Devils Child Chapter 41, a ranma fanfic

Chapter 41: Remains

It was another school day at the Saotome house hold as Ranma went about getting himself ready for school. He made his way downstairs and off to the dining room, where he took his seat at the table as he dug into his breakfast, pausing briefly as he spotted what looked like an extra plate. Nodoka took notice of what her son was looking at and put her hand to her face. " Oh my, I wonder why, I did that.."

After he was done and had his things together, his mother sent him off, but seemed to say it to two people. Nodoka caught herself, not understanding why she had acted like she was sending off someone else, aside from her son.

Back at Thrista's house, she had gotten ready for school and was munching on a piece of toast. " Aren't you going to school?" She asked her friend. Ranka had gotten up when she had, but didn't do much after that as she rubbed at the back of her head. " Kinda hard to do that.. when no one will remember me, including.. the staff, so there's no such student anymore.." Thrista's lip quivered. " So sad..I wish you could come." She changed her expression pretty fast as she smiled half heartedly. " Well I would love to stay home with you but.. I'd better go to school, so make yourself at home and I will see you when I get back, okay!" Ranka nodded her head as she looked off out the window of the room. " I might go out for a bit though." Thrista looked a bit upset. " But.. you really shouldn't. " She couldn't really tell her she couldn't, though she felt it was best that she stay there. She sighed. " If you are going to go out, there's a key under the rock in the garden." She smiled as she made her way downstairs, before she said good bye to her.

Not much later at school she observed how confused a lot of her fellow students were, the most being Ranma, Ukyou, Akane and Sayuri and Ranma's two friends, she took notice of. Ukyou stumbled as she kept looking at the empty desk next to hers, feeling like something or someone was missing. It only got worse when it was lunch time.

Sayuri felt distressed as she held an extra bento box, not really sure why she had made another one. Thrista sighed as she took in more confusion and let her tongue slip at seeing how out of it Ranma looked as well. " Wow, everyone's down in the dumps without Ranka huh." Ranma gave her an odd look, as he went back to eating. Ukyou hmmed as she munched on her food. " Whose that? Though.. I feel like I know that name." Sayuri looked down at the extra bento box she was holding. " It does feel familiar.." Akane caught herself feeling drawn to the name as well. " That name, sounds an awful like Ranma.." Daisuke and Hiroshi nodded in agreement as everyone went quiet for a while.

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In the mean time back at Thrista's house, after she had made herself some breakfast, she was laying down on the futon, thinking about things. One of those thoughts coming to if the amazon's had any tricks up their sleeves, since they had a lot of magic knowledge. That was that, she'd go see Shampoo and Cologne, even though they wouldn't know her, they might know of some way to fix what was going on.

She fixed herself up before she took her leave from the house, making sure to lock up behind her as she headed off to the Nekohanten. Some thoughts that went through her mind as she got closer to her destination were, should she pretend to be Ranma, but decided it was best not to. She paced herself, before she went off inside the restaurant.

Shampoo's eyes lit up at seeing who she thought was Ranma as she glomped onto her airen. " Aiya! Ranma come to see Shampoo! We go on date, yes?" Ranka was getting red in the face as her cheeks flushed, as she yanked the over eager amazon girl off from around her as she fidgeted with her fingers for a minute. Shampoo tilted her head some as she got a better look at the red head girl standing there, taking in how different she dressed and Ranma's usual hair style, this Ranma had her hair up in a pony tail, which she found odd. " Ranma why you no have your hair, like usual?" Cologne hopped over on her stick as she smiled. " Well well, son in law, have you finally fallen for Shampoo?" She said with a hearty laugh.

Ranka looked more nervous as she tightened her fists some. " I'm not, exactly who you are thinking that I am.." She kept fidgeting with her fingers as she got more nervous about dealing with them. Shampoo crossed her arms, as she furrowed her brows at the red head girl. " What you saying, you no is Ranma?" Cologne was also eyeing the red head girl, she took more care as her eyes locked on how she was fidgeting with her hands, zooming in as she spotted the amber mark on her wrist. That prompted her to act as she moved in a blur, grabbing Ranka by her wrist. "Where, did you get "this" mark?"

Shampoo's eyes widened as she locked on to what her great grandmother was pointing at. " That our mark." She gave the red head girl a stern look. " Who are you?" Ranka tensed up as she yanked her hand away. " Ranka.." She said quietly, before getting frustrated. " That's not important." Shampoo tilted her head to the other side, looking frustrated. " You say you no is Ranma, but you look and act like airen." Colonge couldn't help but laugh. " So you say Ranka, it's obvious that you are Ranma." Shampoo didn't let her great grandmother finish as she had gone and gotten a tea kettle of hot water, trying to pour it on Ranka. " Silly Ranma, no can fool Shampoo, now turn back." Ranka's red gem lit up as it put up a defense barrier, as she jumped away from the stream of hot water. " Hey! I told you I'm not!" Cologne cleared her throat. " Shampoo, that's enough! "

Shampoo looked at her great grandmother with a dismayed look. " Why you stop me?" Cologne shook her head at her great grand daughter. " As I was saying, it's obvious that Ranka and Ranma are opposite sides, Ranka is son in laws cursed girl form side, aren't you my dear?" Ranka rubbed at her arm sheepishly as she nodded. Cologne chuckled. "It's obvious we do in fact know Ranka and have claimed her, as she has our mark." Ranka tried to protest some to that, seeing that she might be able to get out of the engagement, until Cologne rooted around through things, pulling out the device. Ranka's eyes widened as she tried to swipe it away from her. Cologne laughed at the attempt. " Nice try dear." She played back the recording, which got Ranka all flustered.

Shampoo's eyes widened at what she heard. Cologne stopped the recording. " That" was you correct, Ranka?" Ranka was more flustered as she fwailed her arms about. " Yes but no, the devil made me do it! So, it doesn't count! " Cologne smirked as she wagged a finger at her. " I think you know that it does, as you have the amazon mark. This also tells me our memories have been tampered with." Shampoo put her hand to her mouth. " Aiya.." Ranka hung her head as she nodded. " That's right.." Cologne motioned for Ranka to sit down at a table. " So the devil did "this", and what were you going to do my dear?" Ranka scratched at the back of her head, looking guilty. " I was.." Cologne furrowed her brows at her, lashing out with her staff as she whaped her on her head, showing her discontentment. " Stupid girl!" Ranka owwed as she rubbed at her head, having dropped the barrier for a minute, having lost her focus. " Well.. I didn't, I thought maybe.. you'd guys know if there's a way to reverse the spell.."

Cologne hmmed as she thought things over. " I'm not so sure, it'll take a bit of time to figure out if there is anything that we can do."

Ranka sighed looked upset. " That's the thing though, there's not a lot of time, "he" gave a limit of three days, before it becomes permanent, unless I cooperate and go back.." Shampoo slapped her hands down on the table with an angry look, that made Ranka yelp. "No, go back! Maybe Shampoo no remember, but you still is Shampoo's!" Ranka's eyes widened a bit, as she also flushed in her cheeks, showing she was getting embarrassed. " Well.. you've made that more than obvious.." She got up from her seat. " Well, I'll come back tomorrow and see if you've found anything that could help."

Shampoo glomped onto her. " Why you leave, you stay here airen." Cologne nodded in agreement. " You are our claim, it is only fitting." Ranka sweat dropped, looking nervous. " I can't, just skip out, so thanks, but no thanks." She un tangled herself from Shampoo's grasp, bolting out from the restaurant before they could act. Shampoo huffed. " Airen, you get back here!" Cologne chuckled to herself for not acting fast enough and being thwarted by Ranma's other side.

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Not too far off she had slowed down some, but still ended up smacking into someone. She backed up as she jumped back all dismayed as she started apologizing to the person, until she saw it was Ryouga, causing her to freeze up. Ryouga shook his head about as he was also apologizing, until he saw who he thought was Ranma, making him get annoyed. " Ranma…" He started to bristle up, till he got a closer look, switching to an excited mood. " No.. wait, your.. Ranko.. Ranka!" Ranka snapped back as she got annoyed. " Just act like you saw nothing." She started walking away from the lost boy. Ryouga shook his head about some more, as he followed after her. " Wait, I.. can't do that, why would I do that.." Ranka kept walking. " Stop following me.." She got frustrated as she sped up, taking off in a blur to try to loose him. Thinking she lost him, she got back to Thrista's house, finding the key in the garden, to let herself in.

