Ranma's New Curse A Ranma 1/2 Inu-Yasha Crossover Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. This is a work of fanfiction, which means I get to play god and change the characters around as I see fit. HA HA HA! Notes: In the Ranma Universe this story starts out at the end of the battle with Saffron. In the Inu Yasha Universe it diverges from book 8. I will change little things as time goes on, ie the Inu Yasha group never meets Sango and anything after book 8 never happened. If the characters are OOC then I apologize I tried my best damn it! All was quiet in the district known as Nerima, as it has been for the past couple of days. The residents of the small community were beginning to get worried. What had happened to the random acts of violence and destruction that took place on a daily basis? People were afraid to step out of their houses because they believed the quiet to be a bad omen. However this did not affect the six people walking down the street. When the residents saw the people coming down the street, they felt it was safe and the terrifying period of quiet was over. The Nerima Wrecking crew was back. Chapter 1 Ranma's Childhood Mystery Akane was confused. Ranma and the others had finally gotten home and away from the terror that was Jusendo, but whenever she looked at Ranma she did not see the cocky, arrogant boy whom she had lived with, but instead an empty shell. Ever since they had left the boat, Ranma had not spoken a word to anyone and looked as if he was in deep thought. Just as Shampoo and Mousse were going to turn away so they could continue towards their restaurant and home, Ranma stopped them. "What is problem?" asked Shampoo in her bubbly happy voice even though she knew something was wrong. "In an hour I want you, Mousse and the old ghoul to come to the Tendo Dojo. I have an announcement and you should be there." he said in a cold tone. "No problem Airen, we be there." Shampoo responded as she grabbed Mousse's arm and dragged him away to the Nekohanten. 'Finally Ranma has decided to come back to China with Shampoo. Shampoo so happy!!!' she thought as she rushed home to tell her great-grandmother the good news. "Ranma what's the announcement about?" asked Akane with some hesitation. 'I wonder if he's going to pick a fiance.' "I will tell everyone about it at the same time. All I'll tell you is that is has to do with what happened at Jusendo." With that said Ranma continued walking towards the Tendo Dojo in silence with Akane walking next to him and glancing at him every now and then. Another person who noticed Ranma's strange behavior was Genma. As he trudged along behind the two teens, while leading Ryoga, he thought to himself, 'Could it be that the old woman told the truth? Hmmm... I better have a talk with the boy.' With that thought in his head, and the thought of once again tasting Kasumi's home cooking, he raced towards the Tendo Dojo while stopping every block to turn Ryoga in the right direction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the occupants of the Tendo Dojo were in a state of happiness. They had recieved word that their respective spouse/sibling/child/money maker was coming home. A large banner that read 'Welcome Home' hung from the cieling and there were balloons everywhere. In the middle of the living room Soun Tendo was crying his eyes out. "My baby's finally coming home, I'm so happy!" In the kitchen, Kasumi Tendo and Nodoka Saotome were preparing a hearty feast in celebaration of their loved ones return. Kasumi was both happy and sad. She was happy because her sister and prospective brother-in-law were coming home but was sad because she knew that chaos would soon resume residence at the Tendo Dojo. Nodoka was happy, she couldn't wait to see her manly son again, and that Genma was coming home. Nabiki was in her room, plotting how to make the most money out of Ranma's return. "I'm sure Ukyo and the Kuno's will be happy to know that Ranma is back in town." With that said she went downstairs to contact her 'customers'. As she was about to dial the number for Ucchans, she was interrupted by a cry of, "I'm Home!" coming from the front door. A wailing mass of flesh attached itself to Akane as soon as she announced her presence in her home. "WAAAAAHHH!!! My Baby Girl Is Finally Home!" Soun Tendo cried as he glomped his youngest daughter. "It's good to see you too dad." she managed to choke out. Upon hearing the wailings of Soun, Nodoka and Kasumi ran to the door to greet their returning family members. However what they found was Akane being choked to death by her father. After disengaging Soun from the death grip he had Akane in they hugged her (lightly) and asked how she was. "I'm just fine but it's Ranma I'm worried about." she responded while looking downcast. "Where is my son, is he alright?" asked