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need one more....

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Jeffrey "OneShot:" Wong



  "What's that letter say?" she asked.
  "It's a secret," Ranma smiled.
  "I'm God! You don't keep secrets from God!" Urd said, not liking having
secrets kept from her. Besides, be female made her love hearing secrets.
  Ranma smiled.
  "Just watch over Shinji and you'll soon find out,"




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  "Ah, Shinji, Emiko. You two are finally back. I was about to stop by
your place to check up on the two of you," Ippo said almost immediately
after Emiko and Shinji entered Makunouchi Gym.
  To Ippo, it seemed as if Emiko and Shinji had been sick for the past
week, neither of them having showed up at the gym since the last time he
saw them. To Shinji, it was much longer, what with the fact that he spent
quite a bit of time on two different worlds as well as his rest after
having come back to this newly recreated world.
  Mentally exhausted from all that had happened to him, Shinji basically
did nothing for a week, wanting time off to do nothing but let the though
of all that had happened settle in.
  "Um, we both got sick," Shinji said, feeling bad about lying to Ippo
while simultaneously glad to see him. Although to Shinji, it had been
only around two weeks since he had last seen him, it felt much longer
than that. Perhaps the week worth of forced growth made time have a
different effect on him.
  "Well, I hope you two are okay," Ippo said, concern in his voice.
  "W-we're fine," Emiko said.
  "Well, I'm glad you two are fine," he said, "If you two are just
getting over being sick, feel free to take more time off,"
  Shinji shook his head, "No. We're fine,"
  "All right, if you say so," Ippo said, "I hope it doesn�t effect your
debut match against Kenjo Manichi,"
  "Huh? Shinji asked.
  "Kenjo Manichi, your opponent," Ippo said, "What, have you forgotten?
He's your opponent for your debut match. He replaces Ichiro Miyata as
your debut opponent because Miyata broke his hand in a sparring match
against you, remember?" 
  Shinji said, "Oh yeah, I remember. It's what, around two weeks from
now, right?"
  Ippo nodded, "I hope you'll be well enough to fight then,"
  Shinji gave a meek smile, "Um, is there any way you can cancel it?"
  "C-cancel it?" Ippo was surprised, "Whatever for?"
  Shinji sighed, "I feel really bad right now. I really don't think I'll
be ready in time for the fight,"
  "Are you sure?" Ippo said, "I can cancel it, but that means it'll be a
while before you'll have another go at a debut match,"
  Shinji nodded, "I'm sure. I'm just not ready,"
  "Why do you say that? You did real well during your pro test," Ippo
commented, "If you fight hafta as well as you did for your pro test,
you'll easily win,"
  "It's not that," Shinji said, "It's just that, mentally, I know I'm not
ready,"
  Ippo was silent for a good minute before he resigned himself, "All
right. I'll go and cancel the fight. I guess you know yourself better
than anyone else,"
  "Thanks, I really really appreciate it," Shinji said sincerely.
  Ippo walked off to make the necessary calls to cancel the debut fight.
  "Man, I completely forgot about it, my debut match," Shinji said,
turning toward Emiko.
  "I think it's good that you canceled it," Emiko asked, "Considering
what you've been through, I doubt I'd be good to go if were to have a
debut match around two weeks from now,"
  "Man, it's only been a week since Urd brought us back," Emiko
commented, "But it feels like it's been so much longer,"
  "That's because Ranma's no longer here," Shinji stated, "He usually
livens things up around the house and makes time seemingly fly. Since
he's no longer there, we don't have him around usually occupying our
time,"
  "What about with you and school?" Emiko asked, "Maybe you should start
going back to school. It's been a week since we came back. I'm sure your
classes are teaching subjects that are all totally new to you,"
  She didn't bother to mention her concern that Shinji had yet to see
Sumi.
  Shinji shrugged, "I know I haven't been to school since we got back,
but frankly, I don't feel like going to school anymore,"
  "Why not?" she asked, "And education is important,"
  Shinji stopped his stretching and lay on his back, looking up toward
the ceiling, "I really dunno why. I think it's because all that I've been
through put everything in perspective. It makes me wonder if I'm seeing
things much like the way Ranma sees things. If everything is striped away
down to the core, the only thing that is really important is my friends.
Everything else takes a back seat,"
  "So what are you going to drop out of school?" she asked, very
surprised to be asking this.
  Shinji nodded, "I think so. Before all of this happened, I wasn't all
that sure what I was going to do in my life. Now, I know what I want to
do. I want to be a martial artist, just like Ranma,"
  "But that still doesn�t explain the need to drop out of school," Emiko
said.
  "It's hard to explain," he stated, "I feel perfectly content spending
the rest of my life teaching martial arts. If I'm gonna do that, there's
no real need to go to school and graduate with a degree in Engineering.
Heck, to put things in real perspective, none of the stuff I learned in
school was of any help when I was trying to problem-solve all those
obstacles being thrown in my face when I was on the other world. I doubt
they ever will,"
  "But you never know," Emiko said.
  "You're right, I'll never know," Shinji said, "However, if you think
about, what if I didn't attend college? All that time wasted in a
classroom I could've spent training. For all I know, I could've resolved
all that had occurred much quicker had I spent more time training instead
of studying,"
  Emiko was silent. There was no way to argue against that.
  "Do you think you'll be happy dropping out?" she asked.
  Shinji nodded after a moment, "Yes. I think I'm not cut out for school.
Ranma saw something in me that I never saw, that being knack for martial
arts. Ranma never complained about my wasting time going to school when
he really wanted me around training. The only difference was that he
didn�t want to become his father, forcing me in to martial arts when he
didn't really know if that's what I truly wanted. Well, now I know. I
want to be a martial artist just like him so school doesn't matter to me,
just like the way it didn't matter to him,"
  "You're your own person," Emiko said, "You don't hafta follow in
Ranma's footsteps,"
  "Is that so wrong, to stride to become a martial artist like Ranma?" he
asked, "The fact that he did what he did and readily accepted his role in
my life at the expense of his friends and family makes me admire him even
more,"
  "Man, I can't believe it," Emiko said, "I feel so sorry for Ranma. All
that he had been through, what with the 'Nerima Massacre' and the loss of
his friends and family, it was all to draw him to your aide because of
your alternate self's dying wish. That's just incredible,"
  Shinji gave a sad smile, "I know. What's really funny is that I know
what Ranma used to be, before the 'Nerima Massacre', and he was nothing
like the Ranma you knew. It changed him forever,"
  "It seems like you and Ranma are now much alike, what with the fact
that you went through what he went through," Emiko stated, "The only
difference was that we were brought back, thanks to Urd, while Ranma had
no one to bring his friends and family back,"
  "Actually, Ranma could've brought them all back," Shinji said, still
surprised that he knew everything there was about him, "Before he died in
the hospital, he thought about making his dying request be the
resurrection of his friends and family. However, that had been so long
ago that he had said goodbye to his past and moved on. That's what I'm
gonna try and do, move on,"
  "You've very strong, Shinji," Emiko said admirably, "I don't know how
you did it and managed to come through this all right, but it seems like
you did. You're very strong to be able to get through all that had
happened,"
  Shinji chuckled, "That's what you think. I really wish I can go back to
my old self. Sure, I was awkward and na�ve and such, but I was also
sheltered and happy living in my own world. Now that all this occurred, I
feel like I'm no longer young,"
  "Well, you're not all that young," Emiko said, "You are nineteen,
afterall. You're not necessarily a young kid anymore,"
  Shinji shook his head, "Not quite like that age wise. Mentally, I feel
like some old geezer that's seen more in his life than anyone thought
possible,"
  "You're sad because of your loss of innocence," Emiko said, "You were
exposed to a world and situation you never thought possible and it made
you grow up much faster than you were supposed to had you not been
exposed,"
  Shinji sighed, "I guess you're right. It's just that I feel all weird
about myself. I used to possess the powers of God and fought along side
two Gods against God. Now, I'm some weird version of what I was before
all of this happened except I now possess Ranma's memories,"
  Emiko was silent.
  "I really wonder when I stopped being Shinji," Shinji said, rubbing at
his eyes where tears were starting to form.
  "Don't say that," Emiko said, "You're still Shinji,"
  Shinji chuckled again, "Since I know Ranma so well, and he knew himself
so well, I know exactly when Ranma stopped being Ranma,"
  "W-when was that?"
  "He stopped being Ranma the day he lost his friends and family and
swore revenge," Shinji said, "The real Ranma, I mean the one that he was
supposed to become had the 'Nerima Massacre' not occurred, would never
have swore revenge on anyone. He would swear payback, but not revenge,
not the kinda sheer hatred he felt that day. That's when he stopped being
Ranma he was originally supposed to be,"
  Emiko was silent.
  "I wonder if I'll ever have one of those revelations, where I realize
when I stopped being Shinji," Shinji said. After a moment, he laughed,
"Actually, I think I already know. I stopped being Shinji when I killed
my own father. I'm sure the real me would never have been able to do
that,"
  Emiko remained silent.
  Shinji sighed, "Well, I guess it can't be helped. No one's perfect,
least of all, myself. We're all messed up in some way or another, some
more than others,"
  "I think we should change the subject," Emiko said, "We've been
dwelling over all that has happened for over a week. We should try and
continue on,"
  Shinji said, "I guess you're right. Only a select few people know about
what really happened. Life goes on so I guess we should do the same,"
  "Actually, aren't you the only person that knows what really happened?"
Emiko said, "Heck, even Urd and Ranma doesn't know of what you've been
through on that other world. In a sense, you probably know the most about
all that has happened than anyone else,"
  "I guess. However, knowing that doesn�t really matter much to me," he
said.
  "So how come you don't tell any of us about what really happened to
you?" Emiko asked, "It's obvious that something bad happened on that
other version of your world. So how come you won't tell any of us?"
  Shinji shrugged, "It's much the way Ranma, Ryoga, and Akane visited
several worlds before they came back to MegaTokyo after supposedly
disappearing for ten years, there's no real need to tell,"
  "T-they've been to other worlds?" Emiko's eyes widened.
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. They actually had several adventures during the
time when they went to China looking for a cure for Ranma's curse,"
  "Wow, I never knew that," Emiko said, "I heard from Sylia that Ranma,
Ryoga, and Akane disappeared for ten years before showing back up in
MegaTokyo, but I always thought that Jusenkyo place they were looking for
was really obscure and it took that long to find it,"
  "That's what I thought, but it doesn�t seem to be the case," Shinji
said, "As to why they never told us about it, it seems unimportant, like
there is no need for us to know. It pretty much explains why Ranma never
told us about what happened on the other world when he when there to
cause Third Impact and become God,"
  "Man, Ranma's really mysterious, isn't he?" Emiko asked, "How come he
doesn�t talk about himself that much?"
  Shinji smirked, tapping his head, "Actually, it's not all that
secretive to me since I know it and see everything as if I had
experienced it myself. As to why he doesn�t tell everyone about his
adventures, it seems like he doesn�t care who or who doesn't acknowledge
what his accomplishments are. Knowing what he had done seems to be good
enough for him,"
  "Oh," Emiko said.
  Shinji got up to his feet. Without showing any sign of nervousness, he
extended his hand for Emiko to take to help her up. She took it and got
to her feet.
  "C'mon, let's go do some road work," Shinji gave a slight smile, "Maybe
doing the familiar routine will help us forget about all that has
happened,"
  "Okay,"

