Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 is owned by Rumiko Takahashi. Naruto belongs to someone else but whoever owns it owns it.

Ch 3 The flare

/Telepathic speech\

{'Vampire tongue'} \English/ [German] ! Chinese! :Mind stun speech: #blood knowledge# $English$

It was a mid summer afternoon and it was raining. The sky was a darker shade of gray. Children in their houses were upset that their parents wouldn't let them go out side. Saying they would get hypitheormrs (spelled incorrectly on purpose) they were banished to their house the kids played video games and sipped at their warm tea. Although a certain Ukyo was still in the rain. She was struggling to get back indoors as she had sprained her ankle when she tripped over a rock in the road. She had all ready began wearing boys cloths.
"Isn't this rain ever going to stop?" she silently asked herself. Thinking about how the other kids were going to laugh at her she continued. She could she the orphanage she was forced to live in at the end of the street and began limping to her destination she saw that one kid was still out in the rain. He was 4'9 and wore a long trench coat. The collar of the shirt went all the way up to the cheek bone. He had an odd looking hat that the rain seemed to roll off and fall over the boy like a shield on his head. He was holding what looked like a brief case in one hand and an umbrella in the other.
Getting closer to him she seemed to recognize him. ITS RANMA!
"Finally I will get my revenge!" taking off the battle spatula on her back she charged him surprisingly fast for a limping person. He ducked the slash dropping on the balls of his feet and slide to the left when she brought a downward strike. He stood up to face her still not taking a stance. She rushed forward and slipped falling to the floor. Ranma dropped his stuff lunged forward dropped to his knees and caught her around her waist in the split second timing. Ukyo was shocked to find herself in his arms.
"You ankle," he said worried. Ukyo was all to happy to see Ranma caring and even WORRYING about her.
She laid down on her back as he brought his suit case out to reveal assortment of things from first aid kit to a small katana.
After fixing her leg, noting how he didn't look up her skirt in her vulnerability, they stood up to face each other.
He was looking directly into her eyes and all the sadness in the world was there. She sighed a forgiving sigh when Ranma leapt around her crying on her shoulder. She simply stood there waiting and he brought his face back up to hers. His cold hands up against her face surprised but passed. He ran his hand down her face until her lips. Red ovals he couldn't tear his eyes from. They were leaning towards each other in total understanding. She closed her eyes waiting for it......

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a startled girl awoke. Ukyo jumped right up in a seating position. remembering her last memoires.
Sighing she began thinking what she was going to do when she found him.... But something in the back of her mind had thought there was more to the dream. Like it meant something. Pulling herself back to reality suddenly understanding why the alarm went off. This morning was her duty to serve breakfast to the other orphaned kids.

Meanwhile outside her window.......

"Ukyo.... Ukyo," the vampire martial artist teased his portage. "You wanta make out with her," imitating a chimpanzee. "You like girls," pointed at him like a school kid.
"And what if I do?" Ranma stated suddenly feeling courageous.
"Nice come back," noted as his sire drank from the blood bank packet. "Although Ranma you shouldn't have laid it to her like that she might be distraught," reviewing the dream invasion Ranma had laid in Ukyo's mind.
"Don't worry. If the weather channel is right then," hearing thunder from above, "then when I meet up with her this afternoon she'll think it was her dream informing her of my arrival. Like in Back to the future 2," ending with the reference.
"Oh yea great flic too," acknowledging Ranma statement. "So we bag your girl and go back to France?" but was suddenly interrupted.
"Ahh come on you said we would go to Ireland for bangers and mash," with a puppy dog look on his face whimpering.
"Kid I invented that face it work on me," turning away while Ranma made more dog sounds. Finally cracking his master said, " Oh all right. I really wanted to go get some crepe societes. I know this really great place in France...."

Meanwhile in France......

"OH Miss Tendo how I long you!" a French restaurant owner as he kissed the picture of Akane at age 9 nearly swallowing it whole. He continued and sneezed.
"Oh my darling' must be talking about my good looks. I will come for you soon my darling'" again almost swallowing it.

.......................

