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Chapter 6: In the shadows

Ranko Hibiki stood in the hallway with an ancient Amazon elder. The elder had sadness etched into her face as she looked at the young red headed elven girl and said, "Child the creature that has done this to Mousse is a dangerous alien being. This being and others come to our planet in search of the hunt. I am concerned for all fighters in the area now we must do something to combat it, but I may not intervene."

Ranko looked at Cologne and said, "I don't get it why can'tcha intervene here."

Cologne held up her ancient wooden staff and showed a single rune engraved at the top saying, "This rune child. I was given it when I was a mere slip of a girl, when I myself fought and defeated one of these creatures. For me to get involved would break a vow a vow between equals and cause me to be hunted by an entire tribe of these creatures and all of their technology. As good as I am and as much as I have learned even I know that I could not possibly defeat an entire tribe of these creatures."

Ranko said, "So what can you do?"

Cologne looked at her and said, "I can train you girl. I can teach you Amazon lore that is only given to tribe members."

Ranko said, "I don't get it I thought you could already do that or were doing that with Ranma here. What is the difference?"

Cologne sighed and said, "Experience and knowledge. You have the experience, the knowledge and know many of the basic skills already and he has barely learned the 'Chestnuts Roasting in an Open Fire' technique."

She eyed Ranko severely and said, "Besides, from what you have told me you have been given a great quest Ranko. One which will put you in great danger. What sort of Amazon would I be if I let one of our tribe members go into danger without as much training as possible?"

Ranko flinched and said, "Tribe member?"

Cologne eyed her and said, "Surely you also defeated my Granddaughter in combat. Surely you too received the kiss of marriage. Once that was done it can not be undone. You are the husband of Shampoo unless you or she were to stand before a full council of elders and renounce all ties. Even then I would ask them to claim one of your skill and ability as an official tribal ally. It is much the same with your counterpart in this world"

Ranko took some time to digest the information and said, "Very well sensei. Teach me all you can and I will stop this creature once and for all."

Cologne looked at Ranko seriously and said, "You understand child that this is not one of your regular duels? This is not for honor or titles and the creature will not back down. It is out for one thing and one thing alone your death. Are you prepared to fight on that level as well? Are you prepared to kill?"

Ranko looked at the matriarch and remembered Saffron and more recently Queen Serenity and said, "I am prepared to stop this thing no matter what honored elder. You have my word on that."

Cologne looked into Ranko's cerulean eyes and saw something she had missed before. She saw the face of a warrior instead of a martial artist and said, "Very well Ranko let us depart this facility and leave young Mousse in the care of these doctors. We shall train you in a special technique called External Proprioception." She then started pogoing out of the hospital leaving a bewildered Ranko trying to catch up and saying, "External propito whatsit?"

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On a dark world a young boy continued to struggle against the darkness and continued to fail, but he was given a brief respite when Dooku left him behind to discuss things with his own master.

Ryouga waited in the darkness nursing his anger and hatred. He nursed his depression and nursed thoughts of vengeance upon Dooku, vengeance upon the Jedi Council, and vengeance upon this thing called the galactic republic. As he thought these thoughts and nursed these dark emotions a spark of electricity started to form in his hand. "Just you wait master" He said grinning at the spark, "Just you wait until your return. Then we shall see who is the master and who is dead."

Ryouga laughed an evil laugh…

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Cologne and Ranko walked back into the Nekohanten determined to train when they ran smack into Ryouga Hibiki and Shampoo who had returned from her deliveries and was serving Ramen for customers while Ryouga sat dejectedly in a corner.

"Aiyah what happen honored grandmother. This one" She pointed to Ryouga, "have no clue as to what happen, but say that stupid Mousse was too, too injured."

Then she noticed the tall red haired elven girl and said, "Who she?"

Cologne said, "It will have to wait until after we close granddaughter, but have the Hibiki boy call up all the other martial artists in Nerima and tell them to come here tonight. It is quite important that everyone hear what I need to say."

Cologne continued on and said, "The girl is Ranko Hibiki. In her wanderings she came to our village and was trained in our ways. She has come here to get my approval for membership in the tribe. I intend to see if she is worthy. If she can be trained in one of our most formidable arts I will officially welcome her as a new tribe sister."

