Disclaimer: I own NOTHING when it comes to Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2. That respectfully belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

AN: Ranma is NOT and will never BE a reincarnation of Inuyasha as long as I am the one writing the story. I just don't really respect stories that have Ranma as the reincarnation. No matter what the plot is, or how well the story is written. It's not personal. I just don't like them.

Chapter: Everybody hates Genma Saotome part. 1!

Kagome Higurashi, daughter of Testu and Minami Higurashi, was so utterly pissed and tired by the time she got to Nerima that her half crazed mind barely recognized the fact that as of right now in the center of Fujin Park a panda and a girl were going at it blow to blow with a crowd of outraged onlookers who had just assumed the panda was a suited man who had gone on a unprovoked rampage out of no where and begun to attack the girl out of the blue. While the crowd was watching in utter shock as the small lithe red haired girl dodged the lunging panda, Kagome had completely over looked the scene as a delusion of her weary mind. Not knowing that the young man she had been seeking out all morning and the young girl leaping off park benches were one in the same.

In fact, after standing there to watch the scene for a good ten seconds, she had shrugged the scene off nonchalantly with her slumping shoulders before she turned sluggishly from the scene to waddle her way past the crowd with the occasional wary glance her way, but all Kagome did was continue her way down the street in order to find her way towards any one who could lead her towards the Tendo dojo. The only words that having left her words since being in Nerima were almost foreshadowing...

"Oh, what a nice panda."

Though her words and her presence could only help but go unnoticed to a young Ranma Saotome as his or...her panda father continued flailing his fat arms toward her with excessive force. Ranma had managed to dodge a rather swift swap as he...she braced her black slipper clad feet on the dirt trail before pushing off into a flip over her father's head. The young girl twisted her body effortlessly in the air before lightly landing on her petite yet strong legs. Her vibrant red hair fluttered carelessly in the wind as it carried her braid across her straightened back. She looked ever the bit of poise and elegance before her midsection curled inward as her knees stood slightly bent. Her pretty delicate face was seething as her fists compressed.

"What the hell do you think your doing old man? Why are you attacking me? I thought you wanted me to make a choice," Ranma yelled in a huff as the panda just mewled back with just as much fury. Though, Ranma hardly understood a thing.

"Ugh! Damn it! Speak up! We wouldn't be in the damn position if you hadn't threw me into the damned water fountain," Ranma said before her father spoke again.

"Pow pow pow pow pow pow! Mew mow pow pow mew mew mow!..." Genma had rattled off something in Panda language as his ears flared back in forward rather cutely, and all Ranma could do was stand there and look at him quite dumbfounded along with the rest of the crowd. A look of agitation settled on the girl's round and slightly chubby cheeks as she began to grit her teeth. Her father hardly even blinked, however, as he was still prating of mewls and slight panda noises as he was smirking ever so slightly.

The sun shown high up and the sky and a wad of grass went breezing between the warring panda father and his son daughter. Tension feed between the two heavily as the sun created a gleam off of the girl's flaming her and her father's dark eyes. They all stood there for a good five minutes while watching as Ranma and Genma glared at each other heatedly when someone in the crowd said something, to put it lamely, rather stupid.

"Who knew panda's could talk?.." The unknown man whispered to his friend who shrugged back rather dumbly when Ranma's eyes finally left Genma in order to look over at the other man with a stupefied face.

"They Can't!" Ranma yelled harshly at the frightened man before Genma took that chance and charged at her for another round. This time, however, the young girl was only able to dodge her father once when his blackened paw had made contact with a rather thick tree that had consequently broken right at the stump.

Ranma saw the tree and was only partly caught off guard before changing course right into Genma's large fluffy black and white body. Genma proceeded to give Ranma a rather large bone-crushing hug. As his massive black pythons encircled the small form of his son turned daughter, all Ranma could do was wiggle helplessly while letting her mind go back to how she had gotten herself in this position.

"Damn it! All I wanted was to let him know I had finally chosen, and I get repaid like this. I knew I should have kept my damn mouth closed!"

