The battle for Gateway
Chapter 19: Family reunion
Disclaimer: Don't own Ranma ½.
The gang woke up in a Motel that they had managed to book themselves into and look around "how the fuck?" Ranko asked, as she stood up trying not to fall over and heads into the bathroom and finds Jonesy asleep in the bath with a bottle of absinthe in his hand that was dangling over the side of the bath before she decides to wake him up by turning the shower on waking Jonesy up and he began to thrash about wildly whilst screaming making Ranko step back and picks up the shower curtain rail and raises it above her head.
"Don't fuck with me man, I am Ahab."
"What the fucks going on in here?" Whistler asked as she leant on the doorway "well, I always knew Jonesy was into kinky things… but this really does take the biscuit."
After everyone had sobered up and got their gear together they went to a train station and bought separate tickets to their destinations and stood in the middle of a platform "well looks like this is it, the gangs finally breaking up." Ranma said and they all look at each other "yeah, we'll all keep in touch or when our leave is up we'll see each other again." Jonesy replied.
"Not me, I've requested to leave and it's been approved… Whistler you're squadron leader now."
"Thank you sir." Whistler replied.
"Well, I'm looking forward to the reunion already." Ritchie said as he looked at the time "well, I better get going." He finished and the others nodded before they go their separate ways and Ranma and Nabiki board their train to Nerima and contemplate on the things that they had done "you know it's going to be strange for me." Ranma said to his fiancé.
"How so?"
"I haven't been to Nerima in twelve years, plus Ryoga and Akane are married." Ranma replied as he looked out of the window and Nabiki put a hand on his shoulder "relax, it'll be like you never left." Nabiki replied.
"I hope so."
A few hours later the train arrived in Nerima before Nabiki and Ranma got off and left the station and head to the Tendo's "anything else I should know?" Ranma asked "oh yeah, both the Kuno's got committed shortly after you left." Nabiki replied as they passed what used to be Ukyo's restaurant before they stand outside the Tendo residence "it seems so quiet now."
They both go inside and Ryoga wondered past Ranma before realizing and tried to get into a fight with him but Ranma put Ryoga in a sleeper hold, "you know I could easily break your neck know." Ranma said and Akane heard his voice and wondered what was going on and decided to go see what was happening with her husband and finds Ryoga in a sleeper hold.
"PERVERT!"
"You know Akane, I'm practically on the verge of cutting your husbands air supply off, but I'm not going to." Ranma replied before he let go and picked up his kit bag "so you pervert, been with you floosies?" Akane sneered when Ranma showed her the patch on his flight jacket sleeve "nope, just got back from winning a war." Ranma replied and Akane snorted before laughing.
"You fighting in a war?"
"It's true." Nabiki replied, "even Kasumi was there in the latter stages but she chose to stay on Gateway to help with the casualties."
"Nabiki?"
"I need to talk to the old fart." Ranma said and went to the back where the two cowards were and grabbed Genma and dragged him into the dojo and pinned him against the wall "I know what you did to find out where I was stationed, you killed two AEF officers and your still wanted." Ranma said as he tightened his grip on Genma "ONE OF THEM WAS SOMEONE I KNEW!"
"Their sacrifice was not in vain I see."
"SACRIFICE, YOU MURDERED THEM AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AEF PENALTY FOR THAT IS?" Ranma continued as he pinned Genma down.
"Heh, it's not like anyone could catch me anyway."
"That's where you're wrong Genma." Ranma replied before two MP's walked into the dojo as Ranma let go of Genma and they both saluted Ranma, "I've left, and careful with this one." He finished.
"Okay Ranma." One of them said before they cuffed Genma and took him to the truck and put him in the back under armed guard before he left the dojo and went back into the Tendo residence "WHAT! YOU'RE ENGAGED TO THAT PERVERT!"
"Yes I am Akane." Nabiki replied as Ranma walked into the room where Nabiki and Akane are "I gotta go tell mom about something, you ready love?" Ranma asked and Nabiki replied and they left and head to the train station before getting a train to Juuban to go see Ranma's mom, when their train arrives in Juuban they get off and go to the Saotome residence and walk in.
"MOM, I'M HOME!"
In the blink of an eye Ranma was in a glomp that would have put Shampoo to shame "MY BABY'S HOME!" Nodoka said before noticing that her son was turning blue and quickly let go "mom, did you know that Genma murdered two AEF officers?" Ranma asked.
"No."
"Well, I got in touch with the MP's at a local base and they recently arrested him and the penalty of murdering an AEF officer is death." Ranma replied before seeing the look on Nodoka's face when she sees the ring that Ranma gave to Nabiki when he proposed to her.
"Uh oh."
"Why didn't you tell me that you got engaged?" Nodoka asked.
"I was going to tell you I swear mom."
They go into the lounge and Ranma tells Nodoka about what has happened during the twelve years that he has been fighting in the war and what happened during the battle of Gateway.
Authors note: Did anyone spot the Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas bit, one more chapter and then it's goodbye form me for this story… R&R