Chapter Four. Now since the original story was cut off before chapter four was made, I decided that from here on out, everything is going to be somewhat original. But it might also show what card Ranko has to track down.
So I hope that you enjoy this chapter. See you at the end
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Chapter Four:
Hikari walked in threw the front door calling out. "I'm room." However instead of a welcome home she gets a "Shush." Hikari frowned as she walked into the living room. "Don't you hush me young lady." Hikari said as she crossed her arms. Sayuri gave a small eep as she looked at her mother, with Ranko head on her lap.
Hikari couldn't help but smile at the scene. "Sorry mom, Ranko fell asleep while watching the Rayearth OVA." Hikari smiled. Then frowned. "Wait I thought Ranko loved Rayearth." Sayuri nodded her head and explained that the ova were a lot different than the mainstream series. Ranko had found it boring and had fallen asleep during the third act of the final episode.
Hikari sat down next to her daughter. "Why is she still here?" Hikari asked. Sayuri looked down. She started to explain what she said to Ranko and Hikari took her daughter in her arms. "It wasn't your fault dear." Sayuri nodded. Then she looked at her mother. "I want to take Ranko to the Dojo." Hikari looked at Sayuri.
"I don't know dear." Hikari started to say. "You know how your uncle gets when someone else besides family uses it." Sayuri looked at her mother. Hikari sighed. Then she started to pet Ranko's hair. "However it may be possible Ranko is…" Sayuri gave her mother a look. "Mom, Ranko can't be her, for one she's four years too old." Hikari sighed.
"Okay, you can take her to the Dojo and only the Dojo, you can also give her some techniques as well." Hikari said as she stood up. "I'm going to bed." She started to walk away then stop and looked back at her daughter. "Don't stay up to late dear, and remember don't do anything that I wouldn't do." Hikari said with a smile before walking off. "MOM!"
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"No don't kill her!" Ranko sat up in her bed panting hard. She looked around the room trying to remember where she was. Sayuri's but I thought I was on the couch. Ranko thought as she got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. It was that dream again, why can't I see the woman's face?
Washing her face in the sink with some cold water Ranko walked out of the bathroom and looked at the clock on the night stand. I'm not going to be able to get anymore sleep, and there's no Dojo, Sayuri's probably a sleep.
She looked over at the little stuff plushy that was sleeping in one of the empty drawers of the dresser that was in the room. I still can't believe it, me, Ranko Uzumaki a Magical Girl in training. Magic….It's been nothing but trouble for me since I can remember. Ranko laid back down on the bed with her arms speared out.
I need to practice so when I finally fight that fat bastard, I hurt him badly enough so that he wouldn't hurt the police when they finally caught him. Ranko continued thinking, then she looked at her hands again as she sat up. Then she closed them into a fist. I can do this but I have to get stronger, I won't let him hurt anyone else! Unknowingly she placed her hand once again on her stomach. I will be his last victim if I have to say anything about it.
A Sudden knock came from the door and then when it opened Sayuri poked her head in. "Hey sleepy head." She called with a smile. "I have a surprise for you." She walked in with her hands behind her back. Ranko raised an eye brow. "I have permission to let you use the family Dojo." Ranko blinked. And was about to say something. However Sayuri stopped her.
"No buts….Usually the clan doesn't let outsiders use the Dojo because if umm…" Sayuri said while playing with her pony-tail. "It's very unique." She finished as she looked up. Ranko blinked at her. Sayuri walked up to Ranko and sat next to her on the bed. Placing a red and black gi in Ranko's lap. Ranko looked at them and blushed a little; it was done in the same style as Kens.
"I figured that your favorite colors were red and black." Sayuri said while playing with a strand of hair. "And the Sports bra?" Ranko asked in a soft voice. "Moms idea, she doesn't want you to flash your opposites or your enemies anymore." Ranko blushed. Then she looks down. "I don't know Sayuri, it's risky."
Sayuri nodded and placed her hand on Ranko's. "It's a special made Bra that I decided, when you change it's going to change with you, it'll just turn into a black tee shirt." Ranko looked at her. Sayuri shrugged. "I don't know how mom got the threads to work with the curse though." What Sayuri didn't say was that her family had looked into the curses of the springs but with the new information that Ranko told both Hikari and Sayuri the family tech team would have to change things.
"There's more to your family then what it seems." Ranko stated. Sayuri smiled and nodded while she got up. "Go ahead and go get changed, I'll wait for you in the main hall." Sayuri said as she left the room. Ranko looked down at the clothing that she was given. There was something about them that she just couldn't place.
