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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here that belong to Ranma 1/2. The Ranma 1/2 cast belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Nor do I own Suikoden 3 or any other characters that I put into this story except for my own OCs. Neither do I own any of the character in any of the crossovers I do. I'm just using them in this fanfiction and I have no money so don't bother suing me. You'll just lose money instead of gaining any.
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Chapter 22 Part Two – Thomas' Journal Entry
Dear Journal,
Things are really getting interesting around Lake Castle now that Ranma is finally back, along with some more residents for the castle. Yet again they're even more girls, but this time Ranma came back ENGAGED to them of all things! Well, to six of them anyway. One of them is even Chris Lightfellow! Tina everyone knew about already and kind of accepted, but NOW there are SIX fiancées! Wow! I don't know whether to feel happy for my friend or pity him. It must take a lot of work being engaged to six women. I wonder how they share him.
Now some of the weirdest things to happen since he came back are that some of the castle girls are now trying to add themselves to the list of his fiancées while others are asking his older sisters (yes, he has two older half sisters!) to help them in their quest to win Ranma's heart. Others are working on their own to get to fall in love with them and make him drop the six fiancées. It's rather funny to watch, especially since they've forgotten about beating me up. I'm so happy! (A tear dropped onto the page)
It's really funny watching them trying to win Ranma's heart. They've reverted back to how they were when Ranma had been around, though they are more determined than ever now that there are six fiancées around. They're really trying to not be like his old fiancées (Two of them are even here! One of them is another fiancée!), but I think they're getting desperate. After Landis, that REALLY creepy winger, told everyone how the girls have been sleeping in his bed they're trying to do the same thing. Landis said that that's how some of the girls were able to win Ranma over; something about he likes…cuddling (?) or something like that. I don't know whether to believe him or not. Weird.
For awhile the girls whose parents are around wouldn't let them try to become Ranma's new fiancées since he seems to have chosen already, but after arguing that if they get him they will give them LOTS of grandchildren they relented. I think something called a 'demon head' had something to do with the parents agreeing to let their daughters go for it. Either that or the sad puppy dog eyes that they used also helped convince them. The puppy dog eyes are really lethal! I was there when Sharon did that to her mom and that look would have gotten ANYONE to do ANYTHING for them! Good luck Ranma! May you live through it!
Speaking of that really creepy winger (did I mention he is REALLY CREEPY) he has made his home in the underground tunnels where he found a hollow high on the cave ceiling that can only be reached by flying. He made his home there when he found out that Mr. Green Turtle (what a really scary 'pet') had dug his way from the lake into the underground tunnels and made an underground pool. Landis' room is located on the west end of the tunnels while the new pool is on the east end of the tunnels. To add some light to the tunnels Tina's little sister Mind Hat (Yes, another Hat. This one being VERY CREEPY and almost as bad as their older brother Dark Hat!) has made something called Light Crystals that are powered by Fire Runes to give the underground tunnels light. She also made something called a 'vent' to let fresh air in the underground tunnels.
Oh yeah, Ranma has moved into the tunnels too because there is a shortage of rooms in the castle and inn right now until the new houses and the inn's expansion are finished. He said something about they brought their house (?) with them, but Mind is still setting it up for them. He cleaned out the tunnels of monsters with the help of Mr. Green Turtle who likes snacking on them and keeps the tunnels free of them. Now it's safe to walk around down there and Cecile and me visit him often along with Ranma's daughters. Yes, he has kids! Two of them! They're adopted, but one of them really looks like she's Ranma and Chris' daughter! The other one could pass as Ranma's and one of the blonde women's daughter such as like Anne, Kathy or Sharon! Boy did the girls get in an argument over that!
People have started accepting that Mr. Green Turtle is not a monster or a dragon. However, everyone is still a bit scared of him because he is still trying to eat Landis ever now and then. Another weird thing is that Mr. Green Turtle seems to be able to 'talk' to the two dragons, Bright and Trash. They growl at each other a lot, but not in a hostile way. It's really strange seeing three huge lizards growling at each other back and forth.
