Part 1
And everyone was Kung-Fu Fighting

She was dreaming a very interesting dream: In her dream Quinn was the weird one that had to go to self-esteem classes and she was the favorite one.

Her dream, however, was just that. A dream. And as such it had to be rudely interrupted. Her father came to her room in a rush, excited as never before (if such a thing was possible, considering he got excited when he acquires new recipes for weird foods).

"DARIA!" He exclaimed while touching her shoulder. "Wakey wakey!"

The girl opened one eye halfway and yawned. "Dad... it's sunday, go 'way."

Jake Morgendorffer frowned at his daughter and shook her a little. "Wakey Wakey! This is a great day! The best one ever!"

Daria sat down and dedicated him a quizzing look. "What-" She yawned again. "What are you talking about?"

Jake got up like a rocket and smiled. "No time to tell! Come downstairs so I tell the good news to everyone at the same time!" And with that he left her room, running at top speed towards Quinn's.

Daria took her glasses and looked at her alarm clock. "I'm awake at 9 AM on a Sunday. What is he thinking?" She clumsily climbed out of her bed and slowly, very slowly put her clothes on.

She had crossed half the stairs when she heard her mother yelling at her father.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"

She blinked a couple of times and tried to listen without getting noticed. She thought that it shouldn't be too difficult.

"Ah!" Her father jumped. "Honey, it's for the good of the kids!"

She could imagine Helen's glare at her father but didn't dare to peek. Her mother replied, "The good of the kids?"

"Yes!"

"How is this for the good of the kids? What were you thinking?"

"Oh, well... there's this..." Answered her father and suddenly he started to whisper. Daria couldn't hear a thing.

"What's going on?" Came a tired voice behind her. She looked at Quinn for a second and continued walking downstairs.

"The parental units have probably gone nuts on us" Replied the auburn haired girl in a monotone.

"Dad seemed... more excited than usual" Commented Quinn with a small frown on her face.

"That's probably just his medication" Said Daria as they entered the kitchen. She blinked upon seeing Jake and Helen Morgendorffer looking at them with a serious look on their faces.

"Girls" Started their mother in a sing-song tone, "we have something very important to tell you."

Daria looked at her sister for a moment and said, "you're going to reveal that Quinn was adopted, right?"

"She is?" Asked Jake, with a confused expression. He turned to Helen, looking a little angry, "What's the meaning of this?"

Helen rolled her eyes. "No, Daria, Quinn wasn't adopted." Before the redhead could say anything she added, "and neither was Daria for that matter."

Jake nodded, although he didn't look totally convinced. "Right. Onto the news!" He suddenly looked excited again.

Quinn took a seat on her usual place. "Can we get this over with? I'm supposed to go to Sandi's later, Fashion Club business"

"The zombies realized their shallowness?" Asked Daria, looking hopeful.

Quinn rolled her eyes, "there you go again, Da-aaria. No wonder the boys all think you're so weird."

Daria looked annoyed, "So why should I care? Not everybody thinks the world revolves around boys, Quinn."

"Oh. Then maybe this won't interest you, kiddo." Said their father, looking a little gloom.

"What's this about anyway?" Asked Daria as she sat down.

"Well, your father just told me about it, but I think it's a good idea for your future!" exclaimed their mother.

"I got you a fiancé!" Said a cheerful Jake.

Daria paused and looked for pods. Then she suddenly stood up and yelled at the top of her lungs. "FIANCÉ?"

"Yes." Answered Jake, who didn't understand his daughter's outburst. "The son of a very good friend of mine. His name is Ranma Saotome."

Quinn blinked. "That's a weird name."

Daria agreed. "It sounds Japanese."

"Oh, it is!" Said Jake. "If one of you girls were to marry him..." his voice trailed off and he looked at his wife. He coughed in his hand and said, "if one of you marry him, your life will be very secured!"

"Secured?" Asked Daria, not sure what it meant. But she knew that there was something her parents weren't telling her. "Don't we have some say in who we marry?"

