Dialect: When in Nerima 
"Text" is in Japanese
<Text> is in a foreign language
[Text] is written words (Including panda signs)
When in the world of the Wheel of Time
"Text" is in Common
<Text> is most likely in Japanese
[Text] is written words.
Timeline: for Ranma: a little bit after the failed
wedding (See scene changes)
For Wheel of Time: Book 1
Ranma 1/2 belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Wheel of Time
belongs to Robert Jordan, and 
any other series mentioned belong to their respective
authors.  This is my second fic. 
Enjoy.
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1/2 an Age
By Ellfangor8 (Ellf)
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Chapter 1
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass,
leaving memories that become 
legend.  Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long
forgotten when the Age that gave it 
birth comes again" -quote from the Wheel of Time
novels.
 
Nekohanten. One month after the failed wedding, Six
weeks after Jusendo

Cologne looked wearily around her restaurant. Sighing
loudly she began to think about 
what her great-granddaughter had done. Her thoughts
were interrupted when said great-
granddaughter walked through the front door after
making a delivery.
"Nihau, Great-grandmother, Is any more deliveries
yet?" Shampoo cheerfully said.
"No Shampoo, I'm sorry." Cologne said gloomily.
"Can Shampoo have rest of day off? Want go see Airen,
yes."
"No, go help Mousse with the cleaning!" Cologne
snapped.
"But Mousse not here."
"I said go!" as Cologne gave Shampoo a rap on the head
with her staff.
"Ite, Okay Shampoo is going."
As Shampoo headed into the back, a young man in white
robes wearing thick glasses 
above his head walked over to the counter and
addressed the chair.
"Here's the mail Honored Elder." Mousse said.
"Put your glasses on boy." Cologne said to Mousse as
well as tapping him on the 
shoulder.
"Oh, there you are, for a second I had thought you had
gotten taller. Ouch what was 
that for you old mummy. Ouch!"
"That was for the crack about my height, and then the
crack about my appearance.  I'll 
take that now." Cologne said smugly. "Now go help
Shampoo in back with the cleaning!"
"Of course." Mousse said as he headed back to help.
"Oh my darling Shampoo I've come 
to help with the cleaning" 
A banging sound came from the back followed by a
quack.
"Stupid duck-boy now look what you make Shampoo do.  I
heat up water and then you 
clean up mess."
Cologne seemed to have cheered up a bit, somehow
releasing her tensions on Mousse had 
done that, and then followed by Mousse's predicament
with Shampoo she was, well, not 
positively giddy, but somewhat close.  At least until
she found the letter.
The letter itself was nothing really to describe, just
really a letter written on the front in 
kanji for the addressing, but when it was opened, a
whole different language was 
displayed.  This language was not Mandarin like some
would suspect, nor was it 
Cantonese or Japanese or even English.  This language
was written rather flowery and 
had a different ring to it.  The language in question
is of course, the common tongue of 
the Age of Legends.  Seeing that, Cologne's face
paled. 
The letter said:
	[Dear Elder Ku Lon of the Joketsuzoku,
	We hope that this letter finds you in good stead, and
good tidings.  We wish to 
	announce to you that the Kiss of Death and Kiss of
Marriage placed upon the 
	outsider known as Ranma Saotome have been nullified. 
We of course have a 
	good reason for this.  That reason is that Su Ga has
had a Foretelling. Her exact 
	words were as	follows:
		The Wild Horse and the Red Cloud will come to the
Dragon's aid.  
		Without their help the Dark Lord will not be slayed.
		With their help the Dragon will survive
		To get their help the Amazons must strive
		The Scarlet Cloud and her wild steed,
		Will save the world when it's in need.
		The horse who is both female and male
		Shall make the Forsaken turn pale
		The Pattern shall take them in a year and a day
		So train them you must do not delay.
		This I foretell.
	Both of the outsiders Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo
have been made into 
	honorary Amazons.  Train them well Elder, however, do
not tell either of them 
	why they are doing the training.  Make sure that they
do not know that the kisses 
	are nullified, this includes not telling Xian Pu or
Mu Tsu either.

								Sincerely,
								The Council of the Elders.]
Cologne crumples the letter in her hand. *A year they
say, I have a year to train them. *  
"I see you got a letter too Cologne-chan."
"That I did Happy, that I did."
