And here's a little suprise for ya.

Generations:  Bubblgum Rift 2

While I was writing up my first series, Bubblegum Rift, I started 
writing 
down some ideas for future scenes later in the story.  This one caught 
my 
attention the most, and inspired me to turn it into a seperate series.  
It 
concerns a set of twins, the children of two of the Knight Sabers, and 
their friend and traveling companion, Lina Inverse (Long story, and will 
be 
explained).  

This takes place after the end of Bubblegum Rift. I (my character) am 
not in 
this one, at least not in a normal sense, anyway.  While I may mention 
events 
occurring in the first series, I won't get into specifics or give too 
much 
away.  

Bubblegum Crisis was created by Kenichi Sonoda and owned by Youmex, Inc 
and 
distributed by Animiego;  RPG by R. Talsorian Books.  Ranma 1/2 is 
created 
by Rumiko Takahashi.  Rifts is owned by Kevin Seimeda and Palladium 
Books.  
Slayers is created by........ I'll figure it out, but until then, you 
know 
who you are, please don't sue me.  

Any BGR characters not from the Bubblgum Crisis series are mine, some 
co-
owened by Seimbeda.  I won't sue anyone who wants to use them, unless 
they 
start making money off of it, then your ass is mine.  Just ask first. ;P

Ranma Note:  This could take place sometime before Nadoka finds out 
about
her son's curse.  If anyone could tell me what happened, (I'm noting 
that
Ranma's still alive by the end of the manga) I'd really appreciate it.
The battle at Jusendo won't happen here, since I have no idea what 
happened
there, save a basic outline.(Akane having a Jusenkyo spring made out of 
her 
(Akaneniichuan) and being turned into a doll, Ranma killing Saffron and
Saffron's rebirth, Thank you Lord Archive.) I might have the 'Bombed
Wedding' in here, however. ^_^

Thanks to my prereaders:  DragonBard and Chaos-san.  Loco, whenever I 
get a 
response from you.

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Chapter 1

"Akiko, wait up!"  Nozomu chased his sister down the hallway of the 
school.  
Both of them were wearing the school's standard uniform, but they had 
made 
their own 'modifications' to the outfit:  Akiko had shortened the hem of 
the 
skirt a little, and added a red trim to the uniform.  Nozomu wore a 
purple 
headband and black gloves, the left glove had blue on the palm while the 
right palm was amber.  Both of their uniforms semed a little thicker in 
the 
fabric than everyone else's, and they wore large metal bracers on their 
forearms.  The children looked very similar to each other, with a few 
subtle
(and not so subtle) differences.  Notably, the boy's skin was definitely 
darker than Akiko's, and his eyes were a bright purple as opposed to his 
sister's green.  His sister wore large, round glasses, and had hair in a 
ponytail that fell down to her knees and was so dark you coudn't tell it 
was 
red unless the light reflected off of it.  Nozomu caught up with her as 
another boy blocked her path.  

The other boy was dressed in a traditional Kendoist's gear, and carried 
a 
wooden sword.  "Hold fair maiden!  It is not befitting of a lady to run 
through the hallowed hallways of a school."

Akiko stopped.  "And who are you, the hall monitor?"

"Allow me to introduce myself,"  The young man said,  "I am the rising 
star 
of the Kendo world and capitain of the school's kendo club.  Tatewaki 
Kuno, 
known to his peers as the Blue Thunder of Frunikan High!"  Kuno raised 
his 
bokken, and thunder boomed somewhere.  Lowering his sword, he closed his 
eyes and smiled.  "But you may call me, Upperclassman."

Another girl ran up to the others, brushing her bright orange-red hair 
out 
of her eyes.  With her uniform, she had done away with the skirt 
entirely, 
instead wearing a pair of blue slacks and a black headband.  "What's 
with 
the Playwright here?"  She asked as Kuno continued to spout off about 
his 
ability, skill, and desire to rescue 'the Beauteous Akane Tendo and his 
firey Pig-Tailed Goddess' from the clutches of the demonic sorcerer 
Saotome.
"Sorcerer?"  she asked, ears perking up, "Where?"

Kuno smiled.  Perhaps he had found allies against Saotome in these 
strange 
newcomers.  "He arrives presently.  And who, may I ask, are you?"

