Chapter 11: A Family Reunion!

"I'm supposed to marry into the Tendo's?". Ranma simply looks shocked. Soun and Nodoka were simply confused having not expected the two sides of the families to meet before the omai. Suddenly Ranma snaps out and breaks into an infectious grin. "Maybe this won't be so bad after all.". Clearly shocked at the way in which the young man in front of him was taking these changes in his stride; Soun simply looked on mouth agape before regaining his composure enough to say "Explain!". Deciding that the explanation couldn't wait, the group moved to the dining room where Ranma was about to begin.

Slowly, Ranma took a sip of his tea before putting down the cup and looking at the people in front of him. He noticed the looks ranging from disappointment to shyness to overwhelming anger. Soun clears his throat before asking "Ranma? We heard you also fell into a Jusenkyo spring. We would like to know which one you fell in.". Ranma not liking where the conversation was going takes another sip of his tea before replying "I fell into the spring of drowned girl.". This leads to massive facefaults before Kurumi yells "PERVERT!". She immediately grabs a ribbon from beside her. Ranma calmly analyses the weapon before noticing the similarity to the fan Natsume carried with her. "You'd better be sure you want to try this with me. I may be unwilling to hit women out of principle but I certainly will not hesitate to demonstrate my true power.".

Suddenly a surge of power is released from the young man. Natsume, Soun and Akane immediately gasp. Ranma's eyes glow a beautiful gold with vertical cat like slits for pupils. Ranma brought up his hand which, the entire family noticed, was cloaked with a brilliant white Ki with black stripes going from one end of the hand to the other. The Ki itself was crackling and sparking with what could only be electricity. Kurumi started to doubt herself before suddenly experiencing warmth radiating from her ribbon. Embracing the warmth, she looked back at Ranma with new found determination.

Ranma simply walked over to one side of the Koi pond before calling Kurumi forward. Kurumi rose taking the bait. Natsume and Akane simply tried to warn her but Soun held them down. "She must learn herself."

"But she'll die if he actually uses his full power. He beat both of us using one hand when he wasn't even trying." Akane shouted hoping that Kurumi would see the futility of her actions. The girl in question simply ignored the statement and took it as a sign to show her superior power over Akane and her sister. She was always the weakest. Her claim only existed since Natsume held a claim. Now she would prove that she was strong enough to be deemed an heir.

Ranma simply looked at the young girl carrying her ribbon to attack. Deciding that he should show his true power, Ranma deactivated the Neko-ken and activated his Iron Body. I am surprised to see a suppression weapon. Not only that but those weapons look like elementals. Could it be that I have found them at last? Ranma snapped out of his thoughts before deciding to show the group gathered around them his true power. "Before you risk your life on this challenge, I would like to show you something.". Bringing his right hand over to his mouth, he extended his index and middle fingers, which he put just under his lips. Pointing his mouth to the sky, he quickly yelled "Majestic Destroyer!". Suddenly a giant pillar of flames burst from his mouth, washing over the sky with deadly power.

Even from the distance they were sitting, the remaining Tendo's and Nodoka looked in awe as they felt the sheer heat from his Ki attack. Kurumi simply looked in fear. This young man was generating more heat that she could without even breaking a sweat. The heat emitted was actually evaporating the water in the pond. Is he really that much better than me? Is his power that much stronger than mine? She was snapped from her thoughts by Ranma ending the technique in a second. He then looked over at the girl in front of him. "That was a tenth of the power of the Iron Fist."

"Iron Fist?" Kurumi questioned. "My most powerful technique and my inheritance.". The others simply looked in awe at the young man standing on their lawn. Noticing that Kurumi wasn't moving, Ranma moved over to her and took her weapon. Sighing, he threw it up before launching a fire Ki attack resulting in a flaming woman crashing into the koi pond. The water splashed on Ranma. What shocked all the people around them was the fact that unlike Genma, Ranma was clearly not changing even though the water was clearly cold. A second later, the previously flaming woman stepped out before drying herself off using her fire Ki. Looking at Ranma briefly to give a scathing look, she immediately faltered after sensing his Ki. Even when masked, it is higher than mine? Who is he? Ranma looks again at the woman before saying "Hello Yuuki. It's nice to see you again."

