Well here is part four, Again thanks to Donny for inspiring me 
to write it.  Although most of my time lately has been spent playing 
Final Fantasy VII, It just blew me away that Cloud was clone! Well 
anyway it might be a while before I do any more work on this fic with 
the exception of using any C+C you guys give me to fix up part four.  
I've got other works in the fire, including Ranmababies and my original 
DreamWalkers.  C+C and MST welcome, if you're gonna flame please keep 
the heat low, so I don't get burned.
					Trom
Insert standard disclaimer
Chapter 4 Growing Relations

	The next part of the tournament would be a team match.  A 
lottery was held in the beginning of the tournament.  Although some 
matches had to be reassigned as some of the contestants wouldn't team up 
with certain other contestants.  As their sets of beliefs and morals 
differed so much that they would end up killing each other if possible.
	Kiyone was teamed up with a Ki-Lin, a part horse/part dragon 
creature of great good.  Their opponents, a Kelpie and a Puck.  Two of 
the most evil races ever created.  The Kelpie a half horse/half humanoid 
being.  Something like a knight in a game of chess, only with a wicked 
grin on it's horse-like muzzle.  They attack using their great strength, 
attacking with claw, hoof, and teeth.  The Puck was like an evil Satyr, 
although with longer horns on his head.  The odds for this fight was 
drastically in the Kelpie and Puck's favor.  With twenty to one odds on 
the outcome.  The evil and pure meanness of them drove those odds right 
up.  

	"Miya! Miya!" The Cabbit started squeaking out as soon as she 
caught hold of a sent.  Of course this caught Ryoko off guard as she was 
downing another alcoholic beverage.
	[spurt!] ‘wheeze-wheeze' "Don't do that!" Ryoko exclaimed 
angrily.
	"Miya!" The Cabbit projected the image of Ranma into the share 
link that the two possessed.
	"Ranma?! Where?"  Ryoko suddenly started scanning the crowd for 
any signs of the object of her chase.    There! Entering the ring with 
the Ki-Lin!  Red hair in a familiar braid, along with even more familiar 
bracers.  Hah! Thinking he could hide in his cursed form.  She could 
remember some interesting nights with said form.  With that she started 
to daydream about what she would do with her later.
	"Miya?" The Cabbit inquired, breaking her from her trance. 
	"Huh? What are you crazy?  Of course I won't bet against him."  
She snorted at her companion and settled in as the match was signaled to 
start.

	[Beep, Beep, Beep!] 
	"Hmm? What do we have here?" With that Washu looked at the her 
readings pertaining to Ryoko's status. *This can't be right.  According 
to Sailor Mercury's data, Ranma should be on Earth.  But from Ryoko and 
Ryo-Ohki's readings he was near them.  Still Ranma could have arrived on 
Earth to report in and then just teleported to the tournament.  Causing 
his pursuers to divide their forces thin.  Hmm.  I wouldn't put it past 
him.  Still by the chance that Ryoko was nearer to Ranma than any of the 
others it might be wise to get there quick.  Setting her currant 
experiments on auto, she created a dimensional door to the tournament.  
    
     	
	Nasuko cursed as she chased after this little six-inch figure 
that had zapped her.  No matter how fast she was, the creature was 
faster.  It seemed like the creature was toying with her.  There she 
was, resting after a relaxing workout, when suddenly.
	[Bzzzzt!] "Owe!!!!!!!!!!" She had literally leaped ten feet in 
the air.  Finding the source of her pain as a little sprite-like 
creature, who just laughed as she lead Nasuko on a merry chase.

	"Come on! Please stop!" Kato yelled after the diminutive figure. 
 The little person just laughed at him and taunted him on to catch it. 
	He had again been at the task of trying to move that boulder 
which he was sure held the secrets to the Saotome School of Martial 
Arts.  He had just sat down to meditate on the problem, when the boulder 
was raised into the air seemly by itself.  Upon closer scrutiny he 
caught his first glance at the little woman lifting the boulder as if it 
weighed nothing.  But before he could see what was underneath it, the 
little woman put it back down and just smiled a smug little smile at 
him.  When he tried to get her to tell him how she did that, she just 
laughed and ran away.  He had been following her for little over an hour 
now, running all over the compound.  Sometimes he'd think he lost her, 
she would then run between his legs in a opposite direction, all the 
while laughing merrily.

