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She knew already. She knew that Rei was going to call she knew what she was going to say and bile rested in her through at the thought of what must be done. She could not see the events in the gates. She could see all of his life previous to a few moments before Rei called but After that and from this point forward she could not see anything. Its not that the time gates were not working its just whenever his presence was around she could get no input. She could however see Rei’s call and that what it was about. She had even tried to contact her future self who looked at her in fear and told her not to talk to her. It would get them both in trouble. She thought about asking.. Then changed her mind. Asking HER would be too annoying. Its prob best that she just advise the scouts to hunt this Ranma down and destroy him. Crystal Tokyo still Seems like it comes about but this uncertainty bothers her greatly. She looks again frustrated at the gates. She can see this point a divergence where Usagi dies or not. But she can only see the side effects and not the direct action. Usagi’s funeral for example she can see. Where she is joined by all of the senshi most of who have been hurt terribly. THAT future still ends in a crystal Tokyo but its different and evil still walks the earth. That is not acceptable. She knew from watching his past that is terribly dangerous but together they should not have too much trouble with him. The phone downstairs rang and Setsuna went down to answer it.

She reached the phone and just as she reached for it she saw her hand knocked away by another. She looked suddenly up to look at herself her Older self looking at her sharply. “You must Not interfere with this event. We must not. For to interfere here would lose us the access to the gates themselves. This event must be allowed to proceed for good for ill on its one merits.” Said the older Pluto.

The phone continued to ring and no one answered it.

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Ranko looked over both Ranma and Skuld. She looked well If that expression was on Ranma’s face she would seem Very very angry. Which is precisely what she was. Pissed.

She was a seriously pissed at almost everyone in Ranma’s life ever since she was “born” the day he fell into the waters. She was one of the main focus’s of the rage that built inside of him. Always treated as an annoyance or weakness when it was obvious most of the time she was just as strong as her male half. She HATED Akane. Both for how she treated Ranma and how she acted to men in general. But more than anyone else she hated Genma. Had Genma been the slightest bit supportive of her Then they would not have had any of the problems they had had over the years. Three years she had been with him seen everything through his eyes and felt every beating every insult and each part of Ranma’s decent into madness. If it were up to her None of the brigade would ever lay a hand n him again. None of them were able to place him above them even for a moment.

She was also pissed at Skuld but for a new reason. She did not like Skuld’s interference as they had not asked for help. But in comparison to everything else that had been going on The goddess’s meddling was minor. So far at least.

Ranma looked at Ranko. She was dressed in a red Chinese dress with black twin circling dragons around it. This was a dress Shampoo would have felt right at home in. twice in the past his female self had separated but she had never looked like this. He KNEW this was wrong but even he could feel a slight pressure building in his nose just looking at her. He wad been married after all he knew what all those curves she had were good for. ‘Gah what am I thinking this is ME we are talking about’

“No Ranma this is US you were talking about. We are one you an I. So your thoughts about my body are no worse than say… Masturbation or something” she smirked at him.

“Gah…. Uhmmm”

“Just teasing Ranma. Now lets get to business. Your traveling through your mind with miss Goddess over there and facing all of your worst fears. You muster up enough courage and beat them down like you do everything else. Same with miss goddess there though hers seem milder compared to ours eh?”

Ranma nods at Ranko who seems to be very much in control of this situation. This is her shell world after all.

She continued “and that leads you here. To me. Making little Ole Me think that I am a worse fear to you then Cats or being beaten. Well I wont stand for it. We are better than that”

“what do you mean”

“You have no right being afraid of me. I AM you in part. And I am the ONE person in the world who has NEVER done anything to hurt you”

Ranma had long ago accepted that everything in this place was something he was afraid of. He accepted that he grew stronger by facing these fears. He could tell that. So why was he here. Why was he afraid of Ranko himself.

“I will admit that I must on some level be afraid of you but I don’t know why.” Skuld look at him. “maybe this is why you are hear. To figure it out. What does she do that scares you?

“are you afraid of looking like me?”

“no you look great”

“are you afraid of losing your fighting skills because I am not as strong?”

“no your faster than I am so we match”

“Are you afraid I am going to hurt you?”

“No you ARE me.”

Well then WHAT!”

“Maybe just maybe I am afraid of liking being you. Of preferring you over me. Maybe I am afraid of losing myself in you. I guess I am afraid of being a girl because then I am not me.”

Skuld looks at him for a moment “Ranma Is your father still Genma when he is a panda?”

“Yeah I know I know the lesson your trying to teach here”

“Then why is it different? You are Ranma no matter who you are”

“Because She is not me.” Then he got it. He got his fear which was not that he would enjoy the female form more than his own but that he would enjoy being HER more then he ever enjoyed being him. Because being him was so painful. She did not have the fiancées really they were all Ranma’s. She had an easier life than he did. He was afraid that he would take the easy way out and let her become him. “I am afraid that I would just give up and let her take over. That I would no longer be Ranma but Ranko. I am afraid she makes my death too easy”. Strangely he felt calm saying all of this. It was a starting realization that in his mind he had long considered the action to let her take over and become Ranma and let himself fade into the background until his consciousness faded away completely.

Ranko walked up to Ranma and kissed him fiercely. Then she Slapped him hard across the face. “I will never let you do that to me you prick. I am ME Not you and if I find a way to be separate again I MAY take it I may not but I will damm well NOT let you make me take over your crap. ” She continued “Because If I ever took over Every last one of them would pay dearly for what they have done to us. Starting with Genma and Akane.” Ranma and Ranko look like they are going to fight for a moment then Ranma realizes what he is doing. “yes I guess you would .that would be your right. Just like I chose not to do it you could.”

