Rambling of the author: Sorry for the delay with the fictions. Once this week is over I should be able to concentrate on them and update. By unknown reasons to me, my beta reader won't responds so once again I'm looking for one.

Disclaimer: I still don't own the rights to Ranma ½ or Urusei Yatsura

Time Lines:

Ranma: After the Failed wedding and so the end of Ranma nibun no ichi

Urusei Yatsura: The start of the series the infamous tag.(I will change the writing here if we get into a new part of the manga timeline!)

The story is based on the happenings in the manga! Events/adventures from the movies or animes never happened.

A little help to the readers (more to come if needed):

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„[U-chans]"Signs
„/Hello/"Panda signs
„\Hello\"Telepathic
„//Hello\\"Telephone

Part 10: Fate versus Will

It is the first day of the tag competition that will decide the planet and the denizen's fate. The whole world had it eyes on the tv, the whole race is going to be aired live! The media was instantly on the case, there wasn't a newspaper or tv channel that didn't have a worker or ten to get the news!
Yet where the journalists pop up the paparazzi follow them and the Tendo home was invaded by hoards of people asking questions from the people of the household. The middle Tendo girl instantly caught the smell of cash and made contracts with some of the reporters that for a fee she could supply the information they so craved. That it is until the question became too personal because she did draw a line in the contract so they couldn't yap about it later.

While Nabiki was busy dealing with the increasing number of journalists, Ranma was in the living room in the midst of forming a plan.
"(Who knew that under such a burden it would be THIS hard to think!)" The pigtailed boy wasn't sure what to do anymore, in his dream he had seen Lum's presumable death! Ranma wasn't sure why but he wanted to save her from that fate, while death was a natural thing being assassinated wasn't not to mention that Ranma still couldn't get used to the idea to LET her die if he can save her!
"\We CAN'T be sure if that will happen, after all in the dream it wasn't you but Ataru who was on the stage. This alone could have changed the outcome of the competition.\" The ancient spirit tried to counsel his chosen one as the pigtailed boy couldn't come up with anything. Usually Ranma was good at coming up with plans on a whim but now it was different he had to plan to evade the murder AND to save the planet while not getting killed!

As the Tendo and Saotome family approached the 'race track' the pigtailed boy was showered with praises and hopes that held a hidden threat in them if the race wouldn't end with human victory. The pigtailed boy was then escorted into a huge tent that was pitched for him to prepare and concentrate in before the race by a pair of security guards!
"Ladies and gentlemen all around the world this is the event that will decide the outcome of the planet and humanity! The rules were set to be fair so both human and Oni were present when the rules were created. Now for the rules! First rule: To win the race all the human competitor has to do is to touch the Oni's horn that can be found on the head. Second rule: Neither of the competitors may leave the race track or the street that the track can be found. Third rule: It's only a victory for the Oni race if there competitor crosses the finish line BEFORE the Sun goes down!" Every eye locked onto the announcer standing on a TV van every human on the planet felt fear from the possible slavery and the hopeless death.

