I do not own Ranma ½ or Ben 10. I am only writing this for fun. No money is being made from this and I don't plan for any money to be made from it at all. I hope you enjoy.

Ranma 10 ½

By Ten-Faced Paladin

Chapter 1: Enter the Omnitrix

Outer Space

The void of space was a truly wondrous thing. It gave off the sense of infinity and calm. The infinite darkness was something that could intimidate someone. However, as empty as space can be, it was very far from empty.

BOOM!

A large alien craft was being targeted in the midst of a battle. It appeared to be a more graceful ship with curves and made for flying. However, that beauty was slowly being destroyed in blasts by the larger ship.

This larger ship was mostly dark colors and had a much more sinister appearance to it. It was unrelenting as it blasted away at the ship. One lucky shot made impact against the smaller ship's engines, killing them instantly. The smaller ship was now dead in space and vulnerable to further assault.

On the bigger ship in the command chamber, there was an alien organism sitting in the command chair. He was donned in a black suit and had green skin. His head was bald and had tentacles coming from the sides. He also had a green item which circled around the sides of his head. His eyes were an evil red glow. However, the most intimidating thing about him was the large muscled frame that he was in possession of.

"Dead in the air," the sinister figure chuckled. "Now I will have what I desire. Prepare for boarding!"

The robot drones that this alien commanded accepted the orders and began to move again. The drones themselves all had the usual red color scheme. They were quadruped with a slight crab appearance. They were also completely loyal to their master. Tis was shown as they followed their master's order.

The ship flew in closer to its target before it was hovering right over it. A long tube extended from the bigger ship before landing on the smaller one. Impacts could be heard from the end, which signaled how the hull of the smaller ship was being punctured for easy access.

The sinister alien and contingent of his robots went through the lift and went through the hole that his tube had created. He carelessly ran through the hallways of the enemy ship until he came to a door which was secured tightly.

"Heh," he smirked. "Child's play."

One of the robots stepped forward and brought out an attachment which was being held in its metal body. It looked like a welding torch. The robot brought the torch to the door and began to cut through it like butter. The steel door fell to the ground with a loud clang as smoke wafted from the melted edges.

The tentacled alien walked through the hole with some expectation on his face before coming into an empty room. His eyes widened when he saw what he was looking for was nowhere in sight. A growl escaped his throat before a roar followed it.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Extending from the ship, a spike-shaped missile streaked out towards the closest planet that it could find. In this case, a blue planet unkown to many beings in the universe that the natives like to call Earth.

As the object flew closer to the planet, a piece of shrapnel from the battle impacted against the object. The hurtling object was knocked slightly off course from its original destination. It was still going to land on the Earth, but now it was going to land in a different landmass than the one who sent it had been intending.

Earth-Japan

Ranma Saotome was staring into the fire that he had set up in the wilderness. He had decided to take a training trip. Nerima was bugging him since the failed wedding and he was tired of it. it had been peaceful for a while, but that didn't last long before it started up again. Shampoo and Ukyo seemed to believe that he would be grateful that they helped stop the wedding and actually seemed confused why he wasn't thanking them. The rivals were fighting as desperately as they could, but the Jusenkyo cursed ones were also putting their wrath down on Happosai. Not that they were making any progress though.

Akane was mellowed out a little, but her temper was as bad as ever against the fiancées and rivals. Of course the fathers weren't helping out a lot with their insistence that the two be married as soon as possible. Nodoka kept mentioning how nice a couple they were and hinting about grandchildren, but Ranma could take that. At least she wasn't trying to force them together with no thought about the cost. Nabiki was as cold as ever and managed to hide her tracks very well about selling invitations to the wedding, but asking the fiancées how they knew about it answered the question rather quickly.

With all of it coming together, Ranma needed some time alone. That was the reason why he was in the mountains alone in the first place. He had managed to slip away from the chaos in the night and left a letter so everyone would know he was okay and that he was coming back. Of course, the fiancées probably go looking for him anyway since they would see it as a chance to score some points. Not that they would with the attitude that they sported, fighting over him like a piece of property.

"I'm sick of this," he sighed.

He looked up to the sky and observed the clouds as they waved by. Sometimes Ranma envied the balls of fluff. They didn't have to worry about anything and could just go where they wanted. No responsibilities, no battles to fight, and best of all, no fiancées out to try and marry him.

As he was looking into the sky, he noticed a small bright speck in the sky. He blinked at it slightly, thinking it a little odd that a star was out in broad daylight. Weren't they supposed to only be visible at night? Even Ranma wasn't dumb enough to believe otherwise.

The star began to grow bigger right before Ranma's eyes and he suddenly realized that he wasn't looking at a star; he was looking at a meteor!

"Oh man!" he cried as he stood up. "Figures. Only this kind of thing would happen to me!"

The meteor shot towards the ground in all its flaming glory. It was aimed right at Ranma's camp, so the martial artist decided that it was time to vacate the premises immediately!

"Yow!" Ranma cried as the meteor crashed to the ground with a resounding boom. The force of the impact shook the ground and forced Ranma to stumble and hit the dirt. The dirt trembled as the meteor skidded across the ground before finally coming to a stop.

The pigtailed martial artists looked up to see the devastation. There was a large crater in the ground and a long trench that went on after that. There were some minor fires in the dirt and some trees had been uprooted.

"Aw man my stuff!" Ranma cried. He dashed to what used to be his campsite and found that what had been the fires in the trench was actually what was left of his belongings that had survived the impact. It seemed like his camping trip had been cut short.

Heaving a sigh to himself, Ranma tried to relax. He was understandably shaken since he had been almost creamed by a meteor. That would have been a great way to go out. Ranma Saotome, the defeater of princes and kings, only to be taken out by a chunk of flying space rock.

"Maybe I can make a gift out of it," Ranma shrugged. "It might get Nabiki off my back since she'll be able to sell it for something."

After inspecting to see if there was anything else he could salvage, Ranma walked towards the final resting point of the meteor that almost creamed him. He arrived at the crater and was expecting a hunk of rock, but instead he found a perfecting round ball that looked like it had black lines over it.

"Now what the heck is this?" Ranma asked no one as he stepped closer.

The ball itself seemed pretty harmless from first glance, and since Ranma really never looked before he leaped, he stepped into the crater and closer to the ball. As he came closer, the ball let out a hissing sound before the top half opened and released a bright green glow. It caused Ranma to pause for a moment before he realized that he couldn't feel anything coming from whatever was inside. Now sure that he wasn't going to get hurt, her pressed onward to see what was inside the ball.

