-Updated to reflect the distance between Nerima and Okayama.

X X X X X X - Scene perspective shift

"speech"

'thought'

#panda sign#

The setting is going to be mainly in the Tenchi world with the Nerima/China contingent showing up if they would have reason to track down Ranma. For the Tenchi scene it will be an amalgam of the original and Tenchi Universe but the story line erring on the side of TU. The problem being that the Tenchi crew is rather rangy in where they are in the galaxy. Hence why the Nerima crew will be a smaller part that is easily pushed to the side.

I'm not going to say what has changed in the two stories till it comes up. Similar to how i've been in my other fic "A Mistake in Sealing" where I do not come right out and explain everything.

My use of pronouns will be based off what gender Ranma is currently in. But when others or Ranma refer to himself it will usually be in the male unless there is a reason for it to be otherwise. (Such as someone not knowing about said curse.) I'm going to try and write with Ranma's casual way of speaking but if I don't, i'm sorry.

I'm going to try and shift between more characters perspectives than i've done in my other story. Sorry if it gets confusing but i'll try and make it obvious when it happens.

A small note about Ranma when he is crouching outside of combat. When he does it means that he crouches like a cat or dog, with his hands planted on the ground between his feet. Anime Ranma doesn't really do this but it's almost a universal constant with manga Ranma which is what i'm trying to base his character off of.

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"Stupid Oyaji!" A girl with bright red hair yelled as she ran across the top of a chain link fence. The few people out in the rain looked up amazed as she ran along the slick narrow surface. Many of the males lingered their gaze a bit longer as the silk chinese shirt and black pants clung to her body.

"Who the hell does he think he is!" Dropping to the ground as the fence ended Ranma continued till the next alley before ducking into it. "Picking my fiancee like that, stupid panda, i'll sell him to a zoo, i'll have him made into a rug."

She had finally lost her father after hitting him with a sign post. The idiot had tried to hit her with it. 'Heh yea right like he could pull that over on me.' It was shirking her duty and being dishonorable but this was no time for a fiancee. Once she went back to China and got rid of this curse she could face the music then. 'Besides he didn't mention that I had to do it right now. Well at least I know why the old panda wanted to get back to Japan so fast. Wonder what scam he's got going with his old training buddy.'

Stopping at the end of the alley she looked both ways. It was getting dark, luckily the rain had stopped, she really just wanted to find some place dry and some hot water. 'A change of clothes would be nice but I dropped my pack while fighting Oyaji and no way am I going back now that I got away.' Her shoulders slumped as she suddenly remembered she had absolutely no money. 'I'm broke, no supplies, and worst of all i'm female. Next time I see Oyaji he's getting the beating of his lifetime.'

"Hmm a high school?" Looking up at the three story building she decided it was as good a place as any. They probably had showers so she'd even be able to change back. Hopping the fence was easy and she was nearly at the door when a noise caught her attention.

"What the?" She looked up as several explosions came from the roof. Bright red light flared before each one. "Maybe this isn't the best place to get some hot water." She frowned when the light show stopped. Sighing in defeat she found the door unlocked. 'Might as well go find out if someone needs help.' She didn't get any farther as half the building suddenly exploded.

"Ite." She groaned and sat up, the explosion having sent her through a fence and out on to a basketball court.

"Are you alright." She blinked at a male voice approached her. Looking up she found an average looking boy about her age holding a bookbag and a panicked but concerned expression.

"Yea i'm fine, had worse from Oyaji." Rubbing the back of her head at the small lump that had formed.

"Hurry we gotta get out of here." Standing she looked at the boy who was in full on panic mode. Sure there was an explosion but this guy looked like some monster was after him.

"Huh why are you so worried did you blow up the building?"

"No there's this woman she's."

"Tenchi!" They both turned to look at a cyan haired woman with matching pale green and pink clothing standing with her hands on her hips. The woman's predatory yellow eyes looked between them then focused on the boy next to her.

"Don't worry it'll be over so fast that you won't feel a thing." She raised her right hand and a red ball of something formed in front of it. Suddenly she grasped it and it shot out into a sword of red light. Ranma gaped, 10 years of training in the martial arts and she had never seen anything like that. "I'll deal with that little girl after you!"

She did however act on instinct when the woman shot forward at high speed and attempted to swipe at the boy next to her. Lashing out with a kick she caught the woman's wrist and momentarily connected with a jewel on it. It pulsed once and was kicked out of it's position to fly up into the air.

"Who ya calling little girl?!" She yelled and stood between the pair as the woman backed away. Still in mid air the jewel suddenly exploded. "Wha the hell?" She stared in shock at the large explosion.

"Oh poo, I lost again, I just have the worst luck." The woman suddenly bowed dramatically. "Farewell." More gaping from Ranma as she watched the woman literally drop into the ground. Rushing over she patted down where the woman had sunk into, finding the ground completely solid.

