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- SIGNS
/ \ - Chinese
" " - Japanese
* * = Thoughts

++++ = Flashback
***** = Another place
------- = Another time

************ Ranma : Demonic Lifestyle ************

Dante was running through an old run down neighborhood, guns swaying with the momentum of his hands, and the sword clashing against his backside. Not much could make this demon hunter, son of Sparda, run for his life as if it depended on it. Because, fact of the matter, it did. He was running from the one thing he was never ready to take on. With little effort, Dante ran up the side of a nearby wall and launched himself onto the rooftop of a convenience store and stared down at the street below. He was relieved when he saw a shadow running past the area he had used as a springboard waving a sword in the air. He sweat dropped when he heard some of the things it was saying about what it would do when it caught him. With a sigh, Dante dropped to his knees "Never again,.... I hope Trish wasn't watching"

A slight chuckling was heard from behind him as he whirled around and stared into the eyes of the one he was thinking of "I'm not just watching. I was having a good laugh when you were running from that mortal woman"

Shaking his head in slight mirth, Dante shrugged and holstered his weapons "Well, what can I say. I had to have a half demon son to carry on my legacy. Since me and you can't do that, I had to go with a mortal. I'm just surprised you understand"

Gaining a dangerous glint in her eyes, Trish smirked "Who said I understood? No, I know why you truly did it. It's because you get off doing 'THAT' with mortal women. Only because they think your the god of sex, and not the lowly demon you really are" She chuckled slightly when Dante flinched at the accusation.

------- Seven Years Later --------

Genma gripped his son by the collar as he lifted him into the air with little effort "Damn boy, get in the pit and learn that technique!"

The boy quivered slightly as his body shook with fear, cuts and bruises all over his body "D-Dad,... I don't want to! It's dark, and the cats hurt!"

Gripping his chest in mock pain, Genma fell backward onto the ground, losing his grip on the boy "Y-Your turning your back on your art? OH, how it shames me to have such a son!"

Sulking down to the ground, the boy sent a hurt look toward his father figure "Fine,...." He grudgingly stood up and walked toward the pit, falling in when Genma decided to give a helping hand. Or would that be foot,... anyways. Ranma laid at the bottom of the pit, the food tied tightly around his body, almost tight enough to cut off the circulation to his toes. He watched in mute shock as Genma lodged a large boulder over the hole and left him to defend for himself. At first, Ranma was only slightly afraid but now, when the growls and spits were being heard, he was deathly afraid for his life.

About a half hour passed by, as Genma sat on the side of the pit and fed his stomach with the remaining leftover Okinomiyaki *Hmm,... it's been quiet for a short time now. I wonder what happened* He moved to open the boulder when a strange shimmering of black energy smoked from under it. He backed away unsteadily as he contemplated running *If I do that,... Nodoka will kill me for sure!* With great courage, or great cowardice, Genma started toward the boulder as it lifted into the air with a push from the black energy. Tendrils seeped from the hole and crawled around the surface for miles. Making contact with one of them, Genma shuddered from the pure evil it put off. Around the world, Various people were realizing this new power.

****** Tokyo *******

Sailor Pluto turned from her student as they sat in her office, her eyes gaining a hard glint as she felt the new energy being released. Subconsciously she was waiting for a challenge like this, but she soon pushed it out of the way and thought of how hard it would be to battle. Making a mental note to check on it later, she turned back to the student "Ryoga Hibiki, you've fought with everyone since day one. I know you have a bad lifestyle, but if you don't shape up, then you will be expelled"

****** Hinata-sou *******

Trish was sitting on the floor and smiling at the girls before her "Well, I'm going on a tour. A tour that will take me to all the hot springs around the world. In the mean time, my nephew will be managing this run down place. Please be patient with him, he's been training to enter Toudai since he got out of high school. He won't be here for another year. But until then you and your daughters can stay here for as long as you wish. I will leave this place open for my sister to run." she gave another weak smile before running out the door and disappearing toward the dark energy.

***** America *****

Dante sheathed his sword and pulled out his guns, letting them blaze in the nighttime and shredding a nearby demon. He felt the pulse of power and was going to head toward it, when those damn demons showed up to stop him. He froze for a second as he realized what that meant. He holstered the weapons and triggered his demon side, phasing through the demons before jumping into the air, burning toward the dark energy. Bursting with speed that he didn't even recognize, Dante flew toward China *I have to get there before the demons do, I wasn't expecting him to be awakened so soon*

***** back with Genma *****

Genma was running through the forest, his legs moving faster than ever before. He tripped over a root and tumbled down the side of a small hill, landing into a pool at the base. He surfaced and tried to warn the man talking to him to run "GROWF grewf GROWF!" Blinking slightly, Genma looked at his hands, which were now paws.

