CH: 7

Power

DIS: I don't own any of theseseries just the idea

AN: Thanks for waiting a while for this school has got me messed up and along with writers block and too many ideas it was hard for me to update

Juban:

It has been a month since Nodoka had divorced Genma and returned to her newly fixed house. She had not seen her ex-husband since that time, which proved that all he wanted to do was lounge around the Tendo Dojo freeloading. Not caring at all that he had not seen his wife for over ten years and he was divorced. As long as Soun had the Dojo he didn't care. But her husband was far from Nodoka's mind at the moment.

As she was getting ready for bed she cried for the 1000th time thinking about how her family had been shattered and how a part of it was her fault. She now could never see her son again, and her no good husband was gone from her life forever. She questioned herself thousands of times about why she married that man. She was only 22 when she married, but back then Genma's 'bad boy' routine had caught her eye. She thought she could change him, later she married him thinking that she had changed him. But, now that her eyes were forced open by her son's actions, she realized he only wanted her for an heir.

She sighed as her eyes had run out of tears an hour ago. "The only thing good that ever came from being with Genma was Ranma. But now he's gone. At least I know my son is with a girl who can take care of him and keep him in line." Sighing she laid her head down, pulled up the covers and went to sleep.

Nodoka's Dreamscape:

Nodoka walked through her dream saddened but had a strange feeling as she walked in certain direction towards a tree in a hill. As she walked she wondered why her dreams weren't starting. She felt very conscious in this place something no one ever was during ones dreams. As she walked almost without her will she saw a person standing near the tree she was walking to, she later realized that it was a woman about her height of 5,5 she wore a pure white hooded cape. Her face was slightly hidden from view, the only thing that was noticed that she had purple eyes and a red jewel on her forehead. When Nodoka stopped just far enough, the woman revealed herself as she put her hood down.

Nodoka had to admit that the woman was beautiful. She may have been about her age of 40 but she still looked very attractive to men well about twenty, her own looks still turned a few young heads, so it wasn't so odd. The woman had shoulder length purple hair and tanned skin. Like her hooded cape she wore white with a strange symbol on it. For some reason Nodoka got the idea that she was some sort of priestess as she felt this strange aura of serenity and wisdom coming from the woman. The woman reminded Nodoka about the beautiful girl her son had as a friend.

"Hello Nodoka, my name Arella, head priestess of Azerath." Arella stated sagely.

"Oh so you're the mother of the pretty girl…Raven was it?" Nodoka asked.

"How did you know?" Arella was shocked about this.

"Well she looks just like you; I must say she is a very lovely girl." Nodoka smiled.

"You really think so?" Arella's voice became a joyful tone and she had her hands clasped together in front of her, and her eyes were filled with joy. A millisecond after, she coughed and returned to her normal stoic personality. "Um yes I am glad that she has turned out so well…"

"Well nothing," Nodoka interrupted, "she is a beautiful young lady and my son is lucky to get such a beauty."

"Yes she is beautiful isn't she?" Arella's voice was joyful again. She stopped herself before she started to drawl on and on about her daughter. What was it about this woman that made her lose her careful composure and started yakking about her daughter? 'Probably because she's a mother too.' Arella thought before she got Nodoka's attention again. "Umm Ms. Soatome please, I must talk to you about your son." Arella admonished causing the other mother to get sad.

"Why do we need to talk about my son? He's already chosen to be without me for the rest of his life, the book is closed." She said as tears started to run.

"No Ms. Soatome the book is not closed on your relationship with your son."

"But…he said."

"He said nothing but the truth that you had blinded yourself from." Arella interrupted. "He never said he didn't love you or that he hated you."

"But what he said and what I found out from the Tendo girls proves that he can't possibly love me ever again for not being there for him. I may as well not ever see him again for I am not his mother. He doesn't have one." The last sentence was said in a bare whisper, but was loud enough for Arella to hear.