  Oki was sparring when Shinji and Emiko got back from their jogging.
  Neither of them were tired, their bodies seemingly in the exact same
condition as before.
  As Emiko went off to do some jump-rope, Shinji approached the ring.
  "Hey," Shinji gave a slight smile to his friend Oki.
  "Hey," Oki asked, "You feeling better?"
  Oki felt a bit awkward being around Shinji. He didn�t know how to
react.
  A week ago, he had showed up at the house to receive his private
training lessons from Ranma. However, when he did show up, Shinji had
answered the door.
  "Hey, Shinji," Oki had smiled. He didn't know something was wrong since
only a day had passed since he had last seen Ranma.
  "Hey, Oki," Shinji said, regarding Oki intently which seemed to make
him a bit nervous, "It's good to see you again. It's been a while,"
  "Whatcha talking about? We saw each other the other day," Oki had
answered.
  "Um, yeah, right," Shinji feigned forgetfulness, "Um, so, what bring
you around?"
  "I came here to see Ranma," Oki answered, "You know the deal. He's
training me privately around this time. Anyway, I didn't see you or Emiko
at the gym today," Oki asked, "Did something happen? You two sick?"
  Shinji nodded, "Um, yeah. We're both sick. Um, unfortunately, Ranma
isn't around,"
  In a sense, they were sick, at least mentally. Much like a body
infected with a virus, they needed time to heal and absorb all that had
happened.
  "Whatcha two sick with? It isn't contagious I hope," Oki commented.
  Shinji chuckled. It was a hearty laugh. He had been moping around the
house like everyone else for most of the day before Oki showed up. He
helped brighten Shinji's day.
  "Naw, it's not contagious," Shinji said.
  "Well, hopefully, you'll get better soon. Anyway, where's Ranma? You
said he isn't around?" Oki asked curiously.
  "No, um, he won't be around anymore," Shinji said in a sad sad voice.
  "Why, what happened?" Oki asked.
  "To make a long story short, he died," Shinji answered.
  Shinji had gone on to explain the details leading up to Ranma's death.
He actually told the truth about all that had happened, about Ranma
having gotten corrupt and Shinji and Rei having to kill him and him
staying in Heaven instead of being resurrected like everyone else. Since
Oki was his good friend, there was no need to hide the truth.
  "You're joking, right?" Oki asked after hearing everything.
  Shinji shook his head, "No. This is too crazy to not be true,"
  That had been about a week ago. They hadn't seen each other since then.
  Oki didn't know what to think as he watched Shinji enter the ring now.
How could he believe what Shinji said? It was absolutely ridiculous, all
the nonsense he was saying.
  "How're you feeling?" Oki asked.
  "Better," Shinji said.
  "Man, I can't believe it, Ranma's really gone for good, huh?" Oki
asked, "He's never coming back, huh?"
  Shinji stopped to stare at Oki.
  "Y-you believe want I said?" Shinji was surprised. All that he had told
him last week about what really happened made him sound like some kind of
lunatic.
  "Yeah, I believe you," Oki said, "But I still have trouble accepting
it,"
  Shinji shrugged, "Well, I guess it can't be helped. Even I have
problems accepting it myself,"
  There was a moment of awkward silence.
  "I'm glad you believe me," Shinji said after a moment, "C'mon, let's
spar. Hopefully, it'll clear my mind of all the crap that's been
bothering me,"
  "Okay,"

