All characters in this fanfic do not belong to me, so don't bother suing
me. I'm only a poor student.


 "So where are we going now Oyaji?" the voice belonged to a young male
with blue eyes and raven-dark hair braided into a pigtail. He was known
as Ranma Saotome or more affectionately, just plain Ran-chan to the girl
beside him.

 Genma sighed. He had no real idea what to do now. They had travelled
for ten years and he had taught Ranma almost everything he knew. Soon it
would be time to go home, except there was no home to go to. If only
Soun had not disappeared twenty-three years ago. He could remember the
last drinking binge they had, on the night Soun disappeared and on the
eve of his and Nodoka's wedding. They had joked about how they would one
day unite the Tendo and Saotome lines but it had never come true with
Soun's disappearance.

 "Hey Oyaji! Where are we going?" Ranma yelled again, trying to get his
father to answer him.

 "Ranchan, quit being so impatient. He'll tell us when we get there,"
his travelling companion, Ukyou Kuonji chided.

 " I've got a bad feeling about this," Ranma grumbled to no one in
particular.

 ****

 "Are you sure it's safe Washu?" Tenchi asked nervously as he looked at
Washu's invention.

 "Relax, I made it didn't I?" Washu said, smiling as she crossed her
fingers behind her back. She didn't mention the last two times she had
tried this, the machine had backfired.

 ****

 Ryouga smirked as he caught sight of his prey. Finally after so long,
after trekking through China, he had caught up on Ranma Saotome. Finally
revenge would be his. Not to mention he would be able to liberate Ukyou
from his grasp.

 "Ranma!" he yelled as he charged towards him.

 ****

 Ranma fidgeted as he walked along the street. For some reason, he just
couldn't stay still. Something was wrong, was about to happen. Suddenly,
he saw it. A black circle of darkness hovering in the air in front of
them.

 "What is that!?" he said, stopping immediately.

 "I don't know," Ukyou said, already getting herself into a defensive
posture in case the black circle was some sort of enemy.

 *Uh-oh,* was Genma's only thought as the black circle expanded,
encompassing them.

 ****

 *Damn, it didn't work again!* Washu thought as she recovered from the
shockwave of her machine blowing up.

 ****

 Ranma awoke with a killer headache. Blinking once or twice, he took in
his surroundings. "Where am I?" he asked as he took in the strange
scenery.

 "Ucchan? Oyaji? Anyone!?" he yelled as he stood up. Almost immediately
he heard a rustling in the bushes across him. Dropping into an offensive
stance, he waited for whatever had made the noise to appear.

 "Ranma, that you?" Genma said as he stumbled out from the bush.

 Ranma relaxed slightly. "Hey Oyaji, you have any idea where we are
now?" Ranma said.

 "None at all boy, I've never even seen trees this colour before." Genma
replied solemnly.

 "Great, now we're lost, what else can go wrong?" Ranma asked
hypothethically. Glancing around quickly, he added, "Hey, where's
Ucchan?"

 Suddenly a scream pierced the tranquil forest air. A feminine scream.

 Before he knew it, Ranma was up on his feet and running towards the
source of the scream, already fearing the worst. Was it Ukyou who was
screaming?

 He stopped in a large clearing where he saw the person who screamed.
Unfortunately it wasn't Ukyou, it wasn't even someone Ranma had seen
before. She seemed older than him, though not by very much, with long
brown hair carefully tied up into a pony tail. She was also wearing a
dress that would have been better suited for housekeeping than for
running in a forest.

 "What's she running from?" Ranma said out loud to no one in particular
as the woman reached him.

 "From them maybe?" Genma pointed towards two figures flying in the air.

 Ranma blinked as he took them in. They seemed human but had wings along
with rough taloned hands. *Ok, it's nothing. I've handled worse than
this before.*

 "Go on Ranm, you go..um, fight them while I stay back and protect the
girl," Genma offered, pushing his son forward.

 " Thanks a lot pop," Ranma growled as he faced his two advesaries.

 "Give us the girl!" one figure shouted.

 "Uh-uh, you want her you gotta get through me first." Ranma said,
readying himself for anything they might try.

 "Fine, let's teach him a lesson," the other figure replied.

 Just then it started to rain.

 Ranma blinked as he faced two completely human boys.

 "Come on, let's charge him! He can't take us both down," the first
figure yelled.

 Five seconds later, the fight was over with both boys sailing over the
horizon.

 "That takes care of that," Ranma snorted, rubbing his hands together.
He turned back to see whether the woman was okay only to see she was
surrounded by several other people. One of them spotting him came over.
Ranma assessed him silently, the person was apparently another martial
artists from the way he moved, although not as good as him(*of course no
one was,* Ranma thought) the person was quite good by normal standards.
He noticed the bokken the person carried with him.

 "Ah, many thanks to you stranger who would help us save our beloved
princess, the fair Kasumi Tendo from the vile, evil clutches of the
insidious Bird-rom. 'Tis a pity that I could not have vanquished them
myself but alas I arrived too late."

 Ranma blinked as he took all this in. "Uh...yeah, you're welcome. Your
name would be?"

 "What!? You know not of me? The mighty and valiant warrior, Kuno
Tatewaki? The Blue Thunder of Roshtaria," Kuno finished dramatically
just a lightning split the air.

 *Nice touch,* Ranma thought. "Yeah well, me and my father were just
passing through," he turned to point at his pop, "So if you don't mind,
could you tell us where we are?"

 "Why you are in Roshtaria of course," Kuno said, blinking at what he
thought was obviously a stupid question.

 "Ah....I don't suppose you know how we can get to Japan from here do
you?" Ranma asked, hoping against hope that Kuno would say yes.

 "I fear not. But mind not, for you must come with us. You have helped
save the princess, although I myself could have done that. You must come
with us to Roshtaria where the King would wish to reward thee
handsomely."

 Genma who had been strangely silent up till now suddenly spoke up.
"Yes, I think we will do that."

 "Wait! What about Ukyou? We have to find her first," Ranma said,
protesting as Genma and Kuno dragged him along to the royal airship.


    Authors Note: I just got this idea from clear out of the blue(I
think). I was watching the tv version when I got this idea. What do you
think? Should I expand on this idea or what? C&C would be very welcome.