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- SIGNS
" " - Japanese
* * = Thoughts

++++ = Flashback
-------- = Change in Time
***** = Another place

************ Ranma no more : Lonely Quest *************

Ranma was breathing hard as Khu Lohn pressed a cold cloth against his head. He thrashed violently as soon as the cold water made contact with his forehead, and his eyes shot open. Lurching to a sitting position, Ranma held back the vomit that wanted so desperately to make it's escape "What happened,......" Khu Lohn didn't answer him, as she took the cloth and dipped it in more cold water "Answer me!".

Glaring at Ranma with unshed tears, Khu Lohn did her best not to kill him on the spot "Saffron destroyed the village, only a few made it out of there" She watched in surprise as his eyes shot open, and he gripped the blankets angrily "Calm down,... it will only aggravate your injuries. Thankfully, he was full of himself. Once the village was leveled, he thought he had killed us all, while the majority of us had escaped through a series of tunnels that were made in case the Musk ever decided to invade."

Khu Lohn whirled around as a hand touched her shoulder gently "Quite right. It was fortunate that you all had escaped safely"

Taking a deep breath and calming herself, Khu Lohn allowed a smile to appear on her face as she stared at the other woman "Glad to see you are safe, Setsuna"

Setsuna smiled at Khu Lohn and then nodded her head "Something like that would have hurt, so I was already gone. Anyways, how is our little savior here?" Her smile immediately left her face as she noticed Ranma staring at her "How are you?" her voice was cold and distant, hiding something.

Shuddering under her gaze, Ranma smiled sadly, making Setsuna's eyes widen slightly "According to Khu Lohn here, I am fine, but at the cost of her village." Setsuna nodded slowly as Ranma sighed "That is something that I wouldn't have liked. I would have rather died than to have a whole village sacrificed so I could be safe"

Before Khu Lohn could say anything, Setsuna stepped forward and slapped him hard across the face "Never say that,.... without you there is no future!" Ranma brought his hand up to his cheek and touched it gingerly as her visage softened "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have slapped you. Maybe I should introduce myself. My name is....."

Ranma covered her lips with his finger as he stared at her, something changing deep in his eyes "Setsuna Meioh, Sailor Pluto, guardian of the gates of Time. I know already,.... what happened Pluto?" watching her as Pluto's face went from surprise, to shock, to overwhelming desire "Pluto?"

His sentence was cut off when she lunged forward and gripped onto him in a tight embrace "Ranma!" the following minutes were spent as she cried out the pent up frustrations that have been manifesting themselves deep inside of her throughout the years. About twenty minutes later, Khu Lohn had made her exit and Setsuna was laying in Ranma's embrace, her eyes were red and puffy from crying for the past while. It took her a moment to get back her bearings as she quickly pulled from Ranma's arms and wiped away the streaks that adorned her face "I-I'm sorry,...."

Giving her a soft smile, Ranma quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled Setsuna back against his chest "Sets-Chan,... I've missed you. From the depth of my heart, since the reincarnation, I knew I was missing something important." Setsuna felt her cheeks burning as he spilled his heart out to her, a sob escaping ever so slightly. It didn't go unnoticed either as Ranma leaned down and kissed her lips gently, only increasing her blush as she lost herself in his lips and torrents of emotion called eyes.

When they broke the kiss, Setsuna's eyes remained closed for a few moments as she savored the memories from the past "R-Ranma,....." She blushed bright red as he tightened his hold on her body "Thank you" she sobbed silently as she pushed her face against his chest ",... Thank you Ranma,.... Thank you" Within seconds, the emotionless Senshi had cried herself to sleep, and Ranma smiled to himself as he brushed a lock of green hair from her face. His body glowed ever so slightly as an exact copy of his naked female side came into view.

Looking at,... well,... himself, Ranma couldn't help but blush "Ranma,... Do you love me?"

Ranma blanched at Ranko, while fighting down the nosebleed "Why do you ask this,... all of a sudden?"

Nothing changed in her face, or her demeanor as she stared at him "Ranma,... Do you love me?"

Narrowing his eyes, and wondering if this was Ranko or if it was a trick "Of course I do,.... you know that!" She seemed to smile ever so slightly before it went back into a neutral line "Do you love me?"