  Shinji had a very concerned look on his face as he knelt down by the
unconscious Oki.
  "Hey, you okay?" Shinji asked, tapping Shinji on the face.
  After a moment, Oki opened his eyes, disoriented, not really knowing
what had happened.
  "W-where am I?" Oki asked, finding himself looking up at the ceiling of
Makunouchi Gym.
  Shinji smirked as he sat down next to his friend, "You're in the middle
of the gym. You were knocked out,"
  "K-knocked out? When the heck didja hit me?" Oki sat upright, rubbing
his head.
  "Sorry," Shinji gave a meek smile, "I didn't realize how much better
I've gotten since the last time we fought,"
  Oki sat upright and rubbed at his head, "Well, considering you spent a
week fighting highly trained special operatives and the army on that
other world like you mentioned before, I guess it's understandable that
you would get a tad bit more powerful from doing something like that,"
  "I'm sorry," he said, "I guess I didn't know my own strength,"
  "Speaking of which," Oki said, "Just how powerful have you gotten?"
  Shinji shrugged, "I really dunno. However, I know I don't possess the
powers I used to have. I don't have God-powers anymore,"
  "I guess that's understandable," Oki said, "That way, there's no chance
you'll become what Ranma became,"
  "That's true," Shinji nodded, "That's definitely true. Of course, I
kinda feel disappointed,"
  Oki laughed, "Ya think? It must've been nice having God-powers while it
lasted. But then again, if you didn't really know how to use them, I
guess it wasn't that much of a help,"
  "I knew how to use some of them, but not all," Shinji said, "Of course,
now that I don't have those anymore, there's no need to really dwell over
that fact,"
  "I was thinking," Oki said, "You said that you couldn't lift that Lance
Ranma made, right? Do you know why you couldn't when Rei could? What, are
you that weak?"
  Shinji laughed. Oki was a great friend. It was nice to have a friend
that treated him much the same as before. It helped make him feel normal.
I helped make him remember where he came from and what he used to be.
  "Yeah, I know why," Shinji said, "It turns out that I couldn't lift it
because I had never really truly accepted the fact that I had become what
I became. I always believed I had God-powers, but I never thought much
more than that. It never crossed my mind that I had God-powers because I
was basically a walking God. I always thought of myself as a person that
had powers of God, not a God with accompanying powers. That was the
difference,"
  "That's kinda stupid," Oki said.
  Shinji shrugged, "I know. The reason why I couldn't lift the Lance much
like other things was that the Lance had special divine properties.
That's why I couldn't lift it,"
  "If that was the case, then how come Ryoga was able to lift it?" Oki
asked, "Didn't you say Ryoga was able to lift the Lance?"
  "That's because it's seriously heavy," Shinji said, "It can be lifted,
but even if Ryoga could lift it, he wouldn't be able to wield it. My
powers could only help me lift up to a certain weight. I remember having
trouble lifting this massive slab of rock which was around as heavy as
the Lance. I need to be able to lift the Lance as well as wield it. I
could do neither. All Ryoga could do was lift it,"
  "So are you saying that Ryoga's stronger than you with your
God-powers?" Oki started laughing, "That's really funny,"
  "It seems funny now, but it wasn't all that funny back then," Shinji
said, "The fact that I couldn't lift the Lance was extremely frustrating
which made me hafta do what I did,"
  "Well, I'm glad everything turned out okay," Oki commented, "That's
what matters,"
  "You're right," Shinji agreed.
  "Just curious, if you became God, I hope you don't expect me to be
praying to you or anything. That's just plain weird," Oki commented.
  Shinji laughed, "Of course not. I'd probably be weirded out as well,"
  "Good, cause I don't intend to do that," Oki said.
  "You won't hear any complaints from me," 
  