Shampoo looked on in awe. Only the most powerful people were able to become honorary tribe sisters and here was a girl who looked vaguely familiar who had been able to convince her grandmother that she might be worthy of sisterhood. Then it hit her the girl's name was Hibiki.

Shampoo then said, "Ranko Hibiki?"

Cologne said, "Yes I do believe she is related to you Ryouga in some way. She has not clarified in exactly what way, but I believe her."

Ryouga looked at the girl with and almost forgot himself as he asid, "Cous, uhm How are we related?"

Ranko stared and him and thought real quick, "We're cousins my dad is Ryouma's brother."

Ryouga stammered and shook. From what he had seen as P-Chan this girl was most likely a Hibiki indeed and then he cried and he said, "I haven't seen my father in so long or my mother. Have you seen them Ranko? Do you know how they are? Or are you too cursed with the Hibiki family curse."

Ranko smiled at Ryouga and said, "Nah, I always know where I am instead I have somethin like wanderlust a need to see the world. Anyway, your dad was okay the last time I saw him and I'm sure aunty Kiana is fine too. Tell you what after we deal with the current situation why don't you let me take you to your house? Just uh promise to stay close to Shampoo, Cologne, or me until then okay?"

Ryouga could hardly contain himself as he said, "Alright Ranko I'll stay close, but I have your word on it right."

Ranko smiled and said, "Yeah my word bro-cousin. You've got my word."

Then she perked up and said, "All right no more sadness we got some training to do."

So, Ranko was blindfolded and forced to try and catch different items and block incoming strikes by extending her chi outward and sensing where they were. By the end of the night Ryouga and Shampoo had cleaned up a lot of dishes and Ranko was starting to look very bruised. Then, Ukyo came in the door with a disturbed look on her face. She was followed by Akane, Ranma, Nabiki, Genma, and Soun. They were all looking somewhat disturbed as if they had seen a ghost.

Cologne closed the store and had everyone sit down. Then she started, "Tell me why do you all look so shaken?"

Akane said, "It's Kunou and Taro they, they…" she stopped and couldn't continue.

Ranma piped in and said, "They're dead and someone took their heads. Almost like the rest of the body didn't matter."

Cologne sighed sadly and told them all the same tale that she had told Ranko. She told them all that there was an alien predator out on the streets looking to kill martial artists. She told them to stay in groups and pairs and to avoid fighting the creature if at all possible.

Ranma reacted as anyone might expect he said, "No problem I can take this thing easy. Ain't no way some alien creature can take me down. Aint' no creature that thinks it can kill people in this town and get away with it."

Akane looked at Ranma and said, "You idiot weren't you even listening to her. She said this thing can be invisible, that it attacks with technological weapons and extraordinarily strong."

Ranma just ignored her and said, 'Feh. If the old ghoul could take it when she was a kid so could I."

Akane said, "Oh really Ranma. Well don't let me get in your way. See if I ever show any concern for you" Then she then stormed out of the Nekohanten in a huff.

Ranma said, "Geez what's with her."

Genma and Soun then yelled at Ranma and berated him for treating his fiancé badly. Practically forcing him to go out and apologize for his callousness. Then Ryouga started in and the Nekohanten became a general free for all fight as the three guys tried to all jump on Ranma at the same time, but kept getting in each others way. Shampoo and Ukyou joined in to try and defend Ranma while fighting each other as well.

Ranko sat and watched the melee with a chuckle, looked over at Cologne and said, "Was it always like this? Was I always so clueless about the situations and the people? It's all so twisted and complex. Maybe I was ignoring it all and pretending it would go away. But this is all so sad, so stupid. Just look at them."

Cologne replied, "I see it child and I have seen it now for some time. There is no simple solution to their problems, nothing that I can do that will untangle the threads of their lives and make them better. It is such a sad thing all around the Akane girl included, but it's either laugh or cry and I choose to laugh. Now, come young one let us try and stop them from destroying my restaurant."

Cologne and Ranko joined into the fray and quickly disabled the fighters involved. Then escorted Ukyo, Genma, Soun, and Ranma out of the Nekohanten saying, "Be gone, I am done saying my piece and done dealing with this childish behavior. All of you try to heed my advice I doubt anyone wants to be digging any graves around here."

Ranko grabbed Ryouga before he tried to leave and said, "What are you doing Ryouga? Where do you think you're going?"

