Duty III By imortis Ranma woke up to someone urgently shaking his shoulders "hey cous! Come on man we'll be late!" Gadimas voice came to him. Ranma sat up and jerked his head around quickly and stared at Akane just starting to wake up next to him. Ranma nodded waving his cousin off "alright man, alright! Get lost!" Ranma layed back down next to Akane "how are you feeling?" he whispered kissing her temple. She rumbled softly, almost a purr "I feel like hanging onto you and never letting go. But since you have to, I'll just settle for cloud nine." He chuckled kissing her again before slipping out of the bed and walked into the bathroom. She sat up slowly as the water came on and the door opened to admit Grandmother Ranko "good to see your awake dear!" Akane watched as she wrinkled her nose at the mess they had made of the sheets "I've drawn you an herbal bath dear, if you wish to use it I'll take you there." she looked at her "trust me, after a Ranma gets in you for the first time, you need the bath. You won't feel the soreness for a few more hours, but its there, trust me, the bath is a life saver." Ranma came back out then and jumped seeing the admiring look on hiis grandmothers face "Grams!" he whined. She brushed him off finishing his packing "oh tush dear, you look no different then my Ranma, when he was about a hundred and ten years younger!" Ranma shook his head at the cackling woman "your a miracle Grams. Thats all I can say." he said pulling out a black silk suit. He layed it on the end of the bed and smiled warmly at Akane just lounging there watching him with a posessive look in her eyes "no need for that dear." Both of them looked at Ranko curiously "hes yours, period. A Ranma is celibate until he meets the women that will be his Ranko, after he gives himself to her he won't even notice a pretty women unless hes being polite. Nothing but his Ranko can excite him due to the melting pot of power that is their first time. The Ranmas power, exsplodes! His power is multiplied by that of his Ranko and both of them grow by that number. Ranma, have you noticed that the circlet has disappeared? or that your eyes are as beautiful as ever? Of course they don't work but you no longer need the circlet." Ranma touched his forhead "but I liked the circlet, I thought it looked cute on him." Akane pouted reaching behind her and grabbed a robe sitting at the head of the bed. Ranma blinked "Akane, how did you know that robe was there? You never looked." She blinked "I.... wow. I can see... thats so sweet Ranma." she said blushing happily. Ranma chuckled finishing writing the kanji with his finger tip on the inside of the closet door. "Didn't I tell you boy? Her power is yours, your power is hers. That is the power of the Wild Ones." Ranma grinned buckling his belt tight and pulled on the comfortable outer coat he wore on these missions, silk and not to obstructive. He picked up his sun glasses and put them on "so? How do I look?" Akane licked her lips with a cat like grin on her face "do you have to go?" she pouted. Ranma looked agrieved "yes I do, but think! I'll be back in three weeks, you need to start thinking about wedding things." he said running a finger down her nose. He arched an eye brow at her " did you think I just wanted your body? Not that I don't want your body." She grinned "its just so new hearing you talk like that." she whispered before kissing him. He grinned "I was really confused when we first met love, I had just been cursed, I knew nothing of who I was so the changes meeting you sent through me threw me for a whirl. Grampa helped me through a whole bunch of things I didn't even know was wrong with me." He kissed her nose "well I'm off to punish evil in the name of love." he said dramatically. She giggled "just go already! The longer your here the more grabbing your legs and tripping you up so you can't go sounds better." He seluted her after dodging the pillow she threw at him. Ranko stopped him coming back into the room "here you go, matching circlets for the new couple." she chuckled handing one to him and one to Akane. Ranma put his on and started to leave the room when a new feeling entered him that filled him with a warm jelly feeling of love and pride and an image of himself standing grandly in the clothes he wore came to him with such a feeling of love that he fell back against the door with a goofy grin on his face. Akane purred softly in happiness as she riggled at the feelings she was getting from him "thanks Grams, your a miracle." Ranma paced slowly along the catwalk he had been positioned on "I can feel it man, its close." he hissed into his suit mike. Gadima sighed "settle down man, it'll spot you and I for one don't want to exsplain to Grams why you got splattered." Ranma sighed took a few deep breaths before calmly searching the area again "I don't like it man, this is wrong. It feels all wrong." he said subvoco like he had been trained, demons didn't have the best of hearing. "Hey man its just your senses, their all jumbled is all." Gadima returned. Ranma froze feeling something behind him that.... and for some reason.... he kept over looking a.... part of the catwalk, behind him! Ranma took his unsheathed blade and moved to walk down the catwalk again when he stabbed backward with all his might and felt the blade sink into something. Ranma turned about and suddenly saw the thing, horror spread through him "Gadima! Its a Hunter Killer!!" he called loudly beheading the grotesk man thing and jumped to the floor below after grabbing the things sword and ran to where his cousin was hiding. "Oh shit!!" he heard him scream and the clash of metal. Ranma jumped over the dividing wall and plowed down on the thing that had just gutted his cousin. "SOLAR BURN!!!!" Ranma woke up in the hospital a few hours later. He sat up wincing at the pain. He looked over at the bed next to him and saw that it was empty. He quickly pulled the wires and other things off himself and looked about for his stuff and cursed softly seeing his circlet was gone. He ran out into the hall and bumped into the cop that had just stood up *whoa! Hold it there buddy!* he said in english. "My cousin! Wheres my cousin!" he shouted then took in a deep breath seeing that the man didn't understand *my... cousin. Where is he? I must find him! He was hurt!* he pleaded with the man. He cursed softly seeing the blank stare in ranmas eyes and the tears streaming from them. He tried to calm him as a doctor arrived. Ranma turned to him *my cousin, please, please tell me hes alright. He and I were in the same place, you must have found him!