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If you Preread Bubblegum Rift and/or Generations chapter 1, Please give 
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0Generations:  Bubblgum Rift 2

And here we are at part two.  

I'm setting the general tone of both series (This and Bubblegum Rift) by 
the
primary anime(s) crossed over with Rifts.  Consequently, BGR will be a 
lot
more serious than this one.

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. 


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The next day, the twins got up early.  Nozomu offered to help Kasumi 
with
breakfast, but she respectfully declined.  They sat down to watch tv, 
but 
the reception was blurry.  Akiko pulled out a toolbox and began trying 
to
fix it.  Nozomu walked out to the backyard, knowing that she was either
going to blow up the house, or the tv was going to be picking up 
satelllite
transmissions from other planets.  

Nozomu pulled out a pair of objects that resembled brass knuckles, but 
had
a set of covered lenses over the front.  He went into a series of 
punches 
and kicks, the lenses flashing at the end of each punch.  Just as he
finished, he felt a tap on his shoulder.  His eyes flashed gold, and he
turned and punched at his attacker.  

Ranma ducked as an energy pulse blew out the entire wall behind him.  
"Hey 
Nozomu, calm down!  It's just me, okay!"

Nozomu's eyes cleared up, and he wiped the sweat running down his face.  
"Sorry, Ranma."  he apologized, then looked at the long line of rubble 
that was once a wall.  Wearily, he slid off the knuckles and dropped 
them to 
the ground.  They made a pretty heavy THUMP as they hit the ground.  
"NABIKI!"  he cried out, summoning the middle Tendo daughter.  he 
reached 
into his pocket and pulled out a pair of gold coins.  "That should cover 
the 
wall, and any other damages for the week."  he said as he tossed her the 
coins. "This is getting _way_ too expensive!  Hey Ranma, why don't ya 
try
practicing with the Blaster Knuckles for a while?"

Ranma looked at the shattered outer wall.  "I don't think so....  
Besides, 
Breakfast is ready."

Nozomu's eyes lit up.  Coincidentially, it was at the exact same time as 
Nabiki finished examining the coins she had given him.  Ranma was almost 
blinded by the twin gleams in their eyes.  Somehow, Lina and Ukyo 
happened
to arrive just as Kasumi had finished, and the girls had already sat 
down
at the table, so the boys joined them.  

Suddenly, a squeal came out from under Akiko.  Getting off her cushion, 
she
pulled out a small, confused black pig.  "How did this get under here?"  

"P-Chan!"  Akane cried.  Ranma made a slightly sick face.  "Where have 
you 
been?"  The piglet squealed and leaped into Akane's arms.  Ranma looked 
like
he had a sudden urge for pork chops.

"Cute pig."  Akiko said.  

"Food bills must be expensive around here."  Nozomu mused.

"Not as different as Aunt Angela's lizards."  Akiko countered.
"A panda and and a pig are a far cry from a SangreRaptor ranch."

"SangreRaptor?"  Lina asked.  "You never mentioned that before."

"Blood Lizards."  Nozomu answered.  "Velociraptors that can track you by 
your 
brainwaves.  Their teeth and claws can shred tanks, but Angela and her 
clan 
ride 'em like horses."

"That's tough."  Ranma noted.

"That's a psychic bond, otherwise, they don't want nobody's ass on their 
backs."  Nozomu stood up, stretching.  "Well, I'm bored.  Wanna start on 
some training, Ranma?"

"Ranma jumped up. "Sure, let's go!"  

"Oh, wait a minute."  Akiko interrupted.  "We gotta get our stuff from 
the 
hotel!"

"Damn, forgot about that."  Nozomu said.  "Let's roll then."

--------------------------------------------

When they opened the door to their rooms, Ranma saw at least a dozen 
suitcases, bags, and metal and ceramic crates stacked around.  "Looks 
like 
we're gonna need some help.  I'll be right back.  As he walked out the 
door,
he secretly waved to the piglet in Akane's arms.  P-Chan jumped out of 
her 
arms and ran out the door.  