The guide smiled suspiciously before holding a sign "Very bad sir, you fall in spring of drowned Panda. Tragic tale of panda who drown in spring one thousand year ago"

Genma looked at his hands once again and sighed in relief, if he was like this then his son would not recognize him *I hope he doesn't,.... What's this feeling?* He looked up and noticed that the guide was currently backing away from him, a terrified look on his face. He turned around to see what was scaring him so bad, and almost pissed his pond when he saw his son standing over him. Only that it wasn't exactly his son, the boy never had pitch black wings, or glowing eyes. His skin was never this black or red looking before, why now? Genma backed away from him slowly as a shadow landed where he once was.

Taking a few steps forward toward Ranma, Trish smiled gently "Ranma,.... It's been a while. Last time I saw you, you were just an infant." Ranma seemed to relax slightly when her soothing words reached his ears. She smiled when she saw this and nodded her head "We can't stay here, we have to meet your true father in America. Before it's too late" She seemed a bit baffled when Ranma didn't open his mouth to answer her, and just nodded. She shrugged it off before jumping into the air and sprouting wings. Ranma just watched her before he too took to the air, his wings flapping in the night time sky.

***** Nine Years Later *****

Dante, Trish, and Ranma were walking down an empty street. Each of them had their own weapons. Dante had Ebony and Ivory, and the sword Rebellion. Trish had twin short blades, and a single hand gun. Ranma had a large two-handed blade that was ruby red and had black blades. It was strapped to his back and hung just barely above the ground, making it around six feet tall. Dante looked over at Ranma and sighed *I don't know why Ranma decided on that particular demon to make a sword. It looks way to big for him* What Dante didn't know, is that Ranma used it to make himself stronger and faster. Also that Ranma could now use the Dandridge faster than he could Rebellion or even force edge. Giving Trish a nod, Dante walked over to Ranma "Are you sure you want to do this Ranma? I mean, you've only faced lower demons, never a demon master before. It could be dangerous, and you could die"

Glancing at Dante through blood red pupils, Ranma shrugged "How will I know otherwise if I don't try it. Also, what better time than the present while knowing that you and Trish are here if I need help." he then gave a wan smile and shrugged "Besides, those other ones are weak. I need something strong to test the new moves on"

Dante wanted to ask him about the moves he was talking about, but one of the buildings they were near exploded in black energy "Here they come" he looked over at Ranma and was shocked to see that he already had Dandridge out of the strap and was wielding it with only his right arm "If you get too hurt, fly away Ranma"

Ranma nodded before dashing toward the nearest demon with his sword held at the side "Here I come!" He side stepped a slash from the demon and swirled around with his sword at his side, slicing the demon in half. He then jumped in the air while still spinning and came down in the middle of a small group of the demons, decapitating two of them and slicing diagonally down another three. He brought his sword to his side again and then pushed it into the ground until it was buried over half way. He gave the remaining confused demons a sneer before his demonic aura sprung to life around him and focused down the blade into the ground causing fissures of energy to erupt under the demons "Dandridge ; Earth splitter!" He pulled the blade from the ground and arced it once more toward the demons on the top of a building "Energy WAVE!" The blade glowed a freakish blue as a beam of pure energy sliced through the corner of the building and causing it to explode. Sheathing the sword, Ranma walked away from the scene as pieces of demon and gallons of blood rained from the sky. Giving Dante a mocking grin "So Dante,.... remember our promise?"

After recovering from his surprise, Dante chuckled with amusement "Sure Ranma, go to Japan and get things tied up." He gave Ranma a bank card and smirked at his confusion "Did you think I didn't know you would pass this test? I knew from the day we made the agreement that you would, with bloody colors. This card holds a good deal of American dollars. Spend it whatever way you want,... think of it as a going away present." He gave Ranma a quick hug, which succeeded in making Ranma blush slightly.

Trish shook her head sadly as she watched the site *The boy doesn't have a sensitive bone in his body,... he's only known bloodshed and combat since he was young. I hope my sister and her friends will be able to break that shell.* She then hugged Ranma gently and gave a small smile "Ranma,.. while I'm not your mother, I want you to know that I will always listen if you want to talk to someone. I too have a going away present for you" She reached down the front of her leather shirt and pulled out a card, tossing it to Ranma before both her and Dante disappeared in a burst of energy. Ranma smiled when he caught the card and figured out the spell they used to 'teleport' from the scene.

Looking at the card, he chuckled in shock and happiness *Misaki Shrine,.... how come I'm not surprised Trish knows of this place?* he smiled sadly while he gazed at the two items they left him with *I'm going to miss them,....* He was about to teleport to the last place he remembered near Japan, when something glimmering on the ground caught his attention. He walked over and picked up the item as a smile illuminated his face *Damn Dante,... always trying to get me to use these* He opened up the blood red trench coat he was wearing, and holstered twelve millimeter hand gun that was coated with a silver lining with a blood red handle. Looking closer, the words 'Angel of Death' was written in gold, hidden in the blood. Giving a shake of the head, he disappeared from view as well.

