Author notes: The following fic is based on an anime that is not recommended for minors. But the hentai's out there hoping for graphic action for Ranma should forget it. Aside for some limey scenes and maybe a mentioning of stuff happening it will be rated R at most.

Disclaimer: Ranma ½ and Midnight Panther are not and will not be owned by me. Are we clear? Good than start reading.

It was morning in Nerima district, Tokyo, Japan. A beautiful sunrise, the sounds of roosters crowing and…

"Pops that's my pickle, give it back!" Ranma lunged at Genma as the two fought for the last pickle on the serving dish. The rest of the household simply continued eating as the two fought for the last pickle. It had been a full year since Ranma fought Saffron and along the course of that year many challengers fought him hoping to upstart him of his amazing feat. Because challengers seemed to continuously getting stronger Ranma trained extensively. He picked up new moves hours after seeing them and his ki control was nothing to be laughed about. He had a better grasp on using ki then Herb and could fly faster then the dragon prince. Genma's so called morning trainings ended seconds after it started. Kuno went down faster then ever. (If it is even possible.) And Mousse… well, forget Mousse he goes down just as fast. The only one somewhat worthwhile was Ryoga who strived to be better then Ranma and each time they clashed it was Ranma would win by a hair. It frustrated him that Ranma kept beating him. But the most miserable was Happosai, as Ranma got better he became even more effective at stopping Happosai's nighttime work and even more splash resistant. It irritated the old master of anything-goes to his limits. Several times he had delved deep into his precious collections that he was given, (more than likely they were stolen) from the many places that he made temporary residence in. He had summoned demons and all sorts of nasty critters to discipline the boy but each time was a failure and ended up being his summoned creature destroyed and Ranma training harder in anticipation for the next one Happosai would bring forth. But not this time, this time Ranma would learn to respect his elders and allow Happosai to snuggle in the bust of his girl form.

Five seconds after the pickle fight began it was over and Ranma munched on the pickle while digging a heel into Genma's cloth covered head. "Pop's you should realize you can't beat me no more so quit trying to steal my food." Genma could only groan a reply.

Happosai snuck up on Ranma he had to get close in order for his item to work. Genma seeing Happosai sneaking up to Ranma with a scroll in hand immediately rolled his body out from Ranma's foot, Ranma let him go his senses already picking up Happosai and detecting his mischievous aura. "What do you want you old perv?"

Happosai chuckled. "Why Ranma I'm shocked to see you suspect your master. You should give me more respect then that."

Ranma spun to face Happosai and scowled. "Respect is earned you old freak, and you definitely don't deserve any."

"Why Ranma how could you hurt this old man's fragile feelings. But you can make it up if you wear this." Happosai held up a lacy red bra and Ranma's face grew just as red as steam puffed from his ears.

"You old pervert!" Ranma shouted and punched down to hit the top of the grandmaster of Anything-Goes martial arts head. It was what Happosai was waiting for. He quickly brought up the scroll and opened it waiting to see how Ranma would fair against this summon. But nothing came out, and when Ranma hit the light that was emanating from the open scroll he felt himself getting pulled in. In his shock Ranma instinctively flared his aura to shield himself but it did no good he disappeared into the scroll and the flare of ki ended up burning the scroll.

Happosai was stunned. "What happened? That wasn't supposed to happen." Already questioning looks were resting on him. "That wasn't supposed to happen. The scroll was supposed to summon something called the "Midnight Panther." It said so on the title.

"Did you even read what was in the scroll?" Nabiki said in her usual unsurprised tone.

"Why should I? The title said "Midnight Panther." So I assumed something like that would come out."

Nabiki rolled her eyes. "So you don't really know what was in the scroll, it could have been anything. Now Ranma's gone."

"Nooo! The schools will never be joined!" Soun yelled out and began to weep a fountain.

"Oh my father do you need a napkin?" Kasumi asked.

"Hmph like I was going to marry that jerk." Akane muttered.

