Disclaimer: This story is based upon the original
characters and story ideas of Naoko Takeuchi and
Rumiko Takahashi.  All other characters that are not a
product of these two authors are also completely
fictional.  Any resemblance to any persons living or
dead is purely coincidental.

Author's beginning notes:  I know that this is one of
the longest chapters that I have ever written, for any
of my fics.  I'm trying a new planning approach for
writing fanfiction, and this approach, if successful
will be used for writing all of my fanfiction except
"The Wild Villain."  Inspiration for this piece of
fanfiction was drawn from "Destiny's Child" by Fire,
"Paragon" by Kenko, and the "Sailor Ranko" series
started by Fire and continued by Burgerbill. (Keep on
writing, Bill, we all love your work.)  This also drew
inspiration from the good people at the Temple of
Ranma's Senshi Seifuku forum (fukufics.com).  So
anyways, submitted for your (The readers) approval,
here is my Ranma in a fuku fanfic:
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To be a Tomboy
By: Ellf
Chapter One: The Outer Senshi
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Within a traditional martial arts dojo several wedding
decorations laid ruined around it.  Lying on the
ground was an unconscious fair red-headed girl with
her hair in a pigtail.  She was wearing a white tuxedo
that seemed to be too large for her and shoes that
were two sizes too big.  She moaned in her nothingness
and slowly moved her arms.  Clearly her dreams were
troubled.  This girl was none other than Saotome
Ranma.

Suddenly, her eyes shot open, and she bounded to her
feet.  She held her head and moaned again. 

�What hit me? Oh, right a Happo Dai Karin.  Why can�t
those idiots ever leave us alone?�

Ranma slowly walked around the dojo, pausing to glance
at the carnage left in the wedding attempt�s wake. 
She passed close to the destroyed wedding cake and
sighed.

�That was supposed ta be mine and Akane�s, but it had
ta be ruined by all o� them.�

Ranma passed by an empty cask lying on the ground. 
She picked it up and examined it closely; Ranma turned
the cask so that the top would be above her, nary a
drop came out of it.  She threw it to the ground and
it crashed and broke apart into bits.  The label came
off of it, and could easily be read.  It said:
�Nannichuan.�

�My cure, at least it was supposed ta be.  Now I�ll
never know if it woulda worked or not.  Mousse, Ryoga,
even Oyaji, they all were fightin� over that cask.  If
only they woulda known that I was gonna share it. 
Maybe it�s for the best; I�m not that disappointed
about losing my cure.  The curse even helped me out a
bit at times.�

Ranma passed by a scorch mark on the floor.  She
sighed as she remembered how it got there.

�Aiyah! Shampoo exploding food miss Akane!� The purple
haired Amazon exclaimed.  The brown haired chef
reached in her bag.

�Just you wait Ranchan; I�ve got some more Special
okonomiyaki for you!�

And then the Kunos showed up and Happosai drank her
cure and�  Ranma shook her head to get the images out
of it.  Why had their parents set up the wedding so
soon after they got back from China?

��s not like I love the kawaiikune otemba anyways�
Erm� maybe it is.  I still never said it.�

Ranma remembered back to what happened in China.

He held her in his arms, she was so cold.  Her eyes
were closed as he put her in the magic water, the
water that was supposed to return her to life.  He
lifted her up, tears were in his face.  

�Come back Akane! I never got to tell you�� and then
her eyes were open.  She muttered softly, �Ranma no
baka�� before passing out again.  Ranma knew that she
would live.

Back in the dojo Ranma shook her head to clear the
images from it once more.  She slowly walks to the
center of the dojo and begins to do katas.  As she
goes faster and faster more images float through her
head.

�Akane is my fianc�e, touch her and I�ll kill you!�

�I like you the way you are Ranma.�

�Hi, I�m Akane, want to be friends?�

The katas went faster and faster as the images became
more intense.

�Maybe next time we can do it with the tape off.�

�Ranma, did you really mean that?�

Akane smiling.

Akane smiling

Damn, she�s smiling again.

Ranma broke off her katas and punched the ground as
hard as she could, cracking the boards in a thirty
foot radius circle around the center.

�I do love her. I just can�t seem to tell her.  Why is
that?�

Ranma began to bang her head upon the wall of the
dojo.  With each hit, she cried out �Why?�

Finally she hit her head so hard that a hole formed in
the wall of the dojo and she screamed, �WHY?�  She
collapsed to the ground, tears pooling at the edge of
her eyes, and she cried out.

�Why can�t I say it?�

�Say what, Ranma-kun?�  Standing at the door to the
dojo was Kasumi, the ever-peaceful elder sister of
Akane.  Ranma looked up at her from the ground and
quickly wiped the tears from her own eyes.

�N-n-nothing Kasumi.�  Kasumi knew something had to be
wrong with Ranma; she never came this close to crying.
 Except around cats.  Cute little kitty cats, how
could anyone be afraid of them?  Genma-ojisan went too
far in training Ranma in that technique.  Wait Ranma
looked hurt now.

�Ranma-kun are you alright?�

��m fine Kasumi.  Don�t worry about me.  How�s Akane
doing?�  Kasumi was glad that Ranma was asking about
Akane, maybe this engagement would work out between
them after all.  Kasumi smiled at Ranma, he was such a
nice boy, perfect for her sister.  That, and he was
half-girl.

�Akane�s fine.  She�s in her room right now; would you
like me to get her for you?�

�Nah, Kasumi, I�ve gotta go up there anyways.  Time
for me to face the music.�

�Alright, I�ll just go make you some dinner then.� 
Kasumi headed off in the direction of the kitchen
while Ranma moseyed her way into the house and up the
stairs.  She walked down the hallway and stopped in
front of the door with the duck nameplate on it, the
one that read �Akane� in English lettering.

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A black-haired girl dressed in a Western style wedding
dress laid upon a cushy bed with tears running down
her face.  She repeatedly hit her pillow one blow
after another.  Why did they have to come?  Why
couldn�t they leave her with Ranma in peace?  Akane
continued to hit the pillow.  They had to show up and
ruin the one day where everything was supposed to go
right, and they hurt her Ranma.

�When did he become my Ranma?�

She was so scared, she came so close to dying, but
then she heard him call her name.  She had to come
back; she wanted to come back, for his sake.  She
loved him, and she could feel that he loved her. 
Besides, something told her she wasn�t done with life
yet.

�Oh, right. Then.�

She sat up on her bed and gazed at the photograph on
her side table.  She had kept the picture frame that
he gave her the Christmas before.  Unfortunately, the
only picture that they had with her and Ranma together
didn�t even have her close to him.  He was standing
next to Ukyo and Shampoo.  Her eyes welled up with
tears again.

