To the End of the Moon! (And Over the Edge)
By Tannim Murphy and Taiteki Kagato
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 does not belong to us. Neither does Sailor
Moon, nor any other anime series we inadvertently mention/use. They
belong to their respective owners... and we hope we won't get sued for
forgetting a disclaimer on the first two parts of this. ^^;
Kagato: Tannim, God of Brainless insults, isn't very creative.. but
we all knew that anyway.
Tannim: Oi, that really hurts, coming from you. Anyway, here's the
third piece. Hope you enjoy. ^_^
Part Three Begin!
---
The phone rang.
Kasumi got up and answered it. After a moment, she turned to Soun.
"Father? It's for you." Soun stood up, and walked over to the phone.
A few moments later, he hung up, and turned to the table.
"Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane..." began Soun, "Your cousin Usagi is going to
stay with us for a while. Her parents said she should be arriving any
day now." Soun looked over at Bunny. "Now, girl, we'd be happy give
you a place to live until your memory come back, but we're running out
of room, what with Usagi coming to stay with us."
Bunny began to tear up, even going so far as to forget the food in
front of her, at the prospect of not knowing where to go, or who she
really was.
"Oh my," said Kasumi. "Father, Bunny-chan can sleep in my room. I
don't mind."
Ranma shuddered a bit where he lay. This family sure was interesting.
Another girl coming to live here? That couldn't be good.
Genma kicked Ranma while the martial artist was still down. "Boy!
Don't be so lazy!" The old man finished off the last of Ranma's food.
"You've got training to do!"
Ranma looked up from his position on the floor. "Why don't I hit YOU
with a table, and see how you feel?!" asked Ranma in exasperation.
The martial artist paused at the thought. "Hey, that might not be
such a bad idea!" he exclaimed.
Genma blinked as Ranma rose up from the ground, table in hand. "Now
now, boy, don't be too hasty..." he said nervously.
"C'mon, pop," said Ranma with a nasty gleam in his eye. "You wanted
me to train? Fine, I'll train!"
*WHAM!*
The table hit Genma, and Genma went flying. Right into the koi Pond.
the most recently held-aloft sign said.
*knock knock*
"Oh! Someone's at the door."
Kasumi went to the door, but when she opened it, Soun rushed past her
and grabbed the person standing there in a bear hug. "Usagi! It's me,
Uncle Soun! Oh, how nice it is to see you again!"
"Unhand me, knave! Thou thinkest me this 'Usagi,' then thou thinkest
wrongfully indeed."
"'Thinkest?' is that even a word?" wondered Nabiki as Ranma set the
battered table back down in place.
Soun let Kuno go, and dusted himself off. Kuno continued ranting: "Be
you any other boor, I'd smite the, however, you be-ith the father of
the wondrous Akane Tendo, I shall swallow my pride and settle for less
than that which this situation verily calls for." He tapped Soun on
the head with his bokken, very lightly. "You've been punished for
attacking Kuno. Be grateful you've been spared your life. Now...
Akane Tendo, I'm here to free you from that foul sorcerer Saotome once
and for all! Then you will be free... free to leap into my arms and
smother me with-"
The table, this time thrown like a Frisbee, hit Kuno square in the
face and sent him back out the door. Be it Ranma's skill, simple
luck, or an unspoken law of the universe, Kasumi, who had been
standing almost perfectly between Kuno and Ranma, wasn't touched. "Oh
my," she said, blinking and still trying to figure out the physics of
it. Was it possible for the table to curve like that?
---
Rei was worried. Usagi hadn't shown up at the shrine during the usual
meeting time, and calling her via the emergency line only found an
exasperated Luna. She eventually got from Luna that Usagi's parents
had gone on vacation suddenly, and shipped Usagi off to live somewhere
else without any warning. They even forgot about her when they left,
so eager were they to be on their way.
Typically, Usagi forgot to take her communicator.
So it was with a heavy heart that she was sweeping the shrine clean of
dirt that would just come back the next day anyway.
"Hello, Sailor Mars," spoke a voice from behind the raven-haired girl.
Rei nearly dropped the broom in shock as she turned around in
surprise.
Sailor Pluto stood there, grinning at the startled shrine maiden.
"Don't DO that!" Rei hissed.
"Do what?" asked Setsuna, her face completely devoid of guile.
"Sneak up on me!"
"I didn't sneak up on you."
"But..."
"Yes?"
"Grr... never mind. What do you want?" asked Rei, clutching the broom
even tighter in an attempt to calm her nerves.
"Usagi," was Setsuna's one-word reply. Rei blinked, and stared at
Setsuna, waiting for her to continue.
---
End Part Three!
Authors Notes:
Tannim: Even for us, this part is pretty short. Do not fret loyal
fans! For we are concocting a couple of side stories that should
bring our usual meager contribution back up to par. Kagato should
have posted his, and mine is on the way. Kagato's side story is 100%
his, and is in no way edited by me.
I tried to convince him otherwise, but he wouldn't let me. ^_^
Also, unfortunately, I have been banned by Kagato to edit his Author
Notes. Sorry about this.