After school let out, Thrista made sure to leave as fast as she could, all excited to see her house guest. Ranma just missed her, as he had wanted to talk to her about what she had said, it was bothering him. Seeing he had lost the opportunity to, he sped off in a blur to get back home.

Nodoka greeted her son as he came back home from school, again she had a slip of a tongue as she greeted more than once, putting her hand to her mouth. Ranma took notice of that, as he greeted his mother back, before going off upstairs to his room, where he tossed off his book bag, feeling annoyed. Not looking at where he had tossed it, till a pencil rolled off his desk from the movement. He went and picked it up, putting it back on the desk. It was then his eyes locked onto some photo's on his desk. He grabbed them up as he got a closer look, looking startled at what he was seeing, it looked like him in a photo as a girl, with a girl that was his girl form's twin. He then got more bothered as what Thrista had said at lunch was in his mind. (" Wow everyone's down in the dumps without Ranka huh." )

He grabbed a change of clothes as he headed off to the bathroom to take a bath, stopping at the room next to his, feeling drawn to it. He couldn't help but open the door, he took in how their were two beds and how the window was wide open. Things just weren't adding up. He shut the door as he went off to go take his bath and think.

Meanwhile Thrista came back from school as she twirled about. " I'm home!" Ranka was sitting on the couch watching some tv, as she looked up at her. " Yep,welcome back." Thrista giggled as she held out P-chan. " Look at who I found sitting outside. I think.. he's Akane's, right?" Ranka got all nervous at seeing him. " Ah yeah.. why would you bring him inside.." Thrista smiled as she held him. " Well it looked like he wanted to and I figure I'll bring him to school tomorrow and give him to Akane." She held him out at Ranka. " What's the matter? You don't like him?" Ranka got all frustrated. " Well I.." Thrista held him out further, pushing him closer to her. " Go on, kiss and make up." P-chan's eyes bugged out at hearing that. Ranka gave Thrista a death glare, which made her stop, as she shied away, setting P-chan down on the couch. " I was just playing." Ranka crossed her arms. " Yeah well, I'm NOT here to play dammit! I was.. trying to fix things.. until you interrupted me.." She muttered in annoyance to herself. Thrista shook her finger at her. " Fix it by just disappearing, that wouldn't fix things at all and you know it. Well.. even if everyone else has forgotten you, I still remembered you and I didn't want my best friend disappearing.. so yes, I was selfish and stopped you.."

Ranka groaned. " You decided that yourself.." P-chan looked back and forth at the two girls, taking in what he was hearing as his eyes widened. His gut was right, he did know Ranka. She ruffled her hair up in frustration. " I wasn't trying to do that.. but if it were the only way, I would because.. " She got more frustrated as she back tracked, dropping her hands. " I know.. I just wanted to fix things for my friends and family. What would you have done huh? If.. you were the key to fixing what was done." Thrista took a deep breath as she sat down on the couch. " Well I wouldn't give myself up." Ranka looked dismayed. " Even if it meant everyone that cared about you, was forced to forget about you.." Thrista nodded with a stern look on her face. " Yes! Because Ranka, even though they've forgotten about you, I think they'd rather start over with you, than remember and not have you here. That would make them feel worse, I'm sure of it."

Ranka took in what she was saying. " I didn't think of it like that, I was just, in the moment.. I just wanted to help." Thrista poked her on her nose, making her startle. " By disappearing and you were fine with that, weren't you." Ranka sighed heavily, before getting annoyed, smacking her hand away. " What do you want from me?! I can't easily help it, I'm just a clone.. it's hard to feel other wise." Thirsta got up in her face with a serious look, more serious than she's ever looked before, which made Ranka uncomfortable. " Listen and listen good, I don't care if you are, and many others feel the same way, and too bad, you're worth it and you DO matter! Say it with me!" Ranka put a bit of distance between them as she looked flustered. " Alright already, I get it! I've been getting that, okay! " Thrista still had a stern look on her face. " Say it then.." Ranka groaned as she hung her head in defeat, knowing Thrista wouldn't stop if she didn't give her what she wanted. " I'm worth it and I DO matter.. Will that shut you up?!" Thrista furrowed her brows. " Say it like you mean it! Say it loud and proud!" Ranka gave her a glare. " You"re pushing it.." Her red gem lit up as it echoed her feelings. Thirsta sweat dropped as she dropped it quickly, pressing her fingers together. " You always get so cranky.."

P-chan kept looking back and forth between the two, not knowing what to do. Ranka gave her a dull look. " And you're.. way too happy, you even out happy Shampoo.." Thirsta giggled back, enjoying the compliment. " Why thank you. I still cant believe you and her are a thing. I thought you liked Ryouga." Ranka bristled at hearing that, looking all frazzled. " Don't just blurt stuff like that out! I don't.. Shampoo, it's.. complicated.." She then got fidgety. " So I really do appreciate your hospitality, but I, well.. if Shampoo finds out I'm here.. it won't end well for you Thrista and the amazon's are aware of what's happened, so they might know of a way to help."

Before she could finish she heard a snap noise, that made her eyes widen. " Um.. what did you do?" Thrista smiled as she put the key to the handcuffs in her pocket. "Keeping you safe, because that's what friends do. Oh and so there's no tricks." She un did the clasp on Ranka's necklace, which she took and went and put somewhere in another room, before coming back and sitting back down on the couch. Ranka bristled up in anger. " What the hell?! Holding me prisoner, is not what a friend would do!" She struggled with trying to get the handcuffs off. P-chan was bugging out, as he tried his best to help Ranka with the handcuffs, though there wasn't much that could be done.

Thrista just smiled as she put her hands together. " But we were having such a good time, then you started talking about being silly and leaving. I'm not going to let you go to the devil." She got up from the couch still smiling. "Oh, I know! We'll order take out for dinner." Ranka glared daggers at her as her angry aura was flaring around her. "The only thing I want from you, is my damned necklace back!" Thrista smiled back. " Well of course you do, so you can leave." She looked through the take out menu's, till she settled on ironically the Nekohanten, oblivious. "Ooh this looks good, what do you want to eat?" Ranka hmpfed at her. " I told you, all I want is my necklace." Thrista hmmed as she knew what she wanted in mind and what she'd order for her friend as well as she got up and went off to the kitchen to call in the order.

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Not too much later Shampoo was on her next delivery, which wasn't far from her last one, as she knocked on the door of the house. Thrista at hearing the door, skipped over to it. " Oh boy dinner's here." She opened the door to greet the delivery person. Ranka shot back angry. " I told you I don't want anything from YOU, except my damn necklace, you thief!" She had kept trying to get out from handcuffs, but they seemed to be magical as they seemed to tighten each time she tried to escape their grasp.

Shampoo has handed off the delivery, just as she heard and saw Ranka through the door way, which prompted her to pull out her bonbori weapons which she swooshed at Thrista. " Evil girl, you take what is Shampoo's!" Thrista eeped as she dove out of the way of the weapon, falling to the ground her eyes wide. " Your that.. Shampoo girl, what are you doing here?.." Shampoo didn't let her finish as she whammed her over the head with one of the bonbori's, knocking her out. " You order food, that what!" Ranka's eyes got all big and sparklie. " Shampoo, boy am I glad to see you!" Shampoo hmpfed at the unconscious pink haired girl on the ground, before going over to the couch where her claim is. " Is this why you no stay with us.." She said with a stern look on her face. Ranka sweat dropped. " Actually I was trying to leave.. to do that.. then she cuffed me and stole my necklace.." She said with a poutie, upset look. Shampoo huffed as she tried to yank Ranka's hand out from the cuff. Ranka owwed as it tightened up, making Shampoo stop, as she looked around for the key. Ranka caught on to that. " The key's in her pocket."

