Disclaimer: ...do i really need to say it again? no? ok heres part 5 enjoy!!!!

"‘Yawn’ good morning everyone" said Dylan hopping down from the roof.

"Morning…why where you on the roof?" asked Ranma.

"The little whine factory was driving me crazy. So naturally I had to find an…alternate bedroom. Oh and mister wizard man talked to me again. We need to leave for England in a week".

"Cool" said Ranma.

"Dylan" said Soun. "It seems you haven’t gone to school the whole time you been here".

"WELL I HAVE LOTS OF TRAINING TO DO BYE". Said Dylan grabbing a sausage roll and taking off at record speed.

"Why does he do that every time I mention school? I was just Asking" said Soun tears beginning to pool in his eyes.

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"Man that was a close one. Guy gets stuck outside his own reality and he still can barely avoid school. What is this … um … whatever … coming to?".

"SWEETO"

"What the hell was that?" said Dylan skidding to a stop and looking around. He spotted someone he recognized but hadn’t met as of yet. "Happosai" he said watching the old pervert run down the street with a huge sack being chased by a large crowd of pissed off women.

"What a haul" he shouted rounding a corner and running right smack into Dylan. "Who are you boy?" he said glaring at him. Instead of responding Dylan drew his sword and chopped Happosai’s Sack open. The lady’s undergarments inside spilled onto the sidewalk and the crowd gathered them up and stocked away. "Why you brat you made me spill my stuff".

"You’re stuff? What? You a thieving cross dresser or something?" said Dylan sheathing his sword.

"Ohhhhhhhh you’ll pay for that you little bastard," said Happosai jumping up into the air. "Happo fire burst". A hail of small bombs shot toward Dylan.

"Uh oh" Said Dylan dancing around the blasts and drawing his sword once more. He used it as a bat and knocked a few of the bombs back at the old pervert.

"WHA" shouted Happosai as some of his own attack exploded right in his face. He then rushed forward and grabbed Dylan’s wrist and with a mighty heave threw him into a nearby fountain.

A sputtering, transformed and very pissed Dylan hopped out of the fountain. "Oh you’re going to pay for that old man". Happosai just stood there staring. Then he grinned. "OH NO YOU DON’T YOU OLD BASTARD" shouted Dylan starting to glow.

"You don’t scare me brat," said Happosai charging foreword".

"You should be" said Dylan. His aura flared into a full-fledged inferno and he knocked Happosai into the stratosphere with the flat of his sword. Then Dylan turned and began heading back to the dojo.

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Dylan walked into the kitchen at the dojo where Ranma was boiling some water for the same reason Dylan needed it. "Man what happened to you? You look like hell Dylan".

"I had a run in with Happosai," said Dylan adding more water to the kettle.

"No wonder you look so pissed. He dident…"

"No. I knoced him into orbit before he got close to me"

"Let me guess. You did that thing where you glow and get ten times stronger?"

"Yah".

"Well if you can beat Happosai when you’re like that remind me never to make you mad".

"Ok. Don’t ever make me mad".

"Thank you". Ranma poured the heated water into cups and they both unceremoniously dumped it on their heads.

"Much better" said Dylan "This curse is really annoying when you don’t need it to sneak into a girl’s locker room or something".

"You said it," said Ranma grinning.

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Later that day everyone was once again sitting in the living room (hey I know they go there a lot but where else are they supposed to go? Into the hallway?) When Soun once again brought up the subject of school. "As I was saying I have nailed the doors shut so you four…" he indicated Dylan, Ash, Misty and Brock "couldn’t bolt at the first mention of the word".

"Why are you so adamant about this all of a sudden. I mean we do have more pressing matters to deal with," said Dylan.

"And me Misty and Brock are pokemon trainers. We don’t need school," said Ash while trying to pry open the door.

"Look…I’ve put up with it till now for two reasons. Number one. For a while I didn’t really know you people so I wasn’t going to make you do anything. Now I do know you. Number two. I understood you’re need to train so I let it be. But by now I think you’re plenty strong enough. Besides, school never slowed down Ranma’s training".

