Devils Child

by chikane-chan

The devil is sick of Ranma evading him, and he creates a clone of Ranma's girl side to frame him. But things don't go as he planned as the girl breaks away from his control. Ranma gains a sister from the after math, that sticks by his side and there for him and his mother. As well as the usual cast here and there and some other oc's and appearances from some lesser characters.

43. Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Breaking

Once they got back inside they were greeted by an annoyed mother. Nodoka was clearly upset, but given the circumstance could only go so far with it. "Ranma, that was not a quick walk.." Ranka stepped in to defend her sibling. " It wasn't but confession, we stopped off at the Tendo's." Nodoka seemed to let that slide. " Dinner's almost ready so if you two could get the table ready, it would be appreciated." She then went back off into the kitchen.

When they were finished, Ranka tried to ask if she needed any help with dinner. Nodoka kept to her task. " No that's alright dear, Tenka has been quite helpful." Tenka smirked at Ranka really slyly, before returning to her task, then further to rub it in. " I'm a good girl!" Nodoka smiled as she patted her on the head. " Yes you are."

Even Ranma could feel the sting, that Ranka was feeling right about now. Ranka bit down on her lip as she went off outside from the porch, going off to water the garden, before she took her anger out otherwise. Ranma followed after her, out of concern she tried to lift her siblings spirits. " Do you need to beat up pops? It does wonders." Ranka kept to her task. " It's tempting.." Ranma-chan had made sure to shut the doors to the porch shut behind her, so they could talk easier, as she knew what was going through Ranka's head. " And so is running away.."

Ranka bit her lip more. " It's not like she'd notice, right? It's all about the good girl.." Ranma-chan crossed her arms. " Hey now, I sure as heck would. Is she though.. Maybe after dinner we can take another walk." Ranka sighed as she kept watering different plants. " Yeah.."

Soon it was dinner and everyone was at the table, having dinner until the two siblings felt how hot the curry was, both feeling like their mouths were on fire, grabbing their own waters at the same time. Nodoka put a hand to her face. " I'm sorry you two, is it too much?" Tenka giggled as she ate hers. " I love it!" Nodoka smiled. " Yes you do." Ranma-chan grumbled. Nodoka kept her calm as she ate. " It's what Tenka picked out."

Once her and Tenka finished, she was busy spending time with her in the living room. Ranma-chan glared in the kids direction. " She did that on purpose.." Ranka nodded in agreement. " I'll make something else." She then got up and went off to the kitchen to do so. Not too long after she set down omelette rice plates for both of them.

After they were done and clean up was done, Ranma asked their mother if they could go take a walk. Nodoka allowed it, but set a time limit and punishment that would follow if not upheld. They were just glad to get out and away from "the intruder." Ranma was feeling relieved since it would put Ranka in a better mood. "Man that Tenka is such a little stinker." That made Ranka laugh some as they walked. " She really is."

Ranma-chan had her arms behind her head as they walked. " Right, so you better not think about running away anymore. You think that mom would let you do that?" She hehed. " She sticks to what she says, so she'd definitely hunt you down." Ranka rubbed at her arm, showing she was nervous at hearing that, she knew damn well it was true. " I'm sorry I said that, it's just how I felt." She pouted as she got frustrated. " I can't help it.. I'm jealous." Ranma-chan nodded in agreement. " I get that and I guess I kinda am but I get it bugs ya more, but seems that's what one of the aims is." Ranka looked to be in deep thought for a few minutes. "It doesn't seem like an accident about the tailsmans, that's for sure." She looked annoyed as they continued their walk around the park. "Though it's my own fault for loosing my holy knife.." Ranma-chan quirked an eyebrow at her. " I dunno about that, it worked to "stinkers" advantage."

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They walked around the park and out as they headed back. Both sensing danger, with Ranka's gem lighting up to reinforce that point as they both jumped away from incoming attacks. One of the demon guys from the group smirked at them, as he pulled his spiked club out from the ground. " Hold still and take your beating, traitor, so I can get my reward." Ranka glared daggers at him. One of the other demons in the group mocked her, having heard all about her and the other demon hunter with their dangerous katana's, but she had no weapon. " Where's your sword huh traitor." The other one who seemed to the biggest one and the leader of the large group sneered at Ranma-chan. " And you as well Ranma Saotome." Ranma-chan growled. " I didn't do nothing!" That made the group of demons laugh. Another tall one stepped forward as he snarled at the pigtailed red head. "Nothing huh, my head says differently, that you smashed face first into the master! "

Ranka quirked an eyebrow at her twin. " What did I tell you.." Ranma-chan hehed. "I'm glad I did it and too bad man, that's what you get for trying to play me." She said as she addressed the demon who had disguised as a classmate. Ranka and Ranma were back to back as they got into attack positions.

They unfournately weren't very far from the house and the fighting was pretty loud as Nodoka thought she heard things. Tenka took the chance as she listened. " Is that big sis and brother?" Nodoka furrowed her brow as she went off outside in a flurry, knowing that was her children, seeing them both beating up a group of people. She stormed over towards them her anger aura flaring, with Tenka following in tow behind her. Nodoka raised her voice. " RANKA, RANMA, that's enough!" The demons all ran off as fast as they could at seeing the main demon hunter.

Ranka stumbled as she was almost knocked off her feet, being so startled at suddenly hearing her mother, but managed to regain her footing. Ranma-chan groaned at seeing they had been caught in the act of violence. Tenka giggled from behind Nodoka as she pointed at them. " Bad girls!" Nodoka furrowed her brows as she grabbed both the red heads by each of their ears, as she pulled them off by them, back into the house, before she let go. " I can't believe either of you.. I let you go on a walk, not so you could fight. I am very disappointed in both of you."

Ranka looked sheepish as she hung her head. Ranma-chan on the other hand was more so annoyed at being reprimanded for it. " Yeah well they started it, we were just defending ourselves from demons mom. Demons.." Nodoka was too angry to listen to that fact. " That's enough, I want you two to go to your rooms for the night." Ranma-chan huffed as her and Ranka went off upstairs.

Shortly after Nodoka came upstairs with Tenka, as she got her ready for bed and set up in the guest room, before she went back downstairs to do things. When she knew Nodoka had gone back downstairs, she pulled out a hand mirror, that she talked to.

Once Ranka and Ranma heard, they snuck out from the room stealthily, to where they were outside the room listening to the conversation. Izzy was sure to keep her Tenka form, knowing she'd endanger her position if she turned back into her real form. She conversed with Alley through the mirror.

Having heard enough they retreated back to the room. Ranka was less than happy at hearing Tenka was very much an intruder. While not much was said, it was enough and more so as she could tell she was talking to Alley, which made it more than clear she was a demon, working for Satan.

Izzy had made sure to keep it quick and always used her persona's name as well as having the others address her by it, to further avoid detection. Once she finished, she settled in for the night

Where as Ranma-chan and Ranka went off outside on the roof to talk, not wanting the intruder to hear them as they sat and talked. Ranma-chan looked very frustrated. "Seems like your hunch was right." Ranka didn't look pleased about it. "Sadly." Ranma-chan had a serious look on her face. " But now we definitely know she's a demon and likely has bewitched mom.. I mean wouldn't she have sensed she was a demon?" Ranka fidgeted with her necklace. "While I had a bad feeling, I couldn't tell per say what her deal was. So yeah she's more than likely using magic to mask herself, on top of that, if she's the same person whose been pretending to be me and Akane, that's more magic on top of magic." Ranma-chan grumbled as she ruffled up her own hair in frustration. " Arghh, it pisses me off!"

She caught wind of how Ranka was looking off into the distance. She could tell by her sisters aura she was getting depressed, as well as how she was likely blaming herself. She furrowed her brow as she gave her sisters arm a gentle punch. " Stop it." Ranka rubbed at her arm with a bit of an annoyed look, before looking off the other way flustered. Ranma-chan huffed with her arms crossed. " I just wanna go in there and take the stinker out." Ranka looked upset as she tightened her fists. " You know we can't do that, unless.. we want mom to hate us." Ranma-chan griped. " That's only because she's being bewitched by the little stinker." She snapped her fingers as an idea hit her. " Hey, maybe she's got a gem, huh." Ranka hmmed. " She might."

After awhile they went back inside and went and got ready for bed, as they settled in for the rest of the night.

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The next day went by before they knew it, as another school day was done, as they headed off to the Nekohanten for another evening of work. It started up slow but as it got later it got busier. Ranma-chan was tending to a different table, then Ranka was. Ranka frowned at seeing who her customer was, but still asked her what she wanted to order. Thrista smiled as she looked over the menu, before ordering, then she frowned some. " I'm sorry, I really am, I just got too excited." Ranka was busy writing down her order. " Is that what your going with.." Ranka had pretty much been ignoring her at school, since the incident at Thrista's house. Thrista had big watery eyes with a pleading look. " I really am sorry Ranka, can't we still be friends?" Ranka gave her a cold look. "You're on probation for now, we'll talk it about another day."

