The Changing of Isis

by Dani Yanega

Ranma has a higher purpose then to be a slave to Genma. But because of Genma he has to do it as a female but she has lots of help.

3. Chapter 3

Ranma ½ - Oh Mighty Isis

The Changing of Isis

Crossover Alternate

By: Dani Yanega

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I do not own many of the Characters in this story though some are mine all the KNOWN characters belong to those who originally created them. Thxs.

Please also NOTE I write Alternate Universe (AU) stories whether they are crossover or not. The AU applies to ALL characters. Thus, this will make them OOC to the original Story and I like it that way. So if you plan to comment that Akane is not like that sorry I write her like I like to. This goes for all the characters it makes the story more fun for me to write that way. Got to have some antagonist and some friends :D)

Chapter Two

Genma-panda slowly woke his back stiff from sleeping curled into a tight ball all night. He slowly stretched the kinks out being careful not to hit his head again. A panda smile crept across his lips as he thought of how he fooled those stupid Amazon women the previous night. He would have laughed but he did not want to alert them to his presence. He was actually shocked he was able to use his Secret Techniques in his cursed form. He would have to get better at that. The fat panda crawled toward the opening, peeked through his _door_, and was surprised to see the camp empty. He then shrugged figuring the stupid girls went off looking for him. He had, laid in the cave a few more moments he listened for any sign of the warriors looking for him. When he heard none he figured, he could leave the cave and go back to the village to retrieve his worthless son.

Genma-panda slowly pushed his bulk out of the cave entrance, as his back end got to the opening it was again stuck, but a giant push with his hind legs against the wall opposite the door and he freed himself quickly. He stood up on his hind legs and stretched out all the kinks then scratched his stomach and a few places that are better left not mentioned (Dani: BLUSH! No wait! EEEEWWWW)! The panda looked around and found he was quite alone. He decided he would head to the Jusenkyo Guide's hut for some hot water to turn back to his human form. He figured they did not know about his curse and even if they had, they would not know what he looked like. Therefore, he waddled off toward the hut not far from where he spent the night.

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When Genma-panda had entered the Guide's hut, he had scared the poor man half to death, as he walked toward the stove and grabbed the kettle of hot water. The big panda then poured it over his head only to find the kettle was empty. The guide realized the panda was the asshole from the few days before but it was his duty to help all victims of the springs. He came to the stove and took the kettle. He left the hut, but returned a few moments later with it filled. The guide put the kettle back on the stove to bring it to a boil. Genma-panda sat down and waited patiently for the water to boil. He looked around the small hut and found it wanting. There was only one room and it was very sparse in its décor. The bed was a bamboo frame with a straw pallet on top. There was only one window and it faced the cursed springs. The door was actually a piece of tattered dingy red wool. The guide was sitting in the only chair next to a small table. He was smoking a pipe as he made notes in a large tome. When the teakettle began to whistle Genma jumped up and grabbed it from the burner and dowsed himself with extremely hot liquid.

"YYYYEEEOOOWWW! DAMN THAT'S HOT!" Genma danced around the room his skin a bright pink from the hot liquid.

"*PANT* *GASP* Do *PANT* have any *PANT* food?" Genma asked as he fanned his dingy gi trying to cool it down.

"Sorry Mr. Customer no food. Delivery late!" The guide Tang lied.

Genma looked dejected, he was getting weak, as he needed food. He seemed to have forgotten the venison he had stolen the night before. Genma turned and left the hut not even thanking the guide for the water or saying goodbye. He had not gotten far as he stepped out the door a net landed over his head.

"HEY! WHAT IS THIS!?" Genma struggled with the net trying to get free.

His eyes opened wide with fear as he watched the Amazon warriors as they appeared from hiding. They had an older Amazon with them. She used her six-foot staff and pressed several shiatsu points on the man effectively paralyzing him. She then tapped him with her cane on his chest causing him to fall over on his back.

"=Alright warriors tie him up for transport. Thank you Tang for your assistance=." The elder warrior stated.

"=I am always glad to help capture such filth. I was there when he hurt that child, is she ok=?" The guide asked worry evident on his face.

"=She is still healing but out of danger=." The woman told him, he smiled and nodded.

"=Shampoo! Let us return to the village. Your great grandmother would be proud. It takes a great warrior to know when they need to ask for aid=." The woman smiled at the young warrior.

"=Thank you Lily. Uh Umm, is Mousse still sitting with the outsider=?" She asked more quietly.

"=Yes, I plan to go see him today to find out what is happening. The elders are being so tight lipped=." Lily told her as they headed back to the village.

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Cologne sat in her rocker by the hearth going through the backpacks of Ranma and her father. She had found many interesting things, if she however wanted the New Isis warrior to trust her and the Amazons she would have to give it all to her. Maybe if the child would teach her some of the techniques she had learned that were in her journal. She had to smile that the child evidently taught herself ancient Egyptian. Luckily, Cologne had done the same thing over the last fifty years. Cologne frowned as she stared at a post card with a panda on the front.

*-*-* NOTE *-*-*

Tendo:

I am bringing Ranma home.

Saotome

*-*-* END NOTE *-*-*

She scowled, as she knew this was for that stupid engagement pact. This of course could no longer be fulfilled. She shivered, as she felt deep within her that would not stop the girl's father from trying to force it on her. She was pulled from her musings and task as a commotion outside her door drew her attention. The noise made her angry her guest needed to rest quietly she would hate to have her brought out of that magically induced coma, and feel the pain of the merging. She rose and walked to her door. Before a knock could be placed, she jerked the door open.

"=I want it quiet out here=!" Cologne never raised her voice above a normal tone but the warriors on her front yard instantly quieted.

"=It is my fault Elder=." Lily stepped forward, Shampoo behind her.

Lily was six feet two inches tall she looked to be thirty but was actually one hundred and fifty-five. She had long flowing hair down to her ankles; her hair was black as onyx with thick streaks of silver. Her eyes were a cold gray in color. Like all Amazons, (Dani: other then the elders) she was very healthy and had a voluptuous shape. Her face was oval with large eyes and a roman nose. Her lips were thin and had a cruel appearance. Lily also carried a six-foot dark mahogany staff. She wore a set of long willowy robes of dark peach satin.

"=What is it Lily=?" Cologne asked wondering why she was with Shampoo.

"=The criminal has been captured and is in the council chamber=." Lily reported to the elder before her.

"=Good, the council knows my vote I cannot leave the girl=." Lily raised an eyebrow at this, since when was an outsider more important than being in council.

"=What is going on Elder why does my grandson remain here=?" Lily's voice echoed the displeasure in her eyes.

"=This does not concern you Lily. When the council is ready to make it known, we will. Until then take the warriors to council as their testimony will be needed=." Cologne shut the door on the war party, effectively telling Lily to go home.

"=Elder I think my grandmother wanted to speak with me before she left=." Mousse stated as a matter of fact.

"=Yes she might have but right now what you know must stay in this house between the council and Mulon. Is that understood boy=!" Cologne told him not asking him.

"=Yes Elder=." Mousse turned and left the room heading back toward the sleeping guest.

"=I can watch over Ranma Elder, you need to go to the council meeting. Her father is more skilled than he appears=." Mousse was gone when Cologne looked up.

[Something strange is going on here I just can't figure out what it is.] Cologne felt she was missing something and she _hated_ not knowing everything.

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In Japan, a lovely young woman of twenty with brown short bobbed hair and sienna eyes sneezed. Another young woman of twenty-two poked her head out of a door to a different room and stared at the young woman with worry.

"Are you catching a cold Nabiki-Chan?" The motherly young woman asked.

"No onee-Chan I don't think so." Nabiki said as she headed upstairs to her room.

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Genma did not know what was going on, all he knew was he was standing in front of nine ghouls that reminded him of his master. He shuddered at the thought of the little pervert. He knew once he got free of the bindings he could use the Umi-Sen-Ken and get out of the village. He could then spy on them to find out where they had the _boy_.

[Ungrateful _boy_, deserted me to these useless females. He will suffer for this indignity. Maybe I will put him through that advanced Neko-ken training before we go back to Japan!] As Genma imagined, Ranma wrapped in steaks over a pit of starving lions, tigers, and panthers.

"=ORDER! HAS SOMEONE GONE FOR ELDER COLOGNE=!" The shout came from an Amazon in full armor with long cinnamon hair.

"=I am here Cinnamon, I am here=!" Cologne had pogo in with a confused expression.

"=I am here! Why=?" Cologne asked her black eyes flashing with anger.

