Vampiric Ascent

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Clan

Ranma was currently engaged in a sparring match with Ryoga who had taken to sparring with him like a fish does to water. They sparred for hours without relenting both in their werewolf forms. Ranma always had the upper hand because he was faster and had a lot more precision while Ryoga was strong enough to pulverise walls with his punches. Ranma had blood dripping from his mouth as a punch had connected only a few moments ago by his opponent. Ranma felt the werewolf powers within his body regenerate any damage done to it.

Ranma felt the fury of the werewolf standing opposite of him and he ducked underneath a thrown punch and then slugged Ryoga in the gut making him crash through a wall and land on the ground outside. Ranma followed it up by making himself disappear and then slammed his foot down into Ryoga's gut so hard that a pained cry was heard coming from Ryoga's mouth. Blood was splattered over Ranma's pants as he looked at Ryoga who was in the motion of pulling his legs from underneath him. Ranma jumped and then landed a few meters away. Ranma resumed his human form and Ryoga did the same. Then they started on their hand to hand sparring which involved the sounds of fist hitting flesh and the body being crunched like it was being forced to go through a grinder. Bones were broken and immediately restored by the power that the warriors had. Ranma had managed to get Ryoga to tell him something about the boy's past and what he had heard was that Ryoga's directional curse made it so that the boy would always be lost and that he hadn't seen his parents in three years after losing them on a trip to Yokohama where Ryoga had founds himself on the Arctic circle by accidentally going the wrong way.

Brittany watched the warriors spar with each other and sighed as they once again tore up the ground around them. Her father would be so mad if he came home and saw the damage done to the ground. Ah well there was always tinned tuna in the fridge so that was no big loss if the man lost his cool. If he ever took away her tuna then she couldn't be held responsible for the results. As she had once said:

"Take away my tuna and die a horrible death."

That had made it almost impossible to make the tuna be absent from the house and whenever the tuna was gone entirely from the house it would be bought again by Theodore because he had once refused to buy it and then had been the subject of a severe tongue-lashing by his wife and his adopted daughter.

Ranma looked at Brittany once he and Ryoga had decided to call it quits for the day. The beautiful woman sat on a reclining chair outside just sitting in the sun and letting herself be basked in its radiance. As a Vampire Ranma had a slight aversion towards sunlight but thanks to him being a werewolf and an Antediluvian he could stand the sun. It would cause him to feel hot when exposed to it for long periods but that also happened whenever he was training very hard.

That night he went out into the nightlife of Atlanta deciding to see if any of the Kindred of this city were eager to give him a little information about the things that were happening in this country. Pretty soon he had found a member of his clan who had been embraced five years ago. The man was black and muscles and apparently was a great brawler. He challenged Ranma to a fight which Ranma did accept. In the fighting ring he stood his ground and easily beat the man into a pulp. Then he watched as the man regenerated before his eyes and then lunged at him with the intent to bite him and Embrace him. Ranma smiled at the man and pressed him against the ground and said:

"No fledgling vampire would ever attack an elder without warning. Learn your place fledgling and you shall be respected."

The Kindred looked at him and said:

"You an Elder? I am of Clan Shinigami and was Embraced five years ago. My name is Mike. Jus' Mike for you Asian boy."

Ranma grinned and said:

"Well then Mike let me introduce myself to you. I am Ranma Saotome or better known as the Antediluvian who has created this clan. Are there any other members of the Clan in this city or do I have to Embrace some more to help me out?"

Mike looked at Ranma with a stunned expression. He had been beaten by the same Master which was revered amongst the rest of the clan for being so strong that he could easily beat most other vampires. Ranma grinned devilishly and said:

"Mike, are there any clan members here or do I have to beat the answer out of you?"

Mike nodded at the senior member of his clan and said:

"We are here with almost one thousand kindred. This is one of the largest concentrations of Shinigami Clan members in the USA."

Ranma grinned and said:

"Well I have some plans for my clan. Let's all gather around the Diggers house in three nights and then I will tell you of my plans for this city. Are we members of the Camarilla or the Sabbat?"

