The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine. They all
belong to their respective company. I am using a lot of them, so I
can't list them all. Beside, I am gonna add more series to the story
later on. Don't sue me. You won't get a penny out of me. Trust me,
you won't. For others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who
cares? I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

first fanfic alert!!!
draft alert!!!
and...
Ah heck, read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 7.

< After that, they lived happily ever after... NOT! >




Tsunami stood shocked for a while. The man, or rather he as called
himself "the Knight," had disappeared. But she couldn't find him
anywhere. She should have been able to detect his presence, since he
left not a long ago. However, other than the power of the Sailor
Scouts, and the few divinities present there, she couldn't find any
other source.

She was disappointed to say the least. Her curiosity was left
unanswered, and it bothered her deeply. Tsunami had to find out the
man's intention soon, or he might turn out to be an obstacle for her
plan, and she wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

There was a small part of her heart that also made her feel uneasy, but
she was doing her best to ignore it. Being embarrassed like a teenage
girl was not suitable for a goddess of her status. Tusnami tried to
erase the kind face of the Knight from her memory, with no avail. She
could feel another blush coming up on her face as she remembered that
moment, and his words. But before her cheeks became crimson red, she
hurriedly shook her head.

'I can't think of such a thing right now. I have to stay focused, or
all my plan will be for nothing!'

Not paying attention to the surrounding crowd, who luckily were still
too confused by the Knight's disappearance to keep an eye on her,
Tsunami went back to her dimension, with a name still ringering in her
mind.

'Tokimi...'



Sailor Uranus was no one's fool. Nobody who went up against her
wouldn't think that either. She was one strong, hot-headed, and very
very dangerous lady.

But today, she had been embarassed, mocked, and made fun of all day.
First, in that ice cream shop, then at the park's entrance, and now that
obnoxious idiot in cape! All her anger and stress had been pent up,
having nowhere to go. It was only natural that she would eventually
explode.

So she did, to the closest target that she could find at the moment.

"YOU! WHO THE $#$& ARE YOU?!?"

"Eh?" After a brief flinch, Urd blinked when this girl in short skirt
suddenly yelled, with a finger direcetly pointed at her. It was clear
that the girl wanted to ask the goddess something.

But the problem was that Urd was NOT having a good day either. Her plan
to bring Keiichi and Belldandy close backfired when her potion, with
some tempering by her youngest sister, caused Keiichi to be a six
years-old child. Then she had to work in the ice cream store for
hours(1). After that, she had fought off a horde of demons, just before
being zapped by her FATHER because of her language. Now, a total
stranger KISSED her! Herself! The GODDESS of the past! The
self-claimed Cupid of Love was outplayed by some dork in a corny outfit!

Whoever this girl was, she chose a wrong day to pick on Urd, and the
goddess had every intention to let her know that.

"I should ask you the same thing, kid. You got no idea who you are
dealing with." Urd spoke, with a couple of electric sparks coming out
between her fingers.

"*smirk* You don't scare me, you old hag. You shouldn't mess with
someone as dangerous as me." Uranus answered back rather rudely, as she
held up her Space Sword.

"OLD HAG?! You got a death wish, you brat!?!"

"I'll call you whatever I want, you hag!!"

People stepped away from the two, since they could feel the temperature
rising a notch. They sweatdropped when they saw the fallen leaves
around them starting to burn, turning them into ash. But the two woman
seemed to pay no heed at them, as they continued to glare daggers at
each other.

Out of all the people there, Tenchi was the most nervous. He remembered
the long-haired woman from the ice cream shop earlier, and the
short-haired girl was angry at him for some reason before. Wisely, he
decided to get away from there. He already had his share of upset
women in his life, and he had no intention of adding to that.

Seeing that Tsunami returned to her place, wherever it was, and asleep
Sasami back in the spot, Tenchi tiptoed away from the crowd to get the
blue-haired girl.

But Tenchi was never that lucky, especially involving any kind of women,
especially ones with super-power.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!"

Tenchi froze when the upset voice of two angry women caught him in his
action. He slowly turned back his head and with a nervous smile, opened
his mouth. "Ye, yes?"

After another brief glare to each other, Uranus and Urd returned their
attention back to the poor alien prince.

"I've got some question for you too, you jackass!" Uranus spoke first.

But Urd wasn't happy to lose her chance to the short-haired Senshi.
"Wait a sec! I get to ask first!"

"No, you don't, you hag! I asked him first!!"

"Stop calling me hag, you brat!!!"

"What's wrong with calling a hag hag, you hag!?!"

"Why you..." Again, the sparks came out, this time from both of the
goddess' hands.

"Wanna get it on?" Uranus didn't seem impressed as she raised her Space
Sword.

Tenchi was now sweating very badly. While the ladies' attention was off
him for a moment, he knew that those dangerous things would soon be
pointed towards his direction. If he didn't do anything, he would be at
the receiving end of their anger.

But there was nothing much he could do at the moment, so he prayed to
the heaven for some kind of distraction.

Sometimes, an answer to one's prayer would come immediately. But sadly,
Tenchi rarely got the good one...



"SWEETO!!"

As if they had been expecting it, the eyebrows of every member of the
Tendo household twitched almost simultaneously. The Master was there.


Minagi felt a sudden breeze around her breast, before she felt an
incredibly tight grip it. She looked down to find a tiny old man
grinning at her. He was currently 'attached' to her chest.

"EEEEEEEEEE!!! You pervert!!!"

Minagi summoned her sword again, and swung it at the lech. But he
skillfully dodged it and jumped away, landing right in front of Tenchi.

Tenchi didn't find the old man's action funny. The pervert had no right
to glomp on one of his friends like that. So he grabbed the back of
Happousai's clothes.

"Wait a second! You..."

"No! Tenchi-chan, don't go near..."

"AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhhhhh-" was Tenchi's reply to Nodoka before he flew
away in the air via Happousai's Pipe Air.

"Tenchi-chan!"

"Tenchi-san!" Minagi flew away to catch Tenchi. Everyone else there
was dumbly staring at the boy who was now a tiny speck in the skys.

"Youngsters these days. Have no respect for their elders... Hmm?"
Happousai found himself suddenly being lifted off the earth. He looked
behind and sweatdropped when he saw the scowling face of Akane.

"That's because you don't deserve any!!"

POW!

Akane punched the Master of Anything Goes, hard. She grinned when she
saw the old man flying away, but paled when she realized that his path
was directly towards those three women with face markings.

"Look out!!"



"Huh?"

Urd turned her attention away from the flying boy and to the shout.
When she saw the tiny old man flying towards them, she just blinked.
She had no idea who this man was, but the look in his eyes was... very
unholy to say the least.

Happousai lecherously grinned when he saw three beautiful ladies ahead.

One of them somehow gave him creep though. There was something about
her that reminded him of... Kasumi. It was as if she was made of 'sugar
and everything nice,' or something. The other one was a bit younger, so
there wouldn't be much grip on her. Naturally, Happousai jumped on to
the biggest one of them all.(2)

GLOMP!