"So Sugar did have a foretelling then."
"I suppose if this is enough to get them to cancel the
kisses."
"You were going to do that yourself any ways."
"True Happy, but this is official because of the
Council's decision."
"So, we must train our students."
"Yes, we need to prepare them for the worst."
"Ranma has the Spark you know."
"Oh he does Happy? So does Akane.  Oddly enough Ranma
has the Spark of Saidar as 
well."
"What?!? That's impossible!"
"No, Happy, unless you forgot what his cursed form
is."
"So that's why I can absorb ki from her when he is a
she."
"I suppose so."
"You know Ranma's going to be able to rival Lews
Therin for power in Saidin."
"In Saidar they both will be able to rival Mierin for
power before she was turned."
"It truly is sad that Mierin was turned to support the
Dark One."
"Yes, it is Happy."
"Well I need to go break the news to my new students
after one last go round!  See you 
Catherine!"
"Farewell Jehreheim!"
Cologne went back into the kitchen and began preparing
for the dinner rush.

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Meanwhile at the Tendo Dojo.
"Come on Ranma, hit me!"
"Uh-uh, only if you can hit me first tomboy, and
mallets don't count."
As Ranma continued to dodge he began to contemplate
all that had happened in the past 
month and a half.  He came to a decision.
"Are you sure" dodge, "you want me" block, "to hit you
Akane?"
"Yes" swing, "I'm sure" cross, "How else" kick, "will
I improve?"
"You promise you won't get mad?" He said as he dodged.
"Yes I promise!" She exclaimed.
"Alright." He said defeated, and Ranma punched Akane
in the stomach, careful to pull it 
and made it just hard enough to hurt, but not hard
enough to bruise.  Akane fell back, a 
look of pain on her face, which instantly turned to a
smile.  Akane was winded by that a 
little bit, but she got up and hugged Ranma right
away.
"Thank -gasp- you, -gasp- Ranma, for -urp- taking me
seriously.  I need to go to the 
bathroom now."
As Akane left, Ranma muttered "I ain't never gonna
understand girls."
When Akane was heading towards the bathroom she passed
her father.
"Ah, Akane is everything alright?" He asked, mistaking
her smile for a pained grimace.
"Yes Daddy, -urp-, everything's fine, Ranma just hit
me is all, isn't it great?"
Tendo-san stopped listening after the hitting comment
he ran to the dojo and went into 
full-blown Demon Head mode.
"RANMA! HOW DARE YOU HIT MY LITTLE GIRL?"
Quivering, Ranma replied "Sh..sh..she asked me to
Tendo-san."
Tendo-san deflated immediately. "She did?"
"That she did, I saw the whole thing, it's about time
you began to take her seriously as a 
martial artist Ranma, my boy."
"Master Happosai are you serious?" 
"Quite serious Soun, and since you are not fit to
train your daughter and Genma has 
taught Ranma all he can, both I and Cologne-chan will
be taking over their training."
"Uh-uh, no way, I ain't gonna be `trained' by you,
freak."
"Neither am I," Akane said as she walked in.
"You both need the training, especially you Akane, and
I promise on my word as a 
martial artist, and on my best pair of silky darlings,
that this training would be serious."
"Really?" Both teens asked at once.
"Yes, I swear."
"No panty stealing?" Ranma asked.
"None at all." Happosai said.
"Wait a minute, what's the catch?" came from Akane.
"No catch, except that both of you will be working as
waitresses for the Nekohanten for 
the duration of the training.  Cologne, of course,
will pay you, and you keep your tips. 
Oh, and to top it all off, at the end of the training,
you both will be certified masters of 
Anything Goes."
"Well tomboy, do you wanna do this training, `cause if
you're to scared.urk!"
"Ranma and I accept this training, tell Cologne that
we do!" Akane stated while grinding 
her elbow into Ranma's skull.
"Of course I will, but first one more time before we
start the training!" Happosai 
produced a bucket of cold water and threw it on Ranma.
"SWEETO!" and he glomped 
onto Ranma-chan's chest for thirty seconds before
being batted off into the floor.  He 
then produced a kettle and poured it on Ranma.
"Thank you Ranma.  You make an old man proud."
"Ugh, now I'm gonna have to take a bath."
"I understand how you feel." Akane replied.
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The Next Day, At the Nekohanten.
