(Skuld in Asgard)

Skuld was in her apartment, watching two different TVs so she could keep an eye on Ranma(Akane) and Akane(Ranma) when her doorbell rang. At first, she ignored it but after the third ring, she realized that whoever it was probably wasn't going to leave without checking on her

"Noble Scarlet" her Angel came out of her "would you please answer it"

"Sure, but you owe me"

She floated over to the door and opened it, to reveal Belldandy. Seeing Nobel Scarlet, Holy Bell decided to come out of Belldandy. Then the two angels headed off somewhere as Belldandy approached Skuld

"Stay out of trouble you two" Belldandy called after them before turning to her little sister "Are you okay, Skuld?"

"No, I'm not.-sigh- my first time on the goddess helpline and I royally screwed up because that b...um...witch Mara tricked me"

"Well if it makes you feel better, it's not the first time she has tricked a goddess and it won't be the last. However she is being punished for her actions". Skuld looked at her disbelievingly. "It's true. Urd went to see her mother about what Mara did. There she found out that Hild had punished her for messing with the ultimate force"

"But she could be lying"

"True, but Hild told Urd that she promised Father that no one would mess with the Ultimate force and much like us when a demon makes a promise to a demon, demoness, a god or a goddess it can't be broken". Skuld opened her mouth but was cut off by Belldandy saying "Yes I know, technically she didn't mess with it herself and got you to do it. However it was still Mara messing with the ultimate force and thus breaking the promise, so Hild punished her"

"Oh"

"So how are they doing?"

"Good I think, I mean I don't see anything wrong with them"

"Well would it be alright for me to join you until Holy and Nobel return"

"Sure"

(Ranma age 11)

They had once again set up camp in a forest just outside of a nearby town.

One morning Ranma woke up to find Genma missing. This worried him as he didn't know what it meant, so he packed up his gear as well as his Pop's, he then went into town.

After finding no sign of his Pop and after his stomach informed him to feed it, he offered himself to do odd jobs some for money some for food when asked by the people he was working for

"Why aren't you in school?"

"I'm on a training trip with my Pop" he answered

"Where is your father?"

"-sigh- I don't know. He hadn't returned to our campsite, by the time I woke up"

An officer overheard this and after some questioning, Ranma was placed in a foster home. A short while later he found out that his father was in jail for theft, so the Foster home became home for a while.

The officer who placed him there did some research to see if he had any relatives, that could take him in and found that his mother was alive. However, before he could tell Ranma, what he had found. Genma had broken out of jail, found him and took him

"Pop?"

"Your finally awake" he stopped put him down "well get moving" before he took off again. Several days later Genma dropped Ranma off at a temple where they not only taught him some moves and started him on learning how to use chi but also did some school work

(Akane age 11)

Akane was working out in the dojo between learning different fighting techniques and her strength training she decided to try breaking a brick. She set it up and

"OWWWWWW!"

Akane's screams drew the attention of Kasumi who was in the kitchen and Nabiki who was watching tv both raced to the dojo. When they arrived they saw Akane on the ground holding her arm against her chest, crying

"What happened?" Kasumi asked while looking at her swelling and bruising hand

"I thought I was ready to try to break the brick but I misjudged and I think I broke my hand"

"Ok, Nabiki call the clinic let them know we're coming" Nabiki ran into the house then she turned to Akane "come on let's go get it seen to" They both left while went and called the local clinic so that as they entered the receptionist said

"Good Afternoon, Dr. Tofu is waiting for you. You can go right on in"

"What happened to Dr. Sadao?" Kasumi asked

(A/N: I have seen Ono used as both first and last name in other fics. I am not sure if Ono Tofu or Tofu Ono is correct. So I am going with that they are being called by the first name.)

"My father retired, so I am taking over here. While like my father I am a chiropractor I am also a general practitioner*" Tofu said this as he was examining Akane's hand "we're going take some X-rays to confirm but you will probably need a cast for at least a month"

After the X-rays confirmed it he put a cast on her hand, now since they entered the office Akane felt something she never felt before and it wasn't until he started on the cast that she realized that she had fallen for the doctor and felt a little jealous, as he seemed more interested in her older sister than her.