"Thank you, a miss?" Turning she found the guy had given her a small bow.

"Um, i'm Saotome Ranma." She returned it.

"I'm Masaki Tenchi, I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't stepped in, that was really great, the only other person I know who moves that fast is my Jiichan."

"So who was that?" She jerked her thumb backwards indicating where the crazy woman had been.

"She said her name was Ryoko, I think she was the demon sealed at my families shrine." Before he could continue another explosion rocked the school sending the pair crashing to the ground with Tenchi on top of her. Regaining her senses from the explosion she opened her eyes to find the blushing face of Tenchi. Blinking a few times she looked down and found a hand squeezing her right breast.

"Ah sorry sorry sorry." He sputtered and jumped off of her. She frowned at him but stood up.

"Meh, it was an accident, i'll just be on my way." Turning she started to walk away. It wouldn't do to stay too long now that the sirens of firetrucks were coming. It would draw attention and possibly her Oyaji.

"Wa wait, do you live around here?"

"Nah i'm just passing through." She continued walking as he ran up to walk beside her.

"So you don't have a place to stay?"

"Nope, i've lived on the road for my entire life."

"Well you could stay at my place for the night."

"Your place?" She looked quizzically at him imagining some tiny one bedroom apartment.

"Yea, I just live with my dad. But we have a really big house, it'd be no problem at all."

"Sure why not." She shrugged and ignored his eyes as they fell to her chest for a moment. 'Soon as I dry off and get some hot water i'll leave.'

"That's great, my house is this way."

"Now that we aren't going to be blown up again who was that lady?" The girl had been using some kind of very powerful technique and that going through the ground would be incredibly useful if it could be used in a fight.

"Well she said her name was Ryoko, I kinda accidently free'd her while I was at my families shrine in the mountains. I guess she followed me back home. Said she wanted revenge for my ancestor who sealed her in a cave 700 years ago." She mulled this over, her face contorted in what would be seen as a cute pout. 'Well she didn't seem that strong but if she comes back I bet I can take her.'

"This is it." She looked up at the large three story house that sat on a large plot of land. This was the first time being back in Japan for a long time but she at least understood that land was expensive and this guys dad must have an excellent job to be able to afford it.

"Wow you weren't kidding, you guys rich or something?"

"This land has been in our family for a long time, along with the shrine and surrounding farm, which is huge. Actually now that you mention it, we must have some kind of large financial backing for our family. I never thought about it before. Strange since my dad works constantly." Stopping in the doorway they deposited their shoes and Tenchi his bag.

"You can take a bath if you want." Tenchi walked down the hall and at the bottom of the steps slid open a door revealing a changing area.

"Uh sure." She went to go take off her shirt when she noticed Tenchi sputter and turn away. Looking down she suddenly remembered that she was a she and that she didn't have any dry clothes. "Um you don't happen to have something I could wear do you? I kinda lost all my stuff earlier." She didn't really care if he saw her body, it was just a curse after all.

"Sure sure, that is if you don't mind some of my clothes. I'll go get some." He took off out the door and she decided to wait and see what he'd bring. It wasn't long he returned with a simple tshirt and pair of shorts. "Sorry I don't really have anything you can wear for underneath."

"Uh heh heh that's alright, this'll work."

"Take as long as you want, I'm gonna go tell my dad you're staying the night." Letting out a breath as Tenchi left she held up the shirt. They looked to be a few years old but would fit her form fine. This caused a frown as it would fit 'HER' form, if she changed back the shirt would be too tight while the shorts far too small. 'I could ask for some bigger ones but then i'd have to explain the curse. Guess i'll have to remain like this for the night. It'll save the embarrassment of explaining the curse at least.'

X X X X X X

"Hey dad, how was work?"

"Ah Tenchi, mah it was long and boring! So what brings you back later than me?" Nobuyuki glanced up from his paper.

"Heh heh, well I had some trouble at school."

"Yes school." The tv was quickly turned on showing firefighters currently dousing down a still burning school. "Did my wonderful son have a hand in that?"

"No no, I was just hanging out after school trying to do some homework. I left a little before that happened." Quickly Tenchi thought of some way to distract his dad. "But I did meet someone there."

"Meet someone?"

"Yea she's this girl, she was helping me earier."

"A girl you say?" Tenchi smiled nervously as his father who was suddenly on his feet and smiling pervertedly.

"I was wondering if she could stay the night. She's traveling alone and didn't have a place to stay." The full on perverted smile that his father had gave him the impression that he may just have to spend time keeping the man away from her. It wouldn't do to have her think he was as perverted as his dad.

"So my son has finally got a girlfriend?"

"No no it's nothing like that." He waved his hands in a warding gesture as his father grabbed him in a hug.

"Oh my little boy has finally become a man. Achika I wish you could see your son now."