We also keep finding lots of potch on the bottom of the pool. No one knows where all of that money is coming from. It might be from the monsters that Mr. Green Turtle has killed or coming from the lake, I'm not sure. At least it's a good place to collect potch. Of course getting them when Mr. Green Turtle is around is hard because only me, Cecile, Ranma and those that arrived with him (with the exception of Landis) has free run around his pool. One time that guy that runs the appraiser shop tried to get the some potch and Mr. Green Turtle attacked him! He got away, but his pocket watch got eaten. Now whenever Mr. Green Turtle is around you can hear the clock ticking in his belly! It's a really tiny sound, but that really creepy winger said that he has really keen hearing and it's creeping him out whenever he hears 'tick tock tick tock'. I think he's becoming paranoid now since he absolutely HATES clocks now. (1)
The pool that he made is really useful for other things too. Since it is connected to the lake there are a lot of fishes going in there. Ranma and Chris had put a whole bunch of goldfishes in there and Kodachi (another fiancée) had ordered her pet not to eat them. Sometimes Ranma, Cecile and I would sit around the pool and go fishing (we put back any goldfishes we catch and give all the others to the restaurant) and he would tell us what he'd done while he was back in his world. His stories are really exciting!
The pool is also where Mamie and Orihime (not a fiancée, but she's after Ranma too!) get the fishes for their dishes. Orihime has joined Mamie at her restaurant because Ranma had asked her to (something about he wants her to be a master chef one day and that Mamie could use help since there are so many people going there now) and the restaurant now is more popular than ever. Whenever they make a new dish they bring it to Ranma to taste and ask whose is better. They're always competing with each other to see who can impress Ranma the most.
I think Ranma's defenses are really weak to food. He told me that he kissed the two of them on the cheeks once when the two of them cooked his favorite dishes. He has been beating himself up over it since then, saying that he cheated on his fiancées. He keeps hitting his head on the tunnel walls and is asking around to borrow a mallet. The fiancées are pissed off too, REALLY pissed off at Orihime, Mamie and Ranma. The two girls knew that Ranma's stomach is a very big weakness for him. I guess that whole 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach' thing is actually true. It was only a kiss to the cheek so why is he so hung up on it? (A)
I really don't want Ranma's girl problems. He's my friend and all, but I don't think I can handle what he goes through every day. I barely lived through the beating that the castle girls did to me.
Oh yeah, I wish good luck to the girls trying to get themselves to Ranma's room. Shizu, the only one to not have participated in the 'Must Kill Thomas Squad' that time (I asked her and she said she did not want to seem like an "Uncontrollable Berserker" to Ranma) and is now the unofficial bodyguard to Ranma. I call her that because she's in charge of the elevator and the only way to get into the tunnels is by elevator. She won't let just anyone in there and she really takes her job seriously. Though I sometimes wonder why the elevator wouldn't come and pick up anyone. Three different times already I pressed the button dozens of times and the elevator wouldn't move. I asked Shizu about it and she said she's just spending time with him by talking to him and stuff, especially since she wants to marry him too. I guess that's okay, but why would she need to turn off the power to the elevator to do that?
Anyway, Ranma made his room in one of the large dead ends of the tunnels near the one that used to house the Chaos Rune and where Eike's Silent Reading Society meets (which is weird since Eike is the only member in the Silent Reading Society. Also he can get down there without the using the elevator to get down there like he did before it was fix). Ranma says he likes the peace and quiet and that Piccolo ordered him to meditate a lot. He told me he's been having problems with the Chaos Rune lately and Piccolo is helping him sort it out. He's been having headaches and the magic isn't working right. I hope that he feels better soon. Oh yeah, and the meditating is supposed to help him keep calm with all of the chaos going on and all. I guess it's one of Ranma's weak points because he's not very good at meditating. Piccolo has already hit him on the head dozens of times for not doing it right. (B)
He also says it's the only place in the castle where he does not have to worry about any of the girls sneaking up on him, though why he keeps blushing when he looks at Shizu I can't figure out or get him to tell me why. What's wrong with Shizu? I like her since she didn't beat me up. Okay, so maybe that is the only reason I like her because she still glares at me whenever I'm near her. I don't get why Ranma blushes whenever he's near her. Did Shizu mess up her job or something?
The girls of the castle are really trying to make sure that they get as much time with him as he had done with the girls back in his own world. I think they want to hopefully get Ranma to get to know them and fall for them and leave his current fiancées, or at least add themselves in the list. Of yeah, remember what that really creepy winger said? One time Emily was able to get past Shizu somehow and snuck into his bed.