	Misuteri grimly continued on her search.  For the past half-hour 
she had been stalking this little doll-like individual.  It would lead 
her on for a little bit then disappear only to reappear where she least 
expected it.  She would vary between short sprints to slow moving easy 
strides. Still she was no closer to catching it. 
	She had been in the task of working on her homework for the 
upcoming final when the little doll had just walked into her room, 
smiled at her, and then just as easily departed.  Making sure that she 
had her attention, the little doll-woman started to lead her all over 
the compound.  The weird thing was that none of the other students 
seemed to see the doll-woman.  Knowing that she wasn't crazy, she 
continued the chase.

	The three students followed their respective doll-woman to a 
normally active training area.  Usually it was common to find from two 
to ten individuals working out here. As it was a respectable distance 
from the main buildings, it made a good training area.  This time the 
only one in the area was Kasumi, who was sitting casually on the middle 
part of a training log.
	It didn't take long for the students to notice their comrades, 
also chasing doll-like individuals.  After realizing that they were 
being lead here, they slowed down to a more cautionary pace.  They knew 
their instructors could and would throw a training session at them at 
anytime.   They were even more shocked when their ‘dolls' leapt onto the 
training log next to their Master Kasumi.  They then seemed to fuse 
together to form a larger aspect of the ‘dolls'.  It was that girl who 
sat at the head of the table the night before! 
	Many emotions ran threw the students as they witnessed this. 
Confusion the primary emotion.  With curiosity about how the girl could 
do such a thing as split herself into three individual components, 
following it.
	Kasumi and Ranma-chan couldn't help but giggle at the looks that 
the students were sending their way.  Yes Ranma was giggling, he has 
long excepted his duel nature and was fully open with his emotions.  
"Just a little something I picked up from a very close friend of mine."
	Nasuko, Kato, and Misuteri looked at each other, then assumed an 
attention position in front of their Master.
	"Hello children, its time to begin your lessons."

	Skuld grunted as she finished the final touches on the latest of 
her little robots.  Being the Goddess of the Future and Technology did 
have its privileges.  With that she sent it to follow it's fellows in 
their task of finding Ranma.  The last coordinates that she had gotten 
from Yggdrasill before she was dumped out by Kami-sama, were the 
coordinates for Japan.  Still that was all she needed.  How hard could 
it be to find him on one little island?  At least she wouldn't have to 
search the whole universe.  With that done, she decided to raise her 
energy incase some of her rivals showed up, she would need as much 
energy as she could get.  So with that, she went in search of her 
super-super chocolate-fudge ice cream.  She had been saving it since the 
last time she had won.  The sugar rush alone would be all she needed.  
Its a good thing freezer burn doesn't exist in Heaven.

	The Imperial Palace of Jurian.
	Second Empress Tsunami was bored.  The life of an Imperial 
Empress, especially a married Empress at that, was not one of 
excitement.  Not like the adventures she had in her younger days with 
Tenchi and the rest.  What made it even more boring was that her sister, 
the crowned First Empress of the Empire and co-wife of the Emperor of 
Jurian, had returned from her diplomatic duties and had occupied most of 
Tenchi's time.  There are only so many games that one can play to keep 
oneself amused. 
	*What is taking them so long?* Turning to a monitor she called 
up the captain of the guards. 
	"Yes your Majesty?" The Captain bowed before his Empress.
	"What is the progress on the pursuit of the fugitive?"  She 
inquired.  The Captain developed a large sweat drop on the back of his 
head.
	"Yes Your Majesty.  One of the Galaxy Police's top agents is on 
this.  She has reported that she has found clues to his whereabouts, and 
is closing in on him." He answered briskly. *Why doesn't she just 
implant a tracer in him, that might make the lease shorter.* Was his 
thought.
	 "SHE?!  They sent a female operative after him?!  Didn't they 
read the report on him?!"  She practically screeched.  Knowing Ranma, if 
that operative caught up with him, then he'd have another woman after 
him.  The most irritating part of it being that he wouldn't treating her 
in anyway different from the way he treated everyone else.  She would 
still fall for him.  
	"They sent a leonine after him your Majesty, they thought that 
would alienate them from each other."  The Captain was growing nervous, 
an angry Empress, let alone one with goddess level power was something 
to be afraid of.  
	"A leonine?  Oh, well that's different then."  Ranma's phobia of 
cats has only diminished insignificantly over the centuries, what with 
his constant contact with the likes of Nuku-Nuku and Ryo-Ohki.  Still he 
was still a little nervous around all felines.  Of course being one of 
the most powerful beings in the Galaxy he feared little.  Maybe that's 
it, the reason why he stayed with individuals of such power, ones that 
would be his equal or superior in terms of Raw power if not in his skill 
level.   He needed the trill of a challenge even with his love life.  
And they sent a Leonine after him!?  Tsunami could only hope that she 
was truly competent for Ranma also had a weakness for woman in trouble. 
 If she wasn't already a Goddess, she would be on her knees praying for 
the operative to be competent.  All she needed was for the operative to 
fall in love with Ranma on the way back to her.
	
