A Ranma ½ / Yu Yu Hakusho / Sakura Wars / Inu Yasha / Darkstalkers / Devil May Cry / Multi-crossover

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ and Yu Yu Hakusho or any other anime/game titles for that matter. Though I sometimes wish I was a class-S youkai…heh.

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"Why do you still fight? It's clearly obvious that you are no match for the two of us. You should just give it up, and maybe I'll be kind and kill all of you painlessly…" Ranma said with a smile.

Kurama gritted his teeth as he stood up. "Why are you still doing this? You have nothing more to prove. You already killed your own mother, the source of all your suffering, so why are you still trying to destroy Ningenkai?"

"For your information, my mother still lives, and it's because of that meddlesome Koenma!" Ranma yelled with absolute contempt. "But that's not the reason… no, not anymore. From what I saw in that Black List Tape that Reikai kept, people are just pathetic, worthless bags of flesh that doesn't deserve to live. They kill each other, lie and betray people. And what did those demons do to them to deserve such punishment? Humans cut off their limbs, torture them to death, and bathe in their blood… for what? Pleasure? Don't kid me! Hiei, Kurama, both of you know what I'm talking about. What if those demons were your family?"

Kurama paused while Hiei's eyes widened slightly. Ranma does have a point, his sister Yukina was tortured by those selfish humans, specifically that bastard Tarukane, for her ice tear gem that she produced when she cried. The Jaganshi shook his head, the kid may have a point but that's not important right now.

Ranma saw the determined looks on their faces and couldn't help but sigh out loud. "I guess you really do love these humans. That's really too bad, I would've liked to know the two of you better but I guess that wouldn't happen now. Come on, I still have to make all of you pay for what you did to Itsuki-niichan!"

Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei got in their fighting stances while Sensui and Ranma casually stood a few feet from them. Ranma took a step forward but he stopped when a loud and thunderous boom echoed around the area. Yusuke's group frantically looked around for the source but Sensui already knew where it came from. He looked up at the portal connecting the two realms and gaped slightly at the blue phoenix and the two people riding on it.

"Urameshi…"

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Dark Ascension

By Insane Blight

This is my home… Makai

"Sorry I'm late guys, I was dead you know." Yusuke said with an evil grin as he hopped down Puu, with Koenma following right behind him. His body was still emitting a huge, reddish glow that was quite intimidating to everyone, including Sensui, for reasons he could not understand. "Hey, you're not going to have me outta the picture that easily!"

"Y-Y-Y-Yusuke?!" the group, except Hiei, stuttered.

Hiei crossed his arms and let out a puff of breath. "I knew someone like you can't die that easily. Heh, how many hybrids do we have to meet before this day ends anyway?" he muttered with a small smile, his youki came back stronger than before.

Yusuke laughed. "It's nice to see you too, Hiei!"

Kurama smiled and shook his head. Yusuke has demon's blood, he should've known. In fact he should've detected it earlier if it hadn't been for Ranma. He thought the small burst of youki he felt during the fight between Sensui and Yusuke came from that hybrid, who was watching the fight rather intently. That was why he didn't make the connection with his friend's own awakening. "I'm glad you're okay."

"How?!" shouted a dumbfounded Kuwabara. "Y-Y-Y-You're supposed to be dead!!! Are you a g-ghost again, Yusuke?!" he asked in a shaky voice. He let off a girlish scream and he slowly backed away when Yusuke's evil grin got even wider. "Ah! Get away from me!"

"Bwahahahahahah! I'm alive you idiot!" He laughed out while clutching his sides, and then he frowned as he lightly tapped his chest with his fist. "But it is kinda weird that my heart still hasn't restarted yet. Hey, work already dammit! Work!" he tapped his chest a few more times before he heard the laughter of both Kurama and Hiei. "Hey! What's so damn funny?!"

Hiei was too busy laughing to answer but fortunately, Kurama managed to keep it in for a little while. "It's not beating anymore because you're already using your 'other' heart." He explained in between laughter.

"My what?" he asked dumbly.

"His what?!" Kuwabara bellowed.

Hiei tried to continue for Kurama. "What he means is you are now using your demon heart just like us. It probably happened when your youkai heritage was finally awakened."

