Later…
Ranma wheeled Ranko back towards the Tendo residence since Nabiki had once again ditched Ranko the honour fell to Ranma.
"It seems the more time I spend around you the more I understand why you were so willing to offer me your soul" Ranma stated, his gaze hard.
"Well you're going to get a full preview soon" Ranko replied, glancing up, at Ranma, a small smile bracing her lips.
"Yeah and if things get worse than I think they are I will take you into my custody" Ranma stated, not noticing Ranko turning to face him, gaze focused on the direction of the Tendo household, all he had to do was round the next corner and he would be there.
"What do you mean?" Ranko questioned, curiosity filling her sapphire eyes.
"The contract states I must protect you, you may of meant it as protection from those like Kuno who would rape you but the contract expands to all forms of protection, I am bound to protect you from all forms of harm until the contract expires meaning until you die I will protect you from emotional harm all the way to physical harm and if I find your family is harming you in any way I will take you back to my domain and there you will reside, I will bring you back here whenever you want or need to but you would live in my domain, under my protection" Ranma replied.
Ranko's eyes widened with every word her demonic protector spoke, he was willing to take her in, take her away from all those who hurt her. It touched her heart, filled her out with a warm feeling.
"You would take me in?" Ranko asked, hope slowly infiltrating her voice.
"Yes, but it is a last resort, my domain is located in Hell Ranko, I would basically be taking you to hell to live out the rest of your days, you may be under my protection but tell me would that be something you would want to be taken from your family and to hell?" Ranma asked, glancing down at her.
"I would be safe and you already know I don't hold any value to my current life here, I see it as freedom" Ranko replied.
"So you would accept it if I deem your family unfit as if this does occur you will have a choice either leave with me or force me to remain and protect you until it becomes too bad and I am forced to take you to Hell and into my domain?" Ranma questioned.
"What do you mean" Ranko asked.
"If I deem your living environment unsafe you gain a choice, we are partners in this agreement I can not force you to leave your realm straight away, you can request I remain and protect you so you can stay with your family and I would stay and protect you unless events escalate to a point I can't protect you and are forced to take you back to my domain or you can accept my decree and leave with me" Ranma explained.
Ranko fell silent, she had never dreamed a demon, a Devil would be kind enough to give her the option to remain with her family, if she didn't feel detached from them her heart would be filled but even though it wasn't the case his words did continue to touch her. Ranma noticed Ranko hadn't answered his question but didn't pry.
The two rounded the final corner and turned onto the Tendo estate. The duo were greeted by the sight of Kasumi hanging up the wet laundry to dry, she glanced towards the gate, expecting to see Nabiki and Ranko, her eyes widened when she saw it wasn't Nabiki who was wheeling Ranko through the gate.
"Hey Kasumi" Ranko greeted, Kasumi noticed the small notch of joy that had infiltrated the younger girl's usually near empty tone, her gaze moved to Ranma.
"Hello Ranko…and who is this?" Kasumi greeted, eye Ranma up and down.
"Oh, right this is Ranma…I sort of invited him to stay with us, is that alright?" Ranko admitted, her cheeks tinging red. Kasumi noticed this and glanced between the two of them.
"Of course…though where is he supposed to sleep, the only guest room was turned into your bedroom?" Kasumi asked.
"Oh…right" Ranko sighed.
'Since when did Kasumi start paying attention?' Ranko inwardly questioned.
"I'm sure we could arrange something" Ranma stated, making eye contact with Kasumi, the elder Tendo flinched when she met Ranma's gaze, the darkness that lay within his eyes, the power, eyes that had seen death and great suffering.
"W…what are you?" Kasumi stammered.
A black aura surrounded Ranma like flames of shadow, his irises glowed scarlet, the aura expanded up to five feet.
"I am Ranko's protector and if I need to reveal my true nature to complete my duty then so be it" Ranma stated.
"What…do you…mean true nature?" Kasumi stammered.
"I am Ranma Saotome, son and heir of the Devil known as Nodoka Saotome" Ranma roared, his aura exploding and surrounding him, Ranko and Kasumi in a dome of black flames, blocking out the outside world.
"A Devil?" Kasumi gasped.
"Yes and Ranko here made a deal with me, her soul for protection, you will keep this secret and arrange for somewhere for me to sleep here so I am able to protect my charge" Ranma stated, Kasumi nodded nervously and rather quickly, the dome was reabsorbed by Ranma and his eyes returned to their electric blue.
"Good, now that the pleasantries are over may I enter?" Ranma questioned.
"Yes of course" Kasumi replied before leading the duo inside.
Ranma entered the Tendo home, glancing round, he felt the despair that wove the walls of it, his gaze narrowed, focusing on the despair in an attempt to find its source, a reason for it.
"Ranma is something wrong?" Ranko asked, noticing a change in Ranma's demeanour. Ranma's gaze narrowed further when he sensed the faint magical signature that lay within the house, faint, near non-existent but still there and it was one Ranma knew quite well.
"If you'll excuse me for a moment I need to have a little talk with my mother" Ranma stated, a crimson magic circle opened up beneath him, glowing brightly and in a flash he was gone, leaving two stunned Tendos behind.