* he pleaded getting down right scared now. He whiped about seeing a familiar face and gasped in relief touching Gadimas "oh thank god your alright!" he half sobbed. He chuckled "hell man all the guy did was gut me, we've been through worse. What the hell was that?" he asked supporting a still very tired Ranma. He leaned on his cousin "a new attack I had been working on." Ranma colapsed back into the bed after he had gotten all the wires and hoses off of it and layed him down. Ranma closed his eyes for a minute "my circlet.... wheres my circlet?" he asked touching his forhead. He looked at the doctor in the door *the gold head band he wore, he wants it, its kind of like his wedding ring.* The man nodded leaving the room as two cops and a japanese woman in a business suit walked in "Saotome-san, Saotome san. These men are from the local police and wish to ask you some questions." Ranma looked at Gadima "I want my circlet, I can't feel Akane." he said softly. He patted his hand "the doctor is retrieving it." he murmured. The women turned to the men *ah, he said something about a head band and not being able to feel his anger.* she murmured. Gadinma chuckled *I am sorry miss but Akane is the name of his wife. Her family is into fitting names, she was an angry child, and very red from what I hear.." Ranma chuckled "try being named Ranma." Just then the doctor came in followed by another man with a suit case "ah so sorry to have not been here on time Saotome-sama! I was only called a few minutes ago from Japan." he said bowing deeply. Ranma ignored him taking the circlet. He sighed sitting back "Akane is.... upset because I was in pain before the circlet was taken from me. I can see many mallets in her thoughts." he whispered softly to himself. The two other japanese people blinked at each other. Gadima looked pained "her name is very descriptive, that is none of the guijins business, he is rambling." The woman nodded "what happened to the building? Even its foundation was melted." she said showing him the aerial photos. The lawyer took the picture "ah but this is not good! Never have we failed to prevent a bombing!" he wailed and started bobbing his head up and down as he sang an apology. Ranma looked at him "its... not our fault. They.... came for us too." The man froze looking horrified "Hunter Killers?!?!" he hissed. Ranma nodded "only by pure luck was I able to keep one from taking my spine from its resting place. After I saw what was happening I ran for my cousin hoping they hadn't gotten him yet. I was in time, they only gutted him before I landed on his attackers head. Then, the world exsploded. I woke up here looking for Gadima, his father would cut my head off and fed my body to his panthers if I let him be killed." Gadima snorted "and Grandfather would gut me and made his flower garden grow better with Gadimas remains underneath." he answered grinning "If I did not bring my young cousin home from his first real assignment." he said patting his hand. Ranma smirked "ah you liar of a thousand tongues! Your just hoping Grandfather doesn't restrict your access to the unwed women in the compound." Gadima pouted but left it at that. The woman smiled at them *they say they work for a company that does counter terrorism operations. They were there to prevent the bombing and they were expected. The younger one.... his name is wild horse in english but its better to say ranma, says that they were attacked by a group of men and that he had just gotten to his cousin who had been hurt when the building blew up." The cop nodded writing it down *and how did they survive?* one of them asked. Ranma sat up smiling "secret of my families martial arts school, energy barrier." She blinked "like a shield?" she asked curiously. Ranma nodded "it takes many years to learn those energy forms, lucky I started young." She turned to the cops with a stupid look on her face *he said he made a protective energy shield to protect them from the blast. He said its an old secret that comes from his family's martial arts school.* The cops looked disbelieving *ya right, no one believes that shits real. Hes been watching to many cartoons.* the red haired cop said snorting. Ranma frowned at him *there are things in this world round eye, that you would never believe in a million years. I once saw a man flatten a mountain with nothing but the energy that he gathered from the air around him.* They chuckled, clearly not believing him so Ranma held up his hand *mouko takabisha.* he declaired letting the ki blast form in his hands, even caused a slight breeze that pulled at their paperwork. When it got to the size of a baseball Ranma disapated it into the air and shook his hand *you Westerners can believe the world started two millenia ago, it is your right to believe any delusion you wish. I on the other hand was raised to believe in my own power. And it is large.* After that they quickly excused themselves and Gadima set about charming the interpreter while the lawyer continued to call Ranma, Saotome-sama "I have secured the release of all the weapons taken from you when you were brought here along wiith your clothes. Your Grandfather wishes the both of you home as soon as you can to report." Ranma nodded sinching his pants tight "I'm sure he does." he murmured pulling his undershirt on and ajusted the elastic bands in the front "may I ask sir, what are the bands in the front of your shirt for?" the lawyer asked. Ranma grunted a non-answer and Gadima grinned "Ranma has a particular ailment that requires firm support at times." he chuckled. They blinked at him "such as?" the interpriter asked. Gadima chuckled "he sometimes turns into a woman." The two of them were stopped at the airport when the customs tried to say they could not remove their weapons from the country. After a quick call the customs officer found himself chewed out for being a jackass. About halfway through the inflight movie an inccident occured. Suddenly men with guns ran through first class cutting off the movie they had been laughing at. *no one move! The plane is ours now! Anyone move they die!* one of the men shouted in english. Ranma leaned over to Gadima "what is happening?" he asked softly then stopped feeling something touch his shoulder *shut up!* Ranma blinked a few times at the man in front of him that had raised his hand *uh sir?* he said hesitently to the terrorist. He walked over glaring at him *you got a good reason for disobeying me?* he growled. The man raised his hands higher *I'm sorry sir, but the man, hes blind, he can't see what you do, he doesn't understand english either. He was asking what was going on." The man frowned *then tell him.