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************** Beginning of time ***************

Kurei took a tentative step back and his eyes were as wide as saucers as he stared at Ranma.

Kurei *thinking* : This is impossible, there was only supposed to be two flame masters, me and that boy Recca. Where did this other one come from?!?!

Ranma gave his traditional smirk and looked over the referee.

Referee : Ok, Fighters, on your ready. FIGHT!

Ranma dashed forward at near impossible speeds and slashed downward toward Kurei's leg and succeeded in slicing a long burning gash across the bottom of it. Kurei howled in pain and fell to the ground, gripping his scorched foot.

Kurei : W-what are you? N-no one has ever struck me.

Ranma smiled smugly and stood up and allowed Saiha to vanish. He started to walk away from Kurei and waved over his shoulder to him.

Ranma : Your not worth my troubles, forfeit or I will be forced to hurt you. Even more than what Recca would've done. You might not be able to notice, but I'm sure that he's a lot more powerful than you, especially when his precious Hime is in trouble. Do you think that he would be a pushover?

Kurei : A weakling like him, more than likely he would've been.

Ranma stopped in his tracks and looked back at Kurei with a wide grin on his face.

Ranma : Trust me, he could probably give me a run for my money if he tried hard. Not to mention, that with time, he will become a lot like me in a fashion. Well, enough talk.

Ranma's hand flashed out and wrote 'kuko' and allowed the flames of the dragon engulf him and his body. Kurei started laughing maniacally.

Kurei : Fool, can't even control his own power. He bit off more than he could chew this time.

Ranma smirked from inside the flames and his hand appeared outside of the fires and the flames seemed to trace around his fingers. He pulled back his hand and allowed the flames to follow. When he threw his hand forward again a molten ball of fire burned up the ground heading toward Kurei.

Ranma : Flame Bomb bombardment!

The fire ripped apart Kurei's body savagely limb by limb, making the weak stomached people vomit. Ranma turned and jumped up onto the ledge where Brittany and his family waited for him. When he got up there he was surprised when a dark orb of black and gold surrounded his form and dissipated leaving nothing in it's wake.

Brittany : Ranma!!!!!!!!

Setsuna : Ranma!

Kurei laughed from his vantage point on the ground of the stage, holding a golden orb that was glowing. Upon closer inspection you saw 'Ryuukei' written inside of the ball.

Kurei : You'll never see that bastard again!

Kage : N-No!

Kurei : That's right Houshi, this is the Exile elemental weapon. It destroys every last memory from the persons mind and sends him to a different dimension. However, it can't fully seal off memories, but there's a damn good chance you won't see your precious Ranma again!

Kurei laughed out loud once again, as Recca regained his consciousness and looked around him. He looked up and saw almost everyone on his team crying, and a unknown woman with spotted hair collapse to the ground in tears.

Recca : Huh? Where'd Ranma?

Brittany : H-He's gone. That bastard sent him to another dimension using an elemental weapon called Exile. H-He's not coming back.

Brittany broke down crying again as Recca clenched his fist and growled. Then everything went white.

*****

In another time, a couple had just given birth to a overly healthy baby boy. Oddly enough, the boy had what seemed like tattoo's written all over his forearms and his back. The doctors didn't know what to make of it, but it wasn't hurting the boy, so they sent him home with the parents. Through the course of six years, the boy had a fairly normal life, if you consider meeting up with the sailor senshi whenever a youma attacked. This time they told him he went to far, when he had interfered with the fight, in order to save one of the senshi. Once the youma was destroyed they all crowded around the boy.

Mars : What the heck kid, what did you think you were doing?

Ranma : Protecting those who can't protect themselves.

Venus : And how would you protect yourself?

Ranma : If I die, I die.

Ranma said it with such ease that it scared the scouts.

Moon : Why would a young kid like yourself think like that?

Ranma : If you think about what you are doing, you too are also putting your lives on the line, to protect people.

