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characters (that I have not created or borrowed from other sources)
belong to her. This is a fanfiction, and is not intended to violate the
rights of those who hold control over the Ranma series. The same can be
said of the X-men: Evolution series and those who create it.

I have no money for legal problems and would very much appreciate
it if no one tries to sue me. Thank you very much. Some of the first
part of the fic was written by the Author at the Anime Adventures. They
are...Demonhawk01, Philip Weigel, Dr. What, the person who suggested
Kuno's power and others. Plus Jim Bader and Don Depresor for Mousse's
powers suggestion. Thanks.

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Ranma X
Chapter Seven
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Betsy watched as the collection of teens were heading towards them.
Ranma was unconcious, having been attack by one of the approaching
teens. She was guessing it was the one floating towards Ranma. She
needed to react quickly. She stood before Ranma trying to protect
her closest friend.

She jumped at the mutant who was coming at Ranma, getting a kick
ready to hit the threat to Ranma. Suddenly, a chain appeared and
struck out towards her leg. The chain wrapped it's self around her
leg and pulled her out of her attack.

"Nice try. But not good enough." The boy said, as a second chain
appeared and began wrapping around Betsy. "But not good enough to
fight Lodestone." He smiled at the name. Then continued his movement
towards the downed mutant.

Betsy looked to the others to see if they could help. But most of
them seemed busy battling the other mutants. They also seemed hard
pressed fighting a young woman in red. It didn't look like any of
them could help Ranma out at the moment. So it was left up to her.

She used her telekinesis to break the links in the chain as she
had been taught at her previous school. She was in a hurry and it
was straining to bend the metal of the chains. But she managed to do
it. However, by the time she had done it, Lodestone was already
collecting Ranma up from the ground. She needed a way to get Ranma up.

She looked trying to figure out what to do, when she saw it. The hose
connected to the house. Using more telekinesis to get the hose and turn
it on full blast. She pointed the beam towards Lodestone and Ranma. It hit
and there was a sudden change in things. A change that stopped the battle
on both sides.


Ranma woke up with a start as he felt the water covering him, activating his
curse turning him into a her. Next he noticed that there was a familier duck
floating next to him. On instinct, Ranma shifted his darkforce aura on...just
in time to have a collection of metal knives collide with it.

"Mousse?" Ranma asked as he looked at the floating duck. Something had changed
the cursed boy so that he now had some kind of mutant power. Ranma felt the water
get off them so that the others could see the transformation that had occured to
the two mutants.


The X-men weren't surprise having dealt with the curse form of Ranma before. They
were a little surprise to see Lodestone turn into a duck. A mutant duck from
appearances. But the Brotherhood.

"What happened to the guy we were after? Where's Lodestone? What's with the hot
chick and the duck?" Toad asked looking at the two cursed boys. "And can I have
her number?" A perverted smile coming over his face.

That summed it up for the Brotherhood. Most of the boys were staring at the girl
and the duck, trying to figure out what had happened to the boy they were after and
to the boy that had been leading them. The fact that the duck and the girl were now
fighting each other didn't help their concentration. That gave the X-men the chance
to get the upper hand with most of the Brotherhood members.

The only Brotherhood member to keep up with the fight was the Scarlet Witch. She
still had her eye on the battle before them. Trying to keep the X-men from the battle
before them. Then she saw her brother stop and use the communicator that Magneto had
given him. It was quick, like most things involving Pietro. Turned to the rest of the
Brotherhood.

"It's time to retreat. Our mission is done." Pietro said as he moved to bring the
gang to the back. The other mutants moved with them, ready to retreat from battle.
Wanda kept up a distraction to keep the X-men from following.

But while she was doing that she kept thinking of the boy they had been after. She
could have sworn that he had turned into the girl that the strange dark powers. It was
almost like she could sense the change that she had under gone. Same with Lodestone and
his transformation into a duck. Something powerful had occured and she could feel it.
And she wanted to know more about it.


Ranma was still fighting with the boy now know as Lodestone. The one that she knew
as the amazon Mousse. The Duck was still attacking her. Metal chains appearing from
nowhere and lashing out at him. But Ranma had her shield up and was getting ready to
make her move.

With sudden flick of energy, Ranma created a cage for the duck. Lodestone looked at
the cage and moved to avoid it. But Ranma kept moving the cage closer and closer to
the new mutant. He then used a second beam of dark force to push Lodestone into the
cage. Lodestone quacked and quacked in anger.

"Got you now, Mousse." Ranma said with a smile. Now things might get a little interesting.

Hours Later...

Ranma was looking at the new cage they had place Mousse into. Xavier was sitting next to it,
trying to reach into Mousse's mind to see what Magneto was planning or where his secret lair
was.

