Chapter 2
Tendo Dojo
The early morning sun streamed through the window of the guest room outlining three sleeping forms. It was a Sunday so technically everyone in the household could sleep in. Normally this wasn't so but with the sleeping powder that was put on Genma the night before, Genma was still in a deep sleep; therefore he couldn't wake his son up for their morning spar meaning the other members of the household wouldn't get their early morning wake up call. The real mystery was the third figure currently snuggled up closely to a certain pig-tailed martial artist. The mysterious figure moved a little to adjust to the invading warmth of the sun, giving a clear view of a young petit, redheaded girl, which coincidentally enough looked just like Ranma's girl side.
Ranma awoke to the feeling of someone in the bed with him. As he opened his eyes, everything appeared blurry at first then things became to clear up. By this time a certain redhead was already awake and eagerly awaiting for when Ranma looked at her. After Ranma's vision fully cleared he began thinking of who could be in the bed with him.
{Okay, I know it isn't that bull dyke Akane otherwise I'm sure I would already be on my way to the other side of Nerima. So that leaves three other possibilities, A. Shampoo, B. Ukyou, or C. Shudder Kodachi. Well it can't be Shampoo because it doesn't smell like her and plus the fact that my ribs aren't being crushed to death. (Ranma's girl side had him in a soft and affectionate embrace. I don't think its Ukyou because she doesn't normally do things like this plus the fact that whoever it is too short to be Ukyou. So that leaves Kodachi, but I don't think it's her either. There's no chemical smell in the room plus whoever it is kinda smells like me...}
Finally getting the nerve up to face whoever was in the bed with him Ranma turned his head to have his eyes lock in on another set of bright blue-grey eyes that he could get lost in. Being the powers that be, the final part of the scrolls magic decided to take effect, being the fact that one of Ranma's greatest desire was to have someone that loved him, and knew what he has went through in life, someone who would trust him completely and not treat him like a prize to be won and would care what his feelings on the matter.
FLASH Living a happy childhood until age 5 then being taken away from his mother. FLASH Going through the Neko-Ken at age 6. FLASH A young boy having to leave his only friend behind while he rode on top of his friends' yatta while his dad pulled it. FLASH Other forms of torture in the name of the art. FLASH The feeling of being cursed into a girl and not living up to being 'A Man among Men'. FLASH The fiancées, the rivals, and all the fights. The feeling of being alone and having to hide from his mother as 'Ranko'. Killing to save Akane at Mt. Phoenix
FLASH Growing up in a small village near the Amazons. FLASH Seeing both of her parents killed before her eyes by the Musk, then being adopted into the Amazon tribe. FLASH The training, and countless fights to stay unmarried, the feeling of never finding one to truly love and being forever alone. FLASH The challenge to the death by an ex-friend of the tribe, the feeling of cold water washing over here then nothing. FLASH Fifteen hundred years of watching everyone from the spring as they went through their lives, the loneliness of knowing that you would never be loved. FLASH Watching a young man spar with his father ending with him being knocked into her spring. A chance due to some mental scarring a tear in his soul allowed her to travel with him in life, and experience life through his eyes. Eventually falling in love with the young man but knowing that it would never be.
Tears flowed from both teens eyes as the connection broke. Each had made up their mind to fill that void in each others life. Ranko knew that her prayers had been answered; she had been given a second chance and also a chance to be with the one she loved. Ranma knew more about emotions since his fight with Saffron and could already feel his self falling in love with the girl before him. He knew from the memories that they shared that she truly loved him for him and he did not have to change just to get her to notice him. He also knew for some reason that she wasn't going to let him lie to everyone anymore about his intelligence, due to the shared memories he was sure that she knew that he was on the level of being a certified genius. That he lied to everyone by failing tests on purpose and acting dumb so they wouldn't know that he knew exactly what was going on around him. Like how Akane really knew that Ryouga was P-Chan and at night they would plan out their attacks on Ranma. Nabiki had set up a vast company making money off of Ranma's girl side and the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew and their fights. Yep today would be the start of 'Ranma and Ranko's Operation: Get Revenge.
