Devils Child

by chikane-chan

The devil is sick of Ranma evading him, and he creates a clone of Ranma's girl side to frame him. But things don't go as he planned as the girl breaks away from his control. Ranma gains a sister from the after math, that sticks by his side and there for him and his mother. As well as the usual cast here and there and some other oc's and appearances from some lesser characters.

19. Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Topsy Turvy

Shampoo stared thru the binoculars, next to the window she was standing at. She clenched one of her fists tightly. As she could see Ranma and his mother and the evil girl, all at Ukyou's place. " Spatula girl, getting way too far ahead of Shampoo.." Cologne hopped over on her stick as she heard her great granddaughter muttering to herself and spying on her rival. "Well Shampoo, I tried to tell you. Instead of making an enemy out of this twin of Ranma's. Ideally she's pretty much Ranma, just in girl form. She knows everything he does, but being a real girl, she knows how to execute things a lot better than son in law." She pauses for a moment as she rubs at her chin. "And she obviously has it in well with the mother. Getting along with her, well Shampoo my dear, you'd kill two birds with one stone. Otherwise, the okonomiyaki girl will continue to be ahead of you."

Shampoo gritted her teeth, hating to admit her great grandmother had good points. Cologne tried to further guide the child along. "I know you feel humiliated by the girl and harbor a distain, but do keep in mind, she wasn't in her right mind. Also Shampoo, say things don't work out with son in law, she's the next best thing." Shampoo mulled over what her great grandma was saying.

"But great grandmother.. I mess up very bad, Airen is so angry with me, because of evil girl…"

Colonge hopped down off from her staff and took it and whacked Shampoo on the head with the top of it. "That's enough, Shampoo.. You'd better change your train of thought about the girl. You can't change son in laws mind and I didn't sense she was evil, when she was here the other day. Enough of this, get back to the kitchen.

Nodoka shut the door behind them as they all went inside the house, having had their meal and back home for the night. She locked up the door and then turned her attention to the girls. " Now girls, since you both didn't come straight home today, you'll still be grounded tomorrow. Which means, I expect the both of you, to come straight back home, after school. Is that understood?" Both the girls bowed their heads and nodded in reply. She then turned her attention to Ranka. " Ranka, your old school uniform is a mess and won't be ready for tomorrow. So, you will be wearing the Furikan school uniform tomorrow." Ranka held back her emotions and just nodded in reply. Nodoka clasped her hands together. " Alright, now go get ready for bed, it's been a long day for all of us."

Once up stairs and the beds set up, Ranka flopped down face first into hers. Ranma-chan set up on hers and grabs a manga, that she starts thumbing through. "I sure wouldn't want to be in your shoes right now."

Ranka rolls over on her back. " Be very glad you're not.." Shudders at the thought of having to wear the Furikan girls uniform tomorrow for school. Grumbles to herself. " Why does it have to be so fugly.."

Ranma-chan's still thumbing through the manga book, not looking up from it. "Hey, I'm glad you didn't get all weird about your ex friend. You took it really well, actually."

Ranka looks over at Ranma for a second, before staring up at the ceiling and letting out a sigh. "Well you know, my other self gave me the smack down." She pondered about if she should say more or not, but she was also silently, mourning the loss of Ivory. Ranma-chan could sense that Ranka wasn't in the best of spirits, and why would she be, after the day she had and then getting the heat from their mother. She decided she would try to break the ice in the air, and see if she could get her sister in better spirits. "So, I'm surprised that you and Ukyou didn't blab on about having another sleep over."

Ranka scratches at her neck some, still looking up at the ceiling. "Well you obviously didn't like the first one, and it was rude of me, but also.. Ukyou kinda pressed me on the matter. It's hard to say no to her.. I got caught up in the moment."

Ranma-chan's still looking thru the manga, and a bit surprised at what her sister had to say, so suddenly, but agreed fully about Ukyou's influence. " I'm sure she did.." She rubbed at the back of head as she blushed some. "I know, I can't help it.. she's too cute."

Ranka's still looking at the ceiling as she says what's on her mind. "I'm not trying to dictate to you, who to like, I hope that's not how you see it, anyways. I do think Ukyou's a lot nicer than Akane, but if you like Akane, then that's fine too. If you want to marry Akane, that's completely up to you too."

Ranma-chan shut the manga and sat up all flustered and annoyed. "Why the hell would you think that? You're not, okay.. And you know the answer to that.. " Rubs at the back of her head more flustered. "And I agree, Ukyou is nicer. About Akane, I'm not sure that I really do, or sure that she really wants to either.. I mean if she were nicer to me, maybe." Goes back to being more annoyed. "So stop thinking such a stupid thing. You've been such an angel to me, watching my back. So you're making me mad, okay." Flops back down, opening back up her manga.

Ranka glances over at Ranma and goes back to looking up at the ceiling. "Were you able to talk to Akane today, at least?" She said thoughtfully.

Ranma-chan mutters and rubs at the back of her head. " No.. she was being really stubborn and secretive. I got way too caught up in trying to talk to her.." Grits her teeth, feeling she let her sister down and for what. "It really seems like she is hiding something and unfortunately seems like your hunch is probably true. Did you, try to talk to her?"

Ranka rubbed at her head now and bit her lip some. " I tried, but she didn't want to hear it."

Ranma-chan rolled her eyes. " She is, as stubborn as an ox."

Ranka got up and went over to her dresser, pulling out a night outfit, before leaving the room to go get changed. She had learned how she had to try to be more aware of her actions, around Ranma. It seemed like Ranma, she wasn't always aware of things, but she was getting better about it. She had realized how un comfortable it had made Ranma, when she had just started stripping the last time and getting changed for bed in front of her.

Morning came and Ranka was the first to get up in the morning as she yawned and stretched, before starring in disgust at the Furikan high girls uniform. She twitched as she got up and went off to get changed. After changing into the " plain jane" uniform, she tried to make it even a tad cute, by tying a pink bow up into her pony tail.

Nodoka looked up from what she was doing in the kitchen, as she spotted Ranka come downstairs. "You look adorable, Ranka."

Ranka gave her forced small smile, before sitting down at the table. Not much later, Ranma-chan came downstairs, following the smell of the food, as she sat down at the table.

Nodoka sent them off after they were done eating. She waved at them by the front door. " Don't forget, you two are to come straight home, after school." She has a very stern smile on her face. The girls nodded and waved back, before disappearing down the street out of view.

Ranma on the way as usual made her morning stop off at Doctor Tofu's clinic, to change back into a guy and go to school properly as himself. Ranka walked in silence the whole time, lost in her thoughts and un happy about having to wear the fugly uniform. Ranma rubbed at his head, un sure of what to say to her and before he could, they were interrupted. A rose sailed by thru the air, and Ranka was able to dodge it. They both groaned as Kuno descended upon them.

Kuno pointed his kendo stick threateningly at Ranma. " Why is it, the pigtailed goddess Ranko is no where to be found? You've no doubt hidden her away from me, you vile sorcorrer!"

Ranma rolled his eyes at the kendoist. "Yeah sure, whatever Kuno."

Ranka has her arms crossed. " Boy are you delusional. No, she ran away from YOU, because you're so annoying." Ranma stifled a laugh at that comment.

Kuno reappears in front of Ranka and holds her hands in his. " Dear sweet goddess Ranka, I see the vile Ranma has you under his hold as well. Be brave my sweet, I will save you." Ranka glares daggers at Kuno, before punching him in the face. "Stop talking crap about my brother, Kuno.. I'm NOT in the mood!"

Kuno pops back up and holds her hands again. " You look ever so radiant and glowing today, sweet Ranka."

Ranka glowers in anger at him and punches him harder in the face. " Buzz off!"

Ranma glowers next to her and cracks his knuckles. " You better listen to what she said Kuno."

Akane tries to sneak by, but Kuno spots her and starts in on her this time. Ranma sighs, grumbling as he goes over and punches him out into orbit. "Leave her alone too!"

Instead of thanking him, Akane's irritated with him and spits back. " I don't need your help Ranma! I could've taken care of him myself!" Storms off inside the building.

Ranma grumbles and puts his hands behind his back. " She's so un cute…"

Ranka nods in agreement. "Well, I am thankful for the save from the pervert."

Ranma smiles a tad. " At least someone is."

Ranka smiles slightly. " She probably is too, she's just too stubborn to admit it."

Ukyou interrupts them by coming over. " Good morning Ranma huney and Ranka. It was really nice that you guys came to my place for dinner, last night."

Ranma and Ukyou get talking, and once again Thrista addresses Ranka. "Good morning Ranka. So, I know you said to ask later, so I am. So.. could we hang out after school today?" Ranka made a face and looked down at the ground, before looking back with a quick, small smile. " I can't, I'm grounded and in a lot of trouble."

Thrista made a poutie face. " Maybe tomorrow then?"

Ranka rubs at the back of her head. "We'll see, now if you'll excuse me." Goes back over with Ranma and Ukyou, as they all head off to class together.

Sayuri looks up from her desk, as Ranka comes into the classroom, her eyes locked on her in a daze. Akane notices one of her friends looking stupidly at Ranka. "Hey, Sayuri, are you okay?" Sayuri shakes her head and looks over at her friend. "Yes Akane, I'm fine. After all, Ranka saved me." Has hearts in her eyes. Akane makes a face. " You sure don't seem okay. I know you say she saved you, but.." Sayuri cuts her off. " Oh Akane, she really did. I thought I was a goner." Akane scoffed at her friend. " Yeah but didn't you say she just left you there and ran off."