What he did find was what looked like some kind of bracelet. It was manly black except for four white tubes running from the centre. In the centre was a round circle that had a diamond pattern in it that was glowing brightly. Around the edge of the circle were four green dots. Right underneath the circle was a prominent green button which stood out. To Ranma, it didn't look like something dangerous.

"Cool. A watch from outer space," Ranma snickered as he peered at the device.

It didn't appear to be dangerous so Ranma started to reach inside to grab the watch in question. Before his fingers could touch the item in question, the watch band seemed to unravel itself before actually flying through the air and wrapping itself around Ranma's left wrist,

"Ack!" Ranma cried. He grabbed the watch and pulled at it as much as he could. "Get off me! I didn't want to wear you! Leggo!"

As much as he pleaded and pulled, the watch just did not want to let go of him. It was stuck like glue and even Ranma's considerable strength was not enough to even make the thing move. After several moments of fighting with it, he gave up and let his arms drop.

"Fine," he groaned. "If you don't want to let go then you can stay. You'll probably get wrecked though."

He wasn't sure if the item in question was listening to him, but he figured if it could suddenly move and latch itself to him, it was probably alive on some level. Of course, that probably wouldn't last long by the time he got back to Nerima. The rivals would be all over him; trying to make sure he stayed gone.

"Well, since you incinerated all my stuff, I might as well head home," Ranma grumbled. "I just hope Nabiki will lay off about the debt until I can get it replaced."

With another depressed sigh, he began walking in the direction of the Nerima district. However, he had no clue about the amazing object which had entered his life and what it was capable of.

Outer Space

The sinister alien growled as he returned to his ship, angered by his failure to secure the device which would give him ultimate power. His anger was so great he even smashed a few of his drones on the way back to his bridge.

"I want scanners after the trail of the omnitrix!" he bellowed. "NOW!"

The drones went into a flurry as they went to consoles to start their search for their lost quarry. However, as the alien was looking at his viewing screen, red symbols began going across it.

"Sensor array has been hit!" he cried. "Blast! It could take years to track it down!"

His map broadened to see which way the omnitrix had gone. There were so many directions that could have went and it had gone only one way. However, one way looked interesting.

"Hmm," the alien pondered. "Perhaps it hasn't gone far at all. Set course for that blue planet!"

The drones made tone of affirmation before they continued on their work. The alien commanding them just leaned back in his chair and waited to arrive at his destination. As he was settling into his chair for the ride, more alarms began going off.

"What is going on!" the alien demanded.

One of he drones pointed to a monitor and the alien's eyes widened when he saw the ship he had just raided charging up all its weapons.

"Shoot it down!" the alien barked. "Now!"

The drones scurried to do as commanded, but they couldn't target the enemy ship quickly enough. The energy beams fired directly at the larger shi and blasted right through the armor which protected the occupants.

"NOOOO!" the alien bellowed a second time before explosions ripped through his ship.

Earth-Nerima District

Ranma calmly walked through the streets of the district he called home. It seemed the Wrecking Crew hadn't gone on a rampage after the found out he was gone. Then again, he had only been gone two days so they were probably still searching the district or blaming each other that he was gone.

"Better check to see of the dojo is still standing," he sighed as he followed the familiar route back to his place of residence.

As he was walking, he began to feel tense. It was a regular feeling for him since he half expected being attacked out of the blue for little or no reason at all. Usually it was someone misunderstanding something or just being bent on some kind of revenge.

"RANMA! PREPARE TO DIE!"

Case in point, Ryoga Hibiki. Otherwise known as the Eternally Lost Boy. Born with no sense of direction, he has been holding a grudge against Ranma since they went to school in Junior High. First it was about bread that Ranma had beaten him ot, then it was the duel that Ryoga was thee days late for, next was his Jusenkyo curse which Ranma took responsibility for, and finally it as the way that Ranma treated Akane.

"Hey Ryoga," Ranma sighed as he turned to face the bandanna-wearing boy who had somehow appeared behind him. Then again, Ryoga was always popping out of nowhere for no reason. "What's up?"

"So, decided to come back eh?" Ryoga growled. "After abandoning Akane like that? I'll make you pay!"

"I didn't abandon her you dip," Ranma frowned. "I just went on a training trip and a meteor wrecked my stuff so I had to come back."

"Bah, so the gods finally decided to punish you!" Ryohga growled. "Then I'll finish the job!"

Ryoga charged with his umbrella raised high. Ranma took one of his battle stances that he liked to use when fighting Ryoga. When one went against him, speed was usually the best way to go since he liked to use power techniques that could lay an opponent flat in one hit.

Ryoga swiped at Ranma with his umbrella numerous times, but Ranma had long since gotten used to his style of attack. He lay a punch to Ryoga's face and leaped back while he stumbled. Ryoga was very used to pain since he trained in the Bakusai Tenketsu, so a punch to the face only slowed him down for a minute or so.

"Listen Ryoga, I'm not in the mood for this today," Ranma spoke, trying to reason with his opponent. "Can't we take a rain check for this and fight another time?"

"Not when I can deal your punishment today!" Ryoga barked. "Bakusai Tenketsu!"

Ryoga pressed his finger into the ground and made an explosion which sent dust and debris flying through the air. It was a common move for him since it covered whatever moves he was going to make before he actually made them.

Rubble flew through the air and Ranma raised his arms to shield himself. As the rubble fell, a piece of stone fell and managed to hit the green button that was on the watch that he was wearing. It made a few beeping noises before the circle in the middle raise up on a small pillar with green lines in it. The symbol in the centre changed to a green diamond and the shadow of some kind of being appeared inside of it. It seemed like a bulky figure with spiked coming from its shoulders.

"Ah man," Ranma sighed as he saw the watch change. "Looks like it broke already."

"Face me Ranma!" Ryoga shouted as he dashed towards Ranma.

"Hope this is fixable. It's a cool watch," Ranma muttered, ignoring Ryoga. He reached to the raised circle and pressed it back down into the watch. As the circle and the rest of the device made contact, there was a flash of green light which lit up the surrounding area.

Ranma lurched over as he felt his entire body begin to change. It wasn't like his Jusenkyo curse in it was an almost unnoticeable change. This change was very noticeable and very physical. Green crystal spread from the watch and spread up his arm. His body began to get bulkier and grow in height. It didn't feel painful, but it did feel incredibly weird.

