Just the Beginning

(You know whom this belongs to that Ranma and Tenchi anime so stop bothering me about it! Flames will be burned for fuel in Sasami's cooking! Have fun and read)

"Gah….. why the hell do I always end up like this……"

The man back flips to a boulder and plants his feet on the boulder to vault himself onto a nearby tree. He makes a perfect landing onto the tree and tried to hide himself in a vast array of trees with a colorful amount of leaves.

"Hmm…summer is going away…..fall is here."

He looks around and sighs contently thinking he got away.

"Thank goodness……..there gone."

"Not quite you pervert….."

"Gah!!!!" The man leaps off the tree and lands feet first into the ground. The only disturbance was the ripple of air from the landing. He cocks his head around and sees no one around. He wonders where the hell did that come from. Then before he could think of that, his natural instinct kicks in and he leaps to his right while turning around.

This causes him to avoid a lethal blast of red energy as it flew past him. He barely avoids the blast in milliseconds and he knew if he didn't react faster, he would have been fried. When he turned around he sees a long cyan-haired female standing in front of him while cupping her hands together to form another energy blast. She wore a long blue dress with green patches, but showed a bit of cleavage. The man gulped when he saw the cleavage bob up and down while the young female glared at him.

"You hentai….you may be fast, but that was the first and only time you see me like that…."

The man gulped and his pigtail swung behind him while the breeze flew by softly.

"Gomen…..I didn't mean to………"

The female smirked and dissipated her energy that was forming in her hands and just brought her right palm out in a handshake.

"Alright….I'll forgive you."

The young man with a red Chinese shirt and black kung-fu pants stared at the hand. Then he scratches his head and sighs in relief.

"Uh…..su..sure…."

But before he could get too close to the female, the female smirked turned to a mischievous grin and her shot out her left palm and aimed at the young man with the pigtail. She aimed it directly at his chest and suddenly, a red blazing ball of light formed in the palm of her hand. She grinned and let loose.

"Gotcha!"

The blast streaked at a speed that rivaled a bullet flying from a rail gun. The blast homed in on the guy, but as usual, the guy's reactive servo kicked in and he flipped himself over the blast, barely missing it by inches.

"Blast that hentai!"

The cyan-haired female shot both of her hands out and the red energy formed in another ball. This time without firing it, she concentrated. The energy twisted and reshaped itself. It grew longer and thinner. Soon it looked like a red lightsaber about five feet long and had the deadliness of one.

"Grr……Take this hentai!!!"

The cyan-haired leaped onto the air and rushed downwards, in a direct approach to carve the man to ribbons.

"Why me………."

The guy with the ponytail dropped to the ground and tucked himself into a ball and rolled forward to avoid the slash. Then as his foot touched the ground, he vaulted himself to a tree trunk.

At that time, the female crashed onto the floor, forming a crater where the man was previously before the dodge. She turned toward the direction of the man and saw him leap towards the tree trunk. He can't hide there its too small she thought.

Before she could think of anything else, the young man flipped again so his feet planted itself onto the side of the trunk. Then he catapulted himself towards the female. Don't want to hurt her, he thought, but if I don't then I'll be dead.

He brought his hands back to his chest as he flew toward her. Then he concentrated and summoned his ki as it wrapped around him like a warm blanket. He then pictured it forming in his hand, which it did, a gold ball about the size of a massive beach ball formed.

The silver-haired female detected this aura that appeared around the young man, but did not perceive it was dangerous to a powerful pirate like her until she noticed what the young man was forming. Oh crap, he just summoned something, she thought as she tried to evade the ki-blast.

Suddenly he shot his hands forward as if launching an open palm attack and with a yell of the attack, the ball of ki flew.

"Mouko Takabisha!!"

The ki-blast flew at an astounding rate as it whistled in the wind. The gold streaks made it look like a pretty shooting star but had the power to take out a house. The female shifted to her left and put on an extra burst of speed to avoid the blast. The ki-blast flew past her, but even though she avoided the blast, she felt the intense heat the blazed by. It felt as if the volcano erupted in front of you and you were feeling the heat. The intense heat singed the ground as if it was creating a black road to the end of the ki-blast. Then she turned her head back to see the ki- blast slam right into a tree and saw a huge explosion, like dropping a dozen grenades at one place. The blast completely wiped out the tree and turned the dirt to ashes and completely blackened that soil. It would take at least another hundred years for that patch of land to be fertile again

Her mouth dropped wide open when she saw the blast. How the heck did this wimp produce that kind of energy blast, she thought, but before she could do anything else, her little distraction was all the young martial artist needed to respond to the miss.

The young martial artist flew by the female, but shifted his left leg to kick her right in the head. The female didn't hear the kick snap out, but her alertness in her brain kicked in and her reflex took over. She ducked and avoided the mid-air kick and watched the young man sail right by. The man spun his foot in front of him and kicked himself off another tree to land right onto the firm ground.

Damn, this girl is not that bad, maybe I can sucker her in and try to knock her out.

The martial artist dropped into a kempo stance and stretched out his hands to prepare for the worst.

The female stared at the young man, then just shook her head and grinned. She summoned her energy blade again since it dissipated when she saw the ki-blast fly right at her and she couldn't concentrate on the blade to stay in her hands since she went in shock from that blast. She turned the young handsome man and gives a light grin and cautiously approaches the man with her blade aimed at his throat.

"Not bad little hentai, though we end this now!"

"I'm not a hentai, I didn't do that on purpose!" The young man responded while using his right hand to flick back his pigtail that hung on his left shoulder. He cautiously watched her as she approached. That's right, come a little close and you will get a taste of something I learned back then.

"You saw me naked, though I bet you don't mind seeing me like that, but still….. and also you saw that snotty brat naked too.. though I don't mind that much since she is not developed like I am… but that's not the point, the point is you saw….. now you pay!"

The martial artist clenched his fist, preparing for the next round.

"Alright then, bring it on, I'll take you out right here."

He conjures his ki as it swarmed all around his body. He felt warm and fuzzy as if he was hugged, but that's a normal response as his ki flooded him. His body suddenly glowed to a slight tinge of blue color and he shifted his hands downwards to his chest and cupped it together to form another ball of destruction.

Got to take him out now, if I don't, then all hell will break lose, she thought as she rushed up and brought her blade into the air to slice him in half. As the blade was nearly inches off of the martial artist's head, he grinned.

"Gotcha!!"

The female dropped her serious look as it turned into shock and from there, saw her doom. The martial artist dispelled the ki forming blast as it burst like popping a bubble. He then jabbed forth and launched a flurry of punches that made everything turn into a world of pain.

"KASHUU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN!!!"

Blows after blows rained onto the silver haired female as she felt the pain rush to her brain. The pain canceled out her blade, as it was inches away from his head. She felt the blows and it felt like sledgehammers slamming onto her repeatedly, at a god-astounding rate. The punches flew like the wind and continued for one brief minute. She felt each blow and knew every blow was going to cause a nasty bruise. That one brief moment felt like eternity as it kept on going. She felt all this pain and thought she was going to die when suddenly it stopped.

She collapsed to the floor in agony when it stopped, she could barely move a finger. Her nerves screamed and her body was bruised everywhere. She knew that her body would automatically numb itself and knock her out as she saw darkness surrounding her eyes. As it darkness grew larger and larger, trying to consume her, she couldn't believe what happened yet it did and it was extraordinary. The last thing she remembers before she went unconscious was her named called. It sounded like a female's voice…..maybe it's that snotty brat what her face again…..oh wells, I feel tired, I think I'll take a nap, she thought as she went out like a light.

"RYOKO!!!!!!!!!!"

A female appeared with two cylindrical wooden figures floating in the air. They hovered in the air menacingly, while they crackled with electricity. The female had two long bangs and was wearing a large robe that covered all the way down to her feet. She wore a collar of pure gold and her eyes were narrowed in anger.

The martial artist leaped back and rolled backwards until he could get some clearing. He then flipped himself up and immediately avoided the electrical shocks that were raining down from the skies above. He looked up and saw two cylindrical objects with a giant marking on each, one in red and the other in blue. Both of them hovered around him and launched electrical balls of lightning, each of them scorching the land as they continue to assault the martial artist who used his excellent acrobatic skills to dodge them. Man, what is this, some voodoo thing? This makes Gosunkungi look like a wimp compared to those two huge wooden whatevers, he thought as he continued avoiding the electrical lightings that shot straight down and struck to the ground. Even though the martial artist dodged the shocks, the static produced made his hair stand up.

The lady rushed to the cyan-haired woman and checked her vital signs while the two cylindrical objects continued harassing the young man. She sighed in relief as the cyan-haired had a pulse. Thank goodness she is alive, what a minute…..why am I thinking of this, she thought as she shook her head. Then her head snapped up to see her two guardians facing off a massive hurricane attack.

"Hirya Shouta Ha!!!!!!"

The young martial artist somersaulted to his two opponents as he dodged the blast. As he continued to dodge, he concentrated and let the ki continue to flow through his body. Once he got close enough, he unleashed his massive ki technique onto his two opponents.

The two cylindrical objects tried to stay in flight desperately as they faced a massive hurricane blast that hit them dead on and caused them to buckle around in the air. They concentrated to stay in flight, totally distracted since they were desperately trying to stay in the air.

The martial artist cupped his hands together and another ki-blast was produced. While he did that, he decided to go for broke and split the ball into two ki-blasts. Both in equivalent power and destruction as it formed into his hands. He looked up and saw the two still battling the forces of nature that was summoned, so without a second thought, he launched the ki- blasts.

"Mouko Takabisha! Mouko Takabisha!"

Both of the ki-blasts leaped forth from the hands of the martial artist and set themselves in a collision course for the two guardians. Both whistled in the wind and the gold streaks blazed forth as they closed onto their targets. Then before the guardians could react, since they were still bothered by the hurricane. The two ki-blasts slammed into the guardians and with a loud explosion with some scorched burns around those two. They plummeted downwards to the earth. They crashed onto the ground and lay there as their motor servo did not kick in and they couldn't respond as their response servo was damaged.

"Kamadaki!!! Azaka!!!"

The martial artist turned to the noise and saw a beautiful lady in an exotic robe. The two long hair bangs ran down to her waist and she looked like a sight to behold. Man, she reminds me of Akane….she sure does have that cute tomboyish look, he thought as he continued to stare at the female.

The female with the long bangs quickly stood up and stared at the martial artist.

"You…you murderer!!!!!!!!!"

The martial artist took a step back in shock since he was called a murderer. I'm not a murderer he thought to himself, I didn't kill them they are like unconscious.

Before he could respond to that question, the girl with the bangs floated into the air and she concentrated in her powers, summoning her ancestry powers that rival God himself. Suddenly the forest was filled with small like cylindrical blocks that floated all around the place, as if biding their time to launch some awesome attack.

"Oh boy………" The martial artist stared at the smaller versions of the cylindrical guardians and thought that this was not good news. He immediately touched into his ki though he was tired from launching some ki- blasts already. His body flooded in ki again and he dropped into a meditative stance to summon all the ki within him.

The young girl with the bangs screamed in rage and her powers that have been created 3000 years ago burst forth. It wasn't concentrated, but the raw power was powerful enough to wipe out an army in seconds and it was scattered all already, so there was hardly a chance to miss.

The smaller cylindrical guardians that flooded the forest responded to that power and were used as mini reflectors to reflect the raw power into electrical shocks that can power a city for years. The martial artist knew he couldn't dodge this, but he can try to slow down the power that was produced. He touched his ki and shoved his hand forth. His palms were open again and he concentrated in expanding the ball of ki that was produced.

"Mouko Takabisha!!"

This time instead of willing it to fly off and cause some massive destruction, he held it in front of him and he willed it with his mind to mold the ki-blast into a different shape. He concentrated and it expanded wider, while the mass decreased. The ki-blast continued to expand until it was an inch thick oval shaped ki-blast. The martial artist concentrated and funneled his energy into that blast.

While that happened, the small cylindrical guardians collected the raw power that the girl produced until it reached a limit, then it all concentrated and let loose onto the young man. Each blast look like a lightning bolt and they crashed into the wall of ki, their was a huge explosion, but as the dust settled and the wind paused its blowing, there was the electrical charges still trying to penetrate the ki-blast.

The martial artist knew he couldn't dodge the blast, so he converted one of his ki-blast into some sort of shield. Though he could hold it quite easily, his tiredness from the constant use of ki-blasts is slowly taking his toll. Also he is using his ki to funnel this shield, which is calling a lot of power from him.

Crap…if I don't do anything soon, I'm going to be exhausted from this constant use and then that psycho witch is going to blast me with her lightning blast. It seems she has a more longer-lasting supply of energy than me, he thought. Strange, though, I can't detect that its ki, it doesn't seem like ki, yet so much energy comes from her.

While he concentrated in continuing the shield and thought of this, another young fellow stepped out of the bushes and saw what was going on. He was carrying a wooden hilt though carved quite exquisitely. He stared at the energy produced from the martial artist and then looked to see his friend summoning her power to take that man down.

How in the world is that young man producing that kind of power? The young man with the wooden hilt was quite surprised to see a person able to summon powers within him to defend himself from powers that rival gods.

Is he a Jurian? The young man clenched his wooden hilt tighter. He doesn't seem like one, but yet the power he produced is amazing. He watched as the young man just concentrate into producing that shield while the princess continues firing lethal bolts of electricity.

With that kind of power, she may fry the young man. While he watched the deadlock, something caught his eye and he turned to the right. He noticed the two cylindrical guardians on the ground, scorched from some kind of blast and not even moving. He was surprised from this, but then his eyes narrowed in anger as he saw his friend Ryoko, the space pirate, laying their unconscious and sporting massive bruises. He clenched his hilt tightly and his knuckles were white when he noticed all those bruises on Ryoko. He saw this and he wanted revenge.

"Lord Tenchi!!! You mustn't be here! This murderer has almost killed Ryoko and disabled my guardians! He may be after you. You must RUN!"

The princess saw Tenchi standing there, watching the battle and watching Ryoko lying there. The princess gave a grim look and went back to firing bolts of electricity into the man. She knew he was tiring out and in a matter of minutes, perhaps even seconds, the young man with the ponytail will be fried and killed from her power.

Tenchi Masaki, the son of Yosho, a skilled warrior and prince of Jurai, sees his friend on the ground unconscious and his other friend in the air hammering into the murderer, but not getting through. As a sworn protector of good, he will end it right here.