**** Jusenkyo, China ****

The guide was walking around the pools with a small smile on his face as he took a few steps toward his home *Good day, this one. No sirs fall in spring* He smirked as he opened the door to his apartment and was about to enter when he saw a bright flash of light and quickly turned around. He wasn't ready for what he saw, as Ranma lowered himself to the ground using wings of pitch black. Blinking a few times, the guide took a step back and looked fearfully at Ranma "W-What is Sir doing?"

Ranma turned his head and noticed the guide "Hello again. I was wondering,..... do you remember the panda that was with me the first time?" The guide nodded dumbly as Ranma's wings were still in sight. Ranma chuckled as he realized what was scaring the guide "Which way did he go?"

The guide just pointed toward a village in the distance "He go that way"

Ranma turned and noticed the village before smiling and bowing to the guide "Thank you very much, you've been very helpful." He started then walking toward the small village in the distance. When he was out of view from the guide Ranma started running, becoming a blur as he left afterimages of himself.

Two women were sitting in front of the gate to the village that Ranma wanted to enter, bickering back and forth /I'm telling you that Khu Lohn could beat Puh Fume into the ground!\ She turned toward her companion and slammed the butt of the spear into the ground to accentuate her point.

Growling slightly at her friend, the other one followed up by slamming the spear into the ground as well /And I keep telling you that Puh Fume could wipe the floor with Khu Lohn\ they wanted to continue this conversation further, but a blur of black and red caught their eyes as it headed toward them /HALT!\

Ranma sensed the life forces and came to a standing stop right in front of them "Umm,.... Excuse me, I just need to ask some questions"

Both the girls looked at each other in confusion /This one speak Japanese,.... do you know how?\ the other girl shook her head as they sighed. Ranma looked between the two as they went about talking about something as if he wasn't even there /Should we get Khu Lohn?\

Ranma sensed a sudden movement behind him as he quickly side stepped and danced around the small body, gripping her neck in a tight hold "Is there a reason you attacked me,... old ghoul?"

Khu Lohn smiled at Ranma, not a particularly nice one, but a smile "Yes there is. I see Dante wasn't lying when he talked about your potential,... you have so much that it's stunning! Even in all my three hundred years, I haven't seen such potential."

Ranma released her from his hold and smiled sheepishly "Sorry,... but I'm sure that if you know Dante, you know what I went through to be so jumpy"

Khu Lohn chuckled and nodded "Fair enough young one, I do know of his demon hunting adventures. I take it you know how to kill them effectively?"

Give a shrug of his shoulders, Ranma smirked and arrogant one at her "I can hold my own"

Blinking slightly, Khu Lohn could've swore that he was a spitting image of Dante, only with red hair "Tell me,... how did you get red hair? The card I got from Dante said you had black." Ranma chuckled slightly as he nervously rubbed the back of his head, unconsciously making the girls blush. Khu Lohn noticed this and smiled to herself *He really is like Dante,.... I hope this one seeks the companionship of a mortal woman*

Getting unnerved at the attention he was getting from Khu Lohn, he shifted uncomfortably before asking "So umm,.... can I ask you something?" Khu Lohn was knocked out her day dream as she nodded to him "Did you see a fat Panda, or a man with a white gi with glasses?"

Growing a dark smile, Khu Lohn nodded her head "Yes. THAT man came through here,.... how do you know him?"

Matching Khu Lohn's smile with his own, and making her flinch "I believed he was my father up until I was six, and he tried to teach me the dreaded cat fist. That was when Dante's girlfriend came and got me. I still don't why I went with her, but I'm glad I did." Khu Lohn nodded her head and then noticed the two guards staring at them "Anyways,.... might we be able to talk inside? I came from a demon hunting exhibition and used a lot of powers"

Khu Lohn looked at Ranma and smiled "So you two share the blood of Sparda?" Ranma nodded his head with a slow pace, more fear than anything "Fear not Ranma, we don't attack you because of it. We only attack evil demons. As long as you stay in the good, you will be safe from us"

Blinking a little bit, Ranma chuckled "Who would be safe from who, if I were to go evil?" Ranma chuckled some more which made Khu Lohn shudder slightly "I'm just kidding. I'm not going to be anything like Genma, or those other demons."

Nodding her head in mirth, Khu Lohn hopped over to the gate /Open the gate for me and my guest\ she quickly got a nod for her troubles as the gates opened up wide, and let them inside "Well then, Son of Dante, Son of Sparda. Let us talk further in my home" Ranma smiled and nodded, following her inside of the village, ignoring or just not realizing the hungry looks of the women.

TO BE CONTINUED__________

I know this chapter was rushed, but I didn't want to explain it all right now. Ranma does have a 'REAL' sword, but for the moment a demon sealed blade will do.

Dandridge's attacks :

1) Earth Splitter - Creates fissures of energy that tear the ground out from under the enemy
2) Cyclone Cutter - Creates a miniature vacuum of wind and cuts the enemy to ribbons
3) Flash Swipe - Speeds the user up by three times, in order to cut down the enemy
4) Explosion Quarter - Causes the blade to super heat and burns the enemies alive with every knick.