Disclaimer:  I don't own any of these characters, but I'm not trying to 
make any money off this so I guess it's OK then.

This is a Ranma continuation and multi-cross-over with Sailor Moon, 
Tenchi Muyo!, Mermaid Saga, Ah Megami-sama and Mamono Hunter Yohko. 

This is my first time writing a fan fiction, so please review and tell 
me what you think.

            Ranma Crossing Over to the Wild Side
   
            By Paul Bennett aka Shadowbakasama


Chapter 7:  Rei's friends come over

[This chapter I'm using the backstory from 'Hell Hath No Fury' by Bob 
Lobster to have Sailor V be very upset with Ranma. Thank you Bob for 
giving me the OK to do this.]


Minako was at home watching the evening news, when they showed the 
picture of the missing groom Saotome Ranma the blood drained from her 
face as she stared at the screen in shock and recognition.  "It's Him."

"Daddy, are you done with the newspaper?" asks Minako as she walks into 
the den.  "I want to see the front page about that bombed wedding, I 
think I may have seen the groom somewhere before."

"Here you go sweety." He says handing over the front section of the 
paper.  "Don't they know they are supposed to throw rice, not gunpowder 
okonomiyaki and explosive pork buns.  But it's just as well they did." 

"Thanks daddy, I'll be in my room for a bit, then I'll probably go and 
visit Rei."  Minako says.

"Hey Mina, I've got some good news for you."  Aino Kenji called out to 
his daughter.  "I found some information on your missing fiance.

"FIANCE!!" Minako screams in shock  "I'm engaged!  When did this happen? 
and why is this the first I've heard of it?"

"You mean I never mentioned it?  I thought you knew and that was the 
reason you didn't have a steady boyfriend."

"DADDY!!  You just love to keep secrets and surprize me way too much.  
... Your not going tell me are you?"

"Heh heh, I'll take you to meet him this week."

"Argh!  Will you tell me who he is?  Have I met him even?  At least tell 
me what he's like!"

"OK dear, I guess I can give you a few details without ruining the 
surprize.  He's almost 18 and he is very into sports and fitness, uhm 
he's quite the hunk.  He's from a good samurai family too."

"Have I ever even met him?" Minako asks here father in an angry tone.

"I don't think so.  Every time his family visited you were out doing 
your own thing, your mom and I set this up for you before they returned 
to Japan."

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Back in her room Minako reads through the front page looking for the 
information she needs.  "Saotome Ranma, son of that thieving low-life 
Genma, the cat-girl is his sister Ranko." She mutters as she reads, 
then.  "We rescued that Bastard's sister!"

"Mina-chan, what wrong?" asks a white cat with a gold moon on his forehead.

"I'll tell you what's wrong Artemis, this is Him!" She yells showing the 
cat the picture of the groom on the front page.

"What, you saw the groom somewhere today.  That's great/"

"No, I know the groom!  He's that bastard from 3 years ago, Him and his 
thief of a father were in England." She yells at her cat.  "I'll have to 
go to the Tendo Dojo in Nerima and beat the crap out of him when he 
shows up.  But I know where his sister is, she is the 'cat-girl' that 
Rei took home."

"Kuso! We've been here over a year, and he lives just a few miles away.  
Huh, the senshi never have had to go into Nerima after youmas, I wonder 
if they avoid it for some reason." Artemis muses.

"From what I've heard about Nerima they have enough trouble with martial 
artists tearing up the place." Minako replies.  "But I'm going to call 
Ami and get her to dig up what she can on Ranma and meet me at Rei's 
shrine so that I can have a 'talk' with his sister."

Grabbing her communicator she calls up her friend Sailor Mercury.  "Yo 
Ami-chan, can you get me some information on the missing groom from that 
wedding, I think I saw him somewhere."

"You saw Ranma-kun, that's great, my cousin Akane-chan must be so 
worried about him." Ami replies.

"That was you're cousin's wedding!" Minako yells into the communicator, 
"So you actually 'know' Ranma?"

"A little, he's a real hunk, but him and Akane are fighting most of the 
time.  It seems like one of those love/hate relationships, but I've only 
seen the hate part."  Ami explains.  "Akane-chan has a real temper, and 
Ranma can be a bit of a rude jerk at times."

"Uh yeah, can you get the others together to meet at the shrine?  I have 
a few 'ideas' about finding Ranma."

"Hey, that's great!" Ami exclaims.  "But I can't come, me and mom are 
going over to visit the Tendos as soon as she ends her shift.  I'm going 
to the shrine in the morning, Rei is going to get 'Ranko' to demonstrate 
the Neko-ken for the police, and I want to see it."