"heh. Another piece done. Send C&C to TaitekiKagato@aol.com as well..
since half of this is mine... Hey! look.. there's a typo in my
sidestory.. and.. another.. ::sigh:: and another.. I hate my spell
checker." -Kagato
By Tannim Murphy and Taiteki Kagato
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 does not belong to us. Neither does Sailor
Moon, nor any other anime series we inadvertently mention/use. They
belong to their respective owners... and we hope we won't get sued for
forgetting a disclaimer on the first two parts of this. ^^;
Kagato: Tannim, God of Brainless insults, isn't very creative.. but
we all knew that anyway.
Tannim: Oi, that really hurts, coming from you. Anyway, here's the
third piece. Hope you enjoy. ^_^
Part Three Begin!
---
The phone rang.
Kasumi got up and answered it. After a moment, she turned to Soun.
"Father? It's for you." Soun stood up, and walked over to the phone.
A few moments later, he hung up, and turned to the table.
"Kasumi, Nabiki, Akane..." began Soun, "Your cousin Usagi is going to
stay with us for a while. Her parents said she should be arriving any
day now." Soun looked over at Bunny. "Now, girl, we'd be happy give
you a place to live until your memory come back, but we're running out
of room, what with Usagi coming to stay with us."
Bunny began to tear up, even going so far as to forget the food in
front of her, at the prospect of not knowing where to go, or who she
really was.
"Oh my," said Kasumi. "Father, Bunny-chan can sleep in my room. I
don't mind."
Ranma shuddered a bit where he lay. This family sure was interesting.
Another girl coming to live here? That couldn't be good.
Genma kicked Ranma while the martial artist was still down. "Boy!
Don't be so lazy!" The old man finished off the last of Ranma's food.
"You've got training to do!"
Ranma looked up from his position on the floor. "Why don't I hit YOU
with a table, and see how you feel?!" asked Ranma in exasperation.
The martial artist paused at the thought. "Hey, that might not be
such a bad idea!" he exclaimed.
Genma blinked as Ranma rose up from the ground, table in hand. "Now
now, boy, don't be too hasty..." he said nervously.
"C'mon, pop," said Ranma with a nasty gleam in his eye. "You wanted
me to train? Fine, I'll train!"
*WHAM!*
The table hit Genma, and Genma went flying. Right into the koi Pond.
the most recently held-aloft sign said.
*knock knock*
"Oh! Someone's at the door."
Kasumi went to the door, but when she opened it, Soun rushed past her
and grabbed the person standing there in a bear hug. "Usagi! It's me,
Uncle Soun! Oh, how nice it is to see you again!"
"Unhand me, knave! Thou thinkest me this 'Usagi,' then thou thinkest
wrongfully indeed."
"'Thinkest?' is that even a word?" wondered Nabiki as Ranma set the
battered table back down in place.
Soun let Kuno go, and dusted himself off. Kuno continued ranting: "Be
you any other boor, I'd smite the, however, you be-ith the father of
the wondrous Akane Tendo, I shall swallow my pride and settle for less
than that which this situation verily calls for." He tapped Soun on
the head with his bokken, very lightly. "You've been punished for
attacking Kuno. Be grateful you've been spared your life. Now...
Akane Tendo, I'm here to free you from that foul sorcerer Saotome once
and for all! Then you will be free... free to leap into my arms and
smother me with-"
The table, this time thrown like a Frisbee, hit Kuno square in the
face and sent him back out the door. Be it Ranma's skill, simple
luck, or an unspoken law of the universe, Kasumi, who had been
standing almost perfectly between Kuno and Ranma, wasn't touched. "Oh
my," she said, blinking and still trying to figure out the physics of
it. Was it possible for the table to curve like that?
---
Rei was worried. Usagi hadn't shown up at the shrine during the usual
meeting time, and calling her via the emergency line only found an
exasperated Luna. She eventually got from Luna that Usagi's parents
had gone on vacation suddenly, and shipped Usagi off to live somewhere
else without any warning. They even forgot about her when they left,
so eager were they to be on their way.
Typically, Usagi forgot to take her communicator.
So it was with a heavy heart that she was sweeping the shrine clean of
dirt that would just come back the next day anyway.
"Hello, Sailor Mars," spoke a voice from behind the raven-haired girl.
Rei nearly dropped the broom in shock as she turned around in
surprise.
Sailor Pluto stood there, grinning at the startled shrine maiden.
"Don't DO that!" Rei hissed.
"Do what?" asked Setsuna, her face completely devoid of guile.
"Sneak up on me!"
"I didn't sneak up on you."
"But..."
"Yes?"
"Grr... never mind. What do you want?" asked Rei, clutching the broom
even tighter in an attempt to calm her nerves.
"Usagi," was Setsuna's one-word reply. Rei blinked, and stared at
Setsuna, waiting for her to continue.
---
End Part Three!
Authors Notes:
Tannim: Even for us, this part is pretty short. Do not fret loyal
fans! For we are concocting a couple of side stories that should
bring our usual meager contribution back up to par. Kagato should
have posted his, and mine is on the way. Kagato's side story is 100%
his, and is in no way edited by me.
I tried to convince him otherwise, but he wouldn't let me. ^_^
Also, unfortunately, I have been banned by Kagato to edit his Author
Notes. Sorry about this.
"heh. Another piece done. Send C&C to TaitekiKagato@aol.com as well..
since half of this is mine... Hey! look.. there's a typo in my
sidestory.. and.. another.. ::sigh:: and another.. I hate my spell
checker." -Kagato