Blinking at the turn of events, Ranko started to giggle "Ranma-kun, we've had this discussion around fifty times. I fell for you, when you fell in the pool. When our pasts melded together, I found you to be cute, charming, and honorable" Ranma's smile grew with every praise, and Ranko noticed this "I can get past the arrogant, brash, and sexist outside, only because I know what's inside"

Looking at her with a grin, Ranma started to chuckle "I don't know whether I've been insulted or complimented" Ranko just nodded her head. Shaking his head, he couldn't help himself as his grin split his face and his laughter got louder. It must have been contagious because Ranko started up seconds after him, her laugh a soft sensual one. Ranko leaned down and kisses Ranma's lips gently, before pulling away and looking at him shyly "R-Ranko?"

She giggled slightly while blushing and her eyes locking with his "It's okay, right?" Ranma nodded his head dumbly, mentally noting that Setsuna was starting to stir "good, because you still owe me."

Blinking for a second and shifting Setsuna to where she was laying on the ground, he stood up "Wait a second, what do you mean I still owe you?"

Ranko's eyes narrowed as she glared at Ranma, all traces of the sweet girl that was there before were gone "Don't tell me you forgot that I even existed while you were parading around in Crystal Tokyo!" she nodded when he winced and took on an apologetic look "That's right Ranma, that was the longest five years of my life!"

They both turned when they heard a low and feral moan as Setsuna sat up from the ground and looked at the two "hello" Ranma just waved, a bit disturbed. Ranko smiled happily before latching onto Setsuna. Now wide awake, Setsuna looked between Ranma and Ranko "R-Ranma? But, if your over there, then who is this?"

Helping the two lovely ladies to their feet, Ranma smirked mysteriously "This is Ranko, my better half" Ranko nods her head energetically as Ranma shoots her a dirty look. Rolling his eyes, he turns back to Setsuna and smiles "Back before I was teleported to the silver millennium, I discovered that my curse was actually a reward. It gave me someone to talk to, someone to share my thoughts with. On top of that, it was someone who didn't judge me just because of my rough outside, and showed me compassion." Ranko was blushing fiercely as he went on an on, talking about how much of a blessing she is "In the end, it gave me someone who I could trust without a doubt."

Trying her hardest not to glare at the pig tailed boy, Setsuna brought her hand up and covered her mouth "Why couldn't you come to me?"

Knowing she was mad, since she was hiding a frown, Ranma quickly searched for an answer "could you say that you wouldn't have said anything to anyone?" she looked thoughtful for a moment before she ruefully shook her head "That is why I could trust Ranko whole heartedly. Not only could she not tell anyone without my knowing" He ignored the glare that was being directed at him by Ranko, and carried on "But I know she wouldn't, because she knows I value her friendship" Ranko blushed again and pouted because she couldn't beat him up for being a jerk. Not that she would of course, but it's just that his pig-headedness makes him rather stubborn about decisions

Setsuna let out a saddened sigh before embracing Ranma in a tight hug "All the same,... I've missed you so much" Ranma smiled gently as she leaned up and kissed him square on the lips, pushing into the kiss deeply. Ranko and Ranma blushed alike as Setsuna's tongue tried to invite his mouth.

***** Tendo's Household - 4 days later *****

Soun Tendo, father to Akane, Nabiki and Kasumi Tendo, was looking through the mail as he sat up quickly when he came to a postcard. His eyes got large and his eyes watered up as he read it :

Dear Tendo,

Bringing Ranma home.

Genma

He put down the postcard and ran into the dojo, quickly bringing the Tendo sisters to a stand still as their father ran into the middle of their workout "Girls, gather round. I have wonderful news!"

Akane grumbled under her breath as Nabiki ignored her and went over to Soun "What is it daddy?"

The motion was mimicked by the oldest, Kasumi, as she walked over to her father with concern "Father, what's the matter?"

Soun grinned at them, no sign of anger or anything in his face, which made the girls uncomfortable "My old friend Saotome Genma is coming this week." Nabiki and Kasumi let out a breath of relief as Soun carried on "And he's bringing your fiancée" Soun quickly covered his ears as he awaited the outburst. Which strangely enough, never came. He opened his eyes and stared critically at his daughters, before going wide eyed as they brandished their weapons "It's for family honor!" That one stopped them dead in their tracks as they seemed to give into family honor.