Ranma was quiet, so that he didn't break the Professor's concentration. He kept thinking about
the two young men he had knew that now where mutants. He hadn't seen them with mutant
powers, yet know they had them. Powers that made them equal to him...for the moment.

Worse, he had been taken down by a sneak attack. Something that shouldn't have
happened if his danger sense was up to snuff. He wondered if his chi training was
suffering while he was training with his mutant powers. He needed some way to balance
the two types of training, yet keep both of them at the maxmium train levels.

Xavier came out of the trance like state that he had been in while looking for the
information that he wanted. He turned to Ranma and said, "I can seem to find
anything much about Magneto. Only that he has found a way to alter the genetic
structures and their minds so that they would be willing to follow his way of thinking.
Other than that, his thoughts seemed to be focused on a woman named Shampoo.
He now dreams of turning her into a mutant and making her his bride. Does this make
sense to you?"

"It makes sense." Ranma explained his relationship with Shampoo, Mousse and the
Chinese Amazons. "But why is Magneto turning them into mutants. Who's next on
the mutantion train? Ryoga? Herb? Taro? Is it some kind of plot against me? What's
next? Turning my former fiancees into mutant assassians?" Ranma's voice was
gathering an angry tone and louder pitch.

"I don't know, Ranma. It seems that Magneto is making it more personal towards you
for some reason. Perhaps he's looking for the source of your chi abilities and seeks it in
these other students. For now, we can only wait." Xavier said with a tone of sadness in
his voice. He wanted to help his student, but didn't know quite how to do it...yet.

Ranma sighed, and stompped out of the room. He headed out to the Danger Room
for some more training.

Elsewhere...

Cologne was just putting the finishing touches on the Nekohaten West. It was Bayville's
latest Chinese restaurant. With a cheaply priced noodle dish and a good selection, it was
bound to be a hit. Plus there was the pool of local talent that made up the collection of
the work force. She didn't have to worry about working. Instead, she could focus on
the question of Ranma's blood line.

Cologne had explained the possibilty to Shampoo that she might not be married to Ranma.
She hadn't taken it well. Fortunately, there had been only minor damage. The thing that had
changed it was that she could try to convice Ranma to be her husband. Only without the
magic help.

Shampoo agreed, sure that her charms would seduce the young man. She couldn't wait
to look through the local high school for her possible husband. Colgne just said to avoid
damages while in this country. Shampoo looked a little upset, but agreed.

But that still left the question on the nature of Ranma's powers. Was he a mutant, as these
Americans called them? Or was he just friends with them? If he was could Shampoo seduce
him? Without the occational magical help? Or would she find one of the other mutants more
to her liking and bring them into the tribe?

It would be a good thing if she could ally with these mutants. It would strenghten the
power base of the tribe and make it more powerful if it came into conflict with the Phoenix
people or the Musk. Each one of them might be considered a mutant race in itself.

She just hoped taht they weren't getting themselves into a mess here that might
adversely affect the tribe. Mutants were known for gathering powerful enemies which
often included other mutants who followed a different path. She hoped that these mutants
who had shown themselves heroic might be strong enough to face the troubles that
would be following them very soon.

Back at the institute....

Ranma sat in his room, thinking. He was trying to figure out a balnce between his chi and his
mutant power. In one hand he summoned a ball of chi, a brilliant ball of blue energy. In the
other hand he summoned a ball of darkforce, a mysterious ball of blackish purple energy.
Each of the balls hovered over his hands.

Deciding to try something, he moved his hands together so that the two balls hit each other.
The black ball absorbed the blue ball, yet it grew in size and strength. It seemed that his chi
feed the darkforce, empowering it. But it also made his chi power limited as it would be
aborbed by the darkforce. This meant that his chi force was only helpful when not using his
darkforce. Unless he meant for it to boost the power of his mutant powers.

He heard the door to his room open and close as someone entered. Betsy soon came into
view. "So Ranma, how are you feeling?" she asked, her britished accent crisply.

"I'm trying to learn more about my powers like the Professor says. I'm learning much
about it. Maybe enough to learn how to handle it. To find ways to improve my training
so that I can make up for my weaknesses." Ranma said as he looked up to see Betsy.

"I just worried that you're training yourself too hard. It seems that when ever your not
being taught, training the others, or coming for meals that your training in the danger
room. Why are you doing so much training?"

"I was always tried to be the best in the martial arts when I was a kid. There might be
better in the world, but none with the drive to succeed as I do. Now, I'm in a whole
new league and I have to relearn things from scratch. Everything I was sure of is
gone. I'm a beginner in a league of champions. That's why I have to try that much
harder to get to the top of my game." Ranma said.