Arella walked over to the sad woman and lifted her chin with her hand. "Nodoka do you love your son and want to see him happy?"

"Yes, more than anything." She said without hesitation.

"Then you must not let him get away. No matter how old our children get, they will always need a mother, which is something you must now start to become, a mother. Ranma may be very angry at you for what you have not done over the years, but that can be changed. You must go to him now more than ever, for he needs your maternal love for what is ahead of him. I cannot say what it is, but it is something that should not be on any mortal's shoulders, but is.

He will soon walk a line between light and darkness and to not fall to the dark, he needs the love of his friends and mother. You need to go after him. Let him know that you love him, don't leave him alone to fight off something too big for himself. If you ever want to be with your son again then I'd suggest you go and tell him how much you love him and say what you have always wanted to tell him but let your own ideals get in the way." Arella finished as she looked at the woman who was digesting what was said right now.

Looking up Nodoka had a look of determination at Arella. "It is a mother's duty to love her son and to never give up on them no matter what. I have, until recently, given up on ever seeing him again. You're right Arella I have failed in giving him what he has needed for so long. But I refuse to let it end with both of us never being complete without the other. Thank you Arella I now know that my duty is to see my son and show him I love him and prove myself to him and not the other way around." As she turned to leave she spun back to look at Arella.

"By the way, do you know if my son is getting along with your daughter? I would love to have some grandchildren from those two. Oh can't help but imagine that lovely girl of yours having such cute grandbabies with my son!" Nodoka gushed.

"Yes they would be such adorable with your manly son!" Arella cooed in joy before she remembered herself and ended Nodoka's dream.

Nodoka woke up and it was the morning about ten o'clock. She got up and started to remember the dream she had. She needed to go to her son. She needed to show him that she was his mother and that she loved him. At thinking this she started to speed up and quickly got ready for an extended trip to America. Luckily she had asked Kasumi before where Ranma had went a few days ago when they met at a market. She told her the city and one could not miss it considered of all the weird stuff that happened there. She immediately started packing for an extended trip to Jump City. She looked through the saving she still had from over the years she was alone and found enough for a plane ticket to America.

Tendo Dojo:

"Soatome the schools must be joined." Soun once again said to his friend.

"Your right Soun, but the problem is how do we go about doing it. The boy is much stronger than we originally thought."

"We'll think about that later, first we must go to America and find that boy." Soun replied his obsession was clear in his eyes.

"An excellent idea friend! We have given that boy enough time to cool off. He will come with us even if we have to beat him within an inch of his life!" Genma said arrogantly.

What the two didn't understand, nor wanted to, was that Ranma had changed from before. Genma had forgotten about what Ranma did to him 2 months ago and just assumed he was still the teacher and Ranma the student. It never seeped into his skull that Ranma had gotten better than him a long time ago. Soun was no better as his obsession with uniting the schools had made him forget how powerful Ranma was and that even the dreaded master was unable to beat him. They were just stupid.

"Very well it's agreed we go to America and get the boy and future is assured. But where do we get the money for such a travel?" Genma thought.

"I know friend, I can use Akane's college fund money. I'm sure she'll understand that it's for honor and she has her whole life to get to college. Honor is more important than any school." Soun stood with his fist up. Trying to look noble

"Then it's settled, within a week we leave for America!" Genma and Soun cheered together.

They unfortunately had forgotten about Kasumi who was in the kitchen listening to the whole plot they came up with. "Oh dear, Akane will not like that." Kasumi frowned at the two. She was still mad at her father when he used up all her college fund a year ago on a get rich quick scheme that fell through and he lost all her money. All she could do now is sigh at the two. She knew that they would probably be destroyed in America and she prayed her and her sisters wouldn't go down with them. "Well there's no way to change their minds about this, they get so stubborn. On the plus side though I hope Ranma can introduce me to Cyborg." She blushed as thoughts about meeting him caused her to have not so innocent images in her mind.

