Chains of the Past

A Ranma ½ Tenchi Muyo Crossover

Chapter Twelve

A/N: And now folks let us observe a mad Saotome in the wild.

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Ranma watched Kagato float away in his green orb. "That bastard!" Ranma stood there clenching his fist in anger.

Kasumi placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "Ranma, please, calm down. Getting angry isn't going to help my sister."

"God damn it Kasumi we left Nerima to get away from this shit! What is it about me that he wants?" Ranma pounded the ground with his fist, which caused a small crater. A second blow deepened the crater. "God damn it!"

"Ranma-san, please calm down. You're scaring me."

"Why should I fuckin' care!" Ranma paused as he noticed that he just yelled at Sasami. She looked like she was about to cry. Ranma immediately regretted his actions. "Oh… Sasami… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…"

"It's understandable that you are angry Saotome," Mousse stated, "But you need to relax and think. Standing here yelling isn't accomplishing anything."

Ranma lowered his head. "You're right Mousse." Ranma bowed to Sasami. "I'm so very sorry Sasami. Can you please forgive me?"

Sasami fought back the tears and nodded. Ranma walked up and patted the top of her head playfully. "I could never be mad at ya. You're just too cute."

Sasami smiled. "You really think so?" Ranma nodded. "Thank you Ranma-kun."

"You're welcome." Ranma looked up to the sky frowned in concentration. "He wants both me and Tenchi to chase him. He knows something about me… and so does" Ranma turned towards Yosho who was placing Tenchi's hand onto Ayeka's "he."

Yosho looked towards Ranma. "I take it you have some questions for me?"

"Who am I?" Ranma asked.

Katsuhito looked confused. "Who are you? Aren't you Ranma Saotome?"

Ranma slightly glared. "Don't get smart with me Yosho. Now answer the question. Who or what am I?"

Yosho closed his eyes. "I can not answer that."

"And why not?""

"Because I am not allowed to give you that information," Katsuhito stated like it was common knokledge.

Ranma raised an eyebrow. "If you can't, who can?"

"Yoshiko. She knows more about you than I."

"Who's Yoshiko?"

Katsuhito smiled. "An old friend of mine. She comes around here sometimes. It's been a while since her last visit though."

"Where is she now?"

Katsuhito slightly shrugged. "I don't try to keep track of her. She loves to wander around."

Ranma groaned. "So it could be a while till I see her. Does mom know about me?"

Katsuhito shook his head slightly. "No she does not, and neither does Genma. Yoshiko made sure of that."

Ranma nodded. "I see. What else can you tell me?"

"Not much actually. I was actually told not to let you know anything until the proper time. I do believe now is as a good time as any."

Ranma sighed. "Great."

Tenchi placed a hand on Ranma's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll get them back."

Ranma smirked. "Either you're getting as cocky as me, or that headband is tied too tight cutting off the blood flow."

Tenchi shrugged. "If I can survive your training, I can do anything."

"I see you have grown much Tenchi," Yosho stated. "A few months ago you would be down in the dumps moaning on how weak you are. Now you're willing to face the upcoming challenge headfirst. I am proud of you."

Tenchi blushed a bit. "Ah, geez Grandpa, thanks."

Yosho picked up the sword Tenchi was using and threw it into Funaho. "Tenchi, prove to everyone here that you are worthy of the sword. Take the sword and embrace your destiny."

Tenchi nodded and reached for the sword. At first he felt some resistance, but it gave away allowing him to draw it out of Funaho. Tenchi held the sword out examining it.

Yosho smiled. "It has accepted you as its owner."

Tenchi smirked. "Now it's time to save Ryoko and Nabiki."

"Why should we be worried about that monster woman?" Ayeka stated. "She's caused nothing but trouble since she got here."

"I will not just rescue Nabiki," Ranma stated. "It's obvious that Kagato has someway to control Ryoko. He's probably caused her to do things against her will. In many ways, she's like me. Victims of other people's ambitions." Ranma chuckled. "You know, now that I think about it, it's kinda strange. I used to think I was the only one having problems. Now I see that there are others like me. I'm not abandoning her. We're going to go kick Kagato's ass and get them back!"

"But how?" Tenchi asked. "He's in space. Where can we get a ship?"

Ryo-ohki jumped off of Sasami's head and ran towards the lake. Curious, Ranma, Kasumi, Mousse, and Yosho followed. Sasami turned towards her sister. "Come on sister." Aykea nodded and followed suit.

