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~ The Palace, A Long Time Ago ~
The King and Queen of Earth stepped forward. They were currently going to beg for Queen Serenity to try and do something for their dying son, Ranma. The boy was their first born, and sadly, he was not the destined ruler of Earth. Ranma was currently trying to stand still, but failing miserably. He was on the verge of passing out. The poor seven- year-old didn't realize that he was on the verge of death.
"It is good to see you again. Why have you come before me?" Queen Serenity asked softly.
"We have come to beg for you two save our first born Ranma. The curse of our family has attacked again, he is slowly fading away," the Queen of Earth sobbed out. The King grabbed his wife into a hug and told her to calm down. Serenity slowly stepped down from her throne and walked forward. She stopped in front of the small boy and bent down until she came to his pale sweaty face. She smiled at him and he smiled back with a slight grimace in pain.
"You are a cute one, aren't you Ranma?" she questioned. The boy just nodded his head dumbly with a small smile. Suddenly, his eyes slid into the back of his head. He fell forward onto Serenity. The woman picked him up into her arms and looked into his small pale face again. The boy was breathing very hard, almost in pants.
"Will you please help your highness?" questioned the king.
"Of course," she said softly smiling at the parents as they sighed in relief.
~ The Ceremony ~
A sleeping Ranma was lying in the middle of a strange symbol. Serenity was in front of the boy with her eyes closed, the Silver Crystal (is that what's it's called?) raised above her head. She was whispering something. Suddenly, the crystal began to glow and a beam shot out from it engulfing the boy. He didn't scream or anything just slowly floated up into the air as a white aura formed around his body.
"In the name of the Moon! I declare that this boy shall be the protector of Edyimon (right name right?) and Earth. He shall be called Terran, Master of Cataclysm! His representing Planet shall be the Earth!" she called out as the aura turned green. The boy yelped in pain and his eyes snapped open. A strange symbol appeared on his head and eyes flashed with lightning. Before long he slowly floated back down to the ground and fell to his knees.
"How do you feel?" Serenity asked softly. The boy didn't respond as he slowly stood up. He clenched his hands into fists and looked up to the ceiling. He suddenly growled and lighting flashed along his body. The area around him began to shake as large boulders lifted out of the floor and began to spin around him. He quickly stopped and the boulders dropped where they were. He faced Serenity and smiled happily to her.
"I feel great your highness," he said softly, his smile never leaving.
~ The Throne Room ~
Setsuna appeared before Serenity with a frown upon her face. Serenity looked upon the Senshi of Time and smiled warmly at her. Setsuna continued to frown at the Queen. Serenity lost some of the happiness to her smile and faced her friend seriously.
"Can I help you?" asked Serenity.
"Why did you make such a powerful creature?" asked Setsuna.
"I figured you'd hear about Ranma sooner or later," her Queen replied.
"Can you please explain yourself, your majesty?" asked Setsuna.
"He was on the verge of dying, so I created a body for the youngest prince of Earth. He was it," she said to Setsuna.
"That doesn't explain the power," replied Setsuna.
"I can't really explain that. It surprised me as well," said Serenity.
"What can we do about him? Hotaru was enough, why another one?" she asked.
"The bond I created with him and the Earth is very tight. If he happens to be tainted, the Earth will destroy him. If he dies, the Earth will gain back more life energy. If the Earth dies, Ranma dies. Consider it a fail safe," Queen Serenity said.
"And he could be Hotaru's fail safe!" Setsuna replied loudly.
"Correct," said Serenity softly as a smile came across her face.
~ Ranma Starts to Train ~
The small boy watched as stars continued to fly across the small view port. He looked up and saw a few girls in the back talking. They seemed really excited about something, but he didn't really care. Suddenly, one of them came forward. Her dark hair fell around her head, framing her face very well. She looked at Ranma and smiled.
"Hi, I'm Rei," she said offering hand. Ranma looked at it and then faced back towards the window. "Hey! I'm just trying to be nice!" she said stamping her foot. Ranma continued to stare out the window not caring. "Freak," the girl whispered before walking away. Ranma didn't let it faze him as he continued to think about the training he would receive on Uranus.
'Uranus is the first stop in martial arts training. I will learn from the current Senshi of Uranus and then move on to Jupiter. The consecutive gravity of each Planet will test me to my limits. Inside the castle, the gravity will kept to a minimum, but outside, it's a different story,' Ranma thought to himself. He felt stares on his back and turned to met the glare of four girls. They stared at him for a second before they all turned away and began to chatter away. Except one, she was a dark blue haired girl. She stared at him for a second longer before turning away. He turned back to the stars and watched them all the way until Uranus came into view. When they finally landed, four figures were waiting for them. Ranma had his duffel bag thrown over his shoulder and stepped off the ramp behind the girls. The four girls began to chat until they saw the other four. All of them ran over and started to hug the others. Ranma held back and watched the strange scene in front of him. Before long, the eight girls were walking off leaving an older woman standing there looking at him.
"Ranma Lunar?" she questioned.
"Yes ma'am," he replied softly.
"Come along, we have a lot to do today," she said. Ranma quickly followed the woman out of the hanger.
~ A Few Days Later ~
Ranma barely dodged another attack as Sailor Uranus threw punch after punch at the boy. They were currently working at 5 times Earth's normal gravity. Ranma was trying to move in the hard conditions, but the he was still having problems. He tried in vain to hit the fast moving woman but she dodged again and clapped him on the side of his head.
"Come on boy! I don't thing you're even trying!" she shouted throwing another punch. Ranma dodged it and grabbed her wrist, flipping him over his head. She flipped in the air and landed on her feet. Ranma was breathing really hard as he faced down his teacher again. Uranus stared at him for a second before she smiled.