Jupiter : Idiot! We have magic on our side, what's your excuse!

Ranma : I can't really explain it, but ever since I was born I was able to use my Ki like an extension of my body.

To put further influence into his point, Ranma focused and his battle aura sprung to life, making Mercury's computer beep as a extremely powerful energy reading waived off of the boy in question. Before long, Ranma's energy signature increased in volume and ruptured the ground beneath him, creating a small crater where he stands. Once he got his point across Ranma stopped all power increase and the aura around him disbursed with a slight boom and a shimmering of the air. Ranma shrugged once all the scouts stopped their fish face impressions.

Ranma : So, as you can see, I am far from helpless. Those things couldn't even touch me.

Ranma without further questions jumped into the air and seemingly vanished from view.

*****

Pluto watched the meeting of Ranma and the sailor scouts with quite a watchful eye, as she too saw the demonstration.

Pluto *to herself* : That boy, where have I seen him before.

Pluto shrugged it off as a fated meeting between the two, and failed to see the rippling timeline that happened as soon as he met them. She walked into the back of the time gates, then sat down in a chair that just seemingly appeared.

Pluto : I swear I've seen him someplace before, but where.

She sighed and teleported back to her house, and walked down the stairs to sit at the table with the rest of her roommates.

Haruka : Well , well, what have we got here?

Setsuna : Stow it Haruka, I'm not in the mood for your bitching period. Or should I say period bitching.

Haruka flushed with anger, but was calmed down with a touch from Michiru. She then looked at Setsuna with a questioning glance.

Setsuna *sigh* : Well, you see, the scouts met with an individual today that was seemingly too powerful for the gates to track his future.

Michiru : Is that possible?

Setsuna : It shouldn't be, it's like his being here was never planned from the beginning. In fact, it's almost like he appeared from thin air. However that shouldn't be possible since the gates of time track all time distortions.

Haruka : So what's the problem? If he's a threat to the timeline, we have to kill him.

Hotaru and Setsuna were a bit put off by Haruka's casual display of killing someone. Never before had they been forced to take a human life in the whole three and a half years of being sailor scouts. Now this person steps into the picture, and from the little information we know, Haruka wants to take a life that hasn't proved it's evil nature.

Hotaru : Haruka-papa, I can't believe you would even mention killing someone.

Hotaru started to cry slightly and slammed down the utensils, then ran up the stairs to her room, slamming the door. Setsuna leveled a glare at Haruka and stood up from her chair, slamming her palms on the table and looking Haruka in the eyes.

Setsuna : Don't you ever try to take a human life without looking at the consequences. I've made that mistake before, and it leads to self destruction, and more over you might've destroyed a innocent's life. What if his life is swirling with chaos, I believe that it would've been enough to stop the time gates from seeing his future.

Setsuna walked away from Haruka calmly. Once she was out of sight, she let her defenses down and started to cry.

Setsuna *to herself, crying* : That boy, he looks so much like---

*******

Setsuna walked in her nightgown around the Pluto's castle halls. She was smiling like no tomorrow as she saw her son in the garden, dancing about.

Setsuna : Good morning, Kei-kun.

Kei : Good morning, mother.

Setsuna : When did you learn how to dance?

Kei : Actually, this isn't a dance. I asked the guards on Uranus to train me in some unarmed combat. You wouldn't believe the potential they said I have. It's almost unbelievable.

Setsuna : Well, as long as you don't hurt yourself, or others. I don't mind you learning unarmed combat, but remember son. That in the end you are the sole heir to Pluto's knights.

Kei : Mother, can I ask you a question?

Setsuna : SURE!

Kei : Well, who was my father?

Setsuna's visage darkened as she recalled Kei's father's memory.

Setsuna : You wouldn't have known him. In fact, I wish I could forget him. He left us for the senshi of Uranus.

Kei : Oh.

Setsuna : Why ask this all of a sudden?