Ryouga replied, "Ranma has to pay for his treatment of Akane."

Ranko said, "So what's that go to do with you man?"

Ryouga replied, "Everything he's got a wonderful caring fiancée and he treats her like dirt. He's treated me like dirt. Because of Ranma Saotome I've seen hell!"

Ranko suppressed a chuckle and said, "Hell? I don't get it what could that kid have ever done to you?"

Ryouga growled and said, "You wouldn't understand."

Ranko said, "Maybe you're right cousin, maybe I wouldn't understand, but you need to understand something here too. My new sensei Cologne here says it's dangerous to fight because of this alien and as we heard two good fighters are already dead because of this creature. So what are you planning to do? Go off and fight this Ranma kid. Is it worth your life Ryouga? You think about that. Is it worth your life to go out and fight him over this?"

Ryouga growled, thought about it for once in his life and said, "You're right Ranko. You are right. I can't believe what I was about to go do, just because I was angry. Thank the ancestors that you're here cousin."

Ranko looked at him and said, "Don't mention it Ryouga. Just ease up on this guy and let go of some of that depression okay? You'll be happier without it."

Then they heard a scream…..

In the darkness the predator waited for its prey. It waited for something worthy and it saw it. A young earth male with a strange weapon on his back was walking alone. The alien creature followed after it and carefully moved into position and waited for the prey to be alone.

Ukyou heard something as she was walking down the alleyway something scritching along the roof tops perhaps. She looked up and saw nothing and then, suddenly from out of the darkness arose a great hulking shape. It was humanoid, and a bit more than two meters tall, it was wearing some type of face mask and had greenish and brown skin. Finally, the creature had some type of course bristly "hair" twisted into dreadlocks. It pulled out a strange looking Naginata made out of mysterious metal and said in a voice eerily similar to Kunou's, "I shall hunt you down from the heavens themselves."

Then it attacked. Ukyou blocked as best she could with her battle spatula, but the strike was strong indeed, almost ripping it out of her grasp. Ukyou backed up and held her spatula in a guard position as the creature advanced again. It swung it's sword at her in a vicious arc and this time she was able to let it slide off of her spatula. Without missing a beat Ukyou threw some mini spatulas from her bandolier ad she backed off again, but the creature shrugged them off and continued forward. This time when it swung Ukyou tried to block again, but the creature had not been attacking Ukyou, but instead her weapon. The Katana severed the giant spatula at the hilt leaving Ukyou without her weapon.

Realizing that she was outmatched Ukyou screamed and ran as fast as she could. Barely dodging katana strikes as the creature followed right on her heels. Then she slipped and fell down. She ended up facing the way she came and looking directly at the creature as it brought its sword into position to strike the final blow. Ukyou whimpered as the sword descended and though about her Ranchan and then there was darkness.

Shampoo's strength surged as she threw her bonbori in a desperate throw. The colored weapon flew straight and true and barely deflected the blow turning the death stroke into a large shoulder wound instead.

The Predator looked up at Shampoo and faded into nothingness. The Amazon girl looked for it as best as she could and then suddenly she was pushed aside by Ranko as the wall next to where she had been standing was demolished by an invisible blade.

The two girls then stood back to back and tried to face the invisible opponent. Waiting for another strike. As time passed no strike came and the two realized that the predator was gone. They then gathered Ukyou's prone form up and took it towards the Nekohanten.

Then they heard more sounds of destruction and battle. Shampoo said, "Do you Hear that Ranko, sound like pig boy is in battle."

Ranko said, "I hear it and we better be quick if we want to save his bacon, but what do we do with Ucchan here?"

Shampoo said, "I carry her and get her to Nekohanten and grandmother. You go and save cousin Ryouga from alien creature."

As Ranko ran off to save Ryouga, Shampoo carried Ukyou and took her bicycle at far greater speeds that seemingly possible for a human to go. All the while she was thinking (Ucchan? Where did Ranko hear that name? Why did Ranko use it and does she know if Ryouga is a pig? I better speak with grandmother something is not right here.)

Ryouga had run off in the direction he thought the scream had come from and to give him credit he had come somewhat close. He was seven blocks away when he saw something land on a roof above him. Something large and invisible, which was still there. Ryouga leaped as hard as he could and reached the top of the building and yelled, "Baksai Tenketsu!"