Everyone just stared blankly then there was a chorus of excuses like "I need to look after the baby" and "I need to polish my sword" and various others like I need to fix this or find that. Soun finally got tired of excuses and used that scary face thing he does to shut everyone up. "No more excuses. In fact the only valid one I heard was that Ash and Misty need to take care of Anya. However, you all know Kasumi is well capable of handling the baby while you are away".

Everyone turned and began talking. Then when they where finished Dylan walked over and said "Fine we’ll go. But we’re not going to give up our trips just because of a stupid school, deal?".

Soun smiled and said "Fair enough".

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"Man this sucks," said Ash. "I’m a pokemon trainer I don’t need school". As a result of the previous days discussions Dylan, Ash, Misty and Brock now needed to go to Furinkan high school.

Ranma was walking on the fence as usual and Dylan was as well. "Why are you two doing that anyway?" asked Brock. "Walking on the fence I mean".

Ranma explained how it was supposed to promote balance while Dylan said he just felt like it and left it at that. "You feel like it huh," said Misty.

"Yah I don’t see the big deal" Said Dylan. He hopped to the next fence but this one bordered a stream. Ash smiled at Misty and, getting the message walked over and kicked the fence. "Whaaaaa!". The shaking sent Dylan over the side and into the stream. Everyone laughed as a sputtering and transformed Dylan sat up. "Oh yah very funny guys" Dylan said as he took off his jacket. Then using it as a makeshift water pale he drenched Ash transforming him as well.

"Hey that was uncalled for" whined Ash. By now the other three where on the ground rolling around they where laughing so hard.

"Not the way I see it. I see it as us being even" Said Dylan. Then after using her heat shield to dry herself and Ash off (Dylan might have made it a bit to hot on Ash’s end ‘accidentally’ though) they continued toward the school.

They where just walking into the school yard when … "Ranma where hast thou hidden the pigtailed girl?!".

"Oh no" said Ranma rolling his eyes. "What do you want Kuno?".

"Thou knowest all to well fiend. And furthermore…ah but who are these charming young maidens?" Said Kuno caching sight of Dylan, Ash and Misty. He ran over and all of a sudden had three bouquets of roses he offered to them. "And what might you’re names be I ask?".

"I’m Misty and I’m sure you’re very charming but me and her…" she indicated Ash "where spoken for".

"By who I may ask?" said Kuno.

"Someone named Ash" said Misty.

"And you…um…what may be you’re name miss?" said Kuno indicating Ash.

Ash hesitated then said "Ashley" rater quickly though with Kuno’s low brain cell count he didn’t notice.

"Yes and who might it be for you?".

"I would rater not say". Then Ash and Misty left.

"And what of you?" said Kuno turning toward Dylan "Miss…?".

Dylan thought for a moment then said "Dianne".

"Very well miss Dianne. What of you’re current status".

"Taken".

"By whom? Surely you would prefer a real man" said Kuno puffing out his chest.

"Oh" said Dylan raising an eyebrow. "Where is he?".

Kuno huffed as if it was obvious but Dylan just walked away. He made his flowers disappear and was preparing to leave when Brock ran over and said "you have to show me that flower trick. I heard you’re somewhat of a ladies man. Can you pleaaaaase give me some pointers as well?".

Kuno thought for a few minutes killing several more of his intact brain cells. Then a plan formed and he said "Very well. But first tell me of these people that have wantonly romanced those innocent young women".

"Deal" said Brock. "Dianne is with someone named Dylan and Ashley… his name is Milton. But it’s a long distance relationship".

"I thank you…"

"Brock"

"Yes, Brock". They where the last people outside so they headed toward the door "now the first thing thou must do in able to perform the flower trick…"

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"How are we supposed to change back into our normal selves?" said Ash following Ranma.

"Well first we wait for Dylan…ah there’s Dylan is now". Dylan ran around the corner in the hall and skidded to a stop two feet away.

"Sorry I’m late but I just couldn’t miss a chance to insult an idiot like Kuno".

"I understand. Now go into that washroom and turn back to normal. Don’t worry I checked it nobody is in there. I’ll stand guard". Dylan and Ash went in a came out two minutes later looking like themselves again. Then after a while they headed to class. They didn’t have to wait for Brock because he was in a different class.

