Ranma May Cry.


Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of the series/characters used in
this fic. They belong to someone else. I am not making any profit
writing this.


This will be a Ranma ½ D.M.C. (Devil May Cry) crossover/fusion. The
story will start at the beginning, Ranma arriving at the Tendo's. There
will be a mayor difference, he will be very OOC but this will be
explained later on. The story will be rather dark and contain fairly
bloody scenes. Also the story will take place after the events in the
game. Now I hope you enjoy it.

Author's note: I've had several complaints about several characters in
my story. They told me that they where very OOC. This chapter will
explain why they are OOC, so I hope this will clear up some things. I
can tell you now that Genma is OOC because of what Ranma has been
through in America. If your child goes through things like this, the
parents will also change even someone like Genma. He might be a
cheating, profiting from others, fat and cowardly father but he is
still a father and in my opinion every parent will change if your child
goes through the things Ranma went through. Oh and another warning,
Ryoga will show up soon and he will also be very very OOC. Now please
enjoy the story.


Chapter Four

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We see two people standing in front what seems to be a pool. Normal
people would say that the two look like angels. They have long
beautiful hair. Their bodies are long, slender and their faces are the
kind you see on supermodels. But what gave them away as angels where
the feathered wings on their back. One of the Angels has blond hair and
white wings while the other has golden hair and golden wings.

"Ezegiel, how is our plan going?" The golden haired angel turns to face
the other angel.

"Just have a look Malcia, it's about to happen. I still don't like what
we have to do for this. They are both so young to go through this."

"I know what you mean, but it has to be done, you know what will happen
when we don't do this."

"Yes I know."

When they both turn and look at the pool in front of them, we see an
overhead view of a city. The image slowly zooms in on an apartment
complex. Just when we have a good view of the complex an explosion
occurs in one of the apartments. The explosion destroys the apartment
where it originated and many others get damaged. After a few minutes we
see a person coming from the building. It seems as if he is on fire yet
is not bothered by this. He staggers as if wounded yet no wounds can be
seen.

"It is done Ezegiel, he has awakened."

"I see, now how are things going with our other puppet?"

"I think it is about to happen, let's see."

The image in the pool changes to an image of a pool located in what
seems to be a large city, when the image zooms we can see that it is a
swimming pool located in Japan. Better, Nerima Japan. We see a young
girl standing near the edge of the pool, all alone.


Akane was standing in front of the pool, looking in the clear water.
"Today I'm going to do it, today I'm going to swim or die trying." She
has a very determined look on her face. She takes a deep breath and
jumps in. As soon as she is in she starts moving her arms and legs.
"I'm going to do it, I will swim. I will.. Blurp cough." Akane's head
goes under and she swallows some water. It seems she will not swim
today, her nickname 'the human brick' appears to be fitting. Akane
continues to flap her arms and kick her legs but is unable to stay up.
She swallows more water every passing second and soon goes under and
doesn't come up any more. When Akane goes under she feels herself
weaken as she swallows even more water. Soon she is so weak she can't
move her arms any more and she passes out. As she passes out she sees a
bright blue light and she is drawn to it. "What's happening, am I dead?
Did I drown?" She slowly moves to the light and when she reaches it the
light flashes and all of a sudden she is standing on a grassy field
overlooking a lake. "Huh what happened, where am I?"

Suddenly Akane hears a voice behind her and slightly to her right. "Ah
Akane I see you are here, the swimming didn't go very well it seems?"

Akane turns and sees a young girl sitting on a bench looking at her.
She is stunned when she sees the resemblance, the girl looks just like
her. "Huh who are you and how did you know about me trying to swim?"

The girl smiles. "Why don't you sit down next to me and I will explain
what is going on. Please?"

Akane nodded and sat down next to the girl, still looking at her. "Ok
I'm here, would you mind telling me what is going on here?"

"It's nice to meet you Akane, my name is Samantha Conners."

"Uh yes, my name is Tendo Akane, nice to meet you, I think. But again,
would you mind telling me what is going on?"

"Yes, I'm sorry. For starters, we are no longer on earth this is a
place between heaven and earth."

"Huh what do you mean between heaven or earth? Are you saying I'm
dead?"

"You're not dead yet. Do you remember trying to swim and not being able
to do so?"

"Yes, I couldn't swim and found myself having trouble to stay up and
soon I went under and after that I saw this bright blue light. I
followed this light and ended up here."

"Yes well, the light you saw after drowning was the border between life
and death you passed it. But instead of dying and going to heaven, you
came here, between life and death. You came here because you are not
supposed to die yet."

Akane just stared at the girl, not knowing how to react to her words,
she just told her she had drowned. "Excuse me, you are telling me that
I died but am not supposed to?"

"Yes that's right, you are not supposed to die just now, but you where
destined to almost drown and end up here to see me. You came here so I
could explain several things to you."

"Oh and what things are those." Akane looked at the girl and then
something hit her. "Hey wait a minute, if this is a place between life
and death then that means you are also between living and dying."

"No Akane, I am not stuck in between. You see I died just a few minutes
ago. I am dead but I was send here to talk to you and tell you about
things to come."

"You mean you're really dead and where sent here to tell me stuff that
hasn't even happened yet? You've got to be kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding you Akane, you see I died when several demons came to
my fiancés apartment to kill him. When they came there they didn't find
him and decided to kill me while they waited. They attacked me and left
me there to die as they waited for their target. He came home and found
me on the floor, he held me and not soon after that I died. When I
died, I ended up in heaven and there I met an Angel called Ezegiel. He
told me I had died. When I asked them why I died he told me it was
destined to happen. He told me my death was needed to prevent the
earth's destruction. You see demons are planning to take over the world
and they need a warrior who can prevent this. This warrior is my
fiancé, he is called Ranma Saotome and he is part demon. He is the only
one who will have a chance to prevent the demons from succeeding. So in
order for him to be able to fight the demons I had to die. You see my
death would trigger an emotional reaction that would awaken the demon
within him. This seemed to have worked and now he will be able to fight
the demons."

"You mean you had to die because the Angels thought it necessary to
kill you in order for them to get a warrior to fight their fight.
That's sick and I don't see what part I play in this."

"I know it seems a terrible thing to do, kill someone to get someone to
fight for them. I don't like it that I had to die in order to hurt the
one I love and see him become a warrior for their cause. But they told
me that if Ranma did not awaken, the world would be taken over by the
demons and everyone would die or become slaves. After I heard this I
found the reason slightly justified yet I did not like it at all, but
ever since I was young I had the feeling that everything happens with a
reason. About your part in this, you are going to be Ranma's link to
humanity, 2 years from now he will come in your life and become your
fiancé."

Akane hearing someone tell her she would become engaged to someone she
didn't even knew didn't like it. "You mean that Ranma is going to
become my fiancé, but what if I don't like him? I am not really fond of
boys you see. And what if I run into someone else I like and get
engaged to him? Also I don't think I like the idea of being engaged to
a freak that isn't even human. And what do you mean I will be his link
to humanity?"

"I know you don't like the idea but trust me when I tell you that you
will like him, you see he is a very strong and kind person. He is more
human then many other people I know. Also he is a very good martial
artist and trust me when I tell you he will be able to teach you many
things and you will like him. You will be his link to humanity. You see
if there is no one to link him to his human side, he will slowly turn
into someone who isn't completely human. He will only know how to fight
demons and live for the fight, nothing else. And we or better yet I
don't want that. I can also tell you he will be unlike any boy you have
ever met and I know you won't be able to get engaged to another boy
because I know you will come to dislike boys a lot. This is destined to
happen, I'm sorry if I had a say in this then I would do things another
way but alas."

"WHAT, you mean I will not have a choice in this matter? I don't think
so. I will choose whomever I like." Akane was furious that other people
where going to control her life. "If I want to be with someone else no
one will be able to stop me."

"You're wrong Akane, there will be someone to stop you, me. You see our
souls are going to merge into one, you will still be you but I will
make sure you will get engaged to Ranma. I'm sorry but I have to do
this or everyone we know and care for will die and that's unacceptable.
You will also not allow this to happen because you are a martial artist
and your code tells you to protect the people who aren't able to
protect themselves. By doing this you will be able to do so. Again, I'm
sorry but our time is up and you have to get back to your body.
Goodbye, oh and before I forget, you will not remember our conversation
when you wake up." Samantha got up and walked away.

Akane was about to say something more but with a flash of light she
disappeared. Akane woke up near the side of the pool and managed to get
out of the water. She coughed some more and sighed. "Looks like I won't
be able to swim any day soon. Oh well, better stick to martial arts
then." Akane got up and left to change and go home, she would work out
a bit by breaking some bricks.


"You see Ezegiel, everything is coming along nicely. Let us continue
with the next phase of the plan."

"You're right Malcia." Both angels turned as the image in the pool
disappeared. Together they went to do some other stuff. You know, stuff
Angels do.


Two years later, again the two angels where standing in front of the
pool. This time we see an image of Nerima Tokyo. "Well it seems it's
time to see how far our puppet has progressed, don't you say Ezegiel?"

"I would like it if you didn't call him that. He is a human being and
deserves to be treated as one." Ezegiel didn't like the way Malcia was
treating the people involved in their plans. Yet he also had to admit
that this was the only way to be sure of them.

"Very well, let's see how far our fellow warrior has progressed?" The
tone in Malcia's voice was a sarcastic one.

Slowly the image zooms in on a particular house, located in Nerima
Tokyo, it was Tofu Ono's clinic.

Inside the clinic Ranma was still lying on the ground screaming. It
felt as if his back was being ripped apart from the inside. Never had
he felt anything like this. Tofu was kneeled next to him he was going
to cut Ranma's shirt and see what could be causing the pain Ranma was
experiencing. He had sent Akane to get some herbs to help him. Tofu
took a pair of scissors and slowly, making sure not to touch Ranma's
back, cut the shirt. As soon as it was cut far enough he opened it and
gasped as soon as he saw Ranma's back. Where one would normally see a
normal back, he now saw a back that looked as if the bones where
reshaping into something else. The skin on Ranma's back was bulging,
rippling. It was as if the bones in his back where being broken,
rearranged and the stuck together again. Just by looking at it Tofu
knew that the pain Ranma was in had to be enormous. While he was
looking at Ranma's back he could hear Akane enter. "Akane, could you
please get me one of my books, it's labeled: "Shiatsu one o one", I
need it to help Ranma. Tofu made sure Akane didn't see Ranma's back, he
did not want her to see this.

Akane sat the herbs down behind Tofu. "Yes doctor, I'll get it. Do you
know what's happening to him?" Akane felt slightly worried, she thought
Ranma had been wounded while fighting Kuno.

"I don't know yet but I think there is nothing to worry about. Now
would you please get the book?"

"Yes doctor, I'll get it." Akane turned and went back to the office to
get book.

Tofu then continued to look at Ranma's back, he had no idea what was
happening or what to do. "The only thing I can do now is try and
relieve some of the pain but in order to do that I have to touch his
back. Oh well here goes nothing." Tofu extended his hand and was about
to press one of the pressure points on Ranma's back. This would take
away some of the pain, at least he hoped it would. Just when he was
about to touch his back, he saw the bulging and rippling stopped and
Ranma stopped screaming. His breathing was still rapid but he seemed to
relax now. Slowly Ranma turned around and tried to sit up. "Be careful
Ranma, we don't know if you're OK."

Ranma slowly turned and sat up. He felt fine now, the pain was gone and
he tried to slow his breathing and relax. "Don't worry doc, I'm fine
don't worry." Ranma then got up and took of his shirt, he looked it at
it and sighed. "Oh man, this was one of my favorite shirts. Oh well
better head home and get another one." Ranma looked Tofu and noticed
the worried look on his face. "Hé don't worry doc I'm fine, don't know
what happened just now but I'm fine now."

"Are you sure, I would like to check you over to make sure you're ok."

"No I'm fine doc, I'm not really fond of doctors and stuff, so if you
don't mind. He, if I have any more problems I'll come see you OK?"

"Very well." Tofu got up and went over to his office.

Just when he opened the door, Akane came out, she had the book Tofu
asked for. "Doctor, I've got the book you wanted." Akane stepped in the
room and found Ranma sitting there on the bench, he looked fine. "Oh I
see you've already helped him. Is he OK?"

Ranma got up and walked over to Akane. "I'm fine Akane, the only bad
thing right now is that one of my favorite shirts is ruined."

Akane smiled and felt herself relax, when she saw Ranma lying there on
the floor she had been very worried. To her it looked as if he was in
terrible pain. Then she noticed Ranma looking at her and he had a smirk
on his face. "What's with the smirk and why are you looking at me like
that?"