Blink. Blink. "…Oh, is that so? Oh well, whatever. I don't care about such things. I came here for one thing only. Sensui! I wanna finish our fight! Get your ass over here, right now!" Yusuke yelled as he pointed towards the two Sei Kou Ki users. His youki flared once more to make his point.

Ranma cocked an eyebrow at the confidence in Yusuke's voice. He took a step forward before he was halted by his brother's outstretched arm. "Oh… was he referring to you?" he asked innocently.

Sensui chuckled slightly. "I really don't know, but I would like to finish what I started if that's okay with you?"

"Eh." He shrugged. "Just be careful, he's gotten stronger than before."

"I know, but you should've paid a lot more attention to your own safety Ranma. You really shouldn't have been so reckless with your powers…" He replied with an unusual amount of concern to which Ranma responded with a weak smile.

"I think… it's already… too… late… for lectures…" Ranma gasped out. His face was now contorted with pain but he held a hand up before Sensui can rush to his side. "I'll be fine… just go and finish this so we can get Itsuki-niichan and go home, okay?"

"Okay, I promise."

Kuwabara, Hiei, and Koenma hopped onto Puu's back as it took off while Kurama used his plants to create yet another Fuyouka Shokubutsu for him to use. Ranma on the other hand, used his Sei Kou Ki to join the group in the air as they watched the fight between Sensui and the newly reborn Yusuke with interest.

"Well, aren't you gonna fight us?!" Kuwabara asked as he looked at Ranma with a glare.

Ranma shook his head, turned towards the teen and smiled. "No, I'm not going to fight you. You three are in no condition to fight anyway so that's no fun. Besides…" he looked at Hiei and chuckled. "…someone's technique has definitely given me a very serious injury. Though I have no idea how I missed it."

Hiei ignored the dark-haired teen and continued to watch the fight between Sensui and Yusuke. Kurama on the other hand, gaped at the large burn mark on Ranma's left shoulder, all the way down to his lower chest area. The boy's breathing was erratic and he was sweating profusely as he obviously tried to hide his discomfort. Even though it was healing at a very slow pace, it seemed to be of little help. 'Ensatsu Koukuryu Ha… he did try to destroy it with his bare hands…'

Kuwabara kept on taunting Ranma to no avail, but Koenma looked at the dark-haired teen with sad eyes. 'First Nodoka, then Sensui, and now you and Yusuke… it's all my fault. I should be the one who should suffer in your place Ranma. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry… I can sense it now. I can sense your suffering, your slow death…'

Ranma felt blood trickle down one side of his mouth which caused him to waver slightly in midair. 'Am I dying? I feel so weak now… no, not yet… I can't die yet… not until they pay for their sins.' He was now visibly shaking, which Kurama and Hiei eventually noticed when they turned their attention towards him.

Hiei just stared at him, no emotion whatsoever. Ranma destroyed the barrier with his bare hands, and he still managed to block his attack after doing such a feat. In all his life, he has only heard of one family of higher nobles who could accomplish the complete destruction of the Reikai barrier. 'As impossible as it may seem, but I think that you are from that family of nobles. I've heard their abilities that were similar to yours, though I also heard that you were all wiped out hundreds of years ago…'

Kurama gazed at Ranma's wounds intently. Odd, Hiei's attack shouldn't have affected him this much but now that he thought about it, he probably had that injury when he broke the barrier, and Hiei's attack must've been all that he could take at that point. Kurama sighed as he could only look at the teen with pity. 'I'm afraid that the wounds are fatal.'

All of them were brought back to the present when a tall pillar of youki formed from out of nowhere. The group had to cover their eyes from the blinding light and the huge amount of wind gusts it emitted. Ranma was the exception though, he snarled the minute he saw that. It was as if something inside him woke up, and it was now giving him an uncontrollable amount of rage that was pointed towards the one who created that pillar. "Ah…! My… body…!" he cried out as he started to descend to the ground at high speed.

Kuwabara and the rest wanted to help him, but they were frozen in shock at the scene below them. Yusuke, at least they thought it was Yusuke, stepped out of the red pillar of youki and as the dust settled, they gasped when they saw the drastic changes their friend went through. Yusuke now has long hair that reached down his legs, and abstract markings on his face and chest that was a little bit similar to the ones on Ranma's face.

"What the…? Yusuke? What happened to him?" Kuwabara asked to nobody in particular.

"Majin…" Hiei muttered. 'Has he awakened completely?'