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Ranko made her way to the main hall of the house where Sayuri was waiting for her. "Looking good Red." Sayuri smiled, then the smile was let go. "Ranko what I am about to show you, it's well…its top secret not even the Government knows about it." Sayuri said as she looked into Ranko's eyes, Kero came flying down as the two talked.
He wanted to be close to Ranko in case the Clow card shows up, but it could be awhile. Sayuri walked over to a wall and pushed a button. The wall opened up to reveal an elevator. Ranko blinked. "Well come on." Sayuri said as she got in. Ranko slowly walked to the elevator and stood next to Sayuri. Once the door closed Sayuri started to explain a few things.
"I'm sure that you heard about the Sailor Scouts?" Sayuri asked, and Ranko nodded her head. Sailor Moon as she called herself had been saving the Minato ward of Tokyo for a month now; it wasn't long before Sailor Mercury and then Sailor Mars had joined up. "Okay so this maybe a little easier to explain." Sayuri sighed. "About oh maybe ten thousand years ago give or take a few millenniums there was this umm, I guess you can call it a Queendom." Sayuri said with a smile. "Was on the moon, the job of the kingdom and its Queen were the guardians to the people of the planet earth."
Ranko nodded her head. "Okay so I won't go into full detail, the point I'm making is that the Kingdom had fallen in attack by demons, what was known as the Silver Millennium Empire was lost, however those that have survived made their way to earth." Ranko looked at Sayuri. "Knowing that Demons existed and could hurt people, the Survivors decided Screw it and had formed a worldwide network of Demon Hunters."
The doors open and Ranko looked out to see a Metal hallway. "They used what they could to build training centers all around the world." Ranko looked at Sayuri. "Their Descendants were given the task of hunting down and killing these demons so that what happen to the Silver Millennium never happens again."
Ranko looked at Sayuri as she left the elevator. "So…?" Ranko started but Sayuri finished. "Yeah, I was trained to be a Demon Hunter." Sayuri said. "I still train but active demons haven't been showing themselves since the end of the War and Stated period. " Ranko blinked. Sayuri shrugged her shoulders. "It's not like I can roof hope every night to Juuban and help the Sailor Senshi" Sayuri stated they stopped at another door.
Ranko blinked as she study something that was on the door. "A Time Displacement Seal." She stated. She turned to Sayuri. "You know Fuinjutsu?" Sayuri looked at Ranko with some surprise in her eyes. "Just how the hell did you know that?" She asked as she punched in a code on the key broad. Ranko rubbed the back of her head.
"You know the name I use?" Ranko asked. Sayuri nodded. "The Uzumaki clan was a clan that lasted for over five thousand years; I guess it must have been after the fall of this kingdom that you were talking about." Sayuri nodded. "That asshole of a father and I found these ruins of an ancient village not far off the coast of Japan." Ranko sighed.
"He thought he could find some hidden treasure or some shit like that." Ranko rubbed her fore head. "While he was off looking to rob the graves I was wondering the village. I found some scrolls and things like that." Ranko took out a book from her hidden stuff space pocket, and handed it to Sayuri. "That book has a seal on it to keep it from rotting away."
Sayuri looked over the book; sure enough there was a seal on the cover. "How old were you?" Sayuri asked. Ranko took on a thoughtful look. "About six or seven years old." Ranko said. Sayuri sighed and rubbed the back of her neck.
"It sounds like you and your father had found the lost village of Uzukagure." Sayuri said. She looked down at the book. It was a book on seals, and Sayuri knew that if it had fallen into the wrong hands things could have been a lot different. "It was a village that was home to the Uzumaki clan, a clan that have mastered the art of Seals, or as you said, Fuinjutsu."
Ranko nodded. Sayuri hit the enter button after hand Ranko her book back. "Ranko, welcome to the Danger Room." Sayuri said with a smile. Ranko face vaulted after Sayuri told her the name of the room.
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"I'm Home!" Ranko called out as she entered the Tendo Dojo. Kasumi walked out of the Kitchen and gave a warm welcoming smile to her. "Welcome home." The eldest Tendo said. Ranko walked up to Kasumi and gave her a hug; unfortunately this was around the same time that Akane had come home as well. "What the hell do you think you're doing Ranma?!" Akane yelled.
Before Kasumi could say anything Akane had ran up to Ranma and started to throw punches at her. However Ranko remember what Sayuri had told her.