  Sumi was very happy to see Shinji when he went to school the next day.
  She had been waiting in front of 'D Cluster' before class like always,
hoping to see him once again. After a week of constant waiting, she was
finally able to see him.
  She hadn't seen or heard from him in over a week and was beginning to
really worry about him. It also didn't help that he never returned her
phone calls, she leaving a similar message to call her every time she got
the answering machine.
  "Shinji!" she came rushing up to him, about to throw herself in to his
arms.
  She stopped short when she saw the rather sad look on his face. 
  "Are you all right?" she asked.
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. I'm all right,"
  He regarded her intently which made her blush a bit.
  "It's good to see you again," he smiled warmly, "It's been a while,"
  "Where have you been all this time?" she asked, "I've been really
worried. I haven't seen you in a week. I was about to come to your house
to see if you were all right,"
  "Let's just say bad things happened to me," Shinji said, "I needed time
alone to just collect my thoughts and absorb in all that had happened," 
 "Bad things? What bad things?" she asked, concerned. She wondered if one
of his friends died or gotten seriously hurt and lay in a coma.
  Shinji took several deep breaths. Sumi knew all there was about him so
there was no reason to lie. She and Oki were the only two people outside
the group that was close to him and there was no reason to keep them in
the dark about all that had happened. As to whether or not they believed
him, it was their prerogative.
  First off, he needed to tell her something very important that couldn't
be put off.
  "You know Emiko," Shinji said. 
  "Yes, what about her?" she asked, "Did something bad happen to her? Is
she all right?"
  Shinji shook his head, "No. She's fine, now, that is. Before I tell you
about what happened, I just wanted to letcha know that..."
  "That you and her are in love?" she asked. 
  Shinji was surprised, "How'd you know?"
  She gave a slight smile, "Actually, I wasn't positive that that was
true, but now I know for sure,"
  "Oh," Shinji said, "Um, how'd you figure it out?"
  "You two spend so much time together," Sumi said, "I guess it was just
a matter of time before you realized she was in love with you,"
  "Wait, you knew she was in love with me?" he asked, surprised.
  She nodded, "Yes. I saw the quick glances she made toward you during
Friday dinner. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together,"
  "So how come you-"
  "Because I like you, too," Sumi said, blushing, "I took a risk, and I
guess I lost. I didn't know that you were in love with her as well,"
  "Are you upset?" he asked.
  She gave a slight shrug, "Yeah, but what can I do about it? You two've
known each other much longer than we've known each other. I really like
you, but I'm not in love with you,"
  "Ouch," Shinji winced.
  Sumi quickly said, "Um, I didn't meant to say it like that. I didn't
mean to offend you. It came out all wrong,"
  Shinji gave a slight smile, "Don't worry. It's all right,"
  She shrugged, giving a slight laugh in accompaniment, "You win some and
you lose some. I guess I happen to not have a knack for this game,"
  "Don't say that," Shinji said, "I'm sure you'll find someone,"
  "Well, anyway, I do hope you two are happy. Truly, I do," she said
earnestly.
  "Thanks," he scratched his head, "Man, I'm glad,"
  "What do you mean?" she asked.
  "I'm really glad that this didn't get bad," he said.
  She said, "We were in the beginning stages of our relationship. Had we
been together for a while and I been in love with you, it would've been a
totally different story,"
  Shinji gulped, "Um, I guess you have a point,"
  There was a moment of awkward silence.
  "Look, I'm really really sorry it came to this," he said, "I hope we
can put this behind us,"
  She smiled, "I'm sure we could. It'll feel a bit awkward for the first
few weeks, what with the fact that we were boyfriend and girlfriend for a
couple of weeks, but that'll pass,"
  He nodded, "Yeah. I really had fun hanging out with you and your
friends and don�t wanna lose that. I hope we can continue seeing each
other,"
  Sumi smirked, "Yes, seeing each other, but not in the sense of dating
each other, but I understand what you mean,"
  "Yeah, that," Shinji said, wishing he had thought more carefully about
his words, "If we hang out again, I'd really like to bring Emiko with us,
that is, if you don't mind,"
  "I don't mind," she said, "I really like Emiko. She's a nice girl. I
don't mind at all. It'd be better. The more the merrier,"
  Shinji smiled, "Thanks. I'm glad to hear that,"
  He took a deep breath.
  "Now that I've got that out in the open, I can tell you about what
happened to me that was so bad," he began.
  Sumi asked, "Should I sit down?"
  "Um, okay, if you like," Shinji said, wondering if sitting down while
being told something very shock was of any help. Perhaps it was since
that meant there was less distance to fall in case the shock caused her
to faint. But then again, why would she faint?
  Sumi decided to remain standing.
  "You know all the stuff I told you about my past?" Shinji began.
  She nodded.
  "A week ago, I went through what makes all that I've been through seem
like nothing," Shinji said.
  He went on to explain what happened to this world a week ago, about how
all his friends were killed and he had gone to two different worlds to
seek help in defeating Ranma.
  As he was beginning to explain his arrival in the second world, he
looked at his watch.
  "Looks like class is about to start," he said.
  Sumi looked hesitant about what to do.
  "Go on to class," he said, turning around to leave, "I'll explain
everything later,"
  "Wait, what about you?" she asked, "Aren't you going to class? We can
talk after it,"
  "No, I'm not coming to class anymore. I'm dropping out of school,"