He concentrated in his mind, calling in the powers that made him what he was. He called in the powers that possessed him, filled him from the powers of Yosho, the powers of Jurai, and the powers of Tsunami, he called that power, and it answered. He raised his hilt in a standard Jurian position, centered to his chest, but the hilt pointing at a 45 degrees upward point. With the call of the power, the hilt triggered in response to the blood of the Jurian prince, and it burst forth with his power. The blue beam of power leapt from the hilt and extended to 5 feet. Another ancestry version of a lightsaber, but still destructive and contains powers that no Earthling possesses unless of Jurian blood.

Tenchi called forth the power and bent his knees down. He shifted his left knee forward while leveling his blade upwards. He used his right hand as the anchor to the blade and brought it close to his right cheek. He gripped the hilt tight and let the blade go straight out. Once he stabilized his position, his eyes narrowed in anger and in concentration as he called forth his target, the one who started it. The one who will soon pay for it. The one man defending himself from the princess and defeated Ryoko and the guardians, and he will pay, oh yes he will pay.

Tenchi then launched his right leg as a piston and shot forward, charging down the forest, with his blade targeted at the young martial artist. Tenchi was going to have retribution and he was going to get it.

At that point, the martial artist detected a slight movement in the right side of him. His instincts screamed at him and he knew someone was coming, someone extremely dangerous. His hairs leapt up in response to the danger and he knew he had to move, but if he did, then those bolts will nail him and he will be a goner. Still if he didn't move, whatever danger running at him from the right will surely cut him down.

While he thought of this, a plan came forth in his mind. He knew this was a wacky idea, but it was the best he got right now. All it consists of was a slight dodge, but total timing. If the timing is off, he was a dead man and he knew he was going to be soon, if he doesn't conclude this battle. He slowly breathed out and closed his eyes, reaching that calm internal self that all martial artists do, to control not just themselves, but everything around him. He extended his senses until he can hear everything.

He heard the soft sound of leaves falling from the trees. He heard the birds chirping and he heard the insects buzzing. He could smell the perspiration of the young lady in the air firing her deadly projectiles at him. He can also hear the soft steps to the right that was getting stronger and closer. He heard a sizzle of energy from that right side and the explosive bolts that hit his shield. He heard and smelled it all. He was ready.

Tenchi was three feet away and he knew it was over. No man can dodge this sword, not at this range. With a cry of victory, he raised his sword into the air and grasped it firmly as he closed in onto his prey. He then brought his blade downwards onto the young man with the pigtail. The man had his eyes closed with his arms stretched out to summon that shield. But no matter, he was a dead man. A dead man ever since Tenchi saw him. As the blade whizzed downwards, the martial artist opened his eyes.

With the reflex that rivals Olympic athletes, the martial artist with the pigtail dropped himself low and dissipated his shield. He goes into a crouching position as he spins himself to the right, launching a devastating left foot sweep to Tenchi's ankle. Tenchi trips over the sweep and falls forward. As he comes downwards, the martial artist grabs onto Tenchi's shirt and pants and throws the body in front of him.

At that moment, the princess of Jurai had enough. She decided to end this with one final bolt. The bolt to end this mindless game and she would claim victory over this monster. She channeled her emotions and drew forth the turbulent powers that filled her body. She concentrated into one cylindrical object and shot her powers into it. The cylindrical object grabbed onto the power and launched a devastating bolt worth 10,000 volts of electricity. It shot forth to nail the target, which is the pigtail martial artist, but the target was the wrong person.

The pigtail marital artist heaved the body of Tenchi and let him sail to the bolt. The bolt slammed into Tenchi and made Tenchi scream in agony as the electricity ran its course around his body, shocking each pain receptor. As that happened, Tenchi was thankful that he can only last that long because his body kicked in and shut him down. He was immediately unconscious from that blast.

"TENCHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The princess screamed in agony knowing what she did.

But before she could do anything else, Tenchi slammed into her and forced her to lose her concentration in herself. She and Tenchi fell downwards and slammed into the ground. She felt the pain leapt onto her back and she gasped from it. She knew she must have broken a rib or two from that attack. She couldn't handle that shock and what is more is that there is Tenchi on top of her. Though he may be unconscious, she was a female and this was not a good time to have him on top of her. She blushed deeply as she pushed him aside, but her arms wouldn't move. She willed her arms to move, but they didn't. None of her body parts reacted. Nor did her protective cylindrical objects as they faded away. She realized that she was numb and in shock. With this kind of act, she could not respond to anything. She can't defend herself and somehow the fall paralyzed her body. She was in trouble. Without her guardians, without Ryoko or Tenchi, without her powers, and without her body responding to her command, she was helpless. She like her friends and the person she loves were in trouble and the murderer was definitely alive. He was out there standing and waiting, for the moment to end all this.

The pigtail martial artist just stared at what happened. Man, she must be in shock from this. I got to help her. He slowly trudged up to her, hoping to see if those two are alive and to see if he can help them. He wasn't a medic, but he had been in enough fights and hospitals to recognize injuries and how to handle them. I hope they are okay.

The princess tried to raise her head up to take a look at the man that was, as approaching, but her body wouldn't follow those orders. Her whole body lay forth in front of her yet she couldn't command any part of it. She was a dead woman and she knew it since everyone else is unconscious or not functioning. She hoped that someone else will come to save her and her companions, but it was high unlikely. They were deep in the forest and no noise will get out that far to be heard by anyone. Now even the Masaki Shrine was close to hear her screams if she could scream. She tried to tense her body to react to whatever happens, but she couldn't. All she could do was blink and roll her eyes around to gauge the situation. She was definitely in trouble.

As she lay there, the footsteps were coming closer, yet they were quite silent. There was hardly a sound when the footsteps came closer, yet her ears are quite tuned to the world. She can hear quite well and she can definitely tell that the murderer was coming.

Oh Tenchi, I'm sorry that I failed you. I tried my best. I guess I wasn't enough to defeat this monster. I hope that we meet in Heaven and get away from that trashy whore that is with us nearby. I love you Tenchi.

She tried to summon tears to cry; yet she couldn't. She couldn't bring those tears out because her body wasn't reacting to her. She knew it was over and she got ready for the danger.

She heard the footsteps stop and then the weight on top of her was lifted. She tried to gasp, but her mouth didn't work. She still could breathe, but her mouth wouldn't operate, just like the rest of her body. Then before she can think about why her mouth wasn't moving, she saw him.

Her eyes looked up to see one of the most gorgeous men she has ever seen. Sure, she had Tenchi, but that doesn't mean she can't look at other guys. She saw the deepest shade of blue-grayish pair of eyes. As she watched those eyes, she lost herself in them. She saw kindness and compassion. She also saw at the end of those waves of emotions as they open themselves wide to her, she saw sadness. The sadness for losing someone, someone close and dear that you would treasure for the rest of your life. She saw the young man closely and as she watched him, she saw the young man flicker his pigtail behind him.

He has a pigtail, just like Tenchi. Though this man has a longer one. She saw this young man standing in front of her and suddenly something clicked. He was the murderer. He was the monster that attacked Ryoko and tried to kill them back at the baths. He knocked out the guardians and almost killed Lord Tenchi. He was a menace to her and her friends. She tried to struggle, but her body wouldn't move at all. She just stared at him as he flexed his hands and touched her body gently. He is going to rape me! I got to stop him. She tried to struggle, but her body wouldn't respond. She was helpless to him.

The pigtail martial artist probed her body to see if there were broken bones. He felt her ribs and saw the lady wince slightly, the eyes fluttered slightly. She has a couple broken ribs and when she fell, she hit her spine, which made her temporary paralyzed.

He glanced at her eyes and saw fear in them. She thinks I'm some kind of monster he thought sadly as he watched those eyes. She reminded me so much of Akane. I miss her. But that was a long time ago. It was time to forget that harsh memory and move on.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm here to heal you."

The princess widened her eyes when she heard those words. Why would he heal me? Isn't he a monster? Wasn't he about to rape me? Questions flooded her mind as she watched him close his eyes.

The martial artist reached deep into himself again. Touching the power that all humans had, but just needed a little training to release it. He called it forth and it came to him. His whole body charged with ki and it wrapped around him, whispering those words of tender and kindness, a protective covering for him. His whole body glowed to a tinge of blue and he concentrated, calling forth more of this power called ki.

The princess widened her eyes again as she saw the young man call forth the power. His body glowed blue and it was a beautiful sight to behold. She watched all of this and saw the power emanating from him. He is strong. He rivals a Jurian prince, but how? How can he have this kind of power? He is human, right?

The pigtailed martial artist focused the power into his hands and the ki flooded into his hands. With a mental grunt of exertion, the ki left his hands and hovered in front of it, molded into a ball, though not a gold color, it was a white, brilliant ball of ki.

Then he gently pushed it into her chest, letting the ki wash over her body, flooding her systems and letting it soak into her like a wet sponge.

The princess mentally gasped as the ki came into her. She felt exhilarated to feel this feeling. It felt like taking a warm bath, like in the bathhouse that genius Washu created from an empty dimension. It was calm, and quite soothing as it flooded her system. She felt the ki touch the long hair that was spread out on the ground to the tips of her toes. It felt like everything that she had ever hoped and then it was gone. It left like a fleeting bird, escaping the clutches of the hunter.

She gasped as the ki left and raised her right hand to cover her mouth. She blinked and looked at her hand. She could move her hand. She moved her other hand, then the legs and feet. She wriggled her body and it responded! She was no longer numb from the fall she was all right. She slowly pushed herself up to get up and watched the young man smirk and leave her. She used her two hands to anchor her as she got up and saw that the young man with the pigtail move to Tenchi and applied the same technique to him. Tenchi gasped and his eyes shot open. Tenchi, her love, was okay!

Tenchi opened his eyes and looked out as he felt something that he haven't felt in years. He felt warmth and love. He felt kindness like a gentle hug that his mother once gave him when he was small. It felt like that hug, a hug of love.

While he got up, he turned his head to see the princess and he looked at her as tears came out of her face.

"Ayeka? What is wrong? Are you okay?" Tenchi gave frowned and was worried why Princess Ayeka of Jurai was crying.

Ayeka looked at Tenchi and sniffled once more as she lunged at him and wrapped her arms around him. She hugged him fiercely while tears raced out of her eyes. She sobbed in agony, thinking she almost lost him.

"I….I….I thought I almost…..almost lost you Lord….Tenchi."

Tenchi looked down to see Ayeka wrapping arms around him and crying. Tenchi reacted immediately and put his arms around her, patting her back gently, to comfort her pain.

"I'm okay, so you don't need to worry."

Ayeka continued to sob as Tenchi hugged her close. She felt the love that Tenchi was giving her and she loved it. She loved Tenchi and nothing was ever going to tear her apart from her.

While those two hugged, the pigtailed martial artist pushed his ki into Ryoko, making her eyes bolt up instantly and she leaped into the air to hover.

She looked to the up and saw Tenchi hugging Ayeka. Wait, more like Ayeka hugging Tenchi. How dare that bratty snotbag hug my dear Tenchi. I will make her pay. Ryoko clenched her fists tightly as she saw that incident.

"Well, I guess your okay, I best be off then. Sorry about the fight, I didn't mean it, but you attacked me first, so one way or another, it had to be ended. So I ended it."

The pigtailed martial artist got up and scratched his head when he said those words. Then he brushed himself off and stood there nonchalantly, wondering where he should head next.

When he said those words, three heads turn to him, all six eyes pierced into him. The martial artist sweatdropped a little as he noticed all three staring at him, he was basically being mentally scanned by those three.

"What?! What did I do now? I healed you guys. So we pretty much even. So….uh..lets part ways okay? No harm done and no feelings hurt, so I go now..yeah..laters."

The young man flicked his pigtail back and he wiped out the grass and dirt that was on his black kung fu pants when he kneel down to heal those three.

Ayeka's eyes went wide when he heard that. He..he isn't a murderer? But how is that possible. He nearly killed all of us, but yet he healed us.

Tenchi's eyes went wide and realized something that made his eyes grow bigger. I lost. I lost this fight. He took me out in less than a minute. He just sweeped me and threw me. I was nothing to him.

While one was in confusion, the other in loss of losing, the last one was in anger. Ryoko clenched her fists until they turned white.

"OUR match isn't DONE yet?!! You hear me?! I am not finished hentai!!!"

Ryoko dived down and aimed her punch at the guy's head.

The martial artist reacted and dropped low and rolled forward to avoid the hit. Then when his feet touched the floor, he pushed himself up and launched a devastating roundhouse kick. It smashed into Ryoko's cheek as she flew down to hit him.

Ryoko snapped her head to the right and body did a flip as she was still in the air. The force of the blow ejected her 10 feet away and she crashed into the bushes. Slightly stunned, but okay from the blow except sporting a bruise on her cheek now.

"You..you ASSHOLE!! I'll kill you!"

Ryoko leapt into the air preparing to waste this young man.

The martial artist craned his head up and arched his eyebrows.

"Who you calling asshole?! I defended myself from your attack. I healed you and you still attacked me? Who you calling an asshole? Do you even have the right to call me that?"

He was pissed, he felt the adrenaline rush kick in and his eyes refocus and watch that psycho float in the air. I'll take her out once and for all right here. No one calls me an asshole, especially when I was nice enough to heal her.

Ryoko glared at the young man when he said that. She was furious and yet she had to admit it was her fault. She attacked him, after his generosity to heal her. Her payment to her heal was another fight. She felt slightly guilty, but she was a space pirate and what is more was that her pride was shot and she was seen naked! No one sees her naked, well perhaps Tenchi, he was the only male exception.

"I called you an asshole because you saw me NAKED!!! You hentai. I bet you were up to something to!"

Ryoko thought perhaps she could taunt him to another fight. This time she was ready.

The pigtail martial artist just smirked slightly as he watched her hover there, trying to taunt her.

"Well what would I care about a flat-chested bimbo like yourself. You not even cute, hell you're uglier than a dog!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!!!" Ryoko roared in fury as she glared at the young man.

"You heard me. You uncute, built like a brick, thick as a stick, flat- chested bimbo." He smirked again, recalling those lines he said to someone long before.

"ARGH!!!!!!!!! YOUR DEAD!!!!"

