Dear reader, fans and those biting nails thinking I'm gone for good

I just flew back for the Philippines from a long over due vacation with the GF and boy are my arms tiered. (Rim shot!) Any ways I'm well rested and not looking forward to going back to work, but alas I have to. Specially since the GF has been upgraded to the title fiancé, same model more biding commitment. I still love just the same. Back to point at hand, I'm rested enough to go back to writing. I also updated Wild Birds if any of out there is reading that and really working on No Need For a Lunar Brother. Oh you guys and girls will love it, since I finally figured out who Ranma's Lunar parents are in this fic. The drama bomb is about to be seriously dropped soon on this.

Oh by the way somebody asked me for advice on writing fics some time ago in the review section here on FFdotnet I really didn't know how to answer him/her since I'm still working on my kinks. So I told them the truth on how I went about writing this and my other fics. Here what I wrote:

As I said before, I have an over active imagination and I go from there. When I wrote these fics the idea just popped in my head. I had no plan or outline. I just write what I think would possibly be a good idea and work from there. My "baby" will always be Ra-El its the first fic I posted and my fav. I love Ranma and Superman because of the main characters. Ranma who has cope with his crappy life while trying to break even at the cost of his honor and Superman who has to cope being who and what he is and how his actions shapes the world around him.

Now as far as writing it, here's some advice. Listen to your English teacher, I can't stress that enough and the reason I'm on a break. However the most important thing I can say to you about writing fics is to love the characters. I have so much respect for both Ranma and Superman even though they're fictional characters because of what they have been through and that's a lot. When I wrote Ra-El I tired to imagine myself in their shoes, in their predicaments, the decision they made and the loss they suffered. You see powers and being the very best at anything does not make you a better person, fun to have, but vanity is its own kryptonite as well. Ranma and Superman are the top of their game and they can still be taken down by the least person you'd expect.

Love the character you write about, respect the trails and tribulations they've been through. When you do and it shows in the way you write, people will know and can sympathize with not only the character, but you the writer as well. Draw from your own experiences in life when you write. In loving the characters enough to write about them fictional or not means that there is something in them that reminds you of yourself. Something about their life that mirrors slightly your own.

For example: Tsu-oap's death was the hardest for me to write because I love her character. I never knew that a few of the fans out there wound up liking her too. I had to do something. The ghost scene in Ranma's bedroom where she asked him to live for her, hell their whole dialogue and scene really tore me to bits because I know how that loss feels. I know how helpless it fells to loose someone you really care for and still be powerless to do something about it.

So to review the advise you seek.

1) Listen to your English teacher

2) Love the character you write about

3) Draw from your own life experiences

4) Never ever let anyone bring you down in doing what you like

Well I hope this helps. I'll try not to let you down and finish writing my fics. Thank you for those still reading.

Any ways I've taken enough of your prefic reading time so on with the show

Chp 19: Hide & Seek, All 2gether Now

Crossroads High Juban lunchtime:

Ranma was skulking through the halls of Crossroads ducking behind lockers, doors, water fountains, and any structures that allowed him some cover. Yes folks for lack of a better description our hero is hiding, or the very least avoiding someone. He was so busy concentrating on that, that he never saw the mischievous blond in glasses walk right behind him holding a small audio device and press play.

"Sempai, Ran-chan," both came from the device.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Ranma nearly jumped out of his skin, but instead, he just imbedded himself to the ceiling of the eight floor. After getting himself out of the new hole of the ninth floor, he saw Mina practically rolling on the floor laughing.

"That ain't funny Mina-Chan," he said as he dusted himself off.

"Yeah, but you should've seen you face. It looked something like this," she said as she showed him his reaction in small video recorder.

Suddenly Ranma's sixth sense noticed someone walking down the hallway.

"Sorry Mina, I got to go. I'll walk home with you and Ganseki later," Ranma said as he swan dived out the window.

Mina ran to the window yelling, "Ranma we're on the eighth floor."

Mina saw Ranma land on nearby tree branch, back flipped to a one handed handstand on the fourth floor window ledge, and jack-knifed onto the ground running towards the baseball field. Ranma ducked into the abandoned school lot where he found Hotaru last week. Ranma was about to turn on the corner where an old wall ended, when Makoto Kuonji blocked his path. Ranma was about turn around and make a break for it, but was trapped when Ukyo leapt off the wall to block his path.

