This is the standard disclaimer that all fanfics get. 
The characters of Ranma ½ belong to Rumiko Takakashi. The 
characters of Sailor Moon belong to Naoko Takeuchi. Tenchi 
Muyo! Belongs to Kajishima Masaki.  This is all for non-profit 
reasons, so please don't sue me. I don't have enough to make it 
worth while anyway. And now on with the story. 

Note: This is NOT an SI fic.
          Words in <__> are thoughts.

From Weird to Weirder
A Ranma ½, Sailor Moon, and Tenchi Muyo! Crossover 
By: Tomas Megerson. 
Send C & C and flames to nighthawktm@yahoo.com
Chapter 6:
Betrayal and History

	Ranma and Tomas walked along the fence as they headed 
toward school.  The sun was rising in the east as a few wisps 
of clouds that hung in the air floated by.  Once more the air 
was crisp and dew was drawn upon the grass.  The sky itself was 
a merging of pinks, reds, oranges, and grays.  As they walked 
along, the two young men were in conversation.

	"So, Ranma, what do you think of your cousin?  You can 
really see a family resemblance.  And not just in looks."  
Tomas tossed Ranma a wryly smile.

	Ranma sighed as he thought back to the past.  It was 
only a year ago that he had been in a very similar situation as 
Tenchi.  With four fiancées trying to snare him (well, two 
fiancées trying to snare him, one psycho trying to catch him, 
and the fourth just beating him up.)   If the three who were 
left found him he would loose what precious little peace he 
had.  <Yeah, very little, what with those girls who chased us.> 
"You know, I'd really like to help him out.  I can't stand 
thinking that there is some else out there with almost the same 
problem that I had."

	"I wouldn't worry about him too much.  He actually has 
it a lot easier than you did.  I was talking to Aeka about it.  
She told me that if Tenchi does become the Emperor of Jurai, 
then he has to take two wives.  That gives him a bit more 
freedom than you ever had."

	Ranma looked at Tomas with his eyes wide.  "What are 
you nuts?  What happens if the two he chooses don't get along.  
He'll never hear the end of it.  He'd just get caught in the 
middle of their fights like he does right now."

	Tomas blinked a few times before he yanked Ranma off 
of the fence and pushed him against a wall.  "Alright, who are 
you?!  The real Ranma never would have come up with that!  
Answer me!"

	Ranma pushed against Tomas's arms trying to get them 
off. "Hey, It's just that I've thought about this before.  I 
wondered what would happen if I could have married two of the 
girls.  It would have been messy."  Tomas had released him 
and the two were once more on the fence heading for school. 
They continued their idle conversation until they entered the 
school grounds.

	It was like a thunderstorm.  All of a sudden the 
majority of the school population surrounded the two martial 
artists.  Questions bombarded them from all sides.  There were 
a lot of people asking how they had managed to defeat the 
youma.  A number of the boys were asking if they could be 
taught.  Most of the girls were asking for dates.  Ranma was 
asking why stuff like this always happened to him.

	Tomas was trying to answer the questions.  They could 
defeat the youma because they had been training to fight for 
many years.  No, they couldn't teach anyone because it takes 
to long and it is too dangerous.  While he wouldn't mind a 
date, this was not the time to ask for one.  An finally, 
"Ranma, this always happens to you because the Kami hate you 
and because you're father constantly messed up your life."

	"Yeah, I know.  I hope things get better, though."  
The late bell chose that moment to ring and the reluctant 
crowed moved away from the two and started toward class.  
Ranma sighed and glanced at the clock.  "We better go as 
well."  The two followed the crowd into the building for the 
start of another boring day.

***
	It was lunch-time and the Sailor Senshi were sharing 
their usual tree.  They were in the middle of a discussion 
concerning a certain pair of martial artists.  Said martial 
artists were currently on the other side of the grounds 
surround once more by people who wanted to know just what they 
had done and were they went after the battle.