"Let's take a break short stack," she said.
"Yes ma'am," Ranma replied bowing. However, he bowed to deeply and fell flat on his face. Uranus began to laugh at the small boy as he slowly lifted off the ground rubbing his nose.
~ Girls Party/Training ~
"I still don't see why he was so mean," said Rei as she practiced throwing fire. "Maybe, he's just shy, like Ami," said Haruka. "I don't know, it looked like he ignored me," Rei replied. Suddenly, the door to the gravity room opened up. Sailor Uranus and Ranma walked out talking. "You are doing very good Ranma. I was wanting to know if you can throw magic attacks?" asked Uranus. "Yeah, but I don't want to hurt anyone. So I don't like using them," he replied. "When it comes down to protecting Serenity, the kingdom, or Earth, you might have to use magic attacks. So could we please see one?" she asked. Ranma thought about it for a minute and then shook his head. Uranus smiled and quickly set up an attack dummy. Ranma stared at the dummy for a second before looked back over at Uranus who was standing with all the girls from earlier. She smiled at him again and shook her hand, urging him to continue. He turned back around and sighed heavily before he began to think what kind of attack to use. "I don't think he's going to be very strong," Makoto said watching the boy. "You didn't hear about him?" asked Hotaru suddenly. "Hear about what?" asked Michiru. "He's suppose to have power equal to mine," the future Senshi of Silence. They all gasped and turned back to the boy as he began to call forth energy. He brought his fist back like he was going to run forward and strike the dummy. Suddenly, the wind picked up and began to converge on his fist. "BLACK HOLE VORTEX!!" he yelled out before his fist shot forward. A tornado came off his fist and impacted the dummy, blowing it to smithereens. Everyone except Uranus gasped at the power.
~ The Squirt ~
Ranma watched as the future Senshi practiced more and more. After his demonstration a few weeks ago, the others, except Hotaru and Ami, were trying to catch up. Haruka was as usual very pissed to be out done in anything. She had already challenged him many times, and already lost many times. The others weren't as mean about trying to match Ranma. They just began to train harder. Before long the session was up and everyone began to head back to his or her rooms. Ranma decided to stay behind a little longer and train some more. After a long time of shooting tornadoes, lightning, and making boulders rise, Ranma left the training room. He was almost to his room when he heard some whispers and someone crying. Ranma ran towards the scene and found Saturn sitting on the ground crying while some boys stood above her. "You can destroy planets, and heal people. What kind of freak are you?!" yelled one. "Jez, they even had to make that stuck up asshole Ranma her fail safe just incase this cry baby goes psycho!" said another. The third boy bent over and grabbed her by the hair. Hotaru yelped in pain as he slowly began to lift her up. He didn't get very far as suddenly he dropped her and his eyes tried to see behind him. Standing there, grabbing his neck and lifting up was Ranma. "I may be an asshole, but I know my place!" he yelled before throwing the boy into the wall. The other two began to shake with fear until Ranma looked at them. "Take your friend and get out of here!" he yelled. The two that were left grabbed their friend off the floor and ran. Ranma watched them go and then turned towards Hotaru. "Hey," he said softly helping her up. "Thanks," she said in a sobbing tone of voice. "No problem squirt," he said smiling. "Squirt?" she questioned a funny look on her face. "Yeah, you are younger than me right?" he questioned back. "Yes," she said still trying to find a connection. "Well, you're now my new little sister. That okay with you, squirt?" he questioned. "I guess," she said back smiling anew.
~ Planet Pluto ~
Ranma was undergoing another leg of training on Pluto, with Setsuna. She was showing him how to manipulate his Planet power into solid weapons. He was beginning to grasp what he was suppose to do, but didn't see a reason for it. "I still don't get why the in the hell I have to learn how to use weapons?" he said. Setsuna smacked him in the back of the head. He started to rub where her hand had collided and looked at her. "No dirty language like that!" she yelled. "Jez, sorry," he said. Setsuna just let out another sigh. "Sometimes you may have to use a weapon. This is just helping you a little by giving you the weapon you want when you need it. Now imagine a sword for me in your mind," she said. Ranma closed his eyes and began to imagine a sword. "Now bring the image to your hand and make it real with magic," she said. Ranma nodded his head and before long he felt a weight in his hand. His eyes snapped open and he found a katana in his hand. "Cool!" he said before making it morph into a bow followed by a mallet. Setsuna just clapped her hands in a show of approval.
~ A Few Years Later ~
Ranma slowly stepped off the ship and began to walk forward. He had an air of confidence not seen in most 13 year olds. He slowly stepped towards a group of three people. It looked like two parents and their child. He fell to one knee and bowed. "No reason to bow, Ranma. We are your..." "Not anymore, I'm afraid," he said standing up. "Prince Edyimon, met your new body guard," said the Queen in a sad voice. The small boy next to her nodded towards the older one. The older boy bowed and then the four figures moved towards the entrance.