"Thanks Ami-chan, I'll see you later then."


-------------------


Minako, Makoto, and Usagi are walking to the shrine from meeting at 
Usagi's house.

Usagi seeing that Minako is upset about something asks.  "So you've got 
some idea about finding the missing groom?"

"Yeah, I've got an 'idea', when I find Him, I'm going to beat him black 
and blue."  Minako replies in a cold angry voice.  "I've met up with 
this bastard before, when I was in England fighting crime as Sailor V."

"Is he a criminal?" Usagi asks.

"No, Ranma isn't." Minako replies reluctantly.  "But his father Saotome 
Genma is a thief and a con-artist, and when I caught him stealing from a 
church and put him down with a 'Venus Cresent Beam' then Ranma ambushed 
me and we got into a fight over his father."

"Ranma?  You fought with 'The' Saotome Ranma?" Makoto asks retorically.  
"Ouch.  So how did the fight turn out?"

"Well, he kicked me, knocking me to the ground and told me that he 
wasn't going to let a 'two-bit crime-fighter in a stupid looking 
costume' send his dad to jail, even though he called his own father a 
'fat, useless, thieving bastard'.  Well that did it for me, and we 
started fighting.  He was faster than me, and I was outclassed for 
skill, and he was almost as strong as my Sailor form.  He blocked or 
dodged everything I threw at him and the cocky bastard even criticed my 
style and gave me 'tips' while fighting, but then he said that I was 
'dumpy-legged' and that I had a fat ass, and hit me in a several times 
so that my arms and legs gave out then he threw me into a pile of garbage."

Usagi was shocked and horrified, and Makoto wasn't 'shocked' at least by 
the story, and she said  "So, Ranma-kun left you disabled on a pile of 
garbage, and now you want revenge."

"It wasn't just the one time Makoto, he was around for 3 months, and 
once or twice a week we would fight.  He 'always' beat me, he 'always' 
insulted me.  I was humiliated so many times, that I've got to hunt that 
bastard down and make him pay, it's a mole's peragative!"

"Surely it can't have been that bad." Usagi says trying to calm her 
down. "That was the worse one right?"

"Sorry Usagi, it got worse, one time he tossed me through a broken 
skylight and I landed in a vat of fishguts and he looked down and 
laughed at me swimming to the side."

Usagi and Makoto are horrified at hearing about this.  "Maybe he didn't 
know it was there, and you have to admit it could be consided funny." 
Makoto offered as a lame excuse.

"Well there was the time he left me hog-tied with the ribbons from my 
uniform, but I did insult his mother and he got upset about that."

"I didn't even know the ribbons came off." Usagi mutters.

"Yeah, insulting Ranma-kun's mother probably wasn't a good move."  
Makoto says.

"Another time he left me hanging upside down from a fire escape, the 
bastard bent the iron straps around my legs.  It took me awhile to get 
out of that one, and he stayed for a minute or so admiring his work and 
leering at me."

"I don't even want to know how he did that one." says Makoto a little 
shocked, Usagi was speechless.

"Then there was the last time I saw him, he was all excited about this 
new martial arts style he had finished learning and decided to test it 
out on me.  I thought he was teasing me again, it was the silliest thing 
I ever heard of."

"OK, I'll bite." Makoto says curiosity getting the better of her. "What 
style was it?"

"He was excited because he had learned Martial Arts Ballroom Dancing." 
Minako says.  "And said that even a 'under-dressed kawaiikune 
crimefighter' should now how to dance."

"Martial Arts Ballroom Dancing?  He actually fought you and beat you 
with a style like that!"  Makoto says not really believing in such a 
silly style.

"He called 'you' 'uncute'!" yells Usagi.

"YES!" screams Minako. "Everytime I attacked he would dodge and grab my 
waist or my hand, I'd get spun or dipped, He'd spin me out to arms 
length, then spin me back in, not giving me the chance to get the 
footing for a kick, and blocking and turning aside my free hand.  He put 
my into a long spin and stomped on a manhole cover flipping it up then 
kicking it out of his way, then he dipped me while I was dizzy and 
tossed me into the air.  During my air time he freed the ladder with a 
couple of kicks and pulled it out.  When he caught me he put me over the 
hole and let me slip right through his arms into the sewer, even 
grabbing my hands at the last and lowering me down so I only dropped 4 
feet.  Then the bastard put the cover back and I had to go a couple 
blocks down the tunnel to get back up after I recovered from being so 
dizzy."

"OH NO! He dropped you into the sewer, that's vile and unforgivable!" 
Usagi cries.