"R-R-Ranma?" Yuuki stammered before bowing down repeatedly at the clearly irate grandmaster. "Please forgive my insolence grandmaster. I meant no disrespect."

"You don't owe me an apology Yuuki. You owe it to the daughters you attempted to hide.". This revelation shocks all the people gathered around. Ranma simply ignored them before looking at the fan in Natsume's hand before asking "And would that be Kaito?". Realising he couldn't hide anymore, the fan transformed into a handsome man wearing a blue-white robe. "Hello grandmaster."

"Hello Kaito. Would you care to explain why you didn't inform me of your reasons for leaving the temple? I understand that you wanted to see your daughters but becoming their weapons? They must have looked for years hoping to find their parents only for them to be hiding so close!". Ranma was practically seething after saying this. The two newcomers simply winced as they sensed the immense power emanating from this man. Natsume and Kurumi simply looked at the newcomers with a look of anger, resentment and strangely hope. "You denied them their birth right. Had you have asked me, I would have split their warring Ki's yet you didn't even think to ask me.". Confused, Natsume looks at Ranma questioningly. Seeing the confused look, Ranma sighs before going into an explanation.

"Your mother and father are masters of the Temple of the Iron Goat and Iron Rat respectively. They embody the elements of fire and water. As such; it is impossible for you to use elemental Ki properly. In order to use it, you use weapons which we call elementals. These suppress a particular Ki trait to allow another to be used. However, had your parents have talked to me, I could have suppressed them permanently and you would have remained with them without any problems. They didn't realise that I could do this and to protect you sent you away so that no one would tease you for having to use elementals. They then ran from the temple when people started questioning and used their Ki to disguise themselves as elementals.". Ranma looked over at the two newcomers with another look of disgust before saying, "I hope you have learnt your lesson and will return to your temples, taking your respective daughters of course."

A few hours later

"Wait!". Ranma looked around to see an irate Natsume, something Ranma hadn't seen since he fought her the first time. "What is it Natsume?". Natsume looked incredulous. "If you think I am going with them, you must be mistaken. They abandoned us when we were younger. Mr Tendo has been a better parent than the both of them put together. I refuse to go.". Kurumi simply looked stunned whilst Yuuki and Kaito looked shamefaced. "Kurumi? Would you like to comment?". Kurumi simply looked at Ranma with surprise. She was being asked for her opinion. Normally her opinion was simply overlooked and Natsume's was taken. However she was being offered a chance. "I want to go with my parents. Although I can't blame Natsume, I don't want to lose them again."

"I respect your decision and would be happy to welcome you to my school.". Ranma walks over to Kurumi before touching her forehead with his right thumb. Suddenly her eyes flashed white before she fell to her knees breathing hard. Natsume, Yuuki and Kaito were about to interrupt before Ranma's battle aura shone and kept the trio still. After catching her breath, Kurumi got up and looked at Ranma before asking "What did you do?". Ranma simply smiled before replying "I converted your water Ki to fire Ki. Now you will be able to study your mother's sacred art."

"Really?". Kurumi was practically pleading for this to be true. However seeing the smile as Ranma confirmed it was practically a blessing from the Kami themselves. Rushing forward, she immediately hugged Ranma before walking back to her parents. Turning around, she looked at Natsume before asking "Are you sure you don't want to come?". Natsume simply sighed. "I wouldn't be able to live as if none of this ever happened. I'm sorry Kurumi."

"It's ok Natsume. Just know that I wish for you to be happy."

"I will. Come back soon little sis.". Beaming at her older sister, Kurumi simply replies "I will." before turning to her parents and walking towards them. "I wish you a safe journey to the temple. Ask to speak to my grandfather Genryu. He will let you know of my verdict once I come to one. Until then, you two are suspended as masters and are expected to train young Kurumi here. I expect to see her practising her birth right when I next visit.". Ranma walks over and riffles Kurumi's hair. The girl in question giggles femininely before Yuuki replies "I will grandmaster. Thank you for giving us our daughters back."

With that the small band of Ranma's students left the Tendo home. Turning around, Ranma simply looks at his family before saying "Shall we?" and walks back to the living room.