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I made some major changes based off of reviews, the movie "AVP", and a couple of web sites.

"Human"

/Yautja/

Awakenings

Kerix landed on Furya and immediately set about getting an audience with the Council. She put Ranma in her room and locked the doors. She knew that many of the planets inhabitants would love to get their claws on him. Or in him. She then left to go see the Council.

Tangore was an old Yautja; he was almost a thousand years old. He was the current head of the Council. He was the grandsire of the only female Hunter in the history of their race and he was proud of that. Kerix was a fine Hunter with no peers. He was always being surprised by her; she was quite unorthodox in her methods. So it was no surprise to him when she requested an audience with the Council. When he had heard that she wished to adopt a human, even with all the years of surprises from her, he had nearly had a stroke.

Kerix waited patiently for the Council to gather, only her grandsire stayed near the Council building. She knew that when they saw her holo-clip, they would have no choice but to allow her to adopt the human and raise it in their ways. Finally they were ready for her. Standing tall, she walked in to the room. Sitting in front of her were twelve of the oldest and wisest Yautja. She patiently waited for them to call her to speak. She didn't have long to wait.

/Kerix, you have made a request that is as unexpected as it is foolish. How can a puny human ever compare to us/ one of them asked.

/That 'puny human' managed to kill a Kainde Amedha./ At their gasps she continued. /I saw it do it with my own eyes. I even managed to record it/ she told them as she pulled out a small disc. She then put it into a slot and activated it. A light shot out of a hole and a 3-D image appeared. The Council was grudgingly impressed by the end of the clip.

/Allow us to think about this for a little while/ Tangore asked her. /Please wait outside while we talk./

Kerix walked out to let the Old Ones discuss her young charge's fate. She waited for two hours before she was called back into the room. (1)

/Kerix, we have decided to allow you to raise the human. You must teach him well or you will be killed as well as the human/ said Tangore.

/Thank you honored Council. I will not fail you/ she said as she bowed and left the room. As she when back to her quarters she was thinking of what had to be done to get him ready to go back. When she finally got back to where she had dropped Ranma off she found that the human was no where to be seen. Sighing, she began to search for him.

Ranma woke up for once without his father kicking him awake or throwing him out of bed. Instead of seeing a forest like he was used to, he instead found himself in a very weird room. Looking around he realized that the room didn't look remotely human like. He was exploring the room when he heard the door open. Scared, he dived under the nearest object which happened to be some weird type of bed. Looking out from underneath it, he saw something out of his worst nightmare. A huge alien came in that looked humanoid, that is if you ignored its face. It head was wider then a human's and bigger as well. Its hair was styled in dreadlocks and it had big eyes and a small nose. It was the mouth that terrified Ranma. It had a large mouth that was filled with sharp looking teeth and had two outer lips that separated in the middle and were tipped with sharp claw-like protrusions. It looked around and set about looking for something. With a start he realized that it was looking for him. He wasn't feeling up for a confrontation with it and waited until it had its back turned towards him to make for the door. Unfortunately for him, a Yautja is at least twice as fast as a human and she was able to easily catch him. She set him back down when he stopped struggleing only for him to dash for the door. This kept repeating until, finally, she put on her helmet, activated her translation circuit, and told him that she meant him no harm.

Ranma was pretty skeptical about her decleration of peace.

"If your not going to eat me then what am I doing here?" he asked.

"I see a vast potential in you, human. I have taken you from your incompetent father to train you in our ways," she told him. "But first I will need to teach you our language."

"Why should I learn your ways?" he asked stubbornly. "I like my ways perfectly fine."

"If you don't meet the Council's standards, then both of us will be killed. I have put my life on the line to train you," she told him matter-of-factly.

Ranma was shocked beyond words. This alien was putting its life on the line to train him. No one had ever done that for him. What had he done to deserve her training him.

"Why?" he asked.

"I saw you kill a Kainde Amedha. Not very many humans can do that, and even less could do it without a weapon," said Kerix.

"I-I killed someone?" stuttered Ranma. He had never killed anyone before.

"You don't remember?" asked a very shocked Kerix.

"No," he replied. "The last thing I remember is being thrown into the pit with the c-ca- ca, the furry things."

This posed a problem for them. The Council was expecting him to be able to use those 'claws' of his at will. Now it seems that he could only use them when in that cat-like state. No matter, he was still an excellent fighter. And after some gene treatment, he would be even better. Gene treatment was something that Yautja scientists had just perfected. It allowed even weak males to become competent hunters by splicing their genes with the genes of a Master Hunter. If used on this human, it just might give him Yautja abilities. He would still be a human, but he would also be a Predator. He would be the first Human/Yautja hybrid. But first things first, he would have to be able to understand all Yautjas.

