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: Epilogue & Bonus Material
Just before Urara was about to leave for Keio, Ranma comes for a surprise visit and shows everyone a trick. He asked Keitaro for a bucket of cold water. When he receives it, he dumps the water on himself and doesn't change into a girl. Everyone is amazed and asked what happen. He tells them that he and Akane recently went to Jusenkyo to find the spring of drown man. Once they reach their destination, he found the guide from before and showed them to the spring. After Ranma jumped in the spring and check to make sure that it was the right spring, the two of them made the wedding plans. He gave all the residents a invitation and asked for Moemi's address to send her hers. Everyone is glad that Ranma is cured.
On the day of the wedding, all the residents, even Moemi and her boyfriend, came to the Tendo Dojo to witness this glorious occasion between Ranma and Akane. But before the ceremony even started, a bunch of Ranma's enemies and ex-fiancées tried to break it up. However, with Motoko's fighting ability, Su's army of mecha turtles and using Keitaro's immortal body as a shield, none of the party crashers stood a chance. The wedding went on as schedule as the two exchange vows and were officially declared husband and wife. They both have a happy and fantastic marriage together while carrying on the dojo and raising their only daughter, Shinobu.
After Moemi gradated high school, she came back to the Hinata Sou because she was accepted into Toudai, where she majored in psychology. Since she boyfriend was held back a year in school, she waited a year for him to live near the Hinata Sou, where he went to a near by art college. After they gradated at their respected colleges, the two got marry and have a wonderful life together. They also have successful careers as she wrote many relationship books while he drew many children books.
After Urara graduated from Keio with a degree in political science, she moved to San Diego where she worked as an intern for the Democratic Party. After seven years of living there, she finally broke out of her intern job and became mayor of San Diego. After serving two terms there, she went on to help a friend of hers run for president. When her friend became president, she was named National Security Advisor. After serving two terms there, she went back to the political scene in San Diego and became a member of the House of Representatives, where the House all voted her Speaker of the House.
All the residents also lived happy and successful lives. Keitaro and Naru marry after graduating Toudai. Shinobu went to a local culinary school and is one of the top pastry chefs in the world. Mutsumi became a well-known singer after being discover in a talent show. Kitsune won the lottery and invested in stock, making even more money. Su went and graduated from Toudai and has her own business of selling home security. Motoko finally inheritance the school of swordsmanship.
As Ranma, Moemi and Urara think back about their time at the Hinata Sou, they know that each of the residents played a big part in their lives. Without them, they wouldn't feel the way they're now. But unbeknown to them, all the residents feel the same way about those three.
The End
FINISHED! I'M FINISHED! *runs around house screaming*. OK. This bonus material is just me explaining each of the chapters I wrote for this story. I'm doing this because 1) I like you do know why I wrote what I wrote and 2) answer those questions that some of you left in my review. Hope you enjoy the explanation.
Before reading: For those of you telling me or thinking that my grammar's bad, I know. English isn't my best subject. It's actually my worst subject. I actually laughed every time I read a comment about that. Hopefully, I'll print ever chapter that I write for now on instead of checking it on the computer.
First New Tenant: Ranma 1/2 is the first anime that I actually liked. So, putting him...I mean... her in should be obvious. If you were like thegymrat & were surprise to see that it was Ranma, you didn't pick up on the clues I left in that chapter. What were the clues I left? The first clue was when I introduce her as the redheaded girl. I know. I know. There are a lot of redheaded girls in anime, but if I put redheaded pigtailed girl, then you would have probably know who it was. The second clue with the okonomiyaki restaurant that Shinobu and Keitaro went into. For those of you who don't know Ranma very well, he has a fiancée who runs an okonomiyaki restaurant. The last clue was the Hiryu Shoten Ha move she used. It took me a while to figure out how to write it into word without saying the actually move.
Second New Tenant: Since both Ranma and Motoko are both skilled fighters, I thought it would be cool to have them fight each other. If you're like Mauru and wondered why I kept having Ranma win against Motoko, read my profile. It should explain it there. Now, why I chose Moemi. I originally was going to put Ai in, but while surfing the net, I read about what happens to Moemi later in the manga. Since I don't want to spoil it for any of you Video Girl Ai fans, let's just say because of that reason, I chose her to be in. However, I wrote this story without reading the manga. If I had read it before writing this story, I would have chosen Nobuko because many people don't know who she is. But the story would have to be different because Nobuko seem to be more shyer then Moemi.
