Disclaimer:  Characters used in this story are owned by Rumiko Takahashi,
Naoko Takeuchi, and co.

Sailor Moon R1/2

by

Donny Cheng

	Makoto wandered about the Furiken High premises.  She and her 
friends were visiting the school for the annual school Olympic games.  
Since they were competing in different events, they decided to separate
and meet with each other later on in the day.  She caught sight of the
judo competition she had signed up for.  They were already starting when
she got there.  She gaped at the arena.  It seemed the entire student body
of Furiken was there.  She may have been wrong, but what she saw didn't
look like a judo competition.  Many people were carrying an assortment of 
weapons: bokkens, katanas, giant spatulas--GIANT SPATULAS?!  Sure enough 
there was a beautiful boy hefting a kick-ass spatula and some smaller 
spatulas across his chest.  What did we get ourselves into?  "Hey!  Isn't 
this supposed to be judo only," she asked the nearest judge.

	"Look, do you want to tell them that?  I thought not.  If you're a
part of the event, you're too late.  It's already started.  If you came
being prepared for only judo, I doubt you would have stood chance anyways.
The champion last year was that kendoist over there.  He goes by the name
of Kuno "Blue Thunder" Tatewaki."

	However, the handsome kendoist the judge pointed out was at the 
moment being trampled by an unarmed pigtailed boy in Chinese clothes using 
just judo.  Something about that pigtail stuck in Makoto's mind.  The
judge then went towards the arena to declare the pigtailed boy the winner.  
Makoto saw his face.  Oh my god!  He looks just like my old boyfriend.  
Wait a minute here!  He is an old friend.  Boy, he sure has grown into
such a cutie.  Smiling, she quickly ran over to greet him.

	Ranma was startled by someone who just glomped onto him.  "Hey, 
what do you think you're do--."  He stopped as he stared at the face of a 
long time friend before him.  "Makoto?  Mako-chan, it is you.  I can't 
believe it.  After all these years."

	"Ranma-kun, imagine seeing you here.  I thought I would never see 
you again after you left me."  Their reunion was stopped short as a short 
haired girl and the boy carrying the spatula suddenly appeared behind them 
and they looked pissed.

	"Yes, Ranma-kun, imagine seeing you here flirting with another 
girl," they both yelled in unison.  "Don't you have another event to go 
to."  Ranma was then punted in to LEO.

	Makoto bigsweated.  "What's the big deal?  Ranma-kun is an old 
friend of mine.  It's natural for us to be excited."

	"So you're not another fiancee of his?"  The boy, who Makoto just 
realized was a girl, asked suspiciously.

	"No, I not another fian--  WHAT?! Another fiancee?  Just how many 
does he have."  Makoto stared at them.

	"You're seeing two of them now.  Here, let me explain," sighed the 
short haired girl.  Akane and Ukyo helped Makoto catch up on Ranma's life.

			* * * * *

	Wow!  They punted him in the right direction for his next match, 
Ranma thought as he got out of the swimming pool.  He was just in time for 
the event too.

	Principal Kuno cried when he saw Ranma appear.  "Finally.  Quickly 
change and stand in line."  The principal fully expected to win many 
medals for Furiken with Ranma at his side.  Fortunately, Ranma was such a 
poor student, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to bribe Ranma with a 
passing mark.

	Everyone was at the starting blocks by the time he got there 
wearing only a tank top and a pair of shorts.  The shot sounded and 
everyone dove in swimming with all their power.  Ranma wanted to be fair, 
so he didn't try his hardest.  He could hear the crowd cheering for him 
and another two girls who seemed to be in the lead with him.  Fearing, 
that he would lose, he sped up a bit.  In the end it was a close finish, 
with him first and the other two girls tied for second amazingly enough.  
When he caught sight of who gave him such a hard time, his heart stopped.  
They were both childhood friends he would never forget.  He was about to 
call them when he noticed he was in his girl form.  He poured hot water 
over himself from a kettle that just happened to be near by.  "Ami-sensei!  
Michiru-san!  It's me Ranma."

	They were both startled.  They both looked to see a boy soaking 
wet grinning at them.  Ami remembered only one person who called her 
sensei.  Michiru had vivid memories of a scruffy looking boy with a 
pigtail.

	"Ranma-kun?"  Amy was startled at meeting her old best friend.  
She had thought that he had left for good so long ago.

	"Ranma-chan what are you doing here.  I thought you were on some
training trip."  Michiru was equally surprised at meeting Ranma.