"Well, Kuno-sempai,"  Nozomu said, bowing slightly and removing a few 
stray 
braids from his face. "I'm Nozomu Stingray.  This is my sister Akiko, 
and the 
beanpole over here is Lina Inverse."  

Akiko nodded, smiling, as Lina nearly went ballistic.  "BEANPOLE?  where 
do 
you get off calling me beanpole?"

"Could it have something to do with the fact that you never walk over 
sewer 
grates because you tend to fall through?"  Nozomu smirked.  Lina 
promptly 
commenced to wiping that smirk off his face. Wax on, wax off.  

Akiko calmly sighed.  They were at it again.  "Cut it out, you two!"  
She 
smiled as she apologized to Kuno.  "Sorry, they're always like that."  

"I accept your apology.  Now if you'll excuse me,"  He said as he saw 
someone
enter the school grounds, "I must enter the battle.  The sorcerer 
arrives!  
Hold Saotome!  Today I shall smite thee, and liberate Akane Tendo!"  
Raising 
his bokken, he charged at a pigtailed boy wearing a red chinese shirt 
and 
black pants.  

At Kuno's shout, Nozomu and Lina halted their melee to watch.  "So this 
must 
be the vile Saotome."  Lina said, "Doesn't look like much to me!"  

"Well neither do you at first glance, until you nuke a village off the 
face 
of the earth!"  Nozomu replied, then ducked under Lina's backhand.  

Saotome looked disintrestingly as the angry kendoist charged.  An 
instant 
before Kuno would've attacked, he rasied his foot and planted it in 
Kuno's 
face.  The others couldn't even see the leg move.  One moment he was 
standing there, and the next his foot was up close and personal with 
Kuno's 
nose.  

"See?"  Nozomu said, "Looks ain't everything."

Just then the bell rang.  "Come on,"  Akiko called, "we're late!"

Nozomu retightened his bandanna, unslinging his backpack.  "So?  It's 
our 
first day in this school........"

"........the one day when we have a perfect reason to be late......" 
Lina 
cut in.

"So we might as well enjoy it!"  They finished together.

Akiko bigsweated.  "Why me?"  She emplored the heavens.

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

"Ahright now class,"  Principal Kuno announced,  "today we got t'ree new 
students from de Exchange program, yah hee-ah?  Meet Nozomu and Akiko 
Stingray and Lina Inverse."  The new students, of course, were standing 
to 
the right of the teacher's desk.  

"Hey Nozomu,"  Lina whispered in his ear,  "Isn't that the guy we're 
looking
for?"

Nozomu nodded, and returned his gaze to look over the whole class, 
wishing 
this was over so he could sit down.  It was obvious they were new here, 
and 
he saw no reason for them to be displayed in front of everybody like a 
concept car or something.  If someone wanted to meet them, they could do 
so 
on their own time.  His sister, on the other hand, loved speaking to 
others, 
and was presently doing all the talking, and if Lina or himself didn't 
stop 
her soon, she might tell them something they didn't need to know.  He 
paused
in his thoughts long enough to bean one of the boys in the head with an 
eraser
when he asked the wrong kind of question.  "Ask another question like 
that,"
he warned the boy, "and next time I throw something hard and possibly 
sharp!"

"Um, Akiko,"  Lina interrupted, "I think that's all they need to know 
right 
now.  You can stop."  The three of them took their seats.  Akiko took a 
seat 
next to Saotome while Lina and Nozomu sat on either side of a boy 
wearing a 
bandoleer of what looked like.... spatulas.  Lina noticed the king-sized 
one 
leaning against the wall nearby.

"Not to be rude of anything, but what is that?"  Nozomu asked, pointing 
to 
the Mega-Spatula.

"It's a spatula."  the boy said dryly.

"Very funny.  If you don't want to discuss it, just say so."

At that moment, the teacher, Miss Hinako, bounded over to his desk.  
"Mr. 
Stingray, Miss Inverse, I know the principal allowed you to alter your 
uniforms, but some rules still stand.  You'll have to remove your 
headbands!"

"Umm........ I'd rather not."  he protested.

"Don't get smart with me!"  Hinako cried, drawing a 50-yen piece.  