* he said walking away after shoving him. The man gulped looking at Ranma "the plane has been taken over by terrorists, they wish everyone to keep quiet." Ranma nodded "I knew that part sir. I just wished I hadn't been so good about packing my things." he said mornfully as Gadinma handed him a tanto and three stars "ah, saved by mother luck." Ranma raised his hand after slipping his circlet into his shirt with the weapons and whistled softly. When the man came back he started talking nonesense at him in a quick voice "tell him I need my medicine in my brief case in the overhead compartment.tell him I have a weak heart and I think I feel an attack coming on." he instructed the man. The terrorist looked at the man in front of Ranma "whats he saying?" he asked. The man gulped *he says he feels an attack coming on that he needs his brief case from the overhead. It has his heart medicine in it." he reported. The man smacked Ranma causing the pained look on his face to double as he grabbed his heart and gasped slumping in his seat. Gadinma gasped checking his pulse and started babbling in fear holding up Ranmas hand then dropped it with a meaty smack. He covered his face and started sobbing in grief. The man checked Ranmas pulse and cursed not feeling anything *hey! This guy just died on me!* After confering for a little while they made Gadima drag him back to the elevator and one of them went down with him. He sat Ranma up against the wall and moved back as the star ranma threw peirced the mans forehead. Ranma quickly retrieved the star and they waited a half hour before two more of them came down looking for his friend. One of them cursed seeing Gadima slumped beside Ranma with blood on the floor *stupid shit killed the other one too!* The two went back looking for their friend, they didn't make it to the corridor before they had their necks silently broke by the two Saotomes. Ranma slapped hands with his cousin "time we delt with the one between us and the rest of our stuff." The last man in first class looked up as Gadima came stumbling out of the corridor with blood on the side of his face. He was mumbling softly to himself as he staggered back towards his seat then stumbled hitting the floor. When the man came over and picked him up he found a tanto firmly embedded in the side of his head. Gadima looked both ways before buckling the man into his seat and pulled their bag down as Ranma joined him "we must work quickly cousin there are three in the cockpit and five in the back." Ranma waved off the sword he held up "stars and a knife." he murmured palming ten stars and a knife. He nodded to the shocked man "never under estimate a man that works towards the baffoon act." Ranma slapped hands with Gadima then dashed down the aisle, stars in each hand. He stopped at the curtain and slipped inside. Gadima winked at the man "even the blind are deadly if you can pass their impairment." Ranma stayed by the side as he counted the ways he could do this job and grinned seeing Gadima trying to think of a way to do this. Ranma grinned palming two more stars. He smiled at the stewardess on the other side of the aisle *it seems my cousin will need a, how do you say, destraction. This may be interesting.* he winked and jumped out into the next section tossing his stars, four men dropped to the ground as he stood up before the last one. He smirked dropping into a careless fighting stance *come, surely you can hit a blind man with your god like weapons, man of terror?* The man snorted as he took aim at Ranma and emptied a whole clip at him. Ranmas hand blurred until the man stopped and then was suddenly holding the tanto sticking out of the mans forhead. Ranma turned and started droping the bullets he had caught *just because a man can spit lead at you does not mean you are helpless to resist. I must now see if my distraction worked.* Ranma smirked hearing clapping from the people he passed and grinned seeing Gadima drop two of the men that came out then yelled tossing a star. "Down!" Gadima dropped and the star took the last one in the forehead. Ranma hurried forward and checked his cousin "are you alright Gadima-chan?" he asked softly. He nodded "thanks to you Ranma-sama." he chuckled. Ranma shivered then cleared his throat when one of the pilots stepped around the body in the doorway *sir this was the last of the terrorists that we found, please have the authorities waiting when you land at Tokyo Main." Ranma and Gadima was instantly acosted by the police when they were led off the plane and put in a room with all the weapons they had brought with them placed on a table, the ones used hadn't been cleaned. "Please explain why you needed all these weapons?" the man asked. Ranma bowed slightly "we were on a job for an american associate that went bad, we were on our way home to answer to our employer. We did not want to keep him waiting." The cop nodded holding up the bag of slightly dented bullets "I have been led to understand that you... caught these?" he asked. Ranma smiled "a bullet is as easy to catch as a rock, all you need to do is catch it quicker then it was thrown. That is a basic skill in my family's style of kempo." "Yes, that is a basic of Anything Goes School of Martial Arts." a voice behind them said. Ranma didn't turn "good morning Tendo-san." Ranma didn't react when he was ripped up out of the chair by a very angry Ryoga "wheres Akane you bastard?!?" he screamed at him. Ranma didn't respond and he backhanded him across the face. The cops serged forward and tried to remove Ryoga. He shrugged them off "Tendo-san, can we please handle the high -jacking before airing our family business in front of all these people?" Ranma said calmly to Soun. He nodded "back off Ryoga." Ryoga snarled dropping him on Gadima. He glared daggers at Ryoga as he sat Ranma back in his chair "is this the sort of treatement you give your guests?!" Gadima snarled at the cop. He glared at all of them "would someone please tell me what that was?" the cop asked. Ranma looked pained "it is a point of honor between our three family's." The man nodded letting it drop "from the report of the witnesses you killed four of the highjackers with the stars then teased the last into firing an AK-47 at you, a full clip, and you caught them all one handed before putting this tanto through his brain pan." Ranma nodded "yes sir, I needed a distraction that would alllow my blood brother, and cousin, to get at the three remaining terrorists in the cockpit." he murmured confirming it. The man nodded "then you threw a star all the way across first class to impact in the head of the man directly behind your cousin, who you warned at the last second to duck." Ranma nodded simply "my cousin is limited to the sight of a normal man, as you can see, I have had to resort to other means to see my enemy. Ever since I was blinded a few months ago." The man arched an eye brow at that for a few seconds then shook his head in wonder "and how did you learn to do all this?" Ranma smiled slowly "Sir I learned the Anything Goes art from the Tendo and Saotome Ryuu of Anything Goes Martial Arts. I recommend anyone looking for ways of disarming enemies to go to them for training. After that I added Ninjitsu and a few other weapons styles to round out my training. But most of my skill comes from the weaponless training." He pursed his lips "file here says