	Sailor Mercury scanned the area about her.  She was not a very 
happy little Sailor Senshi at the moment.  According to her readings 
Ranma should have been in the area.  But once she arrived here all she 
found was a long stretch of nothing.
	"How can my readings be so far off?"  Being an intelligent 
person she did not like it when her calculations turned out wrong.  She 
was so deep into reading her computer's readout that she didn't notice 
the shadow coming upon her.
	"Hi Amy!" The cheerful, peppy voice of Nuku-Nuku made Sailor 
Mercury nearly jump out of her skin.
	"Eeep!" Sailor Mercury spun around and assumed a combat stance, 
only to relax upon seeing who it was.
	"Amy's looking for Ranma too?"  Even though she might be a 
rival, Nuku-Nuku was always happy to see a friend.  With that she gave 
Sailor Mercury a big hug, which in turn knocked the wind out of her.
	‘Wheeze' ‘Cough' "Its nice to see you too Nuku-Nuku.  And call 
me Sailor Mercury when I'm like this." ‘Cough, Cough' As Mercury tried 
to get the air back into her lungs.
	"Nuku-Nuku tried to find Ranma, but sensors say that he came 
here.  But Ranma isn't here."  Nuku-Nuku has been tracking Ranma for a 
couple weeks now and still when she came to this stop all traces of him 
simply vanished.  It was most confusing.
	"Yes I can see that.  Hmm.  Well by my readings, he should be 
here.  At first I thought I miscalculated somewhat, but giving that your 
sensors say the same thing, it much be something else."  With that she 
flipped up her visor to get a more thorough reading of the area.  Many 
different readings came over her monitor.  A quick glance at Nuku-Nuku 
gave an interesting power reading. *Hmm, looks like Nuku got upgraded 
again.* She was momentarily distracted at the readings, that was until 
something else popped up on her monitor. It was a residue energy 
signature.  A very interesting and familiar one at that.   
	"It seems Ranma knew you were on his trail.  He came this way 
and then teleported somewhere else."  Ranma has been getting sneakier in 
his old age.
	"Ranma can teleport?  Without magic or transporter?"  This 
confused Nuku-Nuku, she knew a little of magic from her association with 
some of Ranma's other suitors, as well as technology, but was still a 
little confused on how Ranma could use his Ki to do the same.  That and 
that he had never teleported with her around before.
	"Oh yes, he's been able to do that for quite some time now.  
Although he rarely done that because he had plenty of available 
transportation around.  How do you think he gets all over the galaxy and 
beyond?" *Sigh, This means I have to figure in all new readings.*  
	"Oh. OK bye Ami!" Nuku-Nuku exclaimed as she set off after 
another trail to find Ranma.
	"What? Wait Nuku-Nuku, I just said that Ranma isn't around here, 
that he had teleported away."  Mercury seemed shocked that someone just 
ignore her readings.
	"That's OK I can still smell him."  She waved happily at Mercury 
and continued on her quest.
	*Smell him?* Yet according to her readings he should have 
teleported somewhere else entirely.  What if he teleported somewhere 
else, done what he needed to do and then teleported back to the exact 
same place from which he left.   Thus covering his tracks and 
misdirecting any pursuers! 
	"Nuku-Nuku!  Wait for me!"  With that Sailor Mercury ran after 
the retreating figure.  Oh well at least she wouldn't look foolish in 
front of the others.  That and Nuku-Nuku couldn't possibly have the same 
appeal for Ranma that the others did.