"=Shampoo, come forward tell your grandmother what you told us=?" Rouge told the young warrior.

"=It was last night we had camped just outside Jusenkyo. We had made a kill for dinner and we _had_ enough for breakfast. Then around three this morning we heard the growl of a beast. We took to the forest around our camp in groups of three. When we arrived back after finding nothing, all that was left of our deer was bones. We then heard a noise and turned our attention toward the mountain. We saw a bush move that hid a cave entrance as if someone was pushing against it. Then we watched as the dirt and bush was readjusted though there was nothing there. We watched as he appeared out of nowhere half inside the cave. He was trying to hide his presence from us=." Shampoo finished then stood straight and awaiting a command from the council.

"=I see, I know not what technique he is using. There was nothing in his backpack about it=." Cologne told the council.

"=However I think we need to lock away all his knowledge of the martial arts until his punishment is completed=." She finished a thoughtful look on her wrinkled face.

"=I disagree! I mean why bother he will not leave this village alive=." Sapphire told a loudly agreeing council room.

"=We cannot take his life! Even though his actions prove, he clearly deserves a tortuous death. If we do we risk the chance of alienating the new Isis Warrior=." Cologne told the council with all seriousness, as she let the well kept secret out of the bag.

*GASP* Escaped the gallery of the council as the rest of the village found out about the outsider staying at Cologne's.

"=He _must_ be punished if not for what he did to his own child but for what he did at the tournament=." Spray countered with a murmur of agreement from the gallery.

"=Agreed, we will punish him for all he has done we will just stop short of his death=." Mascara interjected her brown eyes flashing red with anger as she realized her rival on the council was correct.

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The deep brown eyes peered through the branches of the trees. They watched the house as their target disappeared inside. They just hoped he, no she lived long enough for him to kill her himself. He watched as the little ghouls came and went from the large house. He shivered when he felt the rage as it came off the house the day before. He watched as the little ghoul that lived there left and headed to a large building in the center of the village. Now was his chance, Ranma Saotome was alone and he was going to get his revenge. The boy with a yellow leopard spotted bandana jumped down from the tree and over the wall. He snuck silently toward the house of Elder Cologne.

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"Kali!" Isis called from her throne.

"Yes Mistress?" A young Egyptian girl appeared and knelt on the floor low before the goddess.

Kali had the same beautiful honey brown skin as Isis. Her hair was down to her shoulders and cut evenly all the way around. It was black as midnight and very shiny. Her eyes were emerald green and sparkled with an inner gaiety not found very often. Like her mistress, she was very shapely and her long beautiful legs took up most of her five feet nine inches. She wore a white Egyptian style dress that went to her ankles. It was very shear and almost completely see through, but still hid her womanly charms. On her ankles, she wore bangle bracelet's of gold, turquoise, onyx, and coral. While on her wrists, she wore four-inch wide bracelets of the same material as well as three-inch bracelets on her upper arms. Around her neck was the amulet of Isis, which she wore in the center of a six-inch collar of the same material as her bracelets. She wore no shoes in the temple.

"Is Ranma still in the library? Has she eaten?" The goddess asked worry on her face.

"Yes majesty she is still there. I took her some food several hours ago. I was going to go and retrieve the dishes, in a few more moments." Kali responded to Isis.

"How was her reading going she has been in there for over six hours?" Isis said looking at her prostrated servant.

"Kali please rise you know I hate when you do that!" Isis told her servant with a slight frown that only added to her exotic beauty.

"Sorry Mistress. When I took her food to her, she had finished with the first two bookcases and a little less than halfway through a third bookcase. She made me very nervous though." Kali told the goddess as she rose to her feet shivering slightly.

"In what way Kali, did she attack you or do something to offend you?" The goddess asked as she wondered if Ranma was the right choice.

"Oh no, mistress; it is just that well she had this glazed look in her eyes and kept mumbling something about it was all hers and the old...Oh what was the word she used. FART! Yes, the old fart couldn't stop her! Then she cackled like an old witch!" Kali explained to a giggling Isis.

"Don't be frightened Kali, Ranma was never really allowed to enjoy learning anything but the art from the 'old fart'. She told me she used to have to sneak away to the library just to learn anything else. She loves books and she enjoys reading as it was her only escape from her father." Isis explained.

"I don't know...she still makes me nervous." Kali said as her eyes darted around the room looking for her mistress' guest.

"Come I will go with you, to check on her progress." Isis said as she rose from her throne and headed toward the library with Kali close behind.

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Ranma was in seventh heaven as she used her own version of the speed reading course she had learned when she was eight or nine. She went through the stacks of books, as she was halfway through the third bookcase in the massive library. She retained about seventy-five percent of what she read. She knew from experience that if she read the book again she would retain the last twenty five percent. As Ranma read, she took notes in the boxes of blank journals she had Isis' servants make to her specifications. Her training with Shen Li-sensei would help her store them where she could get at them when she woke. Ranma had not looked up from her reading when the servant girl entered the room. She carried a tray loaded down with fruits, nuts, three pitchers of water and meat. She just continued her reading and laughing manically as she chanted her mantra.

"Mine all mine, and no _old fart_ to stop me!" Ranma had not seen the girl as she shuddered with fear when she placed the heavy tray on a table near Ranma.

Ranma had not noticed when the girl left and subconsciously noticed the food. She read, as her hand would grab something from the tray and put it in her mouth. As she finished another book and any notes made, she would place the book reverently into a pile then go to the next in the stack she had on the table. She would also take a new blank journal for the new book, if it had not related to the previous book or the journal was full.

"Damn looks like I am gonna have to get more journals made." Ranma said as she pulled a journal from the last box.

She pulled the rope, Isis told her to use if she needed anything. She then went back to reading and taking speed notes. She smiled as she looked at the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. She remembered she had learned to read and write them when she was about ten. Once she had, her old man could not read her journal any longer and her smile got wider when she remembered how angry it had made him. She was not an expert but she was getting better as she read Isis' books. She looked up as a servant entered the room.

"Oh, hello, I will need more journals please. Uhmm could you double what you made before and you might want to check on me every few hours or so to see if I need more, ok?" Ranma hated giving orders and the servant could tell, but he smiled at her.

"Yes m'lady." He said his grin got bigger as he watched her cringe.

"Rajha, I asked you not to call me that!" Ranma growled at him, but he just shrugged and grinned.

"Yes, yes you did, but oh I don't know it is fun to tease you!" He told her as he stuck out his tongue and left the room.

"HUMPTH! Smart ass Egyptian!" Ranma mumbled as she went back to work a wistful grin on her face.

Rajha was just over six-feet tall. He was very muscular and very well toned. He walked with the grace of a fighter. His hair, which was a strange color for an Egyptian, as so far every one Ranma met had black hair his was a gun metal gray. His eyes were also gray. His hair was long and went to the small of his back. It was held in place by a leather thong. The thong started about a third of the way down his back and went to the end. His face was full and angular; his skin was a little darker then the honey brown of Kali and Isis but not by much. He was extremely handsome though Ranma fought not to notice. He wore a gold circlet around his forehead with the amulet of Isis in its center. He wore gold bracers on his wrist, while around his upper arms he wore four-inch bands of gold, turquoise, onyx, coral, and mother of pearl. He wore a wide collar around his neck, which used the same gemstones as his armbands. While around his waist, a gold belt kept a white satin loin wrap in place. On his feet, he wore gold-leather sandals.

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Isis and Kali walked to the library together. Kali got more nervous as they neared the room. They entered the hallway to the library and saw several of the male servants as they left the library. Rajha was the last as he closed the door and turned to walk away. He turned and spotted his mistress as she and Kali came toward him. He smiled at Kali as she waved slightly at him.

"Greetings Mistress and to you little sister!" Rajha said as he bowed at the waist to them.

"Greetings Rajha, what were you and the others doing in the library?" Isis asked curiously.

"Oh, Lady Ranma requested more journals. She has been having some of the scribes make them for her and she ran out." Rajha told the goddess as he shrugged his shoulders lightly.

"Oh and how many have you made for her thus far." Isis looked at the door with great curiosity.

"We did about a total of fifteen cases of one hundred per case. We just dropped off the last seven of the last ten." Rajha told her a slight worried expression crossed his face as his mistress frowned.

"I did not do something wrong did I Mistress?" He asked his tone growing nervous.

"Huh, What? Oh no, no Rajha you did nothing wrong go ahead and make more if she needs them." Isis told him with a dismissive wave.

"Very well Mistress." Rajha bowed and left her and Kali alone in the hallway.