The change ended just as soon as it had begun, but boy was it EVER a change! Ranma had grown several inches taller and was now taller than even the adults. His arms were as thick as tree trunks and covered with green crystal. His head had met a similar fate with the crstal and was blockish with a spike of crystal running from the back of his head. Two spikes were jutting from his back as well. He had yellow eyes which had no pupils and made him look rather intimidating. He was donned in an armless jumpsuit that was black on the left side, and blue on the right side, matching Ranma's shirt from before the change. The symbol that was on the watch was planted over his heart and was white instead of green.

"Waagh!" Ranma cried as he took in his new body. His voice was gruff and gravelly. "What the heck happened to me!"

Ryoga was stunned into stillness at what he was looking at. He rubbed his eyes just to make sure that he wasn't seeing things. After the third round of rubbing his eyes he had determined that yes, Ranma had turned himself into some kind of crystal monster. After a few moments of staring at the panicked crystal Ranma, he finally managed to get his voice back.

"Ranma…is that you?" he asked bluntly.

"Yes it's me stupid!" the crystal Ranma growled. "Who do I look like!"

"You look like a living gemstone!" Ryoga shot back. This had to be Ranma. No one else could sound so rude to him even in a crisis.

"I know!" Ranma growled as he held his head in his hands. "Why did this happen though? Why did I suddenly change into a damn crystal ornament?"

"Well, did you touch something?" Ryoga asked. The fight was the farthest thing from his mind at the moment. "Knowing you, you probably ate something."

"I did not!" Ranma snapped. "I just…oh crap."

"What?"

"That damn watch!" Ranma cried. "I knew I shouldn't have gone near it! I touch the head and next thing I know it changes me into this! I knew I shouldn't have touched it!"

Ranma felt his anger boiling at what was happening. This only seemed to happen to him and he was getting sick of it. He began to growl as he reared his fist back and slammed in into the ground. The second his fist hit the ground, it erupted in numerous green crystals which spiked in all directions. The entire area was silent as both Ranma and Ryoga stared with open mouths at what they had seen.

"Woah," Ranma blinked. "Didn't know I could do that."

Ryoga blinked in shock as he faced the technique that Ranma had pulled off in his new body, "Ranma….did you do that?"

Despite knowing that Ryoga had been witness to the incident, he answered, "Pretty sure I did."

As the thoughts of what he had just done hit home, Ranma began wondering if he could use this new body in his martial arts. Being able to generate crystal like Link and Pink made him giddy for if or when he had to fight against someone like them again. As with anything related to martial arts, Ranma began getting excited by the prospect of it.

"Hey, Ryoga," Ranma spoke up. "Wanna see what else I can do?"

Ryoga just nodded dumbly. From a rival's point of view, this would let him see what this new Ranma was capable of and what other abilities he had. It would be instrumental in facing against his rival and finally defeat him. Of course, from the viewpoint of a guy, he thought that this new Ranma looked really cool and being able to pull off moves like generating crystal just made it cool.

Ranma headed off for one of the many empty or abandoned lots in Nerima. Ryoga followed him easily since it was easy to follow a man made of crystal. Both martial artists walked into the lot before Ranma walked into the middle.

First thing Ranma did was concentrate on his skin. He wanted to see if he could grow crystal by will or if it was a fluke. He got his answer very quickly when he saw spikes growing out of his sin made of the very same crystal that his body was made of.

"All right!" he grinned. "Now we're getting somewhere!"

Ranma immediately flew into one of his many katas. He felt that his body was sluggish compared to his normal one, but it was definitely way stronger. He could still feel his ki and it was as strong as ever, but it was different. Definitely not human.

As Ranma was moving through his katas, he began pushing more crystal spikes out again. He wanted to see if he could do it while he was in the middle of something else. He happily did it with a grin and was getting more excited about it. As he unleased a forward punch, several crystals flew out of his hand and embedded themselves in the building in front of him. The crystals had actually punctures solid brick and concrete.

"Woah," Ryoga blinked. He hadn't been expecting that, but now at least he knew about it. It was a cool technique though.

"Wait until Mousse gets a load of me now!" Ranma grinned. "He hides weapons on his body; well I can MAKE weapons from my body!"

While Ranma was imagining he look on Mousse's face when he saw Ranma's new form, the mark on his chest was beginning to change. It was making a beeping sound while the image was blinking red. The light caught Ranma's attention and he turned his attention to it.

"Huh?" he blinked. That was then the moment when he was engulfed in red light which covered his entire body.

Ryoga covered his eyes to keep himself from going blind from the sudden flash. Ranma's entire body began to shrink and turn into more curves and less blocks. The light didn't last terribly long, but when it had finished, Ryoga could see Ranma again. To his surprise, Ranma was back to normal and very much human again.

"I'm normal?" Ranma blinked. He got a huge grin on his face before cheering loudly again. "I'm normal again! Woo-hoo! I'm me again!"

Ranma was leaping everywhere and cheering loudly with excitement as he celebrated his refound humanity.

"Um…Ranma…?" Ryoga asked slowly. "Where exactly did you get that watch and are there any others?" Changing forms was always something Ranma had an advantage over him. Being able to change genders enabled Ranma to enter any type of martial arts tournament he wished, even if it was against women. Ryoga hated his pig form, despite being able to be close to Akane, but that form was useless in combat. If he could get his hands on the watch Ranma had now…

"Hey, what's wrong with this thing now?" Ranma questioned himself, looking at the red face of his new watch. "Is it broken again? Maybe I can turn into that diamond guy again."

"Why are you staring at your wrist?" asked Ryoga as he walked over to Ranma. He was still too stunned by the performance to get mad about being ignored by his friend/rival about the watch. "I asked where you got it."

"Oh, it came out of this metal ball that fell from the sky," Ranma answered as he continued to examine the device on his wrist. "It just latched on to me and I can't get it off."

"So that goofy watch is what made you change?" asked Ryoga.

"Yes Ryoga, this thing I'm wearing is what I'm pretty sure is what made me change into that crystal….what do we call it anyway?" asked Ranma.

"I dunno," Ryoga shrugged. "It looked kind of he was made of crystal. Your head was kind of noticeable though. Not many people have spikes coming out of their heads"

"You think so?" Ranma wondered. "Hey, why don't we call it Diamondhead then? Just for fun?"