~ A Few Years Later, Before the Ball ~
Edyimon was currently enjoying his Luner Sailing. He had a simple board with a sail and was flying across the landscape. He came to a mountain range and rocketed straight into not slowing down. He was trying to avoid the regular castle guards that were currently chasing him down. He didn't like those idiots, so of course he went to find his favorite guard, Ranma. He came flying through a valley in the mountain range and found Ranma training again. When his body guard saw the fourteen year old, the boulders dropped to the ground and Ranma turned towards the boy. "Hello Prince, what are you doing here today?" asked Ranma. Before Edyimon could answer, the regular palace guards showed up. "Prince Edyimon, we were your assigned body guards today. Why did you run?" asked one of them. "Don't worry boys, he's with me. You may go back to the castle," said Ranma seeing the face of Edyimon. The others quickly obliged the Senshi of Cataclysm and took off for the castle again. Ranma turned back towards the younger man. "I don't want to go!" he suddenly yelled. Ranma looked at him in a amused fashion. "Maybe you should start from the beginning?" questioned Ranma. "Oh come off it! You know what I'm talking about!" the boy yelled. Ranma stepped over and softly bopped the boy on the head. "I really don't see why you think having to go a Ball, and maybe dance is that bad. Everyone will be there, and it's just a social event," Ranma spoke facing his younger charge. "I know, but I really don't think I can dance," said Edyimon a blush creeping onto his face. "Oh please. You just follow their movements with your own feet. If you're really that scared, talk to your mother about grabbing a few lessons," said Ranma. "I don't really want to do that. Do you think you could teach me?" he questioned. "Fine, but I swear if you tell anyone, I'll blast you to kingdom come," said Ranma smiling. "Whatever big brother," said Edyimon. "Don't," Ranma said quietly.
~ The Ball ~
Ranma watched as Prince Edyimon swooned Serenity's young daughter, Usagi. The girl was floating on cloud nine because of the dance. Edyimon twisted and turned with the best of them. The other Senshi that Ranma grew up with were all dancing with some kind of partner. All except Hotaru, the girl was currently sitting off to the side watching the dance with sad eyes. Ranma felt sorry for his 'little sister' and approached. "What's up squirt?" he asked as he walked up. She looked up at him and smiled her best even though she was down. "No one wants to dance with a freak," she said softly looking down at the floor. "That's not true. I'll dance with ya'," he said smiling. Hotaru looked up at Ranma for minute before she readily agreed. They both made their way to the dance floor and began to dance. Everyone looked as the two most powerful beings took their breath away with the gracefulness of the dance. When it was over Ranma leaned down kissed her on the forehead. "See squirt, someone didn't mind dancing with ya'," he said his smile never fading. "I guess your right," she replied.
~ Peace Talks Break, A Few Weeks before the Fall ~
Ranma watched as Beryl and her closest generals tried to scare the queen into submission. They were demanding half of Serenity's territories so they could start their own kingdom. Queen Serenity was willing to give them the asteroid belt and use her powers to create another planet out of the rocks, but they had refused. Ranma wanted to just run up and knock that dictators head clean off, but he suppressed the desire and continued to listen. After a long and very tiring fuss from Beryl she said to except her leaving as a declaration of war. She walked out the door never to be seen again... hopefully. As soon as Beryl left Serenity turned towards Ranma. "Prepare the troops and warn the Senshi. I cannot and will not let my kingdom die," she said. Ranma nodded his head in acknowledgement and left the room. "However, I don't think even you will be enough to stop them Ranma," she said silently.
~ The Fall ~
Beryl's attack came swiftly and without an ounce of mercy. She attacked and quickly destroyed the entire moon fleet in orbit around Earth. The other Planet's fleets rushed in for a rescue, but were quickly destroyed by the sheer numbers of Beryl's army. Soon landing craft and demons were landing on the surface. Ranma ran straight into the enemy not stopping as he call forth the lightning rod. He began to swing in wide arches and that level all that came near. Just when a huge group tried to topple him, he used his rod as a pole volt and jumped out of dangers way. While in the air he moved his hands around in an intricate pattern and then smiled down at his enemy. "POLAR FLARE!" he yelled as the energy lanced out at the yomas. The energy froze them all upon contact. Ranma's lightning rod turned into a mallet and he fell to the ground slamming it into the ground. Their bodies shattered like glass as more engulfed the man. Inside the palace, the Senshi watched as Ranma jumped out of another pile up and fired another beam. "We've got to help him!" called out Rei. "No, I'm sorry, but we will lose this battle no matter what. Ranma knew the consequence of going out there. His body will have to find a future self on it's own. Now come, you must all be prepared for the spell," said Serenity softly. All the Sailor Scouts and Edyimon gathered in a circle and began to chant the spell. Before they finished they heard a horrible shout of pain from down below. Everyone began to tear up as the spell concluded and everyone except Serenity disappeared. Meanwhile on the battlefield Ranma was beginning to fell drained. He was about to jump when something sharp slammed through his kneecap and down into the ground pinning him. He still continued to fight even thought he couldn't move anymore. Suddenly, he felt a blade punch through his side. "AHHHHHHHHH!!" he roared in pain as flipped the blade of his summoned sword into the creature effectively loping off it's head. Suddenly, he felt the finally one jab through his chest. He looked down to the see the exposed blade before he fell forward. He slowly reached back and pulled the sword from his back and leg. He then flipped over just in time to see ten lights scream by towards Earth. A few tears escaped his eyes as he closed them for the last time. "I...win," he gasped out before his breathing stopped. His body sat there for a moment before a light engulfed his body. Suddenly, his soul exploded out from his body and made it's way towards Earth. Back in the throne room, Queen Serenity smiled. "Yes Ranma, you did," she said softly as the door exploded in on its hinges.
~ Juuban, Rei's Temple ~
Ranma slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room he was currently sleeping in. The room was completely dark. He closed his eyes again and replayed all the memories in fast forward.
'I wasn't afraid to kill. And I died. This is so weird, but feels so right,' he thought to himself as he slowly rose up from the futon he was lying in. He looked down to find that he was dressed in his regular clothes. There were three holes all around the shirt, telling him that he indeed didn't dream that part. He looked around again and noticed a door with a faint light coming from the other side. He opened the door to find a hall way leading towards some stairs. He began to walk down the stairs and heard some voices from a room where the light was coming from.