"I was right when I said you had nothing to be embarrassed of. You look
fine to me."

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"When we got here you didn't want me to see you without your shirt and
now you're standing here with your shirt off." Ranma's smirk grew into
a smile.

Akane looked at her chest and saw that he was right. When she had heard
Ranma's scream she had run in without putting on her shirt. Now she was
standing there for all the world or better, Ranma, to see. She clutched
her chest and glared at Ranma. "Why you PERVERT." Akane raised her hand
and slapped Ranma in the face. She ran back to the office to put on her
shirt.

Ranma felt the slap and had to admit, Akane sure had a lot of strength.
That slap actually stung a bit. He was just a bit puzzled to why Akane
reacted like that, he didn't do anything wrong. Heck he only saw his
fiancée without her shirt on and there was nothing perverted to that.
He decided to leave it at that and go home with Akane.

Akane came out of the office and saw Ranma standing there. He had no
shirt on and didn't seem bothered by that. "Ehm Ranma you're not
planning on going home like that are you?"

"Why not, it doesn't bother me. It's not as if it's cold or anything
and I've got nothing to be ashamed of do I?"

"It's just everyone will see you with your shirt off."

"Yeah so? When I go to the beach everyone there will also see me
without a shirt and it's just a short walk home. What do you say we get
going?" Ranma opened the door and motioned Akane to follow.

"Uhm sure." Akane went over to Ranma and said goodbye to Tofu. Then
both of them made their way home. While they where walking home Akane
couldn't help but stare at Ranma. She was also looking around, making
sure no one she knew saw them like this. After about 15 minutes they
came home. Ranma went to his room to put on a new shirt and after that
he and Akane made their homework. Ranma had asked Akane if she could
help him with some of his homework. It had been almost two years since
he had last gone to school and he knew he needed help to get through
it. Akane had agreed to this if he would train with her, which he
agreed to. When they had finished their homework a few hours later,
they went down to get something to drink. When they came downstairs
they entered the kitchen and saw Kasumi preparing dinner

"Hello Kasumi." Ranma smiled at the oldest Tendo who faced him.

"Oh, hi Ranma-kun. I've just received a letter for you, or at least I
think it's meant for you." Kasumi handed Ranma the letter and went back
to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

"Hmm wonder who it's from." Ranma opened the letter and read it.

It read:


To my Tree borne Flaming Angel.

I here by ask you to meet me at the grounds behind the school at 17:33.
I will be waiting there.

Kuno Tatewaki.


Akane had read the letter. "Hmm looks like a challenge to me, what are
you gonna do?"

"What do you think, I'll go see him." Ranma looked at the clock and saw
he had 5 minutes to get there.

"You mean like this, it is a letter addressed to your cursed form."

"Yeah so, cursed form or not, it's a challenge addressed to me so I'll
go like this. He's bound to find out about my curse anyway so why not
now." Ranma got up and left. As soon as he was out of the house he made
his way to the rooftops and bounded to the school. After about four
minutes he came there and he saw Kuno standing on the field, he was
holding something behind his back, probably his sword. Ranma landed in
front of Kuno and addressed him "So what did you want mince meat?"

Kuno frowned when he saw Ranma land before him, he was waiting there
for his second love. "What are you doing here you bore? I do not have
time for you, I am waiting for my tree borne Flaming Angel."

"Huh, yeah I know and I'm not a tree borne Flaming angel."

"Of course you are not, the one I am waiting for is a beautiful
redheaded angel and you're not an angel."

"I may not be right now but if you give me a minute she will be here
ok?"

"Very well I will wait."

Ranma turned and made his way to the swimming pool. When he came there
he found two buckets and filled them with water from the pool. He then
made his way back to Kuno. "Ok now I'm going to show you this because
you where bound to find out anyhow." Ranma lifted one of the buckets
above his head and pored some of the water over his head.

Kuno was watching Ranma with little to no interest, that was until the
water came down on his head and Ranma changed into the Flaming angel.
"What black magic is this, the demon wretch Saotome has been holding
you prisoner and now you have escaped? Oh come into my arms where you
will be safe." Kuno ran up to Ranma and hugged her.

Ranma feeling Kuno hug her shrugged him of and pushed him away. "Hey,
you some kind of pervert? I ain't interested in guys you know."

"What, the demon Saotome has cast some spell on you, let me break it."
Kuno tried to grab Ranma again who jumped away from his grasp.

"You wait right there, I didn't cast any spell. I am Ranma Saotome,
here watch this?" Ranma walked over to the other bucket with water and
stuck her hand in and used her power to heat the water. She then lifted
the bucket and poured some of the water over her head, thus changing
back. The now male Ranma sat the bucket down. "You see mince meat, I am
your tree borne Flaming angel. This is a curse you see. He again picked
up the bucket with cold water and used it to change again. She then
walked over to Kuno. "You see, when cold water hit me I change into a
girl and warm water changes me back. No matter in what form I am, I'm
still Ranma Saotome and I'm not interested in guys, got that?"

"Ah you are free again but still under his spell, I'll break that demon
coward's spell." Kuno again tried to grab Ranma.

Ranma heard the insult and got slightly angry, how thickheaded was this
moron? She caught Kuno's right hand and held it. "Ok how can I make
this clear to you? Ah I know." Ranma grabbed Kuno's thumb. "Now who am
I Kuno and what is Ranma?"

"You are my Flaming angel and Saotome is a cowardly demon."

"WRONG!!" With a flick of her wrist, Ranma dislocated Kuno's thumb.
Kuno cried in pain and stared at his so-called love. "I'll tell you
again, I am Ranma Saotome and I'm no coward. SO now tell me again, who
am I and what is Ranma?" Ranma took hold of Kuno's index finger.

"Uhm er, you are my Flaming..." Snap, Kuno's other finger was
dislocated and he stifled a scream. Sweat was now pouring from his
forehead.

"That was a second wrong Kuno, you've got three fingers left on this
hand. How many must suffer from your ignorance? I suggest you give the
proper answer and I mean it. So again, who am I and what is Ranma?"

Kuno's mind was thinking things over. Something was wrong here, usually
the girl would be overjoyed to be in his arms yet this one didn't look
so happy. Second, she was claiming to be Ranma Saotome, a male not a
female. At first Ranma had been standing in front of him and with a
single splash of water his Flaming Angel appeared. Yet his mind could
not figure out what was going on, it still came to the conclusion that
the demon wretch Saotome had used some kind of evil magic to imprison
the Angel of Fire. So again he answered. "You are my Fla.."
"SNAP!!" Now Kuno's middle finger was bend in a weird direction and
pain shot through him again. Slowly his mind was beginning to register
the things that had happened before him.

Ranma let go of Kuno's middle finger and took a hold of the next one in
line. "Kuno, I know I am enjoying this a bit but I have the distinct
feeling you're not liking this so why don't you use that brain of yours
and figure out what is going on. I am Ranma Saotome and not your
Flaming Angel and I'm no coward. What you just saw was what people
might consider a curse. Don't ask just accept it. Now I'm telling and
showing you this because you're bound to find out about this sooner or
later and I'd rather had it later but I have the distinct feeling
you're not going to leave me alone until I have explained this to you.
SO we are going to see if you understand now, okay? Who am I and what
is Ranma Saotome?" She increased her grip on Kuno's finger and stared
at his eyes. She could see the wheels turning in Kuno's head.

Kuno's mind was now working harder then ever before. Before this, most
of the things he said or did where more or less a reflex. But now he
was forced to think for real. He knew if he didn't figure out what was
going on here he would be in a lot more pain. He started to review the
events that had just happened.
1: Saotome Ranma arrived, while he was expecting his Flaming angel.
2: Ranma said he would get the Flaming angel here and went of. When he
came back he had two buckets of water.
3: He poured the contents of one of the buckets over his head and the
Flaming Angel appeared out of thin air or did she?
4: The Flaming Angel said that she was Ranma and she then poured the
other bucket over her head, it seemed to contain warm water, and she
became a he, Ranma.
5: Ranma said he was cursed to change into a girl when struck with cold
water and again poured cold water over his head and the Flaming Angel
appeared again.
6: The Flaming Angel was now dislocating his fingers while asking who
she was and what Ranma was.
Kuno was taking his sweet time to think things over when he felt
another finger being dislocated and more pain shot through him. He
looked at the Flaming Angel/Ranma. "Why did you do that, I had not
answered yet?"

"I did it to see if you where still with me, you are taking your sweet
time and I don't feel like being here forever, you know. So are you
ready to answer me yet?" Ranma now had Kuno's pinky (no and it's not an
animated mouse) in her hand and was smiling at him, not a cute girly
smile, an evil one.

"Give me one minute I bid you. I will have the proper answer ready
soon." Kuno again thought things over and a miracle happened. His mind
had managed to put one and one together and he figured out who the girl
in front of him was, Saotome Ranma.

Author's note: It was my opinion that if Kuno was properly persuaded he
would be able to figure out what was going on. You see you just need to
find which button to push or what switch to flip. Unfortunately Ranma
did not know which button to push or which switch to flip so she
started at the beginning, his fingers.

"I have my answer ready." Kuno's legs where weak as he was in pain.

"A finally, so tell me, who am I and what is Ranma Saotome?" Ranma
closed her eyes to tiny slits and waited for the answer.

"You are Saotome Ranma and cursed to change into a girl when struck
with cold water and Saotome Ranma is a.." Kuno was having difficulty to
get these words from his mouth. "And he is a proud martial artist."
Kuno felt his knees buckle when these words left his mouth. He fell to
the ground as Ranma released his finger and stepped back.

"I see you finally figured it out, okay now that this is over I hope,
for your sake, that you will leave me alone." Ranma turned and was
about to walk away when she was stopped by something Kuno said.

"Tomorrow Saotome everyone will know about this so called curse and you
will be the laughing stock of entire school. I will have the last
laugh." Kuno started to laugh even though he was weak. His eyes where
closed and his head was thrown back. His laugh was interrupted when
something or someone grabbed his neck and lifted him of the ground.
When he looked he was Ranma standing before him and she was not happy.
Her teeth where bared and a growl was coming from her throat. There
seemed to be an aura of malice surrounding her and her eyes where no
longer blue. It seemed as if her eyes where replaced with flames. Also
the temperature around them seemed to be rising.


Ranma heard Kuno's treat, turning around she walked over to Kuno,
grabbed him by the throat and lifted him of the ground. "Kuno!" Ranma's
voice was low and full of malice. "I would suggest you not do what you
just said. That is if you value the use of your hands, I would not say
anything to the others at school. Sure they will find out one day but
then I will have been able to settle in and give them a proper
explanation of what is going on. If you tell them your twisted story of
what happened I would be a laughing stock and be forced to take matters
in my own hands. You see people have called me names before and I did
not like it. So now, what will you tell the people at school tomorrow?"
Ranma slightly relaxed her grip on Kuno's throat so he could answer.

Kuno gulped and was unable to turn away from Ranma's eyes, they
promised a lot of pain if he did the wrong thing. "I will say nothing
about today's events."

"Good, now beat it." Ranma dropped Kuno to the ground and walked away.
From behind her he heard Kuno ask one final question.

"What are you?"

"You can read right?" With that said Ranma walked away and went home.

As Ranma walked away Kuno thought about the answer he had received and
wondered what it could mean. When he looked at Ranma one final time he
saw something for the first time. There was a single word written on
Ranma's back, in kanji and it said, DEVIL. With this word in Kuno's
mind he slumped to the ground, unconscious.

Ranma made her way back home and when she came there she decided to
take a bath. She went to the furoba and took of her clothes. She then
filled the furo with hot, and I mean HOT, water. When it was filled she
rinsed off and sat down in the furo. She could feel the transformation
start and soon she was a he again. He closed his eyes and relaxed.


Meanwhile Akane was doing some light exercises that would not put
strain on her chest. She was thinking about what had happened to Ranma
when they where at Tofu's clinic. After about 30 minutes she was done
and decided to take a bath. She went over to the furoba and opened the
door. As soon as she opened the door she had a full view of Ranma's
body, he had just come out of the furoba and was now drying himself of.
Akane found herself staring at him and she could feel her face turn
completely red.

Ranma was done bathing, so he stepped out of the furo and walked into
the dressing part of the furoba. He took a towel and started to dry
himself. It was then that he felt a cold draft, he turned and saw the
door open and Akane stepping in. He felt slightly embarrassed at being
caught like this but didn't show this. On the other hand, he could see
Akane's embarrassment, her face turned red in the blink of an eye. He
also noticed that instead of turning away, she kept staring at him.
"Like what you see?"

