Subject: [ffml][Ranma]Catching the Butterfly vol. 1, chaps 18 - 19
From: Kai Yamazaki
Date: 4/22/1999, 11:32 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

Wow, Ranma Dwarf got so many excellent responses... thanks guys! 
Anyway, on with the main attraction....
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PART XVIII
Dedicated to the one I love.
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Miyu glared at Mihoshi. "Why did you insist on following us up here?
We managed to find his room with no trouble!" she hissed from outside
Ryoga's bedroom door.
Mihoshi shrugged. "I only wanted to help." She leaned over and tried
to peek through the keyhole, much to Miyu's outrage. "Oh! I can see in
here!" she whispered gleefully, trying to find the best view.
Miyu grabbed her by the back of the shirt. "You rude girl!!!! Invading
his privacy like that! Go away!" Mihoshi crossed her arms angrily and
stomped away. Miyu stood guard outside for a little while. After a few
minutes, curiosity got the better of her and she leaned over to peek
through the keyhole too. *Ooh ... he's not too bad!*
"Aha!" Miyu whipped around in surprise. Mihoshi glared at her. "So
who's invading his privacy now?!!"
"What?! I was merely checking to see if there was anything suspicious
in the room!" Miyu protested, trying to keep her cool.
"You were drooling all over the door! At least I had the decency to
say I liked him!" Mihoshi slipped past her and tried to peek through
the keyhole again. 
Miyu pushed her away. "No you didn't, you said you were just trying to
be inconspicuous. I was just curious."
"Don't you dare make a move on him!" Mihoshi growled.
"Why would I do such a thing?" Miyu asked. "I'm only doing my job
properly!"
"Are you implying that I'm not doing my job correctly?!!"
The door swung open and the two alien girls landed flat on their faces
at Ryoga's feet. He looked at them for a moment. "Hi Ryoga," Mihoshi
giggled after a second.
"Uh ... what are you doing?" he asked, looking completely and totally
confused. (Could that be because he was, in fact, completely and
totally confused?)
Miyu grinned weakly. "We were just waiting to see if you wanted us to
help you find your way downstairs. We leaned against the door, then
you opened it." She poked her blond friend _hard_. "Isn't that right
Mihoshi?!"
Mihoshi nodded. "Oh yes! That's what happened!"
"Oh. Thank you."
The two girls would've fallen over backwards. If they hadn't already
been lying on the floor. Miyu gave a small sigh of relief. *Despite
Mihoshi's very bad acting, it appears he believes us.* She grinned and
jumped to he feet, linking her arm through his. "This way!"
Mihoshi instantly grabbed his other arm, then leaned her head against
him. "You know, you are so much taller as a guy than as a girl." Then
she stuck her foot out behind Ryoga, and tripped up Miyu. The
Hyperdoll found herself flat on her face again for the second time in
as many minutes. 
"OW!"
Ryoga spun around in concern. "Miyu ..."
"She'll be fine," Mihoshi cut in, dragging him away. "She's just
clumsy."
Miyu jumped to her feet and ran after them and grabbed his other hand.
"That's me, clumsy!" She glared at her comrade. *That's it! I'll get
you for that! I'm gonna make you suffer!!!*
Ryoga looked at them both. "Are you two all right?"
"We're just fine!" Mihoshi laughed.
"Yes, just fine!" Miyu agreed.
Ryoga looked at them a little longer, then shrugged. "OK, but you
don't have to hold my hands."
"Just making sure you don't get lost!" they replied.
Miyu bided her time. *When we get near the bottom of the stairs, just
one little push! Just enough to teach her a lesson!*
"Nihao Ryoga!" Shampoo landed at the top of the stairs with Aiko. She
looked at the other two girls in suspicion. "Who these two?"
Ryoga was totally oblivious to the tension building up around him as
he picked up Aiko. "Shampoo, this is Mihoshi Jurai and Miyu Fumizuki.
Miyu, Mihoshi, this is Shampoo."
Shampoo narrowed her eyes. "Why you all hold hands?"
"To make sure I didn't get lost," he said cheerfully, walking down the
stairs. 
Miyu and Mihoshi stepped forward as he passed Shampoo, but then she
moved to block their path. 
"Hold it. What you two want with my Ryoga?" Shampoo whispered.
