The disclaimer, practically every character here is NOT mine.  They all belong to their respective company.  I am using a lot of them, so I can't list them all.  Beside, I am gonna add more series to the story later on.  Don't sue me.  You won't get a penny out of me.  Trust me, you won't.  For others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who cares?  I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

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Ah heck, read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 1.

Calm before the storm







A quiet morning arrived at Tendo Dojo, how unlikely it may be.  Kasumi, as always, was the first to wake up to prepare the breakfast.  Nodoka soon joined Kasumi as she always had done so since she moved into Tendo's.  A moment later, the house was filled with the delicious smell created by two cooking wonders of Nerima.

Akane Tendo was never a gluton, but she knew how to appreciate a good meal, despite the fact that herself couldn't make one even if her life depended on it.  So it was no wonder that she was woken up by the fragnance that DESCRIBED the word "delicious."  A meal had that kind of effect on the people when either Kasumi or Nodoka was the one making it.

Akane was walking down the hallway, yawning once in a while, when she found that the door of the Saotome men's open.  As she walked past the door, she couldn't help but to peek inside.  However Ranma wasn't there

A frown came to Akane's face.  Ranma rarely woke up so early.  It had been more than a year since the pig-tailed martial aritist came to her house and not even once he woke up before her.  It was always either her spalshing him with the fire bucket, or his father throwing him out the window and into the pond.  Nothing else short of Apocalypse seemed to wake him up otherwise.

Akane made her way to the downstair.  She quietly looked for Ranma as she got prepared for her morning jog.  There wasn't a single sign of him.  Even out in the yard she couldn't find him.  She frowned even more.

'Where is that baka?'

She sighed as she opened the gate, and began her jog.  It was a perfect summer day for the jogging.  Quiet, peaceful day with no sign of cloud in the sky.  Sound of birds' singing tickled her ears and sweet smell of wet grass occasionlly drifted in the air.

'What a perfect day.'

Then suddenly her thought turned back to Ranma.  Akane frowned a little but soon she smiled sadly.  It had been two months since the fight with Saffron. She would never forget it, especially since she almost died there and then.  But the most important thing she remembered from the fight was the last moment when she heard Ranma confessing his love to her.

The frown returned to her face.  When she confronted him about it before the wedding, or should she call it the FAILED wedding ATTEMPT, he denied everything.  She couldn't believe him, shattering the best memory of her life like that.  Especially when it actually happened!

'Typical guy.  Afraid of commitment.'

Almost subconciously Akane punched a nearby mailbox.  Leaving a crushed metal heap, and a stunned mailman dumbly staring at it, she continued her jog.



As she was getting near her house Akane was still thinking about her stubborn fiance.  But by then she was worried about him rather than being angry at him.

It didn't take long for Akane to notice some subtle changes in Ranma's behaviour in last two months.  It was very gradual at first so not many realized it.  However now everyone with even a hint of logic in their mind was very concerned about Ranma.  Needless to say, no member of Kuno family was worried.

The changes started in the smallest things.  Ranma began to keep his mouth shut for a change.  He no longer made joke about Akane or her figure.  Well, he still complained about her cooking, but otherwise Ranma was becoming more... tolerable.

Even during the fights he seemed distracted.  Instead of provoking his opponents with his insults and jokes, he kept his silence and fought half-heartledly.  He got more injuries these days as he was less focused in the fight.  Doctor Tofu was the first to notice, and Cologne was very worried about this.  Other than that, not many was concerned.

But now the change was unmistakable.  Ranma stopped acting so arrogant.  He stopped sleeping during the class, and he LISTENED during the class!  Mr. Yamasaki, the history teacher, was almost scared of Ranma because he was watched and listened intently during the class.  Ms. Hinako was disturbed, to say the least.  One time, she even threatened to absorb Ranma's aura if he kept paying attention.  It was that creepy.