you were hospitalized in america after being found in the middle of a bombed out building." Ranma sighed looking down "yes sir. Our employer... rents us, so to speak, as counter terrorist groups. Someone hears of a bombing or a kidnapping, we go in and prevent it. We failed this time because they were targeting us instead of the building. Our employer ordered us back, we do not wish to upset him anymore then he already is. Can we have our equipment and release please?" As they got out of the detention center they put them in they were again acosted by Soun and Ryoga. "I want to know where my fiancee is Ranma!" Ryoga snarled. Ranmas face took on a sudden change and all the rage and anger he had held in burst from him. Ranma let out a low beastial growl as the cooling feeling of the Catfist came over him. Ranma snarled, his eyes burning red as he looked at the two hastily retreating men. Ranma crouched low and roared so loud everyone jumped moving away from him "I think running away is a good idea." Ranma flashed forward and Ryoga cried out as he was batted off his feet, into the air, then smashed into the ground, all of the hits hard. Ranma snarled at the suddenly frightened man an his claws of ki flashed back about to deliver the fatal blow when he stopped hearing a whistle. He looked over his shoulder and lost his anger seeing his Grandfather get out of a car with Akane. She took one look at what he was doing and whistled again "come Ranma, come here!" Ranma snorted at Ryoga before bounding over to the girl and leaned against her legs. After a few minutes he stood strait rubbing his forhead "man that stings!" he groaned then hugged her tightly "I missed you." he murmured leaning his head on hers. His grandfather cleared his throat as Soun and Ryoga walked back over "I am still waiting to know why a half kilometer of warehouses in downtown new york was turned to molten metal around you." Ranma looked embarressed "it was a trap Grampa. I suceeded in killing two Hunter Killers before blowing the area. You said that sometimes they ran in packs of twenty." he murmured offering him the rapped bundleGadima handed him. He unrapped it and jumped back dropping the pitch black blade "why bring that evil thing back?!" Ranma looked at him "you would require proof. The sword is easier to pass through customs then a head." he said simply. "He did right Grandfather Ranma, your always telling me that one hunter killer means many more. Under those conditions all he could do to escape would be to burn everything in his vicinity." The old man beamed at akane "you learn well child. Just how did you do it Ranma?" he asked. Ranma grinned flicking his eyes at Ryoga then back "I've been working on a ki attack that puts all the ones I've seen to shame in case Saffron should return. I believe I can take him with the first hit." Ranma senior looked thoughtful "I thought you said he couldn't be taken in one blast?" he asked. Ranma grinned "this is a hundred times more devistating them anything I've used to date. I barely used much ki and still it ate everything for a half mile. Only the more solid of metals would still be there in a molten form, not even stone can stand up to it." He looked troubled "promise you won't use it anywhere near a populated area." he said finally. Ranma nodded "I'll do my damnedest to keep that promise Grandfather." He nodded then looked around. He fixed Ryoga with a cold stare "you sir are a swine and not worthy of life, let alone a good woman." he fixed Soun with a angry glare "and you call yourself a father." he led the two teens back to the car and had them get in after Gadima had put their bags in the car. Both Ranma looked at the two with disgust on their faces. Before they got in the car. Ranma blinked as Akane was suddenly in his lap and sucking on his tonsuls once the car had started off. Ranma held her close "I missed you too love." he chuckled squeezing her ass. She purred in his face grinding herself against the bulge in his pants "Ranma, how did you know you were being stalked by a Hunter Killer?" Gadima looked up at that "I was meaning to ask you that myself." he murmured. Ranma looked at them frowning "I knew I was being stalked, because something kept telling me nothing was happening. I could sense a demonic presense but it never got close, so we just waited. Then I noticed a spot." He layed his head on Akanes shoulder "it was a spot on the catwalk behind me that just seemed too damned boring to bother looking at in the least. Every time I tried I'd feel annoyed and almost look away. The only thing, when I moved it moved. And my eyes sight isn't normal so this would seem normal to Gadima. But I can see three hundred and sixty degrees in all directions and perfectly resite the brand and emblem on the fire exstiguisher in the trunk. I could see the rust on the under side of the catwalk I was on." He shrugged "to me, not being able to see that spot was as loud an alarm as if it came in with bells on. So I stabbed the spot, and sure enough, I had just spitted a Hunter Killer. After dispatching it I ran as fast as I could to help Gadima. The thing was gutting him when I landed on its head. After that I released a contained Solar Burn." They all looked at him wide eyed "Solar Burn?" Akane asked softly. He nodded "it mimics the effects of a solar eruption when it first exsplodes outward. Super intense heat and fire envelopes everything around you, except at the same time you project a force field around yourself, you don't really want to become like the surroundings. But the trick is that the shield grows stronger, the more powerful the blast. So everything within at most a twenty foot area around me is quite safe." She hugged him "I like that, finally an attack that lets you be close." she purred. He grinned pulling her tighter and started licking her neck. She growled softly as he sucked his way down her neck and lapped at her skin. "Ah, I remember when I couldn't get enough of your Grandmothers sweet taste." the old man sighed in rememberance. Gadima grinned "how long ago was that?" His elder blinked at him "this morning, I just wish we were home already." Ranma sat down in the middle of the circle and let them secure him in the chair in the in the middle of the chamber and fit the helmet over his head, covering the whole thing. "Can you still see us?" his grandfathers voice came to him. Ranma smiled "I see that Akane is pacing in the hall, I see that Gramma is over neading the doe for the pie shes making for dinner..... I see..... my father and the Tendos are about three blocks from here, Genma is being goaded into bringing them here, mother is with them." His grandfather looked at his brother and he looked shocked "how far out can you see Ranma?" he asked softly. Ranma smiled "I see.... snow, and dogs, strange dark skinned men wearing wolfskin clothing. Sled dogs, huskies. The man.... is