Ranma 1/2: Ranma No More Alternate History By: Dani Yanega yanega@mindspring.com (please respond to this e-mail address) Chapter Sixteen Ku Lon and Ryoga watch helplessly as Ranma floats glowing a golden white. Ryoga starts to go to her, Ku Lon tries to stops him, but he gets away. He reaches out for Ranma, when he wraps his arms around her the light suddenly flares even brighter, obscuring them both from Ku Lon. Then it fades leaving a crumpled Ranma on the ground, and Ryoga heaving heavy breaths, while cradling his friend in his arms. He breathes a sigh of relief as he sees she is still breathing. Ku Lon comes over and lays a hand upon the girls forehead. She sighs as a tear trickles down her cheek. "What? What's wrong?" A frantic Ryoga demands. Taking a deep breath, "Ra Koh is no more, she has been fully merged with Ranma. When she next wakes it will not be the Ranma you know." Ryoga looks down at the sleeping girl a tear streaming down his face. "You know she adopted me as her grandson, it was wonderful knowing that she cared for me as much as she did for Ranma." Ku Lon put a hand on Ryoga's shoulder. "She is still there child, she has now been blended with who Ranma use too be." Ku Lon looks around the site for their things. "Where are your things we need to get moving." "Ranma is carrying them in dimensional space. She said she would teach it to me cause I have a really rotten sense of direction," He shrugs, as he continues. "It's my family's curse. This way when I turn wolf I can pull everything in there so I don't lose it." Ku Lon raises an eyebrow, she is about to say something when Ranma moans. They turn their attention to the redhead as her eyes slowly open. /*\*/*\ Xian Pu paces frantically it is five in the morning and her great grandmother has not returned. She knows her grandmother can take care of herself after all she is an Elder. She _is_ also her grandmother and they are in a foreign land. She is about to go looking for her when she hears the front door open. She runs to the door frantic with worry and excitement that her grandmother is back. When she rounds the hallway that leads to the front entrance, she stops dead in tracks. There behind her is the boy that was with her cousin, oohh what was his name oh yes Ryoga, she then notices he is carrying a sleeping female Ranma. <"Great Grandmother where have you been? What has happened? Why are they here?"> Ku Lon holds up her hand to stay anymore questions just as the other Amazons come to see what is going on. "From now on since we are in Japan you will speak Japanese, understood." They all four nod. "Now as for our guests, La Si show them to the room next to mine then return to the restaurant, there is much to go over." She turns to Ryoga with a soft smile, "Take care of her, great nephew, she has a new life ahead of her." Ryoga's eyes widen at the reference to 'great nephew'. He then smiles and nods his head. La Si leads Ryoga to their room she helps him set up some spare sleeping bags, since Ranma's and his are in dimensional space. He then sets Ranma onto one of the bags and covers her. He then turns to La Si and bows. "Thank you for your assistance." La Si smiles and returns the bow then leaves. Once the door closes behind her, Ryoga's Tao symbol's right side starts to glow. He shifts to his wolf form then walks over and lays down next to the sleeping redhead. His eyes glowing a deep red, as he slowly fall to sleep, Ranma rolls over and drapes an arm over her friend and pulls him closer. /*\*/*\ La Si enters the restaurant and joins the other Amazons at one of the tables left by the previous owners. She sits and Ku Lon begins. "First, there will be no challenges to either Ranma or Ryoga." All four of the women look at her as if she has grown another head, as she continues. "Ryoga received a curse after leaving us, he is now a wolf, and he is Ranma's soul mate, which gives him the status of any Amazon male only with more rights. One of which is _none_ of the outsider laws apply to him, and he is now _my_ great nephew" The other Amazons gasp, then turn to her confused as well, Ku Lon opens the Joketsuzoku Law book and shows them the passage that pertains to soul mates. They all read the passage then nod in understanding. "Ranma is no longer who she was in China, she is now completely merged with the spirit of Ra Koh. She must learn who she is now. The main problem we might have is from her parents; first there is that slime ball of a father. Then there is her mother; she may try to force her to commit seppuku again because of that coward. In the next few months she will be learning who and what she is, and it will be all of us who must help her, any questions?" "Great grandmother what mean what she is?" "Ranma does not know if she will live life as a male or female, we must aid in that decision _but_ we must not push our preferences onto her, it is her choice to make not ours." The other warriors nod. "There is another matter, Ranma has now the combined knowledge, and skill of the spirit Ra Koh, her power as a mage, plus knowledge of long forgotten fighting styles. Which is no longer part of the Amazon's heritage. She also has the skill and training of ten years in an almost unbeatable style called Anything Goes. Which she has been