Ranma � and its characters are the creations and properties of 
Rumiko Takahashi. With some original characters by myself



First fic warning, and comments would be helpful. I can be E-mail at 
starliner@mediaone.net

Ranma Meets the Avatron (working title)

By Peter A. Sehavilin


In a clearing in a nearby forest just outside Tokyo. 


It was a quiet night and only a light breeze was blowing. Suddenly with
a flash of light a portal open up visibly and two forms stepped through
it. A teenage girl and man. After they both had stepped through, the
portal vanished from sight with another bright flash. Both stood only
about 5 Feet in high but the girl was a little shorter than the man.
They both had long hair and athletic builds, though the girl Had more
even features to her. The man was dressed in jeans and a denim jacket,
while the girl wore a light flowing red dress made of a light material
that seemed to flow with the breeze

The girl blinked as she looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings,
turning to look at the man besides her she asked, "Daddy can we go see
Ranma now?"

The man carefully scanned the surroundings before being seemingly satisfied
that there was no immediate threat to either of them. "Later, there a
few things we need to take care of first" he answered.

"Daddy.." the girl pleaded, tugging the man's hand but at same time staying
close to him, a bit afraid of the new, unfamiliar surroundings, "Ranma's
sad and lonely, I can feel it"

"You can make him happy once we meet up with him. We just first need
to find a place to stay right now and make an agreement for your schooling.
Then we can see him." The man told the girl 

The girl pouted for a while, not liking the seemingly necessary extra
time that would pass before she could see Ranma again. "I guess it's
good that way.." the girl replied..

As they began to walk towards the city lights, the girl asked, "Dad?
could I get into same school as Ranma?"

"Well will see if you can. But I have to look into it first, you will
most likely have a tutor just like back at home." The man said, smiling
at his daughter as they walked to their destination.


A few days later. In a private investigators office.


The old man sitting behind his old wooden desk raised his eyes briefly
his work to look at his visitor. The man put his papers carefully aside,
leaving some free room on the desk papers, before running a gnarled hand
ran through his dusty gray hair as he opened the drawer of the desk and
pulled out a manila folder and grilled through it.

"Here's the information you wanted. With what information you gave us,
Mr Starliner - and with what we were so far able to gather, I would say
that the you have a very good case." 

"Thank you for getting the work done in so short time as I asked." Said
Mr. Starliner his face remaining an emotionless mask.

"We still need to gather more information but it looks like Genma Saotome
left a large trail of petty crimes and skipped Debts behind him. Actually
it would be in his best interest to honor the contract, the funds you
provided it would pay off all of the debt, with plenty left over to boot."

"But if he does break it, you should have more than enough evidence you
need to gain custody. Though being a gaijin might bring out a few problems".
Said the PI.

"I don't see where that should prove to be a problem at all?" asked Mr
Starliner, giving the PI a puzzled look.

"Well you got to admit the courts would be a little suspicious why a
extra terrestrial would want to have a custody of a minor" the PI tolled.

"True," the man replied. "But it is for personal reasons, and if it does
go to the courts I would then be willing to release more information
than I am willing to relate at this time." said Mr Starliner to the PI.

"Actually, I doubt that will be a problem. I fully agree with your reasons
for wanting to be discrete, your daughter is very special." Explained
the PI. "It is in her best interests if the facts of what your daughter
is would be known by as few as possible" Said the PI.

"Oh? And how did you learn about this?" Said Mr. Starliner, looking at
the PI questioningly.

"Let's say, a few people who would also like that your and your daughters
stay to be as pleasant as possible, They would be interested in talking
with you later." said the PI.

"Than would be fine. I would be interested in talking to them." Mr. Starliner
said with a thin smile.


The next day.


The local mailman walked up to the Tendo Dojo, dropping today's mail
into the mailbox before leaving quickly. He did not want to be near when
Genma Saotome read his mail, things had bad tendency to get violent whenever
that person got mail and he didn't want to be nearby when that happened.

A little while later Kasumi stepped outside to retrieve the day's mail.
"Oh my," she let out as she noticed that Genma had got a letter. As Kasumi
walked back into the house, she was wondering what trouble Genma had
got himself or Ranma into this time.

"I hope it not another Fiancee." Kasumi said to herself as she walked
inside, but already knowing that what it most likely to be what the letter
was about. 

Kasumi found both Genma and Soun playing their favorite pastime, Go,
both doing their best to cheat during their turn - or even when it wasn't
their turn. "Uncle Saotome you got a Letter." She said with her usual
smile, handing the letter to him.

