What-a-claimer WHAT? I need a disclaimer? Oh poor me that anyone would think that I would claim the Goddess Rumiko's work for my own. (cringe in fear of her agent Nabiki) I only claim that any original portions of this story are my creation and that the Goddess Rumiko can make any use of them she wishes. All others must ask permission from Nabiki. (bring LOTS of yen)

Chapter 11

Ranma and Akane are alone in the house. The fathers are gone somewhere, Nabiki is checking in with some of her crew getting updated on events around Nerima and Kasumi is outdoors hanging up laundry.

"Well, here goes nothing." Ranma sighs "I hope it goes okay."

"Relax baka. You are so uptight that I could make you jump just by saying the C word." Akane says

"Easier said then done. Okay, I will relax. Just give a a minute to get centered again." Ranma say. He closes his eyes for a few seconds and centers himself. He picks up the phone and dials the number of the Saotome household.

Riiiing... Riiing...

"Would you get that dear? My hands are full." Nadoka says.

"Sure Mom, no problem" the young girl says as she gets up from watching television. She picks up the phone and begins speaking. "Moshi Moshi. Saotome household."

Ranma is stunned to hear the voice of what seems to be a young girl but he recovers quickly. "Is.. is Nodoka Saotome there? I .. I would like to speak to her."

"Can you hold on a minute? Mom is busy in the kitchen. Is it something I can help you with?" she says

"Oh... I think I should wait and talk to her if you don't mind." he says. 'Mom? Whats THAT about?' he thinks.

"Can I tell her who is calling?" she asks

"Ummm... it's supposed to be a surprise?" he says

"Ohh I know Mom just LOVES surprises." she says impishly. "Oh come on, can you give me a hint?" she says in a pleading voice, the puppy dog eyes are perfectly understood by Ranma even though he cannot see her. "Mom, he says he will wait for you to get your hands free!"

"Okay, tell him I will be there is a moment." Nadoka says.

"Mom says she will be here in a minute. Are you SURE you can't tell me anything?" she says.

"Ummm I don't want to spoil the surprise. Why don't you just listen in" Ranma says.

"Spoilsport. I hope Mom gets here quick then. I need to go do my katas before lunch." she says. "Plus I have my kendo and sword classes this afternoon and homework to finish after that." Nadoka comes into the hall with a look that asks if she knows who is calling. The girl shakes her head no and hands her the phone. "He did suggest that I listen in."

"Well then, let's put it on speaker then." Nadoka says as she presses the button to put the conversation on speaker. "This is Nodoka Saotome. What can I do for you?"

Ranma gulps as he almost loses his center. "Hello Mom, it's Ranma. I'm home and want to come see you."

Nadoka's jaw drops and she stammers "R.. Ra.. Ranma? Is it really you? Where's your father? Is he with you?"

"He's out somewhere with Soun Tendo. I had to wait to call you so he would not know about it. You see there are a LOT of things that happened in the last 12 years that he doesn't want to let you know about yet. I would like to come over this afternoon to see you. I have a friend that I would like you to meet as well... if that's okay with you?" Ranma says.

Nodoka stands there too stunned to say anything else. The girl waits a few seconds and yells at the speaker. "You had better come! I want to finally meet my big brother!"

"Uhhh brother?" Ranma says weakly.

"Yeah, BROTHER. My name is Rumiko and I was born 8 months after you and Father left on your training trip" she says.

"Uhh yeah.. we can be there in time for lunch if that's okay. We can stop and get lunch on the way." he says.

"Well, I think that you should join us for lunch. I know Mom has enough on hand to make all of us lunch. Do you need directions? We don't live in the same house anymore." Rumiko says.

"Ummm.. you don't?" Ranma says.

"No, but Mom can fill you in when you get here. Now as for those direction, where are you at?" Rumiko asks.

"The Tendo Dojo is is Nerima at..."

Ranma fills her in on where the Dojo is located and gets direction on how to find the Saotome home. Akane goes outside to talk to Kasumi.

"Kasumi, we are going to be leaving to go see Ranma's mom... and his sister." Akane says in a slightly astonished voice.

"Sister? Ranma has a sister? Oh how wonderful! I must meet her sometime." she exclaims.

"Uh Kasumi... Ranma didn't have a sister from when we came from..." Akane says in a slightly worried voice.

"Oh my... Listen Akane, I think you should be VERY careful about what you and Ranma tell them. Something is going on here if things are changing that much from what you and Ranma remember." Kasumi says.

"Yeah... that's a VERY good idea. I don't know if we will be back for supper or not. I will call and let you know. Akane says.

Kasumi nods her head and goes back to hanging up clothes.

A/N About the story: I hope you are continuing to enjoy it so far. This chapter should put me up to about 13k works and a long way to go before my story is done. Yeah!

The character Rumiko is my own concept and creation. She is about 12 years old. She is currently training in Kendo (she could be in the top 10 of her age group), Katana (again top 10 of her age group), 6 different martial arts (but not Anything Goes), grade point average of 4.0 (or the Japanese equivalent) and has an IQ measuring over 200. She looks like what Ranma's cursed form would have looked like at age 12... except... she is very tall for her age (and will top out at just over 6 feet tall or just a little under 2 meters). I do not know off hand how tall female Ranma is... I think she is about 5 foot tall. If so, her sister is the same height and is almost an identical twin. Rumiko's bust is about average for a 12 year old so she could NOT be mistaken for female Ranma's identical twin.

REAL LIFE came and bit me HARD last Friday. I came home and about ten minutes later a neighbor came and told me my car was on fire. Engine is a total loss. Sigh. I am currently without a car.