"Ranko, I know this is because of that scroll that Happosai had, but for once you know what? I'm happy that things turned out the way they did. Now how about we slip on outta here and go see my mom and along the way I'll tell you my plans of revenge against some members of the NWC?" Ranma said as looked deeply into Ranko's eyes. He could feel himself falling in love with her even more by the second.
Ranko just kept looking right back into him in those same eyes. "Ranma, before you do that tell me what you are going to do about the fiancées and furthermore what are you going to do about us? You know my feelings about you so I don't have any reason to try to hide it from you. But I would like to hear your own feelings about it. And I also know that you don't even like any of the girls in that way."
Ranma sighed, he knew this was coming, but as he thought about it he didn't really have any objections to being with Ranko or even if the matter came up marrying her for that matter. "Ranko, yes I do know how you feel and to answer your question, in the past ten minutes that I have actually known you I have fallen in love with you too. That alone gives me a even better reason to get rid of the fiancées and get the hell outta Nerima. So let's hurry up and get to my mom's house." With that the two quickly got dressed and slipped out of the house via the window heading across rooftops to Juuban.
Ranma and Ranko quickly made their way to the Saotome residence. As soon as they had entered the Juuban district the two had started to show affection for one another, the two just couldn't get enough of being around each other, their relationship had already passed the handholding stage and the two were already kissing. Both knew that it was all thanks to the magical scroll of Happosai's somehow when they had shared memories to one another it had connected the two in a deep and symbiotic way, at any given point or time one could almost know what the other was thinking before the other said anything about it. And as their link grew the two could start to feel what the other was feeling and they could feel positive emotions directed towards one another.
Saotome Ancestral Home
As the two stood before the door, Ranma turned to face Ranko and took her into his arms. "Anata, no matter what happens in there today, one way or another we will be together. I promise you that, and we both know that I keep my promises." Ranma said as he tightened his embrace a little. Ranko just leaned further into Ranma's embrace, "I know you do Ranma." The two broke their embrace, with some reluctance, and then knocked on the door.
A few moments later the door opened to reveal Nodoka Saotome in a nice kimono. Her sights immediately set themselves on the red-haired girl. "Ranko it's nice to see you again! Who is your young friend?" Thoughts of Ranko having a boyfriend played through her head. Kami only knows how close to the truth she is.
The black-haired teen faced her; she noticed a slight moment of hesitation play on his face. Then he spoke, "Hello mother, it is good to see you after all this time."
Tears started making there way down Nodoka's face as she comprehended what Ranma had said. "Ranma is it really you my son?"
Ranma just nodded his head, "Hai mother it really is me. There are some things that I need to talk to you about mother and they are really important. If we may come in I will tell you about the training trip and also talk to you about what I need help with."
"Come in and make yourselves at home, I will get some tea and you can tell me all about it, my son."
Nodoka quickly led them into the sitting room and then went into the kitchen to make the tea. A little bit later she returned with the tea and after serving everyone she sat down to her sons' tale and also to listen to his problems.
Seeing that she was ready Ranma told her everything that happened on the training trip. From the Neko-ken to Jusenkyo and the multiple fiancées. By the time he was done with his tale Nodoka was furious as she gripped the family honor blade tightly muttering about having panda steaks for dinner. After she had calmed down enough to continue Ranma started explaining his problems to her.
"Mother, thanks to pops and his stomach I have three fiancées and one psycho after me, with Kami only knows how many more that are out there. Every month I get rid of at least two more fiancées that show up at the dojo after I satisfy their honor somehow. But I cannot figure out how to get rid of the Tendo-Saotome engagement, since no matter what I try to do it gets shoved right back into my face. I cannot deter Ukyou for that matter either her honor demands I marry her since Pops ran off with her dowry and spent it and I do not have that kinda money to hand over. Amazon law states that I have to marry Shampoo since I defeated her in combat and I cannot figure a way out of that one either. And the last girl Kodachi is insane and just won't leave me alone." Ranma sighed and took a sip of tea before continuing as he gathered his thoughts. "I don't love any of the girls, and they treat me like a prize to be won and the only person I have even considered marrying any time soon is sitting next to me." Ranma said as he turned a bright red, beside him Ranko was also a bright red at the announcement of his feelings towards her to his mother. "Pops demands that I fulfill family honor, but in truth this family has no honor left in its name. Pops has dragged it so far through the mud it would take at least a hundred years to fix all the damage. From all the promises to eh thievery and lying there is no family honor left."