In the tent Ranma was deep in meditation trying to find his centre to calm down but his concentration was broken when some people entered into his tent. He opened his eyes and had seen his family and friends. The fiancées instantly surrounded him, hugging him whit teary eyes.
"Ran-chan I want you to know that whatever will be the outcome I will ALWAYS stay beside you!" Ukyo then gave a kiss to his cheek that surprised Ranma but before he could say anything Shampoo whispered into his ear.
"Airen I know that you will win! The Juketsuzoku and every nation of Jusenkyo believe in you!" With those words and a peck to his other cheek she gave space to the Kuno heiress.
"Ranma-sama when this is over I will use everything in my power to take you away from this madness to somewhere you can rest without disturbance!" Kodachi kissed his forehead and left the tent, sobbing as she went out. Akane then stood before Ranma, her eyes showed so many emotions that he wasn't sure what she felt anymore.
"Ranma... I want you to... I... please make sure that we can return freely to our home!" The young Tendo had changed because of the possible outcome of the race. Even her strong will and personality was crumbling from the pressure. As the fiancées left the tent the sometime friends, enemies or rivals stood before him.
"Dark sorcerer I know that thou hat brought down this upon us but since you were forced to face your error know this that thou shall be blessed by the divine powers bestowed upon the Kuno family." Kuno Tatewaki, the captain of the Furinkan kendo club left the tent all the while muttering something that sounded like a poem.
"Saotome Ranma... I don't know what should I consider you, a friend or a fiend but I know that this time the fate of my Xian Pu rests on YOUR shoulder! For her sake I believe you!" Mu Tsu looked stoic but his voice was sincere and when he left the tent looked back showing a friendly smile. Ranma was shocked when the always lost Hibiki Ryoga was in front of him.
"Ranma know this, if you DARE to lose I WILL send you to Hell and once this is over we WILL have a match!" While the fanged boy's mouth said this his eyes told what he really wanted to say, Ranma could only show his cocky smile as he looked into Ryoga's eyes.
"Fine and don't worry, Saotome Ranma NEVER loses and I don't want to start NOW!" With that the fanged boy walked out of the tent possibly getting lost in the instant he took a step outside. With that his family that included the Tendo patriarch and the two elder daughters stayed in the tent.
"My son go out and make you father proud!" Genma was in tears as he imagined the fame, honour and glory this could bring the family. He quickly dosed himself with a bucked of cold water then held up a sign "/Real men don't cry!/"
Ranma wasn't sure what he should feel, his good for nothing oyaji told him to make him proud. His thoughts were broken when Nodoka walked next to him and enveloped him in a hug.
"Even if we were apart for most of your life I still love as when you left for the training Ranma." After a few moments she quickly left the tent with her husband who was trying to cheer her up.
"Well Ranma-kun I don't want to say I know what you feel because this haven't happened with me but we will always think of you as family." Soun felt proud of himself that he haven't cried but then the dam has broken and he started wailing.
"Ranma-kun please you have to win this so we can return to our regular lives." Kasumi had the same calmed look as she always but her eyes showed a tint of fear.

After everyone left the tent a good five minutes later Ranma was alone thinking on the situation he was in."(When I fought Saffron I had Akane's life in my hands but now I bare the whole world on my shoulders... I have to be confident... I just can't find the power!)" His thoughts were broken when he felt power surging into him a completely different ki than his own but he realized that the owner was Ranryu.
"\Don't worry, if you really want to worry about something then try to think of the pictures that they will make of you when you have won the race.\" The ancient mentor's words returned Ranma's confidence as he stood up his blue aura sprang to life, his confidence slowly turning it into a golden coloured.

Outside the people were waiting the race to begin, only five minutes and neither of the competitors has arrived yet. In the crowd the Moroboshi family was on the verge of sanity, they wanted to cheer for Ranma but he hasn't appeared yet! Suddenly it became dark and high in the sky a tiger striped spaceship appeared and from out of it the green haired oni girl.
"Ladies and gentlemen from the looks of it the champion of the Oni race has arrived! The gorgeous but dangerous daughter of the Commander of the Oni forces... LUM!" At the announcer's words Lum landed at the start line seeing that her opponent hasn't arrived yet. She had a disappointed look but that quickly turned into a cunning smile. A journalist came up to her his legs shaking but he still held himself firmly.
"Tell me what you feel about this race and your opponent?"
"I don't do this out of fun, but playing around with my opponent would be fun, IF he would show up finally." Just as she said that the people started whispering between themselves. As the green haired goddess was about to continue the announcer have spoken.
"Here comes the champion of Earth, the martial artist of legends Saotome Ranma!" At the last word Ranma landed at the start line, a cocky smile on his lips and full of confidence.

"On your mark!" The announcer pulled out a gun and aimed it at the sky, the two competitors looked at each other both ready to play this game.
"Get set!" A loud bang and the two started moving Lum barely ran before she started walking to everyone's confusion, seeing this the perfect time to end it all Ranma jumped towards her. Just before the last moment the girl had flown forward!
"Matta! Did you actually FLY?!" Ranma wasn't sure what he had seen was right but this was getting interesting. "Looks like someone didn't do his homework." Lum looked at him and showed a sly smile, that smile alone increased the pigtailed boy's heart rate.
"(Not the right time to think about that! Concentrate!)" With that in mind Ranma increased his speed and the sudden boost of speed caught the young Oni off guard as she quickly flew upwards!
"What's wrong?" Lum taunted the young martial artist, while being near the ground she was in danger that increase in speed was amazing even to her! What made Lum surprised was when Ranma started smiling as she started to descend to play with him.

