Reunions
by Zargreus
The train finally came to a stop and soon Ranma was standing in the only city he ever could call home. Nerima. Little more than Tokyo's airport, but it was a world of wonder unto itself. With the universes most interesting people dwelling inside its limits. Ranma took a deep breath and smelled the familiar air.
"Great huh?" said a voice. Ranma turned to see Ryouga and Akari walking toward him Ryouga effortlessly suspending there luggage over his shoulder. Ranma smiled.
"Yeah," he responded. He hadn't seen the city in three years and little had changed. Nerima had a few more skyscrapers but aside from that it looked the same as when he left it.
"Lets go," said Ranma a they were off.
Ranma was fascinated being in Nerima again he was smiling remembering all the happy times. Finally he reached the center point of all those memories. Furinkan High. He grinned and gazed at the now decaying building. He closed his eyes and remembered when he attended it looked almost new and now it looked like it was being restored. He saw several students and remembered the old days. Kuno's daily charge/challenge, Hinako's dreaded Five-Yen-Satsu, Happosai's cry "What a haul!"
Ranma's eyes jerked open. That wasn't a memory but it couldn't be. Ranma looked around and saw a small mob forming chasing a darting black garbed figure. Renma was awe struck. 'No, it couldn't be' he thought, but indeed it was. Old man Happosai jumped around dodging the attempted attacks on the old codger as he deftly stole the poor women's panties one by one. Ranma felt his veins surfacing. His eye twitched and a malicious smile danced across his face.
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"What a haul! What a haul!" Happosai screamed as he deftly dodged the blows of the mob behind him. To him this was his greatest pastime. The challenge, the luster, the excitement. Ah yes this was the true meaning of Happiness. Suddenly all thoughts left Happosai's mind as his danger instinct hit overdrive. He turned to see a foot to fast to dodge and was sent spiraling to a far wall. Several cracks appeared in the surface of the wall but it stood. Amazingly Happosai got up to face this insult to his fun and honor.
"WHO DARES?!?" He screamed turning around. A black blur of motion and the old man was sent flying again.
'Oho,' Happosai thought. this one is good. The strange blur darted around but Happy spotted the next attack. Taking his battle stance he shouted. "MASTER TECHNIQUE OF THE ANYTHING-GOES-SCHOOL HAPPO FIRE BUR...." Happosai stopped mid pose staring in the impossibility at his opponent. No it couldn't be.. Happosai never got to find out. So entranced by the vision of his most beloved student/victim he forgot about the fire work in his hand and at that moment it went off sending the hapless foot tall ancient pervert into the stratosphere.
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Ryouga and Akari watched the small form disappear into the sky and Ryouga whistled.
"So the freak lives." Ranma said walking up behind them brushing his hands from the fight.
"I thought he'd be dead by now" said Akari raising her hand to shade her eyes.
"Some people," said Ryouga and then they were off.
The Habiki's plus Ranma reached the Tendo Dojo at nightfall. Ranma stared. Seven years. it had been seven years since he laid eyes on the house he knew as home for so many years. A tear collected at the corner of his eye. Ryouga smiled at his old friend's emotion. For he too spent many happy moments at this house. Fighting Ranma. Talking to Akane. Ryouga to smiled and stared at the building. Nothing had changed. It was if they never left. Several minutes passed and Akari finally chimed, "Well lets go in."
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The Tendo residence was a bustle of activity. Genma and Nadoka were preparing the main practice hall for the reception. Ever since the wedding of Akane and Ranma the Saotome's went back to living together in a house just across the street from the Tendo's. Genma worked as a sensei for the Tendo's while Nadoka played the casual housewife. Kasumi and Ukyo were in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Kasumi married Dr. Tofu four years ago and they had a small child named Shinjo running around playing with Nabiki's son Koroma. Dr. Tofu was asked to become the Hospital administrator at Nerima general hospital and lived with the Tendo's helping pay the bills. Ukyo stayed single and owned several okonomiyaki shops across Japan as well as other food commodity chains. Nabiki was upstairs taking a brief break from the chaos from her life. Nabiki had just escaped a marriage gone bad and was the CEO of Ronko the ginsu knife corporation. She had several homes across Japan and a Winter house in America but the old Dojo still felt like home. Soun sat alone praying at the shrine dedicated to his wife and Akane. He bowed and stood and turned to see Shinjo and Karoma torturing a large Panda in the practice hall a large bucket over his head and Nadoka laughing hysterically.
Shampoo was art the table setting up the food she brought from the Cat Cafe. A small 6000 year old ghoul stood on the table also setting dishes. Cologne had moved back to the Amazon village. Though she visited every so often to check on Shampoo who had chosen to stay. She chatted to Shampoo asking her why they were here helping Shampoo's rival for Ranma' family. Shampoo smiled and said. " Great Grandmother, these people are as much family as you and Shampoo." Cologne shrugged and nodded in agreement. Though she spent little time with these people they were her honor family through the son-in-law. Mousse stood outside in the back yard setting up decorations with his cornucopia of hidden weapons tossing up streamers and pinning them with knives and so forth. He had stayed in Nerima to help Shampoo with the Cat Cafe after Cologne left, but she remained as aloof as ever eternally rejecting him even after seven years of begging and attempts to win her over.
Suddenly every one heard the call of the final guests and all stopped what they were doing to greet them formally. Ryouga and Akari were best of friends for all of them. After several hugs and bows Ryouga called for silence and said. " I have a surprise for you all. We met an old friend on the way to Nerima. Everybody went dead silent as Ranma walked through the front gate, turned to them and smiled.
by Zargreus
The train finally came to a stop and soon Ranma was standing in the only city he ever could call home. Nerima. Little more than Tokyo's airport, but it was a world of wonder unto itself. With the universes most interesting people dwelling inside its limits. Ranma took a deep breath and smelled the familiar air.