The vampire looked at his master and said:

"Sabbat. The Tzimische Antediluvian has recently taken back his clan and is preparing for a mass assault on the people of Atlanta."

Ranma nodded and said:

"Well I think I might be able to take over the Tzimische clan if I kill that bastard who is the Antediluvian that created them. I don't think the rest of the clans would agree with it but once I gain complete control over the Tzimische I shall make it very obvious who is the ruler of the night."

Mike looked at the Antediluvian in front of him and said:

"The Diggers family doesn't like Kindred stalking around their home. They kill us on sight. Please reconsider the meeting spot Master. "

Ranma looked at the vampire and said:

"Alright then tell me where to meet the Clan and I shall be there. We shall rule the nightlife of this city and drive away those foolish Fledglings who dare to stand against me."

Then in a small blink he was gone and Mike just gaped at the spot where the Clan leader had stood before snapping back to attention. He had a lot of phone calls to make.

Ranma appeared on a rooftop and watched as a Nosferatu came from the shadows and grabbed a young lady. He grinned and dropped down from the roof directly behind the Nosferatu and smacked the creature on the head which made it turn around letting go of his victims. Ranma said:

"Shi-Ne!"

Then the katana flashed in the lamplight and the vampire turned to dust. Ranma walked out of the alley and looked at the victim and saw that it was a young lady with bright blue eyes. Ranma just smiled disarmingly and said:

"I rescued you from your attacker miss. Have a good night."

Then he turned around and began to walk away from the woman. She looked at him and said:

"Wait! Maybe I should give you something to thank you. Please come with me to my house."

Ranma turned around and glanced at the woman and said:

"Very well. Lead the way then."

She turned around and within ten minutes Ranma came to known that her name was Kathy and that she was apparently a member of a high class family. They arrived at the mansion that belonged to Kathy's parents. Ranma was led inside and then was introduced to the rest of the family:

"Mum, Dad this man has saved me from being mugged. I invited him in."

Ranma looked at the parents and saw that they were kind in nature and probably would be afraid of him if they knew that he was a Vampire. He looked around the room and said:

"Impressive weaponry. Are they still in use or just for decoration?"

The father who had introduced himself as Jack said:

"Yes they are still in use. We are hunter of some sort."

Ranma noticed a small picture sitting in some sort of shrine which depicted his mother and said:

"Who is that woman on that picture?"

Jack smiled and said:

"She is the best hunter in the entire society. She is respected in every country and currently is training apprentices to hunt."

Ranma raised an eyebrow and mumbled:

"I never knew that Okaa-san was so famous. I should have paid more attention to her."

Jack ad caught the murmur and said:

"She is your mother? Then you are welcome in this house. You are the son of the famous Nodoka Saotome. We hunt vampires just like she does but we are more focused on working in groups. That she can do it on her own is thanks to her special training she had from her family. But she is the last of her family except for you."

Ranma grinned and said:

"This Katana belonged to her. I got it when I massacred a Nosferatu den. I kinda saved her from a vampire about to lunge at her. I am friends with a few vampires though and it's quite useful because they supply me with information."

Jack looked at Ranma with a sceptically raised eyebrow:

"So you can talk with vampires without killing them. Would you please show me your neck?"

Ranma nodded and immediately removed his shirt and jack inspected the neck to see if any bite marks were there. To his surprise he found none and said:

"How is it that you can talk to them without getting bitten?"

Ranma smirked and said:

"I just threaten them. Ever heard of the Shinigami Clan?"

At Jack's nod Ranma continued:

"I just got a few of those members to agree with my views of peaceful cooperation between vamps and Kine. And they supply me with information. Ever wanted to know why they are so against humans? The Sabbat mingles with humans freely but still thinks them to be above humans. And there are humans who wish power and might and willingly become vampires. So they will cooperate with the Antediluvians plans. Did you know that there is an Antediluvian out to rule this entire world? He is the leader of the Shinigami clan and is versed in all vampire Disciplines. It would be almost impossible to defeat him."

Jack's eyes widened at the prospect of having to fight an almost unbeatable vampire. Ranma just looked grim and said:

"I need to go now. I think I'll need to interrogate a vampire before I grant him his final rest. See ya!"