Lum knew that even if he is fast, even HE couldn't come up here without using a ladder or something like that! Then when he suddenly started running towards her she thought that the pigtailed boy was going to make a pathetic attempt to reach her but when he jumped onto the top of the street lamp and continued from there she was paralyzed from the shock.

"Ladies and gentlemen today not once but twice does Saotome Ranma impress us with his abilities! First he showed us his superhuman speed and now his jumping ability as he used a street lamp as a foothold to jump further!" The audience wasn't sure what they had seen is real or not! Those in Nerima were cheering for the pigtailed boy as he was only a moment away from victory!
As his arms were closing around to grab her by the waist to bring her down but the Oni girl once again slipped out of his grasp!
"(Good thing that the course isn't that big and that if she leaves it before crossing the finish line that's as good as a disqualification!)"Ranma was laughing when he had a plan: because he couldn't catch Lum on the ground then he just has to grab her horns in the air! With that the pigtailed boy jumped again on the top of a nearby food stall. From there he rebounded to the wall of a nearby house, seeing this the green haired Oni started flying as quickly as she could.
"(Don't even think about it!)" Applying ki to his legs he started running on the wall jumping from the side of building to another as he came closer and closer to Lum. The pigtailed boy was only a jump or two away from Lum. The Oni girl tried to lose her pursuer but she was already at her speed limit. Lum was surprised when the pigtailed boy caught her waist and held onto it. The Oni girl flew upwards to shake off her unwanted passenger but Ranma wouldn't budge.
"(Come on!)" Ranma was laughing inside already, with his left hand on her shoulder and his right reaching for her head!
"Ranma grabbed onto Lum and the Oni contestant is trying to shake him off by any means necessary!" As the announcer said that Ranma almost grabbed onto Lum's right horn when suddenly Lum looked down and the pigtailed boy met a flagpole closer then he would like.
"Now that has to hurt and from the looks of it Lum won't let this chance to slip out of her grasp as she quickly passes through the finish line and up she goes to her spaceship!" The announcer seemed in a good mood even if today the invaders won the game.

Ranma on the other hand wasn't so happy, he was either running into something or the girl flew out of his reach!
"(Just when did I become BLIND not to see that flagpole!?)" As Ranma was trying to think up a reasonable explanation he found something soft in his right hand. What he found in his palm was just like Lum's brassiere or whatever she called this piece of clothing!

With the tag over for the day Ranma climbed down from the flagpole and was surrounded by journalists and reporters all asking about today's race. Quickly losing them with jumping onto a street lamp the pigtailed fighter travelled via the roofs till he arrived to the Tendo's. Before he could have snuck into the building the front gate opened and it was Akane who stood before him.
"Ranma what happened there? How could you not see that flagpole? I mean okay that green haired bimbo was in your way but... what is that in your hand?" At that question the pigtailed boy tried to hide it quickly but the fathers charged at him. Genma insulting him for not winning the first day and Soun for bringing shame to the dojo even if the dojo didn't have any reputation!
"That is enough! Ranma had done all he could besides it is only the first day, he was just measuring his opponent!" Said pigtailed boy didn't know which kami to give thanks to but Nabiki Tendo actually came to his defence! She did help him from time to time but when it came to big things like this she usually watched from the sidelines! The fathers became silent when Nabiki started yelling but now they were trying to find a way out of the situation they were in, a quick but cold look from the middle Tendo daughter made the two man retreat from the room to a safe haven. As Genma and Soun went out of the room the attention of the three Tendo girls and Nodoka turned to Ranma.
"Now Ranma tell us what were you doing there!?" Nabiki grabbed the pigtailed fighter's collar and started shaking him to get her answer. Her shaking was stopped when Ranma was pulled away by Akane who showed Nabiki how it is done.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT THERE!?" Akane yelled like never before and started shaking Ranma at full power, Nodoka and Kasumi feared that Ranma's head might rip off! When the youngest Tendo daughter stopped the shaking Ranma was ready to answer.
"I was trying to grab her but somehow she slipped out of my grasp... but now I know what she is capable of and I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." A sinister smiled appeared on Ranma's face that had an effect on the woman in the room.