Shampoo had been watching like a hawk, once she recognized who the pink and blue haired girl was. She followed Ranka off to the kitchen, where she switched off customers with her. Once Thrista's order was ready, to her surprise it wasn't Ranka who came back to the table. Shampoo set the food down a bit roughly with an annoyed smile on her face. "Didn't Shampoo tell you to stay away from my airen. Enjoy your food." She added before taking her leave.

Most of the customers there were classmates from their school, having found out from Nabiki as a return, for not getting their one on one time with Ranka before. Sayuri being one of them, waved at Ranka, who waved back. Shampoo made sure to take care of Sayuri's table. While she wasn't as cold as she had been with Thrista, she was still pretty cold with Sayuri, though she smiled and remained pleasant as she took orders from her and her friends. " Aiya you know Shampoo's airen. You know Ranka is Shampoo's, yes." She smiled more fiercely before taking her leave.

Once their shift was over and with Shampoo and Cologne's nagging to stay for dinner, they gave in with Ranka calling home and fibbing how they had to work late and would miss dinner. Not too much after that they had the restaurant closed as they all sat and enjoyed dinner together.

After cleaning up, Ranma-chan had an idea. " Hey, since we don't gotta rush back, how bout we go to the arcade." Shampoo glomped onto her first airen. " Sound good." Ranma-chan sweat dropped as she had been talking to Ranka, but knew Shampoo wouldn't take no for an answer. Ranka scratched at her head a bit nervously. " Why not, since we're in no rush." Shampoo giggled as they took their leave together, going off to the arcade.

When they got over to the arcade, Shampoo gushed over a cute kitty plushie in the crane machine, which had Ranma-chan intent on winning the game, which she did after a few tries. Shampoo adored the fact that Ranma had won her the prize she had wanted. Ranma-chan took notice that her sister wanted one, knowing which one she set her sights on winning that one next. Once she did she hehed as she tossed it off to Ranka. Ranka blinked as she naturally had caught it, looking away flustered.

Then they all took turns on a two player fighter team up game, with Shampoo cheering them on, when it wasn't her turn. After getting the high score, Ranma-chan moved on to the whack a mole game, taking out her frustration as she pictured the moles as Tenka. Shampoo cheered her on at it. " Get em Ranma, you can do it!" Ranka gave her sibling a thumbs up. Ranma-chan hehed proudly at getting the highest score. They played a few more games, before taking photos in the photo booth at Shampoo's insistence.

Shampoo swooned over her prizes in adoration as they took their leave from the arcade. "Aiya Shampoo have wonderful date with her airens." Ranma-chan had a dull look on her face. " It wasn't.." Ranka laughed nervously some. Shampoo smiled seductively at them. " You no want to go home right, so you stay over the night with Shampoo." Ranma-chan looked all nervous at hearing that. Ranka sweat dropped. " That's true but we've already played enough hooky and it's a school night." Shampoo huffed. " Stupid school.." She sighed before she smiled and said good night to her airens, before they parted ways.

Ranma- chan walked with her arms behind her head as she sighed happily. " Boy that was fun, huh." Ranka smiled some still holding her goth looking bunny plush. " I think you had the most fun, but yeah. Thanks for the prize, you didn't have to do that.." Ranma-chan gave Ranka poke to her face. " I knew you wanted it, so don't act like you didn't, besides I wanted to." Ranka murred with an annoyed look at not being able to hide even embarrassing things from her sibling. " You didn't want one?" Ranma-chan hehed. " If I did, I'd want a pig one, so I could beat the stuffing out of it!" Ranka laughed some. " Akane would kill you if she ever found out you did that to a pig plush." Ranma-chan grumbled, knowing that was true.

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As they got closer to the house, Ranka put the plushie away into her book bag. They both sighed heavily before going off inside. Nodoka greeted them, as she asked about their days, as she gathered up things. " Perfect timing, I have an important meeting, it's last minute so if you two could watch Tenka and get her to bed after her show, that would be wonderful. I don't want to hear anything bad, understand." She particularly gave Ranka a stern look. "No fighting, alright, I'm trusting both of you." They nodded in agreement. Nodoka smiled, before saying farewell, as she took her leave from the house.

After the front door shut behind her, both siblings smirked at the opportunity. Ranka communicated to Ranma as she went off to the other room, to try to find the katana's. Ranma-chan went off into the living room, taking a seat on the other side of the couch, away from Tenka, but close enough that she could look her over, out of the corner of her eye. Tenka looked over at her, having been told about the curse by Nodoka, and of course Izzy had been briefed about that, but she played dumb. " Are you really big brother? I don't believe you.." Ranma-chan grumbled as she went off to the kitchen to get some hot water, if it meant keeping the stinker busy.

Off in the other room, Ranka dug through all the ruined tailsmans. She scanned the room for the katana's, but wasn't seeing them. She hmmed as she continued to search around for them. Back in the living room Ranma changed back into a guy with the hot water in front of Tenka, then turning back into a girl with a glass of cold water, with an annoyed look on her face. " Believe me now.." Tenka giggled at her. " Again!" Ranma-chan grumbled as she sat back down on the couch with her arms crossed. " Watch your show, already."

Ranma-chan got up and her Ranka met outside the other room. " Well?" She asked questioningly. Ranka shook her head. " They aren't there." Ranma-chan grumbled as she looked over in the direction of the living room. " Gee, I wonder why.. Anyways let's get this over with." Ranka blinked and before she knew it Ranma was confronting Tenka.

Ranma-chan tightened her fist as she approached the little intruder. " Okay whatever you are, the jigs up, we're on to you! So you can drop the act and get the hell out of here, or else!" Tenka giggled at her. " Your funny big brother." Ranka shook her head at how things had been approached, but came in to assist. "We know your from hell alright and you were talking to Alley, weren't you?"

Izzy smirked as she listened to both of them carry on, she wasn't intimidated and wouldn't take on her true form, despite having to drop her persona for the time being. "Alright then, traitor what am I up to, since you're so smart." Ranka furrowed her brows. " Nothing good.." Izzy laughed some, focusing on Ranma. " Nah, I'm staying and there's nothing you can do about it big brother/sister." She giggled at that fact as she hoped down off from the couch, while Ranma-chan was fuming in anger, going off to the back porch, where she made some cat noises, before running back inside.

Ranma-chan had it with the brat as she went to grab her, only to get some kind of packet thrown at her by the kid. She hehed at her feeble attempt. " Nice try stinker, but you'll have to try harder to.." A bunch of cats came running in from the back porch, meowing excitedly as they smelled the cat nip pack, that Tenka had thrown and heard the call. Ranma-chan eeped as they all came racing towards her. Tenka smirked at her, having been briefed on Ranma Saotome's weakness to cats by the devil.

Ranka slid over to where her sibling was really fast, cutting the horde of cats off, as her gem lit up, putting up the barrier so they couldn't get closer. She then glared and grabbed the pack of cat nip, chucking it so it smacked Tenka in the face, exploding all over her. She smirked evilly her. " Right back at ya." Izzy yelped as she was engulfed by the cats and glared at Ranka. Ranma-chan at seeing she was safe from the cats, but also at how Ranka served it right back to her, started laughing. " Serve's you right."

Tenka glowered as she stuck her head out from the mountain of cats. " No fair! How come the traitor isn't afraid of them?" Ranma-chan stuck her tongue out at her. Ranka mocked her back. " Aww did they leave that out?" She had shuddered some at the amount of cats that were around. Unlike Ranma though she wasn't frozen with fear over them, as she stormed over to Tenka really fast, grabbing her up by her shirt with a pissed off smile as she tossed her off outside into the koi pond in the yard. " You stink Tenk, go take a bath." All the cats raced off outside after where Tenka had gone, but all of them ran away as soon as water was involved.

A few minutes later a wet and angry looking Tenka came back inside, glaring at them, more in particular Ranka though. Ranka glared back. Go to bed intruder." Tenka crossed her arms and hehed. " You can't make me." She said as she referred to both of them. Ranka hehed back with an even nastier glare. " Well you can go to bed or I can make you squeal about what the hell you went and told Ryouga." Tenka sweat dropped as she looked off the other way as she huffed. " I'll go to bed.." Ranma-chan had her arms crossed. " Or even better, you can leave, or go to bed." Tenka and Ranma exchanged angry glares, before they all went off upstairs, with the siblings shadowing the intruder.

Ranma-chan shoved the lil stinker off into the guest room after she had gotten ready for bed, shutting the door behind her. Ranka then made like they had gone off to their room, shutting the door to their room, before they stood by to listen for a few minutes, before going off to their room, with Ranka taking leave first. Ranma-chan followed after her a tad annoyed. " We could've listened in more, ya know." Ranka went about to getting out her school homework from her book bag, sitting down on the floor at the ground table. " I don't really want to or need to, you can if you want to." Ranma-chan grumbled as she followed suit, sitting down as she pulled out her homework as well. " Nah, you've got a point." Ranka chatted while they worked on their homework. "If everything she's been doing so far isn't telling enough, you can get the jest of it, it's punishment against both us, for defying Satan.. He loves to torment those that anger him.."

