"Where are we now?"
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Chapter one: Welcome to Nerima.
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"The Phycic Fair is packed." Minako commented to herself as she explored the area, despreatly
searching for Rei Hino's booth. Artemis who was slung over her shoulder just yawned. Minako sighed
and looked over her shoulder to make sure she hadn't passed anything. Life has been so boring..
Minako thought to herself wistfully since we defeated Galaxia, there's nothing to do anymore.
Even Sailor V's not popular anymore Minako thought sadly as an old Sailor V poster rolled
over her foot as if on cue.
"Minako! Minako!" an over excited voice called out to her. Minako turned her head to see Usagi,
her hands on her knees taking a few minutes to catch her breath,"I thought you'd never stop.."
Usagi's even gotten more out of shape Minako thought with some disgust. But then again
so have I.. Minako thought sadly. "Guess what?" Usagi said excitedly," there is this old
lady over there who can predict romance!" Usagi said looking very happy. "Why would
you need it, you have a boyfriend." Minako said with some bitterness. "Of course Minako,
geez what got into you today?" Minako shrugged,"It's not a good day." she said and looked up,
a drop of rain splashing on her nose."Oh great, and just me to forget an umbrella." Usagi
grabbed her hand,"Forget that Minako, we should really check this out..common.." Usagi
said pulling with all the strength she could muster.
Finally at the booth Minako gave up and propped down in front of the fortune teller. As quick as
lightening the fortune teller grabbed Minako's hand and turned over her palm. "Hmmm..
I see happy life with lost man..but he too far you. He distant,
and have terrible secret. You and he have many children.." the fortune teller's
cheesy accent really grated on Minako's nerves. Usagi gasped,"Wow Minako,
a mysterious man with a dark secret, and _many_ children..wow your lucky!"
Minako sighed,"Usagi. I've grown up a little, this is just a fortune. Besides Rei is the only
person with real ESP I know." The fortune teller payed no attention and tucked a peice
of paper in Minako's hand,"You go to him yes? Or else you make big mistake. Rest of
life will be lonely with just you and cat." Minako looked at Artemis and blushed. "uh..arigatou.."
Minako muttered and dropped the yen into the fortune tellers hand. Minako followed Usagi through
the croud and the sky seemed to light up. Minako opened her hand slowly. Inside was a plane
ticket to a place called Nerima.
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Later that night Minako came over to Makoto's house. "Hey, Minako. You got here on time!
I made some plum juice and ice tea if you don't want that. Dinners in the oven too and I rented
two romance films by Yushiko Toaba." Makoto said with a big grin. Minako smiled back,
the headache from the fair earlier that day wore off and she was in her more bubbly mood.
"Great." Minako said and took off her jacket, and a tiny peice of paper fell out of a hole in the pocket.
Makoto snatched it up before Minako could protest,"Hey, you leaving on vacation?"
Minako shook her head and sat down next to Makoto,"Got it from some old spook at the fair.
She said it was suppose to lead me to my true love." Makoto was silent for a moment.
A very long moment. And then she said seriously, as serious as she ever could,"Your going
right?" Minako shook her head,"Heck, no! For all I know Nerima could be some cheezy backwater
town and the guy of my dreams could be that old spook's distant country relative." Minako
said with a little bit of doubt. That little bit of doubt was all Makoto heard. "Minako,
don't be so quick to judge! Maybe this is your destiny and the 'spook' is a gateway
to your true love! Perhaps this is the one, and you'll never ever meet him if you don't try!"
Makoto held up the ticket,"Besides, we made plans to go somewhere this spring. So
why don't you me and the others go to this Nerima place. Enjoy ourselves, and you
might ,no- will come back with the most georgeously wonderful man in the world around you!!"
Minako blinked,"I.." Makoto's eyes bore right through her. "I'll do it!!"
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"Where in the world am I now!!?" Ryouga Hikibi shouted with angst. His depression picked
up,"Some foreign land no doubt.." A familiar voice startled him,"Thank you for shopping at Ucchan's!"
Konatsu shouted to a customer. Ryouga face-faulted. "Well atleast I'm in Nerima.."
Ryouga sighed,"Does anyone know the way to Furikan high!?" The people outside
pointed in the direction opposite Ryouga was going. "Uh, arigotou.." Ryouga said and
knew he was blushing. Ryouga straightened the huge backpack he was wearing.
