Hild's son
Chapter 21: The return of Kasumi & Nabiki
Disclaimer: you all know the drill.
Mara walked into the lounge and found Ranma and Setsuna sleeping on the couch before walked over to the couch and gently prodded his face until he woke up and Mara continued her poking.
"What?" Ranma asked.
"Nothing." Mara replied.
"Well, please stop poking me." Ranma replied when Mara stopped poking him when Ranma moved and woke up Setsuna by accident.
"Morning love." He said before he quickly kissed the woman carrying his child and headed off into the kitchen to make breakfast when Hotaru woke up and walked into the lounge and wiped the sleep from her eyes.
"Where's Ranma?" Hotaru asked.
"In the kitchen." Mara said.
Hotaru walked into the kitchen and found Ranma making breakfast for everyone that lived in the apartment with him.
"Something wrong Hotaru?" Ranma asked.
"No, just getting a small snack before breakfast." Hotaru replied before she went over to the fridge and got something to eat before leaving and Ranma went back to making breakfast and ten minutes later he finished making breakfast and it was served up.
"You got any plans today?" Hotaru asked.
"Nothing planned, why?" Ranma replied.
"No reason." Hotaru replied.
Ranma finished his breakfast and went into the kitchen to drop his plates off before heading to the bathroom to take a shower, ten minutes later he comes out of the bathroom dressed in his usual attire of red and black.
"Don't you have any other clothes than those?" Setsuna asked.
"I could show you, but I'm not going to." Ranma replied as he sat back down on the sofa between Mara and Setsuna when Hotaru sat on his lap and Ranma wrapped his arms round her waist.
"What about the Amazons?" Mara asked.
"The Phoenix and Musk are using hit and run tactics even as we speak." Ranma replied.
Said people were using hit and run tactics against the Amazons of Jusenkyo, the ground littered with the dead bodies of Amazons, Phoenix and Musk warriors before the Phoenix and Musk warriors grabbed their dead before they pulled out to regroup and head back in to the fight in a couple of hours.
Back in Japan Ranma was visiting his sister's place in Nekomi just to make sure that it was still standing in which it was.
"This is usually a good sign." Ranma said before he went inside and saw that all is well "I take back what I said, this is a very good sign." He said to himself noticing how quiet it was when an explosion shattered the peace and then came the sound of two bickering sisters.
"Well... I could be wrong." He muttered to himself as he went to try and diffuse the situation between Skuld and Urd.
"Please you two stop fighting."
"Kasumi, what's she doing here?" Ranma asked himself as he made his way to where the bickering sisters were and found Kasumi trying to diffuse the situation between the two arguing Norns.
"Please stop fighting." Kasumi said.
"Just let them argue, they usually get tired of arguing." Ranma said.
"Oh my, Ranma you startled me." Kasumi replied.
"Let's just leave them to argue." Ranma said when Skuld threw one of her Skuld bombs at Urd when Ranma pulled Kasumi away from the brawl and they sat at the table in the kitchen.
"What have you been up to lately?" Kasumi asked.
"As you probably know, I'm going to be a father." Ranma said when another explosion happened.
"Oh my." Kasumi said.
"Relax, I'll repair that later." Ranma replied before sighing, "So, what have you been up to?" Ranma asked Kasumi so she explained what she had been doing in Asgard before Skuld and Urd stopped fighting and Urd walked into the kitchen with a blackened face.
"Not a word." Urd said before going outside and Ranma held up three fingers.
"Three… two… one." He said before his twin sister screamed out loud.
"What was that all about?" Kasumi asked.
"I think Skuld beat her in the argument." Ranma said before he stood up and went to check the damage caused by Urd and Skuld's bickering "well, this isn't too bad." He said whilst looking at the minor damage caused.
"Easy enough to repair." Nabiki said.
"So what have you been up to lately Nabs?" Ranma asked.
"Not a lot, I failed on my first assignment." Nabiki said.
Ranma turned round to look at Nabiki; said person was wearing something that Mara and Urd would wear.
"Looking good these days." He said to her before he went to work to repair the damage that was caused and quickly repaired the damage before catching up with Kasumi and Nabiki before he headed back to his apartment.
"The temple still standing?" Mara asked.
"Surprisingly it is." Ranma replied as he sat back down on the sofa.
"Oh yeah, you got a message from China." Hotaru told him before she handed him a letter and Ranma opened it and read it.
"What is it?" Mara asked.
"It's from Herb, it says that they're doing well but the Amazons are being reinforced on a daily basis somehow." Ranma replied.
"How?" Mara asked.
"I don't know." Ranma replied.
"What happens now?" Hotaru asked.
"I really don't know I might have to go over there to join in with the attack." Ranma replied.
"But what about Setsuna and us?" Hotaru asked.
"If it comes to the worst Mara knows what to do." Ranma said hoping that it wouldn't come to the worst and Mara would have to tell Hild and he didn't want that to happen especially to Mara.
"If it does come to the worst I know what to do." Mara said hoping that it wouldn't come down to that, telling Hild that something had happened to her son and her punishment, which would probably be severe.
"And I don't want anything to happen to Mara, especially one of mom's punishments." Ranma said.
Authors note: sorry it's taken so long, I've just been getting back issues of Gold Digger (a brilliant series I might add) for details for a Ranma/Gold Digger xover… R&R!