Author's notes - I apologize if the format is confusing to people, but I just had to do it this way. If not, I fear that I would go mad from trying to push Ranma / Anko / Tsunade together. They will end up together, quite possibly, by the end of this chapter. Yes, it will have a bit of valentine's in this chapter since it won't be released til around the 14th anyways.

Ranko Lina Inverse brought up an interesting point regarding Ranma's female form. Just because I didn't show it yet, doesn't mean it's cured. Nor that Tsunade or Anko haven't seen it. You MUST realize that I am showing single days over the span of 365 days,... Tons of other things can happen in between, and I won't show it until a flashback need comes around. There WILL be a flashback next chapter, where Tsunade and Anko first find out about Ranma's curse. But you also must take note, that Ranma won't tell anyone unless he absolutely has to.

-----------------The Terrible Trio ------------------

OH YEAH! Before I forget,... there will not be a lemon in this story, as many of you have e-mailed to ask. If you want to write a lemon, go for it, and I will even offer links from both my bio page and my homepage to your lemon. However, I will NOT personally write one. I might throw some lime into this fiesta, but nothing else.

-----------------The Terrible Trio ------------------

Date - Year 2, Month 2, day 14

Ranma sighed as he dispatched the last of his followers. It's been a month since he left the Konoha village, being branded as a traitor for not killing a possessed child. He gave a gruff laugh before turning and heading toward a small village where he was currently being housed. Taking a total of two steps, Ranma stopped and looked over his shoulder at the shuriken stuck to his shadow -Kagemane?- Following the shadow to a person hiding behind the trees, Ranma side, before being forced to turn around and walk toward his captor "So it seems that it's either Shikimaru, or Shikaku. I doubt it's the latter, so what do you want Shikimaru?"

Stepping into the light, Naru Shikimaru, clad in his jounin ninja uniform, grunted in affirmation "Your observations never cease to amaze me Ranma-san. I've come to talk this time, but seeing how you so brutishly dispatched my group, I guess I can't let you off so easily. So let's get it out with this,... Why did you betray Konoha?"

Ranma frowned, knowing that his ex-friend Naru was taking it personally "It's not what you think Shikimaru,... I was ordered to kill a child that was being controlled with Shintenshin no jutsu. When I refused to do it, I was forced to watch as the child was beheaded mercilessly by Akira, a former classmate of mine." Seeing Shikimaru blanch slightly, Ranma sighed and wanted to shake his head "Listen,... I didn't want to leave, but by refusing that order, I was forced into exile. You know me,.. I would never do anything to purposefully hurt that village. They took me in with little to no questions about how I ended up there. They gave me a place to live, and a reason to live. I would do anything,... short of flat out murder,..."

Letting out a breath of smoke, Shikimaru sighed and shook his head "Ranma,... when are you going to learn that being a ninja is just about that! We're trained killers,... except for Naruto, who is a trained buffoon"

Ranma let out a small puff of laughter before smiling "Then you must understand why I refuse to do such a thing. I was never a ninja in the first place, just a person who wanted to make something of himself"

Stepping out of the shadows, a man clad in a orange and black uniform, wearing a hidden leaf headband growled "What about Hokage? Don't you want to be recognized as one of the most powerful ninja's in the village?!"

Turning toward Naruto, Ranma gave a small but sad smile "I'm sorry Naruto,... but that title holds nothing to me. To be honest, a year ago I didn't even know what Hokage meant, let alone the purpose of such a position" He shook his head and turned his back on his two previous friends "I don't wish to fight you two,... but if it's for the right to continue living, then I'm afraid I must"

Naruto growled out, missing the obvious look of surprise on Shikimaru's face at Ranma's moving "FINE! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" multiplying into seven different Naruto's, they all ran toward Ranma attempting a bull charge.

Sensing the jutsu, Ranma let out a breath of frustration before turning toward Naruto, flashing a few hand signals, before making a grand gesture with his right arm "Kamaitachi no Jutsu!"

