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. Pleeeeeeese! I haven't got a penny! For
others, there are SOME characters I made up, but who cares? I don't.


Ranma Crossover fanfic

WARNING!
Some of the contents might damage your stomach from laughing too much,
or your eyes from crying too much. Read at your own risk.





STALLION

Chapter 11.




< The Little House of Horror... well... maybe more like Chaos... >




After an attempted grand-patricide, the Masaki Mansion had quieted down
somewhat. But the tension was still thick enough to cut, as Ranma
continued to glare at his now sweating grandfather.

"I HATE YOU."

"......"

Akane fumed mildly at her still sulking fiance. "Ranma! Don't be so
rude to your grandfather!"

"But you heard him too, Akane!! He's the reason why mom has such a
weird idea of manliness!! You think I should give him a break?! Give
ME a break!!"

"Cut that out, Ranma! It's true your grandfather was very careless with
his words..."

A dagger, although imaginary but still as painful as the real one,
appeared and stabbed into Katsuhito's back.

"...and came up with that stupid idea for an excuse as the explanation
of a pervert for a small child..."

Another dagger went through the old priest's back.

"...not to mention to his own child, a girl at that..."

Katsuhito's shoulders slumped down as his back now had multiple daggers
appearing on it.

"...but he just made a mistake! He is your grandfather! Show some
respect to him and forgive him..."

Katsuhito's face cheered a bit hearing Akane's words......

"...for being such a failure of a father!"

Bam!

......but it was soon embedded on the floor as a large spear skewered
through him now.

Akane nervously smiled as she scratched her head. "Eh... that didn't
come out right....."

Washu smirked. "Don't worry, Akane-dono. You didn't say anything
wrong."

"Eh......"

Ranma also smirked as he watched his grandfather slowly turning into a
moldy lump on the floor. "Yeah, I gotta agree with you, Akane. I must
give him some respect, and forgive him for being such a FAILURE."

"Ranma!"

The couple argued again, while Mayuka and Mihoshi were poking at the
wasted Katsuhito with a stick. "Is great-grandpa dead?"

"I don't know, Mayuka-chan. He does seem to be breathing..."

"......"

Washu continued to smirk as she enjoyed watching Katsuhito so down on
himself. 'Boy, today has been such an entertaining day for me. I can't
wait to see what happens next.'

"Washu-CHAN?"

"Huh?" Washu looked up to see Tenchi smiling down at her. It was a
kind of smile that clearly said "I want something from you and I'll give
up my liver and kidneys for it."

Washu thought, amused. 'Hmm, it seems that I don't have to wait that
long. You are so easy to see through, Tenchi-dono. I must give you
some lessons on how to ask for a favor... later. Much later.'

Washu then smiled as she asked him. "What can I do for you,
Tenchi-dono?"

Tenchi flinched briefly. Somehow he couldn't shake the feeling that he
was being seen through. 'But I have to do this. I promised to Auntie
Nodoka...' "Um, can we talk in private?"

Suddenly Washu clung to Tenchi's arm, smiling happily. "Oh so THAT's
what you want! Don't worry, Tenchi-dono. My lab is only steps away,
and NO ONE will bother us there!"

Tenchi sweatdropped and replied nervously. "Eh... not THAT private...
Let's just go somewhere quiet... like the kitchen?"



"So... let me get this straight. Ranma-dono seems to have lost some
memory regarding Yosho-sama and Achika-sama?"

Tenchi nodded his head. "Uh-huh."

"And you want me to examine him to make sure that there isn't anything
wrong with him?"

He nodded again. "Uh-huh."

"That sounds like fun! I'm gonna really enjoy this!"

This time, he shook his head. "Uh-uh."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Tenchi grabbed Washu's shoulders with a smile that was somehow...
forced. "Listen carefully, Washu-CHAN. Ranma is my cousin. My very,
very precious cousin. He is my favorite aunt's son, and my dear
departed mom's nephew."

"Okay... what are you getting at?" Washu asked with a curious look on
her face. Then she was surprised when Tenchi did his version of
demon-head.

"PROMISE ME THAT YOU WON'T DO ANY EXPERIMENT ON HIM, LIKE YOU DO WITH
ME!"

"Eh??? Then where's the fun in that?" Washu, disappointed, mildly
protested.

"THIS ISN'T FOR YOUR FUN!!!"

"But!"

"PROMISE ME!!"

Washu sighed, defeated. It wasn't that Washu was scared of Tenchi.
Nothing short of Apocalypse could possibly make her even flinch.
Well... maybe Mihoshi in her lab. Anyway, she knew she would have to
give in this time since Tenchi was being so insistent on it. He rarely
forced anything on anybody, but whenever he made a decision, he stuck to
it.

However, Washu would never back down quietly on anything. She grinned
as she answered back. "Okay... I'll do it."

"So you promise? No weird experiment? No more dangerous test?"

"Yes, yes. I promise."

"Really?!?!?"

"Really."

Tenchi sighed in relief. "Thank you, Washu-chan. I really owe you this
time."

Before he could turn away, Washu's voice stopped him. "Wait. I didn't
say I'd do it without a condition."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Now it was Tenchi's turn to be surprised as Washu had a mean grin on her
face. "Why so surprised? You didn't think you could get this favor out
of me for free, did you?"

"Um... yes..."

"Oh really? And why would I do that?"

Tenchi put on his most innocent-looking look on his face as he hopefully
replied. "Because you are also the most kind and caring scientist in
the universe?"

Washu smirked at his rather pathetic attempt to flatter herself. "Gotta
do better than that, Tenchi-dono."

"Eh......"

"Now, as the greatest genius in the universe, my fee is rather...
expensive. If I cannot have my fun one way or another, what motivation
would I have for doing this favor for you, hmm?" Washu was laughing
inside when she saw Tenchi's face turning pale. 'He is so gullible.'

"Um... what can I do for you then?" Tenchi sweatdropped as he
answered. Somehow he knew that he would pay for this, REALLY pay for
this.

"Well, I'll tell you later. But there is just one more thing... about
this experiment..."



Crash!

"Oops! How clumsy of me. I spilled some tea on the floor. Ranma,
could you go and get me the mop? It's in the broom closet near the
stairs."

"Huh? Me?" Ranma pointed at himself, bewildered. 'Why me? I am the
guest here. And... why does Ten-chan look so nervous?'

"Yes. You, Ranmachan. Please?" If Tenchi could see himself right now,
he would know why he could never win the Academy Award for acting.

"Um... okay..." Of course, if Ranma could THINK more carefully right
now, he would know why he could never win ANY prize that requires
intelligence......

The others in the living room just blinked. They knew something was
fishy here. Aside from Tenchi's bad acting, they knew fully well that
he would never tell anyone else to do something for him. He was the
type of a person who would try to do everything by himself. Not being
able to hold back her curiosity, Sasami opened her mouth to inquire.
"But Tenchi-niichan, we don't have a broom closet. It's now Wa......
mmmmmmm?"