Ranma-chan huffed as they worked through their homework. "So if the stinker does have a gem, she's definitely keeping it hidden." Ranka nodded in agreement. " I'm sure she is. What we do know about Tenk is she's loyal to him. Also she's more than likely a she-devil, being in contact with the likes of.. Alley." She sighed as she finished and started putting her things away. " I'm going to try to, to talk to her." Ranma-chan quirked an eyebrow at her. " Are you serious?" Ranka got up, intent on doing so. " I am." Ranma-chan sweat dropped. " I'll go with you then." Ranka shook her head. " I'll be fine, but if I'm not back in 10 minutes then you can give her hell." Ranma-chan grumbled at her sisters sudden decision.

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Just having finished her chat between Alley and Satan on a two way call, Tenka tensed up at hearing a knock on the door, as she quickly hid the hand mirror. Ranka gave another knock. " Tenka it's Ranka, let's have a serious conversation." Izzy smirked as she allowed it, seeking a chance to confront the traitor. Ranka sat on the floor a ways from her futon. Tenka was sitting up with her arms crossed. " So, what does hell's worst traitor want to chat about?" Ranka sighed heavily. " Let me put it to this way. You've put yourself in a compromising situation. You won't leave and have my mother all to yourself. Maybe you think you don't care about this human woman, it's just part of your plan to fool her. But the longer you stay, the more you'll risk."

Ranka leaned back wistfully. " I didn't care, but meeting mom, changed things the more time I spent with her. She's the one who taught me how to slay demons, and since you intend to stay, she'll likely want to adopt you and expect you to carry on demon hunting as well. Suck's to be you huh." Tenka hehed at Ranka's absurd notions she was rambling about. " That's because you are weak, by giving up your allegiance to Satan, you turned your back on your creator and master, I will not fall like you."

Ranka smiled a tad at her before getting up. " Yeah okay, sure you can keeping telling yourself that." She took her leave from the room, going back to her own.

Ranma-chan looked up at hearing the door and felt relieved at seeing her sister back, pretty quickly. " So, how did it go?" She had a curious look on her face. Ranka sat back down at the ground table. " I said what I wanted to say to her and that was that. How mom makes you care." Ranma-chan put her hand to her face looking a bit flustered. " That's for sure.. and what did the lil stinker have to say?" Ranka smiled some. " She doesn't believe me and she won't fall." Ranma-chan hehed. " So she says." Ranka nodded. " Hey I told her to leave while she can."

It wasn't too much longer that they heard their mother come back, going off downstairs to greet her, also taking the opportunity to try to talk to her, while the little stinker was supposed to be asleep. After everyone greeted each other and she had put her purse away, she smiled at her children. " I trust there was no fighting between you two and Tenka." Both of them smiled back really fast as they both said there wasn't. Ranka took a deep breath as she put herself out there. "So I was trying to find my katana, because I wanted to practice and well.. I can't find it."

Nodoka hmmed as she went off to the same room Ranka had gone to look, coming back a few seconds later. " How odd, I can't seem to find either one." Ranma-chan had a dull look on her face. " Very odd, how you leave the house for the first time with Tenka here and poof." Ranka nodded in agreement. " I just have this feeling how Tenka doesn't like demon hunting swords." Nodoka furrowed her brows some. " Or perhaps she doesn't like swords since you attacked the poor dear with one." Ranka crossed her arms with a stern look. " I just did what you taught me to do, I sensed danger and acted. So it's okay for her, whose afraid of swords to touch swords and get rid of them?" Ranma-chan looked annoyed. " Yeah that doesn't make sense mom. Really sounds like something a demon would do."

Nodoka crossed her arms this time. " Are you two insinuating that Tenka's a demon?" Ranka nodded. " You found her pretty conveniently, for escaping demons.." Nodoka shook her head at her daughter. " Ranka I'm surprised at how you're acting, as I said she has similar circumstances to yours. I did not label you a demon, because you were with them. I would expect better from you." Ranka tightened her fists. " Yeah well.. I just can't fit your expectations now can I.." She turned and went off upstairs in a huff.

Ranma-chan sighed. "I agree with Ranka mom and sorry if you can't see that, or the fact that you brought an actual demon home. I'm going to bed." She said in a grumble before going off upstairs to the room. She sighed as she didn't see her sister around, then she spotted the window open, knowing she was off sulking on the rooftop. She grumbled as she followed after her out onto the roof top, annoyed at how their mother had upset Ranka, which probably had her thinking about running away again.

She sat down next to her on the roof top after finding her. " You better not be thinking of running away." Ranka was looking off in a daze. " I am but I wouldn't dare, so no worries." Ranma-chan gave her a gentle pat on her shoulder. " Try not to let what mom said get to ya, I don't have a problem with how you are." She said with a big cheesy grin on her face for a sec before looking off in the distance with a stern look. " We can go to the Tendo's if ya want, though it'd be easier to over the weekend." Ranka smiled a tad, seeing that her sibling was trying her best to make her feel better. " Thanks, yeah that might be best.."

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Another day had begun as the siblings walked to school, until their path was blocked off by a bunch of punks and the tall blonde girl, wearing a school uniform, with a long leather jacket covering it. Chriss pointed her wooden stick at Ranka. " We've been waiting for you." Ranka sweat dropped. " Well I wasn't waiting for you." Chriss shook her head at her. " Well since you wouldn't come to us, WE had to come to you." Ranka huffed. " I already told you, I'm not doing it, now buzz off, you're going to make me late for school." Ranma didn't want to fight before getting to school either, if it could be helped. With that thought in mind, he grabbed Ranka by her hand and they both ran off in a different direction.

They skidded to a stop at the end of the street being blocked off by the gang once again. Ranma arghed. Ranka grumbled. " I told YOU, I'm not doing it!" Chriss smirked. " You accepted the job though." Ranka bristled. " No I didn't!" Chriss hehed. " You accepted by taking the mantle of the previous boss, thus that makes you the new boss, "red hot." Ranma sweat dropped at recalling how he had taken that hat, looking nervous, as he didn't think what his mom had said about it was serious, and realized now that, that must be "the mantle" the blonde girl was going on about.

Ranka glared at Chriss. " I didn't take nothing, so I don't owe you anything, got that!" Chriss just laughed. " That's not how it works." Ranka arrghed. " Get out of my way, unless you want to fight and I'd rather not." Chriss shrugged her shoulders. " No one has to fight, if you just accept that you're our new boss." Ranka gave her a cold glare, before tossing her book bag off the side, as she got into a fighting position. " Apparently I do.." Ranma did the same, as the group of punks came running after him all at once, as they separated him and Ranka. While her and Chriss went at it.

A few minutes went by with the siblings having kicked all their butts, picking up their book bags as they continued on their way to school, which had put them into a bad mood. Unfournatley for Kuno he had the worst timing as he charged forward, ranting away, which earned him a double punch from each sibling at the same time, making the force of the punch stronger than the usual, which sent him flying even further.

Soon classes began and went by, before they knew it, it was lunch time. They were all chatting up on the roof top, while they enjoyed their lunches. Daisuke and Hiroshi had gone off with a different group. Ukyou finished, sipping her drink as she had finished listening to the siblings. " Jeez Ranma huney that's a real bind, you know if you and Ranka want you can always come stay with me." Akane gave a glare to her rival. "You're always welcome at the Tendo Dojo, don't you dare forget." The intense glare she was giving Ranma, made him gulp. Sayuri took Ranka by her hands. " You can always come spend the night at my place if you need to." Thrista puffed her cheeks. "Like wise my door is always wide open." Ranka smiled and thanked Sayuri, before giving Thrista a disgusted look. " Yeah, so are your hand cuffs.." She muttered to herself.

Akane tried to ignore all the opportuntists around her. " So you guys think Tenka is a demon." Ranma had a serious look on his face. " We don't think, we know she is Akane." Ranka nodded with her arms crossed. " That's right, she pretty much exposed herself the other night." Sayuri looked upset. " That's awful and your stuck with a demon." Thrista felt a bit uncomfortable and took her leave after she had finished eating. Ukyou hmmed. " And you two can't hurt her." Ranka sighed. " Nope.. I got raised hell for defending myself.."

Ranma grumbled as he munched away in anger, before chugging down his drink some. " No but it's okay for the lil stinker to raise hell on me and Ranka. Akane looked thoughtful for a minute. " Have you two tried to tell her about Tenka?" Ranma huffed. " Sure did and she went and got mad at Ranka. She's gotta be under some kinda spell." Ukyou shook her head at the whole thing. " Sounds like a huge mess." Sayuri nodded in agreement.