*Flashback*
"Ranko." Sayuri called out as they took a break from training. The panting girl looked at the other panting girl. "Why do you let Akane hit you so much?" She asked. Ranko gave her a look that was screaming out 'Duh.' With a sigh Ranko looked at Sayuri. "It's because she's not as skilled as she think she is." Ranko said, but quickly held up a hand.
"When we spare, I try to train her." Ranko told her. "However Akane has a lot of built up anger, probably because of your cousin or something." Sayuri nodded. "I can't just hit her because I know that she can't really take the hit." Ranko rubbed the back of her neck, something that Sayuri had now found cute.
Sayuri took Ranko's hand in her own. "Ranko, I think it's about time that you fight back." Sayuri said before she called out a command and a Hologram of Akane appeared. "What the Hell?" The Hologram cursed at Ranko. "Get away from her you Pervert!"
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Ranko shook her head and blocked the punch that was about to hit her. "I'm sorry Akane, but I can't let you hit me anymore." Ranko said as she let Akane's fist go. Akane growled out at Ranma and tried to punch him again and again. Each time Ranma would either block the punch or blocked it in a way that would cause misdirection.
However not once did Ranma fight back. Akane's punches were getting slower and slower as the young Tendo was losing steam. Once Ranma and Akane were outside Akane had decided enough was enough and had brought out her mettle. However in her weakling state Akane couldn't hold it for much longer and had fallen to her knees.
Both girls were panting. It may have not looked like it but that had tried out Ranma to no end. Akane had strength there was no doubt about that but she didn't have the stamina or the speed that Ranma herself had. However it didn't help that Ranma did nothing but block of dodge the attack. While panting, Akane looked at the panting red head.
That was when it came to her. Not once did Ranma throw an insult at the young Tendo, not a single one. Akane slowly got up and looked at the Red head. Ranma took a step back. "Round two?" She asked. Akane looked at her. Then sighed. "No, just stay away from my sister." Akane said as she turned and walked away.
Ranko fell to her knees and gave a sigh of relief. Kasumi walked up to her and handed Ranma a glass of water and a towel. "Thank you for not hurting her." Kasumi said. Ranma nodded. "Were Dad?" Ranma asked noticing that either He or Soun was around. Father and Uncle left this morning; they said that they needed to check up on something."
Ranma nodded. So it's just me and the girls tonight then. Ranma thought. Ranma slowly got up and check the surrounding house hold with her Ki senses, she found that Akane was in the bath. Ranma sighed, knowing the young Tendo; she probably forgot to lock the door. "I'm going to get some hot water and then practice out in the dojo." Ranma said as she kissed Kasumi's cheek.
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"No Don't!" Ranma had shot up in bed so fast that his was on his feet and glaring at an annoyed as hell Panda before Ranma glowed. "You Son of a Bitch!" Ranma called out and punched his father so hard that Genma had gone flying out the window. Ranma wasn't far behind him. "I'm going to kill you!" And he meant it as he attacked Genma fast and hard. Unlike their other fights Ranma didn't hold back Punching and kicking Genma with no mercy. Genma some grinning, he had bought the monster out, now it was time to stop him.
Genma caught Ranma's fist and then snapped his wrist, Ranma let out a soft scream but he didn't stop as he used his left hand to punch the Panda in the throat, however because of the thickness of the Panda's skin the result was not what Ranma was expecting and a Counter strike had slashed Ranma cross the face.
Ranma went down hold his wound just as the Tendo family came running out. Ranma was growling. "Time to up the ante you bastard." Ranma growled out as his eyes turned into slants, they had almost looked cat like. "You want to fight like a wild animal fine two can play at this game." Ranma figure nails started to grow into claws. "Or did you forget the Neko Ken training?" With that Ranma jumped on to Genma and started to claws him.
He was drawing blood and Genma had little time to stop the feral boy. One last claw Punch and Genma was down on the ground. Ranma Jumped on him, claws out. "I'm going to kill you for what you did to my….." Whatever Ranma was about to say was cut off with Akane had knocked Ranma out. Genma pushed his son off him trying to figure out how to save this.
It also looked like that Genma was going to have to erase Ranma's memories, again. "What the hell is the Neko ken?!" Akane yelled out at him. Genma told the Tendo that he would explain more in detail when they got inside. Akane, Soun and Akane left Ranma out in the year; Kasumi sighed and went to the young man. After all who was going to help him if no one else would?
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Sayuri was worried. Ranma had yet to show up at school and while she was paying attention to Akane as she talked she couldn't help but wonder if they had another fight and Ranma decided to skip school again. Something that she was going to have to work on. "Then Suddenly Ranma starts yelling at his father and started to beat the fat panda up." Akane said.