�How could he love me anyways?  I�m just an uncute,
sexless tomboy anyways, but� I know he said it��

She had arrived carried on the back of a panda.  Akane
couldn�t help but feel sorry for the girl; she looked
so afraid.  She fought off the odd feeling of
attraction to the girl and walked up to her.

�Hi, I�m Akane, want to be friends?�

Her heart fluttered as the redhead nodded.

�Oh� Ranma, forgive me� I�ve been such a fool.�

Akane started to sob once more.  She couldn�t figure
out why her feelings felt stronger when she was around
the female Ranma rather than the male Ranma.  Though,
no matter what form she was in, Ranma was Ranma.

�He, Ranma�s a boy, not a girl, but I can�t help
thinking of her as a girl rather than a boy.  Every
time I picture Ranma in my head, she�s Onna-Ranma, but
sometimes it�s Otoko-Ranma as well.  Only sometimes.�

Akane�s musings were interrupted by a knocking on her
room�s door.  A cute female voice came from outside of
the door.

�Akane? Are you alright?  It�s me, Ranma.�

�Ranma?  No, I�m not alright; I want you to come in
here you oblivious baka.�

�I�ll be fine Ranma.  I just wish that��

�I know �kane, I know.  They shouldn�ta come.  You
sure you�re alright?�

Akane wanted to open the door and glomp onto Ranma
herself and show her that she loved her.  However,
Akane forced that urge down; she strained herself to
be calm.

�I�m sure Ranma.  I�ll be fine.�

�Can I come in?�

�Yes! Please do come in Ranma!  I want you in here; I
want to see you, to cry on your shoulder, to hug you,
to show you my love.�

�I said I�m fine Ranma, you don�t need to come in
here.  You should go take a bath, I�m sure you need to
wash off and change your clothes.  Those bombs did a
lot of damage.�

Outside the door, Ranma sighed.  She wanted to comfort
Akane, but she knew that her fianc�e was right.  

�If you�re certain Akane.�

Inside the room, Akane had tears running down her face
as she struggled to keep herself calm and to keep
herself from opening the door.

�I am, Ranma.  Now go take your bath.�

�Alright� Akane�chan��

Akane�s heart quivered in her chest.

�He called me Akane-chan�

A smile plastered itself across her face as she sighed
a loving sigh.

Meanwhile, in the hallway, Ranma made her way to the
furohide for her bath.  Ranma took off her clothes in
the changing room; she heated up the water in the furo
and filled up her water bucket.  Once it was full,
Ranma dumped the water bucket on her and washed
herself off.  She then laid her body down in the now
warm furo and felt the change overcome her.  Her body
grew a few inches, Ranma�s hair changed from red to
black, and she became a he.  He leaned further back in
the furo and stretched out his body.

�Figures that Akane would be mad.  She usually is; at
least this time her rage isn�t towards me.  Oyaji is
going to get a beating because of this; he arranged
the wedding and then helped to ruin it.�

Ranma rose from the furo and toweled his body off.  He
put on his normal clothing and headed outside.  He
looked up at the roof of the house and nodded. Ranma
bent his knees a little, tensed the muscles in his
legs, and vaulted to the roof.  He laid down and began
to think.

�Why�d they have ta do that?  Not that I wanted to get
married to that tomboy anyways, but still�  They
shouldn�ta come ta ruin a wedding.  Especially if they
were invited guests. Though, it kinda was stupid to
put them on the guest list.  Damn Oyaji. Damn Ryoga.
Damn Mousse. Damn Shampoo. Damn Ukyo. Damn Happosai. 
They all helped to ruin what was supposed ta be the
happiest day of my life.  Not that I wanted it.�

Ranma grumbled a bit before continuing.  �Knocking me
out to put me in a tuxedo�  Ridiculous.  Oyaji and
Tendo-san really screwed up this time.  I went ta see
Akane hopin� she�d be alright, and damn, she was
better than alright.  �m glad Akane wasn�t hurt ta be
put in that Western wedding dress.  I swear my eyes
were bugging right out of my head at how good that
�uncute tomboy� looked in that dress.  Then she tells
me �bout the Nannichuan.  I go out to find it and what
happens? The bakas go to town on me and try ta hurt
Akane in the process.

�I don�t mind them attacking me, but if they�da harmed
one hair on Akane�s head�  I probably woulda snapped. 
They�d all get a taste of what I did to Saffron. 
Hell, Happosai may still get a taste.�

Ranma gazed up at the night sky and sighed.  �I guess
I do wanna marry Akane after all.  I l..l..lo� damn
it!  I know how I feel about her! She means the world
to me.  I KILLED for her!  I killed a fucking godling
to save her life.  Ya think the bakas would get a
clue.  I KILLED to save Akane! That alone should say
something about how I feel about her.  I would
willingly sacrifice my life for hers.  I love her, and
she� she probably hates me.  I�ve been such a jerk.�

Ranma cocked his head up as a gasp sounded from behind
him.  He turned around to see Akane, dressed in her
pajamas up on the roof with him.

�I don�t hate you Ranma.  After what you�ve done for
me, I could never hate you.  Quite the opposite
actually.  Honestly, why would you think I hate you?�

�Because I�m a loudmouth jerk, I�m arrogant and a
�womanizer� and-�

�And thoughtful, and honorable, and an all around
great person.  Sure you may be arrogant, but with
Genma-ojisan as your father, you kinda would have to
be.  As for the �womanizer� part�  I�m not gonna share
you with anyone else.  You are mine Ranma Saotome. 
Today may not be the day where we get married, but one
day we will.�

Ranma smiled at that and unconsciously agreed.  They
would get married someday, a day when they were ready.
 Akane laid down next to him, and they continued to
talk about their future and about each other.  This
was the first time the two were able to speak with
each other without anyone interrupting them, and oddly
enough, Ranma did not stick his foot in his mouth at
all, nor did Akane lose her temper.  If one looked
closely enough, one could see the faint outline of the
sign of Neptune glowing on Akane�s forehead, and the
sign of Uranus, just as faint on Ranma�s forehead.  As
the pair fell asleep, they instinctively snuggled up
to one another, and yes, they did fall asleep on the
roof.

