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The problem was, Genma reflected in typical Genma-like fashion, that he didn't always consider the full consequences of his actions. He certainly hadn't seen THIS coming when he gotten fed up with Ranma's sleeping issues a few weeks ago and taken matters into his own hands.

It had started off small enough with just some restless mumbling. While popular belief was that Genma slept like the dead, he was actually a very light sleeper due to years of fleeing from various upset parties. So Ranma's nightly tossing and turning was a bit less than appreciated. At first he'd taken to waking the boy up with a well placed whack, but after only a few nights of that, Ranma's bizarre sleeping defense tightened up considerably. While Genma could still eventually wake his son, he decided that the time he wasted trying to get through Ranma's defense was time he could better spend sleeping. So next he tried yelling. But that only lasted one night as the rest of the household also woke up with considerable displeasure.

So Genma then resorted to ear plugs. THAT had worked out great for almost a full week before Ranma got worse. One night, while listening to Ranma's increasingly agitated thrashing and moaning, Genma had a rare epiphany. Well actually, one of Ranma's cries just happened to be coherent enough for him to piece together. Ranma had whimpered out Akane's name and reached out his empty arms in rather tragically touching fashion, which would have been moving in its despair, had Genma been less tired and cranky. Always a man of action first and contrite thought later, Genma had seized upon a quick and easy solution to the problem. .....which, also as always, had ultimately led to further problems.

But.....for a blissful few weeks, Genma--and the other occupants of the room--had slept the sleep of the truly content. For Genma's solution had been to simply scoop Akane out of her bed and drop her into the restless Ranma's sleeping arms. Although he'd earned a number of bruises at first while trying to pick up the girl, whose unconscious and vicious attacks had incidentally reminded Genma of Ranma's own strange sleeping habits, he quickly countered the problem by securely wrapping Akane up in her blankets before grabbing her. Genma easily established a nightly routine of waking up when Ranma first started getting restless, snagging Akane, delivering her to Ranma, happily sleeping, then waking up with enough time to drop Akane back in her room with no one the wiser. He justified it to himself by pointing out that Ranma never did anything more than cling tightly to Akane and that the girl didn't seem to be sleeping any worse. And to be somewhat fair to Genma, there WAS a rather sweet sense of serenity that filled the room once Akane was snuggled in Ranma's arms....and all three of them DID sleep better because of it.

However, none of that seemed to matter at the moment, he mused idly as he flew through the air. Genma had gone out drinking with Soun the night before and overslept due to a rather severe hangover. This in turn had led to an equally severe screaming when the other occupants of his room did NOT oversleep....which really wouldn't have resulted in his current airborne journey had he not grumpily tried to end Ranma and Akane's argument by blearily pointing out that neither of them were at fault since he, Genma, had been responsible for the sleeping arrangements, so would they please shut up and let him go back to sleep. Perhaps, Genma concluded as his flight came to its own violent conclusion, the next time he went out drinking, he'd just dump Ranma in Akane's bed.


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