Sayuri looked at her friend. "How bad was it?" Sayuri asked. Akane shook her head. "Not too bad, Genma a fat bastard, but his wounds weren't all that bad." Akane sighed. "It's Ranma that Kasumi is worried about." Akane said. "The Jerk has yet to wake up after I knocked him out." On the inside Sayuri was mad at Akane for hitting Ranma, but on the outside she asked. "Why did you knock him out?"
The answer that Sayuri had gotten had made her both pale and furious at the same time.
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Kero was in deep meditation, he was close by Ranko in case she wakes up, and didn't know what was going on. However the guardian of the Clow Cards couldn't help but feel that there was more to Ranko then the eye can see. When he first met the teen he could sense seriously strong mystic powers from within her.
The last time he had felt that was when Clow Reed was still alive. It didn't make any sense though. Kero knew that the Mystic lay lines, or as some people call it, Mana, was all but gone. It just wasn't possible for the young woman to have this much mystic power anymore, and yet she is surrounded by it, like it was her life energy.
Is it possible that Ranko was born with the ability to control the Mystic energy? Kero thought to himself. That would explain way Ranko had strong magical powers, but where the heck did they come from? He had already check, she wasn't related to Clow Reed in any way shape or form, if anything that sweet woman Kasumi and her sisters would have been more related than Ranko was.
There was something else that was bothering the small guardian. Ranko had two life sources. Kero wasn't sure if it was because of the Jusenkyo curse or not, but no one should have more than one life source rather it be Chi, Ki or Mana. The Human body could only handle one source.
Kero thoughts were interrupted as the door to the room was opened and Genma walked in. Kero narrowed his eyes as he walked up to Ranko and kicked her, or rather him in the ribs before he went to his bag and got something out of it. He then walked back to Ranko knelt down at her…his side, sometimes the curse was confusing.
Then Kero eyes would widen as he placed something in Ranko's mouth and forced something down his throat. "You will never be better than me." Genma told Ranma. "You will always be a worthless piece of trash, a slut, and a whore. You ruin this for me and I will make sure they never find the body." Genma then got up kicked Ranko one more time, dropped whatever it was into the bag and left the room.
Once Genma was gone Kero got up and flew to Genmas' bag. However something was preventing him from looking into the bag. He looked around for any type of seal that Ranko had told him to look for once in a while. Finding none Kero sighed and flew back over to Ranko.
However as soon as he had gotten close to her, he could already feel some pretty potent and dark magic within her. Whatever it was that Genma gave her, it was doing something to her, he had to find out what it was before it was too late, and that means he had to go and get help from Sayuri and her mother.
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Sayuri ran into her house and called out to her mother hoping that she was home. As it turned out she was home. Talking to a woman with dark red hair and was wearing a pant and blazer combo. "Aunt Nodoka?" The red hair woman smile and nodded. "Dear, I think you better sit down." Hikari said. "Nodoka here has been working on a case that I think you might want to know."
She then looked around and frowned. "I thought Ranko was coming home with you?" She asked. Sayuri growled. "Ranko started a fight with that fat bastard, from what I understand, Ranko was about to win when Akane had knocked her out." Hikari could see the anger in her daughter's eyes. "Mom, Genma taught Ranko the neko-ken."
An angry shout was heard though out the house. Either Genma was really smart or really beyond stupid. The Neko-ken was a failed experiment that was done in the Silver Millennium as a way to harness to fighting sprites of animals. Cats were used first because they were friendlier, Dogs would have been ideal though.
The problem was that cats didn't like the fact that they were being used and had taking a disliking to this fact. That and the fact that cats were slowly dying because their souls were being drained the result though once finished, was a very powerful were-cat like warrior. The project was soon abandoned and the child that was used did have a full life though, but had a terrible fear of cats.
"I'll kill him; I swear to Kami that I will kill him." Hikari said. Sayuri placed her hand on her mother's shoulder. She turned to Nodoka who looked like she too was about to go and fight the fat bastard. "Aunt Nodoka, I promised my friend that I wouldn't call in the police." She told her. "Please just give us a little bit more time."
Nodoka rubbed her forehead. "Does your friend really mean that much to you?" The red haired woman asked. Sayuri nodded with a small blush. "Could you tell me anything about her/him?" She asked. Sayuri sighed. "I can't I promised Ranko that I wouldn't" Sayuri said. Hikari placed a hand on her shoulder. "Nodoka, she was surpassed to have come over." Hikari sighed.