Amazon Village:

Cologne pogoed over to her family's hut and knocked on the door to Shampoo's room. "Child its time for another training session." She got worried as she heard no answer. "Child?" She asked again as she slowly opened the door. "No." Was all she could say as the room was empty and most of Shampoo's clothes were gone.

Cologne immediately took off to the elders quarters to tell them what happened. "That foolish girl, how dare she disobey a direct order from an elder." She growled as she went as fast as she could.

Ship leaving China:

'Shampoo no let gajin slut take prize so easily. Ranma mine! Won him fair and square! With new technique, I kill!' Shampoo grinned evilly as she thought about her impending victory. Unfortunately she didn't know that unlike Akane, the girl she was planning to kill had power that only few could match.

Trigons prison:

"Master, everything is in place for your mind travel." Slade said as he finished near a glowing pentagram.

"Good now let me see how far the boy has come." Trigon voice held amusement in it making Slade curious.

"Master, may I ask why is this Ranma person is so interesting to you? I mean I know he is very strong but there has to be more than that if he's caught your attention."

"Slade, don't burden yourself with such questions, I'll tell you this though that boy is more than even he knows. Now start chanting." Trigon ordered.

"Yes...sir." Slade growled at being ordered around so, be calmed down and started chanting the spell. Soon the pentagram glowed bright red and a beam of energy shot out of the cave into the outside world.

Titan Tower:

Ranma slept soundly after a long day of hanging out with his friends. As he went deeper into sleep it happened.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" He yelled as he shot up clutching his head in agony as something forced its way into his mind. If one was there they would see that on his forehead were four glowing slits. He was soon forced into unconsciousness again and around him grew a black orb covering his entire body.

Few minutes earlier:

Raven woke fast as her senses felt that Trigon was around, but what made her really scared was that the presence was in Ranma's room. She quickly got up and ran to the intercom. "Everyone wake Ranma's in danger!" She yelled and went in the hall, where she found her friends up.

"What's wrong?" Robin asked Raven, his answer came from a loud yell coming from Ranma's room and everyone ran to it.

Raven literally flew to his door and smashed it open with her energy. "Ranma!" She yelled as she looked in his room. What she found made her even more frightened. Ranma was there on the bed surrounded by black energy and had four glowing slits on his forehead. Without thinking she flew to him only to be electrocuted into the wall by black lightning.

"Raven!" The titans yelled as they got her up from the wall.

Raven gasped in pain at what she felt when she hit that barrier. "It's Trigon! He's inside Ranma's head! Trigon placed a barrier around him I can't get in." The Titans decided to try.

"Titans go!" Robin yelled.

He threw several of his throwing disks, Cyborg shot his Sonic Cannon, Starfire used Starbolts and Beast Boy's arms transformed into gorilla arms and tried to smash the barrier. Not only were the attacks futile, but the same black lightning stuck them all hard.

"That won't work. Trigon has made sure that no one can disturb him when he's in Ranma's head." Raven stated.

"Could've told us that before." Beast Boy mumbled burnt on the ground.

Ranma looked around the strange fog that covered the area. It was thick and Ranma could barley see his hand in front of him. He knew enough that he was in his mind. What made him wonder was why his mind was so different. The place supposed to be bright and chipper, but now was fog and cloudy like England on a bad day. As he continued trying to look around he started hearing laughter.

"HAHAHA! I must say boy, you have improved. It took me quite a while to break your mind barriers. From what I've heard, your power over your inner mind was not the only thing you've improved."

"I know that voice." Ranma muttered his teeth grinding and his muscles became tense with unbelievable hatred.

The fog started settling down and Ranma's anger was well founded as in front of him was someone he never thought he would see again, Trigon. The red and black striped demon lord was now in front of Ranma standing at seven feet tall. He shrunk his size so that they could 'talk'.

"Ah you remember me?"

