AN: Due to some correct guessing by Dumbledork, and some other people's wild guessing and ideas, I thought I'd start things off with a pairing list. First up will be the set in stone pairings, followed by the tentative pairings, and last will be pairings for vote. I've never done pairings by vote, and to be honest with you, my loyal readers, I honestly don't know if the winner of the votes will actually get together, but I do want your opinions on this matter. So on to the pairings.
Group 1: These are the pairings that are set in stone.
Tenchi, Ryoko and Ayeka as a trinity.
Nodoka and Katsuhito/Yosho
Belladandy and Kechii
Group 2: These are the pairings that I'm seriously considering. Please let me know what you think of them.
Washu and Ryoga (I made my best friend shutter with this one. What do you think?)
Tokimi and Loki (A high ranking Demon serving Hild. He will be introduced soon.)
Sasami/Tsunami and Thor (A high ranking God serving Kami-Sama. He will be introduced soon as well.)
Mihoshi and Kiyone (Yes, I'm sick, I know it, but I really do see them as a couple. How about you?)
Group 3: Pairings to vote on.
Ranma and either Hild, Urd, Mara or Kasumi. (I'll probly have to come up with some OC's to swoop up the broken hearted losers. And isn't Kasumi the odd woman out in this list?)
Skuld and ? (I really do have NO fricken idea on who to put her with, even using an OC, which is what I am probably going to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated here.)
Nobuyuki and ? (Who would even want to be with that pervert? And he isn't even in the story yet either. But he will be soon. Tell me if you can see any of the women from any of the series I'm using being able to even stand him. Not that I don't like the guy, I do, but he IS a pervert. Not a huge one like Happosai, but he is one none the less. Most of the women from these series wouldn't be able to get past that. They'd beat him senseless most likely.)
There it is. The pairing list as of this point and time. Now why do I suddenly feel like I'm running an inter-anime dating service? Good God I AM running one, aren't I? Well then help me run a good one people! They need the best and I will to give it to them! Deathgeonous's inter-anime dating service is now open for business and hiring!
WHAT WAS ONCE FORGOTTEN
CHAPTER SIX
NEWS FROM NERIMA
Masaki house: after lunch
The phone started ringing soon after lunch was over. Tenchi was the one to go over and answer it.
After listening to the phone for a few moments, he said "Ranma. It's for you. Some woman named Kasumi."
As Ranma went over to the phone he was puzzled. But all thoughts of how Kasumi had gotten this number went strait out of his head when he first heard Kasumi's voice. She had obviously been crying heavily by the sounds of things, and was still softly crying right now.
"Kasumi! What's wrong?" he asked in a very worried tone.
"I can't take it here any more!" she wailed. "Father's drinking himself to death, when he's even conscious that is, Akane's being even more violent then ever, and Uyko and Shampoo have decided to track you down, even after being told not to by Cologne! They left yesterday. Mousse and Kuno got together and left this morning to find you! I've been living with Cologne since yesterday, and I can't take this shit any more!" Kasumi screamed as she was breaking down into tears.
As she sobbed into the phone, it seemed to be taken away by someone. A moment later, Cologne's voice came on the line.
"Ranma," Cologne said "We may have had our differences in the past, but I had long ago given up on any hope of getting you into the tribe. After Saffron, I told my Granddaughter that she was on her own if she wished to continue to pursue you. And after your mother laid legal presser on Shampoo to have her stop pursuing you, I told her that you were off limits. I, on that day, sent a letter to the tribe to have the Kiss of Death and The Kiss of Marriage rendered null and void, and to see what they then wanted to do about you afterwards. Shampoo read their reply yesterday, before I even saw it, and left with Uyko to find you. The letter voided The Kiss of Death and The Kiss of Marriage, and told me to do whatever was necessary to make you a full ally of the tribe." Cologne told a stunned Ranma.
"But that's for latter. Right now we have an utterly distraught Kasumi Tendo to deal with. She needs you Ranma. Please, tell me where you are, and I'll bring her to you and we can plan on what to do when my silly Grandchild and the stupid Duckboy and their allies find you, for find you they will. But you make can make Kasumi feel safe, for you are the only one from her life that has not gone insane due to the new dynamics of the situation we now find ourselves in, and she desperately needs that safety." Cologne told a silent Ranma.