Kasumi stared defiantly at her father before sighing "Daddy,.... you should know better than to arrange marriages for us. I thought after the first two times you would've quit." Soun winced at her accusation before opening his mouth to say something "And those were for family honor too,...." Soun's mouth snapped shut and glared his eldest daughter "Come now daddy, those were your fault. You can't blame that on us. How were you supposed to know he had daughters and not sons" Akane winced at that one before blushing bright red and turning away, causing Nabiki to snicker under her breath.

Suddenly there was a knocking noise as Soun's ears perked up "That must be them!"

Watching her father run toward the front gate, Kasumi shook her head and unconsciously put her weapon in it's spatial pocket "I hope he's older than me, at least"

Nabiki followed behind her sister with a small smile, as she drooled slightly "I hope he's cute"

Akane sighed and grudgingly followed behind her family "I'm not marrying a,... that boy" Nabiki glanced at her through the corner of her eye, causing her to blush again "W-What?" Nabiki just smirked at her and continued toward her father, who was running toward them.

She blinked once, then twice and then just managed to dodge out of the Soun express's way as a panda waddled up behind him "D-Daddy,... is this your friend?"

Before he could answer, a powerful voice spoke out from behind the panda "Actually, it is." Genma moved out of the way and was surprised to see Ranma standing there "Hey pops,... when you ran from those girls, did you know you forgot me?" Ranma grinned evilly at his father, which caused the panda to sweat suddenly and throw a tire around "That's right pops,.... play, or rather, stay the same you idiot" He then kicked Genma in the back of the head, sending him across the room like a rag doll.

Nabiki stared at the boy, who just effortlessly kicked a four hundred pound panda across the room like nothing "A-Are you Genma Saotome?"

Ranma burst out laughing, which surprised them all, as Ranma shook his head "Sorry,... I'm not that fat, bald, or stupid. The name is Ranma, Ranma Saotome. Sorry about this" he then shuddered at the lust filled glazed eyes they were giving. He then stepped out of the way as tall woman, with green hair down to her knees, took her place next to Ranma "And this is my Fiancée, Setsuna Meioh." The girl looked down, a small blush on her cheeks as Ranma introduced them "Sorry about my old man, too. He fell in a cursed pond while we were in China."

Nabiki's ears perked up, and Kasumi lifted an eyebrow at him "Jusenkyo?"

Turning his head and blinking at the eldest, Ranma chuckled "You've heard of it?"

Akane let out a exasperated breath before staring at Ranma "Of course you,... you,... boy. Everyone in the silv,..... area knows about it"

Kasumi whirled around and stared at her youngest sister with surprise "A-Akane,... you idiot!"

Ranma raised his eyebrow before chuckling and looking to Setsuna "Did you know they were in the silver millennium?"

Giving him a secretive smile, Setsuna nodded her head before sitting down on the couch "Of course, they were once guards for the Queen. They are just in waiting until the new crystal Tokyo comes to pass, or if we truly need them"

Giving her the critical eye, Nabiki raised her eyebrow just the same and then bowed to Setsuna "I see,... so you ARE that Setsuna Meioh. It's a pleasure, Princess Pluto" Akane and Kasumi gasped as they looked at her, then joined Nabiki as she bowed before her "How can these guards be of service, your highness?"

Glancing between Setsuna and the trio of girls that were on the ground, he started to laugh "Chill out ladies, we're just here to make sure the union between the Saotome's and the Tendo's never happen. It's the catalyst for the end of Crystal Tokyo,...." the women's head shoot up, surprised looks on their faces "I know, I know. Besides,... I ain't marrying any of you"

Akane growled as she stared at Ranma's bemused smirk "What makes you think I would marry a arrogant jerk like you?!?!"

Looking at the girl on the ground, Ranma shook his head "I see you don't remember any of the past. Besides, If I were to marry any of you, the others would be pretty mad" Setsuna glared at him and nodded her head tightly "See what I mean,..."

Looking up at Ranma, Nabiki blinked slightly "How do you know the princess?"

Sitting on a nearby couch, Ranma pulled Setsuna down beside him "How indeed" He chuckled slightly when the women shot dirty looks at him "Setsuna is one of my betrothed from the Silver Millennium." Looks varied through the room as they went from anger, to shock, to pure surprise as their memories started to resurface.

TO BE CONTINUED______________

sorry about the time it took to update this,.... damn speedway is screwing with my schedule (midnights now)