"Damn, that's 'BAD', but I've got to warn you, Ranma-kun is even tougher 
now.  You know all those crazy stories we hear about the fights in 
Nerima?" Makoto asks.

"Yeah, I've heard of some pretty strange stuff about those martial 
artists." Minako replies.  "Roof hopping, smashing walls, fireballs, 
tornadoes, some angry girl with a mallet, and the latest was bird people 
kidnapping someone.  Like I believe all the crazy stories."

"Oh, and I suppose magical girls fighting demons isn't crazy." Makoto 
remarks sarcasticly.  "I like to keep up with the news over there, most 
of the 'crazy' stories are 'real' AND they are about 'Ranma', the girl 
who was kidnapped was Ami-chan's cousin Tendo Akane, she was the bride 
at that bombed out wedding, so I guess Ranma-kun got her back, but rumor 
has it that most of the powerful martial artists over there have been in 
China for a couple weeks, they must have just got back for that wedding."

"Uhm, how strong could these martial artists really be?" asks Usagi.

"Compared to us?" Makoto replies.  "I'm not sure, but we've never had to 
kill any youma in Nerima, and it's right next to Juuban.  They must show 
up there sometimes, so some of them must to strong enough to kill at 
least weak youma."


---------------


"Well, Rei-chan, Hino-dono, I guess we should talk about this."  Ranma 
says after the Tendo girls leave with the detective.

"Not that much to talk about."  Gramps says.  "You and Rei-chan have a 
year, at the end of the year if you both want too you get married, from 
the sounds of it you havn't picked any of the other girls and you've 
known them for over a year, so unless more fiancees show up I don't 
think Rei-chan needs to worry about the other girls."

"Well, it's just that Rei-chan 'does need to worry' about the other 
girls." Ranma replies a bit sarcasticly.  "Akane-san is unlikely to hit 
anyone other than me, but Ucchan, Shampoo, and Kodachi-san will probably 
come out here and challenge you to a fight, or just ambush you.  All of 
them are talented martial artists, so Rei-chan can you fight?"

"Gramps has taught me some."

"Well then we can spar tomorrow and then start your training again if 
you want to be able to stand up to them."

"Hey, I'm tough/"

"We'll see how you are tomorrow." Ranma cuts in.  "Lot's of people think 
they're good, only a few of them are."

"Well, from your aura earlier it looks like you certainly got some use 
out of those scrolls, you've probably mastered every technique on them 
to become this powerful." The old priest tells him.  "It looks like you 
have the power to rival the Sailor Senshi that kill all the youma that 
show up here in Juuban."

"Yeah, those youma show up in Nerima too, you just don't hear about it, 
at least six of us martial artists can feel their evil auras and track 
them down and kill them, no need for outside demon hunters.  It's the 
only time we let loose with the really deadly stuff, it's almost a race 
to see who gets to kill the critter.  Not to mention at least a dozen 
other martial artists that can at least give them a good fight, some of 
the styles get pretty weird, but they still work."

"Weird martial arts styles, like what?" Rei wants to know.

"Well, I saw the old granny that does Martial Arts Tea Ceremony kill a 
youma with a couple of stirring spoons, boy was it surprized."  Ranma 
explains.  "The youma looked like a woman crossed with a b-b- linx and 
had sucked the energy out of her grandson, sort of like my english 
teacher MS. Hinako does, but she only drains excess chi, not a person's 
actual lifeforce.  Anyway she started out throwing napkins at it, then 
beat it about the head and shoulders with her laddle when it laughed at 
her.  While it was dazed from a couple of good head hits that left her 
laddle bent out of shape and useless, she flung the boiling water from 
her tea kettle into it's face.  As the poor thing was screaming and 
covering it's eyes the old lady whips out a couple of stirring spoons 
and reverses them, stabbing one through the ribs into it's heart and 
using the other to slash both sides of it's throat before stabbing it 
through the demon's voice box to shut it up.  Who would have thought 
that she would grind down the spoon handles into knives like they do in 
those prison movies." 

"Gah, ugh, ..., little old grannies killing youma."  Rei sputters, 
looking stunned and confused.

"So, you up for your first lesson tomorrow?"  Ranma asks her.

"Yatta! I'd be delighted to learn martial arts from you, Ranma-sensei." 
Rei says as she glomps onto his arm with a possessive look in her eyes 
that just screams *MINE!* thinking, 'With Ranma teaching me I'll be able 
to kick some serious ass! and Minako, Makoto, HA even Usagi will be 
green with envy when they see MY fiance!  Hell, even Michiru and Haruka 
will be jealous when they see Onna-Ranma.'
 
"So Ranma-kun, we know about the Neko-ken and Jusenkyo." says Gramps.  
"What other awful training did Genma put you through?"