	"Oh, the training trip is on hold until I can take care of a few
problems.  Uh..I'll talk to you later.  I'm late for my next event."  
Ranma had caught sight of an angry principal heading his way.

	Ami and Michiru gaped at the boy running away from a man, who 
seemed intent on shaving Ranma bald.  Realization dawned on them, "How do 
you know Ranma-kun?"  They looked at each other, surprised.  They both 
began to explain their relative pasts to each other as they left the pool. 
Ami didn't pay much attention as her thoughts were on Ranma and how much
he'd grown.

			* * * * *

	Ranma ran at top speed to the race track.  When he got there, he 
noticed a boy there that looked familiar.  Sure enough, when he looked
closer it was another old friend.  If his mind thought hard enough, it
would have thought it was weird that so many coincidences seemed to be
happening.  "Haruka-kun!  Do you remember me?  It's me Ranma."  Ranma
hugged his friend.  It was then he noticed his old friend was glowering at
him and that his friend had an awfully big chest for a boy.  He looked
down and lo and behold, breasts.  Ranma quickly let go with his hands in
the famous Takahashi pose.  "What?  How did you become a girl.  Don't tell
me you're a crossdresser like Ukyo or you've been to Jusenkyo too."

	Haruka sighed.  She bopped Ranma on the head.  "I've always been a
girl, you idiot."  When she caught sight of him strolling across the track
with that idiotic, inane grin of his, she had been furious.  Didn't he
know that she and him were rivals?  She had always been that fastest at
any school she went to.  That was until Ranma stepped into her life.  He
beat her in every race, yet he always came over to talk with her
afterwards, acting like they were best friends.  He had left to go on a
training trip before she could beat him.  She had been angry with him ever
since.  However, the fact that he thought she was a boy though, caused her
to lose the expression on her face.  "You were never the perceptive type.
Didn't you ever wonder about my name?" She then grinned at him, "So, you
ready for a rematch."

	Ranma smirked, "Any time."  They got to the starting block as the
event began.

			* * * * *

	Usagi, Rei, Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis cheered as 
Minako's volley ball team scored again.  Minako and her team dominated the
game.  They were just about to win the game and match when the Furiken
team suddenly called a time out.  They were going to make a line change.
The new member immediately began to make a difference.  With this new
addition, Furiken had turned the tide.  The new player was just too good.
He was a blur on the court.  Not once had the ball touched the floor on
Furiken's side since the pig tailed boy joined the team.  As good as
Minako's team was, they were being over powered by the lone player.  The
game came to an end as the boy drove in a spike.

	Minako plopped on to the floor exhausted, but exhilarated.  She
hadn't had to play such a tough game of volley ball in a while.  The new
player reminded her of someone, she couldn't quite place.  She noticed the
player in question advancing towards her.  "Minako?  Mina-chan is that
you?"

	"Ranma?  Ranma-chan!"  They were both suddenly jumping with joy at
seeing each other for the first time in many years.  "How's life been
treating you?"

	"Very well, today.  I've met a lot of old friends including you.
Wow, you've grown up very well."

	Minako blushed.  Their conversation was halted by Usagi and Rei
joining them.  "Cousin Ranma?  What're you doing here?  I thought you and
Uncle Saotome are off on a decades long training trip."

	"Usagi-chan?  Funny, meeting you here.  What you and Mina-chan
know each oth--"  Ranma was suddenly cut off as Rei glomped on to him,
much to the annoyance of Minako.

	"Ranma, do you remember me?  I'm Rei from the temple."

	The girls all vied for control of Ranma's attention as they caught 
up with each other's lives.  What a coincidence that we all know Ranma,
Usagi thought.

			* * * * *

	Chibi-Usa, Hotaru, Luna, and Artemis hid behind the bleachers.
"What is it, Luna?"  Hotaru looked at the guardian cat questioningly.

	"Artemis and I are getting some strange vibes from that boy.  We
think he might be from the moon kingdom or the negaverse.  We want you to
help keep an eye on him, seeing as how the others are busy falling over
themselves with him."

	Chibi-Usa nodded, "We will Luna, you can count on us."

	The next moment saw Chibi-Usa and Hotaru taking turns getting a
shoulder ride from Ranma and giggling non-stop.  Luna sighed, "Looks like
we'll have to take care of this ourselves Artemis.