As she got ready to kick some butt, Ayeka laughed and rolled on the ground with tears coming out of her eyes. She could barely contain herself as she heard all those words from this young man. Finally someone has the same viewpoint as I do with that slut. Ayeka just laughed her head off again when she saw the looks in Ryoko's eyes. If looks could kill, this martial artist would be diced in thousands of pieces already.

While Ryoko grew mad and Ayeka was going hysterical in laughter, Tenchi's eyes were wide as dinner saucers when he heard the insult by the martial artist. Tenchi just stared at him, then shook his head and clapped his hands together in a prayer. May your soul rest in peace because what Ryoko is going to do, your body will be too mangled up and your soul would never ever return to this body. He clapped his hands two more times and bowed slightly, praying to whatever deity was up there. He then shook his head thinking that he forgot the incense and the drums to perform a full Shinto burial procession.

The martial artist just smirked again and dropped into another kempo stance. While he raised his arms, the muscles rippled to the movement of his arms as he raised them up to his face like a boxer position.

Ayeka suddenly stopped laughing and her eyes widened to see the muscles ripple from the young man facing off Ryoko again. My goodness, he has more muscles than an entire battalion of Jurian guards. He looks a lot more fit than Lord Tenchi.

Saliva triggered in response in her mouth and she started drooling. She quickly used the folds of her sleeve to wipe off the drool that was coming out.

Oh my goodness, what is this? Why am I drooling at the time like this? He is just a normal human, not like Lord Tenchi, prince of Jurai. He was only far more fit than Tenchi, can probably fight better than Tenchi, better looking than Tenchi, able to heal and well Tenchi can't do that. But he is not Lord Tenchi! I love him, not this gorgeous hunk that can probably snap Tenchi like a twig in matter of seconds. No I love Tenchi, the boy who can never rival this young muscular……….hunk.

If Tenchi ever heard of this, he would have facefaulted repeatedly with multiple concussions. But likely Ayeka was talking to herself as she wiped out her drool again as mouth restarted salivating like a dog.

Ryoko on the other hand was furious, yet she noticed the bustling of muscles that were riveting down the man's body as he got himself into a position to handle the threat of her. Well….sure he was a hunk, probably better looking without his shirt. That would be nice actually….wait a minute I can't think like that. He is a pervert…..but a healthy, muscular pervert to boot…..Why am I thinking about this?!!

Ryoko looked at the young man and just lost her fury that she developed when she was insulted. Sure, she was still angry, but she couldn't stay mad at a guy who was built like a bodybuilder, but had the body of a gymnast. Not to mention that he was devastatingly handsome with beautiful blue- grayish eyes and a nice pigtail to match. His clothes also…well….left a lot to offer since his red shirt and pants are loose yet they tighten at his wonderful abs and tone body parts that every girl would drool for….especially her.

"Are you going to fight yet you flat-chested bimbo or you ashamed of you flatness that you can't fight me? Am I telling the truth then? You're flat as a brick? You probably have on implants I bet." He smiled as he waited for the massive explosion

3…2…1 We have ignition. Ryoko bellowed in rage again as she narrowed her eyes on the man that insulted her again. She yelled in fury while she hovered in air, letting her cleavage bounce around a little.

"These are real BREASTS!!! Better looking than that snotty brat Ayeka! She is the flat-chested one!!!"

Ayeka stopped laughing as she heard those words and shot up into the air, ready to tear Ryoko apart.

"Who you calling flat-chested?!! My breasts are growing nicely and will develop large enough over time you sadistic animal!!!"

Ryoko giggled and laughed when she heard Ayeka said that.

"Uh huh….like in how long? Give or take another century? By that time Tenchi will be all mine since he wouldn't want a flat-chested brat like you!!"

Ayeka steamed in rage and summoned her cylindrical tiny guardians. Her Jurian powers flooded into her system and locked onto her tiny guardians. The tiny guardians started collecting the powers and just waited for the go ahead. They flooded the whole field and they whizzed back and forth, performing daredevil moves and complicated formations to provide hell to whomever they were targeting against.

"How dare you say that to a Jurain princess!! I'll have you know we are the most royal people in all over this universe! Our beauty and nobleness are highly ranked among all races and species!!! How dare you say that when you just are street trash, a prostitute who can't find a decent job except stealing and cheating!!!!"

At that point Ryoko grew deeper into rage and channeled her powers in. She concentrated on her hands, making a red energy ball appear. She cocked her right arm back, which held onto the ball of destruction. She hovered about 20 feet into the air and let the breeze blow through her cyan hair and let it flutter gently. That was the only thing gentle. Everything else was bent for ripping someone apart.

"ARGH! I'm going to make you eat those words you egotistical, flat-chested, bare-ass princess!"

At that moment Tenchi ran and jumped behind the bush, hoping the Armageddon would end soon. He knew that destruction always happens with those two, and it is going to start real soon.

While that happened, the martial artist scratched his head and flickered his pigtail over his shoulder while he sweated.

"Um…..excuse me?"

Both ladies turn around to look at the young man with the ponytail.

"WHAT?!!!"

Both had their battle auras flooding them, they radiated hate and it was a dark purplish glow that was frightening to see. Their eyes were slit like a monster and both had fangs when they said those words. Both were the devil personified.

The martial artist saw the ki that was radiating forth and he had to shiver because the evil that was coming forth from the both of them. It made his past experiences in fighting seem like nothing compared to this.

"ARGH……freaky…..scary……um……yeah…well I thought…I had a fight with you?"

He pointed at Ryoko, waiting for an answer from her, but instead he got an answer from both of them.

"LATER!!!!! NOW BACK OFF AND SHUT UP BEFORE WE BOTH KICK YOUR ASS!!!!"

The martial artist sweatdropped, though he was the prideful type, he knew when to back off and now was a good time. He raced downwards and saw a large boulder off to the side by a bunch of trees. He dived over the boulder and landed lightly on his feet. Then he turned around and peeked through the crack of the boulder to see the mayhem erupt.

Both females were poised to launch enough destruction that rivaled the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ayeka targeted Ryoko and was going to launch one hell of an electric field of destruction while Ryoko was primed to launch her countless waves of her beams that can cut through flesh like butter.

As they eyed one another and were about to attack each other with enough energy to power all of Japan, an old man stepped from a nearby tree and stood there with his robes blowing slightly.

"That's ENOUGH!! Do not fight in this forest! I FORBID it!!! You may be our guests and family members, but I am the elder and I make the rules. SO STOP!!!!"

The old man stood there, with gray hairs sticking out of his once unblemished black hair. Wrinkles cling to his face, but it didn't show a man full of age, it showed his deep wisdom and profound knowledge he had in him. He wore a small frame glasses though it made him look much smarter. Also he had those piercing black eyes that were once the eyes of a young, vibrant warrior. Those merciful eyes of a stout Jurian prince, full of honor and royalty, he was a full-blooded Jurian and he could still act like one.

Both females landed to the ground and hung their heads in guilt. Both were ashamed in front of the elderly man. They knew they were in trouble and they would accept any punishment that was brought forth.

At that time, the pigtail martial artist's eyes were wide as dinner saucer as he witnessed a miracle. Someone stopped them! Some old geezer defeated these two psycho maniacs. It was too much to be true. Yet somehow the martial artist seemed to accept it. It was preposterous that some elder stopped those two that would have made Hell a lot more comfortable place, but it happened.

The martial artist stared at the elder and suddenly noticed the same power that was contained in Ayeka and Tenchi. The elder had the same power, but far more focused, as if he has been trained in it for a long time. Heh…..he would give the old ghoul and that pervert a run for their money.

The martial artist quickly got up and brushed the dirt on his pants since he was kneeling again on the ground and walked carefully up to the elder. As he walked up, he noticed a sudden movement in the bush. After one close glance, he recognized that person. It was Tenchi, the man with the blade that nearly sliced him to pieces.

"Yo! Tenchi, you can get out now, it is all over. It seems your females friends stopped by that old geezer."

Tenchi poked up his head and saw that it was his grandfather.

"Grandpa!! When did you get here?!"

Tenchi jumped out the bush and walked up to his grandpa with a concerned look on his face.

"I came here because I felt a massive development of energy forming around this area and when I got here I saw Ayeka and Ryoko going to duke it out again. With that kind of firepower, they might as well take out this whole forest, and a sizeable chunk of Japan!!"

"Eh….hehe…..," both females sweated considerably as they watch Yosho get angrier.

While that happened, a light chuckle was heard in back of Tenchi and Yosho turned his head to notice the young man.

"Hello? May I help you? Are you lost?"

The martial artist scratched his head slightly and stared at the elder with a raptor gaze, studying him as if he was an opponent.

At that time, Yosho noticed the gaze and registered immediately what he was. He is a warrior of some sort. A protector, his eyes tell all, sadness yet honor, he lost something, yet he tries to bury it aside. I pity this poor young man. He seems an honorable figure, yet I feel a slight burning in me. Is it because I want to duel him? I am not sure, yet the way he talked and the movement was silent. He has been trained in some sort of fighting art. I must find more about this lad.

"Uh…actually I was wondering if this land is owned by you? You said that you don't want this forest destroyed because it is your property? Is it really?"

"Well actually not really. I possess the Masaki Shrine, a couple miles from here, but we do overlook this forest you see in front of you. We try to preserve the beauty of this natural world."

"Oh..okay, sorry then for coming here. I thought I could camp here for the night."

The young man with the pigtail scratched his head and bowed politely.

"Well I best be off then since I can't be here. Sorry for the disturbance."

The young man bowed again and turned around to find a direction to head off to.

Hmm….if I head west, perhaps I can find a place to stay and also away from these psychos. He shivered once he recalled the image of the two about to commence a private war. Man..these chicks are crazy.

While he turned around to walk off, Yosho made a decision. He was curious about this individual and the power that radiated out of him. He was going to investigate about this. Besides he was a Shinto priest, he must do all he can to help those that are less fortunate.

"Er..Uh…Young man! You may stay at the Masaki Shrine if you wish? I can set up a place for you in the shrine, since it is getting dark. You can also consider this part of my condolence for your fight with these three. I'll even throw in a free meal too."

The martial artist was walking a few feet until he heard the word, meal. He paused for a second and let that roll into his head. Free board and a meal, though he has to put up with those psychos, he doesn't really mind that much. Also, a free meal, it has been awhile since he had a home cooked meal.

The martial artist nodded his head and turned to the group.

"Thank you, I will accept."

He bowed his head again.

"But of course."

Yosho stared at the individual who bowed to him.

"Ah I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself properly. I am Katsuhito Masaki. May I have your name?"

The martial artist nodded his head.

"Ranma….Ranma Saotome."

Katsuhito nodded his head and accepted the name.

"Very well Ranma, let me guide you to my shrine."

Katsuhito turned toward the east and started pacing himself as he walked to the shrine. Wild Stallion?…Hmmm..interesting name for a young man like him. He seems like that though, someone that won't be tamed. He seems like a prideful figure. Katsuhito walked on as he thought of this.

At that time, when Katsuhito invited Ranma, he got mix reactions from the other people that were in that group.

Ryoko was furious that Ranma was coming into the home of Tenchi and staying there for a free meal too?!! She was mad, but she wouldn't argue. She already pissed off Katsuhito and was also trapped by him. Katsuhito may try that again or make Tenchi do it. She doesn't want to be stuck in that cave again. So she will wait and watch. Soon she will get her revenge.

Ayeka was surprised by Katsuhito's invitation, but it was customary to offer shelter to someone who is less fortunate. My brother is a great man, a noble heart who is willing to help others around him. She smiled as she walked behind her brother.

Tenchi…..well he just groaned. He knew with one more board, means more chores and disaster. He knew that trouble was brewing and that this was not going to be funny. Not funny at all.

Ranma just shrugged and fell into the train, as they were about to journey through the forest and get to the shrine.

"Oh wait! My guards!! Kamadaki!! Azusa!!" Ayeka turned herself around and raced to the cylindrical guards and she noticed that they were still offline.

"Oh no, what am I going to do? Tenchi can you help me carry them?"

Tenchi sweated as he looked at the guards, they each must wear a few hundred pounds each…..something he can never do. Not even the Jurian powers can give him superhuman strength, though it rivals the power of God.

"Maybe I can help?" Ranma walked up to the two cylindrical guardians and stared down at them, while he cracked his knuckles.

"You will help me? Thank you!!! I appreciate it!" Ayeka stooped down to grab onto Azusa and tried to lift, but being the princess she is, living the life of royalty does not put nobles in position of straining her bodies. The guards were almost twice her height and width, so with a tug and a grunt, she fell on her butt.

"Ouch………" Ayeka got up and rubbed her tush as she stared at Azusa.

"I forgot that they weigh so much…even with Tenchi and Ranma's help they are still just way to big. Big brother, your too old for this and I don't want you hurting your back and Ryoko….well she is not going to help me because she is just that way. We may have to leave them here in the forest and………

Before she can finish the sentence Ranma stooped down and with his left hand grabbed onto one of the propulsion legs on Azusa and lifted him up as if he was a twig. He slung that over his left shoulder. Then he grabbed Kamadaki with his right hand and swung him over his right shoulder. Now both cylindrical guardians were on his shoulders and Ranma just smirked as he stared into the wide-eyed Ayeka.

"Heh…..Is this it? I got it covered. So lets get going! I'm starving!"

Ranma turned and started walking to Katsuhito while carrying Azusa and Kamadaki. His pace was normal with no labor breathing. He was probably lugging over half a ton, and it didn't even affect him.

Ryoko's eyes went wide when she saw Ranma picked them up. She noticed the rippling muscles as he lifted each guardian and hefted them over his shoulders. At that point, her face turned a slight tinge of red and she felt a little warm. She was blushing…she couldn't believe she was blushing yet she really can't believe that Ranma could carry that much without breaking a sweat. He…he is human?!! That….that's impossible!!

Tenchi mouth was wide opened as he the amazing feat performed by Ranma. I can't even do that and I'm purpose to be a prince with godlike powers!!!

Katsuhito arched an eyebrow when he saw Ranma lugging the guardians. Indeed, there was a lot more behind that young man then we know of. I must study him and figure out how in the world is he able to perform this.

"Well? Where is the Masaki Shrine?"

Katsuhito nodded his head and walked to the east again.

"This way, Ranma."

All five turned east and headed off to Katsuhito and Tenchi's home.

