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- SIGNS
" " - Japanese
* * = Thoughts

++++ = Flashback
-------- = Change in Time
***** = Another place

************ Ranma no more : Lonely Quest *************

Ranma ran from the castle, tears leaking from his eyes as thoughts danced through his mind *I'm immortal,... I'm a fucking immortal* He stopped suddenly as his body tensed up, and then relaxes *Nothing's changed,.... I've always known that I could never rest peacefully,... hell, even in this time, I'm engaged to four girls and have my share of enemies* He turned slightly and sighed as he started toward the castle once again. A flash of black lightning danced across the surface of the moon, narrowly missing Ranma as he jumped out of the way. Glaring at the hole that was where he once was, Ranma cursed silently before yelling into the darkness "Who's there?!? Come out and fight me like a man!"

The shadows melted away as one of four figures stepped out of the shadows "We've come to claim the life of the Chaos Lord,...." The one in front smirked as fire burned in his eyes. Throwing his hand out, a blast of lava spewed toward Ranma's shocked body. Quickly jumping to the side, he avoided the lava barely, but a splash later he was forced to grip his shoulder in pain. Watching in mute shock as the lava burned through his plated armor, Ranma knew that he couldn't take a direct hit "Well now, it seems that the Lord of Chaos himself, is nothing but a weakling"

Ranma's eyes flashed dangerously as the shadow taunted him "Who are you,... what do you want with me? Or is it that you just want me dead?"

Chuckling slightly, the leader got an insane smirk on his face, making Ranma gasp in surprise "I am Saffron, a Phoenix and the Fire scourge."

Shaking his head in dismay, another shadow stepped forward "I am Herb, the Dragon of Wind" he gave a mock bow to Ranma, before sneering.

Watching with interest, a third person stepped from the shadows "I am Kirin, the Prince of the Earth crest"

With a maniacal laugh, the final one stepped forward and added to Ranma's already growing dismay "I am Touma, Guard of the Water spirits"

Ranma took a hesitant step back, as fear arched across his face "No,.... this can't be true! I knew Saffron was a phoenix,.. but how did the rest... HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!?!"

Sneering at Ranma, Saffron spread his wings of fire as he floated off of the ground "My, it pleases me that the all powerful Chaos lord shows fear before me. But something tugs at my mind,.. how did you know of me? I did not make myself known until now."

Ranma took another step back as Saffron's fiery aura burned around him "T-This is a dream,... yeah, that's it. My enemies have come to me in my nightmares,... all I have to do is wake up" He closed his eyes tightly as he pinched his arm, and yelped in pain. Opening his eyes and barely dodging another fireball, he couldn't deny the feeling of intense flames as the area around him charred black from the impact. He watched in horror at the group of his most powerful enemies "W-Who are you working for?!"

Herb took the initiative as he stepped forward, the wind picking up slightly as he floated into the air "That will hold no need, in the place you are going" He then blurred as he barreled toward Ranma's body. Not being able to dodge in time, Herb's fist slammed into his chest, throwing him backward and skidding across the rocky surface. As Herb floated back to the ground, his feet soundlessly stepping onto the touched, and walked toward Ranma "It seems, that she was mistaken about the Chaos Lords power" He gave a snort of disgust as he kicked Ranma's stomach, causing a spasm of pain.

Looking up at Herb with slight anger, Ranma clenched his fist tightly "Bastard,.. I thought you were filled with honor, and yet you do this!" Seeing a slight shrug, and a curious look, Ranma could only shudder in rage as his aura started to crawl across his skin. Staring at the four before him, Ranma subconsciously tapped the crystal's power, as it flashed from his chest and illuminated the night time sky. The four 'Scourges' backed away slightly as black armor fastened onto Ranma's body. His hands blurred for a second as twin shafts of energy erupted from holes in his wrists. One of them crackled like lightning, while the other had a somewhat steam look to it. Lower his arms to the side, the blades touched the ground and crackled. The lightning sliced through with ease, and once the 'steam' came in contact with the ground, it immediately froze the surrounding area. Ranma looked at Saffron with sadness, something panging his heart deeply "I see that there is no longer, a way to save you. So I am going to have to do what I did in the future" He brought the swords in front of them, clashing them together in a X type shape.

His thoughts were interrupted when a blast of purple flew over his shoulder and slammed into Saffron "Dead scream!" Pluto walked out from the shadows and stood next to Ranma with a small smile on her lips "Now, Now Ranma. Were you trying to have all the fun?" Then for the first time, she noticed his armor and swords "W-What happened?"