Akane was snapped back to reality when Ranma asked her a question.
"Uhm, eh well,"

Akane was at a loss of words and Ranma noticed this so he decided to
try and relax her a bit. "As you can see Akane, the furo is taken for
now, could you wait outside while I dry myself of. I'll call you when
I'm done okay?"

Akane nodded and went over to her room and sat down on her bed. Her
face was till red and her heart was racing. What she saw would have
made any girl blush, Ranma was build like an athlete. Heck he had the
body of what some would call a god, his muscles where toned to the max,
but not too large and she could tell he hardly had any fat on him. She
thought of Ranma and noticed she had a slight feeling of pride in her.
She was proud that she had a fiancé that was so handsome and polite.
Even though she still had to get used to the fiancé part she felt
herself attracted to Ranma. Akane then simply sat on her bed and waited
for Ranma to get her.

Ranma was finished drying himself, so he got dressed and went over to
Akane's room. He knocked but there was no reaction. He knocked again
and now a bit harder. Still no reaction. "Damn what is she, deaf or
something? Hay Akane, I'm coming in okay?" Ranma waited for an answer
for a few seconds and decided to open the door. When he opened the door
he found the room empty. "Huh what the. I thought she would be in here
for sure. Hmm maybe she went downstairs, better go see, it's about time
to eat." When Ranma turned around he saw something that worried him.
There lying on the floor was part of Akane's gi and it looked as if it
had been ripped of. "Huh what the hell, this isn't right." Ranma
walked over to the item and picked it up, it was then that he smelled
something that made alarms go of inside his head. "Oh no I know that
smell, or at least something that smells a lot like it, DEMONS!" The
smell was unlike that he had ever smelled before on a demon, suddenly
he heard what sounded like a muffled scream coming from outside. He
walked over to the window and looked out, what he saw made him jumpy to
say the least.

Standing outside was a huge, 9 feet demon. It looked a lot like a
Reaper yet it was a lot larger and uglier. The demon was build like a
house and had two bright green eyes and a mouth filled with three rows
of teeth and a chameleon like tongue. On it's back where two bat-like
wings and a large tail lay behind it. On the tip of the tail was a
large spike and Ranma could smell poison drip from it. It's arms where
covered with small spikes and instead of having nails there where
blades. It was looking at Ranma with it's mouth agape. Ranma noticed
these things when he first looked at it but the demon's appearance
wasn't what got his attention. The thing that had Ranma's attention was
the fact that the demon was holding Akane in its arms.

"AKANE." Ranma jumped out of the window.

Akane slowly opened her eyes and saw Ranma standing there, a worried
and angry look on his face. She looked at him and then remembered what
happened.

She was sitting in her room when she heard a light tap on her window
and when she got up and walked over to it she saw one of her friends
from school standing there. She was throwing little pebbles at her
window. Akane opened the window. "Hey Asuka, what are you doing here?"

"Hi Akane, I'm here to tell you something, could you get down here,
it's a lot easier to talk that way?" Asuka motioned Akane to get over
to where she was.

Akane decided to see what she had to say, judging from the tone in her
voice it was something important. She opened stepped out and jumped
down. When she jumped, a part of her gi got stuck to what seemed to be
a nail in the window still and it tore a piece of her gi. When Akane
landed a strong wind blew past her and it blew the part of cloth inside
of her room. "Shit, now look what I did. Oh man, better ask Kasumi to
fix it." Akane took her eyes from her gi and looked at Asuka, who was
standing in front of her, a smile plastered on her face. "So Asuka,
what was it you wanted to tell?"

"Come closer and I'll tell you something cool." She motioned for Akane
to get closer.

Akane nodded and went over to where Asuka was standing, when she
stopped in front of her, she looked at her friend. "So, what did you
want to tell that was so important for me to get out here?"

"Oh well, I'm not going to tell you, I'd better show you. Watch." As
soon as Asuka was done she started to shake and a faint light came from
her.

Akane saw this and stepped back a few steps and just stared at her
friend. She stood there, shaking and light came from her body. All of a
sudden she started lift her head and looked Akane in the eyes. What
Akane saw made her back off a bit more, Asuka's eyes where glowing with
a sick green light. Asuka grinned at Akane and showed many razor sharp
teeth in her friend's mouth. Suddenly Asuka's skin seemed to rip open
and underneath Akane saw a green-black leather like skin. As Asuka's
skin ripped open, she started to grow and with one final burst her skin
was completely ripped of as she kept on growing. Soon Akane found
herself face to gut with a huge 9 feet demon.

The demon looked at Akane and smiled. "Ahh, Akane Tendo I presume? I am
Cambion and I'm here for your fiancé. If you would be so kind to get
over here I can do what I came here to do." Before Akane had a chance
to do anything the demon stepped forward and grabbed her right in her
face, covering her mouth. Akane felt herself slip into unconsciousness.

Akane's eyes snapped open as she heard Ranma's voice, she opened them
and was looking at Ranma who didn't look happy. Just when she tried to
speak she felt a sharp pain in her neck as the demon pierced her skin
with one of its nails. She then felt and incredible burning sensation
as she lost consciousness.

"YOU, who are you and what are doing with Akane?" Ranma slowly stepped
forward, ready to pound the demon into a pulp.

"Ahh, Ranma Saotome, my name is Cambion and I see I managed to get your
attention. As for why I'm here, I'm here to kill you. Oh don't worry I
won't kill you here I want you to follow me to a place where we can
settle the score you have with my master Lothar."

"WHAT, THAT BASTARD LOTHAR. You let go of Akane or I'll kill you right
there." Ranma jumped forward with incredible speed only to find the
demon dodge him while still holding Akane. Cambion dodged Ranma's
attack and lashed out with its claw. Ranma saw Cambion attack and tried
to dodge the attack but the demon was to fast. Ranma felt two of the
Cambion's fingers penetrate his skin and rip two large wounds in his
side. Ranma stepped back a few steps as blood fell
from his wound.

"Uh, uh, uh. Don't even think about attacking me here. If you want to
see Akane again you come to the highest building in Tokyo. I'll give
you a hint to where it is, it's in a 2-mile radius from here. And don't
even think about getting help. If you do I'll make sure she dies just
as painful and horrible as your late Samantha. I'll be waiting for
you." And with this words the demon spread it's wings and flew away.

Ranma stood there looking at the disappearing image of the demon. His
hands where clenched as his nails dug into his hands and blood came
dripping from them. "Akane. You fucking bastard I'll get you for this I
swear." But before Ranma was able to go after Akane he had to find that
highest building the demon was talking about. He decided to ask Nabiki.
If his guess was right, she would know the most about Tokyo's layout.

Just when Ranma was about to run into the house he stopped. He couldn't
go into the house in the state he was in now. There where still two
large wounds in his side. He would have to stop the bleeding first
before talking to Nabiki. He took of his ripped shirt and tied it
tightly around the wound stopping the bleeding. He then jumped up to
Akane's room and went to his own room, making sure no one saw him. Once
in his own room he put on a new shirt, covering the other shirt that
was covering his wound. When he was done with that he walked over to
where his backpack was standing, he opened it and took out a box, he
opened it and took the contents with him. He then took one of his
jackets and put it on. It was a black leather army jacket. Once he was
done he went to where he thought Nabiki would be. If his guess was
right, she would be in the living room watching TV. When he came
downstairs he saw his guess was right. "Hey Nabiki, can I ask you
something?"

Nabiki looked up and saw Ranma standing there, wearing a jacket as if
he was planning to go out. "Sure, just depends on what and what's in it
for me."

Ranma flinched at these words, Dante was right when he told him Nabiki
lived for the money. He couldn't tell her it had to do with her sister
being kidnapped by a demon and that he had to go out to kill it. He
came up with a lie he hoped would work. "It's just that Akane left with
a friend of hers and she told me I should come with them. I told her if
she waited a few minutes I would go with her but she told me she had to
go right now. I asked her where she was going and she told me that it
was some kind of shop near the tallest building near here. She told me
it was just a small walk, no more then two miles. She then left but I
have no idea what building she is talking about. I hoped you would be
able to tell me where it is."

Nabiki thought for a few moments, there was something Ranma wasn't
telling but she couldn't put her finger on it. He must be planning to
take Akane out or something like that. I'll tell him what he needs to
know because it's for my little sister. "Sure, I know what building she
is talking about, follow me." Nabiki got up and went up to her room and
walked over to the window. "Look it's over there. It belongs to a
company called: Nagami, Electronic, ReVolution. It's the largest
building around so that must be the one Akane was talking about."

Ranma looked to where Nabiki was pointing and saw a huge building among
other very large buildings.

Ranma didn't notice but his hands where clenched again and Nabiki saw
this and wondered what was going on.

"Thanks Nabiki, I have to get going now." Ranma opened the window and
jumped out and with a single jump he cleared the garden and was making
his way towards the building at an incredible speed.

Nabiki stared at Ranma's disappearing back and just for a second she
thought to have seen fire surrounding Ranma's body. "Must have been my
imagination. Better go downstairs and tell the others Akane and Ranma
won't be joining us for dinner." Nabiki left her room to inform the
others.

Ranma jumped on top of a 5 story high building. He stopped and surveyed
his surroundings. He was looking at the building Cambion should be
waiting at. "I'll get you, you motherfucker, no one messes with my
friends and family, no one." With a powerful jump Ranma was airborne,
he suddenly heard what seemed like someone screaming. Looking around he
saw where it was coming from, it was a small dark alley. Even though he
had to help Akane he couldn't just walk away from someone screaming for
help, with another powerful jump he took off towards the alley.


Megumi was running for her life, she was being followed by several
thugs. She had accidentally run into them when she took a wrong turn
and ended up in what one would call the wrong part of the neighborhood.
She knew she had to get out of there so she tried to make her way back
to the busy streets where she had come from. Unfortunately she took
another wrong turn and ended up in an even darker alley. As soon as she
stepped in the alley she saw several men looking at her. They had a
vicious grin on their faces.

The largest of them stepped towards the frightened girl. "Look what we
have here men. It seems like some fresh meat has come to pay us a
visit. Hé girl, you here to show us a good time huh? Get over here."
The man tried to grab Megumi, she let out a scream for help and managed
to step away and turned to run away. She could hear the men follow her,
shouting and laughing the entire time, she had heard about gangs like
this, "rape gangs". Silently she cursed. Turning another corner
she saw it was a dead end.
Franticly she started to look for a way out or a place to hide. She
couldn't find anyplace to hide and soon she saw the group of thugs
round the corner.

"Ah look our playmate has found us a suitable spot to have some fun,
let's show her a good time." The group stepped forward and took out
several knives. The largest of the gang lunged at Megumi.

Megumi shrieked as she saw the man attack her, this time she was unable
to dodge and she found herself held by the man. He had his knife to her
throat. "Gotcha you bitch, you are gonna give us a good time, and
you'll love it till you die." The man threw her at one of his comrades
who caught and held her. He then walked over to her and grabbed her
breasts. Suddenly he ripped her shirt and ripped of her bra. He then
slowly unzipped his pants and was about to tell the guy holding her to
force her to kneel. When he heard a voice behind the girl.


Ranma flew through the air and landed in the alley from where he had
heard the scream. He scanned his surroundings when he heard another
shriek. He quickly made his way in the direction the scream came from.
He rounded a corner and saw a group of men standing there and they
appeared to be holding a young girl. He walked a bit closer and raised
his voice. "Ok you morons I suggest you let go of her if you know
what's good for you."

The entire group turned around and saw Ranma standing there, they could
only see his outlining because the alley was poorly lit. "Huh what the
fuck? Who are you?"

"That's none for your business, I suggest you let go of the girl if you
value your life." Ranma took a few steps and came into the light. His
expression was stern and the gang could see he was angry about
something.

"You've got no idea who we are huh. Well let me tell you something, we
don't like it when people interrupt our parties. Usually the person
interrupting ends up hurt or worse." The leader of the gang stepped
forward, his pants still unzipped. "So I suggest you forget what you've
seen here if you want to live."

The man holding Megumi slowly pushed his knife in Megumi's throat, a
small cut was made and some blood came dripping from it. "Yeah I really
suggest you leave or we will be forced to hurt you and this girl even
more then we planned."