After lunch the time fly by and school was done for the day, as the two siblings headed off towards the shopping district, or would've if not for the road block. Ranka growled at seeing it was the punks and Chriss again. "Oh cmon! " Ranma got into a fighting position as a bunch of the punks charged at him, all ready to fight. Chriss smirked at the red head. " You, " cmon", just do your job already." Ranka tossed her book bag aside in frustration. " I would but you're keeping me from getting there.. Didn't you get enough, this morning.." Chriss laughed at her. " From you? No." Ranka glared at her as they walked around in each other in circles as they circled around each other, getting ready to square off again. While they were doing that, some things came to mind that Ranka was thinking about, how maybe she could throw the match, since it seemed like every time she won, it caused problems.

Her and Chriss went at it back and forth a bit, before Ranka let her think she got a hit in, and faked, taking a tumble. She raised her hand up in the air. " You won, okay, so that makes you the better boss." Chriss scoffed at her. " Nice try "red-hot", I can totally tell, you faked it." Ranka grumbled as she got up from the ground, brushing herself off. " Whatever, just take it and be the new boss, because I'm not doing it!" Chris hehed at her. " That's cute, but you couldn't loose even if you wanted to, you surpass me." Ranka huffed. " I'm NOT doing it.." Chriss smirked. " Alright then, we'll just follow you to school and back, every day, for the rest of our lives." She signaled for the gang to take their leave for now. Most were laying on the ground beat up from Ranma, as some scrambled up and about, to get away. Chriss gave Ranka a wink. " I'll see you tomorrow first thing then." She laughed as she ran off with the rest of them.

Ranka groaned as she grabbed her book bag back up. Ranma was busy cracking his fingers from his work out. " Boy they don't learn do they." Ranka looked annoyed as they continued on towards the restaurant. " Nope." Ranma looked annoyed as a random person had flung some water, which happened to hit him and change him into a girl. Ranma-chan sighed. " Well, save me the trouble of changing.."

Once they got to the restaurant, they were both glomped on back and forth by Shampoo. Cologne greeted them as well. " Welcome, son in law and Ranka, though by all rights you don't have to work anymore." Ranka looked a bit confused. " No?" Ranma-chan hehed. " We made enough to pay back what was owed, right?" Cologne smiled with a nod. " Correct, though you don't have to, I of course always welcome the help." Shampoo had big eyes and a poutie look on her face. " You still stay and work with Shampoo, yes?"

At that moment an angry Mousse popped his head out from the kitchen, being present as he had been sent off to China before on errands. " Arghh why are both of you here?! It was bad enough with one Ranma.." He muttered to himself. He then ran out there, ready to attack both of them. " Stay away from MY Shampoo!" Shampoo slammed a metal tray over his head, making his eyes spin about. " Mousse, that enough!" Cologne then whacked him over his head with her staff, once the tray fell off his head. " Get back into the kitchen part timer!"

Ranka sweat dropped. " Haven't seen him around for awhile." Cologne puffed on her pipe. " He was away on errands, which isn't necessarily a bad thing." Shampoo nodded in agreement. " You stay and work with Shampoo?" Ranka fidgeted some. " Maybe for a little bit, it's not like, I really want to rush back.." Cologne smiled at hearing that. " Wonderful, you two can help Shampoo with deliveries then." Ranma-chan hehed. "Okay, let's go then." Shampoo shook her head. " Not like that." Ranma-chan gave her an odd look. " Why not?" Shampoo crossed her arms. " You working, you wear work outfit." Ranka groaned. " Aww cmon, we're not really working." Shampoo gave both of her airens an angry glare. " You wear work outfit…" Both of them gulped as they surrendered.

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As they went around, helping out on deliveries, they hoped they wouldn't run into certain people. Unfournately one of those deliveries was to the Kuno, at the school. Kuno's eyes shimmered at seeing his twin red head goddess together and dressed so adorably. " Aaah the heavens have blessed this day, that I am able to gaze upon both my gorgeous goddesses together! Come join me in my bountiful feast my loves!" Ranma-chan answered by giving him a kick to his face. " Shut up, already!" Shampoo couldn't help but giggle as she handed off the food, to Kuno who had already bounced back up. She also used the opportunity. " You like, you give nice nip, yes?" Kuno made happy noises as he gave out a huge tip, along with the bill. " I do indeed." Ranka just shook her head at the whole thing, before they headed off to the next place.

Shampoo hummed happily as she walked with her airens to the next place, her smiled disappeared at seeing Thrista. Ranka had her arms crossed at seeing her. Ranma-chan just sweat dropped. Thrista had sparklie eyes at seeing Ranka, but eeped at seeing how furious Shampoo looked. She got all excited at seeing Ranko, to where she was waving at her. " Hey Ranko, it's been awhile, how come you're never around?" Ranma-chan looked nervous and also annoyed at the intrusive ways of Thrista. Before anyone else could say anything, Shampoo had a smile on her face as she handed the food off to Thrista and got the payment, thanking her. The next second though, seeing that the girl was no longer a customer, she pulled out her sword she had on her, about to lunge forward at her. " I kill!"

Thrista eeped at the incoming danger, if it had come. It hadn't because Ranma-chan had grabbed Shampoo by the back of her shirt, yanking her back. " Cut that out Shampoo, if you do that, you'll end up in jail." Shampoo hmpfed as she put her weapon away. Thrista had been frozen in fear, but came out of it as the danger had passed and smiled at Ranma-chan. " Thank you so much for that Ranko." Ranma-chan gave her a glare. " I don't want your thanks okay, I heard what you did to my sister. I just don't want Shampoo going to jail over you." Ranka nodded in agreement, but kept a cold look on her face.

Thrista fidgeted some, having set the food down. "I said I was sorry.." Ranma-chan quirked an eyebrow at her. " And? You decided to be a prick and not return Ranka home. You know damn well you could've done that!" Thrista pouted some at having Ranko being angry at her, but at the same time was frustrated. " No one remembered her though, so.." Ranma-chan gave her a glare. " And? You say we're friends, but you went the selfish route and kept her all to yourself." Shampoo had her arms crossed. " That right.." Ranma-chan tightened her fists. " I really should let Shampoo kill you.." Shampoo smirked, as she went to get her weapon again. Ranma-chan shook her head at her. "But I'm not going to let her do that." Shampoo pouted as she put her weapon back again. Ranka nudged them by nagging how they had more deliveries to do, getting them to take their leave.

Shampoo fussed as they walked off to the next one. " It would not be problem if Ranma just let Shampoo kill her." Ranka sighed. " Shampoo that is not how you solve things, you could just punch her out instead." Ranma-chan sweat dropped as she stayed out of it, not really able to completely agree with that one, with her stance on not hurting girls. Shampoo hmmed. " Work better if I kill her." Ranka gave her a dull look. " Yes but you can't do that here, you're not in your village where it's apparently a blood bath." Ranma-chan nodded in agreement. " That's for sure.." Shampoo got an idea as she smiled. " Is okay if Shampoo take her to village and then kill her." Ranka shook her head. " No, then that would be kidnapping.." Shampoo hmmed. " Shampoo got it, she invite annoying girl to her village, then no would be kidnapping." Ranma-chan hmmed. " Not a bad idea but no."

When they got back to the restaurant they took a break, as they all enjoyed some ramen, before they cut out and made their way back home, despite the nagging from the amazon's to stay longer.

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Once they got back to the house, they found they weren't greeted by their mother as usual and she didn't seem to be present. Ranka glared at seeing the little intruder. " Where's mom?" Tenka acted all upset. " I didn't do anything, she's taking a bath." Ranma-chan flopped down on the couch, taking the remote while the little stinker was going back and forth with Ranka.

Tenka took the chance to jab at Ranka, as she showed off her cute frilly, pink puffy dress outfit, that Nodoka had gotten her when they had gone out shopping. She did a twirl as she show cased herself. " Unlike you big sis, I love being a girl, I'm definitely a better girl than YOU." Ranka had an angry vein on her head. " Ooh is that what you think huh! I'll show you.." She disappeared upstairs for a few minutes, before coming back down wearing a light blue sun dress, as she hehed at her opponent. " You were saying?"

Tenka hmpfed as she went and rummaged about in one of the shopping bags, pulling out a pink, lacie bow, headband, which she put on her head. " I'm still better." Ranka mumbled as she went back upstairs, before coming back with a pink bow in her hair as she hehed. Tenka had an annoyed smile on her face as she pulled out pink lacey socks and pulled them on. "Hah." Ranka growled at her as she went off upstairs, coming back a few minutes later with an evil smirk. " Haha, to you." She had earrings and lip gloss on, as well.