"_Your_ Ryoga?!" Mihoshi gasped.
Miyu glared at the Amazon. "Since when did he become your possession?"
"Since Shampoo engaged to him!" She crossed her arms proudly. *Shampoo
not work so hard to lose Ryoga to strange new girls!*
Mihoshi shrugged. Having lived with Tenchi, Ryoko and Ayeka for quite
some time, she was rather used to girls claiming to be engaged to the
object of her affection. She did have a few working brain cells that
people didn't give her credit for. "We'll talk to Ryoga, shall we?"
After all, it'd usually turned out with Tenchi, that the poor guy
hadn't mentioned anything about engagement at all, but someone had
decided to use it as a STOP barrier.
Miyu nodded her agreement. She didn't feel anything for Ryoga, but she
was pissed off with people thinking she was and being mean to her
about it. *I can't believe Mihoshi is being so unprofessional!*
Shampoo growled and stomped down the stairs, back into the restaurant.
She sat down next to Ryoga and tugged at his tee-shirt. "We engaged,
is so?"
Ryoga looked puzzled. "We are?"
Ukyo sighed. "I thought you said you were going to let him decide on
his own fiancee!"
Shampoo stuck out her tongue. "You one to talk, stupid spatula girl!"
"He can choose me if he wants to, but I'm not being forced into any
marriage now!" Ukyo yelled. "No matter what my father says!!"
Ryoga let out a small groan and hugged Aiko tighter for comfort. *What
brought all this back on?!!* It'd taken the last three days for Ukyo
and Shampoo to convince their respective families that he'd choose one
fiancee, of his own free will, so nobody would be forced into a
marriage they didn't want. In a perfect world, that would mean he
could still pursue Akane. In the real world, all the girls concerned
had decided this meant a free for all fiance hunt and so far Shampoo
was the only one showing any interest in him at all, although
sometimes he considered just moving to another school and making a
fresh start. But every time he began to think maybe he should go for
it, Ukyo would belt him one with her giant spatula, or he'd get
splashed by cold water and attacked by Kuno, or Ranma would interrupt
- killing Ranma took definite priority over romance, much to Shampoo's
annoyance (she was still very angry at Ranma for dropping her so
fast.) or Aiko would intervene. And Aiko took priority over everything
in his opinion. She was the only thing to matter to him and all his
other problems could just damn well shove off. When Aiko demanded
attention, she got it. He looked at the kitten-child with an
expression of total adoration. *She's the only person to truly love
me.*
The girls in question all glared at Aiko in a not-glaring-at-her kind
of way and settled down to try and argue things out. "So he can choose
anyone he wants as a fiancee?" Mihoshi asked.
Shampoo gave a slight nod. "In way, yes. But Shampoo more important
than you, bubble brain."
"What did you call me?!!"
Miyu made herself comfortable. "Does she have a little name for anyone
she sees as a threat?" she asked Ryoga quietly.
He thought for a second. "I think so."
Ukyo leaned on the counter. "But I'm not a threat 'cause I'm not gonna
marry you. She probably just likes calling people names."
Shampoo gazed curiously at Ukyo. "You take family dishonour over
marriage to Ryoga?"
"Yes, I would take family dishonour any day." Ukyo glared at her. "You
may have given up on Ranchan, but I haven't."
"Shampoo not give up Ranma, Ranma give up Shampoo," Shampoo replied.
*Why you have remind me that, stupid spatula girl?* she thought
dismally. *Shampoo still want Ranma back, but Ranma no want Shampoo!
Shampoo only making new start!* 
Mihoshi looked at them all. "Fighting over these guys isn't very fair
to them. I know, I've seen everybody fight over Tenchi, and all it did
was annoy him. You should let Ryoga make his own choice with each girl
on an equal status!"
Miyu cocked an eyebrow. "You don't have to talk about it as if he's
not here."
"But he isn't." Maika held up a note. "The four of them slipped out
while you were all treating him like a piece of furniture."
Ukyo snatched the note away. "Gone for a walk, may be some time, take
care of Aiko for me signed us lot?" She screwed it up angrily. *How
dare he? HOW _DARE_ HE?!!*
Shampoo jumped to her feet. "I go find him," she announced. 
"Me too," Mihoshi added.
"No your not," Maika objected, pointing to her watch.
