Avenging Spirits VI
by
imortis

Ranma frowned looking at the little bitty planet that sat up above snake way and idlly munched on the last of the three fruits he had taken "what kind of master would live on such a dinky little thing?" He blinked looking behind him and scowled seeing the giant snake he had passed coming down the path. He crossed his arms watching it come and just glared at it as it reared up over top of him. It blinked at him for a moment before snapping out suddenly and swallowed him whole.

It started to slither away when a hole was blasted in its side and Ranma hopped out and back onto the path. He raised his hand and sent a burst of power flying at its head. He turned away as it slowly stopped writhing about and sank below the clouds. He sighed jumping strait up at the planet and grunted in surprise when he landed badly. He grunted picking himself up and started walking around, and big sweated seeing the tiny car that was parked on the road he had seen on the other side. He looked from the car to the house and shrugged it off, why not.

Ranma walked up to the house blinking when something hit him hard enough to destroy his balance and he slammed into the ground. He grunted pushing himself up slowly and glared at the monkey that was staring at him from the tree behind him. He snorted blowing it off and knocked.

He waited for a minute before knocking again, louder. This time he could hear movement coming from the house "hold on a second! Don't go away I'm answering!" a voice said cheerfully. Ranma blinked at the stupid come back and the snickering as the door was opened "hi, are you King Kai? I came to..." he stopped when he blinked at him. "Are you good at jokes?" Ranma blinked at that for a minute making him snort in disgust "I see your not, so why are you here?" he asked crossing his arms.

Ranma blinked "I've come to ask you for training King Kai, I need to be a lot stronger so I can fight the guys that are coming to destroy my home!" King Kai blinked at him almost uncomprehendingly before scratching at his head "so whats so special about you? Why should I teach you?" he asked looking him up and down. Ranma gripped his fists "because! If I don't fight, my wife and my daughter will die! All my friends!" he pleaded. He frowned rubbing his chin "tell you what, I'll train you, if you can make me laugh." Ranma looked at him twitching heavily.

Two months later ranma finally broke him down when he told him the story of how ChiChi turned into a scary monster when Goku had accidently forgot to tell her that he was inviting a few friends over for dinner "and then he said, but ChiChi, we're hungry!" he finished imitating Gokus voice. King Kai broke down and started laughing.

Ranma sighed in relief sinking to the floor, he never thought it would be so hard to get someone to train you. King Kai laughed for a minute longer before sobering "alright, you made me laugh, come this way." Ranma smiled in relief following him around the house and stood ready for what ever he was going to show him. "Bubbles!" He blinked looking confused as the monkey appeared standing before them. "I want you to catch Bubbles." he said smiling. Ranma blinked at him for a minute and he nodded "this is a test, catch Bubbles." he stated simply not budging an inch.

Ranma scratched at the back of his head for a second before pouncing for the little monkey. He grunted darting out of the way and Ranma hit the ground hard "fast little bugger." he grumped getting up and took off after the thing, almost as easy as a man chasing down a car. He grunted stopping after passing King Kai twice and grunted pulling his shirt off. King Kai blinked when it hit the ground with a loud thump, followed by his boots.

He laughed a little grinning as he stretched "there! Thats much better!" he said grinning. King Kai picked up his shirt "you've worn weighted clothes the whole time." he mused. Ranma nodded continuing to stretch. He grinned letting the clothes glow before throwing them back "put them back on." he said and Ranma cried out when its much greater weight knocked him to the ground. He groaned softly picking it up slowly and pulled it on "heavy dude." he grunted and smirked when Kai snickered.

After four days of getting no where chasing after the annoying little monkey, Ranma stood still and thought hard on his problem. He sat down and enhaled deeply closing his eyes. King Kai blinked looking at him curious to find out what he was doing. He gapped a little when he started glowing bright blue, the aura looked flattened and dull for a while, but as time went by, it started to rise and flair slowly.

After three days of watching ranma he understood what he was doing, Ranma used his energy to boost his movements and was aclimizing his chi to the world, that would allow him to ajust physically a lot easier. He nodded smiling "I think I like this boy." he said smirking. He blinked when Ranma jumped to his feet, his aura disappearing.

He looked wide eyed with surprise when, instead of taking off after bubbles again, he started performing katas, he nodded in aproval, liking the boy even more, he thought all he could teach him was the attacks, but he saw now that he could go beyond that and teach this young man the forms as well, he was starting to get excited.