Ranma dumbly stared at his cousin who now had this dubious smile while
covering Sasami's mouth. He couldn't help but feel rather uneasy about
Tenchi's actions. However he just shrugged it off. 'What could
possibly be in that closet that could hurt me?'

But when he stood in front of the closet door, the sense of doom
returned. Ranma couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he felt like
he saw the same door before. 'Now, where had I seen this thing before?'

Ranma INDEED had seen the same door before. It was the same one that
Washu dragged him through to her lab, where he went through that water
test(?). But the experience was rather fast and painful so much that
his mind couldn't quite register exactly what had happened. The vague
feeling of fear was all that was left.

Saotome Ranma was never a coward. But in this situation he couldn't
shake off the feeling that he was walking into a trap. Although he
rarely acted so careful, he slowly reached for the doorknob. He then
carefully opened the door slightly, and quietly peeked inside.

Inside, there were nothing more than a few brooms and a mop.

Ranma blinked. 'Now THAT was disappointing...'

Ranma sighed in both relief and regret. It was foolish of him to expect
something dangerous would pop out of a broom closet, he guessed. He
dropped his guard completely and put his hand inside to grab the mop.

Wieeeeeeee...

"Huh?" Ranma was mildly surprised when he heard some kind of small
mechanical sound. Then he was shocked out of his reverie when a pair of
gigantic machine arms burst out of the closet and wrapped him up.

"Ohohohohohohoh! You fell for it, Ranma-dono!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackk!!!!"

That was the last word of Ranma before he was sucked into the closet by
the machine arms. Everyone dumbly stared at the closet door which
slammed shut, and made a burping noise. Silence lasted for about a
minute, before Akane opened her mouth. "Um, Washu-san, right?"

Tenchi hung his head in shame. "Uh-huh."

"Way to go, Tenchi! You completely fooled him!" Ryoko hit his back
playfully, although it seemed rather painful for Tenchi.

Ayeka asked Tenchi, still confused. "Um, but why did you do such a
thing? I thought you didn't want Saotome-san to go through any more
experiments?"

"Well, it's like this......"



Inside the lab.

"Help! Help! Ten-chan! Minagi-san! Akane! Sasami-chan!
Grandpa!!!"

"No use, Ranma-dono! Be quiet and face it like a man! After all, you
are not getting away this time! Ohohohohohohoh!"

"Noooooooooooooooooo!!!"



"So you mean she is just doing a simple physical, like she did with the
rest of us before?" Sasami spoke.

"Yes..." Tenchi replied, his head still down.

"Um, then why didn't you just ask him? I am sure Ranma-niichan wouldn't
object that much..." Then Sasami pondered. 'Of course, he might refuse
since he already went through Washu-chan's tests once...'

"Well, it wasn't my idea. It was Washu's idea, actually."

"Huh? It is? Why though?"

Tenchi lowered his head even more. "She said... "it's more fun this
way...""

Everyone around him just rolled their eyes. 'It figures.'

But Akane wasn't all that relieved, as she nervoulsy asked Tenchi.
"But, but she wouldn't hurt him, would she?"

Everyone went silent.

Ayeka was the first to speak, albeit hesitating. "She, she wouldn't of
course. She is not some kind of monster. She might be eccentric..."

Ryoko cut in suddenly. "Eccentric? Full out-grown lunacy is more like
it."

It was Mihoshi's turn to panic. "Oh no! And we only met Ranma-san
today! It's so sad!"

Kiyone sweatdropped at her partner's comment. "She is not gonna kill
him, you know."

"But, but surely Washu-san isn't all THAT bad, is she?" Minagi
nervously said her mind, trying to depend her mother, so to speak.

The room was silent once again, before everyone in the Masaki Mansion
hung their head helplessly. 'SHE IS!'

But not all was lost in hopelessness, as Sasami stood up eagerly. "We
have to stop her right now! Even for a joke, this is too mean!"

"Wait, Sasami-chan! I'll go with you!" Akane quickly followed after
Sasami who stomped towards the closet door.

The rest, including the reluctant Nobuyuki, slowly stood up and followed
them, although half-heartedly. Soon, the only ones left in the living
room were the still-out-of-it Katsuhito and Minagi, who had a big bead
of sweat running down her head.

"I, I really don't think she's really THAT bad......"



"Washu-chan? Where are you, Washu-chan?"

"Ranma? Ranma, can you hear me?"

Sasami and Akane desparately searched for the two, while the rest just
nervously walked after them. The lab was surprisingly quiet though,
giving them no clue of the two's whereabouts.

Ryoko pondered out loud. "It's weird. It's TOO quiet. I don't like
it..."

Ayeka nodded. "You are right. If Washu-san was doing any experiment on
Saotome-san, this lab would be shaking with his screams right about
now."

"Um, did I ever scream that loud?" Tenchi sweatdropped and asked, but
nobody answered him.

"No, no way... but..."

Everyone looked at the now panicking Mihoshi, who kept mumbling in
fear. "...can't be, right? She wouldn't, would she?"

"What are you talking about, Mihoshi? Out with it already!" The
agitated Kiyone scowled at her partner.

Mihoshi nervously continued. "...you don't suppose... she already
finished him off... and did away with his body... do you?"

Bam!

After such a hard facefault, it was rather hard for everyone to even
stand up again. Showing some super-human strength, however, Kiyone
stood up really fast and yelled at Mihoshi's face. "SHE'S NOT AN AXE
MURDERER!! SHE'S JUST A SADISTIC MANIAC!!"

"Waaaaaah! You are scaring me, Kiyone!"

"Who's a sadistic maniac?"

Kiyone was frozen like a statue when she heard Washu's voice coming from
behind her. Everyone turned around and saw Washu and Ranma, who was
lying silently on a bed floating right behind the pink-haired girl.

"Ranma!" Akane ran up to the bed hurriedly. She sighed in relief when
she saw that Ranma was just sleeping. She couldn't help but feel rather
annoyed to see him asleep though. 'Here I was worried about him, and
he's sleeping!! I'm gonna mallet him REALLY HARD when we get home...'

All the while Sasami was saying her protest to Washu. "How could you,
Washu-chan? It was so mean, scaring him like that! I know it was meant
to be a joke, but it was too cruel! You are not supposed to make us
worry like that!"

"Sorry."

"Eh?" Sasami blinked in surprise. Washu had just casually apologized
without any excuse or explanation. She had said it so... so easily.

Everyone dumbly stared at Washu. 'What gives?'

"Tenchi-dono, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Huh?" Tenchi was surprised when Washu turned her attention to him. He
was surprised even more when the rest of the people around him quickly
edged away from him. "Eh? Eh?"

But Washu kept her calm, as she spoke again. "Let's go somewhere
quiet. There is something I must tell you."

"Eh?" Tenchi kept blinking in confusion, and dumbly stood there while
watching Washu walking off. She stopped briefly to look at him again.
"Um, okay. I'm coming..." 'What's with her serious expression?'

Tenchi was about to walk away when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He
turned around to see Nobuyuki's grim face right up to his own. "Wha,
what, pop?"

"Tenchi... I was always proud of you as my son. Face your doom like a
man."