The second they had sat down in homeroom Ash fell asleep. The teacher Hinako didn’t miss this. "So" she said, "one of our new students is sleeping". She pulled out a coin with a hole in it and everyone except Ash on account of being asleep dived under his or her desk. "Happo five-yen satsu". Hinako spun the coin in a circle and pointed it at Ash draining his chi.

"Hmm" said Ash waking up "do I smell pancakes?". Everyone sat back down in their seats and the rest of the morning up until lunch was surprisingly uneventful.

Later on in the cafeteria everyone was sitting down and eating when Brock and Kuno walked in. "So where is this Dylan and Ash thou hast told me of?" said Kuno.

Brock pointed then out. He knew full well what Kuno was planning to do and Brock felt sorry for him.

Kuno walked up to Ash and said "are you the one known as Ash?".

"Yah what of it" said Ash while continuing to stuff his face.

"And you are Dylan?"

"Yah, so?" said Dylan tossing the wrappers from his lunch in the trash.

"I see," Said kuno pulling out his boken.

"Look Kuno I don’t know what’s gotten into you. You’re unusually calm today" Said Ranma continuing to eat. Meanwhile everyone else seeing what was coming backed off to tables farther away.

"You all know precisely what has gotten into me," he said. "THOUSAND STRIKES!" Kuno spun his wooden Sword so fast the whole table along with everyone siting at it crashed against the wall. "That is what you fiends get for seducing innocent young women!" shouted Kuno as he ran toward them again. Everyone jumped out of the way just in time to avoid being beaten into a bloody pulp by Kuno’s wooden sword.

"What crawled up his ass and died?" asked Ash.

Ranma jumped out of the way of a flying piece of table and said "he seems to think that Ash doesn’t appreciate Misty and that Dylan…well he has the same predicament as me".

"Well" said Dylan, drawing his own sword. "Let’s knock some sense into him".

By this time Ranma was on the opposite side of the room from Kuno Dylan and Ash. He looked down and spotted a crate full of watermelons. He smiled and grabbed it. "Dylan go long!" he shouted throwing the crate. Dylan caught on and when it reached him he sliced the lid off sending the melons flying everywhere.

"WATERMELONS!" shouted Kuno going nuts and attacking them. When he had shattered every last one of them everyone but him had left. "DAMMIT" he shouted. "Um I mean, that was a bit of dreadful luck". He put away his boken and was about to leave when ‘BAM’. Ranma had hidden under a table and when Kuno let his guard down he punched him right in the back of the neck.

"If that doesn’t knock some sense into him nothing will".

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"Well I have to admit today wasn’t boring" Said Dylan as everyone was headed back to the dojo.

"Yah well it gets a little repetitive after a while" Said Ranma from up on the fence.

They rounded the corner into the dojo and spotted a woman standing there. "Hey Ranma isn’t that…Ranma? Ranma?" Dylan looked around just in time to see Ranma hop into the fishpond. "Yah that’s Nadoka alright"

Ash tilted his head and asked "who’s she?".

"Ranma’s mother"

"Then why hide from her by turning into a girl?".

"I’ll explain after she leaves. Just remember to call Ranma Ranko while she’s here okay?". Ash, Misty and Brock nodded then everyone headed into the back of the dojo where Nadoka was lecturing Ranma on how to be more ladylike.

"And why are you always wet when I arrive?" asked Nadoka staring at Ranma.

"I don’t know. Maybe you just have bad luck," said Ranma. "Oh look heres my friends I told you about why don’t you introduce yourself Miss Nadoka?" said Ranma boltin out the door when Nadoka turned to look.

"Oh so you are the four Ranko has told me about. Last time I was here she told me you where shopping".

"Probably, interesting sword. I have one of those to". Said Dylan indicating Nadokas katana.

"Oh this thing?" she said drawing it. In the next room the big panda that was Genma bolted out the door.

"Yes. Why do you carry it".

"Not sure. It has a purpose but I would never follow it through".

"Hmm. Yes I know". Everyone stared at Dylan in shock. "What? You should be used to the things I know by now. Well Nadoka shouldn’t but that’s beside the point". After that Ash, Misty and Brock left.

"You know about the seppuku act?"

"Yah, I also know where Ranma and Genma are".

"Really? Can you show me?"

"Yes… but just in case leave that here". Dylan indicated the katana Nadoka was holding.