Nodoka looked at her son with a knowing look because she already knew this. "Ranma I have a way out of this for the both of us, but go ahead with the rest of your problems because I need a little more time about gathering my wits to tell you."
"No problem mother, my next problem is if I don't get out of Nerima anytime soon I think something very bad will happen. Everybody immediately blames everything on me from the fights with Ryouga to Akane's malleting into LEO. I never get any time to myself and I fear that I have reached my breaking point already and that I am a over due time bomb just ready to go off. The next thing I wanted to ask you was something that deals with my very soul. Does a hawk of light and purple flames mean anything to you? In my fight with the Phoenix god Saffron in China I had to look deep inside of myself to find more power to defeat him and there they were." Ranma looked at his mother letting her know that he was done talking, and awaiting some answers to his questions and problems.
"First of all Ranma, I would say that you do not have to worry about the Seppuku contract. I only had Genma do that to try and keep him in line because I knew he wasn't the most trustworthy of figures to be with. My question though is to mainly Ranko at the moment. Ranko, how do you feel about my son? And please answer truthfully."
Ranko looked at Nodoka and blushed a little before giving her answer. "Auntie to be truthful I love your son with all my heart and I would give my own life to see him happy. And I know he would do the same for me too. Unlike the others I do not see him as a prize to be won. Akane was just given the engagement and never had to work for it. The only time she ever is really nice to Ranma is when she is afraid that he property is going to be taken away by another. Shampoo thinks that he is hers too just because of Amazon Law, and men in her village are treated as second class citizens under the women. As for Ukyou she two treats Ranma as a prize to be won from Akane and Shampoo. She came to Nerima looking for revenge for the past ten years and only after Ranma said she looked cute did she start chasing after him like the others. The only thing I want is for Ranma to follow his own heart and aspirations, because he is not property to be handed off or discarded, he is a human being that has long ago captured my heart, and that is something I am very grateful for."
Nodoka just smiled at Ranko. "Well then with that outta the way I guess I will let you know my plan. Would you both be willing to marry not because of duty be out of love?"
Ranma just blushed a bright red again. "Mother I feel like I have known Ranko my whole life, but I need some time to get used to this first, ."
Ranko nodded her head at Ranma. "I too feel the same way."
"Well then here is my plan... Ranma, Genma is not your biological father. Your real father was concerned for mine and your safety so he never married me. We made love out of wed lock before he left and every now and then I see him. But due to the fact that I was pregnant, society would have looked poorly on me so I married Genma to hide the fact. I had divorced your father and was going to go live with my own father at his home. I would like you to come with me Ranma and take the last name of Misaki which is my maiden name. As for the purple flame, that is something you inherit from your real father who is named Iori Yagami. As for the Hawk of light I don't really have a clue but you can ask your grandfather about that one."
"That is exactly what I wanted to do myself mom, a little bit quicker than I had expected with the divorce but that's fine by me. And at least with your plans to go live with grandpa I won't really have to find a place to stay that would be in my budget range. Now the only question is when do we leave? The sooner the better in my opinion."
AN: Okay this is really my first shot at a Fanfic. SO any ideas would be much appreciated. I picked this story up from Chaos Avatar, so yes I do know that Ranma is overpowered, so if anybody can give me any ideas of what to throw at him that would be really cool. I do not know if I wanna have Ranma pick up a second wife since if I remember correctly due to the Jurian blood he can have multiple wives or is that only for the emperor? If he can, anybody wanna give me some ideas of who it should be? ALL REVIEWS AND FLAMES ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!!! They let me know how to work things for future fanfics and future chapters in this fic. I was thinking along the lines of having Ranma go into space for awhile and traveling to the different planets? I also am leaving it open for the NWC to aggravate him. Chapter 3 is going to be out as soon as I can work out some details. If anybody has any ideas what so ever send me a review!!!