"Sempai, what gives? You've been avoiding us for a week," Makoto said she tried to approach him.

"That's right. Come on Ran-chan, would you at least talk to us. I really missed my best friend," Ukyo said drawing near as well.

"And I miss the young boy who helped me train so that no one would mess with me," Makoto added.

"Well ain't this touchy," a gruff voice said coming from the other side of the wall.

Suddenly the local school hooligans surrounded Ranma, Makoto, and Ukyo. Three of them looked familiar, like the trio that picked on Hotaru sometime ago.

"That's him, the demon who took us out last week," one of the familiar ones said.

"Makoto, Ukyo get out of here," Ranma yelled as he pushed the girls through the crowd of boys.

"But," cried out Ukyo.

"Go," called out Ranma as the boys mobbed him.

Makoto grabbed Ukyo's hand and made run for it.

"Mako-onisan, what about Ranma? We can't…"

"I know, now help me make sure no one's around so we can call for back up," Makoto cut her off.

When both sisters knew the coast was clear, a lighting bolt came from the heavens striking the ground near them and formed a gold-hooped staff with rings lining the hoop. Both sisters grabbed the staff and tapped on the ground causing the rings to chime as they cried,

"Raiden Protect Us!"

A column of wind surrounded Ukyo shredding her school uniform off and replaced it with a white and gold version of her cannon oknomiyaki chef's outfit with a gold kanji of Fujin on the back. A choker with a wind charm appeared around her neck and her hair was held by white and gold ribbon. In her hands appeared a short spear about three and half feet long with two and a foot long serpent's tongue blade at the end that opened up like a fan.

(AN: Closest thing I could think of as battle spatula-like weapon. To see what the spearhead looks like, watch Mortal Kombat Annihilation and see Kitana's fans during her fight scene with Rain or Ermac and imagine that at the end of stick.)

Electricity coursed through Makoto's body burning her uniform away and replaced by a blue and gold sleeveless gi top with a gold sash and a gold kanji for Raijin on her back. Dark brown leggings adorned her legs with split toed ninja shoes, and a pair of blue and gold elbow length fingerless gloves materialized on her arms. A pair of silver tonfas appeared strapped to her thighs, a choker with lightning charm manifested around her neck, and her hair done in high ponytail held by a blue and gold ribbon.

Makoto and Ukyo hurried back to where Ranma was and jumped on the wall and called out their battle speech.

"The daughters of Raiden will not stand for this and strike upon those evil in their…"

Both sisters stopped in mid speech as they saw Ranma standing tall among a heap of unconscious teens and dusting off his hands. Both sisters had matching sweat drops by their head and matching wide-eyed expressions on their faces. Ranma straightened out his clothes and stared at the two girls standing on top pf the wall.

"Oy Mako-chan, U-chan! Didn't I tell ya ta get out of here, and what's with those get ups," Ranma said as he kicked off one of the teens blocking his way and jumped on the wall the two girls were on.

"Mako-chan? Who's that? I'm Raijin and this ins my sister Fujin," Makoto said and laughed nervously.

"Ok what ever, I got to get back before…"

Lunch bell signal rang stating that the lunch break was now over before he could finish and Ranma jumped off the wall.

"You girls better hurry get dressed and get back before you get detention, we'll talk later. Mina knows where I live, go ask her," Ranma called as he ran back towards the school.

Makoto and Ukyo were left stunned and speechless.

"How could Ranma possibly know who we were while under the influence of Raiden's magic," they thought.

When they got back their senses the quickly transformed to their normal selves and headed back towards school.

Somewhere in the heavens a sliver haired "Goddess of the past" just had to tease the "Thunder God" next to her as they monitored the realm below them.

"Daughters of Raiden? Aren't they a little bit presumptuous to using that title," She asked in her chibi form.

Raiden was grinding his teeth so hard that arcs of electricity were flying off his face besides his eyes. Raiden mentally called forth a lightning bolt and fried the silver haired chibi "Goddess of the past" for her remark. The goddess then returned to monitoring the mortal realm after coughing out a puff of smoke.