"I guess," Ryoga shrugged. "It probably has some kind of name we can't pronounce anyway."

"What makes you think that?" asked Ranma. "I mean, it's just some kind of diamond skinned guy isn't it?"

"Looked kind of like an alien to me," Ryoga shrugged. "I met a bunch of little gray guys with big heads down in a place called Roswell. I think its south of Nerima. Anyway, they were pretty ticked that they couldn't figure out my direction problem. They kept mentioning things like generating portals and stuff. They were pretty mad at me for ending up in their ship. Not sure how I missed it though."

"Your point?" Ranma sighed.

"Diamondhead sure looked like an alien to me," Ryoga answered.

Ranma shrugged. It didn't really bother him that he turned into an alien. It was a pretty cool alien in his opinion. Being able to grow crystals and the feeling of strength in Diamonhead's muscles gave him an adrenaline, or whatever Diamondhead used for that sort of thing, rush. Being able to change back into a human was a pretty good thing in comparison though. He was a little confused as to just why he had changed back in the first place. He hadn't even touched the symbol over his heart while he was in Diamondhead's body. What had made him change back?

Since Ranma was back to normal, both martial artists decided that they could use something to eat. Ranma decided it was time to get something to eat and Ryoga could be somewhere for a single night. Besides, he wasn't about to a chance to be with Akane as himself rather than her pet P-chan.

The two boys managed to get back to the Tendo Dojo without major incident. None of the fiancés were around and the remaining rivals were probably turning in for the afternoon.

Outer Space

Aboard his ship, the sinister tentacle-faced alien received a report from one his drones, telling him that they had just detected the Omnitrix's energy signature. He would've gone but his body had sustained some internal injuries and from his first attempt at retrieving the Omnitirx and would need to be treated. However, why do something yourself when you can send others to do it for you?

He commanded the drones to send several attack drones to the planet and retrieve the Omnitrix and take care of anything that got in its way.

Back In Nerima

On their way to the Tendo Dojo, Ryoga just stared as Ranma toyed around with the alien watch. It had returned to being green some time ago and Ranma decided that since it looked okay, it was time to experiment. "Hey, check this out!" Ranma said as he twisted the face of the watch around a few times. The face had popped up and instead of pushing it down, he started to twist it around. "I bet I can change into these things too!" On the face of the watch was a silhouette of an alien being, which would switch each time Ranma twisted it. "Oh, man, this is so cool!"

"I don't think you should be playing with that thing," Ryoga warned. Who know what else Ranma would turn into next? Ranma was acting like he'd gotten a gift from Santa for Christmas or a kid who got a cool toy for his birthday.

"Oh, come on, what's the worst that can happen?" Ranma asked.

SPLASH!

He had to ask.

"Oh, man! Not this time too!" Ranma-chan shouted as she tried to dry out her clothes. A car had just sped by and splashed her with a puddle. Ryoga had quickly used his umbrella to shield himself from the water. Of course Ranma might have been able to dodge it if she hadn't been so focused on the device on her arm.

Ranma-chan then checked the watch. "Oh, I sure hope this thing didn't get damaged." Of course, she just had to press down on the face. Ryoga shielded his eyes from the green flash of light and when the glow died down, he opened his eyes….and proceeded to get a huge nosebleed.

Whatever alien Ranma-chan had turned into, was sure gorgeous! She had pale violet skin and sensual curves. Her torso was wrapped in a dark blue leotard that had the symbol on the watch right underneath her breasts. Her smooth arms and legs were clad in black arm gloves and thigh-high boots. She had deep black hair cascading down her back and her face was rather attractive. However, her eyes were completely black and there was a pair of strange bat-like wings coming out of her back. There were a long pair of fangs revealed under her full lips and she looked VERY upset.

Of course, Ryoga's attention was trapped on her impressive breasts and the visible cleavage that her outfit afforded.

"Don't even say a word," Ranma-chan growled as she began dragging Ryoga along. Ryoga was trying not to speak since he would burst out into another nosebleed if he stopped concentrating on other things besides Ranma's alien female chest.

Unfortunately, peace was not to be hers. As she was walking down the street, men were making all sots of catcalls and offering dates. They didn't seem to mind that she had wings and looked like something out of a horror movie. They were either turned on by that or assumed her to be in cosplay. Ryoga didn't get by unscathed either since people were asking if he knew her or of she was single.

Their walk continued until they reached a site being cornered off by the electric company. A wire had come loose and the building had been shut off for the moment. As Ranma and Ryoga came closer, the female alien began hearing noises coming from the wires. Delicious sounds.

As if in a trance, Ranma-chan let go of Ryoga and walked through the barriers. She sauntered right up to the hanging cable, unheeding of the cries of people and the hydro workers who were coming back from a break. She reached up and took the cable into her hands. Despite the power being turned off, there was still plenty of energy sitting idle in the cable components.

"Yum," Ranma-chan smiled before she opened her mouth and dug her fangs into the wire. Electric voltage immediately began running through her teeth and into her body. Instead of feeling pain or discomfort, Ranma almost purred in satisfaction as she took in the voltage. After a short time of this, she took the cable out and began walking towards the amazed and clapping crowd. They had actually assumed that they were witnessing a show.

"W-w-why did you do that?" Ryoga asked, trying desperately not to stare at her breasts.

"I was hungry," Ranma-chan shrugged. "Why?"

"You just sucked electricity out of that cable!" Ryoga cried out.

"I did?" Ranma-chan blinked. Her eyes then widened in shock as the event and the ramifications came back to her. "Woah! I did! I'm not hungry anymore either!"

A beeping noise caught the boy's attention and they saw that the symbol below her chest was glowing red again. In another flash of red light, Ranma-chan had changed back to her normal human female self. Ryoga silently let out a sigh of relief. No more provocative outfit for him. No nosebleed!

"So what does it feel like?" Ryoga asked. "Changing like that, I mean."

"Weird," Ranma-chan sighed as she gazed at the now red watch with a frown. "The change itself is fast, but you can feel it happening. When I'm one of those aliens, I'm still me, but it doesn't feel like me."

"What are you talking about?" Ryoga asked in confusion. Since when did Ranma ever try to talk about deep things? He then handed a thermos to Ranma-chan. Luckily for her, the water inside was still warm so she splashed the water onto herself, changing her back to male Ranma.

"When I was Diamondhead, making spikes and stuff suddenly became second nature to me after the first few times," Ranma explained. "Then with Seductress, I somehow knew that I could drain the electricity out of that cable."

