Mindscape…

Ranma now sixteen years old dreamt of what he would have been if his true mother gave birth to him before she was sealed, how good his life would have been with a real family in an underwater kingdom.

"Son" a voice said that Ranma recognised instantly he, span around to see his mother. "You wanted to ask me something?" the water demon asked.

"Yes…I've been thinking about this for a while and I've finally got the courage to ask…who is my father?" Ranma asked, he had been unsure if he wanted to know the answer to the question for quite some time now, until now that is.

Bai Tsa's features softened and she floated down until she was on the ground. "Ranma your father isn't someone you will be able to meet…you see your father is the goddess of Jusenkyo" the water demon replied, tears would have fallen from her eyes if they hadn't been underwater.

"How can a goddess be my father when a goddess is female?…unless Genma screwed up that lesson too" Ranma asked.

"Simple Ranma…she has access to every form that Jusenkyo has and when we first met she was using a male form so not to be noticed by my demon kin, she was curious to how similar our powers are and we became friends as weird as that was, however, she didn't tell me she was a goddess she told me she was a god, we got close and one thing led to another, however, after it happened she could no longer hold her form and revealed to me what she was and who she was, it was heart breaking…I haven't seen her since" Bai Tsa replied.

"Hold on if I'm related to the Goddess Of Jusenkyo why can't I change into other things other than a girl?" Ranma questioned.

"Because she is unaware that you exist and thus never made you her heir the one to replace her in the future thus you don't get her powers but you can change between your male and female form at will…since you have my powers your body is mostly water and you can manipulate it to better suit your desires and thus can trigger your curse" Bai Tsa replied.

"Hold on, she's a goddess, does she have the power to free you?" Ranma asked, thinking if he could become her heir he could free his mother.

"No she can only move freely between realms with water in them" Bai Tsa replied. Ranma was about to continue the conversation when he was awoken his danger sense. He was in a small hutch the old ghoul lived in her with her great-grand daughter, he landed upright and saw his attacker was the blind mousse again, swinging chains about, throwing knives, Ranma leapt to his bed and pulled the samurai sword his first mentor had given him from under his bed.

More chains were launched at him and Ranma just began to spin his sword with incredible speed "Lóng tiějūn de hōngmíng shēng" (roar of the iron dragon) Ranma declared as he span the sword faster until a hurricane wind force erupted from it, rendering the chains useless before redirecting them, trapping Mousse, Ranma then leapt into the hurricane and used the wind force to power up hi attack before striking the chains that surrounded Mousse, shattering them and causing Mousse to shoot out of the like a bullet, Ranma then landed standing upright, not a scratch on him, the wind force diminished seconds later and Ranma sheathed his sword.

He left the hut to find the old ghoul waiting for him "with each day you grow stronger and I am now more certain than ever before you must marry Shampoo" the old ghoul stated, sitting atop her stick.

Ranma wouldn't mind been with Shampoo, they had become great friends and he found they had lots in common and had even gone on one or two dates, but still he wasn't going to force himself on the girl, he may be a demon but he is not insensitive.

"I've said this before elder it is up to her if I marry her or not, I will not force her to do something she doesn't want to" Ranma responded, knowing that they both knew today was the day he left to go back to Japan.

"You didn't say you wouldn't marry her and besides it's ancient amazon law, so you have no choice" The elder responded.

"I didn't say no because I like her but marriage is big and I'd prefer to not marry a girl after a couple of dates and as for your laws you know I don't give a damn about them" Ranma responded, much to the elders annoyance but she knew it was true, Ranma had never cared for their laws and only stayed to give Shampoo the option of deciding what she wanted as well as to learn their techniques and about an ancient demon that still worried Cologne, but she knew Ranma was too strong to be forced and was someone she didn't want as an enemy.

"Suit yourself young one but it's her heart you'll be breaking" she replied, knowing that one of Ranma's greatest weaknesses was how compassionate he was and that he couldn't bear to see girl cry and she knew seeing or thinking someone was heartbroken because of him would be torture to him.

Ranma let out a sigh before leaving the elder to go train some more and was not in the least bit surprised to find Shampoo where he always practised, in a clearing with large rocks all around it and a stream running through it.

Ranma then noticed how distant the amazon looked and had clearly not noticed Ranma's arrival. 'What's wrong Shampoo' Ranma asked, making her jump as he took a seat beside her.

'It's just you're leaving today' Shampoo replied.

'I know, you know could come with us if you wanted' Ranma replied, he saw Shampoo's eyes light up for a minute.

'You mean it?' She asked, her voice filling with hope, Ranma nodded in response and tackled by Shampoo who was tightly hugging him, Ranma hugged her back, becoming very aware that the elder was watching them.

Later That Day…

The elder had given them enough money for a plane to Japan, not wanting Shampoo to swim there and had told them she would come and visit at one point to see how things are and to see if they wanted to return with her. Ranma and Genma were completely packed and were at the entrance to the village waiting for Shampoo, well Ranma was anyway, Ranma thought back to what the elder had said about Shampoo having a broken heart, he then looked at the sword the elder had given him the night he became a member of their tribe, another reason why it annoyed Cologne that he didn't care for their laws he then began to watch out for Shampoo and he was too busy looking for any sign of her he didn't notice Genma hit him over the head with an empty bottle of sake, knocking him out, Genma then picked up Ranma and began running away, not noticing a piece of paper fell out of Ranma's pockets, which had written on it the address of where they were heading.