"I should have listened to Kami-sama when he told me help that shaolin kid in tournament thing for the fate of the world, but nooooooooo. I had to choose to help those two girls. At least they're not running a round in fukus chanting about defending love and justice. Noooooo, they just do their hero thing in my name and claim to be my daughters," Raiden thought.

Ranma ran quickly through the school halls carefully not using his super speed so that there won't be a mess to clean up later, but to no avail. He was still late for his Japanese history class.

"Mr. Saotome, you're late again. You know the drill, buckets out in the hall with you," a neon pink haired teacher said as she pointed to the door.

"Hai Kazami sensei," Ranma said dejectedly as he took his usual place out side the class.

Minutes later, Ukyo came running down the hallway and busted through Ranma's history class. Ukyo was in so much of a hurry being late and all, that she did not see Ranma on the other side of the door when she slammed it open. The result, Ranma sandwiched between the door and wall, which left an imprint of Ranma arms raised with thumbs, index and, pinky fingers sticking out on the wall of the history class Mizuho Kazami was teaching.

"Ms. Kounji, you're late as… Mr. Saotome," Mizuho she wound up yelling as she saw the Ranma shape imbedded in the wall.

"Ran-chan," Ukyo called as ran out of the class, closed the door and saw Ranma looking rather upset in his current state as a filling for door and wall sandwich.

"Ran-chan, I'm really sorry. I didn't see you there," Ukyo said as helped him out of the wall.

"Is Mr. Saotome alright," Ms. Kazami asked when she exited her class.

"Geez U-chan, I told you that you're gonna be late. How long does it take to change out if that Fujin get up of yours any ways," Ranma asked as Ukyo.

"Ahahahahahahaha! I think he hit his head, I should take him to the nurse's office," Ukyo said to Ms. Kazami as she slapped her hand over Ranma's mouth.

"Very well Ms. Kounji," Ms. Kazami said as she issued them passes to the nurse's office.

On the way there while Ranma was not paying attention to her, Ukyo called Makoto in her wrist COM and told her the she and Ranma were on the way to nurse's office and that this would be a good time to trap Ranma into talking with them. When they got there Ranma saw Makoto talking to Kasumi.

"Ranma, Ukyo, what brings you here today," Kasumi asked.

"I was rushing to class and slammed the door on poor Ran-chan here. Ms. Kazami gave us passes here to see you and you know the other thing," Ukyo said with a wink.

"Well then I guess I'll leave Ranma in both your cable hands," Kasumi said, as she was about to exit her office for an undisclosed amount of time.

"Kasumi onegai," Ranma plead as shook his head at her begging her not to leave.

(AN: Onegai Please)

"I just remembered someone I was suppose to talk to, I'll back shortly," Kasumi said as she tossed the key to the clinic to Makoto.

Ranma tried to catch before she did, but failed. He also tried to grab the key from her but failed to do so when she tossed casually down her blouse. Kasumi then left and locked the door behind her leaving the three to long needed confrontation.

"Aright sempai, no more running away," Makoto said as she pointed to chair on front of her and her sister.

"That's right. Tell us everything, specially how you can tell it was us even thought we were magically disguised," Ukyo said as she took the seat next to her sister.

"Hai. Where do you want me to start," Ranma asked as he took a deep breath and took the seat before the twins.

"Ran-chan, we just want to know what has happened all this time. I lost my best friend and …" Ukyo said a she reached for his hand.

"U-chan right sempai, you may not know it but you had a major impact in both our lives and you just disappeared. We never gave up looking for you and even when we were blessed by Raiden's powers we tried to look for you, though we help out other people to. So please, if it's not a bother to you… Maybe we could…" Makoto said as she took both her sister's and Ranma's hand in hers

Ranma looked at both girls as their confidence wavered as he looked at them. Both had hopeful and worried looks in their eyes and it broke his heart to hurt these girls who probably took as much time as he did looking for his mother trying to look for him. Ranma closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes to look the twins holding their breaths for his response and said,

"Hello my name is Ranma Saotome, I'm a wandering martial artist who just recently returned home and reunited with my family and I just found out that some friends of mine form way back still wants to be friends with me after all this time and even went out of their way to look for me."

And so I as the author of this fic I leave Ranma to dig himself out of this predicament as I focus on other characters of this fic. I'll leave what he tells the Kounji girls to your imagination and fill you in what he tells them later.