Bam!

Nobuyuki's face was now embedded on the floor, thanks to a big
tanuki(raccoon) statue standing on the back of his head. Tenchi
sweatdropped and quickly walked away toward Washu, who had stopped again
with an annoyed look on her face. "I'm coming, I'm coming!"

The rest gathered around and dumbly stared at now out-cold Nobuyuki.
'He had that coming.'



"Eh, what's wrong, Washu-chan? You look really serious."

"......"

Washu kept her silence despite Tenchi's question. Somehow Tenchi felt a
bit awkward in the silence. He scratched his head nervously while
trying to draw Washu's attention. "Ah come on! What's wrong? You look
like as if you are about to tell there is something seriously wrong with
Ranma..."

"How did you know?"

"Yeah, yeah. That is...... eh?" Tenchi blinked. "What... did I know?"

Washu, still with her grim face, continued. "How did you know there was
something wrong with your cousin?"

"Huh?!?" The shock was clear on Tenchi's face. He grabbed and shook
Washu's shoulders out of hurry. "What do you mean?! What's wrong with
Ranma?!? Tell me, Washu, tell me!!!"

Bonk!

"I would if you'd STOP shaking me!!!"

"I am... sorry..." Tenchi managed to apologize even after such a hard
hit. He rubbed his head which was still throbing with pain.

Washu hmphed mildly before turning back to her serious face.
"Tenchi-dono, listen carefully."

Tenchi gulped and nodded his head. "Okay. I'll listen."

"There is something wrong with your cousin."

"Okay......"

The silence lasted for a while. Soon a bead of sweat formed on Tenchi's
head.

"......and?"

"And what?"

"What is exactly wrong with Ranma?"

"I don't know."

Tenchi suddenly felt the great urge to go out and mow people down with a
machine gun. With his super-human strength he suppressed that urge, and
asked Washu again. "Then why do you think there is something wrong with
Ranma?"

"Because he has lost some of his memories."

"THAT WAS WHY I ASKED YOU TO EXAMINE HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!"

Washu blinked her eyes. "Oh, you are right."

"Why you..."

If he was a normal person he would have dared to choke Washu right about
now. Of course, that would have meant some serious damage on his part
since he would be going up against the greatest and the craziest genius
in the universe. Fortunately Tenchi was a kind and gentle person. He
managed to restrain his trembling fingers away from the neck of the
pink-haired girl. His eyebrow was continously twitching though. He
might live longer thanks to his intelligence, but he wouldn't live that
long due to his held-back stress level.

Not even feeling threatened, Washu continued her explanation. "I was
teasing with him at first, but I found something strange in his head.
So I sedated him and did some scanning on his brain."

'Now that's more like an explanation I was looking for...' Tenchi let
go of his anger somewhat. Then he blinked in mild surprise. "You
sedated him? You DO sedate your test subjects? How come I was never
sedated before then?"

"Oh you DID want to be sedated?"

"...never mind." Tenchi shuddered briefly as he imagined what it would
be like if Washu put him in sleep during her experiments. 'I wouldn't
know what she might do to me...'

"It's okay, Tenchi-dono. It works really well! Well, Ranma-dono seemed
to have some imunity against this method though. You don't know how
many times I had to use it."

Tenchi sweatdropped when he saw Washu swinging a small pink mallet a
couple of times.(1) 'No sedation, definitely.'

Washu put away her mallet in her hyperspace pocket and continued to
explain. "I found out that some of Ranma-dono's brain cells... don't
react at all to any outside signal. It would cause some blockage
between the information flow within, and ultimately seemingly loss of
certain portions of stored datas or events."

Tenchi blinked. "Um, can you repeat that? Biology is NOT my best
subject."(2)

"*sigh* Some of his memory cells are not working. That's why he can't
remember some of his past."

Tenchi's face brightened with understanding, but it soon turned pale.
"You, you mean he has some brain damage?!?"

Washu shrugged her shoulders. "Sort of, but not exactly."

"Eh? What do you mean by "not exactly?""

"Well, if he had some accident and hurt his head in the process, then he
would have had the brain damage. In this case, some brian cells would
be dead, or the neurons between the cells would be cut off, causing the
memory loss. But it's not the case this time. His brain cells are
fine. It's alive and kicking, and none of the nerves was either cut or
damaged. In physical sense, his brain is in perfect condition."

Tenchi frowned a little. "Then is there any possibility of..."

"Mental problem? Not likely. If that was the case the individual brain
cell would still react to the outside shock that I had given. Even if
this was due to a traumatic experience he had suffered, his brain cells
should still work. But even when I applied small electric shock on
them, none of these sleeping cells reacted. In other words, this isn't
because of some kind of normal brain damage, either in physical sense,
or in mental sense."

"......" Tenchi was speechless. He didn't quite understand Washu one
hundred percent, but he understood enough to realize that there was some
mysterious problem that had caused Ranma to lose some of his memory. If
the greatest scientist couldn't find out the reason, then who could?
Tenchi was at loss. '...wait. Electric shock? Brain cells? No
way...'

"Um, Washu-CHAN. You didn't happen to... dissect Ranma or anything...
did you?"

"Eh......"

Tenchi was ready to explode when he saw Washu flinch a little.
"WASHU-CHAN!!!"

"Aaaaah! But it was necessary! I couldn't help it! I was doing it for
him! Beside, I sealed him up real good!"

Tenchi was about to yell some more, when he heard frantic cry of
Sasami. "Aaaaaaaack! Ranma-niichan's head is bleeding!!"(3)

Akane's voice soon followed. "Somebody go get some tissues! No, make
that a towel!"

Ryoko's calm but trembling voice was also heard. "Wow, it's like
watching a tiny geiser."

"You are not helping, Ryoko-san!" Ayeka was shouting along with them.
"You gotta do something or he will die!"

"I knew this would happen! That Washu! ...where are you going,
Mihoshi?"

"Oh I'm just going to get the medical box, Kiyone. Don't worry. I'll
nurse him myself. He'll be fine in no time."

"NO!!!" The lab shook with the amazingly loud yell by everyone
present.(4)




"You want some more chips, Usagi?"

"Wow, really? Thank you, Rei-chan!" Usagi happily gulped down another
bag, yes, an entire bag, of potato chips. She was so happy that her
usually strict friend was buying her all sorts of snacks from the train
food cart. Rei rarely offered her to buy her munchies so Usagi was
determined to make the best out of her current situation.

Rei smiled as she quietly watched her meatball-headed friend attacking
another bag of chips, despite the shocked stare from the other people on
the train. Usagi was wailing and crying like a baby a moment ago,
protesting about having to accompany her all the way to Okayama. But
some bags of snacks solved that problem right away.

"Geez, why do we have to go all the way to Okayama with you, Rei?"

Of course, that didn't solve the problem of her other disgruntled
friends.

"Ohoho. Don't worry about it, Makoto. Care for some chocolate chip
cookies?"

It didn't hurt to try though......

Makoto snorted. "What am I, Usagi? I am not falling for that one,
Rei. You gotta try better than that."