"EEEEEEEEPP!!"

"Lovely lady! Give this poor old man some happy memory in his withering
age!"

If this was anyone else, they would be just running around, shrieking
and screaming frantically. But this was Urd. She wouldn't let anyone
take advantage of her, under any circumstance! A vein popped on her
forehead, and raised a hand up high. This one was about to suffer the
pain of his lifetime.

"Lightening Strike!!"

KABOOM!

But that was also true in Happousai's case. He was the Master of
Anything Goes, and he had been stealing panties and glomping women ever
since he could walk! Besides, he was DAMN good at it. If he was to be
hit so easily, he wouldn't have stayed alive for so long.

Before the end of the lightening reach Happousai, he slipped off Urd.
Having its target disappear on it, the ray of electricity hit the next
best thing. The closest object around it.

If the electricity could think, it would have known that its summoner
was also there.

ZZZZAAAAPPPP!!!

But the nature didn't work that way.

"......"

Urd slowly took down her hand, which ironically did both summoning the
lightening AND worked as a lightening rod. Her hair was standing on its
end from all the electricity, and her muscles ached from all the shock
through her nerves. All in all, Urd was totally wasted. Like a
cut-off tree, Urd slowly leaned back...

THUMP!

...and fell.

"Urd-neesan!"

Belldandy's voice was the last thing Urd heard before she began her
journey to the wonderful land of unconsciousness...



But the terror of Happousai wasn't over yet.

"SWEETO!! Let this old man rest in your lovely bossom!"

"EEP!! Help!"

Mercury was petrified by the sight of a little wrinkled lech flying
towards her, or her breast to be exact. Seeing her friend in distress,
Sailor Mars stepped in front of Mercury to confront the old man instead.

"Hold it there, buster!"

But when she tried to catch him, he dodged her hand and glomped on her.

"AAAAAACK!! Why you little..."

"Oh, it's so warm and soft here. I never want to leave!"

"Oh no, Mars! You pervert!" Sailor Venus ran to save her friend, but
before she could get the pervert off Mars, he jumped onto her.

"EEEEEEEE!!"

"My, what a fine breast you have there! One of top quality, I must
say!"

"Get off me!!" Venus grabbed the lech and tried to peel him off her,
with no avail. His grip was as tight as a strong vice.

"Don't worry, Venus! I'll get him off you!" Sailor Jupiter came beside
Venus and caught the old man. Surprisingly, he came off Venus very
easily, just to attach himself on Jupiter herself.

"AIEEEEEEEE!! Get off!!"

"Why? It's so comfortable here. Call me your baby, sweety."

"I don't have a baby!!"

"All the better!"

"Sailor Jupiter!" Hurriedly, Sailor Saturn ran to aid her fellow
Senshis. But she stopped dead in fear when she saw the old man jumping
off Jupiter and flying towards Saturn. Fortunately for her, Sailor
Neptune stepped between to interfere.

"You leave her alone, you sicko! Aieeeeee!!"

Unfortunately for Neptune, the old man latched on her chest instead.

"Sweeto! Another pretty lady!"

"Neptune!! Why you little freak!!" Sailor Uranus furiously swung her
Space Sword at the pervert, who disappeared from Neptune's bossom. He
reappeared, but this time it was on Uranus's chest.

"!!" Uranus froze, and looked down. When she found the lech on her own
chest, she glared at him with deadly intention. Seeing his target was
awfully agitated, Happousai jumped off her, and landed a few feet away.
The whole time, Uranus' eyes were on Happousai.

'Nobody, NOBODY humiliates me like this! NOBODY!!'

The Senshi was mad. Uranus was going to hurt him really, really BAD.

Not paying attention to her threatening glare, Happousai looked at his
hands and spoke. "Geez. What a cheap feel. You call that a breast?"

Voosh!

No, she was going to kill him.

"Haven't you heard of something called a 'Wonder Bra?' Not that it
would do you any good. It's a 'Wonder Bra,' not a 'Miracle Bra...'"

SWOOSH!

No, she was going to make him WISH she killed him.

"WHY YOU LITTLE..."

"Huh? Oopsie!" Happousai jumped just in time to avoid the blade of
Uranus' sword. Seeing as he was surrounded by the ladies in very
hostile mood, he wisely chose to run. But not before he got another
energy boost.

Glomp!

"What luck! Sweeto!"

"Huh? Hey, you!!!"

Urd was shaken out of her sleep by a rather hard grip on her breast, and
found that impudent mortal lying on it, drooling. The anger and hatred
got rid of all of her tiredness, and adrenaline kicked in her body, as
she stood up fast to get the sweet, sweet revenge.(3)

"Die, you pervert!!"

However Happousai dodged her hand skillfully and fled. Between her
clenched teeth, Urd groaned and ran after him.

Belldandy tried to stop her, but she had another sister to tend to.
Taking a deep sigh, Belldandy took out a mirror from her pocket. When
she collected Skuld in her arms, she teleported away.

The Senshi, who were also trying to get their hands on the pervert,
stopped in the middle of their actions when they saw the woman disappear
into the mirror. They gasped, surprised by what they saw.
Unfortunately, this gave Happousai an opening, which he glady took.

"Lucky!"

"Aaaaaaack!!"
"Eeeeeeeee!!"
"Aieeeeeee!!"
"Aaaaaaaah!!"

After glomping on the other girls, he stopped when he landed in front of
flaming Sailor Uranus. He stared at her for a while, but soon just
shrugged his shoulders. "Nah, I don't wanna spoil my appetite."

KABOOM!!

"WHAT DOES THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN!?!?!?!?!?!"

"Yowza!" Happousai again dodged Uranus' sword, but he also had to
side-step as a kick almost landed on his head.

"I'll make you pay, you pervert!" Jupiter yelled out angrily and thrust
another kick, which again missed its target.

"Don't kill him, guys!! I'd like to do that myself!!" Another scorned
Senshi, Sailor Venus, screamed at her friends who were now chasing after
the dirty old man.

"No, it's my job!! I'll tear him a new belley button!!" Mars shouted
as she followed the others.

"I don't care who does it, as long as he dies!!" Neptune also ran after
the pervert and his pursuers, leaving Mercury by herself.

"Um, guys! Guys! Don't leave me here!!" Sailor Mercury, who had
luckily escaped the clutch of the old man, ran to catch up to her
friends. She paused long enough to bow to the Tendo family, who
nervously waved back at her, and went on her way. "Wait, guys!"

The Tendos dumbly stared at the retreating forms of the ladies, which
was preceded by occasional explosions and blasts up front.



All through the chaos, Sailor Saturn quietly made her way into the
bushes, where she changed back to Hotaru. She had to find Saotome-san
quickly. She was afraid that too much time had been lost, and he might
be in a serious condition.

Hotaru started to run back to where she saw him last. While it was
clear that he was no longer there, there might be some kind of clue
about his wereabout. It might not be the best, but it was the only
choice she had for the moment.

