First Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Love Hina, Ranma ½, Video Girl Ai or Sakura Diaries. This story is one of the many ideas I have in my brain. In this whole story, you will meet characters from other anime shows. However, with my limited knowledge of anime that I watch (it's about three or four other shows if you were wondering), I won't be putting a lot of characters. I will put disclaimers on them, but not in the first disclaimer of a chapter so you can be surprised about what characters show up! So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

New Faces And Dangers At The Hinata Sou: Farewell To All: Ranma's Goodbye

Ranma grabs a blanket and a pillow in the laundry room as he notices most of the girls in the hot springs. He smiles as he sees Akane enjoying herself with the others. He walks away and goes to Keitaro's room. He pounds on his door to know if he's in.

"Hello?"

"Keitaro. It's me, Ranma."

"Ranma? Is this your boy-type or girl-type?" He violently pushes the door, making some noise as the sound echoes throughout the hallway.

"Ha...ha. Very funny!"

"So, what brings you by?"

"I was wondering if I could sleep with you until Akane and I leave?" Keitaro gives him a funny look.

"How come?"

"Well, I'm going to let Akane use my room and I don't want any rumors going around here about what we're doing together, so I thought that I could sleep with you until then. If it's all right with you?"

"It's fine with me. Just don't change into a girl." Keitaro smiles and goes back his drawing as Ranma sets up his bedding. Once he's finish, he goes over to him.

"What are you drawing?" He grabs his sketchbook and looks at it.

"I'm drawing Jill, Claire and Rebecca from Resident Evil in the Charlie Angels' pose."

"Cute!" They hear the door suddenly open and turn to see Naru.

"Hey Ranma. What are you doing here?"

"Since Akane is going to sleep in my room, so I thought it would be wise to sleep with Keitaro."

"Oh." She gives a surprise look. "Anyway, I was talking with the others and if you want to use the hot springs Ranma, you can."

"Huh? I thought only girls can use it?"

"Since you can change into a boy with hot water, we all felt a little sorry for you." He burst into tears. "You're about the only resident here who hasn't used it and no one's there. So if you like, you can use it. But only for tonight." He stops crying a gives off a smile..

"I'll do it on one conduction." He points to Keitaro. "He's allow to go in too." Both of them sweatdrop.

"Him?! Why him?"

"Well, first off...the way you and about half the residents treat him while I been living here, he deserves better. And second, up until a few hours ago, I been living here as a girl. It's would be nice for once if we could get some male-bonding." He turns and smiles at Keitaro. "What do you say? Want to come?"

"Sure." Within a few minutes, both boys are soaking in the hot springs, staring at the stars above.

"Man! This feels good!" Ranma says, stretching his arms. "And all this time I thought this was just for old people."

"Now why would you think that?"

"Just notice a lot of them in one. That's all. By the way, since tomorrow is Christmas, what did you get me?" Keitaro sweatdrops at the question.

"Me...hmm...well...I got you....a..."

"Let me guess," Ranma slowly swims towards him. "You got me a bra, didn't you?"

"Hey! How was I support to know that you are really a guy?!" Keitaro waves his arms for a few second before he calms himself down. "A guy? Damn. I lived with these girls for so long that I forgot how it was just to hang with the guys. I wished you could stay here longer. All the girls like you here."

"I'm not sure about Shinobu. I mean, did you see her when I transformed? First I yelled at her and now this? I must be some kind of monster to her." Ranma sinks himself up to his nose in water, pondering about his relationship with her. Keitaro comes to his side, somehow lifting him by his pigtail.

"Listen. She forgave you about that. I mean, she was the only one who wanted you to stay here after that. Second, I thought I was dreaming when you transformed. Who wouldn't freak out? She just needs sometime to get used to the fact that you are a guy."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"I hope you're right." The two stay in the hot springs for another hour, talking nonsense with each other before they both turning in for the night.

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It's Christmas Day as most of the residents are rather around the living room. Ranma and Akane talk with each other as everyone else is enjoying themselves. They catch up on what has happened in their lives since they parted.