"Um, because you guys are kind and caring friends?"

"*snort* Try another one, Rei."

Minako eagerly nodded her head, while Ami sweatdropped. "Guys..."

Rei sighed in defeat. "Come on, I paid for the tickets and stuff,
right? What's so bad about coming with me? It's not like you guys have
something else to do."

"Oh I DO have so much else to do!" Makoto protested.

Minako also chimed in. "Yes, me too! We are not some sort of losers,
you know! We are busy people! We have tons of stuff to take care of!"

Rei snickered. "Name one."

Makoto fumed. "Okay, I will! First, I have to do my laundry, and......
and......"

"*snicker* Aaaaand?"

"......I DO have so much else to do!"

"You said that already. How about you, Minako?"

"......fine. I'll go with you." Minako gave up fast. She knew she
wouldn't win this battle.

But Makoto didn't give up that easily. She hurriedly added on her
words. "How about Ami, huh? I am sure she got some study stuff to do!"

"Eh......" Now it was Rei who was speechless. 'Damn! I forgot about
Ami!'

"Um, actually..." Ami blushed when her friends turned their attention
to her. "...I am a little ahead on my schedule so I am free for a
couple of days..."

Makoto smacked her forehead while Rei smiled triumphantly. "See? All
of you guys have nothing better to do anyway. What's so wrong about
coming with me? Just think of it as our vacation trip, okay?"

"But, but... what if those youmas from yesterday attack again!?"

"Chill down, Makoto. I am sure the Outers will be happy to take care of
them. And if things become worse, Mamoru will be there too. There is
absolutely nothing to worry about."

"But, but..." Makoto paused, before muttering in barely audible voice.
"...what if the Knight-san come out again...? I wanted to meet him
again..."

Her voice was thin and soft, but the word "the Knight" caught everyone's
attention.

"She's right! What if there is a youma attack, and the Knight comes to
fight again? We didn't get to ask him anything yerterday, you know!"
Minako continued in her thoughts. 'Like his phone number or where he
lives...'

"Hey! You guys only want to see him again so you can ask him out or
something! He has nothing to do with our official duties as Senshis!"

"Hah! You are the one to talk, Rei! You were blushing all over
yesterday when he called you a 'fiery tigress!' You want to see him as
much as we do!"

Rei blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed by Makoto's words. She soon
fought back though. "Well, at least I am not a boy-crazed maniac who
thinks every guy who passes by looks like her old SEMPAI!"

"Hey! This has nothing to do with that!"

"Oh really? Didn't the Knight LOOK like your old sempai? Oh wait. He
was wearing a mask so you couldn't see his face. So maybe he was BUILT
like your old sempai!"

"Wait! He really was! AND THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

Minako sweatdropped. "Um, Makoto? I don't think you should have said
that..."

Ami also chimed in, hoping to break the two up. "Minako's right. And I
don't think you should be fighting over Knight-san either, guys..."

"Um, who are you guys talking about? Who's this Mr. Knight?" Usagi
paused during her snacking long enough to ask a question, which Ami
answered.

"Oh, we are talking about that man we met yesterday. You remember him
too, right? You know, the man with the cape and the bandana mask..."

Crack!

All four girls froze when they heard the cracking noise. They slowly
turned their heads to see the now glowing Usagi who had her hands on now
cracked armrest. She quitely turned her menacing gaze toward her
friends, and spoke in low and dark tone.

"DON'T. EVER. TALK. ABOUT. HIM. IN. FRONT. OF. ME."

"...yes ma'am..." The four mighty Senshis shivered as the cold eyes of
their princess passed by them. The rest of the ride was quiet, but it
was also really really scary and awkward......




'...eh...?'

He opened his eyes. He was standing on a barren field.

'Weird... How come I was sleeping while standing up? And... what's
this in my hand?'

He looked down. Or more accurately, he lifted his hand. He was
surprised to discover a shining long sword there. 'A sword? Why do I
have a sword?'

Then he was surprised even more, as his body began to move against his
wishes. He was doing some sort of movements, probably a kind of sword
techinique. 'Hey, it's like a kata, only with a sword... I ain't
half-bad too... I am pretty good, actually...'

Suddenly his head swirled really fast, so fast that he felt dizzy. His
head abruptly stopped when he spotted a figure of a woman standing in
the shadow of a tree. Then, a gentle breeze blew through, floating her
long blonde hair. He couldn't see above her nose for some reason. All
he could see was her mouth.

'...?!'

Suddenly, the woman became a blur. Then the blur rushed him.
Instinctively he raised his sword to defend himself. He managed to
block a blade as it almost sliced him in half.

'What the!?'

It didn't end there though. The blur kept advancing, forcing him to
back away little by little. Her attack was continuous and intense. All
he could do was to keep up with his defence barely enough to stay
unharmed. Even with his skills, even with all his trainings, he still
couldn't keep up with her movements. Slowly, but surely, his defense
was breaking down. Her blade was getting nearer and nearer to his body.

'She, she's really good!'

Finally, he couldn't keep up any more as one blow took the sword out of
his hands and sent it up in the air. Shocked, he dumbly stared at the
now flying sword. It was then when he realized that his eyes were off
the attacker. He quickly diverted his gaze to his front, but there was
nothing.

'Where did she go?!?'

Swish!

'!!'

He felt a cold metal feel on his neck. He slowly turned his eyes down
and found a blade right next to his throat. Opposite to that cold
feeling on the front of his neck, the back of his neck was feeling hot
all of sudden. It was then when he realized that the woman was now
standing right behind him. He gulped loudly.

'*gulp* She, she got me!!'

Then he saw it. He saw the slight movement around the woman's mouth.
The muscles contorted and twisted there. His pulse suddenly raced as he
watched her mouth. Its movement wasn't all that slow but for some
reason he felt like he was watching a slide show, a slide show showing
the woman's mouth change, forming...

...forming a smile...

'......?'



"...eh...?"

"Oh, you are awake, Ranma-san." Minagi smiled at the pigtailed boy.
"You had us worried, you know."

"Um... sorry... By the way... where am I?"

"You are in the living room. You were out cold so we were trying to
wake you up. Wait a second. Sasami-chan! No need to bring any more
ice! He's awake!"

"Really?! Okay!"

After Sasami's voice from afar, Ranma heard a quick footsteps, followed
by the worried voice of Akane. "Ranma! You okay?"

"I think so... but why do I have this bandage around my head?"

"Eh... nothing much... just a safety measure..." Washu, who happened to
be nearby, answered somewhat nervously.

"Okay... aaaaack!! Get away from me, you psycho!!" Ranma jumped up,
trying to keep a safe distance between him and the pink-haired girl.

"Geez, I already said sorry!"

"When? I didn't hear nothing!"

"I said that when you were sleeping. There is no more need for me to
apologize."

"Are you crazy?!? You are supposed to apologize to me when I am
AWAKE!! Besides, I was out cold, not sleeping, and that was because of
YOU!!"

"Ah, stop whining."