The boy sitting next to him tapped him on the shoulder.  "You'd better 
do it,
or things could get nasty.  Around here, one incident can set off a 
chain reaction that could get real ugly real fast."

Nozomu sighed.  "Fine, but nobody freak out on me."  Slowly, he removed 
the 
headband, and everyone saw why he had been reluctant to take it off.  In 
the 
center of his forehead was a deep purple gem that glowed so softly, it 
was 
almost imperceptible.  "There, are you happy now?"  To his amazement, 
and 
relief, most of the other students only looked for a few seconds, then 
turned
back to the front of the class, thought many of them continued to talk 
about 
it amongst themselves, occasionally looking back.  Overall, it was one 
of 
the better reactions he got to his eye.  Deciding to make the best of 
the 
situation, he cleared his mind, and gazed into the auras of his new 
classmates.  First off, the boy next to him was really a girl, he should 
have noticed that, but then again, he wasn't looking for it.  
Furthermore, 
she, Soatome, Miss Hinako, and one other girl in the class had pretty 
powerful auras.  Scratch that, _very_ powerful.  He'd seen dragons with 
less 
power.  Young ones, of course.  It wasn't exactly magic, but it could 
just 
be a different type of magic.  Kami-Sama knows how many kinds there are 
in 
the Megaverse.  Then again, He stopped counting a few hundred years ago.

At lunch, the three of them were sitting under a tree by themselves.  
Lina, 
predictably, was inhaling her food at a speed usually reserved for 
sharks, 
pirhana, and Nozomu.  This eventually escelated into a battle for 
supremacy 
of the food.  

"Hey guys,"  Akiko cut in, hoping to avoid property damage, "Heads up, 
Kuno-
Sempai's back!"  

"Greetings, Akiko Stingray."  Kuno said as he approached them.  "I 
believe 
you have seen the actions of that cretin Saotome.  Unfortunately, I must 
leave on a training journey.  There I shall hone my near perfect 
swordsmanship to new heights.  Until then I must ask of you a favor:  I 
can 
tell your strength by looking into the eyes of each of you, and I ask 
that 
you help me in vanquishing Saotome so that I may rescue Akane and the 
Pig-
Tailed Girl from his foul clutches.  Will you aid me?"

The three of them thought about it seprately for a moment, then looked 
at 
each other.  "Will you excuse us for a moment?"  Lina asked.  

Turning towards each other, they discused it among each other.  "So what 
do 
you think, guys?"

"I don't know, should we get involved in someone else's problem?"

"Have we ever not?  C'mon sis, it just might be fun!"

"But we haven't gotten both sides of the story yet."

"No problem, we'll formally challenge him, and give him a chance to 
explain 
his side of the story."

"Then you blast him while he talks."

"Now would I do a thing like that?"

"Yes!"  the twins chorused.  

"So we do it?"

"I'm in!"

"Then it's unanimous."

"We'll do it!"  they told Kuno simultaneously.

"Good."  Kuno said, grinning.  "You do this world a great service by 
doing 
this.  For too long Saotome has plagued the citizens of this city with 
his 
womanizing ways and his evil sorcery!  Surely the vengance of heaven is 
upon 
him and I shall be the one to dispense justice.  Though your skills may 
be 
inadequate, your efforts may keep him off balance until I can deliver 
the 
final blow!  For none has the might to-"

"**DILL BRAND!!**"  

*BOOM!*

Akiko and Nozomu watched as the kendoist flew into the sky.  "You just 
had 
to do that, huh?"  Nozomu accused.

"You heard him, he said we couldn't handle it!"

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

Ranma Saotome is not a person who gets nervous easily, unless the 
problem is 
of a feline persuasion or named Kodachi.  Usually he can take suprises 
in 
his life, like having another fiance` thrust upon him due to his 
father's 
imcompetence.  Something today, however had him on edge today.

Akane and Ukyo were sitting on either side of him, and he had yet to 
feel 
pain.  

In fact, they were chatting together like old friends.  Now that he 
thought 
about it, he could get used to this.  It would be nice if they had told 
him 
what happened between them, though.

Three presences in front of him diverted his attention from that train 
of 
thought.  Looking up, he noticed the three new kids looking at him.  

"Yes, what is it?"  Ukyo asked.  