Isis and Kali entered the library the reading table was empty as was the tray Kali had brought earlier. All that was there was an open journal on the table and a stack of boxes next to it. Isis could hear giggles somewhere from within the library. She noticed Kali trembled at the sound of the laughter. Isis just shook her head and took a seat at the table.

"You may take the tray and leave if you wish Kali." Isis told the girl who looked toward the sound of the laughter with a slight frown.

"No, Mistress I will stay and protect you." Kali told the goddess who just raised an eyebrow.

Kali took the chair offered to her by Isis and they sat at the table awaiting Ranma's return. They could hear her as she replaced books to their shelves. They waited for some time and as Isis was getting bored, she picked up one of the completed journals and began to thumb through it. It was not a verbatim of her tomes and scrolls unless they dealt with magic, healing, or martial arts, but instead a synopsis of information and techniques. Isis was surprised though that all of Ranma's journals were written in Ancient Egyptian. She would have to ask her guest about that. She was brought from her thoughts as a stack of books was placed gently on the floor next to her.

"Greetings Isis and it is Kali right!?" Isis looked up and saw Ranma standing there her pigtail had come loose and her red hair framed her face.

"Greetings Ranma how goes the reading?" Isis asked wondering where she was.

"Oh it is _wonderful_! I figure that if I only rest an hour a day, I can have this whole library finished in a couple of days. I won't need to reread any of the tomes as I am taking notes as I go. Well I hope not anyway." She told the goddess while pointing to the journal in Isis' hand.

"A COUPLE OF DAYS!?" Isis looked at her in disbelief.

"Yes I am very adept at speed reading though I modified the original technique. My last sensei taught me a meditation technique I could use that would simulate a full night's sleep within an hour. Though it shouldn't be used for long periods, after all true sleep is better, but it is good when you don't have time. Since I don't have the time I will be using that technique." Ranma talked excitedly as she sat down to start another set of books.

"Ranma?" Isis asked as she placed her hand on top of Ranma's as she reached for the first book.

"You can come back here once you awaken if you need to, you don't have to read all the books at once." Isis told her as she squeezed her delicate but lethal hand.

"I can." Ranma asked her eyes widening with excitement.

"Yes, I will give you a spell that will allow _you_ to return." She told the martial artist.

"I thought we were still in my subconscious mind." Ranma asked staring at her with some confusion.

"When we first met yes we were, but when we came here I removed your consciousness from your body. So you would not feel the pain of your soul merging with the other two." Isis told her as she held onto the girl's hand.

"I see, and when Seth almost took me over?" She asked as she tried to understand.

"You were in your body again your meditation brought you back to it. Tell me Ranma. Do you remember the pain you felt?" Isis asked her staring into her sapphire blue eyes.

"Yes now that you mentioned it I do remember feeling some pain, but...!" Isis cut her off as she explained.

"You felt the pain because you had unknowingly sent your consciousness back to your body. Without my magic to separate you from the pain, you felt it. Though, I think you still had some of my protection because it was not as severe." Ranma nodded as she thought over what Isis told her.

"I see, but I think I will still try to read them all. I can come back to re-read for the parts I don't remember or if I missed something in my journals, is that ok?" Ranma asked, Isis smiled and nodded.

"Ranma, where did you learn Ancient Egyptian?" Isis asked as she let go of the redhead's hand and held up a journal.

"Oh I learned it from books in the libraries I visited. I thought it would be a good way to keep my pops from reading my journals. It really pissed him off when I started using it. This made me want to use it even more. So I studied all the different books on it I could find." Ranma told her with a wide grin.

"You learned it well m'lady, I have found very few errors." Kali said as she put down a journal she was looking at.

"Thanks, reading all these texts have helped me get even better then I was." Ranma told her with a slight cringe at the 'm'lady' comment.

"Well we will let you get back to work. When you are finished I will take you back to your body so you may wake up." Isis bent down and kissed Ranma's forehead then she and Kali left.

Ranma froze as Isis' lips touched her forehead. She had never had a woman kiss her. She slowly smiled as it brought back images of a woman she barely remembered with reddish hair and deep blue eyes. She felt warm all over, and then suddenly she felt more alone then she ever had. Then she realized how much she missed her mother. Ranma stared down at the book opened in front of her but was not really seeing as she thought of what her mother would say about her son now being her daughter. She shuddered as she imagined her mother slamming the door of her home in her face, as she wanted her son not a daughter. Ranma's shoulders slumped as she held her head in her hands and stared blankly at the wall across from her.

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Genma struggled as the little ghoul came closer. He did not know what they were going to do to him but he did not like that gleam in its eyes. He tried to scamper away but the chains around his wrist and ankles made it almost impossible. He ducked and rolled when the little ghoul reached for him, but was stopped just as quickly when the tip of a sword suddenly appeared next to his throat. He stared wide-eyed at the young lavender haired girl that had chased him down and caught him earlier that day.

*GULP* He did not like the gleam of hatred in her eyes even less than the one in the old ghoul's.

"=It is completed, Shampoo lock him up and station four of our best warriors at his cell then come to my home=." Cologne told her granddaughter as she walked away from an unconscious Genma.

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The young man snuck into the house. He looked back out the door making sure no one saw him. There was no one around. He closed the door, turned, and faced the room. As he waited for his eyes to adjust, his gaze was drawn to the hearth where twelve chairs sat waiting for their occupants to return. He did not want to be there when they did so. He headed down a dimly lit hallway looking for the bane of his pathetic existence. His hand wrapped tightly around a red bamboo umbrella. He came to the first door and peered in it was a large room but sparsely furnished and was empty. He moved to the next, door and smiled as he peered in. There in the small bed lay the form of his hated nemesis and destroyer of his life. He slowly snuck toward the bed and raised his umbrella over his head ready to strike the sleeping girl.

"YAAAA!" The boy jumped back as the girl's eyes snapped opened and stared blankly at him.

"She knows you are here." The cold voice behind him caused him to turn as he took a ready stance.

"You told us both hours ago of what you planned." The boy with gray eyes told him.

"Ho...How?" The bandana boy asked his umbrella at the ready.

"You will have to ask her when she wakes but if you kill her as she is now you will do so without honor!" The white robed boy told him.

"HOW DARE YOU!" He screamed and raised his umbrella to strike.

"I wouldn't do that Ryoga, if you kill me you will surely die!" Ryoga paused as he felt a strange sensation.

"You fell into the last spring she fell in didn't you." The other boy continued, as Ryoga nodded.

"We are her generals Ryoga. Our destiny is to fight by her side...!" Ryoga began to glow a sickly greenish yellow.

"I WILL NEVER FIGHT WITH HIM!" Ryoga screamed as he pointed to the still staring Ranma.

"He is dead Ryoga all that remains is her. When she wakes, she will no longer be the Ranma Saotome you knew. She is merging with two female souls and when it is completed the Ranma of old will be gone." The boy continued to talk as he stalled for something.

"YOU LIE! BECAUSE OF HIM I HAVE SEEN HELL!" Ryoga continued his aura getting brighter.

"No because of your _family's curse_ you have seen hell. You just want to blame someone else because you couldn't _UNTIL NOW_ overcome it. Tell me Ryoga have you gotten lost since you fell into the spring." Ryoga stared at the boy his eyes widened with surprise.

"How d...do you know about tha...that!" Ryoga was beginning to get scared of the boy across from him.

"The same reason I no longer need my glasses." The gray-eyed boy replied cryptically.

Ryoga looked at him with some confusion. He scowled as he looked at the staring form of Ranma as she, laid in the bed. Her eyes were piercing him to his soul yet not seeing at the same time. He turned and looked to the strange boy and wondered what he was talking about, and then the memory came back to him.

(o)(o) FLASHBACK (o)(o)

Ryoga was lying quietly on the ledge of the cliff overlooking the valley of springs. He watched, as his most hated of foes fought with his father. He watched as his father knocked him from his perch over a spring. Then the watched as his father fell into another pool. He was surprised when Ranma's father sprang from the pool as a panda. He saw the guide say something but could not hear. His nose started to bleed when the buxom redhead crawled from the pool her breast exposed. He was shaken from his lustful daze when the girl screamed at her now human father, as he grabbed her leg and spun her into the cliff where he hid. He watched and felt as she hit the wall leaving an impression. He marveled as she slowly fell forward to what looked like solid ground until she hit. The ground burst open below her and she sank below the surface.