“Yeah you wimped out always afraid of hurting your friends feelings. Time to grow up Ranma. You just helped them stay the way they were never forced them to grow up.” She moved in closer with a short punch to his ribs. “You enabled her you fuck wit and paid for it over and over again.” He dodged and twisted a bit. Skuld was not worried she could tell that they were not trying to hurt each other and that Ranma was coming to a realization that he needed Desperately.

“You have been as bad as Ryoga blaming yourself for everyone else’s problems. You take their issues as your own. You have been as delusional as Akane. You are better than that. You are better than any of them. What the hell are you feeling guilty about it for!” As she said all of this she punched him hard in the gut. “Stop feeling guilty. You don’t have to feel guilty because you are better than them”

He lay there on the ground gasping for breath as she finished her assault. “I cant just beat you down huh. Your right. I AM better than this. I AM better than them.”

She looks down on him and says “Good If you really follow that I wont have to kick yer ass again. Ready to get outta here yet? Or are you going to want to beat yourself up some more?”

Ranma looked at her “Beat myself up?”

She looks at him stunned that he had gotten the rest but not this part yet.

“Yeah moron the only reason any of us ‘demons’ are here is because you want us here. I’m wondering if you are ready to be done with us yet. Or are you still too scared to face the world out there Even with my help” Ranko replied.

“You will have mine as well Ranma. I am bound by my promise” Skuld offered.

Ranma thought a bit and saw a lot. Saw he was not the one at fault for all of it. ‘Some of it sure but why should I take all of it?’ He thought ‘I always took the blame for my father to protect the family honor. I have always taken the blame for everything to protect someone’s honor. I even took it when it was not my fault. I will from now on only accept the blame for my own actions not and protect my own honor. ‘But to do that he had to wake up and face the world he was in. He had to become alive again.

“Well are you ready?” Ranko said impatiently.

“Yes. I think I am” replied Ranma.

“Good because my next idea was if we were hanging around here much longer I would just have to seduce you. I don’t think you’re ready for that…” she said with an evil laugh.

Ranma Face faults at this concept… “Well you cant blame a girl for trying you are very cute” She replied to his face fault and her grin was the last thing he saw as his dream faded away.

No that is not all for this

Omake Omake Omake Omake.

At the Tendo Dojo a tall man with an afro drags a bound hand and foot girl behind him. Following her is a dark haired girl who with mournful eyes looks at the girl being dragged. He knocks on the door

“yes?” answers Kasumi.

“I need to speak with Genma Saotome and I have been told he is here. Its of utmost importance.” The girl goes Mff mhfff mff mhhff mmmmfffshi”

“hold on a moment I will go get uncle Genma.” She leaves and returns in a moment with the panda and Soun who stands behind him.

The Afro headed man looks directly at the panda “Genma I know you in there. Where is my son in law?”

A Sigh appears over the panda’s head “I am just a simple panda”

“Bullshit! you were THERE when our children got married 8 years ago and he better be around here to consummate this relationship soon or I am going to kill him.”

Soun Demon heads in Genma’s direction “RANMA IS ALREADY MARRIED!”

Suddenly the girl breaks her bonds and starts to transform. But she has some problems as she has to undress herself before the transforming takes effect and after removing everything else has problems getting one sock off. The light show beings and red and blue outfit forms around her while Soun collapses with a massive nose bleed.

“I am Puni Puni poemy also known as Kobiyashi and I refuse to have the time in the script to spend it with my husband Ranma. He will stop be from being a Voice Actress! and this I cannot allow!”

The afro headed man turns to a man near him and says “ I thought you were rewriting the script for this”

“yeah but she cant read Japanese anyway so she is immune”

Kasumi goes inside to prepare a few more seats. This is weird even for her.

Reviews : And a Comment. The only way Ranma will end up in a Fuku in this fic is if he is knocked out and Urd throws him into one for fun. The only way he will be with a man is if he is lobotomized.

borg rabbit If The thing (Chibi Usa) shows up in this fic in non-Omake I will prob shoot myself. ;)

TheCentauress Ranko is going to have some strong opinions about things much stronger than Ranma in fact. See I view the curse as a melding of the two parts or souls. Ranma’s and the girl who drowned. Ranma IS dominate but when he is in female forms there are things he will do that he won’t as a male. In this part of this mind however She can be just as aggressive and argumentative as he is. And (ala “Ranko’s mad as hell” by Nameless) Ranko is pissed bout how things are going in his life. Their life actually. Sense is something she will either Talk or Beat into him. As a side note I think she would hate this fic (nameless) since it is a crossover and my grammar is horrible. ;)

Paul C. Heintz Yeap He may have some major issues with this or he may let it slide since that is what everyone else does to him Run his life for him. If the mortals do it why not the gods. Until I get the fic down I don’t always have an idea how it will turn out and even then I have to go back and change things (like the last Nodoka part) So not sure fully how he will react till I look at the situation once he is waking up.

Light02 Well She was nuts I am trying to give her reasons to be less so or at least to mitigate her actions. And present her in a somewhat positive light. But like anyone else she has her issues. Ranma getting married and having kinds to play with (since she missed her own) is her issue.

ChaosRune He would have to learn to trust her. She would have to learn that he is not what she expected him to be. But on the other hand She is a known quantity he already knows how bad she can be and has not seen the positive sides of her. The main thing he lacks over anything else is some sense of stability. Its possible that he could fall for her if he was put in a position that he was ultimately in control of. Besides I am an avid Na/R fan and I want it this way ;)

Aqualens It would be surprising that the aussies have a jail strong enough to hold her

wolf-in-hell Yeah Ranma is not Ranma without Ranko. He is “that martial arts guy”