Once they made to the lake, Ryo-ohki started to yell loud. She looked like she was calling something. Ranma, however, looked like he wanted to bolt all the way to China. He kept repeating, "It's just Ryo-ohki," over and over.

Finally, the core to Ayeka's ship appeared from the depths of the lake. When it was high in the sky, Ryo-ohki jumped up and transformed into her spaceship form.

Sasami yelled, "Little Ryo-ohki!"

Ranma looked up and thought, 'Little? She's huge!'

Ryo-ohki then took the core and assimilated it. Mousse grinned. "I do believe that answered your question Tenchi."

Ranma smirked. "Alright, let's get going."

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Nabiki didn't like the position she was in. She was in what she deduced was an hourglass but all the sand was being used to incase her, making it impossible to move. She could barely breath. She was floating next to a giant sized Kagato (She didn't know if he was bigger or she was smaller) who was looking over some screens. Ryoko was in a similar hourglass on Kagato's other side.

Nabiki sighed. "This is just great. Now I know how my sister felt all those times." Nabiki looked at the screen Kagato was studying. "Since I have nothing better to do, can you tell me what you're looking at?"

Kagato smiled. "Humor in the face of such odds. Quite fascinating." Kagato turned towards Nabiki. "You have some courage, I admit, but how long will that last?"

Nabiki used her best Ice Queen mask she could muster and stared Kagato down. "Are you going to answer the question or not?"

Kagato chuckled. "You seem to forget who is holding you hostage, but no matter." He turned back to his screens. "I am studying the energy readings your boyfriend gave off during our fight."

"What is your interest in him? What makes him so special?"

Kagato pressed a few buttons and a few giant sized screens appeared in front of everyone. "A fair question. Let us observe a bit of history." Three energy waves appeared on the screen. "Here are the energy outputs of three people we have fought in the past." A picture appeared next to each wave.

Ryoko looked shocked. "I remember him."

Kagato smiled. "Ah yes, him." Kagato pointed to the man in the middle. "I bet you do. It was the closet you ever came to dying. A most difficult opponent."

Nabiki was intrigued, but her patience was wearing a bit thin. "What does this all have to do with Ranma?"

"Don't interrupt, I'm getting to that. As I was saying, outside of the Jurai Royal Family, these three were the most difficult opponents we have ever fought. As you can tell, they have similar, but different energy signatures." A fourth wave appeared. "This is you energy signature girl. Notice how different it is." Nabiki's wave disappeared. "I have come to realize that this signature is quite rare. It is possible that whoever possesses this signature is quite gifted in both fighting prowess and power." Another wave appeared. "This is your boyfriend's energy signature. Notice anything?"

Nabiki nodded. "It's like the others."

Kagato smiled. "Precisely. Now my main goal is getting the secret treasure of the universe, namely the power of the Tsunami unit, but as a scientist, I can't ignore this phenomenon. Who knows, if I can extract the information I need from him I can upgrade Ryoko, making her even more powerful than before."

"Why didn't you do that with the others?" Nabiki asked.

Kagato frowned. "If they had a body left to examine, I would of, but the fights required me to use a powerful attack, which basically obliterated them, so there was no body left to use. I plan on fixing that with this one."

"By using me," Nabiki said venomously. "You coward, using me as bait."

Kagato waved a finger at Nabiki. "Fight smarter, not harder my dear. Now if you'll excuse me, you're rescue party is about to come and I need to get prepared."

Ryoko growled. "If you hurt Tenchi I'll make you pay! I swear it!"

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Mousse, Kasumi, Yosho, and Sasami watched the group depart. Mousse turned towards Kasumi. "We better get inside. It's going to be a while before they come back. Besides, the clouds do not look pleasant."

Sasami looked confused. "Wait a minute, the forecast didn't call for rain today."

Sure enough it quickly started to rain hard, triggering Mousse's curse. Kasumi looked horrified. Yosho looked confused. "Are you alright Kasumi? It's just a curse. Ranma has one."

Kasumi mouthed, "Shampoo," and ran back towards Funaho. She spotted Ukyo still tied up and unconscious, but she also noticed a pile of rope and chains where Shampoo used to be.

"How did she escape?" Yosho asked.

"She also has a curse," Kasumi replied. "She turns into a purple cat."

Yosho shook his head. "Which means she's probably long gone." He looked towards Ukyo. "Let us get her inside and into some dry clothes."

A/N: Love how this story is turning out! Next chapter's has our rescue party flying towards the Soja and what is Mousse so scared of? It's just a gnome.

And remember, always have fun, no matter what you do, cause you never know when the next nut will pull out an uzi and start shooting up the place.