Sayuri looked at Akane sternly. " She did but she had removed my gag, so I was able to call for help, and she ran off, to protect me and the school from anything more."

Akane ughs in frustration as the class starts.

Lunch time finally comes and to Akane's disdain, Sayuri goes over to where Ranka is sitting, shifting her feet about timidly. "Oh um Ranka, I wanted to thank you for saving me yesterday. So um, I made you this!" Holds out a bento box and puts it down on the table, before running back off to her own desk. Ranka blinks in surprise as Sayrui runs off, before she can say thank you or much anything to her. Ukyou takes note of what happened and gives Ranka a look. " Someone's got a crush."

Ranka sweat dropped at Ukyou. "No.." Ukyou nodded. " Uh huh. You saved her, so.."

Ranka rubs at the back of her head nervously. " Oh boy.." She could feel the angry aura spilling out from Akane.

After school let out, Akane was arguing with Ranma. "So what, you're never coming back then? But it's okay, that you go and see Shampoo and Ukyou!" Ranma has his arms crossed, getting very annoyed at her badgering. " Didn't you listen to a word I said before, Akane? I'm stuck for now, okay.." Akane hmpfed at him and stormed off. Ranka stayed out of the matter, not wanting to interfere. Nabiki on the other hand, having heard that she may have a new customer, went into action as she spotted Sayuri. She waved her over to her. Sayuri was hesitant but went over. " Aren't you, Akane's sister?" Nabiki smiled at her " I am, but that's not important. I heard that Ranma's sister, saved you from being blown up the other day." Sayuri couldn't help but blush in response. " Did.. Akane tell you?"

Nabiki smirked at her for a minute. "She didn't have to, news travels fast. So I just happen to have some pictures of her." She takes them out and shuffles them around, giving Sayuri a sample of her goods. "So, see anything that you like?" Sayuri's really red in the face, as she picks out two really nice ones, very fast and pays Nabiki, before running off. Nabiki goes back to smirking at getting a new customer.

After the daily switch up at Doctor Tofu's clinic and coming back out, changed back to Ranko, as a girl, the two sisters walked back towards Nodoka's place. Ranma-chan notices Ranka's been silent the whole time, and tries to make conversation. "So.. what was up with Sayuri, huh?"

Ranka doesn't want to talk about, so she turns it back around on Ranma. "The better question is, what was up Akane's butt?" Ranma-chan can't help but laugh. " A really big bug maybe?" Ranka can't help but laugh this time. " Hey, "you" said it, not me."

Ranma-chan crosses her arms. " Well, she was really acting like it.. that un cute, stubborn tomboy.." She mutters to herself. "It really does look like you're feeling is right. She just admitted she knew I saw Shampoo and Ukyou, and once again.. being secretive."

Ranka keeps walking while they are talking. "I didn't want to be right." They get back to the house and shut the door behind them. Ranka greets Nodoka and then goes upstairs pretty fast to get changed out of the uniform, as quickly as she can. Ranma-chan follows suit and changes outfits as well. Then they both go back downstairs. Nodoka smiles with hands together. " I'm very proud of both you, following through with what I asked. Now, have a snack and then let's start with some training." Holds out her katana, still sheathed. "In the way of katana." Ranma-chan eeps and almost falls over. Nodoka takes note of this and looks at Ranko with a concerned expression on her face. " What's wrong Ranko?" Ranko's frozen in fear and lost in her over whelming thoughts, till she manages to think of a way out. " I have to go to the bathroom!" Runs off upstairs as fast as lightning.

Nodoka blinks, taken a back. Ranka sweatdrops at how scared poor Ranma was and rubs at the back of her head. "Mother I get the feeling, that this is Genma's fault. He's put my poor sister thru hell it seems." She looks off really sad. Nodoka put her hand to her mouth and her eyes teared up some as she listened to what Ranka said, seeing how, she's correct, this is too much on Ranko. Her troublesome husband had put the girl through so much, she wondered if it was the same for her son Ranma. She wiped a tear away. "It would seem that way, well I want at least one of my daughters to know the way of the katana. This is also to show discipline, but also for your own protection. So, since Ranko won't be training with us, I will make you pick up the slack for your sister." Ranka nodded in agreement. " I understand." Nodoka smiled at her and patted her on the head, before going over to the stair case. " Ranko dear, it's alright dear you don't have to train with us, just relax okay." Then she turned her attention back to Ranka and motioned for her to come outside in the yard with her.

Ranma-chan at hearing her mother say she was off the hook, let out a deep sigh and un tensed as she threw the covers off herself, from where she was laying under the covers all curled up from the shock. She got up and stuck her head out the window, watching her mom, bring the hammer down on Ranka. She knew, Ranka had stuck up for her once again, and saved her. Shutting the window and feeling more relaxed now, she decided to go take a hot bath to calm down, having time to herself.

Ranma sat back in the tub, enjoying the hot water and being a guy again. He missed some things about the Tendo's and others he didn't, as it was much more peaceful at his mothers place. And being with his sister, being with someone who was on the same page as him. He really didn't miss his dad, all that much. He was really enjoying spending time with his mother, even if it was with him pretending to be Ranko. How long it would last, he didn't know.

A little later on, Nodoka called Ranko to down for dinner and as she did, she then took her seat at the table. She felt such happiness at having something, that had been lost to her for years. Of course she wanted her son Ranma there as well, but it seemed like he was always so faraway. At least now she had her two daughters.

The next morning after finishing breakfast and walking off to school. The usual detour to Doctor Tofu's clinic was made, as Ranma changed back into a guy, to attend school as himself. The siblings entered the school yard and on their guard, knowing Kuno would pop up. Ranka dodged the rose as it sailed thru the air. Kuno made his usual, over the top entrance, then reappeared and grabbed Ranka by the hands. " Oh sweet goddess Ranka, I cannot wait for the weekend to come, so that you and your sister, can be in my sweet embrace." Ranka grimaces as she pulls her hands away. "Ugh.. Believe me Kuno, "that" won't be happening."

Ranma plants his foot into Kuno's face, knocking the kendoist back a few steps. He makes a disgusted looking face, as he remembers that Kuno's right, this is the weekend his mom wanted Ranko and Ranka and her, to all go visit the Kuno's. Ignoring Kuno, they both went off inside and off to the classroom.

Ukyou waved at her desk as she saw the two siblings come in, then had a concerned look on her face as she saw Ranma. " Ranma huney, you look like your not feeling well. Are you okay?"

Ranma looked over at her and smiled a tad. "Just Kuno, being a pervert."

Ukyou looked to Ranka, to confirm if this was true. Ranka nodded in agreement, which made Ukyou no longer question further.

Sayuri came into the classroom as she shyly came over to Ranka's desk. " Good morning Ranka." Before Ranka could say anything, she held out a bento box and sat it down on her desk. "I made too much, so I thought you'd like it." She's feeling her face flush and her hearts beating away as she waits for a reply. Ranka blinks as she smooths down some of her hair nervously. "Good morning Sayuri, and um thank you." Sayuri blushes some as she smiles and goes off to her own desk. Ukyou quirks her eyebrow at Ranka with a smirk. Ranka groans some, sitting back in her chair.

Akane had been watching the exchange between Sayuri and Ranka. As Sayuri comes and sits down at her desk, her eyes are glued to her. " What was that all about?" She leaned over her desk, towards her friends. Sayuri was still blushing a tad. "Well she did save my life, Akane." Akane hmpfed not liking the answer she was getting. There was no more talk as the teacher came in and the class had begun. Then the next class was gym class, as the boys went off to their locker room and the girls to theirs.

Ukyou kept pestering Ranka about Sayuri. "You know you've got a love sick puppy now." Ranka scratched at her head flustered and frustrated. "I know.. " She was going to say more but she was feeling very " off", suddenly. She sat herself down on the bench with her hand to her head. Ukyou had a worried look on her face. " Hey Ranka, are you alright?" Ranka shakes her head some before looking up at her and smiling slightly. "I think I'm just feeling a little light headed, so I'm going to go see the nurse."

Ukyou took her by the hand with a very concerned look. " Here, I'll walk you there. I insist." Ranka knew better than to try to protest and nodded and let her lead her off to the nurses office. The nurse wasn't in the room for the moment, as Ukyou got Ranka set up on a bed, before leaving her as she drifted off to sleep. In her minds eye, she saw a purple gem necklace glowing brightly and evil laughter in the air. She woke up startled and sitting up as her own red gem necklace glowed fiercely. Ivory stepped into the room, with a smile. " Did you think, you'd get rid of me so easily?" Her purple gem necklace, glowed brightly as she sat down on the bed next to Ranka.

Ranka's eyes were wide with shock and disbelief, so much so she had to rub them and she she still saw what she saw. " But, you're gone.."

Ivory kept smiling. " But I'm not, as you can clearly see. You didn't think that he'd let you kill me, so easily, did you?" She smirked some at noticing how distraught Ranka was looking. "So, are you going to murder me, right here and right now?"

Ranka bit her lip and clenches her fists. "That depends on you.." She shot back.

Ivory got up and circled around the bed that Ranka was sitting on, like she was stalking her prey. Then her expression turned annoyed. " As much as I want to kill you, "he" would rather have you alive and he told me to tell you." Then she closes in and leans down and whispers in her ear. " HE wants you back."