teaching to Ryoga. This makes them the most skilled fighters of this generation." "So, why that matter Elder, we warriors we can beat her." Ku Lon just shakes her head, at La Si's comment. "I would recommend that you don't try, if you do it could mean your death. Before Ranma was raised to believe girls were weak and needed protection." "WHAT!?" Came four shouts simultaneously, Ku Lon raises a calming hand. "It was how he was raised. Since his merging that has changed, but with this final merging it may be to the extreme do not forget Ra Koh is from a time when death was handed out without impunity. So keep your foolish prides in check." Ku Lon glares at the young Amazons. /*\*/*\ "Tendo old man how about a game of shogi, while we wait for breakfast?" "Good idea Saotome, but don't you think we should be looking for your son?" "He'll come here when he realizes he can't survive without his father. Besides I don't know where to look." Genma finishes as Nabiki comes down the stairs. "Well if I was him I would go home to see my mother." Genma cringes. "No I don't think he would, it has been ten years, besides Ranma thinks she is dead." Nabiki looks at Genma with disgust, as she heads into the kitchen. "Kasumi, I need to leave early I won't have time for breakfast. I will just take some of this toast with me, ok?" "Oh my, Nabiki you need to eat something more than that." Kasumi states as Nabiki grabs a bento as she heads out the door. "I'll be fine, promise." Then she is gone. As Akane comes down the stairs Kasumi is putting breakfast on the table. Akane sits down and begins eating quietly not even looking at her father or guest. She eats quickly, then turns to her sister. "Thanks Kasumi the meal was great as always." Then she gets up to leave, her father watching her waiting for her to say good bye. As she walks silently do the door. "Akane aren't you forgetting something?" Soun asks, with his arms held wide. Akane turns and glares at her father "_No_ Father I am not, I am not forgetting how you and that _PIG_ are trying to force us into marriage with a pervert, nor am I forgetting that I _won't_ do it." With that she storms out the door. "Oh, my!" "My little girl hates me!" Cries Soun Tendo as he wails. "There, there father she is just angry she'll cool down in a little while you'll see." "WWWHHHAAAAA!!" He continues as Kasumi directs him out to the back yard to keep him from ruining the floor. /*\*/*\ Akane storms to Furinkan High School, she keeps her rage boiling at the nerve of her father. [How _DARE_ he try to force us into marrying a complete stranger. A _perverted baka_ no less.] When Furinkan comes into view, she lets off a scream of frustration, and charges the some fifty boys in different sports gear. "AKANE DATE ME!" "AKANE I LOVE YOU, DATE ME!" By the time Akane finishes all fifty are unconscious on the ground she turns to head into school when something is tossed at her. She catches it, it is a red rose, which she crumples and throws on the ground. A young man about 5' 11" steps out from behind a tree, he is carrying a wooden practice sword. He has brown hair cut short, with gray eyes. He is wearing a Kendo Hamaka, as he stands there with an air of arrogance. "Ah, my sweet tigress, Akane. These boorish clods do not even deserve to bask in your glorious presence. When you and I both know tis I you lo..URK" "SHUT UP KUNO I HAVE A HEADACHE!!!" After ramming her fist full force into Tatewaki Kuno's midsection, she storms into the school. /*\*/*\ "Elder there is something else you are not telling us about this monk business isn't there?" Cy Sin asks, raising an eyebrow. Ku Lon smiles at the warrior "Yes there is, your great grandmother did well to name you her heir." Cy Sin blushes, it was decided that the warriors that would accompany Ku Lon were to be the heirs of counsel members as they felt the exposure to the outside world would strengthen the village. "During Ranma and Ryoga's first encounter with the monks, his Neko- Ken madness was split between him and Ryoga, they now have conscious control of one of the most powerful techniques known." The two older warriors gasp. While Xian Pu and La Si, look confused. "Great grandmother Xian Pu and La Si know what Neko-Ken is, was there when Ranma told of training but don't understand how it be conscious and would that be bad thing?" Ku Lon takes a deep breath and goes on with her explanation. "It has its benefits it seems that they can now communicate with all feline species within a five mile radius, but they plan on increasing that distance. They are also working on setting up a telepathic link with each other. I will try and help them with that. The main problem is that while the extra strength, speed and agility is fine, what is really interesting is that they now control the ki claws." "That sound like good thing, elder." La Si states shrugging her shoulders, Ku Lon shakes her head. "The problem child is that along with the benefits comes the disadvantages, both of the boys now are more feral in their prospective, if you are perceived as a threat to them or someone they care greatly for, then their cat instincts can take over..." Ku Lon leaves the implication hanging, and all four understand that concept, and stare at the elder their eyes wide with shock.