"Come on dad, she's just staying the night." He groaned as his father went into full on water works. Prying his fathers arms off of him he left to go change himself and met with Ranma standing in the doorway. She was toweling off her hair and was wearing his old clothes. He gulped at the way his shirt was pulled tightly across her chest. The rest was loose but did nothing to hide her beautiful figure.

"Uh hi, i'm Ranma, sorry bout troubling you guys." Ranma said and waved to who she thought was Tenchi's father. She smiled to hide her frown as the two male eyes lingered a bit too long on her chest. The only way to stop it would be to change back, and the embarrassment from guys checking her out was far less than the looks she got when people knew about the curse.

"Good evening Ranma, it's no problem what so ever, stay as long as you need." Tenchi blinked at the calm which his dad was handling this. A far cry from how he'd been about to plan marriage a minute ago. 'Probably planning something. Oh man he's going to do something and Ranma will think i'm a pervert.'

"Thanks Masaki-san for letting me stay, and um thanks for the clothes Tenchi." Tenchi gulped as the girl fidgeted for a moment with the bottom of the shirt. 'Too, too cute.' First Ryoko now Ranma, it was like beautiful women were falling out of the sky and into his lap. Best part being this one wasn't trying to gut him with an energy sword.

"No thanks needed Ranma, here come sit down i'll go get you two some tea." His dad ran off to the kitchen, he noticed the momentary look of worry that flashed across the red head but it was gone in an instant as she sat down on one of the couches that flanked a coffee table. Dropping into the other he realized his dad wasn't really going to bring tea. 'Just some way to get us together, figures.'

"You have a nice house."

"Uh thanks." He really wished his dad was going to get tea.

"I saw a picture of your dad with a woman out in the hall, is that your mom?"

"Yea, she died when I was young." He sighed, he hadn't thought about her in a long time. It hurt less to just push it from his mind. "You didn't really say anything about your parents. Are they?"

"No no, Oyaji is around somewhere trying to marry me off. I don't know where my mom is. Can't remember much before." Ranma seemed to pause looking for a good way to reference something. "Before I was put through a really bad training technique."

"That's too bad. It must be hard."

"It's not too bad. I'd like to know but at the same time not knowing is fine. Ya know what I mean?"

"Yeah, but you said your dad was off trying to marry you. What's he like?" He didn't press for information. If she wanted to tell him she would.

"An idiot, a big fat stupid bald idiot." He was a bit taken back when Ranma's mood darkened and he could swear he saw her hair start to flutter.

"I'm sorry I asked. My dads a bit of a pain but he tries his best."

"So, is it alright if I just sleep here?" Ranma looked around at the couch and bounced a few times causing other parts of her to bounce. He tried, he really did, not to watch. Ranma was obviously in a bad situation and it would be irresponsible for him to even think such thoughts.

"No no you can take my room, i'll pull out a futon. I wouldn't feel right for a guest to sleep on a couch or futon if there is a bed available. Come on i'll show you where it is." She followed him obediently up the steps to the second floor and he slid open his door. "Huh that's weird why's my bed all lumpy?" Standing over it he patted it down and noticed a soft body underneath. 'Oh no, it can't be.'

"Hmm?" He stepped back preparing to run away if it was who he suspected. Ranma's red hair appeared in his vision as she pulled off the covers to expose a slumbering Ryoko. The girls eyes fluttered open and she rolled onto her back exposing most of her impressive bosom when her top opened up.

"Oh welcome home Tenchi." Ryoko turned from him to Ranma. "Red too?"

"Gah!" They both yelled and jumped away. He turned to Ranma and found her doing the same before they looked back at Ryoko who had sat up and smiled pleasantly at them. Sighing in defeat he raised his hands and clapped them twice, praying that she wouldn't destroy his house like the school.

X X X X X X

Two days later, in the world of TOMORROW! Just go with it since otherwise the timeline doesn't work.

"Genma it's great to see you again!" Nabiki frowned at her father who burst into a waterfall of tears as a fat balding man sat down across from them. Two days ago her father had gotten them all together and explained the situation. But no father and son duo had come. They'd went about their lives since then but now her father had received another post card saying his friend would be here today. So here they sat finally meeting their fathers old friend.

"Indeed Soun it has been far too long."

"Tell me where is Ranma? My daughters are anxious to meet him." Nabiki gave a strained smile at her fathers eccentric manner. 'Ranma better be worth my time waiting. I think i'm missing my favorite show too'

"It's horrible Soun, two days ago while moving through Okayama I told the boy about the engagement. He went into a rage and we fought, he then hit me from behind with a road sign and ran off. I looked for him all of yesterday but then I made the trip here alone hoping that he had accepted his duty. Oh why have I been burdened with such a dishonorable son. All the years spent training him and he runs away!"