Ranka glares at her thru her fear as she shoves her away from her harshly, with angry tears in her eyes, as she throws up her defense barrier. Ivory falls over the bed from the hard shove that sends her to the ground. Ranka steels herself to get up and takes off running down the hallway angry, and doesn't stop running till she's up on top of the rooftop. Then she plops down against the fencing, putting her head down in her knee's. She was in no state of mind to deal with gym class.

Ranma back in gym class on the boys side, noticed that once again his sister wasn't in gym class and he was starting to get a bad feeling. He tried to look over and get Ukyou's attention by giving her looks. Ukyou took notice and tried to put her hands in a signal that showed sleeping, as she went back to her exercises. He was satisfied by that answer but his gut was telling him, it was more than that. He made an excuse to get away from class for the time being and made his way to the nurses office, as he had picked up on what Ukyou had tried to tell him. At not seeing her there, he headed to the rooftop, as they both went to the same place when they wanted to be alone.

Ranka looked up as she heard the door open to the rooftop, getting annoyed some at seeing Ranma. Ranma could tell from seeing her, she was in a bad mood and her chi was off as well. He decided to try to lighten the mood first. "So, you're skipping gym class again, huh."

Ranka sighed exhaustedly, laying her head back on her knee's. "Yeah.. I guess I am."

Ranma sat down next to her a ways. " Ukyou said you were at the nurses, but I didn't see you there. And why did you go to the nurse?" He gave her a concerned look.

Ranka shut her eyes for a second as she tightened her hold around her legs. "I don't want to talk about it, right now.."

Ranma started to get annoyed some. "Why not? Maybe I'll just look for myself then." As he knew he could link with his sister and see thru her mind, just as she could do the same with him. Ranka grumbled some as she let out another sigh. " Go ahead then, but I wish you wouldn't.."

Ranma gave her a look. " Why not?" Ranka looked away some. " Because it'll upset you.. Just go back to class and wait, at least till after school.."

Ranma felt a knot in his stomach, telling him it was really bad. First he'd try to reason with her. "Okay, so let's just go back to gym class then, if you want me to wait till after school."

Ranka was still looking off the other way. "I can't focus on that right now.."

Ranma ruffled up his hair annoyed as he arghhed. " Then I'm going to look, right now!"

Ranka shut her eyes and stayed silent, as he did and he saw what had happened and what was said. His eyes were furious after and his fists were clenched, as he stayed silent for a few minutes. Ranka was still looking off. " I told you, you shouldn't have."

Ranma manages to push down his anger enough, and tries to grab Ranka by her hand and get her to come back to class, only to be repelled by her barrier. He gets very annoyed as he realizes she's got her barrier up. " Dammit Ranka, take that thing down!"

Ranka still looking off the other way. "I'm not going to gym class, okay.. I have too much on my mind, right now."

Ranma tightened his fist, he was angry with her, but he was more annoyed than anything at how stubborn she was being. He knew he wasn't going to get her to budge as she did have a barrier up. Instead he tried to reason with her. "Fine, but you can't skip anymore classes today, or I'll have to tell mom. And if I don't see you after gym class, I'll be back." He got up and took his leave.

As she had promised, Ranka made sure to come back after gym class as she had some time to compose herself. Soon it was lunch time and the class was all a buzz. Ranka picked at her food, absent mindedly as she really had no appetite and merely was showing an illusion that was was eating. Ukyou on the other hand was eating her lunch as she noted this. " You're really not feeling too well today, are you?" Ranka smiled a bit at her and picked at her rice. " Not really no." She ate a few bites of rice here and there as they stopped any further talk.

Whispering amongst some of the student in the room and others coming back in the room could be heard and some looks from some. A small group of girls were whispering, amongst themselves. One whispered to another. " I can't believe Ukyou's hanging out with a murderer." Another girl whispered back in shock. " Oh my gosh, do you think she'd kill her?"

Ukyou got up out of her chair, rising up in anger at the group of girls "I have no idea who you're talking about, now shut up! Or I'll make you!" She pulls her giant spatula off from her back, to show she's serious. The girls yelp and scatter quickly. Ukyou slides it back into it's holder. Ranka has a blank look on her face for a second, as she thinks to herself, this is without a doubt Ivory's doing. She was trying to make her look bad, once again. Ranma's ears were burning, that's how angry he was getting. If only this Ivory wasn't a girl, he'd beat the crap out of her.

As the day went on, the whispers of the spreading gossip, kept growing. It grew more as the last class of the day was dismissed. Akane having heard the rumor, grabbed Ranma and pulled him off with her aggressively. " Ranma, WE need to talk, right now!"

Ranma grumbled and went off with her out near the field. "And "what is it, that we need to talk about, huh Akane?" He gave her an annoyed look. Akane clenched her fists. " You know, what. I tried to tell you, that girl was evil." Ranma gave her an annoyed look. " "Was", being the keyword here." Akane shook her head. " Then why is their a rumor going around that she''s murdered people? That's why she got kicked out of her old school, isn't it?"

Ranma bristled in anger. "She didn't!" Akane crossed her arms and gave him a concerned look. "How do you know that she hasn't?"

Ranma huffed and crossed his arms in response. "If she did, she was being manipulated. The whole time I've been with Ranka, she hasn't killed anyone. It's her ex friend from the old school, Ivory who framed her for murder and got her kicked out of Asadaiba, okay!" Then he got a very serious look on his face. " Akane, stay the hell away from that Ivory girl, she's working with the devil." Akane deviant as ever, blanched back. " If I want to hang out with her, then I will! Don't tell me what to do!"

Ranma scratched at his head very frustrated, with the stubborn ox in front of him.

"Do what you want then, I'm just trying to warn your dumb butt!" He rubbed at the back of his head flustered, as he remembered now that he was finally talking with Akane, that he should address another important matter. " So, I heard that you got jealous, because I was at Shampoo's and Ukyou's "restaurants and you and a sneaky a little ninja, tried to do me in."

Akane tensed up and grew angry at being suspected. " Who told you that?! If it was Ranka, she's full of it, and she's just trying to make me look bad."

Ranma gave her an un amused look. "You are, looking pretty bad right about now."

Akane clenched her bag in her hand. " I don't need to hear this crap, I'm going home!" Turns about and storms off in a huff.

While Ranma's been off talking with Akane, Ranka's been hanging out talking to Ukyou. Sayuri happens by and interrupts them as she asks to talk with Ranka. Ranka gets the old bento box out from her bag, giving it back to Sayuri. "Thanks it was really good. I'll give you back the other one tomorrow, but you really don't have to keep on making me them." Sayuri found herself blushing. "But I want to, it's the least I can do for you, for saving me the other day. I thought I was going to die." So, it's not a big deal at all, and I really like doing it."

Ranka bit her lip some as she shuffled her feet about. "I guess if you want to, but you really don't have to and maybe you should make some for your friend Akane too. I think she's feeling like she's loosing her friend."

Sayuri's eyes widened and she put her hands together, very impressed. "Since you say so, then I guess I should. I didn't realize, that." She smiles sweetly at Ranka.

Ranka scratches at her neck nervously. " Ah, yeah." Then she gets a stern look on her face. " Sayuri, stay as faraway from Ivory, okay. I don't think I need to say why."

Sayuri nodded understanding full well, but also concerned for her hero. " You should stay away from her as well."

Ranka looked pretty flustered as she shuffled her feet a bit more, then she smiled really quick at Sayuri. " Haha yeah, well I'll see you tomorrow." Turns her attention back to Ukyou. Sayuri smiles back and takes her leave. Ranma comes back over, not looking very happy as he's grumbling to himself. Ukyou takes notice of this. " I take it, you didn't have a very pleasant talk with Akane, huh."

Ranma rubbed at his head annoyed. "Not at all. Well, we gotta get going now, see ya Ukyou." Ranka says goodbye to her as well, before she walks off with Ranma. They make the usual stop off at Doctor Tofu's clinic, so Ranma can change back into a girl. Ranka's waiting outside against the wall, her thoughts swirling. It wasn't enough that Ivory wasn't gone, but now.. the devil wanted her back. She rubbed at her arm nervously, as she debated if she should go back. Maybe she could try to strike a deal with him, to leave everyone alone.

Ranma-chan had come back out from the clinic, and had been trying to get her sisters attention for a few minutes. Getting annoyed she gave Ranka's arm a pinch. Ranka yelped, snapped out from her thoughts. Ranma-chan gave a serious look. " I was trying to talk to you for a few minutes now, so that's why I pinched you."

Ranka rubbed at her arm for a second. " Message received, okay." They both started walking back towards the house. Ranma-chan started getting more and more annoyed, the more they walked and there was nothing but silence. She cleared her throat and had her arms crossed, looking very serious. "Don't tell me, that you're thinking about trying to go back there.."

Ranka gave her an annoyed look. " Why? Did you read my mind?"

Ranma-chan shook her head. " I didn't need to, it's written all over you. And I'm telling you, don't you dare…"

Ranka sighed and kept walking, Ranma-chan huffs at her response, grabbing her by her arm and pulling her off towards the park near by. " I wanna talk to you, before we go back." She lets go once at the park and sits down on a bench, with her arms crossed. Ranka takes her seat on the bench, not making a fuss, knowing Ranma's already in a bad mood from dealing with Akane. Ranma-chan was rubbing at the temple of her head with her finger, looking very frustrated. "Why the hell, would you think of doing that?!"