Ranma saw the man cut the girl and growled, he did not have time for
this. With a burst of speed he ran towards the man holding the girl.
All of the people there where shocked by the boys speed. When Ranma was
close enough to the man holding the girl he grabbed his wrist, making
sure the blade didn't cut her any more. He then pried the knife from
his hands by simply crushing the hand with the knife.

Ricardo saw the kid disappear and reappear in front of him, he was
about to cut the girls throat when he found his hand being held by the
boy, he tried to free his hand from the boys grip. All of a sudden a
loud cracking noise could be heard as Ricardo's hand was crushed, knife
and all.

Before Ricardo had a chance to scream Ranma punched him in the face,
his fist came up under his nose and his nose broke, as the bone was
trusted up into his brains. He died in an instant. He let go of the
girl and she fell to her knees.

Ranma turned to face the other gang members, they all had a shocked
look on their face. "You fucker, you killed Ricardo, we'll kill you."

The entire group was about to charge at Ranma when he turned, his eyes
where on fire and his teeth where bare. "You pieces of shit, I don't
have time for this." Ranma called forth his demon powers and attacked.
He was going to kill this trash. He had heard about gangs like this
when he was in the States and knew what they would do to the girl. He
wouldn't allow it, those guys deserved to die. "OK YOU MORONS EAT
THIS!!!! BURNING FLAAREEEE!!!" Upon calling forth this attack he held
his hands in front of him and a large flame shot from them.

The men had no time to react as they saw the boy shoot something at
them what seemed like a flame. The fire was so hot that they died in an
instant, yet not before feeling the flesh being burned form their
bones. They tried to scream but there was no sound coming from their
mouths. They died horrible and painful.

When Ranma finished his attack, the ground and walls of the alley had
been molten and there was almost nothing left from the thugs. The only
things left where several piles of ash and some molten metal. He turned
to look at the girl. She just lay there, unconscious from shock. Absentminded
Megumi made her way home, she needed a shower and she wanted to call
some of her friends and tell them what had happened.

Ranma was once again on the rooftops and he was going as fast as he
could. He could see the large building getting closer and only one
thought raced through his mind: "It will not happen again, Akane's
going to be fine." Ranma jumped from the rooftops and landed in the
middle of a busy street. Several people who saw him land where stunned
by his sudden appearance. It seemed as if he simply fell from the sky.
Many people in their cars slammed on the brakes when he landed in front
of them. Many cars crashed and where damaged, luckily there where no
injuries. Ranma looked up and saw the building getting even closer. He
would be there soon. He bends his knees and pushes off and with a
mighty leap he was off. Once again on the rooftops, he made his way to
the tower, when he came there he saw that a large fence was surrounding
the building. Several signs where put up and they read: Closed for
construction, no unauthorized access. "Heh, lucky me, no peeping toms
in this building. Good, I can fight that bastard all out if I want to,
as long as Akane is safe." Ranma jumped over the fence and walked over
to the door. It was locked, so he simply punched the glass, shattering
completely. He walked in and made his ways towards the staircase. Once
there he started to run up the stairs.

Outside the building several people where waiting, they had seen how
Ranma entered the building and knew that something was going on there.
Also they had seen him jump from rooftop to rooftop without breaking a
sweat, so they knew that he was no ordinary boy. They looked up at the
towering building and decided to follow the young man. They soon
entered the building and started to run up the stairs. They thought
that they would be able to catch up with him. Little did they know that
Ranma was already halfway and would reach the top in no time.

Ranma reached the top, he was slightly winded but adrenalin coursed
through his veins and he wouldn't rest until he had Akane back. He
kicked open the door to the roof and stepped out. As soon as he stepped
out he immediately caught sight of Akane. She was tied to and iron post
near the center of the roof. "Akane, are you okay?"

Akane opened her eyes and saw Ranma standing there. "Ranma, quick get
me out of here. I want to go home."

"Sure, but where's Cambion, I don't see him?" Ranma was scanning the
roof but couldn't find the demon anywhere.

"He said something about finding some fresh meat to feast on. He must
have thought you would take longer to get here. Now please get me out
of here."

"Sure wait right there." Slowly he made his way to Akane. Everything
seemed a little too convenient, something was definitely wrong here. He
started to think, what kind of trap Cambion could've set. Just when he
was about seven feet away from Akane he saw what was wrong. Akane was
standing there tied to a pole still wearing her gi. There was only one
difference with this gi, it was still in one piece. Ranma knew that
Akane's gi had been torn because he had found a small piece of its
cloth in her room. He stopped and looked at Akane, she appeared to be
there but something was still amiss. He then saw what it was, where
Akane's eyes where brown, hers where green, the same color as
Cambion's. Ranma jumped back and snarled. "I've seen through your trick
Cambion, eat THIS!!" Ranma jumped back a few feet and gathered his ki.
A small red sphere appeared in his hands as he held them to his hip.
The light's intensity grew and soon it was like a small sun. "DEMONS
ROARING COMET!!!" Ranma's hands shot forward towards the still tied up
"Akane". The bright red sphere shot form his hands and "Akane's" eyes
grew large as the projectile shot though the air with and incredible
speed. The sphere impacted with "Akane" and exploded upon impact. The
explosion was hot enough to melt the iron pole "Akane" was strapped to.
When the explosion settled we see Cambion standing there, a smile on
it's face and only slightly burned by the attack. Ranma saw Cambion
standing there and cursed, that attack should have done a lot more
damage. This demon was going to be a tough nut to crack.

"Indeed it seems that you've seen through my little charade, oh well it
would have been fun if you'd bought it. Now it seems that I will have
to kill you with my bare claws." Cambion stepped forward, the smile
never leaving its face. It was about to attack when Ranma put his hands
behind his back and pulled out two large handguns.

"I don't think so, this ends here and now." Ranma aimed his guns and
pulled the trigger at a frantic pace. Due to the demonic nature of the
guns, no ammo was needed as it was fueled by the energy within his own
body. Ranma pulled the trigger so fast that it seemed as if he was
firing a machine gun.

Cambion saw the guns and its smile widened. Just when Ranma pulled the
trigger, Cambion swung its tail in front and it split into ten smaller
tails, each with a spike on the end. As the bullets shot though the
air, the tails started to move at an incredible speed and deflected the
bullets.

Ranma saw that none of his shots where getting though and cursed.
As the attack
continued Cambion started to think. Suddenly it hit him, as soon as he
felt the attack stop it jumped back, behind a small building.

Ranma was pushing his limits. He was giving his best to burn Cambion to
a crisp. When he stopped he saw Cambion was still alive as it jumped
back. Ranma was about to follow when Cambion reappeared, carrying Akane
in its arms.

Cambion landed in front of him and a smile was plastered on its face.
"I am impressed, never thought you would be able to pull of something
like this. It actually hurt me, but we have played enough. It's time I
finish you of once and for all. As long as I have the girl you wouldn't
dare to use that attack again. It's all over you die now."

Ranma cursed out loud, he knew Cambion was right. As long as it was
holding Akane and used her as a shield he wouldn't be able to use the
burning flare again. This wasn't going to be pretty.

Cambion spread its wings. Large places of flesh all over its body where
charred. Three of the tails had been burned so badly that they where
useless. Yet the other seven tails where more then enough to cut Ranma
to pieces.

Ranma knew that he was in deep shit, he had little to no energy left.
He braced himself for the attack and hoped he would be able to pull
through it.

Cambion readied its tails and attacked. The tails flew through the air
at an incredible speed and started to cut Ranma. It began to cut him
all over his body. Blood was flying all over the place and soon some
bone could be seen from the wounds on Ranma's body. Cambion saw Ranma
was weakening and decided to end it. Three of the tails pulled back and
then attacked again. The tails shot through Ranma's almost none exiting
defense and penetrated his body. Two penetrated his shoulders, one on
the left and one on the right. The other shot through his stomach. And
all of them exited from the back and as soon as they where though
Cambion pulled its tails back.

Ranma felt the tails penetrate his body and knew it was over. When the
tails where pulled back, blood shot from the wounds and covered Cambion
and Akane. He fell to his knees.

Akane slowly opened her eyes as she felt something warm hit her body.
When she opened them she saw Ranma standing in front of her and he was
hurt bad. His entire body was covered with cuts and there where large
wounds in both of his shoulders and blood was pouring from those
wounds. As she continued to look at him she noticed he was clasping his
stomach. It was then that she was the huge wound in his stomach and her
stomach turned upside down. "RANMA!!!!" Akane tried to run towards him
but found herself held by several strong arms. As she looked up she saw
the monster holding her and she remembered what had happened.

Cambion saw the blood flowing freely from Ranma's wounds and smiled. He
had heard Akane's scream and its smile grew even wider. It knew Ranma
wasn't dead yet so it decided to torture him a bit more. "AH I see our
little girl is awake now. Well tell me little one what do you think of
your fiancé now? Isn't he a mess?"

"Ranma, are you okay?"

Ranma raised his head and saw that Akane was awake. "Akane." Ranma
tried to walk but fell to his knees. He was near the edge of the
building.

Cambion slowly walked over to Ranma and stared down at him. "You've
been defeated Ranma. My boss will finally get his revenge for what you
did to him. But before I kill you I will make you suffer even more. You
will die knowing you could do nothing to help your darling Akane. She
is your darling isn't she, you two being engaged and all? Oh well
doesn't matter, she'll die now and there will be nothing you can do."
Cambion raised Akane so Ranma had a clear view of her as he walked over
to the edge of the building. "Say bye bye Akane"

Ranma knew what Cambion was going to do and there was nothing he could
do now. He was too weak yet he had to try and save her even if it
killed him.

He got to his feet and stumbled over towards Cambion. Cambion saw Ranma
was up and laughed. "HA, I see you have some life left in your body. Oh
well doesn't matter your to late and to weak to do anything." He then
threw Akane over the edge of the building.

Akane knew what was going to happen and tried to grab hold of something
but the Cambion held her by her arms and then threw he over the edge.
Akane screamed as she flew past the concrete edge and plummeted towards
the ground.

As she screamed, Ranma yelled and followed her. It seemed both where
going to fall to their death.

Cambion was again impressed by Ranma's endurance. Here he was all cut
up and bleeding yet he had enough strength to follow the bitch to try
and save her. "Hmm, looks like I won't have the pleasure of killing
him. Doesn't matter though, when I get back Lothar will reward me with
anything I want." Cambion was about to look at the falling images of
Akane and Ranma when he sensed someone behind itself. It turned and
found itself face to face with a small group of girls.


Ranma and Akane where both falling towards the ground and if they
didn't do anything they would become roadkill. Ranma looked at Akane
and saw that she was in front of him and falling slightly slower due to
her flapping gi. She was also flapping her arms and legs. This also
slowed her fall. Ranma angled his body to increase his decent and
caught up with Akane. As soon as he was behind her he grabbed one of
her arms and held her close.

As first Akane didn't notice Ranma grabbing her but when she did she
grabbed on to him with all her strength. Luckily she was stilt weak due
to the demons poison or else she would have crushed him.

Ranma felt Akane's arms and sighed. He had her but how was he going to
get her to safety. As if on cue, Ranma's back started to burn with a
horrible pain. It was the same as when he was with Doctor Tofu. All of
a sudden the pain flared and Ranma's back tore open as two large
flaming wings shot from his back. As soon as the wings where out, Ranma
reacted solely on instinct. He spread the wings and slowed their fall
he then flapped them and soon gained height. He made his way towards a
slightly smaller building across from the building he had been fighting
on. When he reached the roof he landed, as soon as his feet touched the
roof he fell to his knees.

Akane stepped away from Ranma and stared at the huge wings coming from
his back. "Ranma what's happening to you, and what was that monster?"

Ranma didn't hear Akane as he had his eyes closed and was so focused
that even a cannon firing next to him wouldn't have gotten his
attention. He was looking inside of himself he was trying to find
someway to kill that Cambion. He had to take care of that prick or many
other people would get hurt. I have to find some way to kill it, but
I'm to messed up to do anything right now. What can I do? I am sure it
will look over the edge of the building to see if we are dead. If it
finds us not there it will look for us and when it does many others
will get hurt. Many thoughts shot through his mind as the pain of his
wounds slowly dissipated. Suddenly he saw a bright light, it was the
same light he had seen when Sam had been killed and he had found
himself face to face with his demon side. This time his demon side
wasn't standing there. This time he was a large flaming monster. It had
several large horns on its head and its entire body was covered with
hair. In its mouth sharp teeth could be seen.
"You who are you?" Ranma winced as the sound of his voice echoed.

The monster raised its head and laughed. "You don't recognize me do
you? That's not strange considering you never met me. Let me introduce
myself I am Ifrit." The monster bowed to Ranma.