Tendo Dojo
The early morning sun streamed through the window of the guest room outlining three sleeping forms. It was a Sunday so technically everyone in the household could sleep in. Normally this wasn't so but with the sleeping powder that was put on Genma the night before, Genma was still in a deep sleep; therefore he couldn't wake his son up for their morning spar meaning the other members of the household wouldn't get their early morning wake up call. The real mystery was the third figure currently snuggled up closely to a certain pig-tailed martial artist. The mysterious figure moved a little to adjust to the invading warmth of the sun, giving a clear view of a young petit, redheaded girl, which coincidentally enough looked just like Ranma's girl side.
Ranma awoke to the feeling of someone in the bed with him. As he opened his eyes, everything appeared blurry at first then things became to clear up. By this time a certain redhead was already awake and eagerly awaiting for when Ranma looked at her. After Ranma's vision fully cleared he began thinking of who could be in the bed with him.
{Okay, I know it isn't that bull dyke Akane otherwise I'm sure I would already be on my way to the other side of Nerima. So that leaves three other possibilities, A. Shampoo, B. Ukyou, or C. Shudder Kodachi. Well it can't be Shampoo because it doesn't smell like her and plus the fact that my ribs aren't being crushed to death. (Ranma's girl side had him in a soft and affectionate embrace. I don't think its Ukyou because she doesn't normally do things like this plus the fact that whoever it is too short to be Ukyou. So that leaves Kodachi, but I don't think it's her either. There's no chemical smell in the room plus whoever it is kinda smells like me...}
Finally getting the nerve up to face whoever was in the bed with him Ranma turned his head to have his eyes lock in on another set of bright blue-grey eyes that he could get lost in. Being the powers that be, the final part of the scrolls magic decided to take effect, being the fact that one of Ranma's greatest desire was to have someone that loved him, and knew what he has went through in life, someone who would trust him completely and not treat him like a prize to be won and would care what his feelings on the matter.
FLASH Living a happy childhood until age 5 then being taken away from his mother. FLASH Going through the Neko-Ken at age 6. FLASH A young boy having to leave his only friend behind while he rode on top of his friends' yatta while his dad pulled it. FLASH Other forms of torture in the name of the art. FLASH The feeling of being cursed into a girl and not living up to being 'A Man among Men'. FLASH The fiancées, the rivals, and all the fights. The feeling of being alone and having to hide from his mother as 'Ranko'. Killing to save Akane at Mt. Phoenix
FLASH Growing up in a small village near the Amazons. FLASH Seeing both of her parents killed before her eyes by the Musk, then being adopted into the Amazon tribe. FLASH The training, and countless fights to stay unmarried, the feeling of never finding one to truly love and being forever alone. FLASH The challenge to the death by an ex-friend of the tribe, the feeling of cold water washing over here then nothing. FLASH Fifteen hundred years of watching everyone from the spring as they went through their lives, the loneliness of knowing that you would never be loved. FLASH Watching a young man spar with his father ending with him being knocked into her spring. A chance due to some mental scarring a tear in his soul allowed her to travel with him in life, and experience life through his eyes. Eventually falling in love with the young man but knowing that it would never be.
Tears flowed from both teens eyes as the connection broke. Each had made up their mind to fill that void in each others life. Ranko knew that her prayers had been answered; she had been given a second chance and also a chance to be with the one she loved. Ranma knew more about emotions since his fight with Saffron and could already feel his self falling in love with the girl before him. He knew from the memories that they shared that she truly loved him for him and he did not have to change just to get her to notice him. He also knew for some reason that she wasn't going to let him lie to everyone anymore about his intelligence, due to the shared memories he was sure that she knew that he was on the level of being a certified genius. That he lied to everyone by failing tests on purpose and acting dumb so they wouldn't know that he knew exactly what was going on around him. Like how Akane really knew that Ryouga was P-Chan and at night they would plan out their attacks on Ranma. Nabiki had set up a vast company making money off of Ranma's girl side and the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew and their fights. Yep today would be the start of 'Ranma and Ranko's Operation: Get Revenge.
