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************* Digger½ **************

Ranma woke up early in the morning and looked around him, seeing nothing
but strewn about clothing and the blankets tossed to one side. He slowly
got up and brought his hand to his forehead, trying to ease the pain of
the headache he was experiencing. He grumbled a bit as his feet draped
off of the side of the bed, and stood up stretching out his muscles. He
sighed as he looked at the calendar, noticing that it's been a week
since he had the run in with his 'mother'. He was confused as hell about
what to do with her, but he refused to believe that his former family
were made just to be killers. Ranma looked down at his hands and
remembered what they looked like when they were splashed with his blood
and looked away hesitantly "Good morning Darling"

Ranma turned his head and looked at the door, seeing Cyan standing there
in a loose white T-shirt with the words 'Yummy tuna' across the chest,
and a tight fitting pair of denim jeans "Good morning sweetie"

Cyan giggled and walked over toward him, and Ranma for the first time,
since they first met, Cyan in her human form "How did you sleep?"

Ranma gave a tired sigh before answering her question with a slight yawn
"Not that great...."

Cyan sighed and trailed her fingers across his chest as she got behind
him, laying her head against his back and wrapping her arms around his
waist "Ranma,... When are you going to realize that there was nothing
different you could have done. Especially since you broke our promise"

Ranma winced internally before closing his eyes, warding off tears that
were trying to escape "I couldn't sit there and watch you die,.... I
would have rather died myself. Besides, it all worked out in the end
didn't it?"

Cyan twirled around Ranma and took his hand into her own, noticing the
huge difference in size "Ranma,... don't you ever think like that again.
I don't want you sacrificing yourself for me... That would be the worst
thing you could ever do." Ranma looked away from her, his dam breaking
and tears leaking from the clenched eyes "Besides,... We need to think
of something to do, to get your mother off of our backs"

Ranma gave a slight smile toward Cyan as she wiped away his tears "I
guess,.. Well then, how should we go about this?" Ranma held out his
arms as the bracers flashed into existence "We could always fight her
honorably, in a way to force her to leave us be"

Cyan shook her head sadly "You know as well as I do, that you mother
feels honor is above any life.... But if we had Britanny and she thought
of her as an abomination,... Do you think she would hold that pact?"

Ranma sat down on the bed and wrapped his arms around Cyan's waist,
holding his head against her firm stomach "I guess not,... But what else
can we do. It's obvious words won't work on her, and she obviously
doesn't even regret banis-" He stopped in mid sentence as his voice
caught "banishing me from the Saotome clan"

Cyan snapped her fingers and pulled Ranma away from her before kissing
him on the lips "Darling! You've just figured it out. Since your mother
and your father didn't get a divorce, all we have to do is find Genma.
He is still the head of the clan. He can solve this issue."

Ranma's eyes widened in realization and he kissed Cyan just as deeply
"Damn,.. since he is the head of the clan, he can either force her
acceptance of it, or she can be banished herself. Not only that, we know
he won't hold our loving each other against us. Especially since he
knows the feeling of being with a Were person"

Cyan giggled and pulled on Ranma's arms to help him up "Let's go talk to
the others and get ready for a wonderful day"

Ranma stood up and wrapped his arm around Cyan's neck gently before
smirking mischievously at her "Wonderful day? Whatever do you mean?"

Cyan looked up into his eyes with shock and horror "You mean you don't
remember?!? How could you forget something as important as this!?!"

Ranma held up his hands defensively before chuckling a bit "I'm just
joking, I didn't forget. Hell, how could I forget my own birthday,...
you would have to be stupid to forget ones own birth"

Cyan closed her mouth and looked at Ranma, blinking slightly "Today's
your birthday? Dang honey, when were you going to tell us?"

Ranma looked at her with surprise before blinking himself "You mean,...
that isn't what you were talking about? What is today then, that makes
it so wonderful?"

Cyan looks away a little, to hide her smile "Well,... I don't remember
telling you, so I guess it's a little my fault as well. However, today
is Britanny's birthday!"

Ranma looks at her and pulls her face back to his and smiled before
kissing her gently "Do me a favor Cyan.... Don't mention my birthday to
anyone else.... please?" Cyan looked shocked at Ranma and opened her
mouth to say something when Ranma kisses her again, with a deep seeded
passion.