"I did tell Ranko that I would tell you what I know, but seeing as how the day have yet to end." Hikari looked down. "We'll have to wait until tomorrow." The red haired woman nodded. "Kari-Chan you told me that she goes by the name Ranko Uzumaki, is that true?" Hikari nodded. "Kind of odd that she would have the same last name as…" Hikari raised her hand to stop her. "You know we can't talk about that Doka-Chan." Hikari said.
A soft knock came from the door. The three occupants in the room looked at one another as a Young woman who was carrying a yellow stuff plush toy had walked in. "Mistress Hikari, This umm…" the maid look down and sweat-dropped. Sayuri however had a look of surprise on her face. "Kero, what are you doing here?" She asked.
Kero sighed, he needed help and fast, he had checked Ranko one more time before leaving and her err…his fever was getting worst. "I need your help." The yellow plush toy said. Hikari blinked as she looked at the yellow stuff toy. She had seen some crazy things in the past, something she didn't want her daughter to get involved in. "You have some explaining to do young lady." Hikari told her daughter.
Sayuri eeped and bowed to her mother. "Sorry mom." Sayuri then started to explain to her mother about Kero, but she left a few things out seeing as how they were not her place to tell her. Hikari looked at Kero and narrowed her eyes at him. "You're damn lucky that the book had opened up to Ranko; instead of someone who would miss use them." Hikari said.
Sayuri got up and walked out of the room. Kero looking at her. "Where is she going?" He asked. Hikari smiled and looked at the little flying plush toy. "She's going to get a med kit; it should be enough to help Ranko." No sooner as she finished that the Sayuri came back carrying a small box and was wearing a black ninja type outfit. "Or she could be playing ninja again."
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-Tendo Dojo-
Kasumi sat next to Ranma as she once again placed a wet cloth over Ranma's forehead to help keep the fever down. She was worried, according to what Genma had told her, Ranma should have awakened hours ago, however when she came to check out the boy he was burning up with a heavy fever. So Kasumi had informed the family and Genma that she will be moving Ranma to her room to feel more comfortable.
That was several hours ago. With a sigh Kasumi took a deep breath and placed her hands over Ranma's Forehead. "You shouldn't Kasumi." A Voice came from behind her. "Remember what you told me about using your powers." Kasumi turned around a spotted a teenage girl in a ninja outfit. Kasumi frowned. "Why are you wearing that silly thing again?" Kasumi asked.
Sayuri jumped in from the window and took off her mask. "It helps when you're trying to sneak around." She told the eldest Tendo. "Why are you still pretending to be an airhead?" Sayuri asked after a few seconds. Kasumi sighed. "You know why." Kasumi got up and rinse out the rag once more. Sayuri sat next to Ranma and ran her hand throw his hair. "How is she…I mean how is he?" She asked correcting herself.
Kasumi caught her mistake though but didn't push it. "He has a high fever and been like this since this morning." Kasumi said while also ignoring the airhead question, she has her reasons, and Sayuri knows them. Sayuri let out a small sigh. Kero came back with her but had decided to hid out in Ranma's little hid away.
Kasumi sat back down next to the young teen. "So, I take it you're the friend Ranma was spending time with." Kasumi said. Sayuri nodded. "Thank you." Kasumi said while hugged the younger teen. "I messed you Kasumi." Sayuri said. "Akane is an okay friend but with her and Yuka dating it's a little lonely." Kasumi nodded, the two became friends a few years ago before Sayuri met Akane.
Kasumi looked down at Ranma and ran her figures though his hair. "I wanted to ask him if we could switch the engagement over to me." Kasumi said softly. "He's been under a lot of stress lately." Sayuri nodded. "I heard about the little blow up from Akane. Are you okay?" Kasumi nodded. "Would you be upset if I was engaged to him?" Sayuri shook her head no.
"It might be better if you did." Sayuri said taking the med kit out and placing it out on the bed next to her. "I wish I can tell you about Ranma some more, but I made a promise to him." Sayuri stated while taking out a syringe. Kasumi helped her with the settings. "That should do it." Sayuri said sitting everything back in the kit.
It wasn't long before Ranma started to wake up. The two women looked at him and Smiled. "How are you feeling Ranma?" Kasumi asked. Ranma looked at her for a few seconds then looked at Sayuri. "I'm fine Kasumi, but…" He turned back to the eldest Tendo daughter and pointed a thumb at Sayuri. "Who the heck is that?"
To Be Continued….
That's it for chapter four, and let me tell you it was not easy. If you have any question, you know what to do. I'm not sure when I'll have the next chapter out, but except some guest stars, I'm not going to say who though.
Until then.
Kidan out.