Notes: A lot of people are going to be ooc. I do not own ranma 1/2 or tenchi muyo. This is a corrected version of chapter 1. Many thanks to James Axelrad for proofreading for me.

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Several hours after leaving the high school, Ranma was still running, well to him it felt like it. However, as her legs burned, and her breath became labored, and her body fought off fatigue her pace slowed to almost a slow crawl. But she never stopped moving. Her wounds were serious, although they had started to heal. Her clothing was torn and tattered, her body covered in blood and mud.

As Ranma crawled along, she muttered to herself, "Can't stop, need to keep going. Not safe here. They are coming for me, need help but who?" Ranma managed to crawl for another few minutes before succumbing to unconsciousness.

-----------------------------------------Earlier-at the dojo

Akane stormed through the door, she was livid. Aunty Saotome had struck her and knocked her out. It was uncalled for; all she was doing was delivering out Ranma's usual punishment. She thought, "What's wrong with me knocking the pervert around some, I do it all the time. It's not like nobody else does it, besides he deserved it for pleading with Nabiki." So wrapped up in her own musings she failed to notice Kasumi walking towards her.

Kasumi was a little upset, today she had to lie to her aunty again, and it tore her up that Ranma had to keep hiding from his own mother. She thought, "They both deserve to be happy. If only Aunty would tear that silly contract up, then Ranma would not have to hide any more." Kasumi was brought out of thoughts by hearing the loud pounding of her sweet sister's graceful footsteps. Seeing that Ranma was not with her she asked, "Akane, where is Ranma-kun?"

---------------------------------Meanwhile at the cat café---

Mouse flew through the open window in the kitchen and quickly knocked over a kettle of warm water to restore him to human form. Silently giving a cheer of joy he thought, "All I need to do is keep my emotions in check and shampoo will never know what I did. Now with Saotome gone Shampoo will love me." Caught up in his own musing he started to do a happy dance, but was stopped when a weathered old walking stick stuck him on the head. Speaking indigently he said, "What do you want you old mummy."

Cologne was not in a good mood, one of the more potent potions was missing, and if she was right in who took it, it was probably used on her errant son in law. Normally she would not care, but this particular potion caused intense madness and forced the victim to seek out where he was the safest. Normally she would not hesitate to send her great-grand daughter to seek out her Airen. However, if she sent her now she might come home in a box.

The nature of the potion was to break the will of the stronger males. This had to be done carefully though, first one would have to catch the male, then apply potion, after that make sure the captive can not escape and keep him till he snaps completely. Meaning that the personality becomes so fractured the first people that show him affection he will latch onto like a stray dog. Unfortunately if one has a curse like Ranma's the results become unpredictable. So with a snort she said, "You should not have used that potion, now we must kill Ranma if we cannot capture him within 2 to 3weeks, go to the store and gather the supplies on this list, we will leave the day after tomorrow. Oh and I would not go near Shampoo for a few days, because after I tell her about the true nature of that potion we might be running a duck ramen special."

--------------------------------------At a campsite --------------

It has so far been along evening for Nabiki and her self-appointed Aunt; they traveled well into the night walking at a brisk pace. The fire was dying out and the two women were now lying inside their tent.

Nabiki was glad that she picked out this tent, see she really never was into camping or training missions, but she knew a lazy man's tent when she saw it. This tent was one of those 2 man dome tents that you just unzip the side of the case and toss it in the air and bam instant setup tent, stake and done. The reason she picked this one was not because she was lazy but the fact that Ranma moved too fast. Therefore, they traveled light. However, as she lay there, she found it difficult to sleep; the look of utter horror on Ranma's face had unnerved her greatly. Sighing she softly said, "Aunty would you like to know more about your son?"

