Author's Note: The 365 Project is an experimental multi-fandom project to write and post at least one short every day for the next year, not including my semi-regular bi-weekly updates. For more details, see the relevent section in my profile. This is The 365 Project, 9 October.

In the immortal words of Samuel L. Clemens... "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR."

Disclaimer: "Ranma 1/2" is owned by Takahashi Rumiko, used without permission or intent to profit. I'm unsure who owned "Tenchi Muyo", but it falls under the same classifications and restrictions. Sorry for the weak fight, but it's been so long since I've seen any of the Tenchi shows that I don't remember what-all Aeka can do besides summon her Guardians... Sorry.

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"Chibified"
'The Divas'
By J.T. Magnus, 'Turbo'

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"You know Chibi-ko, they say 'the female of the species is deadlier than the male'," Chibi-ma observed.

"I notice they don't say what species," Chibi-ko snorted, "But yeah, I've heard that. And it's fixing to be proven here today..."

"And you know what else?" Chibi-ma added quickly, "We've got to get a chibi-Mills Lane or something, because I sure as hell don't plan to referee this match myself!"

"No more chibi-puppets!" the full-sized original of Saotome Ranma cried out, already having enough trouble dealing with two of them.

"Well, the big boss man has spoken, folks," Chibi-ma remarked, "Us and Washu-chan's are all the chibi-puppets you're gonna get."

"Hey, what do you expect?" Chibi-ko smirked, "How can you improve on perfection?"

"She's got an ego, folks," Chibi-ma announced, "But unlike a certain someone built like a brick - and not the good kind, either - she's got what it takes to back it up."

"And so do both of tonight's fighters," Chibi-ko added, "In the red corner with the purple hair; she insists that you call her 'Princess', probably because she is one, the elder daughter of the royal family of Jurai, heiress to a multi-system throne and noted chaser of brothers and nephews... Aeka!"

"Yay..." Chibi-ma droned in a flat tone before perking up, "And in the blue corner with the cyan hair; officially-'retired' as a space pirate, finally getting married to Tenchi doesn't seem to have killed the rivalry between her and Aeka, she's Washu-sama's daughter and Ranma-kun's aunt, it's Ryoko!"

"Yeah!" Chibi-ko shouted, pumping the air with her fist, "Woo-woo-woo-woo!"

"Don't worry folks, even if Ryoko is family, we'll call the fight fair," Chibi-ma promised.

Chibi-ko shook her head, "Those are two words that just don't go together, 'ma."

"What 'Ryoko' and 'Family'?"

"No, 'Fight' and 'Fair' - haven't you ever heard; 'The only fair fight is the one you win'?"

"Well, yeah," Chibi-ma admitted with a smirk, "But we prefer to call it 'Anything Goes'."

"Some people need to look up the word 'Anything' in a dictionary," Chibi-ko remarked, "Now would somebody please throw the first damn punch?"

Seconds later, Aeka was stumbling backwards and raising a hand to her cheek, "How dare you!"

Ryoko smirked and unclenched and reclenched her fists, "You heard them, 'Princess', now are you going to fight or are you going to play hurt feelings?"

"Well, that proves it," Chibi-ma commented, "It's definitely a family trait."

"Wretch!" Aeka spat as she took a step forward and slapped Ryoko, only to double over from being punched in the stomach.

"Seriously? Slapping me is all you can do?" Ryoko rolled her eyes in disbelief, "I've been hurt worse by your mother's hugs."

"Try this, then, demon!" Aeka drew back and punched Ryoko in the mouth.

"Not impressed," Ryoko taunted in a sing-song voice, "An-y-time now you can actually be serious."

"You want a serious fight, fine!" Aeka snapped, "Asaka! Kamadake!"

Summoned by her command, the two Guardians appeared flanking Aeka.

"Yes, Princess?" the one with red markings asked.

"What is it you need?" the blue-marked one inquired.

Chibi-ma looked at his 'sister' with a frown, "Was this an 'Anything Goes' match?"

"Nobody said this would be 'Anything Goes'," Chibi-ko answered, "This is just pulling a three-on-one ambush."

"Well, we know how to fix that," Chibi-ma narrowed his eyes.

"Attack!" Aeka pointed at Ryoko.

Before Aeka's Guardians could act, the Chibi-Ranma puppets had already begun to make their move.

"Moko Takabisha!" the two chibi-puppets shouted together, each one sending their 'Fierce Tiger Dominating Blast' at a different Guardian and blasting them throw the walls behind them.

"No more outside help, Princess!" Chibi-ko shouted into her mike, "Or next time, I'll just blast you instead!"

Ranma dropped his face into his hands - he didn't care what Granny Washu had said, he still couldn't believe something like that was supposed to be part of his personality.

For her part, the Universe's Greatest - and Cutest - Scientist held out a large bowl towards her grandson as an offering, "Popcorn?"

Keeping his face in one hand, Ranma used the other to reach over and take a handful of popcorn from the bowl.