	[Gong, Gong] 
	With that the battle started.
	As neither sides have ever worked in concert together, they 
pretty much went their separate ways.  The Ki-Lin turning itself 
invisible which it could hold indefinitely.  This gave her an advantage 
over their opponents.  For their evil nature would work against them.  
Both were species that loathed life, although in the Puck's case it 
related to all ‘big people' not of the faerie folk.  Yes faerie folk.  
Although that did not make him any less evil than his companion.  Kiyone 
herself felt a great sense of piece from her partner, almost as if 
together good will triumph over evil.
	The Kelpie transformed itself into a Stallion and started 
bucking around, not taking the chance that the Ki-Lin would try and 
sneak up on him to attack. This start raising a cloud of dust which the 
Puck used to his advantage.  Coming short and quick at Kiyone, his head 
bent low to impale her.  
	Kiyone leaped over the Puck and grabbed him by the horns in an 
effort to throw him.  The problem being that the Puck has had experience 
in fighting the ‘big folk', so brought his talon like hooves into her 
back.  She had to release him or suffer a mortal wound to her kidneys.  
She quickly got some distance between them, for do to his smaller 
stature, the Puck could recover faster than she could.  Unfortunately 
this brought her within striking distance of the Stallion shaped Kelpie. 
 She had to roll with the kick to her shoulder, if not for genetically 
enhanced body, her shoulder would have been broken.  Still she needed a 
moment to recover.  The Puck wasn't going to give her the chance, as he 
again charged her.   Just a he got within striking distance, he was 
suddenly hurled away.  He had forgotten all about the Ki-Lin who had 
given him a double back kick.  While this gave her a breather, it did 
little damage to the Puck. 
	Kiyone having trained again larger opponents chose to bring her 
attacks against the Kelpie, who had returned to his natural form.  The 
Kelpie charged her in a feigned attack.  Kiyone expected this and let 
loose a leg sweep followed by a leaping bicycle kick.  The first he 
expected as he leaped into the air to avoid it, while the second caught 
him in the middle of the leap.  He received four kicks that launched him 
in the air. 
	The Puck though was not to be kept from his victim, for like the 
satyr he mockingly resembled, had a vicious appetite for females.  As he 
used the natural abilities of all fairies he made it so he could see the 
Ki-Lin.   This allowed him to avoid her and continued onto his prize.  
Unfortunately when he got their the Kelpie and Kiyone were deep in 
battle, and the Kelpie, an eater of human flesh would not give up on his 
prize.  Soon the two of them were fighting among themselves for the 
right to fight and then dine on Kiyone.  For although this was a 
tournament, it was an anything goes one.  Anything short of planet 
destroying techniques and weapons were allowed, and deaths were 
expected.  It only made the crowd more blood thirsty.
	As they were doing their work for them, Kiyone and the Ki-Lin 
just hung back as the two creatures of evil battled each other 
irrationally.  The Ki-Lin took this time to heal Kiyone of the wounds 
she had sustained in her fight.  With a look to her now visible comrade 
Kiyone gathered her Ki.  The extra bit of confidence that the Ki-Lin 
gave her made her attack even more powerful.  So she waited until the 
two of them were right next to each other and then........
	"MOKO TABISHA!"  She released her Ki at them, slamming them into 
valley wall.  As they were stunned, the Ki-Lin and Kiyone rushed over to 
put them out with multiple blows to the head.

	That was all Ryoko needed to hear.  As soon as the duo started 
for the exit, she flew from her booth.  On route to the victors, 
something caught her eye as she noticed a dimensional pocket open just 
near the entrance to the ring.  Her eyes narrowed as she thought this 
was familiar to her.  
	"Washu!" She growled as she increased her speed.  No way was 
that demented scientist besting her this time.  Washu seeing her move in 
for the kill, increased her speed also.  For some reason though, just as 
Washu got up to Ranma she stopped.  Well her lose.  With that Ryoko 
tried to grab her prey.  She would have to if not for that fact that her 
prey decided to dodge her.  She had to quickly faze or else become a big 
red blot on the wall behind her.  This in turn shocked her even more, 
what the heck was happening?
	"Hey! What's the big idea?"  She exclaimed before turning to her 
prize, something was wrong here.  "Your not Ranma!"
	"Not Ranma!?" This new voice caused the small group to turn.  
What they saw was a young Leonine covered with blood and sweat come out 
from the entrance.  "What do you mean, not Ranma!?  I have been tracking 
him for months now!  Working undercover in this gross pit as a 
TOWEL-GIRL and you have the gall to tell me that, she isn't Ranma!?"  
The group just watched as the galaxy police detective third class had a 
minor nervous breakdown.  Kiyone and the Ki-Lin were the ones who were 
truly perplexed.  They just shrugged and walked into the locker rooms.  
Leaving the crazy people behind her.