"I don't get it? He was the only male Senshi, and I didn't remember him?" questioned Minako.
"It does seem a little strange that none of us remember him," said Ami looking around the table.
"Well, he did die, so it never occurred to me that he might come back," said Setsuna.
"He died?" questioned Hotaru.
"Sadly. He was the strongest and fought to the bitter end. It was so sad," she replied looking around the table just as Ami did a second ago. Suddenly, movement at the stairs caught her eyes. Before she could say anything on the subject, the boy from early walked out.
"Hey," he said in a croak. Usagi screamed from the shock of someone else coming from the shadows and a glass of cold water fell on Ranma's head. Everyone stared in shock as the boy turned to girl before their very eyes. Ranma grabbed the bridge of her nose and began to massage it slowly.
"What the hell? Who are you?" questioned Rei looking at the girl.
"I'm Ranma Lu... Saotome. Sorry 'bout this," he said.
"How did you transform like that?" asked Michiru.
"Long story, very long story," he now she replied.
"We got time," said Makoto.
"Unfortunately, I don't. I have to get back to Nerima. I did some pretty bad things when I lost it. I need to think of a way to fix it," he said starting to move towards the door. Someone grabbed his arm before he got far. He looked down to find a green haired woman was the one who now held his arm.
"What happened?" she questioned not opening her eyes.
"I attacked some people at full power, and I think I took away my father's ability to do the arts for life," she said not moving.
"In that case, I and Hotaru will accompany you," she said standing up. The girl just shook her head and then the small group left through a portal. When the other side opened up, Ranma was standing on the roof of the Tendo dojo. He crept over to where the dining room was lateral to the roof. He heard the voices of all his fiancées and rivals. As well as a few more people.
"Ranma honey did what?" asked Ukyo.
"He just went exploded! He took down Mousse, Ryoga, and Kuno and then attacked Uncle Genma and broke his arms real bad. Dr. Tofu said that he may not be able to practice the art anymore," said Akane.
"Shampoo no believe airen would do that," said the Chinese girl in her broken dialect.
"Speaking of the fat panda, where is he?" spat Ukyo.
"Dr. Tofu took him to his office. Along with Mousse and Kuno," said Ryoga in a gasp, obviously still in a little pain. Ranma quickly rose up off the roof and walked back over to where the girls were waiting.
"We need to go to Dr. Tofu's office," she said silently. The other two nodded and another portal opened up. "Wait, I'll be right back," she said before moving to another part of the roof. He then flipped down into his/her and Genma's room. She used the Chestnuts over a Roasting Fire technique and quickly packed her bag. She hopped back onto the roof and then stopped.
"What now Ranma?" questioned Setsuna.
"I have to go say goodbye, I'll met you at Tofu's," she said before hopping off the roof. She landed in the middle of the yard shocking everyone. Shampoo was about to run out to greet her until she saw her face. She stopped and watched as she slowly made her way towards the open room. She looked around and found Nabiki, Kasumi, Akane, Soun, Cologne, Ukyo, Shampoo, and Ryoga. He grabbed a warm tea cup and quickly splashed himself, turning back into a mad.
"RANMA! I SWEAR WHEN I CAN MOVE AGAIN, I WILL KILL YOU!" Ryoga yelled in rage.
"HOW DARE YOU DISHONOR YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT!" yelled a demon head Soun.
"Care to explain yourself son-in-law?" asked Cologne.
"I can't. I lost control and attacked without thinking. I won at a serious cost, and I came back to give my regards," he said looking at each one in turn.
"YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY AKANE!" yelled Soun as his demon head went to full power. Ranma just glanced at him. Suddenly, his fist was plowed into the middle of it. Soun went down quickly and didn't move.
"I'm sorry for putting you all through all the insanity, but it ends here. I'm through," he said before turning and preparing to leave.
"You are going to marry Shampoo!" yelled Cologne as her cane came forward towards his head. Suddenly, there was a bow in her way. Lightning ran across the blade and Ranma turned to regard her with anger. "I'm done," he repeated before he suddenly disappeared over the roof.
"This is not over son-in-law!" Cologne yelled.
~ Tofu's ~
Setsuna and Hotaru watched as Ranma came bounding over the roof. He looked at both of them with solemn eyes as he landed in front of Tofu's.
"Can you please go in a heal the people in there. I'll go first and knock Tofu out, then you can heal the ones that are in there," he asked. Hotaru nodded and then waited for Ranma to go in. He quickly kicked open the door and pressed a shaitsu point on Dr. Tofu knocking out the man. Hotaru and Setsuna rushed in. Three broken and slightly bloodied forms were lying on beds. Hotaru immediately went to work on their bodies and soon their were all going to be in perfect order when they woke up. While Hotaru was working on that small task, Ranma was composing a short letter to his father. When Hotaru finished, so did he. He quickly laid it down on his father and followed the two girls into the portal.
~ Juuban ~
A portal appeared outside the door of Rei's house. The three figures quickly walked back into the house and sat down. Ranma sat off to the side near Mamoru.
"Got time now?" questioned Minako.
"Sure," Ranma replied showing them a smile for the first time.
~ Nerima ~
Genma awoke to find that he had full control over his arms again. He sat up and looked around to find that he was sitting in Tofu's office. Suddenly, he heard felt something hit his hand. He looked down to find a note addressed to him.
Dear Pops,
I'm really sorry for the whole arm thing. Please forgive me, and forget me. I'm through with all your training and honor. Please just leave me alone.
Ranma
'This isn't the end boy,' thought Genma as he crumpled the note and threw it in the trash.