Shampoo went back over to where Thrista was on the ground, kneeling down to fish the key from her pocket, before getting back up and using it to release Ranka from the magic handcuffs. Ranka smiled. " Alright! Now.. to find my necklace.." She went off into the other room that she had seen Thrista go off to, with Shampoo following after her. She searched about in things that caught her eye, while Shampoo on the other hand trashed things, like flipping the bed over into the wall. Ranka sweat dropped at her brutality, before she went back to looking through things, till she got all excited at finding her necklace in a box, that was inside one of the desk drawers. "Yes! I found it!" She put it back on around her neck, clasping it back into place. Shampoo look un amused as she grabbed Ranka by her hand. " Okay you find it, we go now." Ranka gulped at her angry tone as she let her pull her off. Before they left, P-chan made his move as he darted out the front door right behind them.

Ranma in the mean time was coming back from the store with an ingredient that his mother needed for dinner, as he almost stepped on P-chan who had happened to wander enough that he ended up in his path as he squealed loudly. Ranma at hearing what sounded like a pig, jumped back a way, as he kneeled down on the ground, grabbing P-chan up by his bandana. " Yo, Ryouga, did your dumb butt get lost again or something?" P-chan glared at him as he tried to get away, to pick a fight with him, to which Ranma dropped him off into the shopping bag.

Only after he got back to the house and had given his mother the item she had requested, did he go off upstairs with P-chan still in the bag, who he dumped out into the hot tub of water in the bathroom. A few minutes later Ryouga surfaced from the water, looking irritated. " Ranma, how dare you almost step on me! Then, you drop me off into a bag!" Ranma had his hand to his face looking un amused. " Oh shut up bacon breath." Ryouga was about to get mad when he started to panic. " Oh that's right, I was with Ranka.." He said all absent mindedly out loud to himself. Ranma got annoyed at hearing him say the name. " Hey.. I heard Thrista say that name before.." He smacked his hands down on the side of the tub. " Spill it Ryouga, what are you hiding?!"

He let him get dried off and changed, before they were in his room talking at the ground table. Ryouga hmmed with his arms. " I don't know if I want to tell you anything Ranma, since you almost stepped on me." Ranma growled as he grabbed him by his shirt collar. " You'd better tell me now man, or I'll go tell Akane all about P-chan, you got it!" Ryouga got all nervous, looking like he was a bout to die, before he hung his head. " Okay.. I'll tell you.. but your dirty Ranma.." Ranma had an un amused look on his face as he let go of his shirt collar. " Says the dirty pig.." Ryouga grumbled for a minute before clearing his throat. " Well I've seen her, at first I thought it was you, but I was mistaken and my gut told me, I knew her and it was right, I heard Ranka and Thrista talking about it, how everyone's memories of Ranka have been wiped by the devil."

Ranma got irked at hearing what was said, but mainly at the fact how it seemed Thrista had known. He tightened his fist. " So she's with Thrista huh." Ryouga shook his head. " Keyword being " was", Shampoo took her." Ranma got up and went off to the other room he had gone to before, this time going off into the room, feeling like he should look on the desk, which he did as he spotted the same photo's he had on his. He grabbed them up seeing the same pictures, which showed him that this was Ranka's room. He put the photo's down as he ruffled up his hair annoyed. " Dammit! I can't remember but it's right here proof that it did happen.." Ryouga had followed after him as his eyes darted about the room. " I feel like I know this room." Ranma gave him an annoyed look. " You better not…" Ryouga got all nervous as he laughed some, fwailing his hands about. " Oh maybe not, but.. the devil is why we don't remember Ranka." He hehed at his rival. " Though I was able to tell pretty fast that she wasn't you." That earned him a whack to his head by Ranma.

Ranma looked like he was thinking for a few minutes before things hit him. "It makes sense.. that's why my mom keeps acting like there's someone else, that she kind of remembers but doesn't know it." He looked back over at his rival with a serious look. " What else do ya know Ryouga.." Ryouga hmmed as he tried to remember everything the two girls had been talking about. " Right, I think I heard Ranka talking about how she was trying to fix things, and the other girl, got on her about disappearing, then she was talking about leaving and the one one handcuffed her! Oh yeah and then Shampoo came with the food. So, like I said she's with her now. That's where I was trying to go.."

Ranma smirked at him. " Right, till you got lost." He crossed his arms. " I'd go see Shampoo but, first I gotta try to get through to my mom." Ryouga had a serious look on his face. " I'll help, if you need me to."

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At the Nekohanten, Cologne was surprised as Shampoo came back from her deliveries, pulling Ranka along with her. "Great grandmother I back!" She announced loudly and happily. Cologne smirked back. " With Ranka in tow I see. Well it's about time for a break anyways." She flipped the "open" sign to "closed". Shampoo was already glomped onto Ranka. Ranka face started to flush. " Don't you ya know, hate Ranma's girl side?" She decided to try to see if she could sway the amazon from her pursuit on her. Shampoo stayed glued on to her. " Shampoo make exception, and that mark show that." Ranka groaned as she glared at the amazon mark on her wrist, but decided to try her hand to keep trying to sway her. " Yeah but don't you, ya know, hate girls?" Shampoo smirked at her. " Shampoo do, but you is still Ranma and Shampoo love Ranma any way she can. So you is lucky, only girl that Shampoo like." Ranka sweat dropped with a tense smile. " Haha, lucky me.." Shampoo gave her a stern look. " You say you no like Shampoo?" Ranka hung her head in defeat. " No, I didn't say that.." Shampoo smiled before getting defensive again, giving her a more serious look. " You like pink haired girl you stay with before then?" Ranka waved her hands about. " No! It's not like I planned to.."

Cologne broke the chatter up as she called them into the kitchen to help. Shampoo chatted while they worked. " Where stupid Mousse?" Cologne kept to her task. " He'll be busy for quite some time, between his deliveries and the shopping list I gave him." Both the amazon's cackled evilly about their part timer, making Ranka shudder.

After awhile they were all sitting down and enjoying their dinner together. Ranka sighed as she stirred her ramen about with her chopsticks, as she wished she was back home, having dinner with her family. She was interrupted as she saw how annoyed Shampoo looked, as well as being able to sense her angry aura. " You saying you no like Shampoo's cooking?" Ranka gulped at the intensity of the amazon's anger, knowing she needed to eat even if she wasn't in the mood to. " No, I'm not saying that!" She used her chopsticks to twirl some ramen around them, as she ate some. " Mmh it's so good." Shampoo's angry aura disappeared as she smiled and went back to her own food.

Back at the Saotomes, they were all eating dinner and Ranma took notice of how once again his mother had set an extra spot at the table. Once they were all done with dinner, he let her know he had something important to talk about. Nodoka smiled at her son. " If it's about letting Ryouga stay over, I'm fine with that." Ranma gave Ryouga an annoyed look, before focusing back on his mother. " No, it's not. What if I told you, how you keep subconsciously acting like someone is missing." Nodoka looked confused at what her son was saying. " Do I? Is someone missing?"

Ranma took out his photo's from the photo booth, that he put down on the table to show her. "Yeah, about that.." Nodoka's eyes widened at what she was seeing. Ryouga felt like now would be the best time to help. " That's Ranka the one whose missing. I don't exactly know the specifics, but I did hear her mention friends and family, and well she looks exactly like Ranma as a girl, so.." Nodoka looked dismayed as she starred at the photo's, her eyes started to tear up.

Ranma gave Ryouga an annoyed look for stealing the spotlight from him. Ryouga kept going on though anxiously. "The reason no one remembers her is because the devil has wiped our memories." Ranma huffed. " What Ryouga said.." Nodoka tightened her fist. " How dare that demon.." Though she didn't completely remember Ranka, from what she had just heard, as well as hearing the name, deep down she did remember and her fury was burning at the fact that a demon had taken something so precious from her.

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Upon finishing their dinner, Shampoo dragged Ranka off to the back area, where their living quarters were. " Now that you have dinner, you help us in restaurant." Ranka blinked. " Yeah, okay, so let's get to work then." Shampoo grabbed her by her hand. " You no work in that." She said as she was referring to what she was wearing. Ranka hmmed. " What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Shampoo pulled her off upstairs to her room with her, as she went and pulled out a chinese outfit. " You wear "this". Ranka backed up against the wall, as she tried to inch away. " I'd rather not.." Even though she had worn chinese outfits before, it was sparingly, she wasn't a fan, having trauma associated to having to wear Ranma's clothes and act like him, orders she was forced to do through the devil, when he had control of her.