"But OK," as they turned back to see Ukyo they were startled to find that she had gone to the cafeteria.
"No matter this is a perfect time to test out the newest item," pulling out a bag of weird looking four legged mech..
Plugging them into his laptop-computer with remote control plug's he brought up a program and began typing ganji words.
"Mission: Observation of subject Ukyo Kuonji," he typed into the keyboard. He then placed some of her genetic material namely her hair. It showed a read out of Ukyo's genetics. The little units stood on their hind legs like men but then bent their heads and began to roll towards Ukyo. They watched the progress of the bots observation. When he had meet up with some of the ninja on their journeys they seemed to act very similarly in gathering information.
They soon released the flea model that attaches itself to the subject to figure out its statues. It read all green. Blood pressure, heart rate the works. It was pretty much an uneventful day. The bots had taken positions all over the orphanage. Each biological eye had a 360 degree view and made 8 box views on the screen in each of the rooms each screen covering 45 degrees.
Abilities of these droids were impressive to say the least. They had special cables for jumping, a mini flame thrower and a GPS system to compute distance and location to its home base.
Two were attached to the roof they were everywhere hiding in obscure place like the distance between two books.
Hours wore on finally Ukyo and her fiends left to go to the all boys school. Ranma recalled the droids and they followed her by using Ranma's laptop to triangulated her position while Sasuke was using the GPS software and a map of area for them to follow. On their way they would drop on of the many droids that would take poise for Ukyo on her way back to the orphanage. They were about two blocks away from her position while sending more droids forward ahead of her. Ranma contacted the nearest Nabiki like tradesmen a certain Yuoung Lung Mui.
"Yes what is it? Oh you want me to follow a certain.." Looking up old files on the certain person. "OK you want me to tail Ukyo Kuijon? Sure what the starting bid?"
"Umm let me think. I think 20,000 should do it right? Oh and 40,000 when we meet," chucking.
Young nearly had a heart failure at this turn and spit up his milk. "20,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST FOR TAILING HIM!!!!!!" he screamed surprised but absorbed by happiness.
"This is very important. If she finds out what you where doing the payment is cut in half. Just a little incentive," smirking on his end of the phone.
School ended, a certain kingpin got his cash, and Ukyo on her way back from school stopped at a dojo and watched blissfully imagining herself teaching her own awkward style with Ranma holding her and helping teach a class, babies crying in the room having a nice dinner......
But unfortunately this wasn't meant for her.
Sadly she walked out and tripped upon twisting her ankle?!
She gasped. It was starting all over again just like the dream she had. The clouds over head began to roar thunder and single drops fell. No, it must be a coincidence right?
She ran and the rain began to downpour. She had the oddest feeling. This seemed so familiar. The same post sign she passed in her dream was right there. 143 Ave and west shukoi street. She ran trying to convince herself it was just a dream. She was sopping wet and then she saw it. The orphanage no Ranma and her heart was crushed but she saw something walking towards her. It was the masked Ranma!
She grabbed her spatula and ran at him still feeling the pounding burn of the sprain. She did the same first strike and he reacted the same as the dream it continued on she still hoping it wasn't a dream and if it was then she'd never wake up.
When he was healing her leg unlike in the dream his hand seemed to glow with a serene light which made her feel calm.
They stood up and he opened the umbrella. That was new. He did not cry. He just skipped to the face holding. Before long they were right back to the memory of the dream kiss but better.
He broke from it and turned to an oddly dressed man and shouted through the rain, " Are the units back in?"
"Yes, and Ukyo's stuff is being mail ordered to the place you bought," still looking down at his water proof down to 500 ft laptop.
"Excellent we'll be there in no time. Should we teleport?" wondering if Ukyo could be hurt.
"Sure save money on airline tickets," with a fake smile.
Turning back to Ukyo, "Whoa you're really wet."
"I guess," she returned sheepishly.
"Everything is ready on my command. Will you come with me?" she could not refuse that begging dog-like look. He obviously was rich, powerful, and very honorable.
"Of course I will," he grabbed her from around the waist and whispered in her ear, "It wasn't a dream." They vanished and reappeared in a bar. They took a seat and ordered a bangers and mash a beer and a soda.
"We have something's to talk about."