"Everyone, look!" Koenma shouted in amazement.

Ranma's eyes widened when he saw the scene in front of him. Sensui was literally being pounded to the ground by this monster. His brother couldn't even fight back. It was a surprise considering that Sensui was pretty much even in his fight with Urameshi not too long ago. That seemed to be the least of his concerns because his rapidly increasing rage, combined with his current condition, was tearing him apart as he continued his descent. In the end, rage finally took over when he witnessed the one thing he thought was impossible, Sensui was hurled into the air as Yusuke pointed his energy-covered finger towards him. "No! Brother, look out!"

It was useless. The blast struck Sensui dead on, causing him to be flung towards a forested area, several miles away from the actual battleground. Yusuke just laughed at what he has done, which was totally uncharacteristic on his part. For Ranma though, that only made him see red even more. He didn't care about his current state. All he wanted now was to make that demon pay! "You bastard!"

"You bastard!" he yelled as he swooped down and charged at Majin Yusuke with his remaining ounce of strength. "I'm gonna kill you!"

Kurama's eyes widened when he heard that. "No! Ranma! You'll die if you put any more effort into your body!" he yelled but it was all in vain. Ranma was now too enraged to listen to anyone. Not to mention that this Yusuke will probably make short work out of him in his current condition. "Dammit, I'm going after him!" he said to himself, determination evident in his voice. He flapped his wings and quickly went after the enraged hybrid.

"Puu, take us down too." Koenma calmly asked. The phoenix complied and swooped down, almost making Kuwabara lose his balance at the sudden change in course. 'Majin… the two are going to fight. Why?! Why doesn't it ever end?'

Majin Yusuke tilted his head to the side and he couldn't help but smirk at the oncoming teen. "Well, well. What do we have here? Hmm… what's this? This aura… no, it can't be." he mumbled. His eyes narrowed as he tried to confirm his suspicions but to his surprise, Ranma's speed doubled, catching him off-guard and allowing the teen to punch him hard on the face. But the punch never did move him from the spot he was standing at.

"What in the world?" Ranma cried out in surprise.

"You pathetic interloper!" yelled Majin Yusuke with a wide grin. He twisted Ranma's arm and then he slammed the poor boy to the ground several times. Yusuke wasn't through though, he grabbed Ranma by the hair and he threw him onto a nearby large rock, destroying it as the collision took place. "Our powers are too different! S-class or not, you are no match for the higher creatures of Makai!"

Majin Yusuke remained on top of the heavily wounded teen, delivering punches covered in youki whenever he felt like it. The best part about it was that Ranma really was in no condition to fight, let alone defend those powerful punches. He just kept taking hit after hit, hits that would've killed groups of lower level demons. 'I guess I was wrong, no one in that demon family was this pathetically weak. All of them were a joy to fight against.' He thought with a frown. He continued his attack while his eyes darted to the side. He sneered a bit when he saw Puu and the rest of the group ran towards him. "I should finish you off now."

Drawing back his right hand, Majin Yusuke's eyes had a maniacal look in them as he poured all of his youki into his hand. He gave Ranma one last evil smile before he punched him on the face, a punch that sent the teen flying to a nearby mountain. Majin Yusuke already thought that the battle was over. He was about to give the body back to its real owner but something caught his attention. He felt a sudden burst of youki to the place where he punched Ranma. He was surprisingly thrown back a few feet by the explosion that occurred seconds later. He planted his feet and he couldn't help but grin at the situation. "You're not a weakling after all."

A large amount of dust clouds appeared after the explosion. Right in the middle of it was Ranma. He was clutching his head tightly as he let out screams of agony. His current injuries were nothing to this newfound pain. It felt as if it was eating him alive. His youki flared once more, causing a new set of explosions that followed suit. His mind simply could not understand what was happening to him. His hatred as of that moment rivaled even that of his hate towards his mother. He screamed one last time as his body finally couldn't take the pain.

An evil laughter was heard by the group as the dust settled around the area. Majin Yusuke's eyes widened slightly when Ranma stepped out of it. "You… I see, so your kind still lives after all this time. Heh, looks like I have to finish the job I did hundreds of years ago."