"Seductress?" Ryoga wondered. That was then the idea hit him. "Oh! That lady form you were in a minute ago!"

"Yeah," Ranma nodded. "You think I was in a female alien form because I was female when I changed?"

"Probably," Ryoga shrugged. "Makes sense when I think about it. Wonder what a male version would look like? You know, it's like you have two sets of aliens for every one you can change into."

"Kind of a hassle," Ranma grumbled.

"So are you going to tell the others?" asked Ryoga.

"No way!" Ranma cried out. "Nabiki would see this to some government in a heartbeat! The Amazons would want me even more for the power this thing possessed and the other rivals might want to pry it off for themselves. Come to think of it, Pop might try to pry it off just to sell it."

"But you said you can't get it off," Ryoga spoke up.

"Yeah," Ranma nodded. "Of course the others would probably say I'm not doing it right and try anyway."

Ryoga didn't like to admit it, but Ranma was right. He would give almost anything to have the thing Ranma was now in possession of. Mousse and any other rivals that might pop up would do anything they could to get it if they knew what it could do. The Amazons would try to turn him into an obedient soldier or just try to see if blood relations could remove it with a blood relation. Nabiki and Genma would definitely try to sell it if they could get it off.

"That's why I need you to promise on your honor to never tell anyone about this thing and what it can do," Ranma frowned as he stared at Ryoga.

Ryoga nodded quickly. He may not have been on the best terms with him, but when Ranma got serious about something then it was best to get out of the way. Herb and Saffron learned that the hard way.

"But how are you gonna hide it?" Ryoga wondered out loud. The thing was huge!

Ranma sweatdropped. "Um…I haven't thought of that part yet."

Both boys finally made it back to the dojo without incident. They were only slowed down when Ranma stopped at Tofu's clinic for some hot water. Ranma had rolled down his usually rolled up sleeves and they seemed to do a decent job of covering the watch. It had changed back to green while they were walking so he took care not to press any buttons on it lest he accidentally transform into another alien. That would not go down well with the Tendos and his father.

"Tadaima," Ranma called as he stepped through the door. "Brought Ryoga with me."

"Hello Ranma," Kasumi called from the kitchen. She walked out to see the pigtailed boy and his friend. "It is good to have you home. I thought you would be home in a few days though."

"A meteor smashed my stuff," Ranma shrugged. "Had to come back."

"Oh my! How unlucky," Kasumi gasped. "Well, I'm glad that you're safe. I have plenty for dinner tonight so both you and Ryoga can have your fill."

"Thanks Kasumi," Ranma smiled. He then dragged Ryoga into the dining room where the rest of the Tendo family and his father were getting ready for dinner.

"Boy!" Genma snapped. "How dare you just up and leave and not take your kind and gentle fiancée with you!"

"DON"T YOU CARE ABOUT MY LITTLE GIRL!" Soun bellowed in his demon head form.

Ranma did not want to deal with this at the moment. He had just discovered that he could turn into different kinds of aliens and had done so twice that morning. He was stressed enough from the first time and the second time had ticked him off. He had enough stress for the day and he didn't want to have to deal with the father's whining about the schools that day.

"I was on a training trip," Ranma sighed. "I just wanted some peace and quiet along with some time to myself. Is that too much to ask for?"

"You're a regular chaos magnet, Saotome," Nabiki snickered. "Peace and quiet is a foreign concept for you."

"Well I had it before I came back," Ranma muttered.

Akane was not going on another spiel about Ranma being perverted since she knew he was alone on the training trip. His letter saying what he was doing had mentioned that he was alone. Well, that and the other fiancées coming over that morning to see where Ranma was since they couldn't find him. Since the days of Jusendo, Akane had been a little more inclined to trust Ranma at least a little. He did risk his life for her.

"Hello, Ryoga," she smiled brightly as she spied her other houseguest. "It's been a while since we saw you. How have you been?"

"O-oh, I-I've been around," Ryoga stuttered in response. His nervousness around Akane going into overdrive instantly.

Ranma shook his head as he headed for the table. Some things would never change when they had the chance to stay the same. Ryoga was probably never going to change since he was torn up between Akane and Akari. It was a little Kuno-like how he couldn't decide between the two of them, but then again, he had zero experience with women so he had no idea what to do. Kuno, on the other hand, just convinced himself that every woman wanted him and that it was perfectly okay to have both.

With Ryoga mooning over Akane and the fathers distracted by dinner, Ranma sat himself down and began to eat. He secretly hoped that he could get some peace for the night and that no one would notice his newest acquisition. He had enough problems with it as it was without having everyone trying to take it from him.

Ranma ate his dinner at light speed, dodging his father's greedy hands and making sure that nothing was left on his plate. He kept his hands going at a rapid pace so that no one would be able to notice the odd bulge that was hidden underneath his sleeve. People really weren't that observant unless it was about something they wanted to pay attention to, but Nabiki paid attention to everything in case she could make money off of it.

"I'm done," Ranma announced as he stood up. "Thanks, Kasumi."

Without even waiting for a reply, Ranma got his plates and headed out for the kitchen to deposit them. He was going to take every opportunity he could to keep his new gadget hidden underneath his shirt.

After getting rid of his dishes, he went straight upstairs to his room. He wasn't going to stick around though. His room was one of the last places he could get some privacy. Especially with the way his father would sneak in and out to either steal from him or attack him in his sleep. Ranma only went to his room for the easy access he had to the roof.

He flipped up onto the roof and quickly went to his usual thinking spot. Usually when he looked up into space, he found the space nice and peaceful. After finding that alien watch, he realized that space wasn't as empty as he thought. That concerned him a little, but it also gave him hope. Maybe somewhere out there, there were people that he could actually become friends with without having to fight them over little things or petty jealousy. Knowing that he might actually have friends out there in space made Ranma feel a little more at peace.

"Maybe you're a gift from those aliens that want me to understand them better," Ranma said to the strange alien watch. "I keep hearing people saying 'walking a mile in someone else's shoes', maybe this is what it meant." Ranma was not usually someone would perceive as deep and philosophical, but then again he never had many chances to just sit there and think. He was usually always attacked at some point and lost his train of thought to focus on the fight.

He sighed.

A flash of movement.

Ranma could see something leaping from roof to roof. It was a small gnomish thing carrying a large bundle. From what Ranma knew, only one person would be doing such a thing.