That night everyone had retreated to the dream world where they were safe from reality. Soun was having a dream of his wife and the time when his little girls were born that followed with him having grandchildren, Kasumi dreamed of a peaceful future with a nice husband by her side, Nabiki was dreaming of money and power, Akane was awake her reason was that she feared of what could happen tomorrow!
"(Was he saying that to calm us down... or was he telling the truth? Whatever he is planning it better work!)" With those thoughts Akane went to sleep. The Saotome family was also in there room, Genma having dreams about living a life of luxury without doing a thing, Nodoka was having dreams about a future where she can hold her grandchildren. The only one who was not sleeping was Ranma who was sitting in the window planning for the next day.
"(Damn it! I don't understand how Lum slipped out of my grasp! I had already seen her speed limit... it was like she can go over that limit for a moment!)"
"\Looks like you caught onto something Ranma.\" The inner guardian interrupted the pigtailed boy's thinking.
"\Any idea about what should I do?\"
"\The problem is that you have forgotten about the surrounding when you grabbed onto her.\" The conversation was interrupted by a presence that disturbed both fighters. The pigtailed fighter started searching for the individual who dared to trespass into his home. A few moments later his eyes caught a silhouette sitting on one of the branches of the tree standing in the yard!
"I know you're out there. Show yourself." At the command the person came out of the shadows and it turned out to be the Oni, Lum. The green haired girl had put out her right hand with a gesture that she wanted something back. What caught Ranma's eyes was that she didn't have anything to hide her breasts so she tried to hide them with her left arm!
"What do you want Lum?"
"My clothing if you don't mind!" This brought a smile onto Ranma's face, while he would give it back this was an edge over her that he COULD use.
Ranma pulled the piece of fabric out of his pocket that seemingly surprised the girl. When the fabric became visible Lum tried to snag it away but she was slower than the captor of her clothing.
"Give it back!" Ranma was laughing inside as he teased the girl who was trying to grab the piece of clothing and hiding her breasts the same time, usually the people thought that Ranma wasn't sure with the other gender, that was a flat out lie! The pigtailed boy enjoyed the view he just had with being so close to him.
"You have to get it back if you want it." The girl then shot an angry look at the boy before showing her back to him and leaving. The night went silent as the silhouette of the girl vanished into the night.

The next day everyone was cheering for Saotome Ranma the champion of Earth. That day was different, everybody could tell. The air was heavier as Ranma walked to the starting line. The announcer instantly started yapping about something that the pigtailed boy didn't care about. What did catch his attention was when his opponent Lum floated down from her ship, her arms still crossed over her chest to hide her globes.
"Both contestants are here! The second day of the Tag race begins in five minutes!"

Seeing that the girl was having problems seeing the spectator's eyes on her the pigtailed boy did what he felt right.
"Lum you came for this yesterday." The pigtailed boy pulled out the oni girl's tiger striped bra and she was about to take it when the boy pulled back his hand, this made the green haired beauty even angrier!
"Why do you tease me with this!? You wouldn't like it if you were in my situation!" Lum yelled at him but Ranma wasn't shaken by it.
"I will give it back but I don't think you want to put it on here where there are PLENTY of eyes to see you." His words caught Lum by surprise as she nodded, the boy did have a good reason but where could she put her clothing back on? Before she could have asked her eyes caught Ranma taking of his shirt, Lum knew that the boy... man in front of her wasn't weak but when her eyes caught the muscles her view on him changed. What shocked her even more was when he put the shirt on her and when no one could see he gave back her bra! The problem was that she still couldn't put it on without the shirt falling off and exposing her chest!
"May I?" Ranma grabbed the bra and mimicked that he could help put it on. At this Lum turned a light shade of red but agreed to it.