"Listen, human," she started.

"My name is Ranma. Ranma Saotome," Ranma told her.

"Ok, Ranma. Your father abandoned you in order to save his own life. He gave you up without a fight. He also put you through that torture that he called training. Do you want to go back to him?" she asked.

Ranma thought about his short life. His father had taught him many things, but most of the important things he learned from other masters. The main thing his father had taught him was how to take a beating. As he thought about it, why shouldn't he learn from these aliens? I mean, how often does a chance like this come? Making up his mind he turned to Kerix.

"When do we start?" he asked her.

If a Yautja could smile, Kerix would have been smiling.

Ten Years Later

Ranma spun his staff and whipped it around to strike his opponent on the head. However, he ducked and charged at him. He dodged and struck with the butt of the staff. It struck his opponent's shoulder and sent him tumbling. Before he could get up he found Ranma kneeling on his chest with five glowing 'claws' pointed at his face.

/Yield/ Ranma asked.

/I yield, human/ he told Ranma.

/What was that/ Ranma asked as he shoved one of his claws through the defeated Warrior's shoulder.

/I yield, Warrior/ growled out the Warrior.

/Better/ said Ranma as he pulled out his claw and stepped back.

Ranma turned and started walking back to his storage unit. Through the years, he had turned from a scrawny little human to a tall, robust Hybrid. He was tall for a human, around 6'7". He also had more muscle mass then normal as well. His hair wasn't styled in dreadlocks like everyone else, but in a ponytail. His hair just didn't want to go into dreadlocks, even after the gene treatments. After many sessions in gene treatment he could finally keep up with his guardian, Kerix. He also got the partial protection that all Yautja were born with against the corrosive properties of Kainde Amedha blood. Through meditation and facing his fear, Ranma had managed to completely master the Neko-Ken, making him one of the most powerful Predators ever. He had to have custom-made armor, but fortunately Kerix could afford it. It was styled like normal, but it was smaller around and the helmet was completely different. It had taken a lot of work, but it was finally just as intimidating as a normal helmet. Kerix had also made him keep up his Japanese, as well as learn all the main languages of Earth. She told him that one day he would return and had to speak the languages. Ranma had mastered every aspect of the Yautja world, everything except social. He just could fit in except in training. It wasn't that surprising really, just disappointing.

Suddenly an alarm sounded in the distance. Ranma looked up sharply, that alarm meant that all Warriors were needed to fight. He left his opponent to get treatment and started sprinting towards the armory to get something more then practice weapons. Getting there he found that he was among the first as he was closer than most. Ranma grabbed a combat staff and a plasma pistol. Going around, he grabbed a couple discs and a net-launcher. He suited up into his gear and went to the meeting area. He had to wait for awhile but Ranma didn't mind. Ranma practiced with his ki, something he found he could do after mastering the Neko-Ken. He made it form shapes and do different things. He was just about to make a ki Kainde Amedha when the Leader of his group arrived and gave the Warriors their mission. A large hive of Kainde Amedha had just been located and needed to be wiped out. Ranma was about to leave to board on of the transport ships when he was stopped by a superior.

/You're not going with them, young one. You and some others are going to capture the queen/ he told Ranma.

/Sir, are you sure you want me to do this/ Ranma asked, shocked.

/Are you questioning a direct order/ his superior asked sharply.

/No sir. I wouldn't dare question your orders/ he quickly answered.

/Then load up on that ship/ he said pointing at a sleeker ship. /Good hunting and good luck./

/Thank you, sir/ Ranma said as he saluted and went towards the ship.

When every ship was in orbit, they all activated their cloaking devices and shot towards the planet where the hive was located. In the last ship, Ranma got acquainted with his fellow Warriors. He needed to know if he could trust them or not. He found through talking that they were all trustworthy. They had gotten into an arm-wrestling match when the alarm went off, telling them that they were nearing their target. As they prepared, Ranma couldn't help but think that some Warriors would not be making the return trip alive. He quickly shrugged those thoughts off and prepped his shoulder-cannon. He wanted it nice and warm to blow those bastards to hell. As they entered the atmosphere they all attached their methane tanks to their backs, his tank had an oxygen/methane mix, unlike the others because he was partially human. As they neared the drop point, Ranma heard the others get their claws ready and mentally triggered his own claws. With a sliding sound, they popped out of their holders. He kept his blades in perfect condition. They were no thicker than a couple of molecules at the sharp part of the blade and were completely unaffected by Kainde Amedha blood. He checked them and then retracted them. He felt a burst of cold air as the back opened up. Looking out the back, he could see bursts of light from his fellow Warriors firing their shoulder-cannons and their plasma rifles and pistols. Looking at the others on his ship he nodded towards their target and jumped.