Meanwhile…

A flash of light shone bright in the middle of an open field and a red shirted figure and crashed to the ground. "Ugh that stupid old pervert when I get my hands on him I'll… Hey where the hell am I?" Ranma got up and looked around. "This isn't Nerima." Everything about the place was alien to him despite many training trips into the wilderness it just didn't feel right. "Where am I? You old pervert this is all your fault!" Ranma shouted into the sky but nothing but the soft screeching of the cicadas answered him. Letting out a sigh Ranma looked around hoping to see some sign of civilization. He was quite surprised to see a village nearby, granted it looked kinda primitive with the grass roofs and all but he'd seen that before in China so it bothered him none. What did bother him at that moment were a dozen or so armored soldiers with helmets and swords being confronted by terrified but determined villagers.

"You can'tdo this, this is our home. You can't just tear it down it's inhuman." One of the villagers yelled out he held a hoe and tried to look brave in front of the highly trained soldiers of the local baron.

"Silence this village has been deemed to be demolished by Baron Jerome Bailey the second. You will all clear out by nightfall." Stated the leader, a pathetically skinny man that made some wonder how he got such a position in the first place.

Ranma had already entered the village by hopping over the short walls surrounding it and proceeded toward the crowd behind the villagers and stopped to see a little girl hugging her mother tightly. "Hey what's going on here?" He asked.

The woman looked at the strange but made no comment on his foreign clothing and answered his question. "The local baron has deemed that this village be demolished for a private mansion to be built here so he can see the mountains. But we have nowhere to else to live."

"Mommy what's gonna happen to us?" The little girl asked tears starting to flow down her cute cheeks.

"I don't know sweety." The woman just hugged her child tighter. Anger began to flow through Ranma's veins. There were many things that he couldn't resist, like girls giving him the teary-eyed look, but he really didn't like seeing such a young girl cry for such a selfish reason from this "Baron." Well this girl wouldn't go homeless not if he had anything to say about it.

Ranma made his way over to the crowd nudging past the farmers small shop owners. Till he was directly in front of both groups, the leader stared at him and quickly demanded. "Who are you?"

Ranma replied. "I'm Ranma Saotome and I know you're just trying to do your job but I can't allow you to destroy these peoples homes."

The leader looked furious. "You dare oppose the rule of Baron Jerome Bailey the second?"

Ranma shrugged. "I oppose whoever I like. As for your baron he can go fuck himself for all I care, he ain't destroying this village." Multiple gasps were heard as Ranma's harsh words left his mout.

The leader looked like he was about to explode. "How dare you insult the Baron you filthy knave." He turned to the nearest soldier. "Kill him!" The soldier lunged forward sword thrust out to skewer Ranma, the villagers scattered leaving Ranma with a bored expression as he faced the soldier, just as he looked like he was about to get skewered he sidestepped and brought his knee up. The soldier crumbled at the powerful blow and went down, he wasn't getting up anytime soon.

Ranma smiled at the shocked looks on the soldier's faces. "Next." He said. This time two soldiers came their blades held back to cleave Ranma in half. About a quarter of distance before reaching him Ranma disappeared. Both men stopped looking around to see where he was and both received elbow bashes in the head despite their helmets they were knocked out cold. "Anyone else?" Ranma asked. The rest of the soldiers moved forward blades held in front. Ranma shrugged and shot forward with his chestnut fist and leaped back before any of the soldiers could react. A few second's later loud cracking sounds were heard and the swords broke into several pieces leaving the soldiers holding their hilts. Ranma faced the terrified leader with a smug grin. "You want to try your luck?" He asked. The leader glared at Ranma and ordered a retreat gathering up their injured comrades and running away.

"This isn't over!" The leader cried out stopping his sprint when he felt he was a good distance away. "The next time it will be different. You'll pay for this. You'll…"

"Oh shut up!" Ranma yelled out using his toe to flip a rock up to his right hand. A flick of the wrist and the rock hit the annoying leader's head knocking him out cold. A cheer was heard all around him as the villagers moved in patting him on the back and then hoisted him up in the air.

Two months later…

"What is the meaning of this? Why does the village of Bolvine still standing by now my mansion should be half-finished but it hasn't even started.