			* * * * *

	At the awards ceremony the rest the Usagi's friends and Ranma's
friends met up.  They went through another round of the introductions. 
Ryoga also happened to wander by and upon seeing him with these girls 
promptly tried to smash him to the ground.  Ranma quickly explained they
were just old friends of his.  In fact, one of them was his friend also. 
Ryoga blushed and stuttered as Michiru appeared in front of him.  After
the ceremony, which had Ranma winning almost all of the awards, they
decided to go out and get reacquainted with each other.  Akane and Ukyo
frowned at the prospect of fighting with more girls for Ranma's 
affections, but were delighted at the same time to learn more about
Ranma's past.  They were soon joined by Shampoo as she came bearing lunch
for her victorious groom.  Mousse followed not far behind.  Kuno joined
their group as he did not trust Ranma in the company of so many girls.  As
usual, Shampoo glomped onto Ranma the moment she saw him.  However, the
number of evil eyes that were being given to her by the various girls,
cowed even Shampoo.  She reluctantly de-glomped Ranma.  Since Usagi's
friends also brought lunch they decided to go out on a picnic.

			* * * * *

	Ranma and Usagi were busy fighting off each others hands as they
scarfed down the food at the picnic.  Ranma's friends stared as Usagi was
holding her own against Ranma's attacks.  Usagi's friends stared as Ranma
was holding his own against Usagi's voracious appetite.  Haruka smiled as
she watched them.  "So Ranma, tell me how long have you been teaching
Usagi how to fight?"

	Usagi was startled.  "Ranma's never taught me how to fight."

	Akane then noticed the way Usagi was eating.  "Ranma, Usagi's
using the Saotome Ryu style of eating."

	Ranma nodded.  "You noticed?  Well I couldn't leave my favorite
cousin defenseless.  When I lived with her family about three years ago, I
noticed that she was quite weak.  She didn't like violence, so I secretly
taught her a few basic martial arts moves at dinner time."

	Usagi stared at Ranma.  She had wondered how she was able to fight
when she first became Sailor Moon by herself.  She had thought that the
skills came with being Sailor Moon.

	Haruka snorted, "A few martial arts moves?  I doubt that I can 
steal a piece of food from Usagi based on the moves she's using."

	Ranma shrugged and started to gobble down all the food again,
seeing that Usagi was distracted.  Usagi quickly followed suit.

	Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo looked at each other and then at the
other girls.  "How do you all know Ranma?"  They all wanted to know how
Ranma knew so many cute girls.

			* * * * *

	They decided to tell their stories based on the age Ranma was when
they met him.  Usagi had known Ranma since they were babies.  "We're 
cousins on his father's side.  Ranma and his family often visited until
his long journey.  I had met up with Ranma again when he was twelve.  They 
lived with my family for a few weeks before they left again."

**flashback**

	During their stay together, Ranma protected Usagi from some
bullies.  After awhile, Ranma started to ingrain martial arts reflexes
into Usagi at dinner time.  When Ranma had left, the bullies tried to pick
on Usagi again.  Usagi had somehow become clumsier around people.  She
stepped on the bullies' feet.  Her arms accidentally hit them in the face
as she flailed them to regain her balance.  They didn't bother her after
that.

**end flashback**

	All the senshi stared at Usagi.  So it really wasn't blind luck
that Usagi had when she dispatched all those youmas.  Makoto recovered
from her shock and spoke next.  "He had been so sad when I met him.  He
told me that he had missed his best friend Uuchan and his mother."  Ukyo
blushed at hearing this.

**flashback**

	Chibi-Makoto had then hit Chibi-Ranma in the back and called him a
whiner.  He got angry and attacked her.  They roughed each other a bit
before they both laughed.  He thanked her for helping him out of his funk.
That was when he noticed she was wearing a dress.  He quickly jumped off
her and declared he couldn't hit girls.  After that, Makoto is seen
attacking him whenever possible because of the comments Ranma always.
They became good friends.  Makoto is seen crying as Ranma left.

**end flashback**

	Next was Rei's turn.  "I met Ranma at the age of eight.  I met
Ranma when his father visited my grandfather.  I think they were old
friends or something."

**flashback**

	Rei stared at Ranma with hearts in her eyes as they walked around
the temple.  One day, Rei heard that Ranma would leave soon.  They stood
up late to talk with each other that night.  Rei told Ranma a fire reading
of his future.  She told him that he would meet his future bride before he
left.  She would have long, black hair and long legs.  That night Rei was
up all night building makeshift high heels on her sandals.  The following
morning Rei saw Ranma off.  She was apparently taller than Ranma with the
high heels on.