Ranma grinned heavily looking at the little monkey laying in the grass watching him "get ready monkey man, your times here." he said firmly. He blinked at him for a second before jumping back seeing him start to walk his way.
He turned about and bolted. Ranma grinned tensing up and darted after him. King Kai nodded even more excited, his speed was almost a match for Bubbles fastest speed, and that was darn fast.

Bubbles shouted back at the man picking up the speed and shouted louder seeing that he was keeping up with him "your going down monkey man!" he bellowed scaring him into running faster, Ranma chuckled darting off to the left and grinned lunging for him when he shot at him on his original course, Ranma laughed bouncing into a flip and took off in another direction.

King Kai grinned watching the young man run his monkey ragged for three hours before he got him as he rounded the house. Ranma grinned coming back over to king kai holding the panting animal before him "I caught him." he nodded smiling "that you did, now, wheres that blasted cricket." Ranma started twitching when he started hunting around the house for something.

Akane smiled softly as she watched Gohan and Ranko fighting, it took Gohan a good two months to complete all of the homework ChiChi had brought her son and in that time Ranko was used to the weight put on her and was excited to get started playing with Gohan. Both Goku and Piccolo were standing next to her watching the two fight "its almost like watching two martial arts masters fighting from a long way off." Bulma comented passing the popcorn to ChiChi.

She nodded "Gohan is enjoying this so much, their such good friends!" she said happily. Akane nodded then blinked when the cell phone at her side rang "helloo?" she said cheerfully then froze "oh, hi Mother, no.... theres a good reason Ranma can't answer his cell phone. Why? Because he's in a place where.... his cell phone doesn't work! Ya. We haven't seen him in almost nine months now Mom. I know its rude... but.... Ranma has a very good reason for not calling anyone."

She jumped a little looking freaked "your coming here. Right now. Thats... not necessary, really, we're fine, we're spending time with Ranmas friends. Well, yes I know we've been gone nine months, but- well- you see... Ok, see you in an hour." she finished in defeat. She scowled slightly hanging up her cell phone "oh man, how am I going to tell Ranmas Mother he's dead?" she said crossing her arms. "You didn't tell anyone?!" Bulma exclaimed.

Akane looked at her dead panned "if I'd told anyone Ranma had been killed my Father would start looking to get me married to someone else, my adoptive Amazon Mother would insist I marry the one that beat Ranma, my Mother in law would try to kill me for letting her son die, then insist that Ranko go home with them because its obvious we can't keep her safe, my Father in law will insist that only he could properly train her and demand he take her on a training trip for her own good. This coming from the man that tied Ranma up and tossed him in a pit of starving cats rapped in fish when he was six, thinking it interesting agility training."

They blinked at her for a minute "thats stupid." Piccolo said finally. Akane looked at him dead pan "you think so? If they find out you killed Ranma they'll insist I marry you. Then come home and be a properly demure house wife." They twitched at that "fat chance of that happening." he growled. Akane nodded "no offence but your not my type either. This is the worst thing that could happen." she said scrubbing at her head. Goku smiled "it can't be that bad." he said comfortingly.

Akane looked at him "Ranma stayed with you so long because he didn't want to come home right away, he knew his old man would bitch at him for learning from someone else, and he did, he bitched about how Ranma must have gone soft learning from you, and continued to even after Ranma whiped his ass every morning." she shook her head looking annoyed as hell before looking at the two kids, they were layed out on the ground panting tiredly at the sky.

She chuckled warmly standing up and walked over to them "did you have fun playing honey?" she asked warmly picking her up. She nodded beaming even though she had a black eye forming "I like Gohan a lot Mommy!" she said blissfully. She nodded kissing her forehead "yes, he is a very special boy honey." she said scrubbing at Gohans head when he sat up.

He grinned up at her "Rankos a very good fighter dad!" he said to Goku when he picked him up and put him on his shoulders "you fought well Gohan, shes a good opponent and you did well." he said tickling him a little before bending down and kissed Rankos forehead "your amazing little one, your Dads going to be so proud when he comes back, you'll see!"

"Where exactly did he go anyways?" a voice behind them asked and they blinked turning around to look at the small group of people standing there watching them. Goku smiled "you must be Ranmas family." he said. Nabiki snorted "what was your first clue?" she asked smirking. Akane scowled at her.