Nodoka was thinking about her son, like she has ever since her husband took him away in the night and left her with that dammed contract. Tonight though she finally had a face to put onto her son. It was one that causes her pain just to see it on her child, that look of pain and horror and then after that curse was activated and that boy started to molest him the look was fear personified. She wondered, "What has my little baby been through that could cause so much pain." Oh she had some ideas though, the look on Ranko's face one of loneliness, wanting to be accepted. That is what drew her to the girl in the first place she was brought out of her reflections by Nabiki asking her a question.

"Aunty would you like to know about your son?"

She responded softly, "Please, after seeing him today in that state I do not think that I will be able to sleep much."

Nabiki almost had to smack herself; she almost responded with 5000 yen, luckily she was able to halt the words before they exited her mouth. Instead, she said, "Well I guess I should start with what I know about Ranma from his training trip and then fill you up to the present."

Nabiki went on to explain what she knew about the training trip, including the Nekoken as well as how Genma had engaged Ranma countless times for food and money. She went on to explain Ranma's life at the dojo. Including how Akane and she treated him. She also told her about the how all the fiancées treated Ranma as an object. She gave the reasons to why she personally used Ranma to keep the dojo afloat.

After a few hours, she got to the most recent of Ranma's adventures. Nabiki explained Prince Herb, the locking ladle, and then told Nodoka that when Ranma was locked their parents had told him that if he failed to get unlocked that he would marry Soun.

Nodoka was furious, she thought, "What type of monster did I marry, how could I of ever trusted that man to raise my child? Why was I so stupid, now my son might be lost to me? I cannot imagine the patience and the resolve that my son needed to constantly deal with those bastards. Oh and when I get back to Nerima I am going to make Soun suffer for even contemplating bedding my son." Rolling on her side she looked directly into Nabiki's eye's and asked, "How do you feel about my son?"

Nabiki was caught off guard by the woman's question and contemplated for a moment before replying, "Well I think he is honorable brave and courageous, a little rough around the edges but as far as relationship wise I never seriously considerer it. The reason being his life is so chaotic that I always preferred to stay on the side lines."

"Well what about after today how do you feel, the reason I ask is that according to you all his other fiancées were there and attacking him you were the only one to try and do something, when you could of just as easily turned your back and continued taking bets."

"Aunty I guess it is because I like to watch Ranma win. He might lose at first but then he trains and comes back better than before. However, that fight they were all tearing him apart. If he had stayed for that fight he would have lost and there would never be any rematch, even now he is out there somewhere hurt and afraid."

The two women continued talking for a while before finally succumbing to sleep

-------------------------- In a clearing further ahead---

Ranma awoke from his unconscious state with a scream, she had been dreaming about the pit again. Opening her eyes, she started to whimper, she was alone in the middle of the forest and there were monsters everywhere she turned. Looking to the sky she could tell that sunrise was an hour away she thought, "I need to get away from here before the others find me. However, there is no place that is safe. They will come. They will want to get me." At that point, she started to cry in misery all she wanted was to feel safe again, she tried to immerse herself into the soul of ice but in her maddened state, she lacked the focus. Therefore, with a whimper she started her onward trek in the hopes to find what she was looking for. All she needed to do was avoid everyone that was out to get her, so she continued onward flinching and jumping at every little shadow that she came across.

-----------------------Some bar in Nerima

"Oh why must I be cursed to have such a worthless son, after all I did for him so that he could be the best cash cow since the invention of sake?"

"I don't know Saotome, but your son's disgraceful actions bring dishonor to my house. Something must be done to put him in his place."

"Soun old buddy perhaps we should see if the master is willing to try another type of moxibustion on the boy."

"Perhaps, it is a shame though that he was able to get his curse unlocked again; it would have been a lot easier to break him." Soun added with a snicker.

Genma chuckled evilly and said, "No doubt you would have enjoyed yourself a little too much."

Grinning Soun responded, "Well it has been ten years since my wife has died. It is about time I start to find a new wife that I can control easily. Not that Ranma is easily controlled but it would be worth it to break him or should I say her."

