Inuranko

"Momma read it again! Please!" The young, 5 year old, Ranma-chan pleaded

jumping up and down in his mothers lap. His mother sighed before saying," Okay

Ran-chan, this is the last time I'm going to read this to you, then you are going to

bed." Ranma-chan nodded his head up and down indicating that he would go to

sleep afterwards and she began reading. "Long ago, there was a hanyou boy named

Inuyasha, a young miko named Kagome, and a magical jewel called the shinkon no

tama...."

11 years later...

"Shinkon no tama?" Ranko asked. "Yes, if we get the shinkon no tama, the

Saotome Anything Goes Martial Arts will be unstoppable." "But I thought you said

that it was burned along with that other chick, pops." Ranko replied playing with

the little keychain he bought her. "Don't be an idiot, it has to be still out there. And

you, my girl, are going to get it for me." Genma said with his head bowed down.

"Keh! Whatever, if you want it so badly you get it, old man!" She yelled at him

picking him up by his shirt and throwing him in the pond. Bubbles floated to the

surface of the pond and out emerged a giant panda. The panda picked up his

daughter throwing her into the pond before she had the chance to run away and out

emerged........ Ranko, wet and spitting out water. "What did you do that for!!" She

yelled spitting out more water. "I still have to go to school you know!" She walked

over to the panda with an angry scowl on her face cracking her knuckles. Genma-

panda put up a sign that said in urgent bolded letters. *Help*

Ranko walked out of the front door with a big grin plastered on her face

Leaving Genma-panda in a crumpled heap on the floor. *Ahhh... now I feel much

better.* She thought as her grin grew. She suddenly snapped out of her happy state

going into a defensive stance. "Who's there?" She asked, feeling an evil presence in

front of her. *Hmmm... that's strange.* Ranko thought. *It's coming from the bone

eaters well...... but that well's been sealed for centuries...* She slowly approached

the well not letting her guard down. She opened the well slowly, peering into the

long never-ending darkness. *There's nothing down th---* She stopped abruptly as

she fell forward, down the well. *Damn it, I should have known it was Happosai.*

She thought as she saw underwear falling down the well with her. *Why the hell

haven't I landed yet.* It seemed to last hours until she saw a strange purplish light

and she landed. "Whoa, that was weird." She said as she slowly stood up and dusted

herself off.

Ranko looked around at her surroundings as soon as she got out of the well.

*What the hell... Where the hell am I?* She saw a large field of grass where her

house and dojo used to be. "Damn it, old man. If you want to live come out and

show yourself!" She yelled looking around trying to sense her father or Happosai.

When no one answered she snorted indignantly and walked towards a large bluish

light in the forest. When the light seemed to not get any closer after 10 minutes of

walking, she started tree hopping. Finally she hit her destination, but she didn't find

what she was looking for. Instead she found a handsome young boy pinned to the

largest tree in the forest with vines growing up his body. She hesitantly approached

him getting a better look at his face. He was an inch taller than herself with raven

black hair tied in a pig-tail and a chiseled masculine face.

*Kami-sama, he's handsome.* She thought as she reached out a hesitant hand to

touch his face. *His face is so smooth and his hair is like mine.* Suddenly multiple

arrows imbedded themselves in the tree, just a few inches from her face and body.

"What are you doing!? Are you trying to KILL me!?! Geeze!" She said as she

turned around. Around her were men with knifes and bows in their hand. She

gulped and said, "Uhh... Hi?"

"What the hell did I to you people!! Untie me right now!!" Yelled Ranko

with her wrists and ankles bound. The people around her mumbled to each other

saying the occasional "Such a foul mouth for a young lady" or "She must be a

demon". Soon after the crowd quieted down and moved aside for an old lady

balanced on a stick with long white hair. "Hmm... I think this child is possessed."

The old lady said. She pulled out a pouch and poured gray powder on Ranko's head.

"Evil spirit, leave this child's body!" She said as the powder slowly dissolved in the

air. "What the hell! Why did you do that baba!?!" Ranko coughed out. The old lady

scowled, making her wrinkles appear worse. "Bring her to my house." The old baba

told some men.

"Who are you young lady?" Asked the old wench on a stick. "I'll tell you

when you untie me!" Ranko yelled back, struggling to get loose. "Sounds reasonable,

but when I untie you, you have to stop calling me baba." She said in reply while

untying Ranko. "My name is Ranko, baba." Ranko said when the old woman was

done. "And you will call me Cologne from now on... I sense something very powerful

in you." Ranko snorted. "Of course you do, I'm a very powerful person." Ranko

said. "No, I sense something different in you're ki--" She trailed off and leaned

closer to Ranko, examining her ki. Cologne's eyes widened in surprise as she

realized what the difference was. "You... You're the chosen child whom carries the

shinkon no tama within?!" Cologne said, truly surprised that such an arrogant child

would hold and protect such a valuable jewel. "What are you talking about baba?"

Ranko asked in curiosity. "It was said that one day a child with great powers will

come with the shinkon no tama inside her body. This child will once again protect

the world from chaos..." "Once again?" Ranko asked, interrupting Cologne.