The same skinny pathetic man groveled at the feet of the baron. "Please it isn't so easy as it seems there is a lowly piece of filth that drives us off every-time we try to demolish the village."

"One man, I just sent you twenty-five of the best cavalry with you today and you came back and report that all of you were beaten by one man."

"He is strong sir, he even seems like he does magic he cast a giant tornado that defeated us all."

The baron sat down and growled. He so wanted his mansion in the countryside but this unknown man defended the village that was located right on the spot he wanted it built on. All forces he sent to remove of this pest were beaten soundly and sent limping back to the barracks. He even tried to get this man on his side, offering gold, fine living quarters, and a position of high rank over the soldiers. And his reply in writing was to go procreate with him-self. He even resorted to assassins but every time he sent an assassin they got him back with the money shoved back to him and saying. "Find someone else."

The Baron didn't know what to do. Then he remembered something that one of his informants told him. The group of female assassins called the, "Midnight Panther" were approaching the area. He only used their services once to bring down the leader of an uprising from a village to the east. So far he heard they haven't failed a job, perhaps he could use them once more to end this little problem. He signaled one of his messengers to him and whispered in his ear. The man nodded and quickly moved to do the task. The baron began to laugh. Soon the problem would be solved.

Kei, Lou and Sonya just finished their performance and retired back to the trailer where Old Lady stood with a smile the basket sat nearby full of coins from admissions. "Welcome back girls it seems we have another job."

Lou groaned, the last job had been a dragon and she still ached from that encounter. Sonya smiled as she changed from her pussycat dress into something more comfortable. Kei grinned at another opportunity to eat.

The Old Lady held up the paper. "It seems the baron has a problem with a village nearby. He wants to do some construction there but a man is preventing him from doing so."

Lou sighed in relief it wasn't another monster, Sonya and Kei looked more interested though. "Sounds yummy." Kei said.

From what it says here the man is exceptionally strong, he's beaten twenty-five cavalry just recently."

"My, my he must be quite built." Sonya said in a sultry voice.

"He must be very meaty." Kei said.

"Ohoho I'm glad to see your excited, so who wants this job?"

"I'll take it." Sonya said. Kei pouted, she wanted the job.

"Ho ho ho Alright when we arrive at the village we'll put on a show and let's hope he enjoys it, after all it will be his last." Actually old lady wanted the show so she would get more money before the assassination, after would be difficult since most of the village would be in an uproar to find out what happened to their savior. After loading up the trailer and tent the Midnight Panther's set off for the village of Bolvine.

At the village Ranma was enjoying a somewhat peaceful life. Every few days the soldiers would come and Ranma would beat them off he was of immense help to the village having stamina and strength many times more then the strongest villager he efficiently and quickly finished all tasks. It was harvest season and barrels of grain hundred plus pounds were difficult to carry. Ranma carried three of them each time two under his arms and one balancing on his head his feats amazed the tiny village to no end. There were some downsides to him of course he tended to put his foot in his mouth every now and then and he ate enough to feed ten people. But for the most part he was friendly, always willing to help others, a hard worker, and kids adored him. His pros outweighed his cons and the village loved him, especially the young ladies who often tried to get his attention but every time they tried Ranma would either ignore or slink away and that made them even more determined to bag him.

Ranma was currently fixing a wheel for one of the wagons when a pair of hands covered his eyes. "Guess who." Said a cute voice.

Ranma smiled. "Hmm is it Cindy?"

"No." The voice giggled

"Is it Mindy?"

"No." The voice giggled again.

"Okay I think it's… Wendy!" Ranma reached behind him and lifted the giggling nine year old. Wendy was the little girl he first saw when he came to the village her mother was letting him stay at their home and the girl just adored Ranma like he was her big brother. Luckily his curse hadn't been triggered yet so she didn't think of him as a big sister too. Which was funny since he was always such a water magnet, but who was he to complain.

"Wow Ranma you're strong." Wendy said. Ranma had lifted the wagon several times to see how the big the wheel needed to be and how big the hole should be to fit the axle.