A few minutes, a lot of yelling, and a bit of broken furniture later, 
Ranma 
walked in with a boy wearing a yellow shirt and headband.  "I'm back.  
This 
is my worst friend, or best enemy, Ryoga Hibiki.  He's a great guy, even 
if 
he does make a pig out of himself sometimes."

"Take that back, Ranma!"  Ryoga yelled, taking a swing at him.

Ranma ducked and lightly smacked Ryoga upside the head.  "Later, 
Bacon-breath.
We have guests.  This is Nozomu and Akiko Stingray.  Believe it or not, 
they're twins.  They're staying with us for a while.  This is Lina 
Inverse,
she's staying at Ucchan's."

"H-Hello."  Ryoga stuttered.  "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."  Akiko said cheerfully.

Nozomu groaned.  "Nabiki, don't even think about it, we need those!"

Nabiki had opened a metal suitcase and found it contained a not-so-small 
fortune in diamonds, rubies, and other precious gemstones.  
"Impressive."

"Woah."  Ranma gasped.

"I'll let you use one for a ring when you decide which girl to marry."  
Akiko 
said.  Akane and Ukyo's eyes lit up as they both eyed a diamond that was 
easily half an inch across.  

Ranma gulped as they turned their starry-eyed gazes on him, "......."

"Put them back, Nabiki."  Nozomu warned, drawing some of the heat off 
Ranma.

"You never let me have any fun."  She mock-pouted.  "At least we know 
you 
won't have any trouble paying anything."  She reached over and snapped 
her 
fingers in front of Lina's nose, breaking the sorceress out of the 
trance 
she had slipped into.  "A woman after my own heart."

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

Outside, Nozomu loaded the crates into a small truck and they drove it 
back 
to the dojo.  On their way back, they passed by the Nekohaten, and 
noticed it 
had a sign attached to the door:  'Closed for renovations.  Will reopen
in 1 week.'  

"That's odd."  Ranma said.

"Good riddance."  Ukyo replied.

At that moment, they heard a sound that was all too familiar to Ranma, 
Ukyo 
and the Tendos:  The sound of a certain diminuative pervert on a panty 
raid.  
"Great,"  Ranma groaned.  "He's back."

"Who?"

"Happosai."  Akane answered.  

"He's back already?"  Lina asked, fuming.  "We should've blown him 
across the 
nearest ocean!"  

At that moment, Happosai rounded the corner and spotted the group.  
"What, 
you again?"

"Yeah,"  Nozomu said, "What about it?"

"Show some respect for your elders, boy!"  Happosai snarled.  "You need 
to be 
taught a lesson about treating the elderly!"

Nozomu got into a modified kickboxing stance.  "Bring it on, old man!"

Happosai began to glow as he summoned his battle aura.  A dark blue glow 
began to surround his body.  "Now you're gonna get it, kid!"

Nozomu's left hand began to glow under his glove as his defensive aura 
sprang 
up.  "Come on!  Are you gonna fight, or are ya just lighting up the 
street?"

"Oh yeah?  Well, brace yourself, 'cause here I come!"  Happosai sprang 
forward........... right past Nozomu and latched onto Ukyo's chest.  
after a 
quick squeeze, he leaped off and kicked a suprised Nozomu, who had 
dropped 
his aura, in the face.  Taking out a Happodaikarin, he placed it in the 
boy's hands and pushed him into a wall, where the bomb exploded.  
"Little 
punk! Now, where was I?  Ah!  Pretty ladies!"  With that, he leapt 
towards 
Akiko.

Quickly, Ranma pushed her out of the way, and put Lina in her place.  
Happosai reflexively glomped onto Lina, and immediately felt his energy 
leave his body.

"Gotcha, ya old freak!"  Ranma smirked.  Winding up, he booted the old 
pervert far, far away.  "And STAY gone!"

Angrily, Lina bapped him on the head.  "What was THAT all about?" she 
demanded.