Ranka fidgets with her hands as she looks down at the ground. "To try to strike a deal."

Ranma-chan frowned at her. " No, no deal. I highly doubt he'd keep to it, anyways. And I don't want to hear about all that other crap either, okay."

Ranka rubbed at her arm some. " I get that… but he was able to hurt mom before, from a far, so he might resort to that again." Ranma-chan mulled over what her sister said for a few minutes. "Yeah okay, but he hasn't again, right? That was probably before, when you had his remote control necklace still."

Now it was Ranka's turn to think about was just said. "Hmm, that does make sense. No, he hasn't."

Ranma-chan still had a stern look on her face. "So, when we go back, are you going to tell mom what happened today, or are you just going to hide it from her?"

Ranka bit her lip as she rubbed at her arm nervously. "I don't want to upset her.." Ranma-chan ruffled up her own hair in frustration. " Okay sure, but she'll be more upset if you don't. So.. if you don't say something, I will." Puts her hand to her head annoyed. "You tried to handle it on your own and obviously "that" didn't work." Gets up from the bench, having said what she wanted to say. " That's what I wanted to say, now we'd better get back." Ranka got up as well and started walking back, though she was not at all looking forward to it. Part of her, still wanted to make a break for it and distance herself from Ranma and Nodoka, in order to try to protect them. Another part of her, knew better to even try, after the lecture Ranma had just given her.

Nodoka looked up from the table as she heard the girls come in from the front door. She got up and went and greeted them, welcoming them back from school. She noted that Ranko looked very annoyed and Ranka looked very distraught. This made her wonder if they had been fighting with each other. Perhaps asking them about their day, she'd get a clearer answer. " So girls, how was school today?"

Ranko blurted out " Not good, right Ranka?" Giving her sister a stern look. Nodoka looked back and forth between her two girls, noticing the completely different attitudes. What she could piece together that Ranko was mad at Ranka. Nodoka turned her attention to Ranka as well, with a concerned look. "Ranka, did something bad happen at school today?"

Ranka sighed and wrung her hands, looking down. " I'm sorry.." Nodoka goes over to where Ranka is and takes her by her hand gently, and leads her over to the couch to sit with her. Ranma-chan seeing that her sisters trapped, takes her leave going upstairs to get out of the girly uniform. Nodoka thought back to the other day where things had gone so badly, and how she had gotten Ranka to tell her about what had happened. A thought came to her as she did. " Ranka, does this have to do with that girl that you ended up fighting with the other day?"

Ranka rubbed at her arm, clearly upset. "It is.. I thought she was gone, but she's not."

Nodoka had a very worried look on her face. " What happened today at school? Did you get into another fight with this girl?"

Ranka shook her head. "No.. but she's trying to frame me again." Nodoka furrowed her brow at hearing such. She clearly could tell Ranka was in turmoil and had a very tough time talking about what had happened. She wouldn't ask her anymore, she had a clear enough picture of what was going on. She took Ranka's hand into hers. "Alright dear, thank you for telling me. We will be clearing this up with the school today, after a snack." Ranka's eyes are wide as she nods in agreement, seeing the clearly angry smile on Nodoka's face.

After everyone's done having the snack that Nodoka prepared, she decides to announce her plan. " Ranko dear, me and your sister have business to attend to at the school. You may come along if you'd like, or you can go visit the Tendo's, but you must be back by dinner time if you do." Ranma-chans eyes widened. "I'll go visit." Nodoka smiled at her, before taking Ranka by the hand. "Remember to lock up and to be back by dinner time." Taking her leave with Ranka, they head off in the direction of the school.

Shortly after her mother and sister had left, then so did Ranma-chan after doing as told and locking up. While she was happy she was allowed to go to the Tendo's, she also wasn't thrilled to be going back at the same time, but maybe Akane would be in a better mood by now. She thought to herself as she jumped over rooftops really fast, in her route to the Tendo's. Jumping down off a rooftop in front of the house, as she entered and greeted Kasumi. Kasumi smiled sweetly at her. Genma rushed over at hearing Ranma come in. " Ranma! " Before he could carry on any further, Ranma-chan grabbed him and hurled him off into the pond, before going off to take a bath.

Nodoka held Ranka's hand as they walked thru the school gates. Ranka tried to plead with her at least once. " Really, this isn't necessary." Nodoka gave her a stern yet concerned look. " It is Ranka dear, this girl's actions cannot go un checked and we will make sure the school does something about it." Ranka sighed, knowing there was no changing her mothers mind as she was pulled along with her, off to the main office. Where Nodoka laid down the hammer, and had gotten Ranka to put out Ivory's name as the culprit.

Meanwhile, back at the Tendo's, Ranma was relaxing after his bath. Sitting down at the table and having some snacks. Kasumi was sitting down at the table as well and was curious, at not seeing Ranma's sister Ranka. " Ranka's not with you today?" Ranma munched on a rice cracker and finished before responding. " No, she's busy with my mom today. And so I got to come visit for a while." Kasumi sipped some of her tea thoughtfully. " Oh I see." They were interrupted by Genma who rushed out from the bath, turned back to a human. " Boy, where the hell have you been?!" Then he looked around at not seeing Ranma's twin. " Where's your sister?"

Ranma sat up annoyed as he glared at his dad. " With mom.. so if you have any complaints, why not take them up with her huh old man." He scoffed at him about his sister. " Far away from you." Genma bristled in anger, wanting to say more but he was in a no win situation. He couldn't face his wife, she'd slaughter him. He turned his back to his son and grumbled in anger to himself.

Akane came down the stairs at hearing the argument, she found herself getting angry as she spotted Ranma. Part of her was happy to see him there, but another part was still very angry with him. She hmpfed at seeing Ranma, and went off to the dojo to go train. Soun's eyes wandered back and forth as he caught the agitation from his daughter, towards his son in law. He cleared his throat about to say something, but then decided it's best to stay out it. Nabiki came down the stairs next, as she came and sat down at the table, helping herself to some snacks. "Well hello Ranma." She munched on her rice cracker. Soun put his newspaper down and gave her a look. "Nabiki, have you apologized to the master yet?" Nabiki finished chewing and having a sip of some tea before responding. " No Daddy, I didn't do anything wrong."

Soun gave her a troubled look. " Please just do this for your father, and apologize to him.." Nabiki gave him a look as she crossed her arms. "I told you daddy, I didn't do anything wrong." Soun started wailing. Nabiki got up annoyed. " Jeez daddy, you're so over dramatic." She left the room, going back upstairs.

Genma who had been stewing in anger amongst himself, finally boiled over. " Ranma! You're coming back home, you hear me boy!" He shook his fist at him, threateningly. Ranma gave him an angry glare out of the corner of his eye. "Oh, so you're going to talk to mom huh?" He said so sarcastically, as he knew his father was too much of a coward and he also knew it was two against one, now, with his newly found sister. So, he'd like to see his father try something. Genma kept ranting, till Ranma got up and tossed him outside into the pond once again.

Later on, Ranko entered thru the front door. Nodoka was sitting on the couch, as she got up and went and greeted her other daughter with a hug. " Welcome back Ranko dear. Did you have a nice visit with the Tendos?" Ranko rubbed at the back of her head sheepishly. " It was awkward.. but decent." Nodoka smiled at her. "Thank you for coming back before dinner, like I asked." Ranma-chan kept rubbing at the back of her nervously. " Ah yeah, of course." Then she looked around the room at not seeing Ranka. "So um, how did things go with you and Ranka?" Nodoka wrung her hands some. " The good is that the trouble making girl, is getting kicked out from school." Ranma-chan noticed the worried look on her mothers face and how Ranka wasn't there. She remembered how her sister was thinking of trying to go back and strike a deal, now she was wondering if she had run off from their mother and done so. "Where's Ranka?"

Nodoka smiled briefly, still with a worried look. "She's upstair's resting, she said she wasn't feeling well." She wrung her hands some more, before going off to sit back down on the couch. "Dinner will be ready soon, alright dear." Ranma-chan nodded and she felt more at ease knowing that her sister hadn't run off, but still concerned at how her state of mind was. She excused herself as she went upstairs to go check on her, hoping she wasn't in that half dead state of mind again, like the last time.

She made her way into the room, which was dark. So she turned the light on, before kneeling down on the floor and taking her futon out from the sliding closet. Setting it down on the floor, then grabbing a manga and sitting down with it. Looking over to see if Ranka would respond, who was curled up in her own futon, with the blankets over her head. Ranma-chan then decided to try to strike up some conversation. " So, how did it go? She rubbed at her head nervously at not getting a reply. " You okay?" She asked with a concerned tone.

Ranka didn't move but she knew better than not to reply, or to worry her new found family, the way she had before. She sighed. " Embarrassing is how it went.." As she remembered how her mother had put her on the spot, to give the culprit up by name. Further so, how aggressive she had been with the people at the office, until they had seen things, "her" way. "I'm fine."

Ranma-chan felt a bit more at ease, having gotten a response out of her sister, at the very least. But she could tell she wasn't in the best of places. At the very least she was responding. She decided that was enough as she likely wasn't going to get much further with her. Getting up she went and turned off the light and went back downstairs to where her mother was.

Nodoka looked up from wringing her hands at seeing Ranko. "Is she still not feeling well?" Ranma-chan scratched at her head nervously. " Ah yeah, but she's okay." Nodoka looked a little less tense as she sighed a breath of relief, knowing that the girls state of mind wasn't as bad as she had been before. " Oh thank kami." Ranma-chan tried to assure her mother further. " I'm sure she'll come down for dinner."

