Disclaimer: I own neither the Power Puff Girls nor Ranma ½. This is purely a labor of love(no, not that kind) with no intentions to create profit of any kind. Attempts at a lawsuit will be met with extreme temper tantrums.

Clashing Colors

Ch.1 – Change of Plans

It was another busy day in the Townsville National Airport. Everything was moving at a fast and oddly organized fashion. This, however, did not stop people from staring at the oddly dressed duo strolling to the exit. It was not unusual in the sense that there were two people that just arrived in the city, nor the fact that they were Asian. It was the clothing that made people pause. It was like a kung fu film had walked off the plane.

"This is great pops. I can't believe you actually spent the money to fly us to America!" Started the shorter and younger of the duo, hopping left to right with 13 hours of pent up energy. Save for the pigtailed hairstyle, one would think he was a clone of the mighty Bruce Lee. He even wore the little kung fu slippers you'd see in the movies. He was wearing a red sleeveless silk shirt of obvious Chinese design. It left many a teenaged girl week in the knees, especially those with the yellow fever.

"Ranma, use your English!" Shouted the older of the two. He was a bear of a man, his visible muscles bulged with intense power to those that knew what to look for. Even for someone who didn't, the man had an air of experience about him. The fact that he wore a worn Gi also helped with the image, even if he was wearing a bandanna to hid his baldness. "We are going to be here for a while after all, and we can't let the world think that we Saotome's are idiots."

"Yeah," the boy switching to his accented English, "about that. Weren't we on the way back to Japan just before you up and decided this?" Questioned the boy. It wasn't that he was complaining, but after years of his father's schemes, he knew when to start prodding for answers. They were at their destination, so he knew his fathers tongue would be much more loose about his objective. "As I recall you were going on about family honor and such as the reason we needed to return to Japan in the first place."

Might as well fess up... or at least tell some of the truth, the older man grinned. I don't think he's ready to learn about the engagement, or the fact that we moved it down a generation. "The truth of the matter is that a friend of mine is the only other student of my old master. We are the only two existing schools of the Anything Goes school of martial arts. We were going to discuss a matter of great importance to both of the schools, but that changed not to long ago." The man stopped to hail a cab now that they had exited the building. However, before he got a chance to continue, chaos erupted in the form of what looked like a pink bear in pants causing wanton destruction.

"Now this is what I'm talking about!" The older man shouted. "Ranma, as the son and student of the great Genma Saotome, it is your duty to show the world the strength of our school." He hefted Ranma up by the front of his shirt and launched the poor boy across the highway to do battle. "It is the duty of a martial artist to defeat monsters!"

"Pops, you suuuuuu-!"

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The pink and overly fuzzy man of the mountains, Fuzzy, was letting his frustration out on the world. He didn't remember what set him off this time. All he knew was it was the last straw. He was going to let the world know to stop touching his property and just leave him be. In his rage he grabbed a parked car and threw it as far as he could. He was just about to pull out a light post to do more damage with when he was blindsided by a human projectile.

"-uuuuck -oof-!" Ranma's cry was cut off as he met with Genma's target. He rolled with the impact and sprung to his feet hoping that whatever this thing was, it was dazed enough for him to figure out what the heck was going on.

"Hey there, fluffy, why don't you take a breather and count to ten. Then you can tell me what's got your fuzzy pink butt on fire." He started using his best weapon, his tongue, to see if he couldn't slip up his opponent to goad him into attacking to make things a little easier. Wow, either I've gotten way better at that or fluffy here is just pissed at the world! Ranma thought grinning from ear to ear as he ducked a swipe that could have taken his head off. "Jeez, I've taken on a panda with more grace than you." He took the opportunity to roll through the legs of the berserk man and swept the guys legs out from under him. "Too slow, Pinky." Ranma taunted as he Jumped into a flip from his position on the ground and sent the hick into dreamland with an ax kick follow up. "Now be a good boy and take a nice nap!"

Ranma smiled and stretched to his fullest, standing tall over his victory. "Well now, that wasn't so bad." He smirked as he bounded back to his father who was waiting at the taxi, unaware of the six eyes following him the entire time.

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Three girls were sitting down enjoying their lives talking about nothing and everything. They were the best of friends, and the sweethearts of Townsville itself. The lunch period had just started and they quickly claimed the hill by the big oak tree in the center of the school grounds to wait for their other friends. They were none other than the superheroes, the Power Puff Girls. They still wore the colors of their youth, but the styles had changed.