  Shinji was teaching a martial arts class a few days after having
officially dropped out of school when Akane entered the dojo. He needed
to do something to keep his mind occupy. Only time will make the feeling
of loss of Ranma abate. Everyone had their own way of dealing with all
that had happened. Most of the group buried themselves in work, to occupy
their time. Lina and Luna had gone back to their own world, promising
that they would be back soon. Rei and Asuka buried themselves in their
schoolwork.
  It was sometime shortly after noontime when Akane approached him in the
dojo.
  "Shinji, you're not going to believe this..." Akane began.
  "What is it?" he asked.
  "There are a few people here to see you," she smirked.
  Shinji wondered who it could be. He had a funny feeling that it was
Sumi and her housemate, Meito. They were probably there to try and
convince him to go back to school.
  "Sumi and Meito again?" Shinji asked.
  Akane shook her head, "No. Not this time around,"
  "Then who?" he asked.
  "Go find out for yourself," Akane said, "They're in the livingroom,"
  Shinji noticed the rather amused look on Akane's face and instantly
realized who she was talking about.
  "Asuka, Ritsuko, and Misato?" he asked.
  She nodded, "Yes, it seems like the three you brought back from the
other world has finally come back in to your life. I can't wait to hear
the details,"
  "But I already told you," Shinji said, "I brought them back here from
the other world,"
  "I know that, but I'm eager to hear the details from them," Akane said,
"Anyway, you should go and say hi to them,"
  "Can you take over for me?" he asked.
  "Sure," she smiled.
  Shinji excused himself from the class and told the students to practice
in pairs for the next fifteen minutes and left the dojo. Entering the
house, he couldn't help but feel a great flood of emotions envelop him
when he saw Asuka, Misato, and Ritsuko sitting on a couch in the
livingroom. 
  "S-Shinji!" Asuka first noticed him first, getting up off the couch,
"We've missed you,"
  She rushed across the room and dove in to his arms, giving him a warm
embrace. This caught Shinji off-guard with surprise. 
  A second later, Shinji smiled and returned the embrace.
  "It's nice to see you all again," he said, "I missed you, too,"
  He glanced over toward the clock and noticed that it was nearing one.
That meant it would be a few hours before the older Asuka came home from
class. That would be quite a sight to behold, and older Asuka meeting her
younger alternate self.
  Misato and Ritsuko gave Shinji a warm embrace, telling him how glad
they were to see him again. When they were done, they sat down around the
couch, Shinji sitting in the chair adjacent to it.
  "It seems like you succeeded in defeating Ranma," Misato commented,
"We're all alive and well, afterall,"
  Shinji gave a sad smile, "Yeah, I guess so,"
  "What happened?" Ritsuko asked eagerly, "I'd really like to hear about
all that's happened,"
  Shinji was silent for several long moments. 
  If Ranma could accept what he had become, then so can I, Shinji
thought.
  "I was killed fighting Ranma,"
  "What?!" they asked in unison, very confused.
  "I'll explain everything," he began.
  The three girls were speechless as they listened to his explanation
about what happened after they had been sent off to a far away place for
safety reasons. He went on to explain about how he was killed by Rei in
the final moments of battle as he held Ranma down.
  "Rei?!" they gasped, "How did she get here?"
  "Yeah," Shinji answered, "But not the Rei from your world, the Rei from
my world. It seems like she, having been merged with Ranma, developed the
same God-abilities as he. She made the killing blow, not I. I was killed
as I tried held Ranma down,"
  He went on to explain how the world was recreated right up to the
moment before Ranma was corrupted. It explained why the three of them
never remembered hearing about the explosion of Unit-01 that took out
Japan and a good portion of China and other nearby continents.
  "Well, it does make sense," Ritsuko commented, "It does explain the
fact that this city, what do you call it, MegaTokyo, is not some pile of
debris like when we first arrived,"
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. It may seem confusing seeing all this, but that's
what happened. The world was recreated but only a few people retain their
memories about what had happened. Where you are now is the recreated city
of MegaTokyo on a recreated world,"
  "Man, this is so incredible," Ritsuko said.
  "What, you have trouble believing all of this?" Shinji asked, "Keep in
mind that, considering what we've been through, nothing should really
surprise you,"
  "Still," Misato said.
  "How'd you manage to find me?" Shinji asked, wanting to change the
subject, "Where did the Angels take you guys after we parted?"
  "We were taken to Germany where we stayed there for a few days before
we thought the coast was clear," Misato said, "When the Angels
mysteriously disappeared, we had no way of getting back here to search
for you. It took us a while to scrounge up the money to buy airplane
tickets here,"
  "The Angels mysteriously disappearing was most likely when I got
killed. How did you managed to get the money?" he asked
  Misato said, "We tried to make the money legitimately but that would've
taken so long so we had Ritsuko hack an ATM machine and give us the
necessary money for the tickets. Anyway, we managed to get the money and
bought three tickets here. To our surprise, when we arrived back in
Japan, namely where we left off, we see a city where there didn't use to
be one,"
  "We did a search for 'Shinji Ikari' on the Internet after we got here
and found this address," Ritsuko added, "Lo and behold, we find show up
at the address and find you here,"
  "Wow," Shinji said, "That's amazing, and with good timing too,"
  "Huh?" Misato asked, "What do you mean?"
  "I'm changing my name," Shinji said, "I already filled out the paper
work and simply waiting for everything to be processed,"
  "What? You're changing your name? To what?" Asuka asked.
  "I'm changing my last name to Saotome," Shinji said.
  "Shinji Saotome?" Asuka commented, shrugging after a moment, "That
doesn't sound so bad. How come you're changing it?"
  Shinji smiled, "I'm doing it in honor of Ranma,"
  "But-" Ritsuko began.
  "Not the Ranma I was supposed to kill," Shinji said, "I meant my friend
Ranma. Carrying on his name is the very least I can do after all that he
had gone through for me," 
 "What do you mean?" they all asked.
  Shinji shook his head, "Sorry, but that's something I can't tell you.
That's a part of Ranma's past that he would not want revealed," He was
referring to the 'Nerima Massacre' and how it was the catalyst the
triggered the chain of events the led to Ranma's arrival in his world.
  "Why not?" they asked.
  "There are a few things that Ranma never wants revealed," Shinji said,
"If he were to tell it, then it should be him doing the talking, not me.
It's what he wanted,"
  The three said nothing.
  "Shinji Saotome, huh? It's got a nice ring to it," Misato smirked,
"It's too bad I don't know much about this Ranma Saotome guy you admire
so much. He sounds like a good guy,"
  Shinji shrugged, "Yeah, but he's gone so that'll never be the case. I
tried to convince him to come back but he decided against it. He said it
was his time to go,"
  Wanting to change the subject, Shinji said, "So, how long are you guys
here for? Did you guys need help getting on your feet?"
  "Um, we really don't know how long," Misato said, giving a meek smile,
"In actuality, we gambled everything and came here hoping to settle down
here,"
  Shinji's eyes widened, "R-really? You're going to settle down here in
MegaTokyo?"
  Misato smiled, "From what we saw when we were wandering around here, it
seems like a nice place to live. Of course, considering we are from a
different world and have no past or records on this world, we were hoping
you would help us get on our feet,"
  Shinji smiled warmly, "Sure, I'll be glad to help in whatever way I
can,"
  "Really?" they all looked happy.
  Shinji smirked, "Lettme guess, you didn't originally come here to visit
me,"
  Misato shook her head, "You're wrong. We actually came here to visit
you and see how you were doing. We never really planned ahead about what
we would do after we got here. Our deciding to settle here was a spur of
the moment kind of thing,"
  "Really? Wow," Shinji was surprised.
  Misato smirked, "I guess it's because you've kinda rubbed off on us.
You seem to handle things on the fly and did really well so why couldn't
we? Since the three of us are basically alone on a new world and only
have each other, we figured at least being near someone we know, that
being you, will help the transition easier,"
  "Actually, I think it could be even easier than you think," Shinji
said, "Your alternate selves lives here as well. I'm sure they'll be more
than happy to take you guys under their wings. Even though you're the
same people, more or less, they're older than you so they're kinda like
your sempai,"
  "Wow," they all said.
  At that moment, Asuka entered the house, having come home early since
one of her classes had been cancelled.
  She entered the livingroom, ready to flop down on the couch and just
watch some television. She was actually glad that Lina wasn�t around
hogging the television like always.
  Shortly after she entered the livingroom and dropped her books off by
the entrance, she caught sight of Misato and Ritsuko.
  "Wow, what brings you guys here?" Asuka asked. It was very unusual
seeing any of the adult females showing up around the house besides
Friday nights. They usually had work since they were working women and
worked much like all adults that lived in MegaTokyo.
  Shinji smirked, wondering how long it'll be before Asuka spotted her
younger self as well as realized that they were not the same Misato and
Ritsuko she knew.
  After short moment, Asuka spotted her younger self, whom was every bit
as surprised to see her.    
  All the older Asuka could say was,
  "What the hell?"