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Sailor Pluto smiled as she watched the scene in the
Gates of Time.  It would be best to let the two of
them come together on their own rather than forcing it
upon them, though soon it would be time for them to
awaken as Senshi, for the two would be needed in the
upcoming battle.  It was odd that Uranus was reborn as
a man, but then, she always was the more masculine of
the pair.  All it took was a little meddling; a
dropping of a manual of training grounds, and Ranma
would be able to rise to his/her full potential.  Now
it was time to get working on writing the fake
records, and to make sure that she showed up at the
right time tomorrow night.
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The sun rose over the Tendo household the following
morning, and on the roof the sleeping forms of Ranma
and Akane began to stir quietly.  First Ranma began to
awake from his deep slumber.  His eyes widened as he
saw where he was.

�Shit, I�m next to Akane!  How�d I get here?  She�s
going to murder me when she finds out!  Damn, but she
looks kawaii while she�s asleep.  I�m screwed; I�m
completely and totally screwed.  Might as well enjoy
it while I can.�

Akane began to stir.  As her eyes opened they locked
directly upon Ranma�s.  Ranma couldn�t help himself at
all.  He spoke with a tone of awe in his voice.

�Good morning, kawaii-chan.�

At first Akane began to well up with rage, but then
she caught the words that left Ranma�s mouth; her
anger popped out of existence like a bubble.  She
smiled and her eyes lit up with joy.

�Good morning, baka-chan.�

Ranma stretched as Akane left the comfort of his arms.

�Looks like we fell asleep on the roof, Ranma.�

Ranma blinked and looked around.  He rose to a sitting
position and nodded.

�I guess you�re right, Akane.  Need any help getting
down?�

Akane nodded and replied, �Someone took the ladder
away.�

Ranma scooped his fianc�e up into his arms and smiled
in her face.  He walked to the edge of the roof to
judge the distance, and simply sprung from the roof
onto the ground, keeping Akane in his arms the whole
time.  He carefully placed Akane down from his arms
onto her feet.

�Y�know Akane, I think I�m gonna use the dojo for a
while.�

�I�m coming with you Ranma.�

As the two headed for the dojo, they noticed that it
was a lot cleaner than it was the day before after the
disaster of their wedding had finished.  Obviously
Kasumi had gone through there and cleaned up the
place.  Ranma walked to the center of the dojo and
began to stretch.  Akane, somehow now clothed in her
gi and headband also began to stretch.  After Ranma
finished stretching, he began performing an intricate
kata.  Akane gazed on with awe; it was like watching a
dance, a violent dance, but a dance nonetheless.  She
stood there, speechless while watching her fianc�.  As
Ranma�s kata came to a conclusion, he wiped the sweat
off of his brow and glanced at his frozen iinazukee. 
He waved his hand in front of her face.

�Yo, you awake �kane?� 

Akane blinked� �Huh..? Wha..?�  A line of drool leaked
out the side of her mouth.  She blinked again, wiped
it off and began to blush.  Ranma began to snicker,
and Akane�s face began to redden more, but this time
from anger.

�RANMA!�

 Ranma began to back slowly away from Akane. 
�S-s-sorry Akane� it�s just the image of you that
clueless��

Akane reddened even more and then� began to giggle. 
�I guess you�re right Ranma, I probably did look
pretty stupid.� She caught her breath. �But, if you
laugh at me again��  She let that statement hang as
she slowly pulled out her mallet, dubiously named
mallet-sama by several fanfiction authors, thus that
term will be used here, even if it is not the official
name for it.  Mallet-sama easily punctuated her point
as Ranma gulped and nodded.

�Good.  Now, I should start practicing too.�  Akane
smiled at Ranma, obviously very happy with him.  The
smile, as always, made Ranma�s heart skip a few beats.
 This was the girl that he was going to marry, and no
one could change his mind about it.  Not the Amazons,
not Ukyo, not his father, not even his mother would
change his decision.  The only problem is that his
father would agree with his decision.  Oh well, even
Ranma Saotome can�t win them all.  Akane decided that
she�d do some of the kata that she had learned when
she was little, to work on the basics a bit.   Ranma
stood off to the side and watched.  Akane knew the
basics alright, but her movements were too jerky� too�
forced one could say.  He walked over to the fire pail
that was conveniently located at the dojo�s door and
upended its contents over his head.  She had to be a
girl to show Akane what was going wrong with her kata.
 Akane drew to the conclusion of her form and glanced
at her fianc�.

�Well?�

�Very nice, Akane� But, you need to relax a little bit
more.  Your movements were too jerky.  They seemed
like you were forcing them, not letting them flow. 
This is what you looked like.�

Ranma did the first few movements of the kata in slow
motion, attempting to perform every nuance that Akane
did in hers.

�I�m not trying to make fun of you or anything;
technically that was a very good performance of the
kata, but I think you wanted to do it like this.�

Ranma began her kata again, this time the movements
seemed to flow through each other like water would
flow down a river or like air would blow across the
water.  Akane gasped as she realized Ranma was right. 
She almost began to daze off as she watched her
currently female fianc� perform the kata with such
grace, but she forced herself to pay attention to her
fianc�s beautiful body and watch how she performed
the kata that Akane herself was supposed to perform.

�Now you try, Akane, and remember, relax.�  Ranma
stood off to the side again as she watched her fianc�e
perform the kata again.  This time the movements were
less forced, but they still carried the feeling of not
being calm.

�Better Akane, but you still seem disturbed.  You need
to calm yourself down.�

�I know what would calm me down.� Akane said as she
approached Ranma.  She got up close to her face. 
Ranma started to become a bit flustered.

�W-w-what w-would that be, A-akane?�

Akane�s voice dropped down to a whisper.  �This would,
baka��  She grabbed the smaller girl�s head and began
to kiss her furiously.  Their auras mixed together and
a flash of light filled the room for a second, and
suddenly it wasn�t a black-haired girl kissing a
red-head, but a blue-green haired girl kissing a
taller, blonde-haired girl that looked almost like a
boy.  There was another flash of light and Akane broke
off the kiss from Ranma who, once again was a redhead,
and shorter than Akane.

�I think that I�m relaxed enough to perform that kata
now.�

She walked off into the center of the dojo again,
leaving her fianc� with a silly smile upon her face. 
Akane did the kata with no flaws this time, and as she
executed the moves, Ranma slowly came out of her kiss
induced stupor.  She watched the flawless
implementation of the kata done by her fianc�e and
grinned widely.  As Akane finished, Ranma kissed her
once more, not quite as long as the last one, but
still of a good length.

�Time for brea- Oh, my!�  Kasumi had walked in to tell
the two that it was time for breakfast, but saw that
they were kissing.  She didn�t know that her little
sister swung that way, but perhaps Ranma was perfect
for her then.  The two fianc�es finished up their kiss
and then noticed Kasumi standing there in the doorway.
 Immediately they pushed away from each other and
blushed profoundly.  Kasumi smiled a knowing smile at
the young couple.