Mihoshi sighed. *Drat! The Commander wants to talk to us!* She stood
up. "We'd better be on our way. Hope you find him!"
Ukyo laughed. "You don't have a chance of finding him! He's probably
not even in Japan anymore!"
"Oh, Shampoo not find him." The Amazon girl picked up Aiko. "But she
will!"

Maika and Miyu glared at Mihoshi. "I can't believe you are being so -
so - human!" Maika snapped.
Miyu nodded in agreement. "It's not right to fall for the person you
are investigating. It hinders your judgement."
Mihoshi sighed. "I'm sorry."
They entered the apartment. The Commander popped out of their
okonomiyaki and sighed. "Well, we've managed to recover the lost
files. And the Hibiki boy is ..."
"Is," Maika prompted.
"Completely human."
The three aliens groaned. "But what about the strange energy levels?"
Miyu asked.
The Commander shrugged. "We still don't know. First class detective
Mihoshi, you are to continue to investigate this boy. Doll Maika and
Doll Miyu, you will continue with your normal duties." They nodded and
the Commander continued. "But remember to actually fight the monster
next time, not the Sailor Senshi!"
The two Hyperdolls reddened at the memory. They'd been drawn into an
argument over whether the monster attacking the city was from the Dark
Kingdom or Chaos. In the argument, it had gotten away, and it had been
quite troublesome trying to find it and destroy it. It was embarrasing
to say the least! The Commander gave them a stern look. "The Sailor
Senshi are not the enemy, remember that!" He vanished. 
"I never liked those short-skirted idiots anyway," Maika said
eventually.
Miyu nodded. "Fancy thinking that the Slime-man was a monster from the
Dark Kingdom!"
Mihoshi looked puzzeled. "But he was." She edged away from the other
two as they turned to glare at her. "What?! What did I say?!"

End Part XVIII
Final song - The Boy Is Mine

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PART XIX
Catching the Butterfly.
For Better, For Worse.
Epilogue#1
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"Maybe I should become a monk," Ryoga muttered to himself. "What the
hell is wrong with all those girls? Why did they have to start talking
about me and Ranma?!"
R-D nodded in agreement. "It was like some kind of medieval torture
where they list all your bad points, all Ranma's good points and then
scream at you because they can't have him."
"Except they didn't get to the screaming at me point," Ryoga pointed
out. "I'm going to take a vow against women! They're too much
trouble!"
"Ryoga, prepare to ..."
*WHAM*
They never even paused, Ryoga casually batting Mousse away. R-A
laughed. "You're nuts! What about Akane? You still like her, don't
you?"
"I've barely been able to talk to her. What with working all the time,
and Mihoshi and Ukyo deciding to be my navigators at school, I never
get to spend any time talking to her! Plus half the time I'm a girl!
You think I can try to win Akane's love as a girl?" Ryoga pointed out.
R-C shrugged. "But you can try and get to know each other better when
you're a girl." She looked a bit thoughtful. "You know, there _are_
other girls out there. I mean, it's just not working with Akane..."
The three boys glared at her. "Who asked you? Just because you don't
love her!" R-D growled.
R-C stuck her tongue out at him. "Stop being so stubborn! Akane's
nice, but she's just not interested. Maybe it's time to start looking
around..."
"... Oh shut your stupid mouth, you!" R-D crossed his arms and glared
at her. "Sure, she's engaged to Ranma, but all they ever do is fight!
We're not giving up until the very end, got that?" 
They both paused for a second and glanced at Ryoga, who was further in
front of them, talking to R-A. R-D sighed. "It'll hurt him. Shouldn't
we stay a bit longer?"
His 'sister' shook her head. "You know as well as I do how things are
supposed to be. I wish we could stay too ... but the pain would only
be multiplied, not divided." She sighed. "We have to go and we have to
go tonight."
R-D nodded sadly. "It _has_ been fun, hasn't it?"
R-C sighed. "I'm going to miss everyone."
They climbed to the top of the hill, where the other two were waiting
for them. "What took you so long?" Ryoga asked.
R-D shrugged. "R-C's little legs aren't long enough to keep up ..."
R-C smacked him over the head. (Difficult. She had to jump to reach.)
"We have to be serious!" She turned to Ryoga. "Do you recognise where
we are?"
Ryoga looked around at the blackened area. "Is this where the
lightning struck? I didn't realise it was so close to Tokyo!"
