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The legend

Later that night, in the Tendo Dojo,

"Oh my!"

"NO! My son, why?"

"My son was so manly even in death! Dying to save others."

"Ran Chan! No!"

"Ranma sama! Why did you leave me? May we meet again in the afterlife"

"Alas Saotome, perhaps I misjudged you. You were a noble warrior after all. I will always remember you. In your honour I christen this blade of mine, the Wild Horse."

"My girl is left all alone! The schools will never be joined."

"Shut up Tendo. Now who will model my beauties for me? Ranma why couldn't have given me one last viewing?"

The cries could be heard throughout the town and even from a hill on the outskirts of Nerima where four Amazons were walking with backpacks.

Cologne turned to Ran Shao with slight concern.

"Are you ok daughter? I know it is hard for you to leave them behind. It is hard for us too."

"I am ok Elder. When I made the choice to become Ran Shao, I cut all ties with any family except the Amazons. While I do miss Genma and Nodoka, I know that this is for the best for all of us."

The four turned to leave when they ran into a certain lost boy.

Ran Shao stopped and blushed as she saw her 'husband'.

"Ryoga"

"Ran Shao, we need to talk."

Ran Shao signalled the others to go on ahead whilst she talked with Ryoga.

"Look I've been thinking about what you said and I tried to find every reason to hate you. Yet when I finally took time to consider things properly, I realized that you were right. We were and still are best friends. I never really hated you for not showing up that day for the fight, I just was frustrated at myself for being lousier at directions than you and lousier in everything else in general. You were always my friend and rival. I never really loved Akane either. She was just another part of the competition between you and me. I had a crush on her at first but I realized that in the end I was pursuing her mainly to compete with you. My whole life has always been about our friendship and rivalry. And now that you are a woman, a fact I am still getting used to, I guess maybe this is heaven's way of showing me the next step in life, the next step in our friendship and our future."

"You mean,"

"Yes I'll come with you to China. I'll marry you."

"Ai Ren!" Ran Shao glomped Ryoga.

"Ran Shao don't do a Shampoo impression please."

"Why not, by the blood on your nose you seem to like it." She teased.

"Hey Shampoo no behave like that!" she pouted from her hiding place where she was eavesdropping on her sister and soon to be brother in law.

"SHAMPOO!" the two blushed furiously as they yelled at the giggling girl who ran back towards Mousse and Cologne.

In the years that followed, Nabiki Tendo would receive monthly letters from her new 'business associate' in China. These letters would tell of how the newest Amazon Ran Shao was received with open arms into the tribe.

They also spoke of the weddings of Shampoo and Mousse (after Mousse had some training from Ryoga and Ran Shao in order to defeat Shampoo), and of Ryoga and Ran Shao. Both couples would bear many children for the village and prove instrumental in its final defeat of the Musk and Herb and the securing of a permanent peace treaty with them.

Ran Shao and Shampoo would also become the first ever Co-Matriachs of the Amazons.

Many in the tribe attributed these changes mainly to Ran Shao and her legend kept growing with every threat to the village she helped exterminate.

Years after, Nabiki, with Ran Shao's permission, turned these letters into a book series called the Legend of Ran Shao. It was an international best seller and outsold even a certain book series about wizards.

Nabiki earned billions from the books and subsequent movie and broadway deals and as agreed on, a part of those proceeds went to Ran Shao and the Amazon Village.

This is how the world came to know of the Legend of Ran Shao.

Note:

I am sorry I was so late with all the updates and that the last few chapters were fluffy and OOC. I hope you've enjoyed the story and the wait was worth it. Like I said if you want to improve it and do a rewrite or a sequel, feel free to adopt the story.