The chairs were placed by the covered tables.  One
chair had a beautiful buxom purple-
haired teenage girl wearing a silk Chinese mini-dress,
the other had a quite handsome boy 
with long black hair wearing thick glasses on his face
and wearing white robes.  Standing 
by a six-foot tall staff, was an old wrinkled two-foot
tall woman.  This woman was 
discussing something with the two youths.
"Now Shampoo, Mousse, we are getting busier and busier
by the day.  We need to hire 
two more people, and I have just the two people to fit
the job.  Ranma-chan and Akane 
Tendo will be working here for the next few months and
I expect the two of you to be 
civil towards them."
"Aiyah! Airen coming here! Ooh, Shampoo show Airen
good time while he work here."
"Actually, Great-granddaughter, SHE is working here
along with Akane Tendo."
"Violent Girl too too clumsy, she never last with
Shampoo here to work."
"Why does it have to be Saotome Old Mummy?  Can't you
hire anyone else?"
WHAP!
"Ouch." came from Mousse.
"Because, the both of them need training, they will
both be working here and training at 
the same time."
"Why you train Violent Girl Great-grandmother?"
"Because, Shampoo, I think she needs to be better able
to protect herself without having 
to rely on a male to do it.  Don't you agree Xian Pu?"
"Shampoo guess so."
"Good, because I expect you both to be on your best
behavior, and I also expect you to 
help me train Akane and Ranma."
"I suppose it would be better to have Saotome as an
ally rather than an enemy.  He did 
kill Saffron after all." Mousse added while
shuddering.
"Oh how did he do that by the way?"
"All I remember was him emitting a white aura."
*So Ranma has learned to use pure chi.  Interesting. 
I'll need to help him with using that 
aura.  I'll teach him some chi control exercises. *
"They both start on Monday, so be on your best
behavior and treat them well."
Cologne hopped up on her staff. Then she pogoed out
the front door. Shampoo looked at 
Mousse; Mousse shrugged, got up, and hurried after
her.  Shampoo then followed 
Mousse by rooftop.
Cologne stopped by the door to the Tendo household. 
She rapped on the front door.
>From inside a cry of "I'll get it!" can be heard. 
Footsteps approach the door; the door 
opens and:
"Elder Cologne what a nice surprise, please, come in."
"Thank you Kasumi-san, you are too kind."
Mousse and Shampoo arrive a moment later.  The three
Amazons walk into the house and 
see everyone at the table eating lunch.  Cologne
clears her throat.  Kasumi, Nabiki, 
Akane, Ranma, and Soun look at Cologne.  Genma
continues to eat, stealing from 
everyone else's plates as well.
"First I am here to apologize for my
great-granddaughter's and Mousse's actions a month 
ago.  Second I am here to formally ask Ranma and Akane
to come to work for me at the 
Nekohanten after school and on weekends.  Third, I am
also here to offer training for 
Ranma and Akane.  I think that the both of you have
permission from Happosai already 
for me to teach you some techniques, and I believe
that you both can be helped reach 
your potential by training under both me and Happy."
Ranma is the first to speak. "You didn't call me
son-in-law."
"It would be improper for me to refer to a student as
son-in-law, especially a female one."
"Hey! I ain't no girl, I'm a Guy!" Ranma shouted
defensively.
"That can easily be fixed.  While you train under me
Ranma, you WILL be female 
because you need to get used to your female form.  You
need to accept your curse.  While 
you train under Happy, you will most likely be male,
considering Happy will probably try 
to molest you if you are female."
(Muffled) "Hey I'm not that bad!"
"Yes Happy, unfortunately you are."
"Elder, what about my training?"
"Akane-san, you have all of the potential in the
world, but without training it goes to 
waste.  I will help Happy pick up the pace of your
training and hopefully get you to at 
least the level of Ryoga."
"Thank you Elder."
Genma looks up and says "Hey! I'm the one that's
supposed to be teaching the boy!"
Cologne glares at Genma, as does Shampoo and Mousse
attempts to glare at Genma, but 
ends up glaring at Nabiki.
"Stupid panda-man need learn that Great-grandmother
always right.  Ranma train under 
her, learn many many techniques.  Maybe Ranma teach
stupid panda-man something, 
then again maybe not.  Besides old pervert want teach
Ranma and Akane too, panda-man 
have problem with that?"