Not much later, it was dinner time and as Ranma-chan had predicted, Ranka did come down stairs for dinner, though she didn't eat much, before excusing herself and going off to bed early. Nodoka didn't take it personally and was just glad the girl, had eaten something at the very least. After she was done, she went about to cleaning up. " I think I'm going to turn in a bit early myself as well, if that's alright with you Ranko dear." Ranma-chan nodded in reply. " Yeah, I think i'll do that too." Nodoka smiled in response and said good night to her other daughter.

Ranma-chan went upstairs and got ready for bed, before going into the room, turning on the light and flopping down on the bed. Rolling over she picked up the manga and went back to where she had left off. It bothered her to a point, how her sister was acting, but it was a lot better than how she had reacted the last time. She still was going to nag on her though. Taking her one leg she reached over to her sisters futon, giving a nudge with her foot. " Hey, you sure you're okay?"

The other futon stirred a bit from the nudge. Ranka grumbled, annoyed some. " Yes, already.." Ranma-chan not buying it, kept nudging the other futon with her foot. "Doesn't sound like it you are. You know you can't really hide things from me or vice versa, so you should just give it up." Keeps nudging with her foot.

Ranka throughly annoyed, pokes her heads out from under the blankets. " Alright already.. point taken.." Turns her back so she's not facing Ranma.

Ranma -chan somewhat content, pulls her leg back to her own futon and stops nudging her sisters. " Right, so what's wrong? Thinking about still going back?"

Ranka shook her head. " No, I know better than to do that.." She sighed, annoyed at how persistent her sister was being. "Ivory.. is what's wrong.. obviously.."

Ranma-chan was looking thru her manga, while still also paying attention. "Damn right, you'd better know." She said sternly to make her point. "Mom got her kicked out of Furikan right, so she's gone."

Ranka rubbed at the temple of her head, still very annoyed. "That doesn't mean she's gone.. She tightens her fist. She had more to say but knew it wouldn't go over well, so she kept it to herself. Ranma-chan still feeling that enough was not said and trying to pin point what her sister was upset about. " Is this about the rumors going on at school? About you, being a murderer."

Ranka tensed up some at the comment. "It's not like it's not true, anyways.."

Ranma-chan put her manga down pissed off at her sisters response. " Hey now, that's not true, and you know it."

Ranka clenches her fist and sighs " It is though, i'm not exactly innocent." Ranma-chan had her arms crossed. " You were being controlled back then, so none of that counts." She rubbed at the back of her head. "Besides you haven't done anything like that since you freed yourself."

Ranka tensed up again. " That's not true, I killed Ivory.. well I thought I did. And I did, kill Alley.." Ranma-chan shakes her head. " That's different and really, it was Ryoga who made the last blow. So stop saying that you are. The real murderer is that damn Ivory. And she was evil, so she earned it." She kept going, hoping she was getting thru to her sister. " Besides you could've let Akane's friend Sayuri die, but you didn't, so you can't say that, because you saved her. And you could've killed Ivory when she confronted you again, but you didn't. So, nope nah uh, I'm not listening." Picks back up her manga and flops down on her futon, satisfied enough with the lecture she gave her sister. Ranka went back under the covers grumbling to herself.

The sun shone thru one of the windows, while they were all eating breakfast, after having gotten ready for school. After finishing and getting ready to leave for school, making sure they had everything they needed for the school day. Nodoka smiled at Ranka as she patted her on the shoulder. "I know yesterday was tough for you dear, so I cut you some slack but today we will train even harder, to make up for our lost day." Then she sent them off with a wave and a smile. Ranka grimaced at having the hammer slammed down on her, by her mother. Ranma-chan was glad she wasn't the one getting it but did also feel bad for her sister. "Boy am I glad, I'm not in your shoes, but you'll get thru it." They made their way over to Doctor Tofu's clinic as usual. Ranma-chan looked over at Ranka " Do you want to come in?" Ranka shook her head and laid back against the wall. "Don't worry I won't go anywhere." She pulled her gem necklace out from under her collar, rubbing at the gem, as she activated a barrier around herself. Seeing that Ranma was content with her answer, she then disappeared off inside the clinic. Ivory came out from around the corner, sneering at Ranka. "Whoops I was going to go to school, but "someone" went and got me in trouble.." She glared daggers at Ranka, her gem lighting up bright purple. " I wonder WHO was responsible for that." Ranka let out a deep breath as she had hidden her gem back under her collar, as soon as she had heard Ivory. She kept telling herself inwardly, this is not your friend anymore, don't waver. Don't let her intimidate you! She's your sworn enemy now, treat her like it, dammit!" She opened her eyes and glared back at Ivory. " You've only yourself to blame, now Asadaiba is back "that" way."

Ivory laughs haughtily at her. " Look at you, trying to be something your not. Don't think this is over with, just because you went and got me kicked out of Furikan.." She turned on her heel and stormed off. Ranka sighed a breath of relief as she watched her enemy storm off.

Not soon after, Ranma came out from the clinic, looking around as he had thought he had sensed something. He couldn't get too anxious as his sister was still in the same spot. "Did something go down, while I was in there?" He asked her with a concerned tone. Though he knew she'd probably hide it, if something did happen. Ranka let her barrier down as she had heard Ranma come out from the clinic and shrugged her shoulders. " Nothing that I couldn't have handled." Ranma dropped the matter, knowing he wasn't going to get any further, and they needed to get to school. With that they made their way off to school. As usual Kuno appeared and starting spouting nonsense in his shakespeare lingo. Ranka was in no mood to deal with this crap, after having just dealt with Ivory. She threw her bag down on the ground as she jumped up on top of the wall, before jumping higher up into the air and launching her foot down, plowing it straight into Kuno's face, like a lightning bolt. She glared coldly at the knocked out kendoist. "No one likes your morning crap speeches, Kuno." She flipped her hair back, as she walked back over to where Ranma was, picking back up her bag. Ranma smirked at how his sister has laid the smack down on Kuno, and applauded her. A bunch of other students, also started applauding her. Some were ranting on, about how she just "murdered" the hell out of Kuno.

Ranma could tell she was in a really bad mood, and it was really bad timing on Kuno's part. Not that it was a bad thing, that she beat the crap out of him, it had saved him the trouble of doing it. They went off to the classroom and went off to their respective desks.

Cut to lunch time, the classroom was noisier than usual, with a bunch of students swarming around Ranka, going on about how she "murdered" Kuno- senpai. A bunch of guys were pestering her to do the same to them. Ranka looked really annoyed as she tried to ignore it all. Ukyou took her giant spatula off from her back and swung it down, making them scatter. "Alright, enough already!" The students murmured amongst themselves. Ukyou sighed as she slid her spatula back into place on it's holder, behind her back. "That should shut them up for awhile." Ranka smiled slightly at her friend for helping her out, before going back to her thoughts. Ranma had been ready to get up and act, but Ukyou had beat him to it.

At Akane's desk with her friends, they were all opening their bento boxes as they talked amongst themselves. Akane looked up surprised as Sayuri set a bento box down on her desk, as she opened her own. She blinked and pushed it back over to her friends desk, thinking she made a mistake. Sayuri pushed it back over. " I made extra for you Akane." Akane blinked some more as she looked at her friend. "Why? You didn't have to do that. I thought.. you were busy making lunches for Ranka."

Sayuri found herself blushing some, not denying that fact was true. " Well yeah I am, but Ranka told me I should make you some too, and not to leave you out."

Akane felt flustered but also touched, it meant a lot that Sayuri did this. She was also feeling a bit remorseful for how she was bad mouthing Ranka before. She didn't want to admit things to herself but it made her really happy.

Back at Kuno's classroom, he couldn't stop admiring the foot mark on his face, that the lovely goddess Ranka had given him. Nabiki came over to his desk shaking her head. " Oh Kuno baby, you're pathetic." Kuno tried his best to ignore her. " Think what you would like Nabiki Tendou\, you could never understand my loves." Nabiki smirked at him. " Nor do I want to." Having had enough fun with him for now, she went back off to her own desk.

School went by quickly, as the end of the day, bell rang in the end of the school day. Akane took the chance to ask Ranma to talk, as they both went off back by the tree's. Ukyou was busy talking with Ranka, till Ranka spotted Sayuri and excused herself for a second. She went over and gave back another empty bento box all cleaned up to Sayuri. Sayuri smiled and blushed. "You were right about how Akane really appreciated how I included her. I focused on her today, but tomorrow I'll be sure to make you and her both lunches." Ranka rubbed at the back of her head shyly. " You really don't have to go that far." Sayuri had a stern look on her face. " I want to, so I'm going to, so you better look forward to my bento box tomorrow, okay." She didn't stick around to hear a reply as she left the school yard. Ranka sighed in defeat as she went back over to where Ukyou was.

Not far off, Ranma had his arms crossed, leaning back against a tree. " So, what is it Akane?" Akane shuffled her feet about sheepishly. "I'm sorry about being mean about your sister again.." Ranma gave her a look, wondering why she changed her mind so suddenly. "That's funny, because you were bashing her pretty good the other day.."

Akane got all flustered and kept shuffling her feet. " I know.." Ranma sighed as he rubbed at the back of his head. " We'll talk more about this another day, I can't stick around too long, ya know." Akane nodded her head, trying to be understanding. "Will you be visiting again soon?" Ranma leaned back against the tree again, un sure himself. " When I can, which would probably be weekends. This weekend I can't, as my mom's already made plans."