Happosai.

True, the perverted grandmaster of Anything Goes was a pervert, but he was still grandmaster for a reason. No matter how old he was, he could still give the young a run for their money. That, and because Happosai would often cheat to get his way.

Ranma looked down on the watch and then pressed a button. The face popped up.

"Well, they did say that turnabout was fair play," Ranma smiled before twisting the face around to the silhouette of the alien he wanted to become. Smiling as he found it, he then slammed his palm down on the face.

There was a bright green flash as Ranma felt the change overtake him.

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"What a haul! What a haul!" Happosai laughed as he leapt from roof to roof for his ill gotten gains. Now, the only thing that would make this night perfect would be burying his face into the ample bosom of a lithe beauty.

Suddenly, Happosai felt odd. The weight of the bundle was…wait! Where was the bundle! It had vanished out of thin air.

"Looking for this?" Happosai heard a raspy voice and then he looked to see who had dared to get in the way of his fun and his eyes widened.

It was a demon!

The demon was dressed in a skintight black suit with a blue stripe running down its centre, a strange symbol in the centre of its waist to create the impression of a belt, a long black helmet covered head, long and skinny arms and legs. It had sharp scissor-like claws and wheels for feet. It also had a long and thick tail. The helmet it wore also covered its face and had a glowing blue' X' shaped visor. The visor then slid open, revealing a blue face with green eyes. The 'demon' looked almost like a reptile. In one of its claws, was Happosai's bundle.

"Return that to me, demon!" Happosaid demanded.

"The name's Velocity, old man," the 'demon' spoke. A smirk was adorning its reptilian lips as it gazed at the shriveled pervert. "What's an old guy like you doing with these anyway? Doubt they'd fit you."

"They're mine! I earned them!" Happosai roared. He reached into his gi and pulled out several round bombs. "HAPPO-FIRE BURST!"

The old pervert hurled the bombs at an impressive speed. Velocity just smirked before he began moving again. He looked like a barely visible blur of blue and black. Happosai would have gasped, but the reptilian creature was already in his face. Its visor retracted to reveal its smirking face. The blue-scaled face only looked more intimidating when the bombs went off and left a shadow across his features.

"Too slow, old man," he laughed.

"Arrrgh!" Happosai bellowed as he leaped away. Velocity smirked at the old man's anger. The old guy was probably so used to being so much better than anyone else that he never even considered the fact that there were others better than him.

"I will have them back!" Happosai roared as he prepared to pull out more bombs.

"Oh please," Velocity snickered before he started running again. Happosai had just grabbed the bombs when he felt something behind him. He turned around to see what just before he got a blue tail slamming into his face.

Happosai was sent sailing down before he crashed into the street. He had hit the ground so hard he actually managed to break the road. It was nothing serious to him since he was very much used to pain, but it didn't mean that he liked being treated that way.

"You vile blue demon!" the old lecher cursed. "Do you know who I am!"

"You're an old pervert who doesn't know the meaning of the words fair play," a hissing voice answered. Happosai turned around to see Velocity leaning against a lamppost with the sack of underwear at his feet. "You also have a bad temper and throw a tantrum the minute something you don't like happens. Most of all, you abuse your skills for petty reasons just because you want something."

Velocity's smirk just made Happosai even angrier. No one spoke to him that way! Not even his heir! He was about to get up and teach this blue creature a lesson when something happened that made his blood run cold.

"There he is!" an angry female cried. "There's the guy that took our underwear!"

"Heh," Velocity smirked. "It looks like your fan club is here. As much as I'd like to see your wrinkled old butt get kicked, I have better things to do with my time."

With that, Velocity ran off again, leaving Happosai in the middle of a small crater with a mob of angry women bearing down on him.

"Mommy," he gulped.

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Velocity sped down the streets until he reached the Tendo Dojo and actually ran up the wall before climbing up onto the roof. As he got his balled feet down on the shingles, the icon on his waist began to blink red. Suddenly, his entire body was bathed in red light that shone brightly for a few seconds before vanishing. In Velocty's place was Ranma Saotome.

And he was laughing like a crazy man.

"Oh man that was awesome!" he laughed out loud. "The look on the old perv's face was priceless. I can't wait for him to get back here!"

And come home Happosai did. He was bloody and bruised with a big line-shaped bruise across his face. He was also using a stick to help himself move along.

"Master!" Soun cried. "What happened!"

"A cursed blue demon!" Happosai spat. "He ruined my fun! First he stole my silky darlings, then he left me to those pretty girls, and he finally had the nerve to return the darlings. Doesn't that fool have any idea what they are worth!"

"A demon that actually stopped you from doing bad things?" Nabiki asked. "You sure he was a demon?"

"Positive!" Happosai barked. "There was no mistaking it! There was no way that thing could be human."

Of course, Ranma heard the whole thing. It was positively priceless for him. It was all he could do to not burst out laughing and reveal himself. As far as he was concerned, the old perv got only a piece of what he really deserved.

"Hey, Ranma," Ranma heard Ryoga's voice as the Lost Boy climbed onto the roof. "So, I heard Happosai talking about a demon. Are you that demon?"

"Well, if you're talking about a 'speed demon', then yeah," Ranma grinned. Ryoga shook his head.

"I think you should knock it off with that thing," Ryoga advised. Ranma blinked at him in confusion. "What?"

"Was that actual friendly advice from Ryoga "Prepare to Die" Hibiki?" Ranma asked. It wasn't a joke. He was just making a careful observation. This wasn't sounding like Ryoga at all.

Ryoga sat down, calmly next to Ranma, which was a first for him. "Ranma, that thing is an alien device. Who knows what's looking for it. You should really be careful about how you use it."

"Ryoga, this thing actual gives me the freedom to be anyone and anything I want. I can do anything and no one would even know it's me."

Ryoga said, "You're starting to sound like Happosai."

Ranma froze. "What?"

"If you abuse that watch's power, you'll be no better than him. It's like using a shortcut and I thought that the 'great' Ranma Saotome would hate using shortcuts."

"So, what do you think I should do with this thing?" Ranma asked, referring to the watch. The power was intoxicating, but the lost boy did have a point. If he did start abusing the power, then how was he different from Happosai abusing the skills he had gained?

"Use it when absolutely necessary," Ryoga said. "When I finally beat you, I want to beat Ranma Saotome the human. Not the alien."