Ranma told me in private that he thought it was Ranko (Yes, Ranko, his girl form and another fiancée! Piccolo got them separated somehow and Ranma and Ranko are in love!). They both have red hair and it was really dark and he was mostly asleep so he couldn't tell it wasn't her. Even if Ranko does have a bigger chest then Emily does. I don't know what went on that night (I'm not sure I want to). Unfortunately, that morning Emily's mom had come to wake him up because she wanted his help for something. She found Emily next to him, her head on his bare chest and he with an arm around her, holding her tight against himself. Emily had a HUGE smile on her face.
I think I heard Ranma's even all the way up in my room when he woke up fully and realized what he was doing.
Ranma's really grateful that they still had their clothes on that morning. Most of it anyway since he was shirtless and she was only wearing a long shirt.
Ranma had a hell of a time telling Ronnie that Emily had sneaked into his bed and that she didn't have any grandkids coming soon. Nor is there going to be a wedding featuring him as the groom and her 'little baby' as the bride. She hugged the stuffing out of him when she thought that her little baby girl had won and was going on and on about taking care of Emily. She was really disappointed when she found out he's not becoming her son-in-law anytime soon. Or there won't be grandchildren running around underfoot either.
Shizu had been VERY mad at Emily and I think it's the first time I've ever seen her slap someone. The only person madder than her was Ranma. He can really shout when he wants to.
I hope Emily will be okay. A lot of the girls are mad and/or jealous of her right now. The six fiancées are REALLY mad at her. Furious doesn't even begin to describe them.
Ranma can't even so much as look at Emily without blushing and looking angry. She is still trying to get him and the six fiancées to forgive her for that stunt. I think she went a really long way when she broke down in front of the seven of them and started crying.
This is where the really bad news comes in, for Ranma anyway. The mother's, after hearing the story from Emily and how she was soooo close to making herself Mrs. Jones, said that it is fine with them if Ranma and their daughters do 'that' as long as he marries them afterwards and give them lots and lots of grandkids. Ronnie REALLY tried to convince Ranma to marry her daughter on the spot, but he wouldn't budge. Ranma said that the fiancées would kill Emily if he said yes.
What's with mothers and getting grandchildren anyway?
Ronnie had been trying to convince Ranma until Martha stepped in and smoothed things over. She said something about if Emily is not pregnant and she is still a virgin then there is no need for a wedding. She also got the girls not to try that again since it makes them seem like Ranma's old fiancées. The purple cat that Ranma and the other brought back with them had really scratched up Martha's face up after that.
Yoshino, Meg and Milia have been trying to convince Ranma to marry their daughters too. Yoshino says that Sanae Y is almost at the end of her military training and will need a husband soon. Meg says that her daughter could use someone to keep her company and to run the gadget shop with her even though he is not much of a tech head. She says that she does not want her daughter to be lonely and Belle REALLY has her sights set on him. Milia said that Sharon is the successor of the True Dragon Rune and needs a very good bodyguard because if it is destroyed then all the dragons in the world will cease to exist or go back to the 'World of Wings and Scales'. (2) That the bodyguard also happens to be her husband would be an added bonus.
The mothers also got their husbands to agree with them, mostly with headlocks and cold voices. While they are not as enthusiastic as the mothers they do their share of trying to steer Ranma to marry their daughters, along with the others if need be. I don't get why they were looking at him with so much jealousy though. I wouldn't want Ranma's girl troubles! He may be my friend, but I don't want to get involved in THAT!
Tina has been training Ranma really hard lately. I overheard from Nash that the kind of training he is undergoing is even tougher than what he had went through at the Howling Voice Guild. Well at least the trainer is not working Ranma until he's dead. Tina usually stops her training and lets Ranma rest when she sees he's way over his limit or starts to make out with him right in the middle of the fight. I still don't get that. Why does she go from trying to beat his face in to trying to suck it in through her mouth? Why does she drag him back to his room right after that? What does Jeane mean that Tina gets turned on by bodily contact, sweat and throws? Sure I noticed that the two of them throw each other around a lot, but what was Jeane talking about?
By the way, they brought more mangas! Arthur and Scott have already begun reprinting them as they were almost down to the last couple of volumes of the ones they got. There were a couple of new mangas too. Negima is based on a ten-year-old kid who is a teacher and a wizard surrounded by young schoolgirls and most of them think he's really cute. It really reminds me of Ranma's situation. Why does it show panties so much though? Rurouni Kenshin has gotten so many sword fighters interested in kendo and the katana that Ranma, Emily and Sakura (she is Ranma's best friend from the other world) are thinking of opening up another dojo. Juan really likes that idea since it might take some of the students away from his. Peggi really likes the idea too since he would get a lot more business.
