Ranma and the Outers. After reading "All My Outers" by PsyckoSama, I got this idea. While his was a good idea, I had to change it slightly and then wondered where it would go. Hopefully, it will turn out pretty good. This is Rated "R" for language and adult situations. This will have lime-ish content, but will not be a lemon as I will not be describing or detailing those things.
NOTE: My usual two Beta-readers have been unavailable for some time, so until I get other beta-readers, I will be doing the pre-reading myself. Of course, this means that I may miss a few things. So if you notice some errors, please let me know.
A bit thanks to Glazedlookineyes101 for helping me edit the story and fix a number of my errors. I do have to say that my ego as hit by the number of errors I had, but oh well I never claimed to be a professional writer. Though I will say that Glazedlookineyes101 did too good of a job and several of the lines I had for Ranma were corrected so I had to dumb those down a little to match his speech.
Chapter 2 Part 1: Hotaru Comes Home
So far, Hotaru had been having a fun weekend. Starting on Friday night she was able to sleep over at her friend Chibi-Usa's house and then the two of them spent all of Saturday together. But now that it was Sunday morning she was looking forward to being home again. She knew that her Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama liked to have some private time together, and one of the best parts of that was that she was able to stay at her best friend's home.
But now it was time to wind down and hopefully rest a little before Monday and having to face school again. Although she had already been home once today, the first time that she came home the noises coming from upstairs only caused her to sigh and then leave to take a short walk around a nearby park. She felt that something was off, but she couldn't tell what it was and had dismissed it.
As she walked up the sidewalk to her home, she sighed. "Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa must have been expecting me later this afternoon," she said to herself as she opened the door and walked towards the kitchen to fix a snack. "Hopefully Michiru-mama…" she stopped as she heard voices in the kitchen. She crept closer as she listened to the voices, as something felt off again.
"I still can't believe you accepted this so quickly," Michiru said with a slight giggle.
"So am I. It's just that…" Haruka trailed off.
"Look, we all know that my life is really messed up, and I'm sorry for you two gettin' dragged into it," A male voice said as Hotaru walked closer to the voices in the kitchen.
Haruka chuckled, "Well, it's not like we mind…"
"Yes, getting to know you has been quite interesting so far."
"Yeah, it's been cool to um… well… know you two… umm…" he said, fumbling for words.
A laugh was heard from Haruka. "Oh don't make it sound so bad. If anything, we should be the ones that are upset."
"She's right," Michiru added. "This type of thing is quite uncommon and unexpected from us."
'What is going on?' Hotaru thought as she listened in.
"Yeah, but this is my life." the male said. "One big screwed up mess… though it is looking better. Erk! I mean… kuso!"
This time a giggle was heard from both Haruka and Michiru. "Now don't be that way."
"Look, I'm serious! I mean I barely know you two! Yet I have these memories and I feel like I've know you all your lives!"
Hotaru's eyes widened. 'Is he from the Silver Millennium too?'
"We know," added Haruka, "and we feel the same way."
"Then this… whatever it is… is just… it's not right." He told them. "I've been hit with poisons, potions, and spells before an I bet this is just some spell put on us."
"But I don't want it to go away!" Michiru added quickly, and then covered her mouth.
"But if it ain't real, then what? And what about… 'them'…" he said, stressing them.
'Them?' wondered Hotaru.
"I agree with Michiru. Look, this is weird, strange, crazy, whatever you want to call it. But I kind of like it."
Michiru nodded her head. "Me too."
"I know; I feel the same thing. With any of the others… I mean it was… well… kuso, how can I explain it..."
"Look, what ever happened, happened." Haruka stated plainly. "We just move on. It's not like it's really a bad thing, and it allowed me to finally marry Michiru…"
"HARUKA-PAPA! YOU AND MICHIRU-MAMA ARE MARRIED!"
With that three sets of eyes turned to see a Hotaru standing in the doorway, her eyes shining and tears ready to start falling, but the smile she wore let even Ranma know that she was happy. Michiru smiled and showed her adopted daughter her ring, which Hotaru quickly looked at, then at Haruka who showed her a similar ring. Words could not describe the little girls' happiness as she hugged the two people that have been there for her for so long and have been the best parents she's ever had.
After a few moments of hugging, Haruka cleared her throat. "Hotaru, there's someone I want you to meet."
"Oh…" she asked then turned around to see a man standing there in the kitchen. She didn't know that this was the first time today that Ranma had been dressed, nor did she know that the same was true for both of her adoptive parents. However, she did know that whatever happened because of him being here, her Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa were now married, which was something that she knew that they've both been wanting.
"Um, hi… I'm Ranma Saotome."
Thank you SHAWN PROVONCHA, glazedlookineyes101, and Jerry Unipeg for your comments and support.