Eyes wide with shock, Naruto did little to defend himself as a torrent of wind ripped through his clones, causing them to burst into smoke, and himself flying backwards -D-Did he really just use that technique!?!- Landing on his feet, although having to flip a couple times, Naruto stood up and glared "What is the meaning of this Ranma? How do you know that technique!"

Shikimaru's own eyes went wide as the cigarette fell from his mouth "By the Hokage,... you,... you know the Sharinghan?"

Ranma watched as Naruto's head whipped over toward Naru, and he sighed "No,... I don't know how to use the Sharinghan technique. Nor do I have such a use for such a cursed technique. No,... what I have is much more usefull" He then copied Naruto's seals and screamed "KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" and in a burst of smoke, there was nine of him "What I can do, is perfectly duplicate a technique by just seeing it once. Power, speed, practicality, and I can even improve upon it" with that, Ranma made a few more hand signals "Kagemane no Jutsu!" as the shadows of the clones whipped out toward Shikimaru and Naruto, binding them to the clones "Now,... what would happen if I forced half the clones to turn right, and the others to turn left?"

Shikimaru growled at the curiosity in Ranma's voice, before sighing "Alright,... we understand. We'll go back to Konoha and explain the situation to the Hokage."

Releasing the clones, and by proxy, the Kagemane, Ranma nodded "I thank you Naru,... and I am sorry to say that this will be the last time we meet as friends. From now one, I'm sure I will be forced to see you as enemies" Both Naruto and Shikimaru could see and hear the sadness that Ranma was feeling, but sighed "Now go,... I will not be here next time you come" With that, Ranma disappeared.

Naruto growled for a moment before sighing "We should go after him,..."

Grabbing Naruto's arm before he could even move, Shikimaru shook his head "It's useless,... I doubt you could understand, but Ranma could have killed us at any time. By using the Kagemane with the Kage bunshin, Ranma wasn't limited to not being able to walk toward his target or striking out at him. By letting his clones hold us, he could have killed us at any time."

Shaken up by that, Naruto gulped down the lump in his throat before letting his head fall "It never seems to stop,... I can never make any friends without losing them to exile..."

Ranma watched them leave from the shadows, a grimace on his face, before shaking his head and jumping toward the village -I guess it's time to move on then,... I wonder if the sand need any help- it took him all but a minute to reach the village by tree hopping, but landed at the outskirts and walked inside, walking directly toward the first building on the right. Opening the door, Ranma was treated to the delightful smell of cooking fish, causing his mouth to water. Taking his shoes off and walking into the living room, Ranma sat at the table "Tadaima"

Looking around the corner, a beautiful woman with black hair looked around the corner, clad in only an apron "Ah, welcome back Ranma-sama!"

Not even blushing at the sight, though terribly turned on, Ranma smiled "How is it coming Ank-chan?"

Not quite frowning at his lack of attention, but not smiling either, Anko leaned back into the kitchen "Not too much longer. Just waiting on Tsunade-sama to come back with the herbs, then it will be lunchtime"

Ranma nodded to himself and was about to comment on something, when the front door opened and shut "Ah, welcome back Tsuna-chan"

Tsunade came around the corner wearing a knee high black skirt, and a button up black shirt that barely covered her assets "Ah, Ra-chan!" quickly moving to his side, Tsunade reached around and hugged him closely, before kissing his cheek "Your home surprisingly early today"

Nodding a bit, before sighing as the depressing point of the day came back to him, Ranma looked at the table "We can't stay here anymore,... Shikimaru and Naruto know where we are. They,... gave us time to leave. They are going to report back to Konoha where we are, then come back"

Frowning at the mention of Naruto's name, Tsunade sighed "I guess it was only a matter of time,... what are we going to do?"