XxX

Cherry Hill temple Juban:

A pig-tailed boy ascended the steps to the temple where he'll be spending the next year in. His cousin made it big in America as an actress and left the temple but asked if he could help out a bit since had the training from his grandfather where he grew up. When he reached the top of the steps, he saw an old man in temple robes sweeping the grounds.

"Can I help you young man," he asked when he turned around and saw him.

"Grandpa Hino, it's me. Grandfather Yosho sent me here since you needed a little help running the place after cousin Rei left for the US," the pig-tailed youth said.

"Oh you sprouted up into a tall young man. I'm glad that you could come, but what about Yosho? Who's helping him," Grandpa Hino asked.

"Ayeka some how managed to drag him back home for a long over due family reunion he won't back for a while, unless he gets out of one Washu's contraptions," the boy said as he scratched the back of his head and laughed.

"What?"

"Never mind. When do you want me to start?"

"Day after tomorrow. Tomorrow you can go register for school, just because you'll be helping around here, doesn't mean that you get skip school. That much I promised Yosho before you got here. You can take the room at the end of the hallway from mine. It used to be Chad's that no good gaijin ran away to America and took my precious granddaughter with him…"

The pig-tailed boy snuck pass Grandpa Hino as he went on about his ingrate granddaughter and gaijin singer running off together to the states.

He made his way the room grandpa Hino said he could use and began to unpack his things. Among his things was an interesting looking sword handle. It looked like it was made of a cross between white ash and ivory in simple braid about a foot and a half in length with three crimson spheres imbedded on both sides of the rounded pommel. The boy took the handle and held it tightly and from it sprang a three and half foot glowing blade of energy. Markings appeared on his face, two dots on his forehead and pair of lines and triangles on his cheeks below his eyes. He took a few practice swings with the energy sword, before he placed it into subspace and his facial markings vanished as well. He fixed the room he was suppose to stay in prayed for an interesting year in his stay in Juban.

XxX

Basement of Mina Kupida's house:

Mina was adjusting a few things in Ganseki's bracer cannon as Ganseki waked in.

"Perfect timing Seki-kun, I just modified your "Buster Cannon" so it doesn't over heat any more. You can also now use it for a charged shoot for more power, but don't hold any charge longer than one full minute, because it will over heat if you do. Go on try it," Mina said a she hands him his "Light" watch.

"Thank you Mina, I'm really sorry for keeping this from you," Ganseki said as he put on the watch.

"I forgive you, I know you did it to find Dr. Tomoshibi, the man who raised you. So any luck in finding him?"

"No, when I left the US after he disappeared, Dr. Tomoshibi's assistant gave this watch to me saying that Dr. Tomoshibi would have wanted me to have it. I didn't even know what it could do till I was attacked by robot ninjas while I was goin through Dr. Tomoshibi's lab in Yokohama trying to find clues to where he could be."

"Did you at least find anything useful in Yokohama though?"

"I did find out that Dr. Tomoshibi had a partner in the micro-cybernetics program sometime ago. His name was Dr. Kyiotae Waillie, they were good friends and partners, but as their research got heated up, they became bitter rivals and parted ways."

"You think that this Waillie Kyiotae guy has got something to do with Dr. Tomoshibi's disappearance?"

"I don't know, as of late I can't find hide or hair of the guy."

"Well try out your "Buster Cannon" while I go see what I can find. I got this online friend called Oracle from the states that's a real wiz in digging up dirt on people, I'm sure she'll be able to help us out."

"Alright. Mega Man, X-cess," Ganseki called out as a blue light engulfed him and slowly faded leaving Ganseki decked out in blue and white form fitting battle armor with gold trims. On his helmet was gold "M" as well as on his utility belt buckle. His eyes were hidden behind dark visors from his helmet, which also acts as a head up display (HUD) for other function for the suit.

Mina clicked her remote and opened up small firing range in her lab with some targets ready to used.

"Go on ahead try it out," Mina said.

Ganseki raise his left arm and it transformed to a powerful looking arm cannon. He picked a target and locked on it with the HUD systems on his visor and helmet and took a shot at the target.

"BUSTER CANNON" Ganseki cried as a large sphere of yellow light the size of a basketball shot out from his cannon arm and destroyed the target.

