DB Sommer wrote:

Family Matters
(A Quantum Destines Side Story)

Forward: These events take place after Quantum Destinies 23 and deal with
Mikado of all people.
 

Mikado:  What do you mean, 'of all people'.  I'm a noble, I'll have you 
know, not some commoner
like that Saotome fiend!

It forced him to maintain a conscious effort to know
of any quantities of cold water about. He had never realized how many people
walked around with bottles of water to drink, pitchers to water plants, or
any one of another hundred situations which required the transportation of
cold liquid.
 

Heh.  No "water magnet" component to the curse, huh?  "Being careful" never
works for canonical Ranma.

Mikado liked to think he not just lived up to, but surpassed the family's
expectations in that regard. 

Hmm... Can't remember seeing any evidence at all in QD for Mikado having 
a sharp mind
for business.  A sharp mind for ladies, perhaps.

Mikado nodded in approval of his mother's reaction, which was that of any
true noblewoman. That was another reason he favored Kodachi. She knew her
properly submissive role as well. Such characteristics confirmed the
knowledge that she would make an excellent wife and mother of his children,
unlike that bitch, Asuka Saginomiya.
 

My, Mikado is SO observant.

before the main house. He didn't need to see the driver of the vehicle to
know who it was. Only his eldest cousin, Keitaro, would have the audacity to
drive like a crazed maniac and nearly force Mikado off the road. 

First a Kentaro and now a Keitaro.  One wonders who will show up next:
Mutsumi?  Kitsune?  Naru?  Motoko?  Kaolla?  Shinobu?

The clod had dubbed himself 'The Speed King' 

What, no 'Speed Racer'?

before. It had been on posters and CD's throughout the Empire. It was Naru
something or other. She was the newest flavor of the month pop idol that had
 

Heh.  Called that one.

Kentaro was not an athletic person,

This seems odd if he's a 'master' of the jo sticks.  He's not going to 
be able
to put up a good fight if he's not in shape, no matter how skilled he 
may have
been at a much younger ag

improved so much, Keitaro wasn't proving a challenge at all. Mikado couldn't
wait to face this low-born Saotome fool and beat him within an inch of his
life for daring to sully his Kodachi.
 

This last sentence above confused me a lot on first reading.  I had to 
go back and
re-read a couple of times to figure out why we're now talking about 
Ranma and
Kodachi.  Suggest replacing "this low-born Saotome" with "that low-born 
Saotome";
I think the "this" threw me at first, as I took it to refer to Keitaro.

Just a little look into Mikado and the way the Sanzenins operate. Hope you
enjoyed.
 

Yes, very much.  Thank you for writing it and sharing!




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