�Time for breakfast you two.  Akane, would you help me
in the kitchen to bring it out?�  Akane nodded.
�Ranma, I can�t seem to find our fathers anywhere,
could you look for them please?�

�I�ll get Oyaji and yer dad, I bet they got themselves
drunk last night and they prob�ly are holed up
somewhere.�

As Akane followed Kasumi into the house, Ranma set out
to seek Genma and Soun.  She decided to check outside
the front gate, and, sure enough, an unconscious panda
and a long-haired man with a moustache were lying
outside in a pushcart.  Ranma �tsked� as she looked
over the two men, and then got an evil smirk that
looked out of place on her sweet little face.  She
sucked in a large breath of air and�

�WAKE UP!�

Both Soun and Genma�s eyes shot open like rockets and
they leapt at least four feet in the air from their
laying position.  Now, I doubt that anyone has seen a
panda leap up from a laying position while having a
forty year-old man laying upon it, and since, needless
to say, the two weren�t in the best of minds, they
fell to the ground in a heap.  Ranma broke out into a
series of guffaws that slowly angered her father who
currently was on top of Soun.

�GROWF!� [�How dare you do something like that to your
father?�]-flip-[�Ungrateful boy!�]

Meanwhile a moan came from beneath the panda.

�Um� Saotome-kun, you are quite heavy.�

This caused another series of guffaws to come from
Ranma, she was laughing so hard that one ended up
sounding like a giggle.  That immediately shut her up.
 Then she looked at her father and Soun and decided to
hell with it, she giggled like crazy.  Genma slowly
rose to all fours and Soun slid out from under the
furry oaf.  Ranma seemed to regain her composure, but
not by much.

�K-(snicker)-Kasumi sent me to (snicker) find the two
of ya ta tell ya that its time fer breakfast.�

Genma raised another sign. [�Oh, my aching
head��]-flip-[�Tell Kasumi we�ll be inside in a
minute�]-flip-(This one was aimed at Soun) [�Are you
alright, Tendo-kun?�]

Soun nodded at the panda.  �I�ll be fine.�  He glanced
at Ranma.  �Now son, your father and I will be inside
in a minute.�

Ranma nodded and walked inside, trying to keep from
laughing.  Those two looked hilarious.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Kasumi and Akane started to
gather the food to bring out to the table.  There was
a large spread of food this morning.  Eggs, rice,
bacon, sausage, and tea; all of these were carried out
by the two sisters.  Akane then had a spark of
inspiration come to her eye as she walked back to the
kitchen; she smiled evilly.

�Kasumi, do you think that I could cook something for
Nabiki specifically to eat?�

Kasumi blinked. Everyone knew how bad Akane was at
cooking.  At least she wasn�t thinking of cooking for
everyone.  Usually she decides to cook for Ranma and
no one else.  This time, however, she was asking to
cook for Nabiki.  Kasumi guessed that this was her
punishment for helping to ruin the wedding.

�What are you planning on cooking, imouto-chan?�

�Oh, something simple, eggs should do the trick for
Nabiki�s breakfast.�

�Nah, that�s not punishment fit for the crime, �kane,
cook her lunch too.�

Kasumi and Akane turned their heads in the direction
the sound came from and found a grinning redhead
staring back at them.  Ranma walked over to the stove
which had two kettles on it.  She peered inside one,
grabbed the other, and poured its contents over her
head.  She gained a few inches as the curse
deactivated and she became male.  Ranma smiled again.

�Oyaji and yer father are on their way in.  They
obviously were drinking last night.  Drinking a lot.�

Kasumi tittered as she walked out into the dining room
to set the table.  Akane finished up what she was
doing in the kitchen and strolled out into the dining
room to set Nabiki�s place.  By the time this
happened, both Genma and Soun were sitting at the
table, awaiting their meal. Kasumi glanced at the
clock and gasped.

�Oh my! It�s almost time for school.  Ranma, would you
mind going to wake up Nabiki for me?�

�No problem, Kasumi.�

Ranma climbed the stairs and walked to Nabiki�s door. 
As he reached her door he rapped on it lightly with
the back of his hand.  A muffled moan could be heard
coming from within the room.

�Wakey, wakey, Nabiki��

�Nnnnnnn��

Ranma smirked as he opened the door slightly, and
tip-toed into Nabiki�s room.

If this worked on Oyaji and Tendo-san, then it�ll
probably work on Nabiki too.

Ranma whispered into Nabiki�s ear.

�Hey, Nabiki, time to-� Ranma smirked as he raised the
volume of his voice without moving his head away from
Nabiki�s ear, �WAKE UP!�

Nabiki�s eyes shot open and she looked over and saw
Ranma.  Unlike her father and Ranma�s, she was a bit
more coherent.

�Huh?�  Okay, maybe she was a little less coherent. 
She blinked a couple of times, and then her normal
demeanor returned to her.  �What are you doing in
here, Saotome?�

�Kasumi said to tell you that it was time for
breakfast.�  Ranma looked down and saw where his hand
was resting.  He began to turn red and pulled his hand
away from Nabiki�s breast like it was on fire.

�Ranma, Ranma, Ranma, now what would my sister say if
she saw you trying to seduce me?�

�B-b-but I wasn�t try-�

�It will cost you ten thousand yen for my silence.�

Ranma grumbled as he handed over the money.

Even when I�m trying to get my revenge on her, she
finds a way to swindle me out of my money.

�Anyways, come down for breakfast.�

�I�ll be down in a minute Ranma-kun.�

Ranma walked down the stairs while grumbling the whole
time.  He sat down to eat his food.  A few minutes
later, Nabiki came down as well, in her school
uniform.  Ranma stifled a laugh as Nabiki started to
eat and turned a little green.

�Kasumi, I think these eggs are spoiled.�

�My, but I didn�t cook that� Akane did.�

Nabiki spit the food out of her mouth at that, grabbed
her schoolbag and quickly head off to school.  Shortly
afterwards both Ranma and Akane began to snicker, then
chuckle, finally they were laughing hysterically. 
After two minutes, they calmed down, and then Akane
paled.

�Oh no, we�re going to be late for school!�

�Crap.  Let�s go Akane!�

The pair grabbed their schoolbags and began to race
towards Furinkan High School.  Unlike his normal route
of travel, Ranma ran next to Akane on the ground.  
Akane glanced towards Ranma and smiled.  He was
actually running next to her for once.  Suddenly, the
damnable ringing of a bike bell could be heard.