	After watching the crowed for a moment Makoto sighed.  
"Look at them, not a care in the world.  Do you think that 
they are even scared of us?  That they are worried we could 
show up at any time?"

	Rei gave her a disgusted look.  "Of course they aren't.  
If they were they sure wouldn't be here, now would they.  And 
why should they be?  The two of them took out three of us while 
severally injured.  Do you think we could pose a challenge for 
them when they are fully healed?"

	Usa tried to look cheerful.  "Well, they haven't done 
anything wrong except for attacking us.  Maybe it's just that 
they were hurt and didn't recognize us.  That could be it you 
know."

	Even Ami looked skeptical at this.  "Usagi, we've been 
in the news for almost three years now.  Surely they've heard 
of us.  There is even merchandise in the stores that they 
could have seen.  Surely they knew who we were."  Usagi's face 
got downcast rather quickly after that.  It got worse when the 
Outer Senshi decided to show up, in full uniform and sprouting 
speeches on why Tomas and Ranma were demons not to be trusted.  
Usagi got even more worried when Tomas screamed something about 
the psycho chicks that were trying to kill them last week.  
Then everything was shot to hell when Ranma mentioned clearly 
enough for everyone to hear how Uranus had such a flat chest 
that he was surprised that she was a girl and not a boy.  
Suffice to say a fight started very quickly after that.

***
	Ranma threw Neptune right at Tomas who hit her with a 
powerful round house kick that sent her at Pluto.  The Senshi 
of Time jumped out of the way in time to dodge Neptune's flying 
form, but found herself right in the way of Uranus's World 
Shaking attack.  Before she could dodge out of the way Tomas 
boxed her in by sending a pair of fireballs at each side of her.  
Her partner's attack nailed her right in the chest sending her 
toward where Tomas used to be.  He was currently standing next 
to Ranma discussing what they should do.

	"I vote we get out of here.  Sure, we're kicking their 
butts, but remember that there are at least five more somewhere.  
We could get swamped over very quickly if this doesn't end soon."

	"Sure we can leave, but what then.  They'll just chase 
us like last time."  Ranma turned toward Tomas with an annoyed 
look on his face.  "And besides, where would we go?  We sure 
can't lead them back home.  Mom would never be able to defend 
herself against them.  Do we head to Tenchi's?  I think he 
would be pretty annoyed at the fact that we keep coming by when 
ever we're attacked.  So what's the plan?"

	Tomas looked at Ranma for a few moments debating what 
they should do.  Too bad that Pluto's magical attack is 
whispered since neither one of them could hear her say it.  
The fact that neither could sense magic didn't help matters 
either.  The Dead Scream slammed into them like a pick up 
truck.  A cloud of dirt and dust shot into the air along with 
screams from the two martial artists.

	Uranus and Neptune pulled themselves up from their 
respective holes as Pluto gave a slight smile.  A twitch of 
the lips was all, but for her it was a smile.  "They are finished. 
The future is secure."  It was then that a form came out of the 
dust cloud.

	Ranma looked around for a few moments, taking in the entire 
scene.  The three Senshi who attacked them were together.  None of 
the others had shown up, and the school grounds were pretty much 
disserted.  Slowly, he lowered Tomas's bloody body to the ground.  
Because of how they had been standing, Tomas had taken more of the 
magical attack then Ranma.  Ranma stood back up and looked grimly 
at the three Senshi.  "You've just made the biggest mistake you 
could."  The anger washed over him like an ice-cold glacier.  He 
didn't care any more.  "I'm not going to hold back anymore."  
Ranma's innocence had finally left him.  He had come to the most 
difficult decision he could.  He was going into a fight with the 
intent to kill.  "You're nothing compared to me.  I've torn a God 
apart before!  Now its you're turn!"  His last words were with 
biting rage.