"Happosai gains strength by grabbing girls like that." Ranma explained.  
"Since Your chest is so tiny, I figured it would drain him instead.  
Looks 
like I was right."

Of course, while he was saying this, he failed to notice Lina's rapidly 
rising anger.  As Gourry would have told him if he were there, and if he 
ever noticed himself; you don't make cracks about Lina Inverse's bust 
size, 
or lack thereof.

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(Lina:  What was that?!  **FLARE ARROW!!**  *BOOM*)

(Author:  Ow!  Dammit Lina, it was a joke!  Anyway......)

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But Ranma never noticed similar warnings regarding Akane, so why would 
he 
for anyone else?  

"RANMA NO BAKA!  **FIREBALL!!**"  

"Hey, isn't that your line?"  Ukyo asked Akane as they watched Ranma 
sail off 
into the distance.

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After Nozomu woke up, they returned to the dojo, where the two techno-
wizards set up a small mini-lab area in a far corner.  Nozomu was still 
angry 
over his loss to Happosai, and was figuring out a way to defeat him.  
After 
a couple of hours of sparring, the two decided to take a break.  

"So what do you plan on doing with Happosai?"  Ranma asked, putting some 
ice
on a bruise that developed on his leg.  Nozomu had an effective, if not 
sneaky, way of dealing with kicks:  instead of blocking, he would attack 
the
leg used to attack him.  After a few nasty bruises, Ranma mainly used 
punches, using kicks only when they weren't expected.

"Rule number seven of Techno-Wizards:"  Nozomu panted, trying vainly to 
catch 
his breath.  "'If you can't figure out a way, build one.'  Since we're 
on the 
subject of figuring out solutions, what're ya gonna do about the Fiancee 
Pack?  How do you feel about them?"

Ranma grimaced.  "I got the easy part figured out.  Shampoo's okay, but 
she's 
way too agressive."

"I dunno,"  Nozomu grinned.  "I kinda like girls like that.  At least 
you 
know how they feel about you."

"Then you can have her.  She's your fiancee too, remember?"

"Oh yeah, forgot. But I'm still under Legal Age in most countries."

"Not here."   Ranma remarked.

"You'd be suprised."  Nozomu said under his breath.  Ranma didn't hear 
him.

"Kodachi scares the hell outta me, but I dunno what to do about her, 
she's as 
dense as her brother."

"Tatewaki?"

"That's him."

"And Akane and Ukyo?"  Nozomu urged.  "They seem nicer toward each other 
than 
you said."

"Now that you mention it,"  Ranma said. "Thay havent' argued nearly half 
as
much as they used to.  Then there was that time just before you showed 
up 
when they double-teamed Kodachi."

"They double-teamed one of their rivals?  Boy are you in trouble!"  

"Why's that?"

Nozomu sighed.  "You know nothing about women, do you?  Of course I 
don't 
know everything myself, but I've seen something like this before.  Be 
afraid, 
be very afraid,"

"What is it?"  Ranma asked.

"That,"  Nozomu said, smiling, "is a secret."

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

The rest of the day went rather uneventfully.  Akiko, Nozomu, and Lina 
retreated to the lab area for a few hours, so they missed the 
'incedent' with Kodachi that afternoon ivolving Mr. Turtle, Ryoga, a few 
dozen black roses, and 15,000 gallons of lime Jell-O mix(Don't ask).  

That evening, as Ranma, Akane, and P-chan returned to the house, the 
three of 
them emerged from the dojo.  All three of them looked drained.  Akiko 
was 
holding a metal rod with a large ruby on one end, and a Topaz on the 
other, 
and a pair of large metal gauntlets while Nozomu had a small white 
cannon
cradled in his arms.  

"Man,"  Nozomu said as he eyed the exhausted martial artists, "You three 
look 
like hell.  Good thing we just finished this thing."  He patted the side 
of 
his gun.  "You can help us test it out!"

"What is that?"  Akane asked warily.

Without another word, he pointed the barrel at them and fired.  A wide 
cone 
of white light washed over them.  