"This is horrible Genma, how will our houses be joined!?" The pair started to hug and cry bemoaning their fate.

Nabiki's smile instantly faded at the two idiots across from her. Her first thoughts about Genma had instantly told her he was a thief and a bad one at that. Else why would she be able to pick him out so quickly. More over it seemed Ranma wasn't happy about this engagement either. He had also had the fortitude to actually go against it. Family honor was one thing but knowing when to cut your losses and move on was the mark of a good business man, or woman in her case.

Her respect for the boy went up a notch when she remembered where he had been most of his life. '10 years alone with this idiot and he's still smart enough to get while the gettings good? Must get everything from his mother.' Of course the possibility that he was a dumb jock who had just gotten lucky also could be true, but seemed far less likely.

Everything stopped when the pair tripped over the table and spilled Kasumi's glass of ice water over Genma. Who in the span of a couple seconds became a giant panda.

"Oh my."

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The present two days before.

"Ry, Ryoko! Why are you here?" Tenchi got out as he backed away from the demon woman. In the corner of his eyes he saw Ranma standing ready and not backing an inch. 'Is she nuts?'

"I'm hurt Tenchi, I come all this way to see you and you're with another woman?" Ryoko's lower lip started to quiver and her eyes got watery.

"Whatta ya mean with another woman!" Ranma sputtered glaring at Ryoko who just turned off the display in order to look coyly at the redhead.

"So then you two aren't?"

"No of course not, never!" He resisted the urge to cry, a pretty girl saying he had no chance. He didn't have time to dwell on it as Ryoko squealed girlishly and was instantly floating in mid air in front of him before wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing the life out of him.

"More for me then." She purred and he twitched a bit as a finger trace circles on his chest.

"Get off of him." Suddenly Ryoko teleported away as Ranma tried to pry the amorous demon off of him.

"Hmmph, for someone not interested you sure do get in the way enough." Ryoko smirked as she floated over his bed, lounging leisurely in an invisible chair.

"Yea well when some monster woman is attacking someone who can't fight back I have problems doing nothing."

"Mon, ster, woman?" Ryoko asked dangerously a small ball of red starting to form near her right hand. She grasped it and it turned into another sword.

"You're floating, you can go through stuff, you just created that thing, you can jump around the room instantly, and you tried to kill him earlier. I think that is good enough to call someone a monster." Ryoko disappeared again and reappeared behind Ranma with the blade at the girls throat with both of Ranma's arms locked behind her back.

"Good reasons, but what does that make someone who could stop my attack?"

"Ack lemme go!"

"Stop it you two!" He shouted and drew the two females attentions. "Ryoko what do you want? Revenge again?"

"What I want, is your balls."

"WHAT!? You can't have them! I'm using them right now." He stepped back again and held his hands protectively in front of himself.

"NOT THOSE YOU IDIOT! I meant on the sword. There are three gems that I need. Otherwise I can't control Ryo-ohki."

"Who?"

"The other demon in the legend you dunce."

"Yea like i'm going to give them to you now."

"If you don't I cut off little red here's head." Ranma bit back a cry of pain as she was lifted off the ground for a minute by her arms. Soon as she recovered she growled and tried to look back at the person who had her arm locked in a vice grip. In a fight she could take on most anybody but this Ryoko was inhumanly quick and strong. She also didn't know the extent to which she could move through objects. If it meant anything then it would be impossible for her to even hit her opponent.

The sounds of quick footsteps receding caused her to try and find Tenchi who had run out of the room. 'Oh great.' Pulling her right arm free she reached up and gripped the perplexed Ryoko's sword arm.

"You're pretty strong aren't you red." She would have glared at the Ryoko but settled for pulling on the sword arm that slowly started to move from her neck. "Full of surprises, I like you, we should have some fun later."

"Here I got it." Tenchi reappeared holding a sword hilt.

"What's that thing? I thought she wanted a sword." More pressure was applied to her captive arm and she gasped allowing the sword to return next to her neck.

"Ryoko I know you are here come out now!" A voice called out as the outside of the house was suddenly turned into day.

"Not her." Ryoko groaned and released Ranma who jumped away and glared at her. She smiled as both of the humans stared wide eyed out the window at the light show Ayeka was putting on. Phasing through the window she looked up and saw Ryu-Oh hanging motionless above the house. Ranma and Tenchi appeared at her side and pulled the blinds away to look up.

"Great it's the princess." Stepping back into the room Tenchi and Ranma turned back to her. Putting on her best scared look she kneeled in front Tenchi. "Please Tenchi she's the devil, I was just playing before, if you don't give me the jewels we'll all be killed."

"Think we should trust her?" Tenchi asked Ranma.

"I don't know, she didn't really seem that serious before. Though I will be getting her back for holding that stupid light sword against my neck." She upped the water works as Ranma glared down at her. Surprisingly the girl wilted instantly and started waving her arms around wildly.