Fortunately he only fell thirty feet, nothing to him or any Yautja. Looking around for any enemies, he saw that it was clear and turned to his friends. He activated the holo-map that he had been given as he was the leader of the group.

/Ok, here's the plan. We circle around back and use a side tunnel here/ he said as he pointed to a side tunnel. /Intelligence reports that it leads to a chamber about ten meters away from the Queen's chambers. We go in, blow our way into the chamber, kill any drones, and take the Queen. Any questions/ Seeing none, he turned and led the way. They met only a few Kainde Amedhas on their way which were killed quickly. Reaching the tunnel, Ranma motioned for someone to scout ahead. At the 'all clear' signal, he rushed ahead and planted the explosives at the recommended point. Stepping behind an out clearing of rocks, he activated the explosives. He didn't even wait for the dust to settle before his was running for the hole. He was met by a drone, who he quickly killed. Looking around, he saw the Queen being protected by at least fifty drones. He smiled wickedly as he focused on his ki claws. Rushing towards the drones, he started clearing a path to the Queen. Without any warning he was tackled by a drone that proceeded to try to kill him with it's inner mouth.

"Get the fuck off of me, you ugly son-of-a-bitch!" he yelled as he brought his claws up. He cleanly cut it in half and flipped up and brought his shoulder-cannon to bear. In a flash, half of the drones in front of him were gone. The other half were smoking from where the beam hit them. It was then that he realized that his armor was starting to smoke, despite being almost immune to the acidic blood. He quickly took it off and started looking around for something else to kill he saw that the last of the drones were being picked off by plasma shots from his fellow Warriors. Looking at the Queen, he brought out a gun that would incapacitate her. He was about to fire when she struck at him. He danced out of her reach and fired the gun. Looking around he was pleased to see that only one of the ten Warriors had been killed. He gave the signal for the others to clear the area as he put the Queen into a stasis field. Anyone in the area would be locked in there with her until they got her back. Once everyone was clear, he activated the device and a shimmering blue bubble appeared around the Queen. They all headed out with the Queen being towed by Ranma and two other Warriors. On the way out they were attacked by three warrior drones who were quickly killed. As they got to their pickup point, Ranma let out a sigh of relief. They had done it.

Once they got back to Furya, they were treated like heroes. Kerix was so proud of Ranma. He had exceeded her wildest expectations and brought her much honor. She knew that the time limit was almost up and she had to get him ready to leave. This was going to be tough. She had grown quite attached to the boy. But honor demanded that he go back. Besides, though he was a Yautja at heart, he belonged with the humans. He would never be truly happy here. With a sigh, she set about getting ready to tell him the bad news.

/No! I refuse to go back./

Ranma wasn't being very cooperative. When Kerix had told him that he needed to go back, he didn't want to hear it.

/Besides, I belong here with my friends. With you/ Ranma told her.

/Ranma, in your heart you are one of us. But you are still a human. You belong in their world. That is why I had you study them so much. So you could go back one day and be able to live there/ she told him calmly. She refused to get caught up in her emotions. It wasn't befitting a Warrior of her status.

/Ranma, I know that you don't want to leave but you need to. You have to uphold a promise I made to your father almost ten Earth years ago. It is a matter of honor that you go/ she told him, stressing the word honor.

Ranma was in a bind. He didn't want to go back to Earth, but if he didn't both he and Kerix would lose their honor. With a sigh, he resigned himself to go.

/Ok, I'll go. Just don't expect me to like it/ he told her.

/That's my Warrior. Now, I already have a ship waiting for you. All you need is to pack and say your good-byes. Now go/ she told him with a hug.

Ranma trudged to his room and started packing. After he had packed all his belongings, including his many weapons and his personal armor, he went to say his farewells.

After his farewells, he got into the ship and set about prepping it for take off. When he was ready, he turned to Kerix.

/Well, I guess this is good-bye/ he said.

/We may see each other some day. Don't forget to activate the distress beacon if you run into trouble/ she told him.

/I will/ he told her as he went inside.

As the ship took off and left the planet, Kerix said on last thing before she left.

/Good luck, my son./

(1) If anyone wants to write a Council scene, I'd be much obliged.

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