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Some of you may remember this one. I've changed the villian simply because
that after much thought, I realized Ranma and [Censored to protect those who
haven't seen this] were seriously outclassed in terms of raw power so I gave
them a different oppenent.


Dot: He's just standing there, shooting at things!
Enzo: I know! And in the next level Sprites are zombies. They've got flesh
on
their bones!
Dot:  I don't even want to think about that. I mean, what kind of sick
creature gets enjoyment out of playing this sorta game?!
[Dot and Enzo turn and glare at the camera.]
-Reboot, "To Mend and Defend"
********************

Some time ago, there was a story about a young man who fell into a cursed
spring and from then on, whenever splashed with cold water, he would
transform into a girl. Hot water would change him back, but only until the
next time.

This is not that story.

For four million years ago, a very tragic thing happened. . .
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, The present. . .


"Ranma, are you sure you need to do this?"

"C'mon, Ucchan, I can beat pop anywhere and anywhen," boasted the black
haired youth as he leapt up onto the bamboo pole that stuck straight up out
of the water. "Besides, its just water, what's the worst that could happen?"
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, Four million years ago. . .

Her breath came in short gasps as she limped her away across the narrow
ground. She could hear his footsteps, slow and measured as she pursued her
implacably.

They were the only two survivors, and soon, there would be only one.
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, The present. . .

Ranma's opponent was a balding middle aged man with a large stomach. But
upon
closer inspection, the fat was over forty-five years worth of hard muscle
and
his movements were akin to a dancer's.

"Lets see how much you've learned, boy," He growled.
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, Four million years ago. . .

"So there you are." She spun at the sound of her voice.

"What more do you want?" She demanded. "The volcano will forever be dormant.
Everyone but us is dead." She spread her arms wide. "It's over."

"Not quite." She raised her arm, indicating the landscape around them.

"What? Here? Now?" She nodded. He was serious, she realized. "One shall
stand, one shall fall?" She asked. She nodded as she set herself, raising
her
weapon into position.

Sighing, she also got herself into position. The late afternoon sun was
warm,
and she could hear a bird chirping.

At least It was a good day to die.
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, The present. . .

"This is not good. They standing over cursed springs." Ukyo turned to look
at
the speaker, an older man in a green army uniform.

"What's not good?" She paused. "What cursed springs?

"All these springs!" He waved his arm. "Each one cursed. Very tragic story
go
with each one. Whoever fall in take form of whatever drown there last."

"Like?" She asked.

"Over there," he said, indicating a spring several yards from where Ranma
and
his father traded blows. "Spring of Drowned Girl. Very tragic legend of girl
who drown in spring one thousand two hundred year ago. Now whoever fall in
spring take form of drowned girl."

"And over there?" She asked indicating a spring near where Gemma Saotome,
Ranma's father, had landed.

"Spring of drowned Panda. Very tragic legend of Panda Bear that drown
there-"

"I get the idea," she interrupted, starting forward. "I have to stop them!"

"Wait!" She froze and looked back.

"What?"

"You about to step in Spring of Drowned Boy!" Ukyo looked down, her upraised
foot was hovering over one of the springs. Carefully pulling out the spatula
she carried slung across her back, she pushed against the bamboo pole with
it, sending her stumbling back. Turning, she carefully made her way back to
where the Guide stood, staring at her with something akin to awe.

"What?" She asked.

"You listen to me?"

"Why wouldn't I? You know this place better then I do."

"Oh, miss!" He cried, wrapping his arms around her in a hug. "You first
person to listen to me in fifty years!" Unsure what else to do, Ukyo patted
the Guide on the back even as her eyes were drawn to where Ranma and Gemma
leapt at each other.

Now what?
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, Four million years ago. . .

They stood there, facing each other. Every part of her hurt. She wasn't
faring much better from the looks of things.

"Hm. The first star of the evening," she said thoughtfully. She followed her
gaze upwards, where a single pinprick of light glowed in the sky.

"Its a planet you know," she said quietly. "Venus, I think."

"Ah yes, named for the Roman Goddess of Love." She shook her head. "Humans
have such strange notions."