Tokimi came up to Ranma then and told him "I can pick them up now if you wish Ranma."
Covering the phone Ranma nodded and said "Yes, Please." Then as she nodded in return, Ranma told Cologne "Cologne, a woman's going to be popping into the Neko Hanten shortly and will bring you here." And as Ranma said that Tokimi disappeared.
A second later he heard Cologne say "Your divinity, how kind of you to come." Then addressing Ranma, she said "Ranma, as always, you've managed to surprise me. I do expect a full explanation later, as time permits."Cologne said in good humor.
"You'll get it. For now though you should get yourself and Kasumi packed." Ranma laughed.
"And I will. Goodbye for now Ranma." Cologne said hanging up. Ranma then set the receiver down.
"What's going on Ranma?" Nodoka asked Ranma.
"Shampoo, Uyko, Mousse and Kuno are looking for me, and Kasumi's having a breakdown. Tokimi left to pick her and Cologne up and bring them here." Ranma told his mother.
"Oh dear, I do hope Kasumi's alright. She was so kind to you." Nodoka said in the shock of hearing that Kasumi of all people was having a breakdown.
"Yeah, she was. She was the only one from that house I missed. I was thinking of asking you if I could talk to her because I missed her." Ranma admitted to his mother.
"Well it seems now we'll all need to talk to her now." Nodoka said. Ranma just nodded in agreement.
Masaki living room: latter
Tokimi had put Kasumi into a restful sleep at the Neko Hanten, and when they arrived, they put her in a bed to sleep off her depression.
Now they were in the living room, talking with Cologne. Of course, she had asked why there were all these Deities here, and boy, was she ever surprised at the answer she got.
After sitting in silence, and processing the new data, Cologne said "It is a good thing we stopped going after you as a tribe."
"Yes it is." Washu said dangerously.
"I will have to send another letter to the tribe to inform them of this latest development. If you will excuse me, I will go compose that letter now. We can talk more about what to do when the moronic children that can't let go of the past arrive latter." She said bouncing away on her staff like it was a pogo stick.
The meeting then broke up, yet every one decided to stay in the living room and do their own thing. Nodoka and Katsuhito were talking about how they first started learning the ways of the sword, Ayeka and Ryoko were sitting in a corner whispering and giggling, causing Tenchi no end of worries on what sinister plans they could be hatching. Speaking of Tenchi and his worries, he and Ryoga were listing to Ranma as he listed an outline of what he wanted to have them master by the end of their two week suspension, and both the boys were worried about their continued survival if they attempted to learn this stuff.
Continuing on, Sasami and Belladandy were reading Good Housekeeping together, to come up with new recipe ideas. Meanwhile Urd, Tokimi and Mihoshi were watching the soaps from quadrant forty nine, while Washu was talking to Skuld about how hard it is to be a misunderstood inventor. Skuld and Washu were just comparing stories on how mad everyone got when one of their inventions don't work out.
And finally there was Kiyone. She was deep in reports. She was, at this moment, trying to figure out why the GP ambushers were attacking. She would find out soon in an intergalactic message from the GP headquarters, who were just about to break the prisoners she caught. But that would be a little later, like tomorrow. Right now she was just frustrating herself, by trying to solve a problem to which she did not have enough data to solve, and she knew it, she was just too stubborn to admit it.
So everyone was quite busy with their own thing, yet they were all in the living room. And they all stayed in that room for quite some time. Actually it was the rest of the day. They even, for once, decided on getting take out, for no one felt like cooking. Not even Sasami or Belladandy. They just lazed about the living room and talked with each other till late at night, when they went to bed.
And all felt that tomorrow would be a busy day.
AN: Another short chapter. Damn. Well this chapter really just is what should have been put in with chapter five, if I hadn't been stuck and in a hurry to post. Sorry. Well see you next time, I hope you like my pairings ideas, and please if you do have an opinion, tell me in a review.
