"Japanese"

[Chinese]

'Thoughts'

{English}

Ranma lay on his futon, at first glance one would say he was asleep but in actual fact he was resting his body while contacting his mother using astral projection.

Demon Nether World…

Bai Tsa grew a small motherly smile when she saw the astral form of her son before her "Ranma it is good to see you" Bai Tsa greeted.

"And it is good to see you mother but why did you did you call me, you sounded pretty urgent?" Ranma asked a little worried about his mother.

"Ranma it is nearly time for my release" Bai Tsa stated, her smile growing as did Ranma's.

"Mother that's great, soon we'll be together like we were supposed to be" Ranma enthused.

"Yes Ranma…but you see my siblings had their chance to be released as well and they were released but were resealed by a chi wizard, I'm telling you this because my portal is located in Japan, the only one to be located there…I want you to stay away from my portal if the chi wizard discovers you he will try to seal you like me" Bai Tsa explained, averting her gaze as she did so.

"I won't let that happen, I have been waiting to meet you in the flesh for years and I will not let some wizard take you away from me" Ranma countered.

"Don't worry my brother has possessed the body of a human in order to release me…Shendu the fire demon has possessed a mortal known as Valmont and he and some more mortals will come to Japan with an item to open my portal but I suspect the chi wizard will also be on his way here…so please keep as far away as possible" Bai Tsa begged, Ranma averted his gaze.

"I'm sorry mother…but no…I am going to help release you from this eternal prison" Ranma argued.

"Ranma…" Bai Tsa's argument died when Ranma faded out of existence, Bai Tsa let out a tired sigh and knew that Ranma would now do everything in his power to get involved and get her out of her eternal prison and she knew just how stubborn he could be, she let out another sigh before contacting her brother.

San Francisco…

Shendu, wearing his new sorcerers robe had the enforcers running around getting ready so that they could get to their flight tomorrow on time when the mirror began to hold a swirling image before the Nether World appeared with Bai Tsa stood on one of the many floating rocks.

{SHENDU} Bai Tsa spat, said demon turned to face his sister.

{Ah beloved sister…what a…pleasant surprise} Shendu greeted in a nervous tone.

{Brother is seems my son has decided to aid you in my release, I want you to make sure the chi wizard doesn't find out about his existence and that he doesn't get sealed away or trust me when I say the torture you felt when you were her will seem like a beautiful dream compared to what I will do to you} Bai Tsa hissed.

{Your son? I never knew you had a son} Shendu stated incredibly nervous, his fear growing from the thought of the torture his sister would inflict on him, he just hoped he'd get more information on his nephew before arriving in Japan.

Bai Tsa the conjured a sphere containing an image of Ranma {My son Ranma, his human family name is Saotome, he has allied himself with Kasumi Tchang, daughter Tchang Zu} Bai Tsa stated as an image of Kasumi appeared in a second sphere, Shendu couldn't believe the sweet girl was his niece or that she had a single ounce of demonic heritage in her, though Ranma he could believe it, he was powerful, strong and was definitely half demon.

{Ah, well don't worry sister we will make sure that your son does not join you and we will do everything in our power to make sure Chan doesn't find out about his existence…see you tomorrow sister} Shendu replied before breaking the connection and turning from the mirror.

{Well at least it looks like we've got some back up this time} Chow stated in an almost relieved tone.

{Yes, but don't rely on him too much, much like I he will be vulnerable to good chi and so will be unable to touch the Panku Box} Shendu replied before continuing to prepare for their trip.

The Next Day…

Ranma was currently sat at the breakfast table, eating his breakfast with speed that made Genma look like he was eating in slow motion, the old fool attempted to take some of Ranma's food only to have his chopsticks shredded when they entered the blurred motion as if he was pressing it against a sander.

"Ranma if you don't want to be late I suggest you set off now" Nabiki stated, she could tell something was up, heck she could feel it and she needed to check if Ranma had anything to do with it, after all he hadn't been in Nerima long and all of a sudden the demonic energy in the air massively increased.

"No can do Nabiki, I've got other plans today" Ranma replied as he rose to his feet and headed out the house only to have Nabiki blur in front of him.

"What kind of plans?" Nabiki questioned as she raised an eyebrow, Ranma grew a small smirk.

"My mother's coming home today and I'm going to meet her" Ranma replied, quickly darting round her and taking to the rooftops and heading in the direction of the airport, getting the information from his mother and he knew she wasn't lying, he could feel her, it was the genuine truth.

Meanwhile…

The Chans and Toru had just exited their flight and had collected their cases, mostly filled with Uncle's books and chi spell ingredients since security would never let such things go through in luggage, they had no choice in flying publically this time Captain Black had made it very clear that nothing from them goes near Nerima, Section 10 had originally been based their until…well let's just say Nerima's reputation for chaos goes back way before Ranma's time.

{Now Jade I want you stay with Uncle} Jackie stated for the umpteenth time and was now growing tired of hearing it himself and Jade's usual groan as a response.

{Ayah this place give Uncle the willies} Uncle practically screamed as they headed towards the exit, Jackie let out a tired sigh before glancing back at Uncle.

{What is it this time Uncle?} Jackie asked.

{Dark forces strong here, more than just demon portal nearby} Uncle responded.

{What do you mean more?} Jackie asked, it was at this point Ranma walked through the door to the airport, pulling a sign from subspace that read 'Valmont' just in case he was unable to sense the demon in a mortal shell, though that was unlikely.

{How should Uncle know?} Uncle spat as if it was obvious he didn't know.

{Hey, Jackie look} Jade stated as she pointed to Ranma, Jackie glanced where she was pointing and froze, causing Uncle to bump into him.

{Why stop?} Uncle asked in a confused tone.

{Looks like Valmont has someone here to pick him up} Jackie stated {Maybe we'll be able to grab the Panku Box and stop all this right here and now before the Water demon is released} he added, quickly glancing round for any sign of the possessed man and his small gang of amateur thugs.

Ranma felt his danger sense flare up, he glanced round and soon found his gaze landing on an old man and the sumo like giant beside him, their auras were different, they seemed to be infected with a substance, something his instincts were screaming at him to stay away from.

'Guess one of them is that chi wizard mom warned me about, probably the old man, his aura is stronger than the offers' Ranma mused preparing himself mentally to either fight or flee, he may prefer to fight than run but he wasn't stupid.

Meanwhile…

Valmont and the dark hand had just collected their cases and were about to walk out into the open when Valmont came to a stop, they followed his gaze to see a well-built teenager holding a sign with his name on it.

{Guess that's Shendu's nephew big V} Finn stated, they noticed Ranma wasn't looking for them but his gaze seemed locked on someone else, they followed his gaze and found who he was watching.

{Looks like Chan is already here} Valmont stated.

{Great so we can't leave without getting our butts kicked} Ratso moaned.

{Don't be so sure Ratso this time, we have a half demon on our side and they have no idea who or what he is meaning we have the element of surprise and perhaps this time we'll walk away with a win} Valmont stated as he grew a dark smirk.

A/N Sorry I took so long and that I ended it on a cliff-hanger, but it's time I stopped, hope you all liked the chapter, I noticed most of you wanted the Jackie Chan Cast to turn up so I brought things forward a little, hopefully this will help get rid of my writers block, plz review and I am open to suggestions.