	"Hey there little firefly."  Hearing that voice, Kiyone spun 
around.  Only one person called her that, although she has never seen a 
firefly before.  She turned to see Ranma in his male form smiling at 
her.  She quickly jumped into his arms for a big hug.
	"Were you watching the whole time?" She had to admit, she was 
surprised to find him here.  
	"Of course.  Although it took you long enough in that last fight 
didn't you? I mean there were only two of them."  He gave a slight grin 
to let her know he was only kidding with her. Kiyone suddenly remembered 
the three woman thinking that she was Ranma and trying to grab her 
because of it.  
	"You have to get out of here.  There was three crazy woman 
looking for you!" She then gave him a description of her assailants. To 
her surprise he just grinned even more.
	"They are, are they?  Hmm? Three you say? I wonder who the third 
was, I don't know any Leonine?" With that he just put his hand behind 
his head and laughed.  "Well it wouldn't do to disappoint them, now 
would it?  Good luck on the rest of the tournament."  That having said, 
he vanished down the corridor.

	"You've been following me haven't you!?"  Sailor Jupiter 
remarked to her comrades.  All four of them had searched over a good 
portion of Japan, trying to find Ranma Saotome.  Of course tension have 
gotten higher as higher as they were continually coming up empty in 
their search.  
	"Of course not." Sailor Venus remarked dryly to her long time 
friend.  "You know as well as I do that this is one of Ranma's regular 
training spots."  Sailors Mars and Saturn nodded their heads in 
agreement.  They all turned to view their surroundings.
	A large waterfall was the most prominent landmark, which flowed 
into the pristine valley below.  How Ranma ever found the place was 
anyone's guess, for it wasn't on any of the maps.  Behind the waterfall 
was a cave that led to a series of tunnels that went deep into the 
earth.  One could get lost for weeks down their and never see the light 
of day.  In those tunnels somewhere could be Ranma.  Where the tunnels 
ended up, the group didn't know for he never brought any of them all the 
way.  The only way they even knew about the place was that Ranma had 
brought them there to train which lead to other more, intimate things.  
 
	"Well Ladies are you sure about this?" Mars asked her 
companions.  They knew that they could get lost in there if they weren't 
careful.  It would be ultra-humiliating calling for help, especially for 
that reason.
	Saturn looked at her longtime friends and just started, "You 
don't think Ranma would really be in there all alone do you? I mean its 
not like he'd........" She trailed off as she noticed the others looking 
down at the valley floor.  She turned also, only to stop dead as she say 
what they saw.  It was Ranma! Down in the valley floor!  He just smiled 
at them and then dived into the waterfall, and into the cavern behind 
it.  
	"Ranma?"
	"What!"
	"I say him first!"  This came from Jupiter as she leapt after 
him.  Her companions only stared at her in shock for a minute before 
exclaiming and leaping after her.