Ranma-chan was busy watching tv mainly, though she had taken a glimpse here and there at their competition and was glad it wasn't her. Nodoka had finished getting dressed as she came downstairs, after hearing all the commotion. " What's going on here?" She was interrupted as she heard a knock at the front door, prompting her to go and answer it. It happened to be Ryouga, who she let in and was talking to.

Ranka was too busy butting heads with Tenka to notice. " Hah, I win." Tenka stomped her foot down some. " Uh ah, I'm a much better lady than you." Ranka hahed. " Oh yeah, where are your earrings then huh, if you are such a lady." Tenka hehed. " Oh yeah, where's your shoes, ladies wear shoes." She showed that she had put on hers.

Ryouga stood there starring at how pretty Ranka looked, until he was able to snap himself out of it, having heard Nodoka talking to him. Ranka hahed back at her opponent. " So you say, but then you would know Tenk, it's not lady like to wear shoes inside the house." Nodoka shook her head at their bickering. " Ranka dear, did you not hear me, Ryouga has stopped by." Ranka at realizing what was said and that he was, froze up, getting red in the face. Tenka laughed at her about to mock her, until Nodoka turned her attention on her. " Tenka, we do not wear shoes inside the house, that's very un lady like." Tenka had a dumb look on her face.

Ryouga tried to say hi to Ranka, but she disappeared upstairs in a blur. Ranma-chan reveled in that fact as she got up and acknowledged he was there, to save face with her mother. " Yo, Ryouga, guess your plan failed." Nodoka shook her finger, disapprovingly at her son/daughter. " Ranma, that's not nice to say to your friend." Ranma-chan grumbled for a minute, before an idea hit her. " Oh hey Ryouga, since you came out of your way here, why don't we have a little fighting match outside."

Ryouga grumbled as he agreed to spar with his rival. Ranma and him took their leave, once Ranma had changed back into a guy with some hot water. They went off to the near by park out of the way. Ryouga sighed. " I didn't come to see you Ranma." Ranma hehed. " Well too bad, you got me." Ryouga huffed. " So Ranka told me there's an intruder, that concerned me so I wanted to see if things were okay." Ranma grumbled. " Yeah didn't you see the fake kid, going at it with Ranka? Tenka, or as I call her, stinker." Ryouga gave her a stern look. " Hey now that's not nice Ranma, isn't she your little sister?" Ranma hahed. " Yeah right, me and Ranka figured her out, she's a demon. She's likely the one that played you the other day." They sized each other up as the walked around in a circle in attacking positions, before they started throwing kicks and punches at each other.

After a good fight session they were relaxing on a near by bench. Ryouga had his head back against the back of the bench. " I won Ranma." Ranma pfted at him. " Ah yeah right man, I won!" They both thought on it for a second and realized they had tied. Ryouga hahed. " Well either way I still won and I have the right to see Ranka." Ranma hehed at him. " Yeah but you're forgetting I won as well, so you can't. Besides she don't wanna see ya man. She's been in a not so great mood with the little stinker around, as the kids out to get her and me.. but seems more intent on her. Though the brat did go and purposely break the game system we had.." Ryouga's mouth dropped open. " Why would she do such a cruel thing.." Ranma gave him an annoyed look. " Duh stupid, she is cruel, I told ya she's a demon or did you forget already?"

Ryouga furrowed his brows at his rival. " What has the kid been doing to Ranka?" Ranma huffed. " Besides pretending to be her ya mean? Just making her jealous, well it kinda makes me too, how our mom is so infatuated with her. We're pretty sure she purposely trashed the demon hunting equipment purposely. The first night she insisted on staying in Ranka's room and long story short, Ranka defended herself and got in trouble, so we pushed her off into the guest room. Not to mention we also heard her talking to one of Satan's lackies, so she's definitely in ka hoots with em."

Ryouga tightened his fists as he bolted up from the bench, blazing with fury. " How dare she treat Ranka so poorly, I'll show her a thing or two!" Ranma grabbed him by the back of his shirt and reeled him back over. " You can't do that okay, unless you want my mom to kill you, then go right ahead man." He hehed. " And she'd probably ban you from coming by at all, she's annoyingly protective of the little intruder.."

Ryouga got all nervous. " I could never bear that.." He then got a really serious look on his face. " Ranma, you have to let me talk to Ranka." Ranma crossed his arms. " I don't have to do anything okay, but sure whatever man, you can try. It's up to her if she wants to talk to you or not."

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When they got back to the house, Nodoka gave Ranma a bit of reprimanding, before inviting Ryouga to stay for dinner, as she introduced Tenka to him. There was an intense feeling in the room as they locked eyes for a minute, before Nodoka and her went off to the kitchen. Ryouga looked annoyed as he gave Ranma a look. " Well, are you going to ask her or not?" Ranma ignored him as he went and sat down on the couch, turning the channel with the remote. Ryouga started to get more frustrated with his rival. " Argh, Ranma, you never intended to did you?" Ranma gave his rival a dull look. " Shut up man, she's out in the garden."

Ryouga blinked as he started to get nervous, but also confused. " But uh.. you didn't even go talk to her." Ranma gave him a cheeky smirk. " I guess you forgot how we're in sync huh, yeah man I already told her." Ryouga looked annoyed, as he felt his jealously showing over that fact, before he went off outside the porch to where the garden was. He rubbed at the back of his head nervously at spotting her. " Ah.. hey Ranka.." Ranka kept to her task as she looked over at him, out of the corner of her eye. " Yo, Ryouga." She then turned and faced him, looking frustrated. " YOU saw nothing before, you got that!" Ryouga sweated nervously as he nodded franticially. Ranka huffed as she moved to the next plot of flowers. She had changed into a more casual outfit, a graphic t-shirt and shorts. " I guess you met the little intruder.." Ryouga nodded. " Ah yeah, I heard about things from Ranma." He wasn't sure if he should pursue the next thing, but still did as he found it odd. " Um aren't you usually helping your mother out in the kitchen?"

Ranka finished up her task, setting the hose down as she went and turned off the water to it. " My mom.. likes the little intruder more.." Ryouga could see the pained look on her face, though she was trying to hide it, as he tried his best to help her. " If it'll make you feel better, then go ahead and hit me." He waited to take his blow. Ranka rubbed at the back of her neck, getting flustered at the dolt. She decided to half, take him up on his offer to please him, giving him a gentle bop to his head, giving him a small smile. " Stop being so stupid." Ryouga eyes were sparkling with a big dumb grin on his face as he giggled. Ranka sighed as she took a seat on the edge of the porch. "If your staying for dinner, you better prepare yourself, the little intruder loves spicy as hell food.." Ryouga tightened his fists in anger, at seeing how down she looked. " That's awful, that little brat, I won't let her.." Ranka gave him a pleading look. " Drop it, you'll just get yourself in trouble as well as me and Ranma if your not careful."

Ryouga hung his head, looking sheepish. " I'm.. sorry.. I didn't realize.." Ranka shook her head. " It's a tough situation, she's weaseled herself in. I appreciate the gesture though. When they are done, I'll make something that's not like fire. I mean unless you like that kinda stuff." Ryouga fwailed his hands about. " No way, I want your cooking!" Ranka looked off trying to hide her face, so he couldn't see she was blushing some.

A few minutes later Ranma intruded on Ryouga's alone time, as he sat himself down in between them, to purposely keep his sister further from his rival. "So we talking about the little stinker." He had made sure that the doors were shut behind him, that lead to the porch outside. Ryouga growled at him. " Ranma.." Ranka hand her hand to her face, looking annoyed. " Pretty much." Ryouga forgot his anger at seeing how glum Ranka looked, as he tightened his fist again. " Ranma, haven't you tried to talk to your mother about all of this?" Ranma grumbled. " She don't listen, she's brainwashed or something. We think it's possible she's got a gem on her, but it's hard to really find out." Ranka nodded in agreement. " She's got it hidden really well if she does and it's not like we can just grab her and look. She's got something, because she's able to get a hold of the others."

Ryouga furrowed his brows at what he was hearing. " Well I can try to help, with finding it too." Ranma shrugged his shoulders. " Yeah okay man, but you can't touch her." Ranka sighed. " Yeah and she might try to win you over." Ryouga hahed. " I don't find her cute one bit, maybe that'd be the case if she really looked like you." Ranma hmmed. " I guess your not as dumb as I thought." Ryouga bristled at hearing that. " What do ya mean by that, Saotome?!" He then looked over at Ranka, worried she felt the same way. " You don't think so too, do you Ranka?" Ranka looked around a bit flustered. " Well it's not that your dumb.." Ryouga gahed as he hung his head at hearing how she basically felt the same way as Ranma did.

Ranka sweat dropped as she tried to make him feel better. " Well Akane can have her dumb moments too, but you're way smarter than she his and then well Thrista, now she's really dumb."