"It makes them special," she said.

"Perhaps." She gazed at the star for a moment longer. "Sentiment. . ." Then
she let out a sigh and looked at her. "It seems we are at a stalemate."

"It seems that way," she agreed cautiously.

"It is fortunate that we are here then."

"Oh?"

"Oh yes." She turned and walked away from her. "These springs are very
special. She stopped at one of them and tossed something in. "Good-bye."
With
that, he jumped in.

She never resurfaced.
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, The present. . .

Ranma landed on the bamboo pole, watching as his father plunged into the
spring. He wasn't worried, the man had swam to China from Japan and any
second, the old goat would come leaping out and they could continue.

What came out though, was a large Panda Bear.

Naturally, Ranma was surprised. He was even more surprised when the Panda
executed a perfect punch combo that sent him flying into another spring.
********************
Jusenkyo Springs, Four million years ago. . .

She sat there, watching as the fire slowly roasted the rabbit. Her kind
didn't really need food, but it helped. Besides, it was only fitting that
she
have a last meal.

Laying back on the grass, she looked up at the stars overhead. Her foe's
last
words about the springs kept running through her head.

What made these springs so special that she would kill herself?

Special Springs. . .Special Springs. It tickled her memory. Something she
had
read about special-Curse her blasted memory!

Wait.

Curse. . . cursed. . .cursed springs?

"Of course! The Cursed Springs of Jusenkyo!" She exclaimed sitting straight
up. "But the springs only change your form. . ." She mused. Wait. He had
thrown something in before he jumped in. Closing her eyes, she ran the
memory
through her mind.

She saw him toss the object in and froze it right there. What was it? She
pulled it in.

It was difficult to make out details, but it looked like a parasite drone,
designed to bring out of control drones under control by rewriting their
programs. Most people carried one, you never knew.

But why-unless she had-

She swore loudly even as she took hers out and the small tool kit she
carried.

Two could play that game.

When she was done, she tossed the remains of dinner into the bushes and
carefully buried the remains of the fire.

Then she walked over to the nearest spring and stood there, staring at the
inky waters.

What she was about to do was probably the longest shot anyone had ever
tried.
There was no garuntee it would work.

"But to do nothing, is the greatest sin of all," she said quietly as she
tossed the parasite drone in.

Then she jumped in.
********************
Tendo Anything Goes School of Martial Arts.
Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Present Day.

"What?!" Yelled the black haired girl.

"Now calm down, Akane," Soun Tendo ventured. "The agreement was made before
even Kasumi was born-"
"This is the twenty first century!" Akane yelled.

"Actually, the twenty first century doesn't start until next year, Akane."

"Shut up, Nabiki!" Akane yelled and turned back to her father. "Arranged
marriages went out with Samurais and. . .and Ninjas!"

"Now that's enough!" Soun snapped. "The arrangement was made and you will
abide by it! One of you will marry Gemma's son Ranma, uniting the schools
and
that's that!"

"Yes, Father," they chorused.

"Very good," Soun said as a knock was heard. "Ah, that must be Gemma." He
said, and exited the room.

"I can't believe he set this up!" Akane seethed between clenched teeth.

"Well maybe he's a Prince Charming," Nabiki said.

"And maybe he's a toad," Akane grumbled as Soun returned with a young man
who
upon seeing them, bowed.

"He seems nice," Kasumi said.

"Hmph!" Akane said.

"Girls, This is Ranma Saotome." Soun said, making introductions. "Ranma,
this
is Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane."

"Uh. . .hi," he said, wilting under the gaze of Akane.

"Tendo!" Came the loud voice from the door, turning, they saw a large man in
a white gi enter trailed by a boy with a huge spatula slung across his back.

"Saotome!" Tendo yelled and the two men embraced in a bear hug. "And who's
this?" He asked, turning to the boy who was leaning the spatula against the
wall.

"You remember Ukyo don't you, Tendo?"

"Little Ucchan?" Soun asked looking at Ukyo.

"Well she's not so little anymore!" Both men laughed.

"Um?" Ranma spoke up. Everyone looked at him. "Which way to the. . .uh. . .?