Cyan blinked when Ranma broke the kiss, a light blush on her cheeks
"uh...... I guess I can do that" and gave Ranma a sad smile, which he
wiped away his trademark smirk 'Shit,... Maybe I should tell them to
stay the party......' She smiled at him again and kisses him one more
time before running from the room and down the steps two at a time 'nah'

Ranma watches her run from the room, a smile on her face and one on his
own to mirror hers before sighing 'Damn... I'm so stupid' He fell
backwards against the bed and stared at the ceiling that has become all
too familiar 'How stupid of me to think she knew that.... we were only
together one night before we were separated'

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Ranma looked at Cyan's sleeping face with an unreadable look, then his
lips went from a thin line into a tight smile. 'She is absolutely
beautiful' He looked at her some more, and blinked as the sun pierced
the room.

Cyan's eyes fluttered open as the sun filled the room. "Mmmm, good
morning Ranma-kun"

Ranma smiled and pulled the covers over her naked top "Morning
Cyan-Chan." She swatted at him playfully and shared a laugh. There was a
knocking at the door, just before it opened revealing Nodoka.

"Ranma-kun, could you......" She saw the woman in bed with him and
blinked slightly "Oh my son is so manly!"

She gathered the two in a hug, making both blush as they lacked clothes
"Moooom"

Ranma pouted as Cyan giggled to herself "Why Ranma-kun, how come you
didn't introduce me to your beautiful girlfriend?"

Ranma blushed some more, and Cyan joined him "Good morning Ms. Saotome.
My name is Cyan".

She nodded to herself and gave Cyan a look over before hugging her again
"Welcome Cyan darling. Give me a couple minutes and breakfast will be
ready. Why don't you two take a bath in the furo" Ranma nodded absently
as she excused herself from the room, only looking back to grin at Ranma.

Cyan giggled as she looked at Ranma's now bright red face and kissed him
gently "We going to take a bath Ranma-kun?" Ranma broke out of his state
and looked at her.

"Sure, do you have anything else you can wear afterwards?" Cyan blushed
as she realized she didn't bring anything and shook her head 'no'. Ranma
smiled to himself and excused himself "Wait a second Cyan. I will ask my
mother if she has anything."

Cyan nodded and looked at Ranma's backside as he got dressed and left
the room 'He has a nice butt' She told herself as she recalled last
night, pulling her legs up to her chest and smiling "He's a good guy"
She said to no one. When Ranma returned, he saw nothing, no Cyan, no
clothes and nothing but a letter and a picture to remind him.

Dear Ranma-kun,

I'm sorry to have to leave like this Darling. But I need to get back to
Jade as soon as possible. I will return when I can, so please. Wait for me.

Love, Cyan

Ranma brought the note down and sighed to himself before looking at the
picture and a blush adorning his face. In the picture was Cyan bent over
staring into the camera, her dress fluttering in the wind and winking at
the camera. Ranma sighed happily and wandered back to the night before,
until his mother called him.

"Ranma, come on down. Breakfast is ready." Ranma didn't want to see her
face when he had to tell her that Cyan wasn't here. He sighed again and
jumped down the stairs two at a time before coming to a stop in the
living room. He sat at his seat and propped his chin in his palm,
gaining a far away look. Nodoka came in with a smile on her face and
plates of food in her arms. She sat one in front of Ranma and looked
around before asking "Where is Cyan-Chan, Ranma?" Ranma sighed and
looked at her, his eyes filled with water, but not tears.

'Never tears' he told himself. "She had to go back to Jade mother. She
had an important meeting she had be at."

Nodoka nodded to herself and thought to herself 'So Cyan know of Jade.
Quite interesting.' Ranma looked at his mother before shoveling the food
around his plate with disinterest. "You loved her didn't you Ranma?"

Ranma looked up with surprise "Love her? We just met last night. I-I'm
not sure how I feel about her."

Nodoka smiled and nodded slightly "That my son, is your first love. Your
missing her right now, so you are completely confused" Ranma just
shrugged before looking at the food, that didn't seem to change. Nodoka
stared at him for a moment before sighing herself 'You better come back
soon, Cyan'

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Ranma wiped a tear from his eyes and put on a false smile before sitting
up in the bed once again when he heard a knock on the door. He cleared
his throat to make sure he wouldn't let anyone on "Come in, the doors
unlocked"

The door opened and revealed Britanny in a stunning yellow summer dress
that showed more than Ranma would have liked to "Hey dad,... Do you have
a minute?"

Ranma smiled and patted the bed next to him "Anything for my loving
daughter" She blushed slightly and smiled demurely. She walked over and
sat beside him, her arms resting in her lap "So what did you want to
talk about honey?" He watched as she blushed more and became more and
more nervous 'She's so cute when she's shy' Ranma gave a small smile as
he put his arm around her "You can talk to me about anything darling.
After all I am your father" Ranma didn't want anyone to know that he
knew about them hiding behind the door, listening in on their conversation.