Ranma and Akane suddenly felt a couple hundred percent better.  "Woah!"  
Ranma said, "What was that?"

"A Mega Lifeblaster Cannon."  Nozomu said proudly.  "It has a 
combination 
healing and rejuvination effect.  Right now, your weakest Ki blast could 
level a house, Ranma."  

"Cool!"  he exclaimed.  "Maybe you should start carrying that around."

"Wow, I feel great!"  Akane beamed.  P-Chan squealed his agreement.

"It works!"  Nozomu exclaimed.  Suddenly, a couple of sparks shot out 
from 
the barrel.  "O-kay, so it still needs a little fine-tuning."  he said, 
a 
little embarrassed.  "heh-heh."  

"Right."  Nabiki quipped from the balcony.  "So what else did you come 
up
with?"  Nabik had earlier tried to find out what they were doing, but 
the
twins had put up an energy field around the dojo, and she couldn't see
anything.  The Lifeblaster was definitely different; a gun that healed 
for 
a change.  Maybe she could intrest Dr. Tofu in one of those.

"Oh, hi Nabiki."  Akiko smiled.  "My turn!  Bro, if you please?"

Nozomu sighed and pulled his sword off from behind his back.  He moved 
to
the opposite side of the Koi pond.  "Ready!"  He said as he got into a 
defensive position. 

Akiko raised the spear over her head "**FLARE LANCE!!**"  As the hurled 
the
weapon at her brother, it suddenly began to catch fire, starting from 
the
ruby, and quickly traveled down the length of the spear.  

Nozomu turned the flat of this sword between himself and the spear. 
"**TARGETED DEFLECTION!!**"  Turning the sword upwards, he blocked the
attack, causing the lance to deflect upwards.  It arced back to Akiko, 
who
raied her hands to catch the weapon.  The gauntlets began to glow with a
bright red light, the flames of the spear extinguishing as she caught 
it.  

Akiko spun around and sent the javelin fying back at him in a single 
motion.
"**ELMEKIA LANCE!!**"  This time she threw it with the topaz end first.  
The
lance changed into a spear of pure energy.  Nozomu deflected it into the
pond, where it threw up a large wall of water that Ranma was damn sure 
not
to get caught in, having not told their guests about Jusenkyo.  The 
lance
flew back to Akiko's hands and returned to normal.  

"Ta-daaah!"  The twins chourused, bowing deeply.  

Lina yawned.  "I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired.  I'm heading 
back 
to Ukyo's."

"Aw, c'mon Lina."  Nozomu protested.  "We were about to head off for 
some 
dinner.  By the way, did we ever tell you what an 
'All-You-Can-Eat-Restaurant' 
is?"

(Note to Slayers fans:  That's Evil, I know that. ^_^)

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After unleashing a new breed of horror upon Japan, the Twins, Lina, 
Ranma,
Akane, and Ukyo Walked down the streets of Nerima.  The Twins had 
changed
out of their traditional working overalls into their street clothes. 
Akiko's outfit made her resemble a WWI fighter pilot, complete with 
flight
cap and bomber jacket.  Of course the tank top she wore under the jacket
wasn't exactly 1914 US Army Standard Issue, nor was the ammo belt 
strapped 
across her chest, but hey.  Nozomu looked a little more normal with a 
pair
of dark blue pants, and a grey long-sleeved shirt with dark blue 
horizontal
stripes.  He still had on his standard gloves and headband, and they 
both
had their bracers.  Lina wore her usual outfit, but without the cape.  

"You know,"  Ranma said, "this is the latest I've been up without having
something happen.  It feels kinda good."

Nozomu felt a tap behind him.  Turning around, he saw a short man in a 
ninja
outfit standing next to a tricycle.  "Yes?"

"Message from master Kuno!"  Sasuke said as he handed him a sealed 
manilla 
envelope.  "And the master's not going to like that you're associating 
with 
Saotome."