"Great huh?" said a voice. Ranma turned to see Ryouga and Akari walking toward him Ryouga effortlessly suspending there luggage over his shoulder. Ranma smiled.
"Yeah," he responded. He hadn't seen the city in three years and little had changed. Nerima had a few more skyscrapers but aside from that it looked the same as when he left it.
"Lets go," said Ranma a they were off.
Ranma was fascinated being in Nerima again he was smiling remembering all the happy times. Finally he reached the center point of all those memories. Furinkan High. He grinned and gazed at the now decaying building. He closed his eyes and remembered when he attended it looked almost new and now it looked like it was being restored. He saw several students and remembered the old days. Kuno's daily charge/challenge, Hinako's dreaded Five-Yen-Satsu, Happosai's cry "What a haul!"
Ranma's eyes jerked open. That wasn't a memory but it couldn't be. Ranma looked around and saw a small mob forming chasing a darting black garbed figure. Renma was awe struck. 'No, it couldn't be' he thought, but indeed it was. Old man Happosai jumped around dodging the attempted attacks on the old codger as he deftly stole the poor women's panties one by one. Ranma felt his veins surfacing. His eye twitched and a malicious smile danced across his face.
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"What a haul! What a haul!" Happosai screamed as he deftly dodged the blows of the mob behind him. To him this was his greatest pastime. The challenge, the luster, the excitement. Ah yes this was the true meaning of Happiness. Suddenly all thoughts left Happosai's mind as his danger instinct hit overdrive. He turned to see a foot to fast to dodge and was sent spiraling to a far wall. Several cracks appeared in the surface of the wall but it stood. Amazingly Happosai got up to face this insult to his fun and honor.
"WHO DARES?!?" He screamed turning around. A black blur of motion and the old man was sent flying again.
'Oho,' Happosai thought. this one is good. The strange blur darted around but Happy spotted the next attack. Taking his battle stance he shouted. "MASTER TECHNIQUE OF THE ANYTHING-GOES-SCHOOL HAPPO FIRE BUR...." Happosai stopped mid pose staring in the impossibility at his opponent. No it couldn't be.. Happosai never got to find out. So entranced by the vision of his most beloved student/victim he forgot about the fire work in his hand and at that moment it went off sending the hapless foot tall ancient pervert into the stratosphere.
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Ryouga and Akari watched the small form disappear into the sky and Ryouga whistled.
"So the freak lives." Ranma said walking up behind them brushing his hands from the fight.
"I thought he'd be dead by now" said Akari raising her hand to shade her eyes.
"Some people," said Ryouga and then they were off.
The Habiki's plus Ranma reached the Tendo Dojo at nightfall. Ranma stared. Seven years. it had been seven years since he laid eyes on the house he knew as home for so many years. A tear collected at the corner of his eye. Ryouga smiled at his old friend's emotion. For he too spent many happy moments at this house. Fighting Ranma. Talking to Akane. Ryouga to smiled and stared at the building. Nothing had changed. It was if they never left. Several minutes passed and Akari finally chimed, "Well lets go in."
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The Tendo residence was a bustle of activity. Genma and Nadoka were preparing the main practice hall for the reception. Ever since the wedding of Akane and Ranma the Saotome's went back to living together in a house just across the street from the Tendo's. Genma worked as a sensei for the Tendo's while Nadoka played the casual housewife. Kasumi and Ukyo were in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Kasumi married Dr. Tofu four years ago and they had a small child named Shinjo running around playing with Nabiki's son Koroma. Dr. Tofu was asked to become the Hospital administrator at Nerima general hospital and lived with the Tendo's helping pay the bills. Ukyo stayed single and owned several okonomiyaki shops across Japan as well as other food commodity chains. Nabiki was upstairs taking a brief break from the chaos from her life. Nabiki had just escaped a marriage gone bad and was the CEO of Ronko the ginsu knife corporation. She had several homes across Japan and a Winter house in America but the old Dojo still felt like home. Soun sat alone praying at the shrine dedicated to his wife and Akane. He bowed and stood and turned to see Shinjo and Karoma torturing a large Panda in the practice hall a large bucket over his head and Nadoka laughing hysterically.
Shampoo was art the table setting up the food she brought from the Cat Cafe. A small 6000 year old ghoul stood on the table also setting dishes. Cologne had moved back to the Amazon village. Though she visited every so often to check on Shampoo who had chosen to stay. She chatted to Shampoo asking her why they were here helping Shampoo's rival for Ranma' family. Shampoo smiled and said. " Great Grandmother, these people are as much family as you and Shampoo." Cologne shrugged and nodded in agreement. Though she spent little time with these people they were her honor family through the son-in-law. Mousse stood outside in the back yard setting up decorations with his cornucopia of hidden weapons tossing up streamers and pinning them with knives and so forth. He had stayed in Nerima to help Shampoo with the Cat Cafe after Cologne left, but she remained as aloof as ever eternally rejecting him even after seven years of begging and attempts to win her over.
Suddenly every one heard the call of the final guests and all stopped what they were doing to greet them formally. Ryouga and Akari were best of friends for all of them. After several hugs and bows Ryouga called for silence and said. " I have a surprise for you all. We met an old friend on the way to Nerima. Everybody went dead silent as Ranma walked through the front gate, turned to them and smiled.