As they came close to the household, a certain individual was fiddling around her contraptions.

Soon….soon my guinea pig will come and I have all these marvelous tests to perform on him! Yes..this is going to be so much fun!!! I just can't wait! Especially when I need to take off his clothes and have a cavity search! Then perhaps a sperm checkup!!! Yes!!

The red-haired scientist giggled as she pictured all those experiments that she would perform. Some insanely dangerous and some just downright naughty, but all will be performed.

Finally the five reached the stairs that led up to the Masaki Shrine. It was nighttime with the moon out. All five looked up the stairs and then they started climbing.

Four of the members turned their heads back to stare at the pigtail individual. He was lugging the two cylindrical guardians for about an hour and not an ounce of sweat appeared from him. Everyone saw his muscles rippling as he walked about three stairs at a time. The girls blushed slightly from his muscles rippling and then a drool suddenly formed when a wind blew by. The wind pushed the black kung-fu pants and the red Chinese shirt around his body, as if molding into a second skin. From there, abs and chest was easy to see, and it was good enough view to make all girls faint in lust.

My god…look at him…he is well….perfect! Wait..what am I thinking?!! All I want is Lord Tenchi, he is the only one for me…yes….only…Lord Tenchi, but since we are not married yet..I'll just have a few more peeks on Ranma.

Princess Ayeka just stared again, with her round saucer eyes as she saw Ranma casually walk up the steps while not having a care at all. She saw all those beautiful muscles and well..it invoked another drooling session.

What a hunk!! Ranma..is well…the perfect..man, clearly he is the epitome of humanity. He is everything. My goodness, he makes me just want to sink my teeth in him.

Ryoko had a predator's glare as she sought her prey. She just wanted to bite on all those muscles that were nice and rock hard. She wanted all of it. Heck with Tenchi joining her, it would be a nice threesome. Yes, a nice threesome…her cheek turned into a deeper red while she smirked.

Tenchi and Katsuhito basically just studied Ranma and wondered how in the world can an ordinary human be able to carry this much mass. It was phenomenal. Not even a normal Jurian can pick something that large. It would require a large input of power from the powers that flow through their veins.

"Um…hello? Is this the place?!"

Katsuhito was the first one to snap himself out of his state and turned to the north to see a nice home. It had a wonderful front porch and a back stairs that led up to the shrine. Behind him toward the far left side, was a pool where a Jurian ship is buried, letting its trunks sink into the soil and absorb the nutrients like a plant.

"Yes…yes, this is our home. Welcome to Masaki Shrine!"

The house was three stories with a nice sliding door on the front porch. It was quite spacious, and well built.

Home…Ranma thought, how much I wanted one….a place to call home.

Ranma quickly shrugged off that thought. He didn't want to bring old memories that he spent the past 3 years he was trying to forget. Those three harsh years where he built himself to what he was. He didn't want to recall that painful past. It was time to move on.

"Uh..yeah…nice place………."

Katsuhito noticed Ranma's eyes and had a far away look. It was a sad look though, but suddenly it was gone as the eyes hardened to the situation in the present.

Katsuhito coughed lightly. "Um yes….welcome, now come come….Tenchi let the rest of them know that we have returned and prepare supper."

"Hai!" Tenchi raced off to the house, wanting to sample some cooking, since he was starving, just like the other four people.

Ranma watched as Ayeka and Ryoko charged after Tenchi, wanting to help Tenchi out in setting up for dinner. Sort of sucking up to get closer to him.

At that time, Yosho turned around and looked at Ranma.

"So Ranma? Care to come in?"

Ranma nodded his head and walked to the front porch. He walked to the open sliding door and walked right in, while turning his head from side to side to notice the spacious living room. The living room had three couches. On the left side was the stairs that led up to the second story. Straight ahead was the kitchen and on the right side is where the dining table is.

At that time, Tenchi raced into the kitchen, calling out a name to try to get her attention.

"Sasami? We are back! Is the food ready?"

Sasami, the younger sister of Ayeka, another princess of Jurai, beamed happily as she cooked her meal, it was composed of miso soup that was boiling in the pot, some nice tasty carrots, rice, and pork chops. The smell of the food shimmered into the air and wafted into the living room, activating the martial artist's saliva and making his stomach rumble.

"Yum….food…….." Ranma licked his lips slightly as he set the guardians onto the living room and walked to the dining table to wait for dinner.

When he approached there, he saw a ball of fur lying in the middle of the table. A slight tinge of nervousness erupted in him as he saw the danger in front of him. Though he couldn't tell what it was, it seemed it was kind of feline. Something that was not good, beads of sweat started forming around his head, but he wasn't going to back down. He was going to have dinner and enjoy the meal. He could smell the food and he wanted it.

Now a fight erupted, fear of what is in front of him and the hunger for food. Both battled each other, both had a certain control on the martial artist and though he was hungry, he also was getting nervous. While he got even closer to the dining table, he didn't see the ball of fur move. So Ranma automatically thought it was nothing. It somewhat eased his tension, though it was still there, lying in the back of his mind. As he cautiously came even closer, Sasami announced dinner and brought out a giant pot of miso soup.

"It's supper time!"

Ryoko and Ayeka quickly ran around the table, setting up the napkins, plates, and chopsticks. They set up for everyone that was here, including their handsome guest. Then they sat down, leaving a space between them, where their beloved Tenchi will sit and they will bicker and banter each other to see who gets Tenchi for tonight.

Ranma's conscious immediately smiled as he heard that supper was ready. That ball of fur won't move, so I shouldn't worry….it's…no….fe.fe….feline… Ranma grabbed a chair and sat down quietly, hoping that nothing will go wrong. At that time, Sasami approached the table, carrying the pot of miso soup.

While Sasami approached, she noticed the tall, handsome stranger sitting in a chair. She saw that he had a pigtail and that he wore a red exotic shirt that she has never seen before. As she noticed him, she saw the blue eyes with gray flecks in them. From those eyes she could tell that he exuded an aura of power and determination.

"Um…hello?"

Ranma snapped out of his trance at staring at the ball of fur and looked at Sasami. She saw the young girl that was in her adolescent age and sported some weird looking hairstyle. She had blue hair and had a nice smile. She seemed quite happy. She wore an apron that covered almost her whole body. The apron had a carrot design on them. It looked really cute on her.

"Uh…..hi…I'm Ranma…Ranma Saotome."

"Sasami! Please to meet you."

Sasami smiled at the nice stranger. He seems like a good person. I wonder who he is though and how did he get here?

"Hai. Please to meet you too."

Katsuhito sat down and looked at Sasami.

"Oh I'm sorry Sasami. Ranma is a guest here who needed a place to sleep and a meal, so I offered him my home. I'm sorry for not letting you know sooner."

"It's okay. I don't mind. Having more guest would be fun!"

Sasami smiled again and nodded at Ranma, totally accepting him and welcoming him to the Masaki home.

Ranma smiled and enjoyed the smile that Sasami gave. It was a nice pleasant smile, something that you cannot frown upon or give off any negative emotions. Such a sweet girl, I was I had a younger sister like her. It would be nice to meet someone this nice and obedient. No one was like that back where I was from. Especially that psycho rose girl and that baka tomboy.

"Ryoko-san? Can you help me? Get Ryo-Ohki off the table. It seems that he is asleep."

Sasami asked sweetly while trying to push the pot to the center of the table, but noticed Ryo-Ohki sleeping in the middle.

Ryoko nodded and tapped Ryo-Ohki. It didn't stir, so she pushed a little, nudging it awaked.

At that time, Ranma's conscious suddenly went to full alert. Food was forgotten though the stomach roared in hunger, but when the brain told it to shut up because there were more important matters to handle. Like that ball of fur was awakening!!!!

Ryo-Ohki stretched and yawned as she awakened from a deep slumber. She loved to take naps and eat carrots. Now as she awoke and smells those delicious carrots, she was truly happy. To awaken to smell that delicious aroma of carrots is like Heaven brought down to Earth. With a cry of happiness, she turned around to look at Ranma.

At that time, Ranma eyes went wide open, when he saw Ryo-Ohki turn around and look at him. Ryo-Ohki cocked her head to the side and noticed the new person. Perhaps a new friend!! She smiled happily, knowing now that she has another friend to play with. With a cry of glee, she walked closer to Ranma while cocking her ears forward, her long slender ears that resemble bunny ears bent themselves slightly to make a cutesy look.

"Rwwwwwwwwoar?!" Ryo-Ohki smiled as she saw the new guest, her new playmate.

"ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ranma jumped back and his eyes flooded with fear. He brought his hands back to cover his head and not see the monstrosity feline.

"Rwwoar?!" Ryo-Ohki cocked her head to the side to see Ranma leap out of his seat and cover his head from seeing her. She was confused when that happened and finally she realized that Ranma must have been playing with her. It must be hide-and-seek! Just like when Sasami does when they play together. She smiled gleefully and scampered to the edge of the table.

"Ca….cat….CAT?!!! STAY BACK!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The whole house shook, as the scream grew louder while Ranma backed up and covered his face, now wanting to get scratched, recalling the dreaded technique that his father once tried to force him to learn. The technique that drove him to insanity, a place that he does not want to ever return to.

The rest of the people stared in shock at Ranma when he screamed as if demons were after him. Then they turned their head down to look at Ryo- Ohki who scampered to the edge of the table and scratched herself. The cabbit smiled gleefully while watching her new friend play with her. Then everyone turn their head back to Ranma, and then back to the cabbit, then back to Ranma, then back to the cabbit again. It was a really weird sight.

Ranma screamed again as the cabbit leaped off the table and landed on his head. His brain quickly responded with the only thing that he could do. Run and scream.

"Get it off…..get if off………GET IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ranma ran around in circles, flapping his arms wildly while the cabbit laughed and saw the hands waving around. Ryo-Ohki thought it was a game, so she clutched onto Ranma tighter and meowed happily.

Ranma screamed at the horror of being clutched even tighter while the cabbit laughed happily. He felt the ball of fur rub into his hair and into his scalp, so he bellowed again in fear as he ran around in circles, praying that someone can help him out.

"GET IT OFF?!!! ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At that time, the rest of the people at the dining table sweat dropped as they saw a powerful martial artist, that probably can snap anything into two pieces run and around and panic like crazy from a small little cabbit that was happy to see someone new.

At that time, as the cabbit clutched Ranma tighter, the transformation kicked in. The saneness of Ranma ran out the door as another door opened. The door of insanity-flooded open and Ranma jolted and fell to the floor. His whole body collapse and he lay there, face down, while his brain was rapidly consumed into the madness. He was to become the ultimate martial artist, something that his father always wanted him to be, though he feared his son when he became like this.

The rest of the people stared onto the floor seeing Ranma lay on the floor while Ryo-Ohki tumble off of Ranma, when he collapsed. They saw Ryo- Ohki roll around a couple times then just get up and meow happily, having the time of her life. She wanted to do it again. So she scampered up to Ranma again.

At that point the rest of the gang walked up to Ranma, trying to see if he awakens.

"Um….Ranma? Hello? You okay?"

Ryoko was the first one there as she inched close. As she got close, she couldn't shake off the feeling of dread as she approached Ranma while he was lying face-first onto the ground, with no response nor any movement in his body.

Before Ryoko could tap him, Ryo-Ohki was the first one to get close and she smiled as she purred softly and nudged Ranma's head with her head.

"Meoooooowwww?" Ryo-Ohki gently nudged her head onto Ranma's head again as she waited to see a response.

Instead of a human speech that all humans can produce, she heard a replica of her language coming from Ranma.

"Meow…….."

Tenchi eyes-widened when he heard that sound.

"Was it just me? Or did Ranma just………..meow?"

Everyone stared at Ranma who suddenly moved his body. His hands came up and they both put palm downwards onto the wooden floor and he pushed himself up. As that happened, his legs lifted while he brought his left leg downwards onto the floor and the right leg arching up, as that happened, he still had his face down as he responded again.

"Meow……….."

Now the rest of the groups' eyes widen as they saw Ranma get up and make some cat noise. Then they saw Ranma bring up his head and they saw Ranma's eyes. They look wild and feral. It brought shivers down their spine to see someone so mature looking drop into a state of insanity. It was quite……horrendous.

Ranma crouched down to his knees and started licking his arm. He was bathing himself as he eyes darted around, trying to find something to eat. He then looked up and saw the other people standing in front of him. He didn't like the way they looked at him. They look mean. So he hissed at the people and got to his arms and legs bending himself downwards while bearing his teeth at them. His eyes harden into a hunter look. He was outnumbered by a large number of people and he wasn't going to lose here.

At that time, Ryo-Ohki saw her new friend and saw the hate that developed in his eyes. That triggered her to get kind of annoyed. Then as Ranma got into a pouncing stance, she reacted.

Ryo-Ohki leaped in front of Ranma, getting into a pouncing stance also, hissing at Ranma while bearing her teeth at him.

Ranma looked down to see the small Ryo-Ohki. In the battle of nature, only the strongest survive. This cabbit threatened him, though she looked like a feline, she had a smell of a bunny and Ranma loved to eat bunnies…..

Faster than blinking an eye, Ranma leaped at Ryo-Ohki, arms stretched out to nab the little cabbit. His hands were in a scooping motion to scoop her up.

The cabbit responded by leaping onto Ranma's head then leaping behind him to get some room. She turned around to see Ranma land onto his feet and turn around, snarling at her.

At that point the people were shocked at Ranma. The amazing agility and speed to do this required intense training and skill. They had never seen anyone compare to Ranma in this state.

"Uh…um…..what do we do now?"

Tenchi was confused as he saw Ranma dropped back into a pouncing stance then leap again to go after the cabbit.

"WHAT ELSE?!! SAVE MY RYO-OHKI?!!!"

Ryoko hovered into the air to rush at her cabbit and pick her up while keeping it away from Ranma, but her speed was too slow. At that time, Ranma was already nearly up to the cabbit, while the cabbit raced to the open sliding door and ran under a pair of legs that belong to a mid-aged man with glasses.

"Uh..hi I'm……..what the hell is that?!!"

Before he could say another word, he saw Ranma leaped at him, with a snarl and a wave of his hand in a downward motion. The man with glasses was immediately on the ground, pain roaring around him. Then he gasped as Ranma landed on him, knees shoved deep into his stomach, and then it was over. Ranma was gone, chasing the cabbit.