Nodoka. "He's in the dojo with Ryoga and Mr. Saotome." she answered softly. "Something happened at Jusendo and Ranma wanted to talk to his father about it. I think they took Ryoga so they could spar." "oh." said Nodoka a little crestfallen at not being able to see her son yet. "I will give them some time then." she said as she went back into the kitchen to finish cooking dinner. "What happened at Jusendo that has Ranma acting wierd?" asked Nabiki. "I'm not sure really. Only he would know and he hasn't told anyone else yet." "Oh my, I hope Ranma's alright." said Kasumi, a worried look on her face. "Akane, what did happen at Jusendo?" After Akane was asked this she told of their adventure with the people of Pheonix Mountain and Ranma's battle with Saffron. She conviniently left out the part when she heard Ranma tell her he loved her. 'I'm not ready to face something like that yet.' she thought as she continued telling the story of their boat ride home. "Ranma was still acting wierd on the walk home and wouldn't talk to anyone." "I'm sure he's fine Akane. You know Ranma, he'll be back to his arrogant, jockish self before you know it." remarked Nabiki as she consoled her younger sister. "As for what's bothering him, leave that to me. Saotome was never good at keeping secrets." she added with a wink. 'I wonder how much I can make off of this.' she thought as she started imgining ways to exploit Ranma when her thoughts were interrupted. "That's not going to be needed Nabiki." started Akane. "Ranma's already invited everyone over and is going to make an announcement about what happened at Jusendo. Everyone should be here in less than an hour." 'Rats there goes that idea.' thought Nabiki as she walked back up to her room. Suddenly an idea dawned on her. 'He probably didn't contact the Kunos about the announcement so I still have a customer.' she thought as she ran up the stairs to make a phone call. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After a week of eerie silence, sounds of combat were once again coming out of the Tendo Dojo. Ranma was engaging in a 3-way sparring session with his father and Ryoga. As the three bounced around the dojo exchanging kicks, puches a ki-blat every now and then, it was easy to see who was winning as Genma flew through the wall of the dojo and landed in the yard on his stomach only to have Ryoga fall on him a second later. Ranma turned around with a contemplative look on his face and sat down in the middle of the floor and started to meditate Ryoga and Genma continued to stare at Ranma's back while replaying the battle in their heads. Ryoga was the first to speak. "Since when did he get so strong? I could actually feel all of his hits and they hurt like hell." he remarked as he absently rubbed his bruised chest. "The boy got lucky!" retorted Genma trying to keep his pride intact. "It's nothing more than that." "Luck my Ass! He fights like a demon. I've taken enough punishment for one night, I'm gonna take a bath." Ryoga turned and walked straight towards the koi pond. As he came back out as P-chan he thought. 'Not the right bath, but it'll do.' With a sigh he headed towards the house. Unknown to Ryoga his comment had not gone unnoticed by the two Saotome males. Genma sweatdropped as he remembered something long forgotten. He could only hope the boy did not. Ranma had heard the conversation that took place between Ryoga and his father and his eyebrows raised at the demon comment. He looked at his hands and said softly to himself "Like a demon..." as he remembered his promise... -----------------------------------Ten YYears Ago---------------------------------- Genma Saotome was running as fast as his legs could carry him. 'What went wrong?' he thought as he kept running in his dirty, bloody gi carrying what was once a small boy under his arm. The boy's clothes were shredded and deep scratches covered his whole body. "Unbeatable technique my ass!" he said while running deeper into the forest. "Hang on boy, I'll get you to that old woman and she'll fix you up good as new." he said to the bundle. 'And she better give me a refund.' he added to himself. After running a few more yards, Genma finally arrived at his destination. It was an old rundown cottage with a dry well next to it. The cottage was in a state of disrepair with loose boards, cracked windows adn where the door should have been there was a splintering piece of bark leaning against the entrance. Genma ran to the cottage and knocked the piece of bark out of his way as he yelled. "Baba! Baba!" He looked around and settled his eyes upon an old woman sitting in a rocking chair. "Baba" he addressed the woman, "I need your help." The woman referred to as Baba was a small woman, maybe a little taller than Happousai. She had long black hair with white streaks in it that