Shampoo acted faster as she shut the door, then she put the outfit down, before she jumped Ranka, stripping her of her clothes, making her yelp. After she was finished, she crossed her arms with a cold look. " That fine, you can work naked then. You work naked or you wear outfit I pick." Ranka looked all frazzled. " Naked.. you gotta be kidding me!?" Shampoo kept her stern look. " No kid, we go get to work now." Ranka gulped as she hung her head in defeat. " Fine.. I'll wear it.." She sighed as she took the outfit from her, changing into it as fast as she could. Though she wasn't a fan, it wasn't as bad as wearing the ones Ranma did.

Once they came back downstairs, they were greeted by Cologne. She chuckled at Ranka. " My, that looks fitting on you my dear." Ranka grumbled as she was given an apron, before getting to work.

They worked up until closing time, where after cleaning up, they relaxed in the living room with some tea and snacks. Ranka sighed as she gave Cologne an annoyed look. "So.. have you had enough time to think about if you know if there's a way to reverse what's going on? Other wise I'm wasting my time here.." Cologne set her tea down. " My aren't you in a rush, the day hasn't ended since you asked." Ranka looked upset for a minute. " You know I am.." Cologne took another sip of her tea, before she responded. " It's possible but I cannot say for sure." Ranka looked more annoyed as she munched on a snack. Shampoo glomped onto her after she finished having some of her tea. " No worry about that right now, we go to bed, yes." She said with big sparkling eyes. Ranka sweat dropped at the way she had said it.

A few minutes later they were Shampoo's room, where she set up another futon next to hers. Ranka blushed some as Shampoo started getting changed for bed into pajama's. Ranka fwailed her arms about. " Let me leave the room, okay!" Shampoo smirked. " Is okay you is airen and Shampoo already see you." Ranka shot back all frazzled. " Yeah, because you stripped me!" Shampoo giggled in response. Ranka grumbled as she changed into her tank top and shorts, before they settled in for the night.

Back at the Saotome house hold, they had decided to wait till tomorrow to make their move. Ranma had realized that Ranka must be his sister, from what Ryouga had said.

While those were the happenings above, down in the depths of hell Satan had gotten one of his many spies, to show him what was going on. He wasn't happy, as he dug his claws into the wood of his throne's chair arm. "So, it seems like I've miscalculated.. it wasn't enough." Alley tried to soothe her masters anger, as she massaged his shoulders from behind. "Shall I have the duck clones repeat their actions?" Satan thought on it for a moment. " Yes, it seems another round is needed, have them go out tomorrow morning as soon as possible. In the mean time I will make sure they have what they need to do so."

He laid back as he enjoyed the attention from his favorite she-devil. " Tell Ivory, I want her to remove any psychical memories." Alley assured him she would do so in the morning as soon as possible.

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Not long after the sun had been up, so was everyone else at the Nekohanten. After breakfast, Ranka was put on clean up duty, outside and Cologne would share with her what idea's she had after she came back inside, when she was done. Ranka yawned as she started sweeping with the broom.

As soon as they had gotten up and eaten, Nodoka, Ranma and Ryouga made their move as they raced off towards the Nekohanten. His mother had allowed him to skip school, because of how important the matter was and stayed behind a bit to make sure Ryouga didn't get lost. Ranma on the other hand kept going as he wasn't too far from the restaurant.

At the same time Alley had sent the Mu Mu-chan duck clones off with their orders, as they started to head higher up into the sky towards the clouds. Ryouga looked up at the sky at hearing a duck, narrowing his eyes as he vaguely recalled Mu Mu-chan ruining something with who was likely Ranka, as his anger grew. He grabbed his umbrella, as he jumped up onto a near by wall, then from there up on top of a roof top, before he launched himself up higher into the air, where he chucked his umbrella like a spinning top through the air, as it twirled about, smacking into two of the duck clones, knocking them down and out from the sky.

The remaining two duck clones kept on track as they flew higher to the clouds, as they dumped their buckets full of the powder into two of the near by clouds, which started to react, like they had before.

While that went on, Ranma had stopped in his tracks as he spotted Ranka. Ranka's gem lit up as she and it sensed things, as she took notice that it was Ranma, with them both staring at each other. Ranma was startled some as there was a green light, which took him a second to note it was coming from him, from a green gem necklace, that he seemed to be wearing, though he didn't really know why. Then it hit him as they synced and he was able to link up.

Nodoka caught up as she had waited on Ryouga, just as the fog started to appear, seemingly from no where, but she was able to spot Ranka as it rolled in, hey eyes widened as she started to tear up.

The reunion was interrupted as Alley came flying down from the sky, launching a kick at Ranma, while Ivory jumped down from a rooftop, doing the same to Ranka, as they were intent on keeping them separated. Ranka defended herself as her gem, put up it's defense barrier, as she glared daggers at Ivory. " What is the meaning of "this?" Ivory hehed as she flipped her hair back. " It means, you're taking too long and have been troublesome."

Ranka took notice of the fog that was in the air, looking distraught. Nodoka struggled as she put a hand to her head, as her mind started to feel fuzzy. She started to find herself wondering, why she was there, and what was it, that she had gone after.

The fog grew as Ivory disappeared into it, her sights set on attacking Nodoka as she pulled a purple sword from her purple gem, lunging at her prey with her weapon in hand. Ranka blocked her path as she used the broom to fend off her attack.

Suddenly a furious Ryouga barreled out from the fog, as he spotted Ranka being attacked. At first he wasn't sure he knew the girl attacking her, but he remembered her very well as he hung his head and started muttering about depressing things to himself, before sending a red blast towards Ivory. He shouted " Shishi Hokodan!" Ranka had her defense barrier up as she pulled her mother out of the line of fire, as the attack sent Ivory flying back. Alley was barely able to dodge Ranma's attack's as she jumped away, landing on top of the brick wall as she looked down with a stern face at Ranka. " As Ivory said, time is running out to fix things, but also.. "his" patience.."

More would've been said if the door didn't fling open from the Nekohanten, as an angry Shampoo raced out as she jumped up into the air, on top of the brick wall, standing next to Alley, as she glared daggers taking her hands to her face, giving her a kiss on the side of her cheek. Ranma and Ranka both gasped. Alley blinked, un sure of what just happened. Ivory after getting back up, just in time to see what had happened, looked all frazzled as she ran off, leaving Alley on her own. Shampoo sneered at her. " One's what interfere, in amazon law." Still looking confused, Alley wasn't quite sure what she meant, but at seeing she had been abandoned, she also took her leave, having said what she needed to say.

After that Cologne had come out and called everyone present inside to talk about things.

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Everyone was gathered at a table, where Shampoo was glomped around Ranma. Ryouga was the one to start the conversation, as he again beat Ranma to it. " You were just going to, go with them then?" Ranka bit her lip, not sure how to go about how to respond and with everything that had recently gone on between her and Ryouga, that made it harder to. Cologne interrupted in the mean time. " Oh so you still seem to remember things pretty clearly then Ryouga. She was but was smarter to seek options." Ranma was able to get out of Shampoo's hold as he was annoyed how Ryouga had again beat him to the punch line, but also at how he had remembered everything, as he gave his sister a stern look. " Yeah.. what Ryouga said, so you were just going to leave.." Ranka looked sheepish. " It was on my mind, but like granny said I didn't.. " Ranma shook his head in response. " Oh no, you're not getting off that easily."

Nodoka still looked a bit confused, yet she instinctively knew from watching her son that they had to be related. Ryouga didn't like his rival's tone with the girl. " Lay off her already Ranma." Ranma bristled at his rival. " Butt out!" Nodoka shook her head at the two, while Cologne on the other hand, gave both boys a quick whap to their heads with her staff, stopping their argument. They both rubbed at their heads annoyed as she reprimanded them. " That's enough you two!"

Ranka sighed as she sat back in her seat. " So granny, you never told me if you had any fancy amazon cure or not.. if there's not, well.. time's running out to fix the spell.." Cologne hmmed as she thought a minute or so before responding. " I'm not sure that the technique would work, but I do feel like this spell can be over come. It seems Ranma and Ryouga have been able to over come it."