The predator had stopped on the roof to contemplate its options when suddenly it was falling three stories to the ground in an explosion of shrapnel and Ryouga's strikes. The thrill of the hunt was again before it and this time it would give no quarter. As the two fell towards the ground fighting the predator unsheathed its metal claws and shoved them into Ryouga's side.

Ryouga felt an almost unbearable pain in his side as the two landed and he realized that he had barely escaped losing his kidney to that last strike. He then tried to desperately dodge the creature as it struck at him again and again. He was somewhat lucky in that he could see the blades because they still had his blood on them, but the blood was quickly disappearing and he was running out of options.

Ryouga ducked another strike from the claws and ducked to the street making it explode again with his best technique. Throwing the creature backwards and revealing its form in dust and debris. Ryouga then punched it as hard as he could. The massive punch rocketed into the aliens head and threw it farter away and it briefly crackled into full visibility as it landed on the ground. Then, the creature stood up and looked at Ryouga seemingly unharmed and it disappeared again. This time it left no trace that Ryouga could see nothing for him to follow all he had was a large danger sense telling him to run away. He turned and ran as fast as he could, but it was too late, a set of three red dots appeared on his back as he ran, but then as if a gift from the gods he was splashed from above, leaving a tiny bleeding piglet in the Predator's sights. The creature roared in frustration, but seeing no further prey it left the area to continue the hunt in another location.

Ranko stepped out of the Umisenken and away from an ice container wondering what happened and why the creature didn't see her. She put the information into the back of her mind and picked up the bleeding black piglet saying, "Ah geez Ryouga are you okay?"

Ryouga panicked and kicked trying to get away as he realized that Ranko knew his curse. Ranko said, "Hey cut it out man you're gonna hurt yourself even more if you keep squirming like that."

Ryouga had come to the same conclusion as the pain in his side overcame him and he lapsed into an unconscious state.

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Dooku returned from his visit to find his young student in fine form. He had expected the boy to have lost some focus and to be back to what he had been. Instead the boy was listening to him and channeling the force quite well. The boy exuded the power of the dark side now.

Just a little more training and the boy would be ready to come with him when he captured the Chancellor of the republic. Just a little more and he could foil the plans of his master and help the separatists win the war. Making himself the ruler of the galaxy….

First though the boy would have to forge his own Sith light saber. Forged of anger and depression and hatred. If the boy had that weapon and could be trained well in its use then and only then would he be ready.

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Ryouga woke up in the Nekohanten the next morning. He was human and in a bed with his ribs and injuries taped up. He heard some commotion going on downstairs and tried to get up. The pain was excruciating, but he almost made it to his feet by the time he heard a loud cheer from the customers. (What is going on?) he thought. Then he trudged towards the door as it burst inwards with an exultant Ranko.

Ranko shouted, "I did it Ryouga!" I've figured out the external propito sensation technique!"

Ryouga said, "Wha?"

Then Ranko noticed he was out of bed and said, "Hey get back in bed you ain't in no condition to be up yet. Jeez, P-chan you were almost skewered yesterday by that thing. Why don't you take it easy?"

As Ranko forced him back into bed it hit him. Suddenly Ryouga knew who this tall red haired elven girl was. She had dropped enough hints, but it hadn't seemed possible because Ranma was already here, but then this girl sure was acting a lot like him, but nicer. She had to be Ranma, but she couldn't be. It was really confusing Ryouga who looked at her and said, "Alright Ranko who are you really?"

Ranko sighed and said, "Ah jeez I had to explain this to Shampoo last night too. She figured it out as well. I don't know how you two caught on and Nabiki didn't, but here's the short version I'm Ranma, but from a different world. One where you and I are kinda like brothers, one where the two of us kinda got this new and improved uh blessing that basically send us to other worlds."

Ryouga just goggled at her. Then he said, "So you were sent here Ranma? Why?"

She looked at Ryouga and said, "I'm needed here and I had best get done with whatever I'm needed for, because I'm worried about Ryouga."

"Me?"

"No, my Ryouga. My brother I'm really worried about him it's like I keep getting these bad feelings and my dreams last night were filled with darkness and pain. Wherever he is my brother needs me."

Ryouga said, "So what are you going to do?"