�Nihao!� A purple-haired busty Chinese Amazon named
Shampoo had glomped onto Ranma, leaping from her bike
to do so.  �Shampoo too too glad to see Airen.  Airen
want go on date with Shampoo.�

Ranma�s face began to contort with rage as he was
being rubbed by Shampoo.  Unfortunately, the only
thing that he could do to get out of it would ruin his
chances with Akane even more then they already were. 
As it were, a hot blue aura of anger shrouded Ranma
within the Amazon�s grasp.

Akane, watching the scene, began to follow her normal
protocol and get angry at Ranma. (Forever known as the
�It�s all Ranma�s fault� complex.)  However, the kiss
that they shared this morning allowed her to stay calm
long enough to see how angry Ranma was with Shampoo. 
Suddenly her own aura flared as she called out her
battle cry:

�SHAMPOO NO BAKA!� SLAM! Akane had in one fell swoop
pulled out mallet-sama and sent the amorous Amazon
flying in the direction of the Nekohanten.  �AND TAKE
YOUR BIKE WITH YOU!� She threw the bike like a discus
after Shampoo.  Akane then offered her hand towards
Ranma and helped him to his feet.  Both seemed a bit
calmer, and a slight blush began forming on the young
couple�s cheeks.

�Yeah, um� Thanks Akane.  Not that I couldn�t have
gotten out of her grasp at any time you know��

�Oh really�� She checked her watch.  �Ranma we don�t
have time for this, we�re going to be late!�

The two began to approach the gates of Furinkan High
at top speed, just in time to see the boys of the
Hentai Horde gathered around Tatewaki Kuno.  

�At last, I, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High, hath
defeated the vile sorcerer who hath kept both the
fierce tigress Akane Tendo and the beauteous pigtailed
girl enslaved to him, the vile demon Saotome!  Now I,
Tatewaki Kuno do reinstate the decree that any person
who wishes to date Akane Tendo must defeat her in
combat with the addition of the pigtailed girl as
well!�

A cheer rose up from the surrounding males of the
Hentai Horde, and they got into place to attack Akane
as she came in.  Unfortunately for them, while they
were listening to Kuno�s rant, Akane had already
gotten to her seat.  Ranma however had decided to stay
behind.

�Oi! Kuno! I don�t remember you ever defeating me!�

�Vile demon! Thou dost dare to show thine face at
these hollowed grounds after the Blue Thunder hath
smoten you?�

Ranma blinked as he tried to decipher the Kuno-speak
and then smirked.  �Funny, I think I would remember
being �smoten�.�

�Saotome prepare to die! Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!� 
Kuno pulled out his bokken and began his classic
attack.  Ranma, of course, dodged every strike.

�Jeeze, Kuno, you really haven�t learned anything new?
 I can defeat you-� Ranma lunged in close.  �just-� He
struck the kendoist in the jaw.  �like-� He followed
that up with a punch to the side of Kuno�s face. 
�this!�  He finished the combo with an uppercut that
knocked Kuno into the schools on-site pool.  Ranma
walked away, shaking his head.

�That baka never learns.�  He headed in towards his
classroom where the teacher had already begun the
lesson.  Ranma cursed under his breath as he attempted
to take his seat without being noticed.

Without looking up, Daiboku-sensei said, �Saotome.
Buckets. Hall. Now.�

Ranma sighed in defeat.  �How long this time?�

�Since it was only Kuno, five minutes, then I expect
you to be back in here.�

�Hai, sensei.�  Ranma went and served his sentence. 
When he returned to his seat, rather than falling
asleep as he usually did, he made a conscious effort
to stay awake for the lesson.  This caused a bout of
whispering to break out through the class, at least
until Hinako-sensei entered the room.  The English
Teacher of Furinkan was in her adult form at the
moment due to having the battle fish nearby.  She
smiled and began to teach, happy that for once, Ranma
had decided to stay awake for her lesson.  Then she
wouldn�t have to punish him for being a delinquent. 
Hinako-sensei wrote a sentence in English on the
board, and then asked the class for a volunteer to
read it to the rest of the class.  No one volunteered,
so she decided to pick out Ranma to do the honors.

Ranma, who was actually paying attention for once, got
up and walked to the board.  The words he spoke in
English were with an American accent.  �Let�s see
here� �{An apple a day keeps the doctor away}� heh,
yeah right.  No amount of apples could prevent me from
seeing the Doc when I need ta.�

�I�m sorry Ranma, that�s� right?� Hinako-sensei was
confused at this development.  Ranma had answered a
question right.  �Saotome-san, congratulations on
getting the answer right, please return to your seat.�

More whispers began to circulate the classroom. 
Hinako-sensei wasn�t the only one who was surprised
that Ranma answered the question correctly.  Akane, on
the other hand, was oddly unsurprised, and that was
surprising to her.  Class from that point seemed to
drag on, ever so slowly, until it was finally
lunchtime.  Rather than pulling his usual jumping out
the window maneuver, Ranma walked over to Akane.

�Akane, ya wanna eat lunch with me?�

�Sure thing, Ranma!� Akane smiled at Ranma, and he
felt his heart melt not for the first time that day. 
As the two went outside, Ukyo approached the pair.

�Ranchan! Akane-chan, would the two of you like some
lunch?�

Ranma joined Akane in glaring at Ukyo and said, �Don�t
you think you�ve done enough?� Ranma lead Akane to his
favorite lunch spot and the two sat down.  Ukyo was
shocked to see the way Ranma was acting towards Akane.
 The two were obliviously eating and talking quietly,
without arguing.

The ringing of a bicycle bell followed by a loud
�NIHAO!� announced the arrival of Shampoo to the
school.  By this time, Ranma had picked up Akane and
leapt to the roof.  The busty Amazon looked around,
not seeing Ranma, she rode off.  Ranma hopped back to
where he was sitting and continued to eat.

�Saotome, you cur! How dare you eat with the fierce
tigress Akane Tendo!  Thou shalt feel the wrath of my
righteous blade!�

Ranma snorted as Akane got up and shouted her battle
cry.

�DRY UP AND DIE KUNO!�  Akane launched Kuno into the
side of the building.  Unfortunately for Ranma, Kuno
had been holding a glass of water which splashed onto
him as Kuno flew away, turning him into his cursed
form.

�Aww, and I had been without changing since this
morning.  Hold on �kane, I�m gonna go get some hot
water.�

�Hurry back Ranma, lunch is almost over.�

Ranma smirked at Akane as she gave a thumbs up.  She
took off looking for some hot water.  While Ranma was
waiting at a stand, she was disturbed by a certain
someone hugging her very tightly.