Nodoka had heard enough as she put her foot down. " Alright well we should be going then." Cologne chuckled at her. " Well you don't seem to remember." Ranma gave her an annoyed look. " Ya well I do old ghoul and I know what your up to." Ranka also looked annoyed as she crossed her arms. " Hey.. I came over here willingly you know, so I'd better be able to leave the same way." Shampoo butted in. " No you didn't, Shampoo took you back from thieving girl." Ranka rubbed at the temple of her head, looking stressed out. " Yeah but I did come over willingly on my own, before that.." Nodoka had a strong feeling of deja vu as she repeated herself. " As I said, we are going. Ranma stood by what his mother had said. " Yeah, let's go Ranka." Ranka looked flustered. " Just give me a few minutes."

She went off with Shampoo to the room to get out of the chinese outfit and changed back into her own clothes. Shampoo schemed while she was doing so, waiting till she was done changing as she held out a ring. " Airen, for you." Ranka gave her a cold glare as she took it from her and dropped it on the floor. " You may not remember, but you already tried to be sneaky like that, so I know how you do things." Shampoo sweat dropped at hearing that, looking frustrated at how she hadn't recalled it. Ranka then took her leave as she rushed back down to the main floor. Shampoo huffed as she watched her and Ranma take their leave, as her great grandmother didn't attempt any tricks.

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After getting back to the house, much to Ranma's annoyance that his mother allowed Ryouga to stick around and he kept blocking him off from Ranka. Nodoka chalked it up to them just playing around, before she put her focus on Ranka, seeing her in the outfit she had seen her before she didn't remember her, had her putting her hand to her head. She looked distraught as it started coming back to her, then feeling more upset as she teared up. " I made you leave, didn't I?" Ranka shook her head. " No.." Nodoka held her head some more as some of it started coming back to her. " You.. said you'd be right back.." Ranka grimaced as she rubbed at the back of her head. " I know.. and that was the plan, until I got distracted.. I'm really sorry mom." She went in as she hugged up on her. Nodoka felt comfortable, something which she hadn't been since she had felt like something important was missing deep down, as she hugged her back. She couldn't exactly remember but she knew well enough Ranka was her daughter.

They pulled apart as they were interrupted by the two boys fighting. Nodoka cleared her throat. " That's enough, already you two!" They had both been bickering and yanking at each other's faces, until they got reprimanded, making them stop cold in their tracks. She then made sure to keep them separated on the couch, having Ryouga sit next to Ranka, before she went off to the kitchen. Ranka was about as thrilled as Ranma was about it. Ranma seeing his chance glared at his rival. " Go get lost man." Ryouga hahed. " Since your the one saying it, I don't think I will, after all your mother said I could stay." Ranka hung her head, trying to hide how she was uncomfortable around Ryouga, more so at having him too close to her.

When Nodoka came back out from the kitchen they acted like everything was right as rain. She smiled at them as she set some plates with sandwiches down on the table. " I've made some snacks for everyone." Ranka was the first one to the table as she bolted up as fast as she could to get away from Ryouga. After Nodoka had one and had put her dish in the sink, she looked at the time. " Now, I have an appointment I need to get to, I expect everyone to behave." She went over and gave both her children hugs before she took her leave, making sure the house was locked up behind her.

Ranma and Ryouga were busy eating but still glaring at each other as they ate feverishly. Ranka sighed as she had finished eating, taking a sip of her drink. She really didn't want Ryouga around, not because she hated him, it was just harder on her to be too close to him after the kissing incidents.

Ranma finished eating as he gave his sister a stern look as he got up from his seat. " Alright Ranka, we need to talk." Ryouga bolted up from his seat. " You'll do no such thing as long as I'm around! I told you, to leave "her" alone, Ranma!" Ranka sweat dropped as she looked annoyed. " Just.. butt out." Ryouga looked all confused. " Whaa? But I.. I'm trying to protect you from Ranma, it's obvious that he wants to hurt you." Ranka looked off the other way. " Who asked you to do that huh? I sure didn't. So, butt out!" Ryouga stood there frozen, until Ranma tossed his glass of water on him, turning him into P-chan. " You heard her, butt out!" He picked P-chan up by his bandana, taking him off to the laundry room, where he dropped him into the washer and closed the lid on him. " Stay out of it." He didn't turn the washer on as he just wanted to keep Ryouga out of his business, as he ignored the pounding and angry squeals coming from the washer.

Thinking about it, Ranma ended up splashing himself with another glass water, changing into a girl so he they were on equal footing, as she cracked her knuckles. " Like I said, you're not getting off that easily." Ranka groaned as she took her punishment, as Ranma put her head in a head lock and messed up her hair with noogies, as they tussled about. After awhile she relented, as she gave her twin a slug to the shoulder. " Still wanna run off?" Ranka was busy trying to fix her hair as she sulked on the couch. " No.. I wasn't trying to.." Ranma-chan had her arms crossed. " You can keep saying that, but I know exactly what you were thinking." Ranka huffed as she continued fixing her hair from the assault. " Okay, I was wrong.. I'm sorry, and not for nothing I didn't end up doing that… thanks to Thrista, of course.. then she got too weird.."

Ranma-chan still had her arms crossed. " So.. she wasn't affected huh." Ranka nodded. " That's right, since she's part demon." Ranma-chan hmmed. " And how did she get weird?" Ranka tensed up as she looked off the other way. " She wouldn't let me leave.." Ranma-chan made a face, before letting out a sigh. " I didn't think I'd forget you too.. it didn't hit me right away, but it still did.." She then gave Ranka an annoyed look. " You still shouldn't have left though." Ranka bit her lip. " I know, I'm sorry, I handled it poorly.. I thought I was doing the right thing.. I mean, what would you have done in that kind of situation?" Ranma-chan hmmed for a bit, before she sighed in defeat, seeing how difficult the situation had been on her sister. " Yeah okay.. that is a tough one." Ranka nodded. " Even though Thrista went cray cray on me, before that.. she talked a lot sense into me." Ranma-chan had a dull look on her face. " Too bad she went nutso on you. You mad at her now?" Ranka huffed with her arms crossed. " How can I not be? She cuffed me and took my necklace away from me…" Ranma-chan grimaced at hearing that. " Yeah.. I'd be mad too."

Ranka and her sweat dropped at hearing all the banging from the laundry room. " You'd better let him out, before he breaks the washer…" Ranma-chan groaned. " I'd rather not." Ranka quirked an eyebrow at her. " Would you rather he break mom's washer?" Ranma-chan looked nervous as she rushed off to the laundry room to let him out of the washers hold.

Ranka could hear a lot of noises back and forth, before she saw Ranma-chan come back out, trying to fend off P-chan as he darted about in the air attacking her furiously. Ranma-chan kept trying to block his attacks. " Knock it off will ya, Ryouga!" Ranka got annoyed as she got up from the couch, going over and intervening as she put up her defense barrier in front of her and Ranma, so that P-chan bounced off the barrier to the ground. She gave him an annoyed look. " Knock it off already." Ranma-chan stuck her tongue out at P-chan, before grabbing him up by his bandana from the ground. " We'll be back." She went off upstairs with P-chan to the bathroom.

Upstairs in the bath, Ranma after he had changed back, dumped P-chan in the hot water, with Ryouga surfacing a few minutes later looking angry. " Ranma.. how dare you throw me in the washer, while you hurt Ranka!" Ranma gave him a whack to his head. " Shut up already, we just tussled some and I did that as a girl, okay. Besides I can have a fight with my sister, okay!" Ryouga growled in response. Ranma hahed at him. " Besides you heard her, she told you to "butt out", didn't she. And YOU don't completely remember Ranka." Ryouga huffed. " I remember enough and I'm sure you made her say that." Ranma hahed back at him. " I didn't, face it man she told you off." Ryouga grabbed at his head with his hands looking nervous. " I can't remember if I did something that upset her.." He put his hands on Ranma's shoulders. " You know though." Ranma smacked his hands off him. " Yeah, but I'm not gonna tell you." He got up from the bath, taking his exit first.