	He gave them no warning.  One moment he was standing by 
his fallen friend, shaking with anger.  The next moment he was on 
them, glowing bright blue and releasing devastating attacks.  As 
he fought he made no sound.  Uranus took a pair of Tenshin 
Armagurikans followed by a Mouko Takabisha as she flew backward.  
Spinning, Ranma jumped over Neptune's Deep Submerge and launched 
his Flaming Chi Wave.  As soon as he landed he released a pair of 
Twister Blades that slammed into her chest.  He smiled as he 
clearly heard breaking bones and the Senshi cry out in pain.  Then 
he turned to face Pluto.

	The Senshi of Time was taken aback at the violence that 
had just been displayed.  She had never realized just what Ranma 
was capable of.  She had never come across anyone with the type 
of power that he was radiating.  And then he was on her.

	Ranma enhanced his punches with his Ki and unleashed the 
Tenshin Armagurikan straight into her solar plex.  That was 
followed by a crescent kick that sent Pluto flying into the wall 
that surrounded the school.  Ranma raised both his hands and 
pointed into the wreckage that Pluto's body had caused.  "DUEL 
MOUKO TAKABISHA!"  A pair of golden blasts leapt from his out 
stretched hands and slammed into the rubble causing a tremendous 
explosion.  Once more Ranma took to the air, this time dodging one 
of Uranus's World Shaking attacks.  He watched as she drew her 
space sword.   Landing near the still downed Neptune, Ranma grabbed 
her and hurled her towards her companion.  Uranus, who had started 
to charge forward, was caught by surprise and had to drop her sword 
to catch the now flying Senshi.  Then Ranma was in front of her once 
more.  Before she could react he slammed his fist into the ground 
causing a virtual explosion of Ki to erupt underneath the pair.

Ranma gazed around the schoolyard.  Out of those who had been 
involved in the battle he was the only one still standing.  Mass 
amounts of damage covered the grounds as the majority of attacks 
used had caused area damage.  Feeling drained from the massive 
amounts of Ki he had used, Ranma slowly made his way to Tomas's 
still body.  He bent down to pick up his friend when new voices 
came on the scene.

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"

	He barely had the time to grab the slowly breathing form of 
his friend and jump away before the ground he had been standing on 
was fried to a crisp.

	Looking up as he landed, Ranma saw four more of the 
sailor-suited warriors of love and justice.  He was rather proud 
that he hadn't let the sigh he felt coming on be heard.  Things had 
been bad after Tomas had bee injured, but now they were desperate.  
Ranma had spent a lot of his Ki in enhancing his body to take out 
the first three Senshi to show.  Ranma gritted his teeth and 
prepared to fight.

	There was a flash of light, an explosion, and the Senshi 
started their traditional dodge and panic routine.  Ranma looked 
over his shoulder to see a familiar figure.  It was the figure of 
a space pirate called Ryouko.  She was in her red and black armor 
and launched another ball of energy at the Senshi.  Ranma blinked 
as she disappeared only to reappear right next to him.  "Are you 
okay, Ranma?"  He slowly nodded.  She smiled and turned to the 
Senshi as they began to regroup.  Her eyes flickered once at the 
still body of Tomas and it was her turn to shake her head.  "How 
does he manage to get injured that much?" she wondered aloud.  If 
she had been paying more attention to the Senshi, she would have 
noticed that Jupiter had started to use one of her more powerful 
attacks while she was off to the side.

	It was at this point that things started to get confusing.  
Jupiter launched a Thunder Dragon, Venus (who hadn't been there 
before) countered it with her Crescent Beam, Ranma launched a pair 
of his Twister Blades at Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars, and Ryo-Ohki 
finally appeared above the battle and dropped in Tenchi, Aeka, and 
the Galaxy Police.  The action that stopped everything was Venus 
showing up.  The problem was that she was wearing her old Sailor V 
mask.  Usagi blinked a couple of times, got hit by the Twister 
Blade that was shot at her, and was slammed into the wall 
unconscious.  The same happened to Mars.