Akane bit her lip some feeling troubled by what he was saying, she could only be so understanding. "Ranma you should just tell your mother the truth, this is getting way out of control. You can't keep doing this, sooner or later, an accident with hot water will happen."

Ranma gave her a stern look, not having forgotten that she may have already done so, behind his back, but with cold water. "And what did I tell you before? Do I need to say it again? Maybe it would've if Ranka wasn't with me, but she's saved me more than once. Now I really gotta go." With that he left Akane and went back over to where Ukyou and Ranka were. The siblings both said good bye to Ukyou, as they left the school yard, making their way to Doctor Tofu's clinic. Once there, Ranma insisted that Ranka go inside with him, not taking no for for an answer as he pulled her along inside with him. Ranka tried to protest. " Hey! I'm fine waiting outside, okay!" Ranma didn't let go, despite her protests. "I know "something" went down this morning, so it's better that you wait inside." Ranka grumbled as she got pulled off along with him inside. Ranma introduced her to Doctor Tofu, then he went off to go change. Doctor Tofu smiled as he studied her. " Ooh yes you are definitely Ranma's twin, no doubt about that." Ranka smiled slightly and laughed briefly. " Ahaha yeah." Doctor Tofu nodded in agreement. " Well it's a pleasure to meet you Ranka, would you like something to drink, while you're waiting?" Ranka shook her head and smiled some. " No thank you." The front door of the clinic opened, and in walked Kasumi, much to her shock. Kasumi smiled at spotting Ranka. " Oh hello Ranka." Then she turned her attention to Doctor Tofu. One of the patients sitting there, at spotting Kasumi, their eyes bugged out and they got up and ran out of the clinic really fast. Ranka made a face, as she saw Doctor Tofu's glasses fog up and he got a big stupid grin on his face, as he started laughing. She knew from Ranma's memories, that Doctor Tofu would get all stupid around Kasumi. Ranma-chan came out from the room having changed back into the girls school uniform and at spotting Kasumi, she eeped and grabbed Ranka by the hand, running out of the clinic with her, but not before saying "Hello" and "Goodbye" to Kasumi.

They kept running for a good way, till they got closer to Nodoka's house. Ranma-chan sighed a breath of relief as they were far enough away.

Genma, suddenly jumped down from a fence, armed with sash belt with a few thermos's full of hot water. " Ranma my boy, enough of this, you're coming home like I said." Ranma-chan got really flustered and angry to boot, at seeing her dad had been following them and now trying to put her in danger with her mother. Also her dad would never shut up about her wearing a girl's dress. Genma started to un cap a thermos. "This is for your own good boy." Ranka rushed him, anger in her eyes, as she slammed him, up into the fence. " YOU are un believeable .." She then grabbed him up by the collar of his shirt and flipped him off into the air, over the fence so he went whirling in the air, before he fell back down into the water canal below, turning into a panda as he made contact with the cold water. She then took Ranma-chan by the hand and continuing walking till they made it back to their mothers house. Ranma-chan was in shock the whole time, only snapping out of it, as they entered the house and Nodoka greeted them.

Genma came to in panda form as he grumbled, jumping about till he got himself out from the canal. He was far from done, he was going to make Ranma come back to the Tendo Dojo, today! He ran down the street towards Nodoka's house. Ranka knew the old man wouldn't stop easily and she was laying in wait for him, as she watched out the window from rooftop. As soon as she spotted him, she yelled out the window so Nodoka could hear. " Oh look, it's Mr. Panda!" Nodoka from downstairs heard, as she looked thru the kitchen window and spotted the panda. She smiled excitedly as she made her way over to the stair case and yelled up. " Ranko dear, did you know Mr. Panda was coming to visit you?" Ranka answered back, as Ranko was in shock again. "No I didn't."

Ranka then targeted her sights on the panda, as she lifted up a water basin full of hot water, over the window sill as she waited till Genma in panda form was right under the window and then poured it down on top of him with an evil smirk. Then she yelled out. " Hey, is that Uncle Genma?!"

Genma having been turned back into his human form and soaked, was frozen in the place as he heard the front door slide open, and Nodoka stepping outside, looking around frantically. "Genma?"

He panicked loosing his confidence as ran off down the street really fast. Nodoka at spotting what looked like Genma's figure running off, took off after him. " Genma! "

Ranka was laughing and rolling around on the floor, from the amusement of it all. Oh she got that old man, good.

Ranma-chan had snapped out of her state of shock after hearing her dad yell, looking out the window at the after math. She started laughing too.

Ranka finally got herself to stop laughing. "Ah, I'm sorry but he really pissed me off.."

Ranma-chan had finally stopped laughing as well and shook her head. " Don't be, you really saved me, I can't thank you enough. Man you really showed him who was the boss."

Ranka smirked some. " I did, didn't I? Well he deserved it." Ranma-chan nodded agreement. " He really did."

Ranka stuck her head out the window as she spotted Genma running down a different side of the road, towards the house. " Heh, he never quits does he." She went out thru the window onto the roof top, before jumping down to the ground. Then she picked up the garden hose and turned it on full blast, timing it right as she sprayed him with a full blast of cold water, giggling. Then she yelled. " ITS MR. PANDA!"

Ranma-chan was back to laughing, when she had looked out the window. Nodoka came around the corner just in time to spot the panda. " Oh, Mr Panda! You came to visit Ranko, didn't you?" Genma in panda form waved his paws about frantically and tried to make a run for it, but Nodoka grabbed him by the back of his fur and pulled him over to the door. "Don't be shy, now Mr Panda." Nodoka looked over and noticed that Ranka was watering the garden. "Look Ranka, Mr Panda came to see Ranko, isn't that so cute." Ranka turned off the hose and smiled sweetly. " The cutest." She then proceeded to help Nodoka, push the panda inside. Genma was sweating bullets as he shuddered. Nodoka went and called for Ranko, then smiled at the panda. " Oh Mr Panda, you must be hungry.?" Ranka smirked. " Ooh yeah, he loves burnt food." Nodoka smiled. " Oh well then, I'll make sure it's extra burnt." She went off to the kitchen humming as she started over cooking some food scraps.

Ranma-chan came down the stairs and had cheeky smile on her face. " Hey Mr, Panda." She tried not to laugh. Ranka smirked at Genma. " Oh boy, look at how happy Mr Panda is, he can't wait for that extra burnt yum yums." Nodoka came over a few minutes later, putting down a bowl of extra burnt scraps down on the back porch. " Go on Mr. Panda, you must be hungry after such a long trip." She smiled sweetly. Ranka smiled evily. " Yeah go on Mr. Panda, mom made you your favorite meal." Ranma-chan nodded in agreement. Genma panda grimaced and bent down and started eating the burnt food, with tears streaming from his eyes. Ranka giggled and clapped her hands together. " Aww he loves it." Nodoka smiled. "Well now that Mr. Panda's had some food, I'll make us a nice snack." She goes off back to the kitchen. " Ranko you and Ranka can play with Mr. Panda outside for a bit, before he has to go back home, alright." They both smirk. Ranma-chan shuts the sliding screen behind them, as they stay outside on the back porch. Ranka smirks at Genma panda. "So, have you learned your lesson, old man?" Has her hands on her hips. "Or would you like another helping?" Genma panda shakes his head back and forth. He shuddered at the girl, she was far more vicious and dangerous than Ranma was. He waved his paws about frantically and his stomach groaned in protest of the burnt food. He ran off really fast, suddenly needing to get faraway and to the nearest bathroom. Ranka heh ed, as she went back inside. "Mr Panda went back home, now that he has a fully belly." Ranma-chan came back inside as well with a big smile on her face. " Yep he's all done visiting."

Nodoka had finished making up the snacks and had them out on the table. She smiled as she sat down at the table. "Oh well, maybe he'll come to visit again soon."

After everyone was done having their snacks, Nodoka started cleaning up. "Alright now that we've had our snacks, Ranka, we have some training to make up." She smiled sternly at her other daughter. Ranka sweat dropped at hearing that and laughed a tad nervously. " Right.." Follows her mom outside to do so. Nodoka turns to Ranko before going outside as well. " You can relax Ranko dear, while we're busy." Shuts the door behind her. Ranma-chan sweat drops, feeling bad for her sister but at the same time, very glad she's not in her position, as she sits back on the couch and watches some tv.

After about an hour they come back inside, going off into the kitchen to have a drink. Nodoka sat down at the table, to finish her drink. Setting it down, she smiled. " Alright then, we should start getting ready, as we have a busy weekend. After I'm done freshening up, I'll help you two get ready." She got up, putting her glass in the sink, before she started to head upstairs. The girls looked very confused. Nodoka stopped for a minute and shook her head. " Now girls, you didn't forget we're going to go visit the Kuno's for the weekend, and I don't want any fussing." She went up the rest of the stairs, disappearing from sight. Ranma-chan groaned. " Oh great.. my worst nightmare.." She looked over at the front door, very tempted to try to make a run for it. Ranka sat down on the couch, letting out a long sigh. Then she glanced over at her sibling, knowing what she was thinking about. " You can try it, but.. then you'll definitely be training in the art of the katana with us… " Ranma-chan grumbled, knowing her sister wasn't wrong, she'd be in a lot of trouble if she got caught. "Ughhh but it's Kuno.." Ranka rubbed at her head nervously. " I know.. and I just beat him up today.."

