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Past & Future

By Verse12

Verse12hotmail.com

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Disclaimer:

I do not own these characters nor do I claim too, this is a simple fan based homage. Their creators and the companies they work for and with own the characters and all that pertains to them. (I.E. Rumiko Takahashi, Viz, Shougakukan, Harmony Gold, Mainichi Broadcasting, Big West, Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation, DiC) This is just fans of the shows expressing their love for it for fun, no profit is involved or expected thank you.

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Chapter Two

Nodoka

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Nodoka smiled sadly as she drove away from Ranma's little home on the suburban deck of Macross city. Her little boy was so much happier in recent years, even in spite of all the things he had had to do on covert ops missions over the years. This current war didn't have much need for Ranma's kind of battle experience though; pilots were what were really needed. Of course Ranma's job was important, he was the one who managed the security of the ships interior and that took up a lot of time. But her little boy was more than up to the task.

'As bad as bad as covert ops were for him though' she thought as a mother is known to do, 'he never showed much aptitude for being a pilot. At least on the ground his skills are useful, up in the air though who knew what could happen. He may be the best martial artist ever but that wouldn't do you much good if your plane blew up on you.'

With this thought she arrived at city hall, she parked her little car and walked up the stairs and headed for the mayor's office. She spied the secretary on the phone and she mouthed the question if the mayor was in her office. At the affirmative response she poked her head inside, "Ah Nodoka, come in, come in," Mayor Usagi Chiba said with a small smile.

Nodoka closed the door behind her and opened a little portfolio she carried while she took out a pen and prepared to write on the pad inside. "Sorry I'm late," she said "especially today, I just needed to see my family this morning."

Usagi smiled the knowing and graceful smile that helped her win the election and told her that explanations weren't necessary in fact she said she had trouble making it in herself. (She didn't want to leave Mamoru this morning either.)

"Are the shelters fully stocked and ready to be sealed? Decompression protocols have been finished? The hospital shield is in place?" the blond haired politician asked.

Nodoka answered yes to all of those and many other questions as the women spent the next hour making sure the city was ready for the upcoming battle. After all this Usagi sat back with a sigh and ran her hand over her eyes as she sought to relive the tension she felt. She told Nodoka that she had a couple of calls to make and the older woman took that for the dismissal it was she stood up, closed her portfolio and with a smile and a nod she left the office.

As Nodoka left she thought on how much she owed the younger woman that had made her, her personal assistant, how she had felt lifeless and old since Nerima was lost. She thought on how the thirty-something blond Mayor had opened her heart and taught her to have hope for the future. And not for the first time she was glad she had decided to visit Ranma on the SDF-1's launch day.

To be continued:

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Endnotes:

Well how did you like it? Let me know okay? Thanks for everything, later.

Signed: Verse12