The Road to Freedom

By The Senshi of Valis

Chapter 25

I don't own W.I.T.C.H. or Ranma 1/2

Nabiki waited nervously all day not eating or leaving the small hotel room that she was staying at until it got close to evening then she took a shower and dressed and left to go to Ranma's new home. She had to admit that she was actually a little jealous of Will but Nabiki wasn't going to let that get into the way of hopefully becoming friends with them.

It really interested her what little she had seen Will do, things that couldn't be a martial arts technique and that jewel sure wasn't some piece of ultra advanced technology…was it? But if it wasn't those things then that meant that it had to be magic and Nabiki knew one thing and that was that magic really did exist or how else would you explain Jusenkyo and everything else that had happened during Ranma's time in Nerima.

She started to go to the building when she heard a scuffle close by and decided to go and check it out. She was shocked when what looked like Nodoka and a girl that resembled Shampoo was fighting. The girl ended up pulling Nodoka through one of those blue things that Will had created. It took Nabiki a few seconds to decide what to do but she ended up rushing to Will's and started banging on the door until she was let in.

"Nabiki, what is the matter with you?" Ranma asked as he shut the door behind Nabiki.

"It's Nodoka, Ranma, I think I seen her being kidnapped by some girl that looked like Shampoo. They Went through one of those things Will made." Nabiki cried.

"A portal?" Will asked as she joined Ranma at the door with Nabiki.

"Yeah, I don't know who it was though. She looked so much like Shampoo but it wasn't her." Nabiki said.

"What does it matter anyways?" Ranma asked though there was a look of worry in his eyes. "If she was stupid enough to come here and cause trouble then its her fault she was kidnapped."

"What if it was Phobos?" Will asked, worried for the woman she didn't know.

Nabiki couldn't believe she was hearing this though. She knew Ranma was upset with her but this? She always thought Ranma would help anyone no matter how badly they had treated him. She sighed to herself as she realized that most anybody would snap and act like this for putting up with a lot of crap and Ranma had more than enough for one thousand people in just the short while he was at the Tendo Dojo.

"Ranma, she's still your mother…even if she wasn't do you really want to let Phobos have her. He'll torture her thinking he can get to you through her." Will said.

"I…I guess your right, Will." Ranma said. "When and where did this happen?"

"Just a few minutes ago not far from here." Nabiki said.

"If we go now we may be able to get reach them before they get to the castle." Ranma said.

"Let me leave a note for mom to talk to the other girls." Will said hurrying off into the kitchen to write a note and put it on the fridge.

"Nabiki, we need you to show us to the portal then we want you to go back to where you were staying or come back here." Ranma said.

"Come back here." Will said as she came back, "Stay with my mom and Ryoga when they get back. In fact, tell Ryoga to review with the girls what Ranma taught them and ask him to help them out with it if we aren't back by morning."

"O-Okay." Nabiki nodded in shock. Will was actually trusting her to come back here and stay with Susan and Ryoga. She led them quickly to where the portal was and when they got close to it the jewel Will was carrying glowed and the portal opened again.

"Lets go." Will said.

"Be careful, please." Nabiki said.

"We will." Ranma said with a smile before Will and him jumped through the portal, it closing behind them.

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"Why are you doing this?" Nodoka demanded, scared as she surveyed her new surroundings. She was surrounded by a group of large men which seemed to be led by a girl that reminded her of the amazon girl. "Wh-who are you?"

"Why Nodoka dear, I'm shocked that you'd forget me so easily. My name is Cologne, ex-amazon elder and I'll be your son and your executioner tonight." Cologne laughed, "You both will pay for the hell I've been through thanks to his stubbornness. Then I'll claim my place as this lands queen."

"Y-you can't be Cologne." Nodoka gasped.

"Well, I am so get used to it." Cologne said with a sneer.

"But Cologne…she's…she's an old ghoul." Nodoka said in confusion causing Cologne to fall painfully on her face.

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AN: Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days and sorry for how short this one is. I spent the last couple of days either with my daughter or helping Brit on a paper that was due today. (Why was there even school today if all the other government offices was closed, it's not fair!) The next update will be longer also as I'm going to try and make the rest of the chapters a lot longer than most of them have been so I might only be able to release them every couple of days also.

Until Next Time,

Ja Ne