Ranma saw the monster and didn't know how to react. Here he was
standing face to face with a monster and the monster was introducing
itself. Also from the monsters words Ranma had the feeling he knew this
Ifrit from somewhere. "I see but that still tells me little. I don't
know you so why are you here?"

"Oh you do know me Ranma Saotome. Think back to the events from two
years ago. It was two weeks after Samantha had died. You where with
Dante in his office and he gave you something.

Ranma thought back to that day. He and Dante where in Dante's office
and Dante told him he had something for him. It was supposed to be
something to help him fight demons. That was if it was willing to fight
with him. "Ranma I have used these for some time now but I have the
feeling that they are better of with you." Dante held up his hands and
he was holding two black gauntlets. "This is Ifrit and he has helped me
a lot. I want you to have him and use him to clobber some demon ass. I
just hope that Ifrit is willing to change owner and help you. You see,
these gauntlets have a conscious and only one worthy will be able to
use them."

Ranma stared at the pair of gauntlets. He had to admit that they looked
awesome. "You mean I can have these?"

"Yes Ranma you can but remember there is a chance that Ifrit won't help
you. If that happens there is nothing I can do about it. Also the
bonding process might be painful, do you accept these terms?"

"I do." Ranma didn't think twice, all that was on his mind was to kill
demons and if Ifrit was able to help him, he would accept the
gauntlets.

"Very well then, here put them on and we'll see if you are worthy."
Dante handed him the gauntlets and Ranma put them on. As soon as they
where on he felt a burning sensation on his arms. The feeling grew in
intensity and soon it felt as if his arms where on fire. Ranma was
about to try and take the gloves of as all the lights in Dante's office
where turned off. When Dante found a flashlight he was shocked to find
Ranma lying on the floor. The gauntlets where nowhere to be found, it
seemed Ranma wasn't worthy.


Ranma stared at the demon in front of him. "You mean you are Ifrit, the
one living in the gauntlets. If this is true then what are you doing
here? I thought you had left Dante and me two years ago to find a
worthy owner."

"I never left you. You see two years ago when you put me on I was
angry, angry that Dante was giving me away to some kid so I wanted to
make him pay. At first I was going to kill you but when I tried this I
found out you had a lot of potential and that you where willing to do
everything in your power to kill demons. When I saw this I decided to
stick with you till I found out if you're truly worthy of my power. I
remained hidden in your body until the time was right for me to show
myself. It seems that that time has finally come. I will merge with you
and give you the strength needed to kill that Cambion. Are you willing
to sell your soul to me in a matter of speaking? You see when we merge
it will be forever and there will be no way to get rid of me. I will
live inside of you forever."

It was as if he was having the same conversation as he had with his
mirror-self two years ago. He didn't think, all he wanted was to kill
Cambion. "I accept, give me the strength needed to kill Cambion."

"Very well. Now and forever will we be merged, one mind one body. Young
devil step forward and accept the power of Ifrit."

Ranma did as he was told and stepped forward. Ifrit did the same and
when he was in front of Ranma he kneeled and grabbed Ranma in a tight
embrace. At first Ranma thought he was going to burn but that didn't
happen, instead he felt energy flow into his body and when he looked up
he saw Ifrit's face as it spoke its final words. "We are now one, my
master." Ifrit then smiled as he dissipated and became one with Ranma.
It was then that Ranma knew what Ifrit had wanted. Instead of trying to
find someone who was worthy of working together with him he had tried
to find someone who was worthy of being his master. He knew that when
Ifrit had been with Dante it had been because Ifrit felt like lending
his powers to him. Now Ifrit had given all of its power to Ranma, now
and forever. Ranma knew that Ifrit had taken a risk to trust Ranma with
all of its power.

"I won't let you down Ifrit, I will never forget this." Ranma reopened
his eyes and stood up.


Akane had been trying to get Ranma to go see a doctor or something but
he just sat there, his eyes closed, not moving. So she was surprised
when the wings on his back flared and transformed. From pure fire they
turned into something beyond fire. They became pure plasma, liquid
fire. At first she was afraid that she and Ranma would be burned to a
crisp due to the heat. But when Ranma turned and hugged her she felt no
heat at all, all she felt was the warmth of someone who cared about
her.

Ranma hugged Akane and whispered something in her ear. "Akane, please
wait here, I've got some unfinished business to take care off. Don't
worry I'll be fine." Before giving Akane a chance to speak Ranma
released her and jumped up in the air and made his way towards the
tower where Cambion was waiting.


Cambion had turned around and saw a small group of girls standing in
front of him. They where wearing very skimpy and tight outfits, there
also was an air of power around them. "What do we have here, girl
scouts?"

One of the girls, one with blond hair stepped forward. "We are the
defenders of love, peace, justice and...." She stopped mid sentence as
her eyes and the eyes of the other girls grew to the size of dinner
plates and their jaws dropped to the ground.

"Hey what's the matter, I was listening to you, you know." It was then
that Cambion felt a power behind him. Turning around he saw what was
behind him and his eyes also grew in size. Standing there was Ranma,
still wounded yet the fire in his eyes seemed to have grown and was
literally shooting from them. "You, I see you decided to save yourself
and let the bitch go splat huh? That means I do get to kill you now."
Cambion thought that Ranma had grabbed the side of the building and
saved himself. He didn't know about his wings because Ranma had pulled
them back and was now just standing there. Cambion also didn't notice
that the wounds seemed to have stopped bleeding.

"Cambion, for the things you have done I'm going to make you pay."
Without any warning Ranma sprung into action and attacked Cambion. He
could tell Ranma was furious and he loved seeing him like that.

Cambion simply smiled and readied it's tails, when Ranma was close
enough he attacked. Cambion formed a huge wrecking ball like knot with
its tails. The tail-wrecking ball came down on Ranma from above and
slammed Ranma through the roof. "Hah, you moron, you're no match for
me." Cambion thought he had killed Ranma with that blow, little did he
know that a fraction of a second before the tails impacted Ranma had
spread his wings. The wings managed to block the attack and scourge
Cambion's tails. Cambion pulled its tails back and noticed the burn
marks and wondered what could have done that. All of a sudden alarm
bells went of in its head and it jumped up into the air. Just when he
was off of the ground the place where he was standing erupted as Ranma
blasted though the concrete rooftop.

As soon as Ranma found himself underneath the roof he made his way to
the spot, above him, where he knew Cambion would be standing. Once he
came there he prepared his attack. He then let loose his first attack and at the same
time one word shot through his mind. He had remembered these three
words from one of the anime series he had seen when in the states. Heck
ever since seeing the series he had found Saitoh Hajime a cool
character, He found his motto or philosophy pretty cool so decided to
use it now. "TORNADO FLAME!!" Ranma leaped up with all of his
strength, fire surrounding his entire body, yet a huge amount of power
was gathered in his right hand.

Cambion was barely airborne as the floor underneath him exploded and
Ranma came through it, while on fire. Cambion tried to gain altitude
and get away from Ranma but Ranma's jump was so powerful that he was to
fast to get away from. So Cambion braced himself for whatever Ranma was
going to dish out. He had no idea the attack would be so powerful.

Ranma shot through the concrete roof as if it was paper and found
himself airborne. He saw Cambion above him and smirked, that demon was
in for a world of hurt. He shot up and impacted with Cambion, The
impact was so powerful, that even though Cambion was able to block with
its arms, Ranma broke though his defenses, and arms as if they weren't
there.

Cambion was knocked back and found itself horizontal. When he looked up
he saw Ranma above him, smirking. "You, how did.." Cambion didn't have
time to finish as Ranma attacked again.

Gathering energy within his arm he shot down towards the ground, using
part of technique used for the flame kick. Yet instead of kicking
Cambion he was going to use his elbow. "FIRE ELBOWWW!!!!"
Ranma came down with such and incredible speed that Cambion didn't even
have to time to react. When Ranma's elbow impacted with Cambions chest
he could hear the ribs crack and organs rupture. Cambion was send
towards the ground with an incredible speed.

Ranma was so far beyond anger that he didn't care if he blew up the
entire building while killing this Cambion. He knew the building was
empty so decided to attack with his final attack, one he had made up
just now. He gathered his demon powers in his hands and attacked using
one of the attacks Dante was able of using when he still had Ifrit,
COMET or as Ranma called it Meteor. But like said he used an improved
version of this attack. "METEOR.. SWARM!!! Gathering a huge
amount of power he let loose this final attack. Instead of firing a
single large meteor he let loose an entire swarm of meteors.

When the elbow attack had connected Cambion had trouble staying
conscious and when he saw the final attack coming he cursed. He had
underestimated this Ranma Saotome. One after the other the meteors
impacted with Cambions body as he was slammed though the roof of the
building. Before the last meteor hit Cambion had slammed through the
entire building, ending up imbedded in the concrete floor of the
basement. After landing the meteors kept hitting Cambion as his body
was blown to pieces due to the strength of the attack.

Ranma finished his attack and landed on the roof, looking down through
the hole he had made he knew Cambion was dead. He was about to walk
over to the edge and fly to Akane when he heard someone behind him. As
he turned he saw several young girls standing there, they looked
nervous like hell. "Hello and who might you girls be?"

"Uh err ahh, well we are the Sailor Senshi, defenders of love peace..
oh hell forget about us. Who or what in the world are you?"

"Me, I'm just someone with a grudge towards demons and the name's Ranma
Saotome. Now if you would excuse me I have someone waiting for me."
With those words Ranma jumped up in the air as his wings shot out of
his back and flew towards the roof Akane was waiting.

The girls just stood there baffled. "Sailor Mercury, what can your
analysis tell us?"

"For one he isn't a Yuma, second he has a power level beyond pretty
much anything we have seen. And his potential is even higher. Third and
most importantly, he's not human. He's part something else. I don't
know exactly what he is but it's something not from this world. Same
goes for the monster we thought of being a Yuma. I suggest we follow
him and see where he leads us. And we'd better not lose sight of him
because I'm somehow unable to lock on to his energy signal so if we
lose him we'll have a hard time finding him."

"Very well, let's follow him." The young girls ran to the edge of the
building and looked over the edge and in the air. There was no one on
any of the buildings there and all they saw in the sky was, well sky.
There was no sign of Ranma anywhere. "Darn, looks like we lost him."
The girls remained there not knowing what to do.


"It seems that he is doing fine Malcia. There is one thing that
confuses me though."

"Yes I know what you mean. When Ranma jumped over the edge from the
building we lost all signals. They didn't come back until he had
already won and was on his way back home. I wonder what could have
caused that." Both angels had a puzzled look on their faces, when they
where looking at Ranma's fight with Cambion the pool in front of them
went black just when Ranma jumped over the edge.

"At least Ranma and Akane are okay. I would now really appreciate it if
we left those two alone for a while. Sure we need Ranma to be ready
when the time comes but he also deserves some privacy." Ezegiel didn't
like it how they where looking over Ranma's every move and where
controlling his life as if it was theirs to control.

Malcia sighed, he thought Ezegiel to be somewhat soft towards those
two. I seemed as if he didn't know how important Ranma was in their
plans. Still he had to agree this once with his friend, Ranma did
deserve some time for himself. "Very well we will leave them alone for
now, he earned it." Malcia waved his hand and the pool went black.

A smile came to Ezegiel's face, he knew Malcia didn't like the way he
thought about those two but he didn't care. Ever since he had learned
about their plans for Ranma and Akane, he thought of them of being
cruel towards the two young children. "Good luck with your life Ranma."
Ezegiel then turned and left the room together with his friend.


After picking up Akane from the roof of the other building he had
picked her up in his arms and jumped down to the ground. He had managed
to land in an alley next to the building and they waited there for a
while. Both of them had to relax and catch their breath. Akane still
had no idea what to think of Ranma. She was shocked when she saw the
wings on his back. She just sat there looking at Ranma, who had turned
away from her. He was thinking about what to tell Akane. He knew he
couldn't keep this side hidden from her. After what had happened to her
she had deserved to know the truth. He just feared that she would
reject him and he would be alone again. After thinking some more he
decided to tell her now. In this alley he would be able to tell her
about what he was without any other people hearing everything. "Say
Akane?"

Akane was snapped back to reality by Ranma's voice. "Yes Ranma?"

"I want to tell you something, something about everything you saw and
went through today. Do you think you're ready for what I want to tell
you?" Ranma turned around and saw Akane sit there, he could tell she
was still shaken by what had happened.

"Yes, please tell me. What was that monster and what has happened to
you?"