More impartantly, he even stopped accepting free FOODS!!!  It was a shock to everyone in the class when Ranma said "no" to Shampoo's free ramen.  Ukyou was so shocked that she even tried to convince Ranma to EAT the ramen.  Shampoo couldn't handle the shock that she fainted.

Even at home, Ranma didn't eat as much as he used, nor as fast.  Mrs. Saotome used to lecture Ranma about his table manner but now she was encouraging him to eat like his father.

Overall, Ranma changed, and it scared everyone.

As Akane opened the gate and walked through the garden she couldn't shake the feeling that she had had for last two months.  It was as if... as if Ranma was hiding something.  Something was definitely up but he didn't want anyone to know about it.  He was scared of it but didn't want to admit it.  Akane could feel a hint of fear in him, and she suspeted that somehow it was that very fear that caused Ranma to change.

'But he never tells me anything.'

Akane sighed.  Ranma never told her anything.  But she was determined to find out.  She began to take note at every single detail of Ranma's change.  It was proven to be a hard task, as things began to snowball.  There were just too many surprises nowadays.

'Like this morning.  Sigh.  Sometimes I wonder why I even bother.  It's not like he ADMITS he loves me.  Even when I do lo...'

Akane was so into her thought that she didn't notice Ranma standing right behind her.

"Yo, Akane.  What's up?'

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!  DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT RANMA!!!!!!"

BAM!!

"What did I dooooooooo....."

'There he is, or rather, there he goes.'

A sigh escaped her mouth as she watched Ranma who was now just a peck in the sky.

She had to admit though.  Her reflex was getting the better of her.  She suspected that her subconsciousness was getting more stressful since she hit him less now.  Ranma was still acting like a jerk, but there was less reason to hit him because he was acting more politely.

Despite the popular beliefs, Akane was NOT a violent person.  Sure, she did beat up Ranma once in a while.  Sure, she used to beat up all those boys at Frinkan everyday for about a year.  But then who wouldn't in her situation?  First it was Kuno and his idots.  Then an arrogant martial artist who came out of nowhere and became her fiance against her will.  Then there came that nut gymnast, followed by a Chinese BIMBO.  Soon after came the CUTE fiance of HER fiance...

'Not to mention Nekoken, Cologne, Happosai, Mousse, Taro, Kumon...'

And on and on and on...

With all those things happening so fast it was wonder I didn't go crazy yet, Akane mused.  Unfortunately many of those things STAYED in Nerima, and she had to see them everyday.  On top of those she now also had to worry about what was happening to Ranma.

'Sigh.  I barely escaped my own death two months ago too...'

With that in her mind, Akane entered the bathroom.





Later.

Somewhere in downtown.

An ice cream shop was having its best time since, well, ever!  This was accomplished despite the fact that there were six customers.  The most of ice cream sold was being consumed by only one of them though.  The rest was just watching, some with amazement and some with disgust.  The only man in the group, who was apparently in his early 20's, sweatdropped as he kept checking his wallet.

'I should have known better than to treat Usagi, especially it was ice cream.'

Chiba Mamoru, aka Tuxedo Mask, watched helplessly as his destined soulmate(unfortunately for his wallet) devoured almost half of the Giant Ice Cream Surprise in less than a second.

'It was supposed to feed 5 people too!'

Chiba Mamoru was not a cheap person.  But whenever Usagi was concerned, eating cost a lot.  If she married Bill Gates he would have gone bankrupt long time ago.

However he couldn't stop smiling as he watched his girlfriend attacking another bowl full of ice cream.  Even with her worst faults he couldn't stop loving her.  The destiny held them together tighter than a glue and he was glad it did.  Truly, love was blind.

"Mamo-chan?"
"Hmm?  What is it, Usagi?"
"Can't I have another one??"
"Sure, go ahead."

Yes, truly it was.

Luckily for Mamoru's wallet, Rei finally exploded.

