nodoka greeted, glancing to her children, both slightly nodded.

"My name is Ukyo Saotome" Ukyo greeted before gripping her hood and removing it, revealing her face, everyone turned to Ranma, Soun barely containing his excitement, Ranma gripped the sides of his hood.

"My name is Ranma Saotome" Ranma greeted before too removing his hood, Kasumi and Nabiki quickly became interested in the boy once they saw his face and their interest grew when he let the cloak move to his side, revealing his muscular build, their intentions clear within their eyes, Akane, however, saw Ranma as a challenge.

Soun jumped at Ranma, pulling him into a strong hug, one that would and did make it very hard for Ranma to continue breathing.

"Oh happy day the schools can finally be united" Soun declared, about to go on but stopped when he pulled away and made eye contact with Ranma, Ranma had cold eyes, cold and calculating with a great power hiding within them, suffering outline his eyes, Ranma had old eyes, eyes that Soun comprehend eyes that had seen so much and in such short time, at seeing this Ranma's scar became more noticeable.

"Soun I do not wish my son be forced to uphold my husband's agreement to marry one of your daughters, especially for such a pitiful reason as honour, the only way the school will be united through marriage is if my son grows to like one of your daughters and they grow close together on their own and then decide to marry, for love not honour" Nodoka stated, Soun normally would object but he was unable to look away from Ranma's eyes, they were drawing him in.

"Very well" Soun stammered, backing away from Ranma and finally breaking eye contact, deciding it would be best to speak to his old friend about this matter since his wife was been irrational.

"Girl why don't you introduce yourself and your age" Soun stated, Akane was about to object since Ranma didn't reveal his and neither did Ukyo but bit her tongue when Kasumi cast her a small glare and decided to keep her mouth.

"Very well father, my name is Kasumi Tendo age nineteen and yes I'm single" Kasumi greeted, sending Ranma a lustful smirk, only to receive nothing in return and so narrowed her eyes.

'Oh this is going to be fun I do so enjoy a challenge' Kasumi though to herself, licking her suddenly dry lips.

"My name is Nabiki Tendo age seventeen and I am full of surprises" Nabiki greeted, with a shark like grin and once again much like Kasumi received no reaction.

"My name is Akane Tendo age sixteen and heiress to the Tendo School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts" Akane declared proudly, Ranma didn't even bat an eyelid.

"Impressive, I am also sixteen and a master of the Saotome School Of Anything Goes Martial Arts" Ranma responded in an empty tone, it was true thanks to his curse he had managed to master his art, the Alpha Stigma allowed him to memorise every technique he witnessed even just from scrolls and over the last decade he had found most of the hidden scrolls of anything goes, usually by mistake and his mother had brought scrolls with her when she left home with Ranma meaning it was almost too easy for Ranma.

All eyes went wide at hearing what Ranma said, Akane didn't believe it, Nabiki made a mental note to keep a very close eye on Ranma, Kasumi began sizing him up, almost scanning him, taking everything in and she could see it was true and that wasn't all Ranma was, she'd rarely seen such powerful magic and as for Soun he observed Ranma's aura and was surprised by how focused it was, almost like I was hiding his true power but he could a few flashes beneath the surface and hoped he'd never end up in a serious fight with Ranma, especially since he was so rusty having not trained in a long time.

"Yeah right like you're a master" Akane sneered.

"Believe what you want but he's telling the truth" Ukyo stated.

"If that's true then I challenge you" Akane declared, pointing at Ranma as she stood up, glaring at him.

"Challenge denied" Ranma responded in a monotone, Akane stiffened.

"Akane Ranma is a…pacifist he will only fight if he has no choice but other than that he will never fight, he learned to fight for self-defence" Ukyo explained.

"Then I guess he isn't a true martial artist, as a true martial artist never backs down from a challenge" Akane declared.

"I will not fight you" Ranma stated, tone completely void of emotion, Akane flinched, the tone disturbed her, almost scared her, not that she'd ever admit it, she had been hoping her words would rile the boy up and she would get to spar with him then but they appeared to have no effect on him.

"What are you scared? Then again I am the greatest martial artist in Nerima so I guess you would be scared" Akane taunted.

"When one is cornered by fear they lash out and attack, there are only two things I fear in this world and you're not one of them, I do not fear you therefore I will not lash out and give you what you want" Ranma replied.

"Akane please do not force my son to fight" Nodoka said, hoping the girl would stop when an adult asked her too like children usually do, unfortunately Akane was too angry now to be reached by Nodoka's words.

"STAY OUT OF THIS" Akane roared, a mallet appearing in her hand she pulled it back and began to swing it in the direction of Nodoka's head, Ranma seemed to blur into action, vanishing from view before reappearing in front of Nodoka, the mallet striking his forearm as he lifted it to defend himself.

The mallet began to crack before shattering, Akane just stared at them for a second, surprised by her own actions but that quickly vanished and she grew a smirk when she saw she had forced Ranma into battle, though it wavered when she realized she'd hit him with her mallet and all that was there to prove he had been hit was a bruise, a bad one, but still only a bruise.

"Don't you ever try that again" Ranma hissed, ducking and charging at Akane, delivering a powerful punch to her gut, Akane arched over, gasping for air as the wind was knocked out of her, bit of spit shooting out of her mouth, Akane stumbled back before falling to the ground, Ranma turned his back on her and walked back to his seat and sat down once again.

A/N Hope you all liked the chappie, plz review and as always I am open to suggestions.