"About that monster that you saw, to put it in simple terms, that was a
demon."

"A demon, what do you mean a demon?"

"It was a demon as in a creature from hell. Before you ask any more
questions. Yes Hell and Heaven do exist and the monster that took you
was a demon from hell. It took you because it thought it cou......"

Slowly Akane's vision blurred and memories that had been locked away
for a long time started to resurface. She remembered the day she nearly
drowned in the swimming pool. The conversation she had with a girl
named Samantha and how she had told her about Ranma and how they would
be engaged. Suddenly there was a bright light flash and she found
herself standing on top of the building where Ranma had fought Cambion.
"Huh what happened why am I here? Ranma, you here, Ranma?" Akane
started to panic when she got no response from Ranma.

"Don't worry Akane. Everything's fine."

Akane spun around and found herself face to face with a girl, Samantha.
"Huh Samantha what are you doing here. No offence but I though you
where dead."

"You're right I'm dead but we are having this little chat inside you're
head. You remember that my soul had merged with yours two years ago?"

"Yes I remember. Tell me, why are we here?"

"I'm here to tell you several things and show you something if needed.
You see even though I wasn't supposed to do so I decided to give you
back the memories about our conversation we had two years ago. I wanted
you to know of why you are with Ranma and all. So tell me what do think
of Ranma?"

The question caught Akane off guard. "What do you mean, think about
him?"

"I mean now that you remember about me telling you of him being part
demon and all."

"Oh that." Akane started to think about everything Ranma had done for
her. Sure she didn't like the idea of him being part demon but she knew
he had the hart in the right place. "I'm not sure."

"I understand, let me show you something. Look over there."

Akane turned and looked in the direction she was pointing. What she saw
there nearly made her freak. Standing there was Cambion in front of
Cambion, on the ledge, stood Ranma. "Oh no, it's that monster again!"
Akane was about to turn around and run when Samantha stopped her.

"Don't worry Akane, these images you see now are things you missed when
you where on the other building. This isn't real you see. I wanted to
show you what Ranma did to Cambion. You see the look in his eyes?"

Akane looked at Ranma and when she looked into his eyes she saw
something. She saw anger a lot of anger but she also saw something
else. She saw tears in his eyes. "He's crying, why?"

"He's crying for you, he hates to see innocent people suffer because of
his problems. You see when he came to Japan he had hoped to get some
peace and quiet. He hoped his violent life wouldn't follow him and if
it did he hoped you all would be kept out of it. He is crying because
he hates to see you go through these things. The only thing he wanted
was to be with normal people and live a normal life for a while. But
you know that isn't possible for him because of the plans the Angels
have with him. Now try and answer my previous question again."

After several moments of silence she had her answer. "I remember what
you told me about him two years ago, him being more human then many
other people. I know now after seeing him and being with him that you
are right. I don't care that he is part demon. To me he is a human
being and I would like it to be his so called link to humanity."

"I'm glad you see him like that and trust me when I tell you that
you're not just his link to humanity. You are more to him then that. He
likes you a lot. Now please be with him he is still trying to tell you
about what that monster was and what has happened to him. Also don't
tell him that you know me. He has finally accepted the fact that I am
dead and I don't want to disturb the memories of what has happened to
me, okay?"

"I understand Samantha." Akane gave Samantha a hug and then she woke up
out of her memories and Ranma had just finished explaining about what
he was and how it happened. Akane hadn't followed the story but she
already knew what he was. A human being.


Ranma, after finishing his story faced Akane. "So now you know what I
am. I understand if you're afraid of me or angry. If you don't want
anything to do with me I'll go and leave you and your family alone."
All the while he was looking at the ground so he didn't notice Akane
walking over to him. He was surprised when he found Akane hugging him.
"Huh Akane, what..?"

"Shh, don't worry it's okay. Even though you are not fully human your
soul is that of a human being. Considering the things you've done for
others you are more human then many other people I know. I don't want
you to leave, I want you to stay with us and I want to get to know you
better. What do you say we go home?"

"Thanks Akane, for everything."

"No Ranma don't thank me, I should be thanking you for saving me from
that demon. Now let's go home." Akane took Ranma's arm and tried to
walk away. She was surprised when Ranma didn't walk with her. "Huh
Ranma what's wrong, why..." When she look at Ranma's face she saw a
huge grin on his face it was a grin that told her he had other things
in mind. "What's the matter Ranma?"

"Oh nothing, I just thought of a better way to get home." And without
any further explanation picked Akane up in his arms and made it to the
rooftops.

Akane shrieked and before she knew what happened they where up on the
roofs, making their way back home. "Say Ranma aren't you cold or
anything, with your clothes all torn"

"Nah, I'm fine. My body is very resilient to either cold or heat. Also
I'm able to raise the temperature around me by giving up warmth or
lower it by absorbing the warmth around me. So don't worry about being
cold I'll make sure you're comfortable on your trip home."

Akane was amazed how easy he was jumping from rooftop to rooftop. She
could feel the wind in her hair but she wasn't cold, just like Ranma
said. She found herself dozing of and soon she was sleeping
comfortably.

Ranma noticed Akane's breathing slowing and knew she was sleeping.
Smiling he increased his pace and he got home several minutes later.
When he got there he looked if anyone had seen him and after making
sure no one was around he jumped up to Akane's room and took her
clothes of, he blushed slightly at doing this but her clothes where
covered with his blood. After doing this he got a wet cloth and careful
not to wake Akane, cleaned her face which was also covered with blood.
He smiled when she didn't wake up and put her to bed. He then went to
the furo once there he sighed when he found it empty. He took of his
shredded clothes and threw them away. He then tried to clean Akane's gi
as good a possible but blood was hard to remove so he hid the gi in his
pack in his own room. He then went back to the furo and took a bath to
clean himself. He could feel the tension wash away, when he was done he
dried of and put on his boxers and T-shirt and went to bed.

Both Akane and Ranma slept like they never had before. Totally at peace
and not bothered by today's events.

Both Soun and Genma where home and where playing a nice game of Go.
Okay they where really playing a game called: Who's the best cheater.
Right now Genma was winning. Soun was worried that Akane and Ranma
hadn't gotten home yet from their "walk" or so that was what Nabiki had
told them. "Say Saotome where do you think Akane and Ranma went,
they've been gone for some time now and today is another school day?"

"I don't know Tendo but I trust Ranma's judgment. I'm certain he'll
make sure to get back home in time."

"Don't you worry dad, Akane and Ranma are already home." Nabiki stepped
into the living room, she had been listening to their conversation
while they where playing. She had hoped to get some more information
about Ranma.

"Oh Nabiki, you mean that they are already back but I haven't seen
them."

"That's because they've already gone to bed." Nabiki had seen Ranma
come out of the furo after his bath and then decided to check in on
Akane and found her fast asleep in her own room. She wanted to know
where the two of them had gone of to so she had asked one of her
friends to follow Ranma but she had been unable to follow Ranma and
couldn't find him anywhere. Later, about an hour before Ranma got back
home a friend of her had called her and told her that she had nearly
been raped. She told Nabiki that a boy had saved her from the thugs and
had given her his jacket. Even though she was still shocked by what had
happened to her she told Nabiki that she would be at school tomorrow
and tell what had happened exactly. After making sure that her friend
was okay Nabiki had gone to her room and waited for either Ranma or
Akane to get back so she could ask them where they had gone. She was a
bit disappointed when she found Akane asleep and Ranma on his way to
bed. Seeing Ranma ready to go to bed she had decided not to bother him.

"Oh I see. Well I'll ask them about their walk tomorrow morning. Now
Saotome where were we?" Soun faced his friend again and they then
continued their game o' cheating.


Ranma woke up the next morning just in time to notice his father in the
room with a bucket of water, ready to wake him up. He couldn't help but
smile, it seemed that his father was really going to try and be a
better father. This time he was going to make sure not to be splashed
with water. He made sure that Genma was close enough and before Genma
knew what happened he jumped up and kicked the bucket from his hands.
The bucket was sent flying up in the air and landed on his father's
head, changing him into a panda. "Hey old man looks like I got ya there
huh. Now let me see, you here to get me out and spar a bit?"

*You've got it son.* Flip: *Now get outside.* Throwing away his sign he
grabbed Ranma's arm and threw him out of the window.

"WHOA, what the..." Splash, Ranma ended up in the koi pond and even
though he thought he would outsmart his father and not get wet he, now
she ended up in the pond.

As soon as Genma had send his son flying out the window he jumped out
and landed next to the koi pond. After landing he waited for his son to
get out and begin their match for this morning. After about two minutes
Ranma was still in the pond. He got closer to the pond and just when he
was close to the water Ranma shot through the surface. "GWOARF!!" Ranma
was high up in the air before Genma knew what happened. Looking up he
saw his son high up, smiling wickedly. He knew he wasn't going to like
whatever Ranma was going to do now. He decided to attack Ranma before
he would have a chance to do anything. He jumped up in the air towards
his son.

Ranma saw Genma jump up and he smiled, Genma had no idea of what he was
about to do. Seeing her father coming in, she attacked with a weakened
flame kick, no flames this time. She shot towards Genma and struck him
hard. Genma was send to the ground and slammed into the ground hard.

Getting up from the hole he had created Genma looked at his son who
stood in front of him. *Wow, good shot son.* Flip: *Never knew you
where able of something like that*

"Heh, there's a lot you don't know about me. Who knows, if you keep up
the good work I'll tell and show you some of the stuff I've seen or
able of doing." Ranma was already beginning to like her fathers' new
attitude. She decided to call today's sparring match over and walked
over towards her father to pick him up from the ground. Together they
then went back into the house to take a bath and get dressed. On their
way back to the furo they had seen Akane in the kitchen preparing
breakfast so it seemed.


"Akane's preparing breakfast?" Nabiki was with Kasumi setting the table
for breakfast.

"Yes, she told me that she wanted to make breakfast this morning."

"Oh man, you know how "good" her cooking tastes don't you. Last time I
ate it I was sick for three days."

"I know so that's why I've prepared some extra large lunches for you to
take to school. Last time I was stuck on the toilet for 1 hour." Kasumi
knew how "good" Akane's cooking was but she also knew how much time and
effort she puts into preparing the food.

Ranma and Genma went over to the furo and this time Ranma and he took a
bath together so they could sit down at the table together. After about
twenty minutes they where done and got dressed. When they came down
they saw that breakfast was done and everyone was waiting for them.

Ranma sat down next to Akane and looked at her. She seemed to be in a
good mood. "Good morning Akane, sleep well?"

"Yes I slept like a baby."

Ranma then looked at the others at the table and saw that Kasumi and
Nabiki looked somewhat nervous. Wondering what it was he looked down at
the food and felt his stomach rumble. "The food looks great Akane."

"Huh, how did you know I made breakfast this morning?"

"When dad and I came in after sparring we saw you in the kitchen
preparing the food."

"Oh, well I hope you like it. I put a lot of effort in making it."
Akane was slightly nervous because she still saw the looks on their
sisters' faces when they had tasted Akane's cooking a while back.

Genma had already picked up his chopsticks and was ready to dig in.
"I'm sure it's great." Genma, not waiting for the others picked up the
food and tasted it. As soon as the food was in his mouth touching his
tongue he started sweating and his face turned yellow, green, purple
and soon red. Swallowing hard he tried to put up a smile. "T-T-T-tastes
f-f-f-antastic Akane."

Kasumi and Nabiki seeing Genma's expression had a very distinct feeling
that it was everything but good. Hesitating they picked up some food
and tasted it. As soon as they tasted it they knew that Akane's cooking
hadn't improved since last time.

Akane looked at Genma and then at her sisters and she could see that
something was wrong. The expression on their sisters faces where
exactly the same as when they had first tasted Akane's cooking about 6
months ago. Looking at Ranma
she saw him pick up some food and eat it.

Ranma chewed and then swallowed. "Hey this is pretty good Akane." Ranma
then dove in because he hadn't eaten since yesterday.

As soon as Ranma had said that the food was good everything went silent
and tumbleweed rolled across the Tendo's yard. The silence was broken
when four people in the room face faulted. Soun, Genma, Kasumi and
Nabiki picked themselves off of the ground and stared at Ranma. Nabiki
was the first on to recover her voice. "No offence Akane, Ranma you
mean you like it?"

"Yeah, like I said it's pretty good. After having eaten Dante's and
Trishes cooking this is really good, not that they where bad cooks or
anything. Ranma seeing the disbelieving expressions on their faces
shrugged it of and continued eating.