"Erm. No, I don't have the slightest problem with
Ranma studying under the Master or 
Cologne, just as long as he is with his fianc�e."
Cologne clears her throat again.
"Ahem. Before I was interrupted, I was going to say
that I expect Ranma and Akane to 
spar with each other and possibly Saotome-san to keep
their skill up."
>From the front yard a cry of "Where the hell am I
now?" could be heard.  It was followed 
by a cry of "RANMA, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
"Heh, excuse me, I've got a Lost Boy to bring in,
hopefully without fighting."
Ranma went outside and Ryoga was heading directly for
him.
"Yo, Ryoga, what's my fault this time?"
"Ranma? What are you doing here in Hokkaido?"
"Um, Ryoga, this is Nerima, you are almost in the
Tendo household."
"Oh, thanks, but could you direct me to the Unryuu
farm?"
"How about we call Akari and have her come pick you
up?"
"You'd do that for me?"
"It'd probably be something Akane would want to do. 
(whispering) Just don't turn into 
P-chan."
"I'll try not to."
"Good, because if you do, I'll tell Akari about the
P-chan bit."
"You do and you die Saotome."
"Like you could kill me."
"I most definitely could try."
"Wow this is odd, you not saying that you would defeat
me, and you're not challenging 
me right now.  Add that to Happosai and Cologne
offering to train both me and Akane, 
and we've moved past weird.  At least for here."
"Yeah, I guess so."
The two of them headed inside.  After a slight
discussion inside that consisted of some 
techniques they had learned or would like to learn. 
Cologne and the Amazons left.  
Akane called Akari, and Akari came and picked up Ryoga
on her Sumo pig.
************************************************
The first Monday:
"Ouch! That's hot."
"Careful tomboy, you should use a towel to protect
yourself."
"Order up!"
Akane quickly caught the bowl before it hit the ground
this time.
"I can see we need to work on your speed Akane-san."
************************************************
Training in the forest with Happosai:
Happosai and Ranma are sparring, encouraging Akane to
join in.  Akane does, but is 
quickly knocked down.  She is doing more defending
than attacking in this bout.
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Bakusai Tenketsu Training
"Concentrate Akane, Concentrate"
"Bakusai Tenketsu!" BOOM "I did it! I did it!"
"Good now Tomboy comes the hard part."
"Really what?"  
"Cologne throwing the boulders at us, and us getting
hit by the shrapnel of the Bakusai 
Tenketsu."
"Oh."
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Meditation with Cologne
"Now Ranma you will learn to harness what you used to
kill Saffron, pure chi or ki if you 
prefer.  Akane you would do well to listen to this as
well.  Sit down and clear your mind 
of all emotions.  Do not use your emotions to help you
focus your ki.  Now emit your 
aura."
Ranma's aura was a pure white with flashes of gold and
blue running through it.  Akane's 
aura was an almost pure white with specks of red and
blue running through it.
"Very good you two, now concentrate it into a blast."
Ranma's eyes opened up, he pointed his hand at a rock
and yelled "HA!"  There was now 
a six-foot wide hole where that rock used to be. 
Akane attempted the same feat, and got a 
three-foot wide hole instead of a six-foot.
"That's funny, for a moment there I sensed something
other than my ki, though it was 
way out of reach." Akane said.
"So did I for that matter, I sensed two things
though." Ranma added.
Cologne nodded sagely.   
************************************************
Nearly eleven months later from the start of the
training, at the Tendo Dojo.
Ranma and Akane were sparring like they were nine
months ago, only this time it looks 
like they both are just blurs to the untrained eye. 
Ranma and Akane attack then dodge 
then attack again.  
Ranma yelled "Ki-blade", and a katana formed in his
hand.  Akane reciprocated his 
action by forming her own katana. Though these katanas
were made out of pure ki, they 
were sharp enough to cut down a tree like it was
butter.  However, the users control the 
sharpness, and Ranma and Akane decided to make them as
blunt as bokkens for this 
match.
Happosai yelled, "Break!" and the two teens stopped
fighting, bowed to each other, and 
bowed to Happosai.  Happosai had a big grin on his
face, which he could not stop from 
spreading.  He goes over and gives his two students a
pat on the back.
"Congratulations you two, you have mastered what even
I have failed to master.  I give 
you two your mastery of the school of Anything Goes
Martial Arts."