Before Ranma could yell at Washu again, Minagi spoke calmly. "Oh by the
way, Ranma-san, Tenchi-san and Katsuhito-san wanted you to see you at
their training ground. It's on the path to the shrine, right by the
stairs out front."

"Huh?" Ranma wondered out loud. "What do they want from me?"

"I think they want you to spar with Tenchi-san or something."

"Great! Now that's the fun I was looking for!" Not even casting a
second glance, Ranma dashed out of the room. A second later, the sound
of the front door slamming shut rang through the house.

Akane, who discovered herself suddenly left behind, scowled deeply.
"That jerk. He didn't even pay attention to me. Here I was, worried
sick about him! I am gonna hit him REALLY REALLY HARD when we get
home!!"

Minagi, Sasami, and even Washu edged away from Akane since she was now
flaming with anger. In hope of distracting Akane from her anger, Sasami
nervously spoke. "Um, why don't we go and watch their practice? It
will be fun. I'll make some food, and it will be just like our own
picnic."

Surprisingly, Akane's mood quickly changed in the mention of making some
food, as she clasped Sasami's hands eagerly. "That's a good idea! Let
me help you!!"

"Um, okay..." Sasami couldn't help but to feel rather scared, as
Akane's glimmering eyes were giving her goosebumps. 'I don't know why,
but I feel like I just made a BIG mistake...'(5)

"It's a good idea really, Sasami-chan! I'll go get my analysis
equipments right now!" Before she even finished her words, Washu ran to
her lab in the speed that would put an Olympic athelete to shame. The
rest of them just blinked in confusion.

"Why do we need some analysis equipments for just watching them
spar...?" But Sasami's wondering voice didn't reach the scientist as
the pink blur had already disappeared into the door...




The temple was quiet and peaceful. It was more so today even for one
where three goddesses resided. Eveything was so calm that Keiichi was
feeling sleepier by the second. He really wanted to go to sleep.

Who wouldn't in his shoes? He was right now lying on a porch, his head
comfortably laid on the lap of the beautiful goddess, the one who
promised to be with him forever. The peace and the silence were special
blessing in themselves, but his current situation was nothing if not a
gift from heaven itself. Keiichi could stay there forever.

Well, nothing was perfect though. There was one minor detail that was
bugging him. He was still a 'she,' a small girl to be more precise.
The last blunder of Urd's attempt of 'the cure' failed miserably, as he
ended up being a 'she.' Keiichi sighed helplessly.

'It would have been great if I was back to normal...'

Then he, well, she slowly opened her eyes, and the beautiful face of
Belldandy filled his vision. Keiichi smiled. 'Well, at least the view
is nice.'

"Keiichi! Hey, Keiichi! Are you home?"

'Geez. I knew it was too good to last. Who's that? Ah,
Chihiro-sempai... WHO?!?'

"Aaaaaargh!!" Keiichi shot straight up. "Chihiro-sempai's here!!
Chihiro-sempai's here!! What do I do?! What do I do?!"

"Um, Keiichi-san? What's wrong?" Belldandy asked with a confused look
on her face.

"Where is Urd? Where did she go? What should I do!?!?!?"

"Ah Belldandy! You are home, at least..." Chihiro, who just turned
around the corner to find Belldandy and the panicking Keiichi, greeted
the goddess.

"Hello, Chihiro-san. How are you today?" Ever so cheerfully, Belldandy
greeted her right back.

"Fine, thanks. By the way..." Chihiro scanned the surrounding
carefully. "...have you seen Keiichi? I need to talk to him. Is he
home?"

'Don't say yes don't say yes don't say yes...' Keiichi was praying in
his, ahem, her head. Then she realized something. 'Wait a minute!!
Goddesses can't lie!!'

"Why of course. Keiichi-san's right here." Belldandy, still smiling,
put the young, and female Keiichi right in front of Chihiro.

'Uh-oh.' That was the only thought that went through Keiichi's mind as
she was on the verge of fainting away.

"Wha......?" Chihiro blinked. "What are you talking about? This girl
is not Keiichi... As a matter of fact, Keiichi is NOT a girl..."

'I am doomed I am doomed I am doomed...' Keiichi was now frantic as
Chihiro just kept blinking at her. Then she was shocked even more when
Chihiro slowly raised her hand. It made way up to her head...

"You DO certainly look like him though! Who are you, his cousin or
something? Wow, Keiichi's face looks better as a girl."

...and patted her head.

Keiichi blinked. 'Wha... I see! She thinks I am my relative! I am
saved!'

But she stiffened when she heard Belldandy speaking up. "Um... this is
not Keiichi-san's cousin. She is..."

"I am his niece!" Keiichi quickly cut in. 'Yes! I made the save!'

"Oh really? I am sorry, kid." Chihiro didn't suspect a thing...

"No, no problem, pretty oneechan..." Keiichi was now sweating
nervously.

"Oh my! She's so cute!" Chihiro suddenly hugged Keiichi in her arms.
"I wish I had a niece like this one!"(6)

"Hehe... eheheh..." Keiichi nervously cackled while blushing furiously
in Chihiro's arms.

"I can't believe that dumb-looking Keiichi has a niece this cute!"

'Sorry I am dumb-looking!' A tiny vein popped on Keiichi's head,
although she was still pretending to smile.

"...wait a minute..." Chihiro suddenly stopped hugging Keiichi, as she
faced the young girl, who again began to sweat nervously. "I don't
remember hearing about Keiichi having an older sister..."

Belldandy chimed in, still smiling. "That's because she is not a child
of Keiichi-san's sister. She is..."

"I am his cousin's child!" Keiichi, showing amazing recovery skill,
quickly cut in again.

"Ah. That makes sense." Chihiro nodded her head. "...but then why did
you say she's Keiichi, Belldandy?"

Belldandy cheerfully answered. "That's because she IS Keiichi-san."

Keiichi felt his heart suddenly stop, while Chihiro blinked, confused.
"Eh?"

But today Keiichi was on a roll, as she quickly responded to the
situation. "My name is Keiichi too! My mom named me after
Keiichi-ojisan!"

"Ah! Is that so?" Chihiro hit her palm. Then she lowered her gaze
down as she patted Keiichi again. "That's a little bad judgement of
your mommy, naming you after a guy. Especially one like Keiichi. It
has a dumb feeling to it, doesn't it?"

Another vein popped on Keiichi's head. 'Sorry my name is dumb too!'

Not noticing it, Chihiro continued. "I would like to play with this kid
more, but I am actually quite busy right now. I just came by to drop
off a box."

"A box?" Belldandy blinked.

"Yes... well... um... I got a delivery order a while ago... but somehow
I forgot all about it! Isn't that funny? Heheheh!"

"Delivery? Where?"

"Yokohama."

"Yokohama?!" Now it was Keiichi who blinked in confusion. 'What does
that have to do with me anyway?'

"So what do you want Keiichi-san for?" Belldandy asked the question
that Keiichi himself had hoped to ask, thankfully.

Chihiro nervously scratched her head. "Eheheh, well, I was wondering if
he could deliver the box by tomorrow... because if I send it by a
parcel, it will be too late..."

