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 bottle lying on the ground. 
She
picked it up and examined it closely; Ranma turned the
bottle so that the mouth 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 bottle.  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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