I always forget the disclaimer(Sigh) Hokay, I do not own Teen Titans or Ranma. There. Now on to THE STORY!
Raven looked at her belt and sighed exasperatedly. Ranma looked confusedly from one Titan to the next and Beast Boy said, "The blinking light your seeing means we have to go protect the city from some crazy, whacked out villain."
Ranma said, "Oh, well can I tag along?"
Robin gave it some thought and said, "Well sure, I guess it couldn't hurt to have some extra muscle..."
Ranma wooped and screamed out, "Cool!"
Beast Boy said, "Well, I suppose Raven wouldn't mind giving you a lift, right Raven?"
Raven said, "Sure."
Ranma smiled and said,
"Thanks for the offer guys, but I think I can get there by myself."
The three men and one woman gave him a quizzical look while Ranma and Raven shared a knowing smirk. Robin turned back to his communicator and when the gibberish from the other end of the line died Robin said,
"It's Plasmus. He's escaped and let out Dr. Light, so lets move!"
Raven, Pterodactyl Beast Boy and Starfire lifted off into the air with Cyborg in Beast Boy's claws and Robin in Starfire's arms. Ranma smirked and ran straight at the water. Everyone thought that he was going to swim over and Robin shook his head and said,
"Ranma, you don't expect to swim there, do...you?"
Robin watched in awe as Ranma hit the water and kept running as if it was solid ground. The awe turned to horror when Starfire let go of him and he began to plummet to the Earth.
"STAR!"
Star snapped back to reality and realized that in her shock, she had let go of Robin. She quickly dived after him and said,
"I am sorry friend Robin."
Robin tried to rein in the horse that had become his heart and said,
"I-It's Ok Star."
Robin composed himself and dusted the dirt off his suit. He then said,
"Titans GO!"
Ranma was well ahead so when they caught up with him, Cyborg said, "Alright, getting past Jesus over here, the cell block is is over there."
Ranma looked over to where Cyborg was pointing and saw explosions coming from that direction. What they didn't see was the masked man named Slade watching them very closely, testing and gaging Ranma using the two escaped villains as bait. So sitting in the shadows and waiting patiently for his time to strike, Slade tried to figure out what was so annoyingly familiar about Ranma.
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Ranma and Raven dealt with Dr. Light while the other four kept themselves busy with Plasmus. As the battle drew on, it was clear that the Titans were going to win so Dr. Light threw out a flash and dissapeared, leaving Plasmus all alone.
After Plasmus was dealt with and put back into cryogenic storage, Slade appeared and said, "You know Titans, it has been too long."
Robin snarled out, "Slade!"
He was about to throw out a witty comment when a blur that was Ranma shot forward and grabbed Slade by the neck.
"YOU!"
The Slade bot dropped it's mask and Slade said, "Yes what abou-" All of a sudden, his eye opened wide in shock and he said, "Saotome?"
Ranma smirked and said, "Oh it's been too long Slade? How did hell treat you when I left?"
The Titans gaped at the exchange between their most hated enemy and their newest friend. Slade's eye turned to hatred and all of a sudden, the screen blanked and he jumped out from the forest that was surrounding them on all sides.
Slade snarled out, "Well 'Ranma', Trigon's pen treated me quite well once you left!"
Slade shot forward and hit Ranma in the chest, making his shirt singe and cause a large, deep scar to appear across his chest. Ranma jumped from the ground and swept out at Slade, kicking his legs out from under him and hitting him in the chest with an open palm.
Ranma flipped back and said, "I bet Trigon just loved having more time to play with you, Bones."
Slade snarled in rage and went to tackle Ranma at lightning speed. Robin shook his head at Slade's reaction and remembered that Slade had been a suit filled with nothing but his bones during the end of the world. When Robin put what he thought was two and two together, he thought that Slade was getting mad at a nick name he had gotten in hell and Ranma was harping on it...wait, Ranma was harping on a name he had gotten from hell?
