Permanent: What has gone on before...
	Ranma Saotome visited Jusenkyo with her father and fell into the pools
changing her into a girl and her father into a panda. She discovered a short
time later that there was no cure for the curse and she was stuck as a girl
forever. Refusing to believe this she raided the Jusenkyo library and took all
the books on magic and curses. She has since spent her time learning spells
and searching for a cure to her condition, as well as training in her martial
arts. She also picked up Mr.P, or Ryoga Hibiki. Over time she discovered that
he also is the result of a Jusenkyo curse. She stumbled into the amazon
village and ended up fighting Shampoo. After winning she is chased for several
months all across China by the relentless girl and eventually defeats her by
dropping her off a cliff.  
	She returns to Japan and is adopted by the Tendo family after living on her
own for several months. A few weeks later Ranma is attacked by a grief
stricken Mousse who injures her badly while she protects her nearby friends.
He flees after Ranma removes one of his eyes in a desperate maneuver. She is
taken to Dr. Tofu's office and ends up healing herself on her own much to
everyone�s amazement, they discover that she is a sorceress. She tells them of
Shampoo and her connection to Mousse. 
	A few days later Ranma finally grows tired of Kuno's advances on her and
Akane and places a spell on him that prevents him from seeing or hearing any
lie, including the ones he creates himself. While on the other side of Japan
three mysterious Amazon warriors arrive with uncertain objectives....

permanent part 7: The Hunt.

	Ranma rose from her bed and looked at her father. She snorted in silent
disgust at the lazy beast he had become. In more ways than one. She kicked him
awake because of his performance during practice that morning and walked to
the bathroom to bathe and change for school. She stopped as Akane met her in
the hall. "Good morning Ranma." she said still half asleep as she walked into
the bath. Ranma smiled as she realized that Akane had been watching the
'secret practice' she had every morning with her father again.
	Ranma waited patiently for the bath and sighed as Akane emerged and she
entered. "I'm going to have to accept this sooner or later, this is getting
ridiculous. I'm gonna be late for school." she thought as she washed herself.
She froze and looked in the mirror with a look of sheer terror in her eyes. A
sad smile crossed her lips. "Another promise to you broken." she said to her
reflection. "Acceptance is not an option." she reminded herself.

	Mousse looked out the window and held his bag gently. He was aware that they
were trying to find him, but he could not be found until his task was
complete. The women had searched his resting place and tracked him well, but
not well enough. "They'll see how weak I am now Shampoo." he said into the bag
in his hands with a small laugh.

	In the abandoned home the two girls looked at each other with mixed emotions.
<Look here. Its obvious he still has it, the sick bastard.> growled one of
them, She had short cut dark green hair and a small scar on her cheek. <My
greatest rival deserves more respect than this.> she said coldly. 
	<Sister Talcum you are right. I can only hope she is still intact. Mousse
must be caught before he can do further damage.> said the other girl, she was
taller and had long red hair that went past her waist. She was also carrying
her spear in a much more relaxed position. 
	"Heh, she can't even use one of those." noted Mousse mentally from his place
in the shadows. The pair would not spot him, he knew they were young and
relatively inexperienced hunters. The hag had chosen them for their skills in
battle, and not for their tracking abilities.
	<Sister Ko li, I do not think he can be helped. He is beyond reason.> said
the red head as she observed his living conditions. 
	<We must return to Mistress Cologne and report. She will want to know this.>
said Ko li.

	Kuno had wandered the streets of Nerima for some time now. He was dressed in
normal clothes. A shirt and slacks, not all that unusual really. He had just
discovered that he had been wearing his kendo uniform far to much. "I thought
it made me look, regal." he thought a little smugly. "I suppose it does, if I
wear it during a match." he thought. 
	It had been a week since Ranma had cast his spell on him. Kuno had spent many
boring hours watching blank televisions and trying to read his favorite books.
Only to find nothing there. "He has done this terrible thing to me, and yet I
cannot bring myself to hate him. Why?" he said to himself as he walked.
	"Perhaps because you needed it." came the mental reply.
	"Quite so." he replied curtly. Honesty was annoying, he hoped she would
remove his curse soon. 

	Ranma turned the corner and ran into Kuno. Literally. The pair collided and
Ranma was sent sprawling to the ground on his ass. He looked up to see Kuno
looking dazed from the impact. Kuno looked at Ranma and started to help him
up. He froze in terror as Ranma glared at him. "I could be like this forever
if he's mad!" he thought in a panic.
	"Hello Kuno." Ranma said as he stood. His voice seemed strained.
	"I-I wish I could say I was sorry." he tried to say but the words seemed to
die in his mouth.
	Ranma smiled. "You can fool. I said you couldn't hear or see lies. I didn't
say you couldn't lie." said Ranma coolly.
	"What?" said Kuno in shock.
	"You've behaved yourself pretty well, I guess I can remove the curse tomorrow
afternoon." said Ranma thoughtfully.
	"Why tomorrow?" asked Kuno looking stunned.
	"Well I'm not gonna do it here. I don't exactly want people around here to
know about this ya know." said Ranma with a small smile. "Besides it isn't
going to feel good. I thought you might like to prepare for the shock. You'll
probably be bed ridden for a few days afterwards." said Ranma as he turned
away.
	"What?" said Kuno with a large sweat drop forming on his head.
	"Just kidding, but I do have to look up the spell to remove it." said Ranma
smiling.
	"That was not funny." said Kuno bitterly.
	"You weren't supposed to think so." said Ranma as he walked away.