Oh yeah, Ranma's rich! Scott had given him his cut of the profits from when he had given him the mangas before he left to find the Flame Champion and he has sooooo much money now! Ranma said he stored a lot of it away, something about Ms. Hinako (Ranma's teacher who had come with him, boy is she really pretty) telling him to save it for when his kids need to go to school.
Good news, Ranma brought the Yu-Gi-Oh manga series AND more cards! Yay! Mind had 'borrowed' the cards that the designers who make the cards were planning to make and they are selling like crazy. A lot of kids from Iksay Village and even Brass Castle come by to buy them. I think I even saw someone from The Great Hollow buy some too. Scott and Arthur are working on making a simple printing press to make the cards since they are selling so much. Scott is also working on shipping them out to the Zero Nation and the Toran Republic as soon as they make enough of them. Landis was asking Mind about something called a 'Duel Disk' that is supposed to work together with the cards, but she said that its way too advanced for this world. I don't know what she's talking about.
Piccolo did something really weird and amazing at the same time. He did something his Master Crowley had taught him and summoned a 'Kuriboh' from its card! It's a really nice monster and likes to play a lot with the kids. It acts a lot like a really playful dog that can fly even if it doesn't have any wings. Ranma's daughter Reni became really attached to it and it's her pet now. Piccolo said that he's not going to try summoning ever again since it hurts his head too much when he did the spell. He said something about him not having the mental control that his master has in order to summon monsters. I hope he's okay.
Another new person, one that was not with Ranma and more like just hitched a ride, is Estella. She is a really weird magic user who was also a student under Crowley, Piccolo's master. I think. I'm not too sure. She says she also knows that spell but isn't good at it as she never really tried using it. I just hope that she will not start summoning any of those fiend type monsters anytime soon. They're scary! She's a pretty powerful magician and knows how to use a lot of different runes.
She also lies a lot. How can someone be born from a rock?
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In another world –
Goku suddenly sneezed all over Gojyo as he was gulping down a bowl of hot soup. Spiting the hot liquid into Gojyo face making him lose his short temper. Hakkai laughed as the two started fighting, again. Sanzo pulled out his gun and threatened the two that he will shoot them if they don't stop fighting. It's just another 'normal' day for the Sanzo party.
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Piccolo said that he met her when he was visiting Crowley to brush up on some spells and knowledge of runes. Even then she couldn't say a single sentence without lying.
Rody, who is her brother and we are not quite sure about that since she could be lying and he has been deluded to think that he is her brother, wants to be a magician and has the bad luck of training under his sister. She gives him useless non-magic runes and gives him bogus training exercises that even I can tell don't do anything. It's really too bad that he cannot see that his sister is tricking him and keeps doing everything she tells him to do. At least he has started to listen to Piccolo and Jeane after Yun was able to beat him and she is only a little bit better than me at magic. Piccolo has been showing him how to use runes that Jeane gave to him, ones that actually work. However, he STILL takes lessons from his sister!
The only one in the castle that can stand being around Estella is Landis and that's only because he's already weird (I can't remember if I wrote that he is REALLY CREEPY). Landis has been dueling with cards everyone that he comes across, making many of the people really scared of him (including me) since he likes to do that REALLY CREEPY laugh and grin whenever he wins. Then again he laughs even if he doesn't win and even when he is playing someone. His deck is loaded with zombie and fiend cards and anything else that is scary looking. His favorite victim that he just LOVES to duel is sadly…me. I can't stand the sight of his monsters and he's really good at playing the game!
I overheard some of the girls talking about some kind of new underwear that the girls with Ranma brought with them. All of the female staff members and the girls of the castle are really talking about it. Cecile got a pair of them but won't show me what they are. She turned really red too when I asked her to show them to me. I'm just curious on what it looks like so why did she react like that? From what Cecile has told me it's really comfortable to wear and…supports something? What does it support? I'm really embarrassed to ask one of the other girls to show me what they are too. Maybe I should just keep asking Cecile until she shows them to me.
I also noticed a really weird thing ever since I started hearing about the new underwear. A lot of the girls go down to the Ranma's room wearing only a robe. I've seen them walk around sometimes in a robe when they come from Goro's baths, but they usually head back to their rooms right away. Why would they go to Ranma's room? Maybe they asked him to hold their clothes for them? But that's silly! They could just leave their clothes in the changing room! I don't get it and I don't think I ever will.