an indian of that region." After a liitle confrence they cleared their throats "can you see any evidance of a demonic presense within your field of vision?" his Granduncle asked softly. Ranma looked carefully everywhere within his field of vision when he stopped "I believe I do uncle, but it is being summoned, not there by its own. The old letch is sommoning a demon to punish me for not letting him play with my breasts." There was an angry grumble through the room "what kind of fool would summon a demon to deal with a child?" one of them hissed. Grandfather quarked a smile "someone who knew Grandsons powers cousin. How shall we deal with this?" Ranmas chuckle brought them back to him "if I can see him, I can hit him. Solar Burn." Suddenly light started pulsing around the chair and went up through the ceiling as Ranma gathered the attack into a blast "it won't be as powerful since I'm not there personally, but it should still destroy what ever hes working on." Ranma gritted his teeth as he started the ball swirling around "set it to spin... then... let it fly!" he called as the ball launched. The windows were lit up as the bright ball shot into the sky. Ranma chuckled softly as he plotted the blasts course "it should be dead on." Suddenly happosai felt fear. He couldn't explain why, he had only felt that fear four times, two of them were from something ranma had done. He looked up feeling the sky light up and screamed already running as the huge meteor arrowed right for him.. Suddenly everything was bright as hell as he was knocked off his feet and thrown twenty feet away, lucky really, all that happened was his clothes getting burned off and third degree burns over half his body. After it was over he pulled himself to the edge of the pit and blinked at its shadowed depth "maybe.... I should..... stop summoning.... demons." When ranma was released from the chair he was thoughtful "I think it would be better if I rarely use that attack." he murmured wiping at the sweat on his face. He walked out into the hall fanning his shirt then blinked. Akane had removed her head band. Out on the porch Akane was holding her cheek, Ryoga had taken her headband and slapped her "you are mine, not his, its been agreed upon by our family's." he said starting to crush the circlet "if you do that Hibiki you'll be in pain for the rest of your days." Gadima said deftly plucking it from him and handed it back to Akane as he led her up the stairs. Ryoga got ready to stop them when Ranma appeared and gently touched the bruise on Akanes face "are you ok love?" he asked softly. She nodded looking down. He kissed her forehead and hugged her as he let his anger show in his eyes "thats the second time you have hit my future bride Hibiki. I was willing to let it go for Akanes sake, all the debasing things you've forced on her. And the fact that her father helped you...... you'll be lucky if your invited to the wedding Soun." Ryoga snarled bringing his umbrella up "shes my fiancee Saotome!" he roared. Ranma looked at him "I do not recognize your right to call her anything but stranger scum. Akane is incapable of marrying someone she is forced to get along with. She loves me as much as I love her, but she couldn't make herself go along with a deal that would make her no better then a slave, even if it was the man she loved." "She does not! She agreed to our engagment!" Ryoga shot back. Ranma spit at his feet "her father agreed to that, not her. Like always, her choice was removed from her." Akane nodded not looking at them.. Ranma let her go with a reassuring smile before walking right up in Ryogas face "I let it go last time, because she wouldn't like a fight. But you hit her again. How dare you try to tame my Anger. Akane and I are all but confirmed now. Ya, we made love three weeks ago. We're going to be married when we wish it. I don't recognize the right of any of you to tell me anything different. If you think you do, then challenge my right." Ranma suddenly snatched up Ryoga and tossed him forty feet away "you first bastard!" he shouted jumping over their families. He landed and started stripping off his coat and shirt. He handed them to genma "make yourself useful." he said and he lerched to the side as ranma let go. Gadima came up to him and he started handing him the small throwing knives he started pulling off his pants. Akane looked up as an arm rapped around her shoulders and she smiled at Ranko "child do you know what happens to a lesser who tries to tame a stallions favorite, wildest mare?" Akane shook her head. Ranko grinned "the Wild Horse will dominate them. He will crush their resistance and let them, and the mare, know that they are not worthy of being near her, restoring her confidence in her freedom, in her right to be as wild as she wants. Because a tame mare will sadden the stallion, he will give up his own wld nature, and thats a sad sight." Ranma stood before ryoga "how about it pig? As you can see I've given up my weapons." he said holding out his hands. Ryoga sneered "you always were an easy target." he said throwing a volley of bandanas at Ranma. The only thing was, Ranma was no longer there, Ryoga bellowed in pain as he was struck hard from behind. Ryoga flashed about with his umbrella and Ranma back flipped off it landing a foot in his face. Ryoga moved back wiping his face "how dare you play with me!" he roared tossing the umbrella. Ranma caught it out of the air and snapped it in half before tossing it away "it isn't daring to step on those less then you. You are a laymen Ryoga, less then a peasant. My family has many ties to the royalty of our land, Kunos oh so great blood is less then I have in my little finger." Ryoga growled coming at him then stopped seeing Ranma flip himself onto his head and suddenly the world was beaten from Ryouga. Ranma dropped from the spin kick and congratulated himself on pulling off a move he had seen in a video game. He landed grandly and tossed his hair out of his eyes looking back at Akane. She grinned licking her lips in aproval. He snorted happily and bounced a few times before noticing that Ryoga was waking up and landed a foot into his jaw knocking him out. Soun started to say something as he passed and Ranma snorted in his face in passing. He swept Akane up into his arms and kissed her soundly. "Why Ranma? Why come back for her after abandoning her?" Soun asked suddenly. Ranma and Akane looked at him and he noticed the circlets "Because I could not allow that dishonor you called a railroading to continue. I love Akane, she loves me. If I had pressed the issue she would have folded and given herself to me. If that had happened I would have killed you and pop before killing myself. Because we would have killed her soul." "I didn't abandon akane mr tendo I gave her back her freedom, I was letting her know that I would never steal her spirit the way you two seem