"Well, there was the time he stole the poisonous snakes from a zoo so 
that I would build up a resistance to their venoms, and the one where I 
was chased through a swamp by wolves while carrying a couch on my back 
to work on my strength, speed, and endurance."

"Oh, and where was Genma during this, running with you?" Rei asks.

"Your kidding right, he was on the couch."

"... Is that the worst of it?" Rei asks.

"I'm just getting started, there was the 'Lion's Cub' training where he 
would push me off a steep slope of a hill and I would have to climb back 
up after falling, rolling and hitting stuff on the way down."

"But that was a joke from a children's book!" Rei screams in shock.

"Oyaji said it was to build toughness and willpower.  Then for speed 
blocking he would throw beehives at me, and I would have to hit all the 
bees without being stung.  After that he improved on the amazon Batusai 
Tenketsu training by taking my to a condemned building and using a 
wrecking ball on me to toughen me up, then sending me into the building 
to destroy it from the inside from the top down.  I had to think of the 
best way to knock the building down without letting it fall over or 
burying myself.  Just recently he has started throwing me off of the 
roofs of the tall buildings, and trying to get me to fly."

"WHAT!! He's ... that's insane!" Rei yells "Why do you listen to your 
father. He's an idiot!"

"Now Rei-chan, most of his ideas sound stupid, insane, and dangerous, 
but they actually work.  The Neko-Ken was the mother of all fuck-ups, 
but I learned it and I've had to use it in a fight once.  Most of the 
rest has build up my speed, strength, endurance, and toughness to beyond 
that of any human I've ever seen, and I think I'll get the trick to 
flying in another week or so.  I've seen Herb and Saffron do it, so it 
can't be that hard."

----------

*Knock* *knock*

"Oh, some of my friends must have come over to check on you." Rei says 
pouring herself a glass of water before she gets up to answer the door.

*Splash*

"What'd you do that for?!" Ranma-chan yells.

"They are here to check on 'Ranko-chan'." Rei replies.  "They helped me 
track you down earlier, so they know about the neko-ken already.  The 
curse won't be too much of a shock for them, we just need to work up to 
it so they don't think you're a shapechanging youma or something."

"Well 'boy', I'll leave you with the girls." Gramps says getting up from 
the table.  "I'm going to go through my scrolls, and see if I can find 
anything to help with any of your problems."

"You're not going to start me on Neko-Tolerance training again?" Ranma 
asks nervously.

"That's a good idea!  A couple of Rei-chan's friends have well behaved 
cats." Gramps replies.  "Your neko personality still likes Rei-chan, so 
she would be safe getting you used to the cats.  But I was thinking to 
checking out exorcism, hypnosis, and meditation techniques as well."

"That sounds great Hino-dono, the Amazons couldn't help me at all with 
the neko-ken." Ranma tells him as he leaves the room.

Rei comes in with three girls, 2 blondes, one with a weird ball and pony 
tail hair style, and a tall girl with brown hair.  They all looked about 
16, so they probably go to school with Rei.  The beautiful blonde with 
the normal hair style was ringing some bells but he didn't recognize her 
yet.

"Ranko-chan, these are my friends.  Tsukino Usagi with the odangoes, 
Aino Minako with the nice blond hair, and Kino Makoto the tall one.  
Girls this is Saotome Ranko the neko-onno."  Rei makes introductions as 
they sit around the table.

"Well, I hope you like cookies." Makoto says unwrapping a bento filled 
with lots of cookies.

"I'll make somemore tea, while you get to know each other a bit." Rei 
says heading into the kitchen.

"So Ranko-chan, do you know where your missing brother is?" Minako asks.

"Uhm, actually he'll probably be showing up pretty soon, since he knows 
I'm here." Ranko replies nervously, getting angry vibes off the blonde.

"I've been looking forward too seeing him again." Minako says in a angry 
tone.

"Oh no, your not his fiancee are you?" Ranko asks, a little scared at 
the thought of more girls after him.

"FIANCEE! With him! Never!" Minako explodes at the idea of going out 
with HIM.  'Not that He wasn't really cute.' she thinks saying, "Why 
would you even think that?"

"What did Ranma do to you?  Or was it Oyagi?  Did Genma steal something 
from you?" asks Ranko, getting upset at the outburst.

"Minako!  Calm down, Ranma-san isn't here. There is no need to yet at 
Ranko." Usagi says, trying to calm her friend down.

"Damn Oyaji, always getting in trouble and having it come back on 
Ranma.  At least your not a fiancee, he's got 4 girls that fight over 
him, and he just found out about a 4th fiancee that Oyaji set him up 
with." Ranko explains.  "So, you want revenge on Ranma-oniisan, for what."