Ranma now has slicked black hair, cold blue eyes, abstract markings on his both sides of his face, and semi-metallic, bat-like wings on his back. He was wearing a strange, midnight black clothes that, oddly enough, resembled a trenchcoat. The group can easily tell that his clothes were actually made of pure energy, a lot similar to Sensui's Ki Kou Tou I, but this one seemed to be a mixture of youki and Sei Kou Ki. Another thing that only Kurama noticed was that Ranma's wounds were now healing at an accelerated pace, faster than anything he has ever seen.

Majin Ranma stretched his wings as he gave his counterpart a very cold stare. "My kind? Oh, right. You must be one of the three demons that wiped them out, the so-called rulers of this realm."

Majin Yusuke smirked. "Not exactly, I am merely using this body to teach my descendant a lesson."

"I see…" Majin Ranma muttered. "Excuse me, but can I know the name of the demon that wiped out my kind? I think it is just appropriate to give you the proper respect that you deserve, even if I do not know of my ancestors. I have already heard of the dreaded Mukuro and the blind demon Yomi from Itsuki and my brother, but I do not know your name. For that, I apologize."

"I am Raizen, the last of the three rulers of Makai."

Majin Ranma chuckled slightly as he held up his hand. "No… I think you should change that to ex-ruler of Makai. I will destroy you and Urameshi for what you've done to my brother." He finished coldly, his youki flared around his body as well. "Well, are you ready to die?"

Majin Yusuke simply smirked and crossed his arms. "Big words for someone as weak as you… though if you really think that you can defeat me then you're welcome to try. I want to face a worthy opponent, not some thrash talking brat. Let's find out if you can back it up, cursed child."

Cursed Child? "It seems that you and I have a lot to talk about, why am I a cursed child for one. I'm gonna enjoy making you talk, oh, great ruler of Makai." He mocked as he bowed slightly.

"Did come to talk or did you come to fight?" Majin Yusuke asked in an irritated tone. His hands were already glowing with youki, and from the look on his face, it seemed that he can't wait to get his hands on his opponent. "Come on and make your move cursed child! I don't have all day!"

"You're right." Ranma whispered. He looked up and gave Majin Yusuke a maniacal grin of his own. "First, I'll rip out both of your arms and legs… then we can talk!"

The fight was too quick to follow for the group that was watching from the sidelines. Kuwabara kept rubbing his eyes, trying to see if he was hallucinating or not, Koenma frantically turned his head from side to side, Hiei's eyes narrowed and he had to focus his concentration to follow the two hybrids, and Kurama was really having quite a difficult time just trying to see the two hybrids trade blows. What he did notice was the odd wing structure at Ranma's back. "That's impossible…" he breathed out.

"What was that, Kurama?" Koenma inquired.

Kurama stared coldly at him. "Koenma, I think you should just tell us the entire story. There has been only one family with those kinds of wings, and they are one of the higher nobles of Makai. In YOUR reports, you said that they were wiped out hundreds of years ago by the three rulers because of what their former master did. Care to explain yourself? I'd really like to know what really happened back then."

By now, Kuwabara and Hiei stood beside the fox demon. Their eyes showed their interest in the subject as well. Knowing that the group wasn't going to take no for an answer, Koenma sighed and began to explain. "The report was not entirely false. As you and Hiei know, the original rulers of Makai were the Aensland family, the Voshtal family, and the Dohma family. The ones in charge were Berial Aensland, Galnan Voshtal, and Jedah Dohma. As you may have guessed, Jedah was the one who planned to destroy Berial to gain absolute control over Makai, thus pretty much sealing the fate of the Dohma family if he failed."

Koenma took a moment to look at the fight. "And failed he did. He was betrayed by his most trusted friend when he tried to carry out his plans and in turn, he was destroyed. Though his plan failed, Galnan and Berial soon died from unknown reasons anyway. The ones who took their place were the current rulers of Makai. They immediately hunted down the Dohma family because they heard that they were planning the same thing Jedah did. They were thought to have been wiped out at the time but…" he trailed off.

Kurama's eyes turned sad as he gazed at Ranma. "…But they suddenly appeared in Ningenkai around fifteen to seventeen years ago." He finished for him.

"Yes, the time when Nodoka was still a Reikai Tantei." That was all that needed to be said.

The group turned their heads back to the fight when they heard an anguished scream. It wasn't Ranma. The scream surprisingly came from Yusuke. They gaped when Yusuke was kneeling infront of Ranma, his face contorted in pain. His arms and legs were bound by some sort of red liquid. Ranma just looked at the scene infront of him with a smug smile.

