Chris what are you doing with those.

I'm just modifying these two way radios to work across a dimensional rift.

You aren't doing what I think you're doing. Right?

Why yes I am.

Heaven help us all.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything pertaining to Rumiko Takashi's work. Nor do I own the DBZ elements I use. Tokyo Mew Mew is also on the list of things I don't own. Ok I do own this story and characters not in any of the series by the authors of said stories. Anything that sounds like someone else's work is purely coincidental.

Blessings in disguise Ch 34

"Talking"

Shouting

'Thinking'

*Sound Affects*

{Written Words}

' Memory '

(Chinese)

"I don't recall buying this." Kasumi said to herself the next morning noticing an odd package in the fridge. "It looks like fish. Mmm. Tastes delicious." She said sampling it before a thought struck her. "I know I'll make sushi Akane Ranma and their friends. There's plenty." At that Kasumi happily glided around the kitchen preparing the meals for the day.

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"Mana time for breakfast." Akane said knocking on their door.

"Be there in a minute." Mana called through the door.

A short time later found Mana coming into the room carrying Yuma. Yuta following close behind.

"Bout time you came out." Ranma said as she proceeded to finish off her second bowl of rice as well as just finishing off the miso soup and fish. "Breakfast is about done."

"Quit complaining. We're here aren't we?" Mana said feeding herself with Yuma in her lap.

"She's not coming with us is she?" Nabiki asked indicating Yuma.

"And why not?" Mana asked defensively. "She goes where I go. No exceptions." She added looking like she was ready to rip the face off of anything that attacked her daughter.

"Ok." Nabiki said slowly her ears twitching nervously as she stared at her glass of juice.

"I figured you would be wanting to leave early like you normally do." Ranma stated.

"I wanted to look at something."

"Don't you mean someone." Akane said finishing her fish.

"Shut up Akane." Nabiki mumbled.

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"You seem to be doing ok." Ranma said trying to look uninterested as she watched Mana from her place on the fence.

"Of course I'm going to do ok. I'm her mother. I'm still learning but I'll be the best parent I can be.

"I wonder how old she's going to be physically. I mean since you are immortal and all." Akane wondered aloud while she was walking.

"Good question." Ranma said.

"I don't know and I really don't care." Mana answered as the school gates came into sight. "By the way Ranma why don't you wear the school uniform?"

"You'll see in a minute." Ranma answered sighing as she dropped to the roadway with everyone else.

"Ranma today I shall defeat you and give you the honor of dating me." Kuno said as he brandished his bokken.

"Forget it moron." Ranma said as she punted him into the next district.

"I honestly don't see the reason why you need to wear a gi all the time just for that." Mana said watching Kuno disappear into the distance.

"It's what I've worn since I left the strongest man I know and one of my best friends." Ranma answered as she looked off toward the horizon a far off look in her eyes for a second. "Enough of this. Wouldn't want to be late for your first day of school now would you?"

"Not happening." Mana answered curtly as she hurried to the teacher's lounge where she would be meeting her homeroom teacher.

"Might I ask why you don't have a family name?" Seno Hikawa asked Mana.

"I'm an orphan so I don't know my family name." Mana replied.

"I see. Then how are your living conditions?" He asked sounding worried.

"Me and my husband whom is also an orphan are staying with the Tendos."

'That's a relief I'm glad they aren't eking a living out on the streets.' Hikawa thought sighing in relief. 'I would make a suggestion about the baby but knowing Ranma and Akane they would side with Mana.'

A short time later.

"Class we have a new student joining us today." Hikawa said from his place at his desk.

"My name Mana pleased to meet you." Mana said bowing. "I hope that we can all get along."

"Any questions for Mana?" Hikawa asked looking around.

"Is Mana your family name?" One of the female students asked noticing there was only one name on the blackboard.

"I have no family aside from my husband and daughter the same for him." Mana answered.

"So you're married meaning the baby isn't illegitimate." One of the boys said.

"Even if she was what's it to you?" Mana answered coldly.

The boy started opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water while everyone else began laughing at his predicament. "Enough questions for now let's begin homeroom." Hikawa interrupted before the questioning got out of hand. "Mana you can take the seat behind Akane."