	As it stood only Jupiter stood as a Sailor Senshi, While 
Sailor V was across from her giving her a cold look.  This was 
enough to shock Jupiter into listening to her instead of speaking.

	"I will no longer be part of the Sailor Senshi, Jupiter.  
You've all turned what was originally a fight to protect this world 
into a battle over pride."  She pointed at the downed Outers.  
"They started this mess by making a mistake, and they refused to 
correct it.  Instead they chose to eliminate it.  I will not 
standby and watch the Senshi kill humans.  From this moment on let 
the world know Sailor Venus is dead.  I am once again Sailor V and 
I will fight for what I believe in."

	Everyone on the property had heard her speech.  Even a news 
crew that had shown up in time to film some of the fight caught it 
all.  The questions were in the air of the city now.  Were the 
Sailor Senshi still the good guys?  Were the two boys they had 
attacked really evil?  And what about the people who had showed up 
to aid them?

	Ranma, however had a different question, this one for Ryouko.  
"Can Ryo-Ohki get us out of here?"

	"Yeah, no problem."

	"Good.  Do it, and bring her, too."  Ranma pointed at the 
now Sailor V.  Ryouko decided that it would be best not to argue 
for once and had Ryo-Ohki bring them all aboard.  The cabbit then 
headed for the stars.

***

	Ranma looked at Tomas and sighed.  "I'm supposed to be the 
hero here.  Why are you always the one to get injured?"

	Tomas, wrapped in bandages and stretched out on a bed in a 
guestroom just shrugged as he struggled to sit up.  "Just lucky, I 
guess.  So how did we get back here, anyway?  Last thing I remember 
we were trying to decide to fight or run."

	"Well, I took care of those first three, but then four more 
showed up.  That's when things got confusing."

	"How so?"

	"Well, first Tenchi and the others showed up, then one of the 
Senshi decided to join our side since she feels that we're innocent 
here.  I managed to knock out another two of the Senshi and then 
Ryo-Ohki transported us back here.  You remember how they told us 
she turns into a spaceship, right?  Let me tell you something, I 
almost dropped back into the Neko-Ken while I was on her.  Being 
surrounded b a meowing spaceship didn't do anything for my nerves."

	Tomas laughed quietly at the thought of Ranma being trapped 
in a spaceship that was meowing.  "I'm not surprised.  Still it 
could have been worse, you could have actually gone into the 
Neko-Ken."

	Ranma shook his head as he looked at his friend.  "Well, you 
take it easy.  I'm going downstairs.  I want to find out more about 
the blonde Senshi."  Tomas nodded and closed his eyes.  Ranma 
sighed and headed out the door, making sure to close it before 
heading down the stairs.

	He walked into a kitchen filled with tension.  His eyes went 
around the room making sure that everyone who should be there was.  
The only noticeable absence was Washu.  Ranma quietly left the 
kitchen not saying a thing as no one had noticed him.  As he slowly 
approached the broom closet where everyone said Washu had set up her 
lab, his danger sense began to kick in.  Being that he was in a 
house with some of the most powerful people, some of which didn't 
get along with one another, he chalked it up to another fight 
starting.  This place was almost as bad as the Tendo Dojo had been.  
In fact, the only reason it wasn't worse was that Tenchi knew how to 
defuse the situations sometimes.  Whenever Ranma tried to get 
involved he just made everything worse.

	He knocked on the door and was surprised when Washu's face 
appeared on it.  "Come in."  Ranma slowly opened the door and 
stepped through.  He stopped in shock at what he saw.  While he had 
been told that Washu's lab was something different, this was not 
what he had expected.  Washu was sitting on a pillow that was 
suspended in the air.  The area around her seemed more like a wild 
life preserve then a laboratory.  In front of her were numerous 
transparent screens showing some type of readouts that Ranma could 
never hope to identify.  He approached Washu and waited quietly for 
her to turn around.  It really wasn't his choice to stay quiet, he 
tried to talk, but nothing came out.