Ranma shook his head and sighed "The crystal filled me with power, and when the light faded,.... I was in this" He motioned, carefully, to the armor and blades that were on his body. Ranma brought up the twin blades as he pushed forward "I'm going to settle this right now!" He swung down with the ice blade toward Saffron, and used the lightning blade to arc in Herb's direction. Both of the attacks missed barely, as they jumped over them and started to ascend into the air. Ranma spun around on the ground before launching himself into the air. He blurred from view as he appeared behind Saffron. With a smirk, Ranma crossed the blades and sliced deep into Saffron's back, filling the air with a pungent blood. Saffron fell down toward the ground, his wings severed, and slammed into it, creating a crater. Ranma found himself floating where Saffron once was, and smirked at the downed Saffron. Herb, Touma, and Kirin surrounded Saffron's downed form and glowered at Ranma with looks that promised pain "Hey, It's not my fault that you guys were full off yourselves." He lifted the ice sword into the air as it glowed bright blue. He then swung it in a arc parallel to the ground as thin ice needles burst from it "ICE CASCADE!" the 'Needles' raped the ground with extreme and thin slices of frozen water as they pierce the 'scourges' bodies. With a loud scream, they faded from view and Ranma fell from his vantage point, slamming into the ground.

Pluto ran over to Ranma's downed body and suppressed a scream of horror at his bloodied and broken body "R-Ranma!" She picked him up, and noticed the blood pouring from a hole in his chest. Quickly, she teleported herself and Ranma into the ball room, and placed him before Queen Serenity. She ignored all the stares and murmurs of the crowd as she bowed before the Queen "My Queen, I beg you! HEAL HIM!"

Shaking her head sadly, as she noticed the crystal missing from his body "I can't,.... the dark energy of the crystal is surrounding his body. If I were to heal him at this point in time, he would die." She lifted a hand as it pulsed with white energy, that soon illuminated Ranma's body "This is all I can do,.... It's up to Ranma to fight off the dark power"

Wiping her eyes of the falling tears, Pluto laid next to Ranma's body and traced her face with his fingers "Ranma,.... come on, wake up. Quit playing around! This isn't funny!" She quickly tried to banish the tears, that were now flooding from her eyes "Ranma,.... those scourges couldn't have hurt you this much! WAKE UP!"

Freezing in anger and surprise, Queen Serenity was by his side in a second "Did you say scourges?" Pluto sniffled and nodded slightly, much to the Queen's frantic worry "Son of a bitch!" The crowd became an uproar as their 'cool' and 'collected' leader, sword like a school boy "Why didn't you tell me that the scourges were free!"

Serenity glared at Pluto, who turned her head and glared at her Queen "Because! Ranma is more important!"

Growling in frustration, the Queen slapped Pluto "Damnit Pluto, these are the scourges we're talking about! They are the most dangerous things in the world!"

Bringing her hand up to feel her throbbing cheek, Pluto gritted her teeth "Ranma took down Saffron, the fire scourge by himself! If that doesn't prove that he is more important, then I'm leaving" Seeing that her glare hadn't lessened, Pluto picked up Ranma's still body and teleported to the Time Gates. That morning, without any warning at all, The scourges attacked the Moon Kingdom with cursed vigor. Saffron's body was bandaged up, as he was still without his wings, and had a horrid grin that promised pain on his face. The Senshi faced off against them, but were quickly knocked to the side. Knowing that there was nothing she could do, Queen Serenity sacrificed herself in order to will the 'crystal' to send the Senshi and the Prince of Earth, forward in time. Meanwhile, at the Gates of Time. Pluto was staring in defiance as the Moon Kingdom fell, to the combined might of the scourges. She didn't seem to notice that Ranma's body was being cocooned in a black shroud of energy. However, when she did, it was too late. She ran toward Ranma's body "Ranma!" With a displacement of energy, Ranma was flung into the Gates of Time, as they swung shut behind his retreat. Pluto dropped to her knees, as her eyes flooding once again with tears, knowing she could do nothing for him.

------- Fifteen Thousand Years in the Future --------

Ranma was walking down a path, a rather large backpack on his back. He sighed before turning around "Are you comin Pops?!?" What he got for his troubles, was a 'growf' from a large panda that was following "Geez old man,... you would think that you could move a bit faster. At this rate, we won't reach the village till dark" Genma growf'd and pointed in front of them at a rather large wooden gate. Ranma blinked for a second before laughing deliriously "Okay,... that wasn't there before" Seeing Genma's amused face, Ranma sighed "Shut up old man,... don't say a word"

The gates opened as a old women on a staff pounded outward "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Ranma blinked at her and suppressed a shudder at the power she let off "We're travelers, and we were told that we could buy provisions here"

The older woman looked at them and then probed their aura, nearly falling off her cane at Ranma's "I,... see..... Well then, come inside" She turned and hopped inside, followed by a bewildered Ranma and Genma. They were then surrounded by women with spears, pointed at their throat "Let them go. This man is just what we were waiting for" The spears dropped, as most of the Amazon's questioned the Elder's choice "This is the one, who could battle on even grounds with Saffron"

At the mention of Saffron's name, Ranma's eyes glowed slightly black as his voice deepened and hardened, his aura crackling around him dangerously "Did you say Saffron?"

The old women nearly fell off her cane once again, as the entire tribe of 'warrior' women backed away "Y-Yes,.... Saffron is the Phoenix god who has rained hell on us, and the Musk dynasty for the past Ten thousand years."