Genma looked the letter over before quickly opening it and beginning
to read. As he read the letter his face turned pale and drops of sweat
could be seen pouring down his forehead. After seemingly having read
the letter he quickly crumbled it and threw it into the trash can. Soun
seeing his friends uneasy look, frowned at Genma. "Saotome this is not
another Fiancee is it?" he asked his friend, looking slightly troubled
as he wondered just what Genma got himself into this time.

Genma squirmed, trying to think of something to say, "Oh, nothing! No
no no! I didn't engage Ranma to any alien girl!" Genma babbled quickly.

"What! You engaged my son-in-law to an alien girl?" thundered Soun, scooping
up the letter from the trash and looking it over himself.


An "Oh My" was heard from Kasumi as she covered her mouth with her hand
in shock. "This is even stranger then the last one." She said to no one
in particularly.


A while later in Nerita High School


It had all started two weeks ago, when a PI had been visiting at school,
asking questions about Saotome family. A little bit later she had learned
that the PI had been part of a bigger, very expensive Investigation company
which probably meant that he had been experienced as well.

Then on same day, someone had just appeared out of the blue and bought
one of the most expensive properties. Nabiki had considered this strange
enough to be worth investigating. All she was able to gather had been
that a man had bought it, A single man and his daughter coming form out
of the blue and having bought one of the most expensive properties in
the neighborhood. 

All this had felt a bit mysterious, seemingly the girl got a home tutoring
too, which cost money, something that the man seemed to have more than
enough of. But where did he get it all? And who was he?

For the next few days she had tried to had both the man and the girl
shadowed to find out something about their habits, to no avail. She had
even tried doing that herself once or twice, without any more success.
Simply, the girl did not go out much and all the people who she sent
out to follow the girl came back with no memory of her. She herself had
no memory of it either after trying to follow her.

This was strange considering she was sure she would have found out something
herself one of the two times in the 2 weeks she was following her. only
thing she had found out was that someone in a black suit was always seen
in the area when the girl did go out.

That had been the case with the girl, the man had been a bit different.
He had seemed to know when someone was following him, almost like he
had eyes in the back of his head. The man also seemed to know how to
shake a tail almost like he was trained in it. Which sounded odd, he
wasn't a secret agent, was he?

So far, all she had found out was that the girl was supposedly the man's
daughter, which again sounded impossible as the man seemed to be around
25 or so, and the girl seemed to be around Ranma's age. Which probably
meant that they were brother and sister, and just pretending for some
reason. which was still odd, why pretend? what did they have to hide?
Still, the fact that she had overheard the girl calling the man "Daddy"
more than once was not supporting her logic. The puzzle just had too
many incompatible pieces and even more were missing.

After that she had tried to have the place bugged. Using the contractor
that fixed the place up and brought furniture into the place. The first
attempt turned out to nothing. The equipment was probably broken, or
found out about.

What worried Nabiki was when she heard that some local security firms
van was seen just out side of the house. And that the local police seemed
to be interested in the incident as well.

Then, two days ago, she had called out quite few favors and got some
of the most expensive listening equipment available to the open market
and tried to find out what was being spoken in the house. The language
she had heard had been weird, nothing she had heard before. Having used
more favors she had got a language expert to look at the taped speech.
All the expert could got out had been that it didn't sound like any language
he knew.

Under an hour later than Nabiki had installed the listening equipment,
a black van was seen outside the home. the people that got out of it
wore simple black suits as well. They stayed in the house for a few hours
before leaving again. No attempt to hear what went on inside the place
worked after that and Nabiki had to give up trying.


"I am going to find out about him and his so called daughter. The money
this person must have is a beneficial resource that simply can't let
be passed up." Nabiki mumbled to herself and most of all her curiosity
had been sparked.

Nabiki was a bit surprised to see a courier from a local company walk
in to the school grounds. After the courier had talked with a random
student who pointed Nabiki out, he walked over to her. "Miss Nabiki Tendo?"
he asked. Nabiki nodded her reply.

"I have a Package that was sent to you, the person asked us to deliver
it to you at this time and while you were still at school." the courier
told Nabiki as he proceeded to hand her a Clipboard. "All I need you
to do is sign here." he said to her. 

After signing her name, Nabiki looked at the delivered package. It was
a manila envelope, from Mr. Noha Starliner. What shocked her was the
return address, it come from the person that had bought the house. Nabiki
opened the envelope a little fearfully of what was inside, she was a bit
worried that the man might have decided to take legal action against
her.

What she found inside was even a bigger surprise, Nabiki would have never
guessed what it actually contained. As she browsed through the Papers
a large sweat drop formed on the back of her head as she read the contents.
'Genma is in trouble now.' she thought to herself. 