  Shinji and the younger Asuka entered MegaTokyo high school together.
  It was sometime in the middle of the afternoon the next day and Shinji
was trying to take care of things and help Asuka get settled in living on
this world.
  "Man, I dunno what I'm supposed to do," Shinji muttered as the two of
them walked down the hallway, following the signs that pointed toward the
main office.
  "Well, if I'm going to be living here in MegaTokyo and with you guys
for a while, it's only natural that I need to enroll in high school,"
  Shinji scratched his head, "I guess you have a point. But still, why
me? I have no idea how to go about enrolling you. How am I the adult
here? I'm only five years older than you,"
  "Well, Akane did say that an adult signature is needed for me to
enroll," Asuka said, "That's why you're here,"
  "I know, but why couldn't Akane do it? She's more of an adult than I
am," Shinji commented, "This school's never gonna believe I'm your
guardian. I'm only slightly older than you for God's sake,"
  "Well, what was her name?" Asuka said, "She said she would take care of
the computer files and such and register you and Akane as my guardian,"
   Shinji said, "Her name's Nene. Don't worry, you'll get used to
everyone's name. I know meeting everyone last night was basically
information overload, but you'll get used to it,"
  "What do you think she did?" Asuka asked.
  "She knows computers really well," Shinji answered, "He probably hacked
in to some super database and added you to their records and gave you and
Ritsuko and Misato identities,"
  "That's good to hear," Asuka said, "So that means, at least one
computer, it seems like we are actually people that live on this world,
huh?"
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. However, I still don't understand why I'm put
down as you benefactor. Oh well, it doesn�t really matter. My existence
on this world is all a big lie also so it doesn't really matter anyway,"
  "You guys don't mind my living at your place?" Asuka asked.
  Shinji waved a dismissive hand, "Nah. Why should we? Sure, there will
be two people there that answer to the same name, but I'm sure it won't
be all that much of a problem,"
  "It seems like Misato and Ritsuko will do just fine," Asuka changed the
subject.
  "Yeah," Shinji said, "Their older selves are taking them in. They'll
all be living together. In a sense, Misato and Ritsuko are set since
they'll be working together in the company their older selves founded
when the older Ritsuko started marketing MAGI for personal computers,"
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. They're off to a good start as well. Heck, if you
think about it, you three got here the other day and already you're
hitting the ground running. All three of you have places to stay. Misato
and Ritsuko already have jobs. All that's left is for you to be enrolled
in high school,"
  "Right," she said. 
  Shinji and Asuka continued walking down the hallway toward the main
office.
  "Hey," someone called out to them.
  The two of them turned around and found themselves facing a middle-aged
man.
  "What are you two kids wandering the halls?" the man said, "Get back to
your classes,"
  Shinji and Asuka looked at one another.
  "First off, we don't go to school here," Shinji answered, "I'm not even
a high school student anymore. I graduated from high school over a year
ago,"
  "What about her?" the man gestured toward Asuka.
  "She doesn't go to school here," Shinji answered, "I'm here to enroll
her here,"
  "Oh," the man said.
  "Now, if you don't mind," Shinji said. 
  Together, Shinji and Asuka walked down the hall while the man stepped
aside for them to walk by him.
  "Wow, I like the way you handled that," Asuka commented, "You sure told
him,"
  Shinji chuckled, "I did, didn't I? That's kinda funny because I don't
think I would've answered back like that back then,"
  The two of them continued down the hallways, indulging in conversation.
  "So, what do you plan on doing?" Asuka asked.
  "Well, we're gonna go get you enrolled," Shinji said.
  "No," Asuka giggled, "Not that. What do you plan on doing from here on?
You said you dropped out of school. What do you plan on doing for a
living?"
  Shinji said, "Oh. That. Well, I'm going to help Akane teach classes. On
this side, I'm gonna continue boxing,"
  "Boxing, huh?" Asuka asked, "Do you like it?"
  Shinji nodded, "Yeah. I really like it. What's funny is that I forgot
one of the reasons why I became a boxer,"
  "What reason is that?" she asked.
  "To become a boxing champion and lure a guy named Boon out from hiding
or whatever so I can challenge him," Shinji said, "It was said that he
was an amazing fighter and Ranma wanted me to lure him out so he could
challenge Boon after Boon challenged me,"
  "But Ranma isn't around anymore," Asuka commented.
  Shinji gave a sad look, "That's true. That's why my goal to get this
Boon guy to fight me is no longer worthwhile,"
  "So what are you going to do?" she asked.
  "Nothing," Shinji said, "I'm going to continue on boxing. Whether or
not the guy challenges me doesn't matter anymore. Ranma isn't around so I
don't really care if I get challenged. Besides, considering what I've
been through, something like that is really trivial nowadays,"
  "Well, whoever this Boon guy is, I'm sure you would win," Asuka
commented with a warm smile, "If you could fight God, I'm sure you could
fight some guy,"
  Shinji paused for a moment.
  He then laughed.
  "Wow. You know what? You're right,"
  
  "Asu-chan, Misa-chan, Ritsu-chan," Shinji smirked, "Those names have a
nice ring to it. It'll really help keep us all from confusing your
names,"
  It was now Friday and Shinji and the others were gathered around a
round dinner table for their usual Friday dinner. The difference was that
the younger version of Asuka, Misato, and Ritsuko were joining them. 
  Also there were Meito, Sumi, and Oki. Heck, even Ryoga was there,
somehow not having gotten lost ever since he came back with everyone
else. By now, the dinner group had gotten so large that two tables needed
to be joined together to fit the large group.
  "I don't like the thought of being called Asu-chan even if I am younger
than my other self," the younger Asuka said.
  "Same here," the two younger Misato and Ritsuko agreed.
  "So what are we gonna do about it?" Shinji asked, "If you three are
gonna be living here as well as your older selves, the extra names is
gonna cause confusion,"
  "I think we should do nothing," the younger Asuka said, "We should keep
our names the same and be referred to it in the same way as our older
selves,"
  "Yeah, but how will we know if you're referring to the younger or older
version when you say our names?" the older Misato asked, "If you think we
are gonna refer to each other by name followed by a number, that's just
stupid,"
  "How about we use something like OlderMisato, OlderRitsuko, and
OlderAsuka?" Shinji suggested.
  The older Misato laughed, "Yes, I'm sure having the prefix, 'Older',
before our names, will make us feel much better,"
  "So what do we do about the names?" Sylia asked, "Having names will
make things confusing whenever we refer to either one of them,"
  "Let's just do nothing," Shinji finally suggested, "I'm sure we can get
by that somehow or another,"
  Everyone seemed to agree.
    