"Up the stairs, to the left, first door on your left," Nabiki said.

"Thanks," Ranma said and dashed upstairs.

"He's cute," Nabiki said.

"Fine," Akane said, picking up a copy of the Urusei Yatsura manga and
opening
it. "You can marry him." Nabiki didn't answer, but she was staring at the
stairs thoughtfully.
********************
Ranma carefully dried his hands and sighed. What was he going to do when
they
found out?

<Its not like you have to stay here,> said a woman's voice.

"Huh?"

<We really need to get back to those springs,> The voice continued. <If
someone falls in before we can drown a rabbit or something in that spring,
we're all in trouble.>

"Who?"

<Look in the mirror.> Ranma raised his eyes to the mirror and was startled
to
see his cursed form staring back. He looked back at his hands. Yep. Human
hands.

<What's your name?> asked the mirror.

"Uh. . .Ranma. Ranma Saotome."

<Mine's Airazor. Looks like you and I need to talk.>

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No real changes other then some grammer corrections and a few other cosmetic
modifications to improve the flow of the story.

Also, I'd like to mention that the previous chapter was also a rewrite. My
bad.

C&C is, as always, even if I don't say it, welcome.

Lawyer's Rule:
When the law is against you, argue the facts.
When the facts are against you, argue the law.
When both are against you, call the other lawyer names.
**********************
<. . .and the next thing I know, I'm in your head.> Airazor finished.

"Wow," Ranma said, looking at the floor.

<So you see now why we have to leave and get back to that spring.>

"Wow," Ranma said again.

<Talkative one aren't you?>

"Wow," Ranma said a third time.

<Hello? Anyone home?> There was a pause. <HEY! BONEHEAD!>

"Ahh!" Ranma shouted, leaping to his feet. "That hurt!"

"<It got you to wake up didn't it?> Ranma opened his mouth to respond when
there came a banging on the door.

"Ranma? Are you okay?" It was a girl's voice.

<Sure I am,> Airazor mocked. <I'm just chatting with a voice in my head.>

"Yeah, uh-stubbed my toe," Ranma lied, glaring at the mirror. "Be out in a
minute."

<Nice one,> Airazor cheered, her voice dripping with sarcasm

"Okay." Came the girl's voice.

"Look," Ranma said, glaring at the mirror. "I have problems of my own to
deal
with. I can't go running off to China just to drown a rabbit because you're
worried about some nutty robot."

<That "nutty robot" is a sociopathic scientist on a planet full of test
victims,> Airazor shot back. <If my body is your cursed form and its fully
repaired, Odds are that so is hers."

"Yeah, but you beat her last time."

<Last time', I didn't beat her, she committed suicide.>

"Look. There's no garuntee that she got resurrected. Those pools are remote,
and besides-"

<Okay,> Airazor interrupted. <Tell you what; you help me, I'll help you.
Tonight we fly back to Jusenkyo and drown a rabbit or something in the
pool.>

"And?"

<And I'll help you sort through that mess downstairs. Or have you forgotten
that Xian Pu girl?>

"Oh crud," Ranma groaned.

<I'll take that as a yes. And after that, we go hunting for her. Deal?>

Ranma sighed.

"Deal."
********************
"How's your toe, Ranma?" Nabiki asked when he came back downstairs. "Kasumi
said you yelled pretty loud."

"Toe?" Ranma asked.

<Toe,> Airazor supplied. <One of those wiggly things at the end of your
feet.>

"Oh! My toe. Its fine. Just fine."

<Brilliant.>

"You shut up," Ranma said under his breath, being careful not to move his
lips.

<Excuse me,> Airazor said, sounding offended.

"So, boy," Gemma said, clapping his son on the back. "Which one of these
ladies will it be?"

<Don't pick any of them,> Airazor interjected. <The only one who even looks
mildly interested is that Nabiki and the way she's looking at you makes my
superstructure crawl.>

"Uh. . ." Ranma was uncomfortably aware of everybody looking at him. "I. .
."

<Tell them you need to get to know them before you choose.>

"I think I should get to know them before I choose," Ranma said, trying to
make it sound like his idea.