"Long ago, there was a young hanyou named Inuyasha..."

After Cologne-baba finished her story Ranko sat with her hands clenched in

her lap. She has to kill some guy named Naraku, again. *Kami-sama, why me!?*

Her head screamed at her. *At least this Kagome character had a strong guy with

her, to protect her from harm. BUT WHAT ABOUT ME!!! I mean, I am strong and

can defend myself, but this Naraku guy sounds so strong! DAMN IT! WHY ME!?*

Her head continued to scream at her. Ranko hadn't even been paying attention to

what baba was saying now. "Damn it Ranko!! Snap out of it! We're under attack! A

demon is after the shinkon no tama!!" Ranko suddenly snapped out of it, sensing

danger. "Nani?" She asked. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" Cologne-baba yelled at

Ranko, pulling the young red-head girl out of the house. "Run to the Inuyasha

Forest and pull the magical arrow from Ranma! He is bound to be your partner!"

"That blue light is the Inuyasha Forest, right?!" Ranko asked, pointing at the forest

she had just come from. "Yes, now go child!" Ranko tree hopped towards the

Inuyasha Forest with a demon hot on her tail. *I'm almost there!* She thought as

she neared the Kami Tree.

*I MADE IT!* Ranko thought happily and she put her hand on the arrow

that sealed the boy. She attempted to pull it out but before she could it slowly

dissolved in her hand awakening the boy. The boy's eyes fluttered open, revealing

calm blue-gray eyes. His body pulsed with a blue light and the vines that grew on his

body shriveled and dropped to the ground. Suddenly in the blink of an eye he stood

before Ranko grabbing her by the arms, anger clearly shown in his eyes. "Who are

you?!" He asked in a vicious, cold tone. "I... my name....." She stuttered in reply. He

growled in annoyance and pushed her out of the way. "It's coming." He said as he

released his battle aura. Soon enough a giant bird demon came flying towards them

at inhuman speed.

Ranma jumped into the air, kicking the demon in it's head, causing it to fall

from the air and land hard on the ground. Ranko sighed in relief ready to start

jumping in happiness until the over-seized bird twitched and got up. Instead of

attacking Ranma it headed strait for Ranko ripping out part of her waist. She

grabbed at her waist in pain, trying to stop the bleeding. The bird demon was

currently looking on the floor for the round little sphere that it ripped out of

Ranko's waist. Ranko growled in annoyance and anger. She was pissed, that stupid

bird demon hurt her and it was going to pay. She released her battle aura. An angry

red swirled around her body like she was on fire. "You will die by my hand." She

said in an angry voice as her ki formed in a little ball in the center of her hand. She

released the ki ball as it shot through the air heading strait for the demon. It ripped

through the demon's body like it was paper and then died down.

Ranko breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the shinkon no tama. She then

noticed that all the villagers were there and that they were all staring at her as if

she'd gone mad. "NANI!?!" She yelled at them, in response most of them turned

away from her and acted as though they didn't know what was happening. "Ranko,

was that the powers of the shinkon no tama?" O Baba asked her, balancing on her

cane. "No, that was the power of my ki." She replied with a smirk. O Baba coughed

lightly then turned to Ranma. " Ranma, let me introduce you to Ranko. You are

bound to be her partner so I must do something to insure that you won't hurt her."

O Baba then closed her eyes muttering an incantation in ancient Chinese.

Little blue balls of Cologne's ki flew around Ranma's neck, glowing at first then

fading away. After a couple of minutes her ki was no longer visible around his neck,

but if you had a closer look, you could still sense her ki there. "What the hell did you

do, baba!?" Asked Ranma grabbing at the invisible necklace of ki. "I just put a

subduing spell on you, that's all." She replied calmly. "Keh. You can't control me!"

He snorted indignantly. Ranko smirked at him. She knew what she was supposed to

do, it was all explained to her when she heard the story. "Osuwari! (Sit)" It had a

nice ring to it, she liked the sound of that word. *boom* Ranma was sent flying to

the ground by an invisible force. As soon as Ranma could speak you could hear a

long line of cursing coming from him. This was going to be fun.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Ranko hummed a light happy tune. *YES!!! I'm never going to see my pops

again, or Happosai, or school, or Kuno, or...* Her mind trailed off happily and a

grin spread across her face. *AND I'm stuck in a world where everyone worships

me and I control an outrageously hot guy!! On top of all that I NEVER HAVE TO

SEE MY BAKA FIANCE AGAIN!!* By now Ranko was skipping with joy and

giggling like a little girl!! *I'm so happy!!!!* Well she was until she bumped into

Ranma. "What are you giggling for?" She ignored the venom in his voice and

explained to him that she didn't have to see her family or world again. When she

was about to jump for joy once again Ranma grabbed her arm and pulled her to the

well she came from. "O baba explained to me that you ARE able to go back to your

world through this well and I am able to go with you. We are going NOW!" Ranma

told her, his grip on her arm was tightening and she could feel a bruise starting to

form. "I DON'T WANNA GO BACK!! LET GO OF ME!!!" She screamed as if she

was being molested or something. Ranma let go, afraid that everyone would hear

her yelling like she was being raped. "Osuwari!" She yelled as soon as he let go of

her. "You are going back whether you like it or not. We have to get your supplies

and then that will be the last time we go there." "Really?" Ranko asked blinking

like a love struck fan girl. "Yes, really! Now let's go!"