But before she reached her destination, something that she saw from the
corner of her sight made her stop in her steps. She squinted her eyes
to make out what it was. When she recognized what she had found, her
eyes widened with surprise...




Kobayakawa Miyuki and Tsujimoto Natsumi,(4) the two elite policewomen
arrived at the park. They received the distress call and came as soon
as they could. While they were nervous by the fact that the call said
something about the monster, they knew their duty as police officers,
and
stood by it. After all, danger was a part of their job.

When they arrived, they found their fellow officer Nakajima standing
near the entrance. When he saw them his face brightened up, which
Natsumi suspected the reason to be her partner, Miyuki. It was no
secret that Nakajima had a thing for the most smart and beautiful female
officer of the district.

"Miyuki! I am SO glad to see you!"

'Geez, what a surprise.' Natsumi rolled her eyes.

"Hello, Officer Nakajima. How's the situtation?"

"Well, we don't know yet. But according to the TV reporters, the Sailor

Scouts have appeared again."

"WHAT?!"

Nakajima found himself being slowly lifted off the ground. He blinked
at the angry scowl of Natsumi, who furiously asked, "those
skimpy-dressed, cheap scene-stealing, trouble-making, good-for-nothing,
anal jackasses are in there!?!?!?!"

"Um, last time I heard, yeah."

"What do you mean, last time I heard?! Are they in there or not?!?"

"Natsumi! Let go of Nakajima-san!" Miyuki's shocked plea somewhat
eased Natsumi's mood, and she put Nakajima down on the ground, much to
his relief.

But Natsumi was far from being happy, as she angrily asked again.

"Well? Are they inside?"

"Heheh, I, I don't know..."

"YOU DON'T KNOW?!"

Nakajima frantically stepped away from flaming woman and spoke
hurriedly, "I mean, apparently the TV station hellicopter malfunctioned,
and we lost their transmission a while ago. So we have no idea what is
going on inside."

"Then WHAT THE HELL are we doing outside?!? Let's go in!!"

"Um, but, we didn't receive any order..."

"Screw it!! I had enough of those sailor-suited brats! They have been
meddling with our jobs long enough, and I am going to put an end to
this! They are NOT getting away this time! Let's go, Miyuki!"

"Huh? Natsumi? Eeeeep!" It was all Miyuki could say before she was
dragged away by her partner.

"Miyuki! Natsumi, you can't! We have to wait for the order! Natsumi!"

Kaboom!

Nakajima was trying to restrain his fellow officers, when he heard a
sudden explosion inside the park, followed by a voice of an old man.

"Kehehehehehe!! Catch me if you can, ladies. Kahahahahaha!!!"

Much to his surprise, Natsumi froze dead in her mid-step when she heard
the voice. She then hurriedly spun around and walked back fast.

"Order! That's it! We hafta wait for an order! Yes!"

"Huh?" Nakajima blinked in cofusion at the sudden change of Natsumi's
attitude. He was confused even more when he saw Miyuki's face being
drained out of all colors.

"Wha, what's wrong, Miyuki?"

"It's, it's that pervert..."

"Huh?"

"Um, well, about a month ago..."



Natsumi and Miyuki stood, dumbfounded. They received a call from a
bathhouse about a thief, so they came to check up on it. But they never
expected anything like this.

"Um, Miyuki. Are you sure this is the place?"

"Yes, I am sure... At least I think it is..."

"But I thought we were called to catch a thief. This one looks like a
work of a professional terrorist or something..."

"..." was all Miyuki could say.

Her partner was right. The bathhouse, if you could still call it 'a
house,' was now a burnt heap with holes and cracks everywhere. They
could see the inside of the bathhouse, where few remaining women were
screaming and trying to hide their nudity in vain, much to the perverted

enjoyment of the outside observers.

There were also some men on the other side, but there weren't many
people looking
into that direction.

'Natsumi is right. This can't be a work of an ordinary thief. I can
sense the thick smell of gunpowder in the air. There certainly had been
an explosion by some kind of bombs. But... who would want to blow up a
bathhouse?'

It was then when she and Natsumi heard the loud commotion coming towards
their direction.

"There he is!! Get him!!"
"I won't let him live!! He's gotta die!!"
"Give back my underwear, you pervert!!"
"Let's just kill him, everyone!!"

"What a haul! What a haul!"

"Huh?" Both policewomen saw a tiny old man running with a large bag on
his back. Behind the man there were at least fifty angry women in
towels and bathrobes chasing after him with variety of sharp and pointy
weapons in their hands. Their intention for the use of those weapons
was very clear in both their tone and their eyes. They really wanted to
tear that old man apart.

"I think we found our 'thief,' Miyuki."

"I agree."

Natsumi and Miyuki then stepped in front of the old man's path, blocking
the way. They couldn't forgive this one not only as police officers,
but also as women. This one must pay for his crime.

"You are busted, jackass!"

"Freeze! You are under arrest for... eh?" Miyuki stopped in
mid-sentence when she noticed the hungry look on the old man's eyes.
Something in those eyes somehow scared her, making her step back a
little. She had never seen such a terrifying look directed at her.

"Sweeto!"

"EEEEEEE!!"

It was then when the old man jumped on her, and landed squarely on her
chest. He held on to her breast so tightly that Miyuki had a hard time
breathing. But the fact that this dirty old man had laid a hand on her
was even more humiliating.

"Miyuki!" Natsumi saw her partner in distress, and ran to her rescue.
However before she could catch the old man, he got off Miyuki and
latched on Natsumi instead.

"Oh yeah! Another pretty lady!"

"EEEEEEK! Why you little..."



"What? He grabbed you? Why that... I can't let him live!!"

"Um, thanks, Nakajima-san..."

"Even I didn't get to touch your breast! How dare he!!"

"Nakajima-san!!"

"Oops, I mean, eh, um, well... So what did you do?"

Nakajima cringed under Miyuki's upset scowl, so in hope of changing
subject he asked Natsumi, who was still pale from remembering that day.

"I beat him up. Really, really badly."

"Um, then what's the problem?"

"He didn't die!!"

"Um, okay... If he did, it would have been the problem..."

"No, you don't understand!! I beat him up BAD. If it was anyone else,
he would have died for sure! I grinded him on the ground, bashed his
head repeatedly with my nightstick, I even RAN OVER him with Today(5)
THREE TIMES!! But he kept getting up!! He wouldn't just stay down!!
That pervert was a real monster!!"

Nakajima looked at his fellow officer with skepticism clear in his
eyes. "You are pulling my legs."

"No, I am not!! And it wasn't the only time!! We've met him FOUR times
since then, and each time I have TRIED to kill him for real!! But he
just wouldn't!! He's a demon, I tell you. A demon!!"

"You've tried to do what?!"

"To kill him. I figured a bastard like him was better off dead than in
prison... Aaaaah!! Captain!! When did you get here?!"

Natsumi did a double flip when she found her captain standing right
beside her. He narrowed his eyes at her, and Miyuki was losing more
colors on her face, as if it was possible. They were in deep, deep
trouble.

