hkmiller wrote:

DB Sommer wrote:

Family Matters
(A Quantum Destines Side Story)

Forward: These events take place after Quantum Destinies 23 and deal with
Mikado of all people.

Mikado:  What do you mean, 'of all people'.  I'm a noble, I'll have you
know, not some commoner
like that Saotome fiend!

Yes, but you haven't been focused on, so there. :P

It forced him to maintain a conscious effort to know
of any quantities of cold water about. He had never realized how many

people

walked around with bottles of water to drink, pitchers to water plants,

or

any one of another hundred situations which required the transportation

of

cold liquid.

Heh.  No "water magnet" component to the curse, huh?  "Being careful"

never

works for canonical Ranma.

Mikado can't afford to have his curse slip out or he's dead bacon.

Mikado liked to think he not just lived up to, but surpassed the family's
expectations in that regard.

Hmm... Can't remember seeing any evidence at all in QD for Mikado having
a sharp mind
for business.  A sharp mind for ladies, perhaps.

But he likes to think he's a legend in his own mind. There no one can
disagree with him.

Mikado nodded in approval of his mother's reaction, which was that of any
true noblewoman. That was another reason he favored Kodachi. She knew her
properly submissive role as well. Such characteristics confirmed the
knowledge that she would make an excellent wife and mother of his

children,

unlike that bitch, Asuka Saginomiya.

My, Mikado is SO observant.

Arrogance that blinds, yes.

before the main house. He didn't need to see the driver of the vehicle to
know who it was. Only his eldest cousin, Keitaro, would have the audacity

to

drive like a crazed maniac and nearly force Mikado off the road.

First a Kentaro and now a Keitaro.  One wonders who will show up next:
Mutsumi?  Kitsune?  Naru?  Motoko?  Kaolla?  Shinobu?

Got one out of them. And I was picking throwaway names since none of these
people will probably pop up again.

The clod had dubbed himself 'The Speed King'

What, no 'Speed Racer'?

No. Inspired from an AMV that used the SK song.

before. It had been on posters and CD's throughout the Empire. It was

Naru

something or other. She was the newest flavor of the month pop idol that

had

Heh.  Called that one.

Well, canonically she was an idol sing for a brief while. Though you'll note
I technically left it vague and didn't mention any springy forlocks.

Kentaro was not an athletic person,

This seems odd if he's a 'master' of the jo sticks.  He's not going to
be able
to put up a good fight if he's not in shape, no matter how skilled he
may have
been at a much younger ag

He's way too old to do that now. He was only impressive in his youth.

improved so much, Keitaro wasn't proving a challenge at all. Mikado

couldn't

wait to face this low-born Saotome fool and beat him within an inch of

his

life for daring to sully his Kodachi.

This last sentence above confused me a lot on first reading.  I had to
go back and
re-read a couple of times to figure out why we're now talking about
Ranma and
Kodachi.  Suggest replacing "this low-born Saotome" with "that low-born
Saotome";
I think the "this" threw me at first, as I took it to refer to Keitaro.

Will change.

Just a little look into Mikado and the way the Sanzenins operate. Hope

you

enjoyed.

Yes, very much.  Thank you for writing it and sharing!

Thanks. When I have the time (in a couple weeks at the earliest, maybe
longer depending on how much the computer acts up), I'll probably look over
your Noir fic. It's in the backlog right now. I did clean it up a bit and
it's near the front of the line.

Thanks for the help.

DB Sommer

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