Ranma smiled as he lifted Wendy to ride on his shoulder. He liked kids for the most part. They were easily entertained, his skills in martial arts made them laugh and ask him to do it again. Ranma took a break and began to walk around with Wendy on his shoulders. It had become a familiar site that brought smiles to all the villager's faces when they saw them. However today was different, Ranma noticed many of the village's male population was gone and promptly asked one of the women on the street.

"Oh the Pussycats have come back and all the men are over there to see the show." The woman sighed thinking how her boyfriend easily forgot about her and went straight to the show.

Ranma shuddered at the C word. A shout from behind him made him turn around. It was one of the male villagers that haven't left just yet. "Ranma come on let's go see the Pussycats."

Ranma shuddered. "Uh no thanks I'm fine." Ranma said. But the man wouldn't have any of it.

"Come on loosen up they don't show up here often it's my treat." The man stated.

Ranma shrugged and put Wendy down. "I'll see you later at tonight okay Wendy?"

Wendy looked a bit sad. "Will you show me some more marital arts Ranma?" She asked.

Ranma chuckled. "It's martial arts, and yes I will." Wendy smiled and hugged Ranma before skipping off to find something else to do. Ranma followed the man to a tent that was housing pretty much all the male population of the village. The villager dropped two coins in the basket by the old lady that reminded Ranma of Cologne before they entered. Ranma blinked at the site of three young ladies in colorful showy dresses that flashed their panties a lot. He fought a nosebleed as he watched. The girls were very good singers and their performance was good, Ranma found himself enjoying the show until one of the men in the front climbed onto the stage. Ranma recognized him as Tony one of the bad seeds in the village. He and his friends were always causing trouble and until Ranma showed up they got away with pretty much everything. Tony's friends climbed onto the stage as well and the hollering and whistling stopped as the scene unfolded. Ranma narrowed his eyes and made his way toward the front.

Kei and Sonya were immediately circled by the three men leaving Lou out in a mixture of relief and anger that men usually targeted her other two sisters and left her out.

"Come on Sonya why not have a little performance with me tonight I'll even let Kei here come along." Tony's lecherous grin was evident and his eyes were everywhere but Sonya's face. Sonya was irritated every once in a while something like this would happen and they had to open up a bit of their nightly activities to get out of these situations. Fortunately this time they didn't as a finger tapped Tony's shoulder. The man spun to see a smirking pig-tailed martial artist. "R-Ranma!" Tony stuttered.

Ranma cracked his knuckles. "Are you bothering these nice young ladies from finishing their performance? I was starting to enjoy it until you interrupted it."

Tony was scared stiff Ranma was not one to be trifled with especially after that incident a week after he came to the village his arm ached every time he thought of it. One of his friends thought Ranma may have his guard down and tried to hammer fist his head. Ranma spun and redirected the momentum of the attack and shoulder threw the man out the entrance. The second man tried to punch Ranma who sidestepped and brought his knee up as the man overextended. The man bent over and with at "heave-ho" Ranma threw him out the entrance as well and on top of his friend. His gaze fixed on Tony who pissed his pants right there. "Beat it." Ranma growled. A cloud of dust appeared where Tony was the scared man tripped over his friends got tangled up with them and spent a minute untangling themselves before sprinting off. Ranma watched them go before he turned to Sonya and Kei with a hand scratching the back of his head. "Sorry about that. You can continue I was enjoying it." With that said Ranma hopped off the stage and watched the girls continue the show and soon the incident was put aside.

"That show wasn't all that bad." Ranma muttered as he finished the wheel for the wagon, he then lifted the wagon and slid the wheel onto the axle and patted it to make sure it wasn't loose. "That's it all done." Ranma said with a smile taking a minute to admire his work before bending down to wrap up the tools.

"Hi there." A sultry voice said. Ranma felt his hair stand on end as he looked up. It was that girl from the show.

"Uh, hi, what's your name again?" Ranma asked truly having forgotten her name. Sonya almost face-faulted right there. He forgot her name! Guys never forgot her name even if they met three years ago.

"Sonya you know the Pussycats." She said feeling weird having say her name to someone who attended the show.