"There's plenty of time for that after you two are married!" Gemma said.
"Now
choose, boy."

"Uncle Saotome," Ukyo said. "I think Ranma's got a good idea. Let him get to
know them. He can't get married until he turns eighteen right?"

"Well. . ." Gemma hesitated.

"Its settled then," Nabiki said as she stood and came around the table. "I
for one am very interested in hearing about your travels," she said,
grabbing
Ranma's arm. "Why don't I show you the neighborhood and you can tell me all
about China?"

Uh. . ." Ranma said as he was half hauled away.

"I'm glad that's all settled. So how about a game of Shogi, Saotome?"

"Sure thing, Tendo." With that, the two men left the room.

"I'd better get these done." Kasumi said, gathering up the tea and
disappearing into the kitchen, leaving Ukyo and Akane staring at each other.

"Um. . ." Ukyo ventured. "Hi."
********************
The clock proclaimed it one in the morning when Ranma, bucket of ice water
in
hand, carefully sneaked out the door and around to the alley in back.

<That whole family's weird. Doesn't anything ruffle that girl's feathers?>

"Kasumi or Nabiki?"

<Both of them. But Kasumi. . .She didn't even blink when Akane threw that
plate at you.>

"I ducked didn't I?" Ranma asked, looking around to make sure no one was
watching as he began to strip off his clothes. He and Airazor were the same
height, but her body shape was different. It wouldn't be so bad if she was
flesh and blood, but she wasn't and her armor had some sharp edges that were
murder on his clothes.

<And don't even get me started on Nabiki,> Airazor went on as though Ranma
hadn't spoken. <I felt like a mouse being watched by a cat the whole time.>

"Yeah, yeah." Ranma said, upending the bucket over his head. "Let's get this
over with." With that, she rose up into the air on her jets and quickly flew
towards the west.

Meanwhile, in her room, Nabiki shut the window and made a note in the legal
pad on her desk before going back to bed.

This fiancee bisnuess was going to prove to be more interesting then she
thought.
********************
The next morning, Ranma was awakened by Gemma's patented pillow to the head
alarm clock. His response was that of young men around the world when woken
up from a sound sleep.

"Whuzhuh?" There was a muffled growl and a pillow impacted with his head
again.

<Wakey, wakey,> Airazor said cheerfully as the pillow came whistling in a
third time, but by now, Ranma was awake enough to block the pillow.

"Alright, Pop. I'm up." Ranma said, sitting up and yawning.

"Gumph," Gemma said and left..

<Come on, Come on. Let's go.>

"Yeah, yeah." Ranma said and left the room.

As luck would have it, Ukyo was coming down the hallway.

"Hey, Uuchan!" Ranma hissed. "I need your help!"

"Sure thing," she said as Ranma pulled her back into his room. Quickly, he
explained about Airazor and the previous night's adventure.

"So what do you need me for?" Ukyo said. It was quite obvious she had a
different idea for why Ranma was hearing a voice in his head.

"We raided her ship," Ranma said. "She remembered something that was still
there and it was still in working order."

"What was it?"

"She called it a solution to my torn clothes," Ranma said absently as he
remembered the ship.
********************
"Mount Fiji?" Ranma asked as she touched down at the base of the most famous
mountain in all of Japan. "This ship is inside Mount Fiji?"

<Not exactly. The Axalon fell into a lake about three hundred kilometers
north of here. This is what my friends died to gaurd.> Ranma didn't see
anything worth guarding, but she kept her mouth shut. She did have a few
manners after all.

"So now what?"

<Twenty meters to your right. Rattrap dug a secret tunnel.> Ranma followed
her directions and found herself staring at nothing but rock.

"What secret tunnel?"

<Now repeat after me. Computer: Transmit access code: Open Sesame.> Ranma
complied.

"Open Sesame?" He asked when he had finished.

<Rattrap thought he was funny,> Airazor said as the rock shimmered and
flowed
away to reveal a dark tunnel.

"Wow."

<Reverse-Engineered Vok technology.>

"Who?"

<Long story,> Airazor said as they entered.