"Yusuke!" screamed Kuwabara.

"As your descendant knows by now, some humans have the ability to manifest their hidden potentials in the form of territories. This is more likely to happen here in Makai and as much as I hate to admit it, I am part human so… I'd like to welcome you to my territory!" Majin Ranma grinned maniacally as more red blobs surrounded Yusuke's body right before attaching themselves to him. This caused an extreme amount of pain that made Yusuke scream out loud once more.

Majin Yusuke snarled as he struggled to get out of the blobs that have attached themselves onto his body. But the more he struggled, the more powerful the blobs became. The blobs eventually started to swallow him whole. He screamed one last time before the blobs encased him inside a large, circular, red orb. Energy arcs formed around the orb but it eventually died down.

"Now for the moment I've been waiting for." A large scythe formed on Ranma's hands as he said that. He raised it up high and was about to slash the red orb in two but he was never able to. His eyes were wide in shock when one of Yusuke's arms suddenly broke through the orb and proceeded to bury itself into his stomach, then he saw Yusuke's other hand tore down the orb. "How…? How did you escape my territory?"

Majin Yusuke quickly lifted Ranma up by the neck. He smirked a bit when he tightened his grip on the teen. "Did you really think that I can be contained by such a weak, human move? I should probably educate you about the different classes in Makai so you will not be confused." He punched Ranma in the chest. "First, there are various demon classes in Makai. Class D, which is the weakest, to class S, the most powerful." Again, Yusuke delivered another punch to Ranma's gut. "Next we have the lower and upper demons in each class. Your kind belongs to the lower S-class demons while I belong to the upper S-class! Do you get it now? Even if the two of us belong to the same class, our powers are just too different!"

Ranma could barely even move when Yusuke slammed his head to the ground. The possessed Majin repeated it over and over again. Each time it happened, the force behind it didn't weaken. It actually got a lot stronger than before. He was about to give up and join his brother in the afterlife had it not have been for a few words that came from Yusuke's mouth.

"Heh, I guess I'll stop playing around now. I'm getting bored fighting you."

Those words seemed to have brought some sort of life to Ranma. He kicked Yusuke in the face several times to force him to release his grip, and then he used his wings to fly up to distance himself from Yusuke. Yusuke on the other hand, started to run real fast. He ran so fast that it was almost impossible to locate him, almost. Ranma's territory has one other technique, and that was locating anyone, anywhere. "It's useless to do this Raizen! I can find you wherever you are!" he yelled as he concentrated in the air. It only took one second to do the job. His eyes snapped open, and he immediately dove for Yusuke's current location with one hand charged with Sei Kou Ki.

Ranma never did hit anything. Yusuke was simply not there. He was dumbfounded for a while before Yusuke appeared behind him. "I was there not too long ago, but you are just too slow!" He swatted Ranma with such force that it sent the dazed teen in the air. "Listen to me cursed child! Your family of nobles is dead! You have no place in this realm anymore, that demon family died by my hands!" Majin Yusuke shouted as he pointed his energy-covered finger towards the helpless, airborne hybrid. "Farewell to the last of the Dohma family!"

"Raizen!!!!" his last words before he was struck by Yusuke's fully-powered Rei Gun, or in this case, his fully-powered youki.

"Huh…? What? What am I doing?" Yusuke muttered to himself as he finally started to regain his senses and his control over his body. His eyes widened when he noticed that his energy was already gathered at the tip of his finger and it was now pointed towards a helpless Ranma. "What?! Stop! Stop it!"

Sit back and watch! This is how you use your power!

His body arched back as he launched the fully-charged blast. Majin Yusuke gave off one last evil grin before he went back to his normal self. He quickly looked up and his eyes widened when his blast was surprisingly fast, which pretty much made all of his warning attempts useless. "No! Ranma! Watch out! Get outta the way!"

"Raizen!!!" he heard Ranma yell out.

The youki blast sent the teen far off to the east, opposite to where Sensui was blasted earlier. Yusuke tried to go after Ranma, but he was hurled too far and too fast. It was impossible to locate him even with the help of Puu. He went down to his knees as he slammed his fist several times to the ground. He cursed loudly, so loud that the group started to wonder if he was okay in the head for the various things he was saying.