"WOW! I can't believe you have done so much here."

"I know. All of which I had to be a girl."

"So, you help train Motoko for the tournament?"

"Yep. She came and asked me to help her." He looks around. "Speaking of her, where is she?" He gets up and walks around the living room. Unable to find her, he goes to Urara to ask about her whereabouts.

"She's in her room meditating at the moment. But I think she's almost done."

"Oh. Well...I should go and see her. I need to talk to her alone about something. Thanks."

"While you're at it, you might want to talk to Shinobu. She hasn't came down either and seems depressed when I gave her breakfast."

"Depressed?" Ranma tries not to frown at her. Instead he bows and walks away. He notices Akane talking with Mutsumi and Moemi. 'At least she is getting to know the people here.' He climbs up the stairs and heads to Keitaro's room. He grabs two well-wrapped presents, one long present and one small present, before heading out to Motoko's room. Before he knocks on the door, he puts the small present in his pocket. He waits a few minutes after knocking before she opens the door.

"Oh. It's you," she says. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, but I wasn't finish meditating." She offer him in as he walks past her. As she closes the door, she notices the present that he's holding. "So, what brings you by?"

"I wanted to give you this." She walks over to him and is handed the present.

"You could have just waited for me to go down."

"I know, but there is something I wanted to talk to you in private about."

"Oh? What about?"

"Well, it was about what you said you me last night. About you sick of me beating you. Is that why you challenged me?"

"In a word," she puts her head down. "Yes."

"How come?"

"Well, before you came, I couldn't be beaten. Only my big sister could do that. And when you just defeated me one battle after another, I just lost it. I couldn't take that fact. It hurt me deep inside as a warrior of the sword. That's why...that's why..." As a tear runs down her eye, she starts to collapses. Ranma rushes to her and holds her up before she can fall. He takes her to the bed and rest. "Sorry, but that's why I wanted to challenge you. I'm sorry. I just wanted to finally beat you for once."

"But Motoko, you already did." She stops crying and turns towards him.

"Are you serious?" He nods. "When?"

"Remember when you spilt the sword before the tournament? Well, I pretty much feared you."

"What?! You got to be kidding me!"

"I wish I was." Ranma put his arm around Motoko. "If it wasn't for my speed, I don't think I would be alive today. When you cut that sword, I knew that you could actually kill me. Others have tried, believe me; but you're about the only person who could probably pull it off. I didn't want to spar with you anymore because I could push you to your broiling point, but when I found out that you were afraid of turtles, I figured I could use Tama incase you got to that point. Guess I also used her for a little comic relief."

"Oh Ranma. I didn't know." Motoko put her head on his shoulders. "I'm sorry for hating you and causing you all sort of trouble."

"No big deal. I'm sorry for freaking you out with Tama-chan. By the way, why don't you open you're present?" She lifts her head and opens the present. Once she opens the box, she's astonished to see a new sword. Once she picks up the handle and takes it out of the box, she notices her name in Japanese characters on the other side of the blade.

"This is beautiful Ranma." She gives him a hug. "It's looks really expensive. How did you come up with the money?"

"Remember when you found me coming in the early morning of the tournament? Well, I was working at Heaven's Factory at the time to earn some money and..."

"Wait! Heaven's Factory? The strip joint?"

"Huh...*sweatdrops* yeah."

"You mean you work there as a stripper?"

"Hell no!" He screams, waving his arms." I worked there as a bounder. I may have been the smallest guy there, but I was the toughest. Anyway, I felt bad that I didn't take good care of your sword, so I brought you a new." He gets up walks towards the door. When he opens it, he turns around. "By the way, if you practice with that sword, watch out. It can cut steel like Jell-O." Motoko smiles and give him a thumbs up as he closes the door. Taking a deep breath, he nervously walks to Shinobu's room. Instead of knocking, he yells.