�Oh, my pigtailed goddess!  Thou hast come to declare
thy love for me!�

If Ranma was angry when it was Shampoo hugging her,
then she was PISSED now.  How dare Kuno grab her!  Oh
no, he did not just grab her there!  Ranma�s red aura
was now in full manifestation, surrounding her and
Kuno, and a radius of about three feet from her.  Oh,
Kuno was going to get it.  Ranma spoke, her cool,
calm, collected voice contrasting the aura surrounding
her.

�Mouko Takabisha revised: Pervert Crusher.�  A ball of
red ki formed in the area between Ranma and Kuno,
pushing him off of her as it grew.  Ranma smirked as
she released the ki ball that was the size of her body
and it headed on a straight path towards Kuno, digging
into the ground as it did so.  The samurai wanna-be
flew through eight walls before the ball of ki
dissipated.  By that time Ranma had gotten his hot
water and went to class.

The rest of the day was relatively uneventful.  Kuno
left Ranma alone for the day, and Ranma ignored Ukyo
in class, favoring paying attention to the teacher
instead.  The walk home was similar to school after
lunch, save for the fact that Ranma had gotten
splashed while she and Akane were walking home, by the
ladle lady who had missed Ranma this morning due to
her heart checkup.  

***************************************************

Ranma�s mother, Nodoka Saotome, had arrived at the
Tendo home around noon, and both she and Kasumi had
been cleaning the house ever since.  Nodoka was
unhappy with the results of the wedding attempt
yesterday and had come to the conclusion that her son,
though he was manly, perhaps was a bit too manly.  She
had also made the observation that Ranma was in love
with Akane, and that she reciprocated the feeling. 
The decision that resulted from this was to stop
pushing the two together, for the two would just push
right back and end up pushing away from one another. 
As for keeping the fathers in line, well, her katana
could do that.  However, it would be best if both
children got a new start, which is what she spoke
about to her friend Setsuna Meiou, the guidance
councilor at Juuban High School, the night before
about.  If anyone could help the two find a place
where they could get a fresh beginning, Setsuna could.

Kasumi smiled as she continued to clean, heading into
Ranma and Genma�s room.  She found some oil stains on
some of Ranma�s clothing and made a mental note to
tell him if he was going to the race tracks to make
sure to wear his protective gear when he drove. Kasumi
was a bit afraid of getting in the car with Ranma; he
drove unnervingly fast, but she could not deny that
she was safe.  With Ranma�s martial arts training, he
could avoid most accidents that others could not.  He
kept himself and the others on the road as safe as he
could while going fast.  That was why whenever Kasumi
needed to go somewhere out of town, she asked Ranma to
come with her.  Kasumi had a smile on her face as she
began the laundry.

Genma and Soun, well the two were playing their
favorite game: shogi.  It was impossible to tell who
was winning between the two, for they would change
that fact in only a few seconds.  It is obvious why:
the two were cheating.  While they played, the two
spoke with each other.

�Tendo-kun, we need to find a way to make the boy
marry your girl, Akane.�

�Indeed, Saotome-kun, but how to do it?�

�Yes, the wedding attempt yesterday was, at best,
horrible.�

�Too true, Tendo, too true I�ll try to get the boy to
settle things with the Kuonji girl and the Amazon and
we�ll have another wedding prepared.�  Of course,
Genma neglected to say his involvement with the Kuonji
engagement� �All things passed to the boy�, that was
Genma�s philosophy.  What Genma did not realize was
that his wife was standing right behind him as he said
that.  Only the sound of her katana unsheathing
alerted him to her presence.

�Now, dearest, don�t I get a say in our son�s future
plans?  Or better yet, doesn�t Ranma?�

�B-but, No-chan��

�Don�t you �But No-chan� me.  We shall let the
children decide on their wedding date.  Understood
Genma?�

�Yes Dear.�

At that moment the sound of a grumbling redhead and a
slightly snickering, consoling brunette came from
outside the shoji.

�She never misses, does she?�

 �Well, she didn�t get you this morning.�

�I didn�t even see her this morning; she was late
washing her sidewalk today.�

�I guess you�re right, Ranma.  We�re home!�

�In here!� was the call from Kasumi, which was soon
echoed by Nodoka.  When the girls reached the room
that Nodoka was in, they greeted everyone, and Ranma
was handed a kettle.

�Thank you, Kasumi.�

�It was no problem at all, Ranma.�  Ranma upended the
kettle over her head and shuddered as the change
overcame her, transforming her into his natural form. 
Ranma then headed towards the dojo to do some
practice, followed by Akane.

�Hey Akane��

�Yes Ranma?�

�I wanted ta ask ya if after dinner tonight, ya wanted
to I dunno, maybe walk around the town and see if we
can find somthin� ta do.�

�You mean, like a date?�

Ranma blushed at that.  �Not really a date, because
then it would get int- inter- interu��

�Interrupted?�

�Yeah, that�s the word.  I was thinkin� we�d roof hop
around for a while.�

�Ranma, you know I can�t roof hop.�

Ranma�s blush deepened.  �I thought I�d� erm� carry
ya.�

Akane began to have a blush form on her face as well. 
�Trying to cop a feel, eh Ranma?�

Ranma broke down to incoherent babbling from there,
and Akane shrugged at the fact so she began her
workout.  Ranma snapped out of it and began to perform
several advanced katas.  The two kept at it until they
were called in for dinner by Kasumi.

Dinner was relatively peaceful as Genma was worried
about his wife and Happosai was not anywhere to be
seen.

After Ranma had finished his meal, he bowed to Kasumi
and his Mother in thanks.  Akane finished eating
shortly afterwards and thanked the two chefs as well. 
Akane quickly head up to take a bath. 

�Hey, Oyaji!�

The panda looked up at his son. [�Yes, boy?�]

�Wanna spar �til Akane�s done in the furo?�

The panda seemed to nod. [�Bring it on, son.�]

In a flurry of blows the battle was engaged.  Ranma
was keeping his father on his toes, and Genma was
redefining the meaning of sneakiness.  Overall it was
an interesting fight to watch, and the author would
have described it had he known exactly how.  Well , it
was more of an uninteresting fight to watch, as the
speed at which the blows happened were on the
borderline of being too fast for sight.  The spar
ended when Genma was knocked into the koi pond.

[�I was a panda already, boy!�]

�Yeah, yeah Oyaji.  I gotta go take a bath anyways,
and I think Akane might be done by now.�

Ranma�s hunch proved true as Akane was walking to her
room, covered up while Ranma was walking up the
stairs.  Ranma quickly had his soak and got dressed. 
However, he did not dress in his normal clothing, but
rather a special kimono that he had modified to be
flexible for fighting in.  He walked out to find Akane
dressed similarly with just the hint of makeup on.