"Y-Yusuke?" Kuwabara started as he slowly approached the hybrid. "You are Yusuke right? How did you do that? And what's up with the hair and the weird tattoos?" he asked. He was totally dumbfounded by Yusuke's change in appearance.

"Yusuke, what happened to you?" Koenma added while Kurama and Hiei were surprisingly looking to the side with narrowed eyes. They just can't help but feel that they're being watched. They snapped out of it when the hybrid shot another blast from his Rei Gun upwards, scaring Kuwabara and Koenma as he did so.

"I didn't do any of those things! It wasn't me! I had no control over my body! I had nothing to do with it! It wasn't me dammit! It wasn't me!"

To the far north of the actual battleground, a tall man sat on his throne with a frown when he sensed the various powers present in the fight. He did manage to recognize two from the group. One was indeed Raizen, causing him to frown and wonder why he was involved in the fight. The other one made him chuckle to himself. Youko Kurama. It was truly a surprise to sense him again after all this time. "Well, my old friend, I have a feeling that you've gotten yourself into something you do not fully understand. Hahaha! I do think that it is only a matter of time before we meet again."

"Master Yomi, I have the results of the energy readings." An old man said as he walked into the room carrying a small, strange mechanical device. He looked up and saw Yomi's curious eyebrow. He coughed a few times before he began. "Ahem, as you have suspected, the power is coming from Raizen and a few demons that could possibly be his servants… is something the matter sir?"

Yomi chuckled. "I doubt that. I recognized one of them, and I can feel that he is not in league with Raizen. Thank you, that's all I needed to know. You may leave now." 'Raizen is planning something, I guess his time is already near. Hmm, Kurama… you and I have to talk about old times someday…'

A few miles from Yomi's territory, a demon whose face was covered in bandages and spells stood at the top of a gigantic insect as it gazed at the direction of the fight. "Raizen, what are you up to? What is that energy I sensed near you? It's very similar to the family we destroyed years ago. Don't tell me that there are still survivors."

"Lady Mukuro…" a voice called from behind.

Mukuro turned and looked at her kneeling servant. "Well? What did you find out on your scouting mission?"

"Yes, well, one of the group looked like Raizen, but he was certainly different from him, weaker if I may be so blunt. I think that he could be related to the war god though." The servant paused when his master's eyes narrowed. He continued when Mukuro gave a slight nod. "I also recognized two of the three demons with him. One is the fox demon known as Youko Kurama while the other is the Jaganshi, Hiei. I also saw the son of Enma-Daioh, Koenma amongst the group."

'Hiei? Well, it seems that I have to call in Shigure sooner than I thought. Youko Kurama, interesting… and someone with the same powers as Raizen. Plus they have Koenma by their side. Still, why do I feel worried about the whole thing?' "You mentioned three demons with him, who was the third one? Can you identify him?"

"No my lady, but judging from his appearance, face markings, and his odd structure of his wings, I would say that he could've belonged to the higher nobles of Makai described in a few scriptures…" he stopped when he heard Mukuro's loud gasp. "Is something wrong?"

"No… good work, you can go now." She answered in a calm voice. 'Raizen! So someone did survive our attack on their family. As much as I hate to do this, I have to meet with you and Yomi sooner or later.'

A long way from Urameshi's group lied Ranma. He was in the middle of a heavily forested area. He was also bloodied and completely unconscious. A few feet from his stood a girl. She has purple hair, red eyes, and the most obvious were the bat-like wings on her back and a pair of smaller ones at the sides of her head. She smiled widely as she walked closer to him. "Here you are. I thought I'd never find you. That blast sent you this far out."

The girl knelt beside him and carefully brushed his cheek. She smiled and licked Ranma's blood from her hands. "Oh…! You're almost the same as me." She breathed out. "Maybe this will work a little easier…" She closed her eyes and gently placed both hands on his chest. She smiled slightly when she felt that Ranma's wounds were closing up. Even though it was quite taxing for her to perform such a technique, she had a very good reason for doing this. It's not that she cared about this particular demon. Any other time, she could care less if he lived or not. It was just that this one has something that could prove to be of some use to her.

"Uhhnn… Rai… Raizen…"

"Nope, try again!"