"Please stop crying, oh jeez oh jeez, please stop stop please." She blinked and dropped the act. Usually the sad puppy dog eyes only worked on guys.

"Alright how do I give them back?" Tenchi sighed and looked at Ranma strangely with her.

"Easy just hold the bottom in my direction and will them to go to me." She smiled brightly and stood up. Presenting her wrists she could almost purr with delight at getting access to her full powers.

"Alright." Tenchi held up the tenchi-ken and concentrated on giving one of the jewels to Ryoko. Ranma was watching as the bottom jewel pulsed once before it disappeared and reappeared on Ryoko's right wrist.

"What you were supposed to give me all of them." Ryoko glared at Tenchi fuming over being denied the full extent of her power.

"You stop whoever it is who is outside and i'll think about giving back the other two alright?" She narrowed her eyes but relented. Ayeka would be easy to defeat with but a single jewel.

"Come forth Ryo-ohki!" She shouted connected with her eternal partner who gave a resounding miyah back through their link. Back at her location in the lake near the Masaki shrine, Ryo-ohki's systems crackled to life for the first time in 700 years.

X X X X X X

"Ayeka-sama please you must not. The statute of limitations has ended. Ryoko is no longer a wanted criminal" Ayeka didn't turn to glare at her guardian Azaka who once again reminded her of the ineptitude of the system.

"Nonsense, we will capture Ryoko. Once we did that we can come up with a reason. She's our only link to finding Yosho."

"This is kidnapping Ayeka-sama." Kamidake added.

"I'm going to capture Ryoko and that's that." She firmed her resolves. "Is this thing on?" She asked Ryu-oh not understanding why Ryoko didn't rush out to start a fight.

"Yes Ayeka-sama."

"Fire a warning shot somewhere nearby."

X X X X X X

Outside the house on a ladder, Nobuyuki watched the goings on inside the room. Camcorder in hand he peeked through the small space at the bottom of the blinds. That Ranma girl was incredibly attractive and now he found another stunning beauty in his sons bed before he had even gotten in the room. 'My son is so manly!'

Several kilometers away a woman known to carry a tightly wrapped bundle nearly spit out her tea as she sneezed. Dabbing at the small amount of liquid that had come out with a napkin she and wondered who was talking about her.

He did frown when the girl he didn't know tied up Ranma and held her in place with some glowing sword. 'I didn't think my son was into bondage. But if it gets him girls like this who cares?'

Nearly thrown off the ladder he looked up to find a blinding light coming down from above. Up above was a giant space ship that was hovering above his house.

"Ryoko I know you are here come out now!" A voice called out from ever where and he fell off the ladder to land heavily on the ground when the unknown girl moved through the wall in front of him.

'Not good.'

X X X X X X

Ranma and Tenchi cried out as an explosion rocked the house showing the room with glass. Blinking the spots from her eyes the light outside suddenly died off and a loud cry of miyah echoed everywhere.

"What is that!?" She cried out, it almost sounded like a cat.

"Heh that's Ryo-ohki." A bright yellow light surrounded everything. "Let's go Ryo-ohki!"

"WAAA!" Ranma and Tenchi cried out as they were lifted off the floor along with the entire house from it's foundation. Rematerializing on a large black circular base. Looking around it looked like they were in some kind of dome.

"What's with all these floating things?" Around them were a large number of red glowing crystals that floated in mid air.

"Ryo-ohki let's get out of here."

"MIYAH!" Ranma shuddered at the sound, it wasn't exactly like a cat but it came close.

"My, my house." Tenchi said pitifully beside her. Looking at what Tenchi was crying over she found a flattened mini version of Tenchi's house complete with his father sprawled out on the ground.

"I just made it travel size." Ryoko smirked and the platform lurched to the side as the sky started to whip by them at high speed. Staring wide eyed with Tenchi they watched as large beams of light shot by them.

"Feels so good to be flying around again." Ryoko gave off a stretch and looked all too pleased with herself. The ship gave a lurched as one of the light beams hit them. "Damnit! Ryo-ohki return fire!"

"MIYAH!" Oddly enough the platform tilted forward completely but they didn't slide down.

"Haha, take that princess." Ryoko cackled madly as the ship lurched forward from releasing something backwards. Ryoko's laughs increased for a moment before clutching her head in pain and the ship stopped suddenly. All the crystals started to violently shake in mid air and Ryoko screamed as an invisible force wrapped around her.

"Hey you alright." Ranma couldn't stop herself from trying to help. Seeing someone, especially a girl in pain was one of her instant action buttons.

"Stop stay back." Ryoko gasped out and her hand was suddenly shocked.

"Proceeding with capture of Ryoko." A voice called out from the side revealing a large wooden log floating in space with a blue kanji symbol painted on it's front. Ryoko cried out as she was absorbed into the log.