Third New Tenant: By now, I has the manga for Video Girl Ai, so I knew a little more about Moemi. One of the things I noticed was that she was always around guys! The only time I don't see that was half of the first chapter of the manga or spending time with Ai. With that, have her hanging around Keitaro all the time would make Naru jealous, thus having their own feud. Why did I chose Urara? Like my disclaimers told you, I only watched a few anime shows. That the time, it was Ranma 1/2, Video Girl Ai, Love Hina, Princess Nine and Sakura Diaries were the only anime shows I actually seen. I could have put a member of Princess Nine is, but then the Halloween Break chapters wouldn't have been made. And quoting a line from the Amazing Spider-Man comic, number 49 volume 2, "The important things always come in threes." With that in mind, I didn't have much of a choice. But since there aren't any Sakura Diaries fanfics, it would be nice to hear of someone you either never heard of or known for quite some time.
Baggage: All the residents have a reason for being at the Hinata Sou. I thought Ranma, Moemi and Urara should have some reason for being there too. If you have seen Sakura Diaries, that's what I think happen after the series ended. If you haven't seen it and would like to, please watch until episode 10 or you'll be sorry. I mean it. For Moemi, it's like I said earlier: it's what happens to her later in the manga. Ranma would be a little different. First, she's more stubborn, so she won't tell her problems right away. That's why she fought back. Second, I didn't have a planned reason like the other two. Then the idea of her having problems with Akane came up and B-I-N-G-O, I had her reason. She would have to tell her reason after she pushed Shinobu down. Otherwise, it's not like the Ranma many people know. By the way, if you don't think Ranma can cook like she did in this chapter, please watch Am I Pretty...? Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood (Season 3) and Akane vs. Ranma! I'll Be the One to Inherit Mother's Recipes! (OAV Series).
Problems Of The Day: First off, I want to change the title to 'Problems', but since the site won't let me center anymore, I'm left with this title. With that out of the way, I wanted to go more in depth with the problems Shinobu, Naru and Motoko were having with the new residents. Motoko's was easy. Can't beat Ranma. However, the Shishi Hoko-Dan is Ryoga's move. Ranma did do this before, so that's why I put it in there. If you watched Sakura Diaries, Urara can cook. And since Shinobu also can cook, this would be a bit of a fun, but weird feud between the two. Getting Urara in the kitchen though was a bit of a challenge. I got the idea from watching Sneeze Me, Squeeze Me, Please Me! Shampoo's Recipe for Disaster (Ranma 1/2, Season 3) when Akane fell in a manhole cover. I didn't talk much about the feud between Naru and Moemi. So this chapter helped show that. If you were like my best friend and wondered why Keitaro would even like Resident Evil because that would be OOC for him, the answer is simple. I'm a Resident Evil fan, so making him one seems logical to me.
Tournament, part 1: This idea came while I was writing Problems Of The Day. I don't know why, but I wanted to make Motoko hate Ranma even more before Secrets Revealed. Anyway, I originally wanted Motoko to fight against someone from the kendo club to be the representative for the tournament and have Ranma watch her, but I couldn't think of how to make that idea come alive. Having Ranma train Motoko would be easier. I wanted to at least have one battle where Motoko won (even thought I think otherwise) against Ranma so that their talk in Farewell To All: Ranma's Goodbye would work. I don't think fighting with a sword is Ranma's style, so this was the perfect way to have her lose. The splitting sword thing was more of 'can this ever happen in real life' idea then anything else. I was about to end it there, but I already put a battle between Naru and Moemi. So I had to put one for Shinobu and Urara. Now, if you're like Big D, wondering why I put gun powder, I'll tell you. I wanted to get everyone's attention with an explosion. Since a hand grenade would be obvious, I opted for gun powder. How did I came up with gun powder? Simple. Remember when Ukyo first showed up in Ranma 1/2 and challenge him? One of her weapons when they fought was 'tempura flakes mixed with gun powder!' That's why I used it.
Tournament, part 2: I left two clues about what would happen to Ranma later in the story. The first clue was when Motoko and Urara found her coming back in the early morning. That was to explain her job to get the money for the Christmas presents in Farewell To All: Ranma's Goodbye. The second one clue was the dream she had. I wanted you to think of who might be Akane's lover before Secrets Revealed. I thought of putting Kuno in when I started writing the last chapter. If you're like my best friend, wondering why would he even be dominating against Motoko like that, here's my answer. First off, she was emotional detracted that Ranma wasn't there. Second, Kuno had to be a better fighter then when he fights Ranma. Like I said before, Ranma doesn't fight with swords, so it's an uneven match. Also, he's captain of the kendo club. I don't think he became that without being a good swordsman. Now, the girl following the residents back to the Hinata Sou was going to be Akane, but that would have been an obvious chose. So Nabiki make her appearance.