Ranma looked at the ground and then back to the watch. He knew it was powerful and he knew that it could help him. Still, he had to make sure he wouldn't abuse it. He definitely had to make sure it was only used when necessary.

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From the vastness of space, a red spear-like object began shooting towards the blue planet. It had received its orders and was going to make sure that they were followed or die trying.

Preferably others would die while it tried.

The object had been scanning the landmasses on the planet ahead. It was searching for energy signatures which it had been programmed to look for. If its target was on the approaching planet, then it would be found.

Nothing could stop it now.

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"ACHOO!" Ranma sneezed.

Wiping his nose, the pigtailed boy tried to feign interest in the lesson that the teacher was going through. He had discovered that if he looked like he was paying attention then the teachers wouldn't throw things at him. Even though he was looking like he was paying attention, his mind was miles away.

His mind was currently on the watch which was underneath his sleeve. During the night, he had decided to put it through its paces to see what it could do. He managed to transform into the aliens that he had available, which amounted to a total of ten. He had even though up of names for all of them for quick reference. Each body had their own strengths and weaknesses that both excited and angered him. Some bodies were so weak he didn't know what to do and he still couldn't figure out what they were good for.

'I have to wonder though,' Ranma pondered. 'What kind of world would produce an alien like Hacker?'

Ranma had been thinking about the different species that he had been in possession of at the moment. He had also wondered if he could change into more aliens than just the ten that he had found on the watch. Maybe they were locked away. Maybe there were only ten other alien species in the universe. Ranma wasn't sure, but he was definitely curious enough to try and find out. Maybe he could meet more aliens someday.

Ranma's eyes were gazing blankly outside where they saw something that he was rather familiar with; a flaming object coming from the sky. At first Ranma thought he was seeing things, but after blinking several times, he realized that he wasn't seeing things. It was another flaming meteor. Like last time, this one was coming right at the school.

"Hey everyone!" a girl in glasses shouted to everyone. "There's meteor in the sky!"

As the class began to get excited, Ranma couldn't help but begin to feel something bad coming into his gut.

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The drone had managed to find the signal of the Omnitrix on the eastern side of the planet. It had landed on one of the islands at the easternmost point. From what it had scanned about the natives, it would not receive much trouble from them. The only variable was if someone had gotten it or not. An even bigger variable was what kinds of life forms that native would have access to if they figured out how to make the Omnitrix work.

As it sped closer, the droid decided that it would capture the target with EXTREME prejudice if a native had found it.

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As the object crashed in the centre of the schoolyard, a large crater was formed. Luckily, nobody was injured by it. It was still smoking and it didn't appear to have been damaged by the impact that it made when it had arrived. Everyone had run to the windows to see what had made the loud noise and what had hit the ground so hard.

"Oh, man," Ranma gulped. He did not like the look of that thing. "What now?"

"It's a freakin UFO!" Daisuke shouted out.

"Just like that movie!" Hiroshi added. "You think they're little green men?"

Ranma watched the object beginning to move and felt a feeling of dread. His hand went over the watch for a second. Whatever this thing was, it hadn't arrived out of coincidence. Not after just finding the watch that he had come to treasure.

The object shuddered before it suddenly started to transform. A pair of legs folded out from under it as its main body rose up and folded forwards, allowing a pair of lone arms with sharp claw-like fingers to slide out. Its head then shriveled around, looking at the awestruck students.

Then, it attacked.

BOOM!

A portion of the school building exploded as a red beam was fired from the robot's eyes. Smoke and debris littered the air as the beams made impact against the school.

Then, chaos ensued.

Students began to scream and run for their lives. Smart move. That made too many moving targets for this robot to shoot. It didn't know which of the alien organisms had what it had been programmed to find. Shooting wildly might destroy its target. The students didn't realize that they were safe by running. However, someone just had to play hero.

Someone with little sense of reality.

Come on down, Tatewaki Kuno.

"Be still, my fellow pupils, for I, the Blue Thunder, shall slay this demon that has fallen from the heavens!" He gripped his bokken. "Be ready, my opponent, and be slain!" He let out a battlecry and charged straight at the 15 foot tall robot. Kuno could never be called cowardly, but he definitely couldn't be called intelligent either.

"Kuno, you idiot!" Ranma yelled as he chased after Kuno. Despite not liking the guy, even Ranma couldn't allow the idiot to get killed by his own idiocy.

The robot got sensor readings telling that something was hitting its leg. It looked down as Kuno started to slash at the robot with his bokken. "Take that! And that! And that!" Kuno chanted as he attempted to 'banish this demon'.

ZAP!

And then Kuno's bokken got incinerated and he stood there, shocked, jaw wide open and for the first time in his life was Kuno truly afraid. He looked up to see the robot raise up its foot to stomp him flat but then Ranma pushed him out of the way.

"Saotome?" Kuno wondered.

"Are you crazy?" Ranma shouted. He already knew the answer to that. "Or just an idiot? That thing is a robot hell-bent on killing us all! You think you can handle it! Get to safety like the others!" He then heard another loud battlecry. "Now what?"

"My fair tigress!" Kuno shouted out as Akane ran at the robot with her mallet raised.

"I'm surrounded by morons," Ranma sighed. Sure Akane could be headstrong at times, but he never thought she'd be dumb enough to try and fight a huge robot with only her mallet and anger. He was of course proven wrong. She'd be killed!

Ranma ran for someplace else so that no one would see him change or else they'd be a lot of questioning. Kuno had been too focused on the robot to even notice Ranma had gone.

"I've got no choice," Ranma said with a frown as he hid behind the building and looked to his special device. He tapped the green button and let the circle come up. Gripping it, he began cycling through the different images until he landed on the one that he wanted.

"Almost wrecked the dojo with this one," Ranma commented as he lay his hand on the circle. "Better hope it works!"

Ranma pressed down on the circle and let the green light flash, signaling his change. A bark-like substance ran up his arm and his entire body began to grow. His height increased at a dramatic rate. Leaf-like protrusions began to grow from his head and back while his arms began to grow longer.

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"Hyyyyaaaaaaaahhh!" Akane cried as she pounded away at the robot's shell. Sure Kuno wasn't able to beat it but he wasn't really able to do anything right. She had taken one look at the machine and decided that it was only good for shooting things and being scary. She could take it down easy.

If only that were true.

Her mallet collided with loud ringing sounds. Her weapon was proving ineffective. It didn't seem to stop her as she continued wailing away at it. The large machine just nudged her to knock her off her feet before raising a leg to crush her. She obviously did not have what it was looking for.

