Ranma, in a cat-like state of mind ran on all fours through the mountainous forests of China jumping from tree to tree, with Genma close behind him.

meanwhile...

A 22 year old woman with short black hair and amber irises and slit pupils in a dusty blue kimono was making her way through the forest, heading to a cabin she had made her home that sat at the foot of the largest tree in the forest, however, when she arrived at her home, she was bumped into, she turned round to see a black-haired boy with a red Chinese attire and baggy black kung fu pants on his but rubbing his eyes in a cat-like way, he was badly bruised and cut, bleeding in several places. A man wearing a dusty white Gi then came into view, panting heavily the man then proceeded to approach the boy who leap to all fours, turning and hissing at the man like a cat would, baring his teeth and giving him a death glare. the woman then looked more closely at the boy, she recognised the cuts, caused by that of a cat and from how he acted she knew what had happened, the man then began to cautiously approach the boy, ignoring the woman's presence.

The woman then stepped in front of the boy, standing between him and the man, the boy then looked up at her, she looked over her shoulders and when the boy met her cat like eyes and instantly relaxed, she then turned back to the man. "Leave him alone" she said threateningly. The man then looked at her for the first time.

"Who are you?" the man then asked.

"Is it not proper to give ones own name before asking another to give theirs?" she replied as she sized the man up.

"I am Genma Saotome master of the Saotome school of anything goes martial arts and father of that boy now if you don't mind step away from my son" Genma roared at the woman.

"You tried teaching the cat fist to your own son, your own flesh and blood...what kind of monster are, as for who I am, my name is Alice Omigama (no flames on the name please i get writers block when it comes to them)" she replied with a glare.

"And what would a weak little girl like you know anyway?" Genma retorted "it's a martial artists duety to master new technequis and become stronger"

"I am no weak little girl I am a martial artist and I know all about the neko-ken that it's illegal what happens to those who attempt to master it how to master it and so much more...in fact my clan are the only ones to master it without going insane" she retored.

"I don't care if your a martial artist or not just get out of my way so I can take my son and teach him the ultimate techneque" Genma yelled back at Alice.

"No...you do not deserve to be a father and for what you have done I can never forgive you and I will kill you if i ever see you again, now if you excuse me I have to help this unfortunate child" Alice yelled, her voice becoming softer near the end, Genma then charged at Alice only to have her use a rolling kick to strike him in the ribs and send him flying through the trees until he struck one. Alice then bent down and looked into the young boy's eyes and he looked into hers she then stretched her arms out, he then leapt into them and Alice carried him inside the old wooden cabin, she then set him down on a wooden table, looking at him lovingly.

He reminded her of her son, who now lay on the bed in the far corner, his body almost completely shutdown, he was literally on the edge of death and there was no way to save his body but his soul was another case entirley, she refused to let him die he was all she had left of her family everyone else had been claimed by death and she and her son were the only ones left of her once proud clan. She then turned back to the boy who sat like a cat on the table, he was bleeding heavily and badly bruised but it didn't seem to bother him, he was used to been badly injured.

"I'm sorry young one but to ensure your survival from both these wounds and the affects of the neko-ken i have no choice but to do this" she sighed as she too the boys left arm and summoned her claws and and using the one on her index made a single cut to his arm, the boy winced slightly, but didn't pull away, she then cut her palm with the same claw and pressed it against the wound, mixing her and his blood and once this process the boy fell onto his back and his body began to spasm out of control. Alice knew what was happening human bodies couldn't accept her blood, the blood of her species, however, the neko-ken would make the process easier, quicker and less painful, it allowed the blood to mix and be converted, Alice then began to chant in ancient language and a outstretched her arms so that one faced her son and the other hovered over the boy the spirit of her son then slithered out of his body and went into her palm and traveled through her body and came out the other palm and floated into the boys open wound, merging with his soul.

The boy then sank into unconciousness and his wounds began to heal at a remarkable rate, all except for the once she gave him faded away, the wound she had opened to mix their bloods became a scar.