'This might mean trouble, big trouble. This guy has enough to ruin the
Saotome name and maybe even the Tendos as well if father and the Saotome
fight against this.' Nabiki thought as she read the papers, 'what the?
Genma even signed that Nodoka was deceased and he had sole custody of
ranma! and this contract had been made on the Saotome clans Honor and
name!'

This was defiantly a very smart move from the person that came up with
the contact, a work of pure genius! Still even though Genma was
a greedy bastardy, and not all that bright. She failed to see why Genma
would have signed this. Moment later her eyes almost popped out of her
head when she saw what the dowry was for, 2 million Avatron credits.

Nabiki was not quite sure what 2 million Avatron credits were worth but
it was bound to be alot. 'Probably, Deutschmark in the late 20's were
so weak that 2 million might buy you a candy bar.' Nabiki thought. Then
her heart almost stopped when another paper answered her question, 10
Million in US dollars was a lot indeed, 'No wonder Mr. Saotome signed
it.' Nabiki thought, guessing that Genma hadn't even stopped to read
what he was signing. 

She was so stuck on reading that she didn't notice when Akane and Ranma
walked up to her after the classes were over.

"What's going on, Nabiki?" Akane asked her sister as she saw the shocked
look on Nabiki's face.

Nabiki looked at Akane, thinking for a second before tensing and saying,
"Well, it looks like Genma arranged for a Lorena Starliner to marry Ranma.
And it seems that Genma ran off with the dowry again." Nabiki told the
pair.

"WHAT-- not another one!" both yelled out.

"What did the old man do this time?" Ranma asked, almost bored. He was
doubly angry to find out the past was about to bite him on the ass again.

"This is all your fault" yelled Akane to Ranma, her anger flaring.

"How can this be my fault, I knew nothing of this." snapped Ranma in
reply.

"Well, if you weren't so much of a pervert and a jerk this wouldn't have
happened!" Akane angrily told Ranma.

"I am not a pervert, you tomboy. I haven't even seen her since I was
five!" Ranma bitterly answered to Akane, He was startled when he realized
that he actually did remember it.

"You were with her last evening, you two timing pervert!" Akane yelled
at Ranma. Her battle aura flaring.

"I didn't see nobody. I went out to the roof, to think and get a way
from a certain violent maniac!" Ranma sarcastically replied, feeling
a little confused at the vague feeling of weariness that came over him,
as if he was feeling someone else's aura. Usually it just felt like he
was not alone, that there was someone close to him but for the last week
they seemed to have gotten stronger. It felt like there was someone out
there that really did care about him and what he felt.

"That's it, the engagement's off. there's no way I'm going to marry a
two-timing sex changing freak like you." Akane yelled, Her mallet appeared
in her hand as her aura flared into existence.

"Fine with me, I never agreed to marry a an uncut violent chick like
you.."

'Just one more crack and I put that freak in his place.' thought Akane.
She was the best martial artist in Nerima and if Ranma hurled even one
more insult she would teach him again why she was the best. Then she
would teach him just what a real martial artist could do, not like the
tricks Ranma usually used.

"Why don't you just go marry this new bimbo, you freak!" she screamed, gloating
at Ranma so she could give him what he deserved. What she got was a shock,
it was something she would not have expected Ranma to say.

"I just might just do that, At least she'd not some uncute violent maniac
like you." replied Ranma, a little surprised that he had said that. What
even was a bigger surprise was that he had meant what he said. If the
girl was who the feelings were coming from he really wouldn't mind marrying
her. It was clear now; She would always accept him for what he was and
wanted to see him happy. She would let him be what he wants to be

Akane's temper exploded at that reply and she attacked Ranma with her
mallet, almost injuring Ranma severely with it. Akane didn't really care,
she thought that Ranma deserved it for being a pervert. Like she even
wanted to marry the freak, but he was hers and she'd never let any other
girl to have him. 

Apparently some slut of a girl must think she can have him, and when
I'll meet that girl I'm going to show her place! I'll show that girl
what a true martial artist could do.' Akane thought, walking off and
leaving Ranma writhing on the ground. 

Nabiki was shocked as well, having witnessing another beating of Ranma
from her sister. i'd never expected this, the mystery is getting deeper
and stranger fast. And Ranma, for him to actually say that he would not
mind getting married to the girl was very strange indeed.' Nabiki thought
as she watched Ranma twitch, mumbling about uncute Kagones was even stranger.
What the hell was a Kagone anyhow?