Slade thrust his hand outwards into a tree that Ranma had been standing in front of moments ago and caused it to instantly shatter on contact. Ranma was about to land on top of Slade when he threw a vicious right hook across Ranma's face and causing more scars to ripple and then appear all over his face and head, making tracks run across his head and part his hair. He lashed out at Slade with an equally vicious right hook to the face and continued to jack rabbit him in the kidneys until Slade threw a smoke ball and dissapeared in the haze.
Before he vanished though, he said, "Until next time, Ranko."
Ranma's eyes narrowed in a thing that could only be called pure hatred and he said in a voice that made shivers run down everyones back, "Don't.You.EVER. Say that name again SLADE!"
Ranma's eyes glowed a deep black and then he screamed out in primal fury, sending out a shock wave that dissipated the smoke and made everyone else fall on their butts, including a now visible and shocked Slade. Ranma moved over to Slade and proceeded to make any beating given by the Titans to him look like child's play. He punched Slade so hard that the breaking of his bones could be heard crystal clear by anyone within a hundred feet and blood was pooling out of his mask, causing the Teen Titans to wonder if Ranma had actually killed Slade. They were proven wrong though as Slade 'spit' the blood out of his mask and stared up at Ranma with an amused malice in his eyes.
He said, "Well now Ranko, Quite the temper you've got there. I see much hasn't changed since your stay in hell."
Slade's maniacal laughter filled the air and Ranma's eyes were getting so black that even space was beginning to look bright. He screamed out in fury and kicked Slade's leg so hard that it actually broke both parts of the lower part and left it dangling in a way that made many of the Titans feel sick.
Starfire said, "Friend Ranma, please, calm down..."
Ranma's black eyes turned towards Starfire and she began to slowly back away from him, scared for herself and her friends. Ranma closed his eyes and they thankfully changed back to their regular blue gray. He shook his head and dropped the broken Slade to the ground as roughly as he could and dissapeared in the blink of an eye, leaving the befuddled Titans and one very hurt Slade.
Robin shakily said, "W-what the hell?"
Slade chuckled and said, "Oh no Robin, you shouldn't be asking yourself what hell, you should be asking yourself which."
Slade laughed that crazy laugh of his and then passed out from the blood loss and pain, leaving the Titans wondering how Ranma had met Slade and why both went to hell with Trigon.
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After they had gotten Slade onto a stretcher, Raven had volunteered to go and find Ranma, being the one who knew him best and the one who could track him easier. So now, in the middle of nowhere near a lake she didn't even know existed, she landed and found an unscarred and contemplative Ranma.
It still didn't mask her approach though as she walked right up to him and he said, "Hey Ray."
She smiled and said, "Hey Ranma."
She sat down next to him and they both stared down at the lake, watching the serene waters surface ripple and dance in the calm night air as Ranma threw little pebbles into it.
Raven said, "Nice lake. How'd you find it?"
Ranma smiled and said, "I saw it on the flight over and thought it might be a good place to relax."
She gave her own little smile and said, "It is."
Ranma's smile faded and he said still staring at the lake, "I bet you want to know how I knew Slade and why I went to Hell?"
Raven frowned and said, "Well..."
Ranma smiled reassuringly and said, "It's alright, anyone would want to know."
Raven smiled and said, "Alright Ranchan, you have my full attention."
He kept smiling and said, "Alright." His smirked and said, "Well it all began back in Nerima..."
FLASHBACK (GAH!)
Ranma was having another horrible day. Kodachi had put some kind of drug in Ranma's food at lunch when he wasn't looking and he had eaten it. All of it. To add insult to injury in the food department, Akane had forced him to eat some of her food and it was still squirming around in his stomach trying to get free aliens style. He had also been challenged by Kuno, Ryoga, Mousse and had been malleted by Akane for being rude when she had to force feed him the food she made. He was slowly limping his way home from school on a stick when a shadowy figure stepped out of the shadows and began to follow him. Ranma was too busy trying to shake off this afternoon's attacks, both by food and rival, to notice the car coming nearer and the man running up to push him in front of the car's path. When the car was about to pass Ranma, the man pushed him into the car and he was hit by a it going sixty miles an hour. Ranma flew back and lay in a bloody heap on the ground. Ranma groaned and shakily got to his feet while the driver came out of his car expecting to see a dead body, but Ranma being Ranma meant that he was used to this kind of punishment.