	Finally, Washu turned around to face the silenced martial 
artist.  "Ah, Ranma, just the person I need to talk to.  I've got a 
question about your friend."

	Ranma was rather thankful that he had finally recovered the 
ability to speak.  "So, Washu-Chan, what do you want to know?"

	"Why does he always try to embrace death?"

	Ranma's eyes widened in shock.  "What do you mean embrace 
death?"

	Washu gave a small sigh.  "Well, maybe not embrace it.  It's 
more like he doesn't seem to care whether he lives or dies.  He'll 
take either one."

	Ranma gazed down at the ground for a while.  When he finally 
looked back up his eyes were slightly clouded.  "Tomas has a rather 
painful past.  From what he's told me, he doesn't really seem to 
care what happens to himself."

	"What can you tell me about it?"

	"Well, from what he told me, his parents died when he was 
twelve or so.  They died in some sort of car accident.  He didn't 
want to go into an orphanage, so he ran away.  He didn't have any 
living relatives to take him in.  Anyway, after a few months of 
travel he met a wandering martial artist.  Kinda like what me and 
Oyaji were doin'.  The guy saw the pain in Tomas and took him in, 
started to teach him the art to give him some control back in his 
life.  When Tomas was sixteen or so they parted ways.  I never was 
told why, but it wasn't that important.  Tomas had made himself 
quite a bit of money in tournaments and the like while traveling, 
and rented an apartment in some small town.  You know he's gaijin, 
and this was in the US.  Well, he went back to school and met this 
girl.  From what I could gather they were in love.  One day she 
turned up missing."

	"What was her name?  I don't think you've mentioned it yet."

	"Her name was Maria."  Washu and Ranma turned to see Tomas 
in the doorway.

	Ranma walked over to his friend, who just about collapsed in 
his arms.  "What are you doing here?  You should be in bed."

	"I was hungry, but it looked like World War Three was going 
on in the kitchen, so I decided to come here.  I was hoping you'd 
have something I could munch on, Washu-Chan."

	"Sorry, Tomas, but I don't keep food in the lab.  Well, not 
food fit for a human, anyway.  I'm sure that the problems in the 
kitchen will die down eventually, so why don't you continue the 
story that Ranma started?"

	Tomas looked down at the ground for a while before he gazed 
back up.  His eyes were holding a pain long buried.  "Well, me and 
Maria were in love.  I'd probably would have asked her to marry me 
one day.  Well, I never got the chance.  I was at a martial arts 
tournament and one of her friends was going to pick her up from 
work.  Maria wasn't there when she arrived.  Her family called the 
police and they started to search for her.  I was arrested in the 
beginning, but her family came with video of the tournament.  Since 
I never used my locker room I was almost always in the background.  
Anyway, after I was released I took up the search for her too.  I 
was passing a warehouse a couple of days after I had been released 
when I caught a bad smell.  I went into an ally behind the 
warehouse and found what appeared to be a severed arm."  Tomas 
stopped to draw in a few ragged breaths.  Even though he was 
telling the story years after it had happened, it was still painful.  
"Well, I called the police and waited for tem to show up.  Once 
they did we started to search inside the building.  As we wandered 
through we didn't find anything.  Eventually I got so mad that I 
slammed my fist into a crate.  The stench that came out of it was 
overpowering."  Tomas closed his eyes as he began to shudder.  Both 
Washu and Ranma could see the pain that he was going through, and 
it hurt them both.  They were sure that they would not like what he 
was about to say.  "I opened the crate and there 
was Maria.  Well, her head anyway.  And a hand too.  The hand still 
had my class ring on, too.  It hurt finding her like that.  
Kami-Sama, it hurt so much."

