Chaos Moon
By The Eternal Dragon
eternaldragonflame3hotmail.com
Chapter 7 (Rough)
5/25/04
Disclaimer: I don't own either Sailor Moon or Ranma. Nope. Never. Not in a million years. (Tears fall slowly down my cheeks.) WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
After a quick shower a male Ranma, who wasn't sure why the hot water was working now, made his way down to breakfast and finished it off in record time with only a few gently admonishments about his manners at the table.
Kenji, Ranma's father, and god did it feel good to call him that, left to go to work and his new little brother Shingo left to go to a friends house since he wanted to spend the last few days of vacation from school having fun. Nodoka left saying that she had some important business to take care of. Usagi said she wanted to take Ranma and show him around town after she called a few of her friends from her room and Chibi-Usa went to play with one of her friends. That left Ranma to himself and he decided to go to the kitchen and help Ikuko with the dishes.
"You don't have to help, Ranma." Ikuko said with a smile.
"I want to, Ikuko," Ranma said as he dried off a plate, "If I am going to be staying here I want to help out some."
"That's sweet of you Ranma but you really don't have to," Ikuko said, then nearly whispered, "You can call me mom if you want."
"Thanks mom." Ranma smiled as the woman blushed slightly from embarrassment and relief. "Can I ask you something, If you don't want to answer you don't have to."
"You can ask me anything anytime, Ranma." Ikuko said, "That's what mother's are for and I'll always be there for you."
Ranma smiled back at the woman as he dried another dish, it was still a little hard to believe how much the people in this house cared for each other, how much they all seemed to care about him. It made him feel a little guilty about what he was going to asks but he needed to know. He didn't want to get comfortable if Ikuko really didn't want him there.
"Howcanyouacceptmeormymommyothermom?" Ranma asked all in one breath.
Ikuko giggled softly as she replied, "After having a daughter like Usagi you get used to one word questions." Ikuko sighed and looked down into the dish water, "Ranma, I'm not going to lie to you, when I found out what happened I was furious. I was very jealous that your father had been with another woman but I loved your father very much and agreed to meet this woman. She was heartbroken when Genma didn't bring you back."
"I'm sorry." Ranma said, not sure what he was sorry for the most, asking the woman the question, the fact that he and Nodoka had complicated Ikuko's life, the way his mother was hurt when Genma took him away for so long or the fact that the sight of him must of reminded Ikuko of what Nodoka and Kenji must of once shared a long time ago.
"Don't be dear," Ikuko said soothingly, "You did nothing wrong and neither did your father or mother. Your mother and I became very good friends and she would show me pictures of you and tell me stories about you. I feel in love with you pretty easily and started thinking of you as my own son and wanted so much for you to return and I supported Nodoka as much as I could in the search for you. Ranma, please don't think that you or Nodoka aren't welcome here because both of you are, I love you both very much and would do anything for the both of you. As far as I'm concerned you both are a member of this family."
Ranma wiped a few tears from his eyes as he hugged Ikuko tightly, "Thanks."
"No problem, dear and I mean it." Ikuko said kissing the top of the boys head, "Why don't you go see if your sister is ready?"
"Okay mom," Ranma said since most of the dishes was now done, "Thanks again."
"Your very welcome, Ranma." Ikuko replied.
Ranma made his way back up the steps and up to Usagi's room and lightly knocked on it not wanting to make a lot of noise and opened te door after Usagi told him to come in. Upon opening the door Ranma quickly went into the reverse falling backwards and scooting away from the door until backing into the wall. There in Usagi's room was one of those monsters, one of those things, a c-c-cat.
"What's wrong Ranma?" Usagi asked as she hurried out of the room to check on her brother.
"C-C-Cat." Ranma said shakily pointing at his worst nightmare until he noticed the crecent moon shape on it's head, "L-Luna?"
"What's wrong Ranma?" Usagi urged, wrapping her arms around a shaking Ranma who calmed down a little. The cat looked exactly like the one from his weird dream and he had a feeling that it was not just a coincidence. Some of the fear left him at realizing that the cat may of not really been a cat but an old friend.
"My pops, no, Genma found an invincible technique when I was about six and taught it to me," Ranma started shaking some more as he recalled some of the images from the traumatic experience. "It involved digging a pit and throwing a bunch of starving c-c-cats into it then tying the trainee up in fish products then throwing them into the pit with those t-things over and over until they snapped and learned the Neko-ken."
"Goddess!" A familiar female voice gasped from the door of Usagi's bedroom drawing Ranmas and Usagi's attention to a startled cat who had her paws in front of her mouth, it was almost comical.
"It's okay," Ranma said shaking off most of his fear and smiled at his sister and the cat, "I got a bad phobia of cats but L-Luna isn't a cat, is she?"
Ranma wanted to laugh at the expressions on his sister's and friend's faces but refrained from it, he may of not been completely scared of Luna but she still caused shivers to run up and down his spine. "Does anybody else know?
"K-Know what?" a nervous Usagi asked looking everywhere except at Ranma.
"You don't have to hide it from me," Ranma said, "I remember."
"Remember what?" Usagi asked quietly as she looked intently into Ranma's eyes.
"You, mom, that prince of yours, the advisors and senshi...our friends." Ranma whispered to a skocked Usagi and Luna. Ranma smirked, "Does the name Rayne ring any bells?"
"That's what Hotaru called you last night?" Usagi asked.
"But that's impossible," Luna gasped, "Rayne was a girl."
"You know her?" Usagi asked in shock.
"Usagi, Rayne was your sister in the Silver Millinium." Luna said slowly, "H-How could Ranma be her?"
Ranma looked at Usagi who looked back with mischief in her eyes, "Let's just say that I don't only have a step brother but also a step sister who will be going shopping with us today."