"ANOTHER ONE!?!?!?  YOU HAD 5 OF THEM ALREADY!!!!"
"Wahhhhh!!!  But they are so good!!!"
"WE ARE NOT HERE TO FEED YOUR BOTTOMLESS STOMACH!!  STOP EATING RIGHT NOW!!"
"Bu, but, then why are we here?"

Rarely it happened, but the question the Moon Princess asked had the Sensei of Fire stumped.  Rei froze, since she had no idea why they were here.  Luckily the always-in-control Ami answered instead.

"We are waiting for Setsuna.  She told us to meet her here, remember?"
"Yes, I know.  But she is not here yet, is she?  Then what's wrong with me eating some more ice cream?"
"*Sigh*  Nothing.  It's just that all of us are worried about what Setsuna wants.  She rarely calls the meeting herself."

This fact sank deeply in Usagi's mind.  Her friend was right.  It was a rare occurance when the mighty Sailor Pluto called for a meeting herself.  When she did, as how rare it may be, it was usually about trouble.

The Sensei-named-after-a-bunny then noticed her fellow Sensei's.  They all had an expression on their face that was saying "we are doomed, doomed!"  In fact, they were so disturbed that they didn't even touch their sundaes...

"Um, if you guys are not eating, can I have your ice cream?"
"USAGI!!!!!!!!!!"
"Wahhhhhhh!!!  I am sorry, Rei!!  I was just joking!!"

It was when Rei's hands were almost at Usagi's throat, despite other Sensei's holding onto her, when the Mr. I-Look-GOOD-in-Tuxedo spoke.

"But really, why am I here too?"

Everyone froze at that.  It was true.  Mamoru wasn't a regular member of the Sensei meeting.  He was the Prince who was the soulmate of the Princess but not one of the Sensei.  They rarely called him and he rarely came.  But this time the Sensei of Time personally told him to attend.

"He is right.  Why did Setsuna call Mamoru too?  She never did that.  WE never did that."

Makoto spoke the question in everyone's mind.

Sailor Pluto always answered a question in one of the following fashions.  One, she never answered, and the Sensei's had to find out the answer, hard way.  Two, she answered it herself coming out of nowhere.

This time, it was number two.

"Because I need all the helps I can get."

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!  DON'T DO THAT!!"

Everyone at the table did the double flip as Setsuna spoke out of nowhere.  She ignored their protest and sat at one end of table.  All the Sensei's except Ami were glaring at her, and the part-time Tuxedo Mask was shaking his head with a look of disapproval.  However Ami had another thing in her mind.

"What do you mean by that?"
"What do I mean by what?"
"You said YOU need help.  Not US, but YOU."

This shook everyone out of their glaring position and into the full listening mode.  Ami was right.  Sailor Pluto always spoke about trouble coming to THEM, not one she was having.  Whatever this was about, it must be big.

Setsuna on the other hand couldn't help but smile.  Out of all the Sensei's, Sailor Mercury was easily her favourite.  The Sensei of Water was smart, deductive, and calm.  Just like herself.  In fact sometimes her conversation with the rest of the Sensei's seemed impossible without the translation by Mercury.

'She will be something special when she grows up.'

With that thought aside, Setsuna went on her business.

"I won't go into details, but yes you are correct, Ami.  I said I need help and I do."
"YOU DO??"

A gasp echoed around the table as everyone was shocked beyond belief.  Setsuna was the wisest, smartest, and one of the strongest one of them all, and she needed help.  Suddenly the Sensei's couldn't help but feel a littel chill as they waited to hear to what Setsuna had to say.

Setsuna continued despite the interruption.

"No matter how reliable you think I am, I also have my limit on my power.  I am pretty sure this will concern the rest of the Sensei's when the time comes, but right now it just concerns me.  That's why I am asking for help."

Again Ami caught the subtle but sure sign of problem from Setsuna's words.

"What do you mean "pretty sure?"  You don't know what you need our help for?"