Ranma felt a shudder trickle down her back as she looked back on the moment she now regretted painfully.

By now, of course you know, her name is Ranma Saotome, son of Genma and Nodoka Saotome, and not only does she have a curse that makes her turn into a girl when she is hit by cold water, but she is also engaged to three known fiancés and probably countless others due to her father's greed.

Since Ranma had been a baby, and even before, Genma was promising people her hand in marriage in exchange for this and that. Genma had even promised Ranma's hand to this lecherous old pervert while she was in her female form. Lets just say that Ranma hadn't taken too well to that, and by the time she was done beating both the letch and her father, the old man was willing to give her his whole estate for free just to spare his life. Genma, sufficed to say, had never promised him to a man again; however, we're digressing.

It had taken many years for him to finally choose, but Ranma had finally narrowed down his choices of fiancés down to one out of three of his most loyal female betrothals. There had been Shampoo, who was his most devoted and viciously jealous fiancé with her expansive knowledge of the martial arts. Then there was Ukyo Kuonji, who he loved for the mere fact that she was his longest running friend and playmate. Not to mention she was excellent at martial arts in a natural in the kitchen. Either one of them could have made him happy in their own way. He was sure of it, but out of his three suitors there was only one obvious clear stand out choice.

Akane Tendo, his rival, his antagonist, his best friend, had been in the lead from the very beginning with her righteous sometimes stubborn attitude, and her will to always get stronger made it so that he would always take notice. She was short tempered and snappy with an attitude that could kill, but she was also gentle, compassionate, and consistently at his side whenever he needed her.

She was also, according to his father, the first to be offered his hand in marriage. It wasn't as if he was saying he was obligated to marry her, but in some way, as he said before, she was the obvious choice. Despite his objections and reluctance, a part of him had always known he had planned to marry Akane. Unlike his father, he was honorable and when it came time to honor his commitment, he would, which was why he was in this situation now.

After he had realized his choice, he had told himself that he would let everyone know a year before his eighteenth birthday so they would become used to the idea while also preparing for the wedding, that is if Akane accepted his choice. And now, a year before his eighteenth birthday was of course his seventeenth birthday, which so happened to be today.

He had woken up anxious that morning with a feeling as if something very important was going to happen, so he had made up his mind while he was training that morning that he was going to tell his father first, and then the Tendos. It might have been considered more romantic if he were to tell Akane first and in private, but he, being the shy wimp he is, wasn't too confident when it came to romantic things. He was sure if he tried to tell her with it just being him and her, he would make a total fool of himself and back out of the whole thing completely. Another shudder traipsed up his back as he thought of the wrath that would be inflicted on him if something like that were to happen.

So, that morning he had went to his father with an air of seriousness, and asked him if they could go for a walk in Fujin Park. Genma had reluctantly agreed since he feared that his son had finally figured out who had been sending Akane love notes and flowers under his name when he was relieved to find out that the day had finally come when Ranma had admitted to his love and commitment to Akane Tendo.

Genma had been so thrilled at the fact that he had caught his son off guard full confession by hurling him into the cold fountain water before he was picked up by an enraged female Ranma to be tossed into the fountain shortly thereafter. He'd like the think that the fact that his head had hit the base of the statue as he plummeted into the fountain was just a mere coincidence, but the smirk that was present on Ranma's face when he emerged from the cold fountain water rubbing the large bump on his head had let him know that it wasn't completely an accident.

Genma, to put it lightly, was a sucker for happy endings, and the thought of his only son finally realizing what he and Soun Tendo had been trying to forewarn for two years was something that made him a very proud papa. In fact, as soon as his son began telling him about his choice, and who it happened to be, Genma felt an irresistible urge to wail and embrace his young son. However, he knew since Ranma was a proud teenage boy, and not one for public displays of affection, he would not be able to hug his only child without a fight.

So, he did the most obvious thing that any father would do too there about to be newly engaged son and turned him into a girl. In Genma logic, a female Ranma was less of a threat to his health and less likely to be totally upset with being clutched tightly to her daddy's chest. Ranma, however, in total Ranma logic, was going to seek revenge, so he...she in turn paid back her transformation with the transformation of her father, who felt little agitation against being a panda. He rather liked his form.