"I always get lost, well this time things are going to be different!" Ryouga said with
determination and set off. "Uh we already told you Furikan High is thata way.."
Ryouga gulped,"Ah..gomen.." he said and turned around setting off with considerably
less determination.
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"Yippy! We're going to..uh..Nerima.." Usagi said with excitment. All the girls
were piled in the back of the van and Mamoru was struggling to drive. "Usagi if you
don't shut--er quiet down then you'll have to move to the back." tears stung the
dumpling headed blonde's eyes,"Mamo-chan, your angry!" she said and hugged him
causing the car to swerve. "USAGI NO BAKA!!" everyone yelled from the backseat.
Usagi sniffled but sat down in her seat, behaving herself. Finally getting bored
she turned backwards,"Minako-chan, your going to find your true love right?"
Minako blushed and motioned for Usagi to quiet down. Basically Minako,Usagi and
Makoto were the only ones who knew the real reason for going to Nerima. Rei who
heared this fumed,"What? You mean we're going to some place because some old spook
told Minako to!?" Rei said when Minako was finally forced the blurt out the story. Rei
was quiet for a moment,"Wow Minako-chan, that's great!" Usagi's jaw went slack,"Hey you
would yell at me if I did anything like that!"she said with a spark of anger. Rei
grinned,"Because your Usagi no baka!" Usagi began to sniffle. Mamoru sighed,"Please
girls, I'm trying to drive!!"
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"*snoooooooooooore* Mamoru...*drooooooool* ooh..hee hee..." Rei tried to not pay
attention to the sleeping baka next to her on the plane. "I swear if she goes 'hee hee' _one more time.._"
Mamoru was blushing from the seat in front of them,"That's Usagi..she's got a real imagination so to
speak.." Ami who was sitting by Mamoru was engrossed in a book entitled,"Mathematical equations
for trips, volume 2." Of course this was far from unsual. Minako looked outside the plane window.
Makoto was seated next to her and looked miserable. She held the sick bag close to her,"The
bad thing is Nerima is so far away we have to go by plane..I *urgh*" Poor Makoto, she
must really hate planes, considering that how her parents well..died on one Minako thought with a frown.
"But Minako-chan...I will fill many sick bags if it means you find the man of your dreams!" Minako
wrinkled her nose,"Uh, thanks Makoto..that's nice to uh..know.." Makoto smiled and then the plane
took a dip. "Oh..*urrrk*!" Minako moved back against the window,"Ah..Makoto-chan.."
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"Saotome!!" Ryouga screamed as Ranma walked outside the high school. "Prepare to die!"
he said and delivered a flying kick, which Ranma dodged with ease. Ryouga stumbled but maintaned
his balance. "What did I do now?" Ranma said with a slight yawn. "You betrayed Akane, from
what I heard you and Shampoo had a romantic rendevouz!" Ranma sighed,"Hey for the last time,
she was the one who came in saying , 'Wo ai ni! Shampoo and Ranma go somewhere special now!' It
wasn't my fault!" Ryouga sneered,"Pig! If you were a real man you would've refused."
Ranma laughed,"Whose calling who pig, P-chan? And besides Shampoo literally knocked me
out and dragged me to the beach..did you expect me to somehow snap out of unconciousness
and run away? Even _you_ can't do that, man." Ryouga was quiet for a moment. "It's the principle
of it!" he said with feeling. Ranma laughed,"Ooh, Ryouga. You've been using big words lately, like
'rendevouz' and 'principle' wanna treat?" Ryouga only grinned,"Don't talk, I know exactly what you
got on that quiz and I am more than willing to tell Akane." Ranma turned pale for a moment."You wouldn't.."
Ryouga took a fighting stance. "Oh not this again.."
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The airplane finally landed and both Minako and Makoto thanked kami-sama. Makoto
because she was airsick, numerous times. And Minako because, she had to sit by her.
"Ooh..Mamoru..I dunno..but..OK! Hee hee!" Rei looked at Mamoru for permission. He grimly
nodded and Rei smiled evily. "Oh..Mamoru..now I have to say..*OWWCH!*" Usagi yelled out in
pain as Rei smacked her over the head. Usagi's yelp snapped Ami out of her trance and she looked
up from the book for the first time since the plane trip had begun. "Huh, we left?" Everyone sweatdropped.