"So don't tell him."  Nozomu replied.  "Who are you anyway?"

"I,"  Sasuke said proudly, "am Sarugakure Sasuke, the Kuno family's 
personal
ninja, and their most dedicated and loyal servant."

"I'll just bet you are ."  Lina said sarcastially.  Sasuke 'Hmphed' and 
pedaled off.

Nozomu reached into the envelope and pulled out a bouquet of roses that
looked freshly-cut, despite their method of storage.  "I wonder how he 
did
that.  Hmmmm......  These are for 'The Beauteous Akane Tendo'."  He 
said,
reading the attached card.  "Here.  Let me see...."  Nozomu rummaged 
through
the package again, producing another bouquet.  "These are for 'Osage no
Onna'."  

He didn't notice Ranma blanch.  "We'll hold onto these until I can 
figure out who he's talking about."  he said as he handed the flowers to
Lina.  Finally, he pulled out a note.  "He can't be serious!"

"What?"  Akiko asked.

"Ranma, Tatewaki wants me to challenge you again.  Two days from now.  I
guess he's taking full advantage of our offer to help him."

"Yeah, so?"

"So a deal's a deal.  Besides, I still owe you."  Nozomu grinned while 
Ranma
rolled his eyes.  "C'mon, cheer up.  At least we can get good training 
out
of this."  

Suddenly, a scream pirced the air.  "My baby!  Come back here with my 
baby!
Lina immediately Raywinged to the air as the others ran in the direction 
of
the woman's scream.  They found a young woman in her mid-twenties 
chasing 
a shrunken, hunchbacked form carrying a small child in it's arms.  The 
woman
was persuing the creature with fire in her eyes and a pair of kunai 
daggers
in her hands.  

Ranma, Akane and Ukyo leaped into the air and landed in front of the 
thing. 
"Let go of that baby!"  Ukyo warned, whipping out her combat spatula.

The creature was a little larger than Happosai and Cologne, dressed in
blood-stained rags and an old baseball cap.  The thing had one large eye 
in
the middle of it's face, and a mouth full of sharp teeth.  It pulled out 
a 
large kitchen knife and held it to the baby's cheek, giggling evilly.

"Kuso!"  Ranma cursed, "What the hell is that thing?"

"Your first fear personified."  Akiko snarled, anger clearly on her 
face.  
"A Boogie-man."

"This is what you always feared was under the bed or in your closet." 
Nozomu
added.  "We can't do anything unless we can get to the baby, and he 
knows
it."  

The Boogie-Man laughed again.  "Hee hee hee.  Can't get me!"  With a 
toothy
grin, he drew the knife sharply across the child's cheek, making a tiny 
cut.
His grin grew wider as he listened to the infant's cry of pain. 
"Heeheeheeheeheehee!"

Suddenly, he screamed in pain himself as a dagger stabbed through his 
knife
hand with deadly accuracy.  The child's mother quickly leaped in and 
snatched 
her baby out of the monster's arms.  

Ranma wasted no time in voicing his displeasure in the Boogie-Man's 
actions.
He quickly got in the little creature's face and kicked it into the air.
Ukyo jumped up after it and smacked it down to a waiting Akane, who 
whipped
out her mallet and pounded it all the way into the ground.  

Nozomu removed his gloves.  "And here's where it gets messy!"  He picked 
up 
the still-concious creature by it's collar.  His blue aura appeared as 
he
placed his left hand on the Boogie-man's stomach.  "**AURA BLAST!!**"  
With 
a final scream, the Boogie-man was vaporized in a bright flare of blue 
light
that resembled the muzzle flash of a large cannon.  All that remained of 
the
monster were it's clothes, and a small pouch of coins that had fallen 
from 
it's belt.  

"Nice attack."  Ranma commented.

Lina went over to where the woman was examining the cut on her baby's 
cheek.
Lina cast a quick healing spell that closed the wound, but still left a 
tiny
scar on the child's cheek.  