The captain stayed silent for a while, but sighed and turned around. "I
expect to hear your explanation later, but we have a job to do."

Both female officers sighed in relief, when Nakajima nervously asked the
captain. "Um, what's that?"

"We got an order. We are to move in and to find and rescue any
civilian..."

"Aaaaack!!!! You want us to go in there?! Where that pervert is?!
Uh-uh. Absolutely NO WAY!! I ain't going in!!"

"What are you talking about, Natsumi-kun? It's our job and duty to
protect the public! The safety of our citizen takes top priority! How
about you, Miyuki-kun? Um, Miyuki-kun?"

The captain blinked when he found the forementioned officer lying flat
on the ground, fainted at hearing the news. Nakajima quickly ran to her
side, trying to wake her up, but with no avail. On the other hand,
Natsumi was still protesting out loud.

"You have no idea what you are telling me to do!! I rather go and face
the entire Yakuza gang than see this monster again!! I ain't gonna do
it!! No way!!"

"Natsumi-kun!! That's an order!!"

"I don't care!!! I ain't doing it!! Nononononononononono!!!"

Next to her, Nakajima was still trying to revive Miyuki.

"Miyuki! Miyuki! Get a hold of yourself!!"

"........."




'Huh?'

In total darkness, he woke up. How long he had been out, he didn't
know. The only thing he knew was that he was alive. Well, at least he
felt like he was alive...

Then all of a sudden his surroundings changed. He was now sitting under
a shadow. No, he was sitting under a tree actually. He was on a green
field. All he could see was grass, and flowers, and trees, and...

'Huh?'

...a woman.(6)

He found the woman standing right in front of him. He couldn't see her
face, since she was standing with the sun on her back, and was covered
by her own shadow. The only things that he could distinguish from were
her long cape and her long, blonde hair, both of which gently fluttered
in the wind.

'Who are you...?'

But he couldn't get his question out of his mouth. He was there, but he
was also not there. It was as if... somehow he became the observer in
his own life. He couldn't lift a finger from his body. All he could do
was just to watch the scene before him.

'Hmm?'

Then he saw the woman slowly lean towards him. Surprisingly, he didn't
feel threatened by her gesture. He couldn't recognize her, but for some
reason, he felt very... safe in her presence.
Besides, there was nothing he could do.

So he just watched, as the woman reached out one of her hands towards
his face and......

SLAP!

...slaped him. Hard. Repeatedly.

'?!'



"...!!"

When Ranma opened his eyes, he was still being slapped around by a
small, yet amazingly painful hand.

"Saotome-san! Wake up! Saotome-san!"

The first thing that came up to his face was the tear-stained face of
the black-haired young girl, whose name he remembered as Tomoe Hotaru.
She was currently slapping the daylight out of his face, and his cheeks
were starting to burn from all the hits.

"...keep going, and you'll put me to sleep for good..."

"Eh?! Ah! Saotome-san! You are alright! Waaaaaahh!!"

Ranma blinked as he found himself in a tight bearhug that would put even
Shampoo's glomp to shame. Where in that tiny body of hers did that kind
of power come from, Ranma didn't know. Although she was just a kid,
Ranma was beginning to feel awkward. He scratched his head and slowly
opened his mouth. "Um... could you let me go? It's getting hard to
breathe."

Hotaru quickly realized her current situation, and hurriedly let go of
him, with a bad blush on her face. "Ooops! So, sorry."

But Ranma just smirked at her reaction. "Nah, it's okay. Things like
this happens to me all the time."

"Huh?"

"Um, forget about it... It's nothing."

While Hotaru stared at him with a cofused face, Ranma scratched his head
sheepishly. Then his eyes suddenly widened, remembering something He
grabbed her shoulder and asked. "Wait! The monsters!! Are you okay?!"

"Ye, yes. I'm fine..."

Ranma sighed gladly, before he frowned and searched the ground for any
sign of danger. Finding none, he turned to the girl and asked. "What
about the monsters? What happened to them?""

"Um... the Sailor Scouts came and got rid of them..." Hotaru answered
with some guilt. It was true that she and her fellow Senshi fought the
monsters, but it was the mysterious Knight who got rid of them. But
that was the shortest and the most logical explanation she could come up

for the moment without any complication.

"Sailor who?" Unfortunately this didn't apply to Ranma, who blinked his
eyes with a confused face.

"Huh? You don't know the Sailor Scouts?"

"Well, I ain't interested in TV much, other than a couple of martial
arts show sometimes... so I got no idea what you're talking about."

A giant bead of sweat appeared on Hotaru's head. She didn't think there
was anyone who lived in Tokyo and didn't know about the Pretty
Soldiers. "Um, they are the ladies with some magical power who fight
against evil and such."

Ranma just kept on blinking.

"The champion of Justice?"

Again blinking.

"Pretty Soldiers?"

A couple more blinks.

"Sailor Moon? Sailor Mercury? Sailor Mars, Jupiter, and Venus?"

More blinking.

"The mysterious heros in costumes?"

"Ah!"

"You remember now?"

"You mean those kids who get inside that big, giant robot thingy?"

"*sigh* You are talking about Power Rangers."

"It's not them?"

"Heavens, no."

"Oh." Ranma scratched his head, still confused. All Hotaru could do
was just to stare at him in wonder. How could this person be so out of
touch with the outside world?

Ranma had absolutely no idea what the girl was talking about, and
nothing came up in his head. So he had come up with the Saotome family
solution to that kind of problem. He just ignored it.

"Well, I guess we are safe for now then, huh?"

"Um, yes..."

"Darn, I was actually looking for a chance to get my hands on those
jerks."

"Huh?" Hotaru couldn't believe her ears. Did he just say he WANTED to
fight those monsters? Although she had the power of Saturn, she still
wouldn't LOOK FOR a fight with things like them. But this man had said
he was actually hoping for such a thing.

When he realized that the girl was now staring at him confused, Ranma
just shrugged his shoulders. "Nah, nothing. Don't worry about it. I
might get some chance later."

"Huh?"

"Like I said, don't worry about it."

"O, okay..." While nodding to Ranma, Hotaru still couldn't shake off
the feeling that somehow she had gotten herself into something very,
very troubling...

Then she took a brief time to ponder how Saotome-san had gotten himself
here. This place, where Hotaru had found him lying unconscious, was
only a couple of minutes away from the fighting scene. How he reached
here was a total mystery to her. He had been out cold since he was
knocked away by the blast.

'How did he get here? Who brought him here? And... why...?'




"What the?!? Where did he go?!?!"

The greatest scientist in the universe, and argueablely the most
dangerous scientist EVER, screamed with frustration when she saw the
screen. The mysterious man who she had chosen to be her next guinea pig
had disappeared, not giving her a chance to stalk, um, trace him.

The others also noted something missing on the screen too.

"Hey, where is Tenchi!?!"

"Oh my goodness!! Tenchi-sama is gone!!"