**end flashback**

	Ranma looked at Rei curiously.  "I think your fire reading was
wrong.  I didn't see a single girl the whole day, except for yo--"  Ranma
stopped talking as dark auras formed around each girl.  It was scary.  It
was safer to just go back to eating.

	Rei suddenly developed an interest in watching grass grow.  She
blushed as she avoided the gazes of the girls.  Ami decided to help her
flustered friend out and told her story next.  "Ranma was nine when I
first met him.  When I first saw him, he had been trying to steal the
cookies my mother had baked for me."

**flashback**

	Ami scolded Ranma as he looked at her in puzzlement.  She asked 
him if he knew what was right and wrong.  She was in shock when she
learned Ranma didn't go to school and didn't know much about morals.
Genma's face was full of shame as he was being reprimanded by the little
girl.  Ranma went to school the next day.  Ami tutored him in learning how
to read and write.  When she learned Ranma was going to leave soon, she
made sure that Genma would continue to take Ranma to school whenever
possible.  She waved goodbye to Ranma with a tear stained face.

**end flashback**

	It was Ami's turn to blush.  However, the girls to smiled at her.
Who could get mad at such a touching story?  Minako was the next to spin
her tale.  "At the age of eleven, Ranma and his father again stopped in
Tokyo.  I was being picked on by a horde of thugs when Ranma came.  After
that, we were inseparable.  He had tears in his eyes when we parted with
one last passionate kiss."

**flashback**

	Ranma saved Minako from a few little brats.  Ranma tried to pry
himself loose from Minako's grip. She visited him every day at the place
where he camped out.  She was playing in the sand box when Ranma the sand
box when Ranma told her he was leaving.  Sand got into Ranma's eyes as
Minako blew him a kiss goodbye.

**end flashback**

	Minako cried in memory.  Ranma's fiancees were now seething with
anger.
	"...passionately..."  Akane's aura flared.
		"...kissed..."  Ukyo's spatula bent under her hands.
			"...her..."  Shampoo developed a severe twitch.

	Haruka actually felt pity for Ranma.  Ranma was in for some
serious trouble is no one interrupts them.  She quickly related to them
her past with Ranma.  "I first saw him when he reached the age of thirteen
and first went to junior high.  We had a rivalry of who was the best
runner and fighter in school.  Of course, Ranma never ever went full out
and still beat me in every sport."

**flashback**

	Ranma and Haruka are at another track meet.  The gun signaled the
start.  Ranma effortlessly ran at the same speed as Haruka.  He is talking 
conversationally with her as he kept up and then passed her.  They sat
together in judo class.  Ranma and Haruka fight.  He dodged all of her
attacks and won by her being too tired to throw another punch.  It is
obvious
he doesn't know she is a girl.  Ranma slapped Haruka on the back and left
to go on his way again.  Haruka was fuming as she glared at Ranma's
retreating back.

**end flashback**

	Ukyo and Makoto looked knowingly and Haruka.  If you weren't
wearing a dress, it was very likely Ranma would mistake you for a boy.
Michiru laughed at the fuming Haruka as she spoke next.  "Ranma had
enrolled at an all boy's school at fourteen years of age.  That was the
first time I saw Ranma-chan.  Ryoga and I were friends since we were
little children.  I used to take Ryoga to school every day as he had a bad
sense of direction.  When Ranma came, we took turns taking Ryoga to places."

**flashback**

	Ranma is playing in the park when he heard music.  He stopped to
listen to a girl playing the violin.  He clapped as Michiru finished.  She
blushed a bit and said she was not very good.  He would have none of that
and continued to clap.  Ranma visited her every day to listen to her play. 
Her, Ryoga, and Ranma were walking home from school.  Ryoga was furious at
the closeness of Ranma and Michiru.  Ranma did not notice.  Ryoga
challenged Ranma to a duel.  Ranma got tired of waiting for him to show up
and told Michiru he's leaving for China.  Michiru never saw Ryoga or Ranma
ever again till today.

**end flashback**

	Ryoga was angry.  Hearing Michiru talk brought back painful
memories.  He looked towards Mousse and Kuno.  They too had heard enough.
Ranma woul pay for his womanizing.

	Akane was angry.  She looked towards Ukyo and Shampoo.  They too
had heard enough.  Ranma would pay for his womanizing.