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After awhile they came back downstairs bickering back and forth. Ryouga hot on Ranma's trail. " Tell me, dammit!" Ranma shot back at him. " And I told you to get lost!" Ranka looked un amused at the fact, as she looked off the other way. " You really should get lost, Akane's probably missing her P-chan." She said in a cold tone. Ryouga froze up again as he hung his head, seeing how hated he was. " Ah.. yeah.. okay." He started to stagger towards the door in a depressed state, till he shot back with hopes that Ranma was wrong as he questioned Ranka. " Your just saying that because of Ranma, right." Ranka still wouldn't look directly at him. " No I meant it, just how I meant it before, when I told you to " butt out" and "get lost." Ryouga went back to hanging his head and staggering as he took his leave, utterly depressed.

Ranma smirked at watching his sister tell Ryouga off, as he didn't want Ryouga lusting after his sister, he couldn't help but quirk about it. " Boy did you let him have it." Ranka shot back. " Maybe it's because you told me to say it." She said in a sarcastic tone. Ranma hehed. " You and I both know that's not true." Ranka sighed with her hand to her face. " I just can't deal with him anymore and I'm taking advantage of the fact that he doesn't remember me completely."

Not too long after their mother came back from her appointment and to both their dismay, she was holding P-chan as she smiled. " Look I found poor Ryouga just sitting in the street, in a pool of water. Why is that? Because I thought I told everyone, no fighting.." Ranma sweat dropped. " Nope no fighting here, he just decided he had to go." Ranka nodded in agreement. Nodoka shook her head. " Nonsense, he should at least stay the night." She was about to take him upstairs, but Ranma jumped up and nabbed him away from her. " I'll take care of Ryouga." He ran upstairs to the bathroom with him again.

After chucking him off into the tub, he grumbled. " What the hell man, I thought you were leaving.." Ryouga surfaced looking down trought. " I was trying to believe me Ranma, but water found me and then your mother.." Ranma huffed with his arms crossed. " So hurry up and go already.." Ryouga hehed. " I would but your mom expect's me to stay, it'd be rude of me to leave now." Ranma gave him a glare. " Yeah well, Ranka doesn't want you to stay, she's made that pretty obvious now hasn't she." Ryouga hung his head in despair at hearing that.

Time went by and soon they were all enjoying a delicious dinner. Ryouga and Ranma were fighting over seconds, which had Nodoka tickled pink. Her and Ranka finished before the boys and went about to cleaning up, while they were still going at it. When everyone was done and everything was cleaned up, Nodoka presented a movie they all watch with popcorn.

Ryouga was still very down, but still paid enough attention to the movie. Ranma and Ranka groaned at seeing it was a romance orientated one again. They both got bored as the movie went on, and were playing with some popcorn, tossing it back and forth at each other. Nodoka caught on as she was sitting in between them. " Ranka, Ranma.. stop playing with your food, or do I need to take it away?" Ranma sighed. " Nope." Ranka sweat dropped. " No.." Nodoka gave them pats on the head. " I hope not, now do behave and watch the movie." Ryouga wasn't paying much attention to what was going on, as he was dwelling on things.

As he sat there on the couch, with Ranma next to him. He couldn't believe how much Ranka hated him and as much as he didn't want to believe it, the fact was Ranma had no part in what she had said. He wondered what he had done, that made her hate him so much and wished he could remember. While he was struggling, his attention was drawn to the movie on a specific part, as his eyes widened at seeing something that seemed so familiar to him, the guy had accidentally, or so it seemed, stolen the girls first kiss. After that she seemed to hate the guy, but she was struggling with how she was feeling, not knowing that she had fallen in love or willing to admit it. It played out that way for quite some time. Ryouga watched intently as his mind raced as he looked over at Ranka really fast as he put two and two together, feeling less depressed as he thought to himself. "Is.. "that" what I did to Ranka.." Ranma grumbled as he could tell Ryouga was seeing deja vu. Ranka slumped down in her seat as she groaned at how annoyingly similar the actions on the movie were to what had happened between her and Ryouga.

At the same time Nodoka was getting nagged from each side by her children, which she put a stop to. " That's enough out of you two! You can go to bed after the movie is over." Ranka sunk down more into the couch, wanting to get away more than ever, frustrated at her mom making her stay put. Ranma wasn't thrilled either, as he crossed his arms. Ryouga was lost in his own little world, with a dumb smile on his face, since he had figured out by seeing the same situation on the movie and how the girl was acting very similar to how Ranka was acting, it all added up. Ranma groaned at seeing the dumb, happy look on his rival's face.

As soon as the movie ended, Ranka excused herself and rushed off upstairs. Nodoka took notice of Ryouga. " My Ryouga, it seems you really enjoyed the movie." Ryouga snapped out of his thoughts. " Ah yeah, it was pretty good." Nodoka smiled back. " Yes it was, wasn't it. I wish my children thought so too." Ranma had an annoyed look on his face as he munched on some popcorn." After a bit of time he made sure to get upstairs before Ryouga did, making sure he couldn't try to sneak off to see his sister. To make sure further he decided that he'd spend the night with Ranka as a girl, as he went off to the bathroom to get ready for bed and change into a girl.

Ryouga came upstairs and a happy stupor as he went off to the bathroom in a daze, not checking if it was occupied, before doing so. Ranma had just finished getting ready for bed and changed into a girl, where she was drying her face and hair off some. Ryouga got all flustered at seeing who he was thinking was Ranka. " Aah, I'm sorry I didn't know, but I.. I just wanted to say I'm sorry for what I did.." Ranma-chan put the towel down at hearing him, quirking an eyebrow at him. " And what exactly did YOU do?" Ryouga fidgeted with his fingers nervously. " Well I'm not really sure.. but maybe.. I.. kissed you?" Ranma-chan furrowed her brows at him, before she grabbed him by his shirt. " Listen and listen good Ryouga, don't you dare try anything tonight, you got it! Or I'll make YOU, regret it.." She let go of her hold on him as she grumbled, taking her leave from the bathroom as she went off to her sisters room.

Before coming back and waiting till he was done, then pushing him off into the guest room. " That's where you'd BETTER stay put, got it!" She shut the door behind him, before stalking back over to Ranka's room. Ryouga was in a happy daze, still thinking it was Ranka and she was just being bashful.

Ranka looked up from her magazine from her bed at seeing Ranma come in. " Your staying in here tonight huh." Ranma-chan flopped back on her bed, looking annoyed. " I gotta, so "he" don't try anything.." Ranka groaned as she slumped down against her pillow, sitting up. " Stupid movie.." Ranma-chan looked more annoyed. " Ugh I know, but I'll kick his ass if he tries anything!" She said with a balled up fist. Ranka smiled a tad. " I know you will, but I don't think he'd be that stupid." Ranma-chan had an un amused look on her face. " Yeah well I'm NOT gonna give him that chance."

Over in Ryouga's room he was settled in for night and already dreaming. One such dream was him and Ranka and her confessing. Dream Ryouga putting her on the spot about what had happened in the movie and if that's why she was acting the way she was towards him, with her admitting it.

After awhile the siblings had gone to bed themselves. Ranka woke up suddenly from a barrage of nightmares, which made her get up and go off to the bathroom. She splashed her face with cold water vigousily, as she stared down at the sink. She knew the devil would grow more furious as the last day to be able to fix the spell had come. She sighed as she felt a little less shaken up, taking her leave from the bathroom, only to spot her sibling waiting outside in the hallway for her. Ranma-chan grabbed her by her hand and pulled her back off to the room, making sure no run-in's with Ryouga could happen.

When they got back in the room after she shut the door behind them, she had a concerned look on her face as she let go of her hold on her sisters hand. " You gonna tell me what's up or what?" Ranka sweat dropped looking flustered. " I had a nightmare.." Ranma-chan quirked an eyebrow at her. " About Ryouga again?" Ranka laughed a tad. Ranma-chan had a sterner look though still also concerned. " Or, was it about birds?" Ranka sighed at knowing she wasn't going to be able to hide it any longer, though still torn about it. " You'll just get mad if I tell you.." Ranma-chan furrowed her brows. " I'm already mad, in case you haven't noticed." Ranka rubbed at her arm with her other hand. " It's the devil, he's coming any day now.. I just know.." Ranma-chan looked less mad, but also annoyed. " I'd like to see him try." Ranka sweat dropped as she went back to her bed. " No, I don't think you would.. I'm going to try to go back to bed.." She got her headphones on and her cd player as she laid back down, turning some music on.