Ryouga looked a little annoyed at hearing Akane getting picked on, but instantly lit up as all he heard was he wasn't really dumb, but had to argue about Akane. " That's not nice to say about Akane." Ranma and Ranka both gave him dull looks, with Ranma unafraid to say something. " Cmon man she's as dumb as bricks and you know it." Ryouga bristled at hearing that. " Ranma, how dare you say that about her!" Ranka sweat dropped as she rubbed at her arm some. " Yeah but he's not completely wrong.." Ryouga sighed as he hung his head again. Ranma had a cheesy grin on his face as he smacked Ryouga on his back. " Hey man it's okay, your dumb and so is she, so that's why ya like her." Ryouga was about to lunge and grab Ranma by his shirt, when the door to the porch flew open and Tenka ran over with a bowl of water with an evil grin, as she tossed the contents from the back of them, splashing all of them with the cold water. She giggled as she pointed at them. " You're ALL wet!"

Ranma-chan glowered at the brat. " Why you…" Ranka grumbled under her breath. P-chan shook off and made angry pig noises at the little stinker. Tenka's eyes sparkled as she grabbed him up by his bandana. " Aww you're so cute!" She ran off with him into the house. Nodoka stuck her head out a few minutes later at seeing her children wet, reprimanding them, more so Ranka, at what she saw, not thinking that it was Tenka, more so she thought her and Ranma had a fight and blamed her for being the one, since she had been using the hose. " That's enough of that, both of you go get dried off, dinners almost ready and I'd better not hear or see anymore of "this" tonight."

Ranma-chan furrowed her brows. " I'm gonna kill that brat.." Ranka sighed as she got up. " And then mom will kill you, so it's not worth it." She trudged off upstairs to get out of her wet clothes and dry off.

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Soon dinner was ready and everyone was sitting at the table. Ranma-chan grumbled as she tried to eat some, being under her mothers gaze. Ranka just shuffeled the food around with her spoon in a daze. Ryouga had it the worst as Tenka had taken P-chan as her captive and was force feeding him some of the food. " Mmh it's so yummy, isn't it Mr. Piggy." P-chan squealed loudly as she breathed fire from how spicy the food was. Nodoka ate her food, though she did slowly and bit her tongue about it being too spicy.

Ranka got up from the table, going off to the kitchen, after excusing herself. Nodoka frowned some but didn't get on her, she did however turn her attention to Tenka. " Tenka sweetie, that pig is Ryouga and that is not how we should treat our guests. Now, that's enough of that." Tenka pouted as she handed over P-chan to Nodoka, knowing her fun was over. Izzy knew exactly who Ryouga was and his curse of turning into a little black piglet, she was just having fun tormenting him under her current form known as Tenka. Having finished her dinner, she ran off to the living room to watch tv. Nodoka took P-chan off upstairs to the bathroom, before coming back down to take care of her dish and Tenka's.

Nodoka met up with Ranka in the kitchen, she thought of trying to say something, but Ranka made it obvious she didn't want to be bothered as she was cooking. Ranma-chan was teary eyed at how hot spicy the food was and had stopped trying to eat it, as soon her mothers attention was off of her. She then drank down her water as she gasped from some of the relief it brought. Nodoka then went off to the laundry room, to switch loads over.

Ranka was busy cooking away in the kitchen, but she was able to sense an incoming attack, as well as her gem as it lit up, as she quickly slapped away Tenka's spice attack. Then she gave the chair that was still there from before, that the brat had used to stand up on to gain height, a bit of a kick with her leg, shoving it away a bit. Tenka shook her head about from feeling a little dizzy and hmpfed as she jumped down from off the chair, at having been thwarted at her attempt to ruin Ranka's cooking with some spice.

Ranma-chan had gone to go into the kitchen to get something else to drink and caught sight of the assassin attempt on having good food. Pay back was in order, she took a minute to think about it. Getting an idea she smirked as she went and got more water, not too much, just enough as she met with Tenka trying to leave the kitchen, giving her a splash of water, right on her pants as they passed by each other. After getting herself another drink she went back to the table. " Hey mom I think Tenka peed her pants."

Tenka's eyes went wide as she looked down, then looked back up and glowered at Ranma, who gave her smirk. Nodoka came running over as she put her hand to her mouth. " Oh my.. Tenka sweetie did you have a little accident?" Tenka's face was bright red, as Nodoka took her by the hand, leading her off to the other bathroom.

Shortly after Ranka had finished making dinner for her, Ranma and Ryouga, as she set out served up plates. Ranma-chan eyes sparkled. " Ooh you're so awesome Ranka, thanks for the grub." She dug in happily. Ryouga who was dressed and changed back teared up with joy. " Aah Ranka's cooking." Ranma-chan tried to snag his plate, but he thwarted her attempt. " Back off, it's mine!" Ranma-chan took a break to drink some water. " Stop admiring it and eat it or I will." Ryouga then dug in as he glared daggers at Ranma. Ranka sighed as she smiled a tad, before eating her own.

A few minutes later and Ranma and Ryouga were fighting over seconds. Ranka had her fill and let them know there was plenty more, but they still fought. Nodoka ended up taking Tenka off upstairs for a bath, despite her fussing.

Once Ranma and Ryouga were full enough, they sat there with happy tummies. Ryouga snapped out of his daze as he worried about Ranka. " Oh no, did you eat enough Ranka?" Ranka blinked at his confusion. " Yeah, I did." Ryouga sweat dropped, not sure if she was being completely truthful. " Are you sure, you hardly ate anything, it seemed. Are you sure you're not still hungry?" Ranka sweat dropped. " I'm good, thanks." Ryouga rubbed at his head, as to him he felt like she hadn't eaten enough, but he was thinking how Ranma ate.

Ranma-chan gave him a dull look. " She's like mom, they don't eat a lot." Ryouga looked confused as it took him a few minutes to get what his rival was saying. While he got it, he didn't quite understand it, but dropped it. " Okay."

Ranka sighed as she got up and took care of clean up, before coming back. "I don't think we can wait till the weekend.." Ranma-chan nodded in agreement, knowing what she meant. " You wanna go tonight?" Ryouga looked confused back and forth as they talked. Ranka shook her head. " Tomorrow after school would be easier to get away with." Ryouga rubbed at his head. " What are you guys talking about?" Ranma-chan gave him a whack to his head for being annoying. " We're gonna go stay at the Tendo's." Ryouga mulled over that fact. "Oh, I see." He thanked Ranka for the meal, before he said good bye and took his leave. He would've stayed a bit longer but he did not want to see the little stinker and be subjected to her torment again.

When their mother and the brat came back downstairs, Tenka glared daggers at Ranma as she stomped her feet and pointed at her. " Big brother made me!" Nodoka gave her a questionable look. " Made you what, sweetie?" Tenka's face flushed as she tensed up. " Wet.. myself.." Nodoka shook her head at her. " Now now Tenka, we do not blame others for our accidents." Tenka pouted as she kept pointing at Ranma. " But he did!" Ranma-chan had a dull look on her face, but once her mother wasn't looking, she stuck her tongue out really fast at the little intruder. Ranka smiled a tad. " That's right you gotta own up Tenk, not blame others." Nodoka nodded in agreement. " Now, that's enough of the finger pointing sweetie, it's very rude." Ranka smirked some. " Yeah Tenk, it's rude."

A few minutes later everyone was sitting on the couch, watching tv, with the siblings staying as faraway from the little stinker as possible. After awhile they excused themselves for the night, grabbing some snacks, before going upstairs to the room. While they worked on their homework, they also enjoyed their pudding cups and drinks. When they finished their work, they chatted a bit. Ranka finished putting her things away into her book bag. " Since the little intruders, obviously not going anywhere and your not staying in your room, you should bring stuff you really care about. There's no guarantee it'll be safe." Ranma-chan looked annoyed at hearing that. " That little stinker.. She'd touch my manga then?" Ranka sighed a bit. " I wouldn't put it past her, anything to get under our skin." Ranma-chan huffed as she got up and went off to her room to bring thing over. Ranka followed after her sibling to help.

It didn't take too long as they both moved things over. Ranma-chan sighed as she started organizing her manga's. "I'd kill the brat if she dared to touch my manga's.." She then rubbed at her head. " But uh what's to stop her from sneaking in here when we go to the Tendo's tomorrow.." Ranka pointed at the safe and then her closet door, before she looked a bit sheepish. " I know mom wouldn't like it but.." Ranma-chan hehed about the lock she had put on the closet door, high out of the intruders reach. " Hey it's necessary, so don't feel guilty." Ranka nodded, feeling a bit better at being reassured for her actions. She then went off first to get ready for bed.

Pretty soon they were both all done getting ready for bed as Ranma made the last touches to the trap she had set over the doorway, the classic, bucket of water, balanced on the top of the door, that once opened would give you wet surprise. She smacked her hands together in satisfaction. "Let's see that little stinker, try something now." Ranka applauded her siblings smart thinking. " Yeah, but if that hits her, she'll cry to mom and you'll get in trouble." Ranma-chan hehed. " I'd like to see her try."