"Father!"

Tenchi raced to his father to see him torn. His clothes tattered and ripped into pieces by one swiping motion done by Ranma. How in the world did he perform this technique he had no idea, but it basically ripped apart Tenchi father's clothes and left a couple of superficial gashes on his chest.

Tenchi's father groaned again and finally lapse into unconscious since the pain was unbearable, since he took a beat down less than a second and only composed of two moves: a feral claw swipe and a kneedrop to his stomach.

Most of the people in the dining room were amazed at the speed and attack that Ranma produced. Only one had actually moved to respond to that action.

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! SAVE RYO-OHKI!!!"

Ryoko sped off, going right through the wall while reaching her top speed to find her adorable cabbit and the young man with is chasing her with predatory eyes.

The other people suddenly snapped out of their trance and went to action. Katsuhito and Tenchi ran out to join Ryoko in the hunt for the cabbit of Ranma, while Princess Ayeka and Sasami went to help our Tenchi's father since he was laying there, half dead from the attack.

As Ryoko, Tenchi and Katsuhito rushed out to the opening in front of them, they looked around to see where they are, but the two runaways went around anymore. They disappeared, and all three felt concerned for the cabbit.

"Where can Ryo-ohki be?" Tenchi asked the others, hoping to get an answer.

Katsuhito shook his head gently without any answers while stretching his senses out to detect anything, any smell of Ryo-ohki, or the running steps of Ranma.

While that happened, Ryoko closed her hands while she floated, calling to her cabbit telepathically. She called her cabbit's name constantly, trying to make a direct connection, as if a modem is contacting the nearest server.

Tenchi and Katsuhito called out Ryo-ohki and Ranma's names, trying to find a response, hoping to find one of them.

"Ryo-ohki!!!! Ranma!!! Where are you…….!!!!!!!"

As minutes past by, their concern stretched as they wondered where they were.

"Where is Ryo-ohki!!! My poor cabbit………"

Before she could mutter another word, a massive explosion shook the ground, and the smoke rose up on a hill, where a stairway led to the famous Masaki Shrine.

"They must be over there!" All three shouted at once, when they witnessed a powerful eruption of energy and the ground shook from the aftershock of the blast.

All three raced up the hill, hoping to reach the Ryo-ohki in time, before Ranma does anything to her.

As they ran or flew up the stairs, a fierce chasing ensured between Ranma and Ryo-ohki.

"Rwooooooooar!!!" Ryo-ohki raced to the archway of the entrance to the Masaki Shrine. She was petrified when she saw Ranma chase her like some kind of hungry-looking predator. She saw the gleam in his eyes and the fury swipes of his hand as the ground below her exploded as she constantly evaded his attacks.

Finally as she reached the entrance, she turned around to see if her predator was still after her, but there was no one behind her. Not a sound was stirred. There wasn't even a sound of a bird singing or leaves falling. It was silent, dangerously silent.

The cabbit craned her neck and looked all around her to find her hunter yet he wasn't around. Even though she couldn't see, hear, or smell him, her natural instincts screamed at her that he was still around, biding his time for the kill. The cabbit scrunched up her legs under her, just in case to prepare to leap again, in preparation in what that monster had in store for her.

"Ryo-ohki!!!!!! Mama is coming!!!!"

Ryo-ohki heard the cry of her name and mewed happily since her beloved master was coming for her. She heard the call and also heard other voices.

"Ryo-ohki!! We are coming!!!"

The cabbit's smile grew wider as she recognized Tenchi's voice and the pattering of their feet as they raced up the stairway. At that moment, she turned to the stairs and leaped out to find her friends, but it was a bad mistake. She dropped her guard to those wonderful voices and now she pays for it.

"Meeeowwwww!!!!!!!!!"

Out of the nearby tree, on the branches of those tall deciduous trees, a large object burst from the leaves as they were shouldered aside as it zoomed onto the cabbit. It was a frightening sight for the cabbit, knowing that she made a mistake and now some massive juggernaut was flying at her at insane speeds. It was her end.

As the cabbit closed her eyes in preparation to the outcome, she felt herself being suffocated by a huge torso covering her whole body and she felt that she was being carried off. It was time to die, thought the cabbit, as she tried to figure out how to deal with the consequences. She will not scampered around the garden and she won't be able to play with her friend Sasami. She was about to burst into tears since she was not going to taste another carrot. She was………wait a minute….why is she still not being eaten yet?

Ryo-ohki opened her eyes to see the strong arm cradling her while turning her head up to see whom it was. She saw the long cyan hair and recognized it as her master. Her master got here on time to rescue her!

While Ryoko was taking her pet to safety, the other two fellows stood off to face the dreaded, ferocious Ranma.

Tenchi and Katsuhito both took out a bokken and went into a standard Jurian stance while analyzing their opponent who was lying on the floor from the initial pouncing. Ranma got up and got on his hands and foot again, as he stretched his hands far to make it look like he was going to pounce again. It resembled a panther stance.

As they watched Ranma steady himself and prepared their own defense, Ryoko flew towards the Masaki Shrine and set her cabbit down on the front porch.

"Now stay here Ryo-ohki! We will handle him!"

Ryoko concentrated on her powers and made herself faze out, when she fazed back into existence, she was behind Tenchi and Katsuhito. Her eyes narrowed and went into a deeper concentration as she summoned her energy sword. It sprung to life in her hands and it elongated until it was in the standard sword length.

At that time, Ranma licked himself to clean off the dirt and leaves that was on him when he was hiding in the trees.

The three observers' eyes widened as they sweatdropped also while they watched Ranma clean himself, which was definitely an unusual sight that makes them believe that Ranma may be in the border of insanity.

"Try to knock him out, don't use more face then necessary, Tenchi."

Tenchi nodded his head at his grandfather as he leveled his bokken at him. The wooden sword was made of oak, though shaped into a katana. It can inflict serious bruises and perhaps concussions. Tenchi didn't want to hurt Ranma, but if he needs to in order to tame him, he will.

Ryoko glared in anger as she raised her energy sword in a defensive position. Sure he is he cute, but no one…no one hurts Ryo-ohki….or Tenchi. The brat Ayeka, well she doesn't care about, but her pet and her love, they mean everything.

As all three slowly advanced to Ranma, his eyes shifted to watch the three and narrowed slightly. He dropped low, crouching on his legs, but his hands stretched out in preparation to swipe them. Competitors who want that rabbit are fighting him, so natural instinct kicks in, telling him survival of the fittest, only the best survive and that will be him.

He leapt straight at his enemies, swiping his hand down in a striking motion. As his hands went down, his inner ki sprang to life. The ki washed out of his body and leapt from his hands, making four claw marks in the air. The claw marks were pure red, the mark of fury. As they leapt from his hands and approached the trio, Katsuhito spotted the danger.

"Evade!!!"

Tenchi leapt to the left, while Ryoko flew to the air to avoid the claw attack, while Katsuhito launched a vertical slash with his bokken. While he did that, he touched into his Jurian powers, letting a small amount trickle out and enforce his bokken with his power. The slash cut through the claw attack, dissipating the ki slash.

As he did that, Ranma charged at Katsuhito with his hands stretched out, and with a slight mental concentration, ki spread out to his hands and they elongated themselves about three inches. His hands now had three-inch ki claws that can easily slice through wood and steel as if cutting through a block of cheese with a butcher's knife.

"Meeeeow!!!!!!!!"

Ranma slashed down with his right hand at lightning speed while growling at Katsuhito. With only a half a second to spare, Katsuhito barely managed to bring up his bokken to block the slash, through the strength of the ki claws forced him back a few steps.

Such strength! His normal sane self already had much power in him. Now in this feral insane mode, his ablities are at least tripled! He easily can take on a whole army of Jurians and slay them to the last man.

Katsuhito backed away, trying to give himself room to prepare for a counter-attack, but he was matched by Ranma as he steadily advance, launching slashes and thrusts with his claws, testing out the defense of Katsuhito who parried every blow away.

While that happened Ryoko switched her energy sword to her right hand and concentrated into her left hand. The red energy coalesced into a ball of destruction, which appeared hovering above her hand. With a cry of fury, she shot the energy ball at Ranma, hoping to take him out in one shot since he was distracted in trying to defeat Katsuhito.

As the ball screamed downwards at Ranma, his reflexed kicked in, warning him immediately of the danger approaching him. His combat state allowed his senses to increase tenfolds, as he can detect anything dangerous to him in a radius of ten miles. As the ball approached, his mind categorizes the threat of the energy ball and dismissed it. It was a harmless blast, easy to cut away.

Ranma shot his right hand out to slash at Yosho's head while using his left hand to swipe into the air and cut the energy ball in half. Without the density mass of the ball, the energy was wasted and it disappeared.

Ryoko's mouth dropped wide as her blast was sliced in half, which was a phenomenal experience, never before has she seen this happen, and now it made her worry and wonder how strong is Ranma? Ryoko quickly shook her head, wiping out that thought since she had a task at hand, she had to defeat Ranma or at least subdue him until they can find a way to break his insanity.

As Ryoko cleared her mind and was prepared to launch another one of her energy blasts, Tenchi clenched his bokken and studied Ranma. He knew that Ranma was insanely fast and strong. With those claws and launching those wicked slash attacks. It was going to be a hard fight. As he grimaced in thought on how to defeat him, an idea sprung into his mind.

"Grandpa! Distract him a little longer, I got an idea."

Tenchi threw the bokken aside, willing himself to do what must be done. He knew that the power he will call upon may seriously injury Ranma or even kill him, but he had no choice in the matter. His grandfather was having a tough time to fend him off while Ryoko's energy blast is easily cut apart. It was time to show what it meant to be a Jurian. Suddenly he closed his eyes and focused deep into himself, calling up the powers that he summoned when he battled some of his greatest opponents, the monster that went after his mother when he went to save her, and Kagato, an twisted Jurian bent on power.

Suddenly his eyes snapped open into a blue intense stare, his eyes were like the lake's water, cool and serene, yet if pushed, dangerous and turbulent. He rose up both of his arms in a level position to his shoulders and ignited his awesome powers. The power flooded his system and spread forth to his hands and bursted forth from his hands as they took form. It was first was a ball of white mass, but as a few seconds past, they split apart in three sections and elongated themselves until they were long arrows, triangular in shape, yet they spanned out, covering his whole body. It was shaped as a Y, but it covered him, sheltering him from the chaos produced by Ranma. Finally it was complete, a shield of power, the truth of how Jurians gain their god-like abilities come forth from these wings. These Light-Hawk Wings are their protectors and weapons in commanding the Jurian Empire.

As they appeared, he concentrated even more, the focus he attained caused him to sweat slightly as he ignored the slashes created by Ranma, the constant blocks by his grandfather, and the energy blasts that lanced down to attack Ranma. He concentrated deeply and willed himself to fulfill his plan, calling down the power that he used before with his greatest opponent, Kagato. With the concentration and will, the Y shaped Light-Hawk Wings responded and folded in slightly to contact the skin of Tenchi. When the wings and Tenchi touched, the wings shone even brighter in light and molded itself into Tenchi. He felt the power flood within him as the wings transformed into a white jumpsuit with white straps on his shoulders that connected to a billowing, white cape that reached to the ground. In his right hand, he carried the last part of the Light Hawk Wing, but it was shaped rectangular, as if its design was to act like a medieval shield. With this power now within him, he will finish off this battle.

Before Tenchi could open his eyes, a loud explosion erupted and Tenchi flew back and hit one of the trees. The Light Hawk Wing protected him from most of the brute force that shoved him into the tree, but he felt some of the impact.

Oh boy….that's going to leave a mark…he grunted in frustration as he tried to get up while his legs still were wobbling after the impact. He used the shield to push himself up and when he did, he looked up and of course his mouth dropped wide while he was gaping at the scene.

He saw Ranma lying on the floor with his arms and legs stretched out and he was out cold. Ryoko was still floating in the air, but she had a couple of scratches on her, none too deep, but they look like they were going to hurt if she kept moving around. In her hand was another ball of red energy, as if she was going to finish this off.

Then he turned to his grandfather to see him standing there with his bokken pointing downwards as he was huffing in exertion from that attack. Sweat glistened off his body as he then slammed the bokken into the floor and used it as a support since he was quite exhausted from that battle.

This…this mortal….such strength! I haven't fought…this kind of worthy opponent since the battle with Kagato! He….he….rivals a Jurian Emperor! Its impossible, but he nearly defeated me….a few more seconds and I would have been destroyed!

Katsuhito looked at his shirt and saw four slash marks on his shirt, which easily went through his Jurian shield and cut his shirt while probably leaving some marks on his chest. It didn't hurt, but it seems like its going to hurt in a little bit. He wiped off the sweat off of him as his heart pumped rapidly and the flood of adrenaline was slowly fading away. He then looked at Tenchi who was wide-eyed and mouth opened wide while wearing his Jurian battle armor.

"Tenchi! What did I tell you about summoning that armor! It takes forever to do that and look! I had to defeat Ranma by myself! Tenchi you are going to regret that for making me finish this!"

Tenchi sweatdropped as he heard his grandfather yelling at him for his summoning, which did take awhile and then he mentally groaned as he heard that he was going to get punished.

Ryoko hovered still in the air, but quickly flew downwards to look at Ranma, she noticed that his shirt was all ripped up and that parts of his pants were gone to, only covering his male privates. As she inched closer and saw all those wonderful muscles and so well developed………she drooled.

Bah! I'm drooling! I can't look at him! I got Tenchi! But….but…..this Ranma….he is…..so….so…manly!

She again stared and admired all those well-toned muscles, as if he was a statue that was so well chiseled to represent the pinnacle of manliness.

Ryoko then felt some pressure on her nose and she quickly realized what it was, so she covered her nose and turned around.

Damn…….a…..a nosebleed! How can I get one! Mostly everyone gets nosebleed off of me! I can't get a nosebleed! I just can't!

"ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT A NOSEBLEED!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ryoko screamed in rage as she tried to cover it.

Katsuhito and Tenchi sweatdropped as they stared at Ryoko and saw her scream like mad.

"Uh……grandfather…..do you understand why Ryoko is like that?"

Katsuhito turned to his grandson and just nodded his head in a sage like matter as he gave one of his wise like comments.

"No, but women are strange. Man can never ever understand them. So just go with the flow and just listen."

