Geese read over the files Billy had gathered. It was an interesting tale...
Genma Saotome had a large criminal record, but it was all small-time crimes. Petty theft, dine & dash, pick pocket... the list went on. The only remarkable thing about it was the way he never seemed to get caught. For several years he was accused of child abuse on his young son, until the boy disappeared.
That was the truely interesting point. Genma and Ranma never left Japan. Genma once claimed, while drunk, that a dragon had stolen his son. Obviously something had happened, because shortly after Ranma disappeared from Japan, he was found by Terry Bogard on the streets of South Town.
The Tendo family was less interesting. Soun Tendo and his three daughters, Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane. Owned a parcel of land in Tokyo, upon which was built the Tendo Dojo, which hadn't had any students for nearly ten years. Soun was considered emotionally unstable and easily manipulated. Kasumi was considered something of a saint by the locals. Nabiki was a shrewd young woman who was likely to go far in business... provided she ever got away from Japan's prejudice against women in positions of power. Akane, the youngest girl, was very athletic and an avid follower of all sorts of fighting tournaments. However, for whatever reason, it seemed that her father prevented her from ever learning much of fighting herself.
Geese snorted at the thought. Those two idiots just painted a target on the back of that girl, and she was not going to be able to take care of herself. Either those two were idiots... or masterful planners. If the girl does get hurt, Ranma might feel guilty enough to be trapped in the fathers' plans. Of course, Geese personally thought it was the former... they didn't make sure Ranma knew what they did, after all. Not to mention the Genma had many enemies and he just reveled his location to them. And finally... he just didn't think Ranma would let himself fall for that maneuver.
The Anything Goes School of Martial Arts was also an interesting detail. A very powerful and completely unscrupulous form of combat, it was created by one Happosai, a man who thrived on thievery and his lusts. It was a school of near infinite variety that seemed drawn to less-than-legal activities. It also had a very harsh training regime, which went a long way to explain why the weak-willed Soun Tendo was unable to make his dojo succeed, and why he might be unwilling to let his daughter train in it.
Finally, there was a note that Genma was in fact still married to his wife, Nodoka, even though the two had not seen each other in over ten years. Nodoka was considered a hard woman with a unique value system... and quite willing to kill to maintain it. It was unlikely that she would consent to remaining out of Ranma's life, or letting Ranma make his own choices.
Letting these fools have influence of any sort over Ranma would interfere with his own plans for the boy. However, simply killing them all could also backfire on him. Besides... he might be able to use a few of them, as well.
Geese sat back. This would require some thought...
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Meanwhile, Ranma Bogard and Sakura Kasugano boarded a plane in Japan, blissfully unaware of what was going on.
Fifteen minutes after they left, Makoto and Ibuki got off another plane...
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