	Cologne sat with the two amazon warriors at a small cafe. "Tell me what you
have found." she said calmly.
	"We could not find Mousse." said Talcum bitterly.
	"Don't be so upset dear. I was not expecting you to, Mousse is a most skilled
warrior and hunter. That you even returned alive is a great comfort to me."
replied Cologne.
	Somehow Ko li did not feel any better. "We also discovered that he still has
her." she said with a frown.
	"Shampoo deserved more respect than that." said Cologne with a sigh. "Are you
sure child?" she pressed.
	"We found...evidence." replied Talcum.
	"I see, he must be punished then." said Cologne with a resigned sigh. 
	"Why are we doing this for her?" growled Talcum.
	"You know why." replied Cologne flatly.
	"But..." started Ko li.
	"No, it must be delivered. I can take my time and force her to take it from
me, but it must be received by her or it holds no power. I know that you wish
revenge for your comrade but we must remember the consequences of your
actions. If it is not delivered then the entire village will lose their trust.
It may also bring their wrath upon us. After she receives it we can continue
with our plans for Ranma." said Cologne with a bitter smile.
	
	Mousse began a hunt of his own that night. "Ranma you will suffer so at my
hands." he laughed. "But not before you feel my torment." he cried bitterly.
	
	At the dojo Ranma walked out into the night. 
	"Where are you going?" asked Akane as she chased after her friend.
	"I'm looking for him, he's been quiet for far to long and I doubt seriously
that he has given up." said Ranma calmly. "It is something I must face." 
	"But, why?" pleaded Akane.
	"Because her memory will haunt me until this is resolved." replied Ranma as
she walked away into the darkness.

	The next morning Akane found Ranma sleeping soundly in her room. She put Mr.
P on the floor and he scampered over to Ranma and looked her up and down. He
had taken to sleeping with Akane and as a result became sort of her pet and
confidant. Akane was spending allot of time with him and he seemed to enjoy
her company. Akane felt this was strange for an animal. The person she spoke
most often to him of was Ranma. She felt afraid of her, but she also liked her
a great deal. It was strange really.	
	Mr.P growled as he looked Ranma up and down and sat next to her. I was
obvious she had been running around all night. "That jerk! If that Chinese guy
shows up now He�s dead!" thought the pig. "Damn you Ranma how can you be so
stupid and smart at the same time?! Without you I can't survive like this!"
thought Ryoga bitterly. He hated to remind himself that he needed Ranma
around, but he was past denying it.

	A short time later Kuno arrived. "I have come as you requested." he said
looking embarrassed as Ranma answered the door.
	"Whats the matter? Afraid of getting help from a girl?" asked Ranma.
	"We both know my answer to that." snorted Kuno.
	The pair walked out into the dojo and sat together in the room. "Will you be
removing my curse?" asked Kuno after a few minutes of sitting impatiently.
	"Kuno you don't even want to think about what could happen if I screw up."
said Ranma coolly.
	Kuno growled and kept silent. Ranma began to chant and a white light began to
form around Kuno. Just as it started to flair the worst possible thing
happened. "Ranma Saotome prepare to die!" cried a voice from above.
	Kuno looked up with Ranma as Mousse jumped from the rafters and fell towards
Ranma with a pair of clawed shoes. Ranma slid out of the way and Mousse landed
creating a hole in the floor. He jumped out as Ranma kicked at him and smiled.
"Well Ranma it looks like I have you cornered." he said with a laugh. "Now
die." he yelled as he flung his weapons at the girl. Ranma was about to dodge
when a brown blur shot in front of the chains. 
	Kuno stood in front of Mousse with his bokken drawn pieces of chain and
scattered weapons littered the floor around him. "You will not harm him until
my curse is removed." said Kuno defiantly.
	"Kuno back off you don't stand a chance." said Ranma calmly.
	"I will not spend my life like this." said Kuno holding up his arm to reveal
a clawed hand. It was covered in scales and had a few dark feathers growing
from the base of the elbow. 
	"Mousse interrupted the spell." gasped Ranma.
	"No one will keep me from our revenge!" cried Mousse.
	"Our revenge?" said Kuno.
	"My beautiful Shampoo." said Mousse in answer.
	"I had no choice she had to die. It was her or me." said Ranma coolly. Kuno
looked at her in shock.
	"You killed her?" he gasped.
	"Heh, that she did. I will have my revenge for it." cried Mousse as he pulled
the bag off his back. He reached into it and grit his teeth in anger. "For
this you die." he said.

	TbC...
Next time: Undoing past wrongs....
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