Quinn looked at Daria for a moment and decided that it was better to agree with her. "Daria's right, daddy! Think about what it will do to my popularity! No more dates! My life would be ruined!" She looked at her mother and yelled, "RUINED!"

Daria grumbled. "We haven't even met him."

"That's easily fixed." Said Helen, looking at her wristwatch.

Jake smiled. "Ranma and his father have been on a voyage of training for the last ten years."

"Voyage?"

"They've been all around the world. Recently they've crossed China."

Daria sighed. "Well, at least he had a better life than me then, I'd give anything to be able to leave this dump once in a while." She glared at her parents. "And I'm probably running away."

"Don't joke about that, Daria!"

Quinn leaned forward. "Is he cute at least?"

Daria raised an eyebrow. "What kind of guy is he anyway?"

Helen looked at Jake, waiting for his answer. He said with a straight face. "No idea."

"No idea" Repeated Daria in a monotone.

"I've never met him." Explained the nervous man.

Before anyone else could add anything to the discussion, they heard noises from the front door. And then, a voice yelling something in Japanese.

Jake stood up and ran to the door. "Saotome! My old friend!"

Helen rolled her eyes and followed. "I need to start giving him some kind of medication."

"I hope he's older, cute, and rich!" Exclaimed Quinn, as she too followed the parents.

Daria sighed. "How depressing, my parents want to pick my boyfriend." She paused and thought about it. "At least I won't be a third wheel anymore if this goes as dad wants." She shook her head. "What am I thinking? This is insane."

She raised her head and saw how her whole family were running towards her, being followed by a giant panda who was holding someone over its shoulder. Said person turned around and yelled something in Japanese.

Quinn hid behind her mother. "Daddy, this is your old friend? A panda?"

Jake shook his head repeatedly. "NONONONONO!"

Helen yelled. "So what's this panda doing in our home!?"

Suddenly the panda waved and put the person he was holding on the floor, facing Jake.

The man lowered his head and said, "you wouldn't be..."

The petite person looked sheepish. "Saotome Ranma, wa-" Ranma quickly changed to English. "I mean, I'm Ranma Saotome, sorry about this."

Jake took the person by the shoulders. "AT LAST!" He exclaimed. "You've come!"

Quinn looked amazed. "Hey! He IS cute!"

Jake gave the petite Ranma a bear hug and sobbed. "It's so good of you to come! So-" The man suddenly stopped himself and pushed Ranma a little.

Ranma looked VERY annoyed.

Jake looked down. "You... you..."

Ranma had breasts. Actually, as big as Brittany Taylor's.

Daria smiled a Mona Lisa smile. "My oh my! A girl? I didn't know you two were so forward thinking. And here I was brooding, thinking I would have to wait for Jane to dump Tom before coming out of the closet."

Helen dedicated a very angry look at her eldest daughter.

Quinn proceeded to touch with her finger Ranma's chest. "Daddy, 'he' is a girl"

Jake's eyes rolled to the back of his skull as he fainted.

Everyone was sitting around Jake who was on his bed, crying intensively.

Helen sighed. "Your poor father, he was really looking forward for this. He's so disappointed."

Quinn rolled her eyes. "He's disappointed? Well, next time he has to be sure that he picks a boy."

Daria smiled. "You were the one that thought she was cute."

Quinn blushed. "I didn't say that I would marry her!" She eyed Ranma for a second. "I mean, look at her choice of clothes, even if I was gay I wouldn't date her!"

Ranma looked at her Chinese clothes, wondering what was so wrong with them. The red shirt and thai pants were very comfortable.

Daria frowned. "I really wish you'd stop being so shallow." She stood up inclined her head a little towards Ranma. "I'm off to eat some Pizza, want to join me?" She had her Mona Lisa smile planted on her face. "Maybe I will get another friend out of this. A second one, I mean."

Ranma blinked a couple of times and looked at Daria's face like hypnotized. She quietly closed her blue-gray eyes and nodded.