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It started out like any other day at the Tendo Anything Goes School of Martial Arts dojo. It had been twenty-four years since the engagements of Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendo (now Akane Saotome) had been announced by their fathers and lifelong friends Genma Saotome and Soun Tendo. Now Ranma and Akane were married with children and ran the dojo together.
The morning started like it always did at the Tendo dojo. Ranma and Genma would spar outside near the pond while Akane and her sisters, Kasumi and Nabiki, got breakfast ready. Soun Tendo would normally watch his friend and son-in-law spar and sometimes joined them in their training.
Genma and Soun were still like they were the day they announced their children's engagement, if only looking and being in their early sixties. Genma was still quite stocky, wore glasses, a white bandana covered his bald head, and a white gi. Soun had shoulder length black hair, a black mustache, and wore a brown gi. The two friends were currently sparing against each other.
Akane and her two older sisters looked at their father and Genma spar. Akane was forty, kept her blue hair short (though it had grown a little longer since she had in cut); brown eyes, and currently wore a white t-shirt and jeans. Nabiki was a year older than Akane, had let her brown hair grown past her chin, and wore a tight tank top and shorts. Kasumi was the oldest of the three sisters at forty-three, wore her long brown hair back in a ponytail, and currently wore a long skirt, long sleeved white shirt and an apron.
Kasumi was cooking breakfast while Akane and Nabiki talked. Just then Ranma walked in the room. Ranma was forty, his black hair was back in his signature pingtail, and he currently wore a red Chinese shirt, black pants, and was barefoot. Akane smiled and walked up to her husband. Ranma gave Akane a small peck on the cheek.
"So what's going on here?" wondered Ranma.
Ranma and Akane sat down before Akane answered her husband's question.
"Just the usual. Your dad and mine are at it again. At least the kids are safe from their influence." thankfully said Akane.
Ranma looked around the room and noticed that his children were nowhere to be seen.
"Where are the kids anyway? Shouldn't they be down here by now?" reckoned Ranma.
Kasumi stuck her head in from the kitchen. The older woman carried two trays full of food. She put the food down and looked at Ranma.
"I hope you don't mind but I decided to let them sleep in a little this morning. They've just been doing so well in school lately that I though they deserved the extra time to sleep." answered Kasumi.
Akane smiled at her sister.
"That's alright Kasumi. The kids do deserve a little extra time to sleep in. I just don't want it to become a habit." stated Akane.
Ranma and Akane had fraternal twins, one boy and one girl, named Akio and Ranko. Akio looked like identical to his father when he was sixteen. Akio had long black hair he normally wore in a ponytail and his mother's brown eyes. Ranko looked like a female version of her father with short black hair cut in a similar style to what Akane had at sixteen and her mother's brown eyes.
Ranko Saotome awoke in her room. She looked at her clock and was shocked when she found out what time it was. She had slept in. This was bad, really, really bad.
Quick as she could Ranko got dressed in her school uniform (a light green dress with a long sleeved white shirt underneath), combed her hair and grabbed her school bag. She rushed out of her room and ran to her brother's room next door. Akio was sleeping soundly until his sister burst into his room and woke him up.
"Wake up Akio! We're going to be late!" shouted Ranko.
Akio jolted up from his sleep. The sixteen year old schoolboy looked over at his twin sister. Ranko tossed her brother's uniform (a short sleeved button up shirt and gray dress pants) at him. Do to his years of martial arts training; Akio easily caught the clothes, even though he was still half asleep.
"Why did you wake me Ranko? I was having a wonderful dream and you had to go and ruin it." yawned Akio.
Ranko was starting to get furious. She clenched her fists and tried her best not to hit her brother.
"I woke you because we slept in. Now we only have forty-five minutes to get to school, meet the others and deal with, you know what, or else we'll be late! Do I have to remind you that it's Monday!" screamed Ranko.
Akio was now wide awake. He waited until his sister was out of the room and then began to get dressed. Once he was dressed Akio rushed out of his room and raced his sister down the stairs.
Ranma and Akane noticed as their children came storming down the stairs and past the room the rest of the family was gathered in. Just when the twins were about to burst out the dojo doors they were stopped by their parents. Akio and Ranko sighed. They had been so close and now the only way out of the house was being blocked by Ranma and Akane.
"And where do you think you two are going?" asked Ranma.
Akio gave his father a nervous grim.
"We were just headed to school dad. After all it is Monday." nervously laughed Akio.
"Not without breakfast you're not." said Akane.
Ranko tried to reason with her mother but it was no use.
"But mom Akio and I have to get to school. We can't be late and..." began Ranko.
"No buts Ranko. I will have not another word of this. You two always leave for school almost an hour earlier than you have to. Today you're going to join the rest of the family and have breakfast with us for once. I think your friends can understand if you are a little late meeting up with them." snapped Akane.
Akio and Ranko gave in and followed their parents so they could have breakfast. Nabiki smirked as her niece and nephew sat down at the table to eat.
"You two are actually here. Shouldn't you two be headed off to school? You know so you can handle that fi..." started Nabiki.