Ranma-chan gave her a weird look. " You feeling bad, that you did, then?"

Ranka shook her head. " Of course not. It's just bad timing." She bit her lip some thinking about if the mark was still on his face and how her mom would see, and then she'd be hearing it.

Not much later Nodoka was done getting herself ready and attended to getting her daughters ready. She fussed about what they should or shouldn't wear, but settled on allowing them to wear casual outfits. Pushing them to wear kimono's wouldn't come off too well, and make them feel like it wasn't a fun weekend. She noted that she had to help Ranko a lot more with what she should be packing for the weekend stay, more than she had to help Ranka. After they were finally all packed up and ready to go, she checked the house before locking up behind the, as they left the house and made their way off to the Kuno's mansion.

After getting off the train, Kalu was waiting at the train station with a car ready to go. The ride wasn't very long, before they arrived at the Kuno Mansion, with Kalu leading the way thru the front gates and inside. Ranma-chan shuddered as they entered the mansion. Kalu showed them around and to their rooms. Nodoka poked her head into the girls room. " Is this okay, or Kalu could get you separate rooms if you'd like?" She had figured they'd want to stay together. Ranko managed a small smile " No it's fine." Nodoka smiled at seeing that she was correct. "Alright girls, set your things down and let's get going. It'd be rude to make them wait too long on us." They did so begrudgingly as they followed off after their mother, who followed after Kalu who led the way down the hallway and off to the main hall. As they entered the room, they saw Kuno and Kodachi sitting on the floor, making both of them shudder.

Kuno rose from his sitting position on the floor, giving a bow in greeting his aunt's guests, as did Kodachi, before they sat back down. They all exchanged bows back before sitting down at the ground table. Kodachi put on a fake facade, but on the inside she was burning full of anger at seeing there were two wicked girls. She continued on acting friendly enough to get her way, to spend some "girl time" with the twins. Then ushering them off with her to her room, much to their horror and more so that their mother allowed it.

Kodachi smiled wickedly at the twin red heads. So, here we are." Ranma-chan looked around the room frantically, from where she was sitting, on high alert. Kodachi kept going on. "Ah excuse the sadness of my room, there was an incident, but I'm sure you both already know that!" She then glared into both of their eyes. " So pray tell, why don't one of you fess up it, I know one of you wicked girls did it!" Ranka sweat dropped as she clenched her fist together tightly. " That would be me." She rubbed at her hand. Kodachi hah ed and pointed accusingly at her " Did you dare think you'd get away with it?! You wicked, evil girl, telling me I don't deserve MY Ranma darling!" Ranma-chan clenched her own fist and glared at Kodachi. " That's because YOU don't!" Kodachi glared at her with anger. " Excuse me, but who asked YOU?! I'm busy lecturing this wicked, vile, evil girl!" Ranma-chan crossed her arms, still starring down Kodachi. "Guess you'll have to lecture both of US then, since neither one of us want's you around Ranma.."

Kodachi gritted her teeth. " Whaat?! What right do either of you vile girls have to tell ME, such a thing?!"

Ranka was also starring her down. " Because Ranma's our brother. Yes I admit I went a bit too far and apologize for "only" that. As I was being possessed by evil. If you want to go run your mouth to my mom, go ahead, but she's aware. Of course then I'd have to tell her, how you had my brothers pictures all over your room. That you took without permission." Ranma-chan nodded in agreement. " And I'd have to tell her, how unfair you play in marital arts." Kodachi had a nervous smile on her face and laughed softly. "Alright already! You're both awful… but we are supposed to be hanging out and getting along, are we not. So, let's do that." She took some cookies out from her stash, setting a dish of them out on the table. " Please, help yourselves. I extend these cookies as an olive branch." She says with a sadistic and very eager look on her face.

Ranka and Ranma-chan smile nervously, knowing full well they are poisoned. Then they both spot the turtle walking around the room, then each taking a cookie and making it look like they eat it, but they both pawn pawn it off on the turtle, with a blur of their hands. Kodachi smirked as she drank some of her tea, not having seen them ditch the cookies. "Please have as many as you'd like." She figured she'd keep faking nice with the vile twins, until the the sleeping powder she laced into the cookies, started to take effect. Though she also hoped they'd eat some more cookies, to get in more of it to heighten the effect more. She also wanted to know about why they opposed so badly against her and her darling Ranma, especially the evil wicked girl who took her gorgeous Ranma photo's away from her. "So, why don't you think I don't deserve my Ranma darling?! "

Ranka leaned back on her floor cushion some. "Hmm, well because you're crazy." Kodachi glared daggers at her. " Whaat?!" Ranma-chan nodded in agreement. Kodachi then put her hand to her face and let out her horror like laugh as she pressed a button, setting off the floor trap, that she had them both sitting on top of. "Ohohoho!" The floor dropped out from under them, dropping down into a pond, under ground. Ranma-chan was able to hold onto the edge of the floor, so that she didn't fall into the hole and pulled herself out, back onto the solid floor of the room. Ranka wasn't so lucky, as she had fallen thru, landing down in the water at the bottom with a loud splash. Ranma-chan looked at Kodachi with disdain and anger. " What the hell is wrong with YOU?! Where does that go?!" She had grabbed Kodachi up by her shirt in a fit of rage. Kodachi just laughed her hideous laugh in reply. Ranma-chan dropped her hold on her shirt and her, letting her fall back on the ground. She contemplated on what she should do, but for right now she stuck her head in the hole, just hovering and yelled. " Ranka, are you okay?!"

Ranka surfaced far below, hearing her sister yelling, she yelled back, " Yeah, I'm okay!" Then she looked around the dark area as she swam in place. A pair of yellow eyes surfaced from the water, staring at her, before they went back under the water.

Above, Kuno having not feeling well about his sister being alone with his two goddess's, had gone to check on them. Hearing his sister arguing with one of his goddess's and then her horrible laughter and more yelling. He then burst into the room, battered himself into the door. " Twisted sister, what have you done to my two goddess!" Kodachi kept laughing, making Kuno and Ranma, both put their hands to their ears.

Down in the water pitt, Ranka had found the shallower part of the pond. Mr Green Turtle, the pet alligator closed in on her to attack. Ranka sensing him coming, jumped up into the air on top of him. At spotting the electric collar on his neck, she put her defense barrier up, as she ripped it off his neck. He went to lunge at her with his jaws open, only to get the collar shoved into his mouth. She smirked at him as she jumped off him and to the side as electricity took his body. Sasuke popped out from one of his hiding places, looked shocked to see his mistress's beloved pet gator, belly up, then at who he spotted. " Ranma Saotome!" Ranka looked up above the stone wall, spotting the ninja. Nope, I'm his sister Ranka." The ninja looked down at the girl, confused as he scratched his head puzzled. "Oh my, how did you end up down here?" Ranka crossed her arms, flipped her wet hair back. " You're crazy mistress, but I'm glad to see you anyways." Sasuke found himself blushing. " Huh ah, why is that?"

Ranka gave him a look. " I know what you were doing with Akane. You just blindly go following any orders, anyone gives you, don't you? Don't you get tired of it?"

Sasuke shook his head trying to play it off that he was innocent and to try to throw the girl off.

Ranka shook her finger at him, disapprovingly. " Don't play dumb. Also aren't you aware, Akane used you, just like how the Kuno siblings use you so poorly. I guess what I'm saying is, I can kinda understand that feeling. This stays between you and I, for now. I know I said I wasn't Ranma, not exactly. You see I'm a clone of Ranma's girl side, the devil made and he had me under his control for a time.." She rubbed at her gem necklace some. "He" used me to do his bidding." She then gave him a serious look. " So that's why I say I can kinda understand." Sasuke dropped down onto the ground flustered, feeling drawn to the girl, seeing how she bared her truths openly to him, a lowly ninja. She held her hand out to him. " So, wouldn't you like a friend that actually has your back, for a change and understands some of your struggles? All I want in return, is your loyalty. And I don't mean that you need to wait on me and all that crap, like Kuno and Kodachi make you do, almost every little thing for them." She went about to wringing her hair out, taking a pause. "What I mean by that is, no going after my brother Ranma. In turn, when you want to get away from the crazy~ness here, I'll make sure you are welcome at our house and treated nicely. That's all up to you though."

Sasuke starred in awe at her, feeling frozen by all that he had just heard. Ranka combed her fingers thru her wet hair. " You can have as much rice as you'd like, etc. Ah but right now, I really need to get back, especially before my mom finds out."

Up above, it was too late as Nodoka and Kalu had run off to Kodachi's room, after hearing her high pitched laughter. Nodoka looked around the room frantically, as she spotted Ranko, but at not seeing Ranka grew furious. She disappeared and re appeared next to Kodachi, with her sword un sheathed, holding it to her neck, with a dead serious look on her face. " Where is my other daughter Ranka!?" Kodachi fell silent as she gulped at the angry woman, before her. Kalu put her hand to her mouth. " Oh how could you Dachi.. I trusted you." Suddenly, Sausuke poked his head out from the wall compartment. " She's fine Mr's Saotome, I can assure you, she's just off taking a bath right now, after having fallen in my mistress's trap." Ranma-chan took the moment to steel herself through the fear she was having, at seeing her mother draw her katana, but the fact that it wasn't against her, helped her push thru it. She pointed with a pissed off look at Kodachi. " She's" really lucky, that she is from her messed up floor trap, I almost fell in it too." Nodoka's expression on her face hardened more into a scowl towards the other girl, as she pressed the blade just enough to her neck to make a small cut with a a bit of blood, before she withdrew. She sheathed her blade and went over to Ranko with a concerned look. Kalu could tell her friend was thinking about leaving and talked her out of it, by assuring her that Kodachi would be punished severely for her action and no longer allowed to participate with them, while they were visiting. Kuno shook his head in shame at his sister and bowed profusely to Nodoka and Ranko, giving his apologies for what had happened.

