Title: New World New Rules

Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Shokuga, Viz video; any other characters mentioned in this fan-fiction belong to their respected owners real or otherwise.

Author Notes

I would like to know who you would like Ranma paired up with. Look for the poll on my main page. The poll will be open for the next four chapters, Please vote.

I would like to thank George for checking spelling and grammar.

"Talking"

"Shields talking / Panda signs"

Now we go on with the story.

Soun seeing his youngest daughter being manhandled by Karin becomes upset and starts his Demon Head technique, only to be tackled by panda Genma holding a sign in front of Soun that reads, "ARE YOU INSANE?". Genma then flips the sign so Soun can read the other side. "They know Nekoken!"

Soun forcibly pushes Genma off. "I don't care if they know Nekoken….. What's Nekoken any way?"

Karin assured Kasumi that Akane was ok and that Akane had only passed out. Nabiki, sensing an opportunity, offers to lead Sheba to Doctor Tofu's office to make sure that Ranma is ok. Sheba picks up Ranma and follows Nabiki leaving Karin to deal with the fallout of her attack on Akane. The best Karin can hope for is that Sheba and she must find another place to stay. If that happens, then she will ask if Ranma would like to take a trip to China to see about finding a cure for his problem. Soun's loud outburst catches Karin's attention. Karin turns her attention to a now human Genma as he pulls an old green tome from his clothes. Accepting the tome Soun reads the title out loud, "Nekoken"

Genma nods his head and in a solemn tone he explains the how to train some one in it. "It is deceptively easy. You dig a deep hole in the ground, and then you place a bunch of cats in it." Soun nods his head as he reads along. "Wait for the cats to become hungry, then you tie the trainee up with fish product, and finally you toss them in the pit. It did not work the first time so I repeated it about ten more times until finally it worked. Unfortunately it did not work the way I thought it would. Instead of my ungrateful son learning the technique, he took on the personality of a cat. Now when he is confronted with a cat he becomes a chicken and runs from it like a little girl. But what really is the kicker is that the last page of the book was stuck together so I did not notice the warning and that this manual is the property of Hong Kong Studios" Soun notices that Karin is still in the room and Genma had just sealed his fate with her. Moving away from Genma and trying not to make any sudden movements, Soun backs away so he would not gain Karin's attention.

Shaking with rage Karin lets out an earth shaking roar before she lunges at Genma. Genma, just barely dodging Karin's attack, pulls his hand away from his face to find that he is bleeding from the near miss. He realizes that he can not beat her in the house because he needs room to move. He darts for the door as Karin lunges intending to tear him apart. Genma busts through the door to the outside. Hearing his pursuer bearing down on him he jumps up, flipping in mid air to land on the roof just as Karin barrels through where he had just been standing. Looking at Karin, Genma realizes how much trouble he is in. Karin's battle aura is blazing so bright that it is melting the ground underneath her. Karin lifts her head and spots Genma on the roof. Not wanting her prey to escape her again, she lunges at Genma only to miss as he franticly jumps for the property wall. Genma runs for his life with Karin just barely behind him leaving a path of destruction in there wake.

Half way to Doctor Tofu's clinic, Ranma wakes up in the arms of Sheba as she and Nabiki are walking down the street. Ranma groans "did any one get the license of the semi that hit me?" Sheba looks upon him with sympathy and makes her way to the nearest bench to set him down.

They reach a bench in front of a closed shop just as a badly injured Genma dives out of the adjacent alleyway followed by a blazing white Karin as she slides to a stop leaving a trail of liquid concrete. Ranma sees that his father is not going to be able to dodge the next attack from Karin. Ranma jumps in between Genma and Karin crossing his arms and bracing for the attack. Karin slides to a halt just before plowing into Ranma. Karin lifts her head up to look into Ranma's eyes. Ranma makes eye contact and he sees tears streaming down her face crystallizing into ice before shattering as they hit the ground. Finally, Karin's aura fades out and she faints, collapsing to what is now the frozen ground underneath her.

Karin wakes up to the sound of hushed talking. The voice sounds like Sheba. "Doctor is Karin going to be ok?"

An older man's voice answers back "She used up a lot of her life force to the extent of nearly killing herself."

Now a young mans voice "But Doc, don't our bodies have defense against that?"

The Doctors voice answers back "Yes, they do. But in Karin's case, I suspect that she has overridden it to chase and attack Genma."

Sheba's voice entraps the Doctor "If Karin is ok, than why do you need her to stay over night?"

The Doctor responds in a soft tone "I am concerned with Karin's recovery. She is drawing energy into herself to replace what she used. It might lead to her cells cannibalizing themselves to replace the tissue she damaged by burning her life force so long. If her cells are breaking down, then I will have to send her to Tokyo General."

Karin pushes the sheets off and slowly sits up with her feet hanging on the side. Fighting off a wave of nausea Karin steadies herself and when the room stops spinning she wraps the white sheet around herself. Now that she is half ways decent Karin walks over to the door. Just as she was about open the door it opens throwing her off balance.