			* * * * *

	The senshi could only stare in shock as Ranma was being strangled
by three girls and three boys.  Nabiki smirked as she looked at Ranma's
old friends.  The way they all stole glances at Ranma, Ryoga, Mousse and
even Kuno told her how much they all starved for love.  She loved it when
she had new customers.  All she had to do was help the girls choose a
target for their affections.  She didn't know if Ryoga or Mousse would
retaliate if she sent some crazed girls after them, but she did know Ranma
wouldn't.  That decided, she gave the girls a tight lipped smile.  "Girls,
I happen to have some information on they boys you are interested in.  I
will sell you this information for the low price of $5000 yen."  She
frowned as the
girls immediately pounced on her with the money.  They're more love
starved then she had figured.  She should have asked for more.  "Well, you
see that bandana-clad boy.  Well you all know by now his name is Ryoga.
He has already fallen in love with two girls.  My sister, Akane, and a
girl named Akari.  He is quite devoted to them.  It also looks like he has
a crush on you Michiru.  The guy with the thick glasses is Mousse.  He has
devoted his whole life to the Chinese girl, Shampoo.  The kendoist is Kuno.
He is devoted to my sister, Akane and a certain pig tailed girl.  The only
one who is not in love with another is Ranma.  His engagement to Akane and
Ukyo are arranged and the one to Shampoo was an accident."

	The inner-senshi talked amongst themselves:  "Wow, he's got three
girls engaged to him." "He must be a great catch, because the girls still
want him even if he is leading them on."  "If Ranma isn't actively after
someone, does that mean he's technically free?"  "Chibi-Usa, your too
young for him."  "Usagi, you've already got Mamoru."  "Yeah, let us have a
chance."   Ami and the outer senshi bigsweated as they tried to look away
from their friends.

	Nabiki smiled as she looked on.  Oh well.  At least she got paid.

			* * * * *

	Setsuna shook her head as she looked at the group gathered around
Ranma.  It amazed her to no end how one person could dominate over the
lives of so many people.  She felt a disturbance in the air.  A youma
materialized out of nowhere.  It was one of the many generals that was
once under the control of Beryl.  This particular one had been smart.  It
had hidden away after Beryl's demise, slowly gathering dark energy.  The
amount of energy it had now was enough to almost rival Beryl.  Setsuna
looked at it impassively as it headed towards Furiken.  She could not
interfere in this historical event.

			* * * * *

	"Aaaaahhh!"  There came a loud scream from the school.  Ranma and
his grouped turned to the source.  There was giant of a man destroying
everything in its path.

	The youma looked all around itself for the one who killed it's
queen.  It turned and saw Usagi.  With an inhuman shriek, it ran at her
full speed.

	Usagi looked at her fellow senshi in despair.  They were out in
the open and thousands of students were around them.  They could not
transform without being found out.  The youma closed in on her.  There was
no escape.  Usagi closed her eyes and prayed.  The attack never came.  She
opened her eyes to see that Ranma was carrying her off to safety.  Her
friends were right behind him.  The monster was at the moment being
dealing with Ranma's friends.  She and her friends could only stare in
amazement as the Nerima residents attacked it.  Ranma's friends were
nearly as strong as them in their senshi form.

	Ranma knew he could not outrun the youma for long.  He had to do
something.  He spotted a nearby tree.  Quickly, he grabbed each girl and
threw them into the tree.  They would be safe in there, while he and his
friends dealt with the youma.  The monster shouldn't be too hard to deal
with.  It wasn't like Ranma and the others haven't had their fair share of
battles with powerful people.  Thunder sounded in the sky.  It started to
rain.

			* * * * *

	Luna and Artemis watched as a lone red-haired girl fought the
beast.  The battle was going bad.  All the girl could do was dodge.  Luna
was worried.  "Artemis, what can we do?  There are too many people around.
The girls can't transform.

	"I don't know.  Maybe the girls have a better idea.  Let's join up
with them.

			* * * * *

	Ranma looked around the battle field.  All of her friends were
lying hurt on the ground.  Many of them in their Jusenkyo cursed forms.
He then looked at the still body of the beast.  He had managed to use his
hiryu shoten ha technique on it.  The body twitched slightly.  Impossible.
It stood up and did not look hurt at all.  What would it take to take for
it to stay down?  Ranma knew of only one way to win now.  The nekoken. 
However, Shampoo was unconscious, so she couldn't be of any help.  He
frantically looked for a cat.  He turned and spotted a black cat with an
odd tattoo on it's forehead.  He suppressed to urge to shudder as he
approached it.  "Here kitty, kitty.  Don't be afraid.  Listen, I need your
help.  I'm going to grab you now and no matter what I say or do, don't let
go of me."  Ranma felt silly to explain things to a cat.  Somehow the cat
seemed to understand.