He watched a sadistic smile on his face as the pool glowed brightly. He tried to make out what was happening under the surface but the light was too bright. He saw as Ranma's father and the Chinese man came running up to the pool. He watched as the Chinese man stopped Ranma's father from diving in after his son turned daughter. Then the Chinese man pulled out a hooked rod, which he expanded to over six feet. He used the hooked pole and pulled the unconscious girl from the pool. He watched as his father poured the hot water from the kettle over her body and Ryoga grinned maliciously when she had not changed. He watched as Ranma's father threw her over his shoulder and picked up their backpacks then followed the Chinese man into the woods. Ryoga leaned over a little to far so he could watch them but was unable to move when the weakened cliff face gave way. As he splashed into the pool below him, his only thoughts were of Ranma.

"SAOTOME THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" He shouted as his head broke the surface of the spring.

(o)(o) END FLASHBACK (o)(o)

"The pool?" Ryoga asked with confusion.

"Yes, it was where fifty years ago the original Isis warrior died trying to save the world. Where her blood and soul merged with the soul left there for untold millennia." The boy continued as he explained as he thought what might have happened.

"Bu..But she is female why didn't I turn into a girl?" Ryoga patted his chest sighing slightly as he felt hard pecks and not breast.

"That is because the trapped souls had already left the spring." Both boys turned to see Cologne standing there her eyes narrowed in control rage.

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A thirty something woman slowly walked up the walk to her home. One hand carried a medium sized bag filled with a variety of foodstuffs. In her, other hand was a long wrapped bundle and unknown to those who did not know her. She reached her door and put down her groceries as she fished for the key to her home. When she found it, she opened the door to let herself into her home. As she placed her parcel in the kitchen, she went to the living room then unwrapped the other bundle and revealed it to be a beautifully crafted sheath for a katana, which it held tightly in its protective grasp.

The woman placed the sword and sheath on the mantle over the fireplace in a special holder made just for it. The sculptured holder; made from deep dark brown mahogany wood and shone with a high glossed finish. The woman stood back and stared at the sword then at the picture to its right. It was the picture of a small five-year-old boy playing with an old tabby cat. Her face lit up as she smiled at the picture. Her gaze then fell on the picture next to it of a young Genma Saotome, her smile vanished into a deep, and pain filled frown. She turned from the pain and went to her kitchen. As she headed to the kitchen, the doorbell rang. She sighed hoping it was not her nosey neighbor again. The old woman could really get on her nerves. As she reached the door, she adjusted her kimono then primped her reddish brown hair in the mirror next to the door. She plastered on a fake smile and opened the door.

"May I...?" Her question was lost in her throat as she stared at her visitor.

Nodoka stared in awe as before her stood a tall girl of at least six feet. She had long periwinkle hair. She wore a very tight fitting gray satin pantsuit in a Chinese style. Her smoky gray eyes did not fit on her angelic and beautiful face, as they were hard and unfeeling. On her back was a sheath, which held a large two-handed sword. The woman bowed curtly.

"Saotome Nodoka?" She asked in fluid Japanese though Nodoka could tell she was Chinese.

"Yes may I help you?" Nodoka asked trying not to show fear as she somehow sensed that would anger her guest.

"I am Dolphin I have brought you a missive from the Elders of the Joketsuzoku Amazons. I will await your reply." She handed the sealed scroll to Nodoka.

She then turned and walked off her porch and sat in the middle of the walkway and went into a meditative state. Nodoka stared at the back of the strange woman; she turned and started to close the door when she spotted her nosey neighbor Mrs. Kounita heading toward the woman. She hoped the young woman would not hurt her to badly.

She closed her door, and then looked down at the scroll in her hand. She headed to her living room to read the scroll. A loud *EEK* reached her ears. She looked out the window to see Mrs. Kounita running from her yard, her kimono hiked up high around her thighs. Nodoka chose the chair next to the fireplace and then broke the seal on the scroll. What she read made her pale, then red with anger. Before her laid the tale of Ranma's arrival to Jusendo Valley his double curse and how he, no she, ended up under the care of this tribe of Amazons. If that did not anger her, enough the letter she read after pushed her rage over the top.

*-*-* NOTE *-*-*

Nodoka Saotome:

As I am sure, you have read what has happened to your son at Jusenkyo let me tell you first, and foremost by the time, you have received this missive, your son will be _dead_. As stated in the tragic account the two souls in the second spring have melded with your child and Ranma is no longer whom he was.

We know this is hard for you to understand or believe, but as we have gone through your husband's belongings, we found a copy of the Seppuku pact you honored by accepting it from a six-year-old child. Because of this, alone we find we cannot allow you access to what is left of your child. Our tribe is small and growing smaller and all children female or male are a precious gift not to be killed because of some stupid ideal of _Manly_! The Amazon council has made this new person the child of the Council of Elders. Thus, any commitments or responsibilities forced on her by her father or you are no longer valid. Any attempt to force these commitments will end in a full-scale war with the tribes of Jusendo Valley.

Your husband has much to answer for in his treatment of a child, and I am afraid you do as well; for selling your son to someone so dishonorable and for only a promise of death if _you_ don't like him.

The council has voted seven to five; to allow you the opportunity to know this new child and grow to love her as a mother should. We however will not permit any harm to her from you or her past life, especially from the man who raised her. If you wish, you may come to the village to meet with her. However, you will not be introduced to her as her mother until the council feels it appropriate if _ever_ our concern here is the well being of this new person and her future for the safety of the entire world.

The Amazon that brought you this letter will bring you to the village if you so choose. If not then this is goodbye and you may bury your son and go on with your life.

Council Elder Cologne

*-*-* END NOTE *-*-*

Nodoka's tears fell freely down her cheeks. She had regretted taking that promise the day; Genma gave it to her. She had burned it long ago and had been trying to find her son ever since. Her elder brother Hayashi was the only family member she still had contact with but only because Mirako was studying abroad and Hiroshi was running the family company. Hayashi had been trying to help her find them since he did a lot of traveling in his training. Nodoka rose and headed to her phone the Amazon missive fluttered to the floor as she walked away. Her face was hard as she planned to retrieve her _child_ male or female.

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*RING, RING, RING, RING* The phone in the fighting hall went off loudly and almost anxiously.

"DAMN IT! This always happens, when I start getting into my training!" A man headed for the phone his body glistening with sweat.

He stood tall at six feet two and half inches, he had twinkling blue eyes, and dark auburn hair that flowed down to his shoulders. It was held in a ponytail. He was very muscular and his features were both soft yet chiseled giving him an innocent look. He was about thirty-seven years of age. He was wearing a pair of black cotton kung Fu, pants and slippers. He wore no shirt during his workouts.

"Moshi, Moshi?" His voice was deep and soothing.

"Hayashi it's me. I know where Ranma is, please can you be here within the hour I am leaving to go to hi...my child. I will explain when you get here. Oh and _PLEASE_ don't tell anyone!" The voice of his sister spoke quickly and urgently, but before he could say a word, the phone went dead.

"*SIGH* Sister what have you gotten yourself into now?" Hayashi hung up the phone and headed to his room.

He quickly packed, his every ready backpack putting in extra items for his sister. He then turned to leave when he heard his father downstairs. He did not want to have to lie to his father so he left through his window. He quickly disappeared over the wall of the family compound. He then ran full speed toward the train station.

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Nodoka hung up the phone. Her head hung low. She turned and went upstairs to her room. She sat on the bed and let her tears flow. She allowed all her frustrations over the last thirteen years finally go. She allowed herself to cry for about fifteen minutes or so as she had to get ready. She went and pulled a backpack from the closet. It was already packed with the basic camping needs and hiking clothes and shoes. She then undressed and donned a pair of blue jeans and white light cotton shirt. She then pulled out a pair of hiking boots and after putting on a thick pair of cotton socks she slipped the boots on her feet. As she stood, she caught site of her reflection in her dressing table mirror. Her eyes were red and puffy and her hair had come loose from her usual bun. She sat down and took down her hair brushing it out then stared at her long flowing light auburn hair. She then smiled as her eyes fell on a picture of her son. She quickly took up her hair and put it into a braid. Then she checked to make sure she had everything she needed.

When she was satisfied, she took the backpack downstairs placing it on the dining table. She then disappeared into the kitchen. Cupboard doors slamming drawers rattling pots clanging came from her kitchen. She walked back to her pack and dumped an armload of dried meats, fruits, vegetables, and Raman noodles onto the table. She then began to pack them into her pack.

"Gee sis I didn't know you had it in you!" Nodoka jumped with a shriek.