to think I should have, I'm not a Genma. I'm not my father and shes not my mother. She was my only choice for a wife because she was wild. I didn't want a tame love, so that left out Ukyo. Shampoo was wild, but she wanted to tame me. Akane loved me for what I was. Shes as wild as I am and neither one of us are going to try to control the other." Ranko stepped forward and brought her flaming eyes to bare on Genma, he shuttered hiding behind Nodoka who didn't know if she was happy with that. "Why do I think you wanted to ruin your son Genma? You know our family as well as I do. To tame a Ranma is to steal away his power, turn him into... well, you." Nodoka was definitely not liking that idea "is that true husband? Did you know doing this would hurt our son?" she said dangerously. Genma jumped behind Soun and Kasumi. "Of... course not dear! Its been some years since I last listened to that nonsense." he said placatingly. Ranma snorted "of course he knew mom. Hes been trying to beat me down ever since I was a child. He thought he had suceeded for a while-" Ranko broke in "and the Wild One learns how to be cunning." Ranma nodded "- then I became better at the art then he was and I reaserted myself. Thats when I started wearing chinese silks and wanted a pig tail. He gave up trying to control me after I showed I was willing to kill him after the curse." Genma started to protest when Kasumis heel accidentally crunched his foot, accident, really, this is Kasumi after all, and he apologized for being clumsy "after that he tried to use Souns daughters as a means to control me. Its a good thing the one chosen was as buligerent as she was, because I fell for her hard. I would have gladly put on a collar for her." He smiled looking Akane in the eyes "but my wild and angry beauty never wanted to. And by the time she did, our suitors were kind enough to step in and save us. Lucky that, it gave Grampa the time needed to find me. He informed me of my heritage, something I hear pop should have done when I was ten. They helped heal my broken psyche and to get over the trauma of the cruel things pop did trying to tame me. He wanted a perfect little version of himself that he could give to happosai when he escaped his bonds, he didn't care about that oath mom, he knew his master would forbid him from carrying it out." Ranma started kissing Akane again after Nodoka had unsheathed her sword and took off after Genma. Ranko watched with amusment "how does she keep up in that kimono?" Ranma sat at the dinner table with his mother, Akane, Kasumi, and the majority of the Saotome family with Aoun, Genma, a little weather worn, and Ryoga looking sullen at the other end of the table "so ‘brother' tell me why you deserted me all those years ago." Uncle Ranma said fingering a knife. Genma looked very uncomfortable. "I ah, got married?" He shrugged excepting that "you should have come home before and taken care of it. Now my nephew is blind as a bat because he had to perform your duty, there is no way you can make this up to him. No matter the advantages he has found because of it that doesn't forgive the fact that it was your duty that did it to him." Genma bowed his head in shame "look brother, I didn't want my son in the family business. When I saw those familiar facial features I vowed I would not let him be killed by our ‘duty'. I didn't want to see him come home one day in a suitcase like Granduncle Ranma did, a present from a pack of Hunter Killers. I didn't want it for him then, and I don't want it for him now! I figured having a tame child would be preferable to a dead one that only leaves pride behind." Genmas family was suprised at the venom in his voice and he shoved his plate away from him "I never bought into that ‘they live on in pride as guides for those that come after them.' bull shit. Dead is dead. His death destroyed his wife, I didn't want that for Akane either. Can you blame me for doing my best to save my son?!" No one tried to stop Nodoka when she moved to comfort him. Ranma sighed "pop, Gadima and I were attacked by a Hunter Killer squad on this last mission of ours. They had set a trap for us." Genma was horrified "and you lived?!" he breathed. Ranma smirked "strangely enough, it was because I had been blinded. I figured out how they were able to sneek up on us so easy. I had to destroy everything within a half mile radius to prevent the rest of the pack from killing us before I could get Gadima to a doctor." Genma looked shocked "how did you do that?" Ranma shugged "I'm wild pop, I never stop looking for ways of increasing my skill. Next time Saffron decides to show up I've got a nasty suprise for him." Genma nodded looking down "were you hurt bad nephew?" he asked looking over at the younger man. Gadima flashed him a smirk "not a scratch. Blade didn't cut deep enough for more then stuffing my intestines back in and sewing me back up. But I have my partner to thank for my life, he chose just that time to land on the things head. Then all those pretty fire works... you see why the partner method is needed, one Genma, one Ranma. Its worked for four thousand years and so far, we haven't found a way to improve on it." he said desisively. Ranma pursed his lips thoughtfully "I don't know cous, I think I might have an idea." He took Akanes hand and grinned at her "what if a Ranko was added to the team?" Everyone blinked at him in shock "take a woman out on a DEMON mission?!" one of the Ranmas exclaimed. Ranma nodded "why not? Oh I know why, I mean that is why I wear this bracer of warming, and I quote ‘a female hunter is the easiest pray for a demon, not because she can't fight, but because the demon could sense her and steal her mind away in seconds.' end quote. Look, we already do it this way, because of my curse I am both a Ranko and a Ranma. Is it unreasonable to think that maybe a Ranko disgruntled with being left to worry would not be willing to become a Ranma so she could safe guard her mate?" Everyone was shocked, especially because some of the women looked like they liked the idea "the hunters are so deadly to us as a clan because they know us. A Ranma is wild and restless, not one too look to hard for the small details. A Ranko does. They are patient to our restless, not calm understand, but ready to blow up when needed. This is a talent we've over looked. If we could prevent the demons from touching them they would make lethal additions to the teams." They sat silently watching Akane petting Ranma, happy that he had brought up her gripe. "I don't know Ranma...." his uncle started. Genma raised his hand "wait brother, I think Ranma is correct. Someone cursed by those pools gain insight into things they never would have thought of before. Before the curse Ranma was all gung ho and go in guns ablazing. Ever since then hes slowed down to plan his attack. I really believe he is a better man because he is