Ranma-chan went back off to her bed after turning the light off, as she flopped down in bed. She was glad Ranka had told her, instead of having to find out on her own, but felt bad she was being plagued by such rough nightmares. Even though she had been mad, she did understand why Ranka had held back on sharing as she settled back to bed.

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The usual morning routine went on for a school day, except how Ranka while she had gotten up was not dressed for school. Nodoka took notice of this as she gave her daughter a questioning look. " Ranka dear, why aren't you dressed for school?" Ranka set her drink down on the table as she looked a bit dismayed. " Well I.. they probably don't remember that I go to school.." Nodoka shook her head. " I see, well then I will just have to enroll you again, so go on get ready for school young lady." Ranka sweat dropped and went back upstairs to do so, also taking notice that Ryouga hadn't gotten up yet, which worked out nicely.

After she came back downstairs dressed and ready for school, Nodoka set out with them after leaving a note for Ryouga. Once they got to the school, she went off to the office with Ranka to let them know she was enrolling her. The principal wasn't there, but the vice principal was as they went through the paper work, only for him to discover there was already paperwork. " Well that's odd, it seems your daughter is already enrolled.." Nodoka nodded in agreement. " Well then there shouldn't be a problem." Ranka sighed at how annoying school was going to be, if she had to start over. Nodoka smiled as they left the office. " There now, everything is in order." Ranma had waited outside in the hallway for them. They both walked with their mother to the entrance, where Nodoka having stepped outside, looked up at the sky. " My it seems like bad weather, I hope you two brought umbrella's." Ranka took notice of the dark sky as well. They both assured their mother they'd be fine, before she took her leave and they started off towards their classroom.

Ranma looked over at his sister. " They gonna re introduce ya?" Ranka shook her head. " I'm already a student here, just one that isn't remembered." Ranma rubbed at the back of his head feeling bad. " Well I remember ya and I bet the others will, it kinda seemed like they did." He could tell that his sister was having second thoughts and let her know how he disliked it. " You better not be thinking about how you should've let that devil jerk have his way.." Ranka sweat dropped. " Well.. it's not fun being forgotten.. although.. being forgotten by some people isn't so bad."

Thrista snuck up from behind as she hugged up on a startled Ranka. " I haven't forgotten you." Ranma looked startled for a moment, before he furrowed his brows, removing the pink and blue haired girl from his sister, as he pulled her away from her by her hand. Thrista took notice that she was hugging air, then focused on Ranma. " Ooh, so it looks like you didn't forget either, that's weird.." Ranma crossed his arms. " You're the one that's weird.." She pouted as the siblings went off ahead of her to the classroom.

The classroom got quiet as they entered, then a lot of murmuring went about. Daisuke and Hiroshi were the first ones to inquire at seeing Ranka. Hiroshi beat Daisuke to it. " Hey so Ranma, who is she?" Ranma looked annoyed. " Stop being stupid, you guys know Ranka's my sister." That caused the two of his friends to look confused, though they did feel like the name was familiar. Akane felt like she knew her as well, with Sayuri feeling the same way, as did Ukyou, as well as feeling like something that had been lost, had been found. Ukyou especially felt like that when Ranka took her usual seat next to her.

After the teacher came in and started off class, the day went on with a lot of confusion. Ranma just kept getting more annoyed by it all, finally loosing it at lunch time when the usual was met with confusion and questioning. " I've had it already! You guys know Ranka okay, you just don't remember because of the spell." Thrista piped in as well. " It's true." Daisuke and Hiroshi rubbed at their heads. Hiroshi huhed. " It does feel like that.." Akane put her hand to her head. Ukyou had her arms crossed. " It does.. things feel less empty, it makes sense." Sayuri nodded in agreement as she felt happier with Ranka around, compared to the other day when she hadn't been around, and she felt like she knew why she kept making extra lunches. She took the iniative as she gave her the other bento box. "I must've made this for you." She said as she felt herself flushing. Ranka sweat dropped. " Ah yeah.. I guess so, thanks you didn't have to." Sayuri's eyes widened at hearing that as she felt confused. " I.. feel like you've said that to me before.."

When the others finished and took their leave from the roof top, Akane and Ukyou stayed put as they looked to Ranma for answers. Ukyou grilled him first. " Spit it out Ranma huney, what's going on?" Akane had her arms crossed. " Out with it Ranma.. why can't we remember?" Ranma sighed. " Like I said it's because of a spell, by the devil." Ranka shuffled her feet about. " It's true." Akane furrowed her brows in frustration. " Ugh, how dare someone mess with my memories!" Ukyou nodded in agreement. " No kidding, I feel violated and angry." She looked over at Ranka as an idea hit her. " Hey now, I think if Ranka keeps refreshing our memories, like she seemed to do with Sayuri, maybe it could jolt them back?" Ranma hmmed. " Worth a shot." Ranka sighed at how tiresome it was at having to re do things in a sense.

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Elsewhere in the depths of hell, what little patience Satan had was dwindling, as he stood up from his throne. " I've had enough!" He slammed his foot down in anger, which made the ground shake, sending the shockwaves near and far. Alley tried to calm him down. " I know, perhaps the stupid human is running late?" Satan gave her a glare as he went off down the hallway as he looked at the time on his watch. If after his bath the girl hadn't appeared, he would go to the surface himself.

Back on the surface the shockwaves finally hit as the area started to shake. Where they were still up on top of the roof top as they felt the ground shaking. Akane yelped as she almost lost her footing from the rumbling, if it hadn't been for Ranma catching her. Like wise for Ukyou, who Ranka caught as she steadied herself as well. They then took their leave from the roof top as they hurried down the stairs back towards the classroom. Ukyou rubbed at the back of her head. " That's odd, they didn't say anything about any earthquakes today.." Ranka was looking out the window with a pensive look on her face for a minute, before they went back to the classroom.

It seemed calm for awhile, until the ground started to shake again, this time it was a lot more violent as a bunch of the students yelled, as the lights shook and flickered. After it settled down there was an announcement from the vice principal as he dismissed school for the day, due to safety concerns. Before they knew it they were headed outside, as it started pouring. Ranma groaned at the horrid timing of it, but glad they hadn't stepped outside yet. Ranka went through her book bag as she pulled out two umbrella's, having had a feeling the weather would be iffy, as she handed one off to her brother. Ranma's eyes got all big as he took it. " Alright! You're the best sis!" Ranka smiled for a second. Akane and Ukyou said their good bye's as they took their leave, wanting to get back home as soon they could.

Most of the students had already taken their leave as fast as they could. Thrista appeared from behind. " Is this, because someone didn't go somewhere?" Ranka gave her an annoyed look, before looking off out the window at the bad weather. " Probably.. " Ranma broke it up as he told Thrista they had to go and so should she, as they popped open their umbrella's and headed outside.

The walk back home was pretty quiet, as they made their way inside. Ranma was glad to be inside as he took off his shoes and set the umbrella to dry on the rack, before he headed off upstairs. Ranka finished putting her umbrella on the rack as well, as she pulled off her shoes, before looking around for her mother. She went off towards the kitchen, where she found a note on the table. At seeing what it said, she griped onto it, knowing that her mother was danger by going demon hunting right now. She ran off and got her katana sheath, before going back over to the entrance and pulling her shoes back on as fast as possible, before she took off running outside into the rain, her red gem lighting up as it put up her defense barrier around her.

She sped up more as she raced towards the park, knowing from her nightmares that's where her mother likely would be and where the devil would be. She knew she'd hear it from Ranma about how she ran off, but it was to protect their mother. She skidded to a stop at seeing her mother, having finished off a demon. At spotting her daughter she furrowed her brows at her. " Ranka, what are you doing here?" She then took notice that she had a katana with her. " Where on earth did you get "that?" You shouldn't be here." Ranka sighed. " You don't remember but, you gave it to me." She looked upset. " Your the one that shouldn't be here, especially right now.." Nodoka's eyes widened for a minute. " I see.. I have an important job to do, but you obviously know that already, so.." She didn't get to finish as the ground started to rumble and the rain had stopped for the moment, as the ground near by started cracking open, making a bunch of near by tree's come crashing down. Nodoka looked alarmed as she watched the chaos un fold. Ranka looked at her with pleading eyes and a worried look. " Please, just go back home, before it's too late.." She had her mom protected thru the other gem necklace, having a defense barrier around her as well. Nodoka griped her katana sheath. " I will not waiver." Ranka looked really upset at hearing that and more so as flames erupted from the ground as Satan emerged from them, stepping forward.