"RAAR!" Ranma brutally smashed his knee into the demons face as hard as he could. "Serenity Touch Katchu Tenshin Amagariken!" He yelled as his fist fired into Trigons chest and face. He finished off with a spin kick to face making a 15 foot ditch with Trigons body. Trigon didn't get up from that for a second while Ranma waited and calmed down. When he got up all he did was laugh.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! So you do remember me!" He got up and got into a fighting stance.

"I kinda guest it was you when I felt you entering! I don't know how you got here, but I'm sending you straight back to the shit you crawled out of!"

"Oh that stings. We'll see about that boy!"

Trigons eyes glowed, firing rapid fire eye beams at Ranma who dodged them all. After the 6th shot, Ranma fired his own Raging Tiger Cannon forcing Trigon to jump back. Little did he know that it was a diversion for Ranma to get close and attack.

"Burning Sun!" The new move was a flip double kick, but at his feet was flaming Ki energy that was super heated to cut threw most anything.

Trigon roared in pain as the technique hit him sending him air borne. As he crashed ten feet away, Trigon now sported a giant black line that burned threw most of the flesh. He got up checking his wound; that attack would have cut any lesser demon in half. He looked at Ranma again this time with no humor.

"You've improved quite a bit since I last saw you." Trigon grudgedly said.

"I haven't just improved asshole; I've gotten stronger than most people in the world."

"Yes I can see why Slade had such a hard time with you."

It all snapped together for Ranma after he said that. "So you were the one ta give Slade a way to cheat death and give him power with the mark of Skath."

"Yes he is very important pawn in my take over plan with his knowledge of the Teen Titans. Speaking of taking over, you should have let me take over three years ago. Now your friends will suffer…ARGH!" Trigon yelled as Ranma started his attack again with a double Mouku Takabisha to the face.

Trigon came back faster and both started fighting hard. Trigon was far better fighter than Slade so he was a much better match for Ranma. His blows hit Ranma a few times while most were dodged. Ranma in his anger turned off all his restraints and attacked like he did with Saffron, with everything he had. His blows were fast and hard enough to shatter Ryoga's bones, causing heavy damage to Trigon.

The fight was intense as both sides gave everything they had to beat one another. Soon however, who was the better fighter was seen as Ranma started breaking Trigons less than stellar defenses. With a final uppercut to the chin Ranma's arms cocked back and let loose two of his hidden weapons in his arsenal.

"Kami's Fist!" Ranma fists were useable as he hit Trigon with an upgraded version of the chestnut fist hitting at over 1000 hits a second. The speed so great, the mixture of ki and friction caused electricity to form around his fists. Thus adding to the damage Trigon was receiving as he was hit. After five seconds Ranma's fist cocked back with two spinning energies forming around it.

"Chaos Drill!" Combining both of his soul and ki together in a swirl he smashed them into Trigun's gut. The two energies both spun drilling into him sending Trigon sliding across the plain screaming in pain. He was stopped only by smashing into a hill in Ranma's mind before falling face first into the ground.

Ranma didn't think it was that easy. His thoughts were confirmed as Trigon started getting up. He knew he couldn't use his arms very much after forcing them to do so much. Three minutes were his maximum time in using the Kami's Fist. If he did any more he would risk tearing his arms off, despite the ki protecting his arms from the speed. As of now they were smoking a bit. Luckily he was in his mind and his arms were healing fast. He got ready as Trigon started getting back on his feet.

Trigon coughed up black blood as he got up from his beating. He started feeling something warm and wet dripping from his stomach. He rubbed his hand in it and it was covered in his blood. Looking down he saw his entire gut area in a wide hole. The last attack tore through his flesh and most of his muscle. His eyes soon saw red as his anger grew. No one had ever hurt him like this in all his centuries of living.

"How dare you hurt me. You puny human!" He shot up in his rage and charged Ranma.

Ranma dodged and weaved through his sloppy hits. Trigon's rage may have made him faster but he was also very sloppy, Ranma had no problem dodging. Deciding to end this fight, Ranma started going in a spiral while keeping himself calm.