Kei : Because, I was approached by a seer of Saturn. According to him, father made an agreement to engage me to the senshi of Saturn. It was made with the king of Saturn himself. Don't ask me what the king of Saturn and pops was doing in a drinking hall though.

Setsuna fumed to herself as she cursed that bastard Amneg for the umpteenth time.

Setsuna : I will talk to King Saturn about dissolving that agreement.

Kei nodded and went back to his Kata, totally missing the look of anger on the senshi of Pluto's face.

*******

Setsuna *sigh* : Not even a week after that day, the moon kingdom fell. I hope Kei made it.

She sat on her bed and looked down at a translucent photo of her standing by Kei, who was holding a crystal rose for Hotaru.

Setsuna *thinking* : Kei........

After a few years of attacks and saves from Ranma and the sailor scouts alike. Ranma was ten years old and Genma was about to throw him into the pit of cats. Setsuna watched the whole thing from the time gates and looked ahead to see the results. Only when she did, she found only a crater in the east side of China. It was all gone, this was the result of teaching the kid this technique. She quickly teleported to the scene. Genma looked up when he felt a large power heading for him.

Setsuna : Dead scream!

The blast just barely missed Genma when he jumped out of the way. She quickly recovered and shot another at his fat form.

Genma : What the hell are you doing you crazy lady!?!

Pluto : what you are about to do is going to set the world on a course of utter destruction. I can't allow it!

She froze time using her garnet orb and walked up to Genma, and readied an attack that would destroy him. When she got close enough and gathered the energy necessary for the attack, the world resumed. She let the blast rip from the orb at point blank and smirked when the fat bastard wasn't going to be able to dodge. Just before Genma the attack just dissolved into nothingness.

Pluto : W-What?!?

Ranma : I'm sorry lady, but I can't allow you to hurt my father. He might be a selfish bastard, but he doesn't deserve to die.

She looked over to Ranma, who was untying himself from the ropes with a graceful ease. He lowered himself to the ground and walked toward the fat martial artist and then looked over to the senshi of time.

Ranma : I don't know what would've happened, but that is besides the point. Pops wants me to learn this technique to make me stronger.

Pluto : Would you put your strength above the world?

Ranma thought for a moment and to Pluto it felt like the world had shifted to make an exception for this kid.

Ranma : I guess not. That would be stupid wouldn't it. If I became stronger, and the world was destroyed, what would be the point?

Pluto : I'm glad we see things eye to eye. Also, you might want to ditch that bastard of a father before he gets you cursed to turn into a girl, pig, or something.

Ranma : Until Genma here is dead, I have to follow him. It's a matter of honor.

Pluto : Does honor demand that you sacrifice everything you ever learned and become an arrogant bastard who depends on only yourself?

Ranma : No, but honor demands I become a man amongst men.

Pluto walked toward Ranma and put her hand on his shoulder.

Pluto : If you ever need a place to stay, call me.

She gave him a card and he stared at it for the longest time before giving her a small nod. Pluto smiled and vanished into a portal that was just created. Ranma stared at the card for a little longer, and unconsciously dodged a fist meant to knock him out.

Genma : You can't abandon your father Ranma!

Ranma : Why can't I? You've done nothing but turn my life into a living hell. Before it gets out of hand, I'm taking control.

Ranma focused an ounce of true power into his attacks as he hard pressed Genma in an barrage of attacks. Genma got lucky once or twice as his strikes hit Ranma's chest. Ranma just looked at him and laughed, before pummeling Genma into the ground, and walking toward the general direction of Tokyo.

Ranma : Now, to find that nice lady.

*****

It was now late night in the mid January season. Snow was on the ground and the weather was a little below freezing. Everyone stared at the idiotic kid who was walking through the streets in a T-shirt and sweatpants, his breath leaving trails in the air as wisps of hot breath left his mouth. He looked down at the card and then at the house in front of him and allowed a smile to be plastered on his face.

Ranma : I finally found it.