"Oh yeah that's right that was a good performance I liked it." Ranma finished packing the tools and stood up. "Nice seeing you." He said and began to walk away. Sonya stared at him. That was it? Usually when she came up to a target they'd immediately try to impress her and get her in bed as soon as possible, but right now…

"Am I losing my beauty?" She muttered then wrote it off as ridiculous and quickly jogged after Ranma. "Wait hold on." Ranma stopped and looked at her. "Would you care for a drink with me." She asked. 'This is a first, usually it's the guy asking me.'

Ranma looked at her for a few minutes he looked at the sun. It was about an hour to sunset so what the heck. "Sure let's go." Tucking the tools under his arm he led her to the nearest tavern.

"So I keep beating them but they keep coming. The baron's really getting annoying." Ranma sipped on his tea. He was conscious around high-splash potential places and wanted to keep a cup of hot liquid nearby when he occupied those areas.

Sonya nodded along with him. Ranma liked to brag about his fights like any other guy and had the macho personality the only thing was the lack of attraction toward her. He hadn't told her how nice she looked or she was the most beautiful woman ever and so on and so forth it bothered her. She knew he wasn't gay, there were lots of handsome men in the tavern glaring at him but he wasn't leering at them. What was she missing?

"Well nice talking to you. I should be getting back Wendy and her mother are probably waiting for me." Ranma finished his tea and began to leave.

Sonya blinked, no offer for fun or nothing just "Thank you goodbye." 'I guess I'll have to take the initiative.' She thought and drank the rest of her ale and proceeded to act faint with alcohol. She began to sway and clutch her head to clear fake dizziness.

Ranma looked at Sonya and walked back to her. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"I think I had a bit too much." She groaned hoping her acting was just as good off as it was on stage.

Ranma blinked and shrugged he asked the bartender for a room and threw a few coins to him. A second later a key was tossed to him and he led a supposedly drunk Sonya up the stairs. He laid Sonya on the bed. "There now you can sleep it off. I'll leave the key here so no one can get in." Ranma placed the key on a stool nearby.

Sonya gritted her teeth. He was going to leave again, how could anyone be so damn innocent and nice? She was seriously thinking of just ripping off the Ranma's clothes and riding him like no tomorrow. But that wouldn't be professional-like instead she chose a different approach. "It's so hot." She mumbled and began to unbutton her blouse.

Ranma's eyes widened. "W-W-What are you doing." He stammered. Sonya simply removed her blouse revealing she wore no bra underneath. Ranma's nose began to leak a red trail as he backed up. Sonya gave a seductive smile and began to remove her skirt. Ranma blushed up a storm and his back hit wall as he stared wide-eyed at Sonya slowly stripping out of her clothes.

When she finished she stood up clad only in a pair of purple panties. She began to stalk slowly toward Ranma. "What are you doing! Put your clothes back on!" Ranma yelled out as Sonya came closer.

"Come now Ranma, I'm quite sure you know what I want." Sonya said licking her lips.

"What do you want?" Ranma said he was very close to bolting right now.

"I want you Ranma, right here right now." Sonya said. 'This is funny me saying this instead of the target.' She thought.

"Um I-I-I'm r-r-really f-flattered b-but… I have to take a rain check on that!" Ranma bolted out the door flew down the stairs and was on the streets within three seconds leaving a dissipating dust cloud in front of a dumbstruck Sonya.

"He ran from me… Me Sonya, the beautiful Sonya how can he resist?" She said in an unbelieving tone. Sonya spent the rest of the night staring at the spot Ranma occupied while mumbling how impossible it was for a man to resist her.

Ranma sneezed again for the twenty-fifth time and tried to forget what happened last night and got a nosebleed while doing so.

To Be Continued.

I've just recently saw Midnight Panther and seeing how good it was I decided that it needed to be added in the long list of compatible anime used in Ranma crossovers. I am pretty sure that this is the first ever Midnight Panther/Ranma ½ ever made so I hope you all like it.

Preview for chapter 2: Sonya fails, now Kei steps to the plate. Will Ranma meet his end being the next meal for the blonde were-pantheress. Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter of Midnight Ranma. Wait how come Ranma's meowing?