The girl with the black and red hair spoke up.  "Could we speak to 
Saotome-
san alone, if that's okay with you?"

"Unless it's top secret,"  Akane said, "I don't see why we can't hear it 
as 
well."

"Fair enough,"  the boy said.  "We have recently granted a favor to a 
new 
aquaintance of ours, Tatewaki Kuno, to challenge you to combat."

Ranma laughed.  "So, Kuno's finally sunken low enough to send goons 
after 
me?  I guess he finally realized the obvious."

The first girl shook her head while the dark-skinned boy held the other 
girl
back.  "No," she said calmly, "He's going on vacation with his father.  
And 
please don't insult Lina."

"Yeah," the boy grunted, straining to hold his friend.  For such a 
skinny 
girl, she sure was strong.  "Insulting us is a terrible way to die."

"I see."  Ranma replied, doing a great impression of Nabiki.  "So what's 
the 
challenge this time?"

"I don't know,"  the girl said.  "There are three of us and only one of 
you, 
of course your friends there seem pretty formidable."

"Pretty period."  the boy said.

"So we could go three ways:  One on One, Three on Three, or, if you feel 
lucky, you could take the three of us yourself."

"Ranma thought for a moment.  "I got an idea,  Meet us back here after 
school, all three of you, we can work the rest out then."  

"Okay."  Lina said, calming down.  "Now that the formalities are out of 
the 
way, We want to ask you a few questons.  First of all, do you know any 
magic?"

"Magic?  Umm, no."  Ranma replied.  "Why'd you ask- Oh, right.  Kuno 
told 
you about me.  It's nothing like that.  I just keep whooping him, and 
he's 
too proud or too stupid to admit I'm better than him, so he's convinced 
himself that I must be using magic or something."  

"Well," Nozomu said, "That was enlighteni-"  At this time, Shampoo 
decided 
to pay her 'airen' a visit.  Unfortunately, Nozomu was standing in her 
designated landing zone, and got a faceful of rubber.  

"Nihao, Ranma!"  Shampoo said happily, glomping onto Ranma and ignoring 
the 
twin Glares o' Death from Akane and Ukyo.  "Shampoo take husband to 
lunch!"

"N-no thanks!"  Ranma stuttered, "I just ate!"

Shampoo found herself surrounded.  An upset Akiko and Lina on one side, 
and 
a pissed-off Akane and Ukyo on the other.  

Nozomu grabbed Shampoo's bicycle and threw it off of him.  "Stand back, 
she's 
mine."  Walking over to Ranma, he deliberately grabbed Shampoo across 
her 
chest and pulled her off Ranma.

Naturally, the amazon wasn't happy about that.  "Pervert no touch 
Shampoo!"

"It got your attantion, didn't it?"  Nozomu said, looking her in the 
eye.  
"I don't like being used as someone's personal landing pad, so 
apologize."

"Dark Boy should not stand in Shampoo's way!"

"Let me rephrase that."  Nozomu replied.  "You just put me in a bad 
mood.  
When I'm in a bad mood, I make life crappy for those around me, 
_especially_ 
the ones who put me in that mood.  Apologize, or wake up in the ER."

"You'd better stop him."  Akane whisperered to Lina.  

"Nah."  Akiko said, "He can take care of himself."

"That's not the point."  Ukyo replied, "If he loses. it's no problem.  
We're 
worried about him winning!"

"If he beats her,"  Akane added, "She-"  Just then, both of them came to 
a 
realization.  "Umm..... nothing. It's just that Amazons don't take 
defeat 
too well, and there's this guy who's in love with Shampoo, and he's 
extemely 
jealous of any guy who beats her."  It wasn't the entire truth, but they 
weren't lying, either.  Hopefully, if Nozomu could beat Shampoo, she'd 
go 
after him and leave Ranma alone, or at least not bother him as much.  
They 
could help him deal with Shampoo later.

Meanwhile, the confrontation between Nozomu and Shampoo was rapidly 
degenerating.  Nozomu was still pissed, and Shampoo's pride forbade her 
to 
give in to any mere male, save for Ranma of course.  