"EEEEKKKK! DON'T DO THAT BROTHER!" Nodoka scolded as she put a hand to her heart.

They turned as the front door slammed opened to reveal the Amazon warrior Dolphin standing there. The sun back lighting her gave her a heavenly halo. Hayashi swallowed hard as he took in her beautiful but deadly appearance. She stood there in a ready stance holding a two hand double-edged sword in only one hand.

"What is wrong?" Dolphin asked her gaze suddenly landing on the new person in the room.

"AYYYYEEE! INTRUDER WILL KILL!" She raised her sword and charged for Nodoka's brother, in her excitement her control of her Japanese disappeared into a broken version.

"DOLPHIN NO HE IS MY BRO...*CLANG*!" It was too late as Dolphin's sword met Hayashi's just barely.

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Hayashi stood drooling as his eyes traveled up and down the voluptuous woman who had just burst through his sister's front door. Long flowing periwinkle hair fluttered around her body as if it was caressing her. Her gray eyes shone red with anger. At the shouts from the woman and his sister, he quickly shook loose his lust and he drew his sword. He just barely got it up to stop her killing blow. As it was, he felt the force behind the contact all through his body. He stared wide-eyed with a small amount of fear as he felt his arm weaken.

"DOLPHIN NO! THAT IS ENOUGH HE IS MY BROTHER!" Hayashi sighed with relief as his sister came into view and grabbed the warrior woman's sword arm.

"He brother?" Dolphin turned her head to face Nodoka as she still tried to complete her downward movement.

"Yes Dolphin I called him to come with me. We have both been looking for my so...child since he left." Nodoka corrected herself as she pulled the woman from her brother.

"Then you are going with me back to the village?" The warrior asked unsure she should take them both.

"Yes we are. I have just finished packing my pack and now that Hayashi is here, we can leave. Oh, my where are my manners. Dolphin of the Joketsuzoku Amazons this is my brother and heir to the Takashi Sword of Light, Takashi Hayashi." Some papers on the floor near the fireplace caught her brother's attention as he bowed deeply.

"I don't know. I was told to bring you but I was not given leave to bring any others." Dolphin said as she ignored the male.

"He is coming with me Dolphin or I will get to your village _without_ you and with my brother." Nodoka made her words clear she and her brother were a package deal.

That same, said brother, Hayashi was no longer paying any attention to the two women as he went over and picked up the missives from the Council of Elders. He began to read as he did a thin red line formed around his body. The more he read the darker and larger it became. The arguing women were soon interrupted by a shout of pure rage.

"I WILL SKIN HIS PANDA ASS ALIVE!" Both women turned to see a glowing Hayashi completely obscured by a thick black aura.

"Ok he can come." Dolphin's final comment came from her, as she licked her lips lustfully at the power of the male in front of her.

For some reason through his rage, Hayashi shivered and a feeling of impending doom fell over him.

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Ranma had paused in her reading she had been at the temple as best as she could tell about three days. She stared, off at nothing, her eyes glazed. She had been sensing something in the back of her mind for some time now someone she once knew wanted her dead. She could not understand why he hated her, no _him_ but she knew him she just could not remember. She concentrated on his thoughts she wondered how she knew what he was thinking. Maybe Kalya would know. She could not wait to talk with her again, actually both of them. Ranma shook her head and came out of her mental daze. She started reading the next book.

"*GASP* No not him! But why!?" Ranma's eyes went wide with surprise.

She could hear the other boy's voice the one who had been by her side since her father hurt her. At first, she did not notice him but then suddenly she could sense him even though she was with Isis. She listened to him as he talked so Kalya was an elf sorceress. Ranma listened to more, then a third party joined them but she could not hear them.

"Ranma!?" Ranma jumped as a gentle hand shook her.

"HUH!?" The young girl turned to see Isis staring at her worriedly.

"Are you alright Ranma?" She asked again, her worry growing.

"Oh yeah, it is just something weird is going on. I am able to read the thoughts of two people near my body but I don't know how. There is a third person there too but I cannot read their thoughts." The young warrior told her sensei.

"Aw, I see well let me help you with that." Isis disappeared down a row of books.

Ranma watched as she disappeared. She had a look of confusion on her face. She could hear the goddess muttering to herself, but was unable to hear the actual words. She heard as the entity pulled books from the shelves then thumbed through them. She heard as the Egyptian goddess replaced them back on the shelf her muttering getting more frustrated. Ranma started to rise and go help the woman find what she wanted, when Ranma heard her as she exclaimed.

"AH HA! FINALLY!" Ranma gulped as Isis returned to the table.

"Here you go Ranma. You are now part elf and if you are reading the thoughts of two around you, they fell into the after effect of the pool of the elf sorceress. She had died there many millennia ago so there are residuals. Though they won't change sex, they will have elf traits. It is because she is a sorceress that they and you will have magic." Isis laid the book in front of her warrior.

"Will they also have traits from the original Isis Warrior?" Ranma asked as she reverently took the tome from Isis.

"Some but not as much as you she was only a part of the spring for a little while. However, to what extent I am not quite sure. I do believe that because of the blending of her magic and that of the sorceress they will have control over one element of your power of Isis and the elf. I am not sure since they merged souls, and magic your generals may. However, the most important is they will have some of her magic. This book will explain some of the inherited gifts that most elves have. You will need to test each of the gifts to see if they are yours." Isis finished as she left the room.

Ranma stared down at the ancient tome her mouth dry as she felt the part of her soul that was the elf surge forward. As if she would help Ranma as she read the book. Ranma's eyes gleamed with excitement as she took up another empty journal and her pen. She flipped through the pages still using her speed-reading but just not as fast as she normally used the technique. At the same time, she transcribed the information she felt she and her generals would need. She for some reason felt her generals would all be visiting that pool for a quick swim.

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Isis stood outside the library door her ear against it. She listened through the thick wood door listening to the pages of the tome as they quickly rustled, as Ranma read the tome on the ancient race of Elves. She smiled as she turned and left, leaving her warrior to do her reading.

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The three hikers entered the dock area. The shorter woman scanned the harbor for a specific vessel. Her face broke into a large grin when the boat she had hoped to find was there. She quickened her pace toward the small luxury yacht. The other two followed close behind her. They noticed the name on the boat and both quirked an eyebrow at it.

It was a forty-foot yacht with sleeping arrangements for six. It was painted white with red trim and the brass rails, knobs and whatnots gleamed in the setting sun. There were flags from all over the world flying over the vessel letting onlookers know this vessel had rights in many countries. The small group came up the dock and stood next to the ladder to board. Dolphin started to climb the ladder when Nodoka stopped her.

"We must be invited aboard. This vessel is much like an embassy and must be shown respect to it and its owner." Nodoka talked with a gleam in her bright blue eyes.

"Then you will tell me later _sister_ why this person named his vessel 'Nodoka's Honor'!" Hayashi leaned in and asked quietly, he smirked as his sister's cheeks turned bright red.

"I can tell you that young man!" All three turned to face a tall gajin about forty years old.

"Ric! We found Ranma! Can you take us to China?" Nodoka actually jumped onto the deck throwing herself into the arms of the new man.

Ric stood about six feet two inches tall he was very muscular in his build. His skin a deep golden brown because of the sun he had worked under for many years. However, there was a beautiful olive undertone, which added to his exotic looks. He had coal black hair with just a touch of gray at his temples. His eyes were a soft cinnamon in color. His face was squared and hard. He looked very much like the ancient Greek sculptures as he had the aquiline nose and hard chiseled features. He was wearing a yachting captain's cap of white and blue jeans with a red muscle tee shirt and white deck shoes.

He took Nodoka into his arms and hugged her tightly spinning her around in a circle. He then gave her a passionate kiss which caused her to blush as red as his shirt. He broke the kiss then leaned back slightly and stared into her bright blue eyes. She had a loving smile, which, greeted him and was mirrored on his face as well. He brought his rough calloused hand up to her cheek and caressed it tenderly as if he was not sure she was there, as she cupped his face in both her hands and stared deeply into eyes that truly loved her.

"It has been a long time my love, too long." He whispered to her she nodded.

"You could have called! I didn't ask to _not_ see you just...!" Nodoka could not finish the sentence as she sighed with sadness.

"I know my love but I couldn't bare that moron was between us!" His anger was heard in his voice.

"If you had called you would have known I was divorced from him seven years ago. I sent you letters upon letters telling you so, but you never responded." Ric's eyebrow shot up in surprise.

"I never received them! Where did you send them?" He asked holding his temper in check.