Then he ran out of the house towards a Tzimische with a particular ugly face. He didn't know why it had appeared out in the open but he was sure to take advantage if it. He grabbed the vampire by its head and smashed the head into the pavement a few times. Then he jumped away and used his mental disciplines to finally bring down the Vampire. Then he grabbed the vampire which had never stood a chance and jumped up onto a rooftop and started his way towards the Digger house. When he got there he noticed that it was silent and hoped that the cries of anguish wouldn't disturb the residents.

When he got to his room he immediately noticed Ryoga sleeping like a log in his bed and with a savage grin Ranma began to chain the vampire to the bed by using some chains he had found around Brianna's room. Why the girl had kept them didn't matter much to him. He used them to chain the vampire to his bed and then placed a small amulet he had made on the vampire which would drain the power form the vampire until removed.

Ranma awoke the vampire by splashing him with some water gotten from the bathroom. Ranma's face still wore the savage grin and he said:

"Wakey, wakey little vampire. You are going to tell me everything about your Antediluvian and where he hides."

The vampire hissed that he would never betray his master and Ranma's grin widened and he said:

"You don't want to comply with my wishes? Then I'll do this to you. "

He snapped the bones of the vampire and immediately a howl of pain was heard and Ranma saw the bone piercing through the skin letting some blood spray from the wound.

Ryoga stirred in his sleep and Ranma just raised an eyebrow and said

"Tell me where your Antediluvian master is and I will kill you fast."

The vampire spat into Ranma's face and he felt the spit drip down from his face. Then Ranma's hands became clawed and the claws tore into the flesh. Blood began to low from the wounds and soaked the sheets of the bed and Ranma took a great delight out of it and began to carve intricate patterns into the vampire's skin. Blood was by now dripping on the floor and the vampire was screaming in anguish. Ranma wondered why nobody had come to check the sounds and found out that there had been a small dampening spell. It helped the vampire to regain some of his healing properties and quickly Ranma dispelled the sound ward and then said:

"Tell me where your master is or you'll die a death unworthy of our kind."

The Tzimische was broken by the sheer agony and said:

"He is at the Windbrooke manor. Please don't hurt me anymore."

Ranma grinned and grabbed a few wooden planks and a hammer with a few nails from hammer spaceand pulled off the chains easily and made a cross of it. Then he grabbed the vampire and put the poor kindred on the cross and then fastened the arms to the cross by nailing them onto the cross which was accompanied by howls of pain.

Ranma looked at his work and saw that the vampire was sobbing uncontrollable. Then he grabbed the cross and began to drag it out of the room into the hallways with the vampire blood leaking onto the floor. Ranma vowed that he would clean that up somehow. Then he reached the door leading towards the garden which would be showered with sunlight within twenty minutes if his estimations were accurate.

Brittany was looking at her husband as she felt the whip crash onto her flesh. Her husband was up to his games again and she had to be a participant in it. She didn't know why she had actually married the guy. She was infatuated with him for sure but the guy was so sweet when she had finally gotten to know him. When they had married they had vowed to keep the other safe and secure. But then a few months afterwards he had changed thinking that his wife would do some rougher things with him. She had reluctantly agreed and then she had been the subject of a long session with her husband using some tools that were definitively evil in her viewpoint. The next day she had walked with a slight limp since her Werecheetah genes allowed fast recovery but it wasn't enough to stop the skin from being sore.

Ranma didn't even hear the screams of the Vampire he just dragged the cross over the floor towards the garden. Then he lifted it and implanted it into the ground and said:

"Any last words?"

The Tzimische just spat in his face againand Ranma grinned evilly andsaid:

"Alright then. Have a nice sunrise."

Then Ranma grinned as the Vampire started cursing his mother and all of his descendants until Ranma said:

"I can't really say that you'll be alive to see my grandchildren. I wonder if you would like me to bring my regards towards your behaviour to your Antediluvian. I am sure that he will less then pleased that I killed you so soon. I will cherish your death since it has been a nightmare for me to try and break you. You were so resilient even after I decided to rip off your hand and then feed it to you. The damn thing even regenerated. Ah well it can't be helped."