As they left the office Akane vowed to herself to try and be more like Kasumi, so she didn't see Kasumi had fallen for him after seeing him work and she even hugged him after he said that he wouldn't charge them this time. From that day Akane started dressing a bit more feminine and letting her hair grow out until it looked like Kasumi's

(Ranma age 12)

During a spar with his pop, Ranma got dizzy and collapsed. As Genma was carrying him to their apartment he was muttering "What a weak son I have" and started muttering to himself about what his son had been complaining about and a passerby stopped him

"Excuse me"

"Yes"

"I couldn't help overhear you but if he's having those symptoms you need to get him to the hospital now"

"Why?"

"It sounds like he has appendicitis and if it bursts he will most likely die"

"Where's the hospital?" Genma asked as he pictured his plans going up in smoke

The guy told him where to go and Genma ran to get to the hospital, and after a while, the Doctor came out to see him and told him he's a lucky boy any longer and he would have died. Ranma spent the next two weeks recovering

(Akane age 12)

Akane started middle school and was happy to be in the same classroom with her girlfriends Sayuri, Yuka, Miho and Yoshika. However, that happiness ended a week after school started

The reason was because as warning bell sounded signalling the end of lunch and the students that had eaten in the cafeteria, were heading back to their classrooms when Hiroshi, Daisuke and Tsukasa decided to be funny and flipped the skirts of Sayuri, Yuka and Akane

"AHHHHH" screamed Sayuri and Yuka the boys laughed until they heard a scream of

"YOU PERVERTS" from Akane

She delivered a kick in the stomach to Hiroshi, a spin kick to Daisuke and a left hook to Tsukasa then she stomped on their hands before a teacher appeared. When Miss Kusanagi appeared she was told what had happened, so she took the boys and Akane to the office. Akane received a weeks detention and the boys (after okaying it with the school board and their parents) were forced to wear the girls uniform for a week as they weren't the first boys to do this but the faculty hoped would be the last

Akane did cheer up at that and at the fact, she didn't miss signing up for a club to which she and her friends joined the gymnastics club

A month later when Halloween came around Akane, her sister's and her friend got together just as they have done since they were 7 (at age 8 they did TMNT**, at age 9 the Tendo sisters didn't go because they had chickenpox [and yet Soun still did nothing so they were grateful for Nodoka's help who Soun had called for] Superheroes at age 10 and Magical Girls at age 11) although this year would be different as there were two new additions and Kasumi wouldn't be going with them as she believed them old enough to go by themselves

This year they went as WWE woman wrestlers, Akane was The Man Becky Lynch, Nabiki was Carmella (with suitcase), Sayuri and Yuka were The Bellas

(Ranma age 13)

Ranma and his father rented an apartment and Genma for one of the few times during the trip, actually held a job and Ranma went to school. While there Ranma enjoyed the classes but also because he made a friend with Ryoga however after the first few times of beating Ryoga to the last bread of the day at lunchtime they became rivals

They would try to beat each other to get the last of the daily bread and try to outdo each other in class, they would spar with each other before and after school. However, while they had become rivals Ranma would help to and from school throughout the school year

(Akane age 13)

Akane accompanied Kasumi to a babysitting job at a neighbour's house that has a 3-year-old and a couple of newborns. While watching them Kasumi got her help with Akane watching the three-year-old while she took care of the newborns, although she did get her to change their diapers and one of the newborns peed on her

(Akane age 13.5)

Akane hadn't been feeling well as she felt irritable and bloated but didn't say anything. The next day after school, Kasumi found Akane freaking out in the bathroom, as she thought she had caused internal bleeding when she fell earlier but Kasumi said

"No Imouto, I can say with certainty that based on the last couple days and how you were feeling a few moments ago you're not bleeding internally...at least not the way your thinking"

"Then what's wrong with me?"

"Nothing, you just entered womanhood, Akane"

Kasumi then helped her get cleaned up, took her to the couch gave her a hot water bottle and some Midol before going to make supper and she made Akane red beans and rice to celebrate. After dinner, she gave her...the talk

"So basically boys just want to..." she stopped seeing Kasumi nod "disgusting perverts, no way will I let them do that with me," Akane said as a mallet formed in her hand

"Good girl and just like I told Nabiki and Mother had told me "You only give yourself to someone who you love and will be with and ONLY after you are married " Akane nodded

"And those perverts who won't take no for an answer meet Mallet-sama"

(Ranma age 14)

The school year was over and Genma told Ranma that they are leaving for China

"I can't go yet, Pop"

"Why not, boy?"