"Y'know, I've been thinking. Hasn't it been unusually quiet around here lately?" One of the girls started. She was known to all as Blossom, the leader of the trio. She was a beautiful girl by anyone's standards. She had her bright red hair held in a ponytail by her favorite red ribbon that reached her waist that bounced about lively with the slightest move of her head. She was wearing a short, tight red spaghetti strap that exposed her belly button and formed around her b-sized breasts(she was proud of them and knew they would get bigger, she was only a freshmen after all). She had on an equally tight pair of jeans that held most boys attention. Her attire ended with a pair of bright white sneakers. She was easily the tallest of her sisters at 5'11'', and the most logical as well.

"Well, it doesn't matter to me," The blonde sister replied, " I kind of like having some time to just relax and enjoy quiet." This one was Bubbles. She was the cute one. Everything about her oozed cuteness, like a room full of hello kitty. Her Blonde pigtails fell to her knees and framed her body the whole way down. She wore a light blue sundress and white sandals. She was smaller overall than Blossom, with an a-cup and standing at 5'6''. She had the personality of her namesake and was easily the kindest, purist person anyone could meet.

"Are you kidding!" Came a cry of outrage from the Black-haired sibling. "We haven't had a decent fight in over two weeks! No Mojo, Him or the Gangreen Gang! Hell, I'd give anything to see the Amoeba Boys doing something stupid for a change!" To say that Buttercup was aggravated about the lack of criminal activities was an understatement. She was enjoying the downtime, but felt she was getting rusty with the long downtime. She had her hair combed back, a little shorter than when she was a kid. She was always wearing a neon green basketball jersey, black spandex shorts and green high tops(She would maintain the argument that a fight could break out at any second and that it payed to be prepared for a fight). She was the shortest of her siblings, just barely reaching five feet tall, and still had no need for a bra. Yeah, it pissed her off. She was a high-tension girl, and no one(not even her loving sisters) dared call her short or flat-chested.

"That's not what I'm talking about." Blossom came back in, "At least not completely. Most of our enemies seem to be in a lull, and things have been nice. All I'm saying is that maybe we should consider some extra-curricular activities or hobbies to fill the void."

"Like what? They would never let us do sports." Came the annoyed reply from Buttercup.

The Bubbles bounced in with her own two cents "Oh, I know! We could work on getting Buttercup her first boyfriend" She looked to find buttercup gaping at her with a face that made her look like a Christmas ornament. "Or girlfriend?" This changed the face from just embarrassed to mortified.

"C'mon, Bubbles, you know we shouldn't talk about that here. No one outside of us knows about that." Blossom said as she put a hand on Buttercup's shoulder to calm her down a bit. "Besides, I'm sure she'll find someone that is right for her in the future."

"Yeah, somehow I don't see that. She is bi with a love for anyone that can fight. I don't know of anyone like that around here. She needs to lower her standards just a bit. Besides, anyone that can fight is either an enemy or an outright monster. The only one I can think of is Butch, and she hates Butch." Noticing her smaller sister's downcast look, she realized she was being too honest again. "I'm sorry, Buttercup, I didn't mean it like that. I just think you don't spend enough time thinking of yourself as a girl. Relax and just live a little." She smiled and hugged her sister.

Buttercup couldn't help but smile with her sister. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. I may as well do stuff just for me with all this free time."

It was nice for her sisters to see Buttercup's happy smile instead of the deranged one she had developed for fighting... like the one she was wearing now. That was when they realized there bracelets were buzzing.

Blossom sighed while looking at her wrist. And I thought we were finally gonna get Buttercup to start acting more like a girl. "Hello?"

"Girls, It's Fuzzy!" Came the Mayor's panicked voice, "He just started a rampage near Townsville National! I need you to get there pronto!"

Just as the rest of their friends, mainly the Ruffs and a couple others, came to join them, the girls stood.

"Sorry guy's, duty calls." Blossom said just before the super trio flew off.

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"It's about time something happened!" Buttercup couldn't remember being more relieved, so much so that she was doing barrel rolls around her sisters as she flew. Not only was there a fight coming up, but it got her out of an embarrassing love life discussion with her sisters. Yeah, Blossom and Brick are kind of together, and Bubbles is just too flighty to stay with just one boy, even if she was too innocent to let her self go beyond first base. She knew there was probably no one out there that fit to her tastes exactly, and with her particular preferences, she really didn't want to know how she'd react if she had to make a definitive choice between men and women. "C'mon guys, let's get there and have some fun."

"Just don't string him along too much, Buttercup." Warned Blossom. "Remember he gets stronger and faster the angrier he gets. The Ruffs will only come as a last minute emergency since they still can't control the magnitude of their powers fully."

"Just as well, I could use a nice long fight to counter the embarrassment I suffered at your guy's hands!" Followed by Buttercup's favored raspberry. She was brought to a stop real quick though. Just in time to see a boy around their age get launched at a rampaging Fuzzy Lumpkins by an old man in a karate outfit. "whoa!"