Suddenly Theo appeared on the scene and said:

"What the hell are you doing young man? Chaining a man onto a cross and then placing it in my garden! I demand that you release him this instant."

Just then the sun rose over Atlanta and the members of the Diggers family that were present were treated to the agonised screams of the Tzimische which was now wailing in pain as its muscles started to burn with the skin as the suns rays began to make the bones into charred pieces of bone.

Ranma just watched the scene with a maniacal grin on his face. Then he suddenly began to look at Theo and said:

"The ashes of a vampire make a great fertilizer. It's full of power of a rotting corpse and thus had the good fertilizing property that you can only find in 1st class fertilizer. Trust me that it's a good fertilizer because I use it to make my poisonous plants grow faster."

Theodore still looked to be sceptic and said:

"Then I ask you to remove that cross from our garden."

Ranma smiled and said:

"Already done, Theodore-san."

When Theodore turned around no cross was seen in the garden and even the ground was clean of anything while the roses looked to be a lot better in colour. Ranma grinned and he suddenly was dressed in a black trench coat which he had retrieved from his room before he went out.

With a small muttered excuse he went to the bathroom to clean himself up. He didn't really think very much at the moment except that he was still thinking about the situation he had gotten himself into. Theodore was now not very trusting towards him. His wife trusted him to a certain extent apparently thinking that whoever was given the okay sign by her daughters.

Ranma was confused about Julia. She had a strength which surpassed even Ryoga's but not his own. He figured that it must have been due to his werewolf and kindred genes that he was so strong but that didn't explain why Julia was so strong.

Brittany was currently taking a shower and wasn't thinking about anything else then getting herself clean. She hadn't followed her husband upstairs because she looked like a mess. She could faintly hear someone else stumbling around in the bathroom but paid it no heed. It felt familiar somehow like someone she knew for a long time.

Ranma's eyes widened as he caught the scent of blood in this bathroom. He looked around and saw a blurred figure standing in a shower stall which definitively HAD to be female and tall. He gulped for a second and then decided that it wasn't worth it. He looked in the mirror and he saw that his eyes had definitively taken a red shine at the moment. He gulped loudly and immediately went towards the exit of the bathroom. At the same moment the shower opened up and Brittany Elin Diggers stepped out naked as the day she was born and making Ranma blush to the roots of his hair with a full-sized body blush. She giggled at the reaction of the man and said:

"Leave. Now."

The same thing didn't need to be said twice as Ranma ran like crazy.

Brittany giggled at the reaction of the pigtailed young man and said to herself:

"Maybe next time I'll try to seduce him or something. That should be fun especially because I know from personal experience that it can creep someone out especially if Ranma's story was true about his fiancé's. It should be fun."

Ranma didn't know what was wrong at the moment but he felt like something had just crawled over his spine and then crawled back. Eh entered the Dojo and looked at Julia sparring with herself. He grinned and said:

"Miss Diggers! You up for a spar?"

Julia grinned and said:

"Sure kid! Let me wipe off the sweat and I'll be all set for you."

Ranma's eyebrow twitched at being called kid but he didn't comment on it. He needed to work off some frustration that the scene earlier had caused. It reminded him too much of Nerima.

What he didn't know at the moment was that his Ghoul and mother were making their way over to him immediately after they had received a call from Jack. Nodoka had received a request from Hinako that she had to follow Ranma for some strange reason which wasn't even known to herself.

Ranma felt a headache coming as he thought about his mother coming here. That would definitively cause many problems forhim because shewould go spouting off manliness speeches. Well if she wanted manliness why the hell did she marry Genma Saotome? The man had no sense of manliness whatsoever. He suspected that his mother was just eager to get a husbands or something like that. But if she started harping about fiancé's and such bullshit then he was seriously going to say something like:

"Gee mom why don't you give me a small test to determine my manliness? After all you evaluate my culinary skills and that other thing that you called etiquette. So why not give me a physical test of some kind."