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~ The Palace, A Long Time Ago ~
The King and Queen of Earth stepped forward. They were currently going to beg for Queen Serenity to try and do something for their dying son, Ranma. The boy was their first born, and sadly, he was not the destined ruler of Earth. Ranma was currently trying to stand still, but failing miserably. He was on the verge of passing out. The poor seven- year-old didn't realize that he was on the verge of death.
"It is good to see you again. Why have you come before me?" Queen Serenity asked softly.
"We have come to beg for you two save our first born Ranma. The curse of our family has attacked again, he is slowly fading away," the Queen of Earth sobbed out. The King grabbed his wife into a hug and told her to calm down. Serenity slowly stepped down from her throne and walked forward. She stopped in front of the small boy and bent down until she came to his pale sweaty face. She smiled at him and he smiled back with a slight grimace in pain.
"You are a cute one, aren't you Ranma?" she questioned. The boy just nodded his head dumbly with a small smile. Suddenly, his eyes slid into the back of his head. He fell forward onto Serenity. The woman picked him up into her arms and looked into his small pale face again. The boy was breathing very hard, almost in pants.
"Will you please help your highness?" questioned the king.
"Of course," she said softly smiling at the parents as they sighed in relief.
~ The Ceremony ~
A sleeping Ranma was lying in the middle of a strange symbol. Serenity was in front of the boy with her eyes closed, the Silver Crystal (is that what's it's called?) raised above her head. She was whispering something. Suddenly, the crystal began to glow and a beam shot out from it engulfing the boy. He didn't scream or anything just slowly floated up into the air as a white aura formed around his body.
"In the name of the Moon! I declare that this boy shall be the protector of Edyimon (right name right?) and Earth. He shall be called Terran, Master of Cataclysm! His representing Planet shall be the Earth!" she called out as the aura turned green. The boy yelped in pain and his eyes snapped open. A strange symbol appeared on his head and eyes flashed with lightning. Before long he slowly floated back down to the ground and fell to his knees.
"How do you feel?" Serenity asked softly. The boy didn't respond as he slowly stood up. He clenched his hands into fists and looked up to the ceiling. He suddenly growled and lighting flashed along his body. The area around him began to shake as large boulders lifted out of the floor and began to spin around him. He quickly stopped and the boulders dropped where they were. He faced Serenity and smiled happily to her.
"I feel great your highness," he said softly, his smile never leaving.
~ The Throne Room ~
Setsuna appeared before Serenity with a frown upon her face. Serenity looked upon the Senshi of Time and smiled warmly at her. Setsuna continued to frown at the Queen. Serenity lost some of the happiness to her smile and faced her friend seriously.
"Can I help you?" asked Serenity.
"Why did you make such a powerful creature?" asked Setsuna.
"I figured you'd hear about Ranma sooner or later," her Queen replied.
"Can you please explain yourself, your majesty?" asked Setsuna.
"He was on the verge of dying, so I created a body for the youngest prince of Earth. He was it," she said to Setsuna.
"That doesn't explain the power," replied Setsuna.
"I can't really explain that. It surprised me as well," said Serenity.
"What can we do about him? Hotaru was enough, why another one?" she asked.
"The bond I created with him and the Earth is very tight. If he happens to be tainted, the Earth will destroy him. If he dies, the Earth will gain back more life energy. If the Earth dies, Ranma dies. Consider it a fail safe," Queen Serenity said.
"And he could be Hotaru's fail safe!" Setsuna replied loudly.
"Correct," said Serenity softly as a smile came across her face.
~ Ranma Starts to Train ~
The small boy watched as stars continued to fly across the small view port. He looked up and saw a few girls in the back talking. They seemed really excited about something, but he didn't really care. Suddenly, one of them came forward. Her dark hair fell around her head, framing her face very well. She looked at Ranma and smiled.
"Hi, I'm Rei," she said offering hand. Ranma looked at it and then faced back towards the window. "Hey! I'm just trying to be nice!" she said stamping her foot. Ranma continued to stare out the window not caring. "Freak," the girl whispered before walking away. Ranma didn't let it faze him as he continued to think about the training he would receive on Uranus.
'Uranus is the first stop in martial arts training. I will learn from the current Senshi of Uranus and then move on to Jupiter. The consecutive gravity of each Planet will test me to my limits. Inside the castle, the gravity will kept to a minimum, but outside, it's a different story,' Ranma thought to himself. He felt stares on his back and turned to met the glare of four girls. They stared at him for a second before they all turned away and began to chatter away. Except one, she was a dark blue haired girl. She stared at him for a second longer before turning away. He turned back to the stars and watched them all the way until Uranus came into view. When they finally landed, four figures were waiting for them. Ranma had his duffel bag thrown over his shoulder and stepped off the ramp behind the girls. The four girls began to chat until they saw the other four. All of them ran over and started to hug the others. Ranma held back and watched the strange scene in front of him. Before long, the eight girls were walking off leaving an older woman standing there looking at him.
"Ranma Lunar?" she questioned.
"Yes ma'am," he replied softly.
"Come along, we have a lot to do today," she said. Ranma quickly followed the woman out of the hanger.
~ A Few Days Later ~
Ranma barely dodged another attack as Sailor Uranus threw punch after punch at the boy. They were currently working at 5 times Earth's normal gravity. Ranma was trying to move in the hard conditions, but the he was still having problems. He tried in vain to hit the fast moving woman but she dodged again and clapped him on the side of his head.
"Come on boy! I don't thing you're even trying!" she shouted throwing another punch. Ranma dodged it and grabbed her wrist, flipping him over his head. She flipped in the air and landed on her feet. Ranma was breathing really hard as he faced down his teacher again. Uranus stared at him for a second before she smiled.