"Thank you, Sensei." The teens chorus.
"None of that now, you both are masters, call me
Happy, or call me letch, I don't really 
care which now that you two have reached that level."
Akane and Ranma smiled and looked at each other.
"Congratulations Akane-chan."
"Thank you Ranma-kun."
The two of them had been getting a little bit closer
over the past nine months, but like all 
the times before, they deny it.  They walk in to find
the fathers dancing around.
"Oh, Joy! The schools will be joined, and my daughter
is now a master of Anything 
Goes!  Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I'm so happy!"
"Now Tendo-kun, let's celebrate this wonderful
occasion with a wedding!"
"Quite right Saotome-kun, let me just call the
preacher!"
"WHAT! I'm not marrying him/her!" both teens cried
reflexively.
Ranma then punted his father out into the koi pond.
Genma Saotome hit his head on a 
rock and there was an unconscious panda lying in the
pond.
"Ranma we're going to be late for work if we don't
leave soon."
"Okay, I'll get ready." 
Ranma headed up to his room to go change.  Ranma came
down female and dressed in 
her Nekohanten uniform.  By this time Akane had
changed into her Nekohanten uniform 
as well.
"So shall we go tomboy?"
"Of course baka."
Akane and Ranma-chan went outside and leapt to the
rooftop.  They then roof-hopped all 
the way to the Nekohanten and went inside.  Shampoo
looked up as they walked in, as 
did Mousse.  Shampoo grinned.
"So, you guys ready for the lunch rush?"
"Of course we are Shampoo, if this baka can keep
herself from eating everything."
Mousse snickered.
"Hey! It was only that one time, I won't do it again. 
Any ways, where's the old ghoul?"
A chopstick hit Ranma in the head. "Ite, forgive me,
HONORED Elder Cologne."
"So how are my two waitresses this morning?"
Akane bowed, and then stated, "We're fine, and we
would like to invite you to a 
celebration tonight.  Ranma and I are both masters of
Anything Goes now according to 
Happosai."
Ranma muttered, "Yeah, and now tonight at the
celebration Nabiki's going to invite 
everyone over. Including the Kunos."
"Hey, here's our first customer!"
Akane and Ranma got up to the podium by the door and
stood ready to seat the person.
"Welcome to the Nekohanten, how many are with your
party?" Akane asked.
"It's just me." Voiced the young man.
"Okay follow me." She sat the man as Ranma took the
next customers to their table.
"Would you like anything to drink?" inquired Akane.
The man replied, "Yes some tea would be nice." 
Akane got up and went to go get the tea for the man. 
Cologne eyed the man from the 
kitchen. *Where do I recognize him from? *  The man in
question had a nondescript face, 
it was impossible to tell his age from looking at it. 
His hair was neatly kept, and his face 
was clean-shaven.  The man then looked Cologne in the
eye and said in the Tongue of the 
Age of Legends: <It will soon be time for those two>
nodding at the redhead, and at the 
bluish haired girl serving the other customers.
"Excuse me what did you say sir?" Akane inquired.
Chuckling he answered, "Nothing that really concerns
you, young one.  You will know 
when the time comes.  In fact, I bring a challenge for
a Saotome Ranma and a Tendo 
Akane, but I am just the messenger not the person who
sent the message."
"Really? Well I'm Tendo Akane, and she" nodding at
Ranma-chan, " is Saotome 
Ranma."
"Oh, so I have found you then.  Here are your
challenge letters." He handed Akane two 
letters.  "I'd like the number eight ramen please." 
"Of course.  Elder! One number eight!"
<In one week's time they will be leaving. > The man
muttered. <May the Light have 
mercy upon their souls. >
Cologne then muttered. <And, by the Creator, may they
be prepared enough. >
<Now Catherine if you trained them properly they will
be. >
<May the Light shine on you, Messenger of the Pattern.

<And you, Catherine Sedai, Elder Cologne of the
Joketsu. >
"Order up!" Cologne called, tossing five bowls to
Ranma-chan.
She Skillfully catches each one, and brings them to
their appropriate table.  Four more 
bowls are tossed and Akane caught one on each of her
hands and one on each arm.  
Akane then brings them to their tables.
"Shampoo we have a delivery!"
"Where to hibachan?"
"The Tanaka place on Kansai Street."