"Shinobu! It's me, Ranma. Can I come in?" He waits patiently for her to answer, but doesn't get one. As he turns around, the door slides open and Shinobu grabs him by the shoulders.

"Sorry for not answering you. I was still getting dressed. Please, come in." Ranma agrees and follows her into her room. Once he sits down, she walks a few feet away from him, keeping some distance, before she to sits down. As they look as each other, he can tell in her eyes that she is hurt about his secret.

"Shinobu. I'm sorry for all the trouble I cause you."

"For what?" Ranma looks puzzled at her answer.

"Well... for causing you to drink heavily last night because I'm a guy." He's uneasy as he stare at her, who doesn't seem to either care or remember the events about the night before. "I wanted to tell you. I really did. You are my best friend here and you don't keep any secrets with me, but...after I yelled at you when Urara first came here, I thought you would have me kicked out or..." Unknowingly, she walks up to him and covers his mouth. He looks deep into her eyes and notices a cheerful smile.

"Ranma, I told you before that I understood that situation. And if you did tell me, I wouldn't tell another soul until I knew that it was safe." She drops her hand and gives him a hug. "And about your transformation; I'm sorry for the way I acted. I mean, you can change to either a boy or a girl. I couldn't believe what I witness. It was unreal and I was in denial that this happen, but Akane came and spoke to me about you. Thanks to her, I'm fine with it and hope you can be cured one day."

"Thanks Shinobu-chan." He gives her a hug. "I'll try my best now to go to Jusenkyo and get cured."

"I'm glad. By the way, was Akane the girl you liked when you explained why you came here?"

"Huh...yeah."

"Well, after what you two been thought, I hope you two are happy together."

"I'll be happy if she can cook."

"I heard about that from Naru. How bad is she?"

"Let's just say...you rather starve yourself to death." Both laugh that the joke. "Oh. Before I forget." Ranma grabs the small present from his pocket and hands it to Shinobu. "This is for you." She carefully unwraps the present to revival a black box. When she opens it, she is bewilder to see a small chain. She picks it up and sees half of a piece from a yin yang."

"Ranma, what is this..." She looks to him and sees him holding up the another half of the yin yang around his neck.

"I'm giving this to you because we're best friends. I never want to forget everything you did for me and with this, we can always be with each other, even if we are miles apart."

"Thank you Ranma-kun." Shinobu wipes a tear away. "Wait here. I'll get your present." She gets up and grabs something under her bed. It only takes a minute before she grabs his present. "Here you go. Open it. I want to know what you think of it." He rips the wrapping apart to revival a green book. Unsure of what to think, he turns the cover, expressing amazement at what he sees.

"Hey! This is a photo album of us. But why?"

"After you almost leave the first time, I wanted to make sure that if you did leave for good, you have a remembrance of me and the rest of us during the good times."

"Thanks Shinobu, but I don't think that Keitaro would consider this a good moment." He show her a picture of the three of them at the Halloween Carnival. "He seems depressed holding his watermelons." They both laugh as he turns to the next page of the photo album. "Hey, this is the one taken at the photo booth. Why are you giving me this?"

"Don't you remember? We took two of them. The another one is framed and standing on my desk." She points to it to see him where it. "You know. I'm really going to miss you."

"Me too."

"So...when are you going?"

"In a few days. I want Akane to know everyone here before going home."

"Well, in that case, want to go back to that photo booth and take another picture together?"

"How come? You already have that one."

"I don't have one of you as a guy." She softly punches his arm. "What do you say?"

"If I can get my own copy of the picture, can you do me a favor then?"

"Sure. Anything." Ranma turns his head, looking at the door. He crawls to Shinobu where he whispers his request. Bewilder by the request, she backs away, covering her mouth. "You want me to do that?" Calming herself down, she uncovers her mouth, blushing all over. " I'm flatter, but why me?"

"Are you my friend and I do need a woman's point of view for this."

"I be honor to grant you that." She picks herself up and helps him to his feet. "Let's get going now. We're missing the party." The two friends goes side by side and out her room to join the rest of the residents.

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