Minako grabbed her suitcase and Makoto grabbed her arm,"Minako, it's the one!" Makoto said pointing
to the handsome cleancut man a few seats down. Minako blushed could it be... and then she noticed
the redhead clinging to his shoulder. "Uh Makoto..I think your a little too excited, she said he was _in_
Nermia. Not an airplane." Minako sighed as she pulled her bags out. "I don't even know this trip
is really worth the trouble.." Makoto grabbed Minako's skirt,"I barfed ten times to make sure that you
met the man of all eternity. You will believe it's worth the trouble, and like it." Makoto said dangerously.
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Ranma walked off,"Bye,buh P-chan!" Ranma said snidely as the little piglett looked up at him.
There really is no need to describe what happened. "Bweee!" the pig shouted angrily.
[translation: you come back hear you snot nosed...insert anything bad here] Ranma just
laughed, completely unaware of Ryouga's insult. "Bweeee, bweee!" [translation:Where am
I going to find some hot water?] Ryouga crawled into Furikan High and made sure no one spotted him.
"Bweee!" [translation:there's some!] Ryouga thought as he saw the hot water in the Home Education
class. Ryouga tipped over the kettle and the water poured onto him. He breathed a sigh of relief, human
again..the only bad thing was that upon turning into P-chan he..shed his clothes. Here comes
the death sprint.. Ryouga gulped, grabbed a text book, and ran out and to the entrance. Trying
his best to ignore the gasps and comments of course. "I'll kill you Ranma!"
[note: Yes, Ryouga was very embarrassed, and yes he found his clothes as well. Yup, all you fan girls
rushing to Furikan High can go home now *awww!*]
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"Hey, this place isn't so bad.." Rei remarked as they passed a nearby Dojo. "Smells good.."
Usagi said later as they passed a restaruant called "Ucchan's" Makoto nodded,"Let's go eat."
Ukyou Kuonji looked up as five pretty girls, and a one guy walked into the restraunt.
"Welcome to Ucchan's how can I help you?" The blonde girl with the weird hairstyle eye's
lit up,"Oooh..Okonomiyaki! That's like a pizza right? I'll take a combonation!" The other
girls made their orders and sat down. "So what brings you to Nerima?" the young chef asked
as the Okonomiyaki sizzled on the grill. The girl with the red bow opened her mouth but the one
with the ponytail interuppted her,"We're going to help find a friend some true love.."
Ukyou smiled,"True love.." she trailed off thinking about Ranma in particular. "Ohh, Okonomiyaki
is ready." she said and gave the girls and the guy their orders. Usagi ate up and reminded Ukyou
of how Ranma ate. Minako sighed and began to eat hers, until she heard a voice from outside
the restraunt. It sounded familiar and Minako felt something. "Ranma, I'll kill you!" the chef
must have heard this too,"Welcome to Nerima, if you ignore all the strange things you might
actually enjoy it!" she said and burst out laughing. "My name's Ukyou Kuonji by the way."
The girls introduced themselves. "So Minako-san.." Ukyou said,"Your true love is suppose to be here?"
Minako nodded and blushed,"He's suppose to be some lost boy.." The chef's face frowned and
she burst out laughing. "Ah Ryouga!" she said. "Ryouga..ry-ou-ga.." Minako sounded out the
name, liking the way it rolled off her tounge. Ukyou kept laughing,"Well, even though he's
a jacka** he does have redeeming qualities!" she said with a grin. Minako looked up,"He's bad?"
Ukyou shook her head,"Not my type, but I'll let you in on a secret..he is pretty kawaii.."
Makoto smiled,"Ah, Minako! The old spook was right! We'll find this Ryouga and you'll
introduce yourself..and fall in love and have those many kids." Usagi coughed,"You
forgot something Makoto-chan." Makoto blushed,"Ah..get married first, though!!" This caused
everyone to burst out laughing again.
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Chapter one Status: Ended
Chapter Two Status: Coming soon.
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Notes:
chan-close friend
san-Mr., Ms.
Wo ai ni- kinda like 'i love you', I forgot
kawaii-cute *can mean pretty for girls*
Baka-idiot
arigotou-thank you
gomen-sorry
Okonomiyaki-japanese pizza
Yushiko Toaba- isn't real, so don't go on yahoo looking for her latest videos
Minako-Mina
Usagi-Serena
Rei-duh (Raye)
Ami-duh (Amy)
Mamoru-Darien
Makoto-Lita
fan girls - a female(s) obssessed with bishounen anime/video game guys