Tenchi sweatdropped again as he heard his grandfather say that, which was a ridiculous advice, but quite true.

"Uh…right..grandpa."

Then Tenchi turned to the body laid before him and he knelt down to check Ranma's pulse. He felt a pulse that was quite strong, which Tenchi sighed in relief.

"We should take him to Washu. She shall take care of him while we figure out why Ranma acted like that."

Tenchi nodded his head in response to Katsuhito's statement.

In the background, you can here a loud cackling and then a sinister grin as if someone was preparing to perform some sadistic experiment on something…….or someone….

Tenchi felt a shiver run down his spine as he stared at Ranma.

I feel sorry for him now….Jeez….with Washu….I don't even want to know if she announces him as her new guinea pig…ugh…I just don't want to know.

Though Katsuhito was fearless, able to face hundred of thousands of soldiers, face a battle fleet single-handily, defeated a powerful space pirate demon, and take down a powerful fighter who used a fighting style that was up to par with the Jurian sword art, even he can't face a well known individual who is delighted to meet new and unusual people to see if they are……um…..health…

If Tenchi ever was able to mind read what Katsuhito said, he would have facefaulted, but all he saw was a stone-faced, serious expression of his grandfather.

My grandfather is a skilled warrior. He defeated Ranma for god-sakes. Yeesh…even I couldn't do that…well maybe if I was able to get the Light Hawk Wings up and going.

Ryoko hovered back into the air and smirked slightly knowing what is going to happen.

Heh….payback is a bitch isn't it Ranma? Just you wait….you gonna regret when you mess with me….especially when you meet….my mom.

Ryoko made a face when she said that, knowing that she hated to call her "mother", but it was true, her "mother" created her and her powers were given by that "mother". Technically she would be her mother, but on a basis that she created her, not birth from a womb. Still though, she had to give credit to her "mother" since after all she was the one who saved many lives including Tenchi's and his mother.

Ryoko shook her head again, to ignore the gratitude that was forming in appreciation to his mother's work since she didn't want to do that. She was not purpose to care what her mother did as long as that woman…….well….young female got the job done…..and that was….punishing Ranma!!!

Another loud evil, laugh was heard as the cyan-haired women arched her head back to cackle in glee, knowing that the inevitable will happen.

While that happened, if you were watching Katsuhito, though he still had that harden face, if you looked at the eyes, you were see him cringe in fear as he saw Ryoko flying in air and laughing in glee.

Ugh…..she use to laugh like that back when I crash-landed in this world and battled her to her entrapment.



- Update………..New Stuff -



Warmth….so much warmth………

Love…….love for a girl……that stupid tomboy………….so cute though…. Then that crazed Chinese with the ramen……my best friend…who is a girl… My arch- rival….with that bandana……Those Amazons……with their weird hair product names…… Those crazed family…..that sword-wielding maniac……that cackling fiend with the rose…….. Father, mother, Tendos………….Akane, Shampoo, Ucchan……..

As he floated there, in empty space, pictures of the past came back to him. Though they were slightly burred on the edge, they were his memories, memories that he buried deep within, not wanting to bring up the past anymore. He saw everyone. He saw the fights, the food, the contests, the curse, the defeats, and the victories.

Then there he was, on the porch where the Tendos and Saotomes sat. Also that old ghoul and her great-granddaughter and that blind idiot were there while P-chan sat on Akane's lap. It was an unforgettable day. His mother has arrived and wants to announce something important. The only ones not there were Kasumi Tendo and Ucchan who went off to buy some groceries.

Then before he could cry in happiness, a blind of light appeared in the porch, he covered his eyes with his arms while protecting himself from the heat. It's as if it would burn through his skin and melt his bones, but it didn't. It was his memory, the memory of his end.

Then he heard the laughter; oh the evil laugh as the voice got closer and closer. He tried to fight it, but he couldn't. He tried to cover his ears, but it went right through, piercing his skull and forever echoing in his head. He cried and cried as he begged for it to stop, but it wouldn't. Somehow it just won't stop, but then he lifted his head and saw….



Ranma's eyes went wide open as he struggled around, his arms waved back and forth while his legs kicked in response to his fright. Muscles rippled around him as he waved his body around. His eyes darted back and forth as he looked around to find that thing. That monster that ended his life, but he couldn't see anything. He was floating around in some clear, watery but warm liquid as it covered his whole body. He quickly shook his head to wipe out the memory, which of course the brain reacted by burying his memory once more. Down into the pile where one wishes to forget.

As his eyes darted back and forth, he could see some type of glass in front of him. Actually its all around him, as if encaging him in this small room. It looks cylindrical, like a tube, maybe some kind of cage? Ranma looked around, trying to see if there was any doors or anything that can open, but there wasn't. It just looks like some tube with liquid and no door. This didn't look too good.

While he looked around, he saw a blurry body come forth to the tube and tap on it. He turned his head to the noise and narrowed his eyes to see whom it was. It was too blurry to tell, so he couldn't really define the shape of the body.

He tried to stare through the tube window; he could detect some ki signatures moving around outside. There must be some people watching me……damn I feel like a guinea pig…. As he tried to look through the tube again, the outside of the tube had a flurry of activity going on.



It seems my guinea pig is awake……hehe……

"He is awake?!!!!" Tenchi's eyes were wide open when he saw Ranma floating around and trying to move around to see if he could out.

"Yeah…..he just woke up about 5 minutes ago."

"That…..that….is..is impossible!! Grandpa used his Jurian powers! Ranma should be knocked out for at least a week!"

"True, but this human is extraordinary! He has fantastic healing powers that rival those Gargonights back in Titanius IV! I would understand that he can get back up and going in another 5 minutes of less."

While Tenchi and Katsuhito were flabbergasted at the fact that Ranma was able to wake up so quickly from that attack, two young ladies were staring at Ranma.

He….he….is..is..my….goddess….Tsunami…….I…..I'm……….gonna…..faint…..oh my…But…look at him! He…he..makes Tenchi look like…like a wimp….Wait! Wha……what am I thinking! I can't be thinking like that towards Lord Tenchi! He is honorable and a powerful warrior who defeated Kagato with the Light Hawk Wings! It transformed into some body armor and protected him, but….but………it protected….that…that…wimpy body…..of his…my..Lord….Tenchi…

Ayeka drooled while eyes were lighted up in fascination and in admiration as she stared at the exquisite body of the martial artist, Ranma Saotome, who was currently struggling to get out of the tube. Ayeka felt very light-headed and somewhat flushed in the face while heat seem to rise up all over her body, especially in certain places……feminine…places.

While Ayeka flustered and blushed like mad, all Ryoko could do was….purr.

Yum….yum…..those biceps look tasty. I just want to wrap my arms around him and snuggle up to him. Oh yes…..just sleep in those huge, muscular, tight chest….with those nice biceps…yes oh yes……I just can't wait….

Ryoko was developing another nosebleed as she clutched her nose to try to hold it.

Everyone else sweatdropped as they watched the pair just latch their faced onto the tube and just glare into it, as if they wanted to see through it all. Through that nice, black silk boxers that Ranma wears, which covers his manly equipment.

"When did the fight happen?"

Katsuhito turned to face the scientist. "It happened about 2 hours ago. That young man has exceedingly powerful manipulation of ki since he was launching ki blasts from his hands that were shaped like claws and of course he used ki to grow some talons that he used to cut my bokken."

He lifted the bokken to show some deep gouges in the wooden sword.

"Hmmm…interesting…considering the fact that you were probably using the Jurian powers to enforce the bokken. Am I right?"

Katsuhito nodded his head in agreement as he watched the pink-haired scientist rub her chin slightly like a person totally focused on her project. She studied the bokken and noticed each gouge and claw marks that were made.

Tenchi gaped again as he saw his grandfather have a lot of deep gouges in his sword.

"But..but….Ranma….is…..is not human right? Surely no human can make something like this? Especially when protected by the Jurian powers."

"I'm afraid that is wrong. He is human. One hundred percent human, though an extraordinary one at that since his stats go beyond the charts of ranking Olympic athletes in this world. This Ranma can win every gold medal in every contest without breaking a sweat possibly. He is the fittest person you will ever see. Plus his ki manipulation as Katsuhito noticed is also an added benefit. His ability to easily develop his ki to achieve feats beyond normal beings makes him up to par to a Jurian prince. Though his stats say a lot, there is also something hidden in him that I can't seem to see. My readings detect some energy signature, but can't tell what it is. "

The red-haired scientist rubbed her eyes slightly, and then gave a maniacal grin.

Right there, both Tenchi and Katsuhito felt like turning around and broad any type of space ship to blast off to another galaxy because they know what is going to happen.

"But you know? We haven't tested him yet! So lets see what he can do!"

The red-haired scientist, feared by all men around the universe was now going to perform one of her experiments, which would make every man pity the fool who got caught. She was brilliant, far too brilliant, and she knew that. She after all could create dimension, go through dimension, travel in time and do other such wonderful stuff because after all, she is the greatest known scientist in the world.

She waved her right hand to the right and it automatically triggered a start in her laptop as it appeared out of nowhere and floating right in front of her.

Ah…..the fun of pocket dimensions! I can store anything! But I'll think of that later! My specimen needs an examination! A test to see how far he can go! I will put him to the limits! Then I will..hmmm…..get a sperm sample of him! Yah! That's it…just because…well because…its for scientific purposes…..right!

If you noticed her face, you would see her cheeks flush like the color of her hair, which was amazing since this scientist doesn't usually do that at all.

"Well here we go! Get Ready Ranma!!"

Ranma turned his head to the sound as he heard someone say his name, but he was also trying to cover his chest since two weird looking faces were glue to the tube and staring at him.

Ugh…perverts……there just staring at me as if I was some piece of clothing on sale! Man……heh….that was funny..usually I'm the one who gets called a perv..now I'm calling some else a………………….ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

The pink-haired scientist pressed a couple of buttons and Ranma disappeared from the tube.

"Where did he go?" Katsuhito frowned slightly as he stared at the tube, which was empty now.

"Oh just to another dimension!" The red-haired scientist smiled happily as she pressed a few more buttons.

"JUST TO ANOTHER DIMENSION!!!! ARE YOU CRAZY?!!!" Tenchi screamed in fear as he heard what she did.

"Yup…I used my Dimensional Modifier Transport to throw him into a training zone."

"Train……training zone?" Tenchi was puzzled when he heard that.

"Right! I developed it sometime ago! I was going to use you, Tenchi to run that gauntlet, but since that guy is here and he is up to you in power and all, I decided to use him as a test run. After that we can have you, Tenchi run it if you want."

"Errrr……No.thanks…….I'm…..I'm busy….yah….got work to do you know?" Tenchi sweatdropped as he heard that she was going to put him in some rigorous program that would probably kill him.

Katsuhito looked at the scientist.

"So? Can we watch him then? I wish to study his fighting style, it seems a bit strange since last time I faced him, he was acting…..a bit………..feline…."

The scientist nodded her head and punched up some buttons on the laptop.

"There you go! We can watch through this!"

A giant movie screen appeared out of nowhere in front of them as they watched the screen fizzle a bit then come to life as the dimension appeared on it.



"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

Ranma fell out of the dimensional portal and hit the sand face first. He felt the stinging sensation have the sand covering his face. So he sat up and quickly brushed it aside. Then he looked around again and saw no one was around. Heck…..there was no tube, no clear water liquid, no perverts……

Ranma shivered as he recalled those two faces plastered onto the glass as they try to notice every inch of his body, but then he tensed as he felt something to the right side of him. He clenched his fist and bent his knees slightly. Then he turned around while his right hand went to his waist, as if he was ready to deliver a hammering blow to whomever was close to him, but what he saw surprised him.

He saw a female standing there with very large red hair. It was somewhat jagged around her head, actually it seems like some weird funky spikes all over her head which was quite amazing since Ranma has never seen anyone able to keep up their hair like that.

Geez….that hairstyle…is….damn. Never seen anything like that. Heck this is weird and who the heck is she?

As he stared at her, he noticed she was short, about to his waist and had a body of a young middle school child, but her eyes were different. They were a dead giveaway to a much knowledgeable individual though there was a hint of merriment under those eyes.

"Who….who are you?"

The female gave a child like grin and then backed up as spotlights appeared out of nowhere and aimed directly at her.

"I am the greatest scientist ever known to man and alien! I am the Goddess of Science. Knowledge is power and I possess it all! From DNA to galaxy destroyers! I can create dimensions and bend through time! I am the Great, wonderful, and beautiful Washu!!!!!!!!!!!!"

As she said that, some platform appeared below her and carried her up to the air about 20 feet and the spotlights arched up to focus on her. Then a flurry of fireworks exploded behind her and drums were beating rapidly as if it was some military parade. While that happened, a stream of confetti flew downwards as if to greet the great know-it-all.

Washu smiled happily knowing that she was and still is the best at science. Nothing she can't do! She was all-powerful and all knowing! She was………..huh?

Washu looked downwards to see Ranma lie there snoring as if he was tired from a marathon. Drool dribbled down his lips as he rested his head in his arms and turned back and forth to make a more comfortable position to sleep.

Washu immediately facefaulted when she saw Ranma not paying attention.

"RANMA!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!" She took out a giant megaphone when she yelled at Ranma.

"What?!!" Ranma jerked up and turned around to see no one around.

"Up here!"

"Huh?" Ranma turned his head up to see the pink-haired female stand on a platform that was pretty high.

"Hi!!" Washu waved at him happily as he stared at her in confusion.

"Uh…….excuse me? Have we met? Do I know you?"

Washu facefaulted again, but this time when she slammed her face to the platform, it wobbled a bit and made her slide off the platform.

"ARGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

As Washu was about to hit the hard sand, a pair of hands materialized out of nowhere and caught her immediately while drawing her close to a chest.

"You okay? Man that must have hurt."

Washu's heart beat rapidly as he felt so close to the young man. She can't blush! She won't blush! Not right now! She won't be the color of her hair! That…..that's too embarrassing! But….but….this……this……moment…….is…..is……..too beautiful.

Washu sighed in happiness as she put her arms around his neck and snuggled up to his chest to get enjoy every part of those nicely developed muscles.

"ACK!!! GET OFF ME!!!" Ranma let go of her and watched her hang by his neck.

Washu just smirked and tried to get a better grip on him while shaking her head in a no response. I won't let him go….no way! He is my guinea pig! I need him for my experiments and my sperm research!!! I need him!!!