The red haired elf said, "I'm going to go out there and find this Predator thing and take it down once and for all. It's hurt Mousse, It's hurt you, and it killed Tatewaki and Taro. I might not have liked them much, but they don't deserve to be trophies. Nobody does."

Ryouga said, "So that's what you were so happy about just now. You learned something from Cologne that you think will help you take out this creature?"

Ranko said, "Yeah, that's the gist of it."

Then the phone at the Nekohanten rang and Cologne yelled up and said, "Ranko! Quickly you must go to the Tendo Dojo."

Ryouga said, "I'm coming with you Ranma." Then he tried to get up from the bed again.

Ranma held him down and said, "Look man, I'd love for you to come help, but I got Shampoo to help me okay. Then she pointed to the next room over and said, "Look Ucchan was mended up at the hospital last night and she needs to lie down too. You keep Ukyou safe okay?"

Ryouga tried to get up and protest again, but he realized that his battered ribs wouldn't let him get there in time. "Ranma!" he called to her departing form. "Try and keep them safe for me okay!"

Ranma called back, "All right bro I'll try, but it may be too late." Then she turned to Shampoo and said, "Come on Tribe Sister let's go kick some alien butt."

Shampoo looked back upon the girl who was her husband in another world and said, "Will do sister. We show too, too stupid alien why it best not to hurt friends of our tribe."

As the two hurried out the door Cologne handed Ranko a book and said, "This is for you keep it for your travels. It holds some of the most powerful knowledge and skills of the Amazon tribe. I think you'll need it."

Cologne added one more thing as they left possibly to herself, "Ranma I have seen a change in you and change that you have learned from being an outsider. That book I gave you will not only help you with Amazon techiniques, but also will bring you back to us again someday."

The Tendo compound was a war zone. Doors and walls had been vaporized and a running battle was still being fought by Ranma and Akane. Kasumi and Nabiki were with Soun trying to staunch the bleeding from his abdomen, but without an ambulance soon the Tendo master wouldn't make it.

Akane was pulled out of the way of yet another Naginata strike and Ranma was getting more pissed off by the moment. He finally broke and said, "Akane get out of here now! Run get help or somethin! Just stop getting in our way!"

As the two continued to run and dodge Akane yelled, "I'm a martial artist too Ranma and this thing attacked my house and my Dojo!"

Genma was lying face down next to the Koi pond as he started to gain consciousness and heard the two teens arguing again in the face of so much danger. He tried to get up and stop them, but suddenly fell down when he did so. He looked at his leg and realized that his achilles tendon had been cleanly severed and that he was basically a sitting duck now.

He yelled to the two teenagers and said, "Quit arguing and pay attention both of you!" The two martial artists paid no attention to him and continued to argue as they battled the creature. He slowly inched his way to the pond hoping that his transformation might make him able to get up and fight, hoping that he could make a difference, hoping that this fight wouldn't cause one of them to die.

Ranko and Shampoo arrived at the Tendo compound just in time to see Akane running towards Genma Saotome and the Predator standing above his still prone form. They arrived just in time to see Akane run towards Genma and have Ranma trip her to the ground as the creature turned towards her and raise a strange gun.

What they did not arrive in time for was to prevent the outcome. The weapon fired a small missile which caused a giant explosion that knocked Akane Tendo and Ranma Saotome completely unconscious.

"Shampoo! You look after the injured and wounded okay?" Said Ranko. Then with a face as grim as death she said, "I've got an alien to kill."

After hitting its prey with its ploy and getting ready to prepare his trophies the predator saw new prey appear and disappeared again. The invisible hunter saw the heat signature of its prey coming to fight and smiled inwardly. These were indeed powerful prey and well worth the hunt, even if it had to use the techno weapons, they were worth it. The standing of this one would be reinstated and it would be an honored warrior once again. It stalked to the side of the unwary prey and started to turn its weapon upon her, when the prey looked right at him. Then even though its cloaking shield was on, even though the prey should not be able to see him, even so it unerringly dove out of the way of the attack and lifted its hands in the air saying, "Kinjin Rashu Dan"

The explosion next to its head almost knocked the predator unconscious. In its baffled state it was unable to comprehend what had just happened. Prey had destroyed his technology with a single perfectly aimed strike even though he was camouflaged. It was impossible and yet it had happened and now that same prey was closing in on him.