Not much later, Ranka came out from the baths dressed in a super frilly dress with puffed sleeves. She wasn't thrilled about the lent outfit, while hers was being taken care of. Nodoka eagerly embraced her and fussed over her. " Ranka dear, are you alright? I'm so sorry I pushed you and Ranko to go have some girl time with Kodachi.."

Ranka blinked and then smiled some. "I'm fine. Well you didn't know she was crazy."

Nodoka smiled a bit at her daughter making light of such a horrible situation. "It's alright, Kodachi won't be bothering you or your sister the rest of our stay. Now come along, we're about to have dinner." They went and sat down at the large table in the room. Kuno greeted them as did Kalu and both apologized again for Kodachi's actions. Kuno was amazed at how Ranka had made it out from his twisted sisters, alligator pitt. Nodoka had noticed some kind of marking on Kuno's face, but had taken her mind off of it, after finding out what had happened to Ranka. She did have a feeling, one of her girls, had given the boy the mark. She guessed it was likely Ranko, but with Ranka being her twin, it's possible it was either one of them.

Dinner went by with not much talking. After dinner, they all played a card game together. Kuno didn't spout any nonsense while the game went on, he was too happy watching the twins and ecstatic about them visiting his home for the weekend. Ranma-chan was still on edge, just being at Kuno's mansion, but a little less with knowing Kodachi was restrained from bothering them any further, the rest of their stay. Kalu was glad she was able to talk Nodoka out of leaving and that they were spending some time together. She chuckled as she put her last card down, having won the game. After that Nodoka decided it was time to turn in for the night, with everyone saying good night to each other before retiring to their rooms.

After setting up their beds, Ranma-chan flopped down on hers and pulled out a manga she had brought with her, getting comfy. Ranka had finished changing for bed, behind the changing screen in the room, into a t-shirt and pj pants. She went and flopped down on her futon. Ranma-chan eyed her out of the corner of her eye, with a bit of concern from everything that went on earlier. That and they hadn't had any time alone after that to talk. " You, okay?

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Ranka was busy playing with her hair. "I'm fine, but I can't say the same for Mr. Green Turtle." Ranma-chan rubbed at her head. "That's true.. we did feed him poisoned cookies by force. But better him than us." She laughed some. Ranka shook her head, still playing with her head. " Nope not the turtle, the gator in that water pit trap that I fell into. It had an electric collar, so.. when the jerk tried to attack me, I took that and shoved it in his mouth. So it got fried, but yeah I agree about the turtle too, better any of the "mr green turtles." than either of us."

Ranma-chan couldn't help but snort from trying not to laugh too loudly. " Oh man, you killed Kodachi's pet." Ranka had an annoyed look on her face, somewhat. " Oh so you're saying, you wouldn't have? She shouldn't use her pets like that then, if she doesn't want them dead."

Ranma-chan smirked. "Oh no I'm not saying that. Cmon you know she's crazy and uses whatever she can as a weapon." She was still reading thru her manga, while also chatting with her sister. "Haha, you should've seen it mom, almost killed Kodachi for what she did to you."

Ranka kept playing with her hair. "Well, that'll teach her. I mean, all I said was the truth, but obviously she can't handle the truth."

Ranma-chan chuckled in reply, as she kept reading thru her manga. She hated the situation she was in, but at least she had someone else there that could keep her grounded. The fact was, she had someone now, who was always on her side and knew what was on her mind. Though while they were the same in a lot of ways, it was very clear that her sister was a girl in body and mind. After a while Ranka went under her covers, saying good night to Ranma and after a while more, Ranma finished reading enough for the night, turning off the light and going to bed herself as well.

A little later Ranka had woken up, having to use the restroom and leaving the room quietly, to go off down the hallway, where the main bathroom was. Having finished and leaving to head back to the room, a shadowy figure loomed over her and she could hear the sound of shears. An accented voice could be heard. " Bowl cuts for girls and buzz cuts for boys!" Ranka's eyes went wide with rage as she heard the voice and those words, seeing from Ranma's memories about Principal Kuno, Kuno's father and his obsession with trying to force students to have such hair cuts, against their will. And all his relentless attacks against her sibling, infuriated her more. Her red gem lit up brightly, throwing up her magical defense barrier around herself as she growled at the man. Blocking his attack with his hair cutting shears with her hands in a blur like motion and knocking them out of his hands.

Nodoka woke up suddenly, from hearing a man screaming and crying, rushing out and over to where the noises were coming from. Ranma-chan woke up as well from hearing the noises, sitting up half awake as she got up and turned on the light. Then she sensed it, immense anger, and noticed Ranka wasn't in the room. She left the room and ended up meeting up with her mother in the hallway, both going off towards the sounds. Nodoka found a light switch, turning it on and gasping at what she saw before her.

Principal Kuno was the one yelling and crying, with his head shaved, and Ranka was beating the crap out of him in anger. Nodoka had a stern look on her face, also very shocked. " Ranka! Get off him, right now, young lady.." Ranka at hearing and seeing Nodoka, tensed up and stopped what she was doing, jumping away from the principal, looking sheepish. Kalu had made it to where everyone else was in the hallway, and at seeing her brother with a shaved head, aside from his palm tree sticking out of his head, she snorted as she tried to hold back her laughter. Which was what Ranma was also doing, trying to hold back her laughter. Nodoka grabbed Ranka by her arm sternly. " Ranka, I can't believe you.." Then at spotting her friend Kalu, she bowed her head, and made Ranka bow hers too. " Kalu I'm so sorry.."

Kalu waved her hand about. " Nothing to be sorry for, my idiot brother completely deserved it." Nodoka's mouth was hanging open in awe at what her friend had said and let go of Ranka's arm.

Kalu smirked a tad at her friends reaction. " Don't be too mad at your daughter, I'll explain why." She looked over at the two red head girls. " You two can go back to your room." Then she turned her attention back to Nodoka. "You see this jerk here, like's to torment kids. He tortured Tatchi since he was a kid, till the last straw was him shaving his head, by force. I've head from Tatchi that he keeps trying to shave the students heads, and teasing them in horrible ways."

Ranma-chan had looked to Nodoka to see if she had agreed, before heading back to the room with Ranka. Nodoka had given her a look letting her know it was okay to, before focusing fully on her friend. " I still don't think that justifies what my daughter just did to him.." Kalu shook her head. "It does, knowing my pin head brother here.. he probably tried to cut her hair, because he thinks he can get away with doing that to whoever he wants.. " She gave her brother a stern and angry look, that sent him packing, as he ran off down the hallway really fast. Nodoka took thought about what her friend had just told her and it did add up to how angry Ranka was with him, but still she couldn't completely excuse her daughters actions. For now she would, as she didn't want to cause any more ruckus tonight. "Still I'm very sorry for my daughters actions tonight." Kalu sighed. " Did you not listen to a word I just said, Nodoka? Try not to be too hard on the girl, alright. " She bid her friend good night as she went off back to her room and Nodoka off to hers. Tomorrow she would definitely have a good long talk with Ranka.

Ranma-chan having gotten herself and her sister back to the room, and back into bed, wanting to discuss what went down. Though of course she was grinning ear to ear about it, seeing that awful, crazy principal get his just deserves. "Hey, what happened out there?"

Ranka was still pretty annoyed as she sighed. "I have nothing but rage for that man as well, so I just lost it on him, after he tried to cut my hair." She was curled up in her futon, facing the other way.

Ranma-chan stretched out. " Jerk definitely earned it then. I mean even his sister said so, that's pretty bad. So, mom can't be too mad at you for that." She said, trying to make her sister feel better. Ranka smiled slightly. "Yeah.." She stopped short there, saying good night as she went under her blanket.

Morning came and not much later Nodoka had woken them both up, telling them to pack their things up, as they could no longer stay there. Nodoka has her hands on her hips and stern look on her face. " We have much to talk about, when we get back home, Ranka." She had decided as soon as they were packed up, they would cut the weekend stay short and leave, as she wouldn't be rewarding such bad behavior. Also it was quite apparent their were problems on both sides and it was just getting worse. She left the room, going back to her room to finish packing up her things as fast as she could.

Ranma-chan stretched and yawned, with a smile on her face. She was very happy that the visit was being cut short, thanks to her sisters actions. They could finally get away from Kuno. Ranka went about to packing up her things, after she had gotten changed out of her pajama's, while happy they were leaving, she was also tense, knowing she was in for it.

After they were all packed up and ready to go, Nodoka went and let Kalu know they were leaving. Kaul tried to talk to her friend out of it, but had no success this time around, with convincing her friend to stay, nor with getting her to at least stay until after breakfast. She did however get her to stay long enough, to send them off with some rice balls. Nodoka apologized once again and had Ranka apologize as well, before they all took their leave from the Kuno mansion. Making the trip back to the house, as they snacked on the rice balls, along the way.