But their priorities couldn't be same with her.

'This is my chance!' As soon as the thought came up in his head,
Katsuhito hurriedly ran for the door. He had been frantically dodging
the questions of three angry ladies, and he had no desire to continue
on.

"Oh boy. It looks like the show's over. Well, I guess I gotta go and
prepare dinner."

"Mi, Mihoshi! Don't go off by yourself! You can't make dinner by
yourself!!" Kiyone quickly followed Mihoshi. She already had enough
suffering today, and she didn't want to be hospitalized. With Mihoshi
behind the grill, there was no telling what kind of danger they would be

exposed to.

"Myah, myah!" Ryo-ohki also followed them, but with a different
reason. Already her mind was filled with the images of carrots.

"Washu! Find Tenchi! Now!!"

"Please, Washu-chan! He might be in danger again!"

The pleading, or threatening, voice of the girls in the ice cubes didn't
reach Washu's ears. She was currently belating herself for letting that
magnificent piece of study material out of her sight. She gritted her
teeth as she contemplated on the tens of thousands of possible
experiments that she could have performed on the man if she caught
him.(7)

'I won't let him get away next time...'




The Tendos were now the only ones left on the scene. They saw a woman
with face markings, carrying a young girl, disappear into a small
mirror. They saw another woman with marks on her face gone, chasing
after the Master of Anything Goes, followed by a bunch of girls in
fuku. Before they knew it, they were left all alone.

They blinked with confusion. Even with all the weirdness happening in
Nerima, today's events were not that easy to swallow.

But it wasn't impossible either.

Soun shrugged his shoulders, before turning to his friend. "What an
interesting day. Eh, Saotome?"

"You said it, Tendo. I guess things could've been worse. Your
daughters might have been kidnapped or something. Bwahahahahaha!!"

"I guess so, wahahahahaha!!"

Soun then stopped the laughing and grabbed the front of Genma's clothes,
with his trademark Demon-head Technique. "That's not funny, Genma!!"

"So, sorry..."

Nodoka shook her head at her idiotic husband. Then she looked behind
her to find now soundly asleep Sasami. She blinked at this discovery.
'Where did she come from? And, where did Tsunami-sama go?'

Akane rolled her eyes at the stupid display of the men of the house.
Then she looked around herself. She had been detained by all the chaos
so much that she almost forgot about Ranma. Saying she was now worried
would be the understatement. Akane had no doubt about Ranma's skill,
but it was taking way too long for him to find his way. Despite all the
confidence she had for Ranma's ability, it was still too disturbing to
lose him in this situation.

But when she tried to leave, she was held off by the voice of her older
sister. Akane turned around to face Nabiki, who asked. "Where are you
going, Akane?"

"I am going to find Ranma."

Nabiki snickered at her answer. "Worried about your husband, huh?"

"He is NOT my husband!!"

"*smirk* Whatever you say... By the way, I might be able to help..."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Akane's confused question was answered by a held-out hand of Nabiki.
Akane suspiciously glanced at the open palm of the hand before asking
another question. "What's that?"

"It's a hand, Akane."

"I know what it is!! I am asking what it is for!!"

Nabiki smirked again before answering. "For 1000 yen, I'll tell you
exactly where Ranma is."

"Huh? How?"

"Pay up, and you'll find out." The middle Tendo sister answered with a
mysterious smile.

Akane cautiously looked at her sister. She didn't know how on earth
Nabiki could find Ranma so fast. However, although Nabiki might be
money-oriented and scheming cunningly time-to-time,(8) she never gave
out false information for a price. Through some unknown means, Nabiki
actually might know how to find Ranma.

But before Akane could make the decision, her thought was interrupted by
Kasumi's voice.

"Oh, Ranma's finally here. Over here, Ranma-kun!"

"Darn. There goes easy money." Nabiki snapped her fingers.

"Eh?" Akane quickly turned around. She widened her eyes when she saw
Ranma not far away from them. Then she narrowed her eyebrows. She
faced Nabiki again, and spoke in very annoyed tone. "You saw him behind
my back the whole time, didn't you?"

Nabiki casually shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, I just saw a chance for a
profit, so I took it."

"You were trying to rip me off!!"

"*snicker* It's not my fault that you don't have eyes on the back of
your head."

"What kind of excuse is that?!?"

But Nabiki didn't answer back. She just rubbed her chin and frowned a
little. "Hmm..."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"*snicker* Nothing. I just hope this isn't one of Uncle Genma's
'mistakes.' If it is, I'd love to hear his explanation though."

"Huh?" Akane turned her head to see what Nabiki was talking about, and
found a small girl nervously walking beside Ranma. The youngest Tendo
blinked with confusion. The girl had a short black hair, and didn't
look any older than 12. She was currently fidgeting rather badly,
taking occasional glances at Ranma, who casually walked with his hands
in his pockets.

When Akane's eyes met Ranma's eyes, he took out one of his hand and
raised it. "Yo!"




Katsuhito, the true heir of a galaxian empire, was now in a very bad
situation.

He was currently being held by some kind of machine.

But being captive wasn't all that bad, really.

No, no.

Being captive by WASHU was the bad part, actually.

"That was mean, Katsuhito-dono. Running away from me? Did you think
THAT's possible? I won't let you go until you tell me something about
your OTHER daugher you hid from us. So why don't you just spill the
beans, hmm?"

The old priest nervously sweated as he answered back to his captor.
"Like I said, I wasn't trying to hide it. It just never came up in the
conversation."

"That's no excuse!!" Ryoko yelled at her co-prisoner.

"Indeed." Ayeka solemnly nodded her head. She hated to admit it, but
this time the space-pirate was right. He had no right to hide this fact
from her.

It didn't take much time for Katsuhito to realize that he was now in
DEEP trouble. He had to find some way to escape, fast.

It was when he noted another arrival at the scene on the screen. While
it had been a long time since he saw his other grandchild, the pigtail
gave it away. 'That's Ranma! In fact, he's my ticket out of here!'

"Hey, look! That must be Ranma!"

Katsuhito's exclaim brought everyone's attention back to the screen,
much to his relief.

Ryoko blinked when she saw a pigtailed boy on the screen. 'He's not
bad... very cute... in a macho, brute kind of way...'

Ayeka, as confused as she was, asked the question in everyone's mind.
"Who's that?"

"No mistake about it. That's Ranma, Nodoka's son."

When Washu heard this, her eyes lit up with expectation. "That
means...?"

"Yes, he's my OTHER grandchild. Just like TENCHI. He ALSO has the
blood of Royal Jurai flowing in him." Katsuhito made some emphasis over
his words, in hoping to distract the ladies' attention away from him.

It worked. Ryoko and Ayeka became very enthusiastic about studying this
Ranma person. If he was related to their dear Tenchi, it was worth
while for them to get to know him better. Besides, he wasn't that bad
looking, but quite handsome actually...