Of course he would tell her that it was all a joke afterwards but it would be funny to see the look on her face.

Soon the battle was joined between the Armsmaster of Jade and Ranma Saotome, Antediluvian of the Shinigami Clan and most powerful Martial artist on the Earth and also one of the cutest guys available according to a small proclamation that a girl had once said.

The battle started off slowly with only 'light' punches being traded between the pair. Soon the tiles had cracked from the sheer kinetic energy that was channelled through the body towards the ground.

Ranma was enjoying this fight and then he started with the heavier punches and other things that were definitively not very legal. He rammed his elbow into Julia's stomach who retaliating by giving him a solid kick into his groin. Doubling over in pain Ranma could only think of one thing: time to bring out the more powerful hits.

Julia was slowly thinking about the strategy she would use at the kid. She was surprised by the strength he showed and immediately knew that he was a powerful individual who would stop at nothing. She mentally shrugged and said to herself: time to take him serious.

In the meanwhile they had attracted quite a crowd which was by now paying close attention to the two fighters who were ignoring their presence automatically fully focusing on the battle.

Gar Silvaer looked at the fighters and immediately realised that this was a little bit above his league. Anyone who could almost beat Master Julia was to be considered extremely dangerous. After all it wasn't very common that the Armmaster could get beaten easily.

Sheila was just staring at the hunk that was fighting against the Armsmaster. He was looking so good with those exotic looks that she just wanted to eat him up.

The rest of the Edge Guard just looked at the battle scene.

Ranma smirked and said:

"This time I am going to show you something which I had to learn on my own."

Then he began to get furrier and furrier while his muscles grew. A tail poked out of the modified version of his kung fu pants and Ranma looked like a gigantic werewolf from fairytales.

The reactions varied: Gar and Sheila were in shock, Tirga was staring at the werewolf with wide eyes with his hand clenching his weapon tighter then normal. Throphan just stared along with Raphiel. Onoli just shrugged and went back with watching. who cared if a werewolf was sparring against thge armsmaster

Ranma smirked letting a row of huge teeth be visible:

"You are going down Juliet. Say hi to Romeo if you meet him."

Julia's eyebrow twitched at the hint towards the play she and Theo had seen last night. Ranma had caught wind of it and had teased her and Theo about it all night.

She attacked with a fierce war cry and Ranma felt her fists hitting his body with incredible speed. Suddenly he initiated the first stage of his attack which was literally turning around with his back to his opponent.

Then he let his claws lengthen and began to spin like mad and soon a small miniature tornado formed where he was standing and with alarming speed it barrelled into Julia whose clothing got ripped by the sharp claws of the werewolf. Then Ranma grabbed her and slammed her down into the floor which bore the results of their spar until now. She landed hard on it and said:

"Lets stop for a while Ranma. I think I got a small cramp in my leg or something."

Ranma nodded and let her fall unceremoniously and she fell to the ground with a dull thud as she impacted again with the floor. She got up and surveyed the damage to her uniform. The skin-tight uniform she had worn then had been totally destroyed in her opinion. It was ripped apart and the sleeves could be seen lying across the floor. It almost showed all of her private parts and she actually disappeared as she went to change into something less revealing.

Ranma had by now gotten out of the battle zone and was curiously looking at the people who were gawking at him. He raised an eyebrow and said:

"What?"

The Edge Guard blinked and immediately Gar was the first to speak:

"Who are you and why were you fighting Julia-sensei?"

Ranma grinned and said:

"Me? I'm just a kid who is a werewolf outcast from his tribe. Well not exactly outcast but they forced me to mate with an uncaring cold bitch who likes to hurt people. Add to that my resistance against silver and the fact that I can hold it without feeling anything else then the metal makes me excellent breeding material according to that fucked up council of Elder werewolves. Like I actually care for their genetic make-up. I may be the son of the greatest vampire hunter on Earth and a werewolf but if there is one thing that I don't like then it is being manipulated. So now enough blabbing about me. I'm going to hit the showers. Talk to Brit-chan if you have any questions regarding towards my stay here."