Ranma shook his head as he tried to open his eyes. When he finally managed to do so, he stared dumbly at the purple-haired girl beaming at him. "Who… who are you?"

"Hello there! I'm Lilith!" she exclaimed in a cheerful and playful tone. "Are you okay? That was quite a fight! You were so cool! You fought one of the leaders of this realm! That's amazing!"

"Yeah… right… did you do this?" he asked as he pointed to his rapidly healing wounds.

Lilith nodded enthusiastically. "Yup, sure did! It took a lot out of me to apply this healing technique on you. Say, you haven't told me your name! What is it? Come on, tell me! I told you mine!"

"My name is Ranma. By any chance, are you a human being in disguise?" he grumbled.

Lilith tilted her head and blinked at the question. "Are you sure you're alright? You do know that we are in Makai right? I'm definitely not one of them, that's for sure… why do you ask?"

"Too bad, you're so annoying that you can pass as one of them. And if you were a human being, I'd gouged out your eyes, rip your heart out and force you to eat it, and that's just for being a nuisance." Ranma muttered in annoyance.

The purple-haired girl pouted. She watched him brush past her before she stuck her tongue out. "Meanie!"

The hybrid winced in pain and coughed several times. He was still too weak to move around. He sighed and walked towards a large tree. He sat down, closed his eyes, and leaned against the tree. He could sense that Lilith was making her way towards him. Why does that girl seem so familiar anyway? Besides that, he has other things to worry about, like how could he defeat someone like Raizen.

Ranma…

He snapped his head up and frantically searched around, trying to find the source of the voice. Standing beside him was a confused Lilith, who was starting to wonder if Ranma was okay in the head.

Ranma…

He turned his head to the side and he couldn't help but stare sadly at what he saw. Itsuki and Sensui were inside the shadow demon as Itsuki projected an image that only Ranma could see. Itsuki had a huge scar that began from his eye, and reached down all the way to his chest. He must've gotten it from Kuwabara's Jigen Tou. His arms were wrapped around Sensui's neck. The mere sight of almost made him want to kill himself. It was as he feared. His brother was dead.

Ranma… Sensui's dead… but I'm rather glad that you survived that blast from Urameshi. Listen, as your brother wanted, he was killed by a powerful demon, and now he can finally rest. Remember what he said? He doesn't want his soul to go to Reikai, so I took him here. His soul will never go to that accursed place. Ranma… I know what you're thinking, and I won't stop you, but please take care. Makai is different from Ningenkai.

"Hmm…? Hey, what's the matter with you?" Lilith asked as she leaned in closer. She waved a hand in front of Ranma's face but there was no reaction. Well, there was one, if you can call it that. A few tears fell out of the teen's eyes as he continued his trance-like state. Lilith finally gave up, folded her wings, and just sat beside him. "What a weirdo…"

Remember this Ranma, we'll always be watching you… our son…

"Oniichan… Itsuki-niichan…"

==Flashback==

"Strange isn't it? The more you watch him, the more you get attached to him. That child is very unusual, and his potential is truly astounding." Sensui said with a small smile. He was currently sitting on a grassy field, gazing at the cheerful little boy that was happily playing by himself a few feet away from him.

Itsuki chuckled slightly as he stood beside the former Tantei. "Yes, he is one of a kind. His innocence is similar to yours Sensui." He said rather bluntly. "Even when exposed to the harsh reality about humans, he still manages to keep his cheerful and, quite frankly, light heartening attitude."

Sensui closed his eyes and breathed deeply. "But he is ruthless to his enemies, and by watching the tape, he knows that humans are not the 'good guys' most people make them out to be."

"Come on, why don't you just admit that you really enjoy his company? Not only does he lighten the mood with his attitude, he also makes you smile quite a bit, right?"

The former Reikai Tantei chuckled at that. "True. You're right about that Itsuki, and he does remind me of myself. I never thought I'd come across someone like him… he's probably the only human that I have grown to care for."

"Oniichan! Itsuki-niichan! Let's play!"

"Yes, I'll be right there Ranma-kun!" Itsuki answered cheerfully. He walked towards the boy but he stopped and looked at Sensui over his shoulder. "Well, aren't you coming?"

Sensui looked up and saw Itsuki's slight pout. He shook his head. It seemed that he was not alone in the caring department. Good, evil, no matter what people will call him in the future, Ranma can still influence them in more ways than one, whether they want to or not, and… perhaps… that child was the missing piece in his life. Sighing contentedly, he stood up and smiled at his long-time confidant. "I'm right behind you, Itsuki."