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Back at the house Ranma had finished taking a quick shower and after changing, went off downstairs where he took notice that no one else was there. He staggered backwards against the wall as the ground shook for a minute. Then he ran over to the entrance way, seeing how his sisters shoe's weren't there, but her umbrella was. " Dammit, Ranka!" He tightened his fist as he grabbed up his shoes, pulling them on and running out the front door. He tried sensing where about his sister was, as the chase brought him to the park.

Once he got there though, he couldn't believe what he was seeing and knew this likely was the nightmares that had been plaguing Ranka. He glared at the giant red devil known as Satan.

Satan made his move as he stormed towards Nodoka with fury in his eyes, for a mere mortal having hurt him, as well as corrupt his creation and killing many of his servants. His attack was blocked as Ranka stood in his way with a determined look on her face, as his punch connected to her defense barrier. He gritted his teeth in anger. " Insolent wench, you dare to keep defying ME!" He rubbed at his hand some. " You still have some time left before the spell becomes permanent, so agree to come back to me and I will fix it."

Ranka kept a stern look on her face as she steeled through. " I guess I am, because I'm not going to do that. Besides you weren't going to fix it. It's what you do, lure people in with sweet nothings."

Satan growled through his teeth. " How dare YOU, I WILL drag you back!" Ranka looked really tired as she sighed. " How many times do I gotta say it, the amazon's claimed me." Satan ignored that fact as he slammed his foot down, making the ground shake as a crack formed along the ground as it sped towards Nodoka. Ranka raced over as she grabbed her mother, jumping away as the ground opened up in that spot. While she had her defense barrier up for her and her mother, his next attack connected as he jumped up in the air, slamming his fist down into the ground near them, with the force of the attack, which threw them back through the air, as they smacked into a tree, where they lay on the ground.

Even though no harm came from the attack because of the defense barrier, Ranma was still infuriated at seeing his mother and sister get attacked so brutality. He charged at the red devil at full speed with his fists as he yelled in anger. " You bastard!" He still had his green gem on, so he had put up his defense barrier around himself with his chi. He threw a bunch of punches at him, which the devil narrowly side stepped. " Leave my family the hell alone!"

Nodoka shook her head about from the impact, steeling herself back up, as she drew her katana, before she charged at full speed at Satan with it. Ranka pushed herself up off the ground, as she followed suit with own katana. Ranma jumped away a bit panicked at seeing the katana's. While Nodoka was moving in a blur as she slashed at him multiple times, Ranka took her mothers cue as she brought hers down on his tail, slashing it off before he could use it against her mother, making him yell and curse. Nodoka glared at the demon before her, at seeing how she had cut him with her holy blade, more than once and despite that it wasn't enough.

She started to get into position to carry out the purification dance, but the devil was intent to stop her as threw his giant fist at her. Ranka blocked him off once again. Nodoka started again as she went through the movement and chanted, the marks from the sword lit up on his body, as they burned some but not enough. Nodoka looked dismayed as she clenched her katana by the hilt. " It.. wasn't enough.." She needed more power, but she couldn't remember having taught anyone her demon hunting ways. Ranma steeled himself through as he went back into the fight, knowing he had to draw Satan's attention away from his mother and sister as threw the Tenshin Amaguriken attack at him.

Ranka took the chance, while Satan was distracted to slash him up a bit more with her katana from behind, before meeting back up with her mother. " Try again." Nodoka nodded as she went through the motions, she looked surprised as she saw Ranka moving in sync with her motions, making her realize she had indeed taught the demon hunting art to her. She started to tear up at seeing how elegant and disciplined she moved with her katana. They both recited the chantra together as all the wounds lit up on Satan at once making him howl in pain. As he staggered back some, Ranma was able to get in multiple kicks to his gut.

Ranka pulled out some paper pieces from her skirt pocket, handing them to her mother. " I think you left these." Nodoka smiled at her daughter as she took them. " That I did, these are tailsmans to help purfiy, so we need to put as many as we can on him." She handed back a lot to Ranka. Ranka nodded as she took them and they both made their moves swiftly as they jumped about, slapping the pieces of paper with symbols onto him, before finally jumping away. Nodoka started the purification dance again, giving a nod to Ranka to do so again, which she did as they went through the motions of the dance with their swords and chanted the mantra. Satan staggered back more feeling the intense pain, making him retreat as fast as he could back into the ground hole he had appeared from as a wall of flames made him disappear and the ground shifted back to how it was.

After the katana's were sheathed, Nodoka hugged both of her children tightly, before breaking away after a few minutes. She smiled at both of them with pride. " I'm so proud of both of you, let's go home."

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Meanwhile down in the depths of hell, Satan had a huge tantrum with his remaining energy, before he succumbed to his injuries. A few minutes later he was laying in his king sized bed and been bandaged up from his wounds. Alley sat by his bed side with a concerned look on her face. " Master.. you should've let me and Ivory go with you.." Satan hmpfed in reply. " It was my fight and you and Ivory are too important to me." Alley's eyes lit up at hearing that, before she fussed. " Since you were almost purified, it would be best not to go there again. You were almost completely defeated.. I would say this means you should give up on getting the girl back, besides she's more trouble than she's worth."

Satan scoffed at her. " I hate to admit it, but I over estimated "her" and put too much into her, a hard lesson learned. I choose the wrong person to clone, by choosing Ranma Saotome." He sneered evilily. " However that doesn't mean I am done with the girl, she is after all a traitor, and just as high on my list as Ranma Saotome.." Alley sighed as she shook her head at him. " You surely did, you got too excited when you created "her."

Satan huffed in annoyance. " Yes I know, I made a lot of mistakes, such as letting her get too close to Ranma Saotome and not noticing sooner she was getting out of control." He smirked to himself as he shut his eyes. " I already have a new plan, which I will inact once I've rested." Alley chuckled at hearing that. " I'm sure you do and look forward to it."

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As they walked back home, Nodoka spoiled them as they stopped and got crepes on the way back. She noted they both looked guilty, so she assured them it was fine. " This is a time where it's alright to have sweets before dinner, alright." After getting that assurance they were enjoying them, as well as their mother. Once she finished she smiled at her children, as well at how she believed she had gotten her memories back of Ranka, it seemed to have happened once they had defeated the devil, or how seeing how well her training with Ranka had gone, had jolted them back as well. Since they had purified the evil demon, he wouldn't be able to appear again.

When they got back to the house she nagged Ranka to give her school uniform to be washed, after she had changed. Ranka went off upstairs to do so, as she changed out from it to a casual outfit before going back down and handing off her school uniform to her mother. Ranma finally had taken notice that Ryouga hadn't shown his face, figuring that he had taken his leave, while they had been at school for awhile, which was fine by him. he was never thrilled when his rival stayed over too long.

Shortly after they started preparing dinner, with Ranma-chan joining in, wanting to be closer to her mother and sister after what had happened. While dinner was cooking, they worked on making up some desserts.

Soon they were enjoying their little feast all together at the table and when they were done, they all worked together to clean it up. When it came time to watching something on tv, Nodoka let her children watch something to their liking, which was to their usual liking, something on the violent side. Which she was starting to accept. She had to accept the good and the bad.

Before they knew it, it was time for bed. Ranma-chan opted to stay with her sister, as they settled down in their beds. She glanced over at her sister. " Looks like that bastard won't be coming after us again." Ranka looked off the other way. " I wouldn't say that." Ranma-chan huhed. " Well I did, it's been said, so what's your reasoning?" Ranka played with her gem absent mindedly. " Because I know how he is, as I've said before." Ranma-chan sighed with an annoyed look. " You should be happy, he got his butt whooped." There was silence for awhile, as Ranka contemplated over what she should or shouldn't say. Finally she settled on saying what she knew Ranma wanted to hear from her. " Yeah I am." She smiled a tad before laying down and cutting out from any further talk as she said good night. She knew even though he had gotten his," butt whooped" and was off recovering and licking his wounds, it wouldn't stop him completely.

Notes: I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and thanks for your support.