Then he walked inside the shower section and soon the water could be heard running. Julia came out and said:

"Why are you all staring at the showers? Did Ranma want to take a shower or something?"

At a nod from Gar the man turned to Julia and said:

"He said something about talking to Brit-chan if we wanted to know more about him. Who was he talking about sensei?"

Julia smiled and said:

"I think that Brittany and Ranma have met before if what Brittany has told me is correct. He had saved her from a werewolf if Theo is correctly remembering it. So I believe them. So what if he is a werewolf or something like that. It's not like he is going on a killing spree to satisfy an insane lust for blood or something."

Inside the shower which was spraying hot water all over his body, Ranma sneezed rather loudly and murmured to himself:

"Someone must be talking about me. I just know it."

When he got out he was once again dressed in the black trench coat and he looked at Julia and said:

"Do you know where Brittany is? I think I need to talk to her about something."

Julia told Ranma that she didn't know where Brittany was at the moment but she could guess where she was. And so Ranma was currently making his way to the pool where he immediately spotted the girl called Brianna trying to get a nice tan with her sisters lying next to her in the sun. Ranma briefly thought that Brittany in a bikini made a rather nice sight.

Brittany looked as a shadow appeared before the sun and she stared into the blue eyes of Ranma Saotome. She found herself lost within the azure orbs and then she found herself snapped out of her daze by his voice:

"Brittany I need to talk to you… in private."

She nodded and got up. She said:

"Gina I'll talk to Ranma for a few minutes and hear whet he has to say and then I'll come back. Anything I can get you?"

Gina just replied with:

"A soda please, Sis."

Brittany turned to Brianna and said:

"Want anything little sis?"

Brianna just murmured that she didn't want anything but a hunky piece of meat.

Ranma led Brittany to his room and then closed the door after checking if Ryouga was in the room. Luckily it was vacant at the moment and Ranma said:

"Brittany I want to apologise for earlier this morning. It was uncalled for me to enter the bathroom where you were just taking a shower."

Brittany just grinned and said:

"No big deal Ranma. As long as you liked what you saw I ain't complaining. If you did find anything wrong with seeing me naked it would make me very sad."

To illustrate that point a few fake tears appeared in her eyes and Ranma found himself looking into her eyes and quickly said:

"You are beautiful Brit-chan. Gorgeous. Stunning. Marvellous."

Brittany wiped away the tears and said:

"You really think that Ran-chan? You really think that these are great?"

With that she lifted her breasts and Ranma turned red like a tomato t the sight. It was totally surprising to him that his friend would act like that and thus he did what seemed logical to him at the time:

"Sure they are nice. Biggest I have ever seen in my lifetime but that's beside the point."

Open mouth, insert foot and don't chew. And thus Brittany coloured a good shade of magenta before regaining her composure and looking at Ranma who was almost expecting to get hit by a mallet wielding Akane proclaiming that he should stand near a hussy.

Ranma just felt weird and said:

"Hmm you got a really nice rack. In my girl form I get big breasts but I know for sure that yours are bigger. I never weighed them or something like that. Mom tried to get me to wear a bra but seeing how often I change it was close to impossible."

Ranma grinned a cheeky smile at her and said:

"Shall we go get back to the others? If I am thinking correctly then they either think we have gone and sneaked off to have a secret affair or we are talking about science or weightlifting or something like that."

Brittany smiled and said:

"I bet Gina is thinking about you at the moment. And Brianna might just be planning another of her workout sessions if I can follow her logic. Because she is a mix of me and Gina I get to know some of her behaviour and if I am correct she will either try to drag you off to her room or just capture you. But don't worry! I shall protect you!"

She struck a heroic pose and Ranma cracked up. After he had finished laughing Brittany asked what was so funny about the pose. Ranma just answered:

"The only one that I k now who ever struck poses like that was a true blunder with the delusion that he was a samurai. If he really was hell-bent on destroying evil then he should have rammed that stupid sword through my chest and be done with it. He viewed me as a Dark and Villainous Sorcerer. But strangely he loved my girl form. The fool even went so far as to proclaim his love for my female side and his sister was just as screwed up as him. She loved my male side and then hated my female side."