"What the hell? Who are you?"

"Proceeding with capture of other life forms." Turning another with red kanji drew closer and suddenly she was frozen as something wrapped around her waist binding her arms to the side. Fighting it she was helpless as the log moved forward and she fell into it.

X X X X X X

"Are you comfy Ryoko?" Peeking open one of her eyes Ryoko found the crown princess of Jurai sipping tea as if her being upside down and captive meant nothing. 'Typical princess.' Not that her orientation mattered much at all. A different perspective on things would solve a lot of problems in the universe.

"Very, do you think you could give me a sponge bath while i'm here?" She smirked as the princess spit out her tea and stood up. She watched the girl come up holding the tenchi-ken in her hand. 'hmm my jewels but she isn't going to release them.'

"Tell me where my brother is."

"Who? Oh you mean your half brother, what was his name again?"

"It was Yosho you monster, now tell me where he is."

"He's not here, guess he died." She smirked as the girls gaze turned murderous and electricity started to arc through her body.

"Ah, haha, stop it, i'm ticklish, please, if you wanted, to tickle me, you should, use your hands!" She got out through laughs. With one of her jewels returned this kind of attack did literally feel like someone tickling your entire body inside and out.

"Enough." She almost frowned when it stopped. 'Now if only I could figure out what would gave pleasure.'

"Who are those other two natives that you were with?"

"Who?" She asked innocently.

"You know who! The two who were on your ship!"

"Oh them, just a couple interesting natives." She smirked at the angry look that crossed the princess' face and her cheeks puffing up.. 'Ah, i've missed this.' That thought was cut off as Ayeka shoved the tenchi-ken into her stomach and it's power ripped through her body. Screaming in pain she thrashed around for what felt like hours but was only a few seconds.

"Ayeka-sama, it is your bed time." Able to open her eyes again she found Ayeka being admonished by a small purple globe.

"Go away, i'm busy."

"I'm sorry but I was very clear that you need to rest well."

"Fine, i'll deal with the other two tomorrow."

"Night princess, better add a few hours onto your beauty rest, I think I see crows feet." She smirked at the momentary tensing of the nobles shoulders before she walked away.

X X X X X X

"Tenchi, hey wake up." Ranma poked Tenchi's unconscious body with her foot again. When he didn't wake she went back to trying different ways to get out of the cage they were in. It was weird, like a living thing it reacted when someone tried to escape and blocked it off. What was really weird was that it and everyone else on the ship looked like it was made out of trees. "Stupid tree roots." She glared at them again, even at her fastest they still somehow got her.

Running and jumping at a large open spot she started to get through before it closed around her waist and caught her in mid air. Trying to swim through the air had no effect and she realized she was stuck some 5 meters in the air. Slumping lifelessly she plotted her escape.

"Wow, you can jump really high." Blinking she raised her head and looked at a small girl with big trailing pig tails of light blue hair and large pink eyes looking up at her. Some strange animal curled around her left arm.

"Uh hi." She said lamely and waved.

"Hi. I'm Sasami, what's your name?"

"I'm Ranma, hey uh listen can you get me out of here?"

"Nuh uh, Oneesama will get angry if I did that."

"Oh." She made another attempt to get the roots to release her but it was no use the tree roots just held fast.

"Maybe, if you got me something."

"Like what?"

"My Oneesama wears a control band for the ship, if you get me that i'll agree to let you out."

"Really? Sure thing I can do that."

"Ok." The girl smiled and held up a small something and pointed it at the bars which suddenly opened into a large archway releasing her to fall to the ground.

"Ack!" She called out and twisted in mid air to land lightly on the ground.

"Ooh, i'm sorry I forgot that you were so high, but that was really cool how you landed how did you do that?"

"Huh, oh that was nothing. Now wheres this thing I need to get at?"

"Don't you wanna help your friend?"

"Oh that's right I forgot about Tenchi. Well, will he be alright waiting here?"

"He should be."

"Well i'll just go get what you want then I can come back, get him, then we can get outta here."

"Right, i'll show you were it is." Ranma suddenly found her hand grabbed and was dragged along mercilessly by the small girl as they moved through the forest. 'Just how big is this place anyways?' It wasn't long before she found herself sitting in some grass with Sasami looking at a lighted tree. What he couldn't stop staring at was the monstrous tree that loomed at the center or what she thought was the center of this place.

"She's in there." The little girl whispered.

"Alright let's go get it."

"Nuh uh it's you that has to go."

"But how am I supposed to know what it looks like?"

"It'll be on her forehead silly." Ranma frowned at the little girl who was giggling at her.

"Fine i'll be back in a few minutes." Moving with all the stealth that years of dodging people after Genma's greed did something stupid, she moved through the tall grass and was quickly at the tree. 'Whatta ya know this bodies good for something.' With her smaller size she could easily just run through the grass without anyone seeing.