trailed behind her on the floor as she limped over to Genma. She supported her wait on a gnarled cane similar to Colognes. "How can I help you?" she asked, her voice raspy and hoarse. Genma cringed with each word she spoke. He thought that nails on a chalkboard sounded better. However he pushed that thought out of his mind as he showed the old woman the remains of his son. "It's my son. I attempted one of the training methods listed in the manual you gave me," holds up book that says ADVANCED COMBAT, "and this happened to my son." She looked at the body (if one could call it that) of the boy. It was missing chunks of flesh from it's stomach, an arm and was riddled with deep scratches. "The child looks like he's been mauled by a wild animal. Which technique has a method of training that results in this?" she asked, confused. Genma looked at her in confusion. "How could you not know? It's the first one in the book. The Cat Fist." He said as he showed her the page. If there wasn't a child dying right in front of her eyes, Baba would have beaten the man senseless. 'The idiot didn't read the whole thing! That's not even a technique, it's the intro to the manual!' Sure enough she looked at the top of the page and saw printed in big, bold kanji "THINGS NOT TO TEACH!!" Ignoring the stupidity of the man for a moment she turned her attention back to the boy. She could tell that he wasn't going to live and that there was nothing she could do to heal Ranma's injuries. She turned to Genma and addressed him. "I'm sorry. He's lost to much blood there's nothing I could do for him." she stated sadly as she walked away from the man to give him some finall moments alone with his son. Genma was a wreck. He was nervous and shivering over the body of his dead son all the while thinking. 'Oh No! My meal ticket is gone! My Retirement, the unification of the schools won't happen.' He almost cried as he thought of the last thought. 'Nodoka's gonna kill me!' Baba watched as Genma struggled to try and keep his emotions in check and felt bad for the man. 'I can't believe there's nothing I can do for him. I feel so useless.' she thought as she slumped in her seat. "My poor Ranma." Genma said between sniffs as he looked at the body of son. At this, Baba perked her head up. 'Ranma.' She looked around the cottage and saw a painting that was over her cot of a white-haired pigtailed youth attacking a phoenix. Never believing in coincidences she knew just want to do. Baba turned to Genma and touched his arm. "I can help your son." "You can?" asked Genma with newfound hope in his eyes. "Yes I can. However, I will take this book off your hands." she said as she took back the book. "But you said they were powerful techniques." he whined. "They are, but in the boy's condition it's best that he not learn them yet. I'll give you this instead." she handed Genma a new book. "The techniques are not as powerful but they are good. Now back to the matter at hand." she said as she once again examined Ranma's body. "The only way to save the boy is to use this." She held up a small green pearl. "What is it?" Genma asked while thinking how much he could get for the pearl if he stole and sold it. "It's a magical jewel that contains the power of a powerful youkai. Years ago youkai roamed the entire Japanese countryside. There was one youkai known as the Demon Dog of the West, before he died he enchanted two pearls. In one he set up his grave so no one could defile it and left in the care of one of his sons. In the other pearl he sealed up his remaining powers. It was entrusted to my family who had served his mortal mistress and has stayed within this home for many years." "If I insert the pearl into the boys heart, he will gain the speed, strength, healing ability and stamina of a youkai. However it will not trigger until 10 years of maturation has passed. Do you want that?" "Please do it. I'll do anything to have my son back!" he pleaded as he thought to himself 'My boy's gonna be the greatest! This will surely make a man among men.' "Okay I will do this but remember to send him back to me after 10 years so I can help him understand his new powers. The only power that will work now is his healing ability." "No problem." 'Feh in ten years you'll be dead old hag. Besides no one raises my boy but me after all who else is qualified enough to do it?' At his nod of agreement, Baba reached into Ranma's body through one of the deep gashes in his chest. She placed the pearl in his heart and quickly removed her hand. As soon as her hand came free from his body, the spilled blood on the table as well as the blood on Genma's gi began to return to Ranma's body. His flesh expanded and covered his wounds leaving no trace of a scar behind. Suddenly Ranma woke up and resumed what he was doing before he passed out. He screamed.