Setsuna smiled again at Ami, and continued.

"No, I don't.  All I know is there is a disturbance in the timeline.  Right now the Time Gate is almost unoperational because of it.  Without the Time Gate, even I cannot foresee what it is and what it might do to the future."

It took a while for the fact to sink in, but it did.  It sank in deep, so deep that Usagi was almost at the verge of fainting away.  Other Sensei's sat stunned.  They were not crybabies but they were already beginning to panic.  The Time Gate wasn't working!  THE Time Gate!!

"Then you called the Outer's too, right?"

As always, Ami took composure fast and asked another question.

"Yes, I did.  In fact, they should be here right about... now."

Just then the door of the shop opened and there came the Outer's.  Haruka and Michiru entered, followed by young Hotaru.  Haruka then noticed that all the Inner's eyes were staring at them.

"What?"




"Tenchi-niichan!  Hurry up!"
"Ok, ok.  I am coming, Sasami-chan."

Tenchi sighed as the blue-haired princess pulled his arm.  He could pull himself out of a black hole, but he couldn't get out of grip of a 12 years old.

They came to the downtown today to have some fun, or in plain Tenchi Muyo terms, to escape the never-ending-Ryoko-vs-Ayeka-Live! at home.  True, it took them more than an hour in a bus.  But Tenchi must say, it was worth it.

Normally if he was to go anywhere Ryoko would try to go with him.  Then Ayeka would intervene, soon a sure fight would follow.  Then the plan for an entire day would be up in the smoke because he and the rest of the household would have to either clean up the mess or too injured to do anything.  Many times he was the latter.

Today had been lucky.  Ryoko and Ayeka had an early fight and knocked each other cold.  Mihoshi volunteered to the job of tending them, so it was safe to say both of them wouldn't be getting up any time soon.  Kiyone also stayed to make sure Mihoshi didn't kill anybody accidentally.  Washu was still busy in her lab.

Tenchi shuttered as he remembered the last time he was in Washu's lab.  It was fortunate Washu could make a chiropracticing machine.  On the other hand, it was her own fault that he needed one in the first place.  The Juraian Prince paused for a second to wonder what could possibly have driven Washu crazy like that.  Sure, she was a bit crazy to begin with.  But her craziness was usually a headache for others, not her own.

"Tenchi-niichan!!"
"Oops.  Sorry, Sasami-chan.  I am coming, I am coming!"

So much for a time for a thought, Tenchi mused.  It seemed that the youngest Juraian royalty was determined to have her own way with him today(1).

Tenchi was right actually.  Sasami couldn't believe that she could spent an entire day with her Tenchi-niichan all for herself.  Even though two of them lived in the same house, with all those other ladies around it was never easy to get a single decent hour to play with him.  It was always either Ayeka or Ryoko getting kidnapped, Mihoshi's spaceship crashing into their house, a passing-by super villain challenging Tenchi, or one of Washu's experiment going out of control, etc, etc.  Tenchi just didn't have time.

However today was Sasami's day.  Tenchi promised to take her to the amusement park, to the shopping mall, and even to an ice cream shop!  It was a good day indeed.

Sasami was a bit worried about the house, but there were more than enough able females around, weren't there?

'What could possibly go wrong in one day?'  Sasami thought.



In Tenchi's house.

"Aack!!  Washu, didn't I tell you not to use the stove?!?"
"AHEM!!"
"Aack!!  Washu-CHAN, didn't I tell you NOT to use the stove?!?"
"Relax, Kiyone-dono.  It's just a small fire."
"Oh my, there is a fire.  We gotta put it out."
"MIHOSHI!!  When did you get down?!  WAIT, MIHOSHI!!  THAT'S SAKE, NOT WATER!!!"
"Ano, is there a difference between water and sake?"

SWOOSH!!

"THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE!!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaack!!  The fire is growing!!  What do we do, Kiyone?!?!?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WE?"  YOU DID THIS!!  NO, MIHOSHI, LET GO OF ME!!  Gaaacckkk~."
"WAAAAAAAAAHHH!!  I am scared!!  Kiyone, do something!!"

"Don't worry, everyone.  The greatest scientist is here!!  Mwhahahahahaha!!!"

"... can't... breathe... oxygen... needed... brain... dying..."
"WAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!"

"Like I said, don't worry.  I just push this, and this, and this..."

Click.

"Uh-oh."

"What is it, Washu-chan?"
"..............(passed out)"

KABOOM!!!


'Really, what could possibly happen in one day?'

With that in mind, Sasami pulled Tenchi's arm again.

On the other hand Tenchi was beginning to worry.  He knew the his female roommates well, too well in fact.  There was no doubt in his mind that they were already doing something dangerous in his house right at that moment.  It was like he had a fifth sense about this.

'I hope we will still have a house when we go back.'



On the road to Masaki house.

Nobuyuki was driving his car back home.  He had a tough day so far and he was looking forward to a quiet rest at home.

'Like that's gonna happen.'

A sigh escaped his mouth.  There always was trouble in Masaki household.  Everyday.  Without an single exception.  It had been almost a year since He had some quality rest at home.

Nobuyuki prayed to the heaven for the safety of the house every morning since the day Ryoko appeared.  Every morning before he left for his work he would look up to the heaven and pray "please let there be a house standing when I come back."  So far it worked.

However today he woke up late, and forgot to pray.

'Nah, one day wouldn't hurt, would it?'

He was wrong.

When he arrived all he could see was a black burnt field on where his house used to be.  Nobuyuki dumbly looked at it.  Then he looked up and spoke.

"Eh, sorry?"



'Well, no good worrying about something I can't control.  I'll just enjoy the day with Sasami.  Cute little thing.  She is so excited.  I wonder if that ice cream shop is still there.  She would love the ice cream there...'

"Tenchi-niichan!  Look!  An ice cream shop!"
"Oh, it's still there.  They sell the most delicious ice cream in the town, you know."
"Really?  Can we go, Tenchi-niichan?  Can we?"

Tenchi smiled at the now puppy-eyed, half-goddess, half-alien princess.

"Sure, I am in for some good ice cream myself."
"Yay!!  Ice cream!"

The two Juraian royal family members, and also the two of the most powerful beings in the universe, walked towards the ice cream shop, with arm in arm, singing a happy tune.




The luckiest man on the Earth was walking with the most perfect woman in the universe, a goddess even, literally.

But he wasn't all that happy.

In fact he was really feeling awkward.

It wasn't because that she was the goddess.

It wasn't because that he was just a mortal, a weakling at that.

It wasn't even because her youngest sibling was walking with them, watching every single movement he made.

No, not at all.

It was because the youngest goddess had a bomb in her hand.

This was no longer the matter of some quality time with his love.  It was matter of life or death for him and the hundreds of poor souls who happened to be around him.

What he didn't know was that the bomb was a fake.  No matter how childish Skuld might look she was a goddess after all.  She would never put anyone in any kind of dangerous situation in purpose.

Well, maybe Keiichi.  If he made a slightest wrong move towards her sister...

That was what her mallet was for.

The bomb was just a friendly(?) reminder what WOULD happen if he tried.

So it was only Keiichi who was in danger, not others.  Hurray!

Belldandy, as always, was oblivious to all this.  A sweet goddess didn't always make a sharp one.  As smart as she was, the goddess of the present was too naive.  But then again, she was a goddess.

Still eyeing the bomb in Skuld's hand, Keiichi asked the youngest goddess.

"Um, why am I here?"

Skuld answered with a smile, as if she didn't notice the tremble in Keiichi's voice.

"Why, to help my sister, of course."
"Um, what was Belldandy doing again?"
"Why, to find that mysterious power source we detected, of course."
"Um, then what are you doing here?"
"Why, to smack you down if you try anything on my sister, of course."
"Um, okay..."