Genma contemplated to himself shortly before saying, "It is a shame though that Akane is so easy to control, all we have to do is hint that Ranma is being unfaithful and she shoots off like a rocket, ready to deliver proper punishment. Perhaps the master knows of a different way to lock Ranma's curse."

Soun smirked images of a naked female Ranma danced through his head before he said with a snicker, "I can only hope, in the long run it would be so much easier and the rewards would be pleasant."

"Yes, I know you feel that way, why do you think that I brought the boy to the springs in the first place; heck the master did not plan that one, that was my own genus."

The two old friends drank well into the night contemplating their plans to unite the schools, as well as other more dire needs, like what they were going to tell the master when he found out that Ranma had ran off.

-----------------------Next day mid morning. ----

"Aunty Look at this, there is blood all over this spot. I think that Ranma might have slept here for the night." Nabiki said as she crouched down to pick up a frayed piece of red silk.

Nodoka looked at the young woman with amusement and asked, "I wasn't aware that you were an experienced tracker."

Nabiki blushed and responded, "Well I am not, however there is a lot of blood here and the tall grass is matted down. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure that someone slept here. However, I have been following a map and ever since we left Nerima, we have been traveling a straight line. I know from watching a special on a science channel that when people walk straight line they tend to drift off target. But if we trace our route on the map it is almost as straight as a ruler. He is even using what strength that he has left to knock trees out of the way. Could your son be heading somewhere specific?"

Nodoka looked at the line on the map and scowled, she stared at it for a few minutes before silently grabbing the straightest branch she could find and continued the line. After she did that she scanned the map looking for anything that would give her a hint to as where her son was headed. Frowning she said, "I don't know I wish I was a larger part of his life then maybe I could have prevented some of this from happening."

"Aunty I know this is difficult for you, but maybe he is going to someplace from before he left on that trip."

Nodoka looked at the map again and sighed, she stared at it for ten minutes with frustration, it was clear that her son was going somewhere but she could not figure out where. She said in a sad voice, "I just don't know where he could be going; Genma took him when he was five."

Nabiki looked at he map again and said, well maybe there is some place that he went on his trip that has some significance for him. He went to dojo's and shrines all around Japan, so lets look and see if we can find any shrines on his route." After scanning for a minute Nabiki said, "Here how about this one?"

Nodoka gasped, she had forgotten about that place, she had some memories of that shrine but they were hazy. She said, " I think I know that place, we should head there, we know Ranma is going that way so even if that is not his target we should still be able to get ahead of him and hopefully catch him before he bleeds to death."

With that, the two women started out towards the nearest town in hopes of catching up to Ranma.

-----------------------Tendo dojo----

Soun and Genma were sitting down playing a game of shoji when their master walked into the room carrying a rather large sack of women's undergarments.

Happossi stood there waiting impatiently for a minute before yelling, "WHERE IS RANMA!"

Genma being lazy and nonchalant said, "He ran the other day after school."

"HE WHAT! YOU TWO BETTER GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTTS AND GO AFTER THE BOY! NOW MOVE IT!"

---------------------Masaki shrine

Washu sat at one of her many computers and laughed giddily. She had been picking up weird power readings since early that morning. At first, she ignored it because it seemed too small to be of any significance, but a few minutes later alarms started to go off so she looked again. The second time she looked at the readings she was shocked, a rather large power was heading in her direction, as she watched she started to see that the power was fluctuating rapidly. Therefore, like any good scientist she grabbed a sugar-filled snack and started to watch the readings. As she watched, she figured out the speed that the power was moving at and said, "With any luck my new test subject will be here right after dinner.

---------------------------------------early evening

Ranma reached a clearing looking off into the distance she saw a lake and for some reason she knew she had to cross it. The fear was so great that she felt like she could not swim the deep looking water. Her thoughts were bombarded with monsters and vicious lake creatures. Looking along the shoreline to see if there was a faster way she shuddered. All along, the shoreline in both directions was lined with tree's that emitted dark and dreary shadows. From these shadows, she felt thousands of evil demons that were out to get her. Weeping in frustration, she decided to swim across because for some reason she felt like she was being pulled somewhere and needed to get there as soon as possible. So she carefully started to wade into the water, and even she could not tell if she was shaking out of fear or being cold.