R-A nodded. "This is it all right." He clapped his 'brother' on the
shoulder. "Well, I guess this is goodbye."
Ryoga looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"It's time for us to go," R-C said, smiling. "We had fun. Thanks for
everything."
Enligtenment dawned. "But you can't go!" They seemed to be growing
fainter, or was that just his imagination?
The other three looked sad. "We can't stay any more," R-D said
quietly. 
"You're all healed outside, but we can't help you heal inside," R-A added.
"What do you mean?" Ryoga asked, feeling slightly panicky. They _were_
getting fainter.
"You'll see soon enough," R-C replied. "Goodbye."
They vanished. Shockwaves passed through the air as molecules rushed
in to fill the spaces they'd filled a second before. And as the
connection with Ryoga was broken, he collapsed to the ground
unconcious.

Cold water stuck him in the face, activating the curse. She sat up,
gasping and spluttering. "What the...!" Looking around, she realised
she was back in her room at Ucchans. "How did ... where did ..."
Ukyo set the bucket back on the floor. "Sorry. You weren't waking up and I
was getting concerned." 
Ryoga-chan glared at her and shook the water out of her hair. "Couldn't you 
have used warmer water though?"
Ukyo glared back. "Don't be so damn picky! Is that all the thanks I
get for carrying you back here?" 
"Thank you," she said absently, pulling her tee-shirt over her head
and wringing it out. 
"You're getting water all over the floor!" Ukyo wailed.
"So? It's already soaked where you emptied that bucket over me!"
Ryoga-chan retorted, pulling her trousers off. *Why couldn't I be a
tall girl? Being about ten sizes smaller is _so_ annoying! Well,* she
reflected. *Not as annoying as turning into a pig at least.* She
shivered a little.
"Cold?" Ukyo asked sweetly, then poured a kettlefull of water over her
head. She was surprised to find a small part of her mind starting to
dribble and wolf-whistle as she became a he.
"OWOWOWOWOW!!!" Ryoga wailed. "TOO hot!" Aiko (cat) jumped through the
window and onto his lap with a purr, stopping him in the process of
opening his mouth to say something regrettable to Ukyo.
The chef sighed. "Do you have any idea where R-C, R-A and R-D are?
They weren't with you, that's for sure."
The happy expression on Ryoga's face faded. "They had to go," he said
sadly, looking at the floor.
Ukyo was puzzled. "What do you mean, they had to go?"
"They just ... went." He sighed. "Look, Ukyo, if you want me to carry
on being a waiter or a waitress or whatever, that's fine. If you don't
want me here ... I'll go." He jumped to his feet and looked around for
some dry clothes. "I don't want to impose on you if you don't want me
here," he said quietly, turning to face her.
"No!" Ukyo jumped to her feet and grabbed him by the arm. "Stay!"
Ryoga blinked at her. "Huh?"
Ukyo reddened and released her grip on him. "I ... I mean, could you
stay here, please?" She looked hopefully at him. "I-I mean that. I
don't care if there's one of you or twelve of you, but I'd really
appreciate it."
Ryoga looked rather surprised (uh ... could that be because maybe he
was rather surprised?), then he shrugged his shoulders. "Well ... I
guess I could stay ... I mean, it'd be nice ..." *And I don't want to
be lonely any more...*
Ukyo nodded in relief. "Yeah." She stood there for a second.
"Ukyo?" Ryoga said eventually.
"Yeah?"
He gave her an impatient look. "Could you let me get dressed please?"

Soun gaped at the solicitor. "T-this can't be!"
Shin Fujishima sighed. "Look, I know it's rather a shock, Mr Tendo,
but it's quite clear in your wife�s will that she wants her daughters
to be wed to the three Hibiki boys. And if I were you, I would respect
her wishes."
Soun was too gobsmacked to speak. Much. "But ... but ...but ..."
Finally his brain grasped the words and allowed his mouth to form
them. "Why wasn't I told sooner?!!"
Shin shrugged. "Well naturally we brought it to your attention as soon
as we found out. The thing is, we only discovered this a few days ago.
An old friend of your wife was given the sealed envelope and told to
give it to us when she died. She just ... misplaced the letter." He
stood up. "I trust you will break the news to your daughters as soon
as possible?"
