Chains of the Past

A Ranma ½ Tenchi Muyo Crossover

Chapter Seventeen

A/N: Due to Rumors flying around and past experiences from other writers I have (sadly) decided to stop responding to reviewer's questions during my Author's Notes. Now I know you all will have questions for me as the fic goes on. If you want me to respond to your review and answer any specific questions you may have then say it in the review and I will gladly respond, so don't stop asking those questions. I actually use them to gauge where everyone is at in terms of what people are asking and what they have figured out. I use it to adjust what I need to add some info and emphasis on. So continue sending those reviews and I thank you all for reading my fic. I hope you all enjoyed it so far and I will continue providing the masses with ways to rack your brains with questions.

On a lighter note, I am ONE review away from 200! I see my efforts at keeping the masses entertained have gone well. I will continue with my quest in writing this story, and I will start heading towards my next goal of 300 reviews. May the force be with me.

And now, on with the story.

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Both Nabiki and Cologne looked at the unconscious form of Ranma deep in thought when a knock was heard form the door. Glancing towards Washu who was still checking her data to see what was lost, Nabiki decided to answer the door for her. She was slightly shocked to see both Ayeka and Ryoko standing there with a struggling Ukyo over Ryoko's shoulder. "Why are you bringing her here?"

"Excuse us Nabiki-san, but we believe Ukyo-san is ill and we wish to inquire the possibility of Washu-san" she was abruptly stopped by the muzzle of a rifle being pointed to her face.

"That's Washu-CHAN Ayeka. No one calls me –san, go it."

Ayeka was sweating heavily. "Er… yes Washu-chan, of course. AS I was saying, could you take a look at her Washu…-chan? I believe she is mentally ill."

Washu put her rifle away and walked back to her console, which was mostly fixed. "Place her on the bed, I'll take a look at her later."

Ryoko nodded and placed Ukyo on the empty bed. When Ukyo started to try to get off the bed, it responded by latching her down until she could barely move. "Let me go! Let me out of here! You have no right to keep me here!"

Washu gave her a hooded stare. "With what you've done honey you're lucky to be alive." Washu pressed a button on the bed and Ukyo was muzzled. "Now be a good girl and lay there for a while. Take this time to calm down a bit." She pressed a few more buttons and then went back to her work of data retrieval.

Nabiki looked at Ukyo with a sad expression. "Ukyo, I know you might not believe me, but you need help. Genma's been spiking your food with something and it's altered you. Please let Washu-chan help you."

Ukyo's look in her eyes clearly displayed the message 'Go shove it up your ass.'

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Mihoshi was confused. First she found a pig with a nosebleed in her closet. She took the pig to the onsen to clean it up before showing it to the others and feeding it. Now instead of a pig she has a naked boy with the yellow and black bandana around its head. She remembered Ranma's curse, which she's seen only twice now. Could this boy have the same type of curse?

Ryoga slowly regained consciousness. He remembered being lost searching for Ranma. He remembered he somehow wound up in a closet he thought was in Russia. Looking out of the closet door he saw a beautiful blonde haired girl typing at a computer screen. She then stretched which showed both her finely tuned belly and how big her assets were. He remembers freezing up then fainting. Now he's in a tub and apparently human. "How… did I…"

Mihoshi finally realized that she's in a bathtub with only her towel on with a naked boy. "PERVERT!"

Ryoga quickly finished waking up when he heard that yell. "What?"

Mihoshi started to chuck anything she could get her hands on. Ryoga put his arms up to block. "H-h-hey! Wait a minute here. Can't we talk about this?"

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Ryoko and Ayeka were both getting ready for a soak in the onsen. They both looked like they wanted to say something to the other, but neither could muster up the courage to start the conversation. A yell of "PERVERT!" tore them both from their musing as they both raced into the onsen hoping that Kagato didn't somehow survive.

When they reached the spot where the scream came from they both saw Mihoshi throwing bathing supplies at a black haired youth with a yellow and black bandana. Akyeka started to make a connection. "Yellow and black bandana?"

Ryoko growled. "It's one of those people after Ranma and Nabiki." She quickly teleported towards the boy and punched him in the gut to knock him out. She was thoroughly shocked when the boy stood up. "How in the?"

Ryoga was now a bit pissed. He was being accused of being a pervert and now someone had came up and gave him a punch that was a bit stronger than Ranma had ever hit him with. He quickly assumed a fighting stance. "Hey! Who did that?" He looked at a naked cyan haired female in front of him. That was all his mind registered when he promptly fainted again with a nosebleed.

Everyone there sweat dropped. "That was anti-climatic," Ryoko muttered.

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Quickly dressing Ayeka, Ryoko, and Mihoshi took Ryoga to Washu's lab. Nabiki who was holding both Ranma's and Kasumi's hands looked up and noticed the unwelcome guest. "What is he doing here?" she growled.

"Oh, so you know him?" Mihoshi happily chirped.

Ryoko gave Mihoshi a hooded stare. "You don't remember me telling you about who to watch out for yesterday?"

Mihoshi frowned in thought. "Hhmmm… oh yeah, now I remember. He's one of them?"

Ryoko facefaulted. Washu took this time to summon up a tube, which Ryoga was placed in. "You know, I only have enough room to hold so many people," Washu commented from her computer.

"Washu-chan, could you put something on his hands to restrict them please? He can break stone with his finger," Nabiki stated.