"Let's take a break short stack," she said.
"Yes ma'am," Ranma replied bowing. However, he bowed to deeply and fell flat on his face. Uranus began to laugh at the small boy as he slowly lifted off the ground rubbing his nose.
~ Girls Party/Training ~
"I still don't see why he was so mean," said Rei as she practiced throwing fire. "Maybe, he's just shy, like Ami," said Haruka. "I don't know, it looked like he ignored me," Rei replied. Suddenly, the door to the gravity room opened up. Sailor Uranus and Ranma walked out talking. "You are doing very good Ranma. I was wanting to know if you can throw magic attacks?" asked Uranus. "Yeah, but I don't want to hurt anyone. So I don't like using them," he replied. "When it comes down to protecting Serenity, the kingdom, or Earth, you might have to use magic attacks. So could we please see one?" she asked. Ranma thought about it for a minute and then shook his head. Uranus smiled and quickly set up an attack dummy. Ranma stared at the dummy for a second before looked back over at Uranus who was standing with all the girls from earlier. She smiled at him again and shook her hand, urging him to continue. He turned back around and sighed heavily before he began to think what kind of attack to use. "I don't think he's going to be very strong," Makoto said watching the boy. "You didn't hear about him?" asked Hotaru suddenly. "Hear about what?" asked Michiru. "He's suppose to have power equal to mine," the future Senshi of Silence. They all gasped and turned back to the boy as he began to call forth energy. He brought his fist back like he was going to run forward and strike the dummy. Suddenly, the wind picked up and began to converge on his fist. "BLACK HOLE VORTEX!!" he yelled out before his fist shot forward. A tornado came off his fist and impacted the dummy, blowing it to smithereens. Everyone except Uranus gasped at the power.
~ The Squirt ~
Ranma watched as the future Senshi practiced more and more. After his demonstration a few weeks ago, the others, except Hotaru and Ami, were trying to catch up. Haruka was as usual very pissed to be out done in anything. She had already challenged him many times, and already lost many times. The others weren't as mean about trying to match Ranma. They just began to train harder. Before long the session was up and everyone began to head back to his or her rooms. Ranma decided to stay behind a little longer and train some more. After a long time of shooting tornadoes, lightning, and making boulders rise, Ranma left the training room. He was almost to his room when he heard some whispers and someone crying. Ranma ran towards the scene and found Saturn sitting on the ground crying while some boys stood above her. "You can destroy planets, and heal people. What kind of freak are you?!" yelled one. "Jez, they even had to make that stuck up asshole Ranma her fail safe just incase this cry baby goes psycho!" said another. The third boy bent over and grabbed her by the hair. Hotaru yelped in pain as he slowly began to lift her up. He didn't get very far as suddenly he dropped her and his eyes tried to see behind him. Standing there, grabbing his neck and lifting up was Ranma. "I may be an asshole, but I know my place!" he yelled before throwing the boy into the wall. The other two began to shake with fear until Ranma looked at them. "Take your friend and get out of here!" he yelled. The two that were left grabbed their friend off the floor and ran. Ranma watched them go and then turned towards Hotaru. "Hey," he said softly helping her up. "Thanks," she said in a sobbing tone of voice. "No problem squirt," he said smiling. "Squirt?" she questioned a funny look on her face. "Yeah, you are younger than me right?" he questioned back. "Yes," she said still trying to find a connection. "Well, you're now my new little sister. That okay with you, squirt?" he questioned. "I guess," she said back smiling anew.
~ Planet Pluto ~
Ranma was undergoing another leg of training on Pluto, with Setsuna. She was showing him how to manipulate his Planet power into solid weapons. He was beginning to grasp what he was suppose to do, but didn't see a reason for it. "I still don't get why the in the hell I have to learn how to use weapons?" he said. Setsuna smacked him in the back of the head. He started to rub where her hand had collided and looked at her. "No dirty language like that!" she yelled. "Jez, sorry," he said. Setsuna just let out another sigh. "Sometimes you may have to use a weapon. This is just helping you a little by giving you the weapon you want when you need it. Now imagine a sword for me in your mind," she said. Ranma closed his eyes and began to imagine a sword. "Now bring the image to your hand and make it real with magic," she said. Ranma nodded his head and before long he felt a weight in his hand. His eyes snapped open and he found a katana in his hand. "Cool!" he said before making it morph into a bow followed by a mallet. Setsuna just clapped her hands in a show of approval.
~ A Few Years Later ~
Ranma slowly stepped off the ship and began to walk forward. He had an air of confidence not seen in most 13 year olds. He slowly stepped towards a group of three people. It looked like two parents and their child. He fell to one knee and bowed. "No reason to bow, Ranma. We are your..." "Not anymore, I'm afraid," he said standing up. "Prince Edyimon, met your new body guard," said the Queen in a sad voice. The small boy next to her nodded towards the older one. The older boy bowed and then the four figures moved towards the entrance.