Then there was the issue of the method he had used to remove her from 
her 
husband.  He must pay for at least that.  "Shampoo no apologize, Shampoo 
kill!"  Drawing her bonbori, She lashed out with a strike that should 
have 
shattered a good portion of his skull, but he leaned back, deflected her 
attack, and delivered a kick to the side of her head.  

Instead of pressing his advantage, he leaped back and reached into his 
backpack, pulling out a metal disc about a foot wide, attached to a 
chain 
three feet long.  Sliding the pack off his shoulders, he attached the 
end of 
the chain to the bracer on his right arm.  Four large blades popped out 
of 
the disc.  "Fight it is then.  Eat this!"  Nozomu threw the chainblade 
low, 
The chain somehow extending to allow the disc to travel further, the 
blades 
tearing into the soil as it flew towards Shampoo's feet.  

Shampoo, used to similar attacks from Mousse, leaped forward past the 
chain 
and kicked him in the face.  

The blow knocked his headband off, revealing the gem, which flared 
brightly.  
His gloves were shredded as a similar glow erupted from them.  In the 
palms 
of each hand was a gem similar to the one in his forehead.  Their colors 
matched the palms that were on the gloves:  Blue in the left hand, amber 
on 
the right.  The chainblade retracted back into his hand, and he flung it 
out 
again.  This time when Shampoo ran at him, the blade turned around and 
struck her in the back, the blades retracting an instant before the disc 
hit.  

Shampoo was knocked to the ground by the force of the blow however.  
Nozomu 
retracted the blade.  "Two to one, ready to apologize?  We don't have to 
continue this, you know."  

By this time, the sounds of combat had drawn a good portion of the 
student
body, and a crowd had formed in a half-circle around the wall.

"Hey, that's one of the new kids!"

"Whoa, look at his hands!"

"How much do you think they're worth?"

"Why's he fighting that waitress from the Nekohaten?"

"Place your bets, people!"  Nabiki of course, was in top form.  She had 
found out about the exchange students the day they were signed up, and 
was
trying to find ways they could be useful.  Naturally, at least one of 
them
turned out to be a fighter.  The dark-haired girl, Akiko, defineity had 
an
intelligent look about her, and it wasn't just the glasses.  Lina, on 
the 
other hand, Nabiki could see something about her, almost a.....Kindred
Spirit.

Shampoo rose to her feet, fire in her eyes.  "Shampoo never give up!  
Aiieeyaah!"  Shampoo leapt forward, faster than Nozomu could react, and 
kneed him in the chest, following up with a pair of kicks that slammed 
him 
into the wall.  She then rammed both her maces into his gut, driving him 
into the wall before he collapsed to the grass, coughing up a little 
blood.

Nozomu picked himself off the ground.  "You wanna keep going?  We'll 
keep 
going!"  The gem in his right hand flared, covering him in a flowing 
golden 
aura.  "Bring it on!  *FLARE CROSS!!*"  Nozomu's form blurred towards 
Shampoo, passing through her in the blink of an eye.  He appeared on the 
other side of her, arm in front of him holding the chainblade with it's 
blades extended.  

Shampoo whirled around, ready to counterattack.  A glowing slash mark 
flared 
down the middle of her torso, and she fell to her knees.  Nozomu tossed 
the 
chainblade high into the air, the chain extending far past it's normal 
length.  He brought his arm down in a sweeping arc, and the disc hit 
Shampoo 
from the side, knocking her out.  

"VICTORY!"  Akiko and Lina shouted, each waving a pair of fans.  Ukyo 
and 
Akane just smiled.  a third of the gathered students broke into a cheer,
they had bet against Shampoo.

Nozomu pumped his fist.  "Yatta!"  With a flick of his wrist, the disc 
returned to his hand.  "Next time, ya better recognize, TRICK!"

"Well, Son-in-Law,"  A rasping voice called from behind Ranma.  Everyone 
looked up to see a tiny, wrinkled old woman standing on the wall.  
"Looks 
like you may have some competition.  I hope you're ready for it."

"What do you want, Old Ghoul?"  Ranma demanded.  

The fight over, most of the students departed.  Besides, the bell for 
class 
rang two minutes ago, and they wanted to get away before Miss Hinako 
found
out.  

Nabiki stayed behind.  She could safely miss a class or two, and Cologne
might give out some valuable information.  Besides, she and her teacher 
had
an, 'understanding.'