"Hiryu Shoten Ha!" Ranma yelled, as he finished the attack the tornado took Trigon into the air.

It took about a minute before the technique drained all of the remaining demon ki left in Trigon until he crashed into the ground not getting up. Ranma walked over to the fallen demon ready to find his answers from his beaten opponent. Once there he kneeled on him and used his hair to make Trigon face him.

"Alright Trigon I want the truth, what do need Raven for, what is she to you for that matter?" He snarled as his glared at him for answers.

Trigon glared back at Ranma for a minute, until he answered with his own snarl. "She is my daughter."

Ranma's eyes went wide at hearing that, but his denial was soon relevant as he smashed fist into his face sending Trigon 10 feet away. "You lie! Someone like Raven could never come from some…Thing…like you!" He spat out, thing, like it was poison.

"You deny it but you know it's true. Think about it, you sensed she is a half demon. Her power is of darkness and has similarities to my power. Stop denying it and admit to yourself." Trigon spat out unable to get up.

Ranma was silent for a minute as he debated with himself to believe this creature. "What do want with her?" was all he whispered out after a moment.

"She is my portal to this world, soon she'll open the door and I will destroy this world."

Ranma didn't reply to this. Instead he started walking to Trigon and grabbed his hair. He dragged him to a portal he opened with his mind now under his control again. He lifted him up by the hair so he could face each other. "You failed to control me when my father tried the Demon Fist on me, and yer gonna fail with this. Unlike last time, I will kill you, I can't kill you now because you're just an astral projection, but I will find a way to kill you and free Raven of you."

"Don't you dare get cocky with this victory over me. When I'm released, I shall have all my power and you will perish." Trigon snarled in his face.

Ranma just smirked. "Bring it on." He threw Trigon out of his mind.

Ranma's room:

The Titans looked surprised as the black orb disappeared and a large black cloud with four slits burst out of Ranma roaring. It went down into the ground making Ranma groan as he was getting up.

"Ranma you did it, you beat Trigon back!" Raven yelled as she flew over to him, a rare smile brightening her face as she was going to hug him.

Ranma didn't let her. When she got arms length from him he grabbed her and made her back press against the wall before any one could blink. Raven's smile died as she saw his face was serious. "It's true isn't it?"

"Wha-whats true Ranma?" Raven asked worried.

"Trigon's your father isn't he and that's why Slade tried to get you!"

"…" Raven couldn't face him.

"Don't try staying quiet, answer! He's your father isn't he?"

"…"

"Well?"

"Yes Trigon helped give birth to me, but he is not father." Raven whispered to her friend.

Ranma let go of her, slowly he scooted back and sat back down on his bed. "So he wasn't lying, he was telling truth." He looked back up at her. "You are his key to get here aren't you?" Raven nodded sadly.

"How do you know Trigon so well?" Robin asked.

"Please tell me everything and I'll tell you everything I know. No more secrets about me, I promise." Ranma looked up at her and the Titans all agreed.

The next hour was explained by Raven and the Titans telling Ranma about what was going on and what would come soon. He found out about everything they knew. Ranma took his turn and told them everything that happened during his training trip that he left out. Everyone was amazed that someone had a life that made their lives look calm in comparison. What made them hate Genma more was when Ranma told them about the incident that happened when Ranma was 13.

"You see when I was 13 me and pop were still traveling until he came across a being that promised I could gain power by a scroll.

Flashback 4 years:

"So you're saying I could increase my son's strength with this scroll?" Genma asked.

"Yes, your son will gain unbelievable power if you follow this scroll. When I first saw him I knew he had the potential to wield the technique." The man said.

Now one would questioned this man for he had a black cloak covering his body and features, had glowing red eyes and on the front of his cloak was the red symbol of the Mark of Skath. Also the man's aura just screamed evil and malice. But one already knows Genma is a moron and would just ignore these obvious signs in order to secure his future by mooching off his son for the rest of his life.