At the saotome residence


Nodoka was not having a good day. Her latest attempts at getting ranma
and Akane together had failed and all the talks she had with ranma
seem to have been a waste of time. Still, she could not fault Ranma for
the disaster that had followed, Ranma had tried to follow her advise
and try to be nice to Akane and refrain from insulting her. All he had
got for it was Akane accusing him of being up to something perverted
even Ranma's attempts to avoid arguing with Akane had failed as she had
just malleted him for annoying her.

She had started to get concerned about Akane's behavior afer that, it
seemed that after the Saffron incident and the failed marriage attempt
Akane's anger and violent temper had been getting worse. Most of Akanes
anger seemed to be towards Ranma as Akane Used her mallet at any proposed
insult or act real or imaginary.

She even remembered one of Akane outburst a little after the wedding
attempt. She had came over to the Tendos to have some time out with her
son, She and Ranma had left for a walk, mentioning to Kasumi that she
had wanted to be alone with her son. It was just a time to get away for
a while and talk with Ranma alone. During that time while they were walking,
she had noticed that her son had become depressed with the way his life
had been going. She had and still did want Ranma to be manly and a Man
amongst Men but was it really worth it to see Ranma, a young man looking
and appearing so worn out like he had been?

After they had got back to the Tendo home, Akane had confronted Ranma
accusing him of seeing one of his other Fiancees. Ranma's adamant denial
had just got the Tendo girl more angry, not giving Ranma any time to
explain she had attacked him with her mallet calling him a lying perverted
freak. After Akane had beaten Ranma, she had told her that Ranma was
being a insensitive jerk, showing no remorse of what she had just done.
All she had said had been "the freak deserved it" before going back to
her room, slamming the door close behind her.

That had been quite unlike the nice girl she had met when Ranma was pretending
to be Ranko. Though the Tendo girl seem to actually treat Ranma better
while he was in his cursed form than while he was in his birth form.
Akane always said that she hated the freak for the fact that Ranma was
just using the curse to be a pervert and her comment that Ranma was just
a pervert like all the other boys. 

What had confused her even more had been the fondness Akane seemed to
have for this Hibiki boy, Akane usually claimed that it was Ranma who
was always being mean to the boy and enjoyed to start fights with him,
usually by throw insults at him and calling him names. Though when she
had asked about this form some other people they had told that it was
usually the Hibiki boy who attacked Ranma. She had even started to suspected
that it was Akane who was the one being unfaithful with this Hibiki boy.
To her, It was Clear that Ranma was being faithful to the engagement
with Akane. Simply Put if Ranma would have been unfaithful with any of
the other Fiancees they would surely had used this fact to claim Ranma
as their own.

Nodoka decided to have a talk about this with the Hibiki boy when she
saw him next time, it seemed the Hibiki Boy also claimed that her son
was a dishonorable coward, claiming that Ranma had ran out of some duel
they had been supposed to have long ago. If that was true, it would have
been a stain on Ranma and an act not befitting for a man amongst men.

Which led to the last of problems that came with the todays mail, after
finding some more bills for skipped debts from her husband, Genma, she
noticed a small package coming in a manila envelope that was sent to
her from Mr Noha Starliner. 

After opening it and looking through the papers inside, Nodoka left for
the Tendo house contining to read the contents while she walked. It seamed
that her husband had yet again gone and engaged Ranma to another girl
and actually went and signed a contract for this agreement. As she read
it her anger began to grow as she passed the part that said that Genma
was the sole custodial parent and that she was deceased. what was even
worse was that it was not the worst, the contract had been made on the
Entire Clans Honor and name. This one was going to be a problem and It
was going to be very hard to fight It without drowning the Saotome name.

She also read that Genma had also signed that he had received the dowry,
and as both the contract and the receipt for the dowery had been signed
by witnesses intently put this claim in her mind as one having the best
claim. The Tendos argument might be supported by both families but she
knew of no witnesses to the agreement. She guessed that Soun and Genma
had made the promise while drunk and half asleep in some bar.

Nodoka almost dropped the papers in shock as she opened a certified check
for 10 Million US dollars and a note with it saying that the credit chip
given to Genma was no longer valid. The included list of crimes and debts
the Genma had gathered during the training journey he had been on with
ranma for 10 years made her even more furious, She was going to have
a real long talk with Genma as she saw him, It even had an arrest warrant
from New Avatron for theft, Breaking and entering, child abuse and child
endangerment. Strange, considering she had never heard of the country
before.

On the way to Tendo home, Nodoka saw Ranma and Akane walking home from
school and Nabiki who was a little behind them intently reading something.
As she got nearer, Nodoka could see that it was another copy of the contract.