Washu's entire focus was now solely on the poor boy on the screen. Her
mind was having a fit with coming up with a new kind of method to
experiment on him. If he was Yosho's grandson, he must have some power
of Jurai in him! She would be able to 'study' him, just like she did
with Tenchi. Better yet, this boy didn't look like he knew of his
heritage, so she could 'teach' him herself! He could be the work of her
lifetime!!(9)

Katsuhito exhaled a relieved sigh. But he didn't forget to pray to the
heaven for the safety of his long-lost grandson. After all, it was his
fault.

'Please forgive me, Ranma. Your grandfather still wants to live...'(10)





Ranma felt a sudden chill running down his spine. He cautiously looked
around to find any threat, like angry Ryoga running around, one of
Mousse's hidden weapon flying, or another boring poetry by Kuno.
Finding nothing much, he just shrugged his shoulders. If he had worried
about it every
time he had an omnious sign, he would have suffered numerous heart
attacks.

When he met up with his family, Ranma casually greeted them. "Hey, how
are you guys? Man, you wouldn't believe what I went through today. I
mean I saw..."

"...some hideous monsters and flying bombs, right?" Nabiki said between
her smirks.

"Huh? How did ya know?"

"We met them too. Luckily we had some help, so we are okay..." Akane
trailed off as she carefully regarded the young girl. While she looked
too young to be Ranma's OTHER fiancee, one could never be so sure with
Ranma.

However her fiance didn't pick up on that, and casually asked her. "So,
then whatcha doing here still? We got no business here any more, do
we?"

Nodoka, with her gentle smile, answered back to her son. "We should
wait for Tenchi-chan, Ranma."

"Huh? Who?"

"You were probably too young to remember, but he's your cousin."

"Cousin?" Ranma kept blinking, which made Hotaru giggle a bit. It
seemed that Ranma didn't get much clue of things happening around him.

But before he could ask more questions, Nabiki interrupted the
conversation with a voice full of curiosity. "By the way, Ranma, who's
your... FRIEND?"

Hotaru blushed when the eyes of the entire Tendo household turned
towards her. While the gazes were not hostile, just the attention alone
made her really nervous. She was starting to feel really awkward when
the short-haired one turned to the man in white bandana with an upset
glare.

"YOU wouldn't know anything about this, would you?"

"Yes, Saotome! She's not one of your 'blunders,' is she?" Soun
followed up his daughter's question with one of his own.

"Huh? What are you..." Then Genma's eyes widened with surprise. "No
way! I might have made a few mistakes on the road..."

"A few?" Nabiki smirked again.

"...I stick by my words... anyway, I would never make that kind of
promise with ones so young!!"

"Never, dear?"

"Um..." Genma nervously glanced at his wife, who was caressing the
bundle on her back. "Well, maybe a couple of times..."

"Saotome!!"

"Aaack!! But they were a lot younger than this one, I swear! They are
still toddlers, I say. I don't know anything about this girl!" Genma
frantically explained under the another impressive demon-head by Soun,
who returned to his old self after hearing Genma's words.

"Oh, then no matter."

Genma sighed with relief when his friend backed off, but turned stiff
when he heard the voice of his now disturbed wife.

"Dear HU-S-BAN-D..."

"Eh..."

"Oh your explanation was good, Uncle Saotome." Nabiki spoke with a
snicker, while Akane was fuming with murder in her eyes. Even Kasumi
had a light scowl of disapproval on her face.

"Hey, what are you talking... WAIT A MINUTE!! DOES THAT MEAN...?" Ranma
finally caught up with the situation. But he wasn't very happy with it,
as he held up his father by his collar. "Why you food-grabbing
idiotic..."

"??" Hotaru, on the other hand, still had no idea what they were
talking about.

"Ranma, your language." Nodoka interrupted her son's words, her eyes
gesturing to the still confused girl. Ranma eeped and backed away.
While he was never afraid of his father, he would never dare to go up
against his mother. He didn't stop glaring at Genma though.

The Saotome matriach sighed. Ever since she was rejoined with her son,
Nodoka had been trying to undo some of the damages her husband had
inflicted to her son. But it never seemed to work, especially his
languages.

Then she smiled at the young girl. "Hello, there. Who might you be,
little Miss?"

"Um, I, I am Tomoe Hotaru."

Ranma stepped in to continue on her introduction. "I sorta bumped into
her before those monsters showed up. I've been trying to get her to a
safe place, but she says she lost her guardians. So we've been looking
for them."

"Oh dear. That's too bad. Do you have any idea where they might be
right now?"

"Um..." Hotaru sweatdropped, trying to answer the question...



Somewhere on the street of Tokyo.

"Stop so I can hurt you, you dirty old man!!"

"I WILL KILL YOU!! I WILL KILL YOU, I SAY!!"

But the pervert in question didn't seem to be scared a bit, as he
continued to taunt Sailor Neptune and Uranus, who were busily chasing
after him with the other Senshi, not to mention a very mad goddess.

"You are gonna have to catch me first, ladies! Eheheheheh!!!"



"...I think they might be busy right now..." The black-haired girl
answered with some nervousness.

But the Tendos didn't seem to have noticed it, as Nodoka looked at her
rather sympathetically. "Oh no. That's bad. Being alone in this huge
place, especially a very young girl. You should come with us until you
can contact your parents."

"Huh? Um... no, that's okay... I don't want to be a bother." Hotaru
was lying through her teeth. While she didn't want to be a bother to
such a sweet family(11), she didn't enjoy being alone. Besides, there
was some comfort she had been feeling in the presence of Ranma, which
she really didn't want to lose so soon...

Fortunately for her, Nodoka stayed insistent. "No, no. It won't do. A
young lady such as yourself shouldn't be left alone in the streets. You
have gone through quite an ordeal today too, seeing all those nasty
monsters. Someone should be with you, and we would love to have
additional company for the tonight's dinner."

"Why, yes. That's a splendid idea, Auntie Nodoka." Kasumi agreed
eagerly. She loved having a guest over.

"But..." Hotaru still didn't want to bother them, but a dignified voice
of Soun stopped her in the mid-sentence.

"No need to decline, little Miss. It's decided. You will spend the
evening with us. THEN you will contact your family." Soun loved the
idea. He liked being the host, resource provided, that was. But how
much a little girl would eat? Besides, seeing this small innocent girl
made him feel young again, when he used to tend to his daughers when
they were young.

"Um..." Something in Soun's face told Hotaru that he wouldn't take "no"
for an answer. She didn't actually hate the idea herself, so she nodded
reluctantly to the offer. "O, okay..."

Then Hotaru took a brief glance at Ranma, who smirked at the scene
before him. He was still standing beside her rather protectively.
Hotaru felt some warmness reaching up to her heart when she noted this.

;Maybe it won't be so bad...'

Ranma shrugged his shoulders. "So, you agree then. By the way, where
is this 'cousin' of mine?"

"Oh you will like him, Ranma. He has grown into such a nice young
man." Nodoka cheerfully answered to her son. She was really proud of
Tenchi. After all, he was the son of her sweet sister.