Britanny smiled a bit as he reassured her about their feelings "Well,...
as you probably know... Today is my birthday." Ranma gave a nod and
motioned for her to go on. She gave a nod, more to herself than to Ranma
"Well, what you probably don't know is that school starts this week"
Ranma blinked for a moment before letting off a sigh, which was followed
by a giggle from Britanny "My thoughts exactly dad. However, we need to
go so we can leave that place for good." Ranma smiled and nodded
"Well,... I was wondering if it was possible to go to the school where
you used to go. I want to know what kind of people daddy hung out with"

Ranma looked at her and sighed for a minute, reluctant on saying that he
didn't want to because of his mother "Hmm..... Well I don't see why not.
I mean, it's not like Furinkan Koukou is known for it's weirdness. Sure,
let's do that honey." Ranma smiled when Britanny wrapped her arms around
him in a tight loving embrace and gave him a peck on the cheek before
getting up and walking toward the door.

Before she reached it she turned around and smiled at Ranma "Thank you
for listening daddy,... You've just made me the happiest girl in the
entire world" She smiled at him again before turning around and running
from the room, giggling all the way.

Ranma smiled to himself as he saw her happy look and then looked away
once again, before falling backwards onto the bed "Is that what you guys
wanted to hear?" A surprised Theo and Julia stepped out from behind the
door and gave sheepish smiles.

Theo coughed into his hand slightly before chuckling "I suppose. I just
wanted to hear the real thing from your point of view" He noticed Ranma
was barely paying any attention to him at the moment and sighed "Worried
about what will happen if Nodoka strikes while at school?"

Ranma gave a slight nod before sighing "I don't want to have Britanny
fighting her entire life. I want her to be able to live a normal life"
Seeing Theo's smirk he rolled his eyes "As normal as she can anyways. I
don't want her to have to push away everyone she cares about in order to
fight off those she doesn't want to be near"

Theo looked at him strangely before pushing Julia from the room and
shutting the door "You speak as if you've had to do the same thing"

Ranma smiled and looked at Theo from the corner of his eye "I wasn't
entirely true about my life Theo. I've been training in martial arts
since I could walk, and Nodoka never knew about it. If she did, I'm sure
I would've been ordered to commit seppuku. However, she doesn't
influence my descisions now. She thinks I was expelled from those
schools for being too intelligent"

Theo sweat dropped and looked disbelieving at him "Um,... Does she know
that you can't be expelled for being too intelligent? Hm... Wait,...
never mind, I think I just answered my own question"

Ranma chuckled darkly before collecting himself "I've had to fight my
entire life. I would only fight when challenged though. If I was
attacked just to be bullied by others, I wouldn't fight back. Needless
to say, no one in school knows of my martial arts prowess." He grinned a
bit before raising his hand into the air, letting the fire of the braces
form around his finger "Do you think I would be able to control this,
just this easily right after I put them on?"

Theo chuckled a bit before sitting on a chair beside the bed "I suppose
your right,... It does make a bit more sense now that you mention it. I
was kind of curious about how you were able to create those attacks I
saw during yours and Julia's sparring matches."

Ranma smiled a bit and sat up in the bed before looking at his hand "I
just don't want to admit I do the same art as that bitch... Then
everything she said would be true and I would be destined to be a killer."

Theo looked at Ranma in shock, he would never have believed that this
was THE Ranma who had helped him so often "Well, you know.... Just
because you practice the same budo as her, doesn't mean you follow the
same lines of fate" He smirked at the confusion in his eyes "Just
because you practice martial arts,... doesn't mean your going to use it
to create a war... Your not a killer Ranma, nor will you ever be"

Theo got up from his seat and walked toward the door, opening it and
exiting "Thanks Theo... Tell the others I will be down in a few minutes"
Theo smiled and waved at him before leaving Ranma to his lonesome. Ranma
looked up at the ceiling and smiled 'Now that he says it like that... I
suppose it does make a little more sense. I am my own person' Ranma
smiled and hopped off of the bed, walking from the room while whistling
a happy tune.

TO BE CONTINUED__________________

This is part one of Two/three.... Ranma, Cyan and Britanny start at
Furinkan Koukou soon,... how will the chaos of Ranma's future affect the
present... Will Nabiki try to make money off this NEW Ranma?