"Got it.  I'll be back in fifteen minutes.  Mousse you
take the next one."
"Alright my beloved Shampoo, I will."
"Don't make me splash you, stupid Mousse." She
muttered as she went out the door with 
the delivery items.   The rest of the day continued
on, relatively uneventful.  Ranma and 
Akane worked intensely for the day, and then they went
home.
On their way home, Ranma was walking on the fence
followed by Akane.  Akane tapped 
her on the shoulder and they came to a halt.
"Ranma, we got challenge letters from that man, but he
said that he wasn't the one 
challenging us."
"Oh, really? Let's get off the fence and look to see
who it's from."
They jumped down to the ground from the fence, landing
softly, and the opened the 
letters that were addressed to them. They read:
	[To Saotome Ranma/Tendo Akane,
	It would be my great honor to fight two members of
the Anything Goes school of 
	martial arts.  I wish to issue a challenge that will
be set for three days after you 
	receive this letter.  This will test how good you
truly are, for you will be against 
	my Light against the Dark school of martial arts. 
The challenge will be held in 
	the park by the stone pillar in its center.
						Honorably yours,
						Pattern Keeper.]
"So what do you make of this Ranma?"
"I dunno, sounds like the guy wants to fight with the
both of us."
They start to walk home slower.
"What do you make of his name Akane?"
"Pattern Keeper? Hmm. Can't be his real name, maybe
he's just someone who got that 
nickname and he kept it."
"Maybe. It's still weird though."
Akane giggled.  Then they saw three blurs on the
rooftops to either side of them, heading 
towards the dojo.
"Wha.? Who was that that was going across the
rooftops?"
"It looked like they were headed towards the dojo,
come on Ranma!"
The two teenage girls quickly ran to the Tendo dojo,
arriving there in ten minutes.  They 
slowly walked into the dojo when.
"SURPRISE!" came the shout from everyone inside.
The dojo was completely decorated.  There were
streamers hanging in the corners of the 
room and one big banner that said "Congratulations New
Anything Goes Masters!" on it.
_Flash_ Nabiki was standing there with a camera
pointed at the two young girls' faces.
"Congratulations Sis, Ranma, you did very well."
"Indeed, the notorious Tendo Nabiki doth speak
correctly.  The fierce tigress, Tendo 
Akane, and my beauteous Pig-tailed Goddess deserve
congratulations for mastering such 
a school.  Now let me show my affections for the both
of -urk."  Kuno was punched out 
as he approached Ranma and Akane.
"OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Where is my Ranma-sama,
flame-haired strumpet? 
Tell me so that I may congratulate him properly as any
noble woman should!" That was 
Kodachi, by the way.  
"You will NOT touch my Ranchan!"
"Yeah, Crazy Rose Girl is not going to touch
Aire-Ranma!"
Working together, Ukyo and Shampoo booted Kodachi out
of the dojo, followed by 
Stick-boy and Sasuke. 
"Um, Nabiki-neechan?"
"Yes Akane-chan?"
"Why did you invite the KUNOS?"
"Because of all the yen they paid me to come!"
"Hrmph." Akane sniffed.
"Hey Ranchan, Akane-chan, congratulations on becoming
masters of Anything Goes!"
"Thanks Ucchan!"
"Yes, thank you Ukyo."
"I would like to congratulate you as well Saotome, and
Akane-san."
"As would I Akane-chan, Ryoga-kun here and I are so
proud of the both of you.  It's so 
nice, just like a pig." (Three guesses who that was,
and the first two don't count.)
"Why thank you Ryoga-kun, Akari-chan!"
"Yeah thanks you two, Ryoga we'll spar later kay?"
"Sure thing Ranma."
Ranma and Akane finally walked all the way into the
dojo and began to get some of the 
refreshments that Kasumi had brought out.  Ranma's
mother, Nodoka approached her.  
"Ranma, my son, I am so proud of you, becoming a
master of Anything Goes is so 
manly!"
"Erm, thanks Mom." *At least she didn't say anything
about my waitress uniform. *  
Thanks to partial hidden weapons training from Mousse,
Ranma pulled another outfit out 
of her clothing and immediately changed into it using
the speed of the Amaguriken.  The 
outfit was one of his normal red shirts and black
pants.  Kasumi then came over to Ranma 
with the kettle.
"Oh my! Ranma-kun would you like to change back now?"