"Hey, rustbucket!" a deep voice boomed through the air. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

At the opposite corner of the school, a large alien was standing tall and proud. It was roughly the same height as the robot, give or take a few inches. It looked like it had tan-colored bark for skin. Its feet had no toes and looked like tree trunks. Its arms were long and could have scrapped across the ground if they weren't raised and clenched into fists. Some cloth-like material stretched across its chest in an X pattern with blue in the centre and black lining. A symbol of some kind was in the centre of the X. The head of the creature was partially covered with green foliage along with its back and shoulders. Its mouth didn't look like it had teeth, just jagged spikes of wood. It was one of the ten alien forms Ranma had access to. Because it had so much potential in destroying stuff and looked like it was a tree, he had named it Deforrester.

The robot didn't seem to be intimidated or even concerned about this new arrival. However, its scanners had homed in on the symbol on the centre of its chest. If it could show surprise, the robot would have shown every form of it. It completely ignored Akane in favor of the alien. It then began walking towards the opposing alien with the intent on taking it down.

"You don't know who you're messing with!" Deforrester smirked as he raised his arms higher.

The robot raised its own arms as it braced itself to fire, but Deforrester managed to beat it to the punch, literally. A large wood-like first smashed across the robots face and sent it sprawling to the dirt with a large crash.

Like a lot of the students, Nabiki was watching with eyes wide. Though she was awed at first, the gears in her mind were turning. Think of the money she could make out of. She then whipped out her camera and zoomed in on the alien brawl, trying to find a good angle to shoot from and take as many pictures she could find. This was practically a goldmine here!

Deforrester had gotten a little used to his alien forms and their abilities. The large tree-like alien discovered that he could actually keep its hold on the ground by literally rooting itself to the ground. Of course, Deforrester had to go on the offensive to take care of this alien robot. Grabbing the robot by the head, he threw it over his shoulder in a standard judo toss behind him. The robot skidded across the ground. Deforrester didn't try to go for showboating like he would in his human form. He had learned during his experimenting that he had very limited time. After the first three times he'd learnt that the watch would time out as it flashed red, signaling him changing back to human form. Unless he wanted to fight this alien robot as a human, he had to end this quick.

The robot struggled to get back onto its feet, but as it looked up it was faced with a large foot hanging over its head. Deforrester just smirked before he let his foot fall and stomp the robots head to the ground. At the same time, Deforrester had placed his palm onto the ground, allowing brown vines to wrap around the struggling robot. With a sense of finality, solid wooden spikes impaled the robot before it stopped moving. Electric bolts ran through the mess of metal and robot, forcing Deforrester to remove his roots from it so to keep from catching fire. The robot convulsed soundly before it exploded, incinerating a majority of the steel and leaving only shrapnel.

Deforrester smiled as he stared down at his defeated opponent. Not bad for his first fight against a robot. As he was admiring his handiwork, he heard a beeping sound, signaling that he was about to time out. Acting quickly, he spun his body around and began digging a hole for himself to use to escape. He did not want to transform back to normal in front of everyone. That would just make everyone try to get him for the device strapped to his wrist.

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Ranma later punched his way out of the ground before digging himself out, covered in dirt from his escape. "Stupid watch," Ranma muttered. Why did it have to run out on him as he was digging his way out of trouble? Dusting off his clothes, he decided to see if everything was okay. He quickly discovered that he was at the soccer field. No one was around either. Everyone else was too busy running away or trying to get pictures for Nabiki.

He walked towards the smoking school and managed to walk around the side. A lot of the students were just milling around and staring at the flaming wreck. A lot of them were talking or even standing around the hole he had made as Deforrester.

Nabiki and her goon squad could be seen racing between the other students, trying to get testimony or pictures that had been taken. It seemed that Nabiki was determined to milk as much money as she possibly could out of the fight.

What made Ranma really smile was that no one was the wiser that he had been the one who had trashed the robot. Still, something had been bothering him. When it had seen him, it stared at the mark on his chest and suddenly it was about to hit him with everything it had. Thankfully Ranma had been able to get to him first. Still, that robot obviously knew what the watch was.

The question was, who sent it?

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From within his healing chamber, where also modifications were being made on his body, the tentacle-faced alien let out a roar of rage that caused the area of the ship to quake.

"The Omnitrix…it should be mine and a simple earther is able to use it to defeat one of my own drones? UNACCEPTABLE!" the alien roared. "It should be on my body and I will make sure that this earther, whoever it is, will pay for crossing VILGAX!"

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Later that night…

Happosai was hopping across the rooftops in an effort to replenish his supplies of 'soft, silky darlings' that the blue speed demon had managed to get from him. This time, of course, Happosai was prepared. No demon was going to have the drop on him.

He then felt it; a strange ki that seemed to follow him around. Of course, he looked over his shoulder and saw nothing. After a few minutes of trying to find the source of the strange ki, he shrugged it off and then continued on his way.

What he didn't know was that his pursuer was invisible. It would wait for the right time to freak the old geezer out. He had gone on another raid and left a lot of angry and upset women chasing him. Apparently it was time for another lesson.

Happosai continued his dashing before he decided he had gotten far enough stopped to rest for a bit. He was so relaxed he had even brought out some tea. No interruptions and the speed demon had not appeared. Maybe it was thinking twice before messing with the Grandmaster. As it should since no one should mess with the Grandmaster of Anything Goes.

He then felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around.

"Boo!"

Happosai let out a scream before running away, shrieking. The old pervert had seen a lot of weird and wonderful things in his life, but ghosts were something one never messed with.

The creature that had frightened him had long skinny arms with 4 fingers and a grey body with no legs and resembled a ghost, or at least what a ghost would look like if it was a normal person wearing a grey bed sheet. There was a single purple eye and the body had black lines all over it. Oddly enough, its mouth was higher up than its eye. The symbol of a familiar watch was also trapped within the tracks. The creature was also laughing.

It was really Ranma, in the form of the ghostly alien he'd dubbed as Spectre.

Spectre let out an echoing laughter, "Man, the look on his face!" He would've bust a gut if he had any in his current form. He looked to the bundle that Happosai had left behind in his scramble to get away. It figured. The little runt would leave anything behind to save his skin. With nothing else to do, he grabbed the bundle and headed back to return it.

Spectre silently thought that things were changing pretty quickly. If it was for better or worse was yet to be seen.