~ A Few Years Later, Before the Ball ~
Edyimon was currently enjoying his Luner Sailing. He had a simple board with a sail and was flying across the landscape. He came to a mountain range and rocketed straight into not slowing down. He was trying to avoid the regular castle guards that were currently chasing him down. He didn't like those idiots, so of course he went to find his favorite guard, Ranma. He came flying through a valley in the mountain range and found Ranma training again. When his body guard saw the fourteen year old, the boulders dropped to the ground and Ranma turned towards the boy. "Hello Prince, what are you doing here today?" asked Ranma. Before Edyimon could answer, the regular palace guards showed up. "Prince Edyimon, we were your assigned body guards today. Why did you run?" asked one of them. "Don't worry boys, he's with me. You may go back to the castle," said Ranma seeing the face of Edyimon. The others quickly obliged the Senshi of Cataclysm and took off for the castle again. Ranma turned back towards the younger man. "I don't want to go!" he suddenly yelled. Ranma looked at him in a amused fashion. "Maybe you should start from the beginning?" questioned Ranma. "Oh come off it! You know what I'm talking about!" the boy yelled. Ranma stepped over and softly bopped the boy on the head. "I really don't see why you think having to go a Ball, and maybe dance is that bad. Everyone will be there, and it's just a social event," Ranma spoke facing his younger charge. "I know, but I really don't think I can dance," said Edyimon a blush creeping onto his face. "Oh please. You just follow their movements with your own feet. If you're really that scared, talk to your mother about grabbing a few lessons," said Ranma. "I don't really want to do that. Do you think you could teach me?" he questioned. "Fine, but I swear if you tell anyone, I'll blast you to kingdom come," said Ranma smiling. "Whatever big brother," said Edyimon. "Don't," Ranma said quietly.
~ The Ball ~
Ranma watched as Prince Edyimon swooned Serenity's young daughter, Usagi. The girl was floating on cloud nine because of the dance. Edyimon twisted and turned with the best of them. The other Senshi that Ranma grew up with were all dancing with some kind of partner. All except Hotaru, the girl was currently sitting off to the side watching the dance with sad eyes. Ranma felt sorry for his 'little sister' and approached. "What's up squirt?" he asked as he walked up. She looked up at him and smiled her best even though she was down. "No one wants to dance with a freak," she said softly looking down at the floor. "That's not true. I'll dance with ya'," he said smiling. Hotaru looked up at Ranma for minute before she readily agreed. They both made their way to the dance floor and began to dance. Everyone looked as the two most powerful beings took their breath away with the gracefulness of the dance. When it was over Ranma leaned down kissed her on the forehead. "See squirt, someone didn't mind dancing with ya'," he said his smile never fading. "I guess your right," she replied.
~ Peace Talks Break, A Few Weeks before the Fall ~
Ranma watched as Beryl and her closest generals tried to scare the queen into submission. They were demanding half of Serenity's territories so they could start their own kingdom. Queen Serenity was willing to give them the asteroid belt and use her powers to create another planet out of the rocks, but they had refused. Ranma wanted to just run up and knock that dictators head clean off, but he suppressed the desire and continued to listen. After a long and very tiring fuss from Beryl she said to except her leaving as a declaration of war. She walked out the door never to be seen again... hopefully. As soon as Beryl left Serenity turned towards Ranma. "Prepare the troops and warn the Senshi. I cannot and will not let my kingdom die," she said. Ranma nodded his head in acknowledgement and left the room. "However, I don't think even you will be enough to stop them Ranma," she said silently.
~ The Fall ~
Beryl's attack came swiftly and without an ounce of mercy. She attacked and quickly destroyed the entire moon fleet in orbit around Earth. The other Planet's fleets rushed in for a rescue, but were quickly destroyed by the sheer numbers of Beryl's army. Soon landing craft and demons were landing on the surface. Ranma ran straight into the enemy not stopping as he call forth the lightning rod. He began to swing in wide arches and that level all that came near. Just when a huge group tried to topple him, he used his rod as a pole volt and jumped out of dangers way. While in the air he moved his hands around in an intricate pattern and then smiled down at his enemy. "POLAR FLARE!" he yelled as the energy lanced out at the yomas. The energy froze them all upon contact. Ranma's lightning rod turned into a mallet and he fell to the ground slamming it into the ground. Their bodies shattered like glass as more engulfed the man. Inside the palace, the Senshi watched as Ranma jumped out of another pile up and fired another beam. "We've got to help him!" called out Rei. "No, I'm sorry, but we will lose this battle no matter what. Ranma knew the consequence of going out there. His body will have to find a future self on it's own. Now come, you must all be prepared for the spell," said Serenity softly. All the Sailor Scouts and Edyimon gathered in a circle and began to chant the spell. Before they finished they heard a horrible shout of pain from down below. Everyone began to tear up as the spell concluded and everyone except Serenity disappeared. Meanwhile on the battlefield Ranma was beginning to fell drained. He was about to jump when something sharp slammed through his kneecap and down into the ground pinning him. He still continued to fight even thought he couldn't move anymore. Suddenly, he felt a blade punch through his side. "AHHHHHHHHH!!" he roared in pain as flipped the blade of his summoned sword into the creature effectively loping off it's head. Suddenly, he felt the finally one jab through his chest. He looked down to the see the exposed blade before he fell forward. He slowly reached back and pulled the sword from his back and leg. He then flipped over just in time to see ten lights scream by towards Earth. A few tears escaped his eyes as he closed them for the last time. "I...win," he gasped out before his breathing stopped. His body sat there for a moment before a light engulfed his body. Suddenly, his soul exploded out from his body and made it's way towards Earth. Back in the throne room, Queen Serenity smiled. "Yes Ranma, you did," she said softly as the door exploded in on its hinges.
~ Juuban, Rei's Temple ~
Ranma slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room he was currently sleeping in. The room was completely dark. He closed his eyes again and replayed all the memories in fast forward.
'I wasn't afraid to kill. And I died. This is so weird, but feels so right,' he thought to himself as he slowly rose up from the futon he was lying in. He looked down to find that he was dressed in his regular clothes. There were three holes all around the shirt, telling him that he indeed didn't dream that part. He looked around again and noticed a door with a faint light coming from the other side. He opened the door to find a hall way leading towards some stairs. He began to walk down the stairs and heard some voices from a room where the light was coming from.