Leaning against Tsunade, the stress of the moment getting to him Ranma shook his head "I honestly don't know,... I though about making going to the Sand village to see if they would take us in"

Wrapping her arms calmly around the depressed Ranma, Tsunade let out a small sigh and fell backwards onto the ground, pulling Ranma with her "Well,... I guess that's a way to go. But what makes you believe that Gaara won't sell us out to Konoha?"

Coming out of the kitchen with stew, Anko set it in the middle of the table, and frowned at the two that was holding each other on the ground "Sheesh,... here I am slaving over a hot lunch, and you two are out here about to initiate afternoon sex"

Blushing a bright red, Ranma pulled from Tsunade's hold with a slight hesitation about leaving that warmth, but smiled at Anko "It's okay Ank-chan,... we weren't doing anything bad. I just,... needed to hold onto someone for a minute"

Walking around the table, Anko took off the apron and sat in Ranma's lap, wrapping her arms and legs around Ranma "You can always hold me Ranma-sama"

Knowing that she feels his response to that, Ranma just smiled "Thank you Ank-chan,... Tsuna-chan,... but I think I'm going to skip lunch today" Setting Anko to his side and kissing her lips gently, before doing the same to Tsunade, Ranma got up and walked to their room, closing the door softly behind him.

The two girls watched as Ranma left them alone, one naked, one nervously sitting to the side of the table, before both seemed to shout at once "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Both seemed to have heart shaped boxes sitting beside them, addressed to Ranma.

DATE - Year 2, Month 5, Day 17

Ranma leaned back in the hot springs they had decided to stay the night in. So far, it had been a uneventful trip, but that was mostly due to the fact that they normally stayed outside of towns. However this time was different. Rubbing the sore spot on his head, Ranma grumbled something about big chested tomboys, before closing his eyes. He felt himself relaxing slightly, before a scream pierced the air "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ANKO!"

Similarly, a scream answered, but Ranma found this one a bit closer "I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A PEEK!"

Letting out a breath of frustration, Ranma stood up and walked to the wall separating the baths "Hey you two, can you please keep it down a bit?" He started to head back to the corner, all the while ignoring the glares from the other male members, and had just sat down when he felt something out of place. Frowning and standing up, before turning to look to see what he felt, Ranma frowned "Damnit Ank-chan! How many times do I have to tell you, stop sneaking into the men's side!" He frowned when she didn't give him an answer, but blushed slightly when he realized why. Replacing the towel around his mid section, Ranma sighed "Ank-chan,... can you please go keep Tsuna-chan company?"

Looking up at him, despite him not looking at her, mostly due to her nudity, Anko smirked "Why Ranma-sama,... I thought you knew her better"

It took Ranma all of two seconds to figure out what she meant when the wooden barrier separating the bathes burst outward "ANKO!!!!!" Ranma just hung his head and sighed, letting out a low 'why me'.(1)

DATE - Year 2, Month 8, Day 28

Ranma was sitting next to Gaara, a frown on his face as he watched Tsunade and Anko sparring with each other -More like trying to kill each other- Ranma corrected himself. Giving a shake of his head, he turned his attention onto Gaara "Thanks again for taking us in Gaara. I don't know what else I would have done. A lot of the villages now a days are part of the ninja wars, and we've pissed off a good half of them."

Giving a small smile, so small that it went unnoticed, Gaara nodded "It's no problem Ranma-sensei. It's the least I could do since you protected some of my teammates during the last Haze ninja raid."

Placing a comforting hand on Gaara's shoulder, Ranma gave him a smile "It's not a problem Gaara,... it's what friends do"

Roughly two hours went by as Ranma and Gaara chatted quietly, while watching Tsunade and Anko spar. All the while, a single ninja was sitting on top of a nearby building, watching with a small amount of hatred toward his target -How dare those traitors show their faces here!- catching Gaara laughing slightly at a joke made by Ranma, the ninja scowled -And damn him for accepting them! Damn monster,... I thought he was to look out for the sand village.- He was about to turn away and report his findings, but stopped when he noticed Ranma staring directly at him -Can that idiot actually see me?- he blinked for a moment before going wide eyed as Ranma was no longer there.