Soun opened and shut his mouth a few times before attempting
comprehendable speech. "Yes ... yes I shall."
Shin smiled. "In that case, I shall be on my way." He left the Dojo
and leaned against the wall with a sigh. Sure, it was a very bad thing
to do, and was completely against his moral beliefs. But the young
lady in the leotard had paid him sooooooo much money ... and surely
that was the point?
Soun shivered at the prospect of telling his daughters the news. And
Genma. True, his friend had engaged Ranma to countless other people,
but so far his daughters had only been engaged to Ranma and no one
else. But the wishes of his wife definatly outranked the promise to
his oldest friend. If she wanted Kasumi, Nabiki and Akane to marry the
three Hibiki boys, then he'd make sure they did just that.

"Oh my." Kasumi looked surprised.
Nabiki glared at her sister. "Yes, oh my is definitely the phrase I
was looking for."
"Really?"
"No!" Nabiki snapped. "The phrase I was looking for was no way, no and
never, all in that order!"
Kasumi blinked. "Now Nabiki, that's not nice. They're very nice boys."
"Correction. Two of them are very nice boys, and I have a feeling I'm
not going to get one of the very nice boys." She looked thoughtful for
a second. "However, Akane isn't here at this precise second, and she
got first dibs on Ranma. So I'm going to have first choice this time."
She ignored the little voice in the back of her head that was
reminding her that she and Kasumi had shoved Akane forward, saying
'Oh, he wants Akane, definitely!' Nabiki grinned and turned to Kasumi.
"So if it's all right with you, I'll have Ryoga. You can have R-A
because he's too nice. He can help you do all the housework."
Kasumi nodded.
Soun sighed with relief, then decided he was going on a training
journey before he tried to break the news to his more explosive child.
"Going somewhere, Daddy?" Nabiki asked sweetly.
Soun broke into a light sweat. "N-noo, I was just ..." 
"Hi, I'm home!"
Nabiki glanced at the doorway. "Oh, Sis! Guess what!" She ignored
Soun's frantic gestures to shut the hell up before he was killed
slowly in interesting ways.
Akane looked at her sister. "Daddy's won the lottery? No, wait, Kasumi
yelled? Uncle Saotome learned how to read chinese? Umm ... Ranma's
been enrolled in a charm school?"
Ranma appeared at her side. "Hey. Just tell us. Otherwise this could
take a long time."
Nabiki grinned. "Congratulations! You've just become engaged!"
*THUMP*
"Oh my." Kasumi shook her head. All these people falling over made the
house _so_ untidy.
"Who to?!!" Akane finally managed to ask.
Nabiki decided it was time to be really mean. "Daddy will explain,
won't you Daddy?"
Soun gulped. He outlined the story while edging towards the doorway. "
.. So you are now engaged to R-D goodness is that the time?"
"Hold it Dad." Akane grabbed her father by the scruff of the neck.
"There is no way I am ever marrying R-D."
Nabiki grinned. "Why? He's cute."
"Yes but ..."
"And strong. He could easily help run the Dojo."
"I know but ..."
"And he's got a nice bod."
Akane finally managed to get a word in edgeways. "If you like him so
much, _you_ marry him!"
Nabiki shrugged. "Can't. I'm engaged." She tried not to laugh. Akane
was so mad, steam was almost coming out of her ears.
"Can I point something out here?" They all turned to look at Ranma,
who was leaning against the wall.
"What?" Akane asked.
"There aren't three Hibiki boys. Only one." Ranma laughed. "Don't you
remember Ryoga explaining all this?" He turned to Soun. "Whoever told
you your wife wanted Akane, Nabiki and Kasumi to marry R-D, R-A and
Ryoga was yanking your chain. Two of them aren't even real."
Nabiki blinked. "Oh yeah. I forgot about that."
Akane poked her. "Never knew you had a crush on Ryoga. Mihoshi won't
be happy, that's for sure."
"Oh shut up." Nabiki glared at her. "I was just focusing on his good
points."
Soun went into sob mode. "Oh Ranma son, please hurry up and marry my
daughter - I don't know how much more of this I can take!!!"
Ranma backed away. "Whoa! Hold it right there! First, tell me who told
you this and I'll go bash them up a bit!" 
Soun told him and Ranma narrowed his eyes. "OK. I think its time we
had a talk with this solicitor person.