"To your family estate it was the only address I had for you!?" Nodoka was confused and a little hurt for the years he had ignored her.

"I see, well know this beloved I never knew those letters existed. I thought when I left you wanted nothing more to do with me, as I hadn't received any word from you now I know why. But we are together now, if you still want me?" His heart was written on his face for all to see along with the fear of his heart being broken.

"Then I guess were stuck with each other beloved." Nodoka's eyes shone brightly with love.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! This is all well and good but who are you? Why are we here? And what do you mean you and panda ass are divorced you didn't tell me that!" Hayashi broke in a little agitated.

"OOWWW! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" He rubbed the back of his head as he glared at Dolphin.

"Stupid male this is a romantic moment! Don't interrupt!" She told him as she put away her chúi.

"It is alright Dolphin you have a right to know brother, but first, Ric, we found Ranma can you get us to China. Dolphin's village is taking care of hi...my child!" She asked her lover with frightened and excited eyes.

"Of course love, but there is something wrong isn't there?" Nodoka nodded as she fell deep into his arms.

"May we go inside please I will tell you then." She whispered into his chest her warm tears dampening his tee.

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Ryoga stared at the short ghoulish creature before him his eyes flashed with rage. He turned and faced her, his umbrella at the ready. He would have lunged for what he thought was a female. However, the saber at his throat made him think twice about it. He looked out of the corner of his eye and saw the same boy he had been talking with now standing there with a large saber. Ryoga wondered offhand where he had gotten the sword.

"I cannot allow you to harm an elder of my village. Though there is no love loss between myself and her, she is still one of my leaders and I as an Amazon have pledged my life to protect her." Mousse told the bandana-clad boy.

"Very good Mousse, but I was never in any danger." Cologne told them both, her smile of superiority making Ryoga madder.

"I realize that elder but in the struggle he could have hurt _her_!" Mousse nodded toward the still unseeing Ranma.

Cologne then pogoed over to the girl her eyebrow arched at the fact her eyes were opened and staring blankly at Ryoga and Mousse. She reached over and gently shut the girl's eyes. She then placed her glowing hand on the girl's forehead. Her gasp of surprise caused Mousse and Ryoga to turn with shock.

"What is it elder?" Mousse asked worry appeared on his face.

"It is nothing that concerns you _boy_!" Cologne told him as she turned from the bed only to be face to face with both boys.

"We are her generals and _you_ will tell us what is wrong." Ryoga spoke quietly a low growl came from deep within his throat.

"Oh really? A moment ago you tried to kill her!" Cologne spoke with just as much menace.

"That was then this is now!" Ryoga completed taking a step toward the diminutive elder, only to have a hand stop, him.

"She does not understand Ryoga and we need to make her understand before the others arrive." Mousse told the lost boy turned hero.

Mousse left the room and came back quickly carrying Cologne's rocker from in front of the fireplace he sat it by the window then moved the other two chairs in the room across from it. He offered one to Ryoga then checking on Ranma, he took the other. He sat there for a few moments wondering how to start when he got an idea. He then again left the room to return with both of Ranma's backpacks. He placed them next to her bed. He then rummaged through one of them pulling out a journal. He took it over to Cologne and held it out to her.

"Pick a page then give it back to me." Mousse told her.

"Why?" Cologne asked her eyebrow shot up knowing neither boy could read it.

"Please elder!" Mousse asked again and Cologne still stared defiantly, wanting to know why.

"Elder my great grandson has asked you to do it now do so!" Cologne, Mousse, and Ryoga turned to see three women standing there.

One was a tall beautiful woman of five feet eight inches she had long black purple hair that settled in around her ankles. Her gray eyes shimmered with ancient wisdom and pride for the young warrior before her. Her gray eyes were set in an oval face with high cheekbones, though it was soft and inviting to look upon, her face showed her strength to all who looked. However, she was still young looking and her body still shapely and firm but the ravages of time were showing. Her black purple hair was streaked with silver and the wrinkles around her eyes were just starting to show. While behind her stood two more ghouls their only difference from the one in front of the boys was that instead of green robes they wore robes of white and aqua.

"=Now daughter remember Cologne is still an Elder=." The one in the aqua robe reminded her daughter.

"=Yes mother=." The woman had the foresight to look ashamed.

"Please speak Japanese our attempted murderer here can't speak Mandarin." The other three women turned and glared at Ryoga.

"Please it is alright now he understands what is going on and it is his destiny to be here!" Mousse stood in front of Ryoga.

He waited and when the three new members nodded, only guardedly, he disappeared and returned with three more chairs. He sat them down next to Cologne then waited until they were seated before taking his seat again. With a heavy sigh, he asked again.

"Please elder the page." He asked pointing at the journal.

Cologne finally agreed and showed the page to the other women though only she and Mousse Great Great Grandmother Jasmine could read it the other two stared with awed confusion. She handed the book back to Mousse as he surprised them all and began to read.

"Today I had a duel of honor with my friend Ryoga. He is one of the best fighters I have ever fought. I think someday he will be almost as good as I am. If he keeps studying he may even surpass me." Cologne and Jasmine stared at the Amazon boy with widened eyes that got even wider when the other boy finished the page.

"I had waited three days for Ryoga to come. Pop said I won the fight 'cause it was he, that set the rules and he didn't show. I argued with him that I wanted to wait at least a couple of more days. His family's directional curse would make him late. The old fool wouldn't let me I fought the fat moron for the right to stay. I woke up three days later on the Japanese coast, with a broken rib, a fractured arm and dislocated knee joint I knew I would never get to up hold my and Ryoga's honor.

"That day was the day I started planning my life away from the old fool, and trying to figure out how I could accomplish it. I especially decided to leave after the asshole threw me into the Sea of Japan in order to swim to China." Ryoga finished his aura black as pitch as he looked over his shoulder at the once boy who called him friend.

"He actually thought I could be better than him. You would never have known it the way he insulted me when we fought." Ryoga whispered, as Cologne and Jasmine looked at them with stunned silence.

"I do not know much of what is going on young man but from what my mother has told me it was the way in which _she_ was trained." Ryoga snapped to the woman before him his eyes flashing red with rage.

"HE! IT IS HE! RANMA SAOTOME IS A HE!" Ryoga shouted in anger.

"No boy Ranma Saotome is dead, when that young girl awakes she will be a merging of three souls two of which are female _she_ will no longer be Ranma Saotome." Cologne spoke with finality.

"Now tell us how you are able to read ancient Egyptian." Cologne spoke to the boys her eyes narrowed.

"We both fell into the pool where Isis died fifty years ago." The women gasped in shock.

"But...but you don't change!" Thorn stammered as she threw cold water on them.

"It is because the souls are gone from the pool, but that would mean the pool is un-cursed and should have taken one of you to replace it." Jasmine explained being an expert on the pools.

"It is because of the other soul Matriarch." Mousse explained.

"Tell us grandson how is that so?" Marigold asked him waving him to continue.

"The spirit in the pool when Isis died there was an elf sorceress. She allowed her soul and magic to merge with Isis' when the warrior was murdered. The fact her spirit has been in the pool for at least five thousand years maybe even longer, it has left a powerful residue. There is some from Isis because her magic merged with that of the elf but it is mostly the elf. In doing so we are benefiting from the elf in the pool and a some from Isis. As will the others." Mousse paused to let the elders mull over what he had said it did not take long to get a reaction from one of them.

"OTHERS! WHAT OTHERS!" The shout exploded from the small body of Thorn as she jumped from her seat.

"As part elf we now can send and receive telepathic messages from each other. I am not sure if we can read other people's minds that ability may only be something Ranma can do since she has the soul of the elf. Through the link, though Isis told her that she has selected generals to fight with her and they will be given the choice to fight or not to fight. When I found I was to be one of the generals, I pledged my skills to her through the link. Ryoga has accepted as well when he claimed the right as her general." Mousse looked at Ryoga who looked confused then nodded affirmative as if he remembered when that had happened.

"Do you know how many and who? Maybe we can take warriors to the spring and have them, jump in just to make sure we are her generals." Thorn rattled on quickly.

"It won't help to do that Elder." Mousse explained to an angry elder.

"You stay out of this boy!" Thorn growled at the blind boy turned elf.

"Thorn, sit down and shut up! What do you mean Mousse why can't we do as Thorn suggested." Cologne knew better then to go off half-cocked especially to Jusenkyo, she knew the two boys in front of her knew a lot more then they were telling them.

"The goddess Isis is with Ranma, she is choosing her warriors. She has covered the pool until the ones she wants are there to fall in." Mousse explained a knowing smirk on his face.