also a woman. He is a lot calmer then any Ranma I know, and twice as deadly if his fight with Ryoga is any indication." Even Ranma was suprised by this insight "is he right nephew?" he asked softly. Ranma nodded slightly "that he is. People that have been cursed tend to become better at the things that fit both their forms. Pop becomes a panda so he is even more lazy and voracious then he was before." he murmured. Half the faces blinked at him. He sighed "hes a vaccum cleaner. He eats enough for forty people." They nodded understanding. Genma glared at Ranma. Nodoka cleared her throat "and how has it helped you Ranma?" she asked not comfortable with the thought of Ranma coming to like his female form. He grinned "I believe its made me a better lover. Akane tells me not once was it anything but better then she thought possible. I know, a given in the Saotome family." He held up his hands too ward off the disgruntled looks of his elders "how many men can really, and safely, say they understand what a woman goes through when they have their period? I can! And let me tell you its a real bitch. Its when I'm glad I got a mans body to escape to. I was stuck in that form for three months and at the time I thought it was one of the most miserable times I ever had." He chuckled "but since I excepted my curse I've come to see the ways it has helped refine my skills and bring understanding where before was hopeless confusion. Who can say they really understand what a woman feels? If you touch them there what does she feel? Its a guessing game for normal people, I learned most of this stuff while dealing with the small annoying pains of refusing bras, for a girl as big breasted as I am that can cause a lot of pain." He spread his hands "there are many things like, do you really understand why your mother always told you never to hit a woman in the chest? Or to kick them between their legs? I do! It hurts like hell! I could mention a peice of swine thats done that to me more times then I care to remember." Every women in the room turned as one to glare death at Ryoga. He passed out in terror. He smirked "its helped in my schooling, I now know six langauges and can read in twelve. All men and women are, are exstentions of one perfect person. If the couple are great together they form a person better then they would be separate. The curse improves on that, it balances the yin and the yang in a person and makes them the best of both because they know what their counter parts know. At least, those that are cursed to become the other sex of the same race." His uncle looked at his father "maybe..... maybe we should test this father. My nephew is admitedly the best hunter I've met to date, he personally killed two killers and flash fried eighteen more. He crippled a demon we thought would take five teams to battle properly. Our women are trained in the magical side, but what if someone skilled in both was on a team? I recommend that we use Ranmas team as the test unit. If Gadima and Akane are willing....." he said looking at his son with a smirk on his face "how about it son? A chance to learn if the girls are faking." Gadima scoffed "never father, I would know if they were untruthful. But the idea has merit, I saw what cousins mate looked like after he finished. I would have to work hard for that response." Ranma chuckled opening his hands "comes naturally cousin! No study needed, just a week or two as a women and you learn most of what you need to know." He nodded grinning "then I will do it." he said slapping his fist into his hand "Hold on a minute, I'll be back." Ranma said troting out of the room. Akane grinned thankful she had dressed the way he had asked. After a few minutes he came back with two buckets of water. He handed one to Akane and another to Gadima "one spring of drowned man and one spring of drown woman." Akane dumped the bucket over her head quickly when Genma and Ryoga jumped out of their chairs to grab her. Ranma blinked at akane as he grew taller and looked him in the eye "whoa! This is weird!" he said laughing nerviously as he ajusted the clothes to fit him better. Ranma walked around him then shook his head "you need a lot of working out in the gym before your going on a mission with me." Both looked over hearing a gasp and a chair slid back as Gadima stumbled to the floor. Ranma walked over and helped the unsteady woman to her feet "come on cousin! I was chasing a scared panda on kill mode ten minutes after I was cursed. I learned quick to ajust for the new weight on my chest." She shook her head "its not that, I miss the comfortable weight between my legs. I feel like my center of gravity has been raised to my chest." she almost cried. Ranma hugged her "hey its ok! With a touch of hot water your back to normal." She calmed down and just rested that way for a few minutes "um.. Cous?" she asked. He nodded. She looked at him blushing "and the rather pleasent burning feeling in my belly?" she asked. Ranma stepped back "thats normal. Perfectly normal." he said walking back over to Akane who was looking amused by his reaction. Gadima nodded "I think I'll... retire for the night." she murmured softly. Her mother hid a snicker and walked her from the room "oi I pity the poor boy, his mothers wanted a girl for years." Ranmas Uncle said. Ranma chuckled "pity her Uncle, he'll fight back violently if she starts ‘informing' him of his duties as a woman." Ranma rolled his eyes. He nodded chuckling "well he wouldn't hurt his mother." After a little period of ajustment Akane came back to the table and finished his dinner "any thoughts Akane?" Ranko asked excited. He nodded "I've got this.... dull pain between my legs thats really starting to make me feel sick." he said leaning forward. Ranma blinked "you didn't wear the boxers I gave you, did you." he asked sitting back. He shook his head "wouldn't stay up." Ranma nodded standing him up and they left the room. When they came back Akane was blushing bright red and Ranma was calm. "And... what was your problem?" Ranmas Uncle asked trying to keep from laughing. Akane looked annoyed "I was wearing a pair of my panties." Ranma cleared his throat loudly after the laughter died down and glared around at them "embarressing someone about something new is the best way to make them not want to do it again. It took me three years to get were I am because of the near fanatical hatred my parents held for my female form. Please remember that this would be her first day as a man and the things we know as a given is not so for her. So please try to be helpful." They nodded bemused at Ranmas scolding, mainly because the women backed him up. Ranma squeezed his hand and he blushed "very conflicting emotions, I know.... just... one thing, tell me what my holding your hand makes you feel?" he asked slightly afraid. Nodoka almost jumped up angrily but Genma pulled her down nodding