	Luna held on for dear life.  She had thought it was weird when the
girl came and asked for her help.  Something about her made Luna what to
trust her.  The figure beneath her stopped moving.  Luna jumped off to see
what was wrong.  She stared in shock.  The girl was now meowing and on all
fours.  The girl meowed her thanks and immediately turned to face the
youma.  Luna could only stare as it was shred into nothingness by the
girl.

			* * * * *

	Usagi and her friends watched in awe as the cat and duck
transformed back into Shampoo and Mousse.  Unknown to everyone, Ryoga had
also transformed back into a boy and was with them as they listened to
Akane.  She explained to them about Jusenkyo and Ranma's nekoken training.
"There are only two ways to help gain control of himself.  One is for us
to transform him back into his boy form.  The other is for him to sleep on
someone's lap.  I seem to be the only one that can do this, so I'll go to
him."  Akane blushed as she walked to Ranma.

	Ukyo stepped in her way.  "Hey, how do you know you're the only
one that can do it?  It seems to me that anyone who cares about him can do
it.  I will go to him."

	"Violent Akane and Spatula Girl no go near groom.  Shampoo help
Ranma."  Shampoo said as she blocked Akane and Ukyo.

	Soon Usagi and her friends joined it.  They too thought they had
what it took to bring Ranma back to reality.  The boys looked on in
disgust as the girls gushed at Ranma.

	Ranma-neko looked at the girls curiously.  They all felt right.
It couldn't decide who to go to.  It walked up to each girl and purred
against their legs.  It then spotted the black cat that helped it earlier. 
Ranma-neko leapt at the cute kitty.  It wrapped itself around Luna and cat
kissed her.

	The girls had all been deliriously happy when Ranma walked up to
each of them.  However, seeing that he did that to every girl and then
chose Luna made them all see red.  Screams could be heard throughout
Nerima.

			* * * * *

	Ranma awoke to the smiling faces of his mother, Kasumi, Ami, and
the outer senshi.  Usagi, the rest of her friends, and his fiancees were
all looking at anything but him.  They all looked shame faced.  Ryoga,
Mousse, and Kuno glared at Ranma.  Soun was crying his eyes out.  Genma
was a panda.  Ranma looked down at himself.  He was again in a full body
cast.  He looked up at the ceiling.  This could not be happening to him.

			* * * * *

	All is as it should be, Setsuna though to herself.  And so the
First Knight of Neo-Tokyo met his queen.  She smiled as she watched Ranma
sleeping with the girls watching over him.  She absently rubbed her round 
stomach.  The baby was kicking her again.  She didn't need a doctor to tell
her what the baby's gender would be.  All of Ranma's children were girls. 
This was her second baby and Ranma's thirtieth.  She felt a presence walk
up to her.  "You did well Small Lady.  You did not tell them of Ranma's
future life."

	"Puu, you promised that you would tell me how uncle Ranma can live
so long after I finally meet him in the past.  I'm not in danger of
changing history with that information, anymore."

	"Very well.  You see Ranma has two very powerful sensei.  They
both use their martial arts skills to prolong their lives to over three
hundred years.  Ranma is their best pupil.  His conditioning allows him to
live twice that amount.  Also, Ranma spends half his time in his never
aging girl form.  Theoretically, Ranma could live well over a thousand
years.   Now, you have to understand that your uncle is a bit of a
narcissist.  He's used magic to retain in his youthful body.  This makes
him near immortal."

	"Now, I understand."  Chibi-Usa smirked as she remembered
something.  "So who's turn is it to get uncle Ranma now."  Being immortal
meant for a very lonely life.  Her mother had her father for
companionship.  Michiru had Haruka.  Everyone else had to keep each other
company.  Ranma was the only immortal male on earth, other than her
father.  So naturally each of the senshi wanted him.  Her mother had
decreed that each girl had to take turns living with Ranma for a month at
a time.

	"It's my turn I'm afraid.  Now, I have to put of with his macho,
egotistical, sexist, attitude for a month."  Setsuna tried to look like
she
was annoyed with the prospect.

	"But we wouldn't want him any other way."  Chibi-Usa and Setsuna
shared a
laugh.

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