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Part 3:  Flames
By RJ


	“So let me get this straight, if Ranma dies, all hell breaks loose.  Right?”
Ryoga asked the crowd in front of him.  He glanced around and thought, I must be losing
 my mind.  I always wanted Ranma out of the way, now I have the chance.  Why help
 him out?  If he were out of the way then Akane would be all mine.  But what kind of 
honor is that?  Oh curse you Ranma Saotome!” 
 Ryoga thoughts ran rapid in his mind as he fought with the decision.  Oh damn it!  I 
guess I’m in. He convinced himself.

“So what’s the plan?”  Ukyo asked.

“We do what we always do, go to school, work, whatever and hope to God we are 
ready when she attacks.”  Kin said.
“What are we even up against?”  Akane asked looking at Ryoga still in tattered clothes.

“Aunt Cendy is an extremely strong opponent.”  Kitama said standing in the doorway.
“You’re up, it’s only been thirty minutes.”  Kin stated giving a loving look. 
Kit responded with a smile to her friend.  “I’m fine don’t worry.  Anyway she’s in her 
late teens, early twenties, which is not good for us.  According to father, she was in a 
rebellious stage.  A pyrokinetic, she mastered the ability to control fire, and her power 
continues to grow.  And with the influence of Hecate, she has lost her conscience.  
Basically she’s a pissed off bitch ready to freak.”  Kit said sitting down.

“Hey I really don’t appreciate you guys talking about when I’m away.”  A familiar voice said.
“Nabiki, what are you doing here?”  Akane asked her sister.
“Oh Please Akane, you don’t think I keep in touch with people around here.  I get a 
message from one of my info-scouts saying two high school kids are claiming to be 
Ranma’s kids and you accepted me to stay at the university?  Where’s the profit in that?”
“This isn’t about profit it’s about Ranma’s life.”  Akane said starting to get irritated at her 
money grubbing sister.
	Nabiki waved her hand dismissing her sister.  “So is nobody going to introduce me?”
“Kin, Yori, and Kitama, this is my older sister Nabiki.  Nabiki this is Kin, Yori and Kitama.”  
Akane said.
“Nabiki bowed and looked at the visitors.  Yes, the two claiming to be Ranma’s kids 
most definitely had to be offspring, if no definitely related.  She glanced at Kitama and 
question who she was.
Kit watched Nabiki’s questioning eyes and smiled.  “My mother is Kayko.”
“Ahh, that explains it.  So what’s going on here?”  Nabiki said taking a sit next to Ukyo.

“Well as I was saying before, Aunt Cendy is really powerful and having a bad influence 
like Hecate isn’t helping the matter.  She’s here to kill Ranma and somehow we have to 
figure a way to beat her without really hurting her.”  Kit said.

“Well isn’t that great.  How are we supposed to do that?”  Ryoga stated in a huff.
“Yeah, no kidding.”  Yori agreed.
“I don’t know?  It’s not her fault. It’s Hecate.  Somehow we have to figure it out.  We 
must be prepared for the worst.”

“As a result, Father, we are now your body guards.”  Kin said.
“Hey, I don’t need any body guards.”  
“Pop, you know you do.”  Yori responded.
“Well apparently you do they are hear to prevent your death, Ranma.”  Nabiki added.

Ranma sighed, “Fine, but I don’t want other people to know.”

“Yes, Pop, we know you have your pride.”
“Good.  Okay, Ryoga and Kin you will sleep in Ranma room, and I guess Yori and myself
 will sleep in the dojo.”  Kit said to the group.
“Nonsense.” Akane said.  “Yori can room with me and Kit you can room with Nabiki.”  
“Ukyo?  Shampoo?  Are you staying also?”   Kasumi cheerfully asked.
“If Ranma honey is in trouble, then damn straight I’m going to stay.”  Ukyo loudly stated.
“Shampoo stay too!”
“If Shampoo stays, so do I!”  Mousse announced.
“No Mousse, you go back to Great-Grand Mother.”
“B..u..t…but..but Shampoo!”
“MOUSE YOU GO!”  Shampoo yelled.
Mousse hung his head, got up from his spot on the floor and walked out of the house.