"WHAT?!?! You want ME to go all the way to Yokohama to deliver
something?!?" Keiichi did a double-flip. "Are you serious?!?"

Chihiro blinked for a while, before a realization hit her face. "Oh
no! Of course I don't mean you, Keiichi-chan! I was talking about your
Keiichi-OJISAN."

'That's all the same to me...' Keiichi slumped his shoulders.

"Anyhow, I left the box at the front gate. I wrote the address on the
box too, so there is nothing to worry about it. Please, Belldandy, be
sure to tell Keiichi to deliver that box by TOMORROW. Okay?"

"Sure thing, Chihiro-san." Belldandy smiled at Chihiro then turned to
Keiichi, who blinked in confusion. "Keiichi-san, Chihiro-san wants you
to deliver the box left at the front gate to the address written on it.
She says it has to be done by tomorrow."

Bam!

Both Chihiro and Keiichi now had their faces on the dirt, but with
different reasons.

Chihiro managed to stand up while rubbing her face. "Th, thanks,
Belldandy..." 'She really is one of a kind...'

Belldandy replied with a smile. "You're welcome, Chihiro-san."

"Ha, haha... see you then..." Chihiro walked away with a weak smile.
'I could never understand that girl...'

All through this, Keiichi still had her face on the ground. "......"




"Um... you sure about this, grandpa?" Tenchi sweatdropped as he asked
his grandfather.

"Yes. I think Ranma should learn a thing or two from our family sword
style. After all, it's his heritage." Now back on his feet, Katsuhito
stood confidently between his two grandchildren.

"He recovers pretty fast, huh?" Ryoko whispered to Washu, who was
munching on the popcorn stash Sasami handed to her.

"Of course. He used to be the best sword fighter in all of Jurai."
Washu grinned slyly as she continued. "He beat YOU, didn't he?"

"Hey! That jackass didn't beat me! He just sealed me off with his
Juraian power! I'd won if it wasn't for that!! That piece of stick
ain't nothing! I can beat him anytime!"

Bonk!

"Don't shout during the training!"

Katsuhito retracted his bokken off the head of Ryoko, who was now
trembling with pain. Washu did nothing but grin as she saw the tiny
vein popped up on the priest's head. 'Touched a nerve, did she?'

"Geez, why do I have to use this? I can fight fine without a weapon."
Ranma grumbled, not wanting to train with the bokken. "Of all the
things, it's bokken too! I ain't no Kuno!"

Akane turned to her side, where the rest of the crowd looked at her with
curiosity clear on their face. "Inside joke."

"AH." They nodded their head and turned their attention back to the two
boys.

"Ranma! This is your heritage! It's your duty and responsibility to
learn the Juraian style of sword fighting." Katsuhito mildly scolded
his grandchild.

However Ranma didn't even flinch as he skeptically stared at his
grandfather. "I don't know. I think I learned enough from the OTHER
idiot who ruined my life."

Katsuhito sweatdropped at first, but recovered fast enough to reply.
"Nevertheless, it doesn't hurt to widen your horizon, does it? What's
so bad about learning a bit about the way of the sword?" His voice
turned soft as he began to persuade Ranma. Then he grinned slyly.
"What? You scared? Worried that Tenchi might beat you with his sword?
I didn't remember you being such a coward."

"Coward?! Me?!? I ain't a coward!!" Ranma fumed at the accusation.
He pointed his booken at Katsuhito. "Fine! I'll show who's the
coward!! I ain't scared of nobody, especially one with YOUR techniques,
old man!!"

"Whatever you say, my boy." Katsuhito grinned. 'Good. Ever so touchy
about the subject. He's so easy to manipulate.'

On the other hand, Tenchi wasn't feeling all that glad. He didn't know
Ranma's skill level, but he knew all too well that his cousin had been
training with his uncle all his life. Ranma would be anything but an
easy opponent. "Gee... why did he have to get Ranma so riled up...?"

Paying no heed to the worried Tenchi, Katsuhito started the duel. "Are
you boys ready? Bow to each other. Good. Now draw your sword."

Both boys drew their swords. Katsuhito was a little surprised when he
saw Ranma's stance. 'He's not so bad. In fact, his form is perfect...
not a hint of hole in his defence... Genma must have taught him some
Kendo too... although I never thought he would. That idiot always had
something against the art of the sword.' "Begin!"

As soon as the signal was given from their grandfather, both boys
charged at each other.

"Hyaaaaahhh!!"

"Haaaaaaahhh!!"

Slash!

Kachang!

Swish!

The battle was short-lived, however, despite everyone's surprise. They
were even more shocked when they saw the winner of the fight.

"Wha..." Tenchi blinked. Right in front of his eyes was the bokken of
his cousin, while his own somehow made its way into the bush on his
side. Not only had Ranma parried his attack, the pigtailed boy had
easily disarmed him as well. All of this in a mere blink of eyes. 'How
did he do that??'

Ranma was also surprised himself. He blinked a couple of times before
opening his mouth. "Wow, I knew I was good, but I didn't know I was
THIS good."

Akane smacked her forehead. "Great. His ego is already as big as it
can get, and now it's even bigger now."

Tenchi stood up and sincerely congratuated his cousin. "Ranma-chan, you
are great! I didn't know anyone could move that fast."

Sasami also cheered on his side. "Yeah, you were great, Ranma-niichan!
Tenchi-niichan's great too, but you were really awesome!"

"Nah, it's nothing." Ranma casually shrugged it off, but it was evident
on his face that all the compliments were getting to him.

Kiyone playfully hit his back. "Hey, don't be so modest. I know how
good Tenchi-san is. You are really good."

"Oh yes! You were great, Ranma-san!" Mihoshi cheerfully nodded her
head.

"Eheheh. Nah, it's nothing." Ranma was acting modest, something he
rarely did. But alas, he was only ACTING modest, since his face was
telling it otherwise.

Akane frowned a little. "Ranma you idiot! You don't know how to act
modest even when you try to."

Ayeka was also frowning, but for a different reason. Technically Ranma
was also her family so she should be glad of his fine skills. However
she wasn't very amused to see HER Tenchi-sama being defeated so easily.
She laughed mildly as she spoke to Ryoko, who was standing by her side.
"Ohohoho! He was good. But I am sure Tenchi-sama was going easy on
him. Saotome-san is his cousin, after all. Don't you think so,
Ryoko-san?"

"......" But no reply came. Ryoko was silent, deep in her own
thoughts.

Ayeka was surprised. If there was one thing that Ryoko and she actually
agreed on, it was that Tenchi was a GREAT person. They wouldn't forgive
anyone who would say otherwise. 'Is she also thinking that Saotome-san
is better than Tenchi-sama?! How dare she!!' "Ryoko-san!!"

"......huh?" Ryoko was shaken out of her trance by Ayeka's shouting.
"What?"

A vein popped on Ayeka's head. It seemed that Ryoko wasn't disagreeing
with her, just distracted. However the fact that she was ignored was
even more agitating than the assumption that Ryoko didn't agree with
her. "How dare you!!"