Halloween Break, part 1: Believe it or not, this is how I started the whole idea for this story. When I was reading Halloween at Hinata House by NefCanuck (by the way, if you're reading this, thanks for the idea) I thought of writing one. But with my limited knowledge of anime at the time, it wasn't a lot. I first thought of Princess Nine, but came up short, even with Haruka and Sarah. I took those two out, thought of one person from each other the other shows, and I got a story. Since the time frame from the last chapter to this one is about a month and a half to two months, I needed to recap what's been going on with the feuds. I also made two special anime appearances with Slam Dunk and Fruits Basket when the residents where deciding on costume ideas. I did make one mistake in this chapter because I thought that I didn't need the idea, but when my best friend asked "How did you come up with the black bra for Keitaro?", I thought 'Shit! I should have put it in after all.' The idea was that Shinobu and Naru were making the costumes when one of them was talking about the new residents while measuring Motoko. The three senior residents would team up to take out the three freshmen residents (as dvn puts it). Then they come up with the idea to keep Keitaro in line during the carnival. However, since Shinobu was friends with Ranma and Naru was helping Urara with her studies, it wouldn't have worked.
Halloween Break, part 2: Because Tournament was mostly about the feud between Ranma and Motoko, I wanted to show the feud between Shinobu and Urara, along with Naru and Moemi. Since I already put in that there would be dancing and a cooking contest, it would be easy. Also, I wanted to show you my personality with the costume characters like some comic heroes, wrestling stars or more anime characters I seen or read about.
Secrets Revealed, part 1: Everyone knows that Ranma changes into a girl with cold water and a boy with hot water. Well, that was one secret I wanted to reveal, but couldn't figure out how to get him to that point. Then I remember that Ranma is afraid of cats. Since the only cat I remember was Kanako's, I had no choice but to put her in. It just makes sense. I didn't want to put the love-interest thing there with Keitaro and Kanako because it doesn't fit into the storyline.
Secrets Revealed, part 2: Now the secret of her changing into a guy (or him changing into girl) comes out. I wanted Akane there because she's the reason why Ranma came to the Hinata Sou. But thinking about how to get to that point was hard. It took me while before thinking what would Happosai do in the Hinata Sou? The number of ideas flowed thought and before I knew it, he was bounding around there like a ping-pong ball. Since I made Shinobu and Ranma close friends, I wanted her to do something very bad when she found out about Ranma. For some reason, I kept thinking of Kitsune drinking before this happened. Since I never heard of Shinobu drinking in any other fanfic, so this should be the thing she does.
Farewell To All: Ranma's Goodbye: Do you think he would stay at the Hinata Sou after getting Akane back? No. So he's gone. But I needed to resolve the confect between him and Motoko, and his recent problem with Shinobu. Present wise, I picked a sword for Motoko, not because of what Ranma told her. I wrote a fanfic called Presents and in that story, she was given a sword. Since I didn't want to think of a different present for her in this story, I chose it again. For Shinobu, I'm a yin-yang collector. So having a yin-yang friendship necklace is only thing I could think of for their friendship. Ranma's present is explained in the chapter, so not much to say there.
Farewell To All: Moemi's Goodbye: Since Ranma was going to leave, it was only fitting that both Moemi and Urara would too. For Moemi, I felt that she finally decided who she wanted to be with after seeing what Ranma and Akane have been through. She can cook as it was shown in both the anime and manga, so making her cook before leaving was her way of giving something back to them. She's also pretty shy about her feeling. Only talking about them to people she feels comfortable with. That's mainly why she asked Naru to help. Lastly, she very cunning and smart, in her own way (you have to read the end of volume 4 and the beginning of volume 5) when she figured out it was Naru who has been harassing her. If you are wondering when I talked about them going to an aquarium, it's in Third New Tenant. And if you're wondering who she picked, you're going to have to read the manga to find out who likes Batman.
Farewell To All: Urara's Goodbye: This one was going to be a little different. First off, I wanted to show some anger from one of the girls. Shinobu wasn't the choice for this one, but then again, none of them were. It just happen that she bottled up all her feelings and released them when Urara caught her. But like the last two chapters, all is forgiven and they make up. The scene where they're all at Keio was just to let you know how her did on her exams.
Epilogue: If I didn't tell this chapter, everyone would use their imagination and think of endless possibility for each of the characters. This is what I thought would happen. With Ranma, it seems that he will marry Akane, but I think everyone against him would try and stop it. Moemi was more of how her role was in the Hinata Sou. Since she had love problems and fixed it, she could probable help others. Urara was more in the lines of what happen in my American Government class. Basically, someone thought that Condoleeza Rice, the National Security Advisor for George W. Bush, was marry to Jerry Rice. Well, my classmate was wrong, but that stuck out in my mind so much that I just had to do it. Keitaro and Naru do get marry (sorry for anyone who hasn't read all of the manga), so I'll use that. Shinobu is a great cook. I think she can made pastries better then actually food. Satsuki Yukino, the Japanese voice for Mutsumi, sings great to me. Kitsune is a gambler. Why not win the big one? Su makes many gadgets, so something that has to do with it seems right. And Motoko trains so much that it seems that she wants to inheritance the family school.
Well, hope that you enjoy reading this story as much as I liked writing it. Until I write my next fanfic, catch you later.
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