Heading towards the middle Tendo Daughter, she called out to her. "Good
afternoon Nabiki"

Looking up from the papers she was reading Nabiki saw that Nodoka had
come up to her and had another set of papers which looked much like the
ones she was just reading. "Hi aunty I see you also got a package today."
Nabiki replied, her respect for this Mr Starliner kept growing. 'This
person is very good at planing this out.' she thought to herself knowing
that a lot of planning had went into todays events.

"So what do you Know abut my husbands latest transgressions Nabiki, It
seems that you got a copy of the contract as well." She asked wondering
how Nabiki had got a copy of the document so soon.

"Yes Aunty, it was delivered to me by a courier just today while in school."
Nabiki explained to Nodoka. Know that she was a little suspicious as
to why she had a copy. " It seems that this Mr Starliner found out that
I am the one in the family that handles a lot of the familys legal dealings."

"And how did he know of this? His letter informed me that he only came
to Japan in the last 2 weeks and was coming to Tendo's today so that
the contract could be honored and to further discuss any possible problems
in carrying it out." Nodoka wondered while Nabiki was a bit curious as
to what she though of the contract.

Nabiki looked through the papers again, "This Mr Starliner He seems to
be Very intelligent and well off. I am almost certain he had hired that
PI which was seen around here a few days ago" said Nabiki stopping for
a second to think what she thought of it "I begin to think that there's
more than just this new engagement. This person pretty much has what
he needs to ruin the Saotome name if he was out for revenge."

"Do you think that is what this person is after? revenge for something
Genma did?" Nodoka asked a little fearful, "That this person is seeking
revenge and is trying to ruin the Saotome name?"

"It could be just that Aunty, Uncle Genma did sign on the clans honor
that no other arrangements to marry Ranma existed and the Genma would
make no other agreements once signing the contract." Nabiki told Nodoka.

"So the Tendo and Saotome agreement is in direct violation of the contract.
Genma was basically lying when he signed to the fact that no other arrangements
existed." Nodoka said with a sigh, "I also think you should see this"
she added, handing the PI's report on Genma past integrations.

"What is this?" Nabiki asked while taking the report and the note that
came with it. As Nabiki looked through it, her expression paled.

She never had really believed that Ranma was not good enough for her
sister, when Ranma and his father first came she had thought that both
of them where just some useless freeloaders. As time had passed, she
had became to actually like Ranma in the end unlike at beginning when
she had thought Ranma had been just some dumb Jock, Someone who was all
too easy to take advantage of.

Nabiki still remembered when she had began taking pictures of Ranma and
his female side. The pictures of Ranmas female side had brought in lots
of money too, especially since Kuno was willing to buy a lot of them
of his Pig tailed goddess. She even sold photos of Ranmas male form as
well as a lot of the girls seemed to want Photos of Ranma as well. Even
though they knew they could never have him. After a while of doing this
she had began to suspected that Ranma was actually letting her take
the pictures of him. Ranma was just too good of a martial artist not
to noticed her sneaking into his room late at night to take the pictures.
It had been just a little while ago since she actually confronted Ranma
with it. All he had said to her had been that he did not what to be a
lazy good for nothing Panda like his Father.

After that, Nabiki's respect for Ranma grew, Ranma was not the dumb jock
that she had first thought he was. As she started to look at Akanes behavior
towards Ranma, and simply after the indecent with Saffon and the failed
marriage, she began to believe it was actually Akane that did not deserve
Ranma.

But the honor of the Tendos had been involved and Nabiki had very little
she could have done, the honor could not be easily ignored. 

Stopping her reverie Nabiki read the additional papers that Nodoka had
given her and was totally surprised by what she saw, to have believed
that this was person had attempted to ruin the Saotome's name. it wasn't
that, but to finally show that Genma had no Honor at all. This Mr Starliner
seemed to want Ranma out of Genma Life totally. 
As far as Nabiki was concerned the Tendo-Saotome agreement was over.
She would not allow the Tendo Estate to be lost because of some greedy
Panda. Simply, even both of the families entire estates could not pay
off all the debts that Genma had made over the years. Nabiki had always
suspected that Genma was just after her families house and Dojo and just
Using Ranma and the agreement to get it, and lay off for the rest of
his life, now she was totally certain of it. If any Tendo married Ranma
it would most likely lead to the loss of the Tendo estate and the only
way for the Saotome Estate to be saved was for them to have Ranma marry
Lorena Starliner or have him marry a Kuno but Nabiki knew that Ranma
would rather commit seppuku than to do that.

"Aunty this is very disturbing to say in the least" Nabiki said to Nodoka.

"What do you think should be done abut this?" Nodoka asked hoping that
maybe the middle Tendo daughter know of a way out of this.

"May I ask about the Soatoma estate?" Nabiki asked, a little more nervous
now at the answer.