Blossom looked on in morbid fascination, "Why would anyone willingly put another in Fuzzy's path during a rampage?"

"Noooo! He's too cute to be murdered!" Bubbles was starting to tear up.

They raced to catch the poor boy, but were brought to another stop as the boy and Fuzzy collided, and then roll/jump back to his feet almost too fast for even the girls to keep up with. They needed to see what this boy was capable of doing. He could either be a new threat(Blossom), someone to learn a thing or two from(Buttercup) or a new target to use against Buttercup(Bubbles). Seeing as they couldn't gauge this new kid's abilities without watching, they decided to sit on the nearest rooftop. What the boy did next just left the girls stunned.

"Hey there, fluffy, why don't you take a breather and count to ten. Then you can tell me what's got your fuzzy pink butt on fire."

He's actually taunting him! Blossom stared in dismay.

Fuzzy roared in anger as he clawed at the teen's head only to miss as the teen ducked and rolled though Fuzzy's legs. "Jeez, I've taken on a panda with more grace than you."

Bubbles was entranced by the scene. There's just no way a boy that cute could move like that! That would have caught one of us for sure!

After the roll, the boy swept Fuzzy to the ground. "Too slow, Pinky." He teased as he Jumped into a flip and brought to bare with a vicious ax kick. "Now be a good boy and take a nice nap!"

Fuzzy didn't stand a chance. No one in the whole of Townsville had close to that level of skill in a fight. The girls could only stare and watch the boy dismiss Fuzzy as a threat all together and then...

"Who the hell can Jump across the Highway!" Blossom fumed at the way the kid feigned ignorance of his own showboating.

"I can't believe how cute he is!" Bubbles had a dreamy expression on her face.

"We should get back to school," Blossom reminded the other two, "We should be able to make it back in time for the second half of lunch."

As they flew back to school, neither Blossom or Bubbles noticed the dark blush and far off look in Buttercup's eyes. Nor did any of the girls notice a pair of eyes track them in the sky as they flew off.

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Genma was proud of his son. Regardless of his complaint, he knew that Ranma was looking forward to testing his skill against this monster of an opponent. He looked up in time to see three colored stripes come to a halt as his son engaged the pink thing in a good old fashioned round of fisty cuffs. He grinned.

I wish we could have joined the schools with our children, Soun, but this was just too good to pass up. Genma thought with a tear in his eye. Ranma will just have to get use to the fact that his firstborn child is already engaged. My son's manliness will overwhelm at least one of those girls and we will have the ultimate bloodline for our school!

"Yo, pops, if you keep doing that the police will arrest you for public ugliness!" Genma's smile turned to a frown.

Well, it looks like Ranma is done with his fight already. Good boy, at least two of those girls looks infatuated. "That took much longer than I expected, Boy!" Genma knew that at some point he should start complementing his son, but it was just too much fun and Ranma always seemed to do better when being harassed.

"Stuff it, pops," Ranma said snidely, "That was a flawless victory and you know it."

"A true martial artist would have ended that fight in the first blow, not the second!"

"The 'first blow' was nothing more than a projectile attack from you! My kick was the first real attack I threw!"

"Boy, just get in the taxi, we have somewhere to go!" Genma barked out.

"What training ground could this place have that is so important that it can't wait a few days of relaxing?"

"You misunderstand, boy, I have a new high paying job" Genma said with an air of superiority. Hell, if he could just work up a small fortune and hitch Ranma up to one of these Power Puffs, he just might get to see his lovely wife again in this lifetime.

"You with a real job? This I got to see!" Ranma laughed.

"Boy, I'll have you know that I will be working with the best mind in the world as his lab assistant." Genma chided his son. "He had need of a man with pinpoint accuracy with his hands, and able to possibly take high levels of physical abuse. I called and got the job on a trial basis. He says if I'm cut out for the job that it'll become a permanent position."

"Yeah? And where will we be living during this time? I don't think it's legal to camp in an American city, and I know you blew the last of the money on plane tickets."

"Boy, don't you know by now that I think of everything?" Genma smiled as the sun glinted off his glasses. "We'll be living with the very same person I'll be working for; Professor Utonium!"

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AN: Yo what's up? Honestly this is my first story ever, and I'm kind of excited. I've had this Idea since I first read Puff Puff and Away. Note that I am unsure if this is a Divergence or an AU, considering the split occurs before the beginning of the manga, but after the start of the cannon story. Before some people start complaining about Ranma's power level, just remember that he was faster than a blink right from the beginning. His skill never really got that much higher other than a few new tricks that he picked up over time. He is also able to do things such as using his fingers as scissors and other various feats that the Puffs were never able to do. Other than that, Comment as much as you want. Flames will be used to heat my apartment as heating is expensive and inefficient here in Japan.