"Oh I knew I got it right this time. I'm glad you like it Ranma." Akane
was simply beaming after hearing Ranma's compliment. She then decided
to have some breakfast so she ate her own food. The second the food was
in her mouth she knew something was wrong. Swallowing her face turned
white and sweat poured down her face.

Meanwhile Samantha, looking through Akane's eyes had "tasted" the food
and had run in the lake and was now emptying it's content, using it to
get rid of the taste. "Sheesh, I knew Ranma was able to eat just about
everything but this, he must really have demon blood in him. Well there
is a bright side to this, it means that he is very resilient to
poison." When the lake was empty Samantha sat down on the bench again
and watched the sunset.

After 30 minutes of shoveling food Ranma stopped and patted his belly.
"Woah, this was great I was starving." Looking around he noticed that
he was the only one who had eaten. "Hey what's the matter everyone, the
food's great?"

One by one they stammered an excuse in the line of:

"I'm not hungry."

"I have already eaten."

"I'm on a diet." Strangely this one came from Genma and got several
very surprised looks. Genma shrugged them of with saying that he had
started his diet today.

"Oh my, look at the time I really have to start cleaning." Guess who
said that?

"Ranma it's time for us to get going. Don't want to be late you know."

"Yeah, you're right." Ranma got up picked up his bento and handed Akane
hers. "Let's go."

Akane and Ranma set out to go to school. Ranma in his turn decided not
to take the fence today so he walked next to Akane. Side by side they
went to school, Ranma's second school day.


"TEMORON GET OVER HERE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lothar sat in his throne
and was pissed and I don mean really pissed. He had ordered Cambion to
kill Ranma yet it seemed he had failed because of a mistake in its
creation. He was going to make the one who was responsible for
Cambion's creation pay for his mistake.

With a very small poof and a small cloud Temoron appeared before its
master. It had its eyes towards the ground and to say it was nervous
would be and understatement. Raising its eyes slightly it could see the
glowing eyes of its master. Gulping it decided to get this over with it
just hoped that the plan it had would be sufficient to calm it's
masters rage. "Yes master Lothar."

"Ah Temoron I see you have finally got your big fat slimy ass here. Now
tell my, how could it happen that Cambion had decided to kidnap the
young girl Ranma is engaged to? I thought I made clear that no other
attempts to get to Ranma through friends or family should be attempted.
Yet it seemed that this was not clear to Cambion. NOW HOW COULD THIS
HAVE HAPPENED???!!!" Lothar was on his feet and had grabbed the slimy
Temoron by its throat, lifting it so he could look in its face.

Temoron had been expecting Lothars anger and was trying to keep its
cool. Without much success, Temoron was shaking like a skeleton in a
storm. "I'm sorry master, it seems that something has gone wrong during
Cambions creation. I will try and find a way to not let this happen
again, I assure you."

"Yeah I bet you would. But in the meantime Ranma is still out there and
as long as he is out there I won't be able to get to the Blade of
Humanity. I need that blade if I want to get rid of the angels forever
so I can rule over hell and earth. What do you suggest I do?"

Temoron felt a small spark of hope when it heard its master's words. "I
believe I have found a way for you to get to the blade without killing
Ranma first."

"Oh, tell me." Lothar had thought that he could not get to the Blade of
Humanity as long as Ranma was alive.

When Lothar had first tried to get the blade Dante and Ranma had shown
up to prevent him from getting it. Lothar had been close to the blade
but it seemed that Dante had found out about his plans and intervened.
Lothar's wife was with him when they had gone after the blade. She saw
Ranma and Dante and attacked them so she could buy Lothar the time
needed to get to the blade.

As soon as Ranma saw Lothar he got so enraged that he attacked Lothar
without hesitating. As he lunged for him Lothar's wife, Nalchian, tried
to prevent him from reaching her husband. Ranma saw someone preventing
him from getting to the one he had to stop and would not allow this.
When he had heard about what would happen if Lothar got his hands on
The Blade of Humanity. Gathering his ki he kicked Nalchian with such
force that he kicked her in half, surprised with his own power he did
not hesitate to get to Lothar.

Lothar had heard his wife scream while she attacked the two invaders.
At first he smiled at his wife's loyalty but then he felt an enormous
power and he then knew that it was Ranma he had heard about the young
devil hunter and about the potential he had. Turning he was just in
time to see his wife been kicked in half. This provided just the delay
Ranma needed to get to Lothar before he could get to the blade.
Shooting across the cave he closed in on Lothar. Lothar saw Ranma
coming and pushed away the anger for the loss of his wife and tried to
get to the blade so he could use it to kill Ranma and Dante. Just when
he grabbed the hilt of the blade Ranma was upon him and he also took
hold of the blade.

As soon as both of them came in contact with the blade they heard a
voice in their heads. It was the blade that was speaking to them.



As soon as the blade was done it shined with a bright light and
disappeared and everyone within the cave was send back to their own
homes. Ranma appeared in a chair in Dante's office while Dante appeared
on Trishes lap, who was not happy with Dante's intrusion. While Lothar
was send back to his own dimension, Hell.

After that event Lothar had sworn revenge on Ranma. So on several other
occasions he had tried to get to the blade but every time Ranma had
felt his intentions and was sent to the Blade and every time neither of
them got hold of the blade.


Temoron knew he had a chance to please its master and prevent itself
from getting beaten to a pulp. "Yes master I believe I have found a way
for you to get to close to the blade without having Ranma teleported to
your location. As you know several barriers now protect the blade while
at first there was just one. The first barrier is the on that's the
most irritating. For as soon as you step through it Ranma will be
teleported to your location. Yet the second barrier is one that can
only be passed by someone with divine blood."

"WHAT, you mean that I can't get to the blade now?"

"No master like I said I have found a way for you to get to the blade.
You see when I was looking through the things we found in this castle
after taking it over from its previous owner I found something very
interesting. I found a small flask containing what seems to be the
blood of a divine being, a lesser god. It's the blood of a phoenix,
which had been defeated by the former owner who had taken some of the
blood to use later on, for what I do not know. Now after some research
I believe that if you cover yourself with this blood you will be able
to step through the first barrier without Ranma knowing. You see the
barrier will think that someone else is coming through it because the
blood will mask your energy. Also this blood will allow you to pass
through the second barrier due to the divine nature of the blood. The
other barriers, except for the final on, are barriers that require some
test to pass, like a test of wisdom or strength and such. The final
barrier is not much of a barrier for it's a zone where time is slowed.
You see as soon as you step in this zone you will be slowed and if my
calculations are correct it will take you about 1,5 to 2 months to pass
through this zone."

"Ah so this time Ranma will not be send to me to stop me from achieving
my goal?"

"Yes and no master." Temoron didn't like to tell its master that his
actions would not go unnoticed to Ranma.

"What do mean yes and NO?"

"Even though Ranma won't be teleported to you he will sense you nearing
the blade but he will feel you approaching the blade only after your
"blood-coating" is worn off. The coating will be effective for about 1
month and after it's worn of Ranma will sense your approach to the
blade. Yet you have nothing to worry about because you will have a 1
month head start so you will reach the blade for he can intervene."

"That's good to hear, good work Temoron. Now I suggest you get to work
because I want to begin in 20 hours from now." Lothar dropped Temoron
to the ground and turned to go back to his throne.

Temoron was about to leave when Lothar stopped him. "Oh Temoron I
forgot something." Lothar walked over to Temoron and lifted it up in
the air. "I believe I still have to punish you for your mistake
regarding Cambion." Raising his claw he turned Temorons face towards
him and slashed it with the claw. The claw cut clean through Temorons
skin and as soon as the cuts where made Lothar spit his acidic saliva
in Temorons face causing excruciating pain. The acid prevented the cuts
from healing and gave would give Temoron pain every passing minute of
its miserable life. Lothar then threw Temoron towards the wall and just
before it went splat it managed to teleport away to its lab. Lothar
then walked back to his throne and sat down. Soon he would be in
possession of the one thing he needed to get rid of those pesky angels
and of course Ranma. After getting rid of those pests he would be able
to rule over heaven and hell. Closing his eyes Lothar began to dream
about how his life would be as ruler over hell and earth.


Ranma and Akane where still on there way to school and where chatting
about all kind of things. Ranma was asking about Akane's which kind of
music, food and other stuff she liked. Akane in her turn was asking
questions about Ranma's life in America and his preferences. She found
out that he liked many of the things she liked, the most important one
being martial arts of course. Soon they came close to school when
something occurred to Ranma. "Say Akane won't those boys be waiting for
you today?"

Hearing Ranma's question Akane became slightly annoyed, the day, even
though it had just begun, was coming along so good. She would hate it
to be spoiled by those pesky boys. "Oh yeah, you're right. Oh man I had
hoped to get through the day without any trouble, just talk with you."

"Hey wait a minute I think I have an idea. You told me that this al
began after one of Kuno's speeches. I believe he told the others that
they could only date you if they defeated you in combat. If this is
true why not turn it around. When you come to school tell them that if
they can't defeat you today you will date none of them ever. This way
after you win you'll be free of them. Also if Kuno shows up leave him
to me."

Akane though about what Ranma had said and she liked the idea. This way
she would hit two birds with one stone. One: she would get some
"training" done beating up the boys and if she won she would finally be
free to hang out with Ranma. There was also a third option if this
worked out the right way: she would be able to get to school early
every day. "I think you're right, but why do you want Kuno?"

"Yesterday I made something clear to him and I want to see if he still
remembers."

"Oh I see, what did you make clear to him?"

"I'll tell you about it after school ok?"

"Sure." Looking ahead they could see the school ground and the large
group of boys waiting for their "date". "Akane took a deep breath and
with a steady pace entered the school grounds.

As soon as Akane came walking up to the school, all of the boys sprung
into action shouting how they would defeat her and date her. Facing all
of the boys she did the first thing in her mind, she raised her hand
and with a loud voice she spoke to all of them. "STOP!!" The result was
impressive to say the least, every boy stopped dead in their tracks.
Akane seeing everybody stopped was surprised. She had never expected
this to work. Glancing back she saw Ranma
sitting on the wall giving her a thumbs up. "OK I know everyone of you
is out here top defeat me so he can date with me but I've had enough of
this. Today will be the last day that that challenge is valid. Anyone
who can't defeat me today won't date me ever." Looking around she saw
that every boy was thinking about her words and then in one voice they
answered. "VERY WELL AKANE, WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!!"

Akane sighed in relief, she had never expected this to work. As if on cue
she Kuno step from behind a tree, she could see he was about to raise
his voice but was stopped dead in his tracks when Ranma landed in front
of him. Tensing her muscles she prepared for combat. "OKAY EVERYONE
NOW LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH." As soon as Akane had said these magical
words everyone, for Kuno and Ranma, attacked her. Akane smiled when she
thought about what she was going to do to the boys. She had decided to
make this last fight a painful one for every one of the boys. Small
groups attacked her at a time and she smiled even wider when she
started to beat them down, this time using groin kicks and punches to
drop them. A surge of adrenalin raised her strength and speed even
further and soon they where dropping like flies.


Ranma stood before Kuno looking him straight in his eyes. "Hey Kuno,
good to see you're here. I thought that after yesterday you would be
staying in today."

Kuno saw Ranma stand before him and couldn't help but sweat lightly.
After what Ranma had demonstrated the day before when he fought him in
the morning and did to him after school he had to admit that he was a
bit frightened by him. Gathering his courage he decided to put up
somewhat of a fight. "Ah I see that the dem..." Kuno's words where cut
short when he saw Ranma's eyes flash bright red. "Yes I'm here,
something like a couple of dislocated fingers isn't going to keep me
away from my true love Tendo Akane. I have hear her challenge and I
will defeat her today so she may date me."

"Oh no Kuno, you are not going to fight her today. You see even the
challenge she gave this morning isn't valid. You see there is already a
boy who has defeated her in combat."

"What who has dared to defeat the lovely Akane?" Kuno was furious that
someone had dared to beat him to his goal.

"Guess mincemeat. Let me give you a hint he started school only
yesterday and has already beaten you once." Ranma couldn't help but
smile. He loved the look on Kuno's face when he said that someone had
beaten him to it.

Kuno though about Ranma's words for a while and after some thinking it
hit him. The boy who had defeated her was Ranma. "What you have dared
to defeat the lovely Akane, impossible? You are not capable of
defeating her no matter how much luck you have."

Ranma nearly boggled at these words, Kuno really thought that Ranma
wasn't able to beat Akane even after what he had shown him yesterday.


"You see you are no martial artist you can only win using tricks."