The driver shakily asked, "A-are you alright man?"
Ranma nodded and said, "Yeah, but who pushed me?"
Ranma squinted back into the dark and tried to find the figure that did it, but instead found an empty sidewalk.
He shrugged and said, "Sorry 'bout this."
The driver nodded hastily and ran to his car and took off, hoping he wouldn't get reported. Sighing, Ranma made the rest of his way back to the Tendo dojo and cautiously limped his way to the door, only to be stopped by his pop's coming at him with a kick to the gut, sending him sprawling for the second time that night.
Ranma groaned again and Genma said, "Your going soft on me boy!" Silence meets Genma ears. "...boy?"
Ranma groaned in response and Akane came out, angry aura flaring. "RAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Ranma groaned for the third time that night and felt himself go flying as Akane hit him with her mallet. Flying via Air Akane, flight 137, Ranma wondered what would happen when he hit the ground. Still contemplating that question, he flew into the park and landing with a sickening thud. A faint crack could be heard as Ranma's neck snapped and he fell silent and still to the darkness.
END FLASHBACK (Well that's a doozy)
Raven sat quiet for a few moments before Ranma continued. "Next thing I know, I'm standing in front of the Devil who says that he won my soul fair and square in deal with 'Pop's' and that sadly, because I had a good soul and didn't belong there, I would have to return to the earth in sooner than he wanted me too. But the thing was, I would arrive back at the moment I died."
Raven looked at him incredulously and said, "Your Father sold your soul to the Devil?"
Grumbling, Ranma said, "Yeah! Never put anything past that idiotic father of mine."
Raven sat there for a second before she said, "Ranma? How long were you down there with Slade and my Father?"
Ranma sighed and said, "Can I tell you another time? It's a bit of a...shock when you first hear it and I gotta make sure that you aren't within strangling range of my pop's"
Raven laughed and said, "Well, It's not like you were down there too long right?"
Ranma chuckled nervously and began rocking back and forth.
Raven stared at him for a moment before she sighed, the scars that had appeared all over his body during the fight completely forgotten and smiled. "Alright Ranma, I'll ask you another time."
Ranma sighed in relief and said "Good, thanks for understanding."
Her eyes got a mischievous glint and she said, "Sure no problem Ranma, just one thing."
He cocked his head and said, "Yeah?"
"You still owe me a date."
Raven still looked at him mischievously and Ranma did the best impression of a deer caught in the headlights that anyone had ever seen.
Giggling, Raven closed the distance between the two and said, "This is a nice spot though Ranma, brings back memories don't it?"
Ranma went from deer in headlights to foot in mouth faster than Beast Boy could possibly ever dream of.
"You know it."
He quickly put his hand over his mouth and blushed a very interesting shade of red. Raven giggled and said, "Geez, it's not like we did anything too bad."
I swear, Ranma was on a roll tonight. "Oh really? Then can you tell me what happened at the falls on that certain trip?"
Raven blushed that same interesting red and said, "Shut up Ranma, it's not like you were complaining."
To steal a line from an author's profile(Jlinmonchon), this was one of those times when you looked back at that moment, laughed nervously and changed the subject. Unfortunately, this poor kid was eating his size ten feet and liking every moment of it.
"Why should I? You were the one that said we should go and do that there."
Raven blushed even redder and said, "If you don't shut up Ranma, I'm going to make you."
I wonder how far his feet were in his mouth by now? He raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Make me? You can't!"