Kasumi blinked looking at Piccolo "oh my, are you eating well?" she asked concerned. He blinked a her and she took his hand checking his pulse "your all green, are you eating right?" Everyone face faulted "ah, no, Kasumi, thats his natural coloration, Piccolo is different from the rest of us." Akane said smiling. Piccolo snorted pulling away from her. "What are you?" Nabiki asked him curiously. He gritted his teeth and looked mean "I'm the one that killed Ranma." he growled darkly.

All of them froze at that and Akane hit him "thanks a lot! I was hoping to break it to them a lot better then that!" she shouted in his ear. He growled at her before turning away "what does he mean Akane Saotome?!?!" Nodoka shreeked at her. Akane winced "well... you see.... Gokus Brother showed up at Master Roshis house and told us how Gokus an alien and he was supposed to be some evil monster but since he hit his head as a kid he forgot and hes good so his Brother got pissed and tried to take Gohan here instead and they tried to stop him."

She looked at her hands "he beat both Ranma and Goku hands down, he broke a few of Ranmas ribs when he got one hit in, after he came to he took off after him intending to get Gohan back from him. Piccolo here had a score to settle with the evil alien so desided to help them, even after Goku arrived to help they still couldn't beat him, so Ranma held him down so they could blast him to death. Ranma died in the effort." she didn't look up for a minute.

"Why didn't you return home? It was Ranmas idea to take you to see his sensei, Ranko should have been home with her family in this horrible time!" Nodoka said scoldingly. Akane looked bulligerent "Ranko was right were she wanted to be, weren't you honey?"

She nodded "I like Gohan, Mommy said I could play with him!" she said happily. Gohan smiled tiredly from Gokus head. "You like him a lot dear?" Soun asked interested. Genma nodded coming forward to look at Gohan "they like each other Tendo, its looking better then when her parents met." he suggested. Akane handed Ranko to Nabiki when the two started asking Goku about how rich he was. Akane took the sword Nodoka held out for her and unsheathed it. Both Fathers shuttered hearing steel leaving its sheath and bolted as Akane chased after them howling like a valkyrie enraged "don't even think about it!!!"

When she came back Nodoka patted her shoulder in aproval taking the sword back "Akane dear, I want you to come home, Ranko needs to be around her family right now." Nodoka said firmly not entertaining refusal. Akane took her daughter back "no." Nodoka nodded smiling and started to tell her what she had planned when the refusal she didn't exspect registered "what?" she asked.

Akane nodded "in three months the people responsible for sending that man to earth are going to arrive and try to blow up the world, we need to be here so we can fight them." she said seriously. They blinked at her "your kidding right?" Nabiki said dumbly. Nodoka looked firm "Ranko is coming home Akane! We're not letting you endanger her by taking her to fight some evil aliens!" she said firmly.

Akane looked at her stonily "Ranko, do you want to help Mommy fight the bad guys who took Daddy from you?"
They blinked at her for a second as Ranko nodded sharply "yes! Payback for Daddy!" she said sternly. Nodoka looked disaproving along with Soun and Genma "why would you ask Ranko what she wants? She's only four years old and we know better! And I want to thank you for not bringing her home so we could celebrate her birthday!" she added glaring.

Akane gritted her teeth at them "look, I and my daughter are right where we want to be, we owe these bastards for Ranmas death, and we're going to be there to help. I don't care what you feel about this, we're doing it." They looked at her for a minute before Nodoka sniffed looking set "get your things, we're going home." she said simply, daring her to say no.

Before Akane could start growling Piccolo beat her to it "she's not going anywhere. She's going to help us beat these guys." he growled at them dangerously. They flinched a little from the look in his eyes "he right, Ranma would have said the same thing, both Ranko and Akane need more training before their ready to help us save the world. Heck, even Gohan is going to be fighting with us."

They blinked at the two men and the little boy on Gokus head "Your letting them endanger your son?" Nodoka asked ChiChi frowning sharply. She blinked then glared at her "I don't like it, but I except the fact that my baby is the inheiritor of his Fathers warrior nature, he also inheirited mine because my Father is the Ox King. I myself am a fighter, not as good as my husband or his friends but good enough. My son has a duty to the world to use the power he gained from his parents to help protect us, Rankos the same way, she comes from at least two generations of warriors as well as the fact that she is a Sayjin like Ranma and her Mother."