"I felt three new power levels in town recently."  Cologne answered.  
"So 
naturally I came to the one place every powerful fighter in the area has 
been drawn to so far:  You or Akane.  So far, the record holds, and here 
they are."

Nozomu moved over to his sister and Lina as the short woman moved around
them, sizing them up.  "Careful,"  he whispered to the girls, "This 
woman
is extremely powerful, and has near-comeplete control over her power!"

"Hmmmmm......"  Cologne walked around the three, studying them.  
Reaching
into Nozomu's backpack, she pulled out a second chainblade.  

"Hey!"  Nozomu protested, "Put that back!"

Cologne ignored him.  reaching further, she pulled out a large gun and a 
_very_ large sword.  There was no way either could have fit into the 
bag.  
"Intresting......  I had no idea there were Techno-Wizards still around.  
You do very good work."  She said, looking at Akiko.  

"You know what a Techno-Wizard is?"  Akiko asked, stunned. 

"What's a Techno-Wizard, anyway?"  asked Akane. 

Akiko looked at Cologne and bowed slightly.  "Elder, since you know her
better than I, Would you help me explain?"  

Cologne smiled.  "Such a nice girl.  Very well, I shall.  The first 
thing you
must realize is the differences between magic and technology;  they're 
almost
polar opposites. Very few effects caused by magic can be duplicated by 
science, and vice versa.  Magic is inherently more powerful than 
science, but
technology is not as exclusive as magic.  Normally, the two are 
considered 
seprate, never to meet."  The ancient master looked to Akiko.  "Child?"

"Okay.  Anyway, a group of people challenged that theory. After all, if
simple objects could be enchanted, why not enchant the parts of a 
machine, 
then put it together?  After a lot of tests, successes, and failures, a 
set
of laws of Techno-Wizardry were discovered.  Techno-Wizards, like me, 
are
mid-level spellcasters and competent mechanics.  Just average in each 
field
seprately, but when our skills are combined, we're unstoppable!"

"Or so they say."  Cologne countered.  "Techno-Wizards were looked down 
upon
by most sorcerers as second-rate practicioners of a bastard art.  The 
last 
of them were supposedly killed or driven off a long time ago.  Perhaps 
they
missed a few."

"Maybe."  Nozomu said, smiling.  Gently, he picked up the 
still-unconsious 
Shampoo.  "Excuse me, Saotome-san?"

"Ranma."

"Ranma.  Could you direct me to the nurse's office?  I know I just beat 
her
butt and all, but she should shoud have these bruises looked at."

"I will take care of my granddaughter."  Cologne said, taking the girl 
from
Nozomu's arms.  

"She's your granddaughter!"  Nozomu exclaimed, beads of sweat pouring 
down 
his face,  "I'm s-so sorry!  I-it's just that she-"

'Don't worry about it, Son-in-law."  Cologne said, chuckling.  "We'll 
meet 
again."  With that, she hopped away.

Puzzled, Nozomu turned to Ranma.  "Why did she call us _both _ 
son-in-law?"

Ranma sighed.  It was time to come clean about it.  "Ya see, Shampoo's a
Chinese Amazon.  A year ago, I came across her village while on a 
training 
trip with my pop, and I beat her in a fight.  The Amazons have this 
stpuid 
law that says that if an Amazon woman is beaten by a male outsider, she 
has 
to marry him.  Apparently, an Amazon woman can have more than one 
husband."

"Great, a culture that embraces battle-applied polyandry."  Nozomu 
sighed.
"I wonder what Mama's gonna think, me engaged at such a young age."

Ranma winced.  "It gets better.  There's this other guy named Mousse 
who's 
in love with Shampoo, and constantly attacks because she's after me.  
He'll 
come looking for you by tomorrow."  

Nozomu picked up his headband and tied it back on.  "Great.  So does he 
fight
like Shampoo?  Waitaminute, what's with their names?"  Reaching into his 
backback, he got an extra set of gloves and put them on.

"I dunno.  So anyway, why'd you cover up those gems, anyway?
I mean, everyone's seen them already."

"True, but I don't want to advertise that I got a small fortune attached 
to 
my epidermis.  Too many people have tried to seperate them from me, 
starting 
with Lina!"  Looking around, he had noticed that everyone else was gone.  
"Shouldn't we get back to class?"  