The baby, now safely in her mother's arms, cooed happily.  "I can't 
thank
you enough for helping me save my baby."  The mother said.  "My name's 
Asama."

Nozomu and Akiko's eyebrows arched.  "You're welcome.  I'm Nozomu 
Stingray,
and this is my sister Akiko."

Asama studied them carefully for half a second.  "Twins, I never 
would've
noticed at first glance."

"She's good."  Akiko noted to her brother.

As Ranma and the others introduced themselves, Nozomu turned to his 
sister.  
"I don't like this.  Boogie-men usually don't just snatch babies out of 
a 
mother's arms, especially when the mother in question is a martial 
artist."

"I know."  she responded.  "So it must have been told to grab the child, 
but 
by whom, Or what?"

"Let's ask.  Asama-san, do you know of anybody you or your family 
opposes or
may have offended?  Possibly of a demonic nature?  I don't mean to
interfere, but that thing was on a mission."

"I don't know."  Asama answered quietly.  "The clan Elders might know,
however."

"Alright.  You had better stay with us tonight.  Whoever tried to steal 
your
baby may try again."

"They'd better not!"  Lina said.  "Any more of those things show up, and
I'll give them something to be afraid of!"

"Lina, Fly Asama to the dojo.  I don't want to deal with any more 
incidents 
tonight.  The rest of you, do what you want, Akiko and I are going 
home." 
Both twins yawned simultaneously, then turned and headed for home.  

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By the time the twins arrived at the house, Lina had explained to Soun 
and
another man Nozomu didn't recognize.  After confirming her story, they 
retired to their room.  After locking the door, Akiko stepped behind her 
brother and placed the palm of her hands against the backs of his.  
Nozomu's 
gems flared, and their bodies were enveloped in a soft light.  When the
light faded, there was a single man standing where the twins had been.  
The 
man looked a little like an adult version of Nozomu, but he had 
hexagonal 
metal scales covering his arms, chest, and the sides of his neck.  In 
his 
arms, he cradled a pair of sleeping children who resembled Nozomu and 
Akiko, 
but were only about eight years old.  

The young man tucked the kids into a pair of floating cots and kissed 
them
on their foreheads.  "Take five, kids.  We've got a long battle ahead of
us."  The gem in his forehead flashed once, and he vanished.

=========================================================

The twins opened their eyes at the same time to see Ranma, Akane, and 
Nabiki
standing over them.  "Akiko,"  Chibi-Nozomu mumbled, "I thought you 
locked
the door."

"I did."  Akiko-chan yawned.  

"We have a key."  Nabiki said plainly.

Nozomu closed his eyes as his eye gem brightened.  "It's not nice to bug 
the
room of a guest."

"Why did you lie to us?"  Akane demanded.

"We did not!"  Akiko-chan protested.

"Did you ever ask how old we are?"  Chibi-Nozomu added.  "Of course, if 
you
_had_ asked, we would've lied to you, anyway."

"Does Lina know about this?"  Ranma asked.

The twins hopped off their cots, stretched, and put on their bracers.  
"No."

"And just how much is it worth to you for us not to tell her?"

"Nabiki, would you cheat a pair of innocent little children?"  Akiko 
asked, 
giving Nabiki her cutest smile, which for her is pretty darn cute.  
Behind
Nabiki, Ranma nodded enthusiastically befor Akane punched him in the
shoulder.

"Innocent children, no.  _You_ on the other hand....."

Chibi-Nozomu sighed.  "Nothing really.  But for the sake of argument, 
We'll 
make you two TW devices.  Tell us what you want, and we'll see if we can
build it."

"Five devices."

"Three."

"Four."

"Two.  Or you can tell her, take it or leave it.  I told you, we don't
care."

"Deal."  Nabiki knew she had been outmanuvered.  Of course, she also 
knew 
that it was because there wasn't much to bargain for, and she was still 
getting something out of it, so she let the matter slide.  Next time, 
however......

"Pleasure doing business with you."  Chibi-Nozomu said sarcastcally.  
"Now,
If you'll excuse us, we need to take our baths."