It was then a female voice from up above caught everyone's attention.

"You okay, Tenchi-san?"

"......urgh......"

Hotaru's eyes were now as big as plates now. While she noted the
pony-tailed boy to be the one from the ice cream shop, it was the fact
that he was floating in the air that surprised her. No, that wasn't
true. He was being carried in the air by a woman with spiked hair in a
tight
skin suit. Hotaru's mouth gaped open in shock.

Ranma blinked a couple of times at this display, but Nabiki told Ranma
with a smirk. "She's some kind of bounty-hunter in space."

Hotaru gasped when she heard this news. That meant she was an alien!
As an Outer Senshi, it was very shocking to find out that someone from
the outside of the Solar System had reached the Earth.

"Ah. That makes sense." But Ranma wasn't, who took the news very
casually, much to Hotaru's surprise. He just moved on to his next
curiosty. "...I guess he's my cousin... but why is he out cold like
that?"

Akane spoke solemnly. "Happousai."

"Oh." A brief look of understanding appeared on Ranma's face. Then he
again shrugged his shoulders. "Well, let's go home. I'm starving."

"Geez, what a surprise." Akane said with an annoying look, but somehow
she felt relieved when Ranma said that. She was beginning to hear that
phrase less and less these days. She was glad every time Ranma showed
the signs of his old habits. It assured her that he was still Ranma,
the one she had known for past a year.

However, Ranma just shrugged his shoulder again, instead of calling her
"uncute" again. Not noticing a slight disturbed and worried look of
Akane, he simply turned around and started to walk away.

"Who's that?" Minagi asked Nabiki when she landed on the ground with
still tramatized Tenchi on her back.

Nabiki, almost out of instinct, took out her hand and said, "500 yen."

"Huh?"

But again her oldest sister took away her chance of profit, as Kasumi
cheerfully answered to the confused space-pirate hunter. "Oh he's
Ranma. He's Masaki-san's cousin."

"Oh, really? Wow." Minagi blinked her eyes again when she saw Nabiki
pouting, but disregarded it soon. She had to get Tenchi some care
quick. "By the way, Tenchi-san is..."

Nodoka rushed to her nephew's side. "Oh dear. He seems to be out
cold. Well, we are going back to our house. It would be better if he
comes with us. He should get some rest. Which reminds me, you should
be tired too, with all those fights today. Sasami-chan is still
sleeping, so why don't you come with us, Miss Minagi?"

"Um, I don't want to be a burden..."

"Non-sense! Any family of Saotomes is my family, and any friend of them
are my friend! You will stay with us, Miss." Soun suddenly appeared
behind Minagi, almost giving her a heartattack. Before she could argue,
he nodded himself vigorously. "Yes, yes. It is only right. You
helped us in our time of need, so let us help you now."

"But..." Again Minagi lost her chance to speak as Soun cut her off in
mid-sentence.

"No but! Then it's decided. Let's go home, Saotome."

Genma nodded and tried to walk away, but was caught by a hand on back of
his clothes. He turned around to find Nodoka, who smiled at him with a
finger pointing at Sasami. He blinked a couple of times, before he
sighed with defeat and took the blue-haired girl in his arms. He put
her on his back and walked away, with his wife following behind him.

Hotaru just stood there for a while, before she felt a hand on her
shoulder. She turned around to find the older girl with short black
hair, who gently smiled back. "My name is Akane. Hotaru, right?"

"Um, yes..."

"Don't be shy. Come with us. Kasumi and Auntie Nodoka are wonderful
cooks."

Being accepted so easily by another person always made Hotaru very
nervous but also so happy. With a small blush she nodded and started to
follow the rest of the Tendo family, with Akane walking right beside
her...



When the Tendos and their guests arrived at the entrance, they heard
very loud commotion. Curious, they looked to see what was going on.

"Natsumi-kun! Miyuki-kun! Let go of my legs already!! You are
embarassing the entire police department!!"

"Nonononono!! Please, captain!! Cancel your order!! I can't take that
pervert any more!! I don't wanna see him ever again!!"

"Natsumi is right, captain!! I'll do anything!! I'll wash the office
washroom!! I'll make you really good coffee every morning!! I'll even
clean the entire police station!! Just don't make me go after that
pervert!!"

"Natsumi! Miyuki! Calm down!! Captain, do something!!"

What the Tendos saw had them dumbstruck. A man, who seemed to be a
police captain, was desparately trying to shake off two female officers,
who held on to his legs crying with tears. On the side, another man,
probably a fellow officer, was trying to calm down the two wailing
women. Things were no better around them either, as the every single
female police officer was crying with terrified face, occasionally
screaming something about a tiny
pevert.(12) All the male officers were also busy trying to calm them
down.

With their original mission, there were lots of police there. But for
the nature of the situation, there were very few of females compared to
male officers. So it was quite a sight to watch tens, no almost
hundreds of men trying to comfort one crying woman. The reporters were
so busy to capture this moment of shame that they completely ignored the
family who just came out of the park that was supposedly filled with
dangerous monsters.

The Tendos blinked for quite a while, as this was very weird even for
them. But their recovering ability kicked in, as they shrugged their
shoulders simultaneously, and walked away. Their guests took a while
longer though. Hotaru and Minagi dumbly stared at the scene for another

minute, before they also ran to catch up to the Tendos.

Even then, the chaos still went on.

"Both of you!! Calm down, or I'll suspend you for a month!!"

"Fine!! Then I won't have to go after that pervert!!"

"Yes!! Suspend me, please!! I beg you!!"

"What are you saying, Natsumi?! Captain, don't listen to them!!
Miyuki!! Let go of Captain's leg!! Aaaaargh!! I didn't mean grab my
legs instead!! Let go, before you... *rip* ...tear my pants..."




Back in the temple, the mirror in the bathroom shined brightly. Out of
the light, Belldandy stepped out, with Skuld aspleep in her arms.
Before she could put her younger sister down, the bathroom door slammed
open to reveal Keiichi.

"Belldandy! Are you okay...urgh!"

With Keiichi still under her feet, Siegel quickly spoke. "Where is
Skuld-sama... oh my goodness!! Is she hurt, Belldandy-sama?!"

Belldandy answered back with a kind smile. "No, Siegel. She is just
sleeping. There is nothing to worry about."

Siegel sighed with relief at hearing the news. "Thank goodness... huh?"

"...could you get off? I am really too small for this right now..."
Keiichi muttered under the feet of now embarrassed robot girl.



"Are you okay, Keiichi-san?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry about it, Belldandy." Keiichi smiled as he
talked with his goddess. He didn't want to worry her too much. But
truth was that he didn't actually want to leave here right now.
Currently he was again lying down with his head resting on Belldandy's
lap. Any man on the earth would kill to be in his shoe right now, and
he knew it. With Skuld out cold, he could stay there as long as he
wanted.

"I hate to interrupt your love-love mood, but I have some urgent
business with Belldandy."