"Lucky you it's the back row." Akane stated turning around as Mana laid the sleeping Yuma on her blanket by her chair.

"Whoopee." Mana said looking to the front of the classroom after assuring that Yuma was fine.

The morning passed without incident except for Mana blowing up at a student asking a stupid question during break.

"What did Kasumi pack for lunch today?" Shiori asked excitedly when lunch came around as Kasumi had taken to packing lunch for the six friends.

"Not sure. It looks like sushi though." Ranma said as picked some up tasting it. "Not bad. Here have some Ryoga." When she offered it to him the boy who was currently pig ate it greedily.

"All right let's dig in." Yuki said excitedly wielding her chopsticks trying to get as much of Kasumi's cooking as possible. "Come on Mana you've got to try this. Like always Kasumi's cooking is da bomb."

"Yuki do have to come up with weird one liners like that all the time?" Hiroshi asked.

Mana wanting to sample more of Kasumi's cooking put some of the meat in her mouth and froze. Recognizing it for what it was she smacked the chopsticks out of Akane's hand as she was the only one that hadn't eaten any yet.

"What was that for?" Akane asked a little miffed.

"You can't eat that we have no idea what it'll do to you." Mana answered loudly before dropping her voice to a whisper. "That's the flesh of a mermaid."

"You mean how you got your immortality don't you?" Akane asked in a whisper worried.

"Yes and if your friends turn into lost souls we'll have to kill then to save the populace." Mana answered forcefully.

"But I don't want to kill my friends."

"Know that if they transform they will no longer be your friends."

Akane hung her head in defeat. She looked up when she heard clattering that told of people falling over.

"Daisuke come on stop playing around." Yuki said happily before her voice started getting worried. "Daisuke you are just playing around right?"

Mana surprised her by how fast she moved as she checked the five before her. 'This is weird it's as if their bodies are fighting the affects of the mermaids flesh.' Mana thought because their bodies were beginning to burn up. "Akane how many beds are in the infirmary?"

"Six why?"

"Because we're going to need all of them." Mana said pointedly as she looked toward Yuki.

"Huh me?" Yuki asked pointing to herself.

"Then let's go." Akane said easily picking up Hiroshi and Daisuke putting them on her back. The other two girls watching in awe as Akane almost ran out of the room.

"Shall we get these three down there as well?" Mana asked trying to pick up Ranma put promptly fell down with Ranma on top of her. "Help can't breath." She managed to squeak out.

Two of the boys promptly jumped to help her. "Holy cow I never knew that she was this heavy." One of them said as they tried to lift Ranma off of Mana.

"Here let me do that." Akane said having dumped off the other two already. "My goodness Ranma you need to lose some weight." Akane said struggling to lift her. "Yuki grab Shiori and Ryoga so that Mana can pick up Yuma." Akane said a Yuma started to cry from her blanket on the floor.

"Sure." Yuki answered still shocked from having watched Akane pick up the two boys.

A few minutes later found them entering the infirmary. Akane was glad because Ranma and Ryoga had inexplicably started returning to their birth forms.

"There that should work for now." Akane said before something dawned on her. "Nabiki. She has Kasumi's bento as well." She didn't get to far as she crashed into Nabiki's two henchmen carrying Nabiki's unconscious form into the nurses office. "She ate what Kasumi made for lunch didn't she?" Akane asked worried.

"Yes she did." henchman one said. "She was eating and then she just collapsed."

"Not good. Ok you two can go back to class I'll watch her." Akane said taking her sister from the two. Setting Nabiki on the bed. "I hope that you pull through this sis."

By the time lunch was over Akane was satisfied that they where fine for the time being went to the phone in the teachers lounge to tell the fathers about the situation at hand. When she got back to the infirmary she was met by a distraught Yuki and frantic nurse because everyone that had passed out had stopped breathing.

OOooOOooOO

Are they dead? What's going on here?

Quit bugging me go back to your radios.

No this is more interesting at the moment.

Please review readers so that he'll leave me alone.

On a side note doesn't this chapter seem rushed to you people.

Quit trying to meddle with peoples perceptions.

I'm just making a harmless comment.