Raven jumped on Ranma and before he could do anything, she pushed her lips onto his and effectively shut him up and his brain down. She began to deepen the kiss and Ranma obliged by letting her do so. When they kept going, they didn't notice the other Titans chibi heads pop up over the rock they were hiding behind and were watching with wide eyes as Raven began to french Ranma. For Beast Boy it was just too much and he fainted, leaving Robin, Cyborg and Starfire to stare with wide eyes at Ranma and Raven as they were having a very good game of tonsil hockey. Raven broke off and began to blush and muttered something to Ranma who blushed just as much as her and said something to her. When he finished, he bounded off to the hiding place of the Titans. Cyborg, who was using state of the art surveillance to spy on his friends with wasn't moving so the others relaxed until Ranma came over to the rock they were standing at and said, "I think you guys better leave before Raven find out your spying on us."
All three conscious Titans 'eeped' and looked up at Ranma who was taking his shirt off. Cyborg, and Robin were giving him curious looks while Starfire gave him a confused one and said, "Uh, friend Ranma? Why are you taking off the shirt?"
Ranma smiled slyly and said, "Just another reason for you guys to leave before Ray finds out your here."
They all stared blankly and then Robin and Cyborg turned beet red and Cyborg said, "Ya know guys, I think it's best if we leave. Now."
Robin nodded and said, "Couldn't agree with you more Cy. C'mon Star."
Starfire was being hauled back to Titans Tower at lightning speed and left a knocked out Beast Boy and a laughing Ranma behind. The crew came back and Cyborg grabbed Beast Boy and said, "I knew we forgot something!"
They took off(again)and left Raven and Ranma alone so they could finally be in peace. Ranma approached Raven and said, "Ya know, I swear, Robin and the rest of them have dirty minds."
Raven cocked her head and said, "Oh?"
Ranma nodded and said, "Yeah, I kind of hinted that we might do something dirty and when they left they were blushing! Probably thinking we actually were going to do something dirty."
Raven smiled innocently and said, "Who says we aren't?"
Ranma gaped and then started to laugh nervously. "Real funny Ray, ya had me going there for a second."
Raven moved up to Ranma and said in a low voice, "Who says I'm joking?"
Ranma gulped and muttered out an 'oh boy', before Raven glomped onto him and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
But back in Nerima...
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Nabiki had made it so they
could leave earlier than expected; tomorrow!
Everyone was excited, especially Kasumi who was a friend with one of
the Titans, Starfire or something? Nabiki put the thought aside and
made sure to call everyone and tell them the good news. She was going
to have her cash cow back!
Happosai who had been missing for the past couple of days showed up in his usual panty raiding gear and said in a slightly down voice, "Hey Nabiki."
Nabiki said, "Hi Grandpa Happosai. Do you know we found Ranma?"
He instantly perked up and said, "Really? Where is sh- I mean he?"
Nabiki smirked and said, "Since it's Ranma, you get off the hook on the usual fee. We found him hiding in Jump City."
Happosai was almost bouncing with glee. The old Lecher said, "Yes! Oh Ranma, how I have missed your beautiful bosom!"
The old pervert ran around the house bouncing for Joy and Nabiki almost felt sorry for Ranma...almost.
A/N: Fluffiness? Yes, but I also put some good action scenes and hinted at his treatment in hell. Also let me make one thing clear. I AM 15! I will not write lemons and the sexual hints I am dropping may or may not be what you are actually expecting, because I'm twisted and innocent like that. ) Thanks for the reviews everyone and tell me if you think I'm right for messing with you. (Twiddles fingers)I can still fix it if you don't! Heh heh...
PROMISE TO BE MADE: It will get darker an more serious. I just like keeping it all fun and games until you can find out the second reason of why Ranma left Nerima. Then I promise, I will make it more serious and darker, consider these chapters the calm before the storm.
Also: I promise that once I finish this story, I will thank every reviewer since the first chapter for sticking with me. Justr be patient and keep reviewing. I like your reviews and always get out of bed in the mornings to read them. Thanks!