Jumping up the steps at the base of the tree she was through the open doorway easily. 'Guess they weren't expecting me or Tenchi to get free. Now that I think about it where is Ryoko? She's the cause of this entire mess.'

Glancing around at the she found a curtain of some kind of purple silk with a large bedroom behind it. 'That must be where she's at.' Pulling it aside she stepped through and examined this new room. A very large bed sat pushed up against the far wall. Tan sheets with a large purple pillow that spanned it's width. Above hanging from tree limbs were clusters of softly glowing globes. On the bed lay an attractive purple haired girl. 'Sheesh is everything purple round here?'

Stepping up lightly to the side she found that the girl was clutching that hilt of Tenchi's. 'Guess i'll grab both things.' Crawling onto the bed as lightly as she could due to the lack of reach of her shorter form had. She pulled off the headband without much difficulty then moved to grab the sword. She frowned when the girl held firm. Tugging a few times the only response was the grip tightening. 'Why you!'

Moving to straddle the girl she grabbed the hilt with both hands. Trying to pull away it glowed white before running high voltage through her hands causing her to cry out for a second from the pain. 'What the hell is this thing anyways.'

"Huh, wha?" Ranma froze as the girls soft red eyes fluttered open and turned to look at her.

"Uh heh heh, hi i'll just be going now." She smiled and tried to move away but was reward with a strong kick to the stomach that sent her flying off the bed. 'Why am I getting attacked by a bunch of tomboys all of a sudden?' Shooting to her feet she noticed that she now had the hilt. 'Haha victory!'

Victory was short lived as the hilt sparked and shocked her. Juggling it between her hands for a moment, she flipped it into the air towards the door and took off after it, leaving an irate princess behind her.

"Azaka, Kamidake! Get that girl!" The two logs from earlier appeared at the side of Ayeka's bed. She was surprised when the girl was literally gone by the time her guardians had appeared. "My she runs fast."

"Who you calling a girl?!" Ranma shouted back on reflex but quickly stopped trying to reason with someone who would have no clue. Catching the hilt at the end of it's flight she flipped it into the air before it could shock her again. Moving quickly she deftly avoided energy blasts as the logs sent volley after volley after her.

"Haha this is fun." Sasami laughed as Ranma landed near the girl and gathered her up and taking off again. Carrying the small girl, dodging log energy blasts, and occasionally kicking the stupid hilt when it got near the ground. 'And I thought Oyaji caused problems.'

X X X X X X

"Ugh." Tenchi returned to the land of the living and sat up. "Huh?" Getting up he looked around at the tree roots that surround him. Walking out of an open archway he was surprised when Ranma with a young girl in her arms dropped next to him along with the tenchi-ken dropping neatly beside him.

"Stupid bloody stick zapping me. Hurry up and take it we gotta go some logs are after me."

"Their names are Azaka and Kamidake, they're our guardians." The girl added.

"Can you call em off or something if they are?" He asked as he gathered up the tenchi-ken to stow in his pocket. He guessed that these logs were the same ones that had taken Ryoko, Ranma, and him off of Ryo-ohki.

"Nope, they're my sisters only she can."

"Just great, wait is Ryoko here?" Ranma asked kneeling to look the girl in the eyes. It didn't take much with how short Ranma was.

"Ryoko? Let's just get out of here, why would we find her?" He asked, what was Ranma crazy? Ryoko had been trying to kill them.

"She's got a ship right, and I don't think miss prissy back there will be too happy to bring us back after I took this." Ranma did smile at the gold tiara that she held.

"Oooh you got it." Sasami cried and grabbed it and placed it on her forehead. "I could bring you back now. And I don't know who Ryoko is but the other person Oneesama brought on board is over there." Sasami pointed towards a structure that looked like the cage he had been in.

"Well let's go save her." Ranma said and took off running.

"Hey wait for me!" He yelled and tried to catch the speeding red head who was carrying someone. 'How is she so fast? Even Jiichan never moves this fast. She's nearly as fast as Ryoko.'

"Stop!" Not stopping he turned and saw the two logs flying towards him. 'Ok now I know why she runs so fast.' He doubled his speed when they started shooting energy blasts at him.

X X X X X X

Ryoko yawned and smacked her lips together a few times as she lay in her cage. Ayeka had been only fun for a few minutes, now she was just bored. And these stupid trees always stopped her from using her abilities. 'Such a bother.' Sitting up at the approaching footsteps and explosions she found Ranma and Tenchi along with a small girl rushing towards her. Teleporting to a standing position next to the bars she smiled when the logs retreated. 'Probably going to get the princess.'

"What's all this then?" She questioned and leaned through the bars to look at the out of breath Ranma.