Akio stopped his aunt before she could say another word. The young martial artists furiously looked at his aunt. Ranko imitated her brother's glare. Nabiki just smiled.
"I thought you said you would never mention that around our parents. They don't know that we are attacked by all the students at our school every morning." silently hissed Akio.
A smirk crept onto Nabiki's face. It was the smirk that only appeared when she wanted to scam someone out of money. Akio recognised the look on his aunt's face and knew what it meant.
"How much will it take you to keep quiet?" sighed Akio.
"Normally it would be five thousand yen, but since you're family it will cost you ten thousand yen, each, for me to stay quiet." told Nabiki.
Akio stood up and slammed his hands against the table. Everyone looked at the long haired boy with confused faces. Akio apologies and embarrassedly sat back down. Nabiki once again looked at her niece and nephew.
"So what will it be? Pay up or I'll lip up." threatened Nabiki.
Ranko put a hand on her brother's shoulder. Akio looked at his sister.
"Just pay her Akio. It's that or mom and dad find out we've been fighting at school. And you know what they'll do when they find out. We'll be grounded until we graduate and we'll never be able to train again." reminded Ranko.
The twins looked for all the money they had and each gave their aunt ten thousand yen. Nabiki happily took the money from her niece and nephew. The middle Tendo daughter quickly stuffed the money away before the others came back in from outside.
Genma and Soun started to gobble down their food faster than the eye could see. Ranma looked at his father, a mischievous smile upon his face.
"Hey pops. Sure you wouldn't rather have some bamboo to go with your noodles?" jokingly asked Ranma.
Genma glared at his son. The old martial artist picked up his son and through him into the pond outside. Ranma was completely soaked from head to toe. Akane looked at her husband.
"You want me to get you some hot water Ranma?" chuckled Akane.
Ranma stepped out of the pond. He rang out his clothes as he gave his wife a bitter look.
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny Akane. Just get me some dry clothes." seriously said Ranma.
Akane left the room and came back with a towel. She threw it at Ranma. The martial artist easily caught it.
Akio and Ranko just stared blankly at their parents. They always did this and it made absolutely no sense. Ranma would always joke about Genma eating bamboo and Genma would always throw his son into the pond. Akane would then ask her husband if he wanted some hot water. It just didn't make sense.
Realising what time it was Akio and Ranko rushed out the door. The twins raced down the street at top speed.
"This is bad. We only have thirty minutes to get to school." stated Ranko.
"Alright then we'll split up. You get Ryo and I'll go to Conditioner's." suggested Akio.
Ranko looked at her brother. A wicked smile was on the young girls face.
"Try not to take too long day dreaming about Conditioner." teased Ranko.
Akio tried to hide the blush growing on his face. He looked back at his sister and decided to get his revenge then and there.
"Well you don't take too long flirting with Ryo. You might have to hold his hand like last time." replied Akio.
A crimson red blush bloomed on Ranko's face. The young female fighter looked away from her twin brother.
"You know Ryo has a bad sense of direction. He once walked all the way to Kyoto when he was just supposed to go down the street to pick up some things for his mother. I only held his hand so we wouldn't be late. You know that Akio." embarrassedly said Ranko.
Ranko looked but saw her brother was already going down another street. Akio looked back at his sister as he continued to run in the opposite direction.
"Sorry Ranko but I can't wait. I have to get Conditioner or else we'll be late for school. We can pick up this conversation later." called back Akio.
Ranko was furious. Her face became red with anger and smoke began to come out of her ears.
"I'll get you after school. You'll pay for embarrassing me then. Do you hear me Akio? You'll pay!" screamed Ranko.
But Akio was already out of his sister's sight. Ranko sighed and started to head to where Ryo lived. In a few minutes Ranko came up to the Okonomiyaki Ucchan's restaurant. The restaurant was run and owned by Ukyo Hibiki, Ryo's mother. Ryo's father was Ryoga Hibiki. Both of Ryo's parents had known Ranko's father, Ranma, since they were children, and her mother, Akane, had been friends with them since they were all sixteen.
Ranko crept around the back of the restaurant. Suddenly a young woman stepped into the alley from the restaurants back entrance.
The woman was nineteen, had long brown hair back in a ponytail, and black eyes. Her clothing consisted on a dark blue blouse and black pants. She also wore an apron and her feet were bare.
"I thought I told you to leave me alone!" shouted the girl.
The girl had a small cooking knife ready to thrown. Ranko tried to stop the girl before she threw the knife.
"Ai wait! It's me!" desperately shouted Ranko.
But it was too late. The girl, Ai, threw the knife just inches above Ranko's head. Ranko ducked and the knife landed in an old wooden board. Ai realised who she had thrown the knife at.
"Ranko? What are you doing here?" asked Ai.
"Trying to not get decapitated." nervously replied Ranko.
Ranko got back to her feet. Ai went to retrieve her knife before looking at the other girl.
"Sorry about that. I thought you were that Tatewaki guy. He's been hanging around here for the past two weeks." apologised Ai.
