Me: I'm still alive and updating! Woohoo! Now stop saying I'm dead J-chan! (Thwacks Jazzie on the head with a ki-blade)

J-chan: (grumbles) you're dead. You're dead. You're dead. You're dead. You're dead.

D-chan: She told you to stop saying that! (Does the same thing limelie did to her earlier.)

Jazzie drops unconscious.

D-chan: Now, here's something so you can know who's talking to who.

( limelie talking )

:: telepathy ::

"talking"

[characters doing something while talking]

'emphasized words'

/toughts/

panda sign

Me: Now that's done. I do not own, so do not sue. Kay?

On with the fic!

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Last time...

"Oh, and Ranma? Tell Gohan and the chibis, we'll need 'em"

"Sure, tell Videl too."

"Kay. Let the torture commence."

On with the torture...

Ranma had gathered the guys (Gohan, chibis, and himself) and now started to discuss the plan. Of course, on the other side of the gym, Ranko had explained why they wanted to torture the (ahem) teacher and they needed her to be the distraction.

With the guys...

"Hey Trunks, do you still have your Super Soaker with ya?" asked Ranma with all mischievousness in him. A smirk.

"Hai oniisan! Goten and me never leave the house without these!" said Trunks as he and Goten pulled out two huge Super Soakers out of nowhere.

Gohan motioned them to huddle together as he finished doing calculations for angles and points where they should 'attack'.

Ranma started. "So here's what we do first..."

With the girls...

"So basically, you guys want me to distract Mr. Pain and you and Ranma start the plan." Recollected Videl.

"Yep."

"And you're gonna do what by tying your hair into a pigtail again?" she asked again.

"You'll find out soon enough." Ranko said as she smirked like her adoptive father.

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Later, as the tournament was getting ready...

"Alright kids! We're gonna start! So get down here and draw numbers so we'll know who's fighting who!" yelled the teacher.

"I got 15, what you get Gohan?" asked Ranma.

"3, great I'm fighting Sharpener." Said Gohan in an exasperated tone.

"Don't worry Gohan, you can just dodge, you won't have to blow your cover." Reassured Ranma.

"All right." [sigh]

Within the minds of Ranma and Ranko...

:: Hey bro, can ya hear me?::

:: Huh? Sis? How ya do that?::

:: A pry here and there, guess we can read each other's thoughts. Anyway, you ready bro?::

::Yep, very.::

The two faced each other and smirked, two identical smirks that they used to have.

With the tournament...

"Next is R-r-ranma Briefs and Mr. Saotome himself!" Soun managed to stutter out. Of course, reading his 'former son-in-law-to-be's' name caused him a little shock. ( I forgot to tell ya guys that Soun and Genma would also fight at the tournament to knock out some of the weaker guys. )

"Ha! The new guy's in for it! There's no way he could beat the head of that martial arts clan!" mocked Sharpener.

"Just watch Sharpener, Ranma will win." Shot back Ranko, who was waiting for the time to strike while Ranma walked up the platform.

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On the platform...

"Hello oyaji." Ranma made sure he emphasized the word 'oyaji'. He also had his pigtail back up to make him more recognizable.

"S-s-son!? We thought you were dead!?" cried a confused Genma.

"I am no longer your son, 'Genma', you already did that when you sold me out." Replied Ranma.

"Nonsense! Your coming back to Nerima and that's final!" shouted Genma.

"NOW!" yelled Ranma.

Trunks heard the signal and started squirting Genma with the Super Soakers, of course not without the help of Goten. The curse triggered, also as planned, Ranma took the chance and phased out and was replaced by Ranko.

Looks like you didn't cure your curse after all boy! said Genma or wrote on the panda sign.

"Not so fast 'oyaji', you ain't seen nothin' yet." As she charged, alongside her, Ranma appeared.

Ranko uppercutted Genma in the stomach. Thrown to Ranma, he punched the panda square on the face. Before falling, Ranko caught the panda and started whispering something to his ear. The panda nodded, with a very fearful look on his face.

"Now 'oyaji', get outta here and don't even come back! I've had enough of those fiancés coming after me, and now your getting an innocent bystander to suffer what I had!? She (Ranko) yelled. "Your low, you know that. And as for the cursed, I got cured, it wasn't the Split Cat Hair Technique I used, that's my other self, or my brother, we got cured by another spring." She said in a now calm voice. "Now go!"

Soun picked up the panda roof hopped to who knows where. Ranma and Ranko now smirking at their victory, little did they know a short figure had been watching them from the corners.

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Me: There you have it, a new chapter. I'll be out for a while for quarterly final exams for Chinese. So hang in there. Oh, and, please answer the poll, I really need to know if you wanna get who in the school:

Ukyo Shampoo Ryoga (again) Happosai

The mystery figure will be revealed in the next few chapters or so.

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