Ryoko raised her eyebrow. "How dare me what??"

"Why you..."

But before Ayeka could began to choke Ryoko, Minagi came up to them and
spoke with a serious look. "You noticed it too, didn't you?"

Ryoko's face also turned serious. "You too? And by the look on his
face, Yosho did too." Ryoko gestured toward Katsuhito, who was now in
deep thoughts.

"Eh?" Ayeka blinked in confusion. "What are you people talking about?"

Ryoko and Minagi walked away, not realizing that Ayeka was talking to
them. Ayeka blinked some more, before fuming furiously and also walked
away herself. "Hmph! Fine, be that way!!"



"Yosho."

Katsuhito raised his head when he heard his name being called. He
didn't seem to be surprised to see Ryoko and Minagi standing right in
front of him. "Hmm... just as I guessed. You guys noticed it too?"

Ryoko nodded. "Yeah. I have been slacking off in the cave for 700
years, but my senses haven't gone yet."

Minagi chimed in. "What do you think? Should we ask him about it?"

"Ask him what?"

"AAH!!!" The three startled when the fourth voice came from behind
then. They looked back to see the smiling face of none other than the
greatest genius in the universe herself. "DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT,
WASHU!!"

"Ahem!"

Minagi and Katsuhito flinched a little, but Ryoko didn't. "Ah screw
you. What are you doing, sneaking around and eavesdropping on
people!?!"

Washu put on her mock-hurt expression. "What, can't I join on your
conversation? *sob* I was just trying to be more friendly..."

"Ah shut up! I know you ain't like that!"

Washu grinned slyly. "What were you guys talking about anyway?"

Minagi and Katsuhito sighed in relief. It seemed that her curiosity got
better of her determination of being called "-chan." They were safe,
for now.

Ryoko didn't care though. "Feh! Why should we tell you anything?"

"Katsuhito-dono?"

Katsuhito calmly explained. "We were talking about Ranma's sword
skill."

"Hey!" Ryoko fumed. "Whatcha tell her that for?!"

"I think we can use her opinion. After all, she IS the smartest one in
the house, if not the universe."

"Hmph!"

"Now, now. Don't be upset, Ryoko-san." Minagi tried to calm Ryoko, who
mildly hmphed again.

Washu grinned at the irritation displayed by her daughter, but went back
to talking to Katsuhito. "Yeah? What about Ranma-dono's skill? It was
good, wasn't it?"

"Yes, it was. Maybe TOO good, actually."

"Huh?" Washu blinked. "What do you mean?"

Katsuhito's face turned serious as he began to explain. "I have known
Genma for quite some time, and one of the things I learned was that he
didn't like using weapons. I am sure Ranma also picked up on that, as
you saw earlier."

Seeing Washu nodding her head in agreement, he continued. "But you also
saw him easily defeat Tenchi with his sword. Now, I am not trying to
brag or anything, but I am confident that Tenchi's skill surpasses most
of the kendo instructors in Japan. He might not be the best yet with
his skills alone, but he should easily make in the top one percent."

Washu again nodded her head. "I can vouch for that myself. With his
Light Hawk Wing Sword he is practically invincible. But even without it
he is a real tough one."

"Correct. Now, I don't know what kind of weapon training Ranma might
have gone through, but it wouldn't have been so thorough and detailed,
since Genma himself does not like training with weapons. He might have
given Ranma some basic training, but it should be as far as he has
gone. But the result today says it otherwise."

Washu scratched her chin. "Really? I learned some martial arts myself
when I was back in the Academy. Isn't that possible for a martial
artist to fight evenly with a swordman?"

"It is, if he was going up against him without a sword. With a sword...
it's another story. I cannot account for every single case, but in most
cases, the martial artist's movement will be restricted somewhat due to
the very presence of a sword in his hand. He might still be able to
fight evenly with the swordman, but with a great disadvantage."

"Still, isn't it too much to think like that? I mean, just because
Ranma-dono has won it doesn't mean..."

Ryoko snickered as she cut in. "Hah! That's your greatest brain in the
universe can come up with? You make me laugh!"

Washu frowned. She didn't feel amused of being laughed at, especially
about her intelligence. "What do you mean by that?"

It was Minagi who answered this time. "Since both of us use the swords,
we both know how hard it is to take out an opponent's sword. If one was
strong and agile enough, he or she could either break the other's sword
or slap it away, provided the opponent was unskilled, or just not
skilled enough. But in case of Ranma-san, it wasn't the either case."

Washu raised her eyebrow. "Really?"

This time it was Ryoko's turn to reply. "He used the method of
diverting one's thrusting force to take out Tenchi's bokken. It in
itself takes a great deal of skills, but it also requires the ability to
predict your opponent's movement. THAT needs a whole different level of
training and experience that you can't get in your everyday training."

Washu contemplated on the information she had just received. "Hmm... so
you are saying Ranma-dono is actually quite a swordman, although he
himself does not realize it?"

"In a way. However, that's not the only thing that worries me."
Katsuhito added.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Confused, Washu asked him. 'There is more?'

"It was his eyes..."


Ranma and Tenchi were standing against each other, both with a bokken in
hand. After Katsuhito's signal, both boys charged at each other.

*"I saw it that time..."*

Close up on Ranma. His battle cry ringing through the air, he rushed
toward Tenchi. Suddenly, for a brief moment, his eyes flashed.

*"His eyes were... different. During that a second or two, he wasn't
himself. He was... someone else."*

Suddenly the movements of his bokken became smoother, as it touched
Tenchi's bokken. Next second, Tenchi's bokken was up in the air, away
from the hands of now shocked Tenchi.

*"...and that someone else used the bokken, not Ranma. It was very
short and brief, but it was there. Ranma... changed."*


"Changed? To whom? And how would that be possible?" Washu's ears
perked. 'This is very interesting...'

Katsuhito shook his head. "I don't know, and I doubt even Ranma himself
knows. I can't even fathom what might have happened. Somehow there is
a part of Ranma no one knows, even himself. That's all I can tell."

"Hmm..." Washu was not in deep thoughts. 'Maybe this has something to
do with what I discovered earlier... Memory loss, and a short but
definite change of a person... it sounds fishy...'

However, before Washu could gather her ideas, Nobuyuki's voice caught
everyone's attention. "Father! Father! There are some visitors
looking for you in the shrine!"

"Coming! Let's talk about this some other time, shall we? We don't
want to worry Tenchi needlessly." All three girls nodded their
agreement to the priest's suggestion. "Good. Now I should head back to
the shrine... that reminds me. Tenchi!"

"What, grandpa?"

"Don't forget to come up to the shrine later! You still haven't
finished cleaning the stairs today!"

"*sigh* Fine, fine."

Katsuhito grinned shortly before he began walking up the stairs. 'Ah,
the joy of having a grandchild as a servant. By the way, who could be
there to visit me in this time of the year?'



"Where is he going?" Ranma asked his cousin as he shoved another
riceball into his mouth.

'Doesn't he hear anything when he's eating?' Tenchi sweatdropped but
answered nonetheless. "He has a visitor waiting for him at the shrine
so he's going back there."