Ranma growled slightly, the energy fluxing around him and dancing across the ground "That asshole is still alive... even after all that damage I've done to him!" The woman blinked and was going to say something when Ranma's aura suddenly died, leaving him an empty husk "W-What are you all looking at?"

Blurring forward, The older women pressed multiple pressure points on Ranma's body, locking him in place "Listen, young one, what do you mean 'after all you've done to him'?"

Struggling against the pressure points, Ranma growled slightly "What are you talking about you dried up old mummy! Quit talking nonsense and release me!"

The woman twitched slightly at the remark before slapping Ranma in the head with her staff "The name is Khu Lohn and show some respect to your elders!"

Ranma's eyes darkened again, as Genma took a step back holding up a sign It's Happening again! then he flipped it over as he started out the gate RUN! Khu Lohn turned and watched as the fat panda ran through the gates at a speed seen only in the Amaguriken.

Ranma's body pulsed with energy once again, as a shockwave burned from his body and demolished three nearby huts "Release me!" He growled under his breath as Khu Lohn made no movement to even attempt to remove the restraints. He grinned darkly as he drew in the power surrounding him "I SAID RELEASE ME!" Then with a black burning fire, the area around him scorched a pitch black.

Khu Lohn, for the second time in her life, was terrified "N-No way" She took a step back as she shook her head at him. She hadn't been this afraid since the first battle with Saffron, when she was demolished. She dropped off of her staff, as her Great grand daughter came up behind her "Xian Pu! Stand back, this male is too powerful!"

Shaking her head, Xian Pu brought up her bonbori's and charged toward him "Outsider, die!" She swung the mace down toward Ranma's head quickly, becoming a slightly blur. Ranma watched in amusement as his hand blurred, breaking the pressure points, and stopped the mace from hitting him in the head "H-How?!? Outsider male weak!" Ranma sneered at her as he knocked the mace away and slammed an open palm into her chest, flinging her back and sending her tumbling through a nearby hut. Ranma took a step forward as he chuckled slightly, then burst into a deep and dark laugh.

Shaking her head, she stepped away from Ranma's advancing form "S-Stay away!" Her hands glowed slightly as she threw a Ki blast toward him "Zen Gofu!" a small flicker of energy burned from her outstretched finger, which quickly expanded into a ball of energy the size of a medicine ball.

Sneering at her, Ranma batted the blast to the side and chuckled in amusement as it destroyed the hut it hit "Tsk Tsk, you've got some bad aim in your old age. This is how you use your energy" Ranma's hand glowed with green energy as lightning crackled along his fingers "Thunder bomb!" the ball of lightning burst forward as Khu Lohn shut her eyes, awaiting her demise. Which never came. She opened them again and watched the ball of lightning floating in front of her. Ranma chuckled slightly "Glad you could join the battle, Saffron" The energy ball shot upward, which was followed by a shout of pain as a 'bird' dropped from the sky.

Khu Lohn's eyes were as large as saucers at the moment, as Ranma dropped Saffron to the ground with a single blast "W-What are you?"

Grinning with darkness, as his eyes pulsed with renewed power "I am the one who knocked Saffron down a peg, fifteen thousand years ago, today. This is also the day, that I will get revenge for the fall of the moon kingdom!" He body burst outward and scorched the ground under him, as he screamed out. His power shook the planet to the core, as even Saffron took an involuntary step back "Are you ready for me, Saffron the phoenix god? Or should I say, Saffron, the Fire Scourge."

Saffron stood up and stared at Ranma, a grin spreading across his lips "I see,.... so you are the one I fought back then. I had my doubts, until now. Tell me, did those bitches die like dogs?" He was rewarded when Ranma's eyes flashed defiantly "Ah yes, that's right. You weren't there. You ran from the battle, like the coward you are."

Shaking with Rage, Ranma growled even more, as darkness seeped out of his body "Saffron,.... for the deaths of my fiancée's! YOU. WILL. DIE!" Ranma burst forward, pushing the ground he once stood into a deep crater. Ranma was a blur of motion as he slammed his fist into Saffron's stomach, launching him backward and knocking him through the back gates and into the forest.

Grinning despite himself, Ranma didn't have time to blink before he was punched in the back of the head sending him tumbling forward "Stupid boy, you are as foolish now as you were then! Did you think that those weak attacks could hurt me!?!"

Getting off the ground, Ranma sighed to himself and shook his head "Damnit,...." Ranma lurched to a stand still as his eyes bore into Saffron's soul "Damn you,.... WHO ARE YOU!" Ranma furiously dodges punches from Saffron, and then is forced to jump to the side of a powerful fireball, that melts the land where he once was. Ranma tumbled to the side and hid behind a hut. Ranma was breathing heavily as he hid from the powerful entity *Damnit,.... who is this guy, and why is he attacking me!* Ranma slid down to the ground, his body shaking from fear.

TO BE CONTINUED___________

sorry about the length it took to churn this out.