Ranko slammed into the predator with the force of a freight train. She pummeled it with the chestnut fist and then pummeled it some more. The creature snapped out of its daze and started to dodge her attacks. Its naginata was still next to the Tendo patriarch, but it still had weapons to work with. It jumped back as best as it could and fired a net at its prey, but the prey formed its hands again and shouted, "Kinjin Rashu Dan" and the net parted as the vacuum blade traveled through it and into the predator. Barely being ablated by its armor.

Then the Predator extended its claws and attacked Ranko with those, but she easily slid out of reach, easily avoided the attacks and hit him time and again. The predator was starting to get angry, starting to get really annoyed with this prey as she kept poking and prodding it with little jabs and avoiding it's blades as if they did not exist. The creature became angrier and angrier as the girl fought on and led it into a spiral pattern, when suddenly she shouted, "Hiryu Shoten Ha!"

The Predator was flung into the air and sent flying by the powerful attack. He could barely control himself and he slammed into the ground hard and landed on his cloaking shield. The predator stood visible for all to see and he realized that he felt an unfamiliar emotion and need. It felt fear.

The predator had landed in a secluded park far from other people and Ranko came running towards it to continue her attack. Giving no mercy and no quarter to the predator. She fought it with all of her arsenal. It didn't stand a chance.

The predator lay on the ground gasping and bleeding in front of the engine of destruction known as Ranko or Ranma Hibiki. It lay there and looked in her eyes and it knew it had lost the only thing left was to use the device. It opened the device on its wrist and started to press the button when she grabbed his hand with uncanny speed and broke it. She looked at the creature with contempt and loathing and said, "It's a bomb aint it?"

"I thought you'd have a dirty trick, but I stopped you didn't I. Now to finish this." She stepped close to the creature and put her hands on its neck. It was defenseless and in her power. She turned its head close to breaking and then decided against it.

She cried, "I can't do it. I can't just kill you in cold blood. Even though you killed so many people I can't do it." She broke down in gasps and tears and hit the thing a few times screaming, "Why? Why? WHY! You deserve it you're just a killer. You killed people in cold blood. You hunt them down and take their heads as trophies. You were trying to kill people who I considered friends and fiancées and yet I can't seem to do it."

She stared at the alien and screamed one thing, "Why!"

The broken creature looked at her and said in its own voice, "Hunt. Hunt and kill it is life." Then it stared at her again and pleaded, "Kill"

Ranko realized that it wanted her to kill it that it's entire life was the hunt and that she had ruined it, that it could not live broken and unable to hunt. In that moment she felt sorry for it and then she mustered up her strength for one last try and her hands closed around its head again. Filled with remorse, hatred, sorrow, and forgiveness she said, "I'm sorry." Then she snapped its neck.

She hadn't felt anything until that moment and then she felt something coming all around her. Felt her new senses open up and then she attacked.

The group of Predators had come for their tribe member. Had come to see if he could regain honor or become an untouchable. What they found was their tribe member defeated by his own prey. They started to come closer and decloak when the prey rocketed into their group with intensity.

The battle was hectic and two of the group of six were injured and another unconscious before they could restrain the girl. The tribe elder stepped towards her and said, "We mean no harm. Just come for the outcast."

Ranko stopped struggling in the grip of the predators that were holding her down and said, "Fine take him. Take him and get out of here."

The tribe elder pulled out an ancient Katana made out of a strange material and put it next to the girl as the other Predators let her up. He said, "Here. Take it."

Ranko took the Katana and said, "Fine, I've got it. Now get out of here." Then she disappeared into nothingness. The tribe was greatly surprised by her disappearance, but they took the outcast and left the planet to go on a new hunt.

In the days that followed Cologne, Shampoo and Ryouga kept the secret. They let the others go on believing that Ryouga's cousin had passed her tribal membership and was now a wandering Amazon. It wasn't so far from the truth at all….

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Ranma Hibiki arrived on a dark planet rife with dark emotions and went in search of his brother Ryouga Hibiki….

Author's notes:

I know that there is a fanfic somewhere else out there that crosses over Ranma and Predator, and some of the circumstances might be similar, but I wanted to write this my way and this is how it came out. Originally I had Akane and Ranma dying at the Tendo house, but decided to let them stay alive. What this might do to their relationship and others I leave to you.

What these events and others have done to Ranma and Ryouga Hibiki will be examined as this fic progresses.