"Even though my tubes are totally impossible to break, since you asked politely…" Boxes appeared around Ryoga's hands. "There we are."

Nabiki sighed. "What a day this has been."

Washu looked up from her computer. "You look tired, hon. Why don't you go to bed?"

Aykea nodded. "An excellent idea Washu-chan. We all could use some rest."

Sasami walked into the room. "Washu, is Kasumi alright?"

Washu nodded. "Yes, she's just sleeping right now. According to my scanners, the power that was introduced into her system is mostly stabilized. She could be awake as soon as tomorrow morning."

Nabiki sighed again, this time in relief. "That great to hear." Nabiki quickly found a chair and placed it in between Ranma's and Kasumi's beds.

"You know hon, I can keep a watch on them tonight while you sleep," Washu commented.

Nabiki shook her head. "I want to stay here for tonight, if that's alright."

"You're not going to change your mind, aren't you?" Washu stated more than asked. Nabiki confirmed it with a simple nod. Washu pressed a few buttons on her console, which replaced Nabiki's chair with a more comfortable one. "At least get some sleep while you're here then."

Nabiki smiled. "Thank you Washu-chan."

Sasami yawned. "I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed too."

Mihoshi smiled. "Would you like me to tell you a bedtime story?" Sasami nodded happily. The two walked off towards the girl's room.

Ryoko glared one last time to Ryoga's prison. "Pervert." She teleported towards her resting spot on one of the support beams of the roof of the house.

Aykea quickly left to get ready for bed as well. That left Nabiki, who was already sound asleep on the chair Washu provided holding both Ranma's and Kasumi's hands, and Washu alone. Washu smiled. "Well, I can tell staying here isn't going to be boring. And I have two more guinea pigs!" She daydreamed of all the experiments she was going to do to her five guinea pigs.

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Clay watched the stars pass by through his view screen. His android, Zero, brought him a drink. "Here you are Master."

Clay took the cup. "Thank you." Clay summoned another view screen, which showed the data that Tokimi provided about the person he's being sent to kill. "Very interesting this one is."

"Why is that Master?" Zero asked.

Clay smiled. "This person is an extreme rarity, and my ticket to my goal." He summoned up another view screen with a new set of data. "This screen here show's Ryu's data. Notice how they are similar to this pattern here. It's truly quite fascinating."

"Isn't Ryu one of Lady Tokimi's direct servants?"

Clay smiled. "Now you're catching on. Anyone with this type of pattern is one of Lady Tokimi's direct servants. They have a bond with her, which I decided against. She gives them power in exchange for total loyalty. She can sense them at any moment and if they do act up, she can cut their power source and make them vulnerable, which she has done over the years."

"So why doesn't she do the same for this person here?" Zero asked while pointing towards the computer monitor with Ranma's data.

"That, Zero, is an excellent question. Judging from they way she told us our mission demonstrates a fear of something. I believe she is afraid of this one. I believe this one found a way to access her power without her knowing, and if that's correct, I will find out how this one did it, and use it to access Lady Tokimi's power myself without having to become her lapdog."

"Are you afraid that Lady Tokimi will find out about this?" Zero asked.

"Actually, I think she may have some idea what is happening. She thinks I'm a fool, which will be her downfall."

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Ryu tailed Clay's ship from a safe distance. Since this trip was gong to take a week before they got to Earth where Yosho was hiding he decided that he better catch up on some light reading. Before sitting down in his chair he recalled the conversation he had with Lady Tokimi.

-FLASHBACK-

He waited five minutes after Clay left so that Clay would be a good bit away before turning towards where his master was. "My lady, what is the real reason you brought me here. You could have told me this from where I was."

Tokimi reappeared. "What did you observe about Clay?"

"He's up to something, and he immediately recognized the pattern. He knows something is up with it, but I couldn't tell what."

"Follow Clay. Make sure he completes the mission as planned. If he tries anything, kill him. I believe he is trying to betray me."

Ryu smiled. "I see. May I take the puppet with me for this one?"

"Permission granted."

-END FLASHBACK-

Ryu continued to stare out into the stars. "Someone has access to Lady Tokimi's power without her knowledge. That should be impossible." Ryu smiled and turned towards his puppet. "What do you think Niseru?"

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"There once was a kingdom that was far away. In this kingdom lived a queen who was very beautiful. All of her subjects loved her."

"The queen was guarding a valuable treasure which was locked up deep in the castle. To help her guard the treasure, she had seven royal guards."

"One day, a very bad sorcerer came to the kingdom and captured the queen and the treasure. The seven guards were powerless to stop him and to help their queen."

"Then out of nowhere a brave and powerful man came and challenged the sorcerer. With the help of the seven knights he vanquished the sorcerer and saved the queen. They fell in love and soon married. Everyone lived happily ever after. The End."

Mihoshi looked down, as Sasami lay peacefully asleep. "She looks so cute."

"Hard to imagine she has so much energy during the day when she looks so tired asleep," Ayeka noted. "Where did you learn that story?"

"One of my Great grandfather's guards told us that story when I went to visit him when I was young. It was one of my favorites."

Ayake nodded. "I see. I believe that we better get some sleep Mihoshi-san. Tomorrow's going to be a busy day."

A/N: Another Chapter done. Whew! What a busy week. I need a vacation.