	By that point tears were streaming down his face unabashedly.  
The small clear drops drifted from his eyes to the floor, each one 
carrying a little bit of the pain and the memories with it.  Washu 
floated over to him and gently wrapped her arms about him.  Tomas 
continued to cry into her shoulder as all of the old pent-up grief 
flooded into the open.  After what seemed like eternity to him, 
Tomas regained enough control to back away from Washu and continue 
his story.  "That was all that we ever found of her.  An arm, a 
leg, and her head was all that was left.  We practically tore the 
building down searching.   Well, we found some evidence, made an 
arrest and convicted the asshole who did it.  After the trial I got 
up and left.  All that I had left in my life by that point was the 
art.  I came overseas and met a martial arts master who saw the pain 
in my soul.  He helped me go from a suicidal inclination to where I 
am now.  I don't fear death, I just wait for it to happen.  That's 
the majority of why I am like I am.  Hope that helps you 
Washu-Chan."

	Everyone was silent for a while after that.  Only the sounds 
that normally permeated Washu's lab were heard.   When it seemed 
that the silence was just about to reach the point of being 
unbearable, Washu walked over to Tomas and put a hand on his 
shoulder.  "Just remember that you have friends on this side, too, 
Tomas.  They don't want to loose you."

	Tomas smiled.  "I know, Washu-Chan, I know.  I'm not saying 
that I'm going to go looking for death, just that when it comes, 
I'm ready to accept it."

***
	
Usagi just stared blankly into the fire.  She was hurting deep 
inside and the pain was getting worse.  Her mind kept going over 
the incident that took place at school a few days before.  Her team 
was starting to fall apart.  Sailor Venus died as she refused to 
believe that the two boys were evil.  The Outer Senshi refused to 
speak to any of the Inners on why they had decided to attack at 
school.  Setsuna seemed to be getting more and more obsessed with 
finding the boys and killing them.  She was sure that they posed 
some great threat to the future and that Minako's desertion of her 
friends was simply the first sign.  Pluto had then stepped back to 
the Gates of Time and said she would search them out.  When the 
Senshi tried to contact Minako they found that she had left her 
communicator in her house.  She wasn't coming back to the Senshi, 
everyone knew that now.

	Rei was furious with the former Senshi of Love.  It was 
almost impossible for her to believe that anyone would just up and 
desert Usagi like that.  Sure she had wanted to get away from her 
crybaby leader, but she would never turn over to the enemy.

	Ami was thinking over what Makoto had told them.  She could 
see how Minako would be upset over everything that had happened.  
She was the only one beside Minako who could see the fact that 
Ranma and Tomas never started the fight.  They were always 
defending themselves from the restless pursuit of the Senshi.  Her 
mind was already going over everything that had happened as she 
tried to sort her own feelings about the two boys.  While she had 
never met them, she was becoming more and more sympathetic to them.

	Makoto was trying to figure out how everything could have 
gone so wrong.  The first problem that she knew was that the Senshi 
had assumed that the two boys were the bad guys.  They never 
stopped to see what their side of the story was after they heard 
the Outer Senshi's story.  The second was that they had tried to 
go too far.  From what they knew the two guys were human boys, even 
if they were incredibly powerful.

	Michiru and Haruka simply wanted revenge on the two boys 
that had humiliated them in public.  It was bad enough that they 
got seriously beat into the ground by them, but now people were 
questioning whether they were good or not.

	Hotaru was questioning the two boys motives.  She recalled 
how Tomas-san had saved her from the bullies, but also how the two 
had seriously injured her parents.  She was trying to come up with 
a reason for the two totally different situations.  She knew from 
what Usagi had said that her parents had coming looking for the 
two, but also that the two had seemed to egg them into the fight.  
She just kept getting more and more confused by what was happening 
in the world around her.