"Four fiancees!" Makoto cries. "He's got another one?  Poor Ranma-kun, 
who's the lucky girl?"

"*I am*." says Rei from right behind them, they all turn and look to see 
Rei holding a platter with a good tea set.  She seems a bit upset.  "Now 
Aino-san, tell me what you have against my 'fiance'?" She says as she 
sets the platter on the table and takes her seat.

"Wow, scary like mom, and she doesn't even have a sword." Ranko whispers 
to herself.

"Uhm, maybe we ... should discuss this in private." Minako says meekly 
looking over to indicate Ranko.

"I don't think we'll need to keep secrets from Ranko-chan or Ranma-kun.  
'They' are powerful martial artists who can help us a lot, Ranma-kun is 
probably a lot better in a fight than 'someone's' boyfriend." Rei says 
looking at Usagi with the last comment.

"Hey Mamo-chan has helped us out lots of times." Usagi yells at Rei.

"Oh, he's not useless, but he rarely fights until it gets desperate." 
Rei tells her, softening the blow, just a little, while twisting the knife.

"Wow Rei-chan, how did you get engaged to Ranma-kun?" Makoto asks, 
jealous of Rei snagging such a hunk.

"Well, I told you that I had seen the Neko-ken before." Rei explains.  
"Ranma-kun was the boy that I found acting like a cat 9 years ago, and 
we took care of him for 2 weeks.  We were great friends, I used to play 
with Ranchan, and Neko-Ranchan everyday.  Gramps even came up with a 
Neko-Tolerance technique."

Ranma shudders remembering a younger Rei coming towards him with a cat.

"It helped poor Ranchan build up a tolerance to being around cats, 
towards the end he could actually hold a cat without going 'neko'.  But 
when his father came to take him back, Gramps and Daddy make a deal with 
Saotome-san for Ranma-kun to marry me, and Saotome-san took my dowery 
and Ranma, and we never heard from them again, until today."

"Saotome Genma took off with your dowery and your defending Ranma!" 
Minako yells at Rei in disbelief.

"Oyaji is a thief and a con-man, not me!  I'm doing the best I can with 
the deals he has made!" Ranma-chan yells at Minako.

"Ranko-chan, I know he's your brother, but/" Minako starts but is cut 
off by Ranko.

"Ranma's problems are MY problems, his honor is My honor, his fights are 
My fights." Ranma-chan tells her in a cold hard voice, with the room's 
temperature dropping several degrees, and a barely visible blue aura and 
mist surrounding Ranma-chan.  "So what is your problem with 'ME'."

Minako, is a little scared by Ranko's little display, and looks at Rei 
and Usagi before answering. "It was three years ago, when I was living 
in England/"

"V-chan!" exclaims Ranko in sudden recognition.

"That's right! That bastard even gave me a nickname, he ... HE must of 
told you all about Ranko, for you to know who I am.  Why don't you tell 
us what he did to ME!" Minako ends up yelling at Ranko.

"Sailor V, Sailor Venus?  That should make the rest of you Senshi as 
well?" asks Ranma-chan, getting a few nods from around the table. "OK, 
V-chan, Ranma told me that he fought with you about 20 times too protect 
his father.  Yes, Oyaji was a thief, but he was the only family Ranma 
ever knew, he couldn't let him get put in jail.  How would Ranma ever be 
able to get home to Japan, you would have left him alone on the streets 
in a foreign land.  I..he really did enjoy your fights with him, you 
were a great opponent, and he was sorry that he didn't get a chance to 
say goodbye when he left.  He actually thinks your very pretty and a 
skilled opponent and you really improved over those 3 months. I know he 
did get carried away a few times, but it wasn't meant to hurt you.  The 
thing with the ribbons, well you shouldn't have said that about Mom.  
But he is sorry about dropping you into the fish guts, and the river uh 
three times, and the garbage umm four times, ... and the sewer that one 
time, and leaving you hanging from that fire escape."  Now she is 
smiling an evil grin as she recalls some fond memories.  "Oh how you 
screamed at me, who would think such a pretty girl like you could swear 
like that. Heh heh heh."

"RANMA!!  I can't believe you did all that to V!" a very angry Rei yells 
at Ranma-chan, "Here!" Throwing her cup of tea in her/his face. "Now 
apologize!"

Seeing Ranma turn from girl to guy, shocked the three guests, Usagi and 
Makoto had the usual wide eyed jaw drop reaction, Minako had the wide 
eyes all right, but they narrowed down real fast and she tried to dive 
across the table at her nemesis, screaming "You Bastard!!" but was held 
back by Rei.