Ranma sighed in resignation and resorted to more physical methods.

He used his right hand to press into Washu's wrist, toward the thumb side and she automatically in response let him go and fell to the floor with her butt hitting the sand.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

"Gomen, but you were the one who was still holding onto me, even though I let go."

The red-haired scientist fumed slightly for not able to hold onto that young man for a few more minutes, but oh wells, on with her experiments!

Ranma stood up and just looked around the vast wasteland, wondering what to do since he was tired from exerting all that ki, though he doesn't recall what he did that made him lose expend all that ki. Of course then he looked down to see that he had no clothes on except for boxers.

Ah damn……I forgot I have hardly any clothes…..ah wells… Ranma shrugged slightly, but then his conscience decided to kick in to tell him he needs some modesty, so his mind slowly obliged.

"Um……um…excuse me?"

"Yes?!" Washu's eyes sparkled as she watched Ranma just stand there.

"Uh……Washu….right? I need to ask you……."

Washu immediately pouted when Ranma called her name.

"Uh..what now? What did I do?"

"You said Washu……."

"Well isn't that your name?"

"Yeah..but….."

"But?"

Washu looked at Ranma with a cute look and fingers pointed on her face to emphasize the cuteness.

"You got to call me Washu-chan!"

"Uh….right…um….k…..Washu-chan……"

"Right then! So what did you want?"

Ranma stared at her in a puzzling look.

"Um…..well uh….you know any place nearby where I can find some clothes?"

Washu smirked as she just narrowed her eyes to stare at those riveting muscles on his body.

"Well……..there isn't any…..nearby…but I can help you out!"

"Eh? Really?"

"Yep yep!"

With a wave of her hands, a red Chinese shirt appeared with black kung fu pants and some black slippers.

"Will that do?"

"Um……yeah….that's what I wanted anyways.."

Ranma stared at the clothes for a second since he was surprised that Washu could make clothes come out of thin air. Was she some kind of magician or something like that? Hmm…….this is getting weirder and weirder…..

But ah wells….Ranma shrugged and put on the clothes while still looking around, but all he could see were mounds and mounds of sand that stretched for miles and miles.

Hmm….seems like there isn't really anyplace to head for…..drats….why the hell does this happen to me……

Washu watched him as he put on the clothes and have a frown on his face. He must be in deep thought….heh probably thinking about what to do next and where to go..well I might as well let him know about this place.

Before she could say a word, Ranma's head snapped out of his deep thought to look at Washu, while he did that, his eyes narrowed a bit to turn into a serious look.

"Wait a minute…how the heck do you know my name?!"

"Eh….uh…….did I say your name?" Washu sweatdropped slightly as eyes wandered aimlessly and she used her right hand to scratch her head.

"Yes you did! You called me by my name! I remember! Now how the heck do you know who I am?!"

"That's…um….because I have been watching you for sometime.." She coughed slightly while she said that.

"What?" Ranma couldn't hear her since she said it so meekly.

"I said I have been watching you for sometime!" Washu shouted.

"Oh….but how come I haven't seen you at all! I should have detected you….wait a minute….." Ranma narrowed his eyes as he concentrated in detecting a ki signature on her….but she didn't have one. Heck she didn't have any ki signature...its as if she wasn't alive.

"Eh?!!!! You…..you don't have a ki signature!!!"

Ranma's eyes widen as he watched her just stand there before him, yet didn't have a ki signature. All living things have a ki signature, but this one doesn't have one at all…….how can that be possible?

"Well…..that's because I'm not alive……."

"NANI?!!!!!"

Washu winced slightly as he heard Ranma shout at her.

"Well what I'm trying to say is that I'm not alive……"

"But….but that's impossible!! Your standing right here……."

"I'm not alive here, I'm alive somewhere else! This is just a holographic projection of me!"

"Oh……right right……….."

Washu smiled as she saw Ranma nod his head.

"Um….by the way……"

"Yeah?"

"What's a holographic projection?"

Washu facefaulted. If holograms could ever take pain right now, they would be feeling it right about now.



Back in Tenchi's house, Washu's face was buried in the floor as everyone looked at her.

"Man….that's got to hurt….." Tenchi winced as he saw Washu slam her face to the ground.

Everyone nodded in agreement as they watch Washu groan and try to get up.



"Um……hello? Washu-chan? You there? Can you hear me? You okay?"

Ranma poked at the hologram since it wasn't moving, just groaning and muttering about why do perfect hunks have to be idiots or something like that.

"Yeah…yeah I'm okay…..just give me a second."

Washu got up slowly, since a massive bruise was sported on her head now and it seemed like it is going to last for a few hours.

Please god……..for once…..please….any god that is out there…..all gods…..please….let this..let this hunk…..be not as stupid……or ditzy like that space police……bah…..that blonde ditz….please don't let him be like that…I beg of you….I will even develop a invention to save the environment…….I'll even…..I'll even……recycle…… so please……..please…….someone hear my prayer.

Ranma waited until Washu was done wiping herself and then just looking around as if waiting for something.

"Well?"

Washu looked at Ranma and saw those piercing blue-grayish eyes, which seem to bore a hole in her head.

"Um…….well what?"

"You didn't answer my question…"

"Um…..uh……which one?"

"Why do you know my name……." Ranma tapped his foot impatiently as he crossed his arms in a questioning position.

How the heck this girl knows me? Well whatever it is, I'm going to find out. Then I'm getting out of this place. I'm not going to stay in a place full of sand.

"Well……um…..uh….hehe…like I said I have been watching you for sometimes…and uh….I seen you fight….hehe….." Washu scratched her head again while trying to make an innocent look on her face.

"Uh huh…..then how come I couldn't detect you?"

"Well, that because I had some surveillance equipment, so I monitored you from there."

Ranma nodded his head and just look at her.

"So if you know me……what do you want with me?"

Ranma clenched his tensed his body as he studied Washu. She doesn't seem like a fighter….doesn't have the body to fit it…and her arms and legs don't flow that well…Heck this would be an easy fight….but anything is possible..so expect the unexpected.

"Well I wanted to study you….you see……after um….. Katsuhito defeated you, you blacked out, so Ryoko took you to me and I took care of you. While you were unconscious Ranma, I gave a physical examination on you and found out some spectacular readings about you. So I um……wanted to test you on that.."

Ranma arched his eyebrow when he heard the word test.

"Did I hear that correctly? A test you say?"

Ranma's eyes turned turned from a calm demean blue, to a frozen blue orbs, a fierce coldness that seem to dominate him now.

Washu flinched from the look as she tried to control herself from not running away already.

"Um….yeah..you got to um…..take a test."

"And if I don't?"

"Then you won't leave this place!" Washu pulled out her trumped card and basically rubbed it on his face.

Ranma's demeanor was still the same, but his eyebrow arched even more as he heard that.

"Is that a threat?"

"No…its just a fact! I created this place! So I can do whatever I please! On the other hand you are just hear because I put you here to complete a test. If you want out, you are going to have to beat it!"

As Washu said those words, she felt her voice rise in strength since all she said was true. She was the one that made this dimension and only she had the power to let him out of the place. Surely he will accept and try to get out of here. Logic would definitely win it all.

"Heh……very well….." Ranma sat down and concentrated.

Washu watched him get down in an Indian style position as she watched him just sit there cross-legged. As he sat there, he concentrated in his ki, since he knew that even though he awoke, he was still tired from exerting it all, so he doesn't have much of a chance to win this test at all. He didn't care though. He was going to end it one way or another. So he reached into himself and embraced the remaining energy in his body.

As Ranma reached to the peak that was given to him, he slowly got up and thus the power seem to pour out of his body and make a bluish glow surround him. The glow seems to radiate with a slight hum as he stood up to his full height.

Washu was in awe when she watched Ranma summon his ki aura. It was quite amazing and the levels it reached was out of the rating scale. It was quite an achievement for a mortal to achieve something like that, but what was happening was that, Ranma was still standing there with his eyes closed and it seemed like he was still reaching for more ki in him.

Ranma just stood there as he grasped every bit of ki in him, trying to focus it around him to get it out, then into his final swift attack to get him out of here.



Back at the labs, the people were quite amazed since Ranma was exerting so much power. No ordinary human can achieve this state, but Ranma was a martial artist, trained before kids could go to school and learn how to read or write. He was the perfection of the Art because he was the living extension of it. His style practiced almost every art in the world, which put him as the greatest martial artist ever known.

Katsuhito stared at Ranma as he just stood there and was still grabbing for more ki.

Why? Why is he trying to do this….his power level is high enough to destroy a whole city….but why would he summon all of that? For this test he is going to need every bit of ki in him since I know Washu won't go easy on him. Surely there must be an answer.

As Katsuhito pondered, Tenchi was shocked to see the power emananting out of Ranma. Man that is one heck of a ki aura…..Jeez and I thought my Jurian powers were like all-powerful. Though my power comes from a goddess…Ranma generates his own power…like a living battery…its quite insane….

As those two stared, the other two ladies were in a reverie thinking how to get Ranma and Tenchi and some strawberries, whip cream, and some good old fashion sake.



Ranma screamed in rage as the ki continued to glow bright. As it continued to grow in strength, the color changed, from a bluish glow, to more of a fierce red glow, but green streaks appeared around it.

He was burning more than his confidence; he was burning all his emotions. He was burning his pains, his miseries, his hopes, his anger, and much more. As he stood there, screaming out to the dimension, a rush of memories flooded back to him, and latched onto him like a hungry wolf. Each memory brought forth a jumble of feelings, some good, some bad, but most of them brought a hint of sadness, but as it continued on, in the end he saw that memory again. The memory where everyone was together and happy, but it was soon robbed of its goodness as a flash of light appeared and the maniacal laugh that came soon after as he saw the bodies around him, the bodies of his loved one…..his friends and families…..even his fiancées and rivals….burned around him, consumed by intense fury and destruction. As he saw them burn, their bodies melting away, he screamed once more.



Katsuhito eyes widened as saw what was going to happen.

"No….no…he can't…..my God……."

Tenchi turned around to see his grandfather just stare at the situation with a look of fright on his face.

"Grandpa…..gramps what's wrong?"

But Katsuhito didn't answer him, he raced off to Washu and grabbed onto her.

"You got to stop him!!!!"

Washu pounded on her laptop as she was trying to work on a solution.

"I'm trying! But I can't!! Those power readings from Ranma are way off the scale! I just don't know how to get him out of that!"

Tenchi grabbed onto his grandfather's arms as he shook him since he was confused about the situation.

"Grandfather? What is happening?"

Katsuhito turned to Tenchi to look at him with a serious look, but a look of fright and sorrow.

"Ranma……..Ranma is trying to kill himself…"

"NANI?!! He is trying to kill himself!!!"

Tenchi turned to the screen to see Ranma charging himself, summoning every bit of ki in him to end everything.

"But….but why?!!"

Katsuhito stared at the screen and saw the look of Ranma's face. It was the face of sorrow and regret. It was of anger and frustration, as if he failed at something. Something that was eating him away…a pain that was buried in his heart and was now being released and Ranma was finding the quickest way out of that pain……death.

"Because…..Tenchi, Ranma must have seen something…no must have endured something in his life that was so traumatic that it haunts him. Something in his past eats him away….tearing him apart, as if trying to break his sanity and he doesn't want to feel the pain anymore. He wants to end it, so he is going to end it hear and now. I…pity the young man….his experiences must be devastasting…"

Tenchi's eyes were wide when he heard that and when he turned to the screen again, he saw the pain in Ranma's face, but he also saw the tears, those tears of sorrow and remorse. He saw the grimace look, that look as if he knows what is happening next.



"STOP RANMA!!! For goodness sake! STOP!!!! You don't need to do the test!!! Don't kill yourself!! We can talk about this!!" Washu screamed in the top of her lungs as she covered her eyes from the bright light that was generated from the martial artist.

Ranma didn't hear her as his body glowed brighter and brighter. The ki aura expanded and became a column of light as it blasted itself upwards into the sky, as if touching the heavens above and it ate the ground to create a crater around him, as if its anchoring itself into the earth. The ki looked like some kind of bridge from earth to heaven, but a path that no one wants to take since it was the walk of madness.



While he stood there, his mental sanity was breaking apart as the memory of losing everyone keeps replaying over and over again.

They died…..they died….all of them……they burned…no ashes…..all melted away…no bones…all gone….they died….everyone….their gone.

As he was nearing the point of madness he watched as the rush of memories pick up the pace even faster as if it was a slide show.

The Neko-ken….The Jusenkyo Spring of Drowned Young Girl……..The Cat's Tongue…….Meeting Kodachi……Dragon's Whiskers…………Happosai……Ucchan's yatta……….Kuno…..Facing off Safforn….almost losing Akane……..and then losing them all to that flash…….

He covered his eyes with one arm while using the other arm to try to cover himself.

"STOP!!! STOP!! STOP!!! STAY AWAY!!!!! STAY AWAY!!!!!!!"

The pitch darkness that was around him was destroyed as the flash of light appeared once more in his mind, that golden light, that evil flame that came and burst into his life, forever shattering the peace that settled in a place he could have once called home. Then that laugh….oh how evil that laugh was. Those roar of intense delight of killing that giggles of madness, that cackle of glee as the bodies of everyone he love burn to blazes. From there that laugh continued in his mind as it grew louder and louder as if it was going to break his eardrums.

"NO MORE!!! NO MORE!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



Ranma arched his head back and screamed again as his sanity was being ripped away right there. He felt all his precious life being burned away and all was left was the core of madness, the core of insanity that was born after that episode and he want it over with. That calm, warm embrace of death. He welcomed it…..he will enjoy it.

He raised both of his hands into the air then without concentration, he just burned all his power into his hands, letting it escape from there and mold into a shape. The shape of his insanity….his breaking….his torture…..his end. The ki was fierce red, but it suddenly changed into a black color, pitch black, darker than the night since it represented the insanity that he tried to contain. As the ki ball was being formed, the ki aura around him slowly grew weaker and weaker as the energy was being channeled into the ki blast.

Washu was anguished that she couldn't do anything, not even science or logic can alter what is going to happen. The power that Ranma created was the source of madness that was consuming him for the few years he was alone and in such that no reason can change it.