"The Saotome home has been in my family for a long time. Just like with
your family Nabiki. My family are also descendants from minor noble blood
and samurais." she informed Nabiki. 
"What would be most likely to happen now if Akane and Ranma where to
marry?" Nodoka asks, fearful of the anser. She just knew that both Genma
and Soun would still demand that their families had to be joined, no
mater the costs.

"well we would most likely loss both families estate and both families
Honor and name would be ruined as well. Nabiki informed Nodoka knowing
she would not like what she was telling her.

Nabiki's answer was what Nodoka had feared, the only way out of it was
to have Ranma challenge Lorena to a duel or have both her son and husband
go through the Seppuku contract and hope that Mr Starliner would except
the duel or that the pledge would be exceptable to him. She did not want
Ranma to be married to some gaijin girl. Gaijins, who simply couldn't
understand the true meaning of honor and were little better than barbarians,
not at all civilized like the Japanese were.

Nodoka was thinking about this to herself while they continued walking
towards the Tendos home. With Ranma and Akane walking just a little bit
in front of her, she could hear that both know of them knew of the pledge,
Akane yelling at Ranma about him being an two timing perverted freak and
Ranma insulting Akane back by saying she was a violent uncute maniac.

Nodoka real did not see Ranmas behavior towards Akane to be befitting
of a man amongst men. Insulting his fiancee like that, but when Ranma
actually did what Akane had demanded of him, he remained quiet. A moment
later Akane just malleted Ranma in the middle of the street for ignoring
her, Nodoka was then concerned that no mater what Ranma would do, it
would not satisfy the Tendo girl. 

After that had happened, Nodoka walked up to the youngest Tendo girl,
telling her that she should calm down and leave Ranma alone for a while.
"But the pervert deserved it, getting herself engaged again like that!
It's not like I want to marry the freak but I hate it when all the other
hussies think they can just have him." Akane angrily replied.

Nodoka was a little taken by Her remark, did the girl hold honor in so
little regard?

"I was think of having Ranma challenging this new girl to a duel." She
told Akane, irritated at Akanes reaction.

"I am a martial artist too! I can beat this hussy." Akane quickly snapped.

"I think its best if Ranma handles the duel Akane, after all he has the
best skill."

"Ranma only wins because of some tricks of his or because he's cheating,
unlike me. I'm way better than Ranma and it's about time I show why I
am the best in Nerima, I don't need to cheat to win." Akane said angrily,
She didn't like it when people said that the perverted freak was better
then her. She knew that she was the best, didn't she beat the freak every
time she used her mallet?

Nodoka could not believe what Akane was saying. She knew quite well that
Akane had only the fundamental Basics of the art and was quite far the
least skied in the Art, all the other girls where much more skilled than
Akane who was clearly not even remotely in the same league as Ranma.
For Akane to Actually claim to be better than Ranma was simple outrage.
She was becoming a insult to the art. 

That made Nodoka to decide that it would be better to have the engagement
switched to Kasumi, she was the only one of the Tendo girls that would
be a proper Japanese wife to Ranma. Maybe she should also arrange for
Nabiki and Ukyo to be Ranma mistresses as well, Nabiki might not make
a proper wife but she would still be useful as a mistress and having
Ukyo as a mistress might satisfy her honor. Nodoka could not see how
Ukyo could be a proper wife for Ranma, and Shampoo also shared the same
fault as this Lorena Starliner. Nodoka didn't want her family blood tainted
with gaijin blood.

As they neared the gates of the house they heard Soun loudly crying out
how Genma had gone and engaged Ranma to an alien girl. All four stopped
where they were, in total shock at what was just revealed.

"You perverted freak your now even sleeping with some Alien wore!" Akane
yelled, whirling to face Ranma.

Akane then did something utterly destroyed any last thoughts in Nodoka's
mind to actually allow her son to marry her. Akanes battle aura blazed
a bright red, as she proceeded to teach Ranma a lesson that he would
never forget and what she though he deserved for being unfaithful to
her with a slut that was not even Human. That in her mind, Akane delivered
her punishment, something that no true martial artist would never do
in any circumstances, she proceeded to kick Ranma in the groin.

"That's it, you sex changing freak, this is what you deserve for dishonoring
me with your perversion and for sleeping with something that is not even
Human!" Akane yelled out at Ranma who was lying on ground moaning in
pain. "If I ever catch you even talking to that alien whore I will kill
you both, and if I see that inhuman slut near my home I will kill her
for her crimes against me. You belong to me, I can do anything I like
to you, next time you insult me I will kill you for the perverted freak
you are! I should have killed you back when I learned that you where
nothing but some pervert boy!" Akane shouted before storming into the
house as quickly as she could.