'Well, maybe not.' Reluctantly Keiichi stood up. While she was not
Skuld, an angry Peorth would be just as dangerous as the youngest Norn,
if not more, as he had witnessed not long ago.(13) He went off to the
side and sat down near asleep Skuld, who was surrounded by worried
Siegel and Banpei. Peorth kept staring at him though. He blinked.
Then he slowly pointed himself and asked nervously. "You want me to
leave?"

"Why yes. This is a matter for us goddesses."

"But..."

"Peorth, what's this about?" Belldandy asked in a bit serious tone.
The goddess of the present had known Peorth for a long time. While she
was no sloach, she was not totally businesslike either. If she was
acting this serious, it must be something big.

"Well..." Peorth didn't give an answer right away as she kept eyeing
Keiichi.

"He has a right to know too. If there is something evil out there, he
is in danger as much as we are, if not more."

"Hmm, I guess you have a point." Peorth sighed with defeat, before
turning back to her serious face. "Right now everyone up there is on
alert."

"Why?"

"Because hell has just issued a very serious threat against us."

Belldandy gasped with shock, while Keiichi's face became worried.
"What? Why?"

Peorth took her time before answering in very quite voice. "Because one
of the first-class demon had been kidnapped."

"What? How could that be possible... wait, are they suspecting us?"

"Yes. Only ones as powerful as us the first-class goddess can go
against such a high-power demons. It's actually no surprise that we are
their number one suspect. As you know, none of the goddesses up there
would do such a thing. Hell knows this too, so they are not being very
aggressive, YET. But unless we can prove otherwise, we will be their
number one target, and heaven and the hell will continue to be in a
hostile situation. If things get worse, we might have to prepare for a
war."

Now even Keiichi, who didn't quite understand the nature of this
problem, paled noticeably. A war between the gods and the demons
wouldn't end up between themselves. It would definitely destroy a good
portion of the human world. He didn't have to be a deity to know that.

Belldandy's face was even more pale. As a goddess, she knew the
consequences of this situation. How unlikely it might be, if one of the
goddess was found to be guilty, the hell wouldn't be satisfied even if
she was properly punished. The demons would want a revenge, and there
would be nothing to stop them. Even the safety measure to prevent such
a crisis, like the Doublet System, wouldn't convince them from waging a
war that could easily destroy an entire planet.

With her face still as white as sheet, Belldandy spoke in a trembling
voice. "What does our office say about this?"

Peorth sighed. "There is nothing we can do. Hell wouldn't release the
information about the kidnapping, so we can't even investigate this
ourselves. All we can do is to wait until they find something. Whether
the truth is bad for us or not, we wouldn't know until it's too late."

"But surely we can ask some of the demons we have contacted before! I
know! I will contact Mara. I am sure she will help us!"

But Belldandy felt her hope being crushed when she saw the sad face of
Peorth. "You can't, Bell. You can't ask Mara."

"But, but why not?"

Silence lasted in the room for a long time, before Peorth slowly opened
her mouth. "Because Mara is the one who has been kidnapped."

"?!"



"?"

Back on the street of Tokyo, the goddess of the past stopped in her
mid-step.

'Odd. I just felt a chill through my back...'

But it was a grave mistake, as the tiny old man again glomped on her
chest. "Sweeto!"

"Aaaaaaaahh!! YOU!! I'll make you suffer in the hell, the real one!!"

Happousai again got himself away from Urd's attack. "I'll go if you
come with me, lady!"

"Fat chance of that!"

"Then no deal! Eheheheheh!!!"

"Die!!!!!"



In a ice cream shop near downtown, Morisato Megumi was on the verge of
fainting away.

"Huff, huff... I guess this is the last one..."

Right now she was carrying another big box full of ice cream to the
counter. Those fat stupid women in the aerobic class ate almost all of
their inventory. She had been moving all of those boxes by herself.
She had no idea what kind of exercise those fat lady pigs did, but she
was sure she did more exercise than their workout for the whole week.
Her biceps and triceps were suffering because of their tongue muscle.
When she put down the last box on the counter, she scrutinized the store
with nasty scowl.

'Why ice cream? Why couldn't you fill your fat large belley with
something like cotton candy or something?'

But at least the hard part was done. She moved all the boxes from
behind to the counter. There was no more to move. Now she could get
some rest that she desparately needed.

"Hey, part-time! Get your ass out back here!!"

Megumi frowned when she heard the loud voice of the clerk. With her
arms lazily hanging down, she slowly took steps to the backdoor of the
shop. She opened the door and stepped out, when she was showered by a
bright light. Almost blinded, she covered her eyes before she could
make out what it was. It was a big truck, and its headlight was the one
which blinded her.

"What are you doing there? Get over here, I said!"

Another frown came up to Megumi's face when she saw the clerk behind the
truck. She muttered grudgingly and walked up to him. "Whatcha want?"

"I want you to move all these ice cream boxes into the store, and put
them in the freezer."

Megumi blinked, and turned her head to the now open backdoor of the
truck. It was filled with the big, cold boxes. Her lower jaw then just
decided to kiss the ground.

"I called the head office to get some more. You should always fill up
your supplies, you know. Now we have enough for the Late Night Aerobic
Class."

Megumi nervously asked with her eyebrow still twitching. "The...
Late... Night... Aerobic... Class...?"

"Well, of course! Nowadays everyone's working late, so only few of them
goes to the evening classes. The aerobic class at late night is really
the big crowd. That's when we make the biggest sale."

Slowly, Megumi looked up to the sky. She inhaled deeply, then exhaled.
Then she inhaled even deeper, before screaming her lungs out.
"UUUUURRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"




Chapter 7 ends.




(1) Actually, it wasn't for 'hours,' but she felt like that nonetheless.

(2) He wasn't talking about ages or heights...

(3) Human's adrenaline can do wonders. The goddess' adrenaline IS a
wonder.

(4) Yes, you guessed it! They are the dynamic duo from "You're under
Arrest!" I thought it might be fun to have some characters from other
series to spice things up. They weren't be the regular cast though.
This is just a guest appearance.

(5) It's their patrol car that was modified by Miyuki. It is a small
car, but I still wouldn't want to be run over by it.

(6) Gee, what a surprise... What did you expect? It's Ranma we are
talking about here. For an additional info, she is NOT from any of the
series mentioned in the story so far... The rest? You are going to
have to wait for it! *cynical laugh*

(7) None of those experiments would be legal. In ANY country, or in ANY
galaxy for that matter.

(8) Time-to-time? Try "all the time," Akane.

(9) Or his lifetime, whichever ends first...

(10) Katsuhito really didn't like Genma as his son-in-law, but Genma's
survival instinct always impressed him nonetheless. Naturally, he
picked up some... skills.

(11) Gah. Sweet? She's gravely mistaken. Well, maybe Kasumi and
Nodoka... but the rest?

(12) They protected the city of Tokyo. Naturally, every single one of
them had faced Happousai. Far too many times than they would like in
their life time, actually.

(13) Read the chapter 5, and you'll know.


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