-----------------------------Near the shrine at the bottom of the steps----

Nabiki and Nodoka had just gotten out of a taxi and started towards the shrine when an elderly man in robes stepped out into the path.

"'Hello, can I help you two ladies, oh sorry, where are my manners? My name is Katshuhito Masaki and welcome to the Masaki shrine."

Nodoka sighed in relief maybe this man can help her with her son. Greeting the man she said, "Masaki-san my Name is Nodoka Saotome and this young lady is Nabiki Tendo. We are here because we believe my son is heading this way and we are hoping that we can intercept him."

Katshuhito stared at the elder woman with a slight hint of sadness evident in his eyes and thought, "She reminds me so much of my eldest daughter, I would swear that it was her if I had not pulled out her and her sons son's dead bodies out of that fire years ago." Clearing his head he spoke, "Well why don't we go inside and wait to see if your son comes here."

Shaking her head Nabiki said, "That won't work. See the thing is that Ranma has been drugged and is no longer mentally stable. In addition, he is severely injured. In addition, to make matters worse he is an extremely powerful martial artist. I hope that he will be weakened enough for us to be able to subdue him with out any force. Unfortunately I am no martial artist and he is terrified of his mother."

Katshuhito looked questionably at the older woman and thought, "Why would her own son be afraid of her?" Mentally shaking his head he thought, "Ranma that was my grandson's name." Chalking his latter thoughts up to coincidence she said, "I suggest that we bring you into the house and then we can get you some help. There are a few people in the house that are most likely strong enough to give us a hand."

With the pleasantries over with, they started to make their way to the house.

-------------------------Back with Ranma --

Ranma had finally finished crossing the lake. She crawled onto the shore now clad in the tattered remains of her red shirt and her boxers; having lost her pants when they were snagged by something that she thought was a monster. So she did the sensible thing and let the monster keep them.

As she crawled along in her delusional state, she saw what had been calling to her since she left Nerima it was a massive tree. Using a sudden burst of speed, she arrived at it and settled in-between one of the massive roots and the base of it. Rocking slightly back and forth she pressed her hand against the mighty tree attempting to siphon off the aura of peace and serenity the tree emitted. So lost in her attempt she failed to notice three figures approach her.

"Hey kid what are you doing here," said the woman with cyan colored hair.

Ranma tensed up immediately and said in a pleading voice, "Please just leave me alone, I don't wanna get hurt any more."

Washu seeing the distressed girl put aside her dreams of studding her after she took notice of all the blood that was pooling out of scabs and cuts all over this girls body. In a soothing voice she said, "We mean you no harm but your hurt, please come inside with us and we will clean you up and get you something to eat. Come on." After she finished speaking she started to walk towards the girl.

Ranma saw the young girl walking to her and shrieked out, "GET AWAY FROM ME. LEAVE ME ALONE."

------------------- With Nabiki Nodoka and Katshuhito ----

The three of them had just started walking when they heard Ranma's scream. Letting off multiple curses Nabiki and Nodoka dropped their packs and took off running."

--------------Up at the shrine ----------

Tenchi was just finishing his chores at the shrine when he hear a girl scream thinking that someone was in trouble he started running in the direction of the yell.

------------------In the house ---------

Sasami was cleaning the kitchen when she felt Tsunami calling out to her. Stopping what she was doing she walked into the living room and laid down on the couch so that she could communicate with her.

------------------------- Outside------

Ryoko was confused, she knew her mother was creepy but that was to people that knew her, most people saw her as a young girl. Seeing the reaction that Washu got she stood in place and said, "Listen kid we are not going to hurt you so why don't you just come inside." She tried to continue but was cut off by the girl's scream of, "ccccaaaaattt."