  A couple of weeks passed without incident. 
  The younger Asuka became the most popular girl in MegaTokyo high
school. Even though the older Asuka went to the same school, there was no
suspicion as to why she shared the same name because the teachers there
assumed she was basically Asuka the second but simply referred to her as
Asuka.
  Shinji and Emiko continued on training at the gym, choosing to go there
at a little bit later than usual, so that the two of them can stop by
MegaTokyo High to meet up with Asuka when she was done with school.
  The funny part was that Asuka didn't seem to make any effort in hiding
her obvious crush on Shinji. Several times she and Emiko butted heads
because of that. The fact that young Asuka liked Shinji annoyed the heck
out of her older version. She couldn't understand why her younger self
like him so much.
  The younger Misato and Ritsuko ended up moving out and getting an
apartment together. This was because they were paid and made quite a bit
of money, even if they were working for their older selves. In doing so,
they managed to make enough money to get their own place, so they
wouldn't be a burden on their older selves. What was amazing was that now
that there were two Ritsuko on this world, and they were working
together, the computer industry would soon jump astronomically once the
newest revision of MAGI is released to the public.
  Shinji and Emiko continued training at Makunouchi Gym those days.
However, before they went to train, Shinji spent his morning teaching
classes at the dojo and even Oki. 
  Since Ranma was no longer around, Shinji assumed Ranma's
responsibilities like training Oki. Afterall, the tournament set up
between Ranma and Tsuki Hyusa, the man that own a school up in Hokkaido,
was still on and Shinji wanted Oki to win that tournament and was willing
to help him in whatever way possible.
  After teaching classes and training Oki, Shinji and Emiko went on to
train at the gym. When done with that, they headed home where Shinji
would train the afternoon and evening classes before he would, get this,
train both Asuka. Because the older Asuka did constantly spar against
Emiko, she reluctantly let Shinji train her so that she could keep up
with Emiko. 
  When the older Asuka had first approached him, Shinji had been
cautious, figuring it was some kind of joke. However, he came to regret
thinking that way when he realized she was serious. 
  The younger Asuka trained with Shinji simply because she continued to
like him and wanted to be near him. Also, she did like the thought of
being able to defend herself like her older counter part.
  After training the two girls, Shinji went on to train Emiko late that
evening before he would finally train by himself and go to sleep, only to
repeat that all over again the very next day.
  To anyone, that kind of routine sounded very tedious. But to Shinji, it
was anything but that. Training people made him realize just how much he
loved it and could picture himself doing it for the rest of his life. 
  Sometime after the second week of doing so, Shinji approached Akane
while she was in the kitchen one day cutting groceries.
  "Akane," he asked.
  "Hm?" she asked, continuing on preparing dinner.
  "Um, I'd like to take over the school," he said, trying to sound
confident, "I'd like to carry on the school and become a full-time
sensei,"  
  Akane smiled, "I'm glad to hear that, but what about boxing?"
  Shinji said, "I think I would rather be a sensei than a boxer. I love
boxing, don't get me wrong. However, one of my goals was to fight this
guy named Boon. Now, considering what I've been through, a goal like that
seems, I dunno, trivial,"
  "So you're going to quit boxing, just like that?" Akane asked, "Because
one of your main goal doesn't seem all that worthwhile anymore?"
  Shinji was silent, not really knowing how to answer such a question.
  After a moment, he finally said, "No, it's not like that. It's just
that I would rather be a full-time sensei than anything else,"
  Akane thought about it for a moment, "No. I won't letcha do it,"
  "Huh?" Shinji was surprised.
  "I'm declining your proposal to take over the school," she said, "I'll
continue to run it while you continue to box,"
  "But-" Shinji began.
  Akane stopped cutting her groceries and turned to face Shinji.
  "You're still young," she said, "You may have matured quite a bit
because of all that's happened, but you're still a young man. The school
can wait. It isn't going anywhere. Do what you want while you're still
young. Continue to box,"
  "But I'd rather-" he began.
  "Are you sure?" Akane asked, "Are you sure you would rather teach
martial arts over boxing? You only recently became a pro boxer. Aren't
you jumping the gun a bit prematurely?"
  "I-I dunno, perhaps," he said, "What do you think I should do?"
  "Continue on boxing," she said, "You're still young. Too young as a
matter of fact. After a few years, you can come to be again about taking
over the school and I might reconsider,"
  That was as far as the conversation had gone. Shinji never spoke to
Akane about taking over the school after that. Akane was older and wiser
than he so perhaps it was for the better. 
  He would take over the school when Akane considered him worthy of
taking it over.
 
  Although no one understood why, Shinji rose in rank within Makunouchi
Gym.
  Shinji's adventure had made him insanely powerful, far more skilled a
fighter than he had ever been before. 
  Just how powerful had he become?
  It was determined one day, a couple weeks after Shinji had talked to
Akane about taking over the dojo, when Ippo had decided to spar him.
Shinji had easily defeated every fighter he sparred against with no
problems and Ippo had been curious as to just how much Shinji had
improved over time. He figured Shinji had done some kind of weird
training during the week he hadn't been at the gym and wanted to see for
himself how well that training had gone.
  Ippo was defeated by Shinji in the sparring match. It had been a close
match, both fighters having landed an equal amount of blows. But in the
end, Shinji had more stamina than even Ippo.
  The gym was completely silent when Ippo was knocked down a third time
in the tenth round and lost to Shinji with a technical knock out. No one
really knew how to respond. The had no idea how it was possible for Ippo
to have been defeated.
  The person that knew why was Shinji and only Shinji.
  Shinji had cheated. It was in the heat of battle, Shinji's body took on
a life of its own, reacting to and dodging punches he was not supposed to
be able to react to. In the end, he came to the realization that Ranma
hadn't transferred only his memories. He had somehow transferred his
fighting skills in to Shinji, some kind of dormant fighting style that
Shinji could only summon when absolutely needed.
  Shinji had been deep in thought over that when Ippo approached him.
  "Good job, Shinji," Ippo said, smiling happily, "You won,"
  "Y-you're n-not mad that I defeated you?" Shinji was shocked.
  Ippo continued to smile, "Well, I'm a bit upset that I lost, but not at
you. I had a funny feeling that you would eventually beat me in a
sparring match, but I never suspected it would be this quickly. I figured
it would take you a few years before you would be able to beat me. I'm
more along the lines of surprised that I lost to you so early in your
boxing career," 
  "I'm sorry," Shinji had a sad face, "I-I shouldn'tve won,"
  "But you did, and for that, congratulations," Ippo said, "I haven't
fought this hard in the longest time. It really brought back memories and
I'm glad. Over the decades, I've forgotten how exciting it was to fight
an amazing opponent,"
  A tear fell down Shinji's face.
  "You okay?" Ippo asked.
  Shinji wiped at his eyes, "Yeah, I'm fine,"
  In reality, he really wasn't. It really hurt on the inside to have
defeated Ippo. He saw Ippo as an invincible force, an undefeatable
opponent, as if he were inhuman. Having defeated Ippo, Shinji came to
realize that Ippo was human much like everyone else. It hurt to find that
out. 
  It hurt to be proven wrong.