Nadoka tossed the sword to Dylan and he set it on a nearby table. "Ok follow me". He headed into the kitchen and heated up two glasses of water.

"What are those for?" asked Nadoka looking thoroughly confused.

"You’ll see" Dylan walked out into the yard.

Ranma looked up and began to get really nervous when he spotted the steaming cups. "H-hey Dylan. What are those for?".

Dylan Smiled and said "guess". He wound up and sent one straight into Ranma’s face turning him back to normal.

"Ranma?" said Nadoka staring in disbelief.

Dylan smiled and said "now guess who the panda is". Genma turned to run but Dylan nailed him in the back of the head with the hot water before he could, changing him back.

Genma turned around looking downcast. "H-hi dear".

Akene turned and said Dylan why’d you…hey wheres Dylan?". Everyone looked around but Dylan was gone.

"Well I’ll leave for a while. Just until they sort things out," said Dylan walking away from the dojo carrying his and Nadoka’s katana. Just in case.

Meanwhile back at the dojo Genma was making up excuses for why he and Ranma hid from her. "Well it’s just that…I just…" he hung his head in shame. "I failed".

Nadoka just shook her head and said "so? If you had more then the IQ of a stick you would have realized I hated that stupid seppuku act".

"I still failed," said Genma miserably. ‘WHACK’. "Ow what was that for?".

Nadoka tossed aside the stick she had been holding and said "you dumbass you dident hear a word I just said. If I cared of that man among men stuff I wouldn’t have tried to teach someone that looked like Ranma (and the fact that she turned out to be Ranma is ‘not’ the point) to be more ladylike?".

"No".

"Exactly. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself". With that Nadoka walked into the house to leave everyone to sort things out.

"Ill go find Dylan" said Ranma and he was gone before anyone could object. "I have a good idea where Dylan went. Crazy bastard why do his plans always work? I don’t know weather to punch him or hug him for this one".

Meanwhile back at the Nekohanten Dylan was just sitting down at a table when an old hag pogo’d out of the kitchen on a walking stick. "Hi Cologne" said Dylan.

"Hello nice to see you again young man" Said Cologne smiling. "Hiding again?".

"Guess so".

"Did you light the couch on fire again?".

"No. That was a very strange day though"

*FLASHBACK*

"You’re getting pretty good at that fire thing Dylan" Said Ranma.

Dylan looked up and smiled. "I guess so. That is the point after all". Dylan shot a bolt of fire at the target and hit it dead center. Then he aimed for a bank shot off a rock…and hit the couch. "Oops" said Dylan turning pale.

*END FLASHBACK*

"Akene was pretty mad. She chased me for a good twenty minutes before I escaped. No. This is bigger then the couch".

"Ok, wait, you didn’t actually?"

"I most certainly did".

"I thought you where joking when you said what you would do when you met Nadoka".

"Well I wasn’t so…ah Ranma showed up that’s a good sign".

Ranma ran into the restaurant and skidded to a stop two feet away from the table Ranma was sitting. "I cant believe you did that Dylan. You could have got me killed".

"I can’t help but notice you’re use of the word could have" said Dylan. "So I take it my plan worked?".

Ranma looked puzzled. "Well yes but…"

"Then why stay mad? Didn’t you want to see you’re mom again for real instead of hiding in another form?".

"Well…yes. Truth be told though it was still a stupid risk and I’m not sure if I should hug you or kill you".

"Don’t worry I had it all worked out," said Dylan holding up Nadoka’s sword. "Ah not hin again". Mousse had just walked out of the kitchen.

"Oh yah, he mad at you over the whole Shampoo thing again now isn’t he?".

"Yah. God he actually thinks I haven’t noticed him".

Mousse was currently attempting to sneak up on Dylan… and in the process missed by ten feet and whacked his head into the wall.

"This is just to painful," said Dylan as he and Ranma headed out the door. "See you later Cologne".

Authors notes: well one more part down. get a good look you may not see another for a while. in going to work on a couple other fics. one is my golden sun crossover and the other is an aamrn called the embrace of darkness...not so crossover. Oh and if you want to contact me i have a new e-mail. It's gdprince@telus.net . comments and criticisms welcome. NO FLAMES OR I WILL BLOCK YOU. Well cya for now. Peace out!!!!!