"WHAT IS HE DOING!?" Akane was about to explode when Ranma was moving his hand towards the invader bitch as she had named! The youngest Tendo was about to go there and plant both of them into the concrete street when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down Akane, you know that Ran-chan COULDN'T stay still when a girl is in trouble." Ukyo was the one who stopped the rampaging anger in Akane but still the okonomyaki chef felt the same. Suddenly the memory when Ryoga attacked her thinking he was a guy and cut her school uniform shirt open and Ranma interfered.
"(I guess I still have something to payback!)"

After putting on the bra Lum saw Ranma in a completely different way, here was a GREAT opportunity that would have decreased her speed enough to catch her and yet he wanted to play fair.
"You're really nice to me."
"Let's just say that it wouldn't be as much fun if you weren't able to go to your limits." With that Ranma took his shirt and put it on while walking back to his place to wait for the announcer to start the match. Lum didn't understand the earthling but he was nice... did she forget something?

"Contestants get ready! Set! GO!" At the last voice both took off at maximum speed. Lum was high above the ground, not high enough that Ranma wouldn't be able to jump up but if he didn't catch her on the first then she could easily leave him behind!
"(Well let's surprise her AND the audience!)" The blue ki appeared around Ranma and the pigtailed boy started running, what the audience could see was a blue meteor going very fast near them!

The effect of this action wasn't lost on Lum who couldn't believe her eyes, but still if he tried to jump up to her all she had to do was to evade him after all he couldn't stay in the air like she can!
"You have to do something else or it won't earn you victory!" Lum taunted Ranma who smiled back at her but she couldn't see that because of the blue aura that surrounded him. Just as she wanted to descend to play with him a bit Ranma jumped to the side of a building and using that as a foothold he jumped straight towards the green haired girl.
"(I'll just move so he can't catch me.)" Lum flew higher and the pigtailed boy flew away under her and she stopped to see what will her enemy try to do.

"(Alright! I got her to stop now to make it her last mistake in this race!)" Ranma started using all his abilities and skills to stay in the air as long as he could to start using the flying technique that Ranryu thought him.

Lum was about to applaud for the aerial show that Ranma just did when suddenly the pigtailed boy stopped moving in the air! The blue aura started to fade and now the form of the owner of the aura could be seen.
"What is this!? Since when can a human fly!?" Lum was confused and mad from this outrage. She was informed by the generals and her own father that the ace in the sleeve is the ability to fly which the earthlings lack! To her surprise the audience was silent as well from the impossible feat but the answer to her questions came from the source of the question namely Saotome Ranma.
"Normally no human can fly but some like me who train themselves in martial arts have the chance to learn it through extreme hardships!" Ranma words came as a bucket of cold water to the green haired girl that what was a gift from nature to some species like the Oni race that didn't have wings can be LEARNED by such was an insult to her pride! The presence of the mysterious and incredible boy made her mad beyond any reasoning yet she also felt something unspeakable towards him!

"Ladies and gentlemen... I... I don't know what to say. The only thing that comes to my mind is that compared to the events that just happened NOW the feats of yesterday is nothing!" The announcer felt the need of sitting down his eyes still locked onto the two competitors.
Deep in the crowd the Moroboshi family was silent as well until the mother of Ataru didn't voice out her thought.
"I would have never thought that one day I see something like this."

At the same moment in the Tendo home where the close friends and family gathered to watch the pigtailed boy was looking at the television. Kasumi had her usual smile and was pouring tea even thou the cup was full and the tea was on the table, Nabiki was trying to sort things out while Akane was having fits of rage and jealousy over what she had seen!
The two fathers were crying about Ranma bringing honour to the schools while Nodoka was doing a dance of joy all the while mumbling something about Ranma being manly. Similar things happened to those who knew Ranma personally.

Back at the race Ranma was having problems keeping himself in the air. While it was easier to fly then a week ago it was still seeping his ki away fast! Ranma feared that even speaking would give away the power usage of the technique, it is a bad omen if someone couldn't trust his own voice. Luckily for the pigtailed boy words weren't needed as Lum quickly turned around and started flying toward the finish line, confident in his ability Ranma pushed himself forward and he flew towards his target.