Ranma heard these words and decided to show Kuno how good he really
was. He was about to kick Kuno's ass when Akane came walking up. She
stopped next to them and wiped of some sweat from her forehead.

"Phew, that was a nice workout."

Looking back Ranma was impressed, every boy lay on the ground and
almost everyone of them where clutching there private parts and moaning
several tones higher. "Nice job
Akane, looks like you got em all huh?"

Akane looked at Ranma and then at Kuno and she could feel that
something was wrong. Before she got a chance to ask what was going on
Kuno butted in.

"Ah I see the lovely Akane is finished with the other bores, no let us
fight. Oh no, before we settle out love I would like to ask you
something. This Ranma here," Kuno said pointing to Ranma still standing
before him, "said that he has bested you in a fair fight without any
tricks. Surely this could not be true for all can see he is no capable
martial artist. I would like your confirmation of this."

At first she was getting angry but then she heard Kuno's remark about
Ranma's martial arts skills and felt all her anger leave her, heck she
nearly fell on her face. As a martial artist herself she knew that
Ranma must felt hurt about that remark. She was now also absolutely
sure that Kuno was a total moron. From what Akane had seen of Ranma's
skills she knew for sure that he was one of the best martial artists
around. Gathering her courage she decided to help Ranma out. "Yes Kuno,
Ranma's right, he has beaten me two days ago. And...."

And then the shit hit the fan. (WWWWHHHHHRRRRR SPLAT!!)

"Bah that is impossible he must have used some foul demonic trick to
beat you for he is no martial artist." Kuno's mouth started blabbering
before he even knew what he was going to say.

Hearing those final comments Ranma had reached the end of his straw. He
was going to teach Kuno a lesson, a big one. Slowly turning to face
Akane he looked in her eyes, twin fires burning within them.

By now most of the boys and many others at school had heard Kuno's
words and where curious how he would react to them. Nabiki hung out the
window in her classroom. Hearing those words she saw a great
opportunity to make some quick yen. She pulled out her megaphone.
"PLACE YOUR BETS EVERYONE, KUNO VERSUS RANMA. WHO WILL WIN??!!"
Immediately everyone was surrounding here placing their bets,
surprisingly many where betting on Kuno for they thought Ranma had just
caught him off guard yesterday. Nabiki smiled, she would make a bundle
if Ranma won. Luckily she had seen the look on her sisters' face when
Kuno insulted Ranma and by the look she had the feeling that Ranma was
good. Seeing that the fight was about to begin she stopped the betting
and all watched at the display that was about to take place. Teachers
and students had made their way outside to watch.


While Nabiki was taking bets Ranma had looked at Akane and asked her
for a favor. "Akane, do me a favor and go call an ambulance. Don't
worry it's not for me."

At first she thought he was joking but when she saw the look in his
eyes she knew he was dead serious. "Uhm are you sure you wanna do
this?"

"Oh yes I am, I'm going to show this fucker not to insult my skills.
You have asked me about my fighting style and now you will have the
chance to look at it up close. Now I'll wait for you to get back. If
from what I've seen the ambulance will take about 10 minutes to get
here so I have plenty of time to teach mincemeat a lesson. Now I you
would be so kind."

"Uhm sure." Turning she ran towards the school but before she got there
she ran into her sister. Slamming on the breaks she stopped right next
to her sister. "Ah Nabiki could I borrow your cell-phone, I need to
call someone?"

"Uh sure, here you are." Nabiki handed Akane the phone. Akane walked
away for a bit and when she was done calling she handed the phone back
and ran to where Ranma was waiting. Nabiki was curious who Akane had
called and when she checked she found that she had called for an
ambulance. Snapping her head up she locked her eyes on Ranma and when
she saw his eyes she knew why Akane had called an ambulance. She had to
admit that Kuno had gone to far by insulting Ranma's skills. Now she
was determined to see the fight from the best seat so she ran to the
front of the people waiting there and stopped.


Akane had told Ranma that she had done what he had asked and then
walked back to her sister and waited.

Ranma then locked eyes with Kuno. "Okay Kuno. I CHALLENGE YOU TO PROVE
YOUR WORDS TRUE AND BEAT ME." Ranma then got closer to Kuno and spoke
again yet he did it so no one but Kuno could hear his words. "Believe
me when I tell that I won't cheat and that you won't like what I'm
going to show you." Stepping back again he raised his voice again. "NOW
ARE YOU READY?"

Kuno had barely heard Ranma words of warning, he only had ears for the
challenge. "I ACCEPT YOU FOWL WRENTCH. The BLUE THUNDER OF FURINKAN
HIGH WILL PROVE HIS WORDS JUST." Kuno walked away from Ranma and
stopped about 25 meters away from him and dropped into one of his
stances.



"OKAY KUNO WHEN YOU'RE READY." Ranma didn't even drop into a stance and
just waited.

Kuno smiled for he was sure he would beat Ranma today. "I'M READY, NOW
LET US BEGIN. HAJIME."

As soon as Kuno's words left his mouth everything went in slow-motion
for him as he saw Ranma's attack.

Ranma sprang into action, he threw of his jacket and blasted towards
Kuno. The ground where he stood caved in for the strength he used to
propel himself towards Kuno was too great. He made it across to Kuno
before his jacket hit the ground. For anyone looking it would seem as
if he was intend on going through Kuno. Unfortunately for Kuno this was
not his intention. As soon as he was in front of Kuno he lashed out
with his left elbow, slamming it into Kuno's gut with such force that
he was propelled back into the school wall.

Kuno barely had time to feel Ranma's elbow for he soon found himself
imbedded in the wall. Having trouble to stay conscious he fell to his
knees and slowly rose to face his opponent. He could taste iron in his
mouth indicating he was hurt.

Ranma waited for Kuno to rise and then attacked again. Getting close to
him he slammed his knee into Kuno's groin.

Kuno doubled over when the knee made contact, blood shot from his mouth
when he gasped. Ranma, now partially blinded with rage pressed his
attack. Using a wicked uppercut he sent Kuno a flying and jumped after
him. Blood flew form his mouth and hit the wall behind Kuno. On his way
up Kuno got the living crap beaten out of him for Ranma continued to
use him as a punching back. Blood flew from Kuno's wounds and fell on
the ground. Soon the ground was covered with many red spots and a large
amount of the students turned for they could not longer look at this
savage beating. Some of the boys and girl's turned and emptied their
stomach on to the ground. Ranma could feel Kuno's ribs break under the
beating, smiling he prepared to finish him of once and for all. At the
pentacle of their flight Ranma flipped and kicked Kuno towards the
ground, the kick gave Ranma some more time in the air to prepare Kuno's
"end".

Akane was shocked by the beating Ranma was giving Kuno, she would have
never thought he would do something like this. Running she tried to get
closer to Ranma, all the time calling for him to stop. She prayed she
would get there in time.


As Kuno slammed into the ground he lost consciousness but Ranma wasn't
done yet. He gathered his ki in his hands. Just when he was about to
release the energy he heard a voice, the only voice reaching him for
everything around him had gone silent, the only thing he could hear was
Kuno's breathing, his hart and now Akane's screams. Looking around he
saw Akane running towards Kuno, screaming, no begging him to stop. He
then saw Kuno's body and gasped had he done this to him. He then felt
the pent up energy in his body and knew he had to get rid of it
somehow. Looking up he thrusted his hands forward and shot the blast
high up in the air.

Akane reached Kuno and saw that he was still alive. He was beaten to a
pulp and she saw that some of his ribs had been broken. She heard
someone land behind her and looked to see Ranma standing there. He had
a look of utter disbelief on his face. She could tell he was shocked by
what he had done. She reached out with her hand hoping to give him some
comfort.

Ranma looked at Akane's hand and turned to and ran, for the first time
in his life he ran away from a situation he couldn't handle. He was of
the school ground in the blink of an eye and soon found himself in a
park in front of a lake. Looking at the scene before him he found it
familiar, it reminded him of the time when he had asked Samantha to be
his fiancé. He slumped to his knees, closing himself of from everything
around him. He had to know why he had done this to Kuno, never before
had he ever beaten someone so badly. He knew that if he had used that
ki-blast Kuno would be dead now. He tried to meditate to find some
answers.


Meanwhile a young boy with black hair, a yellow bandana and a large
backpack walked in to the park. Looking around he wondered where the
hell he had ended up now. "Oh man, now where am I? I'm trying to find
Saotome Ranma I don't have time for another unplanned vacation."

When he heard that Ranma was back in Japan, staying close to where he
was living he had set out to find him and settle the score he had with
him. He thought back to the things that had happened to him about
almost two years ago.



He had set out on a quest, intend on finding Ranma and finishing the
fight they where destined to fight. Due to some miracle he ended up in
America and found himself in front of an apartment complex. He somehow
knew that Ranma was here, walking up to the building he was shocked
when one of the apartments exploded. He was thrown back by the
explosion and for several moments lost consciousness and when he opened
his eyes he saw Ranma stumbling out of the burning complex. Seeing his
target he acted before thinking things over. "R-RANMA SAOTOME, P-P-
PREPARE TO DIE!!!" For some strange reason he stuttered when he uttered
his words. Perhaps it was because he had escaped near death when the
building blew up. Or maybe it was because Ranma seemed to be on fire
without actually burning and that his eyes where shooting out fire. As
soon as he had spoken the words he regretted them for Ranma stumbled
towards him, and it was as if death was looking at him through Ranma's
eyes. He tried to scramble away but he was paralyzed with fear. He
tried to speak but no sound came from his mouth. It was then that he
heard another voice calling for Ranma. It seemed that someone was also
looking for him. Looking around he saw a man standing behind Ranma
carrying to big handguns. He also noticed Ranma wasn't listening to
this man and was still on his way towards him. When Ranma doomed over
him he closed his eyes and prayed. Just when he thought he was going to
die he heard several, no make that a shit-load of gunshots and when he
reopened his eyes he found Ranma lying in front of him, a lot o holes
had been made in his back.

The man carrying the guns walked up to Ranma and seemed to check him
over. He then looked at the boy. "I don't know who you are kid but it
seems that you know Ranma, don't you?"

"Uh-Uh-Uh, yes I do. M-m-m-my name is H-H-Hibiki Ryoga a-a-nd...."
Ryoga was having a hard time speaking, he was scared he could feel that
he had wet his pants.

The man noticed Ryoga's discomfort and tried to relax him a bit. "Hey
it's okay kid, don't worry, Ranma won't hurt you. Also if you're
worried about him I assure you he will be fine now I don't know why you
are here but judging from the challenge you gave Ranma you are not a
friend. So I suggest you get out of here and never show yourself to
Ranma again. If you do run into him again I can't be sure you'll be
okay because from what I've seen, Ranma has been through something very
dramatic and seeing you might bring him back into the state he was in
just now. SO don't ask any questions and get away and don't come
looking for Ranma again, you got that?"

"Yes sir." Ryoga scrambled to get up and ran from the spot.



Ryoga was walking through the park when he tripped over something.
Looking he saw that it wasn't much a thing but a boy he had tripped
over. When the boy looked up he found himself face to face with. "R-R-
Ranma??"


To be you know what.


Author's note:
Okay now I hope I got the Sailor moon part right. I've never seen or
read any of the series. Ok I did read some fanfics but nothing else. I
just felt like adding something like this in the story hope no one
minds.



Ranma's Attack's


Burning Flare: Upon utilizing this technique, Ranma hold his hands in
front of him and creates a flamethrower fueled with chi/ki and demon
energy. The temperature of this flame is approx. 1000 Kelvin. The range
depends on how much he concentrates the beam. It can either be short
ranged and very wide of highly focused over a long distance, this will
also increase the temperature of the flame.

Tornado Flame: By focusing his demon powers in his right or left hand
and his chi/ki in his legs Ranma is able to perform a spinning uppercut
while creating a small tornado of fire around him. The uppercut
connects with such force that it can obliterate a body upon impact.

Fire elbow: Ranma channels his chi/ki in his legs to perform a jump.
Then he channels both his chi/ki and demon powers in his elbow and
comes down on his enemy with incredible force. If done correctly this
attack can split a metal cube of 2 meters in diameter.

Meteor or Comet: It is the same as in the game. Ranma channels his
power in to his fists and lobs huge comets at the enemy. The comets are
far more powerful then his ki-blasts.

Meteor Swarm: This is much like the meteor attack with one huge
difference. Instead of firering of one meteor he lets lose a swarm of
meteors. He can either fire them in a straight line or spread them like
a real meteor swarm.