"Ranko, I know this is because of that scroll that Happosai had, but for once you know what? I'm happy that things turned out the way they did. Now how about we slip on outta here and go see my mom and along the way I'll tell you my plans of revenge against some members of the NWC?" Ranma said as looked deeply into Ranko's eyes. He could feel himself falling in love with her even more by the second.
Ranko just kept looking right back into him in those same eyes. "Ranma, before you do that tell me what you are going to do about the fiancées and furthermore what are you going to do about us? You know my feelings about you so I don't have any reason to try to hide it from you. But I would like to hear your own feelings about it. And I also know that you don't even like any of the girls in that way."
Ranma sighed, he knew this was coming, but as he thought about it he didn't really have any objections to being with Ranko or even if the matter came up marrying her for that matter. "Ranko, yes I do know how you feel and to answer your question, in the past ten minutes that I have actually known you I have fallen in love with you too. That alone gives me a even better reason to get rid of the fiancées and get the hell outta Nerima. So let's hurry up and get to my mom's house." With that the two quickly got dressed and slipped out of the house via the window heading across rooftops to Juuban.
Ranma and Ranko quickly made their way to the Saotome residence. As soon as they had entered the Juuban district the two had started to show affection for one another, the two just couldn't get enough of being around each other, their relationship had already passed the handholding stage and the two were already kissing. Both knew that it was all thanks to the magical scroll of Happosai's somehow when they had shared memories to one another it had connected the two in a deep and symbiotic way, at any given point or time one could almost know what the other was thinking before the other said anything about it. And as their link grew the two could start to feel what the other was feeling and they could feel positive emotions directed towards one another.
Saotome Ancestral Home
As the two stood before the door, Ranma turned to face Ranko and took her into his arms. "Anata, no matter what happens in there today, one way or another we will be together. I promise you that, and we both know that I keep my promises." Ranma said as he tightened his embrace a little. Ranko just leaned further into Ranma's embrace, "I know you do Ranma." The two broke their embrace, with some reluctance, and then knocked on the door.
A few moments later the door opened to reveal Nodoka Saotome in a nice kimono. Her sights immediately set themselves on the red-haired girl. "Ranko it's nice to see you again! Who is your young friend?" Thoughts of Ranko having a boyfriend played through her head. Kami only knows how close to the truth she is.
The black-haired teen faced her; she noticed a slight moment of hesitation play on his face. Then he spoke, "Hello mother, it is good to see you after all this time."
Tears started making there way down Nodoka's face as she comprehended what Ranma had said. "Ranma is it really you my son?"
Ranma just nodded his head, "Hai mother it really is me. There are some things that I need to talk to you about mother and they are really important. If we may come in I will tell you about the training trip and also talk to you about what I need help with."
"Come in and make yourselves at home, I will get some tea and you can tell me all about it, my son."
Nodoka quickly led them into the sitting room and then went into the kitchen to make the tea. A little bit later she returned with the tea and after serving everyone she sat down to her sons' tale and also to listen to his problems.
Seeing that she was ready Ranma told her everything that happened on the training trip. From the Neko-ken to Jusenkyo and the multiple fiancées. By the time he was done with his tale Nodoka was furious as she gripped the family honor blade tightly muttering about having panda steaks for dinner. After she had calmed down enough to continue Ranma started explaining his problems to her.
"Mother, thanks to pops and his stomach I have three fiancées and one psycho after me, with Kami only knows how many more that are out there. Every month I get rid of at least two more fiancées that show up at the dojo after I satisfy their honor somehow. But I cannot figure out how to get rid of the Tendo-Saotome engagement, since no matter what I try to do it gets shoved right back into my face. I cannot deter Ukyou for that matter either her honor demands I marry her since Pops ran off with her dowry and spent it and I do not have that kinda money to hand over. Amazon law states that I have to marry Shampoo since I defeated her in combat and I cannot figure a way out of that one either. And the last girl Kodachi is insane and just won't leave me alone." Ranma sighed and took a sip of tea before continuing as he gathered his thoughts. "I don't love any of the girls, and they treat me like a prize to be won and the only person I have even considered marrying any time soon is sitting next to me." Ranma said as he turned a bright red, beside him Ranko was also a bright red at the announcement of his feelings towards her to his mother. "Pops demands that I fulfill family honor, but in truth this family has no honor left in its name. Pops has dragged it so far through the mud it would take at least a hundred years to fix all the damage. From all the promises to eh thievery and lying there is no family honor left."