Nodoka and Nabiki looked at the remaining scene with horror. Nabiki was
now afraid for Akanes life, she knew that Nodoka had a strict sense of
honor and Akane had just committed both a very dishonorable act and something
that veiled the code of a martial artists in front of Nodoka in a very
big way.

Nodoka sensing what Nabiki was thinking about raised her voice. "I will
not ask for Akane to take her own life but only after I have had a word
with Soun he has to forbid her to ever practice the art again and Akane
has to have also agreed to this and swear on her honor that she will
no longer practice or call herself a martial artist ever again." Nodoka
told. Infuriated at seeing such dishonorable act being committed in plain
sight. "After all this is cleared up I will have Soun and Genma move
the engagement to Kasumi, she's the only girl in Nerima that would make
a proper wife to Ranma." Nodoka continued to say to Nabiki, angered by
the fact that someone of the Anything goes school would commit such a
shameful act.

Nabiki didn't like what she had heard at all, she hated it when she did
not have any control over the situation but if she wanted to save Akanes
life she had to go along with this. She had never really wanted Kasumi
to be dragged into this but they had no choice in the matter. "Yes Aunty.
That will be fine. I can see that it will be for the best." was all she
could say. Then both she and Nodoka help the very badly hurting ranma
up and then went inside.

Genma looked very scared when they all came in and he noticed that his
wife was with them.

"Husband what's this about you engaging our son to some alien girl."
Nodoka said to Genma. Of all her husbands past indignations the some
could not be ignored. It was one thing to have it happen with some gaijin,
it was a whole another thing to have it happen with some girl that was
not human.

"It's not my fault," Genma said Trying to find some excuse. "I though
he would not be able to get here, let alone to be able to find me." He
said, looking extremely nervous at how Nodoka was fiddling with the katana
she always carried with her. 

"And how did you meet this girls father?" Nodoka ask her husband.

"It's all the boy fault, if he would only have listened to what I told
him to do we would not have needed to run from the police through that
portal." Genma said, using one of his old ways to try to get out of
trouble, use Ranma as a Pawn.

"You ended up on their world." Nodoka said, actually missing the part
about the police, though Nabiki did not.

"Well If ranma was better at his Training he would have never have caught
the ungrateful boy." Genma said in his defense.

"Well, if my dishonorable son would not have got himself caught when
I sent him to steal some gold from that house of Noha's, this would never
have happed." Genma said ,so intent was he on putting the blame on Ranma
that he actually confirmed that the Arrest warrant for him on New Avatron
was Valid.

"And I suppose it had something to about this?" Nodoka said angrily to
Genma, throwing the arrest warrant to him.

"Damn that Boy it should have been him that should have had the warrant
on him, that's what he was for." Genma grumbled.

"Whaaa my son-in-law is a wanted criminal" Soun cried out, totally ignoring
reality that it was his long time friend who was the one who actually
had the arrest warrant out on him.

"There's no whey I going to marry a wanted perverted freak, I refuse to
marry a dishonorable criminal" akane angrily added picking up what her
father had said and using it as an excuse not to marry Ranma despite
what her father said that the family honor told her to do.

"Well when he finally gets here we will just have to have Ranma challenge
Lorena." Said Nodoka thinking that would solve the problem, Nodoka was
quite confident that Ranma would win.

"That wont work, she's not a martial artist. Ranma would break the code
if he fought her." Genma inform them. Despite all of Genmas crimes he
did take the code seriously and instilled the code into Ranma since the
time he first had started to train him.

"I show that alien Hussy that I can defeat her then I show her just what
a martial artist can do." Akane yelled out, Oblivious to the fact all
she was doing was showing to everyone that she was not.

"Akane you will not do such a thing." Nodoka said, fearing that she would
attack the girl while she was a guest at the Tendo home. The later clear
stated he would be arriving soon under a state of truce. Attacking the
girl on sight would be an act of dishonor on the Tendos name if she did
do it. "They're coming under a truce and will be here shortly she informed
his youngest daughter."

"I don't care! I'm going to kill that inhuman hussy when I see her. she's
not human so I can do what ever I want to her."

Soun was shocked at Akane behavior and at how dangerously close she was
getting to dishonoring the Dojo. "You will do no such thing Akane, I
will not have you Stain the dojo's honor." Soun said to Akane not wanting
the dojo ruined.

"I am the heir to this dojo, I can do whatever I want!" She yelled angrily
at her father.