"I don't get it? He was the only male Senshi, and I didn't remember him?" questioned Minako.
"It does seem a little strange that none of us remember him," said Ami looking around the table.
"Well, he did die, so it never occurred to me that he might come back," said Setsuna.
"He died?" questioned Hotaru.
"Sadly. He was the strongest and fought to the bitter end. It was so sad," she replied looking around the table just as Ami did a second ago. Suddenly, movement at the stairs caught her eyes. Before she could say anything on the subject, the boy from early walked out.
"Hey," he said in a croak. Usagi screamed from the shock of someone else coming from the shadows and a glass of cold water fell on Ranma's head. Everyone stared in shock as the boy turned to girl before their very eyes. Ranma grabbed the bridge of her nose and began to massage it slowly.
"What the hell? Who are you?" questioned Rei looking at the girl.
"I'm Ranma Lu... Saotome. Sorry 'bout this," he said.
"How did you transform like that?" asked Michiru.
"Long story, very long story," he now she replied.
"We got time," said Makoto.
"Unfortunately, I don't. I have to get back to Nerima. I did some pretty bad things when I lost it. I need to think of a way to fix it," he said starting to move towards the door. Someone grabbed his arm before he got far. He looked down to find a green haired woman was the one who now held his arm.
"What happened?" she questioned not opening her eyes.
"I attacked some people at full power, and I think I took away my father's ability to do the arts for life," she said not moving.
"In that case, I and Hotaru will accompany you," she said standing up. The girl just shook her head and then the small group left through a portal. When the other side opened up, Ranma was standing on the roof of the Tendo dojo. He crept over to where the dining room was lateral to the roof. He heard the voices of all his fiancées and rivals. As well as a few more people.
"Ranma honey did what?" asked Ukyo.
"He just went exploded! He took down Mousse, Ryoga, and Kuno and then attacked Uncle Genma and broke his arms real bad. Dr. Tofu said that he may not be able to practice the art anymore," said Akane.
"Shampoo no believe airen would do that," said the Chinese girl in her broken dialect.
"Speaking of the fat panda, where is he?" spat Ukyo.
"Dr. Tofu took him to his office. Along with Mousse and Kuno," said Ryoga in a gasp, obviously still in a little pain. Ranma quickly rose up off the roof and walked back over to where the girls were waiting.
"We need to go to Dr. Tofu's office," she said silently. The other two nodded and another portal opened up. "Wait, I'll be right back," she said before moving to another part of the roof. He then flipped down into his/her and Genma's room. She used the Chestnuts over a Roasting Fire technique and quickly packed her bag. She hopped back onto the roof and then stopped.
"What now Ranma?" questioned Setsuna.
"I have to go say goodbye, I'll met you at Tofu's," she said before hopping off the roof. She landed in the middle of the yard shocking everyone. Shampoo was about to run out to greet her until she saw her face. She stopped and watched as she slowly made her way towards the open room. She looked around and found Nabiki, Kasumi, Akane, Soun, Cologne, Ukyo, Shampoo, and Ryoga. He grabbed a warm tea cup and quickly splashed himself, turning back into a mad.
"RANMA! I SWEAR WHEN I CAN MOVE AGAIN, I WILL KILL YOU!" Ryoga yelled in rage.
"HOW DARE YOU DISHONOR YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT!" yelled a demon head Soun.
"Care to explain yourself son-in-law?" asked Cologne.
"I can't. I lost control and attacked without thinking. I won at a serious cost, and I came back to give my regards," he said looking at each one in turn.
"YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY AKANE!" yelled Soun as his demon head went to full power. Ranma just glanced at him. Suddenly, his fist was plowed into the middle of it. Soun went down quickly and didn't move.
"I'm sorry for putting you all through all the insanity, but it ends here. I'm through," he said before turning and preparing to leave.
"You are going to marry Shampoo!" yelled Cologne as her cane came forward towards his head. Suddenly, there was a bow in her way. Lightning ran across the blade and Ranma turned to regard her with anger. "I'm done," he repeated before he suddenly disappeared over the roof.
"This is not over son-in-law!" Cologne yelled.
~ Tofu's ~
Setsuna and Hotaru watched as Ranma came bounding over the roof. He looked at both of them with solemn eyes as he landed in front of Tofu's.
"Can you please go in a heal the people in there. I'll go first and knock Tofu out, then you can heal the ones that are in there," he asked. Hotaru nodded and then waited for Ranma to go in. He quickly kicked open the door and pressed a shaitsu point on Dr. Tofu knocking out the man. Hotaru and Setsuna rushed in. Three broken and slightly bloodied forms were lying on beds. Hotaru immediately went to work on their bodies and soon their were all going to be in perfect order when they woke up. While Hotaru was working on that small task, Ranma was composing a short letter to his father. When Hotaru finished, so did he. He quickly laid it down on his father and followed the two girls into the portal.
~ Juuban ~
A portal appeared outside the door of Rei's house. The three figures quickly walked back into the house and sat down. Ranma sat off to the side near Mamoru.
"Got time now?" questioned Minako.
"Sure," Ranma replied showing them a smile for the first time.
~ Nerima ~
Genma awoke to find that he had full control over his arms again. He sat up and looked around to find that he was sitting in Tofu's office. Suddenly, he heard felt something hit his hand. He looked down to find a note addressed to him.
Dear Pops,
I'm really sorry for the whole arm thing. Please forgive me, and forget me. I'm through with all your training and honor. Please just leave me alone.
Ranma
'This isn't the end boy,' thought Genma as he crumpled the note and threw it in the trash.