The tunnel opened up into a large cavern. To his left was a pair of metal
doors, half buried under several large rocks. To the right was a tunnel half
barricaded with rocks. A five fingered metal hand stuck out of the rocks,
half covered with a brown substance.

<Dinobot. He was a Former Predacon and the first of us to fall,> Airazor
said
sadly as Ranma squeezed her way past the rocks.

A few meters beyond was another robot. It lay on its back, a gaping hole in
its chest. The features were vaguely rodent like and yet there was something
trustworthy there.

<Rattrap,> Airazor said. <Probably Dinobot's best friend. We all thought he
was a former Decepticon who saw the light but we couldn't prove it. The last
thing he said was that we were all going to die.> She paused. <We all told
him to shut up.> Ranma took one last look at the face as she moved on. It
almost seemed as though he had the self satisfied smirk of someone proved
right.

The next bot they found was one with catlike features and it took every
ounce
of Ranma's self-control not to freak out. Its fingers were curled around a
very large gun and there was a almost peaceful look on its face.

<Cheetor, The youngest of all of us. I always thought he was hiding
something.>

Ranma didn't say anything. It seemed almost wrong to speak in this place.

The next bot was blue and white and also had catlike features and Ranma
pressed herself against the wall. Both arms were missing and one leg was
bent
at an impossible angle.

<Tigertron,> Airazor's voice was grief stricken. Ranma didn't push the
subject, choosing to get out of there as fast as possible.

At that point, they emerged into a large cavern, shattered equipment
littered
the floor and in the middle, a bot that seemed to be half ape and half
robot.

<Optimus Primal. Our Commander. Take the tunnel to the right.> Ranma did so
and found herself in another cavern. More equipment lay here. Broken vials,
and blackened, twisted pieces of metal. <Over there, under the cloth>

Pulling it aside, Ranma found herself staring at what looked like a coffin.
It was oblong shaped with a cylinder along the right side. Another Cylinder
was attached to the left side.

"What is it?"

<Rhinox's legacy, and the solution to your torn clothes.>

"How's it gonna do that?"

<I'll explain once we've gotten back. Grab it.> Ranma complied and carefully
lifted it over her head.

"Now what?"

<Exit the room and turn right.>

In the end, they had loaded everything onto a small cargo carrier. There
were
all sorts of things ranging from mementos to strange pieces of electronic
equipment.

"How we supposed to get this home?"

<Oh slag!>
********************
"And how did you get it home?" Ukyou asked when Ranma finished the tale.

"It flies. Kinda. I sorta half rode, half pushed it."

"Ranma, I'll grant that your cursed form isn't. . .anything local, but do
you
seriously expect me to buy that?"

"Just follow me, okay?" Ranma said and stormed out of the room. Sighing,
Ukyou followed.
********************
"Here's your proof!" Ranma said, yanking away the cloth. Ukyou gasped. There
it was, just like he described it, shining in the morning sun.

"Okay," she said, running her hand over the smooth metal, "assuming I
believe
you about that your cursed form is some sort of time traveling alien robot,
and that there is a starship hidden inside Mount Fiji, that still doesn't
make it any less credible that this robot's brain is rooming inside your
head."

"It's not her brain!" Ranma hissed. "Its like. . ." he trailed off, scuffing
at the ground with his toe.

"Seeing how uncomfortable the conversation was making him, she changed the
subject. "What do you need me to do?"

"Airazor-that's her name,"

"So you said."

<Half a dozen times>

"Airazor said that since my human body and hers are about the same height
and
build, we can use this thing to make her body passable in public. Problem
is,
you have to make the choices while its running and I can't do it from
inside."

"So you need me."

"Well, you're the only other one who knows about my curse and Pop has
trouble
using doors, so. . ." He left it hanging.

"What do I need to do?"
********************
"Its fairly simple," Ranma said as she lay down. "When it asks for
something,
supply the information."

"And the idea is that I make it look like your regular body?"

"Yeah." The lid closed and the machine began humming. It was fairly simple
to
follow the instructions, but then she made a mistake.

She fixed it as best she could though.

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