Hild's son
Chapter 22: Nothing else matters
Disclaimer: You all know the drill.
Ranma grabbed Hadafang, deciding whether or not leave for China when his flat mates confronted him.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mara asked.
"I seriously hope you're not thinking about heading off to China." Setsuna asked.
"I have to go there sooner or later to finish this off once and for all." Ranma said.
Setsuna, Mara and Hotaru looked at him as he put down Hadafang and looked at them and smiled "I'm not going just yet, they can handle themselves for a while longer." He told them.
"As long as we're together nothing else matters." Mara said.
"True." Ranma replied when Mara hugged him.
"What if you die?" Hotaru asked.
"Then the doublet system comes into effect." Mara replied.
"What's the doublet system?" Setsuna asked.
"The doublet system was created to prevent all out war between Asgard and Nifelheim, basically a demon or demoness is paired up with a god or goddess and if one dies, so does the other." Ranma replied.
"Basically it's a no win situation?" Hotaru asked.
"Yep." Ranma replied.
"So who are you partnered with?" Setsuna asked.
"Damned if I know." Ranma said not realizing that he had met his doublet system 'buddy.'
After a few minutes of talking they decide to go into town for some supplies and Setsuna wanted to look at baby stuff for their child, in town they found Haruka and Michiru in town.
"Fancy meeting you four in town?" Haruka said.
"Haven't seen you in a while." Ranma said.
"We've been busy lately." Haruka replied.
"Enjoying the whole apartment to yourselves?" Hotaru asked.
"Oh yes, we certainly are…" Haruka said before she stopped herself after realizing what Hotaru said.
"How have you been doing?" Michiru asked.
"Fine." Hotaru said before they stop off at a café for a drink before Haruka and Michiru ask how Ranma and company have been doing before Ranma told them of his plan to wipe out the Amazons.
"You can't do that." Haruka said quietly.
"Why not?" Ranma replied.
"It's just wrong." Haruka replied.
"It's me or them, I'd rather it'd be them." He told Haruka.
"Plus I want my child to have a father." Setsuna said.
Haruka looks at Setsuna in disbelief before she and Michiru left the café leaving Ranma, Setsuna, Mara and Hotaru alone, ten minutes later they leave the café and Setsuna dragged Ranma off to look at baby stuff for their child while Mara dragged Hotaru to the local shopping mall out of boredom.
Half an hour later
They were still wondering around town, Setsuna had managed to convince Ranma to buy some stuff for her that he was now carrying for her.
"You need any help Ranma?" Mara asked.
"No it's okay." Ranma replied.
They had enough of being in town and decided to head back to the apartment that they shared for alone time together.
"What do you think of the future?" Hotaru asked.
"The future is what people make of it with the time that they have." Ranma replied.
"Since when did you do philosophies?" Mara asked.
"Never had the patience for that, Gandalf says it in The Lord Of The Rings." Ranma replied.
Setsuna looked at Ranma as he sat down on the sofa with Hotaru and Mara on either side of him and smiled.
"Nothing else matters" Setsuna said quietly to herself.
"You say something Suna-Chan?" Ranma asked.
"No." Setsuna replied as she walked over to Ranma and sat on his lap and put one of Ranma's hands on her stomach and smiled to herself.
Later that night
Hotaru and Mara went to bed leaving Setsuna and Ranma alone together.
"What are we going to call our child?" Setsuna asked.
"I don't know." Ranma replied as he hugged Setsuna.
""I wonder when your sister will be back?" Setsuna asked.
"Bell? I don't really know when she'll be back." Ranma told her before she looked at him.
"Something wrong?" Setsuna asked.
"Nothings wrong." Ranma replied hoping that Setsuna wouldn't interrogate him.
"Something is wrong, isn't it." She asked.
"Nothing's wrong." Ranma said again when Setsuna stood up and looked at him.
"Why won't you tell me?" Setsuna told him.
"Tell you what? That I'm afraid of losing you and the baby." Ranma replied before she hugged him.
"You're not going to lose me or the baby." Setsuna told him before she decided to turn in for the night leaving Ranma alone before he decided to go out and watch the nightlife, once he got ready he left the apartment and wondered around town at night visiting several bars and nightclubs and encountered several demons currently on Midgard and doing what came naturally to them, some of them recognized him while some others didn't but knew he was a demon.
"Hello Ranma." Said a purple haired demoness wearing boots, jeans and a buttoned up jean jacket
"It's been a while Aya." Ranma said when he looked at the purple haired demoness.
"It certainly has." Aya replied.
"So… how've you been?" Ranma asked her.
"Fine, you?" Aya replied.
"Same, what have you been up to over the centuries?" Ranma asked and Aya told him what she had been doing over the centuries and Ranma told Aya what he was doing on Midgard and his current situation.
"They're very lucky to have someone like you." Aya told him.
"Thanks Aya." Ranma replied.
"No, it's true." Aya replied.
"You got a place to stay?" Ranma asked.
"No." Aya told Ranma.
"You can stay at my apartment for the night, though there might be an inquisition in the morning about why you're there." Ranma told her before they headed back to his apartment whilst talking about the past, when they get to Ranma's apartment he opens the door and lets Aya in who takes a look round.
"You know this is pretty big for a mortal apartment." Aya said.
"Well I do have three other people living with me." Ranma said.
"Where am I going to be sleeping?" Aya asked.
"On the sofa." Ranma replied as he got the futon and set it up as Aya set up bed on the sofa.
Authors note: Yet another late chapter… sorry, been working on a few things at the moment… R&R!