All she can do is watch and pray in hoping that Ranma won't bend himself that far and try to destroy himself, but it seems too late as that a huge black ball of ki was formed from both of his hands and was aimed downwards as if Ranma was going to kill himself with the explosion that followed.

While that happened, the rest of the gang watched in shock as they could not think of anything to save Ranma. All they could do was just stare at the torment that Ranma was enduring and the fatal ending that was about to erupt.

"We got to save him grandpa!" Tenchi screamed as he clutched onto his grandfather in hopes that he can have a solution to the problem.

Katsuhito stood there with his head held down in regret, as he could not think of anything to save him. He never experienced this kind of sadness and in such only a person who has been through it probably can help Ranma now…..if that is really possible.

Ayeka and Ryoko felt the sorrow and madness that was being emanated from Ranma. Even though he was a dimension away, his looks, his subtle movement, those tears, and that face……it was if he was right next to them and just breaking down right there. They wanted to hold him and comfort him, just like what they did to help Tenchi cope with his problems, but they can't. They can only watch and wait to see the destruction that was being laid out.



Sasami was paring a carrot while she was humming to herself. Ryo-ohki was right next to her as she meowed happily and scampered around, not caring about whatever happened except enjoying the friendly atmosphere.

Hmm….I think I'm going to make a nice carrot stew, yeah that would make it a good dinner since I have a basket of carrots in on the table.

As she was about to grab the next carrot, she felt a strange tingle flood into her body and she gasped suddenly as she recognized what was going on. She felt the flood of energy wash into her body as her mind was spinning from it.

Sasami dropped the knife and grab the edge of the sink to steady herself as the wave of energy continue to wash over her. As she closed her eyes, she felt the sadness and madness that was appearing all over her mind.

How…..how…..terrible….No wonder he was so sad……..so … awful…. Such sorrow and hurt….its like the time when we almost lost Tenchi….

She clutched her heart as she felt a deep pain rush into her heart, it was as if someone pierced her heart and ripped it out of her body. She closed her eyes as she tried to comfort herself from the pain, but what she saw was disturbing.

She saw the experiences and pain that Ranma had to endure. She saw him training for those many years to become the best of the best while trying to become the manly man that his mom wanted him to be. She saw the Neko-ken training as she gasped in fright when Ranma was crying and screaming in pain as the cats mauled him, over and over again as his father constantly threw him back in. She saw the curse from the Cursed Springs as Ranma surfaced out of the waters and screamed as he lost his manhood and was a girl. Then…then…she saw the Tendos…Akane Tendo…..his fiancées….when he battled against the Musk Dynasty, the Seven Lucky Gods, Safforn, almost losing to him and almost losing the one he loved. But that wasn't what cracked him……after the failed wedding he was still sane enough to brace himself to try to make something out of the ashes of old, but then she saw it, she saw the golden light and the bodies that were consumed by it, and she heard the terrible laugh as Ranma clutched her, that girl he once called a tomboy, the girl whom he wept for………..and was willing to die for……

I'm…..I'm sorry…..I…..I wish I can do something…….please…please someone.. Someone help him…..someone help him please……….help….help…..Ranma….

Tears flooded out of her eyes as she gasped in shock from all those mental pictures, all those memories that caused a chain reaction of explosive proportions. And from there, in response, her powers awakened. Her eyes snapped back as she suddenly floated into the air and from there her spark, the spark of Jurai activated…….



As Tenchi, Ayeka, and Katsuhito stood there with the regret in their heart for not able to think of something to save that man, their powers were activating. Tenchi snapped his head back and screamed, as his Jurian powers flared to life and the Light Hawk Wings appeared once more to wrap around him and produce the ancestral armor of Jurai. Ayeka's defenses appeared as dozens upon dozens of the tiny cylindrical guardians appeared as their electrical currents appeared and cackle with energy. While those two powered up, Katsuhito's Jurian power awakened and flooded around him to make his body glow into a tinge of light blue and from there the powers combined.

Tenchi's sword activated and it appeared in front of him as the powers of the blade flooded out of the sword and leapt to combine with the electrical currents produce by Ayeka's powers and was being carried around by her cylindrical guardians. Katsuhito's Jurian power formed into a ball and also combined with the electrical currents and from there, all three powers, born from three generations of Jurians leapt onto the screen where Ranma aimed his ki-blast to the floor.



"ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ranma's ki flared one last time as the energy was pushed into the ball of ki that was appearing in his hands. Once that was done……then…..then Ranma can meet her again……his love…..his life…..his his….everything….

"MOUKO TAKABISHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

With the cry, the ki ball leapt from his hands and screamed towards the ground.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!" Washu screamed as she tried to grab onto Ranma and tell him to stop, but she knew she was already too late.



"Oh my God!!!!!!!"

"Bless Tsunami!!"

"NO……….NOOOOOO….!!"

"RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone in the lab screamed as they saw the ki-blast inch closer to meet and kiss the sand on the ground.



Now…..now I can be free……….free………..

As Ranma closed his eyes, the ki-blast hit the ground and exploded in a spectacular display of fireworks. The explosion blossomed like a mushroom cloud as the sound of the erupting ki of emotions that was built up shook the world. The wind howled in fury as the ki touched the currents and made it speed up in a howling gale. As the mushroom cloud expanded, it was a black color, the color of his darkness…..his guilt….his hate and his chaos……and it was expanding. As the mushroom cloud seem to touch the clouds above, the ground trembled in fury as cracks raced from the center of the explosion outwards about a hundred mile radius and these cracks seemed to expand greatly as the sands were falling into them. Gullies were being formed as the landmasses parted and some parts actually collapsed downwards.

Washu was still covering herself, though in reality she wouldn't feel anything, she was only a holographic projection, but yet it seems so real to her……as if she can touch the ki-blast and burn along with him.

Washu scanned around to see if Ranma was around, but she couldn't see anything. All around her was the sand that was burnt to a black color from the ki-blast. The winds howled as the picked up the sand and scattered it all around to make like an impenetrable fog.

As she tried to check her scanner for life….she couldn't get a reading since the energy of the ki that was produced from the ki-blast still was carried around since it was still controlling the winds.



"No……no…..He…..he is…….dead……."

Ayeka fell to the floor while she clutched her gown to weep to herself.

"He……he…..he is gone……this…..this can't be……this just can't be……."

Ryoko stared at the screen, trying to maintain a hardened face, she tried to be rock hard serious, after all she was a space pirate, most wanted, so she had to be serious….she just had too.

As she stood there, her eyes were wet as she closed her eyes and a small tear left her right eye and raced downwards to her chin and clings there as she was breaking apart.

Tenchi and Katsuhito stood there passively, but there backs were arched a little. They had a face of sadness and regret, as they barely knew Ranma. Though they fought a couple times, one was an accident while the other was….well……a fight. But that wasn't the point; the point was that he was gone now.

Tenchi felt older as he stared at the ground and just muttered to himself.

"Its…….its not fair………its just not fair………"

Washu pound her fist onto her laptop once more as she grimaced. Her eyes already puffy and red as tears still race out of her face and her clothes had tearstains as she was crying the whole time when she saw the explosion. As she pound the laptop once more she closed her left eye and then as she was about to close the other eye, she saw something on the screen. And from that she gasped in shock and grabbed the laptop with a force that can crush titanium.

"Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



Ranma was in a trance state as he found darkness all around him, he was like swimming in a sea of black, but it didn't matter. He was safe; he couldn't recall the images or the chaos that ongoing in his life. He was in a place where nothing can go wrong. He was alone, true, but still, its not like anything will harm him, not anymore…he achieved peace and tranquility.

But as he floated there, he saw something in front of him, he saw a light in front of him and it was going. As he stared closely, his eyes widened in shock as he saw it rapidly approach him.

No…..no….not again………no…..it can't be……….

The evil laugh was heard once more as he clutched his head and screamed.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"



His eyes snapped opened to look around, but all he saw was a blue glow sweeping around him. He shivered slightly as he still had that chaos in him, but it lay dormant now…it was gone for now……but he was still scared of it. He was so scared.

"It won't hurt you if you are willing to fight it……………"

A pair of arms appeared to wrap around his naked waist as it held onto him. He felt a pressure on his back, as if someone was laying on his back, but clutching him close, sheltering him from the danger…..from the chaos.

"Who……who are you?"

Ranma tried to turn around, but couldn't since she was clutching onto him tightly, but it didn't hurt, the person's arms felt cool to touch, yet warm, a warmth that was yearned and sought for during his years of loneliness. So he just stood there and felt the arms just stroke his chest.

"I am someone who cares for you. You are not alone Ranma Saotome, Grandmaster of the Anything Goes Martial Arts. You may feel like your alone, but you aren't. I am here for you and I always will."

Ranma felt the pressure on the center of his back, so the person was shorter than him, that's what he suspects. He also felt something tickling his back as the person was leaning on him. Maybe it's the person's hair……

"But..but who are you?"

"I am a friend, your friend Ranma, from here and on, I am your friend."

Ranma found that comforting as he grinned slightly, but it disappeared soon after as he stared at the blue surroundings. Is this the heaven?

"Hardly Ranma….your still alive, I'm just sheltering you, protecting you from the consuming madness that is trying to dominate you."

Ranma narrowed his eyes as he heard those words…….I'm still alive….alive..but barely breathing as I take more of the madness as I move on……as I live on.

"No Ranma…." The person clutched onto him tightly, "You are not going to take into the suffering again, I will not let you. You don't deserve it and I swear with all my powers I will protect you from whatever that may hurt you."

Ranma's eyes widened as he heard those words. He felt the kindness and warmth emanating from the person's words and the arms that are around him. He smiled as he just stood there and closed his eyes to enjoy the warm embrace.

The person smiled as she just held onto him, not just helping him and giving him solace, but giving him her love and kindness that she has been giving to many people that she has met. She was a dominating figure to whomever she met and she feels sorrow because she doesn't want to be seen like that. She wants a friend just like any other human being and so she now just gained one and for that it made her smile lightly.

"So….what do I do then?"

"You live on…..you live for the people that died. You live for them. You have to live for them, you survived so you can carry out your destiny, Ranma Saotome. It's just the beginning of your journey and you have a long path to follow. Something you must endure if you want to live."

Ranma smiled again as the words from her lovely voice was quite familiar…as if another person was talking to him…someone who was training him for so long.

The path of a martial artist is long and harsh…….but in the end you will become the best and in such you always must protect the weak, that is the code of a martial artist.

Ranma nodded his head in understanding of what his father said. Sure he was an asshole who did many stupid and evil deeds that has half the Japan's police and government agents after him, but he was one heck of a sensei. He ingrained in him a sense of honor and duty that Ranma has to fulfill and in such he will do it. Though he still is an asshole……..

"He sure was Ranma. But the question is are you ready? Are you ready to face your destiny?"

Ranma looked up to look at the blue shield that was around him and he grinned. With a slight nod and the usual Saotome smirk, he was back….he was him again, the old Ranma Saotome, the greatest martial artist in the world.

"Heh……Its just the beginning…….."

She smiled and let him go as she took a step back and just stared at him. Ranma turned around to see the one of the loveliest person he ever seen in his life. His heart was basically in his throat and it was squeezing it. He felt his heartbeat race as he just stared at her. She had long silky blue hair and had three marks on her forehead. She had all the right accentuate curves on her body and she wore somewhat like a Japanese traditional kimono, but it was a silver color and move flamboyant since it had flowers all over it. She looked very noble-like as if…..as if she was a goddess.

"Good guess Ranma, I am a goddess….I am Tsunami, goddess and mother of the Jurian Empire."

Her heart raced as she saw him….face to face, she felt her heart leaping onto her throat. Heh……I guess I'm more human than a goddess…..

Ranma gaped as he stared at her. She is a goddess! Damn…..that just takes the cake.

Tsunami giggled as she saw Ranma's jaw drop wide open, he looks so cute! Just like a little, normal innocent child. She blushed slightly though as she saw his rugged looks. As she saw those bluish-gray eyes, she was going to lose herself in it; she felt such determination in him now. She smiled faintly as she saw those eyes and she didn't really want to leave, but she has to.

"Take care Ranma…..farewell" She waved farewell as she floated in the air.

"Wait……wait!!!!! Can I see you again?" Ranma wanted to leap up and hold onto her and just force her to stay. He didn't want her to go.

"Of course…..after all we are friends aren't we?" She smiled and blushed again as she read his thoughts about forcing her to stay which she didn't mind, but she had some work to do…..like get that carrot stew done….

Ranma smiled and watched her disappear, then he saw the blue shield flicker and then explode outwards as it collided with the ki energies, a battle ensured between the power of Ranma's ki and the goddess's Jurian powers, but it ended quickly as the Jurian powers easily overcame the weakened ki that was out there causing destruction for so long. As the Jurian energy expanded, it touched the winds and caused them to stop while it also touched the earth and the ground moved once more to seal itself together and the sands changed back into its original color, but the surprising thing was that plants and trees started to grow. From a desert filled with nothing but sand, the sand suddenly had trees and flowers growing out while grass was shooting up all over.

As the Jurian powers were used up, Ranma looked around and gasped in amazement to see a hell-hole transform into a paradise and in such he felt the tranquility all around him. This was true peace….not death…that wasn't the way, death wasn't the answer to cure madness….it was life. You had to live on, to fight on, and to believe in oneself. He smirked once more as he looked around and then he just stretched and took a breath of the fresh air. He wants to live and more than that…..he had to follow his journey. He had to finish off what he declared few years ago. He will finish what was started, when everything was gone….he will make sure it won't happen again. And then…..and then…..after that…..he….he will live up to the fullest….not for himself….but for his family and friends….

"RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Washu charged at him and collided into him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and clung onto him tightly as she snuggled up to him in a lover's embrace.

Ranma smirked as he stared at the red-head.

"Hey! How are you? Hey you were crying."

Washu smiled happily, though her eyes were all puffy and tears still raced down her face. She used one of her hands to wipe her tear while she just stared at him and smiled again.

"I thought…..I thought…..you…you were dead…….."

Ranma shook his head slightly.

"Nah…….that won't kill me…….I am the greatest martial artist after all." He smirked as he gave his usual cocky tone, but then he said something else, but that was he said it so softly, only he himself can hear it though he hopes she heard it and he said it in a kind sincere voice. "After all…….I….…I got a friend to live for."

Ranma stared into the sky and smiled

And I promise……..we will meet again………



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