"Race you to the bathroom!"  Akiko-chan cried cheerfully.  The two of 
them
took off around the corner, laughing merrily.

"Cute, aren't they?"  Nabiki deadpanned.  

Akane just sighed.  "So what do we do about them?"

"Why do anything?"  Ranma asked.  "They're just kids."

"Maybe, but why the disguises?"

"I don't think they'll try anything, but I guess we could keep an eye on 
them just in case."

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

While Nozomu and Akiko took their baths, Ranma and the others spoke to
Ayame.  She was helping Kasumi fix breakfast while keeping an extra 
close
watch on her son.  They agreed that she would come and get them after
school, and take them to her clan.

After the twins returned, older and in their uniforms, The four of them
headed off to school in silence.  When Ukyo and Lina caught up with 
them, 
they still weren't speaking.

"Hey Ranchan,"  Ukyo said, "What's wrong, you have a fight again?"

"Nah."  Nozomu said, "He's just mad at us."

"Let me guess,"  Lina grinned.  "You found out they're really eight 
years
old?"

"You knew?"  The twins chourused.

"Of course I found out, I'm the greatest sorceress in my universe!"

"What about your sister?"

"Gah!"  Lina flinched.  "Don't say that!  Even in this dimension, I 
woudn't
put it past her to find me!"

Akkiko giggled.  "We may as well show Ukyo, so we can get this over 
with.  
Niichan?"  Nozomu removed his headband and they pressed their foreheads
together.  Their bracers began to glow, and when they stopped, a pair of
adorable children stood where there had been two teenagers.  
Fortunately,
their clothes somehow shrank when the twins did, and still fit.

"Alakazam, instant rugrats."  Nozomu said.  "Now we're stuck like this 
for
the rest of the day.  Perfect."  

As they continued on their way, they noticed a large crowd in front of 
the
entrance.  "Hey,"  said Ranma, "What's going on now?"

"Hey Ranma, what's up?"  Hiroshi said.  "The Principal's at it again."

"Yeah,"  Daisuke added. "He said that......That.....  Ranma, who are 
those
kids, and why are they floating?

Ranma turned around and sure enough, Nozomu and Akiko were hovering 
about
half a foot above the ground.  Nozomu looked more than slightly annoyed
while Akiko seemed to take it in stride.  "Ummm, Nozomu?"

Nozomu sighed.  "Let me guess, we're floating again.  I don't feel like 
explaining right now, can we get to class now?"  Without another word, 
he
floated over to the gate.  

The moment he passed through, Principal Kuno leaped across at him, 
shaving
part of his hair off.  

Nozomu whirled around, facing the principal.  He reached out with a 
hand,
and one of the Principal's shears flew into it.  Wordlessly, he took the
shears and finished shaving his head with it.  He gestured, and the 
other
shear flew out of the Principal's hand.  "Okay, so you shaved someone's
head."  he said with a bit of malice.  "But you really should set a 
better
example for your students."  Ignoring the Principal's protests, he threw 
the
shears at P. Kuno.  The shears began to glow purple as the flew towards 
his
head.

Principal Kuno ran screaming around the schoolyard, chased by the 
animated 
shears.  While he ran around, he set off dozens of traps he sad set 
around
the schoolyard.  Nozomu scowled at him for a few more seconds, then 
suddenly
burst out laughing.  

"What's so funny?"  Ukyo asked as the relieved students rushed to class.

"Th-the shears!"  Nozomu gasped out, "They're gonna cut off every hair 
he's
got!  HAHAHAhahahahaHAHA!  _Every_ single one on his entire body!"  

Ukyo puzzled that for a second, the blushed as the full implications hit
her.  Ranma, Akane, and Lina were almost rolling on the floor, while the
twins were floating helplessly upside down, laughing.  Eventually, 
almost
the whole school was at least chuckling their heads off, or rolling in 
the
hallway.  No one noticed that the bell had rung for another fifteen 
minutes.

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Part two in a second...


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