"I never seen anyone as bull-head...,"Betsy began, "Or as determined as you. I'm
sure that you will find out how to use your mutant powers with your martial arts skills.
You just have to look at things from a different angle.Maybe even take a break from
training so that you can relax your mind enough to think of something?"

"So Ranma, given any thought to your codename?" Betsy asked, curious. "I have
already choosen my codename. I'm Psylocke." She smiled at Ranma.

"Pyslocke, like Psychic. Nice. Well, I haven't give much thought to it. I have thought
of some of the simple ones for my power. Blackout, Blacklight, Darkstar. I just haven't
found one that is me." Ranma told his friend as he looked at her.

"I'll keep thinking of a name that might suit you and your powers. It should something
simple, but descriptive. Elegent in nature. Perhaps something dealing with the darkness
aspect of your power." Betsy thought as she tried to come up with something.

Switching gears, she turned to Ranma and asked him. "Do you have anyone special
in your new life yet? From what you have told me of Nerima, you're quite the lady's
man."

A shcoked look overcame Ranma's face as he heard that question. "What do you mean by
that?"

"It just that some of the ladies here have shown some interest in you and I was
wondering if you have any interest in one of them." Betsy said.

"I don't know. I know that Kitty is interested, but I'm not interested in her. She's just
not my type. Other than that I don't know of any X-men having an interest in me.
Jean has Scott. Ms. Monroe wouldn't be interested in someone younger than she is.
And Rogue doesn't seem interested in me." Ranma said as he explained the situation
he was in with his love life.

"You would be surprised at the effect that you have in women. I think that Rogue
has taken a shine to you. And who knows what over new students might enter the
insitute. Perhaps some pretty little thing that will swept you off your feet." Betsy
said as she got up. She open the door and said, "Juts remember to keep your door
open for romance. You might like it." She exited the room and closed the door.

Ranma thought about that last thing that Betsy had told him. 'What did she mean by
that?' He wondered to himself as he thought about his natural charms and their ability
to attract potent women. He also thought about having a relationship. Did he have time
for it now? Could he dare to date with the threat that hung over his life?

Ranma shook his head. He couldn't be distracted from his efforts. He had to perfect
his powers to protect the ones he loved and to protect his teammates. Ranma wished
that his mother was here. Or that he knew who his father was so that he might get
help from that corner. The protection of family and other loved ones.

He also had his mind of romance. It might be nice having a girl that loved him,
being with him here. But what kind of woman would want to get into the messes
that he got himself into. Or those women that would put up with him and his habits.

In several places, women sneezed. Including some of the women in the X-manor. A few
other sneezes in Bayville. And a couple in Nerima.

In the Brotherhood House...

Wanda sat and thought about the young man they had been fighting to capture. The young
man she was sure had turned into a girl. 'How did he do that?' She thought to herself,
'And why is father so interested in this particular young man?'

She knew that her father, Magneto, had created the attack on the X-men to capture the
boy. All under the command of the new mutant that Magneto had found. Lodestone. But why
did he want him. She looked over what she knew about the boy.

She was handsome, even Wanda had to admit that. He had a trim form that held a strong
body. He had muscles, yet was not overly muscular. It was the body of a fighter.
Something that Magneto would be interested in his fight against humanity.

Then there was his power. The control over some kind of dark energy. Energy that
he controlled with great skill. Skill that needed a sneak attack to over come. So
Lodestone had fired his secret weapon at him to knock him out. Only that purple haired
girl saved him with a splash of water. Theat mutant power would also add to the desire
of Magneto to control that young man.

But that splash of water had revealed the change in the boy. He had turned into a girl,
like magic. Was that another mutant ability? Or was it something more? Could this be
part of the secret nature of the boy that made her father so determined to make this Ranma
his own?

This played on her mind, yet there was something else that seemed to draw her to him.
There was this aura around his that seemed to draw her into him. Like a force that
attracted her to him. Especially those clear blue eyes. She couldn't believe the
feelings she was feeling, just by seeing with him for a few moments.

Could she be falling for one of the enemy? Falling for an X-men? This was unbelievable.
Worse, what would her father think about this? Would he welcome or reject this? This
could bring conflict between them like... She tried to remember what she had been so
anger with her father about. It was in the back of her mind, but she couldn't reach
it.

She still knew that there might be a fight coming up between her father and herself.
But she had to know if there was a good reason to get into a fight with her father.
She had to meet this Ranma and get to know him. Without the other Brotherhood members
or X-men from knowing about this. She had to learn more about this Ranma so she could
decide on her future. But how would she go about doing this?

She needed a plan of action, and some cunning to get what she wanted. But could she
pull it off?