"Yes Kasumi, may I?"
"Of course Ranma-kun."
"Thank you Kasumi."  Ranma said as she took the kettle
and poured it over her, now his 
head.
"Growf" [Yes Congratulations are in order.] -Flip-
[Both you and your fianc�e have 
outdone yourselves this time.]
"Heh, thanks Pop."
"Here Ranma and Akane, take a drink, you've earned
it!" 
"Thank you Daddy."
"I say we raise our glasses to the new Masters of
Anything Goes Martial Arts.  To 
Ranchan and Akane-chan!"
"Hear-hear" came from everyone else, excluding Ranma
and Akane, who were 
developing blushes on their faces from the attention. 
Cologne came over to Ranma and 
Akane. She nodded to Ranma, and then turned to Akane
and nodded to her.
"Ranma, Akane, I must speak with you alone, would you
follow me out of the dojo?"
Ranma and Akane stood up, looked at each other and
nodded.
"We'll come with you, Honored Elder." Akane replied.
Cologne walked out of the dojo with Ranma and Akane
following her.
"So, what was it you needed to discuss with us
Cologne?"
"I would like to tell you that both the kiss of death
and the kiss of marriage placed upon 
you, Ranma, have been nullified by the Council of the
Elders.  They also have decided to 
make the both of you Honorary Amazons.  That is, of
course, if you accept the offer?"
"Of course we'll accept the offer, Cologne, but will
we have to go to China?"
"No you both will not, just make sure you show up for
that Challenge that was given to 
you in the Nekohanten."
"Of course we will, won't we Ranma?"
"You can bet we will, and we'll win it too, `cause
Saotome Ranma don't lose."
"And neither does Tendo Akane."
"I also would like to give you these scrolls, keep
them with you at all times."
Ranma looked at the scrolls, "Hey what language are
these in? It don't look like any 
language I've seen before."
Cologne cackled. "You'll understand them when the time
is right." She replied sagely.
They returned to the party for the rest of the night,
and went to sleep.
************************************************
One week later in the park by the pillar.
Ranma and Akane arrived at the place of challenge at
the appointed time.  They were 
followed by a crowd of people wanting to see the
fight; all of the people were eager to 
see the two Anything Goes masters in action.  They
looked around and found that by the 
statue there was a medium height person in a white
cloak that obscured the person's face 
on.  Said person looked up at Ranma and Akane.  The
person appeared masculine, though 
this is Nerima, there are masculine women, and there
also are feminine men.
"So, the two of you decided to show after all."
Ranma looked nonplussed.  "Of course we showed up,
we're honorable and we accept all 
challenges."
"I suppose so, I'm sorry that I had to do this."
The person then held up his hands and they began to
glow a brilliant white.
"Huh, wait Ranma! What is he doing?"
The glow grew brighter, and suddenly a beam of light
flew from each of his hands to 
Ranma and Akane, engulfing them both in the glow; the
glow was so bright it completely 
obscured the two teens from sight.  When the glow
dissipated Ranma and Akane were 
gone.
"My son!"
"Ranchan!"
"Akane-san"
"Oh my!"
"Akane!"
Cologne and Happosai looked at the group warily. 
Cologne cleared her throat, and 
Happosai pulled out a firecracker.
"Silence!  Where Ranma and Akane are now, none of us
can help them." Cologne said.
"Yes, we did all the preparing we could for them over
the past year, and now it is coming 
to fruition."  Happosai added.
The figure that performed the feat then spoke up.
"There are no beginnings nor endings to 
the Wheel of Time, but this is _a_ beginning.  Ranma
and Akane have been sent where 
the Wheel has woven them in.  May the Light shine upon
their journey.  I pray that I have 
provided enough information to them.  Good-bye people
of Nerima, and do not try to 
follow your friends, they will return when the time is
right."
The figure then faded out of existence.  The rest of
the Nerimans began to argue as to 
whose fault this is, and they finally decided to blame
it on Happosai. Such is fate.
***********************************
Author's Note: I know, I know, an Akane/Ranma Pairing
The training may seem a little short, but I wanted to 
have Akane up to par with her skill before I sent them

both to the WOT world. Another thing that may be there

is that both Ranma and Akane are Ta'averen.  What is 
that you might ask.  Read the Wheel of Time Books to
find out.

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