By The Eternal Dragon
eternaldragonflame3hotmail.com
Chapter 7 (Rough)
5/25/04
Disclaimer: I don't own either Sailor Moon or Ranma. Nope. Never. Not in a million years. (Tears fall slowly down my cheeks.) WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
After a quick shower a male Ranma, who wasn't sure why the hot water was working now, made his way down to breakfast and finished it off in record time with only a few gently admonishments about his manners at the table.
Kenji, Ranma's father, and god did it feel good to call him that, left to go to work and his new little brother Shingo left to go to a friends house since he wanted to spend the last few days of vacation from school having fun. Nodoka left saying that she had some important business to take care of. Usagi said she wanted to take Ranma and show him around town after she called a few of her friends from her room and Chibi-Usa went to play with one of her friends. That left Ranma to himself and he decided to go to the kitchen and help Ikuko with the dishes.
"You don't have to help, Ranma." Ikuko said with a smile.
"I want to, Ikuko," Ranma said as he dried off a plate, "If I am going to be staying here I want to help out some."
"That's sweet of you Ranma but you really don't have to," Ikuko said, then nearly whispered, "You can call me mom if you want."
"Thanks mom." Ranma smiled as the woman blushed slightly from embarrassment and relief. "Can I ask you something, If you don't want to answer you don't have to."
"You can ask me anything anytime, Ranma." Ikuko said, "That's what mother's are for and I'll always be there for you."
Ranma smiled back at the woman as he dried another dish, it was still a little hard to believe how much the people in this house cared for each other, how much they all seemed to care about him. It made him feel a little guilty about what he was going to asks but he needed to know. He didn't want to get comfortable if Ikuko really didn't want him there.
"Howcanyouacceptmeormymommyothermom?" Ranma asked all in one breath.
Ikuko giggled softly as she replied, "After having a daughter like Usagi you get used to one word questions." Ikuko sighed and looked down into the dish water, "Ranma, I'm not going to lie to you, when I found out what happened I was furious. I was very jealous that your father had been with another woman but I loved your father very much and agreed to meet this woman. She was heartbroken when Genma didn't bring you back."
"I'm sorry." Ranma said, not sure what he was sorry for the most, asking the woman the question, the fact that he and Nodoka had complicated Ikuko's life, the way his mother was hurt when Genma took him away for so long or the fact that the sight of him must of reminded Ikuko of what Nodoka and Kenji must of once shared a long time ago.
"Don't be dear," Ikuko said soothingly, "You did nothing wrong and neither did your father or mother. Your mother and I became very good friends and she would show me pictures of you and tell me stories about you. I feel in love with you pretty easily and started thinking of you as my own son and wanted so much for you to return and I supported Nodoka as much as I could in the search for you. Ranma, please don't think that you or Nodoka aren't welcome here because both of you are, I love you both very much and would do anything for the both of you. As far as I'm concerned you both are a member of this family."
Ranma wiped a few tears from his eyes as he hugged Ikuko tightly, "Thanks."
"No problem, dear and I mean it." Ikuko said kissing the top of the boys head, "Why don't you go see if your sister is ready?"
"Okay mom," Ranma said since most of the dishes was now done, "Thanks again."
"Your very welcome, Ranma." Ikuko replied.
Ranma made his way back up the steps and up to Usagi's room and lightly knocked on it not wanting to make a lot of noise and opened te door after Usagi told him to come in. Upon opening the door Ranma quickly went into the reverse falling backwards and scooting away from the door until backing into the wall. There in Usagi's room was one of those monsters, one of those things, a c-c-cat.
"What's wrong Ranma?" Usagi asked as she hurried out of the room to check on her brother.
"C-C-Cat." Ranma said shakily pointing at his worst nightmare until he noticed the crecent moon shape on it's head, "L-Luna?"
"What's wrong Ranma?" Usagi urged, wrapping her arms around a shaking Ranma who calmed down a little. The cat looked exactly like the one from his weird dream and he had a feeling that it was not just a coincidence. Some of the fear left him at realizing that the cat may of not really been a cat but an old friend.
"My pops, no, Genma found an invincible technique when I was about six and taught it to me," Ranma started shaking some more as he recalled some of the images from the traumatic experience. "It involved digging a pit and throwing a bunch of starving c-c-cats into it then tying the trainee up in fish products then throwing them into the pit with those t-things over and over until they snapped and learned the Neko-ken."
"Goddess!" A familiar female voice gasped from the door of Usagi's bedroom drawing Ranmas and Usagi's attention to a startled cat who had her paws in front of her mouth, it was almost comical.
"It's okay," Ranma said shaking off most of his fear and smiled at his sister and the cat, "I got a bad phobia of cats but L-Luna isn't a cat, is she?"
Ranma wanted to laugh at the expressions on his sister's and friend's faces but refrained from it, he may of not been completely scared of Luna but she still caused shivers to run up and down his spine. "Does anybody else know?
"K-Know what?" a nervous Usagi asked looking everywhere except at Ranma.
"You don't have to hide it from me," Ranma said, "I remember."
"Remember what?" Usagi asked quietly as she looked intently into Ranma's eyes.
"You, mom, that prince of yours, the advisors and senshi...our friends." Ranma whispered to a skocked Usagi and Luna. Ranma smirked, "Does the name Rayne ring any bells?"
"That's what Hotaru called you last night?" Usagi asked.
"But that's impossible," Luna gasped, "Rayne was a girl."
"You know her?" Usagi asked in shock.
"Usagi, Rayne was your sister in the Silver Millinium." Luna said slowly, "H-How could Ranma be her?"
Ranma looked at Usagi who looked back with mischief in her eyes, "Let's just say that I don't only have a step brother but also a step sister who will be going shopping with us today."