"She has already chosen the Amazon to fight with her warrior. It was, me and I have accepted. Though she may choose another I do not know for sure." Mousse told the assembled group.

"=NO! WHY WOULD SHE CHOOSE YOU OVER ME THE VILLAGE'S BEST WARRIOR OF THIS AND LASGT TWO GENERATIONS=!" They turned and saw Shampoo standing there her chúi ready to crush the skull of the bane of her existence.

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"=SAGE=!" The female shout caused a young man to stop under what looked like two bodies carved into the mountain, a blood stain at the head of the smaller imprint.

He turned but could not see any one until a shadow appeared over him. He looked up to see a young Phoenix warrior and the woman he loved hovering over him. He smiled up at her and waved at her. She smiled down at him then her eyes got wide with shock as the ground opened up and exposed the pool below. The young man fell into the spring and since his lover knew, he was not a very good swimmer she never thought of the consequences as she dove, in after him. They had not seen the pool glow as she dove deeper and deeper to retrieve her beloved. When her hand grasped his collar, she kicked with her strong legs and wings. They shot out of the spring and land on the ledge above it. They never saw as the glowing spring covered itself again in dry land.

"=SAGE! SPEAK TO ME=!" She shouted in anguish as she leaned over the young handsome man.

The boy reached up, grabbed the girl, and pulled her to him. He then brought her soft supple lips to his and kissed her passionately. His hands played lightly with the feathers of her wings. Her hands entwined themselves into his hair.

"=I am fine Meran at least I am now=!" He told her as he broke the kiss and smiled lovingly at her.

"=I guess we better get going we are expected at the Amazon Village before nightfall. If Isis has come back do you think we will get to fight with her=?" Meran asked Sage as she helped him up.

Meran stood five feet seven inches and was athletic in her build. She was mostly legs, long shapely. She had a heart shaped face of white porcelain skin. She had long white hair that ended at her hips. The hair had a tinge of pink. Her eyes were a bright raspberry and wide almond shape. They sat on either side of a perky nose that turned up cutely at the tip. Her lips were full and pouty. Her wings were the same almost white as her hair again with just a tinge of pink. At the tips of the thirty foot wing span she had one thick stripe of red plum at about four inches above and below were two stripes each, the top and bottom most red plum stripe was two inches while the stripes between the two and four inch stripes were one inch.

"=I don't know my love we will just have to wait and see=." He told her as she wrapped her arms around his waist and took to the sky.

Sage stood at six feet and was very muscular (Dani: Ryoga muscular) his hair was dark aqua and contrasted with his medium aqua eyes. His eyes were large but not as large as Meran's. They sat in an oval face with high cheekbones with an aquiline nose over a pair of medium thick lips. His dark aqua hair was braided down his back and ended at the small of his back. On his back, he carried a two-handed broad sword.

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"Now Do-Chan what is this about?" Ric asked as he held up the missive from the Amazons.

"I don't know for sure but you were right that damn pact has come back to haunt me. Even though I destroyed it the very same night that baka took my son from me *SIGH*." Nodoka said with a heartbroken sigh.

"And this young lady is an Amazon warrior?" He asked pointing to Dolphin.

"Yes she is taking Hayashi and I to her village where I am going to reclaim my child whether they like it or not." The distraught mother explained with determination.

"Do-Chan you can't blame them, all they have is one side of the equation you can't expect them to believe you won't force that pact on Ranma now that there is no way for him to be 'A Man Among Men'!" Nodoka looked at Ric with hurt and betrayal.

"*Sigh* you are right, Ric but it hurts to hear it, especially from you." She looked back up at him her eyes filled with tears.

"Do-Chan remember our own pact to always tell each other the truth whether we want to hear it or not." Ric reminded her as he took her delicate hand in his.

"I...I know, but he was my son!" She looked at him longingly.

"One which you gave over to a man you had to know was not trustworthy enough to raise a child!" The new voice broke through the pain.

They turned and saw an elderly woman of about sixty-five. She stood about five feet one inch tall. She had short curly hair of coal black, which was turning gunmetal gray. Her eyes were the same cinnamon color as Ric's eyes. She was a very petite woman yet her body language spoke of great strength. Her face though wrinkled with age was still very beautiful and her skin was the same soft olive color as Ric's but without the tan, which Ric's body sported.

"Mother, that is uncalled for!" Ric told the new woman as he glared at her.

"Is it son? I am not the one who took a suicide contract from a six year old child then sent him on his way with a man who sold him every chance he got to feed only his fat stomach." They all looked at the woman with confusion, then Nodoka turned to her brother.

"You _KNEW_ and you never told me!" Nodoka glared as he turned from her.

"I found out some of what he did, but I tried not to believe it, and I didn't tell you because you were going through so much pain I didn't want to add to it." Hayashi told her as he knelt in front of her taking both her hands in his.

"Please No-Chan you couldn't do anything to stop him I only got the information after the fact and it was incomplete at best." His eyes glistened as the pain he felt glowed in the same blue eyes as her son.

"But you should have told me, brother!" Nodoka scolded but she leaned forward and embraced him.

"I do not believe you! You had to have known what was happening to your child you just didn't want him to interfere with the relationship you wanted with my son!" The old woman came forward throwing a stack of papers on the table.

"MOTHER, I SAID THAT IS ENOUGH!" Ric rose, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her from the room.

"You can find your way back to the villa from Japan! You have a lot to answer for yourself, like tampering with _my_ letters from Do-Chan!" He grabbed her purse and a jacket and escorted her off his boat.

"SON SHE IS NO GOOD FOR YOU!" The woman screamed as she stood on the docks next to her son's yacht.

"I will be the judge of that mother! Now go home!" He waved to a man on the docks in a chauffeur's uniform.

"Edward take her home to the villa, NOW! Before I forget she is my mother! Don't forget mother I own everything and if you _EVER_ hide things like this from me again...I AM AN ORPHAN!" Ric's cinnamon eyes flashed red with rage at his shocked mother.

"Yes sir! Come Mrs. Sophia let us go." Edward escorted Sophia Sorenson from the dock and to a waiting black stretch limousine.

"NNNNOOOO!" Sophia turned at the anguished shout a malevolent smile on her face.

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"=Grandmother you must make him renounce, his generalship! That right belongs to me=!" Shampoo demanded as she stalked up to Mousse her chúi at the ready to pound him into oblivion.

"Shampoo! Speak Japanese! She is correct that honor should belong to a warrior not a male of the Amazons." Cologne spit out as she glanced at the boy in question.

"It is to late Cologne! Grandson already told you it is not we, who will choose the warriors of the goddess Isis. Besides who is to say if Mousse refuses the honor, that another Amazon would be chosen." Jasmine asked making a valid point.

"Shampoo take chance!" She ran toward the once blind boy expecting to be able to crush him because he could not see her that well.

*SHOOSH* *CRASH*

The room fell silent as a large machete appeared and cut off the top of Shampoo's chúi. They watched as it crashed through the window and out into the yard. Their mouths hung open as Mousse then shot industrial cable from his sleeves effectively, hog-tying the warrior at his feet. Shampoo struggled as realization settled in that Mousse had beaten her and in front of three Elders. They all watched surprised as the Hidden Weapons Master walked away from the tied girl and took a chair. He moved it back to the bed of the new Isis warrior and sat it back in its original place. He then began moistening the cloth and giving her water.

"As an Amazon male even though I have beaten my Shampoo I choose at this time not to marry her. I may decide to after we have contained the threat, but until then her status is in limbo and she cannot accept any challenges from any other males Amazon nor Outsider." Mousse knew his village's laws very well.

"That includes if she is beaten without a challenge being given!" He had just effectively tied up his new fiancée in the law as well with a cable.

"NNNNOOOO! SHAMPOO REFUSE STUPID BLIND BOY!" The young purple haired warrior screamed in rage.

"You cannot, warrior you know the law as well as Mousse does. You will only be free to marry another if he chooses to release you and only then." Thorn told the downed warrior.

"There was no official challenge given Thorn she has a right to protest the validity of his claim." Cologne told Thorn though it was never ever done before.

"Yes but at this time the council would probably let it stand there is to much else that has to be done. Then there is the fact she attacked him first and was told not to." Thorn said as she hid a smirk at Cologne's plight as she pulled another chair toward the bed.

She placed it across from Mousse and sat down. She then placed her glowing hand on the girl's forehead. Her eyes shot opened as her senses told her what she needed to know. She pulled her hand away and looked back at Cologne her eyes narrowed with controlled rage.