�Wow Akane, you look err� not uncute, definitely not
uncute.�

�Why thank you, Ranma-kun.�

�You are dressed ready to fight, right?�

Akane nodded and smiled.  �I�m wearing the Kimono that
Kasumi modified for me.�

�Good, you may need it.�

The pair then walked down the stairs where the fathers
were playing shogi once more.  They commented on the
clothing, as did Nabiki, and the two remaining people
said how nice they looked. 

�So, Saotome, where are you taking my sister this
time?�

Ranma simply replied, �Out.�

�Out where?�

�Now wouldn�t you like to know?�

Ranma scooped up Akane and jumped to the rooftops.  As
he hopped across the rooftops of Nerima he spoke with
Akane.

�Why were you so short with Nabiki, Ranma?

�Well, I just didn�t want her knowing where we were
going.�

�And, where exactly _are_ we going?�

�Umm� I haven�t thought of that yet.�

Akane sweat dropped at that statement.  Just then the
couple heard some screams coming from the alley below
them.  The two leaped down to find a young woman being
mugged by several masked men.  Well, Ranma leaped down
anyways; Akane was in his arms, and Ranma placed his
fianc�e on the ground next to him when he reached said
ground.

�Well, lessee here, Akane, we got a few muggers.�

�It seems we do, Ranma.  Shall we show them what
Martial Artists do to those who pick on the weak?�

�As long as you aren�t hittin� me.  I�m fine with
that.�

�Hitting you?  Hmm� now there�s a possibility.�

�Later, tomboy, we got muggers to deal with.�

Meanwhile, the leader of the muggers listened to the
banter back and forth between the two well dressed
teens who claimed to be martial artists.  These two
normally would be easy pickings for him and his men,
but then, they did jump down from the rooftops.  Nah,
they couldn�t have jumped down.  They must have
fallen.  Then why weren�t they hurt?  They must be
hiding the pain.  But wouldn�t that say that they
truly are Martial Artists?  No� just that they can
take a little pain.  Besides that roof wasn�t so high,
he could probably get down from it without hurting
himself.  He�d order his men to attack the two so that
he could get away with their money.  

No one ever said Muggers were smart.  Especially if
they mug people in Nerima.  The mugger leader spoke
up, �I don�t care if you _are_ martial artists, Attack
Men!�

In retrospect, this wasn�t the brightest idea that
Seijiro Kuno had come up with as he and his men had
their butts handed to them.  The battle was over
before it began, and Seijiro collapsed muttering, �I
fight on��

*********************************************
Watching this scene from the Time Gates, Setsuna
smirked.  While it wasn�t part of her job to stop
muggers, the Kuno family had always grated on her
nerves a little bit.  Especially that Seijiro.
*********************************************

Ranma, with Akane in his arms, continued roof hopping
until they reached the Nerima Multiplex.  Tomobiki-cho
was out of reach of the normal chaos of the
Furinkan-cho section of the Nerima district, and
perhaps Ranma could take Akane to the movies in peace.
 Fortunately the chaos of this section was centered
around that Ataru kid.

�So, you planned to take me to the movies the whole
time?�

Ranma smirked with a twinkle in his eye.  �Had ya
fooled, didn�t I?�

Akane nodded and smiled her little cute smile.

�So, what movie d�ya wanta see �kane?�

�Oh, I don�t know, how about that one?�

Ranma nodded and paid for the tickets.  Luckily for
Ranma the movie was peaceful.  However, during the
movie, certain events were set into motion.

***************************************
�Tonight, my darling Ranma-sama, you will be mine!  I
will show that peasant Tendo the true power of a
Kuno!�  Leaping and bounding towards where she was
informed Ranma was at, she laughed maniacally.
�OH-HOHOHOHOHO! OH-HOHOHOHOHO!�
***************************************
Meanwhile in Juuban�

�Kaori Nite, prepare the heart crystal extractor for a
test run.   We don�t want to alert the Senshi to our
plans yet, so go to Nerima.�

�Yes sir!�
**************************************
The movie had ended, and the young couple was exiting
the theater.  They decided to stop at a caf� to have a
drink and some snacks.  Kodachi found them in the
middle of sharing an ice cream sundae.  

�OH-HOHOHOHOHOHO!  You dare to share a frozen
confection with my Ranma-sama?!  Poor peasant girl
Tendo, you have neither the figure nor the grace to
eat at the side of my darling.�

Ranma continued eating and nodded to Akane.  Akane
grinned and cracked her knuckles.

�Oh yeah, Kodachi?  I�ll show you how much grace this
�peasant� has.�

Akane began to methodically beat the Kuno girl into
the ground.  Kodachi fought back of course, but it was
like comparing a mouse to a raging bull.  Akane
finished off the match with a cry of �Kodachi no
Baka!�  and sent the crazed gymnast flying into Low
Earth Orbit.

Akane paused to admire her work as she heard clapping
from behind her.  She turned around to see her fianc�
applauding her work.

�Nicely done, Akane.  Very nicely done.  Of course it
shouldn�t have taken you that long, but still, I knew
you could beat her.�

Akane paused at those words, and then rushed over to
Ranma and gave him a hug that would put the Amazon
Glomp to shame.

�Ack� Can�t� Breathe�  Need� Oxygen��  Ranma began to
turn a little blue in the face.

�Oh, gomen ne, Ranma.� Akane said as she released the
hug.

�Now where to next?�

The sound of a woman�s scream came from an alley not
more than three blocks away.  Akane met Ranma�s gaze. 
They nodded and ran off in the direction of the
scream.  What they saw in the alleyway was quite
different than what was expected.  They had expected
more muggers or perhaps a rapist.  What they didn�t
expect was a woman holding a strange sort of gun along
with an unconscious person with a pink crystalline
structure floating above their chest.

�Hey, what are you doing?�

The woman examined the crystal before answering. 
�It�s not pure, so we don�t need it, but I must report
that the test was a success.� She looked up noticing
Ranma and Akane.  �Oh dear, it looks like I�ve been
spotted.  Well we�ll just have to take care of that� 
TRASHCIA ARISE!�  The woman threw what appeared to be
a seed-like structure into the garbage cans before
teleporting away.  The trashcans began to stir, and
then pull together to form a feminine monster.

Ranma smirked, though this creature looked female, it
was in no way a girl, nor did it have any Ki.  Then
Ranma looked over at the pink crystal thingy. Ranma�s
eyes widened as he realized what that was.