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Ranma, could you please stop playing with the light switch?" "The what?"

Ranma asked flicking the lights on and off and on and off... "JUST DON'T TOUCH

ANYTHING!!! YOU'RE ANNOYING ME!!" She yelled in frustration. *Slam*

"What the hell was that?" Ranma asked Ranko who was also looking around for the

cause of the loud noise. Then she realized... "Shit.... it's my fiancé." Ranma stopped

playing with the light switch then asked," Fiancé? I didn't know you had a fiancé."

Ranma looked around and noticed that Ranko was climbing out the window. "What

are you doing?" He asked her with a smirk playing along his lips. "Ranma, we have

to leave NOW!!! The reason I didn't want to come back was because of my jack ass

fiancé. Run now, explain later." She said jumping from the window sill. Ranma

quickly followed wanting to know more about this fiancé she had.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Ranko gasped for air, grabbing at Ranma's left shoulder for support. "So

who's this fiancé of yours?" Ranma asked when she was finally breathing normally.

"Is there some place I can change my clothes?" She asked Ranma. Ranma led

Ranko to an empty house to the left of Cologne's and stopped. Ranko started

walking in signaling him to follow. He did as he was told and sat in front of where

Ranko was sitting. Ranko rummaged through her then sighed and looked towards

Ranma. "Before I was born, my pops made an agreement with his best friend that

when I was done with training I was supposed to get married with his son, Kuno..."

Ranko shuddered at the thought of marrying that Shakespearean freak. Ranma

looked at her expectantly and Ranko continued. "Kuno ended up being some weirdo

guy that sprouts Shakespeare and tries to molest me every chance he gets. He's also

a great martial artist, but not as good as me." She said and proceeded to take off her

shirt. Ranma was shocked and all he could do was stare, just stare as Ranko

changed right in front of him. When she was done he was still staring at her with his

mouth wide open. "I see you liked what you saw?" Ranko smirked then said,"

Umm... Ranma I think you have a little drool on your chin..." Ranma finally came

back to reality and started rubbing his chin which had nothing on it, then he glared

at Ranko. "Have you no feminine modesty?" He asked blushing hard with his arms

crossed over his chest. Ranko simply replied with," No. if you were a chick would

you have feminine modesty?" Ranma paused for a second seeming to think, then

answered," That's different."

Ranko walked with the shinkon no tama in her hand. "What's so special

about this glass ball, eh baka?" "Why are you calling me baka? You un- cute

tomboy." Ranma flinched when he said that, that was what he used to call... Akane.

Ranko hadn't noticed his flinch and continued talking. "I call you baka cause you

ARE a baka, and don't call me an un-cute tomboy, you hentai." Ranma flinched

again, those were the exact names Akane used to call him. This time Ranko noticed

his flinch and turned to face him. "Are you okay Ranma?" She asked him in a

somewhat gentle voice. "Yeah I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" He said sarcastically

and walked ahead of her.

"Oi, Cologne-baba. What am I supposed to do exactly anyways? I mean I

really don't have to do anything except wait for this Naraku guy to show up. And I

don't have to collect shinkon shards either because I have the whole thing."

Cologne-baba stared at her thinking of something for her to do. "Why don't you get

to know Ranma a little bit." Ranko snorted. "Ranma? He barely even talks to me

anymore. The only way he's ever going to talk to me is if we are FORCED to work

with each other, and even then it would be chaos." Cologne-baba seemed to pause

again then said, " Let me see the shinkon no tama." Ranko handed it to O baba and

baba then asked, "Would you like to get to know Ranma?" Ranko blushed slightly.

"Why do you wanna know?" O baba laughed heartily. "I'll take that as a yes."

Ranko blushed harder. Meanwhile.......

Ranma sat and listened to their conversation outside of the door, hiding his

presence so they couldn't sense him. He could see through the cracks of the hut, that

Ranko was blushing when O baba asked her that question, he even slightly blushed

although not knowing why. He turned around facing the Inuyasha woods, thinking

of the recent activities that happened. He let his mind wonder to Ranko then Akane

and he felt his heart jump in his chest. *God I miss that un-cute tomboy.* He lightly

smiled. His smile soon disappeared as his thoughts trailed off. *I can't believe she's

dead..... and I couldn't even protect her.* He slammed his fist on the ground, then

soon afterwards he heard a *crack* followed by Ranko's screaming. Ranma ran

into the hut seeing what the commotion was about... his eyes widened then he

started yelling along with Ranko. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BROKE THE

SHINKON NO TAMA!" "DAMN IT O BABA, YOU JUST HAVE TO SCREW

EVERYTHING UP!" "Oops."