"Mina!  Sit down and let him apologize." Rei says while holding her 
friend back.  "Ranma, apologize then we'll tell then about the curse."

"V-chan, I'm sorry," Ranma apologizes, "I had to fight you, but I 
shouldn't have been so cruel and insulting to you.  I didn't mean any of 
the insults, my dad always taught me to taunt my opponent until they 
became so angry that they would loose control and fight sloppy, once 
they were sloppy I would find and exploit a weakness to win the fight.  
I'm also sorry for leaving you in such horrible places and positions.  I 
was always careful not too hurt you, but it was cruel of me to drop you 
into the sewer, and the fish guts, and the garbage, and the river, and 
hang you upside down on that fire escape, and hog tie you with your 
ribbons."

"By the Kami! Ranma, no wonder Minako was 'pissed', couldn't you just 
knock her out or something?" Rei asks.

"Well, no, I couldn't knock her out and leave her unconcious, that would 
hurt her and something could happen to her while she was out, I had to 
come up with someway of getting a couple of minutes to make a get away, 
without actually hurting her." Ranma explains to Rei.

"OK, Ranma, I'll accept your apology." Minako says in a controlled angry 
tone.  "BUT, you are NOT off the hook for this, I want a rematch next 
weekend, and I'll have to come up with ways to torture you a little, 
because I NEED some payback for this."

"Bring Artemis over in the morning and you can scare Ranma-kun out of 
his mind." Rei tells Minako in a evil tone.

"Oh great, thanks Rei-chan.  But why would Ranma be scared of Arty?" 
Minako asks Rei.

"Well, you see.. he's scared of cats." Rei tells her.

"Cats!" Makoto exclaims.  "Ranma-kun is scared of 'cats'. Not just lions 
or tigers, but 'house cats'?!"

"Hey!  I'm right here, you know.  It gives me the heebee-geebees just 
hearing people mention cats." Ranma says with a shudder. "I still have 
nightmares about that horrible pit, filled with hungry c-clawed death.  
It happened when I was only 8 years old.  Day after day he tied me up 
w-with f-FISH!  Day after day He forced me to t-that pit, with the 
horrible Yowling and me-meowing.  Day after day, HE pushed me into 
'that' 'pit' with Twenty starving *CATS*!!"  At this point Ranma was 
staring across the table, but not seeing the girls seated across from 
him.  They could all see the horror behind his eyes, and Rei was 
scrambling to get around the table too him. 

Rei lands on her knees and hugs Ranma to her, crooning "It's OK, there 
aren't any cats here.  Your safe Ranchan. The cats can't get you while 
I'm here.  I'll never let your dad throw you into the pit ever again." 
as she rocked him back and forth while tears ran from her eyes.

"It was dark in that pit" Ranma whispered, "but I could see all those 
glowing eyes looking at me.  My hands were tied behind my back with 
fish.  So I would lay face down in mud and shit with my eyes closed 
until they ate enough of my ropes and I could get my hands free.  I 
would rip the fish off and give it to the cats, then huddle in the 
corner slapping the cats away until HE let me out of the pit."

While Rei hugged Ranma and tried to calm him down, Usagi scrambled to 
her feet and ran for the bathroom hoping to make it before she lost her 
dinner on the floor.  Minako broke down into tears that she had wanted 
to torture Ranma, when it was obvious that he had already been to Hell 
and barely escaped with his sanity.  Makoto was staring with horror 
filled eyes while praying to the Kami above that they could help Ranma, 
and wondering what sort of monsterous father could throw his son to the 
cats.

"I don't know how many times, but HE didn't know why it wasn't working.  
HE would try different types of fish, HE would add more cats, then ... 
the last time ... HE tied my hands with WIRE and put the fish UNDER my 
gi.  I couldn't free my hands and they were ripping at my clothes and 
chest, fighting to get IN MY GI!! ... Then next I knew I was on an old 
ladies lap with a girl petting my hair."

"She was really cute, and thought it was cool that I could become a 
'cat-boy' and play with her."  Ranma was whispering and Rei's face was 
going red.  "I don't think I would have made it with out her.  Arigato 
Rei-chan." and Ranma hugs Rei back.

----------

When Usagi came back from the bathroom, Ranma was releasing his grip on 
Rei, and Minako was wiping the tears from her eyes.  Rei finally 
released Ranma from her hug and turned his head to look in his eyes and 
asks "Diajoubu?" ("Are you OK?")

"I... I'm better.  I'll be OK in a minute." Ranma answers her in a 
hoarse whisper.  "Thanks Rei-chan.  I... I needed that.  That's the 
worst it's been in years." 