Brittany stared at the young man and said:

"Whatever. Just keep them away from me."

Ranma grinned and said:

"Want me to throw their bodies into a meat grinder or something? That's the easy way to kill them."

Brittany was horrified by that and it clearly spoke volumes through the horrified look on her face:

"You can't just go around killing people Ranma. That would be illegal and I care too much for my friends so I don't want you getting the death penalty."

Ranma grinned and said:

"They were inbreeding pieces of filth. So that's my reasoning. If you tell me to get rid of them I'll get rid of them. I promised to myself so many years ago that I would protect you and that would include following your orders to a certain extent. I am not going to do a lap dance for your sisters if you commanded me to."

Brittany raised an eyebrow:

"Now why should I let you do that? I could have you all to myself if I wanted to.'

Ranma sighed and said:

"Do I need to remind you that you are married as is indicated by that golden band on your finger. So please keep your dirty fantasies for the bedroom."

Then his face took on a strange look:

"Oh man I think I just said something intellectual. The world must be coming to an end! Ranma Saotome, Savant of Fighting has spoken the words of intellect!"

Brittany grinned at the sight of the slightly strange acting Ranma and said:

"Ran-chan, lets go get a soda and get you something to drink too."

Ranma nodded and after a few minutes they reached the fridge where most soft drinks were kept and Brittany opened it and said to the already drooling Ranma:

"See anything you want?"

Ranma nodded and immediately selected a can of Dr. Pepper. He liked the drink because it made him think of cherries mixed with blood for some strange reason. After he had taken the drink Brittany grabbed herself a can of Pepsi and said:

"Well Ranma, lets get back to my sisters."

Ranma just shrugged and they walked back towards the pool. Ranma was so gentlemanly that Nodoka would have rated him an A+. he opened the door for Brittany if it were locked and closed it afterwards. And he made polite conversation. Although polite were not the words for the conversation as Ranma was discussing various properties of martial arts with Brittany who listened about the different styles Ranma used and what he mainly used when trying to defeat an opponent. This included a very graphic detail of the technique he used to bring down a vampire a few months ago:

"…and I just slammed my hand in his chest and ripped off a good chunk of meat. The damned thing was screaming so loud I think I must have scared some people living in that old street. That damned vampire was feeding on them so why not cause it a little pain? Then I just grabbed the damn things head and delivered a punch to it which went at about Mach 1. You should have heard the cracking sound. It sounded so good that I was sure that the cops were going to arrest me or something. Then I just grabbed the vampire and threw it against thee wall and grabbed an antenna from a car nearby and impaled the vampire on the antenna."

Brittany sat down on the grass near the pool and thought about the relationship she had with Ranma. He was kind and honourable. He cared for everyone to a certain extent and never seemed to be bloodthirsty or something like that. It was true that he was a werewolf but apparently he had nothing to do with the slaughter. It was all the fault of that werewolf council according to him. It didn't matter very much anyways since she had already made it clear to her father that she wanted Ranma to stay here. The fact that the local vampires would be extinct soon made her heart lighten up a bit. Always the corpses were half-drained if they were found at all. Damn bloodsuckers had made so many problems that she had encountered a few and literally ripped to shreds.

Her husband was of an entirely different sort. He liked to humiliate her in the bedroom and while she was physically stronger she still thought that he loved her. She knew that she loved him still and learned to bear the pain.

Ranma Saotome was basking in the sun letting himself tan a little. It was a benefit of being an Antediluvian that you could just walk in the sun without getting hurt by it. Of course the Children were a different kind which could only survive after nightfall. Ranma knew that he would need to get some blood within the next twenty-four hours if what his stomach told him was correct. Damn stomach wanting more blood then it can take.

But still the sun was nice and hot and the drink was cold. He just relaxed as tonight would be a busy night. Suddenly water was splashed onto his chest and he looked up at the dripping wet female that was Brianna Diggers. She was dressed in a very short bikini which was probably illegal with all the skin that it showed. That probably was the idea since the smile on her face didn't really make him want to think what went on in her head. With an involuntary gulp he realised that she was literally generating an aura of Lust. He gulped again and she said:

"Wanna swim with me Ranma?"