"We're late anyway, so we may as well take our time."  Ranma replied.  
"We'll
just end up holding buckets outside the door."

They spent the rest of the class talking about each other's fighting 
skills.
Nozomu wasn't nearly as good a fighter as Ranma or Shampoo, and 
compensated 
with his weapons and the gems.  Ranma offered to train him, but Nozomu 
refused unless he could pay.  

After school, They met back at the front gates.  Ranma decided that they 
should just spar back at the dojo and be done with it.  After a quick 
stop
by Ucchan's to get some extra food for dinner, they finally reached the
Tendo home.  Standing at the door was a large......panda.  

"Cute pet."  Nozomu said.

The panda held up a sign that said: "Thank You."

"Ah, Kawaii!"  exclaimed Akiko.  "And he's even trained!"

A young woman in her early twenties came to the front door.  "Ah, we 
have 
guests!  I guess I had better start dinner."

"I'll help!"  Ukyo said.  Lina's eyes glazed over at the prospect of 
food.
Akiko had gone over to the yard and was busy tickling the panda to 
death.

As the two of them headed for the kitchen, Nabiki came downstairs.  "Oh 
good,
you're already here.  This just came from the school.  There was a last-
minute change, and Nozomu and Akiko are now staying with us, and Lina's 
with
Ukyo."  Actually, the principal had forgotten to assign them, so she 
just
convinced him to send them here.  What Cologne had said about 
Techno-Wizardry
got her attention, so she decided to keep the two of them close by.  The 
fact
that Nozomu would be paying for lessons here was also a plus.

"That was fast."  muttered Nozomu.  "So I guess we should get on with 
the 
formal introductions.  Hi."  he said, shaking Ranma's hand.  "I'm Nozomu
Stingray.  The lovely young lady playing with the panda over there is my 
twin sister Akiko, and the Hot-tempered one is our friend, Lina 
Inverse."

Ranma glared at his father.  He was enjoying himself entirely too much.  
"Excuse me for a second."  Ranma ran over to his father and punched him 
in
the head.  "Quit it, you pervert!  these are our guests!"  

"Hey!"  Akiko protested.  "You shouldn't treat an animal like that!"  

Genma whapped his son with a sign that read:  "Be kind to animals!"  
Ranma 
kicked him in the gut, and the two began fighting.  

Suddenly, the air was pirced by an angry shout.

"Get offa my chest, you PERVERT!"

Happosai quickly unlatched from Lina.  "Aw nuts!  There wasn't even 
enough
for me to hold on to!  What a waste of time!"  Looking around, he 
noticed his
favorite pupil engaged in combat with his father.  Standing off to the 
side
was one of the cutest girls he had seen that day.  Barely dodging the 
Flare
Arrow Lina fired at him, he made a beeline straight for her and grabbed 
onto 
her.  

Akiko and Nozomu were obviously both highly upset.  Nozomu snatched the 
pervert off of his sister and clasped both hands tightly on the sides of 
Happosai's head.  "Sis, Deathbringer!"  Akiko reached into her brother's 
pack and pulled out the large sword Cologne had removed that afternoon.
  
Palming Happosai's head in a one-handed death grip, Nozomu grabbed the 
sword with the other as the golden aura formed around him again.  
"Don't...."
He growled, bringing the old pervert up to face him, "...Ever.... 
Touch...
My...."  Nozomu tossed him into the air, holding the sword in a 
two-handed 
grip.  "...Sister...." As he fell back down, Happosai was smacked high 
into 
the air with the flat of the blade.  "...AGAIN!!!"

"He's mine!"  Lina shouted.  

Source of all power, 
Light which burns beyond crimson,
Let thy power gather in my hand!

"**FIREBALL!!**"

A ball of swirling fire smashed into Happosai,  Sending the pervert far 
over
the horizon, landing with a huge splash somewhere in the reflecting pool 
in
Washington, D.C.  

(Insert Clinton/intern joke here yourself, I'm fresh out.)

Lina dusted her hands off while Nozomu put away his sword.  "What the 
hell
_was_ that?"  

Damn, too big.  Give me a second...

SAMAS


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