Nodoka sat down and bowed to the gathered assembly. "Thank
you all for coming. You're probably wondering why I've
asked you all to come together."
Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Was there a murder? Who died?
Are you going to reveal the killer."
"Laughing girl going to be murder victim she not stop
trying poison tea." Shampoo glared at Kodachi.
"Shut up you two!" Akane growled. "Keep quiet while
you're in my house!"
"Your house?" Ukyo had a look of surprise over
barely-concealed teasing on her face. "I thought
Tendo-sama owned the house?"
Akane whirled on her. "*I* am the inheritor of the dojo."
"Good." Ranma yawned. "Flat-chested girl like you better
be able to make a living."
"How dare you!" Ryoga leapt to his feet. "That you should
slur Akane so!"
Some words and other intimacies were exchanged, some of
them involving the use of a hammer and selected chi
attacks.
Nodoka shot a glance at everyone, and they all subsided.
She nodded. "Now, you need to understand... the times,
back in the late sixties and early seventies... everyone
was a bit more... expressive."
Kasumi leaned forward. "How do you mean?"
"Well..." Nodoka appeared to be struggling for words, then
sighed and looked at one person. "Ukyo-chan, you cannot
marry Ranma."
"Huh?" Ukyo looked like she had been slapped. "Why is
that?"
Nodoka sighed again. "Did you know that... under very
special, unique circumstances... non-identical twins can
have different fathers?"
"Well, I never really thought about it but I can see-"
Ukyo blinked. "What?"
Soun leaned forward. "Ryoga, son, you cannot marry Akane."
Ryoga's jaw dropped open.
Genma grimaced. "Wife-swapping, it was called. Kodachi,
you cannot marry Ranma."
Kodachi, who had been laughing uproariously, froze in
mid-chuckle.
Shampoo beamed. "That mean Shampoo finally get husband."
Nodoka shook her head. "Shampoo, you cannot marry Ranma."
Shampoo gasped. "You mother?"
"No, of course not. I just find you annoying."
While Shampoo tried to figure that out, Ranma jumped up.
"So who's my mom and dad?"
Genma grunted. "Nodoka and I, of course. Just as Soun is
Akane's father."
Akane looked subdued. "So Ranma and I can get married?"
"Er, no." Soun looked embarrassed. "You see, Ranma and I
are destined to get in trouble with cold water, a
contraceptive, and a time machine..."
-Richard
sterman@sprynet.com
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