Nodoka looked at them like they were crazy "I knew it, Ranma was running around with a bad crowd and it killed him!" she declaired tearfully. Before anyone could protest a shout came from above them and Krillin grinned landing with a box in his hands "I got them all Goku! Me and Yamcha have been searching for the Dragon Balls for the last two months, now we can wish Ranma back to life!" he said cheerfully. All of them looked happy at that "you can bring my boy back to life?!" Nodoka asked excited. He nodded "of course, with the Dragon Balls we can summon the eternal dragon Shinlon and wish him back to life."

Genma and Soun looked hungry "those balls grant any wish?" Genma asked. He nodded blinking at him "of course." he said blinking. He shouted in anger when he snatched the box from him and opened it excitedly "I wish I was cured!" he shouted joyously. Akane snarled grabbing the box from him and gave it back to Krillin before dragging the man off behind a building. All of them winced when the sounds of a woman screaming and torture came to them "if he hurt her I'll kick his ass." ChiChi said angrily.

Nodoka snorted "thats the sound Genma makes when someone hurts him." she said in contempt. They blinked at the definitely female sounds before Akane came back looking sated "lets tie up panda boy."

Ranma blinked looking up from his meditations when King Kai came over to him "Ranma, I thought you would want to know, your friends have the Dragon Balls, their ready to wish you back to life." he said. Ranma blinked "but I'm not ready to go yet, I haven't finished learning what you can teach me." he protested.

He nodded "I know, thats why I thought you would want to talk to them, kind of like on a telephone." he smirked. "How?" Ranma asked excited. He motioned him over "put your hand on my shoulder, and we'll contact them telepathically. This will take a minute."

Akane blinked looking up as they finished gathering the Dragon Balls together when someone shouted at them. They all jumped "what was that?!" Gohan exclaimed "its me guys, Ranma, I'm speaking to you from the spirit realm!" he said grinning. They gasped "are you alright Ranma?!" Nodoka asked fearfully.

"Mom? What are you doing there? You better not be bugging Akane about her training! I intrusted Goku with their safety and if I know sensei he's taking it seriously. Oh ok, guys, I'm not ready to come back yet, I'm training with The Legendary Grandmaster, King Kai. My training isn't complete so if you wish me back it'll be no good. We have three months to work with and I'm sure I can master it in a week or two, I'll call you when I'm ready, take care of my family Master Goku, I miss you honey, you won't believe how frustrated I am, even King Kai is starting to look attractive, scary. Ranko honey?" he asked.

Ranko bounced happily "yes Daddy?!" she called grinning. He chuckled "I figured out how to beat that tail weakness so you don't have to worry about some mean old guy pulling your tail anymore, so you get to keep it. I love you, oh, I gotta go guys, this is kind of long distance. Don't use the Dragon Balls until I call you ok?"

They blinked after a minute of silence before krillin shrugged "I guess he knows best." he said cheerfully. Nodoka jumped him "no! Wish him back now!!" she shouted in his face. He shouted in fright hiding the balls. Akane pulled her off him "its ok Mother, he's coming home in three months." she said calmingly. Nodoka blinked at her "how can you be so calm?! Ranmas on some hellish spirit world, who knows what their doing to him?! We don't even know if that really was Ranma!" she shouted almost histarical.

Cologne snorted after putting her to sleep "Saotome seems to have become a little unstable in her grief." Soun comented. Genma appeared "she may be right, how do we know that was the boy? It could have been the demon holding him captive trying to keep us from saving him. We should use the balls now!" he declaired lunging for them. Piccolo appeared and glared at the sudden statue "if you touch those balls your going to be meeting Ranma in the most painful way I ever thought up to kill Goku here."

He quivered slumping to the ground fainting. Akane chuckled "hey, its good to have you around Piccolo, want to come home with me?" she teased. Nabiki chuckled at her "so how bad is it?" she asked. Akane looked grim "pretty bad, that guy they killed was a horribly strong opponent." she said softly. Nibiki looked grim "do you think you can win?" she asked.

All of them nodded firmly "we have to, if we don't we die." Goku said shortly. Cologne nodded grimly "then I think maybe I should add something to your training." she said softly. She looked at Akane "come along, I'll show you and you can teach it to them."

AUTHORS RANT!!!!

chapter seven! ... oh wait, this is six.......

anyways! done with six! would have posted it a week ago but no! i had no time to work throguh it! i have the first two chapters of another fic i've worked on (with proofreading!) that i ment to finish and post but they are on hold as well.

next chapter!! the completion of training! the arrival of the evil saiyjins! and ranma gets some retrobution neko style!

imortis