Ranma turned a little red at the thoughts that went through her mind and instantly he was reminded of Nodoka who was also a major pervert but not to this magnitude. The sheer section devoted towards carnal desires was filled to the brim with ideas that would make any normal man or woman faint with the sheer complexity of the ideas. Who would enjoy getting whipped while bathing in candle wax? Certainly not Ranma Saotome.

With some tired movements he got up and said with a somewhat cheerful smile on his face:

"Sure. I'd love to Brianna-san."

Brianna smiled like the cat that had caught the canary and said:

"Come on then."

She grabbed his arm and in a display of strength she threw him in the pool and joined the Antediluvian in it.

Ranma literally tried to get up from the water which was cold to the touch. With a great deal of mental strength he stopped the transformation into his female self and soon he was busy with trying to keep Brianna away from him since he had the thought running through his mind that she was going to try something with him.

Soon he couldn't avoid her anymore and he just let himself be grabbed by her and she said:

"Now that was funny trying to see you escape from me. You definitively are worthy of spending some time in my workout room with me. You have such nice and firm muscles."

With her hand she went over the muscles on his arm and she kneaded the flesh a little while Ranma's face flushed a little. She continued to touch his body as she continued:

"Definitively eight hours at least. Maybe more. And still you have such nice legs. They are well muscled and I'd just love to touch them."

And so she did making Ranma turn a nice shade of red. He wasn't used very much to female contact and the lust vibes she was radiating made him want to hide. She smirked a definitively evil smile that would have looked good on Ranma's face. Then she said slowly:

"But now let's measure you when you are still soft. I wanna know at least if you are capable of satisfying me."

Then she did something which made Ranma's face pale instantly as all blood was drained from there. She grabbed him right in the crotch and he could only let out a small whine as she started to try and get a good grip. He let loose his hold on the transformation and suddenly a pair of breasts formed and she stood there in the water smirking at the unfortunate girl who was still grinning lecherously at her:

"Didn't think I could do that eh? Well I'm sorry but no training with me tonight Brianna-san."

Then she climbed out and sat back on the grass and let herself dry in the sun. After a few moments the members of the Edge guard decided to show up and immediately it was Tirga who noticed Ranma's state of undress and immediately darted over towards the boy turned girl and said:

"My name is Tirga. I am pleased to meet you, young lady."

Ranma lifted an eyebrow and said:

"Shut up and go away. I want to tan for a while so either go away or keep quiet. And for your information I am a man."

Then Ranma took a tin cup out of stuff space and immediately went to the pool and got some water out of it and then heated it by using some Ki. Then she threw it over herself and the transformation occurred once again and Ranma was restored to his male self.

He grinned at the weretiger and said:

"Sorry but if I was a female in real life then I would say to you something amongst the lines of: Piss off you Casanova. Just go and get bent."

Tirga flushed at that remark and said:

"I'll prove to you that girls will love me! Gina do you love me?"

The girl was not amused by the playboy weretiger asking her if she loved him and she said:

"I'd rather go out with granddad for a date and kiss him on the lips then to go out with you."

Tirga flushed once again and said:

"Brianna you love me do you?"

Said girl just looked at him and said:

"If I were choosing between you and Ranma then I'd choose Ranma."

Tirga just slumped over defeated. Ranma grinned maliciously and said:

"Don't worry. I'm sure there will be some girl interested in you if you just tried to find her. She could be nearly anybody. Why not that girl that was with you when I saw you the first time? She looked cute and was probably interested in you."

Tirga blinked a few times and then went off to find his petite friend Sheila who had moved away from the area the moment she saw the weretiger being a playboy. Ranma smiled briefly and then returned to his previous activity which was tanning. Tonight would be busy for him. He'd get out his black clothes again and then go to the meeting of his clan.

Finally he'd be able to go and get something done about Tzimische. The old bastard needed to die for doing all those things to the previous Antediluvian who was the first Childe of Cain.

It would be getting quite bloody that night…

Nodoka Saotome had arrived in Atlanta…

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