Cologne pogoed a fast as she could to the agency where Shin Fujishima
worked. *If I can find out who made him do this and get a confession
from them, Shampoo can go back to Ranma!* In her opinion, this was too
good to be true. She had truth serum and a tape recorder all ready.
*Sure, Ryoga's nice enough, but why have trout when you can have
salmon?*
Shin Fujishima had no idea how exciting his life was about to get when
he climbed into his car and daydreamed about how he was going to spend
his money. "A holiday for starters! Maybe I can tempt some cute girls
into a good time ..." 
His daydreams were shattered by the arrival of a small monkey on a
pogo stick bouncing onto his car bonnet. Cologne poked her head
through the window. "Shin Fujishima?"
He nodded automatically. *Well, they do say humans are evolved from
monkeys ... *
"Now tell me Shin. Who told you to tell Mr Tendo that the Hibiki boys
were to be engaged to the Tendo girls?"
His business composure took over. "Why, that's between my client and
myself. Although if you must know, it was the final wish of Mrs
Tendo."
Cologne sighed. *Good thing I have a lot of this stuff,* she thought,
popping a small vialful of truth serum down his throat. "That's not
very respectful to the dead. Now then, the truth, Mr Fujishima."
"Kodachi Kuno," Shin said automatically. He covered his mouth in
shock. "Ack!"
Cologne smirked. "Thank you. I shall pay her a small visit now." She
stood poised to hop away, then changed her mind. "Excuse me, Mr
Fujishima, but do you wear womens underwear?"
"Yes." He squawked in horror and covered his mouth with his hands
again.
Hey, even old women like to have a little laugh now and again. And
Cologne was of no exception, chuckling to herself as she hopped away.
Shin sat in his car, stunned for a second, before a boy with a pigtail
and a short-haired girl ran up to his car. "Shin Fujishima?" Akane
asked.
"Yes." The truth serum was still working.
Ranma pushed past her. "OK, tell me straight or I'll bash your head
in. Who made you say that Mrs Tendo wanted her daughters to marry
Ryoga and co?"
"Kodachi Kuno." Shin groaned and rested his head against the steering
wheel.
Ranma was surprised at the lack of argument, but turned and ran
anyway. "Come on Akane!"
"Just a second." Akane looked at the man in the car. "Hey mister. Do
you wear womens underwear?"
"NO!" He turned the engine on and pushed the car into gear. "Get lost,
little girl!" He revved up and sped out of the parking lot. He didn't
want to be in the area when Miss Kuno heard about this.
Akane sighed and caught up to Ranma. "Hey, Ranma?"
"Yeah?"
Akane stopped running. "Ranma, can I talk to you for a moment?"
Ranma turned and looked at her. "What is it?"
She looked at the floor. "It's just ... when we get the truth out of
Kodachi, Ukyo and Shampoo are bound to find out. And I have a feeling
they're not going to stay engaged to Ryoga when they can have you."
Ranma thought for a second. *Damn!* He wasn't about to admit it, but
it having only one fiancee was so ... relaxing. Less stressful. Akane
had stopped beating him us so much too, which was a pleasant side
effect. Despite the cooking, he could get used to having Akane as a
fiancee. And he didn't want to go back to three. 
Akane continued. "They're going to find some way to worm their way
back ... and ... and ...and..." She groaned. *Why can't I say it!*
Truth was, she enjoyed not having to share Ranma. Having him to
herself was nice ... and she didn't want to share him again. When he
wasn't being constantly glomped by every other girl on the planet, he
could be quite nice too. *Right. That's it!*she thought sternly,
squaring her shoulders. "I don't want to mumble you..."
"Huh?" Ranma looked at her, puzzled.
"I DON'T WANT TO SHARE YOU!" There. She'd said it. And now she wished
she hadn't, because knowing him, the jerk, he was going to laugh at
her...
"I-I don't want to either ..."
Akane gazed at her fiance in astonishment. He seemed serious. "Are you
ill?" she asked in concern.
"No!" Ranma threw her a murderous look. "Why are you making this so
hard, you un-cute tomboy!"
"Jerk." She grinned. "So we'll just not tell them?"
Ranma grinned back. "Yeah. That's what we'll do."

End Part XIX Epilogue#1
Final song - Hang On To A Dream

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