After the race took into the air five minutes ago both competitors were trying there best but when Lum looked back to see her opponent she couldn't see a thing.
"(Come on who does he think he is!? He can't keep up with me. I must have already left him behind.)" Just as she looked forward a smile on her lips that radiated superiority she had to stop quickly as her opponent was right in front of her!
"No way! This CAN'T happen!"

"\Don't you think it's a bad thing to play with her like that?\" Ranma asked his inner mentor who replied after a few moments.
"\Believe me when I say you could do worse things with her than just to play with her.\" While the statement was true Ranma felt bad for playing with her like this.
"\I'll just catch her after the next checkpoint.\" The pigtailed boy said just out of the blue, to whom he wasn't sure. The only answer was a low grunt from Ranryu and this was enough for Ranma to go all out.

"Amazing ladies and gentlemen Ranma became a blue meteor again and from the looks of it he is getting closer to Lum! This might be the end of the race!" The audience was sitting on nails as the announcer was swallowed up in his work.

Ranma was already at his limit so he had to hurry up grabbing Lum's horns, but as he was about to reach it he felt slower and quickly grabbed onto the green haired beauty's waist!

"WHAT IS THAT JERK DOING?! HE'S GROPING HER WHEN THIS RACE COULD MEAN THE END OF HUMANITY?!" Akane was way over furious when all she could see from the television is that Ranma's face was on that invader bitch's behind!
"WHEN HE GETS BACK I'LL..."
Come on Akane you want to stay here and watch the tv or do you want to come with us to the finish line?" Nabiki was yelling to her sister from outside of the house waiting for Akane with the rest of the household.
"(I don't know what Ranma is planning but I hope it works.)" While the middle Tendo daughter wasn't too well informed when it came to martial art techniques she did understand that something like flying or even levitating would leech the users energy really fast!

"Get off me you pervert!" While Lum liked attention she was getting this kind of attention was restricted to that man who she chose as a boyfriend or later husband!
"No can't do too close winning to do it now!"While Ranma was embarrassed that his face was on the girls behind and wanted to let go but from here on it was an easy thing to climb up her or to gather a little energy to fly again and grab her horns!
Just as the pigtailed boy was about to start pulling himself up his eyes caught someone on the roof with a strange object in his or her hand.
Suddenly his eye sight switched and he could see the energy lines again, then as he looked at the person holding that strange thing and his eyes caught a ripple in the energy lines going towards them! The ripple hit Lum and suddenly she started screaming and thrashing as she was flying out of control!

"There is a sudden change in Lum I don't know what's happening but the two of them are going towards the ground very fast! Hopefully the crash won't give the race a sad ending!" The announcer feared for both of the competitors while Ranma looked tired and Lum was totally out of control! Ranma was slowing his descending as much as he could but when his eyes caught Lum who was still out of control descending towards the ground he did what his heart told him!
"MOUKO TAKABISHA!" He quickly extended his arms towards the sky and shot one more of his trademark ki blast this increased his descending enough that he could grab onto Lum! He held her bridal stile as the girl was still thrashing from the ripple that person shot at her. Ranma wanted to shoot one more of the golden ki blasts to slow there descending but his power was at it's limit and he was getting dizzy from the lack of ki energy. The only thing that he could think up was to pull Lum closer and turned so now his backside was towards the ground this way he will cushion the fall for the Oni girl!

"Oh! That's has to hurt! Someone send a medic quick!" The announcer and the audience was shocked when the two landed and on the big screen they could see a small trickle of blood coming from Ranma's mouth!

Lum was getting back to her senses as she could feel a pair of strong arms around her as the pain in her body faded, her eyes caught the sight of her opponent under her, from the dente in the concrete he could probably have numerous broken bones and internal bleeding if he wasn't dead from the impact!
"Why did you do that!? Baka!" While the idea of getting up and finishing the race came to her mind, the sight of Ranma made her stay. Guilt over the damage that happened to protect her gave her a new light on the pigtailed boy and to hide her tears she nuzzled her head into his chest but a hand on the back of her head got her attention.
"Because you could have been hurt!" The smile that Ranma had shown was still a lady killer that even exhaustion couldn't change. Before they could say anything else the sound of an ambulance siren could be heard.