Ranma beamed at his two friends as he met them half-way. Friends… something he never really had until now. All he ever knew in his life was pain and rejection. Love? He never knew the meaning behind that word, or as to why the people around him seemed to talk about it whenever they had the chance. He didn't really know why he went with Sensui and Itsuki, but he felt something, there was something about them that was so much similar to his life. Right now, he doesn't know and he doesn't care. As long as they cared for him, and he cared for them, that was all that mattered.

"Hey, are you alright?"

==End Flashback==

"Hey, are you alright?"

Ranma was shaken out of his thoughts when he felt someone grab his shoulder. He instinctively grabbed the person as he drew his other arm back but stopped when he turned and looked at Lilith's frightened face. He sighed and slowly released his grip on the girl. "Don't do that."

"Couldn't you have told me that earlier?" she asked. "I mean, you could've said that you are a violent demon and I should keep my distance. Nah, violent is not right, crazy is more like it!" she exclaimed out loud. She never did notice the appearance of Ranma's youki.

"Look!" He shoved her back onto the tree and looked at her with those demonic eyes. "Lilith, was it? I've only met you for a couple of minutes, and I appreciate what you did to my injuries, but you are just plain annoying! My brother just died! I don't need a disaster-waiting-to-happen such as you tagging along! What will it take to get rid of you?!"

Ranma anger deflated and he had to take a couple of steps back when Lilith giggled and gave him a light peck on the cheek. He never saw that one coming. Lilith on the other hand, stood up, clasped her hands together and hopped a few times in delight. "Oh, I thought you'd never ask!"

Lilith turned shy all of a sudden. She had her head down, her hands were clasped together behind her while she shuffled her feet, as if trying to gain sympathy as she began her story. "You see… I'm looking for someone… she has something that I really need but I can't seem to find her. So, when I saw your fight with one of the rulers of this realm, I noticed that you had the ability to find your enemies right?"

"That was one of my human territory's powers." He answered flatly. "I can find anyone as long as I know their powers and their energy signature but it drains me to the limit so I can't use it whenever I want to. If you were watching the fight, you should've known that it was the main reason for my loss to Raizen, I'd rather not use it again."

"Please! I have to find her or else something bad is gonna happen to me! Since you're wandering around Makai, I'm sure you'll pick up her signature easily since it is a lot similar to mine! If you can find her for me then I'll leave you alone, honest!" she pleaded. 'I simply can't pass this up. I want my body so badly!'

"…Fine, you can come along, only if you promise to leave me alone after everything is over." He doesn't want to admit it but he knew nothing about this world. This girl can be his guide until he recovered his full strength. Besides, her aura bears a semblance to his, or it could be his mind playing tricks on him.

The purple-haired girl squealed happily, she was so happy that she flew around Ranma several times, much to his dismay. "Yes! I really promise to leave you alone once we find her! Thank you!" Then she smiled but she was also grinning internally. 'Hm hm, this is going to be fun, as your powers are very similar to his. I wonder what he'll think the minute he finds out about you.'

Ranma sighed and called out his wings, it was certainly more convenient than the Sei Kou Ki due to the fact that it doesn't drain him as much. He flapped them once, and then joined Lilith in the air. The truth has been shoved right in front of his face, he was weak in this world, but if he had his way, it will not be for long.

AN: The Darkstalkers part in this fic takes place right in the middle of Darkstalkers 3: Vampire Savior, that's why Lilith hasn't merged with Morrigan yet. It is rather short. I hope my next chapter comes out a lot longer. Anyway, Lilith is now in the picture, and you just know that Morrigan will be appearing sooner or later. Ranma still has a score to settle with Raizen, if he survives the different levels of Makai that is.

I'm using a mixture of the Darkstalkers history (You know how Capcom is when it comes to continuity in games =P) and Yu Yu Hakusho history. Oh, it's not the end of Nodoka and Ningenkai. He's merely going on a side trip of sorts.

Next: Dark Realm Under Siege

Ranma decides to 'help' the little, whining, moaning, bitching, demoness in finding someone, but a certain castle seemed to have caught his interest… wonder if he could 'talk' to the owner of the place…