It's really weird that Shizu's gone whenever it happens. Where does she go? I know it's not hard to use the elevator, but where is she when the girls go down to Ranma's room wearing only a robe and slippers? Why does Shizu look so mad and ruffled up when she appears again? Who is she going to get back at and for what? She keeps giving the 'evil eye' to the girls that went down to Ranma's room wearing only a robe. (C)
Whenever I ask Ranma about it his face would go really bright red and finds a way to get around my questions. I don't get it. What is he hiding? Why are they going down there for?
I haven't written about his wing yet have I? Yeah, Ranma has a WING! It's not like Landis' wings, but like the wings a bird has. When it came out of his back while he was sparring with Emily it shocked the hell out of her. At first everyone was frozen, including me. Then all of a sudden the kids that were watching ran up to him and poked and prodded at it and asked him how he got it. When that happened everyone started questioning him about it. I got the complete story later on when I talked to him about it. Wow, things are never dull around him. It just happened out of the blue. I wonder what caused it.
Now whenever he has it out (he has it out a lot since he says it feels better than when he's hiding it) a lot of people poke at it, especially the kids. They all want one just like it.
Then there's the reaction the girls have whenever they're with him. They want him to always have it out whenever they are with him. That way they can easily go up to him and rub their faces in it whenever they feel like it. They really look like they enjoy themselves when they rub their faces against his wing and feel the feathers. I also kept seeing Ranma shiver whenever they do that. I asked him about it and he told me that the wing is REALLY sensitive and it feels really good when they do that. He says it is so sensitive that when Kanna (another one of the girls that came with him) punched it once it hurt so bad that he passed out. I didn't believe it at first until I stepped on it while we were sitting around fishing and he screamed so loud my ears rang for a long time. He passed out for a couple of hours. I still have the bruises I got from the girls for that.
Ranma said that his wing isn't as sensitive as it once was, but he doesn't like people poking at it or stepping on it. I must have said I'm sorry to him for that at least thirty times already. I know he's not mad at me anymore, but it must have hurt a lot if he passed out from me stepping on it. Note to self: Say sorry to Ranma for stepping on his wing again. But he did say that he's beginning to be able to toughen it up as time passes by. Sure it's still sensitive, but if he concentrates it's not as sensitive as usual.
Ranma and his group brought a lot of stuff with them and they're really doing a lot of good around the castle. Bart had practically jumped up and down in glee when they had given him a whole bunch of seeds and books on how to take care of them. He has already planted some of the seeds and can't wait to see what comes out of them. Some of the new plants are corn and strawberries and some new kinds of spices that Ranma said are really good. Ranko said that it's really amazing how fast crops grow in this world.
Kodachi (another fiancée) and Ranma made what she calls a greenhouse around the ranch area, saying that the kinds of plants she grows need plenty of light and warmth for them to grow. She's been studying the herbs that are used to make the D through Mega A medicines, saying that she wants to make ones that are even stronger. She goes to the library a lot and it's really uncomfortable whenever she's there. She and Ernie look like they want to rip each other apart. I think they do.
One good thing that has happened is that Ranma had forced Kodachi and Mio to work together and be friends. He said that the two of them are in the same field and should be working together. At first they were really hostile to each other, but now they are warming up to one other and becoming friends. I think Mio is drilling Kodachi on how to win Ranma's heart and is trying to convince her to convince the other fiancées to let her into the group.
I really don't want Ranma's girl problems.
The medical equipment that they brought had Doctor Tuta and Mio really excited and learning how to use them. They told me that the new equipment are even better than the ones that the Harmonian doctors have. I don't really know what they are, but from the way Doctor Tuta looked so excited they must really be something. What's a defibulator and what does it do?
The other girls that came with Ranma have been helping out around the castle. Sakura (Ranma's best friend) has been helping in the training area by teaching Ranma's sword style that his great-grandmother created long ago, though she's still only a student herself. I don't have the speed and flexibility required for it yet so I have to work out some more with Kenji.
Oh yeah, Ranma has a new sword too. He told me that it's the old, broken sword he had before repaired and back to how it was originally. I've never seen anything like it before. It's a little bit heavy for me, but Ranma uses as if it's as light as a feather. Mose said that whoever had made the blade, a woman by the name of Jura, is even better than his master! But Jura does have better equipment then his master Mace has so it's kind of a draw.