After checking out the vitals on Ranma and from the looks of it everything was normal except the increased heart rate but that was natural.
"I don't know what you did in the past but your bones are hard, normally a person would have died by that impact from that high at that speed!" The doctor who had his hand full with Ranma pointed to his colleague to check up on the Oni girl.
"Now miss could would you co-operate and let us do our job?" The doctor asked politely but he got a different answer.
"There is no need. I wasn't injured at all." With that she went over to Ranma and took his hands into her own and put them on her horns.

"People this is just in! Saotome Ranma has won the race! The Earth and humanity is saved!" The announcer was so thrilled that he was crying! The audience went mad from happiness at hearing this the only thing that was missing is the celebration party! A man came up to the announcer and whispered something into his ear.
"Once the two competitors are here the leader of the Oni forces want to sign a peace treaty with the planet's champion! What a day!" Everyone was happy about the end of the race, the people were saved and there might be a chance for a outer planet commerce if everything goes fine.

The two competitors were sitting in the ambulance car in complete silence. This silence was broken by the pigtailed boy.
"Why did you let me win?" His question caught the oni girl unguarded as she didn't know why she did that it just felt like the right thing to do. For a few moments a disturbing silence settled and the pigtaile boy felt stupid for asking.
"I felt that you earned it and... I felt that this is what I should do." The answer wasn't the one the pigtailed boy was expecting. Hearing this the pigtailed boy only nodded and the two sat in silence as the ambulance van was speeding towards it's destination.

"... and here comes the two competitors ladies and gentleman! Let's hear the hands clapping and whistles for the two!" The announcer felt the need for saying this, even if the oni girl wanted to enslave them the thing she has done today had shown him who she really is.
As Lum and Ranma got out from the van the sound of applauding and cheering stunned them for a moment but what came as a bigger shock was that the audience was cheering Lum as well!
"Now may I ask the two champions to come up to the stage so I can congratulate both of you!" Hearing this Ranma was alert to the endless danger that could happen now!
"(She was attacked once so I guess who ever attacked her doesn't want to miss this chance!)" While trying to find a way to save Lum, Ranma was concentrating his ki and enhanced hid speed and senses to act at the moment something seemed strange... well stranger then it is now.

"...for now let's hear the cheering for the two young champion! For two day they showed us what seemed impossible and kindness that is rare these days for that I say both Ranma and Lum deserve more than words." The announcer was speaking the words that came from his heart and the audience seemingly drank his words. While the pigtailed boy enjoyed the praises he was getting he was busy with searching for sources of danger. The sudden ki increase to his left made Ranma turn to see who it was! His eyes caught his family coming towards the stage.
"(Must be because of the concentrated ki output... might as well see what do they have to say.)" Just as Ranma reached the end of the stage his eyes caught Akane's crimson aura flaring.

"... Ranma-kun where are you going?" The announcer was about to continue his speech when Ranma walked away and seemingly started to talk to a group of people. A moment later Ranma was waving with his hand... and after a moment the pigtailed boy met the stage closer then he wanted to thanks to a mallet. Everyone was silent from this event. Just as Lum looked at the pigtailed boy and Ranma got his face out from the boards and Genma appeared next to him first praising him for saving the world then scolding and insulting him for betraying his fiancée! The announcer went closer to ask what was going on.

Ranma wasn't sure about arguing with his father because whenever he did it didn't mean anything in the end the old fool was too stubborn. But when Soun stood besides Genma the pigtailed boy already had a feeling what was coming.
"Ranma-kun! Genma and I have decided that you have defeated that girl you and Akane are to be wedded that instant!" When Soun mentioned Lum, Genma pointed at her that caused confusion to those who had seen it and the smile on the two older man's faces didn't help any. Lum wasn't sure what was going on but it must be something considering her as well from the looks of it.