"Shrine?" Ranma blinked, but shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever. Less
people here, more food for me."

But before Ranma could reach for another riceball, Akane slapped his
hand away from the bento. "Ranma! You had a dozen of them already!
Let Tenchi-kun have some!"

Ranma rubbed his hand while scowling at his fiancee. "Geez, alright
alright. You are so uncute."

"What did you say!?"

"Nothing." Ranma snorted and turned his head away.

Akane blinked. 'Weird. He would usually insult me some more before
shutting his mouth... well, I have to shut it up for him, but
nonetheless...'

Seeing their mood deteriorating, Sasami tried to cheer Ranma up with
another bento box. "Here, Ranma-niichan. Have this one!"

Ranma smiled at the blue-haired girl happily. "Wow, one whole box for
myself? Thank you, Sasami-chan!"

What he didn't notice was the sly grin on Akane's face. 'Good. He
doesn't know that's my cooking. Let's see what he says after he eats
it...'

"Mmmm! Yummy! You are such a great cook, Sasami-chan!"

"Thank you, Ranma-niichan!"

"Eh?!" Akane blinked. 'He, he likes it?! Does this mean I DID IT? I
MADE SOMETHING AND RANMA LIKES IT!?'

Not noticing the shocked look on Akane's face, Ranma continued to
compliment on the food. "Especially this eggroll, it's really good!
It's one of the best I had, well, ever!"

"Heheh... You are embarassing me, Ranma-niichan..."

'He likes the eggroll too! After all I went through of making it...
huh? Eggroll? I made no eggroll...?' Akane blinked in confusion. She
hurriedly grabbed the bento box out of Ranma's hand, much to his
surprise.

"Hey!"

Not paying attention to his protest, Akane quickly examined the bento
box. "This, this is not mine!"

"Well, duh! It tastes good, so why would it be yours?"

Bam!

"You didn't have to say it like that!"

"Un... cute..."

After burying Ranma's head underground, Akane asked Sasami. "Where is
my bento box, Sasami-chan?"

"Ah, that one?" Sasami pointed toward the opposite side of the group.
"I think it's somewhere over there..."

"Yuuuuuuccckkkk!!! Yo, Ayeka! You cooked again?!"

"I certainly did not!! I wouldn't make something so discustingly
looking like that!! You are just covering for YOUR mistake, aren't
you?"

"Hmm... maybe not... It looks like it might be one of Mihoshi's
creation, all burnt and shaped weird... and it smells weird too! It
must be Mihoshi's!"

"Eh?! What are you saying, Washu-chan? I didn't make anything this
time, I swear! Kiyone was with me the whole time! Right, Kiyone?
Kiyone?"

"........."

"Um, Mihoshi-san. I think she passed out... after eating that bento..."

"Um..." Sasami turned to Akane with a sweatdrop on her head. "...maybe
that's the one you were looking for...?"

"...yes..."



When Katsuhito reached the shrine, he found four figures standing in
front of his place. One of them was a young girl, one about Mayuka's
age. The rest of them were full-grown ladies. One of them was a short
blonde, while another had ocean blue hair. The last one was a beautiful
lady with long dark green hair, that floated gently in the wind. She
had her back toward him, so he couldn't see her face.

'Wait. Long... dark green?! Can't be...' Katsuhito's eyes widened
with the shock. They widened even further when the lady in question
slowly turned toward him. Finally, she was looking straight at him, and
his jaw was now hung open widely.

"Set-Setsuna..."

Meiou Setsuna smiled at her old friend. "Long time no see, Katsuhito."




Morisato Keiichi stood at the gate, his eyes staring off at empty
space. Before him... no her, was a BIG box. There was no other words
suitable for describing it really. It was BIG. Even if Keiichi turned
back normal, the box would be still big enough to fit her... him in.

"How am I going to deliver this box?! To Yokohama, no less!!"

She looked down on her small, and female body. "It would be hard with
my normal body... and I am stuck like this right now! I can't even lift
it! This is impossible!"

It was then when a hand reached from behind and gently touched her
shoulders. Keiichi looked up behind to see the smiling face of
Belldandy looking down on her.

"Don't worry, Keiichi-san. I can deliver it for you. It won't be so
hard for me."

"But..." Keiichi couldn't finish her words. She knew she would have to
depend on Belldandy eventually, only that she didn't want to admit it.
Although she was in a female body right now, Morisato Keiichi was a man!
...how wimpy he might be. He had pride as a man, damn it! ...how weak
and indecisive he might be. She knew the goddess would have no trouble
doing the work for her, but Keiichi just didn't want to impose on
Belldandy.

However she couldn't come up with an arguement. The box had to be
delivered by tomorrow in one way or other. In her current shape, there
was no way Keiichi would be able to do the task. He knew it well, maybe
too well... Defeated, Keiichi slumped her shoulders and lowered his
head.

"I am sorry, Belldandy......"

The goddess only smiled back at her man, who was a girl right now. "No
need to apologize, Keiichi-san. I am only doing this because I want
to. I want to be more help if I could. I can't turn you back, so this
is the least I can do for you."

Keiichi just stared at the goddess. "Belldandy......"

Belldandy gently hugged the little girl. "Cheer up, Keiichi-san. I
promised back then that I will stay with you forever, right? No matter
what happens, you are still the same Keiichi-san I made the promise
with. I will always be at your side."

Keiichi smiled back. "Thank you... Belldandy."

"You are welcome, Keiichi-san."

"*whistle* Whoo-hoo! Check out the hot couple!"

Keiichi blinked, until she saw Urd standing not far away, with a smirk
on her face. "Urd! Where have you been?! What about my cure!?"

"Ah, that!" Urd scratched her head with nervous grin. "Well... I
totally forgot about that..."

"What?!?"

"Calm down, calm down." Urd held up her hands defensively. "There is
no need to worry. I worked out the formula again and it seems that the
effect of the drug shouldn't last that long. In fact, it should wear
out pretty soon."

Keiichi's face brightened up significantly. "Really? How soon?"

"Well... right about..."

Puff!

"...now..."

She was right. Keiichi's body turned back to normal. Unfortunately,
she... no he was still wearing his... her clothes. Keiichi was a small
and petite man, but he wasn't THAT much small and petite, as the small
dress he had been wearing was now nothing but a torn piece of fabric.
While that in itself was a total embarassment, it was nothing compared
to the pain he felt as his... her underwear stretched to fit HIS
groin...

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!"




Chapter 11 ends.




(1) Well, duh! You are gonna have to do better than that, Washu! Akane
SEDATES Ranma all the time!

(2) Nor is it mine! Sorry, but I am not coming up with more difficult
one than that one!

(3) Washu might be the greatest scientist in the universe, but she was
NOT the greatest doctor in the universe...

(4) ...and awake. Nobuyuki was still out cold.

(5) It's not a BIG mistake, Sasami. It's a GIGANTIC mistake.

(6) Flattery might get you nowhere sometimes, but it's worth a shot most
of the times.



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