"Because that Ryoga guy, challenged me to a fight in the lot behind his house but once I beat him then we can, ok"

"A challenge Huh" Ranma nodded "Fine boy but once it's over we are heading to China, got it?" Genma asked and Ranma nodded before leaving for the lot,

stopping at the Hibiki house and went inside, seeing no one was home he put some food in Checkers bowl and put his letter on the fridge in an envelope that said

To Ryoga Hibiki

or In case you get this first Mr or Misses Hibiki

Please make sure Ryoga gets this

He then said goodbye to Checkers and went to the lot, where he waited for Ryoga. However, after four days of little to no sleep, food or water, it was easy to knock Ranma out

(Akane age 14)

Sayuri was having a birthday party at Applebee's and after she was able to take Akane and Yuka to a Plasmagicaconcert as they were walking around checking out the souvenir stands they heard a vendor yell

"PEEEEPSI HEEEERE" to which the girls turned around and said

"NO, THAAAAAANK YOU"

Just before heading to their seats, they saw on the various tv screens ads for upcoming events including WWE Raw, A Hockey game and a Mick Swagger*** concert"

(Ranma age 15)

Ranma and Genma arrived at a military base "Why are we here, Pop?" he asked as they walked onto the base

"This is our last stop before going to China, I have arranged with an old friend for you to go through the same military training as our soldiers do for a couple of months"

Genma introduced him to his friend who would be his teacher and so over the next several weeks, Ranma learned the basics of rifle marksmanship, maintenance, hand-to-hand training and engaging targets at varying distances. He also learned how to prioritize multiple targets simultaneously, navigation as well as identifying and disabling improvised explosive devices.

Genma had hoped that this would make Ranma respect him again, something that he hadn't done for years but instead, it made the wedge (which had been created from the Nekoken, abandoning Ukyo and forfeiting a challenge) between them bigger

After the couple months were up Genma made them swim to China which finished destroying any respect that Ranma had for his father and any hope for a father/son relationship outside of martial arts

(Akane age 15)

Yuka's relatives had come to town for a car show that her Uncle was taking part in that weekend but there lied a problem because their parents were going out on the same night Yuka was going on her first date with Hiroshi.

So she was asked to let asked him tag along, she said she might be able to get one of her friends to double date with them but he would have to be on his best behaver. Unfortunately, her only friend that wasn't busy was the one who wasn't, didn't trust Hiroshi after he flipped her skirts a couple of years earlier, but agreed because of their friendship

That Saturday night Akane was picked up by Yuka, her cousin and Hiroshi they went out for supper the boys were wearing dress shirts and dress pants while Akane was wearing a Sapphire stretch knit fit And flare dress with black yoke illusion mesh at neck, while Yuka was wearing a Black stretch-crepe georgette fit And flare dress with silver waist inserts

They went to Copperhouse**** and through supper, Yuka's cousin was a gentleman as was Hiroshi however that lasted until halfway through the movie they had gone to after supper as everyone in the theatre heard

"YOU PERVERT" *WHAP*

Yuka knew who it was any left the movie to find Akane in the lobby fuming

"Akane, are you ok?"

"Yeah and sorry, Yuka. I did enjoy tonight until he tried to force himself on me, the pervert"

"I'm the one who should be sorry not you, I knew what he was like but he promised me to behave. I shouldn't have believed him but I did because of my Aunty and Uncle"

About four months later and two months before Akane was to begin Grade 10 at Furinken High, she had a dream/nightmare.

She watched from the gate as she entered the school grounds and was attacked by dozens and dozens of shadowy figures then one would fight her by himself but before those two could fight she heard "This happens every day ***** ignore it and get in the school" she then woke up

After breakfast, Akane headed to her gym Anytime Fitness to do some training as she walked in she saw, one of the trainers/her workout buddy Nozomi as she switched her outdoor shoes for her workout ones and vice versa for Nozomi

"Hey Tendo, you gonna use the rack today"

"Yeah, it's been a while since I did it. I just felt like seeing if I'm at the same weight or able to go higher"

"Good luck"

"Thanks"

Nozomi headed out while Akane went upstairs to the weight rack. Where after years of various training Akane could Deadlift 260 pounds, Strict Press 180 pounds and Bench Press 200-220

A/N:

*=. A General Practitioner (or family doctor) sees patients for acute care and general health maintenance. They diagnose injuries, prescribe treatments, order tests, and interpret test

**=TMNT for those that don't know TMNT is the abbreviation for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

***= No not a mistake the ad was for Mick Swagger (Luna Loud's favorite rocker) not Mick Jagger

****= Copperhouse is a restaurant in Yellowknife NWT Canada

From here on no more back and forth as Ranma and Akane will soon be together again

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