Ranma barely held back his anger but instead of his fists he let his words do the job even if it didn't result in anything. There was a result in the form of Genma starting his usual speech.
"Ranma! You made us proud today, you have showed a level never seen before, brought honour to the school but that still doesn't mean you can forget about your pledge!"

The announcer was close enough that his microphone somehow caught what Genma was saying and so his words were heard thanks to the speakers.
"... and you must marry her now! This is my last word!" This caused a mass confusion in the crowd and Lum. She didn't know what to think, there is this cute boy who makes her feel mad and yet he had crept into her heart... but she isn't ready to marry yet! Then the pigtailed boy started yelling and there was almost no need for the microphone and the speakers!

"I will but only when both of us are ready!" Just as he finished something hugged him from behind... from the feeling on his back it wasn't a man...
"(Not Shampoo... she has bigger breasts, Ukyo's are a bit smaller and Akane is right in front of me... not Kodachi either since I can't smell her perfume. WHO THE HELL IS IT?!)" Ranma was confused when he looked behind him to see Lum... with a look he usually gets from girls who are obsess... have feelings towards him!
"You should have told me you had plans for me darling." The papers already had a juicy story for the first page because of this one sentence not to mention a very good reason for Akane to see red and by red I mean crimson!
"RANMA YOU PERVERTED FREAK!" With that came out the mighty mallet that got infused by it's wielder's rage took form in a humongous war hammer! Said weapon hit the pigtailed boy mostly because said target couldn't move because of Lum on his back.

High in the air Ranma was about to loose his consciousness but not because of the altitude but the lack of energy. Flying around the city like that was more than enough for one day!

While Ranma was drifting in and out of consciousness Lum tried to make them land safely and after a few minutes of struggling with his heavy body Lum was steadily approaching the ground.

The last thing Ranma heard was Lum's voice, asking him not to die on her.

Darkness surrounded Ranma and not a moment later Ranryu's aura caught his attention.
"You know... we REALLY have to stop meeting like this. It's not good for any of us." Ranryu was in comical mood by the way he was talking.
"Yeah... well can you answer me something?"
"It that question is something that has to do with your dream were you had seen Lum being assassinated, I might." This was one of those moments when Ranma wished he could smack the elder spirit in the jaw without have to fear a counter attack.
"So was that dream false in the end?"
"There was an attempt if you remember, when she couldn't fly anymore." Those words calmed the pigtailed boy down, the elder spirit could see it in his eyes that a big burden was taken off his shoulders.
"But wait... I don't understand it! In my dream she died because of being shot by a sniper and now there was only such a crappy attempt!?"

Ranryu's eyes changed, instead of the cold and wise eyes now there was the eyes of a madman. A man who knew his state yet he welcomed the madness. Suddenly alien ideas and memories appeared in Ranma's mind! Death, carnage, destruction, love, passion, hatred and friendship were all present at the same time!
"What happened today has a connection with your dream. You know there is something called fate now that one thing governs us but fate isn't all powerful. One can change the will of fate but by doing so that person changes the outcome as well." Ranma looked up feeling the madness that fogged his mind lifting.

His gaze stopped when it caught the eyes of the elder spirit. The sign of madness radiated from it but it slowly turned into sanity. Sanity that only those who had seen events that would push others into madness had seen and stayed normal could know!

"I won't lecture you anymore for now. I can see that you are still trying to overcome the effects of my aura. I will say one more thing and no more! Know that you should keep that Lum girl as a close friend or an ally if nothing else because you will need her help in the future. We will talk tomorrow until then, farewell." With that the elder spirit vanished, the surrounding became completely dark and Ranma was surrounded by complete blackness before he started dreaming.

Author's note:
Sorry for the wait, graduating and personal stuff slowed me down in the process of finishing this part. Not to mention about Ranma and Lum... who knew that bringing the two together would be this hard!? More fun for me! Sorry for the bad grammer, but I still couldn't find anyone who would beta my work. So if there is a volunteer for the work please say it in a review or send an email or whatever. Won't be long and I'll be ready with the next chapter of Histories Strongest Disciple Ranma? I'm not sure how long it will take... a few days perhaps or by the end of the week.
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