Jerking his head around viciously, the ninja had but a second before Ranma gripped his neck tightly "And,... what were you doing up here?"

Staring into the burning eyes of Ranma, the ninja couldn't help but feel a great fear welling up inside of him "H-How,... how did you get up here so fast! How did you know I was here!"

Sneering at the ninja, Ranma pulled him close and glared at the broken man "It's quite simple, it's a ninjitsu technique I learned a while back. As for how I knew you were here, you can hide your chakra all you want, you don't have a clue as to hiding your Ki though." Seeing the confusion on the man's face, Ranma just snorted and twisted his neck viciously, causing him to become limp "Doesn't matter how much I explain it to you, your already dead" Looking down at the tiny people, Ranma allowed a small smile as he noticed Gaara looking around curiously.

Looking about him, Gaara frowned as he couldn't detect a trace of Ranma -Where'd he go?- He was startled as Ranma appeared in front of him, a dead ninja in his hands. He was so startled that he fell backwards and landed in a heap on the ground "DAMNIT RANMA!"

Chuckling a bit, Ranma dropped the body on the ground and helped Gaara to his feet "Sorry man, I couldn't resist" seeing Tsunade and Anko stop their spar and walk over, examining the body for a moment, he smirked and jerked his find toward a twelve story high building "He was spying on us from up there. Wasn't much of a ninja, didn't even know I was there until the last minute."

Tsunade followed Ranma's finger and gawked "How'd you get up there without him knowing?"

Anko just gave her a smirk, not once doubting Ranma's ability at getting somewhere without being detected -Hell, he's run from me many times, and hid where I couldn't find him- she frowned for a moment before looking at Ranma "That is a good question,... Ranma, did you master yet another jutsu?"

Giving them a innocent smile, Ranma nodded "Yup,... I was reading about the Yellow Flash of Konoha, when I decided to try and learn his personal jutsu. It took a few weeks, but it was mostly in perfecting it." Seeing Tsunade and Anko's surprised looks, and Gaara's confused one, Ranma chuckled "It's a technique called Hiraishin no Jutsu. It allows the user to move over large distances with ultra-high speed"

Anko went wide eyed and began to get excited "T-Then,... can you master other techniques from the Hokage?"

Sitting in his seat again, not all that bothered as Anko sat in his lap and smiled at Tsunade, Ranma shrugged "Don't see why not,... like I said. I spent the majority of time on perfecting the technique. At first I could only go a matter of feet, and that didn't sit well with me after having read about the Yellow Flash. So I spent weeks of training in the night to finally perfect it. Not only that though, I can do it without the Jutsu-Shiki(2), and for distance of roughly three miles before having to rest."

Gaara, Tsunade and Anko all just stared at him with a mild look of shock on their faces, all the while thinking -Just where does he get all this energy from!-

To Be continued!

(1) - Like all Naruto episodes, this day was mainly a filler lol!
(2) - This is taken from NarutoHQ (dot) com. ;

Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique)

Name: Hiraishin no Jutsu, literally "Flying Thunder God Technique"

Type: S-rank, Supplementary, All ranges

Users: Yondaime Hokage

The jutsu of the Yondaime Hokage and the reason behind his nickname "The Yellow Flash of Konoha" (Konoha no Kiiroi Senko). This jutsu allows the user to move over large distances with ultra-high speed. Although it is often compared with the Shunshin no Jutsu, the speed of the Hiraishin is much faster then that of the Shunshin and the principle behind Hiraishin is similar to Kuchiyose no Jutsu. To activate this jutsu, the user needs a special seal or "Jutsu-shiki" (??, "Technique" or "Jutsu formula") to mark the destination. After this is done, the user can almost instantaneously transport himself to the location of the Jutsu-shiki. The Yondaime applied the Jutsu-shiki in advance to weapons such as kunai. It's also possible to leave a Jutsu-shiki in an area touched by the user.

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