"Well, you have been through all kinds of hell today Ranchan.  Just go 
into the kitchen and relax. I'll finish telling them about it." Rei says 
as she seperates a little ways from Ranma and wipes her eyes and 
collects herself for telling the rest of the tale.

"Are you ready to hear the rest of it?" Rei asks the other girls, as 
Ranma gets up and leaves the room.

"I don't know Rei-chan, does it get any worse?" Minako asks Rei, hoping 
it doesn't.

"No, that was the worst of it." Rei tells her.

"By the Kami. Rei-chan, why would anyone do that to a boy?" Usagi asks 
in a quiet voice, still looking pale and shaken as she begins to sit 
back down at the table.

"*That* is how the Neko-Ken is taught. *That* is also why the Neko-Ken 
has been banned from being taught by any organized dojo in Japan." Rei 
explains to the others.  "The student has to tortured by cats until they 
are driven INSANE.  The *insanity* is the *technique*.  Not all the 
students survive the training, even fewer ever recover their sanity 
afterwards and those that don't have to be hunted down and killed.  Many 
of those that recover become vicious feral animals when they go berzerk, 
killing friend and foe because they can't tell the difference and have 
been hunted down or slain in battle.  Ranma-kun is one of the few that 
isn't vicious, that only attacks when provoked, and even then holds 
back, not hurting his opponents more than he has too.  Ranma-kun is also 
lucky that his neko personality will trust some people and can recover 
his sanity relatively easily."

"Imagine what a vicious Neko-Ken berzerker would be like." Rei whispers 
to them.  "We would have to hunt down and kill a human wildcat faster 
and more dangerous than any youma we have ever faced." Then louder she 
says "But Ranma-kun is a nice kitty cat, I used to play with Neko-chan 
when we were kids.  I knew he would never hurt me back then.  I guess 
that's why I didn't object when I found out that I'm his fiancee."  'Or 
freak out when I found out I was in the bath with him.' she thinks to 
herself.

"Oh how romantic!  I'm so jealous Rei-chan." Minako squeels.  "It's a 
classic case of a girl falling in love with a 'cat'?  Nevermind, that 
didn't come out right."

"Mina-chan, you and Artemis?  What will Luna think."  Makoto says 
teasing Minako.

"No!  It's not like that!  We're just friends!  Really, Mako-chan how 
could you even think that!"  Minako yells becoming flustered and 
embarassed at her slip.

Rei, Makoto, and Usagi bust out laughing a Minako.  This attracts Ranma 
from the kitchen, and he comes in with a glass of water asking "Whats so 
funny?"

"Oh, it was just girl talk, you wouldn't want to know, besides it's 
embarassing." Minako tells him, while Makoto is taking a drink to stop 
her giggling.

*Splash* 

"But it's just us girls, come on you can tell me.  Please."  Ranma-chan 
asks using her uber-kawaii technique complete with puppy-dog eyes and 
hyper-girly voice.

Makoto spews her drink across the table at Rei, while Usagi and Minako 
bust out laughing.

"Oh Rei-chan, I'm sorry haha, I couldn't help it. Tee hee hee.  The 
uber-kawaii attack got me when I was taking a drink. BWU HAHAHA.  
Saotome Ranma the Godslayer HAHA doing the kawaii girl shtick.  I 
couldn't help it, he's my idol HAHAHA and he turns into a gorgeous 
red-head  and acts all cutesy. HAHAHAHA." Makoto gets out as she rolls 
on the floor laughing.

"*Godslayer*?  How do you know about that Makoto-san?"  Ranma-chan asks 
her as she sits down besides Rei.

"Oh that, I have a subscription with Nabiki-san to get all the 
interesting details of your fights and stuff, but she always referred to 
you as Ranma or Ranko.  I always thought Ranko was your sister, not you 
HAHA."  Makoto manages to get out before laughing again.

"Wait.  *Godslayer*?  Is that serious?"  Rei asks becoming serious.  The 
other girls manage to stop laughing to hear this.

"Well, I suppose he isn't that much of a god, and he didn't stay dead, 
but yeah I killed Saffron, the Immortal Pheonix God-King of the bird 
people of Pheonix Mountain and he was reborn from his ashes as just a 
little kid."  Ranma tells her.  "He was trying to kill me and I had to 
kill him to get to the magic water I needed to save Akane's life.  That 
was just 2 weeks ago." 

