'K...N...D?' The name that he couldn't forget, the name that just...appeared in his mind during the Aging Mushroom fiasco. Three letters, so full of mystery to him. K.N.D.

'Why does that sound so familiar? K.N.D....what does it mean? And the number...Number 000...Triple Zeroes...' And so memories long forgotten returned in a blinding flash of pain. 'K.N.D, Number 000' FLASH '"Saotome, don't forget, when you turn 13, you will forget all about the Kids Next Door"' FLASH 'Welcome to the Kids Next Door, or K.N.D for short' and then she laughed...he could still remember the laugh...

"The Kids Next Door"

"What was that Saotome?" the voice of one Nabiki Tendo snapped Ranma out of his thoughts. Realizing he said it outloud...and that everyone at the table was staring at him..."Huh?" came his intelligent response.

"Did you just say Kids Next Door?" Nabiki asked, a little emotion slipping through her 'Ice Queen' mask.

"Uh...Yeah?" he responded, not sure what it meant yet.

"Do you know what the Kids Next Door means?" this came from Kasumi...

"No..." and he really didn't know.

"Oh...where'd you hear it then?" Akane this time...

"I'm...not sure...I think a friend told me once"

That was all it took "Get out!" ...

"We don't need anyone friends with the Kids Next Door around here!" Nabiki...what's going on?

"You're even more of a freak then I thought!" Akane...Why? So much venom...nothing compared to what she's usually like.

"I'm sorry Ranma, but you're not welcome here anymore" ...Kasumi? Did Kasumi just say that? It was getting hard to tell.

"We don't want you! We don't need you! You're just worthless trash thrown out by the K.N.D!" Happosai? When did he get here?

"Airen no Airen anymore, K.N.D is Amazon greatest enemy" Shampoo? How?

"Ran-chan...no, Ranma, my engadgement to you is now void" Ukyo...so cold...so cold... Why?

"Ranma hereby declare you Ronin, If I ever see you again, you will be killed on sight" Mom?...Mom, why?

"You will leave now!"

Get out you freak!"

"You're not welcome in this house"

"Ranma be killed by Shampoo"

Ranma! Ranma you freak! Die! You're no son of mine, you should just die! Drop dead! We hate you!

Hate you. Hate you. Hate you...

"AH!" he bolted out of bed. He took in his surroundings, Snoring? Check, Akane breaking bricks? SMASH! Check. Kasumi cooking dinner? SNIFF Check.

He breathed a sigh of relief, it had all been a dream...well, not all of it...

"Zero Zero Zero" That had been burned into his mind, along with the K.N.D