Much later after everyone had gone to bed, Tenka made her move as she crept about the hallway, carefully and quietly, as she took more care to open the door to the room. She smirked as she crept through the opening, through the doors door way, until she sensed an incoming object, making her jump away to avoid, " most" of the water as the bucket fell. Ranma-chan clicked on the near by light from the lamp. " Well well, what do we have here? It looks like.. an intruder." She disappeared from her bed in a flash for a brief moment as nabbed the evidence, being the bucket.

A few seconds later Nodoka had woken up hearing the noise, centering in on where it came from as she ran off into the room. She was going to say something about the noise until she spotted Tenka in the room as well, who looked upset. "Tenka sweetie, what are you doing out of bed?" Her eyes centered on the big wet spot on her pants, putting her hand to the mouth. " Oh dear, it looks like you thought this was the bathroom." She took her by the hand and led her off towards the bathroom, but not before having her apologize for waking up her siblings.

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As the new day had begun, after a glaring match with breakfast, they two siblings were on their way to school. Or would've if Chriss and her thugs weren't lying in wait, as she stepped forward. " Good morning "red-hot"." Ranka groaned at seeing the blockaide. Ranma sweat dropped. " Man they weren't kidding, about being relentless.." Ranka sighed. " Nope.." Ranma rubbed at the back of his head, feeling a bit guilty about it, as he stepped forward. " Hey Chriss, how bout if I give back the hat and what not you leave my sister alone, okay." Chriss smirked back at him. " Thats sweet, but even if you do, it doesn't work that way." Ranka grumbled as she tightened her fists. "Okay fine, I'm your boss right?" They all nodded. She hehed and pointed at Chriss. " I say Chriss is the boss too." Chriss hahed. " Well played, red-hot."

While the gang was murmuring amongst themselves, Ranka and Ranma snuck off really fast, to get to school. They happened to run into Akane, around the same time. she greeted them cheerfully. "Good morning Ranma and Ranka." They greeted her back as they walked towards the school gates. "Morning Akane, so uh we're gonna stay for a few days at your place." Akane's face lit up with excitement, until she saw how upset Ranka looked. Ukyou happened to be near by, prompting Ranka to go off to join her, while Ranma talked with Akane.

Akane fidgeted with her bag. "Is Ranka okay with doing that?" Ranma rubbed at the back of his head, looking distraught. " Probably not but.. she was ready to bolt, so I convinced her we'd go to your place for a awhile. She tried to deal but it's just gotten so bad with that "little stinker." Akane gave him a look. " You mean Tenka?" Ranma huffed. Meanwhile, Kuno tried to make a move only to get blocked by Ukyou, getting bashed by her giant spatula, giving her and Ranka the chance to go off inside.

Akane tried to take a peek before going further, which had Ranma take notice. " Are you still fighting off guys?" Akane huffed. " If they want to fight, then yeah I am! Ranma took a look as well. " Well looks like it's clear today." Akane sighed a breath of relief at hearing that as they walked off inside to their classroom, where Ranka and Ukyou were already.

Pretty soon class started and went on. At some point the teacher had been calling on Ranka to answer a question. She snapped out of her zone out, as she hung her head, no idea of what was being talked about. " I don't know.." The teacher hmpfed at hearing that about to say more, but too many of the male students had distracted him by raising their hands, some female ones as well. Ranma looked annoyed, not that he was annoyed at his sister, it was more that he also didn't know the answer, but if he had he would've told her telepathically. Also more so that he was concerned and knew the descision to leave home for awhile was best.

The next class was gym as they all hurried off towards the locker room. Ranka stopped Akane on the way with a quick smile. " Hey I'm not going to gym, i'm not feeling too well, so I'll see you at lunch." Akane frowned a bit. " Okay.." Ranka went off to the nurses office, to lay down and let Ranma know telepathically. She knew that she wouldn't be able to concentrate enough to get through gym class, without getting caught off guard. Though she had taken notice that Thrista hadn't come to school, which was smart of her given the circumstances.

Before long it was lunch time and they were eating up on the rooftop again, since it was a nice enough day out. Daisuke and Hiroshi were chatting back and forth with Ranka. Hiroshi started it off. " So Ranka, your not working at the Cat Cafe anymore?" Daisuke inquired as well. " Yeah, you and your sister suddenly disappeared." Ranka mused over what was said. " Well I was only working there to pay off what Shampoo spent to pay back what she owed Nabiki, for what she paid, for paying for.. the stupid spa machine that I broke.." She munched on some of her lunch annoyed.

Hiroshi inquired further, since Ranma was busy enjoying his lunch. "Why is it stupid?" Daisuke nodded. " Yeah, what kinda stupid machine, pissed you off?" Ranka looked frustrated as she finished taking a sip of her juice box. " It's um.. this water cannon thing. It's just stupid okay.. I just got sick of getting blasted by the dang thing and I got mad.. and broke it.." Akane and Sayuri had finished their chatter, as they started up chattering with Ranka. Hiroshi and Daisuke had pervy smiles on their face as they imagined about the water cannon, spraying all over Ranka, until an annoyed Ranma, gave both of them whacks to their heads. " Cut that out!" It didn't need to be said, they knew he knew what they had been thinking about, as they rubbed at their heads sheepishly.

After a few more classes the school day was over, as they walked out the door. Akane was beaming once again. " So, when are you two coming over?" Ranma rubbed at the back of his head some. " Well we're coming we just gotta break it to mom and pack some things, before we head over." Akane nodded as she waved at them before taking her leave. " I'll see you guys in awhile then."

Once they got back to the house they went off upstairs to pack in their respective rooms. Ranka grumbled as she fussed to herself about how Akane had nagged her before about coming over the next time, to bring the chinese outfit. She packed one up with her other outfits, not wanting to face her, if she didn't. Anything they didn't take, she made sure she locked up in the closet and safe. Ranma met up with Ranka in her room after he had finished packing his things in his bag. He could tell his sister was having second thoughts and let her know how he felt about that. " Listen Ranka, we're going even if mom says no, it's for your own good, got it." Ranka tightened her grip on her own arm. " Got it.." They walked out of the room and off towards the stairs. " I'll try talking to her first." Ranka nodded as she followed her brother off downstairs.

He waited till after snack time was done. " So uh Akane really wants me and Ranka to stay over until after the weekend, she had a huge fit at school, sqwacking about all kinds of stuff." Ranka put in her two cents as well. " Yeah we all got partnered up for this school project and she's insisting we stay a few nights, so we can get it down." Nodoka took things into account as she sighed. " Well school projects are important, so I'll allow it, as long as one of you calls me every night." They both nodded in agreement. Nodoka inquired on when they'd be going. " And when were you two going?" Ranma rubbed at the back of his head. " As soon as possible, so right now basically." Nodoka sighed some. " I see."

They went back upstairs to get their bags, before coming back down and saying good bye to their mother, before taking their leave. Luckily the little intruder was too busy watching tv, so they didn't have to deal with her.

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At arriving at the Tendo's, they got a cheerful greeting from everyone, especially Akane who had been waiting in anticipation. Once they put their bags away upstairs, they went back downstairs and joined everyone at the table. Soun inquired about what he had heard from his daughter. " So Akane tells me there's a demon staying at your mothers?" Ranma looked annoyed as he finished a rice cracker. " That's right." Genma rubbed at his chin. " I can't believe Nodoka would let such a thing happen." Ranka sighed as she sipped some of her tea. Kasumi smiled. " It must be a very cute demon then." Nabiki rolled her eyes. " Only you would think that." Ranma rubbed at hi head. " Well yeah.. " Genma shook his head as got up to go play some shogi with Soun on the porch.

Akane sighed, as she could tell Ranka was upset. " It must've been hard for you two to have to leave." Ranma crunched on another rice cracker. " It was.. but that stinker was driving us nuts.. Ruining the food all the time.. almost as bad as you." Akane gave him a good punch to his face. Ranka sweat dropped at her brothers fatal mistake. "It was but, I know the brats not going to hurt her, and it'll give them both a lot to think about." Kasumi nodded in agreement as she sipped some of her tea. Nabiki munched on her rice cracker. " How very interesting." She then made a mad dash, as she dragged Ranka off upstairs to her room with her. Kasumi went off to tend to the laundry outside, leaving Akane and Ranma alone.

Akane having gotten over her bout of anger, was more concerned about Ranka. " She didn't want to go, did she?" Ranma rubbed at his face where he got decked. " Second thoughts but I told her we were going anyways. I'm not gonna have her run off again. Besides that seems to be what the little stinker is trying to do." Akane had a concerned look on her face. " No, I'm glad you two came." After awhile Ranma dragged his father off to the dojo to train with him.