Nevertheless, that brings us back to the scene we are currently discussing as Genma continued to crush his son daughter with animal like strength. Mewling in pleasure the entire time as Ranma struggled against his hold.

"Let me down you rotten old dirty man," Ranma said heatedly as her little legs swung back and forth trying to reach the panda's lower paws in order to deliver a crushing blow for release, but the young girl was having such a hard time reaching the panda's black large paws that she settled for swinging her leg forward and bringing it back rather forcibly right into the panda's unprotected stomach.

"Reugh!"

Came the panda's rather painful sounding reply as Ranma was set free to jump a good ten meters away from her father.

"That's what you get old man! Next time you try to sneak a hug, you better hold on a little tighter or else," Ranma crooned in her female voice as Genma waddled around on the ground in self-pity. The crowd, somewhere between the literal bear hug and the 'suited' panda being walloped in the torso, had finally dispersed with a few of its patrons whispering about calling the cops or the circus being in town, but Genma in his true fashion was being over dramatic and wallowing in his own self pity. Mewling in pain as he massaged his massive white belly with a foot print smack dab in the middle of it. Ranma showed little remorse or pity as she scoffed before turning her back on her father and beginning to walk away.

"Pft, get up old man. No one's buying that crap your shoveling, and if we don't hurry up we're going to miss that 'surprise' birthday lunch Kasumi made for me, and I'll just let you know, I am not celebrating my birthday in this form!"

Ranma said over her shoulder as she continued her trek towards the Tendo Dojo. Genma wasn't too far behind since her sprouted up like a newly grown orchid after hearing the prospect of consuming some of Kasumi's food.

"Tch, you are such a fake old man! And while you're at it speed it up lard butt, Kasumi said be there by noon. It's already eleven thirty and you're slowing me down. IN fact, if it weren't for you, I'd be there already! Ugh, you're such a pain," Genma just gave a few more mewls of protest as he and his son daughter continued down the path locked in argument. Not knowing someone was going to be coming in to disrupt their whole little plan of marital bliss.

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"Hughrhhhhheah...nnngh...wa-wa-wa..ter..ngh."

Kagome found herself still searching through Nerima sluggishly a half an hour later, and her reserves were becoming bleaker by the second. She had run out of any type of food and nourishment a quarter mile from Nerima, and she was not going to risk stopping to try buy herself some refreshment.

"J-just my l-luck! I probably c-couldn't get a-anything here anyways. I l-left all my money in my p-pack when I s-stashed it a mile back. I-it was getting a l-little to heavy," Kagome wispily breathed out as she flinched away from the beaming sun. A sigh, however, wasn't to far away from passing through her horribly chapped lips.

She had honestly hoped by the time she had gotten this far into her journey that she would have found Ranma and Genma Saotome in order to make a deal in which Genma paid his due and she went on her merry way, but as of late, she was no where near her destination and no one wanted to help the homeless looking girl.

Though, she could understand why they would be a little standoffish. Her blue and gray jacket was dirtied and tied fittedly around her waist while her once bright yellow t-shirt was filled with smudges and tattered almost to the point of indecency. Her jeans were ripped and stained with dirt and blood on her knee from the various nosedives she had made to avoid trouble, and her new running shoes looked as if they were all ran out. However, that was just her clothes.

Her once silky clean black hair was now filled with twigs and probably bugs as it stuck matted to her forehead and back from sweat and liquor from bottles thrown by the thugs. Her skin was dusted lightly with dirt as her newly tanned face was lingered with small noticeable smudges. Her vibrant blue eyes were filled with a tiresome emotion while her itty-bitty button nose was littered with one speck of dirt. With her lips dry and cracked and her voice raspy, no wonder no one wanted to help her because, to put It lightly, she looked a mess.

"Nnnngh...wa-waterrr...ngh," Kagome rasped again as she continued to lift her sluggish legs one step at a time as she wondered through a Nerima neighborhood. While most people had avoided her like a plague on her search for the Tendo dojo, there had been one strange young man who used words such as ought, though, and milady when pointing her in the general direction of where the dojo would be.