"Amazing Mina-chan, I can't even feel it heat up. Lets take up a notch," he said as he readied himself for another shot.

"BUSTER CANNON RAPID FIRE" Ganseki cried out as baseball sized yellow spheres shot out from his cannon arm hitting multiple targets.

"Sugoi! It's not even warm, you're wonderful Mina –chan"

(AN: Sugoi Amazing)

"Try the charge mode, just remember not to go over a minute of charging or it will over heat."

Ganseki charged his arm cannon and began to glow and shake, he took aim and fired a large beach ball sized orb of light with a cry of "HYPER BUSTER CANNON." The recoil from the shot was a little too much to handle and Ganseki wound up blasting the wall a few meter from him and Mina.

"Gomenasai Mina, I didn't know that recoil would be that strong, I guess I better brace my self when ever I use the charge option," he said as he took of his helmet and surveyed the damage he done.

"Don't worry about it, I'm just glad that Brianna and Gina convinced me to line this whole house with duriliuim. Even Superman would have to work up sweat to bust in here," Mina said as she programmed her pebos to start clean up and repairs.

"Mina-chan you are truly amazing," Ganseki said as plucked her glasses of her face and leaned in for a kiss.

Mina wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss with simple thought going through her mind.

"My Mega Man"

XxX

Kasumi's clinic Crossroads HS:

Kasumi unlocked her clinic and came in to a sight to be held to her. Ukyo clinging to Ranma's shirt crying and babbling about how sorry she was that he had a horrible childhood. Makoto was busy kicking the cabinet nearby with little lightning bolts swirling about her while cursing out Genma for all the things he did to Ranma. Kasumi looked at Ranma with a somewhat confused smile on his face, which meant that everything was going to be all right. Suddenly Kasumi's friend came in babbling about some giant robot on the news downtown. Kasumi quickly opened the slightly damaged cabinet and turned on the TV in it and every body watched what's going on down town.

"Hiryu, you hear me. I'm calling you out. I the great Miguel Dai Gogi the greatest mecha pilot who face a dozen armored mechas challenges you. You hear me the safety of all who cross my path will be on your head. Fight me," came from a loud speaker from the giant mecha rampaging down town on the TV.

"Oh my," Kasumi said.

"We should go help those people," Makoto said to Ukyo.

Suddenly the Kounji twins noticed that Ranma was no longer in the room with them.

"Kasumi please excuse us, we got make a phone call to our uncle works down town, we want to make sure he safe," the Kounji twins said as they both exited the clinic.

Kasumi waved good-bye to the twins when they left, when she felt a gust of wind come from the window blowing papers off her desk. Kasumi closed the windows when she saw a black, blue and red streak across the sky.

"That's odd that window is never usually open till mid summer or early fall," she thought as she watches her friend Mihoshi watch the news on her TV and not noticing that what just occurred.

Mina Kupida's basement:

"Ay yay yay yay yay! There is giant robot attacking don town," A saucer headed robot with blinking lightning symbol on its chest cried in Mina's basement interrupting the Ganseki and Mina's game of tonsil hickey.

"Sorry Mina-chan but I got see if I can help," Ganseki said.

"Just make sure you be careful ok," Mina said.

Ganseki nodded his head as he donned his helmet.

"Artemis teleport Megaman to downtown Juban, this priority one. Good luck Blue Bomber," Mina added as Ganseki gave her the thumbs up and vanished.

Cherry Hill temple:

The pig-tailed boy ran out of the house and passed grandpa Hino after seeing the news on TV.

"Oy Tenchi! Where are you goin in such a rush," grandpa Hino called out.

"I'm just going to see what down town Juban looks like grandpa Hino, I'll be back soon."

TBC

A taste of things yet to come:

"MY GIVEN NAME IS RANMA SAOTOME, MY FATHER NAMED ME RA-EL, AND HIRYU IS WHAT MY HOMELAND CAME TO KNOW ME AS. NOT CONNER, NOT KON-EL, NOT SUPERBOY. I'M TIERED OF FIGHTING HIS GHOST. I CAME HERE AND JOINED THIS TEAM BECAUSE I TOUGHT I COULD HELP, NOT TA REPLACE NOBODY. IF YA AIN'T SEEN THAT, THEN THERE AIN'T NO POINT IN ME STAY'N HERE."