Akane then went upstairs and retrieved Ranka from Nabiki's clutches, as she pulled her off into her room with a huff. "Honestly, does she have nothing better to do.." Ranka rubbed at her head. " Nope and sorry you had to do that.." Akane shook her head. " If I hadn't, who knows how long she'd keep you in there. 5 yen's not a huge deal. Besides I want to train with you, after Ranma and Mr. Saotome are done." She decided to change the subject as she took a seat on her bed, while Ranka sat at the desk chair. "Ranma said you didn't want to leave your mother, you must be worried about her."

Ranka sighed with her arms crossed. " That's right. I am and I'm not, because I know how things work." She rolled her eyes. " I mean I wasn't that different from Tenka." Akane quirked an eyebrow at her. " Um Ranka, you're very different, she's a real demon, your not.." Ranka mussed over what was said. " I didn't say I was exactly the same, there's definitely differences and well no but I was kinda introduced as if I was a demon. I worked with them, even if I didn't want to. But I know the inner workings, how important missions are. With her mission, being to infiltrate and her protector of her facade, she's not going to endanger my mom.

She leaned back a bit in the chair. " Besides I think this one on one time will work wonders for both mom and the little intruder. I already warned her she's doomed." She said with a bit of a smug look. " I mean I'd know, mom was able to melt my icy walls. That and I can protect her from afar, since she's got a necklace." Akane gave her a concerned look. " Is that why you were going to just leave?" Ranka bit her lip. " Yeah you got me Akane, but she was driving me nuts.. and mom just seems to like her more than me now.. I can't help but be upset.. The little brat keeps trying to one up me and make me look bad at every chance.. Rubbing it in, how.. I'm so un lady like and such a bad girl.." She tightened her fists some. "And trying to steal my things.. anything really.. it's not enough she's using my form in that of a kid.."

Akane gave her a light smack to her face with tears in her eyes. " You dummy.. I don't want to loose you again.." Ranka's eyes widened. "I'm sorry Akane.." Akane was too upset as she started bonking her balled up fists back and forth on her chest gently. " Dummy, dummy, dummy.." After a few more bonks, she was able to get a grip as she tried to wipe her tears away. Ranka grabbed the box of tissues near by, getting some for Akane. " I really am sorry Akane, I just.. well you.. know.." She got all flustered. " Like, what you just did.." Akane having bounced back, started to get defensive. " And "what" would that be, huh?!" Ranka sweat dropped. " Well uh.. you just, exploded.."

Akane was about to get angrier, until Nabiki let herself in. " You two are adorable, you know that." Akane got all frustrated. " What do you want Nabiki?" Nabiki smiled. " Me? Oh well I couldn't help but over hear your little dilema." She had her hand out, which an annoyed Akane gave her another five yen, making her smirk. " You see girls, the problem is we girls get very emotional. Ranka's not completely wrong, our emotions can explode. Also how many times have you gotten so upset Akane, that you ended up running away?" Akane turned bright red from embarrassment. "Alright, enough already!" She shut the door in her sisters face, huffing and puffing. "Ignore what she said!" Ranka slouched down in her chair nervously. " Yep, I didn't hear nothing.."

She could see Akane's anger aura was flaring up more, making her more nervous. " Hey, how about we go see if their done training, huh?" Akane's mood changed at hearing that. " Yeah, I can't wait to spar." Ranka had a nervous smile on her face.

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When they had gotten over to the dojo, Ranma and Genma had just finished up. Akane dragged Ranka off to the back with her to get changed. Genma rubbed at his chin. " They get along so well." Ranma sweat dropped. " How do you figure?" Genma smiled. " Did you not see the smile on Akane's face, come now boy you need to pick up on these sort of things, she is your fiancee after all." Ranma gave him a dull look. " Oh yeah, like you do with mom?" Genma sweat dropped and changed the subject. " Race you to the bathroom!" He then took off running down the hallway, with Ranma following in hot pursuit.

Not too much later Akane admitted defeat from their sparing, as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. " Phew that was a really good work out." Ranka was busy wiping her face off with a towel. Akane tried to press further, with a pleading look. " We should take a bath together, to save water and time." Ranka sweat dropped. " You're such a pervert Akane, coming onto me twice now." Akane's cheeks flushed as she stuck with her story. " I told you it's to save water and time.." Ranka gave her a look. " Sure it is, Akane." Akane huffed. " It is, you jerk!" Ranka frowned. " Hey now.. what did I do? Besides.. if Shampoo found out, she might try to kill you.." Akane huffed again. " I'd like to see her try!" Ranka sweat dropped. " Well now, you're just daring her.."

Akane dragged Ranka off with her to the bath. Ranka rubbed at her wrist some, rubbing at the mark on it. " I'm serious Akane, she can track where I am.. And she nearly killed Thrista." Akane hmpfed as she stripped and got in the bath. Ranka sighed as she took off her clothes and got in as well. She yelped as Akane grabbed her by her wrist with an annoyed look on her face. " Well then, we'll just get rid of the stupid little tracker then." She started scrubbing away furiously with the lofa, making Ranka oww and pull her hand away. " It can't just come off, okay! And don't say I should just cut my arm off, because that won't work either.." Akane sweat dropped. " I wasn't going to go that far.. but that's.. really bad.." Ranka grumbled as she rubbed at her sore wrist. " I know.. I was trying to tell you but no.." Akane sighed. " I'm sorry, let's just relax okay." Ranka had a dull look on her face. " Okay.."

They had been too preoccupied to notice the pink and purple cat that squeezed in through the half open window, letting herself in, giving off a meow. Ranka tensed up at hearing it. Shampoo kitty then bristled up at seeing Akane in the bath with her airen, as she leapt from the window sill into the air with her claws out, giving a loud hiss towards Akane's face. Ranka's gem lit up bright red as she acted putting up her defense barrier, thwarting Shampoo kittys attack on Akane's face, as she bonked into it and fell into the hot water.

An angry Shampoo surfaced from the hot water. " Akane why you lie, you tell Shampoo other time you not pervert girl when you really are." Akane played the denial game as usual. " I am not!" Shampoo smirked evilly as she glomped onto Ranka, giggling. "Shampoo is though." Akane bristled. " Yeah you are and a stalker too!" Shampoo hmpfed. " And you is thief, taking what's Shampoo's! Women what get in way is enemy and deserve kiss of death." Ranka fwailed her arms about. " NO kiss of death, okay Shampoo.." She looked very flustered. " Besides.. whether you like it or not, my mom expects anyone.. whose been promised to, to be up held.. so she'd get mad if you hurt Akane and so would Ranma."

Shampoo huffed with her arms crossed. "Mother is too much.." Ranka sweat dropped. " I agree.. but that's how it is." Shampoo smiled as she got out from the tub, tying a towel around herself. " I go see other airen." She left the bath room, and you could hear her making happy noises and Ranma's fussing. Akane grew furious as she got out from the tub, drying off and getting dressed in a blur, as she flew out from the bathroom to go break it up. Ranka sighed as she got out from the tub and went and showered off, her face bright red from the event.

Out in the living room Akane had chucked something at Ranma's head, to annoy Shampoo enough to let go of him. Ranma rubbed at his head. " What the hell Akane?!" He then noticed how Shampoo was only wearing a towel and pointed. " Were you.. in the bath with.." Akane glowered. " That's why she's a wearing a towel, stupid!" Shampoo giggled. Ranma tried to focus but the fact that they were all in the bath together at the same time, was getting to him, as well as their bickering, back and forth.

Until to their surprise, Shampoo got yanked back into the bathroom by a very frustrated Ranka. Shampoo smirked. " Aiya, you trying to tell Shampoo something, other airen?" Ranka had a dull look on her face as she took the shower head off it's holder, as she sprayed Shampoo with the cold water, turning her back into a cat. She then grabbed her up by the scruff, pushing her out the window. " Go home, Shampoo.." She then shut and locked the window behind her, before going to wash her hands off. While she could touch and deal with cats a lot easier than her brother, it still bothered her to a degree and she wasn't very fond of cats.

Akane blinked at not seeing or hearing Shampoo anymore, then she saw Ranka. " Did Shampoo actually leave?" Ranka nodded before going off into the kitchen to offer Kasumi help with making dinner. Akane followed suit as soon as she took notice, making Ranma groan on instinct. Kasumi welcomed the help as she smiled, knowing her sister was in good hands, as well as how she decided on an easier menu for dinner.

Through some hiccups, they managed and before long everyone was eating breakfast for dinner. Kasumi smiled. " I hope everyone doesn't mind, I thought breakfast for dinner would be fun." There were no complaints as everyone enjoyed the food and without hesitation as they saw it looked normal enough. Even Happosai, who appeared out of no where was enjoying it, so much so, he started stealing some from Genma's plate. Genma pouted. " Master, there's plenty, why must you take mine?" Before long Kasumi had gone and gotten another plate full for him, with a stern look as she smiled and set it down, which made Happosai sweat, as he had received her message, loud and clear to behave himself.

Notes: I do not own Ranma 1/2 or any of it's characters.