to the look on their faces "hes testing her dear." Akane blinked "not much of anything really, why?" Ranma smiled "nothing, just reassuring myself." he said then took the bracer off and took the glass of water Ranko handed her. Akane blushed bright red seeing her and looked at her hand on his. Ranma was also blushing at the feel. "Ok.... new reactions." she muttered taking his hand in hers and looked at it in fascination. "so.... what are you doing Ranma?" her uncle asked. She dropped his hand blushing feircely "ah... something I should not be doing at the table." she said distractedly. Ranko chuckled along with the others as they watched her reaction. Ranma glared "what!?" Ranko waved her off "just the old story about a mans hands dear." Ranma blinked in confusion as Akane blushed bright red putting his hand to his mouth. Ranma frowned suspiciously at them "I thnk it would be best if we retire as well Akane." she stood up then looked at Ranko "you mean the.." Ranma broke off blushing bright red when she nodded. The minute their door was shut Ranma was pulling at Akanes clothes "I wonder if this is whats called a sexual frenzy?" she asked between kisses and yelped happily feeling his large hands pushing her pants down and one of them was instantly between her legs. Ranma freed his manhood and took ahold of it to detour him from making her cum her brains out "h- hey there, whoa, remember I go first, like last time, oh god I need this!" He nodded kicking his pants off and let her back him to the bed. Ranma pulled her shirt off and grinned squeezing her breasts a little "lay back." she said pushing him back. He watched her with interest as she took hold of his manhood, about half an inch shorter then his had been, good, she was smaller then akane, even after putting on a few inches in hight. Ranma rapped her breasts around his length and gently licked the precum off the tip while watching his face. She wasn't disapointed when Akane groaned in pleasure as she sucked the head into her mouth and started moving her breasts up and down making him jerk faster, his gasps and moans quickening until she felt him shake in her mouth and she was suddenly swallowing hard to keep from choking on the hot fluid that was pumping down her throat. After it was over she let go and sat back to breath a few times "so... did it taste bad?" he asked softly. Ranma licked her lips and grimaced "not that bad, but not something I'd want all the time." she answered truthfully. He nodded "Ryogas tasted like shit, but yours.... I don't know, yours didn't taste to bad. Now come here." Ranma giggled as he layed her out under him and kissed her deeply. He grinned starting to move down a bit kissing and licking her neck and face until he was face to face with her breasts. He kissed her between her breasts as he gently rubbed her breasts then took one into his mouth.. Ranma gasped in pleasure closing her eyes, then remembered that don't work and closed her minds eye against the images and let the feeling surround her. Akane grinned moving to the other breast letting his hands run up and down her thighs. Ranma moaned loudly feeling his fingers touch her sex, making her buck a little in need. He nodded moving down her slowly, licking and kissing her sweating skin, loving the taste. Ranma froze feeling his breath on her over heated lips as a breath of cool air. He looked up at her and noticed that her head was tilted in his direction, a pained look on her face. He grinned licking slowly acros her slit, surprised by the taste. He clamped his mouth over her clit and started rolling it with his tongue as he started pumping his fingers deep into her. Ranma cried out in orgasm after only a few strokes and bucked into his face hard, his grip vise like on her hips as he drove his tongue into her and lapped at the sweet nectar filling his mouth. Ranma arched up off the bed and stood on tip toes smashing her hips into his face. After she recovered her senses she giggled looking at herself in the mirror "oh man!" she laughed pulling him back down "don't think your finished with me." she growled. He grinned as she took ahold of his manhood and helped him slip the head in biting her lip. Ranma cried out throwing her head back in pleasure when he bucked into her half way. Ranma squeezed her eyes shut and panted at the headboard "oh god!! Ah! Deeper!" she pleaded gripping his shoulders. He squeezed his eyes shut against the urge to cum and started bucking into her groaning in pleasure. Ranma dug her finger nails into his back and bucked into him hard increasing the pace as she neared her release. Ranma reached down and ground on her clit hard crying out in orgasm as his seed started shooting into her. Akane bellowed as his hold fell out from under him and he exsploded inside her. Both jerked into each other feeling their pleasure suddenly jump through the roof and they screamed so loud every window in that side of the house burst outward. Ranma looked as the mirror over their heads shatter and rolled them off onto the floor. Akane colapsed on top of her and panted until he felt gentle hands pull him back and he feel asleep looking at genma. Ranma layed there staring blankly, well she always did, at her father "what was that pop?" she gasped letting him cover them gently "its normal boy. This was one of the reasons you suggested that wasn't it?" Ranma nodded, lulled by his gentle words "someone.... like me." He smiled fondly at his only child, he felt happy that he had finally found who he wanted in his life. Genma had excepted the fact that Ranma would never be happy with just a man or just a woman, he saw early on that Ranma could easily be happy with either sex, but Genma knew that he would be restless, he needed someone like him, he smiled to himself, now he didn't have to think of a way to curse akane. He stepped out into the hall and nodded to his estended family "they rolled off the bed at the last second, the mirror turned it into a killing field." he murmured softly. They looked relieved "but what happened Genma?" Nodoka asked. He looked at his wife "when a saotome first mates with his chosen counter part his power is multiplied by theirs and both of them grow by that end product. It seems that that happened again." he answered softly. His parents looked shocked "good lord! Ranma was the most powerful we had!" his brother exclaimed. Ranko smirked "interesting, which one do I prepare the bath for dear?" she asked knowing full well. Genma looked at his wife for a minute "Ranko. Shes found happiness." AUTHORS RANT!! ok, so i went through and corrected all of the spelling i could think of and capitalized all the names! maybe now you can be happy because i am thoroughly sick of this story, maybe this is an ending, maybe theres more, i won't know until i can sit down and think of this story without being annoyed. *sigh* the things i do for my art.