  Before long, a month had passed since everyone came back.
  Everything had become relatively normal, at least as normal as things
could be without Ranma around.
  It was very ironic what normal was anymore. Shinji and everyone was
used to Ranma's antics which they considered just a normal occurrence in
their lives. Now that he was no longer there, there was a void that they
felt would remain forever evident.
  Wanting to try and move on, Shinji approached Ippo.
  "I think I'm ready for my debut match," Shinji said.
  Ippo smiled, "I'm glad to hear that. I was beginning to worry if you
ever intended to fight in a ring outside this gym. It'd be a shame if you
didn't fight considering how well you do in the ring here at the gym,"
  "Thanks," Shinji said, "It's just that a lot had been on my mind for
the past month. I'm glad I didn't hafta fight or anything. My mind has
been wandering around a lot but now I'm ready to shape up and buckle down
and focus all of my attention on my boxing career,"
  "Good," Ippo said, "I'm glad you came to me now instead of later,"
  "Huh? What do you mean?" Shinji asked.
  "Your debut match is the day after tomorrow," Ippo said, "You know the
debut match you were supposed to have? I never cancelled it. I merely
pushed it back two weeks. There's no need for you to prepare because
you're in tip-top condition to fight whenever,"
  "What?! You did?!" Shinji's eyes widened.
  Ippo smiled slightly, "Yeah. When my mom died a while ago, it
devastated me. I needed time to be alone and collect my thoughts. I'm
sure that's what you felt when Ranma died. I assumed that by around now,
you'll have recovered and accepted everything and have finally decided to
move on,"
  "H-how'd you-" Shinji began. He had never told Ippo what had been
bothering him.
  "I bumped in to Akane one day in town about a week ago," Ippo said,
"She told me about how Ranma died,"
  Shinji was silent for a moment, "Um, do you know how he died?"
  Ippo said, "She told me everything. Frankly, I still have trouble
believing what I heard. Is it all true? Was it you and Rei that killed
him?"
  Shinji hung his head low. That seemed a good enough answer.
  Ippo smiled slightly, "I knew Ranma was odd and did odd things, but I
never thought he would've done stuff like try and fight God. That's just
plain unbelievable,"
  "I know," Shinji said.
  "How come you never told me?" Ippo asked, "You can tell me anything,"
  "I'm sorry," Shinji said, "I didn't meant to keep the truth from you.
It's just that....I didn�t want you to think I was some kinda crazy
person had I told you the truth. I really like boxing and I don't want
you getting worried about me and not let me come to the gym anymore
because you thought I was crazy,"
  Ippo smiled warmly, "You don't hafta worry about that. I'll never do
that,"
  "I'm glad to hear that," Shinji said, "I promise I won't keep you in
the dark about who I am,"
  Ippo smiled.  
  "That's good to hear," 

  Shinji's debut match was considered one of the greatest debut matches
in boxing history. This was because, for the first time in boxing
history, he looked the part of an absolute underdog. Not only that, the
audience that watched the fight was unlike any audience that had ever
filled an auditorium for a debut match.
  Shinji really weighed around a hundred and ninety pounds, a weight
class of Cruiserweight, but he didn't look like it. He looked like he
weight around a hundred and sixty pounds. His opponents looked like he
weighed a hundred and ninety pounds. The size difference was very
noticeable. Even though they were around the same weight, Shinji's
opponent looked like he weighed thirty pounds of solid muscle heavier.
  The debut match was a great distraction for everyone. Being able to get
away from their routine life to do something different was welcomed.
  Everyone had gone to the debut match and cheered loudly at Shinji as he
climbed nervously in to the ring. 
  Because all of Shinji's friends had been there to cheer for him, that
debut match had been considered to have contained the most famous
individuals for debut match ever. This was because Priss, Ritsuko, and
Lisa were there watching, all of them famous in their own field of
expertise. 
  That match also had the greatest turnout of an audience for a debut
match. Sure, it was because Priss had been there and the audience
consisted mostly of press people there for her, not Shinji, but it was
still a packed auditorium nonetheless.
  Shinji's debut match lasted only three seconds, the shortest time for a
boxing match in boxing history. This was because the moment the bell ran,
Shinji darted forward and hit his opponent with his first and only punch.
He had hit the guy with such force that it knocked the guy out
completely, the referee not even needing to count the guy out.
  It was a combination of things that made it one of the greatest matches
in history. The auditorium had been packed, the fight had lasted three
seconds, Priss, Ritsuko, and Lisa had been there watching and cheering,
and it was the first instance where two opponents looked vastly
physically different in size even though they weighed the same.
  All in all, Shinji's debut match had been a match to remember.

  A few weeks passed after the debut match.
  Shinji resumed his regular every day routines. However, during one of
those random afternoon days, Akane approached him as he was his last
class before he was expected to head out to the gym with Emiko.
  "Shinji," Akane approached him in the dojo.
  "What is it Akane?" Shinji turned toward her.
  Akane held forward a small letter. Shinji took it at looked at it and
noticed that it was addressed to him. It had no return address so he had
no idea who had written that letter.
  "Who's this from?" Shinji asked.
  Akane shrugged, "I don't know. It came in the mail today,"
  "Okay," he said, shrugged.
  He opened the letter right then and there.
  Akane excused herself. Since the letter was addressed to Shinji, there
was no reason for her to see what it said. Of course, she was curious
about what it said, but that would not be right, to read over Shinji's
shoulder.
  Shinji opened the letter and excitedly began reading the contents.
  'I hope Ranma is never forgotten'
  As he read it, his visage started changing and became sad. 
  The letter was short and to the point. However, that didn't stop him
from rereading it several times.
  When he was done reading it, he wiped the tears that started flowing
from his eyes. Because he shared Ranma's memories, he knew exactly who
wrote that. It was Ranma. He had written that letter around four years
ago, when this world was being attacked by Angels. 
  He closed the letter, intent on carrying out Ranma's final request.
  "Don't worry Ranma, I'll make sure you're never forgotten,"






<all ive got so far...>


Misato: I just noticed something.

Ranma: That every Ranma/Neon Genesis Evangelion crossover fanfics seems
to have it where ki disrupts an Angel's AT Field?

Misato: .................

Ranma: That a good analogy for 'The Force' from the series 'Star Wars'
would be duct tape. There's a Light Side and there's a Dark Side and that
it holds the universe together?

Misato: .................

Ranma: That if you look at your right hand, and notice your ring finger
is longer than your index finger, it means you're gay?

Misato: .................

Ranma: That the majority of the readers that read my last statement
actually did look at their hand to see if their ring finger was longer
even though I was making that up and just manipulating readers?

Misato: Where the hell do you come up with all this fucked up shit?

Ranma: So, what is it that you noticed?

Misato: (Clears throat)I noticed that the supplement drink, Slim Fast,
gives you a bad case of the shits.

Ranma: ..................




-OneShot
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/index.html


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