Ryo-ohki was confused she followed Ryoko and Washu outside in her furry cat girl body. But after seeing how scared the girl was she transformed into her cabbitform. She approached the girl silently and rubbed up against her leg letting off a soothing, "mmmyyyeeeaaah." Then all heck broke loose.

Ranma was sitting their shaking wondering why these people were trying to get her. Then she felt something rub across her leg, looking down she froze in horror. She now knew why they wanted her inside. They were going to eat her. She screamed, "Ccccaaaaatttt." In addition, waited for the fear to take over her consciousness. Instead of the Nekoken coming into effect, she was overwhelmed with unparalleled mental anguish. She started thrashing and screaming not noticing her ki claws extending out.

Ryoko and Ryo-ohki were sent flying after the girl started to lash out. Wash having noticed the girls increasingly agitated state had backed off and brought out her computer. Looking at the readings from her scans she whispered, "Oh Tsunami what has happened to this girl. Looking up from the screen, she called out. "Ryoko take Ryo-ohki back inside and then get Katshuhito and the others out here, but tell them to keep their distance, this girl has been hurt really bad but she is still extremely powerful." As Ryoko teleported, away three figures ran up to her.

Nabiki was winded; she had not run that fast in a long time. After passing the house she saw two figures and what looked like a cat closing in on Ranma with a sigh of, "Great just what we need, " she ran up to the group. Right as she arrived the woman with cyan colored hair seemed to disappear with the cat leaving a young girl alone. Speaking to the younger redhead she said, "Ranma is really dangerous right now, she was drugged the other day and ever since she has been getting worse." Directing her attention to Ranma, she was almost brought into tears.

Ranma reminded her of a caged animal with the exception of the whimpering and sobs that she was emanating. Racking her brain, she hastily came up with a plan speaking aloud she said, "Everyone get back and stay back. The other day at the school for some reason Ranma called out to me for help, I am hoping that he will still trust me enough to let me get close enough to him."

Nodoka spoke up, "Are you sure Nabiki, he isn't exactly himself right now this is dangerous."

Katshuhito chose this moment to speak up, "I do not mean to interrupt, but I thought you said you were looking for your son. This is clearly a girl."

Nabiki spoke in a slightly annoyed tone, "Ranma is a man but he has a curse that he picked up in china, basically, cold water girl, warm water boy, now if every one would kindly back off I am going to try to approach Ranma." Gathering her emotions into check, she schooled her facial features and brought forth her ice queen façade and started to walk forward slowly.

Ranma seeing that everyone had started to back away with the exception of one person, shakily called out in a pleading voice, "Please just leave me alone, I don't want to be eaten. Pplease don't hurt me, I'm not doing anything wrong, and I just want to be left alone."

Nabiki was at her limits, she did not know how much more of seeing Ranma like this she could take. In her most neutral voice she said, "Ranma the other day you asked me to help you. Do you remember?"

Ranma shakily replied, "Yeeesss iii ddddoo."

Nabiki inched closer and said, "Good, I am glad you remember. Now I am not going to let anyone eat you, do you understand?"

"Yeah but what about those monsters that were here you're not a martial artist how can you keep them away form me?"

"Ranma, they will listen to me just try to calm down, I know you are scared and I promise that no one is going to get you. I want you to focus on my face, just keep your eyes on my face."

"You promise?"

"Yeah I promise," finally reaching Ranma's position she sat across from the girl and said, "Now I want you to come here and sit on my lap but just keep your eyes on my face, but if you start to get tired just close your eyes, I will watch over you."

Ranma crawled onto Nabiki's lap, the moment their skin touched, Ranma lunged the rest of the way and started to shake and sob uncontrollably.

Nabiki was having a hard time keeping her emotions from showing on her face. Embracing Ranma into a hug, she gently brought Ranma's face down to where it was resting on her bosom. Once her own face was out of Ranma's line of vision Nabiki let her control slip. SHe silently began to cry over the sheer amount of torment that Ranma's was being forced to endure. Without warning the world disappeared and the two vanished."