Anyway, Kanna (she's a friend of Ranma's) has been helping with the training center along with Ranma's older sisters (yeah, Ranma has two older sisters) Natsume and Kurumi. Emily and Kanna had a really big match a few days ago. Since she's bigger and stronger Kanna overpowered Emily and threw her out of the ring just five seconds after the match started. It was really cool! Emily wasn't happy though. Ranma was congratulating Kanna when Emily's mom challenged her. It was really funny looking at them facing each other. Kanna looked really surprised having to look up at someone. She's 6'5, but Ronnie is 7'1. It was a really short match too since Ronnie Bell picked her up and threw her out of the ring just as fast Kanna did with Emily. Emily wasn't happy at all that her mom stepped in like that.
Natsume and Kurumi have been training the female staff members that were hired at Anne's bar and Mamie's restaurant on how to protect themselves better. They usually use Juan as the test dummy to show the moves that they're teaching the girls. I hope he'll be okay. He didn't look very good last time I saw him. He had more bruises than I did when the girls had beaten me up.
Kohran (she's a lot like Belle except she doesn't carry around a red hammer or dress like a clown, but she only thinks of Ranma as a friend. I think. I'm not sure since she always blushes when he's near her) has been working with Belle, her mom Meg and Gadget Z in their workshop. She's been showing them everything she learned from Mind who is still doing her own project.
Speaking of Mind, she still hasn't told anyone what she's been doing. Ranma and Tina are really worried on what she could be up to. All we know is that she's working on Iris' steamboat and that's it.
Anyway, before Mind took it Kohran showed Belle and Meg how the steamboat works, but made sure they didn't damage it. They didn't want to upset Iris since she really likes that boat of hers. When Kohran had hinted that she might have broken something Iris had this really pouty look complete with trembling lips, distressed expression, a few sniffles and looked like she was going to cry. It got Kohran to actually get down on her knees and kowtow. It was really funny until Jeane said that she's going to be one hell of a heartbreaker when she grows up. I don't think I've ever seen Ranma go so pale before than when he heard her say that. Now whenever Iris and Reni are playing with any boys he keeps an eye on them and the boys, though I don't think Iris or Reni knows that he's doing it.
Sumire and Lachette (these two are REALLY in love with Ranma) helped with the castle's paperwork. Sebastian was really happy since he got a lot of work done faster than he could have done by himself. They'd gotten all of the paperwork for the castle in order and made file cabinets to keep all of the papers in. I have to admit it's much easier to find documents now than looking through a whole bunch of them like it was before they came here. I just wish they would do the same for the ones in my room and office.
Maria (I can't tell if she likes Ranma 'that way' or not) has been following Ranma around where ever he goes and acts like his bodyguard since Shizu has to stay at the elevator. Whenever one of the girls flusters Ranma too much she steps in and makes them go away. I think it's the first time I've ever seen Sanae Y back down from a challenge. Then again I would too if she points that gun in front of my face. Ranma is really grateful to her for all the help she gives him and once gave her a hug in gratitude. I can't tell if she's happy because he had hugged her or if she's happy that she's doing such a good job because she has been smiling a lot lately. Her friends told me that she NEVER smiled before she met Ranma. I really can't tell if she likes Ranma or not.
If she is not following Ranma around she keeps to herself, cleans her gun or is teaching Reni on how to use hers. Those bullets of hers are really powerful. I saw her shoot at a training dummy once and it burst into flames as soon as the bullet hit it! Her gun is pretty small but can shoot a lot more bullets and a lot faster than the gun of a person named Clive that Yoshino told me about. I've heard about that kind of weapon before and also about the Howling Voice Guild. I overheard Nash talking to Ranma about them as both Maria and Reni are using guns that are more powerful than the ones that the guild has and that they might go after the girls and their guns. He was trained there and knows how they work.
The Howling Voice Guild is the elite combat force in Harmonia. They do two things: protect important people or assassinate them. They also monopolize on the usage of gunpowder (what the bullets are made of) and firearms, making them incredibly powerful and feared within Harmonia and beyond. Members within the Howling Voice Guild are selected and trained from their youth, and not only do they become excellent gunners but they're turn into excellent all-purpose killing machines. All members stay within "The Tower," their training facility, and never leave unless to go out on a mission.