Ranko knew who Ai was talking about. Tatewaki was an annoying guy from the grade above her who liked to flirt with any pretty girl he could find. She had also heard from her mother that Tatewaki's father, Tatewaki Kuno Senior, had also chased after her and some red haired pingtailed girl when Akane and Ranma were both going to high school.
"It's alright Ai. Tatewaki's been giving me a hard time to. Is Ryo still here? I don't really feel like having to go to Kyoto again to find him." groaned Ranko.
Ai smiled and laughed.
"My brother's upstairs with dad. After the whole Hong Kong incident he and dad had four years ago, mom never lets either of them leave the house without someone to keep them from getting lost." chuckled Ai.
The two girls laughed before they entered the restaurant. Ukyo noticed as her daughter and Ranko entered the kitchen. Ukyo had her long brown hair in a ponytail, wore a short sleeved blouse with the sleeves tied back, form fitting black pants, black shoes and a spatula was strapped to her back.
"It's good to see you again Ranko. Ryo's upstairs with Ryoga. Ai I could use some help. The restaurants about to open and we're going to get a lot of orders." told Ukyo.
"Sure thing, mom." said Ai.
Ukyo and Ai began to deal with the first set of customers flowing in. Ranko went upstairs to the part of the restaurant the Hibiki family lived in. She had to look in a few different rooms before she found Ryo in the living room with his father.
Ryoga and his son looked at Ranma's daughter. Ryoga was the same age as his wife and Ranko's parents. Ryoga had shoulder length black hair and black eyes. He wore his signature black and yellow speckled headband, a yellow jumper, black trousers with yellow leg bands around his ankles and a black sash-like belt.
Ryo looked identical to his father when Ryoga had been sixteen to. Ryo had his mother's brown hair cut in a similar style his father had when he was sixteen, black eyes, and fang like teeth like his father. He wore the school uniform (a short sleeved white button down shirt and gray dress pants) and a yellow and black striped headband.
"It's nice to see you again Ranko. You're here pretty late. Don't you normally leave for school an hour early? And where's Akio? Normally you two aren't far from each other's side." wondered Ryoga.
"Sorry Uncle Ryoga, but I don't have time to explain. Akio went to get Conditioner without me. Our parents held us up. Ryo and I have to go now if we want to be on time for school." exclaimed Ranko.
Ryo got up and went to the side of his best friend. The boy already had his backpack with him.
"I'm ready to go Ranko. Just lead the way." said Ryo.
"Not like you could. Come on we're going to be late." sighed Ranko.
Ranko grabbed Ryo's hand and dragged him down the stairs. Ryo was completely shocked. Normally Ranko would only grab his wrist and drag him along after they were outside. But they were still inside the restaurant (the only place Ryo or his father could navigate without getting lost) and she was holding his hand... his hand.
Ryo tried to hide his blush as they passed by the kitchen. But it didn't work. Ukyo and Ai stopped working long enough to see Ryo being dragged by the kitchen, a dark red blush on his face. Mother and daughter quietly laughed before getting back to work.
Akio was having just as hard a time at Conditioner's as his sister was at Ryo's. Akio had finally made it to the Cat Cafe where Conditioner and her parents lived. The young martial artist entered the cafe through the front door.
In the cafe Conditioner's father, Mousse, and mother, Shampoo, setting things up for the cafe to open. Mousse and Shampoo looked at Akio. The Chinese Amazon couple noticed that Akio was alone and not with his sister.
Mousse had waist length black hair, a long white robe, dark blue pants, and thick coke bottle glasses. Shampoo had long purple blue hair with a fringe and two strands hanging in front that were secured with ties, and she wore a long sleeved pink Chinese blouse and matching pants. Both Mousse and Shampoo were the same age as Ranma and Akane.
Mousse looked Akio and greeted him.
"It's good to see you again Akio. It's been a long time since you last visited." greeted Mousse.
Akio sighed and shook his head. Mousse had been talking to a statue near the entrance of the cafe.
"Uncle Mousse I'm over here. Put on your glasses." reminded Akio.
Mousse put on his glasses and looked at Akio for real. An embarrassed grin grew on the male Chinese Amazon's face.
"Sorry about that." apologized Mousse.
Shampoo wasn't too impressed by her husband forgetting to put on his glasses again.
"Stupid Mousse. Conditioner, Akio is here." called Shampoo.
Out of nowhere a sixteen year old girl with waist length black hair and looked identical to Shampoo ran into the room. Akio knew the girl was his best friend Conditioner. Conditioner was dressed for school and almost dropped her school bag as she grabbed onto Akio.
"Akio!" happily cheered Conditioner.
Akio was frozen as Conditioner continued to nuzzled her head into his chest. Finally Akio remembered school and the beating he would get from his sister if they were late.
"We have to move Conditioner. Goodbye Uncle Mousse, Aunt Shampoo." huffed Akio.
"Bye mom. Bye dad." said Conditioner.
The Chinese Amazon's wished their daughter goodbye and continued to get ready for the opening of the cafe. It just seemed like the beginning of an ordinary day, but it was far from it.
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