Ranma walked up to the front door and knocked. A woman wearing a look shirt and jeans answered the door and gave a half glare at Ranma.

Haruka : Yes?

Ranma : Um... I'm looking for-

Haruka : Sorry, haven't seen it.

Haruka slams the door in Ranma's face and walks away from the door. Ranma sits on the doorsteps and thinks.

Ranma : Well shit, what a mean little -

The door opens and Setsuna steps out. She's wearing a gray woman's business suit and looks at Ranma in surprise.

Setsuna : Ranma, what are you doing here?

Ranma : I stopped the craziness in my life, and left my father.

Ranma said it with such confidence that Setsuna almost had a hard time believing it. However one look in his eyes she realized he was tearing himself apart from the inside.

Setsuna : Well, I have to go to work. Why don't you come with me, and we can have lunch together and talk. OK?

Ranma brightened at the prospect of food. He nodded and followed Setsuna from behind, slowly catching up with her and walking beside her. His head was plastered to the ground as they walked toward the school.

Setsuna : Ranma, are you sure your ok?

Ranma : Never been better.

He put on a smile that could fail the best of people. Unfortunately for him, Setsuna has too much experience hiding her emotions.

Setsuna : Ok, then let's talk when we get to school.

Ranma : School?!? Uh-uh, no way!

Ranma stopped and sat on the ground, refusing to budge. Setsuna looked at him, chuckled then smiled, thinking how much of a kid he looks like at the moment.

Ranma :What's so funny?

Setsuna : Just thinking about my son.

Ranma looked her up and down incredulously and then blinked.

Ranma : Your too thin to have had a kid.

Setsuna : Gee, don't know if I should take that as a compliment or an insult. But yes, I've had a kid. His name was Kei.

Ranma : Was?

Setsuna : He... died, a long time ago.

Ranma : Oh.... I'm so sorry.

Setsuna : It's ok, you didn't know.

Ranma got up and took Setsuna's hand into his own and walked toward the school, not saying another word. Ranma looks at the ground again once they reach the school grounds, and he noticed all the looks he was getting. He blushed slightly, but composed himself quickly.

Ranma : Why are they staring at us like that?

Setsuna : Because, I'm not very outgoing with my emotions. It must shock them to see me with a young boy, and holding hands no less.

Ranma : Not outgoing? In the last hour you've laughed, smiled and held my hand. If anything, your the model mother.

Setsuna blushed slightly and the boys from their classroom screamed something about the end of the world. Ranma beams with false cheer and pulls Setsuna's arm as he runs into the building laughing with joy.

Setsuna *whispering* : Ranma, what are you doing?

Ranma : Giving a show.

Setsuna : why?!?

Ranma stopped as soon as they were inside the school and looked up into Setsuna's eyes.

Ranma : Because, your too pretty to not be smiling.

Setsuna flushed with embarrassment and Ranma smiled. He then looked up and around at all the kids staring at him.

Ranma : What, do I have something on my face?

There was a massive face fault that resounded around the school.

Setsuna : Let's go Ranma. I've got work to do, and we have a long talk ahead of us.

Boy : Oooo, getting it on with the counselor. Way to go, there's a lot of guys that have been trying to get THERE with her.

Ranma turned his head slowly toward the boy who said it, and his eyes spoke volumes. His eyes held such a anger and disgust for the boy, that his eyes almost sparkled with fire.

Ranma : What the hell did you just say?

The coldness behind Ranma's voice made the guy piss his pants.

------------- TO BE CONTINUED --------------

Yes I know, quite a cliffhanger YET AGAIN.

However, I wanted to put it up tonight for those who wanted to read it.

Also, I just got some new games for gamecube, MYSTIC WARRIORS, and METROID PRIME, so I don't know when the next release will be.

======POLL=======

Should I create an Ranma/Onegai Teacher fanfic?

e-mail me at Recca@aemail4u.com with your answer. ALSO, throw some ideas at me for the next couple chapters, I'm at a loss right now :)