"When were you going to tell the council of this new development?" Her tone accused Cologne of more than just concealing information.

"Well they already know of the shortened merging time. While you and Jasmine were away she had fought against Seth taking her over." Cologne smirked as the old woman's mouth dropped open.

"As for the other part well I just found out when you walked in." Cologne's smirk grew as Jasmine performed the exam and was just as shocked.

"The power this girl wields is staggering. It is almost as if she took everything from them and Jusenkyo!" Ryoga looked at the ghoul in aqua with confusion.

"Isn't that to be expected?" He stared at her his eyebrow arched.

"No, not normally, although we have had very little experience with soul merging our history talks about it. There is never a complete merging. It is as if part of the merging souls move on. It is as if the other souls enter the afterlife because technically they have died. She however has absorbed the entire souls from the spring." Jasmine continued her eyes narrowing.

"Could the goddess Isis be forcing the full merging?" Mousse asked his great great grandmother.

"No I do not think Kami-Sama would allow that as all spirits have the right to pass on even a small part." Cologne answered the Hidden Weapons Master a tentative smile of pride for the young boy's wisdom.

"Then maybe the spirits decided to do it themselves. After all, you said the original spirit stayed in the spring even after the first Isis warrior died there. Maybe they felt the evil was too great not to merge completely with the new Isis." Mousse continued a contemplative look on his face.

"You have done well grandson you have learned much and your wisdom will be of great service to the new Isis." Marigold told her great grandson as she placed her hand lovingly on his shoulder.

"We don't know _he_ is correct, Marigold!" Thorn growled her eyes narrowed as she glared at the general of Isis.

"Nor do we know if he is correct Thorn. What he says makes sense you cannot argue that. You are only angry because he thought of it first, instead of the best warrior of her generation." Jasmine chastised as her staff tapped Shampoo on her backside as she tried to escape her bindings.

"When will we know? If she ain't this warrior I am going to make her pay for the hell she has put me through." Ryoga growled low as he glared at the girl on the bed.

"_Give_ it up boy! The person you seek is _DEAD_! When she wakes she will be an entirely new person and one I believe who will not tolerate your inability to take responsibility for your own short comings." Jasmine snapped as she smacked the lost boy on the head.

"Now Elder Cologne tell us what has happened while we were gone. We want to know." Jasmine said as she sat on one of the chairs in the room.

Thorn nodded her agreement and took another chair near Cologne's rocker. While Cologne looked down at her granddaughter, her young angry face turning purple with rage as she glared at her new Airen. Cologne shook her head as disgust crept into her visage. Though it never came to her voice, she told of what had happened and how Mousse had saved the young girl. Ryoga listened in fascination his eyes narrowed as he listened to how the Amazon male had saved his arch nemesis. Still refusing to let go of his perceived slights.

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"How is she?" Dolphin asked as Ric returned to the galley.

"She is asleep. The valium I keep for mother worked well to calm her down." He said as he poured himself some of the tea that was prepared while he was with Nodoka.

"How, did your mother get all this? I tried for years to find out half of what she has here." Hayashi told his sister's lover to be as he rifled through the papers, as Dolphin read over his shoulder.

"Yes even the Elders do not know all of this." The young Amazon stated as she pointed at something in the papers.

"How can that bastard do all this to a child? No, to at least two children, it says here Ranma was engaged to a Kounji Ukyo and her dowry was taken by Genma while he abandoned her at the side of the road." Hayashi's voice turned cold as ice as he continued to read.

"Well she did it to accomplish what she did, Do-Chan's collapse." Ric glared at the cup in his hand.

"Which reminds me when did you two meet?" Hayashi asked as he put down the folder.

"It was I think about one maybe two years after Genma took Ranma. She was looking down a lead in Juuban. I literally ran into her as she was coming out of a temple." Ric told them as his gaze took on that far away look.

"She was in tears and a gentleman never let's a lady cry alone." He smirked as he remembered how he held her while she cried.

"Evidently Genma had taken Ranma there for some ki training and in the process stole some of the sacred scrolls. She told me she had to fight with the priest and his young granddaughter to get them not to blame Ranma for his father's actions. I don't think she was completely successful." Ric's visage darkened at the memory (Dani: No, this is not a crossover with Sailor Moon just throwing this in to aggravate y'all!).

"Why do you say that? Ranma was what about seven or eight then he was a child!" Hayashi glared at the man across from him.

"Well evidently the old priest agreed with her however his young granddaughter did not and swore vengeance on him." Ric told the two across from him.

"It seems the priestess has anger issues." Dolphin said as she looked up from the file.

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A young woman with long black hair and wearing priestess robes sneezed repeatedly for several moments effectively preventing her from meditating before the sacred fire.

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"These documents will only seal the fate of Ranma's father as far as the council is concerned. If he is not dead already he will be when the council sees this." Dolphin stated as the folder disappeared into her weapon space.

"That is not yours to keep Dolphin." Hayashi glared at her as he held out his hand.

"Maybe not but Genma Saotome has committed crimes against the Amazons as well as the new child of the Council of Elders. They have a right to see this, to know they punish him justly." She glared back at the Takashi heir.

"Yes but it is my right to determine if and when that will happen." They all turned to see Nodoka standing there leaning against the doorway as if she did not she would collapse.

"Do-Chan!" Ric ran to her side.

"No-Chan!" Hayashi ran to her side.

Both men flanked the still half-drugged woman. Both men stared at her with worry. She smiled at both men and allowed them to help her to the table. Dolphin gave her a cup of hot tea once she was seated. Nodoka looked at the Amazon and held out her hand. Dolphin looked at her, her head cocked to the side. Dolphin saw Nodoka was going to get her way, and with a deep sigh handed her the folder. Nodoka took it, opened it again, and began to skim the contents again. This time she had steeled herself for what she really did not want to know.

"Dolphin, had your tribe caught Genma by the time you left?" Nodoka asked her voice as cold as ice.

"No the hunting party had not returned. I am the fastest runner of our tribe and have special gifts the other Amazons do not have. Your child had only been in our village for several days when I was dispatched. That was yesterday!" The three listeners stared at her with shocked faces.

"How did you get here so fast?" Hayashi asked his face shocked at this ability.

Dolphin rose and walked to the galley sink. She filled a cup with cold water then splashed herself with it. The other three watched transfixed as her six-foot body shrank to five feet seven inches her hair changed to a pearl white with just a hint of the original periwinkle. Her body became less voluptuous and more athletic. Then they saw as a thin layer of very fine feather-like material covered her body. The biggest surprise was a pair of white wings that sprouted out of Dolphin's back. They were all white except for three stripes of bright periwinkle at the tip. There were two one-inch wide stripes surrounding a three-inch wide stripe of dark periwinkle.

"WHAT!?" Hayashi stared dumb founded, as Dolphin lowered her head in shame.

"I am a victim of 'The Spring of Drowned Phoenix Princess'. The Phoenix that died in the spring was of the Royal house of Saffron. She died fifty years ago during a battle with an evil that tried to use the power of the springs to break free of his imprisonment. I fell in because I felt I could beat Jusenkyo and not get cursed." She turned from the stares as she tried to hide the tears that she would not, could not let fall.

She jumped when she felt a hand land on her shoulder. She tried to shrug it off but the grip was stronger then she expected. The hand turned her to face the owner and her tear filled smoky gray eyes met those of bright sapphire blue. She gulped as she saw many emotions play through those twin pools of blue. What she did not find was pity, loathing, or disgust. She did not fight as the Takashi heir pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her, careful not to crush her wings.

"You are beautiful in either form you are in, and if you let me I would like the opportunity to get to know you and learn more about you?" The sincerity in Hayashi's voice, spoke volumes to the cursed Amazon.

"I...I am afraid. I have been hurt so much since I received this curse." Her head bowed as she tried again to hide her tears.

"I won't hurt you Dolphin!" Hayashi told her his voice carried hope within its depths.

"You can believe him Dolphin he won't do anything to hurt you." Nodoka told her as she walked up and placed a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"None of us will!" Ric added his support to the Takashi siblings.

Dolphin looked from the three people her eyes a lit with hope. She had lost a lot of her status with this particular curse even though there was a truce between the tribes of Jusendo there was still bias. She lowered her head as she still felt shame. She felt as a hand lifted her face, by her chin. She again looked into the sapphire blue eyes of the Takashi heir and there she saw the growing light of love. She smiled for the first time in years, leaned in, and hugged her new friend and possibly Airen.