"Hello i'm Sasami, it's nice to meet you." The small girl gave her a bow.

"That's great kid, now let the grown ups talk, unless you can let me out." The little girl frowned and the control band glowed briefly as the cage split. Nearly spilling forward she noticed the band for the first time. 'How'd she get that from the princess?'

"Ranma-neechan who's this older lady?" Her eyes as well as Ranma's narrowed at the little girl. 'How dare she call her older.' Ranma on the other hand was angry about the neechan added to her name.

"That's Ryoko." Tenchi answered.

"What a charming little girl." She smiled and started to ruffle the girls hair, very hard, causing little cracks to come from her neck.

"Ouchie, Ryoko-san is strong."

"I've found you." The group of four turned to find Ayeka standing with Azaka and Kamidake at her sides. Clad in her ornate purple Jurai robes it wasn't a very intimidating sight. 'Seriously who shows up looking for a fight in a kimono that would fit at some royal wedding?' Sasami darted behind Ranma's back trying to hide.

"Sasami what are you doing with the control band?"

"Hehe I just wanted to play Oneesama." The little girl fidgeted under Ayeka's gaze.

"That's enough play for you, come here this instant and get away from that criminal and her accomplices. That redheaded girl could be dangerous." Ryoko smirked as the redhead puffed up for being acknowledged. "And you hand over the tenchi-ken."

"No way it's my families heirloom."

"Family heirloom?" She could almost see the gears turning in the princess' head. "You, you mean you are a descendent of Yosho's?"

"Yeah I am."

"Then that means." The girl trailed off and looked close to tears.

"Well as fun as it is to hang around." She broke in before anymore waterworks started. Teleporting between Tenchi and Ranma she grabbed them both around the waist and lifted them into the air. They both cried out in indignation shortly before one of Ryo-ohki's spikes ripped through the floor in front of them. "Ta ta!" She cried out happily to Ayeka who was now pinned to the floor by one of her guardians. Ryoko's giant spike having sent the trio flying. Cackling madly she pulled them into the ship.

"Bye bye, lady." Sasami waved as her new friends left.

X X X X X X

"Time to make our get away!" Ryoko cried out happily and released Tenchi and her. Falling to the floor of Ryo-ohki for the second time Ranma shifted and rubbed her much abused backside.

"What do you mean get away? We gotta get back home." Tenchi broke in.

"Home? Well in that case i'll have to stop princess from doing that ever again."

"Wha?" It was disorientating as the view outside shifted, moving from looking down at the earth above to looking at the vast expanse of space the other. Ranma smirked as Tenchi looked a bit ill, years spent training in the air had given her a seventh sense for where she was in space. Sixth sense being for danger of course.

"Ryo-ohki increase your mass and let's head back to earth." Ryoko cackled madly as the ship gave off a miyah and the stars started to move away. Ayeka's panicked voice came through something begging for Ryoko to stop which only caused her to laugh more. Flame licked the side of the glass and her and Tenchi shared a worried look and tried to find something to hang onto.

"Ryoko stop please!" Tenchi called out as clouds whizzed by, the only answer was Ryoko's maddening laugh.

A huge explosion rocked Ryo-ohki and sent the ship flying sideways. Looking up she spotted some bridge off in the distance and water below them. Her and Tenchi cried out when the ship caught the water sending them into a spin. Wildly spinning the impact sent all three of the occupants of Ryo-ohki slamming into one of the walls in a heap.

"Ite." The mass of limbs and bodies moaned.

X X X X X X

Author Notes:

First off, no no no no no no no, pause deep breaths, no no no no no no no no no no no Tench and Ranma are not going to be paired together. Actually I don't even plan to have Ranma paired with anyone. Doesn't fit with the ending I have planned. Tenchi is going to end up with someone but I haven't decided. Nor do I plan to till the story is written more.

If you want a good Ranma/Tenchi fic check out "Tenchi and Ranma, Together Forever!?", it's listed in my favorites as the oldest one. It's missing a chapter or two on but if you go to the penultimate ranma archive, they have the rest.

I'm not into needless character bashing but well let's just say Genma is going to have his share of woes but nothing too terrible. And if Ranma seems a bit OOC, well there is a reason for it.

BTW what is Ryoko's clothing, specifically the one with different colored arms, as that is my favorite outfit of hers. I have an idea but i'm thinking there must be some actual name since it seems like i've seen things like it in a few different shows.

Ite - ouch

Oyaji - dad, inpolite form

Jiichan - Grandfather

Oneesama - older sister, very polite

sama - honorific used when addressing someone of higher rank/importance

kun - honorific used when addressing males near the same age/status

If I messed up on these please don't hesitate to tell me. I'm pretty sure I got their usage right. I don't like to use a ton of japanese in my fics but if it's shorter than the english and in some way denotes more than one can say with an english word i would like to use the honorifics at least.