He seemed quite reluctant to touch her, and even though she was sure she didn't smell even after her morning adventure, he had kept his shirt tucked snuggly over his nose as if to avoid catching whatever she had. He was wearing clothes traditionally used in the art of kendo, and she had heard him utter something along the lines of...

*Mini Flashback*

"Though this lady might look grisly in appearance, she is still an individual of the female persuasion. Thus, I, Blue Thunder, formerly know as Shooting Star, must help this lost creature find her way. Who knows, she is probably another one of Saotome's concubines who may finally make Akane Tendo realize where here heart truly lies!"

*End of Mini Flashback*

Things had gotten a little strange after that as the young man started going into a tirade about a foul creature, someone named Akane Tendo, and a quote about someone named Pigtailed girl or something. Kagome had gotten a little confused by that point, so she had just smiled as best she could, which resulted in him stepping back a few steps in what might be perceived as fright, and gave a polite thank you.

She didn't quite understand his directions since he kept using words like yonder, mostly incorrectly, and hither, but he did happen to point somewhere North and mention a community named Furinkan in the heart of Nerima in the middle of his elaborate production, so that's the way she went. A little too quickly if anyone had been there to notice.

She had trekked her way to the heart of Nerima, and she had discovered the Furinkan community but no Tendo dojo. She was getting really tired, and she had even asked this guy ,who reminded her slightly of Koga, if he knew where the Tendo dojo was. At first, he seemed as if he might know by pointing her in the direction she was going before he back tracked and pointed her the way she had just come from. He stood there looking rather confused as he rattled on...

*Another Mini*

"I know its got to be somewhere around here. This place looks too familiar not to be the home of my love, but I just can't remember which way to go from here. Left...no no, maybe right...that doesn't seem right either. Maybe I'm in the wrong city again...Damn it! This always happens to me! How the hell am I going to defeat Ranma Saotome and finally win Akane Tendo's heart..."

*End Mini*

Kagome had simply walked away at that point, but even a block away she could still hear him profession his love to this Akane Tendo while also challenging Ranma, who was 'obviously' hiding, to a fight for Akane's hand.

"I-I must be g-g-going in the right direction because t-t-this is the second time I have heard R-r-ranma's name, but w-w-who is this A-a-akane Tendo?" Kagome rasped as her waddle progressed into a half dazed strut.

She was getting so disillusioned that she thought she heard a young female voice yelling and mixing with that of animal mewls before she looked up and saw a blurry view of two of the girl from earlier along with the Panda as both appeared to be arguing in the street.

"Yeah right old man! I'll believe it when I see it!"

"Pow pow pow pow pow pow! Mew mow, pow pow pow pow!"

"Yeah, whatever! Not like I can understand you anyways, and knowing you, you would pick today of ALL days to leave your signs at home. Sometimes I wonder if we're even really related."

The Panda seemed to respond back rather violently as it lunged at the young lady who just leaped out of the way before smacking the Panda with a kick to the face before fluttering down lightly and taking off in a small sprint. The Panda, however, wasn't too far behind as they both disappeared around the corner.

Kagome, for all its worth, didn't believe a single thing she had just seen, but because of time constraints, she was obligated to accept the scene as possibly being real so she could finally find the Tendo dojo to save her family's shrine.

Kagome peered her unfocused eyes down toward the pocket watch her grandfather awarded her, however due to the double vision it took her a few minutes to read the time and see that it was eleven forty nine before she weakly decided to follow the girl and Panda in order to ask them for directions to the Tendo dojo. She even decided to put a little more pep in her step in order to find them before she lost them, but that small spurt of energy did her little good because as soon as she rounded the corner, she realized she had lost them.

"Damn it," Kagome cursed as she slightly jogged a little further down the street to try and spot the figures she had just seen when all she was met with was thin air.

"Damn it!...Damn it, damn it, damn it," Kagome whispered harshly as her legs slightly buckled beneath her.