"But... I think me and Akane-san are over."  Ranma explains.  "She 
doesn't trust me.  She has a horrible temper and gets most of her 
exercize by jumping to conclusions about me and other girls.  The 
wreckage of the wedding seems to symbolize our relationship.  Our 
father's trying to push us together come Hell or high water, and 
everyone else trying to tear us apart, with her screaming *Ranma no 
baka.* and pounding on me when ever she has the slightest excuse."

"That's horrible Ranma-san."  Minako says "I don't think you need to 
worry about my revenge, it sounds like you've had enough trouble for a 
dozen lifetimes and I couldn't stand myself if I caused you any more."

"Well, do you want to beat up the 'Old Man'?  I could set him up for 
you, he deserves it."  Ranma offers nicely with an evil grin.

"Yeah, I'd like that, after all this is mostly his fault." Minako says 
accepting his offer.

"Uhm, excuse me."  Usagi butts in. "Could you explain to me how you were 
that girl, then a guy, and now a girl.  Just make up your mind, girl or 
boy."

"Here we go again.  Rei-chan could you get the water?" asks Ranma.  
"I'll let Minako do the honors this time.  My father took me to a 
training ground in China called Jusenkyo, it has over a hundred cursed 
spring.  Each spring has a shapechanging curse, the victim takes to form 
of the last thing to drown in that pool when splashed with cold water, 
and hot water returns you to your normal form."

Minako takes this as her cue and pours hot water on Ranma, changing her 
to him.  "Wow."

"We were sparring on the bamboo poles sticking out of the pools, I 
kicked my dad into Shonmaoniichuan, spring of drowned panda, and when a 
giant panda jumped out of the spring and attacked me I was knocked into 
Nyanniichuan, spring of drowned girl."

Then Minako pours the cold water on his, now her head.  "It doesn't hurt 
does it?"

"Not unless the water is too hot, or if I get hit with hot and cold at 
the same time, Kami does that hurt."

"Why?" Rei asks "What happens?"

"Well, you've seen the how a werewolf changes in a horror movie, all 
slow and painful, with bones, muscles, and skin stretching and 
shifting." Ranma explains, "It's like that because your trying to turn 
into both forms at the same time and you end up stuck between forms 
until the water is just hot or cold."

"That's Horrible!" Usagi says, "But you sound angry like someone ahh 
tortured you?"

"Yeah, my uncute fiancee, Tendo Akane.  Shampoo sometimes sneaks into 
the house to visit me, she'll try and seduce me, bring me dinner, or 
just come to talk.  One time she snuck in as a c-cat and jumped into the 
furo turning back into a naked girl in the bath with me, but Akane saw 
the cat and followed her, she hit us both with cold water from the 
shower head.  I was in incredible pain.  Boy from the waist down, girl 
from the chest up and my guts twisting between the two.  Shampoo, she 
was screaming and yowling stuck in a werewolf like transformation, her 
bones were twisting, parts of her was shrinking, her fur and claws came 
out, while her hair pulled in.  I fired a quick Ki Blast and put Akane 
through the wall.  When the cold water stopped we both returned to 
normal, but Shampoo was in shock from the pain.  I propped her up in the 
tub, then put my pants on and went after my vicious bitch of a fiancee 
while yelling for Kasumi to call the doctor and the Old Ghoul for 
Shampoo.  Akane was mad at me for defending Shampoo and tried to hit me 
with her damn mallet, but I blocked it and went after the bitch.  Our 
father's pulled me away from her after I hit her a couple times."

"What happened then?  Did she get punished?" Makoto asks.

"Ha!  I got a lecture about hitting my fiancee, and being unfaithful to 
her.  But the Akane-hime, Princess of the dojo, she didn't even 
apologize.  She said I deserved it for being a pervert.  Shampoo however 
threatened her with the Kiss of Death if she ever did that to me or her 
again and Colonge backed her up on the threat.  It turns out that 
Shampoo almost died from the shock and pain.  Of course her 
transformation is much more drastic that mine.  Getting stuck half-male 
and half-female is really painful, getting stuck half c-cat half-human 
must be like being torn apart and smashed together at the same time."



------------------------




So far I've used parts of 2 fanfics with permission of the authors. 
Thank you Targhan and Bob Lobster for Moonlight Kitty and Hell Hath No 
Fury.  Both very original stories, now if they would only continue them, 
because they were both too short.  Write more, please.  I have used a 
few jokes and punch lines from other stories.  One person spotted the 
'heterosexual lesbian' thing which probably first appeared in 'Girl 
Days', and liked my 'monogamous bi-sexual' addition to the joke.  One of 
the funniest things about Ranma 1/2 is using gender confusion in the plot.


I've scene the water torture used before but don't remember the name of 
the fanfic it was in.  If you know it let me know what it is.



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