Keiichi was never a strong man, but he was no fool.  If there was a dangerous female, avoid her temper at all cost.  Especially if she was a goddess.

"Keiichi-san?  Are you okay?"

The beautiful goddess' question started Keiichi a bit but he answered quickly, not wanting to upset her.

"Nothing!!  Nothing's wrong, hehe.  Did you find anything?"

Belldandy tilted her head a little at his reaction, but soon answered cheerfully.

"No, nothing at all."

How she found this cheerful, no one will ever know.

Keiichi sighed, then spoke.

"Maybe I shouldn't have come.  I mean, I don't know what to look for in the first place.  I want to help, but I can't do anything."

"That's not the only thing you can't do."
"Skuld!"

It hurt, but it was the truth.  Keiichi also knew it.

"It's okay, Belldandy.  She is right though.  This is a kind of matter only you goddesses can solve.  I'll be nothing but burden."

"Oh, so you'd just sit at home, while we ladies work our butt off outside?"

"Well, that's not that bad a idea, but...  Urd!!  When did you...??"

Urd was standing right behind Keiichi.  A smirk on her face as she always enjoyed playing with Keiichi.  He was just way too naive for her taste, but that made it so fun to tease him.

"Hello to ya, too.  Keiichi."
"Urd!  What were you doing alone out there?  You went to goof around by yourself, didn't you?"
"Urd-neesan.  Did you find anything?"

Urd put a mock hurt expression as she looked at Skuld.

"Whatcha mean "goof around?"  I was only looking around by myself.  And no, I didn't find anything.  Saw a crazy TV salesperson, though.  He saw me and boom!  Next he was bouncin'round speakin' mumbo-jumbo.  There are way too many nuts 'round here."
"Heh, he probably knew how dangerous you are."
"Care to repeat that, you little brat?!?"
"Anytime, you old hag!!"

Keiichi edged away from the two angry goddesses and towards Belldandy.  Unfortunately this didn't go unnoticed to the goddess of the future.

"Wait!!  What do you think you are doing, Keiichi?"
"Um, the opposite of whatever you think it is?"

The trifle went over between the youngest goddess of the Norn and the helpless human male.  Urd smirked then turned towards her other sister.  Belldandy was frowning, deep in thought.  In confusion, Urd asked.

"Belldandy, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Urd-neesan.  Nothing.  In fact, that's why I am worried."
"Huh?"

Belldandy lifted her face to look at her sister eye-to-eye.  With serious tone, she explained.

"The power we felt two months ago came to this town, but we cannot find any sign of it.  This doesn't make any sense."
"Huh?"

Now Urd was in deeper confusion.

"It doesn't make any sense?  What doesn't?"
"Well, it has been two months since it came here.  If it was an evil it would have made its move by now.  But it didn't.  But if it was one with good heart, why did our father hide about it?"
"Hmm...  I see.  There must be a reason why it's stayin'low, good or evil."
"I don't think it is hiding either."
"Huh?  What do you mean?"
"I found some traces of the power around a few neighborhood, but they were only the residues.  There was no other indication what the power was.  I asked some people who lived near but they didn't see nor heard any kind of strange occurances.  Whatever it is, it is walking around in the open during daylight.  It's not hiding from us, but also not showing itself to us either."
"That's why some residue was left, but no clue."
"Exactly.  I don't think whatever we are looking for, it's not a danger yet. But we can't be sure until we find it."
"But how?  We've been combin' the city for last whole month!"
"I know..."

Unknown to the two worried goddesses, a truce was being made.

"Skuld, calm down.  I didn't mean to do anything...  I know!  I will buy you ice cream!"

An offer was made by a man who was still eyeing the bomb in front of him.