She was failing miserably at her quest to find the dojo, and her family's livelihood was riding on her making it their before noon. She was weak, she was tired, and for the first time since the beginning of her journey, she wanted to give up.

Not once since the start of the journey had she considered not finding the dojo and saving her family, but now that it seemed as if she was at the end of her rope with time dwindling by the second, the notion didn't seem too far-fetched to her.

Did they truly have to stay in that shrine? Kagome had always considered moving further into the heart of the city, and now that it seemed possible she would have that chance, why not take the risk?

Why not uproot her whole family and leave a shrine that had been in her family for a few centuries? Why not forget the fact that she had met Inuyasha and joined her friends right there in that very spot? The fact that that was were her parent's first met can be written of as irrelevant, and she can be the bad guy by just giving up and letting everybody suffer.

"N-no! I can't d-do that. Inuyasha w-wouldn't want me to. S-shippo wouldn't want me t-to, and neither would Miroku and S-sango. Besides that fact, jii-san has been living in that shrine his whole life. It's where he raised his family, and it is where tou-san raised his. Our family has lived and died in that shrine for centuries, and I am not going to let some thieving wretch take that away from us!" Kagome said with determination.

"I just have to find this dojo if I am going to help my family because...if I don't...Damn it! Where is it?" Kagome crooned dramatically before she lunged her foot into the nearest mailbox with a little too much force.

"Kiahhhhhhhh!" Came a yelp not too far behind before she collapsed and held helplessly on to her damaged leg. Her anger had been something she was working on, and she thought she had mastered the art of patience but it looked like she still had a ways to go.

"Awww huh huh huh! My leg guh guh guh," Kagome said with whimper before she heard the distinct nose of a door opening from the home in front of her. The sun was beaming down on the door way as the rays danced half-hazard across the body of a woman that stepped out from the door, looking with a searching gaze.

"Hello, is there anyone out here?" A young and beautiful woman asked as she stepped in to the light. Kagome wasn't sure if it was her desperate mind or if what she truly saw was an angel peering from the door, but the young lady was a Kami sent. She was tall and slender with a cheerful disposition and a pretty face.

Her hair lifted from her shoulder in its loose ponytail. The brownness from her hair and eyes shown clearly even from where she stood, but Kagome could see the lightness within her orbs more vividly as they landed directly on her slightly crouching and desperate looking form before the woman came towards her with a start.

"Oh my miss, are you okay? You look as if you need some help? Do you need to see a doctor? If so, I can get on for you..." The woman said as Kagome looked up towards the woman with what she hoped was a cheerful and hopeful look instead of a look of the impending doom she felt.

Kagome stood up with some difficultly, and she had to catch herself a few times with young woman looking on in worry and anxiousness every time she almost collapsed. The girl even had her hands reached out ever so lightly just incase she fell out, but Kagome made sure not to do that since she wasn't sure if she could get back up and the fact she didn't want to ruin the girls nice white apron.

"No, miss, I don't need a doctor, but what I do need is a nice glass of cold water, a warm meal, and directions to the Tendo dojo," Kagome said in a heavy voice before a look of surprise crossed the woman's face before being replaced with a knowing and kind smile.

"Well, miss, I can help you with all three of those things since I have a nice big pitcher of ice water and lemonade, a dinner big enough for ten people on the stove, and the fact that we so happen to be standing in front of the Tendo dojo!"

Kagome's back straightened instantly as her weary eyes began to seek out the words that would confirm the girl's previous station when she saw stationed in front of the home on a nice brown black were the words written in clear black strokes. Kagome reached her hand deep in her pocket, pulled out her grandfather's pocket watch before she almost fell out only to be caught by a worried Kasumi.

"Miss? Miss? Are you alright?..."

"Y-yeah...its...eleven fifty five..."

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AN: The end! For now at least. This chapter was supposed to be longer than this, but you know, I decided to reveal too much in one chapter. It wouldn't be in an Author's way if I did that, so I cut back some of that was supposed to go on to be in the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy and get ready for the next one since I am still in a very writy like mood! Chyah!

Next: Everybody Hates Genma Saotome part. 2!