	"You bugged me didn't you Washu!"  Ryoko just ignored the 
weeping form of Galaxy Police third class Yutaka Harada.  The Leonine 
just could not believe that she had spent weeks working as a towel only 
to have it come to nothing.
	"What ever do you mean?"  Washu tried the innocent look, 
although Ryoko didn't believe a word of it.  By know they had joined 
Ryo-Ohki in their booth, for some reason Yutaka followed them.  They 
were about to get into a heated debate when they were interrupted by the 
Cabbit.
	"Miya! Miya! Miya!"  Ryo-Ohki started jumping up and down and 
took off out of the booth.  Not even giving them a chance to ask what 
the problem was.  So they took off after her.  
	"Miya!" 
	"Arrgh!"  They knew that scream, it was one that always came 
from the Cabbit ran into one of her favorite people.  You'd think he 
would have gotten over it by now, but Ranma couldn't help but scream at 
least once, although after that he would calm down.  
	This just caused the group to speed up, Ryoko not even bothering 
with the doors.  Yutaka didn't know what was happening, but if it 
excited this group she should be there. They turned the corner to see 
Ranma with Ryo-Ohki in his arms.  Smiling a large smile at them.  That 
was until Ryo-Ohki changed into her humanoid form, which was completely 
naked.  This caused Ranma to drop her and take off running.
	"That's Ranma?"  Yutaka asked the others, at their confirmation, 
she pulled out her gun and badge.  "Freeze! Galaxy Police!"  Ryoko and 
Washu just rolled their eyes at that and sprinted after Ranma's 
retreating form.
	They turned the corner only to find a large group of males 
waiting for the stalls to be free, so that they could relieve themselves 
of their bodily fluids.  Of course Ryoko and Washu didn't even slow 
down, as they pushed themselves through into the Male's bathroom.  
Yutaka hesitated for a moment, before yelling out, "Galaxy Police, 
Official business"	with that she ran into the restroom.  
	"Aaah!" she screamed as the Grimbor who had taunted her earlier, 
turned around from the urinal he was using to see what the commotion was 
about.  What had caused her to scream was the fact that he didn't bother 
to put his equipment away when he did so.  She was so startled that she 
fired off her weapon at him.  It being set on freeze, the Grimbor 
suddenly got cold below the waist.  
	"Aargh!" The Grimbor screamed as he lost all feeling in his 
manhood.  He then looked like he was going to get violent.
	"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!  Let me help."  With that she set 
her weapon on heat and fired at him again.  Again it not being her day, 
she used it for too long and again the Grimbor screamed as he had a 
weeny roast. The old chestnuts were roasting on an open fire alright. 
Just to be on the safe side she put the weapon on stun at full power and 
fired three shots into him to make sure he was put out.  It took all 
three of them to fully relieve the Grimbor of consciousness. 
	Ryoko and Washu just watched as this went on.  They had already 
searched every stall, to the discomfort of their occupants, but he was 
not there.  Ranma had disappeared, although Washu was able to determine 
that he had teleported.  She had recorded his energy signature and was 
already tracking him using her computer.  The thing being was that Ranma 
didn't teleport directly to where he wanted to go.   He first phased 
into another dimension and then teleport to a place in it before phasing 
into another dimension.  He did this a half a dozen times before 
returning to this dimension and teleporting where he wanted to go.  Of 
course he did this light years away.  Still the two enjoyed watching 
Yutaka handle the Grimbor.
	"Are you sure you don't have any humanoid ancestors?" Ryoko 
inquired before the two of them burst out laughing.
	
	‘Huff, Huff, Huff' Nasuko panted from the exertion of the 
exercise that Master Kasumi was putting her through.  All three of them 
have been training together for almost a week now with Master Kasumi and 
the girl Ranko who was helping her.  Although today seemed different 
somehow.  Oh sure, Master Kasumi was just as intense.  Like the past 
mornings it started out with Kato, Misuteri, and her self sparring with 
the Master, not one of them held back in the slightest.  After that they 
would then receive a lesson with Ranko, who would have them do separate 
seemingly pointless tasks.  Even the Master trained when told to do 
something, although it was entirely different.  They had already figured 
out that she was from the house of Saotome, and that she was Chinese.  
That was from the accent she always seemed to have, although Misuteri 
was almost sure she heard her talking without it once.
	Today was different though, Ranko seemed more reserved.  It was 
if she was waiting for something to happen.  All day she was like that, 
usually she jumped in with the training.  Ever since that morning she 
has only gave instructions.  To Nasuko's small group and to the other 
groups that she was training in the advanced techniques.  It was late 
afternoon when they found out why.  She was in her spot on the lop 
watching the younger students go through their forms, when these two 
twin guys just appeared out of nowhere and walked up to her.  They 
looked like they were related to her, they could be siblings if not for 
their different hair colors.  The kids got a big surprise when the two 
guys just merged with her.  After that she just got up and stretched 
before jumping down to perform a kata that they have never seen before.

	Later that night when Kasumi asked about what had happened.  
Ranma just smiled and told her about a very strange and hard to master 
technique called the Tri-form technique, which she had learned in her 
travels.  That and she needed to make sure she had plenty of time to 
train before he had to leave.