"ICE CREAM!  Wait, are you just trying to change the topic?"
"No, no.  Not at all.  It's just that I know a great ice cream shop around here.  Megumi showed me once, and they had the best flavours!  I swear!"
"Hmm..."

As Skuld began to think about Keiich's offer, a scale popped in her head.  On one hand, a mini-Skuld blowing up Keiichi.  On the other hand, there was ice cream in a bowl.  It was an already lost battle, as the mini-Skuld jumped onto other hand and began to eat the ice cream.

"SOLD!!  Belldandy-neesan, Urd!  Let's go eat ice cream!"

With Skuld walking away, Keiichi finally did something he hadn't been doing for last 5 minutes.  Breathing.




Back in the ice cream shop, the Inner and the Outer Sensei's were sitting around the table discussing about what Setsuna told them.

"Yammy!  This flavour is gooooooood!"

At least, they tried to.

"USAGI...  STOP eating.  NOW."
"Rei, you should try some too!  This is really really good~!"
"USAGI!!"
"Waahh!  Scary!"

Setsuna was rubbing her forehead as she felt another headache coming, over the one she was already having.  Haruka had put her head down on the table, trying to ignore the commotion.  Michiru was slowly tasting the ice cream, as if she wasn't hearing anything any more.  Hotaru nervously looked around the other Sensei's, feeling really uncomfrotable.

The Inner's?  They were used to the-Artist-formerly-known-as-the-Princess so they paid no attention to her performance.  In fact, the Inner's were only ones who made any kind of comments in the group.

Except Rei, that was.  She was still screaming at Usagi.  Mamoru?  He had put both of his hands on face, with his elbows on the table.  Not a word came out of his mouth ever since Setsuna came.  The defender of the Earth was not feeling well.

They were all occupied with their own thoughts so much that they almost didn't notice anything around them.

All but one.

Setsuna's eyes shot up.  There was some serious power approaching them.  Instinctly she turned her head towards the door.

Just then the door opened.

Entered the powerful beings.  A boy of late teen, and a girl of around 12.

By then the Outer's noticed the change in Setsuna and also turned their attention to the door.  But all they could see was a giggling girl hanging onto a boy's arm, probably her brother or something.  There seemed to be nothing special about them.

But Setsuna could feel it.  The enormous power that was glowing inside the boy.  It was so great that she could barely breathe.

By now the Inner's turned their heads too.  Even Usagi and Rei stopped their fighting as all of their friends seemed to pay their attention to this boy with a little girl hanging onto his arm.  Mamoru was staring at him too, despite not having a clue what he was looking for.




As the clerk behind the counter busily scooped up an ice cream cone, Tenchi smiled as Sasami practically drooled looking at it.  The place he lived didn't have many shops around so he had very few chance to take the young lady of Jurai out for a little treat.  The fact that he was living with other females in the same house didn't help matter much.

Tenchi was the lone child.  He didn't have many opportunities to make new friends, as he had to work at the shrine ever since he was young.  He had very few regrets in his life, and one of them happened to be not having a sibling.

Now his house was over-crowded.  There wasn't a day went by without something happening.  But among all those occupants in the house, Sasami was the only one who he could feel as a normal family.

'Well, there is a goddess sleeping inside of her, but aside from that Sasami is perfectly normal.  Okay, so what if she is actually over 700 years old?  Um, she IS the owner of the most powerful spaceship in the universe, but other than that...  Wait, she is also an alien...  Um...'

Tenchi shook these thoughts out of his head.  The important thing was that Sasami thought of him as her brother, and he thought of her as his sister.  They were family.  Throughout his life there were very few people who came even close to that kind of relationship with Tenchi.

'There was, what's her name?  I can't seem to remember...  It's been a long time since I saw her...'

Just then, the clerk handed him two ice cream cone.

"Here you go."
"Um, thanks.  Here's yours, Sasami-chan."
"Wow!  Thank you, Tenchi-niichan!"

When Tenchi handed Sasami her ice cream, he noticed a group of
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