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"Reunion"
by Angus MacSpon

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"Ranma?" Akane called.  "Ranma, where are -- oh, there you are.  Have
you finished making out the invitations yet?"

"Got 'em right here."  Ranma waved a stack of envelopes.

Akane sighed.  "This has got to be one of your silliest ideas yet. A
reunion party for Jusenkyo victims?  You won't have many people there,
will you?"

Ranma smiled.  "You'd be surprised.  I've been doing some asking around.
Looks like there's quite a few of us out there.  Here, take a look."

He handed over the invitation list and Akane started flipping through
it.  "Your father ... Shampoo ... grr ... Mousse ... Taro?  You're
actually inviting Taro?  And ... I don't believe this ... Herb ... Ryoga
... _Ryoga_? What are you inviting _him_ for?"

Ranma seemed unaccountably nervous.  "Well ... I thought he might be
useful, you know, like, as a bouncer, if things get rough."

"Hmm."  Akane accepted that, to his relief.  She turned back to the
list.  "Where did you drag up some of these names?  _Moldiver_?!"

Ranma shrugged.  "Sometimes he's a guy, sometimes he's not.  He's gotta
have been to Jusenkyo!  What else can it be?"

"Uh-huh ..."  She looked at the list again.  "_Four_ of the Sailor
Scouts?" He started to answer, but she waved him silent.  "Never mind, I
don't want to know.  Um.  A cat named Luna.  _You're_ inviting a cat?"

Ranma cringed a little.

"Yeah, right," Akane snorted.  She raised the list again.  "Let's see.
Who is Megumi Morisato?"

"Dunno.  But apparently she turns into a car."  Akane rolled her eyes.
Ranma added, "Hey, that's what I heard, all right?"

"Sometimes I worry about you, you know that?  All right ... who else?
Ryo-oh-ki ... what kind of name is that?  And ... oh, I've had enough
of this.  There's _dozens_ more!"  She threw the list in his face.
"Go ahead, have your stupid party!  I'm going to warn everyone to be
out of town that day!"

She stamped out.  Ranma watched her leave.  That had gone better than
he'd expected.

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The day of the party arrived.  Ranma bustled around the dojo, putting
finishing touches on his preparations.  True to her word, Akane had made
sure everyone else was away for the day.  He was alone except for Genma,
who was busy making a start on the food.

There was a knock on the door.

"All right!" he said.  "They're starting to arrive!"  He went to the
door and flung it open.

There was quite a crowd out there.  A lot of them looked annoyed with
him for some reason.

"Um ... hello?"

There was a massed shout.  "RANMA NO BAKAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"  And a sudden
impact, and the old familiar sound of the roof breaking as he flew
through it.  Shortly later, he found out what the Atlantic Ocean looked
like.

The party turned out to be quite a success without him.


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Based on series and characters created by several people, none of them
me.

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Angus MacSpon                                                Allen Gainsford
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