***
	
	Minako Aino, a.k.a. Sailor V was currently wondering what the 
hell she had gotten herself into.  She had thought that the fights 
between Rei and Usagi were bad, but they had nothing on Aeka and 
Ryouko.  There was literally energy flowing between the two of them 
as they battled over Tenchi.  <Hmmm… maybe I should just leave the 
room for a while…> She started to back out of the room only to 
bump into someone.  "Oh excuse me for…" She trilled off as she 
stared at a bare, well muscled chest.  She looked up into Tomas's 
face with little pink hearts in her eyes.

	Tomas slid past her, followed by Ranma and Washu.  Minako 
didn't notice either of them however, as she stared at Tomas's 
bare back.  As his muscles rippled with each slow step her blush 
grew.  It finally reached the point where she had to turn around 
to keep him from seeing any sign of embarrassment. 

	As for Ryouko and Aeka, well they just ignored the new 
comers and continued to stare at each other in anger.  Well, they 
ignored each other until Tomas pushed his way between them, opened 
the refrigerator, removed some leftovers turned around and headed 
for the dinning table.  The two just stood there and stared at him 
as he sat down and began to devour the meal.  Soon Ranma was beside 
him with the platter between the two.  In almost no time it was 
all gone.  Ranma then got up, walked between the two just as Tomas 
did before, grabbed a few more dishes filled with food and sat at 
the table.  Not long after that, Mihoshi walked in the room.  She 
saw the meal that was disappearing and went to help.

	As three people devoured a meal fit for eight, Minako moved 
over and sat down at the end of the table.  She gently shook her 
head when Tomas pushed a couple of pieces of Sukiyaki towards her.  
She stared in awe as the full plate became empty after a few 
seconds.  By the time the meal came to an end everyone had come to 
sit at the table and watch the event.  It was beyond anything they 
had ever seen.  After the meal was gone Tomas dropped backwards to 
lay down.

	"So, what's next on the agenda.  I kinda think schools out 
of the picture.  And I don't think I could take another run in with 
those underdressed girls."

	"HEY!"  Minako sounded rather offended by the comment.

	Tomas rolled his head over to look at her.  "Well, excuse me, 
but if you can afford those little electronic communicator things, 
you can sure afford to by some more fabric.  Why the hell are your 
skirts that short, anyway?"

	Minako wasn't in the mood to be put on the defensive, 
however.  "They're so short so that men like you will be distracted 
by our long, beautiful legs in battle."

	"Distracted is right, they almost make me want to throw up."  
He gave her a big grin just to let her know he wasn't serious.  
His body was in such bad shape that he wouldn't be able to beat 
Sasami in a fight, let alone a grown girl.  

She gave him a rather seductive smile to let him know tat she knew 
it was all in good fun.  "And you're one to talk about modesty?  
When you're walking around without a shirt on?"

	"I'm not ashamed of my body.  I think I look rather good.  
Don't you agree?"

	"If you two are through playing around we have something to 
discuss here."

	Tomas looked over at his friend.  "Ah, Ranma, but flirting is 
so much fun.  You should give it a try sometime, you'll like it, 
trust me."

	"I've had enough problems with girls, thanks.  Anyway, what 
I want to do is go get my mother and bring her here.  I don't like 
the thought of her being at home alone.  I'll do that tomorrow 
morning.  The rest of you had better begin thinking about how to 
defend this place.  Those girls already know we've been here once, 
and they're sure to think of it."

	Tomas slowly sat back up.  "Fine then, I'm going with you."

	"No you are not.  Look you haven't asked yet, but you were 
out for three days.  You need time to recover and get back in 
shape.  This is the third time that you've been knocked out while 
fighting.  I've remained standing, however.  That just proves that 
you need to retrain yourself, and I won't take no for an answer!"  
Tomas proceeded to swear up a storm.



Author's Notes: Well, I'm finally done.  It sure took me long 
enough to get this done as you know.  I blame it on writing out 
Tomas's past, Twin Black Phoenix, and Magic Squire Rayearth.  I 
hope that you enjoyed it, and know that I already have of 
chapter 7 mapped out.