Nodoka's Domain…
Ranma in a flash of crimson light, the same demonic light he vanished within at the Tendo residence, appeared within his mother's bed chamber, following her accursed demonic signature as Ranma often called it. The sound of feminine moaning filled his ears, his gaze moved to the bed, his gaze hard, he scowled at what he saw.
A human girl who had summoned him a century ago was atop Nodoka's bed, hogtied with a red ball gag stuffed in her mouth, currently forcing her face into Nodoka's pussy in an attempt to pleasure her so not to be punished. Ranma had denied her request, she had asked that he change her father so he would accept her as a girl and not force her to be a male, he had no interest in changing humans and so denied her, no one should be forced to change was his logic, she then called his mother who conned her into giving up her soul. Nodoka simply made the father accept her and then took her to her own domain to be used.
"Ah Ranma…I wasn't expecting you otherwise I would of waited before I allowed Ukyo here to pleasure me…your name is Ukyo right?" Nodoka questioned, returning her attention to the brunette who only nodded in response.
"Don't worry about it, I'm here for business, not to indulge you" Ranma stated, Nodoka's gaze narrowed, Ukyo's heart filled with fear, she rose to her feet, revealing she wore only a black lacy bra with matching thong, she walked to the edge of her bed, glaring at her son.
"How dare you talk to me in that tone of voice" Nodoka hissed.
"I dare because I've just found out that you and I have something else in common, we share summoners, you see I visited the Tendo residence today and what do I find but your demonic signature, meaning you made a contract there and probably caused the place to be practically formed from despair, so tell me what happened there" Ranma hissed.
Nodoka's scowl became a smirk, she had theorized that the Tendos had been the same family and now Ranma had confirmed it and from what she had heard of the girl Ranma had promised to protect it would be prime pickings for a Devil to form contracts.
"So they are the same and no doubt now Kimiko's daughters are all grown up and in their prime maybe I should pop round and form a couple contracts and reunite them with their mother and have ourselves some fun together" Nodoka proposed.
"NOT WHILE I RESIDE THERE MOTHER, RANKO IS UNDER MY PROTECTION AND WHILE SHE LIVES THERE HER HOME IS ALSO PROTECTED AS IS HER FAMILY, YOU TRY ANYTHING AND I'LL BE FORCED TO FIGHT YOU" Ranma roared in a demonic voice, his eyes glowing blood red once again "And we both know what sort of destruction that would lead to" he continued.
"Destruction on catastrophic levels, after all the last time we fought was the last time Atlantis saw the light of day" Nodoka acknowledged.
"That's right, you may be more powerful mother but I'm no slouch and will not go down without a fight, especially when a contract is involved" Ranma stated.
"I know, but you can't blame an old demon for wanting an orgy now can you? But have it your way, for now, I will let the Tendo's be but once your contract has fallen through and you have yourself a slave of your own I will be round to collect and manipulate the Tendo girls to surrender their souls to me" Nodoka stated, turning her back on Ranma and making her way to Ukyo and placing her slender foot onto her back and pressing down on it.
"Now perhaps you would like to join me in our little game" Nodoka proposed.
"I'd rather you tell me about Kimiko" Ranma stated, Nodoka let out a tired sigh.
"Fine, the woman's eldest daughter was dying from a disease and so she called on me when all else failed, requesting that I save her and in return she would give me anything, I had her give me her soul saying in return I would save her daughter and of course you know how magic works, a life for a life. I soon after the deal was made she grew ill and soon her heart failed her and she came to me and hell did I have fun that day" Nodoka stated, her sexual smirk taking place upon her lips.
"So you took their mother from them" Ranma stated, his tone cold.
"You know magic Ranma, a life for a life that's how it works and you know it" Nodoka replied.
"Except the daughter wasn't dead when you made the deal, the simple healing spell or purification spell would have spared the child and would of merely forced them to wait a couple days for her to be back to full health, especially with your kind of power, you chose to use a resurrection spell on that girl to bring her back completely within a second, a full recovery and forced Kimiko to surrender her life…you took their mother away from them" Ranma hissed.
"So, I plan to reunite them soon enough…now unless you plan on joining me and Ukyo I suggest you leave my domain" Nodoka stated, turning her back on her son and facing Ukyo, moving her foot and removing the ball gag with her toes before inserting her large toe into Ukyo's mouth, the girl begin to suck the toe, obeying her mistress' unspoken command.
The magic circle once again appeared beneath Ranma and soon he was gone, regretting he hadn't taken Ukyo's request but back then she was a shallow girl who wanted to force her father to change, but still no one deserved to be his mother's slave for eternity.
Tendo Residence…
Ranma appeared in the hallway of the Tendo household and made his way to the dining room where he found all the residents of the household gathered and enjoying a home cooked meal.
"Ah Ranma you have returned" Kasumi greeted, Ranko's expression brightened but it went unnoticed by her family.
"Err, Kasumi who is this?" Nabiki questioned.
"This is Ranma, a friend of Ranko's who will be staying with us for the night" Kasumi explained.
"And where will he be sleeping?" Nabiki probed.
"I have arranged something and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't pry Nabiki" Kasumi stated.
'So where did you go Ranma?' Ranko questioned telepathically.
'To speak with my mother, it turns out she made a deal with Mrs Tendo before she passed on and now is one of my mother's staff' Ranma explained.
A/N Sorry I took so long, writers block, PLZ REVIEW.