Ranma was also shocked at Akanes outburst. Honor meant everything to
him but Akane had just seemed to just give it lip service, just as the
Kuno's did. "You don't mean that Akane would do something so dishonorable?"
Ranma said not believing what he was hearing.

"Did I give you permission to speak to me!" Akane let out. Grabbing a
nearby vase and slamming it atop Ranmas head, knocking him out on the
floor.

"Oh my" Kasumi let out, "And Akane promised on her honor that she would
never again hit anyone in anger, ever again." confused why her sweet
little sister was acting this way.

"And just when did she make this oath?" Nodoka asked, she was quickly
lost on the oldest Tendo daughter seemingly obliviousness to what was
happing around her.

"just a little while after Ranma arrived, aunty I though she would have
grown out of it by now." Kasumi informed, "I'm not sure why Nodoka, It
was not like Akane was overly violent, just a little excitable"

"doesn't anyone in the family have any honor?" Nodoka asked herself. Kasumi
seemed to not care that her sister could not behave honorably at all,
or so it seemed. But getting back to the mate at hand

"Well then, we will just have to have Ranma duel this Noha Starliner."
Nodoka decided, not really knowing what she was getting herself into.

Genma paled at that, "He's a weapon user and claims to be a warrior!"
He was fearful because he feared seeing some of Noha's skill as a warrior
and figured that if Ranma used some of his ki attacks, Noha could see
that as using a weapon. and retaliate in kind.

"Is the any primarily bare handed fighter in the Starliner family?" Nodoka
asked her husband, not like this turn of events at all.

"No, Tanis would kill the boy, I wont allow him to fight him." Genma
said, wanting to run now, there was no way he wanted to meet that thing
ever again and his mate had said that she would use him as a scratching
post if he ever harmed Ranma again and the Neko-ken training would be
just that in her eyes, and Nime was just as terrifying as Tanis.

"Your not afraid of this man are you husband?" Asked his wife, Nodoka
could clearly see the fear in Genma's eyes. "I am afraid of no Man" Genma
boldly replied. "Better if the boy will be killed by him than me." He
let out, getting ready to make a run for it.

Nodoka paled and decided to have another long talk with Genma, displaying
such cowardness could not be tolerated. It was one thing for Genma to
show fear to Happousai. But to an alien it could not be tolerated. Genma
had to show why they had more honor and were more civilized then other
people.

Ranma was getting angry, every one was deciding about his fate for him
and he was not getting any say in it and Ranma was Furious at his father.
He had always told Ranma that a member of anything goes must accept all
challenges if they wanted to keep their honor. Now Genma was actually
trying to run away from a one, Ranma knew that if he ever said what Genma
just did he would immediately disown him and claim that Ranma had no
honor.

"If Tanis shows up then no matter who he challenges, especially if it
me, you will fight him or you will be tossed out of the clan! I will
not tolerate a son who will refuse a challenge. Your honor now depends
on it boy, prove your worth to me and I will no longer tolerate any disrespect
from you." Genma let out content that he had thought up a good plan,
let Ranma deal with the problem and make certain that his honor was riding
on it. Leaving him free to make a run for it. Genma thought before happening
to look at Nodoka who was now drawing her sword. His skin paled has he
knew she would take this as an act of cowardice and now planned to remove
the stain of honor from her family name.

"Husband you've gone too far this time. I cannot forgive this." She said
her anger showing with the battle aura she was now displaying.

At that moment, Genma was getting ready to attack her and run. He made
a guess that Noha sent his dowery in to Nodoka, so that she could use
it. It belonged to him, not Nodoka, after all he had earned it after
taking care of Ranma all these years and he was going to need that money
when he made his escape. Once he had the money, he could live a life
of luxyry like he had always wanted, it was the only reason he had left
New Avatron with Ranma anyway. He had needed the boy since he was returning
to Earth to escape the law there after he realized that the credit chip
would be worthless when he got back. 

Now if he grabbed the check, he could live the life of luxyry he was
trying to get and that had been why he had married Nodoka in the first
place anyway. He had dumped the woman he had actually had some feelings
for, so that he could marry a rich woman and Nodoka with her thought
of mainlines was just the most conventional one. The masters training
had really paid off back then. Though she did take that earlier girls
address, he was always certain that he would never see her again. simply
because she tended to get lost all the time just like that Hibiki boy.

Just as both elder Saotome's when about to make their moves, the door
bell rang. It was a surprise to everyone since most visitors rarely use
the door bell. Let alone the front door at all.

Genma then knew his time was up, the Starliner's had arrived and everyone
in the house knew that after this meeting their lives would never be
the same again.

END of Chapter 1


I want to thank Pauli Savola and all the other People in the Fanfics Forum on 
Delphi that help me with this fic




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