Genma looked at the scroll and found it to be a seal of some type. "Why is this? Some sort of seal, it's not a technique or anything?" Of course he didn't care if it was a chicken recipe, as long as it made the boy stronger who cared about the consequences? He wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth by questioning the gift giver.

The man looked at Genma for a second. He knew these types of humans so decided to tell the truth. "Yes it's a seal so that my master can inhabit your powerful son and destroy all humanity."

"Whatever, come boy we have work to do, we start tonight!"

The man sweat dropped at the sheer idiocy of the man in front of him. "Fool." Was all he said as he disappeared.

That night, Ranma was in the center of a pentagram that was chalked on the ground. Around the symbol were several characters and languages that Ranma did not understand. If one would look closer they would find the marks to be demon language for summoning an imprisoned demon lord and his minions to the sacrificial body. Ranma looked around at the seal.

"Uh pop are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Shut up boy! I know what I'm doing now learn the Demon Fist like I told you." With this said Genma started chanting the words on the scroll.

Ranma looked around as the chanting started making all the symbols and pentagram glow red. When Genma was finished with chant, Ranma was covered in shadows, the shadows had hundreds of forms of demons. In front of Ranma were four giant slits. It was very frightening and Ranma was too terrified to move even if he could. Genma ran as he saw the demonic shadows surround Ranma. The shadows soon went into Ranma's head when this happened all he could feel was immense pain and then darkness.

End Flashback

Ranma shuttered as he told the Titans of that memory. Everyone was shocked beyond words that such a thing could happen to a boy. Raven herself was surprised Ranma had survived such an encounter with Trigon. Then she had trouble forcing back her anger that would have leveled the entire tower. The only way it was stopped was by her respect for Ranma.

After a minute Ranma decided they had enough time to digest this and continued. "When I woke up the fatass said I was only out for a few days, but in my mind it felt like it was centuries. What the dumb shit didn't realize was that the technique wasn't a technique but a way to try and get Trigon in this world. When the demons entered my head along with Trigon, they tried to eat my soul in order for Trigon to take over my body. I felt every single bit of torture the demons inflicted on my soul. I was bombarded by thousands of demons, like whips all the time Trigon told me to give up or that I was weak. He told me things that he would do and what he could do, trying to break me.

I didn't give up. I fought back and managed to force Trigon out. I tricked the demons and sealed them within my mind. I couldn't do anything else; the demons have been in my head long enough now that nothing can get them out. I have a nightmare every night as a reminder that they are still in there."

The Titans couldn't find anything to say at the moment. There was nothing they could say after hearing what he went through at the hands of both Trigon and indirectly his father. Raven may have been unable to say anything but she did something that was better. She gave him a gentle hug which surprised him at first, but he soon hugged Raven back enjoying being close to her. The rest of the Titans just patted him on the back while Starfire crush both of them in a hug.

"Thanks Raechan and thanks all of you for being there for me." Ranma smiled letting go of Raven and looking up at the Titans.

"Hey man we're friends that's kindof our job." Cyborg grinned as the other nodded.

"Besides we could use all the help we can get against Trigon."

Trigon's Prison:

"DAAH! How dare that worthless hurt me so!" Trigons roared.

"I take it that it didn't go according to plan." Slade asked not able to hidehis amusment at his masters defeat.

"Yes that boy is stronger than I first thought. He is incredible." Trigon muttered.

"Is he going to affect our plans any?"

"No, there is nothing he can do when I come. In fact he maybe usefullin the future. But we must testout my theory. Your assignmentSladewill administered soon, I have some information gathering to collect first about Ranma."

Slade nodded and left.He wondered what powerthe kid had to be ableto take down a high level Demon lord.

To be continued:

AN: Before any of you review anything, I have to say that I know that last part with the Titans was sappy, but I couldn't thinkof anything else to finish it off with. Anyway please review.