Nodoka looked at her son with a knowing look because she already knew this. "Ranma I have a way out of this for the both of us, but go ahead with the rest of your problems because I need a little more time about gathering my wits to tell you."
"No problem mother, my next problem is if I don't get out of Nerima anytime soon I think something very bad will happen. Everybody immediately blames everything on me from the fights with Ryouga to Akane's malleting into LEO. I never get any time to myself and I fear that I have reached my breaking point already and that I am a over due time bomb just ready to go off. The next thing I wanted to ask you was something that deals with my very soul. Does a hawk of light and purple flames mean anything to you? In my fight with the Phoenix god Saffron in China I had to look deep inside of myself to find more power to defeat him and there they were." Ranma looked at his mother letting her know that he was done talking, and awaiting some answers to his questions and problems.
"First of all Ranma, I would say that you do not have to worry about the Seppuku contract. I only had Genma do that to try and keep him in line because I knew he wasn't the most trustworthy of figures to be with. My question though is to mainly Ranko at the moment. Ranko, how do you feel about my son? And please answer truthfully."
Ranko looked at Nodoka and blushed a little before giving her answer. "Auntie to be truthful I love your son with all my heart and I would give my own life to see him happy. And I know he would do the same for me too. Unlike the others I do not see him as a prize to be won. Akane was just given the engagement and never had to work for it. The only time she ever is really nice to Ranma is when she is afraid that he property is going to be taken away by another. Shampoo thinks that he is hers too just because of Amazon Law, and men in her village are treated as second class citizens under the women. As for Ukyou she two treats Ranma as a prize to be won from Akane and Shampoo. She came to Nerima looking for revenge for the past ten years and only after Ranma said she looked cute did she start chasing after him like the others. The only thing I want is for Ranma to follow his own heart and aspirations, because he is not property to be handed off or discarded, he is a human being that has long ago captured my heart, and that is something I am very grateful for."
Nodoka just smiled at Ranko. "Well then with that outta the way I guess I will let you know my plan. Would you both be willing to marry not because of duty be out of love?"
Ranma just blushed a bright red again. "Mother I feel like I have known Ranko my whole life, but I need some time to get used to this first, ."
Ranko nodded her head at Ranma. "I too feel the same way."
"Well then here is my plan... Ranma, Genma is not your biological father. Your real father was concerned for mine and your safety so he never married me. We made love out of wed lock before he left and every now and then I see him. But due to the fact that I was pregnant, society would have looked poorly on me so I married Genma to hide the fact. I had divorced your father and was going to go live with my own father at his home. I would like you to come with me Ranma and take the last name of Misaki which is my maiden name. As for the purple flame, that is something you inherit from your real father who is named Iori Yagami. As for the Hawk of light I don't really have a clue but you can ask your grandfather about that one."
"That is exactly what I wanted to do myself mom, a little bit quicker than I had expected with the divorce but that's fine by me. And at least with your plans to go live with grandpa I won't really have to find a place to stay that would be in my budget range. Now the only question is when do we leave? The sooner the better in my opinion."
AN: Okay this is really my first shot at a Fanfic. SO any ideas would be much appreciated. I picked this story up from Chaos Avatar, so yes I do know that Ranma is overpowered, so if anybody can give me any ideas of what to throw at him that would be really cool. I do not know if I wanna have Ranma pick up a second wife since if I remember correctly due to the Jurian blood he can have multiple wives or is that only for the emperor? If he can, anybody wanna give me some ideas of who it should be? ALL REVIEWS AND FLAMES ARE MUCH APPRECIATED!!! They let me know how to work things for future fanfics and future chapters in this fic. I was thinking along the lines of having Ranma go into space for awhile and traveling to the different planets? I also am leaving it open for the NWC to aggravate him. Chapter 3 is going to be out as soon as I can work out some details. If anybody has any ideas what so ever send me a review!!!