Their training is so tough that even the toughest of men cry. The training is so tough that it's known to make trainees 'vomit blood.' Sometimes even best friends are ordered to fight to the death. Not all members become gunners. Some specialize in other fields such as toxicology or espionage.
The Howling Voice Guild has a rigid higherarchy with a twisted political structure. All of the members start at the Apprentice Class, then they move up to Squire Class, and a select few would become Knight Class Gunners. Knight Class Gunners are usually chosen to become the Guild Master of the guild. The Guild Master isn't the ultimate head of the guild though. The Elders are the supreme rulers of the Guild. They're usually either retired Guild Masters or other members who have proven themselves through merit. They pull the strings behind the Guild Master's back. They often form factions within the Guild and some of them have influence within Harmonian politics. A few of them are friends of powerful Harmonian aristocrats.
According to Nash they will hunt down anyone that has knowledge of firearms and gunpowder and kill them to make sure they are the only ones that know how to make them. Nash warned him to get Reni and Maria away from here and run away. Ranma then said to Nash that Maria can take care of herself since he has trained her to be alert to her surroundings. It's almost impossible to sneak up on her. Her bullets are far stronger than his world's standard bullets too. As for Reni Ranma said that if she or Maria is hurt by anyone from the guild there wouldn't BE a Guild after that. If they kill them he'll level Harmonia.
I was looking at his face when he said it. I know he means it. I also know Ranma has the power to do it too.
I also know he'll have a lot of help to do it. Harmonia has made a lot of enemies over the years.
Oh yeah, Ranma said that he knows that Nash is working for Harmonia. Chris had told him about it and he got Watari to keep a close eye on him. Ranma doesn't like him very much since he reminds him of Nabiki and some guy who thinks he's a playboy and likes to kiss girls a lot. Nash keeps going on about his wife and all, but he's not afraid to flirt with the girls. I've seen him flirting with some of the villager's daughters that have moved here and he's really good. Maybe I should find out who his wife is and send her a letter.
As for his daughter Iris (Ranma's other daughter and the one that almost got me killed) and his sister Yun (she's from the Alma Kinan Clan and he adopted her) they have been playing with the other kids of the castle. Iris' mind powers are something I've never seen before. She's been teleporting people and objects around for the amusement of the other kids. She looks really happy that the other kids like her powers instead of thinking she's a freak.
There was that one time Iris teleported Guillame and herself to where Ranma was because he had been 'bothering' her. I don't think he'll be getting up anytime this decade from the beating he got from Ranma. I'm surprised he didn't kill him. At least Tuta and Mio have someone to try out their new healing equipment and techniques on though they don't really like the patient and make it as painful as possible for him. Mio especially doesn't like him and she's often the one 'healing' him.
Akari, Edge's girlfriend, has been helping out at Kathy's ranch. The two of them get along really well since she's not after Ranma and already has a boyfriend. Whenever I go by the ranch I see the two of them talking and giggling a lot. Now whenever Kathy is near Ranma she looks like she wants to do…something. I don't know what, but for some reason she looks…hungry (?) whenever she's looking at him. One time Ranma actually ran away screaming, saying that he'll get Akari back for something. I asked Akari about it and she said that she told Kathy of some of the things she does with her boyfriend. Why would Kathy look so hungry though?
Her pet pig, Katsunishiki, has been taking care of any monsters that try to steal any of the farm animals. I still don't get how he got so big in the first place, though it has something to do with sumo wrestling, whatever that is. Not even the wild boars around here get that big.
Oh yeah, for some reason Akari had Katsunishiki fight Edge a couple of days ago. Edge was the winner. Now Akari is talking about wedding plans and such. What was that all about?
The purple cat that Iris had brought with her is really a girl named Shampoo, who was one of the girls that was after Ranma back in his world. He told me that her great-grandmother had locked her in her cursed form when she failed to get him to be her husband. I feel really sad for her while Ranma is really pissed at her great-grandmother and the culture they live in. They found her when they returned to Nerima and she was hiding inside the Tendo home. She can usually be found near Kohran's two twin cousins. Those two have been exploring the castle and the surrounding area ever since they got here and bringing back all kinds of stuff with them.
If she's not with them she's usually either with Iris or Reni or around Ranma, but always at a distance since he's afraid of cats. I caught her once when she was stalking Ranma and she really looked sad. I think I'm going to talk to Piccolo about trying to get her to be human again. At least then she'll be able to get close to Ranma.