“Okay then, Ukyo, you and Shampoo can stay in my room, since it’s bigger then the 
others.”  Kasumi said.  
Ukyo and Shampoo looked at each other and sneered.
“Shampoo stay with Ranma.  Shampoo protect husband.”
“NO WAY!”  Akane and Ukyo yelled at the same time
“Now wait just a damn minute you hussy!”  Ukyo yelled.
“What you want!”
“If anyone’s going to stay with Ranma honey it will be me!”  Ukyo yelled standing with 
her battle aura flared and ready to fight.
“You want Shampoo to beat sense into crazy spatula girl, then FINE!”
“Will you two stop this!”  Akane yelled joining in.
	As all three girls screamed and fought at each other as Ranma smacked his 
head with his hand.  Kin, Yori and Kit just stared with tear drops on the back of their
 heads  “You see what I put up with.”  Ranma sighed.

~~~~~*~~~~~
Later that night Ryoga watched as Ranma, his father, and Kin snoozed loudly.
“I can’t believe I’m helping him!” He screamed to himself.
~~~~~*~~~~~
In Kasumi’s room, Ukyo and Shampoo both dreamed of marring Ranma.
~~~~~*~~~~~
Akane watched Yori sleep.  “Who is your mother?”  She asked low, but got no response.
~~~~~*~~~~~
And in Nabiki’s room, Kitama and Nabiki talked.
“So who is their mother?” Nabiki asked Kit.
“You know I can’t tell you that.”
“Come on, you know I can keep a secret.”  She a sly smile crossed her lips
“Oh, I know you can, but the question is how much is your secret worth?”
“Nabiki’s lips turned down, “That’s not very nice to say.”
Kit folded her arms over her crest.  “Am I wrong?”
Nabiki didn’t respond, just stared.
“Listen, I’m not trying to be mean, but I will not let anything jeopardize Kin’s and Yori’s 
future.  They need their father, and their father needs them.”

“You really care for Kin, don’t you?”
Kit’s arms fell to her side and looked at Nabiki with compassion filled eyes.  
“Yeah, I guess I do.  It’s hard you know.  You try to have a normal life, but it’s not
possible.  Kin being the son of Ranma and me having, and I quote my father, ‘Royal 
Responsibilities.’  Sometimes we do live like normal people, but….”

“Yea, I guess I can understand where you’re coming from.”  Nabiki paused for a second
 and looked at Kit.  “I have one question, which nobody thought to ask.”
“Yes?”
“What happens when Kin or Yori gets splashed with cold water?”
Kit laughed slightly.  “You’re right, I’m surprised that nobody asked that.”
“Well?”
“Nothing like changing sex, but both their eyes change from brown to blue, and red 
streaks will appear in their hair.”
“ohh, I bet he was happy when he found out.”
“Oh, he was ecstatic.  I think the curse split.  Instead of having a sex changing child, 
the curse made the baby into fraternal twins.
“Okay, but what about the others?  You know, Ryoga, Mousse, Shampoo?”
Kit shook her head from side to side. “You are a sly one, you know I can’t tell you 
anything about them, it may narrow down who Kin and Yori’s mother is.”
“You remind me of your mother when she first came here.  She saw right through me
also.”
“I wish Mom and Dad could be here.  I feel like something missing, something we are not
seeing.”
“Well, whatever it is, it’ll show up sooner or later.  It always does.”  Nabiki glanced at the
clock by her bed. “2:30am.  I think we should be getting to sleep.”
“I agree.”

		Outside the Tendo home a light breeze rustled the limbs and leaves of 
the trees.  A soft hooting of an owl could be heard.   The moon covered slightly by the 
night clouds provided enough light to see.  However, high above the rooftops, trees, 
clouds and into vast space. A rift opened and led to Dimension 7T.
 “It appears that the pawns are in place, brother.”
“Excellent…”

To be continued….
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Authors note:  Hello out there, hope you like what’s going on.  When first started I only 
intended this story to be 5 parts, however, my power hungry brother convinced me to
add some more interesting characters, base off of his strange personality, his quest 
for world domination (no, not really) and his loser friend.   You'll see how it ties together.
Later :) RJ

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