�Akane, we have to get that pink thingy back into the
woman.  It has her Ki in it!�

Akane nodded.  Trashcia had a different idea though. 
�To get the Heart Crystal you�ll have to go through
me.  Garbage Barrage!�  A bunch of trash bags began to
be hurled at insane speeds towards the two martial
artists.

�To prevent the saving of a life, this is something I
cannot allow.� Muttered Ranma.  �Mouko Takabisha!� 
Ranma�s ball of golden ki went sailing towards the
Daimon, knocking it back a few feet, but not even
denting it in the least.  Ranma swore, and he began to
engage the creature in melee combat.  Akane joined him
shortly afterwards.  The two martial artists attacked
the creatue with all of their might, punching the
creature, resorting to kicks, and even mallet-sama to
attempt to knock it out or out of the way.  All of
their efforts proved worthless when the monster showed
no signs of weakening.  It just stood there and took
every blow into itself.

�Is that all?� Trashcia said with a smirk as she
continued to be hit by the young couple. �I was
expecting a challenge.  Garbage Barrage!�  This time,
her attack hit both Ranma and Akane, sending them
flying back away from the body of the Daimon.

On the ground, Akane struggled to get up, but failed
miserably.  Ranma wasn�t faring much better.  This
fight was taking more energy out of him than any of
his fights before, even the one with Saffron.  He was
losing his energy too quickly, it must be something to
do with why his ki wasn�t affecting the creature. 
This thing seemed to be like Hinako.

Trashcia approached the downed martial artists.  She
cackled madly as she did so.  Now she could destroy
the only opposition to her shattering this heart
crystal and absorbing its energy.  She began to
prepare her ultimate attack.

�Now, you two, I shall enjoy snacking on your bones��

Two words seemed to echo throughout the alley, no
matter how quiet they were said.  Those words were
�Dead Scream.�

A bolt of energy struck the Daimon, knocking her into
the alley�s back wall.  The Daimon groaned.  �Look at
all the pretty colors��

Ranma struggled to his feet and over to the heart
crystal.  He put his hand on it and pushed it into the
body of the unconscious woman.  Shortly afterwards,
the woman woke up.  �Thank you.�

Ranma groaned.  �Don�t thank me yet, now Run!�

>From behind him, he heard a voice confirming his
order.  �Yes Girl, run.�  The voice came from a woman
with green hair, holding a staff.  The woman had
crimson eyes and was dressed in a Seifuku just as the
Sailor Senshi were.  The other woman, whom he had
saved ran off.

Sailor Pluto was busy helping Akane regain her
footing.

�Not that I mind, but why did you save us, miss?�

�Because it needed to be done.�

Ranma and Akane arched their eyebrows at that. 
Suddenly they heard stirring from the back of the
alley.  Trashcia still lived!  Pluto�s eyes narrowed.

�Quickly you two, take these rods, raise them above
your head and say the first thing that comes into your
mind!�  After handing Ranma the henshin rod, she
splashed him with water.  Ranma didn�t have time to
think about that as she was following what Pluto had
said.

�Uranus Planet Power, Make UP!�

�Neptune Planet Power, Make UP!�

Lights began to shine around both Ranma and Akane. 
Ranma grew about six inches taller and her hair turned
dishwater blonde.  The pigtail came undone and her
hair waved freely behind her.  It slowly shortened to
a pageboy cut and the fuku came upon her in that
instant.  Her face had make-up placed upon it, she was
in the fuku of Sailor Uranus.

Akane�s hair flashed blue-green as her fuku formed
around her body.  Her hair lengthened down to her
mid-back, and her face had make-up covering it; she
was in the fuku of Sailor Neptune.

The two new Senshi posed as their transformations
finished before glancing over to Pluto.

�What the hell did you do to us?� Uranus asked.

�I unlocked your destiny.  Now we have a monster to
deal with, explanations will come later.�

Trashcia had gotten near the group once more and
called out her attack: �Garbage Barrage!�  The trash
bags were easily dodged by the three Senshi.

�Neptune, Uranus, hit him hard, I�ll help.  Dead
Scream.�  The wave of energy went out from Pluto to
hit the Daimon.

Uranus didn�t know what was going on, but somehow she
felt that she could defeat this thing now.  She had
two words repeating in her mind along with poses to do
with it.  She decided to act upon these notions. 
�World Shaking!�  She threw her arms at the Daimon,
and a ball of orange energy in the shape of the planet
Uranus drove through the ground at the creature.

Neptune, after watching Uranus do her attack knew that
she could do something too.  After all, if Ranma could
do it, why couldn�t she?  Neptune called out her
attack shortly afterwards.  �Deep Submerge!�  The
watery attack hit the Daimon into the wall.

Neptune and Uranus gave each other a high five and a
kiss.  Sailor Pluto wasn�t fooled though.  �Trashcia
isn�t defeated yet.�

Sure enough, the Daimon had staggered out of the wall
once more.

Uranus asked, �Do we have ta� kill it?�

Pluto nodded.  �It�s a monster, created only to
destroy you and Neptune.  Especially Neptune.�

Uranus needed no more prodding.  No one threatened
Akane and got away with it.  If this monster needed to
die so Akane could be protected, then it would die,
just like Saffron.

�I don�t know if this is going to work, but here
goes��  Uranus was glowing as she brought her aura to
the visible spectrum.  She went through the motions
required to cast World Shaking.  �Now die, you beast! 
World Shaking revised: Dire Strike!�  The energy
released from this attack was similar to the world
shaking in shape only.  The size of the blast was at
least ten times that of her basic attack, and the
color was a mixture of both the orange energy of the
Senshi magic, and the normal bluish-yellow of her
confidence aura.  The attack was large enough that it
consumed the Daimon, causing it to disintegrate,
leaving naught but a broken crystal.

Uranus fell to the ground and transformed back into
Ranma-chan, with two slight differences, Ranma-chan
was an inch taller than she was, and her hair was a
bit lighter.  Akane de-transformed from Sailor Neptune
shortly afterwards and ran over to her fianc�e�s side.
 Ranma climbed to her feet before turning on Sailor
Pluto.

�Now you� you owe us an explanation��

***********************************************
(End Chapter 1: The Outer Senshi)
Author�s ending notes.  I actually intended this
chapter to be a bit longer, but I�d say it�s long
enough wouldn�t you? ;-P  Anyways, the next chapter
should be fun, but you may have to wait a while before
its release, I have a few other fics to work on as
well.  Plus I keep getting distracted by school and
other stuff.  (Other stuff being games)  As always,
you can reach me at ellfangor8@gmail.com for any C&C. 
Wow, 25 pages in word, and I wanted it to be longer! 
Any reviews are welcome!  Flames, well they�re reviews
too!



		
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