Well so far so good. Start the fic.

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Twelve years have passed since that day. Ranma had gone under not only the Kachu-Tenshin-Amaguriken training but also the Bakusai Tenketsu to boot. He also managed to 'Sting the bees before the bees could sting him', it was good evasiveness training.

Ranma had also worked on his stamina by swimming around the island ten times. His training was tough but not as insane as what Genma put him through. When Ranma did push ups with boulders on his back he made sure they weren't so huge that they would crush him.

Ranko also went under some training but only the basics. She also only did half of what Ranma did because that was all she was willing to do. She refused to do any of the heavy duty training, she'd rather just work on her garden.

Yes Ranko had a garden; it was full of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. She was also a bit obsessed with shopping, if there was a new dress or a shoe sale she would be there. She kind of scared Ranma sometimes with her girlyness.

Ranma was currently on the cliff of Whale Island staring out into the ocean.

Ranko who was desperately searching for Ranma was about to give up when she finally spotted him.

"Sigh. I should have known." Said Ranko.

Ranko snuck up behind him and yelled at the top of her lungs "HI RANMA!"

Ranma nearly fell off the cliff. He wasn't sure how but Ranko always had this knack of catching him off guard. It truly was one of the oddest things.

Ranma was now holding on to the cliff for dear life.

"How many times have I told you not to do that?" demanded Ranma.

"Too many to count." Said Ranko.

Ranma managed to climb his way up and glared at Ranko which lasted only a few seconds.

"You know that you must pay now right?" asked Ranma.

"Oh no!" said Ranko.

Ranma took a menacing step towards her.

"Not that! Ranma don't you dare!" said Ranko.

Ranma tackled her and started to tickle her in places he knew as her 'weak spots'.

"HA HA HA! STOP IT RANMA! HA HA HA!" laughed Ranko.

"Not till you say it." Said Ranma.

"HA HA HA! OKAY! OKAY! UNCLE! HA HA HA!" laughed Ranko.

Ranma stopped tickling her and helped her get up.

A moment of silence passed between the siblings until Ranko decided to break it.

"So…you were doing it again weren't you?" asked Ranko.

"Doing what?" asked Ranma.

"Quit playing dumb. You know what I mean. You were staring out into the ocean again weren't you?" asked Ranko.

Ranma tried to play innocent but under Ranko's gaze such a thing was not easy so he gave in.

"Yeah. You caught me." Said Ranma.

"Why do you keep doing that?" asked Ranko.

"You really want to know?" asked Ranma.

"Well yeah! It would be nice to know!" said Ranko.

"Okay. There's talk that there's going to be a martial arts tournament in the Grand Line. Because the journey itself is so dangerous only the best of the best could survive the journey. There they duke it out in a formal manner and the winner is pronounced the greatest martial artist on the planet." Said Ranma.

"So why don't you go?" asked Ranko.

"Two reasons. One…" Ranma grabbed his sister and put her in a headlock while playfully giving her a noogie. "I have a sister to think of who gets sea sick if she's even so much as on a pond!"

Ranma had to believe that Jusenkyo had something to do with that.

"And two I'd need a really strong boat because it's said that the tournament is held in the part of the Grand Line where the most storms are likely to occur. Also the passage way is a small cave that's only big enough for one person so you'd have to be a really strong swimmer." Said Ranma.

Ranko started to feel sad that she was holding her brother back.

Ranma sat down on the cliff and Ranko joined him. Together the two of them just sat watching the sea together.

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Meanwhile…

Robin was reading her book, Sanji was cooking for Nami who had just received her food on deck, Chopper was cleaning some of his medical equipment and as for Ussop and Luffy…

"We're a band of pirates, and here is what we sing: Live to fight again! Live to fight again!"

Well I'll let you figure it out.

However, Luffy and Ussop got a little too carried away with their singing and dancing and accidentally kicked Robin's book.

Out of the book flew two pictures. Sanji managed to catch both of them. He looked at them seriously for a moment.

"Who's this monster of a man next to this absolutely gorgeous woman?" asked Sanji.

"Oh that's my pen pal Ranko and her brother Ranma." Said Robin.

"Pen pal?" asked Chopper.

"Yep. We've been writing to each other for a while now. She keeps bragging about how strong her martial arts brother is." Said Robin.

"Really? How strong is he?" asked Zoro.

"Well according to Ranko he can make tornadoes shoot up out of nowhere, shatter boulders with a single finger, launch 1,000 punches a second, disappear, create vacuum blades that can cut through anything like a hot knife through butter and…"

"WOW! He sounds really great! We should ask him to join our crew!" said Luffy.

Robin looked surprised at Luffy for some reason.

"Luffy, he lives on Whale Island." Said Robin.

"So?" asked Luffy.

"Whale Island isn't anywhere near the Grand Line." Said Robin.

"He sounds like he's worth trip!" said Luffy.

"But…"

"Forget it Robin, once Luffy makes up his mind about a new crew member there's no stopping him." Said Zoro.

Robin sighed in defeat.

"Then let's set sail for Whale Island!" said Luffy.

As the Merry Go ship started to turn in the direction of where Whale Island is most likely to be you could hear Nami's exasperated words: "This is going to be a looong trip."

And there you go. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Next one will be longer I promise, but it also may take a little longer. So be patient.