Ms. Hinako is Ranma's old teacher and she has been getting a lot of attention lately. Why she wears that short yellow dress I have no idea. She said she's planning on opening a school sometime soon, which Ranma promised to help her build. Ranma really looks up to her. He told me that she used to have a really short attention span and acted like a kid. That changed when he got her to stay in her adult form permanently.
So far she's been helping out with the library and helping Ernie in studying up on subjects that she has trouble learning by herself. They have been getting along well and she seems unfazed by Eike. She told me that she had a student just like him back in her home world. Oh yeah, and Ernie is grilling her on things Ranma likes and stuff, but she won't tell her much to her annoyance.
A lot of guys have been asking her out on dates, but she says no to them all and drains them of their energy if they try to pressure her about it. She says that they're not even half the man Ranma is, and she will only date someone that is as manly and strong as he is, much to Ranma's embarrassment. When she had said that she had draped herself on him, saying that she will settle only for someone as manly as Ranma is. She said that if he weren't her student she would have married him right then and there because he grew up from 'delinquent' to 'soooooo manly'.
I think I've only seen Ranma get that red once. That was during the time he had his match with Magic and the two of them had crashed into the women's bath while it was filled and everyone found out about it. It was really funny seeing Ranma stutter and act so shy when Ms. Hinako had said that.
Jeane has made friends with her. No one really knows what the two of them talk about since the two of them 'handle' anyone that tries to listen in. The two of them usually play around with Koroku and the other dogs of the castle.
As for the ninjas Sasuke, Kodachi's ninja, has been helping out a lot with Martha. Watari has been keeping an eye on Nash like I wrote before. Ayame, well, she likes watching all the chaos Ranma is going through lately. She really looks like she wants to laugh out loud but is stopping herself out of willpower. As for Kasumi (she's another fiancée) she easily gets pass Shizu a lot to get to Ranma room. I still don't get why she dresses like that if she's really is a ninja. I thought they all dress in black or something at least cover up more of themselves.
Oh yeah, Ranko has been trying to make friends with the other girls at the castle and trying to calm them down from trying to fight the other girls for Ranma. She hasn't been making much progress since she's one of the women Ranma is in love with. At least she made friends with the kids. She's really good with them. They absolutely love her.
Another weird thing is that when she's playing with the kids she keeps giving Ranma some sort of look I can't figure out. She looks like she wants something, but I can't tell what.
As for Lady Chris she has been keeping to herself. She doesn't talk much to anyone besides Ranma and the ones that she came here with. I don't know why. Also, for some reason Anne has been on edge around her.
A lot of times Ranma and those that came with him go out of the castle to explore. He takes them to places that he had visited before he left to find the Flame Champion. So far though they stay away from places like Brass Castle since things are really high tension right now and they don't need someone as high profile as Ranma there. However, one place they like to go to is Iksay Village, where Ranma and any of his friends and family are welcome. It's still under repair, but everyone has been working together to bring it back to how it was before the Grasslander Army attacked. So far the buildings, fences and such are repaired. Now the only things left to fix are the windmill and the fields, though no one knows how to fix scorched earth. Maybe a good rain storm would bring the scorch earth back to life?
Oh yeah, Ms. Hinako said something really weird yet does makes a lot of sense. Sakura and her group had been about to go out and get rid of all the monsters in the area around the castle, but she forbid them from doing it. She said that disturbing the eco system could have really drastic effects on the place. She said if they did that then this world would become just like their world. This world would become overpopulated with people and they will ruin the planet. Wow, I never really though of it like that. Now they kill the monsters only for their training or if they come near the castle or are threatening someone.
Well, that's all I can think of to write. Sorry if my thoughts are all jumbled up and stuff. Lots of things have been happening lately and I can't keep track of all of them. I just hope that things are going as well for the people outside of the castle. I also hope that the Harmonian Army doesn't back anytime soon.
Signed,
Thomas
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Author's Notes –
1 – Does anyone need help in figuring out where we got that from anyone?
2 – That's the world that all dragons come from in the Suikoden world
Co-Writer's Notes (Member ID 568765, check there for the side stories)
A. Read "A Mother's Tale" by juandelacruz Chapter 5 to understand why. That's a really good fic by way.
B. Watch the Mushroom Temple episode for evidence that Ranma is horrible at meditation.
C. Someone distracts her away from the elevator while the girl in the robe goes down there in case you wanted to know.
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